Çiğdem Çetinkaya’s Reflection on Surah Ali 'Imran:19

Çiğdem Çetinkaya

2mo ago

"As 21st-century people, we are born into technology. We can use it very well and we are surrounded by it. We use smart phones and we have lots of applications on them. They facilitate our lives, help us, guide us and even entertain us. Sometimes we have to update them, and we do it automatically. We think that if we don't update them, we can't use them properly. Updating apps remind me of Allah's divine book. Why don't people update their holy book while they consider it very normal to update their apps?The Holy Quran is an update to the Bible that was written by the Almighty God and sent through an angel to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to guide humanity. I don't know why people update their apps every day but are not convinced that the Quran is an updated book of God.The Bible contains the words of Christian believers, those who believed that God can die. The Quran is the word of Allah, sent to Muhammad (PBUH) to guide people and stating that Allah is Eternal and cannot die. The last version of the holy books is the Quran."As stated in the Holy Quran: 'Truly, the religion with Allah is Islam' (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:19). "This finality is also beautifully illustrated by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who said: 'My similitude in comparison with the prophets before me is that of a man who has built a house completely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner... So I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets' (Sahih al-Bukhari)."

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