RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ummah, Polytheism, Hira
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Hostile image of islam shown in the media and society. Dealing with everyday temptations power, money, sexual, etc. Ability to find hypocrisy, violence and poverty: each of these, you must fight against. Achieve hope and patience believe in the higher power and what it can do. Achieve kindness and compassion for others = main issue in social order, can"t say you don"t care. When you say allahu akbar it means that you know your knowledge and power is limited and. Allah carries the power of your life: you find out your power is very limited. Jan 9th 2017: power and interest is limited, knowledge is limited. Three stages of muhammad"s life: before prophecy, after he became a prophet before hijra, after he became a prophet after hijra. Caused him to understand suffering suffering of widows and orphans was a big problem in that society which he understood. Honesty is important because hypocrisy was a huge problem of that society.
