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In a sense, this is technically what I've said from time to time. (I usually was talking about the interpreatation of scriptures, but it works here) The exact beliefs of a person shouldnt even have to coincide with the entierty of a scripture they believe to be true.

People are created unequal to mock each other and differ but all of this dissolves after death and your actions defines your final abode.

Peace omeiza Great post. Those were some words of wisdom, dropping of knowledge.

Peace all, Eid Mubarak. Hope this Eid is a nice one for everyone. You should this question from the animals

Peace The man who does the killing in this hadeeth is the active power of God. We should not be impatient with God's designs when they are not clear to us, for God works to mankind's good. sun Reread the hadeeth, I find it to be highly metaphorical. Joe

peace jonny-k, you wrote Brother I am not suggesting that the money should be given to the professional beggars, that indeed is not a good idea. I give the money to a former watchman, who had worked with us for almost 30 years, an honest, pious, sincere and hard working guy who cant beg, cant work now and has no other financial support. People like him are around all of us, it gives me a million times more satisfaction/peace to spend money like this rather then spending it to slaughter an animal. I have been requesting/debating my friends to spend this money on those around them, but they have their own logic. since it is not an obligation on those who are not at hajj then what you are doing is from your own, and considered sadaqa which i think its great , it should be done throughout the year not only at hajj... jazak allah khayir the maximum asking price for an animal this year is 350,000 rupees for a male goat, the reason the owner said on TV today is that on one of its ear the name of Allah is written and on the other Muhammad . 100s of millions will be spend on slaughtering of animals in pakistan alone, i wish they are spend to improve the living conditions of fellow citizens moslems.................. so corrupt

First, I look terrible with a beard - never grows right/itches/and not too cool if going on a job interview. My wife also says it looks horrible on me.

Salaam Soraya, As promised, here is the translation with full commentary of Asad in PDF http//deenresearchusa-com.web26.winsvr.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=krtjwQMIU3k%3d&tabid=58&mid=437&language=nl-NL Sincerely, Arnold

His probelm with individualism is more with humanism than general individualism. The fact that he venerated creativity so much makes him a individualist. Also his view that we must all say yes to life and try to enjoy it as much as possible is individualistic. But he was not a humanist. That is he did not beleive all are equal. Because a murderur and a child can not be considered equal. He also thought the majority is often wrong and can become and mob hurting and oppresing the minority. In this sense being a anti-humanist he refused the title of individualist because Humanism is often tied with formal individualism. But again his ethical views and his aesthetical views are very individualistic. So from a more honest point of view he is himself a individualist but not a Humanist. And concerning the harsh realities of life he think you are right. Survival of the fittest. But if you read secondary literature on Nietzsche there is one universal lesson that one gains. Nietzsche's views are like a religuois scripture, nobody agrees on what he exactly meant. In the end after reading him you must decide on what you think he meant. So the harsh realities might be something else. Whatever you take from Nietzsche its bound to be good

Nietzsche was not a facist. He hated Jew haters. He broke relations with his sister because she became anti-semitic. He once said he wanted to kill all those who hate Jews. Also he thought German culture was decandant and deprived. From from being a Nationalist he died being Nation-less. That is he stoped being part of Prussia or any other Nation. He liked Sweden more than he liked Germany. He also found ideas which at the time were precursors to Nazism stupid and just another fictonal vision of society. He thought Nationalism was a comical thing to be laughed at. As a child he was a devout boy. But then he abandonded Christanity. He liked Buddism, a religion Facists did not like. Also Nietzsche went mad because of syphilous. Also because of a mental condition he got from his father. Not because of his philosophy. Also he lost his mental capabilities when he defended a horse. The horse was about to be whipped so he ran to the horse and put his hands on it to try to save it from a lash of the whipp. Then he colapsed never to be sane again.

It takes about 2 seconds for light to travel from Earth to Moon. I don't know of any communication that can travel that fast. asn't it einstein who said nothing can travel at the speed of light. so how long does it take between pressing the enter key and the other side recieving...........

Assalaam Alaikum Bigmo, sorry the Arabic speaking Christian and Jewish translation you are using is incorrect. (Jonah?) The Quran does NOT mention, suggest or imply reading from any previous scriptures. so, if you are in doubt from what We have revealed to you, THEN ASK THOSE WHO ARE READING AL-KITAB/THE BOOK and have the correct orientation, practice and disposition BEFORE YOU, definitely there has come to you the truth from your Lord, so do not become from the doubtful ones. Yaqrauna meaning ?they read/reflecting/proclaiming/practicing? from the; Root word Qara?a meaning ?to read, read a written thing, RECITE WITH or WITHOUT having a script, proclaim, convey, call, rehearse, deliver Hans Wehr Arabic English Dictionary 4th Ed. Page 882-891 (qaraa?a) also see page 880-882 (qarra) Qablika (PRESENT TENSE;NOW, 2nd person, masculine, singular) means disposition or orientation that one turns their attention of those previously, formerly, before you, earlier; Root word Qabila meaning to accept, reception, approve, agree, consent, to give ones attention Hans Wehr Arabic English Dictionary 4th Ed. Page 866-867 (qabila)

