স্রষ্টার নাম নিয়ে যে হাবিজাবি বিতর্ক তাতে অংশগ্রহন করার আগে আসুন আপনাদের একটা ওয়েবসাইট থেকে কিছু পড়তে আমন্ত্রন জানাই।

আগে পড়ুন, জানুন, হৃদয়ে ধারন করুন এবং স্রষ্টার কাছে প্রার্থনা করুন আপনার হৃদয়কে উন্মোচিত করে দিতে... তারপরে আসুন তর্ক করি। তার আগে অযাচিত তর্ক করা ঠিক না।

সুরা মুমিনুন এর এই আয়াতগুলো খেয়াল করুন :
Successful indeed are the believers.
Those who humble themselves in their prayers ;
Who avoid vain talk;
Who are active in deeds of charity;
And who guard their modesty

The Quran, chapter 23, 01-05

তৃতীয় আয়াতটি খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। বিশ্বাসী হিসেবে কারা সফল তা বর্ণনা করতে গিয়ে আল্লাহ বলেন, 'বিশ্বাসী তারাই যারা ফালতু কথা থেকে বিরত থাকে।' সুতরাং অতিরিক্ত ধার্মিকরাসাবধান।

এবার আসুন যা পড়তে আমন্ত্রন জানাচ্ছিলাম তাতে আসা যাক:

My God Versus Your God?

Religion has been at the forefront of controversy, hatred and wars throughout all of recorded history. And there is no issue that has been more contentious than the name of The Creator.

Each of the major religions has, at its very core, the fundamental concept of an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent Creator that is beyond the understanding of the limited minds of mankind.

Since these diverse cultures all agree that there is One Creator, a Creator whom we all honor, and whose ways we all strive to learn to live in harmony with, then isn't that a common bond that we should all share and celebrate?

Who can claim to know the "true" name of the That Which is beyond name and form? Is it even meaningful to try to name That Which is beyond name and form?

God, Khoda, Allah, Alaha, El, Elohim, Elat, Om, Jehova, Jah, Yahweh, Brahman, Ram, Krishna, Ahura Mazda, Tao... and many more, have all been used to refer to That Which is beyond name and form.

Nonetheless, words and names are only metaphors that we use to refer to something. The meaning is not inherent in the word, rather the meaning is something that is agreed upon. For example, each language has its own words for mother and father and for hot and cold... is it surprising then that each culture should have its own words to refer to the One?

(For Christians who find it difficult to say the name Allah, it may be helpful to note that in the Semitic language of Aramaic that Jesus probably spoke, the Aramaic name that is translated as God in the European bible was actually Alaha. Indeed, Allah of the Qur'an and Alaha of Jesus are the same One. The name God is a relatively new, and perhaps unfortunate, European invention that has been the source of much misunderstanding, fear and hatred.)

Throughout recorded history, the differences of mankind have been used as excuses for crusades, wars and hatred. Must every generation fall prey to the same old foolishness, or is it finally time for a new understanding, an understanding based on That Which we all share in common?

May we all learn to celebrate the glory of the Divine Flame that glows in the heart of all beings.

May we learn as one great nation of mankind to celebrate the glory of our Beloved rather than quarrel over our petty differences.

ওয়েসাইট রেফারেনস: http://www.wahiduddin.net/views/unity1.htm অনেক ধন্যবাদ।

পুন:শ্চ: - হে প্রভু তোমার বিশ্বাসী এবং অবিশ্বাসী সকলকে সত্য দেখতে সাহায্য করো। সবার হৃদয়কে উন্মোচিত করো, সবাইকে আলোকিত মানুষ করো। নিশ্চই তুমিই জগৎ সংসারের আলো।