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  • Hey everyone

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    We want to live in peace, but also we want to have power for our own, or money, or watever. My question is...how can we learn in peace to respect the religion of our brothers and sisters, muslim, jew, hindu, christian... God is one, so we should be as one too. The creator created the universe with opposite polarity, the IS and the IS NOT. In order for "peace" to exist and recognizable then it's opposite "not peace" must also exist. The existence of "not peace" makes one recognize peace and then desire peace. Thus answering your question of "how can we learn peace" can be approached by understanding and learning it's opposite, not peace. The cause of "not peace" has been highlighted by your depiction above, namely "we want to have power for our own, or money, or whatever" Thus how to obtain peace can also be determined by inversing the cause above. "we want to share the power or money or whatever". In summary you have found the answer to your question within the description of your question. I'm just helping out showing the way or the how to find it. welcome
  • I was here before, or was I?

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    Assalamu aleikum. Stan here from the state of New Jersey in the Eastern region of America. I embraced Islam because I have always been drawn to it. I have several different Qurans. Each is a little different but still a good way to understand how each one is conveyed. My heart's desire is to find a Muslima to spend my life with. http//essaypapers.reviews/ Hello there! Firstly, it is important to approach any potential partner with respect and sincerity. When seeking a partner, it is important to consider your own values and goals, as well as those of the other person. It is also important to communicate openly and honestly about your intentions and expectations. There are many ways to meet potential partners, including through online dating sites or apps, through mutual friends or acquaintances, or through social events and gatherings. It is important to take the time to get to know someone and to build a strong foundation of trust and mutual respect before committing to a long-term relationship. Additionally, it may be helpful to seek guidance and support from the Muslim community, including imams and other religious leaders who may be able to provide advice and assistance in finding a suitable partner. Overall, finding a partner is a personal journey that requires patience, perseverance, and a willingness to communicate openly and honestly with others. With the right mindset and approach, it is possible to find a fulfilling and loving relationship with a Muslima.
  • Salaamun Alaikum: Peace be upon you, peace be unto you

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    Welcome friend. https//total-loyalty-to-god-alone.co.uk/ GOD bless you. Peace.
  • Salam All

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    Salaamun Alaikum Peace be unto you. I'm new here. Hope we can change our view of deenullah freely Lakum deenukum waliyadeen(1096) Lana 'amaluna walakum 'amaalukum (2139)
  • Hello

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    You might find these interesting https//misconceptions-about-islam.com/misconception.php?id=3 https//www.free-minds.org/mumins
  • Hi, I'm Anisa.

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    You are Welcome.
  • My Mission - Quran's One Translation - Wiki/Open-Source/Debate Format

