Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
And leave Me Alone to deal with the beliers (those who deny My Verses, etc.), and those who are in possession of good things of life. And give them respite for a little while. |
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Verily, with Us are fetters (to bind them), and a raging Fire. |
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And a food that chokes, and a painful torment. |
In Sura 73 or 'Folded Garments', only half of the text is hate speech against non-Moslems. Moderation on display. Anyone who denies Allah and his book of verses is doomed to hell-fire, and torments. In both this life and the next, the Unbelievers will be punished and then destroyed.
Sura 73 also demands that the book 'Recital', a collection of Bronze and Iron age dictums wrapped up in theology, be handled with reverence and care. Thus the Moslem attitude that Infidel apes are too impure, too unholy, too 'criminal' to touch the sacred screed of Muhammad and his cult, emanates in part from this Sura. Revere the Koran as the literal word of the moon deity Hub'Al, or ilah, 'The One'.
Stand (to pray) all night, except a little. |
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Half of it, or a little less than that, |
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Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style. |
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Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.). |
Every cult would love to impose a similar program on its followers. 'Recite', do not think or express your free-will in enquiry, or analysis. Simply repeat what Muhammad's handbook states. Faith through reason is totally absent in the Koran. It is control through fear. It demands a slavish devotion to what Allah aka Muhammad, desires:
Then how can you avoid the punishment, if you disbelieve, on a Day that will make the children grey-headed (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)? |
Disbelieving includes questioning. It also includes the use of the mental faculties of analysis and ascertaining truth. None of this exists in the Koran. Cults demand complete submission and irrational devotion. This is Islam, a Bronze-age inspired cult, with no place in the modern world.