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General Discussion / Re: Tawhid thread.
« Last post by Soccer on January 24, 2023, 06:23:49 PM »Salam
Soft polytheism is a semantic issue. This is why Quran says "If God were to take a son/daughter, he would have taken is from who he has chosen from who he has created" and said to Mohammad (s) "Say: If God took a son, then it is me who is the foremost of the worshipers", meaning it would be Mohammad (s) himself, but how can Mohammad (s) worship God and be equated with God? It's a paradox. It's about holding a word unique for God out of respect for God's exalted nature above all exalted ones.
Hard polytheism, is a theological issue. This is where Quran says "If there was god with God, the two (heaven and earth) would be corrupted and all that is in it". This you have to see what the universe and creation and morality would be without an absolute being. And said "Are there any of your associates who guide to the truth, God guides to the truth...", meaning, Prophets and Messengers get their guidance from God, without God there is no guidance to others, and if the world was without an absolute being, there is no truth nor guidance to it or by it. This would mean there is no light path to ascend by and no absolute being to go towards, hence no direction is right nor a path wrong, all equally meaningless. And it means for soft polytheism, the exalted ones don't guide to God by their own, but are guided by God and guide and intercede upon the path and help souls by God's permission and that their light and power and guiding sustenance all emanates from the source (God), the guide guides by God and God is the True Guide in the guidance.
And also, soft polytheism, has other arguments. Even if they were not gonna call them gods, exalting beings without proof of their intermediation and intercession from God, is hidden intention of polytheism. Thus exalted ones need proof of their stations and titles and realities from God. They require proofs in form of scripture or legacy of knowledge and in reality, both, though one suffices.
Soft polytheism is a semantic issue. This is why Quran says "If God were to take a son/daughter, he would have taken is from who he has chosen from who he has created" and said to Mohammad (s) "Say: If God took a son, then it is me who is the foremost of the worshipers", meaning it would be Mohammad (s) himself, but how can Mohammad (s) worship God and be equated with God? It's a paradox. It's about holding a word unique for God out of respect for God's exalted nature above all exalted ones.
Hard polytheism, is a theological issue. This is where Quran says "If there was god with God, the two (heaven and earth) would be corrupted and all that is in it". This you have to see what the universe and creation and morality would be without an absolute being. And said "Are there any of your associates who guide to the truth, God guides to the truth...", meaning, Prophets and Messengers get their guidance from God, without God there is no guidance to others, and if the world was without an absolute being, there is no truth nor guidance to it or by it. This would mean there is no light path to ascend by and no absolute being to go towards, hence no direction is right nor a path wrong, all equally meaningless. And it means for soft polytheism, the exalted ones don't guide to God by their own, but are guided by God and guide and intercede upon the path and help souls by God's permission and that their light and power and guiding sustenance all emanates from the source (God), the guide guides by God and God is the True Guide in the guidance.
And also, soft polytheism, has other arguments. Even if they were not gonna call them gods, exalting beings without proof of their intermediation and intercession from God, is hidden intention of polytheism. Thus exalted ones need proof of their stations and titles and realities from God. They require proofs in form of scripture or legacy of knowledge and in reality, both, though one suffices.