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  • 18:65-82 the teacher whom Moses walked with

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    These teachings may e an answer to a very frequent and anguished question by many people believers in rvelation or not Why God allows that innocent people suffer, why God allows that ever satns get away with anything. Why tuth is nto alwys (far from it) triumph nd even remains hidden for centuries? The answer I gather is " you do not know what will happen or haow will turn out at the end all things that are consider, but EVERYTHING has a reson, the hiding of truth for a while, the injustice for a while. Yu are nto at the end of the world or at the universal jusgement, that is God's and everything, absutely everything will be justified. Salaam Right, that's the bottom line of the narration.
  • Does anyone know of a Quran article like the following?

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    peace all, I'm wondering if anyone knows of an article that discusses the best and worst traits to have as per Quran? i.e. has anyone compiled the verses that mention this. e.g. best ......surely, the most honorable among you in the sight of God is the most righteous / conscientious. God is Knowledgeable, Expert. worst Surely, the worst creatures in the sight of God are the deaf and dumb who do not use their intellect/reason. Please note, I do not mean verses where good/bad acts are mentioned alone, they must be mentioned alongside a word which implies they are the great/best/worst/etc. Check these verses Best khairu 98/7 Worst sharru 8/55 98/6 waman azlamu 2/140 6/157 7/37 18/15 32/22 53/52 ashaddu kufr 9/97 Akhasaroun 27/5
  • Problem with 3:14

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    Peace Bikrun, The verse is not meant to offend you nope It is an analogy, It is meant to teach you! Allah is conveying that, the things that are prized in this world should not be the sole purpose of our existence. Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children. as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. peace
  • On 55:62 & 55:74 involving Houries.

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    Salam/Peace dear brother. I can't read Arabic. By the way, what do you think of "abkaran" in 5632? Salam Brother. Sad to know that you cannot read the source document. I gave verse numbers so you can check your favorite translation. The root b kf r ( &#1585 has the meaning of fresh, young, first part of something etc. Quran has used it for morning (341) or young (26 etc The description of Jannah is a mithal.
  • Site updated?

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    It seems i can't get to Free Minds OLD articles like this https//www.free-minds.org/Old/articles/science/hur.htm
  • 12 Things I Can?t Reconcile About Islam

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    Interesting questions from a woman's perspective, except for Hour l ain and the Hijab. these two are up to many interpretations. My mother and sister never covered their hair. My mother is a devout muslim and never bleived that the Hijab is mandatory. I find it odd that when Americans or else convert to islam, they get so brain washed by different interpretations of the tet that they even go all out and wear the Burqa.
  • Polytheism is older than Monotheism? Is it true or a assumption?

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    Salam/Peace everyone. There is a question i have on my mind for a while. There is a claim that polytheism is older than monotheism but is that true? Is there any evidence to support that? I remember in this forum that there was a old post here, someone made a reply about that monotheism is older than polytheism but i cant find it. Personally i honestly think that Monotheism is older than polytheism. You may have noticed that every time a messenger of Allah/The God/The Creator has done there task, some centuries later they become "deified" by idolaters to keep old ancient traditions. So far there are no written records of pure monotheism as we understand it from the Quran existing in ancient times. Polytheism always had overtones of monotheism i.e there was always one Master God but worship of other Gods was acceptable. Even Judaism accepted that there were other Gods in the universe but that their God was the most powerful and the only one worthy of worship. I think the other Gods got demoted to angels and demons as religion evolved.
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    Peace malsi. Welcome to the forum. Tune in to this forum and read various posts of the brothers and sisters here. I find most of them motivating. Just a thought. Thank you and GOD bless you. Peace.
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    That is why CONTEXT is needed. Define the context before defining exist or non exist. How is Existence = that which is omnipresent. You give me any other definition and I'll show you that it's paradoxical. Use any kind of context you want. Yes no existence does exist. Non existent is not absurd at all. Just because it is paradoxical doesn't mean that it is irrational. Non-existence is absurd. Always has been, always will be. Let's give context now, the phenomenon of non existent in this universe does exist in this universe. A particle can change state from exist in this universe to become non-existence in/from this universe. And vice versa. For something to become non-existent in this universe is fine because that is not the same as it went from this universe into non-existence. It essentially means it went to some other existing place or that it changed to something else. You can put words, sentences and theories together in the wrong way (this is possible, this is a phenomenon) I am not in disagreement with this. So for example A) You can have someone say square-circle (putting words together in the wrong way) B) You can have someone say a square within a circle (putting words together in the right way) What A says can never exist whilst what B says can exist. A is being irrational, whilst B is being rational.
  • If ruku is kneeling, what is jathiya?

