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By Ijaz Chaudry
Difference between
Santeria and Islam, Islamic point of view;
Santeria;
The religion focuses on
building relationships between human beings and powerful, but mortal, spirits,
called Orishas. An Orisha is a manifestation of Olodumare (God).
Islam;
Islam recognizes the
fact that there are spirits which are called Jinn's in Arabic in the language
the Quran was revealed. Quran is the
Final Testament from God. Jinn's are
part of the human being and are born when the human being dies.
The following verses are talking about Jinn's who is herder in a sense
that eggs you on the devils path and also a witness (like conscious and
sub-conscious and the sub-conscious would be Jinn);
[50:21]
Every soul comes with a herder and a witness.
[50:22] You used
to be oblivious to this. We now remove your veil; today, your vision is (as
strong as) steel.
[50:23]
The companion said, "Here is my formidable testimony."
So how do we know the
herder and a witness is the devil.
The following verse is talking about devil being companion of the disbelievers;
[43:36] Anyone
who disregards the message of the Most Gracious, we appoint a devil to be his
constant companion.
When we add verses from
(50:21) where the herder is described and (43:36) where the devil is the
companion we get 21 + 36 = 57 which is 19 x 3 a complete multiple of 19 the
miracle of the Quran. Position 3
describes Principal or Rule clarified, thus here a rule is clarified in (50:21)
with the help of (43:36) and the code (57).
God tells us in the Quran that God pairs
the humans with Jinn's according to what their intentions might be.
God knows our future and the past thus He can judge us and pair us
accordingly;
[7:27] O children
of Adam, do not let the devil dupe you as he did when he caused the eviction of
your parents from Paradise, and the removal of their garments to expose their
bodies. He and his tribe see you, while you do not see them. We appoint the
devils as companions of those who do not believe.
Since Jinn's preborn
life is long (about 70 to 90 years an average human life expectancy) Jinn's live
hundreds of years
(this is God's grace to give them long life in order for them to redeem their
Souls by becoming righteous and stop idol worship)but they die like humans.
Jinn's are invisible to humans but they can see us and they are more
powerful than humans an example of their power is where Solomon asked a Jinn to
bring Sheba's castle in a blink of an eye;
Faster Than the
Speed of Light
[27:38] He said, "O
you elders, which of you can bring me her mansion, before they arrive here as
submitters?"
[27:39] One a
frit from the jinn’s said, "I can bring it to you before you stand up. I am
powerful enough to do this."
[27:40] The one
who possessed knowledge from the book said, "I can bring it to you in the blink
of your eye." When he saw it settled in front of him, he said, "This is a
blessing from my Lord, whereby He tests me, to show whether I am appreciative or
unappreciative. Whoever is appreciative is appreciative for his own good, and if
one turns unappreciative, then my Lord is in no need for him, Most Honorable."
Muslims are told to
stay well away from Jinn's because majority of Jinn's are not believers and they
are used by men to breakup marriages.
Jinn's and Human's both will be judged on the Day of Judgment.
Worshiping Jinn's is common in the world but it is a great sin as well;
[6:128] The day
will come when He summons all of them (and says): "O you jinn's, you have
claimed multitudes of humans." Their human companions will say, "Our Lord, we
enjoyed each others' company until we wasted the life span You had set for us."
He will say, "Hell is your destiny." They abide therein forever, in accordance
with GOD's will. Your Lord is Wise, Omniscient.
[15:27]
As for the jinn's, we created them, before that, from blazing fire.
[6:100] Yet, they
set up beside GOD idols from among the jinn's, though He is the One who created
them. They even attribute to Him sons and daughters, without any knowledge. Be
He glorified. He is the Most High, far above their claims.
As for thinking that Jinn is God, it is
totally absurd. God is more powerful
and the Creator of the Heavens and Earth and Jinn's themselves, so there is no
comparison between Jinn's and God;
[6:102] Such is
GOD your Lord, there is no god except He, the Creator of all things. You shall
worship Him alone. He is in control of all things.
[36:81] Is not
the One who created the heavens and the earth able to recreate the same? Yes
indeed; He is the Creator, the Omniscient.
Indeed both humans and
jinns should worship God Alone
The Purpose of
Our Existence
[51:56]
I did not create the jinns and the humans except to worship Me alone.
Santeria;
This is very much a mutual relationship
as the Orishas need to be worshipped by human beings if they are to continue to
exist.
Islam;
God tells us that the
devil is a liar and a cheat;
[4:117] They even
worship female gods besides Him; as a matter of fact, they only worship a
rebellious devil.
[4:118] GOD has
condemned him, and he said, "I will surely recruit a definite share of Your
worshipers.
[4:119] "I will
mislead them, I will entice them, I will command them to (forbid the eating of
certain meats by) marking the ears of livestock, and I will command them to
distort the creation of GOD." Anyone who accepts the devil as a lord, instead of
GOD, has incurred a profound loss.
[4:120] He
promises them and entices them; what the devil promises is no more than an
illusion.
[4:121]
These have incurred Hell as their final abode, and can never evade it.
He is also called
whisperer;
[114:4]
"From the evils of sneaky whisperers.
[114:5]
"Who whisper into the chests of the people.
[114:6]
"Be they of the jinn's, or the people."
He can and will whisper
unsavory things in your ears which you start believing in.
Devil does not require for them to be worshiped to live, they only ask
people to worship them because they are the enemy of God and would lead loads of
people to idol worship them and end up in Hell;
[4:118] GOD has
condemned him, and he said, "I will surely recruit a definite share of Your
worshipers.
Santeria;
Santeria has no
scriptures and is passed on by word-of-mouth.
Islam;
Islam believes in
Scriptures the Torah, the Gospel and the Quran (The Final Testament) as they
were revealed to the prophets. The
Torah and the Gospel are not the same as they were revealed to the prophets,
because of lost documents, omissions, corruption and the authors were not the
prophets;
[3:187] GOD took
a covenant from those who received the scripture: "You shall proclaim it to the
people, and never conceal it." But they disregarded it behind their backs, and
traded it away for a cheap price. What a miserable trade.
However, the Quran was written by the
prophet as it was revealed and has been passed from generation to generation in
the same form;
[25:4]
Those who disbelieved said, "This is a fabrication that he produced, with
the help of some other people." They have uttered a blasphemy and a falsehood.
[25:5] They also
said, "Tales from the past that he wrote down; they were dictated to him day and
night."*
*25:5 Muhammad's
contemporaries knew that he was a literate man who could read and write; he
wrote God's revelations with his own hand.
[53:4]
It was divine inspiration.
[53:5]
Dictated by the Most Powerful.
Quran is a proven word of God, not only
the text is brilliant, it has a underling mathematical structure which no Jinn
or Human can break;
Mathematical
Challenge
[2:23] If you
have any doubt regarding what we revealed to our servant, then produce one sura
like these, and call upon your own witnesses against GOD, if you are truthful.
[2:24] If you
cannot do this - and you can never do this - then beware of the Hellfire, whose
fuel is people and rocks; it awaits the disbelievers.
This article has
direct reference to material on
www.bbc.co.uk/religion.
Thus the paragraphs under the heading “Santeria” is from BBC.
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