Part II
Pg 231 – 242
What is the Standing Miracle?
- The Qur’an is known as the Standing Miracle because Mohammed thought saw it as Allah’s only major miracle
- He was uneducated in writing yet he produced such a great text is why it is seen as a miracle by him
- Not as long as the first testament
- Daily prayers in are all in one part and go from longest to shortest in order
- The miracle of the Qur’an is referring to the uncreated Qur’an which is divine where the created Qur’an is the earthly crystallization of the uncreated
- The words of the Qur’an came to Mohammed over the course of 23 years through the help of Gabriel
What are the Basic Theological Concepts?
- Same basic concepts of Christianity and Judaism
- Religion focus is on Allah who is immaterial and therefore invisible
- Didn’t introduce Arabs to the idea of spirits because hanifs had before Mohammed but it did remove idols in favor of Allah
- Arabs think fear should be the appropriate reaction to Allah because he is omnipotent and all powerful
- Yet Allah is still merciful and part of the root of the word Islam is Peace. He is not the tyrannical ruler of the world yet the compassionate ruler who rewards good with good yet punishes wrongdoing.
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