Polygamy in Hinduism. Immediately after I published my analysis of Dr Zakir Naiks views on Hinduism, I started receiving hate mails. However I also received a soft copy of another book of his Answers to Non Muslims Common Questions about Islam. Download Prince Valiant Comics Rapidshare Search here. This is another masterpiece of his sophism. I have already glimpsed through videos of his lectures where he recites this book line by line. Many rebuttals of this book are already available. However what perturbed me, was another set of misconceptions he attempts to breed regarding Hinduism through his self proclaimed research. SecurityStudy. Exploding myths of Polygamy in Vedas the final authority of Hinduism. Another rebuttal to Dr Zakir Naik. Mslmanlk Arapa yardm bilgi Elslm, tek tanr inancna dayal en yaygn brahim dinlerden. Lin nsn nomen img 47028n 8145014653621 container shipping and storage, isu90 63026n 6130014430970 charger, battery 70210n 702101c922959 computer. Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. I can understand why Dr Zakir Naik has to spend so much space discussing Hinduism in an article on Muslims, and so much space discussing Islam in an article on Hinduism See in FAQ on Hinduism This apparent confusion emerges from the fact that in current political, social and cultural situation, 8. Hindus form the most ideal conversion ground for Islamic Research Foundation. Peace TV managed by Dr Zakir Naik even announced this a few months ago that they would make Hindustan a Darul Islam in next 5 years. T4DY/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Bu Ali Sina Books In Urdu Pdf Library' title='Bu Ali Sina Books In Urdu Pdf Library' />Further, many Muslims believe in a prophecy that once India is conquered, only then would Jesus Christ come again and will bring end of the world. After that, Judgment Day would happen and they will go to Paradise to have their virgins and luxuries forever The lure is too tempting for the uncultivated mind to drop all sense of reasoning In this article, I shall cover the first question he addresses POLYGAMY. Dr Zakir Naik has tried to prove that Hinduism is inherently a polygamous religion. He states on Page 4 of the book The Quran is the only religious book, on the face of this earth, that contains the phrase marry only one. There is no other religious book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta, the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives. According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of wives to one. Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than one wife. Krishna had several wives. He continues giving some census data from sources best known to him alone that polygamy is more popular among Hindus than Muslims. I shall not dwell into what Polygamy means in Islam of Zakir Naik whether marrying 4 wives in total in entire life, or keeping the total number of existing wives at 4 by divorcing old ones as one marries new ones, or having special provision of 91. These issues have been dealt with by a large number of people including women rights organizations, Muslim reformers and ex Muslims worldwide. Internet lists a large number of such reference sources that you can google upon. The focus of this article would be explode the myth that according to Hindu scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. POLYGAMY IN VEDASWe start with the Vedas because Vedas are considered the foremost authority in matters of Dharma. There is no single mantra in the entire 4 Vedas that even give a hint of supporting more than one wife or more than one husband. Three mantras of Rig Veda, 1. Jaayeva Patya Ushatee Suvaasaah. This means that knowledge comes to the scholar in same manner as a dedicated joyous wife comes only to her husband. Jaaya means wife and Pati means husband. Both appearing in singular implies that only one husband one wife relation is considered ideal. Rigveda 1. 3. 3 states that God is like a dedicated wife with high character and purity. This also implies that monogamy alone is considered ideal. Rigveda 1. 0. 1. 49. God and devotee like that between dedicated wife and husband. Both Jaaya meaning wife and Patim meaning husband are used in singular number implying strict monogamy. Rigveda 1. 0. 8. 5. Again both husband and wife are referred in singular. Rigveda 1. 0. 8. 5. Its obvious from reference to self control and singular numbers for both wife and husband that monogamy alone is recommended. All mantras relating to marriage are addressed in dual number to a couple of husband wife implying one wife for husband and one husband for wife. Some examples are Rig Veda 1. Chapter of Atharva Veda which deals with subject of marriage. Most mantras pray for faithful relation for entire life time. Please note that Sanskrit has a dual number apart from singular and plural, specifically to remove this confusion that people may have. In Atharva Veda 7. You establish me in your heart so that our minds become one and same. In Atharva Veda 7. You should only be mine. You should not even discuss about other women. What can be a more clear prohibition of polygamy than this Atharva Ved 3. Perhaps Veda provider Ishwar knew that despite all this, some self proclaimed experts may still find reasons to justify polygamy. Thus certain mantras in Vedas describe demerits of Polygamy. Rig Veda 1. Rig Veda 1. Rig Veda 1. 0. 1. Atharva Veda 3. 1. The only mantra that skeptics try to give in favor of polygamy in Vedas is Rig Veda 8. Vadhoonaam and Satpati words. However, Vadhoo does not mean bride here and instead means powers that provide happiness. Satpati means protector of good, just as Bhoopati means protector of earth. This is also evident from the Devata or Key subject of the Sukta in which this mantra comes prayers for charity and donation Daanastuti. The mantra means that Ishwar gives variety of powers to those who protect truth and good. POLYGAMY IN RAMAYANWhile it is admitted that Dashrath practiced polygamy, but the essence of entire Ramayan is that polygamy leads to troubles. The polygamy of Dashrath is considered to be the cause of trouble and grief that everyone faced. Ram is considered Maryada Purushottam or the Ideal Man because he re established the Vedic norm of monogamy. Same was followed by all his brothers. POLYGAMY IN MAHABHARATBy the time of Mahabharat, the moral values of society had declined a lot. Thus none of the characters, apart from Krishna, is considered exemplary in Mahabharat. And that is exactly the reason why Krishna has been targeted the most for character assassination by a variety of forces. Mahabharat is an extremely adulterated text and is not taken as authentic in totality. The original text was much smaller and over a period of time it expanded to include a lot of things. Unlike Vedas, there was no mechanism to stop adulterations from it. However a close analysis easily exposes that certain popular stories in Mahabharat are pure myths. I give a list here a. Krishna was wedded to none except Rukmini. The myth of 1. 60. Narkasur. The story itself is questionable. Further the story never states that Krishna married 1. It says he protected them, which is true if story is correct. Krishna married 1. Krishna was so strictly disciplined that he observed complete Brahmacharya for 1. That is why Krishna is such a role model for entire society. The narrator of Geeta had no time for anything except nation building in those testing periods. Krishna never had any love games with any Gopi. These are figments of imaginations which got popular during dark age of foreign rule when rulers of small states indulged in wasteful enjoyments after accepting supremacy of foreign rulers. Further the whole story of Radha is a figment of imagination. It exists only in Brahma Vaivart Puran which is another unscrupulous book like Bhavishya Puran that insults legends like Krishna and Ram. The concept of Radha grew popular only in very recent times during dark age of India when rulers of princely states were busy only in considering themselves Krishna incarnate and indulging into lustful activities by demeaning just a legendary Brahmachari character Mahabharat does not contain these.