(December 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Yes, of course I put myself outside, didn't the Quran tell every Muslim to do so ?
Could you be wrong? Did it ever occur to you that you could be mistaken about what the Qur'an actually says..?
Do you think you have a better understanding of the Qur'an than the people to whom Muhammad explained the Qur'an directly, for example?
(December 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Your deeds are your own; your weight is your own; your sins are your own. The "Ummah" is not going to lift your deeds, didn't God say:
And how do you tell whether something is a deed or a sin... on your own?
(December 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Your soul is on its on. So why are you taking the "Ummah" as a human shield?
Because the Ummah includes tutors and scholars who understand the Qur'an (and Arabic in general) better than you. It should be obvious, isn't it?
(December 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Their business is their own;
And what exactly is your business, Winter ? People in general have a sense of community, of membership to something. This is a basic psychological need, and Islam as a realistic religion that does take this into account. That's why the Ummah counts.
In any case, I already gave you enough riddles to think about that seriously threaten your position (denying the hadiths). There is no way to pinpoint the number of prayers from the Qur'an. You picked 3, but any other odd number (5,7,9,..) would be in agreement with the verses about prayer.
(December 22, 2021 at 4:44 pm)WinterHold Wrote: they destroyed their empires themselves, they sinned badly, and they are paying the price now.
Didn't you just say that one's sins are their own? The last Islamic "empire" is the Ottoman empire, which ceased to exist a century ago mainly because of Atatürk's reforms and the outcomes of WWI, why should Muslims today pay the price of what happened a century ago? You're just contradicting yourself now.
