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Salaam, I see what you meant now, thank you for your clarification, and for quoting the verses about provisions.

Recognize this? http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K18.jpg The religious Jews venerate Saturday because it is the Day of Saturn. Look at his next photo http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K22.jpg As you can see, on Saturdays, they wear the black cube on their foreheads and their upper arm. http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K19.jpg They also have strict instructions on where exactlly the CUBE is to be fitted http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K20.jpg Take a closer look http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K21.jpg You can see the Menora emblem (Jewish religious symbol) on the black cube. Now look at the next photo http//i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb386/Gorefiendel/K23.jpg That is not the House of Allah. It is the BLACK CUBE of Saturn, which the Muslims unknowingly flock to, thinking it to be the Restricted Sanctuary. If you want to make the black cube of Saturn your Qibla, then go right ahead. I respect your belief and hold nothing against you. But don't say the Quran ordained it. The Muslims venerate the black cube of Saturn, as well as the black volcanic rock representing Al-Lat, the Arabian goddess of FERTILITY, whose day of worship is Friday. If you want to venerate FRIDAY, then go right ahead. I have nothing against it. But don't say the Quran ordained it. The Quran mentions the Day of Congregation, NOT Friday. Furthermore, Abraham never set foot in Palestine. Salam and best regards. salaam The day you understand the significance of the above your life will never be the same. A word of advice; do not take crooked road which will lead you nowhere pr ALLAAH to lead you to His straight path insha'ALLAAH peace

more on the actual Pillar of Islam No one disputes concerning the signs of Allah except those who disbelieve (<a href="http//quran.com/40/4">404</a&gt And DO NOT eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned for indeed, it is grave disobedience And indeed do the devils inspire their allies to dispute with you And if you were to obey them INDEED, YOU (MUHAMMAD) WOULD BE ASSOCIATORS . (<a href="http//quran.com/6/121">6121</a&gt becoming a non-muslim .. a mushrik for a simple reason of eating that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned despite the syahadah and performing prayer, fasting, zakah, hajj, jihad and etc.. obedience or disobedience.. the actual Pillar of Islam The issue ... can we claim more privilege than the Prophet?

How I wish that I could explain this in just a few sentences. But it is not possible. The full understanding of this requires the knowledge of the book (al-kitaab). All those who have learned to go further into the Book (al-kitaab) so far understands it perfectly well. You will never want to stop saying these salutations on the prophet(S+) as much as you can. In a statement attributed to the prophet(S+) it is written," whoever would not put on me salutations has missed his way to heaven." salaam+ brother Thank you for your response. As you know I have only a dot of knowledge from al-kitaab, and am patiently waiting to learn more. However my question was mainly directed at those forum members, who give 'fatwas' from time to time, to stop people saying salutations on the prophet(S+) sun

Allah is very artistic and creative.. it is self evident in all His creations

True.. By the way, Jesus teaches islam, The attitude/dien and not the religion a.k.a Islam tm. And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Pagan do. or they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need even before you ask Him. Pray then like this Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, Let your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Salam / Peace isent that a christian prayer?

You are making the bad name that Islam has even worse. So you are saying that I'm much worse than Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid (Saudi clergyman who strongly supports child-marriage, pedophilia, sex with female slaves, terrorism in the name of Islam, killing of apostasy, no rights for women, crazy opinion that women are more mentally deficient than men, opinion that men are superior whereas women are inferior and should be confined at home and obey everything their husband command. Proofs? His fatwas and ridiculous hardcore Salafi website islamqa), Bukhari & Co, Shi'a infallible imams, Imam/Pope Al Shafi'i (he was so effing sexist and misogynist, he considered women to be `Awrah = intimate parts), crazy mullahs, Osama bin Laden, Mullah Mohammed Omar, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, awful Deobandis, Salafis, Wahhabis and other crazy hadithers? So you are saying that I am much worse than the terrorists, religion corruptors and extremists? No. I am not attacking you. I just asked you two questions. For your information madam, many Traditionalists have done this. (spread hate against other sects/religions) So you are saying that we just have to be idle and shut the eff up without exposing the corruptors? If they are facts, there is not much wrong. So you think that I actually want to invent more lies about the ones who have already invented lies? In fact I want to unveil the facts and truth about true islam, traditional Islam, Bukhari & Co, Pope Al-Shafi'i & Co, Mutazilites & other earlier Quran-only scholars and Ahl al-Kalam, earlier hadithers etc. How ever, it is not the way I expected from someone who studied the Quran. Therefore, my (unanswered) question "Is that what you have learned after reading the Quran?" They have shaped Islam as it is understood since Bukhari till now. So what about those who support Chinese companies that use slavery? So what about those who pilgrim to Mecca/Medina in Saudi Arabia to worship the Ka'aba and kiss black stone and trash their money to Saudi Wahhabi/Salafi gangs who support slavery, pedophilia, crazy Shari'a law ? Anyway I don't support Chinese companies and product-of-China products. Sometimes, I do, other times I don't. Do you whine Christians? What I meant by whine was to get angry, censure. I have argued with Islamophobic Christian who defended his Bible on YouTube before but I didn't whine at him. Can you please explain this sentence. What do you mean with "garbage"? The sentence means people treat me like I am worthless, useless, terrible when I do something wrong in their eyes. Truthfully, I did nothing but ask two questions, which are still unanswered. What I have learnt from reading the Qur'an? There are many. But one of them is to strive in the cause of God. Striving in the cause of God does not mean that I have to shoot, bomb, behead, torture, slaughter or kill the opponents. Exposing the truth, debating the opponents, arguing for the truth and againts the opponents, emancipating the enslaved and oppressed people can also be striving in the cause of God if we do these for God. So what's wrong with exposing Bukhari & Co, Hadithism, Sunnism, Shiasm and showing the verses of Qur'an that are againts hadithism? By the way, I like your avater. ;D Regards, Yuliana

