What does it mean to be a Muslim today
What does it mean to be a Muslim today
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今天成为穆斯林意味着什么
DOI：
10.1111/j.1741-2005.1990.tb01386.x
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1990
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R. Hassan
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R. Hassan
在新千年前夕或任何一天成为一名穆斯林，都是按照真主的意愿和喜悦生活。穆斯林经常高兴而自豪地说，成为一名穆斯林很容易，因为伊斯兰教是通往天堂的“直路”。换句话说，这意味着伊斯兰教的原则是简单而直接的，没有歧义、混乱、矛盾或神秘，理解它们或按照它们生活并不困难。这里的假设是，如果一个人以某种方式通过接受伊斯兰教（这是真主对人类的最后和最后的启示）而走上“直截了当的道路”，那么一个人将相当毫不费力地到达目的地，即在真主面前获得永恒幸福的状态。我必须承认，我对这种假设完全感到惊讶和不知所措。对我来说，在新千年的前夕或任何一天做一个穆斯林似乎都是非常困难的，因为作为一个穆斯林必须不断地面对挑战，首先要知道上帝对人类的旨意或愿望，不仅是对人类，而且是对自己，然后在生命的每一刻都按照上帝的旨意去做，并享受上帝的旨意。
To be a Muslim on the eve of the new millennium or on any day is to live in accordance with the will and pleasure of God. Muslims often say, with joy and pride, that it is easy to be a Muslim since Islam is “the straight path” leading to paradise. What this means, in other words, is that the principles of Islam are simple and straight-forward, free of ambiguities, confusions, inconsistencies or mysteries, and that comprehending them or living in accordance with them is not difficult. The assumption here is that if one somehow comes to “the straightforward path” by accepting Islam, which is God’s last and final revelation to humanity, one will fairly effortlessly arrive at the destination which is a state of eternal blessedness in the presence of God. I must confess that I am totally amazed, and overwhelmed, by this assumption. To me, being a Muslim on the eve of the new millennium or any day seems to be exceedingly hard, for to be a Muslim one has constantly to face the challenge, first of knowing what God wills or desires not only for humanity in general but also for oneself in particular, and then of doing what one believes to be God’s will and pleasure each moment of one’s life.