Zakir Naik – The Necessity of Following the Quran

The brother posed a question in Hindi. I'll

give the translation English.

He said that

God

loves

even he loves God, human beings love God.

The moment you love God, all these good

qualities I mentioned about honesty,

about charity come automatically.

So is it required that we should follow

the commandments mentioned in the Quran? Is it

a requirement?

Brother,

if everything comes automatically,

you will automatically follow what is mentioned in

the Quran.

But everything doesn't come automatically to everyone.

You understand?

So what Allah wants, if you love your

creator. For example, I say that I love

my mother.

I love my mother. My mother tells me

that

my son,

don't tell lies. No, I love you mother.

Well, what the harm in lying?

My mother says, get for me a glass

of water. Mother, I love you very much.

But I don't get the glass of water.

I am sick, please get some tablets. Mother,

I love you very much.

If I don't obey the commandments of my

mother, what is the use of this love?

It is useless. It is a lip service.

Therefore Allah says in the Quran in

chapter 29 verse number 2, just by saying

you believe

Allah will test you. If you say you

love, my love will love cut down. Allah

will not leave you, Allah will test you.

So just by saying you love Allah, or

just by saying I believe in Allah, believe

in God, Allah will surely test you. So

this life is a test. Now when you

go for the test,

if you don't know the rules and regulation

of the test,

there will be a problem. For example,

if you sit for an examination, first you

try and find out what is the portion

of the examination.

And then you study that portion. So what

Allah said, certain things are inborn. I agree

with you.

Certain things, qualities,

honesty, charity, it comes inborn. Allah has put.

But many things we don't know.

Not having alcohol is not in bond.

Certain things that charity is in bond may

come like if anyone is suppose anyone is

tortured, you feel hurt. Certain things are in

bond. Not to gamble is not in bond.

So certain things are inborn, certain things are

not. So what we have to do, we

have to follow the commandments of Allah Subhanahu

Wa Ta'ala. As Allah says, this life is

a test. So unless you do not read

the commandment of Almighty God, how will you

pass the test? Why do I say read

the Quran? Because this is the only book

which is a revelation of almighty God, which

has remained in pristine purity. According to sir

William,

who is a staunch critic of Islam, he

was forced to write. Forced means he was

compelled, he had no option. That there is

no book on the earth which has remained

as pure as the Quran for the past

12 centuries. He said this 200 years back.

Even a critic, he had no option. He

couldn't lie here, he had to say. So

compared to all the other scriptures of almighty

God Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, he sent several

revelations

by name you know 4. Torah, Zaboor, Injeel

and the Quran. Torah is the revelation

that was given to Moses, peace be upon

him. Zaboor is the revelation that was given

to David, peace be upon him. Injil is

the wahi, the revelation given to Jesus, peace

be upon him. And Quran is the last

and final revelation that was given to the

last and final messenger prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

wa sallam. Otherwise, Allah says in the Quran,

Nifuru Rehazi chapter 13 verse 38, we have

sent a revelation every age. There are many

more revelations sent. By the passage of time,

they have got corrupted. The only one which

has remained in pristine purity is the Quran.

That's why I say that if you want

to follow the real

command of Allah, subhanahu, to follow this. And

if you being a Hindu, if you ask

me, how do I prove it? You have

to come for my talk on 18th January

on Sunday for similarities between Hinduism and Islam.