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BrAiKi
18-10-04, 12:42 PM
Once in hyde park speakers corner i heard a christian preacher saying "Christianity is the only way! Islam says that people are SLAVES of god, while christianity says that God is our father"

I jus wanna make a point here...
in Quran, all@h says many times "ya e`baadi"
now the a`bd (plural e`baad) in arabic has two meanings, a slave and a servant...
people considerd the first translation for english, so now people think that a`bd means a slave.while in Quran it meant a servant. and as y'all see there's a big difference between them..
what do u all think ?
HITMAN
18-10-04, 05:45 PM
honestly, i dont mind being the slave of who created me!
BrAiKi
19-10-04, 09:15 AM
honestly, i dont mind being the slave of who created me!

i dont neither, but i jus wanted to make a point there...
maybe u dont mind, but some other ppl may use it to spoil Islamz reputation
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 09:18 AM
isn't it drived from ebada
so the abd is some one who engages in the act of ebada
Enigma
19-10-04, 12:47 PM
Once in hyde park speakers corner i heard a christian preacher saying "Christianity is the only way! Islam says that people are SLAVES of god, while christianity says that God is our father"
?

And why would you worship your own father?

Why would you worship anyone/thing that is just like you? There's no difference between you two...
Scorpio27
19-10-04, 01:04 PM
We are Servant not Slaves.:(
Pineapple Thief
19-10-04, 01:57 PM
We have the choice to do what we like in this life. Judgement comes later. God doesnt force us to do anything.

Slaves: forced to do something, have no free will in the matter.
Servant: has a job. Is paid for that job. If the servant refuses to do his job, he isnt paid (i.e. we arent rewarded with Heaven) :)
IceTea
19-10-04, 04:31 PM
When it comes to Allah then both words have the same meaning. Allah created human beings to worship him so we are Allah servants or slaves. And the Christian guy is wrong because God has no sons, so he is not a father of anyone.
BrAiKi
19-10-04, 11:54 PM
And why would you worship your own father?

Why would you worship anyone/thing that is just like you? There's no difference between you two...
thats another issue
BrAiKi
19-10-04, 11:56 PM
And why would you worship your own father?

Why would you worship anyone/thing that is just like you? There's no difference between you two...
i agree withcu, u've translated what I said above ^^ :)