I still remember the old forum from when I started college, or maybe just before college. Joe

Salam alaikum. Brother Gary Miller works at a university in UAE. I have created a Facebook page for his works here https//www.facebook.com/GaryRaymondMiller

salaam Have you watched the Bourne series? Remember how Bourne lost his memory. He had multiple identities, but did not know his true identity. He then goes back to where it all went wrong and brings about the Bourne supremacy hmm similar to aadam's fall from grace. Thereafter Adam received certain words from his Lord and He relented to him; truly He is the Relenting, the Merciful. 238 We said, 'Go down from it all together, yet there shall come to you from Me guidance, and whoever follows My guidance, no fear shall befall them, neither shall they grieve. As for the disbelievers who deny Our signs, those shall be the inhabitants of the Fire, abiding therein'. And We have given you power in the earth, and have appointed for you therein livelihoods; little thanks you show. "My Lord, increase me in knowledge."

Peace, Even though a feast may be prescribed there is no specific date in the verse addressed. And I have to disagree that it is recurring since God does not repeatedly send down feasts annually and thus it was only for that one occasion. A feast celebration was allegedly prescribed for harvest time, for example, in the Bible and this was in the Book of Moses. Thanking God for a good harvest is something well in order and is a more appropriate feast than celebrating that you passed the fasting of Ramadhan. This feast is a bit egotistical and more about your own accomplishment than what God does for you. Although I am not saying that God did not help you pass your fast, but it is still for your benefit and not for God. Nothing we do is something God needs but we ourselves. A feast to be held is not prohibited, but it is not ordered by God. A harvest feast may be more beneficial for your redemption than a celebration for your achievement after Ramadhan. On the other hand, I think they had a feast according to the Bible after they had lived on unleavened bread for a period too. In case the highlighted verse would be a recurring feast it could be any of the feasts of this book. Still I doubt it is a recurring event. God bless you

Indeed, to kill each other, or just to kill does not make qura'nic sense, nor to kill htemselves does, but still, and in spite of the fact that q-t-l has other meanings, that go beyond kill or slay, you discard them and reject them. So it is up to you to explain the killing. For me it is clear that it is calling for something else, it is calling on the people to be consequent with their actions and choices. If you make a choice you have to put up with the consequences and the results of that choice. Somewhere alogn the line you have to struggle with yourselve and you will have to master yourself to live through what youhave to live. In the time of Musa and in today's time. Thanks huruf. REDI think it's the good intepretation for "kill yourself" and seems plausible. May qatala have some meaning, but it often use for "murder,kill".Just read anykind of dictionaries, you may found is the word qatala always translated as murder. Intepretation of huruf is good, but I still need another members's arguments in here for reference.

There is also www.al-quran.Info but it lacks the free minds translation.

Peace IAMOP I appreciate your concern and my view correlates with the reply #129 in the link below http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9604771.120 Regards BalaChandran