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    I am a 42 years old Successful Software Entrepreneur, Alhamdulilah. I have been gifted with an analytical brain as well as a believing heart. However, I believe both knowledge and belief are like Yin/Yang. One dies off without the other. Not until we marry both Knowledge and Action, Humility and Confidence, Fear and Hope, Truth and Love, Religion and Science, Ritual and Spiritual, Happiness and Patience, Belief and Inquiry - we can't become both holy and whole at the same time. I think, most of the the problems of Muslims stem from outdated translations, exegesises and interpretations. Think about it, the first translation of Quran in English by a Muslim was done in 1910. After that we see some translations of Quran which carry a similar theme and without much creative dismantling of the message of God. Translations or Exegesises of Quran are currently more like words of popular people, which you either accept or reject. When was Truth about popular opinion of People or labels? Shouldn’t truth be a free inquiry? Should we fear God alone or the popular view among Muslims? What I don’t like about the state of affairs of Muslims is our reliance on Schools of Thoughts than our own Self-Knowledge and original Sources of Islam. Especially now, when a lot of Science we’ve discovered and a lot of knowledge we have gained, the text in Quran translations remain the same, ambiguous, unfulfilling or unapproachable for the most part. But nothing is lost! I am trying to bring together people who can work with me on this great cause and do it with me. My idea is to create a wiki/open-source one translation and exegesis of Quran that is open with debate format for skeptics, believers, philosophers, theologians, epistemologists, psychologists, economists, legalists, and scientists. Everyone has a say, the only thing is he/she has to prove why his/her translation is more accurate/updated/legit/simple/clear/scientific/true. And this way, the work on Quran is also never closed but remains open for all and is continuous. Shouldn’t this be the case from the day one? I mean, Quran is not like a Harry Potter novel, which if once translated by someone, should become stale, unchallenged and uncreative with repetitive thoughts and hopeless attitudes. Quran is not a work of fiction. It is a book of Wisdom, Guidance, Lessons, Science, Miracles, Realizations and so many meaningful things. A single human is beyond the capacity to translate it accurately. We all have to put our efforts now that we're in 2022. So if you're with me on this cause, lets join hands together and form a body that helps us in our mission. This might be the biggest service to Islam you can undergo instead of siding with Sectarian forces in Religion which are dividing it. In the same Token, I would like to broadcast my message to free-minds.org, if they want, we can begin this noble cause on their own platform. I am a Software Business Entrepreneur and Alhamdulillah successful as well. Maybe you use one of my products as well. More about me later when we get to a certain direction together. So I have skillsets to bring this vision to reality due to my entrepreneur skills in Full Stack Software Development. So instead of distributing one PDF through free-minds.org, we will now have a complete debatable platform for Quran's One Translation, that can be challenged 'verse by verse', 'word by word' and the most convincing of the arguments will win, instead of the so-called 'popular opinion among Muslims'. Blind following blind both end up in a ditch. If Muslims were so advanced with what we have now, we wouldn't be having sites like free-minds.org There is definitely a problem here and I believe the intellectuals on this website as well as superb people behind free-minds.org can really help. To clarify my points of view in a more succinct manner about how this is a serious issue in Muslims, I made a video on Quran’s Science, particularly on the topics of Cosmology and Evolution that you can view here https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuq23pklsx4 In it I prove without doubt, how Seven Heavens in Quran are actually Seven bodies of Classical Antiquity, 'The Sun', 'The Moon', 'Mercury', 'Venus', 'Mars', 'Jupiter' and 'Saturn' which are visible through naked eyes. All seven bodies visible through naked eyes are the above. If you search Google for 'Seven Bodies of Classical Antiquity' you'll know what I am referring to. How the word 'lowest' for 'ad-dunia' is mistranslated where it should mean 'worldly' instead of 'lowest'. How the words 'Ardhi Mislahunna' have been mistranslated to mean Seven Earths even when the word 'Ardhi' is singular. It actually means 'Earth is just like Planets'. How 6 periods for Universe creation and 2 periods for Earth creation are accurate to the ratio of 4.54 billion years (Earth's age) / 13.8 billion years (Universe's age) matching perfectly with Quranic ratio of 2/6. How the 4 periods for the age of 'Plate Tectonics', loosely translated as Mountain is 9 billion years. How the other bodies of Solar System are 2 periods as well, meaning 4.5 to 4.6 billion years. How the Cosmological accounts of Muslims in the past is wrong to mean Big Bang and how it is actually Solar System Creation story. How Evolution is true, even the Adamic Evolution and how it doesn't disrupt the general understanding of God creating Adam's Soul in Heaven. I am currently making part 2 of the Video and am exited to share it as well once it is done. I tried to be as intellectually honest and unbiased as possible in the video. Please view the Video and tell me how you find it. I left no stones unturned. But even with all my efforts, I am just a feeble human being. I want to join hands with people who are well versed with Arabic. Since I have a Science background and an analytical brain, I think a marriage of these two would indeed help a lot in my cause which is mentioned above. The foundation of argument is incorrect. أَ لَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَـمَٟوَٟتٛ طِبَاقٙا .١٥ Have you people not given a thought how Allah the Exalted has created seven skies? They are created in the manner of vertically layered one above another in harmony/adjoining one above another. A rhetorical question is a question used for dramatic effect, getting the point across, and is not intended to be answered by the audience the question was directed. Celestial bodies are specifically mentioned in Qur'an.
  • The Rise of Islam

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    Welcome...
  • Hello!

