There is no question whether or not religion is intertwined with morality. Even organized religion has a set of guidelines to help its followers behave more piously. Christianity as well as Judaism have the Ten Commandments, given to Moses to instill order in his unruly people. Buddhism has the four noble truths and the eightfold path to guide its followers to nirvana. However, even though these obligations have been given to each religion and each religion recognizes the fact that these rules have been given by their deity, there are many different interpretations within each religion as to how important adherence to these rules is. For example, some sects of Christianity believe that breaking one of the Ten Commandments is a certain path to hell and since that person has broken the law of the Lord, not even Jesus can forgive you. And yet another sect within the same Protestant form of Christianity may believe that a person can break the Ten Commandments as often as they want, as long as they have truly accepted Jesus Christ and the forgiveness of his masters into their hearts. Consider for a moment that this variation in interpretation occurs even when these rules are displayed correctly. Both sects of Christianity in this example recognize that these Ten Commandments are the primary laws that God has given them, however, even though they agree that they are holy, they cannot agree on exactly how important they are to achieving salvation. Let us now consider the Quran. To say that it is difficult to get more than two Muslim scholars to agree on the same set of laws in the Quran is an incredible understatement. Because of the ambiguity often associated with the multiplicity of the Qur'an... middle of paper... the wording of this verse provides further evidence to suggest that these rules are simply guidelines. The verse clearly says that by following the rules of the Quran a believer can find grace, and finding grace simply means being graceful in the eyes of one's peers and being well respected. In this sense the verse suggests that these rules simply describe how Muslims should do their best to appear holy and pious to non-Muslims, thus bringing respect and dignity to their faith. Furthermore, the lack of the word salvation in the last part of the verse also suggests that a believer cannot follow these rules in the Book and still see their lord. Indeed, the mention of evil suggests that you will meet Allah and he will judge you, but ultimately as long as you have full faith in Allah and Prophet Muhammad, then you will be granted access to paradise..
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