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    peace, I know you said it is either however I just want to kniw what should I do during salat. Thanks! I am not aware of a verse in Quran wherein it explicitly states salat involves ruku. I am aware of an interpreted association, e.g. some cite 243 but the problem with this example is rather obvious, as they neglect the occurrence of "zakat", i.e. they claim this verse is evidence for ruku in salat but when the same reasoning is used to ask them "is ruku also in zakat?" they have no reply. In any case, my view is simple, if one wishes to bow/kneel/prostrate during their timed salat then they can do that, that's between them and God, but that's different to claiming one MUST do these body-physical actions in the timed salat or claiming Quran says you MUST bow/kneel/etc. Appreciate the difference. Similar was mentioned in my article on "sujud" here http//mypercept.co.uk/articles/meaning-of-SuJuD-from-Quran.html Please note, that is not to say body-physical acts are not allowed. A human being is composed of mind, body and spirit and often body-physical acts can serve to show respect, self-abasement and humility, used as a greeting, or focus our mind etc such as the practice of meditation, tai chi, yoga or kneeling when in supplication to God etc. It simply means that no credible argument for SJD=prostration and therefore prostration during upholding/establishing the salat can be made using The Quran. Further, one must ask themselves what is God concerned with? What does Quran teach us is most important? Reading/understanding/applying God's guidance first and foremost and a distant second is whether one physically bows/kneels/prostrates in a ritual? I think so.
  • salam alaykum

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    He doesn't need our remembance, Period. He is Al-Ghani and does not need anything from us. however it is for our own benifit that we should. We can get benefit by following His guidance and not by parroting His names. He will reward us ( If God Wills ) because we are commanded to do so. He has commanded us to follow His guidance and get rewarded. And why should we not remember our Lord? What is wrong on remembering him? Doing dhikr is one noble act that might grant us Paradise. And plus why should we not remember Him? Afterall He made us, and grant us provisions and blessings. So the best that we can do is to establish acts of worship; one of them is to establish dhikr during those time I mentioned. Remembering Him is to remember His guidance. Anything else is man made ritualism.
  • Conspiracy against the Quran?

