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aslam
PAKISTAN
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 Topic initiated on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 5:24 PM 
Causes of Downfall
Assalam-u-alaikum,
What are causes which led to the downfall of Muslims?
How should Muslims salvage their lost glory and prestige? |
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admin
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 8:28 PM 
In a nutshell two causes have contributed to this downfall:
1. Severing ties with the Qura'n
2. Having no standing in the fields of science and technoology
Regaining lost glory would depend on overcoming the above two obstacles |
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imran776
UNITED KINGDOM
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Posted - Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 1:12 AM
Assalam-u-alaikum,
God has guided us in two ways :
a) trhough nature
b) through his messangers and Holy Books in matters in which chances of doing wrong by human beings are very high.
If a person does not take guidance from his nature then i guess his chances of taking guidance from Quran are very very less.
So I think that not taking guidance from nature (which although is not complete but covers most or much of the part) is also a main reason of downfalls of muslims which must be highlighted. |
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admin
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Sunday, July 13, 2003 - 2:50 AM
| Yes I would agree and hence add to it to the list to make it three |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Monday, July 14, 2003 - 4:07 PM
Salams,
Thank u for ur replies!
Would u elaborate a bit more how did the link with the Quran got severed? |
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admin
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 12:49 AM
| Gradually the only role left for the Quran was that it was read without being understood or understood without being read |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 3:21 PM
Perceptive comments!
U say"understood without being read"Please would u like to elucidate this point? |
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Jhangeer Hanif
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 3:38 PM
| Approaching the Holy Qur'an with a fixed mindset. That you already have made up your mind about an issue before you read the Holy Book. |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 6:57 PM
Assalam,
Jahangir Hanif,
Thank for ur reply!Ur absolutely right.If one surrenders oneself to The Quran,it yields
the treasures it brims with.
Edited by - aslam on July 16 2003 18:58:46 |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 7:01 PM
Assalam-u-Alaikum,
Can we count Sufism as one of the causes of Muslims, downfall? |
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Jhangeer Hanif
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 8:10 PM
Assalmu alaykum
Every movement, that takes the Muslims away from the Holy Qur'an, is responsible for their downfall. |
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Tariq Hashmi
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 8:11 PM
Assalam O alaikum
Sufism obscured the true picture of the real concept of the religion and hindered its effective propagation. This must have cast negative effects. |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 5:10 PM
Assalam o Alaikum,
Thank u for ur replies!
Some scholars insist that the Downfall of Mu,tazilas was one of the causes of Muslim Downfall. Do u agree? |
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Jhangeer Hanif
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 9:49 AM
| I'd rather relate the downfall to the general attitude of the Muslims istead of relating it to some faction. |
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aslam
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Friday, August 1, 2003 - 8:02 PM
Salamoona,
I think that the ascendence of Ashaarites led to the blind following(taqlid) which is one of the
causes of Muslim downfall. |
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Jhangeer Hanif
PAKISTAN
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Posted - Friday, August 1, 2003 - 8:29 PM
| Agreed. Bling following is one major cause for the downfall of the Muslim Ummah. Did you ever think why blind following gained acceptance among the masses? |
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