Questions/Comments on the Quran

Peace mmkhan and all, The reason I am asking this question is because I want to be sure whether I need to wash my hair after sex and before I do salat. I have extremely thick, long hair. As you can imagine, it becomes a chore to wash it frequently. I sometimes find myself turning my husband down so that I can do salat without having to wash my locks. Peace Dawn... Oh my goodness. I know what you mean...I used to feel the same way. -[ I agree with Good Logic I have not seen where the Qur'an says we have to wash our hair as part of ghusl/wudhu. -Amina

Peace all, I have problems with both of these understandings, but based on my very limited understanding of the 'Arabic language, I do not see any other linguistic possibilities for different meanings. I have read Dr. Shabbir's interpretation about Abraham being ordered to "give up/emigrate away from" his son, but I cannot agree with this as it seems to be creating a totally new and unfounded meaning for an 'Arabic word. Any thoughts? Why where the males taken away by pharoe??may be to build the pyramids and his monuments , he did require a very larg work force??. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour Some of the earliest history of the Pyramid comes from a Greek traveller named Herodotus of Halicanassus. He visited Egypt around 450 BC and included a description of the Great Pyramid in a history book he wrote. Herodotus was told by his Egyptian guides that it took twenty-years for a force of 100,000 oppressed slaves to build the pyramid. Stones were lifted into position by the use of immense machines. When the child was able to do some form of work? what is work got to do with it? 37102 Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said "O my son! I see in vision that I offer thee in sacrifice Now see what is thy view!" (The son) said "O my father! Do as thou art commanded thou will find me, if Allah so wills one practising Patience and Constancy!" And what is this Solomon was going to slaughter the poor hupoo ( soldier ) or relieve him of his duty? 2721 "I will certainly punish him with a severe penalty, or execute him, unless he bring me a clear reason (for absence)." So is shabir right, is it about removing people from their abode/ post or slaughtering people,,especially done by prophets who are supposed to be the most law abiding individuals - examples for society? peace

Peace Maha, From where do you get patriarchy from brother? It's the closest word which comes to mind; sort like clan family tree which tribes are known/called has all male members. This is only an example regardless if real/true or not only to demonstrate how patriarchal peoples identified themselves click for larger version http//www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/famtree.gif http//i11.piczo.com/view/i/3/207/211041/207211041_207211041_1.jpg Have to use context rijal wanisa -- men and women; this is clear from inheritance verses. rijal -- can be a group of people with at least one male accompanied by 99 females. nisa -- always pertains to women (these are not some aliens which walk the earth). al-nas -- the mankind If you have alternative meanings then provide consistent evidence and apply to each verse.

Suffixed pronoun which is the direct object of Imperative Verb does not link back to Shaitaan because that is the part of Prepositional Phrase + Possessive Phrase. It refers back to the Predicate Rijisun of Subject Nouns in the preceding nominal sentence. Peace Mazhar -- correct. Thank you for pointing that out. 590 O you the ones who believe surely al-khmr/the inebriant/wine and the gambling and the monuments and the arrows filth from work the devil so avoid it that you may prosper 2230... so avoid the filth/uncleanliness from the idols

Peace foralgerian. " To God ,everything in the heavens and the earth falls prostrate." " Fall prostrate" can means Submit" to His laws/rules. Or Humble themselves and accept God Alone as the authority and obey Him. Fall prostrate can also mean both - physical- and - spiritual. Peace. Very good explanation. Thank you.

Salam, sorry I think I am the one confused ) Salaam, That is OK bro handshake mmKhan )

Shalom Aleikhem, Nothing, if he was a good guy, which I think he was, then the message would make him humble, careful and nice. By the way, the verse you quoted talks about the power of the message, it isnt the physical power that we know of. Otherwise, please prove it. Ofcourse we do understand who he is. I mean, I do know my way around the Qu'ran. For example 7158 Say "O people, I am a messenger of God to you all. The One who has the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth, there is no god except He; He gives life and causes death." So believe in God and His Gentile messenger prophet, who believes in God and His words; and follow him that you may be guided. That was easy, wasnt it ? The gentleman was a messenger of God to us all. Yay !! yay ??? hypno But... 416 Say I am no more than a human being like you. It is inspired to me that your god is One god, therefore you shall be upright towards Him and seek His forgiveness. And woe to the polytheists Are you kidding me ? hypno hypno Please tell me you are !! What you said there implies that Muhammad=God. Only God has power over all things. When Muhammad and God both had that power, how do you manage to say "La ilaha illaallah" ? Boy, you just ended up declaring him to be God. 5158 God is the Provider, the One with Power, the Supreme. 7221 Say I have no power to harm you nor to show you what is right I mean, your assertion is so wild and unwarranted that nobody needs a scripture to see why attributing All-Might over All-Creations to anyone other than God is setting up a partner beside God. ??? All power = All might, and now Sir, you are proposing 2 Almighty hypothesis. You have to be incredibly ignorant to do that. Are you kidding me ? What has his good character got to do with he all of a sudden becoming equal in power/might with God ? Oh... really ? Let us see 661 O you prophet, why do you make unlawful what God has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? God is Forgiver, Merciful. So, according to your baseless assertion, Muhammad did not have his own will. So, in the above ayaat, when the prophet made the mistake, according to your assertion, it would mean that God asked him to do it, then when he did it, God was mad at him for doing it. Do you not see how stupidly ridiculous your assertion is ? I know exactly upon which you build your faulty hypothesis. Here it is from one of your own baseless posts and here is my refutation to that Peace --------------------- Student of Allah bravo Student of Allah I love reading your posts. Keep up the good work!

