" Setiap anak Adam melakukan kesalahan, dan sebaik-baik orang yang melakukan kesalahan adalah orang yang bertobat" (Sunan Ad Darimi 2611/2769, Tirmidzi. Ibnu Majah, Ahmad) Ya, semua manusia pasti melakukan kesalahan, termasuk orang-orang beriman. Atau bahkan khususnya orang-orang beriman pasti melakukan kesalahan dalam usahanya untuk beriman Ada dua jenis kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh orang beriman atau orang yang percaya: 1. Mengimani sesuatu yang salah 2. Mengimani sesuatu secara salah Pertama, mengimani sesuatu yang salah. Misalnya, orang-orang Kristen Appalachian di Amerika Serikat sangat mengimani ayat Injil Markus 16:18 secara harfiah/literal. Lalu bagaimana seandainya Yesus sama sekali tidak pernah mengatakan apa yang tertulis dalam Markus 16:18, dan akibatnya sebagian orang-orang Kristen Appalachian tewas akibat mereka mengimani sesuatu yang salah? Bukankah para pemegang ular Appalachian tsb adalah orang-orang yang nati konyol untuk agamanya? Kedua, mengimani sesu...
"O believers, believe in God and His messenger, and the Scripture He sent down to His messenger and the Scripture He sent down before. And whoever disbelieves in God, His angels, His Scriptures, His messengers, and the Last Day, has certainly gone far astray." (Quran Sura An Nisa 136). For years I had been perplexed by this verse. What puzzled me the most was why the Scripture before the Quran is written in a singular form, not plural, whereas there are at least three Scriptures that have been known to muslims, i.e. the Torah, the Gospel, and the Pslams. Which of this Scripture are meant to be believed by the muslims besides the Quran, and how to implement this verse in life? For all I know, the majority of muslims believe that there were three Scriptures before the Quran, namely the Torah, the Gospel, and the Zabur, but these three Scriptures had been altered, corrupted, and edited over time, so the Bible today that we now have is no longer trustworthy. And there is no need ...