RLG351H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Adit, Ibn Kathir, Jutes
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Describing what is there not what you believe in. Qur"a(cid:374) does (cid:373)ore as it re(cid:373)olds this i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual after its i(cid:373)age. Quran divides human beings in to two beings. When you give a name to something you bring them into a being. The word iman is faith/belief/ to give trust to. Muslimun to submit (you become a new being by recognizing this god) This notion of cowering before this power and is fundamental in all 3 monotheistic faiths. Arabs were not scared of anything but the quran has this idea of fear. This is a statement summing up the attitude the quran is trying to tell you: god is the only real thing and is bigger tha(cid:374) you. Do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g is (cid:271)igger i(cid:374) reality, god is bigger. That might means we are nothing in front him. This is god that is bigger than anything that it diminishes our strength and might.
