``THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MUSLIM AND A KAFIR ``

BY MD. HADIUL ISLAM (FARUK)

WHY IS THERE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MUSLIM AND A KAFIR?

Every Muslim personally believes and you too must be surely believing alike. That a Muslims rank is higher than that of  a Kafir . God likes a Muslim and dislikes a Kafir. A Muslim will get salvation from God while a Kafir will not.a Muslim will go to paradise and a Kafir will go to Hell.today I want you to ponder over this matter as to why should there be so much difference between a Muslim and a Kafir? A Kafir is as much an offspring of Adam as you are.he too possesses hands, feet, eyes and ears as you possess. He too, like you breathes the same air, drinks the same water, inhabits the same land as you do. Theat very God Who created you, created him also. Then why is his rank low and yours high? Why will you get paradise and why will he be thrown into Hell?.

IS THE DIFFERENCE ONLY NOMINAL?

This is a point to be thought over deeply. Such a big difference between man and man cannot be simply due to the fact that you are called by names like `Abdullah` and `Abdur-Rehman` and he is called by names like Deen Dayal, Kartar singh and Robertson, or hat you get circumcised and he does not , or that you eat meat and he shuns it. The almighty Allah Who has created all human beings and is the Sustain er of all of them cannot be so cruel as to discriminate between His creatures on such petty grounds and sends one slave of His to Heaven and another to Hell.

REAL DIFFERENCE –ISLAM AND KUFR`

When the position is not like this , then think out what is he actual difference between the two? The answer to it is only one and it is this hat the real difference between the two is due to Islam and Kufr. The meaning of Islam is obedience to God while he meaning of kufr is disobedience to God. Muslim and kafir are both human beings , both are slaves of God. But one human being becomes superior for the reason that he recognizes his Master,  obeys His orders and fears the consequences of disobeying Him, whole the other human being falls from the hing rank because he does not recognize his Master and does not carry out His orders. This is why God is pleased with Muslims and displeased with unbelievers. He promises award of Heaven to Muslims and warns unbelievers that they will be consigned to Hell.

CAUSE OF DIFFERENCE –KNOWLEDGE AND DEEDS.

From this it is clear that there are two things which separate Muslims and Kafirs. One is knowledge and the other, deeds. That is, in the first place, one should know who is his Master, what are His orders, what is he method to follow His wishes, which deeds please Him and which displease Him? Then when these things become known, the second step is that man should make himself a slave of his Master, carry out what He desires, and give up own wishes, If his heart desires to do a certain act and the Masters order is against it, he should pay no heed to his hearts desire and carry out his Masters order. If a work appears as noble to him but the Master says it is noble, he too must consider it good.if he sees harm in a certain work but since the Master says that it must be done, he must in any case do it though it may entail him any amount of loss in life and property. As against this, if he expects profit in some other work but the Master forbids him from undertaking it, he must never touch it though it may bring him even the wealth of the whole world.

This is the knowledge and conduct by which a Muslim becomes a true servant of God,on whom he sends His blessing and to whom He awards hon our and dignity. Contrarily, since a Kafir does not possess this knowledge, he is listed as Gods disobedient slave and is deprived by God of His blessings.

Now you should yourself consider with justice that if a man who calls himself Muslim is as ignorant and disobedient as a Kafir, how can he be superior to the latter merely on the basis of bearing a different name, wearing a different dress and eating a different food? Also on what basis is he entitled to the blessing of God in this world and in the Hereafter? Islam is not akin to  a race of family or brotherhood which  is automatically bequeathed from father tho son and from son to grandson. It is not the case here that a Brahmins son, however, ignorant and of bad conduct he may be , will command a lofty status just because he is born in a Brahmins home and belongs to the high caste, while the son of a scheduled caste,however will remain in the low state because he is born in a scheduled caste home and is  a menial.