"played around" Edyp knows. There is no such thing as an "Orginal Quran". Isn't that the oldest-according to recorded information available. There are Quran versions, the Hafs, Warsh, Qaloon etc. Which one did God reveale & protected? God only protects his way. That is why men has evolved for so so many millions of years into one of the most intelligent creatures. With the mathematical composition of the Quran (based on the number 19), we know which one God protected. Are you saying if i changed something in the quran you will know? Try to change some things to see that it is possible to get away, number 19 is a very very weak safety net. What matters is what you or i do in our life time and not what some one living in the middle ages did or didn't do. peace

Salaam, Are you the 65 year old Pakistani guy? I really doubt hmm mmKhan

The Masjid al haram - the only time the prophet entered it was when in war according to the quran and at no other time. What do warriors enter into at times of war? and you don't enter into at all other times. In 2225 the people are forced to sway from the way of Allah to Almasjid alharam. Masjid alharam is full of haram vices. hmm Inna allatheena kafaroo wayasuddoonaAAan sabeeli Allahi waalmasjidi alharamiallathee jaAAalnahu lilnnasi sawaanalAAakifu feehi waalbadi waman yurid feehibi-ilhadin bithulmin nuthiqhu min AAathabinaleemin Yousuf Ali As to those who have rejected (Allah), and would keep back (men) from the Way of Allah, and from the Sacred Mosque, which We have made (open) to (all) men - equal is the dweller there and the visitor from the country - and any whose purpose therein is profanity or wrong-doing - them will We cause to taste of a most Grievous Penalty. should be something like;(changing wa to "to" as in 2217) As to those who have rejected (Allah), and would keep back (men) from the Way of Allah to The Masjid Al Haram, which We have made (open) to (all) men - equal is the dweller there and the visitor from the country - and any whose purpose therein is profanity or wrong-doing - them will We cause to taste of a most Grievous Penalty. The wa isn?t always ?and? - Example; Yas-aloonaka AAani alshshahri alharamiqitalin feehi qul qitalun feehi kabeerun wasaddunAAan sabeeli Allahi wakufrun bihi waalmasjidi alharamiwa-ikhraju ahlihi minhu akbaru AAinda Allahi waalfitnatuakbaru mina alqatli wala yazaloona yuqatiloonakumhatta yaruddookum AAan deenikum ini istataAAoowaman yartadid minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirunfaola-ika habitat aAAmaluhum fee alddunyawaal-akhirati waola-ika as-habualnnari hum feeha khalidoona Yousuf Ali They ask thee concerning fighting in the Prohibited Month. Say "Fighting therein is a grave (offence); but graver is it in the sight of Allah to prevent access to the path of Allah, to deny Him, to prevent access to the Sacred Mosque, and drive out its members." Tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter. Nor will they cease fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can. And if any of you Turn back from their faith and die in unbelief, their works will bear no fruit in this life and in the Hereafter; they will be companions of the Fire and will abide therein. peace

Salam Bismillah Alrahmanir raheem, what is QURANIC view on reincarnation? i don't know if you speak serious... The Quran is clear - we have one life here on earth and will die and then awoken (one new life). In keeping with all the Quranic verses and with a view to remain consistent, it is clear that the Quran informs the reader that death can approach one at any point. At the point of death, one will come to know the truth, the possible reality of his actual purpose on earth. One will then enter a state of ?Barzakh? where all human concept of time will cease. Once awoken, one would be face to face with the Day of judgment and it would have felt that one had tarried just a short while (regardless of actual time). This is when the final judgment would then begin, where not an atom's weight of injustice would take place (997-. God?s concept of time is completely different from our own (2247; 325; 70 039042 ? It is God that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes) during their sleep those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed verily in this are Signs for those who reflect? Quote from an article about the punishment of the grave. (there is no punishment in the grave!) http//quransmessage.com/articles/grave%20punishment%20FM3.htm Salam

