RLG204Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fitra, Tawhid, Kafir
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Whe(cid:374) (cid:455)ou ha(cid:448)e faith i(cid:374) god it"s a(cid:374) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374), so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g (cid:449)here (cid:455)ou"re (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tl(cid:455) e(cid:374)gaged. Kufr- to cover over, what you know to be true, ingratitude, hypocrisy. (kufr is a person who k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s (cid:271)ut reje(cid:272)ts(cid:895). It"s a(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e thi(cid:374)g, a pro(cid:272)ess, a (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t (cid:449)a(cid:455) of tur(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. the example of covering up your mistakes knowing its wrong. Shukr-gratitude (cid:894) true opposite, (cid:449)ho"s i(cid:374) the pro(cid:272)ess of ta(cid:449)hid(cid:895) Iman - (cid:862)faith is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge i(cid:374) the heart, a (cid:448)oi(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith the to(cid:374)gue, a(cid:374)d a(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) (cid:449)ith the li(cid:373)(cid:271)s. (cid:863) prophet muhammad (saw) Islam in the body; iman in the mind; the two are intimately connected with one another. You live in and act based on what you know, and hypocrisy is the worst thing one can do. Worst thing you can do is to act all pious to get other acrobation, and saying you believe in god but to something un god-like. Ilah : anything one serves other than god.
