Zakir Naik – How to Remove the Difference between Hinduism and Islam
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The concept
of God in Hinduism.
If you ask a common Hindu,
that how many gods does he believe in?
Some may say 3.
Some may say 100. Some may say 1,000.
While others will say 33 crows, 330,000,000.
But if you ask a learned Hindu who's
well versed with the scriptures, he will tell
you that the Hindus
should believe and worship only 1 God.
But the common Hindu, he believed in a
philosophy
known as pantheism.
Pantheism means that everything is God.
The sun is God. The moon is God.
The tree is God. The human being is
God. The snake is God. What we Muslims
believe
that everything belongs to God. Everything is God's.
G o d with an apostrophe. Yes. Everything
belongs to God.
The sun belongs to God. The moon belongs
to God. The tree belongs to God. The
human being belongs to God. The snake belongs
to God.
So the major difference
between the common Hindu
and the common Muslim is,
the Hindu says everything is God. We Muslims
say everything is God's.
God with an apostrophe s. If we can
solve this difference
of apostrophe s, then the Muslim will be
united.
Now when we read the secret scriptures of
the Hindus,
it's mentioned in the Upanishad. Upanishad is the
one of
the higher category of sacred scriptures of the
Hindus. It's mentioned
in chapter number 6, section number 2, verse
number 1.
God is only 1 without a second.
It's mentioned in the
chapter number 6, verse number 9.
Of that God, he has got no parents.
He has got no Lord. Almighty God has
got no mother, no father, no superior.
It's mentioned
in chapter number 4, number 19.
Of that God,
there is no
in Sanskrit means an image,
an idol, a picture, a photograph, a painting,
a sculpture, a statue. Of that god, there
is no
of that god, there is no image. No
idol. No picture. No painting. No portrait, no
statue, no sculpture.
It's really mentioned
chapter number 4, verse 20,
that almighty God
is imageless.
And amongst
the Hindu scriptures,
the most widely read scripture is Bhagavad Gita.
It's mentioned in Gita. Chapter number 7, verse
number 20.
All those whose intelligence has been stolen
by material desires, they worship demigods.
That all those are materialistic people,
they worship demigods.
Gods besides the one true God.
It's mentioned
book number 20. Hymn number 58, verse number
3.
Verily great is
almighty God.
It's mentioned in chapter
number 32 verse number 3.
Of that god, there is
no Of that god, he has got no
images.
No idol. No picture. No painting. No portrait.
No sculpture. No statue.
It's mentioned in chapter 40 verse number 8.
That almighty God,
he is imageless and pure. It's mentioned
chapter 40 verse number 9.
Means darkness.
Means
entering. They are entering darkness.
Those who worship
the in Sanskrit
means the natural things. Water, fire, air.
The Jewve chapter number 40 verse number 9
says, they are entering darkness. Those who worship
the the natural things like water, fire, air.
And the verse continues, they are entering more
in darkness, those who worship the
Those who worship the created things like table,
chair, idols, etcetera. Who says that? The Jurveda
chapter number 40 verse number 9.
The Vedas are the most sacred amongst all
the scriptures of the Hindus.
And amongst the Vedas,
the most important, most sacred is Rigved.
It's mentioned Rigved. Book number 1. Hymn number
164. Verse number 46.
Truth is 1. God is 1. Sages and
saints call him by different names. The same
message is repeated in Rigved,
book number 10.
Hymn number 114, verse number 5. That God
is 1,
but saints call him by a variety of
names.
And there are
no less than 33 attributes
given to almighty God in Rigveda book number
2, hymn number 1 alone. One of the
attributes is in Rigveda book number 2, hymn
number 1 verse number 3, is brahma.
Brahma
is called as the creator God.
If you translate creator into Arabic, it means.
We
Muslims have got no objection. If someone calls
almighty God
as
or creator or Brahma. But if someone says
Brahma is almighty God who has got foreheads.
And on each head of the crown, we
Muslims take strong exception to it. Because we
are going against.
Chapter number 4. Verse number 19 which says,
of that God, there is no. There is
no image. There is no idol. There is
no picture. There is no painting. There is
no portrait. There is no statue. There is
no sculpture.
The other attribute given
to Almighty
God in Rigveda, book number 2, hymn number
1, verse number 3, is Vishnu.
Vishnu
is called as
the sustainer God,
the cherisher.
If you translate
sustainer or cherisher
to Arabic, it is somewhat similar to rub.
We Muslims have got no objection. If someone
calls almighty God as rub or cherisher or
sustainer
or Vishnu. But if someone says Vishnu is
almighty God
who's traveling on the sea, on a bell
of snakes, who has got 4 hands. On
one hand is the chakra and flying on
the bird by the name of Garuda. We
Muslims take strong objection to it. And we're
going
against chapter number 32. Verse number 3 which
says,
of that God, there is no. There is
no image. There is no idol. There is
no picture. There is no portrait. There is
no painting. There is no sculpture. There is
no statue.
It's further mentioned in Rigved. Book number 8.
Hymn number 1. Verse number 1.
Do not worship him except
the one and only. Praise him alone. It's
mentioned in Rigved, book number 6.
Hymn number 45,
verse number 16.
It says,
praise him alone, one God.
Only praise him.
And the Brahma sutra
of Hinduism. The fundamental creed of Hinduism is,
There's only one God. Not a second one.
Not at all. Not at all. Not in
the least bit.
So if you read the Hindu scripture, you'll
understand the concept of God in Hinduism and
understand Hinduism in the right perspective. And that
will help to increase the brotherhood between the
Hindus and the Muslims.