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The article is about the commonalities!!! commonalities................. its funny how life teaches you so much, when i was 16 i had some christian friends back in my country, so out of curiosty i asked her why do you baptize your children, her answer to me was when our children are born they are muslim, we baptize them to become christian....... our religions are all one from one god,and they have much in common, the difference between them is that god forbid certain things on certain tribes as to test them........ but what is more common now then ever, is men like this guy and others like him who try to separate us as much as they can, in there own devilish way and say, they are doing it for god. i dont need someone like him to tell me what is common between me and my brother the christian and jew. we are all ppl of the book

thanks alot wakas.....thats was very helpful....)

Peace Zahra Allah please pass me in my exams for the sake of your prophet Muhammad (SAW) or allah please cure some illness for the sake of some respected muslim saint. I do not understand how passing your exam would benefit Muhammad, or how curing an illness would benefit some saint. The quran says that our burdens are our own . Each person has accumulated his or her deeds for their benefit or degredation during their lifetimes. Joe

salam tools, good way of describing a female so what i understand and correct me if im wrong, love comes after sleeping with her rotfl thank god i was dreaming --------> http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=12453.msg181765#msg181765 Peace Anna Would you fall in Love with a Man who cause you more negative emotions than postitive emotions? By the way, I never said what you said love comes after sleeping with her. The following is your understanding of Love salam, the greatest thing god created on this earth is MAN,and what is even greater then that, is a MAN with FAITH, they are to die for, men and women do not appreciate what god gave us, he gave us the opposite sex. MAN is sweet and kind, compassionate he protects his female with knowledge and strength he will wipe her tears and give a shoulder, he will have coffee with her in the morning, and he will sweep her off her feet at night, man will love with all his heart and sacrfice for all he treasures, precious like diamond he will handle with care. do not give me gold give me your smile do not want a car, we will walk hand in hand do not want a mansion, your arms will be my home do not want riches, i already have you there i go dreaming again Which is true; you are looking for someone who can cause you positive emotions. And such emotions will be produced in your system when such a person fullfills what you said--your psychological Needs that you programed in your brain. But you have to understand that such a Man will do so if you succeed in truning his Positive emotions as well (not by Sex); otherwise, He wouldn't. yes

Also it was his (Prophet's) job to explain wherever doubts arose. Peace all I will jump to in answering your main question (Should we follow Hadith in order to be on the Straight Path?). Answer To be on The Straight Path, according to God, ones have to follow the Book Guidance. Now, I have a Question for you if to be on the Straight Path is to follow Hadith Guidance, which book of hadith is the true book? is it, for example, the Shia or the Suni Book? Peace

Sorry for the broken link http//www.opednews.com/articles/Militarist-Evangelists-vs-by-Edip-Yuksel-081023-614.html Peace, Edip

Hello. I thank you both. That will be enough.

Mentioning of the moon is to draw one attention to science and scientific discoveries/studies according to me... It incite the reader to go and investigate in the matter deeper... Just an opinion Allah knows best

peace brother, alhamdulillah i am not living in a so-called "muslim country". i enclosed it in quotes just to signify my doubt that there is such a muslim country in existence. is there? i am in the philippines. anyway, anywhere you go is God's...so it doesn't really matter where you live. I must admit though that it will be more of a challenge being a God Alone believer in countries where this belief is taken as shirk. I am shrek jedi peace, O0 ramon O0

I can't wait to listen to this debate. When will it be uploaded on free-minds so those of us which can't listen to it live will have the opportunity to listen to it later?

Peace Afridi, Peace Afridi, The water of earth comes from inside it. Literal He brought out from it its water and its pasture. Yusuf Ali He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; Pickthal And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof, Arberry therefrom brought forth its waters and its pastures, Shakir He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage. Sarwar produced water and grass therefrom, H/K/Saheeh He extracted from it its water and its pasture, Malik then from it He brought forth its water and its pasture, Maulana Ali** He brought forth from it its water and its pasture. Free Minds He brought forth from it its water and pasture. Qaribullah and then brought from it its water and pastures. George Sale whence He caused to spring forth the water thereof, and the pasture thereof; JM Rodwell He brought forth from it its waters and its pastures; Asad and has caused its waters to come out of it, and its pastures, Khalifa** From it, He produced its own water and pasture. Hilali/Khan** And brought forth therefrom its water and its pasture; QXP Shabbir Ahemd** And produced from it its own water and pasture. Peace Taj Please read 2164 & 2443 But origional it came down from outer space ! I don't know what you mean by 'outer space' but if you want to go as far as originally then should tell us something about the origin Pickthall Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe? Yusuf Ali Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? Hilali-Khan Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? Shakir Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but We have opened them; and We have made of water everything living, will they not then believe? Sher Ali Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed up-mass, then WE opened them out? And WE made of water every living thing. Will they not then believe? Khalifa Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe? Arberry Have not the unbelievers then beheld that the heavens and the earth were a mass all sewn up, and then We unstitched them and of water fashioned every living thing? Will they not believe? Palmer Do not those who misbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were both solid, and we burst them asunder; and we made from water every living thing - will they then not believe? Rodwell Do not the infidels see that the heavens and the earth were both a solid mass, and that we clave them asunder, and that by means of water we give life to everything? Will they not then believe? Sale Do not the unbelievers therefore know, that the heavens and the earth were solid, and we clave the same in sunder; and made every living thing of water? Will they not therefore believe? Transliterated Arabic Awa lam yara allatheena kafaroo anna alssamawati waal-arda kanata ratqan fafataqnahuma wajaAAalna mina alma-i kulla shay-in hayyin afala yu/minoona Water in earth is the same way water is in the human body. We are born with water as a major component of our body's creation.. and earth was created with water as a major component of its creation. peace I never said anything i just quoted Quran & scince ) For kids ;D http//www.earthsky.org/kids/51904/earths-water-it-came-from-out-space

Haven?t we learnt enough lessons from the past to carry us forward and thenceforth reform or is it that mankind must dwell in 7th Century thinking, visions and actions t Many of those are not at all 7th century, and plenty in fact are xviii, xix and early xx western mores implanted by colonialists in the muslim world and which the muslim world is led to believe that they represent their own "pure" mores and not backwards narrow western puritanism, example abortion. Salaam

Thank you Haneen and Edip, ....and Praise goes to The Centre of All Blessings. THank you again, Peace, R.