Thank you @Student of Allah for somehow clarifying my point... Listen @Abu Fauzi! Aysha is not my mother, God forbid! It seems you want to make the same mistake as Xtians did, promoting mother of Jesus, Mary, into mother of "God" hahaha, or "little mother of all xtians", "blessed among the women"etc... God created us all, and each of us has his own mother! What a dreadful way to speak of petty human filial relations in light of the Qur'an, not to mention unhealthy aedipal confusion! GOD will say, "O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to the people, Make me and my mother idols beside GOD?" He will say, "Be You glorified. I could not utter what was not right. Had I said it, You already would have known it. You know my thoughts, and I do not know Your thoughts. You know all the secrets. Those among you who estrange their wives (by declaring them as forbidden in sex) as their mothers know full well that they are not their mothers. Their mothers are the women who gave birth to them. Indeed, they are committing a blasphemy and a falsehood. GOD is Pardoner, Forgiver. And there what you mentioned, it says The prophet is closer to the believers than they are to each other, and his wives are like mothers to them. The relatives ought to take care of one another in accordance with GOD's scripture. Thus, the believers shall take care of their relatives who immigrate to them, provided they have taken care of their own families first. These are commandments of this scripture. Besides, why don't you concentrate on the Qur'anic aya (cited in somewhat wrong translation) that you proposed to study, instead? I still seem not to get what is your thread all about. ??? My benevolent advice to you is to take quite seriously the post of @Student of Allah! And please, do stick to the authorized translation of the Qur'an by Dr Rashad Khalifa PhD, which you can find on this site http//www.masjidtucson.org/

It is falling on your chins in the following ayah?s But what is it to fall on your chins? Qul aminoo bihi aw latu/minoo inna allatheena ootoo alAAilma min qablihi ithayutla AAalayhim yakhirroona lil-athqanisujjadan Tahir ul Qadri (&#1576 (&#1606 Yousuf Ali Say "Whether ye believe in it or not, it is true that those who were given knowledge beforehand, when it is recited to them, fall down on their faces in humble prostration, | 2. Wayakhirroona lil-athqaniyabkoona wayazeeduhum khushooAAan Tahir ul Qadri (&#1606 Yousuf Ali They fall down on their faces in tears, and it increases their (earnest) humility. | 3. Inna jaAAalna fee aAAnaqihimaghlalan fahiya ila al-athqani fahummuqmahoona Tahir ul Qadri Yousuf Ali We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins, so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see). Is this the falling - on your chins? http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nod_%28gesture%29 peace

Is the book that is with the jews and christians now similar to The Book that was given to The Prophets ? peace Dear Aishah I asked the above question to Mazhar but he did not, can you provide me with the answer? Thank you and peace.

peace Ayisha i am not agree with you. God will not order anybody to kill his son/daughter. a good answer from a brother in another forum Salam (b) At no place does the Quran say that God sent Prophet Abraham the dream. The Quran only says that Prophet Abraham had a dream (37102). The Quran clearly informs us when God does inspire dreams such as with Prophet Muhammad (1760; 4827; 843) and those visions that are fulfilled such as with Prophet Joseph (124; 12100). However, Prophet Abraham's vision was 'stopped' by God (37104-5) All the Quran informs us is that Prophet Abraham had a dream (37102), he wasn't sure about the nature of the dream, so he sought his son's opinion (37102). His son believed it from God and they both continued to submit to the task thinking it was from God. God stopped them in time (37104-5) and God informed them that they had fulfilled the dream. There is a strong implication that this was because they had already 'submitted' in purpose to what they believed was from God. Given this huge undertaking that they were willing to submit to, this was called a 'manifest trial' (balau-l'mubeen). There really is no getting away from it is there rotfl I wonder sometimes at the brains of some people, even this guy can't fiddle with the verses enough to get away from the fact. He submitted, he was willing to do it, God stopped him because it wasn't the intention that he kill his son, the intention was that he be willing to do it. He fulfilled it, he passed the trial. The verses are there, use your head. peace

Bismillah Alrahmanir raheem, most shia use this ayah while dicusing imamah, and they bring the claim that Imamah is supported by this ayah, how to Quranist view this ayah? who are the people of AUTHORITY in this ayah? O you who believe, you shall obey GOD, and you shall obey the messenger, and those in charge among you. If you dispute in any matter, you shall refer it to GOD and the messenger, if you do believe in GOD and the Last Day. This is better for you, and provides you with the best solution. Salaam, 459 459 O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. And if you disagree over anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best and best in result. or Obey is missing before "those in authority among you" as mentioned before the word Allah and also before alRasool. Hope this may help, inshaAllah. May Allah increase us in knowledge and guide us to His only path pr mmKhan

Peace Denis, Well, this is my interpretation I think that there is no hardship in what God expects us in regard to the commandments, prohibitions, suggestions, etc. However, life can often throw hurdles which are difficult to bear, and so we must strive hard and never forget why we are here, and who we worship and ask for help.

I don't get it.

119 If We give the human being a taste of mercy from Us, then We withdraw it from him; he becomes despairing, rejecting. 1110 If We give him the taste of a blessing after hardship had afflicted him, he will say, "Evil has gone from me!" he becomes happy, boastful; 1111 Except for those who are patient and do good work; these will have a pardon, and a great reward.

Salaam, I think we did exist before because we failed a test. how about this verse 1848 And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, , "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."