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    I learned so much. I'm going through the initial phase of the awakening period; finding out a lot of the things we were taught is a lie or corrupted. I'm starting to feel better now the more I research and read. I feel it's a sign from God to follow the true path. The "True" path is to always ask "Why". You can start with "Why it is corrupted?". I wanted to share a post I came across on another forum. This particular person claims they're part of the occult (I know it could be rubbish) but what he/she said about religion especially islam caught my attention and wanted to get your opinion on it. It is rubbish.. The Christians in this group always claim to have the only true religion, but in fact you are the one most misguided. You analyze whole music videos and pictures, but never get the idea to question your own religion. It's the same attitude on nearly every religion. They never questioned their own religion / ideas and they feel that they are the most guided. You can detect such attitude on this forum as well. The main task of the Church is to spread the message of God delivered through Jesus. In reality, they spread false teachings that shouldn't bring us closer to God, but to Satan. I know that, because that's exactly what I'm learning. The main purpose of the Church (or any other religious bodies) is to control the population. It should bring all of you closer to the Emperor, King, Dictator, Pharaoh, Caliph, Pope, Imam etc.. Go back in time! The story repeats itself. The Pope is an occultist. The Vatican has made it through cheating and murder. Have you ever wondered why Rome, the Vatican, is understood as the basis of Christianity and the supreme authority of all churches? Because they follow Lucifer's doctrine, not Jesus'. The Pope is the leader of a cult. Rome is the center of CATHOLICISM (Not Christianity) because that was the capital city of Roman Empire. And no.. there wasn't any Roman Emperor named Lucifer. Jesus is and was never the Savior of humanity. He himself has left nothing scriptural. Everything comes from the memory of his friends. And this remembrance is called the New Testament. The idea of salvation itself is absurd. (Just like any other dogmas found in any religion) A loving God demanded a murder of a human in order to NOT torturing all human after they die. A loving God wrote a book and demanded a good review on His book, those who dare to give out only 1 star on Amazon will be tortured for all eternity. A loving God punished a human because he ate a fruit. A loving God punished a being because he refused to bow to a human. etc.. etc.. etc.. The New Testament was originally written in the Greek language, there were more than 5,700 copies (fragmentary copies) and many errors were found in them. Some of the book were originally written in Hebrew. Ask yourself what happened to the original text. Lost due to the decay of material as time progress or burnt by religious authority. Jesus had to die on the cross to take all the sins of men so that everyone would go to heaven after death. That's a lie. There're texts proving that Jesus wasn't crucified. All high-class occultists know that.. See above about the absurdity of salvation dogma.. Jesus is neither God nor the Son of God. The four Gospels were falsified. The Trinity is also a lie. If you do your research and really dire into the often untold origins of Christianity, you'll see that much of the Christian religion in fact pagan at it roots. A hybrid tradition from Judaism, Egyptian and Roman tradition. And why is Sun-day the holy day? Because Christians worship the sun god. Because Sun-day was the holy day of the romans... Judaism and Christianity were infiltrated by the occultists. The story repeats itself. First the Talmud, then the Gospels. Next is Islam. Judaism, Christianity, Islam was founded by occultist. With similar goal and objective to control the population. The history can be traced back further down to the Ancient Religion of Mesopotamia, the first occurrence where human wrote something and claimed the writing as "Written By God". The Ahadith have destroyed islam and made a contradictory and retrograde religion out of it. Bukhary was a Freemason, also Abu Huraira. Their job was to change Islam because they can't change the Qur'an. LOL!.. Freemasonry was not even invented when Bukhary or Abu Huraira was alive. The hadith were written to furtherly shape the religion to match the objective of the Caliph/King. Ask yourself why Muslims memorize the Qur'an, but hardly know its meaning. Ask yourself why there's abrogation in Islam. Ask yourself has more worth than the Quran verses.Ask yourself why the media is after Islam and Muslims. The media is controlled by the elite and the elite is satanic. They detest Islam because they find it difficult to change it. The Quran contains protective magic. The statement above also shows the occultist tendency of the writer towards a holified relic called Quran.. )))) At the time of the Prophet Islam was modern, critical, revolutionary. The women under the protection of the Prophet were educated, free, independent. There are texts about it that are only shown to us occultists. Islam is now an Arab tradition, not an advanced religion. At the time when Uncle Mo was alive (circa 600 AD) Islam was not yet invented. A religion that doesn't allow questions should be questioned. A religion most definitely doesn't allow anyone to question their dogmas. Simply due to the reason that they don't have any good evidence of it's truthfulness.. (what else?) Very dramatic. Apparently after the 33 hours all of this person's posts and account was deleted. If it wasn't for members who quoted his/her posts, this info would have been gone. Really? And you didn't bothered to wonder WHY the poster makes it to sound 'dramatic'? rotfl Now I have to learn and understand what the Quran says since it's the only thing we can rely on 100%. God is the only thing that you can rely on 100% Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find.
  • Vaccines - Continued discussion

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    Reference Original thread https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9607481.30 HRSA link burhan is referring to https//www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/data/index.html
  • Educating The Masses