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    Welcome to the forum. Islam has nothing to do with the religions that are about including traditional Islam. Islam is with GOD not from GOD. This in itself indicate that everything created by GOD has to obey GOD s system and laws and we also obey whether we choose the obedience or disobedience- free will- (Tawan or Karhan). So Islam to GOD is a state of mind followed by a way of life. Qoran is not a book for just" Traditional Muslims", It is a book for all the humans. Al Naas No need to change into religions of Men. One can be a Muslim to GOD in any religion, by obeying and following GOD Alone. Let me give the example of Moses and the cow in an analogy about religions of men Moses said to his people to sacrifice-Idhbahu- a cow.( He did not say The cow .i.e no specification , knowing there will be questions to follow) His people obviously thought what type of cow to which Moses answered I am not ignorant- i.e I have knowledge about this type of cow- So they asked the questions 1- What type. A= Neither old nor very young. In between the two. 2_ What colour A= Yellow - A striking colour that lets everyone know its state just by looking at it. 3_Give us some additional details to know for sure A= A cow full of itself/confident... that does not till the earth/prepares the ground nor does it water it, Appears peaceful/good-Musallamatun- and does not benefit anyone or anything. So they obeyed with reluctance/fear of what becomes of them./consequences from people... Our benefit from this story can be a general lesson to all the generations regardless of time and place Moses is asking all of us to dissect our religion_ a cow- as each party has different religions - _Idhbahu is not Uktulu, the difference is the first one you benefit from it- in other words check your religion by dissecting it to understand it using your faculties that GOD gave you . Ask the questions 1- Are we following the old or the very new blindly and mixing . i.e pick the best from both through your effort with your faculties and reasons. Following either blindly must be avoided. 2_ This religion of ours could be ill - Its yellow colour shows its state-and others see it as such by just looking at our ways.Do we clearly see flaws in a religion and still follow by ignoring our instinct. 3-This religion looks like it is preparing us but in fact it has no life The people look confident with it but gain nothing from it. So dissect such a religion and only pick the things that agree with GOD s message. Otherwise we are killing our spiritual self. Dissecting it will result in its resurrection with GOD s obedience and guidance. GOD bless you. Peace.
  • Interducing myself

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    Welcome . GOD is the source of everything including "Islam". His book -Qoran- defines it as a state of mind of the individual not a religion with issues/problems. There are general human issues and Islam is supposed to free the individual and solve most of these human problems about life and religions. One simple fact about Islam is its definition as the submission to GOD Alone and following His system-straight path- to live in peace with oneself and with one another. reading and studying/researching Qoran will give you more information and facts. GOD bless you. Peace.
  • Peace from Australia

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    Welcome to freeminds. Just to share with you my earlier problems with Qoran. https//total-loyalty-to-god-alone.co.uk/?page_id=206 god bless you. Peace.
  • I’m back

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    Peace Ervin, I want to address the 'pray according to...' concern. There are in my view three chapters which by their nature and structure are 'prayers' in The Quran, 1, 113 and 114. My suggestion would be to leave the first word out of your prayer in the case of the final two chapters and to recite the remaining words for reasons that should be obvious to any thinking person. Those who do or insist on saying the word 'qul' or 'say' as part of the prayer are simply parroting the words as an incantation. Those who understand what the first word is telling them in contrast, have understood the message and are reciting the words to The God indeed as a prayer. Peace to you.
  • Howdy!

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    Welcome. GOD bless you. Peace.
  • Hi! New here from Spain

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    Peace God did not reveal Himself to the Bedouins exclusively. Joe
  • Aladin

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    Peace and as the old lords of the West say salvēte. Joe
  • GROW-Greater Resources for Orphans Worldwide

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    As Salam U Alequm Jazak Allah for your questions. I would like to provide more information about GROW before someone decides to support it. This organization is brand new. I just registered it in April of this year with the Canadian Revenue Agency. Please contact CRA for confirmation. The Corporation number is 1399274-8. This is a not-for-profit organization. This organization does not have a charitable status. This means that I will not be able to issue tax receipts. Brothers and Sisters that are looking for a tax receipt for income tax purposes, please do not donate to this organization. My vision is to work with orphanages around the world. But, since I just started last month, I am just starting with one orphanage in Pakistan which from my research was the most in need. Since my launch, I have not received any donations yet. A few events were held in the orphanage where food was distributed and the support for that was provided from my family members. Also, before someone considers donating, one very important point. So far, all the communication that I have had with the orphanages is through Whatsapp Video Call. For example, one event was held on Sunday where the orphans wanted to eat pizza. I posted pictures of this event on the website. The Manager bought pizza and send me the receipt and pictures of the event. For my brothers and sisters that are looking to donate to an organization that has a team on the ground where the support is being provided, please do not donate to this organization. Please message me if you have any more questions. Jazak Allah Kahir As Salam U Alequm
  • Hi everyone