I would go with Pervez's rendition (I'd rather not call it translation)

salaam peace4life, i agree with you, but with a slight difference, since you have posted these words (note the bold, which is mine); (He measured an amount of guidance, which is pre-destined, pre-ordained) rather than 'pre-destined' or 'pre-ordained', in my understanding is 'drafted'. in simple language it is like a flowchart detailing the process of a product. a step-by-step process indeed as you have mentioned, but it is all subjective to the acceptance, recognition, mind, deeds, etc., of the recipient of the message. it is commonly understood that when one does good, he goes to heaven. otherwise one will go to hell. however in my comprehension, heaven and hell is in this life at this very moment. remember that when hell is described, it is all about fire, intense heat, burning, scorching, etc. while about heaven the phrase is often followed by 'tajri min tahtihal anhar' (please check the transliteration). this phrase is usually understood as 'where the rivers flow underneath'. but consider this; hell is a state when one feels the heat, intense burning, scorching, etc., not only physically, but mostly mentally because the rejection, disbelief, ridicule, character assassination, etc., of the message and rasool is a mental process. compounded rejection, disbelief, ridicule, character assassination, etc., will end one in mental as well as physical pains - anger, worry, distress, illness, etc. the rasool has been sending messages to each and everyone of the us, so when we ignore the rasool, we will suffer this hell. and there is this 'azaban heenan' among others, which means a punishment (suffering) of degradation. and there are other punishment as well. remember the war in 2.98? heaven is often associated with 'tajri min tahtihal anhar' which means 'better days are getting closer or being manifested'. for those who conform to the messages, keeping aware of God, acknowledging, respecting, honoring, etc., all the time (da'imoon), then they will enjoy better days - where life shall be easier for them. they may eat the same food as perhaps yesterday or the day before, but it is definitely not of the same nutrient. it is about 'zawj' or 'duality' or similar but not of the same quality. likewise are their days. thus they shall enjoy a good life in this world (thus in the hereafter), and have no fear nor worry about tomorrow. when we decide to follow the message (kitaab), walk the talk. then insha-Allah one will go through the experience accordingly, and perhaps even exactly like the experience of past prophets mentioned in the Qur'an. then one will see insha-Allah how true is that verse which reads, 'Don't refer to those 'killed' in the path to God as dead, but very much alive, even if you do not understand' or to that effect. so it is a progression indeed, but drafted rather than ordained. it starts with the mind. and as always, please ponder without prejudice. you will be held responsible by God, for what you have gathered in mind. peace! jb

Assalaam Alaikum.... Check this out, then lets talk...... Allah in Nubia Download here http//www.zshare.net/video/1195853f71a1d3/ "Lord of the heavens and of the earth, and of all that is between them; so worship Him, and be constant and patient in His worship. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY WHO IS WORTHY OF THE SAME NAME AS HE Allah / laHu?" nothing there Br! what were we supposed to see?

I voted other, which means all of the above. peace all. O0 ramon O0

This is an example of a silly, ignorant and arrogant prose falsely attributed to God! It assumes a God in NEED of attention, love and care. The reality is that God is not out there craving for our attention, hoping that we give him some time. God is high above needing our petty attention. This is one of the many church-fabricated divine characters that needs money, like his fabricators. They fabricate gods in their own image! Those who pray in order to help a pathetic god who is in need of their prayers (and money through church) perhaps may never improve their personality and intellectual capacity to recognize and appreciate their creator, and may never be able to communicate with real God, the lord of the universe. Yes, God is loving, caring, forgiving, but God never craves for our attention or hope for our time. We should pray to true God not clergy-made pathetic images and we should pray for our own good, not as a charity to gods of our imagination. 2273 ... Weak is both the seeker and the sought! Peace, Edip Peace to all, Well said Edip.

Salam, May Allah bless you and support you brother sun Let us know when you come to Australia Peace

Sura Al Araf 7162 Sura Al Baqarah 259 Sura Al Kahf 1893 Sura Ta Ha 2089 Sura Ta Ha 2044 Is it Qila, Qula or Qawlan? The point, is you cant 'translate' the Quran in 'Standard Modern Arabic' and suggest that the context and relevance of the Quran remains. Its no different from translating the Quran in any other language, you lose case, constructs, verbal forms, tense, number, gender, etc. I trust in Allah,swt. Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity / sadaqatin followed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing. Sadaqa meaning sincerity, truthfulness, hold others as trustworthy, one who confirms the truth O you who believe! cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or by injury,- like those who spend their substance to be seen of men, but believe neither in Allah nor in the Last Day. They are in parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil. on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (Just) a bare stone. They will be able to do nothing with aught they have earned. And Allah guideth not those who reject faith. And the likeness of those who spend their substance, seeking to please Allah and to strengthen their souls, is as a garden, high and fertile. heavy rain falls on it but makes it yield a double increase of harvest, and if it receives not Heavy rain, light moisture sufficeth it. Allah seeth well whatever you do.