A Hindu friend through message asked a question. He said:
"As per what I hv read in Quran it says the God of Quran does not forgive idolatry, but He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offense."
Here is my answer: "I must tell you a secret that Muslims have not understood till now. Upanishads say that when the Absolute God... created a manifest self, he (the manifest self) started worshipping God. He worshipped God with the greatest intensity and when it wanted to have more worshippers it desired there be more worshippers. And God allowed the Manifest Self to create more worshippers. This is Brhad Aranyaka Upanishad. First, a light or Noor was created which further divided into creation of several lights or Noor, which were made the lords of the 14 spheres of the world. These were the 14 Manus or Devatas. Man was created thereafter. Manus (referred to as Ahlulbayt or Aaleen or Noor in Quran) became the progenitors of mankind. For some reasons, God wanted man to give a test and hence another power got created which was the negative power, you call it Iblis or Satan or Shaytan or Mara or Tamas. It were the Devatas or Manus who are the guides; it is they whose job it is to lead mankind. They have been called in the Upanishads as rope, through whom alone it is possible to attain salvation. But satan knew he would be successful only when he would digress mankind from this rope. If mankind doesn't identify the rope, it will never attain salvation. Thereafter, it went on digressing mankind from this path. Thus the idols got created. At times people started worshipping these devatas alone as gods. Look at the irony, while these Devatas were supposed to lead mankind towards the One Absolute God, people started worshipping them. That is the reason why such strict rules were devised later when Manifest Self sent a book for the later day generation, which was named Quran."
A little earlier, the friend had asked: "For a minute I believe those muslims who say only muslims will go to paradise are wrong... But whenever I read Quran online, I find that the God of Quran talks against idols, idolatries instead of people who commit crimes like murder, stealing.. The words idol, idolatries are actually used in Quran. Why is it?"
And Mohammad Alvi replied: "Dear friend, you must understand that I am talking of Hindu scriptures as divine; that does not mean that all things that Hindus are doing is correct. I am sure you must be knowing more than me the extent to which Hindus have deviated from the path of the Vedas. Your real attempt shall be to understand and follow the scriptures like Vedas and Gita. Don't go by what Ramayana or Mahabharata or Purana are saying because it is these books, written by normal people like us, which have confused the people. Till sometime back, Hindus had three sects, Saiva, Vaishnava and Sakti worshippers. Are these three sects sanctioned by Vedas? No! Is Sai Baba sanctioned by Vedas? No! Is worship of Rama and Krishna sanctioned by Vedas? No! Then how can Vedas sanction worship of idol images of these people? There is no concept of idol worship in Vedas. People deviated from Vedic teachings to start worshipping idols. In fact, wherever Devatas were introduced across the world, people of yore started worshipping them. Because those were the times when it was difficult for people to understand non-visible powers. But today in ages of mobile and satellite phones, ultraviolet rays and traveling of light, it is possible for us to get an idea of the invisible power. Quran came from the same source from which Vedas had come, but several thousand years later. Since people of yore had started worshipping the divinities of Vedas, Quran went out outright in criticizing the idol worship. This is the difference.
"As per what I hv read in Quran it says the God of Quran does not forgive idolatry, but He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offense."
Here is my answer: "I must tell you a secret that Muslims have not understood till now. Upanishads say that when the Absolute God... created a manifest self, he (the manifest self) started worshipping God. He worshipped God with the greatest intensity and when it wanted to have more worshippers it desired there be more worshippers. And God allowed the Manifest Self to create more worshippers. This is Brhad Aranyaka Upanishad. First, a light or Noor was created which further divided into creation of several lights or Noor, which were made the lords of the 14 spheres of the world. These were the 14 Manus or Devatas. Man was created thereafter. Manus (referred to as Ahlulbayt or Aaleen or Noor in Quran) became the progenitors of mankind. For some reasons, God wanted man to give a test and hence another power got created which was the negative power, you call it Iblis or Satan or Shaytan or Mara or Tamas. It were the Devatas or Manus who are the guides; it is they whose job it is to lead mankind. They have been called in the Upanishads as rope, through whom alone it is possible to attain salvation. But satan knew he would be successful only when he would digress mankind from this rope. If mankind doesn't identify the rope, it will never attain salvation. Thereafter, it went on digressing mankind from this path. Thus the idols got created. At times people started worshipping these devatas alone as gods. Look at the irony, while these Devatas were supposed to lead mankind towards the One Absolute God, people started worshipping them. That is the reason why such strict rules were devised later when Manifest Self sent a book for the later day generation, which was named Quran."
A little earlier, the friend had asked: "For a minute I believe those muslims who say only muslims will go to paradise are wrong... But whenever I read Quran online, I find that the God of Quran talks against idols, idolatries instead of people who commit crimes like murder, stealing.. The words idol, idolatries are actually used in Quran. Why is it?"
And Mohammad Alvi replied: "Dear friend, you must understand that I am talking of Hindu scriptures as divine; that does not mean that all things that Hindus are doing is correct. I am sure you must be knowing more than me the extent to which Hindus have deviated from the path of the Vedas. Your real attempt shall be to understand and follow the scriptures like Vedas and Gita. Don't go by what Ramayana or Mahabharata or Purana are saying because it is these books, written by normal people like us, which have confused the people. Till sometime back, Hindus had three sects, Saiva, Vaishnava and Sakti worshippers. Are these three sects sanctioned by Vedas? No! Is Sai Baba sanctioned by Vedas? No! Is worship of Rama and Krishna sanctioned by Vedas? No! Then how can Vedas sanction worship of idol images of these people? There is no concept of idol worship in Vedas. People deviated from Vedic teachings to start worshipping idols. In fact, wherever Devatas were introduced across the world, people of yore started worshipping them. Because those were the times when it was difficult for people to understand non-visible powers. But today in ages of mobile and satellite phones, ultraviolet rays and traveling of light, it is possible for us to get an idea of the invisible power. Quran came from the same source from which Vedas had come, but several thousand years later. Since people of yore had started worshipping the divinities of Vedas, Quran went out outright in criticizing the idol worship. This is the difference.
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