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Clearing an atheist misconception: Paradise is not the reward for good deeds
We often hear this from atheists who want to make us believe they have morality. They say that they perform good deeds because they have morality and they do good for the sake of goodness.
The atheists say that Muslims only do good out of self interest. They expect to be rewarded for those deeds and they are not doing it because they believe those deeds are good by themselves.
This is a misconception of not just the atheists but also those ignorant people who ascribe themselves to Islam without truly understanding it.
The real reason why Allah grants his paradise to people is because they inclined towards Allah and had the right attitude.
A person can perform good deeds but have incorrect beliefs and commit shirk. A person may be unable to perform any deeds because he dies, or maybe she is born without any means to perform those deeds.
It would be unfair if Allah grants those who have more abilities with paradise just because of their deeds and deny paradise from the less capable ones.
Therefore, one must have the right aqeedah, be sincere and strive towards Allah.
People who have good intentions and want to perform good deeds for the sake of Allah are rewarded for their intention. Not for the deeds. Because some might die before actually performing the deeds. Those people who die before doing it are also granted paradise.
As Muslims we have faith in Allah, his promise of paradise and rewards not as equal pay for our deeds but as his mercy and genorocity for his servants. No amount of prayers and good deeds can buy a square inch of paradise without Allah's mercy and grace.
This doesn't mean we don't have to do any deeds. We obey and serve Allah out of love and devotion, we do good because Allah is goodness and it pleases Allah when we strive towards goodness.
The problem with atheism is that their beliefs are based on Darwinism. They believe that all human being are self interested. They project their own beliefs on other people. They justify their own selfishness by claiming they are merely following their own natural instincts like animals do.
But they feel offended when Muslims deem them as immoral. They want to feel good about themselves and therefore they claim they do perform good deeds. But they also admit that even when they act "morally" it is their subcontious behavior which is driven by desire to survive as a species. So they admit that they don't really believe in goodness. They just believe in not wanting to die.
The atheists say that Muslims only do good out of self interest. They expect to be rewarded for those deeds and they are not doing it because they believe those deeds are good by themselves.
This is a misconception of not just the atheists but also those ignorant people who ascribe themselves to Islam without truly understanding it.
The real reason why Allah grants his paradise to people is because they inclined towards Allah and had the right attitude.
A person can perform good deeds but have incorrect beliefs and commit shirk. A person may be unable to perform any deeds because he dies, or maybe she is born without any means to perform those deeds.
It would be unfair if Allah grants those who have more abilities with paradise just because of their deeds and deny paradise from the less capable ones.
Therefore, one must have the right aqeedah, be sincere and strive towards Allah.
People who have good intentions and want to perform good deeds for the sake of Allah are rewarded for their intention. Not for the deeds. Because some might die before actually performing the deeds. Those people who die before doing it are also granted paradise.
As Muslims we have faith in Allah, his promise of paradise and rewards not as equal pay for our deeds but as his mercy and genorocity for his servants. No amount of prayers and good deeds can buy a square inch of paradise without Allah's mercy and grace.
This doesn't mean we don't have to do any deeds. We obey and serve Allah out of love and devotion, we do good because Allah is goodness and it pleases Allah when we strive towards goodness.
The problem with atheism is that their beliefs are based on Darwinism. They believe that all human being are self interested. They project their own beliefs on other people. They justify their own selfishness by claiming they are merely following their own natural instincts like animals do.
But they feel offended when Muslims deem them as immoral. They want to feel good about themselves and therefore they claim they do perform good deeds. But they also admit that even when they act "morally" it is their subcontious behavior which is driven by desire to survive as a species. So they admit that they don't really believe in goodness. They just believe in not wanting to die.
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