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“Islam is an empowerment of liberation, but not "liberation" in the sense of indulging in the hedonistic. Not the liberation of following the principle of "do as you will." In the empowerment of Islam, it is not
"do as you will" but rather "do what is good, what is fundamentally moral, what is truly beautiful, and steer away from its opposite."
— Dec 30, 2024 07:09PM
"do as you will" but rather "do what is good, what is fundamentally moral, what is truly beautiful, and steer away from its opposite."
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I just gave an update but this chapter is a banger
“If you are not in a position to commit your entire life to scholarship, what is your primary duty? Your primary duty is to take God's words not at face value, but at rational value. When God says that we are empowered to pursue al-tayyibat […] , your charge, as a lay muslim, is to embody God's message while being anchored in reason and rationality.”
— Dec 30, 2024 07:25PM
“If you are not in a position to commit your entire life to scholarship, what is your primary duty? Your primary duty is to take God's words not at face value, but at rational value. When God says that we are empowered to pursue al-tayyibat […] , your charge, as a lay muslim, is to embody God's message while being anchored in reason and rationality.”
