Tariq Ramadan's "The Messenger" pg 65 paragraph 2
The Prophet of course knew that God alone has the power to guide hearts. For some individuals, conversion was a long process that required years of questioning, doubt, and steps forward and backward, while for others conversion was instantaneous, immediately following the reading of a text or responding to a particular gesture or behavior. This cannot be explained. The conversions that took longest were not necessarily the most solid, and the reverse was not true either:
when it comes to conversion, the heart's dispositions, faith, and love, there is no logic, and all that remains is the extraordinary power of the divine.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
"all that remains is the extraordinary power of the divine"
ReplyDeleteWow! I loved that. Great post!
Oh this post is so beautiful and reminds me of something so funny -
ReplyDeletewhen one of my BILs converted to Islam my FIL kept telling everyone how "Allah's immense power" had converted the man's heart to Islam. Less than a month later my SIL converted to Christianity and my FIL proclaimed that Satan had taken hold of her heart :D
"when it comes to conversion, the heart's dispositions, faith, and love, there is no logic, and all that remains is the extraordinary power of the divine."
Wonder what Ramadan would say about my SIL. Wonder if conversion to any religion is through the "extraordinary power of the divine"...
:D
Actually he does state that its all conversion, not just Islam. Conversion in general is out of our power which I thought was REALLY insightful.
ReplyDeleteTariq Ramadan is an interesting man. So far he does not take the position of other religions being false. He makes a lot of effort to mention all the Christians who helped Muhammad but did not convert. And he is the only one so far that I have read who did not claim that Abu Talib was condemned to Hell simply because he did not take the Shahada before death. Just interesting.
Of course he is! I was just joking ... trying to cheer you up. Bad joke :D
ReplyDeleteI like Ramadan a lot and of course Abou Fadl. Those two are real gems. I don't know why he even wants to debate with Ayan Hirsi. I find that woman pretty odd at times.
Achelois: haha I didn't catch it lol. I haven't read much from him yet but so far I am fan.
ReplyDeleteI like Ramadan too. Plus I think he's hot... he reminds me of Thierry Henry. I'm weird :O
ReplyDeleteSarah: ROTFL.
ReplyDeleteOh my God, hahah. Sarah was the person to recommend me to read Ramadan and when I did, all I could think about was how she thinks he's hot! >.<
ReplyDeleteHave I said that before? Honestly didn't remember that! Well... sorry about that! XD
ReplyDelete