What It Means To Be A Muslim: A Poem by: Dr. Rafey Habib

[jrswordfish1]

what an absolutely worthless piece of poem. an utter disgrace to the humankind.

an attempt to handle insecurity albeit evolutionary trait with an imaginary character starting in humble ways has turned out to be the terroristic nuisance that we see today. the blind belief, uneducated and unscientific scribblings of the poem is a prime example of all that is wrong today. a fundamentally dishonest and small mind of the human that is rafey.

[XxxMsBabygirlxxX]

The world is not going to flipping end on 2012, no one knows when it going to end

[happy10112]

@bismallah19 yea

[happy10112]

what you said its really good mashallah 

[jadeflowerjan]

Why is the koran full of contradictions like you also want to kill the infidels like us Christians and Jews too?

[mhabib3]

@jadeflowerjan Show me just TWO passages which state that Jews and Christians should be killed. You won't be able to. I don't think you have read the Qur'an, and if you don't know what you are talking about, it would be better to remain silent.

[happy10112]

@jadeflowerjan you shit face one day you will find out what will happend to you may be on january 1st 2012 watch or it may be before that just you watch

[tchaikovsky1979]

Listen to the voices of truth brother, do not bother by the voices of darkness here, care only about the appreciation you get from us light workers . Because we both know the voice of truth. Keep doing what you do.hug from a Muslim brother .

[tchaikovsky1979]

tchaikovsky1979 May Allah bless you brother!! I shared this poem with non-Muslims and first thing they asked was: how can it be, after such beautiful words, that some "Muslims " claim to do horrible things in the name of Allah?

[tchaikovsky1979]

May Allah bless you brother!! I shared this poem with non-Muslims and first thing they asked was:

[stmaxlv]

In his day, your "Prophet" killed many Jews....

[happy10112]

@stmaxlv shut up you you dont even now about it and you just think jesus is gods (allahs) son your mad you have no brains you just think wrong i think you shoude strt being a muslim

[mhabib3]

@bismallah19 Muslims have been repeating this cliche for centuries about changing the self -- and it has achieved nothing. It is not a substitute for constructive and intelligent thinking and action.

[theone8400]

i love Your poam, respect it ,love it and also hate it i try in my life to optain knowledge and do great things but i feel i have a whole in my heat i want to cry , cry so hard but my heart turns to rock how do i know right from wrong when i have so much diffrence in my life so much diversity in the world how do i calm who i am and what i want to be pls guide me with a poam

[therashidarahman]

@theone8400 islam is your guidance

[sejdio]

ماشاءالله Mashallah = Literally means 'Whatever Allah (God) wills'. Brother this was a beautiful poem thank you for sharing. :)

selam aleykum = peace be upon you.

[12SelenaGomez]

LA EE LAHA ILL A LA if u said this ur now muslim

[Sadiah7861]

if u cnt say enyfin nyc abo sum1's relgion darling dnt bova commenting yes yhis is for u MESROTH 12!!!!

[Mesroth12]

I could go on forever, and I feel very strongly about not taking sides in either faith or the physical. I can never be religious for this reason, but will always understand what people mean when they say 'Islam is beautiful'. I wish they knew why.

[Mesroth12]

But I'm thinking by 40 years, someone will have launched a missile to bring about their own version of End Times.

Religion is in this way responsible for much tension and fear. Everyone wants to be someone.

Everyone is to blame as much as anyone else. Being humble is the only way to peace. And when you humble before a God instead of your fellow humans, that is not a safe way to be humble for either side of the debate.

[Mesroth12]

And if it isn't correct (we'll see in 20-40 years), then it needs to cease being a religion and become a way of life that people can accept, reject or abandon freely.

[Mesroth12]

Religions which demands as much faith as Islam can't allow the follower to see themselves as those who don't share it. It is an exclusive religion, and only Muslims as a whole can change the way they are perceived. That would require self-reflection before they continue their struggle for...(are they looking for unity, dominance/global adoption...?)

If the Islamic version of the End Times is correct, then this poem needs to be read by all Muslims, not non-Muslims.

This poem is addressed to them,

[Mesroth12]

(CONTINUED) People get so tied up with their culture/religion and nationality they HAVE to perceive themselves as different, and then wonder why others begin to perceive them differently (often not the way they wish).

If people are to see Islam as a beautiful way of life (as I think it can be), then it needs to BE a way of life and not a religion.

But can that happen, given how Muslims must believe everything that the Koran and Hadiths say?

[Mesroth12]

Islam can be a beautiful way of life if only Muslims in power today today weren't so into their eschatology. It stems from oppression and conflicts like in Gaza (the Koran says Israel belongs to Jews), but in the next stage of an ideal world, people's religion should have nothing to do with their material well-being.

[mhabib3]

If you listen to the poem, you will see that it has nothing whatsoever to do with radical Islam, and that the virtues of true Islam are quite beautiful.

[Mesroth12]

True but this is just Buddhism with belief in God. People are not non-Muslim because they don't understand the true Islam. The problem people have with Islam is its belief that everything that isn't Muslim is bad (i.e. we're all slaves to Freemasons...)

Hence the End Days which we're apparently already in. And how does it end? With the religious justification for the desired destruction of 'unbelievers'.

[Mesroth12]

People don't need to believe in Allah, so not everyone will be Muslim. Hence no justification for wanting Islam to rule the world.

I'm a Buddhist.

Peace

[owlofathene]

Mesroth12: But your comments have nothing to do with this poem.

[Mesroth12]

Apologies. I am a poet myself :) It carries a good message as I said. It flows well.

[ranel63]

@mhabib3 true!

[Jedimaste141]

What are you trying to accomplish with radical islam?!

[mhabib3]

If you listen to the poem, you will see that it has nothing whatsoever to do with radical Islam; and that the virtues of true Islam are quite beautiful.

[robbyjaypesos]

Prof. Habib, this is a beautiful piece of writing....Amina