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  • Is it shirk when doing other then in accordance with Godly laws?

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    Background info www.studyquran.org Click on 'Topics Index' on left side, look up letter 'P', look up 'Parents', see relevant verses. e.g. 283, 6151, 3114-15. ############## What is shirk? http//www.quranicteachings.co.uk/shirk.htm Alternatively, check all occurrences yourself, see root Shiin-Ra-Kaf in PRL http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm ###############
  • 4 witnesses can be 4 sources of circumstantial evidence? and another thing

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    Water flows in but it has no discharging/exit point, what they did was the same thing. Life can't emerge, except microbes. How's this different from heterosexual sex? What about STD's? In hetro the "receptical/reservoir" is open from both sides. It has entry and exit for what flows in unlike the "dead sea". STD is rare in remaining sincere and restricted to legally wed partner. I feel embarrassed having written this. It is better to stop things are getting open.
  • Verse 33:40

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    Peace all. When I asked the question 'Does it matter if the quran/the whole package we have now was written by Mohamed only?'? I did not doubt the authencity of the compilation called quran at all. All I wanted to know whether anyone here feels a little 'disturbed' by the possibillty that the quran might have been compiled by someone other than mohamed....I am aware there are 'mohamedcentric' people almost everywhere..It is their choice of course.... angel Mohamed is a hebrew word too....mmmm Keep it coming, please!!! peace...
  • Could the 911 attacks have been planned by aliens to defame the Quran?

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    Peace "raginggaijin", Peace, brother, The label 'alien' configures the idea of the big-eyed big-head Greys or the Reptiliads. I'm very differential on this because theire is a creature known as jinn, but they will masquerade as these Sci-Fi stereotypes in the days to come to push the NWO/UN agenda. When that happens, what will those who cannot differentiate between Alien and jinn do? Will they embrace the UN/NWO as our 'saviors' or will they rebuke these creatures if they are around us in the name of God? JK- The Quran says there are good and bad jinn. And the reptilian type campuflage is not very far off from Jinn onsidering this verse 2710 "Throw down your staff." When he saw it moving like a JAAN(same root as jinn), he turned around and fled. "O Moses, do not be afraid. My messengers shall not fear. We know that this creature was a snake ferom other verses narrating the same event in different words 2632 He then threw his staff, whereupon it became a profound snake. People like athiests who believe in Aliens and not God or angels or jinn have made their own bed. We are believers! We believe in God, our Creator. We believe in the angels. We believe in the jinn. We believe in Judgement Day. We have no excuses. I do not believe in Aliens. I do believe in jinn masquerading as Aliens. Did I clarify my stance for you? Because I do rotfl when I hear serious discussion of Aliens. JK- Well yes that could be true but that shows that Jinn and Malaaikah are not RESTCRICTED TO THE EARTH'S SURFACE OR ATMOSPHERE and they were not necessarily even formed on earth or from the earth like we did but instead developed in outer space since teyr made from blazing fire, possibly plasma of which theres no palce on earth for such to develop naturally into self replicating organisms . This then would qualfy them as alien beings by definition. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxNe9gFN390 Watch this to the end. Look up LooseChange and their documentary. Search for the blog 'Brave New World Order" and start plowing through it. Just beware This rabbit hole goes pretty deep. Peace and blessings. JK- These 911 conspiracy theories have been debunked alread at http//www.debunking911.com/ Ive said it many times before that in this way anything can be turned into a conspiracy. So ill only accept this if the majority of scientists WHOR QUALIFIED to have an OPINION ON THE MATTER, or in other words those whove studied 911 in particular, from all voer the world would start lining up in favor of 911 conspiracy. GOD Bless!
  • I am looking for indirect references to people in the Quran (e.g. Jonah)

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    Not sure if this will help but sometimes the word "akhw / akhi" is sometimes use along with a place name, meaning fellows of ... see alif-kha-waw http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm
  • Is 4.33 translated correctly?

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    Peace brother Of course predecessors! God Bless You.
  • Bani Israel/Jew in the Quran

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    More than 60% of the Quran IS about bani Israel / Jews.. Quran is a book about bani Israel / Jews.. O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you and that I made you excel the nations. Completely agree with all of the above. Thus, as of 247, the children of Israel is the nation favoured by God. And God has made them to excel above other nations. How can Palestinians fight such a mighty nation. They may fight but not without causing grievous hurts and digh death tolls to the innocent children of Philis. The children of Israel are a special breed of people that they excel in every enterprises they indulge in. They are the best business people of the world that their businesses fluorishes on top of others. They succeed enormously in the fields of education and science. They grow mightier daily in the political and economics arena. Each new products ranging from foods to materials has their endorsements technologically and scientifically in every aspects. Shortly, they will make up the largest and strongest population in the world. Unastonishingly, Africans, Americans, Chinese, Indians, Indonesians and many other races hve been listed as the children of Israel through blood relations.
  • Can a husband divorce his wife unilaterally

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    Dear Muhammad The part of 4 59 "Those who are charged with authority among you" does not mean the islamic court, but the government or the court of a country in which you live. They are the authorities given in charge of the affairs of its people. Marriage means lawful relationship between husband and wife; in divorce what matters is the relationship that is strained; and matters not if it is strained due to one or the other, or due to both the parties. So both can jointly or unilaterally get divorced.
  • ?Four Ashhur and ten days? or ?Four ashhur and ten ashhur??

