We believe that a true and comprehensive
understanding of Islam would not be possible without careful recognition of the
Prophetic Tradition and the Prophet's Household. And Allah is the Source of Strength.
Shopper's Paradise
" Different people entering the same shopping mall come out of it with different things. They buy what they were looking for, and sometimes, what they were capable of as well.
Some one will buy a $1000 shirt from a shop as they were capable enough to afford it, while someone else while wanting to buy the shirt, would go in the same shop but come out empty handed as they did not have the capability (affordability) to do so.
Some one will buy a milk carton from a Carrefour because they were looking for it, while someone else will buy a television from the same outlet as they were looking for it.
Different shoppers get different things from the same shopping mall. Some get alot, some get nothing. The differentiating factor hence is not the shopping mall, but the shopper.
The Quran is a communication by the creator, which has whatever one is looking for, and one can take from it whatever they can afford to (based on their intellect, piety, capability).
That is why someone will be using Quran to win a debate, someone will be using it to burn down a village of innocents, someone will be using it to marry their sisters to it (so that their inheritance stays in the family), while someone will be raising it on spears to defeat Imam Ali (AS) in a battle.
Only those will be helped by the Quran, who are looking for guidance (as Quran 2:2 stipulates, it can only be granted to who is pious and protects himself) and who can afford it (as Allah has promised guidance to whoever He wills). "
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