Theological Claims vs History

 

Theological Claims vs History

Of course I immediately understood what they meant, even though I kept fishing for a bit longer for entertainment hehe.

In my opinion, the theological claim which states that the prophets before Muhammad were Muslims (as mentioned in the Qur'an) must be taken into account.

First, the word 'Muslim' in these verses (eg Al-Baqarah: 130-132 regarding Ibrahim) is interpreted by the commentators as "those who surrender, submit and obey Allah".

Second, if the word 'Muslim' there is interpreted as a Muslim, aka running a belief system and a life concept called “Islam”, there will be chaos in the construction of history.

For example, the Golden Age of Islam no longer needs to be referred to Baghdad or Andalusia in the 8th century, but rather to Jerusalem in the time of Prophet Solomon 3000 years ago (Eh Jerusalem or Magelang, where is Borobudur anyway? I kind of forgot.)

Or if MTs or MA children are asked to explain when Islam first spread outside the Arabian Peninsula, it's easy. It remains only to answer since the time of Prophet Adam, who is said to have been sent down by God from heaven either to Africa or Sri Lanka or India or Atlantis-Nuswantara.

(And at that time there were only two Muslims. Yes, that was exactly when Adam said, "Eve, you are the only woman I love." Then Eve replied, "Plis deh Beb, is there another woman in this world?").

Therein lies the blurring of categories and the chronology of history when theological claims are brought into the scientific realm. If Christianity in Medieval Europe had a problem with science, perhaps Islam would have a problem with historiography.

In terms of "epistemological neatness", it seems that these two commentators are more appropriate if the complaint is not "You read a lot of books, ... etc." instead, "You claim to be Muslim, but why do you say Hinduism precedes Islam?"

Well, if the question sounds like that, of course the area of ​​discussion will be clearer, right? In many ways, theology is difficult to get along with science.

“Wow, you are secular! Separating religion and worldly affairs!” Maybe so. But really then what is the answer? Hey…