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[quote]Minara,

You seem very strick about relgion, such strickness leads to fundamentalism. You should be open to interpretations.

Point-I

If you think that Allah will not accept later prayers, then ok, you can think like that. But I think Allah can do as He pleases, and if He wants to accept late prayers, He can, He is master of His will - we cannot dictate our will to Allah.

Point-II

A believer does not have a monopoly over prayers. Allah grants prayers of all His creations, whether they believe or disbelieve does not matter. Every day million of Christians, Jews and other monotheists ask God for favors, and Allah grants their requests all the time. The grand-father of the prophet was an unbeliever, yet he prayed to God when Abraha was attacking with the elephants. Allah gives examples in the Quran like those who are caught in the storm and they invoke Allah, then Allah delivers them, but they are rebellious again (10.22).

And the most blaring example and proof that Allah grants prayers of the unbelievers is the fact that Allah granted the request of Shaitan that he be allowed to misguide humanity.

You should read some tafsir on the attributes of Allah 'Rehman' and 'Rahim'. One means He is merciful to everyone, believer or not; and the other attribute applies to His mercy to believers only on Judgement Day.

Point-III

[quote]How is the misguiding by Satan different from the misguiding of Allah then[/quote]

Shaitan communicates to us by giving us suggestions. May be it is our own nafs. But the shaitan can give ideas that are meant to harm us. In your questions about the person who does zina, it is from suggestions from the inner self or shaitan or both.

An example of how Allah misguides the fasiqeen is from the example I gave earlier. Allah presents an example of a knat (a small flying bug). The unbelievers get confused by such examples and get more misguided. On the other hand the believers' faith only increases. A believer realizes that it is Allah's majesty that He created such a small insect that can fly. The believer glorifies Allah more. The unbeliever will say it is evolution and it happened by itself. The unbeliever will try to rationalize and find reasons for their false beliefs. The more examples you or Allah gives to the unbelievers, the more firm they will get in their unbelief. This is how Allah misguides them even more. Every time you call them, they go away more. It is by their own choice, so they are culpable for it and might get punished in the end. That is how Allah is just.

I hope it makes sense to you now.[/quote]

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