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    Peace tulipred-muslima. Forgive me sister, but I honestly do not know what you want? You say educating the masses the way "traditional Islam" does it or better ? I disagree with how Traditional Islam does it. Quite simple, we cannot push the "truth" at people. Truth eventually wins, regardless of who claims they have the "truth". Preaching by giving the example is the true way. People have to see what to follow. Nowdays, the internet(you tube, Facebook, twitter.,forums..) gives a platform to put what anyone thinks is the" truth" . This generation are checking and searching. The truth does the rest. Falsehood will be shown up. GOD Alone unites or disunites people according to the sincerity of the hearts. To claim we belong to such and such divides people. I do not belong to any sect or religion or type of people or race. I belong to GOD Alone and so does all of us ,humans. I wish you the best in whatever you do sister. GOD bless you. Peace.
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    To believe in god alone you've entered islam and that makes you a muslim whether your aware of that or not. i've met europeans who believe in god alone and that they'll meet him/her they believe in right and wrong and in doing good. they are muslims without knowing, the difference is they don't follow a scripture that has practices and a prophet that helped deliver the message. everybody has they're share of islam unwillingly thats why its fitra. the first imaan is in god and the second imaan in all prophets who delivered the message and to each they're own practices. I respect your understanding but my understanding is different than yours regarding meaning of muslim. A muslim is the one who is as sound and defect less as possible and is in peace and provide peace and security for his surrounding. Fitra is not our nature. It is God's law of creation. He has created everything as per His law of creation. Root "fa-ta-ra" means to do something for the first time and "fitra" is derived from this root. That's why He is Creator of heavens and earth. It does not matter if one believes in one God or not. God is not in need of our belief. However believing in one God and His scripture make our life easy and give us protection (maghfira) of His law. your right two people don't have an understanding of the same thing but at least when you speak the language and able to read and compare it massively helps your understanding whether right or wrong. True it make it easy to understand the original Arabic text.
  • Request for fellow monotheists to pray for brother.

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    Whilst it is good seeking God's help, please remember, God does not work FOR you, God works THROUGH you. When it comes to cancer, there is plenty of diet/lifestyle changes one can make to help. Coincidentally, the following course is available free at the moment and it's good. All the best. That is very true. I have read and heard from medical profeesionals about the acidifying food and it seems that it is not to be doubted as a factor of risk and worsening if one is sick with cancer. A change of diet can work marvels. There ar emany virieties of cancer of course, some of them genetic and not everything works equally with any kind, but the diet definitely is a most poerful factor, in many cases the most powerful. Everything is to be won adhering to a diet that balances the ph. It works marvels for health in general, every aspect. Salaam
  • WHY SHOULD KAFFIRS BURN IN HELL?

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    I would not see it as past or future, but rather as completed or uncompleteded. And anything God may will ill certainly be completed, but that oes not mean that he can complete something el or the opposite as well, He is not bound by time. Salaam
  • can't find right path

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    Brothers and sisters you advice me to think by myself and hear and see God's signs. Yes you should. But when I read some articles from people who said like that I get shocked. Some of them seems like one who suffer from mental illness. Perhaps they actually are. The entire concept of "salvation" by itself is absurd. A You need to believe in X in order to be saved. B Saved from what? A Saved from the wrath of the loving God after you die!!! B Please don't save me from the loving God, instead take me to Him!! "Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear" -- Siddharta But that really think they are on a right path cause they truly think about Quran and try to see God's signs. After that I realize that this advice is not a solution of problems. Thinking that we're already on the right path and others are on the wrong path is the root of the problem. It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we shall become aware of our own ignorance. -- Nicholas Tesla
  • whom your right hand possess

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    It means (236) strictly no sex before marriage. I discovered this the hard way. Furthermore in fact you are designed to wait until your twin soul, your wife in Jannah meets you in the dunya. That is the correct undefeatable interpretation of 236. I am Supreme Reality.
  • Pre-Pubescent Marriage

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    Salam, well I guess the pre-pubescent girl/boy should be at least in a state to decide whether it wants to marry him/her or not. pre-pubescent marriage is not possible according to Quran, I suggest you read the link I gave.