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Peace Bubbles, Two verses had to be removed to make code 19 work, right? It's hardly scientific if data has to be removed for there to be a pattern. Obviously, you're not very knowledgeable about the code, so I won't fault you for your false statements. But for the record, the code 19 works even without the removal of the two alleged verse (i.e. 9128, 129). It was widely accepted by Sunni, Shia, and Salaafi Muslims for quite some time, and they promoted Rashad Khalifa until he showed them from the Quraan that their beloved "Hadith and Sunna" writings were satanic innovations... Concerning the code and the two alleged verses, the principles regarding the pattern confirm the fabrication of those verses; the verses don't confirm the code. So, regardless of the two verses, the code still works very well, and this is evident in it's work of preserving many of the Quraanic passages, not just the 9th chapter. If you want information on the code, I suggest doing some research on it before making inaccurate conclusions. Peace, Ahmad

salam, i think this forum has turned its eyes towards messengers and left god behind elektro > voodoo i want god and quran back on this forum, how many threads do we have now about new messengers Yeah Those who are supporting and claiming nessenger ship should open new site we are here to learn Quran and to follow God alone and new sects >

I recommend using the search function to find discussions of the same topic which have been discussed in greater detail, e.g http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=7727.0

Hi everyone. I've just finished writing a script about the misconceptions that non-muslims ASWELL as muslims have about our perfect religion. Obviously when you confront a muslim now, telling them that headcovering isnt part of Islam, beard isn't compulsory and among other things, they go all crazy and get angry. I'm just a bit worried that if I ever get to put this script onto a screen, I don't want muslim to compare me to Ayan hirsi or those people who say bad stuff about Islam. They killed that Van Gogh dude, even though what him and his fellow friend Ayan said about islam is unbelieveable wrong! I still think it was wrong to take his life. Ayan has security around her all the time, i dont want to live life being scared constantly. I'm a good muslim, I just want to get Islam across creatively, peacefully and respectfully. I will just pray to Allah, to protect me. PEACE. peace Sounds like a coward way but you could always get someone who is already in trouble to post it for you anonymously, like people who can afford personal protection.

Peace, Respectfully. You're right, we are too silent and we shouldn't be. God willing, soon, one of these countries will become Islamic and people will be able to tell the difference between Islam and sunnism, between Muslims and sunnis. God bless us all. Peace. peace all i agree...but for now i believe that "being a believer" is more important (for me) than "telling others what a believer is." ramon

Peace to all, first Paldain girl, that is not what christians believe, that is the apostles creed that the Roman catholics only believe, so i assume your catholic, which I once was. When jesus says I and the father are one, does not mean hes saying hes GOd,, in fact, he consistently says hes not GOd, why do you always try to imply he is when its contrary to jesus own words. And why not continue the quotes, Jesus also says we are all one in GOd, not just him, he says we are all one spirit and we are all going to be one in GOd, as I am in you you are in me and we are all in GOd,,, that swhat he said, so quit chopping and slicing and editing his words and then making creative deductions to twist the truth of his message, that s whats causing all you christians all your problems. Kurt

Peace, That man is a messenger/message-bearer for God/God's sake (rasoolu llillaahi/ li-ajlillaahi), indeed. The messengers he mentioned are 'mursaloona.' and this particular man is only a 'rasool' and not a 'mursal' What's the difference? Mursalun comes fro arsala (to send). So a mursalun is someone who has been sent. By whom? That depends on the context. If you read 3514 you get the context of whom sent those 3 individuals and in 3617 we see that they had a message to deliver, making them rusul (pl. of rasool) as well. As for your question about how the Quran uses the word, I have always been against trying to define a word through Quranic context (only in the most extreme situation would I accept this). Classical Arabic Dictionaries and Lexicons (which represent the speakers of the form of Arabic used before the Quran, during the time of its revelation and recently after the death of the last prophet(god bless him), during the time of the grandchildren, and great grandchildren of the companions.) are for that. With that I also want to add that whereas these dictionries also record usages of new meanings that coinicde with technological advances in post-Quranic history, post-Quranic events and new philosophical concepts, these meanings can be spotted from the source information that the dictionary provides (if it is a comprehensive dictionary). And such meanings must not be read into the Quran. As well, valid pre-islamic meanings that are just Quranically inconsistent should not be read into the Quran either. But that requires Quranic evidence that goes against these meanings in the Quranic context. Godbless, Anwar