Answers to Questions:
1. It says that we were all born basically good but we have natural weaknesses due to our physical nature. This causes us to desire pleasure and aversion of pain and this is what causes us to fall into sin.
2. The purpose of these stages is to help us come to a realization that God is in fact real and that we ought to move closer to him.
3. It accepts them all because they all point to one goal to achieve harmony and an even higher understanding of God's nature but the Qur'an points out that no previous revelation of God has survived without human alteration or editing.
4. I think the purpose of tawba is to repent for your sins and to ultimately give you a higher understanding of God's power. The sins that you commit in this life must be paid for in this life. This is very similar to other religions, especially Christianity, where Christians repent for their sins.
5. Islam is not a faith of good deeds because living a morally right life and doing good deeds is just a mere sign of your faith. Good deeds are viewed more as an incentive.
6. This sentence means that making the choice to accept Allah while you are alive, promotes living a morally sound life and you can be guided and molded by Allah and not corrupting your soul.
7. Further expanding on fitrah, it can have a lot of meaning in your life if you do not waste it and fill it with meaningless pleasures. Also overtime fitrah develops even more and helps you move through different stages in your life
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