"So be gentle with the disbelievers; grant them respite for a while."
Quran 86:17
Here is another of the many passages from the Quran admonishing Muslims to not be judgmental and to be tolerant and patient with those who don't believe, this was drawn from the 86th surah, al-Tariq, sometimes rendered as "What Comes by Night." To be fair, there is a definite sense of right/wrong here, as in "we're right and you're wrong," but the point is that that even if you believe this to be the case God will sort this out in the end, not you. Having said that, it's amazing/disheartening how many of us are judgmental in how we view non-believers. As I've proposed repeatedly, I think there are many paths to God. In other passages we are directed to compete with followers of other religions only in excellence, that is, gently compete with how devout and steadfast and sincere and useful and helpful we can be in our own faiths. In that sense, I think we should always be turning the lens on ourselves first, and I would argue, exclusively.
Quran 86:17
Here is another of the many passages from the Quran admonishing Muslims to not be judgmental and to be tolerant and patient with those who don't believe, this was drawn from the 86th surah, al-Tariq, sometimes rendered as "What Comes by Night." To be fair, there is a definite sense of right/wrong here, as in "we're right and you're wrong," but the point is that that even if you believe this to be the case God will sort this out in the end, not you. Having said that, it's amazing/disheartening how many of us are judgmental in how we view non-believers. As I've proposed repeatedly, I think there are many paths to God. In other passages we are directed to compete with followers of other religions only in excellence, that is, gently compete with how devout and steadfast and sincere and useful and helpful we can be in our own faiths. In that sense, I think we should always be turning the lens on ourselves first, and I would argue, exclusively.
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