Peace Spiritual focal point is very simple and has always been present from day 0. It has happened right in front of your eyes. People try to kill you. Other people with higher spiritual focus, are defending you in real time from these evil persons. Do you see these people? They work far behind. They carry themselves through the breath, the Ruh, the unified connection to the Divine. The full fury and vengeance of whom is fully available to those persons connected through these conduits. Without these persons executing their actions on Earth, you would be in chains today, abased and humiliated. Many are so still, in North Korea and many hidden places on the Earth, but God is seeing and able to recompense those who earn evil the fullest recompense. These are people like yourself and myself, people just like ourselves, with hands and feet and eyes and lips and a heart. But their FOCUS.... Are you sincere? If you pledge allegiance to your Creator, to cultivate FOCUS Then there are some words I may point you in the direction of Samadhi, Wu Wei. If you are so willing in your pursuit of knowledge to release the conditions upon your mind, to release the ideas of "I do not know enough to be sure" or "I am too weak to explore this direction" or "I cannot comprehend", then it is manifestly clear that cultivation of FOCUS, namely, FOCAL POINT, is a real time action. I would advise considering foresight, patience, determination. Manifestation. This is all FOCUS. What are you focusing on? What are you feeding your energy to? Remember, death is consuming you moment by moment. Who are you dying for? Explore your actions. Explore your limitations. "I must get up in the morning to get on the train to go to work" - An entire fiction. Who placed that in your mind? I promise you that The Supreme did not ask you to answer to mere mortals in his place. The Supreme appointed you as a manifest witness to observe, to direct, to manifest the truth. Focus then should be readily apparent to those who seek. I am far beyond the point of asking questions about the quran or regarding HOW to execute salaa and zakaa. All these questions are nothing to me. I meditate from morning to evening now. In fact I have quit my day job, to do this. If meditation is the freeing the mind, of all illusions Then what is something which stands in its way, but delusion? You may argue this point but you shall have to humble yourself before the Supreme, and know that the Supreme has won and the Supreme cannot be questioned but you shall be raised and questioned. God guides people to a focal point as God pleases. The singular focal point if you consider Abraham and the Elect is that God purifies the mind via directing it upon the hereafter. When a mind is consistently focused on the hereafter then focus will come readily in line. Focus arises from breathing and sense of Self. Focus is cultivated exclusively by meditation. Whatever stands in the way of your meditation, is what clouds your Focus. Release the fetters. And know, that WE STAND. Our feet rest on truth. Our physical feet which shall decay, rest on permanent abiding truth. This is the real time action of the universe. You are not merely walking on the Earth. You are walking on the story that is being written. The ground will crumble beneath your feet if the story crumbles. Who then rests their foundation on a ground that crumbles? Look no further than the Supreme, the Pure, in regards to what you shall direct your focus to. I have pointed out the words Samadhi, Wu Wei (Effortless Action), Kundalini. These are concepts you can explore and activate within your Self and truly experience THE reality God has created for You, your power herein is limitless. Release the fetters and fly like the birds. peace

Peace, "Obi-Wan once thought like you do. You don't know the power of the Dark Side" Luke "You're coming with me. I will not leave you here. I've got to save you." Anakin "You already have, Luke. This last conversation they have is emotionally touching. He saved him from the grip of Shaytaan and seemingly forgiven by God for all evil because he brought balance to the Force eventually. The last tiny portion of willpower made him throw the demon Palpatine over the railing. There was still good in him. I always try to mix up my religious belief with what I see in these spiritual aspects of philosophical movies. God bless you Aww, I like how you find the references to Quranic themes, because they are natural themes that are part of our humanity. Although, I do not view shaytan as an actual person, I understand what you mean. I sometimes hear lyrics of songs and how that song can be reinterpreted as though it's for God rather than to a person.

Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, use the word "Allaah" to mean "God". If you pick up an Arabic Bible, you will see the word "Allaah" being used where "God" is used in English, fact is, it has been used by Christian Arabs and Jewish Arabs in their Bible centuries before Islam came. The Christian Arabs of today have no other word for 'God' than 'Allah'... Even the Arabic-descended Maltese language of Malta, whose population is almost entirely Roman Catholic, uses Alla for 'God'. Same here, in Indonesia the word "Allah" was used in the Christian Bible.

peace all, practice will not make us perfect. here perfect means righteous. righteous cannot be practiced. being righteous is a gift from Allah when we ask from Him. unless we are gifted by Allah we will not know what is righteous. every time we are righteous its by the grace of Allah. i have to pray "o, God lead me in the righteous path". this need if is my wishful prayer all-time, He surely grants me. whereas i practice something physically with so much difficulties, to make me materially perfect. this perfectness gives me pride, because 'I' perfected it. God will not give us difficulties, so no pride. we can see the sign all around us. righteous and pride will not go together. peace.

I have not stdied it yet. But please note that the Quran has many dialetric errors, only the letters are preserved. Both the words you are trying to differentiate are the same, except with one dialetric difference. Please see the Warsh and Hafs version of Quran, there is an article on free-minds. You will be surprised. Peace, Red How will you proof this? From fake history or hadith? Please don't forget that we are talking about the Book of Allah. Do you think Allah allow people to make changes as they want? Sorry, I disagree. Please think again about what you said. If you have any supporting aayat from alQuraan for your claim, then inshaAllah, surely we will discuss it further. May Allah increase our knowledge and guide us on His path pr mmKhan

?Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.? (Emma Goldman)