Islamic quote about Vishnu?

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Islamic quote about Garbhodakasayi-Visnu?

 

"Narrated Imran bin Husain: The Prophet said, 'There was nothing

but Allah, and His Throne was over the water, and He wrote

everything in the Book (in the Heaven) and created the heavens and

the earth.'

"Then a man shouted, 'O Ibn Husain! Your she-camel has gone away!'

So I went away and could not see the she-camel because of the

mirage. By Allah, I wished I had left that she-camel (but not that

gathering)." [sahih al-Bukhari 4.414]

 

EXPLANATION: One may ask why such stories are "narrated". Well,

within Islam there are two major sources of shastra, which are the

Qur'an and the Hadiths. The Hadiths are the collection of the

sayings and doings of the Prophet Muhummad, and each incident is

related by an eyewitness. The rationale behind the collection of the

Hadiths is to preserve for posterity the example set by the Prophet

and is also the Muslim basis for it's Gaudiya parallel, 'mahajano

yena gatah sa panthah.'

Next, we can easily see by virtue of clear description that Allah

was sitting on His "Throne" over the "water". I believe that this

corresponds to Ananta-Sesa and the Garbhodaka Ocean respectively.

Finally, readers may be confused by the strange anecdote about the

she-camel. The idea is that while Imran bin Husain was listening to

the Prophet's lecture, he was alerted that his camel had escaped and

he went off in search of it. He then laments that he should have

ignored his camel and sat down to hear more about Allah from the

Prophet.

 

We can also lament, because had Imran bin Husain testified to more

of the Prophet's commentary, we may have acquired more evidence to

suggest the possibility of a "formful" God within Islam.

 

Conversely, we can study the arguments of Lord Chaitanya with the

Pathans, in which He conclusively proved (by quoting the Qur'an)

that Allah was of a dark colour and that there are descriptions of

karma, jnana and bhakthi within the Qur'an.

 

So we can easily see that a devout Muslim who follows the rules and

regulations of Islam and manages to chant the Shahadha declaration

at the time of death may very well get a spiritual body to serve

Garbhodakasayi Vishnu or serve Vishnu in one of the Vaikuntha

planets. Speaking of which, Srila Prabhupada once related to Hari

Sauri das that he had a dream about a planet where pious Muslims go

after death.

 

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