Dear brothers and sisters of all walks of faith, SSRK, Salaam and peace be on all of you. As you've probably noticed I'm a Muslim that's signed up onto a Sikh website. My intentions of joining this site do not in anyway rest on disrespecting any faith or hurting anybody's feelings. My sole purpose for joining is to explore the similarities and differences between Islam and Sikhism, I understand that as a human being (no matter what my beliefs) I do have faults, however these faults are my own and have no connection to my faith, Islam. I'm 22 years old and have been brought up a Muslim (Pakistani Muslim that is). By age 17 however I had completely left my faith and fallen into the hands of Western Ideologies and beliefs which allowed me to have unadulterated enjoyments void of any moral contemplation. By 18 years of age I had left home and gone to university, this was the furthest I had been away from my family, friends and religion (whom i left all for my ambitions). It was only in the second year of uni, did I reflect upon my life and realise it had lost all meaning, who am I and what am I doing here? i realsied it was my dreams and ambitions which were giving me a false sense of identity driving me to an ever darker path. After a while of questioning my reality and my existence I had a life changing experience...I felt my soul, a very deep experience, one I find hard to explain, it was as though i remembered God, well more like God remembered me, it was a very old feeling one i last remember experiencing throughout my joyful and less hectic childhood, but this time with much more intensity, and with a sense of urgency, probably because i had strayed so far from the straight path. I stopped moving...no longer was I running around looking for my next kick out of life, I had found God who brought my soul peace and contenment, All Praise is to God. From here I knew religion was Real, in my heart and soul i felt the Almighty and knew that he was here with me through out my life, it was i that drifted away from Reality. All those ideas that were put in my head (e.g. evolution) vanished, now religion was the way forward. I read the Qur'an and felt the word of God flow through me, a mixture of love and fear ran through my vains sending my emotions wild until God reminded me to use my intellect, the sword which every true muslim posesses. I dropped out of university, broke up with my girlfriend quit drinking and no longer was a seeker of riches as my thirst for knowledge had surpassed all other desires. God is great.
note to brother Aman Singh: I'm very impressed by the website and very grateful for the hospitibal welcome, but I do have a query about one of the forum rules.
Dear brothers and sisters of all walks of faith, SSRK, Salaam and peace be on all of you. As you've probably noticed I'm a Muslim that's signed up onto a Sikh website. My intentions of joining this site do not in anyway rest on disrespecting any faith or hurting anybody's feelings. My sole purpose for joining is to explore the similarities and differences between Islam and Sikhism, I understand that as a human being (no matter what my beliefs) I do have faults, however these faults are my own and have no connection to my faith, Islam. I'm 22 years old and have been brought up a Muslim (Pakistani Muslim that is). By age 17 however I had completely left my faith and fallen into the hands of Western Ideologies and beliefs which allowed me to have unadulterated enjoyments void of any moral contemplation. By 18 years of age I had left home and gone to university, this was the furthest I had been away from my family, friends and religion (whom i left all for my ambitions). It was only in the second year of uni, did I reflect upon my life and realise it had lost all meaning, who am I and what am I doing here? i realsied it was my dreams and ambitions which were giving me a false sense of identity driving me to an ever darker path. After a while of questioning my reality and my existence I had a life changing experience...I felt my soul, a very deep experience, one I find hard to explain, it was as though i remembered God, well more like God remembered me, it was a very old feeling one i last remember experiencing throughout my joyful and less hectic childhood, but this time with much more intensity, and with a sense of urgency, probably because i had strayed so far from the straight path. I stopped moving...no longer was I running around looking for my next kick out of life, I had found God who brought my soul peace and contenment, All Praise is to God. From here I knew religion was Real, in my heart and soul i felt the Almighty and knew that he was here with me through out my life, it was i that drifted away from Reality. All those ideas that were put in my head (e.g. evolution) vanished, now religion was the way forward. I read the Qur'an and felt the word of God flow through me, a mixture of love and fear ran through my vains sending my emotions wild until God reminded me to use my intellect, the sword which every true muslim posesses. I dropped out of university, broke up with my girlfriend quit drinking and no longer was a seeker of riches as my thirst for knowledge had surpassed all other desires. God is great.
note to brother Aman Singh: I'm very impressed by the website and very grateful for the hospitibal welcome, thank you!
To MaryMary "knowledge above belief."
As a Sikh brother earlier said, knowledge and belief go hand in hand. i.e belief is knowledge. however if true knowledge (i.e the truth) were to exist in the physical (in the form of a book) then this book would have to stand the test of time and be void of all human error, (actually it would have to be free of all human intervention) it would have to be indestructable for nothing can destroy the Truth. Real knowledge can only be given by the Knower of all things, the reciever would be a Prophet, a person chosen amongst all people.
Beliefs have changed from time to time but this is due to the nature of humankind, one of the laws on earth is that of decomposition i.e. rotting, religion is not free from this, today we don't see many places on earth where true religion is prevailing (however there are a few such as the city of Fez in Morocco), people then may ask, when will we have a new religion to guide us to the True Path? for if one is needed its needed now! the answer to that lies in The Book. God is One.
note:i hope nobody minds this reply as i know it may not go side by side with the Sikh faith, however i believe we all have intellects and should be able to discern truth from falsehood as individuals.
