What the
Koran
means by the devil,
verses 14 and 15:
"The desire for pleasure from the
objects of
the senses which comes from women [lower nature] and offspring
and stored-up reserves of gold and silver, marked horses (by their
names), and cattle and properties, appeals to the worldly men. These
are the comfort for this material world. It is with
Allah which is an
excellent abode."
"Say (O
Muhammad): Shall I inform you of something better than these which are so dear
to you (O worldly people)! For those who keep from
evil and are aware of their duties to
Allah, there are gardens with rivers flowing beneath, and pure
companions and the blessings of
Allah.
Allah is watchful of
His Bondmen." (The Family of 'Imran, 14-15)
<1>What these verses describe is that, "The
desire for pleasure from the
objects of the senses which comes from women and offspring, and
stored-up gold and silver," and horses, cattle, and similar things,
are all the attractions of the external world. In verse 15 it is
said, "Those who keep from
evil," which means,
those who keep from being attracted to these things which are
evil (attractions to
the external world) can understand the reality of the spiritual
world.
<2>So again
evil
is nothing but excess attraction to the external world.
Evil is not a being. It
is a quality of the human which can be overcome. So evil is the same
as
Maya, the attraction to
the material world.
Reincarnation,
verse 27:
"...You bring the living from the dead, and bring
the dead from the living." (The Family of 'Imran, 27)
<3>God
can bring the living from the dead and He can bring the dead from
the living. So
God (Allah)
in the Koran is
an able
God. He can do whatever
He wishes to do. If He is an able
God and can bring the dead from the living and the living from
the dead, then He is also able to reincarnate. If we say He cannot
reincarnate, then we are saying that He is not an able
God as
Prophet
Muhammad taught.
Meditation, silence, and remembrance of
God, verse 41:
"Zakariah said: My Lord, lay upon me a token. He
(the
Angel) replied: The
token for you is that you should not speak with people for three
days but by signs, and remember the Lord much, and praise Him by
night and early morning." (The Family of 'Imran, 41)
<4>This
verse presents that silence, the
remembrance of
God, and meditating on
Him and His creation is a part of becoming closer to Him. That is
why
meditation,
silence, and being an observer is recommended by all great
spiritual
teachers to keep oneself away from the crowd. <5>Also
this encourages thinking about the creation, what is happening in
this world, why we are here, what we are doing here, what we are,
what is God, etc.
Reincarnation,
verse 49:
"...and I raise the dead, by
Allah's permission..."
(The Family of 'Imran, 49)
<6>It is
Allah
(God) who will decide to
raise or cause to die. It is
God who can reincarnate or not reincarnate. It is
Allah (God) who can
send the same person again and again to this earth, or not. It is
God who can also send some people sometime or other people other
times. Or it is
God who does not send at
all. <7>So again, if we say, "Allah
cannot reincarnate" then we are saying what He can do or what He
cannot do. He can do whatever He wants to do.
Non-believers, verse 54:
"And they (the disbelievers) devised their plans,
and
Allah devised His!
Allah is the best
planner," (The Family of 'Imran, 54)
<8>Unbelievers think that they can cheat on
God, especially by
changing the Scriptures. But they do not know that
God is very aware of their hearts and will carry out His own
Plan for the universe. They change the Scriptures or try to follow
their own false egos
in order to serve their own purposes. However, then
God
sends another great Prophet (in this case
Prophet
Muhammad) to bring truth back to the
light again. <9>So the sun does not stay under the
clouds forever. Truth should be accepted by all. That is The
Plan.
<10>God
brings His religion again and again into this world. The people try
to destroy it, but another Prophet or
spiritual teacher
comes and reveals truth from the
Akashic Records
again, until eventually all understand and see the hand of
God in history and
creation. Then people should stop fighting the truth and accept it!
Elected Ones, verse 55:
"Remember when
Allah
told Esa that: I will
cause you to die and then your Soul shall be ascended unto me, and
will clean you from calumnies of disbelievers, and will exalt you
above disbelievers to the Day of Judgment; then unto Me you all will
return, and I shall judge between you on what you used to differ."
(The Family of 'Imran, 55)
<11>Why are
Christ
and his followers preferred over the unbelievers? It is because he
and his followers were always preferred to unbelievers. They are the
Elected Ones. The people who followed
Christ were
Elected Ones,
as the people who followed
Prophet
Muhammad were
Elected Ones.
<12>These people have been reincarnated again
and again, and have set the world in the right direction. <13>Later
on, the world becomes corrupt again. So they have to come
back.
<14>However, each time they come back some new people will be
saved and will reach higher consciousness. This process will
continue until all understand The Plan of
God
and establish the Kingdom
Of Heaven On Earth. That is why
Christ called them "the salt of the earth" (Matthew 5:13). Without these people we would not even be here where we are now.
That is why they are above disbelievers.
