Interfaith

A sincere effort by brother Daniel, he has a beautiful light around him that speaks of his reality. While the Quran he puts forward is in theory good for the reasons he outlines unfortunately we cannot recommend it because of its authors, who are Shia, from Iran and all but belong to a cult (see Book Review: Seyyed Hossein Nasr et al., ed. The Study Quran by Dr. Gibril F Haddad).

The best modern translation of the Quran that will speak to most is The Qur’an – Oxford World’s Classics By: M. A. S. Abdel Haleem, it has a humanist voice and is easy to follow, the entire Quran is available on Audible, and this is the best way to approach it, you will find yourself listing to the entire book with a better perspective and freedom to think as you like, from which you will gain greater depth and insight into it. We will say this in kind, Muslims should absolutely read the four gospels of the Bible and the old testament they are books of wisdom and insight, the words of Jesus (q) surpass those of any of our Saints in understanding the inner reality of the path, all the great Saints acknowledged this.

A good effort, the Quran came to direct man towards science, “look closely and look closely again can you see any fault in Gods creation”, Surah al Mulk, The Dominion.

If I said to you come live in my country tax is only 2.5% what would you say? Regarding Citizenship, you can update the rules but you can’t change them, the Prophet of Allah (saws) said this. You can extend it, as is natural, to other groups Muslims never encountered during the time of the Prophet (saws), by right safety and honor is granted to all by Allah in the Quran.

“Have they, then, never journeyed about the earth, letting their hearts gain wisdom, and causing their ears to hear? Yet, verily, it is not their eyes that have become blind – but blind have become the hearts that are in their breasts” (22:46) أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَا أَوْ آذَانٌ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَى الْأَبْصَارُ وَلَٰكِن تَعْمَى الْقُلُوبُ الَّتِي فِي الصُّدُور

“Good and evil are not equal. Repel (evil) with what is best, and you will see that the one you had mutual enmity with him will turn as if he were a close friend” (41:34) وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيم

Every Muslim is circumcised to uphold the covenant this man speaks of, like any other country Muslims should be citizens of Israel!!! we believe in the same God and are monotheists, spiritually clean by Jewish law.

The temple can’t be built until Israel is first cleansed and that starts with your own house first!!! what is the cleansing Allah demanded of the Jews in Israel and the Muslims in their holy land, to cleanse it of all improper/pagan thoughts/realties.

Why? because every group has its Angels, and realties invite the Angels of those groups into your spirituality, above all else Angels are beings of the intellect reacting to the thoughts of all things in the world, these are the doors of evil and stifle Allah asked the Muslims and Jews to close in their lands to foster lasting peace!!

Yale University Interfaith Discussion Between a Sufi Shaykh and a Jewish Rabii, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani and Rabbi Ponet.