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    2234?they wait with themselves four months, and ten A clear verse and as with all directives, Quran is best read exactly as stated without added preconceptions (?) to be understood as one would at the time simply reading? Seems most the traditionalists commentaries, interpretations, word insertions, etc. were a work around to rob widows and daughters of there legal and rightful bequests. 81.8 When the female, buried alive, is questioned 81.9 For what crime she was humiliated
  • Verses on Homosexuality

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    I've already addressed this illogical argument. You're free to believe that humans who don't exist are humans with human rights, but please realize that such a belief isn't very smart. You seem to see no use in them existing. If as you say - "Kids are a combination of DNA, biology and upbringing" - then it is still the case that wasting these three parts, failing to contribute, is wasted potential. Talking about astronauts doesn't change this. Since you said "not having kids isn?t wasted potential" - that does suggest you think very little of human procreation. I see Islam really being about making use of what God has given us. I mean, it is true the bible mentions the story of God destroying Sodom once, whilst the Quran seems to mention it again and again and again, chapter after chapter, obsessively! And whilst the bible is generic about the reasons the city was destroyed, the Quran is specific - And Lot, he said to his people ?Do you commit lewdness such as none of those of the worlds had done before?? ?You come to men with desire instead of women; you are a transgressing people.? I'm not a fundamentalist, I think this story is a metaphore, not a historical event. But where there is smoke, there is fire, where did the Prophet's passion come from, in telling this story, repeating it again, and again, and again? It is this issue of wasted human potential, that's what the destruction of the city means. This is the same metaphore Plato uses in The Republic - the city-state symbolises the individual, the person. God destroying the city for its behaviour represents us destroying ourselves, the self annihilation of genetic oblivion.
  • What is "being forced"

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    What company I seek and what I'm trying to emulate???? LOL! Can YOU prove it "religiously" or even scientifically that pig's meat is "haraam", NAY!!!!! You really seem to look like a dimwit when displaying such irrelevant and illogical replies. Actually it's true I've researched it, modern pig if cooked at a high enough degree eliminates the diseases...God gave it to us as a test not because it can kill us...
  • Are Gospel and Torah in the Quran the ones we know nowadays in the BIBLE?

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    About the Bible I am not expert in Bible, Gospel and Torah, but as there are mentioned in Quran, I question myself. The so called "Bible King James version", the one most used nowadays is the Bible with the 5th majeur revision! The red letter Bible is a Bible where all what Jesus says is written in red. This Bible still exist and 21 of the 27 books doesn't have any red mark!!! So I think the Bible we know today is not the Injeel. source Ahmed Deedat
  • ?Mode of life and glory? or ?donation and quadrangle?

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    peace Tlesph, all, I agree with you that "ka3ba" has nothing to do with "quadrangle". The evidence suggests it means "base", i.e. the base which everything else stands on / administration/regulation etc. Background reading http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9022.msg48647#msg48647 http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9837.0 Peace Wakas, Thank you for your useful links. I believe I have to study the topic some more.
  • The Myth that Women have to "Obey" their Husbands