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    Hi everyone I abandoned the Sunni religion with the questioning that began in 2019. As a result of testing the 19 systems in the Qur'an in my own knowledge, I believed that the Qur'an was the word of Allah. Just Quran is nothing else. The Hadith-Tafsir-sect etc. Peace! Peace Welcome )
  • Islam is only in the side of God (3:19)

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    Peace be upon you Ajinomoto, To maintain your own translation of Quran, you can use our website https//www.personalquran.com In fact, the very reason we choose the name personalquran for our website is because it has features to maintain personal translation of Quran (on top of other features that we believe very helpful for Quran study). By design, in our website only you have access to your personal translation of Quran so if you want to share with your family, you can export your translation to pdf or you can tell your credential to your family (please note if you do this, your family can change your translation). Peace, Personal Quran Peace Personal Quran, Thanks for your information, seems interesting to me. Peace
  • Greetings from the Netherlands

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    Peace algummlil, Welcome to the forum. Your plans for making a modern platform for quranic studies and those who follow the quran, sounds like a noble/worthy cause. Since you are a web developer, you can utilize your skills and abilities to make professional websites for yourself and others. I counsel you to utilize your skills and abilities to contribute to free-minds by offering your services for free to the adminstrators and moderators on this forum. Also, I counsel you to offer your services for free to muslim thinkers/scholars/researchers who follow the quran and spread its message. By way of illustration, you can design, develop and maintain their websites. By reason of the internet/digital age, a historic change is happening right now in the muslim community and in the world which might lead to the second golden age of islam and a revival of the teachings of the quran. Some muslims who follow the quran are making highly important contributions towards this change. By utilizing your skills and abilities to make professional websites about islam and the quran (which dispel myths about the quran and clears up misunderstandings, misconceptions and misinterpretations), you too can make highly important contributions towards this change. It seems that some of the teachings of islam and the quran need to be unlearned and relearned. Also, it seems that a paradigm shift is necessary with regards to islam and the quran. I think the scientific verses in the quran are astonishing and marvellous. Nevertheless, the verses in the quran that are concerned with morality and ethical conduct and principles, are even more astonishing/magnificent and marvellous than the scientific verses in the quran, in my opinion. "Also, I counsel you to offer your services for free to muslim thinkers/scholars/researchers who follow the quran and spread its message. By way of illustration, you can design, develop and maintain their websites." Yeah i am open for that. Everyone who wants to spread the Quran only Islam message can pm me and i will build him/her a website for free. The only costs that will be there are the domain name costs and the server costs which can't be avoided and should be given to company that sells them. I know cheap companies, that do that for 3-10 dollar per month. "I counsel you to utilize your skills and abilities to contribute to free-minds by offering your services for free to the administrators" How? Free-minds is already done. It's not a complex web application. It's more of a plug and play web app. The owners did not write the code themselves for it. But i write my own code, and make complex web apps. So i am far ahead of the level of creating just a simple forum. But yeah, the admins can contact me if they want a new free-minds with a lot more options such as a live chat, better modern design, more features etc. Yes brother, i want to have a major impact on the Muslim Ummah. I am learning Arabic, i want to master it. I am even ready to immigrate from Europe to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, but i am afraid they will put me in jail there, since i want to become one of the top influencers in the reformation. But first i will have to learn Arabic for a few years, study the Quran for another few years and that's when i will start my reformation. It's important to talk with knowledge and at least know Arabic. So many times people didn't take me serious because i didn't know what the ACTUAL Arabic Quran was saying. A translation is only enough for those that want to read, but for those who want to speak, it is a must, to ACTUALLY know what you are speaking about.
  • Salaam/peace to everyone

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    Peace be upon you