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    Ra-jah, I am not complaining to any one it is Just to put my grevience on the record and make the record straight. This is contradictory as one can see after reading your post. You obviously are complaining. Send these types of letters to Layth himself directly, the mods or the people with who you have grievances instead of raising these issues on a public thread. Not only is this OT but it is also a breach of Rule 1. Anything else posted in response to this now will be either deleted, moved to the trash and/or disciplinary action taken. So, I was banned from the forum once again as at various times am banned from Sunni Christian and Shia forums, Ahmedi's and Atheists forums being an exceptions. So? Is that supposed to prove something? Someone just posted comments merely generalising about women on a game forum and they were banned let alone anything even resembling the insulting comments posted about another poster here. The words i colored Red are extremly insulting and degrading if one understands Urdu and English. But astonishingly none of the Moderators found these words insulting, and Farida kept on posting after the Ban was enforced on Me. Read the Forum Rules if you are unclear and posting assumptions what the mods found or not. And while you're at it, also take a look at your own history and how the process spans from a step 1 to 2 and so on. Sikander may be a Urdu speaker got the insult and advised Ms. Farida Surprisingly, he isn't the only Urdu speaker on the forum, so it is just one person's opinion...needless to say the complaints about your insult (which you refuse to admit is one, or even apologise for as if it's a paltry little off hand remark about the weather as factual as you like) were far more and apparently not just from women. Secondly her aide and friend Elke also admitted that this was rude and show of arrogance, however she said it in taunting way (taunt towards all the men) And somehow this justifies your insults and makes it all okay...a poster you think was taunting you (a man as you seem to insist)? It doesn't make it okay and a lot is taken into consideration before banning someone, inclusive of the weight of the insults and the past history. Surprisingly none of the moderators noticed this. Well I am not bothered with this at all. And somehow surprisingly you are mysteriously privy to the mods discussions. Interesting, can you also make predictions with your second sight? Wait...this is deja-vu since I've mentioned second sight before and that was when I was responding to...gasp you...weird but true. And no, you are bothered, thus this anguished post. Instead I see that some real Intellectual minds post on this forum like "Arnold Yasin", "Edip Yuksel", though I strongly disagree with this person "Ayman" but he is genius, and some thoughts of Layth himself, and few others they are the only reasons to be here. Chance is a fickle mistress. Somehow all these intellectual minds are men! (no reason, I just thought I'd link it with the "chance" occurence of you being banned whenever you talked to a "woman" and assumed it "must be" because of the biological differences rather than anything else) Maybe you should just soak up the wisdom that permeates these boards then coming from the men, and just talk to those you assume are men and thus this way it will be safe, an all men's club with cigars and intellect and stuff. May I suggest a signature? "I stop only for men"...it might be misconstrued but hey, you shouldn't mind...you've been misconstruing plenty of stuff here with a liberal sprinkling of insults towards myself and others but if you ever get called on it...it's just because we're women and men would understand or towards myself it's because I'm a woman and autocratic and arrogant and god knows what else. So I too, would like this to be a record (minus the complaints and the whines though who thinks anyone ever keeps to that eh?). I must admit though, it feels good to throw a pity party (you should only invite men though). The Moderator should be a person who is not short tempered. I too have suggestions Layth. The posters should not be men. Only women should join our forum and if they are men, they must know their place and act appropriately. Moderator should act as a Moderator. The posters should act like women even if they are men. No wait, they should just act in the way I like them too, meaning like I think women should act. Moderator should not so frequently indulge in the debates. I rarely see Nadeem, Nabi, or Tay posting, even if they, it is precise, others should follow this. May be they use some other Nicks. Women may sometimes use male nicks just for variety even if it's a breach of the rules, since I will only whine if the rules affect me otherwise I don't mind encouraging people to break the rules. I will also only list a couple of women who I know haven't been active in eons and ignore the others who I think are men and have had arguments and grievances with. Before you Ban some one give him a chance to explain, that is Islamic and democratic, autocratic type of behavior will just harm the site. Before any women are banned, we must let them explain that they are not men...however this can just be assumed to be a front and insincere because seriously, how can we ever know unless we check? But what about the words? Yes, words can be subjective and if I say you are a danger to all women, ignorant and arrogant and my second sight tells me if you were married you are now divorced (because no woman would ever want to stay married to you) and if you are not (my second sight failed me here but no matter) God help you (as no woman would even spit in your general direction)...it's not an insult and can be explained away. This type of behaviour will truly harm the site. I agree. The topic is locked. If you wish to discuss this post or the others which are OT to the thread, PM the mods or email Layth. If you wish to discuss the actual topic, start a new thread dealing with it.
  • Did Abraham see one star and wasn't aware of the rest?

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    2153 They said, "We found our fathers worshipping them." 2154 He said, "Indeed ye have been in manifest error - ye and your fathers." 2155 They said, "Have you brought us the Truth, or are you one of those who jest?" 2156 He said, "Nay, your Lord, Lord of the samawaat and the Alardh, he Who created them and I am a witness to this. A poor and incomplete translation. Here conversation has been recorded as quotes. "Nay"" is for what? this is to negate their being . One has to be subservient to his Sustainer Lord. He is telling them .
  • Every verse that has to do with salat?

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    Peace, Enshrine Him in your heart; then we know where shrine is! Thereafter salat becomes all time! Salat is being with Him in the shrine; neither you can step out of the shrine nor shift the shrine out of your heart to some place far away. Then those are not masjids but the densely populated dens of shaitaans.
  • Refute this... help and support needed

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    Peace, Quran alone people are the believers who stand steadfast in actual prayer as living example to "God alone suffices us" for He encompasses everything and the Knower of every secret and holds the key to the hidden treasures of the heavens and the earth and everything in between. Every source other than the Soul source is forbidden. "See in around you wherever you are, seeking guidance and increase in Knowledge from Me all the time as the only source" is the good tidings from Him. And this is Quran alone and Allah alone for the Soul Searching!
  • Study of Grand Quran in a sequence; a proposal 2:1-7

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  • Major Enhancements to Text In Motion are Underway.

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    Thank you much! Peace-
  • What is the meaning of 2:178 ?

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    If a human is killed, he/she is no more "human being" but a soul according to the qur'aan. Souls do not have a gender nor a status. Soul cannot be killed. Killing is related to life of a human being that comprises of man and woman.