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  • God's Systems of Guidance and Misguidance

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    This may sound weird and incomprehensible... but yes I agree that purity of intention is important, but also purity FROM the mind. When we are lost in our mind, which is just like a computer having a huge data base (memories, experience), projection capabilities (guessing, predicting, worrying) and processing capabilities (logic, reason, thinking), we are not really connected to 'upstairs'... and hence it is much more difficult to receive inspiration and epiphanies. Had it been possible to grasp the quran only through logic, reason, thinking and intelligence, then all brilliant, hi-IQ atheists would have seen the truth in it. But all they see are language and contradictions. O0 Very good point!
  • 21:81 Key to prosperity: Control over grain producing breeze

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    Astutely observed! Thanks.
  • ~ Question about the Night of Decree

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    Salaam For me, Night of Decree is in autum equinox. Equinox occurs at the same time in all the planet. Arguments 1-Laylatou el Qadr means Night of measure according to the use made of Qadar in quran. It is the night where the measure is equal between the lentgh of the night and the length of the day. 2- Quran was revealed also in night of shahr Ramadhan. Ramadhiou means also first rain in autumn in arabic. Ramadhiyou permit to distinguish between spring equinox and autumn equinox. 3- Equinox day was easiest day observable in ancient times. It suffices to point to north according to polar star. Equinox is then exactly the day when sunrise is exactly from east. 4-According to first verses of sourate el rum, the true year of revelation would be 614, when Rum were just defeated by persians and just before they get their revenge. The night of qadar between length of day and lenght of night, in autumn 614, correspond quite exactly to night of shahr (full moon) of ramadhan (periode of first rain of autumn) (23 september 614). 5-Full moon just after autum equinox correspond to Jewish festival of Succot. In arabic Soucout means silence and siyyam, according to verse 19-26, means also not to speak to humans. Peace
  • The Four Forbidden months are 9,10,11,12

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    Salams Well i would think that most of these Polytheists are long gone form the current day mecca... No one is allowed to enter the kabbah unless they're "muslim", as that is the law there i think Mushrikine are sectarians , a sect of shirk is associating anything with Allah's attributes as an ideal exemple Sunnah are proud to say , Mohamed abduhu wa rassuluh , in the same time, they call Mohammed ( Shafi'aa , el Hadi ... God's attributes, or fonctions or as known to most people, nominations
  • Lifeless body on a throne??

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    Instead, he plausibly suggests that the "body" (jasad) upon Solomon's throne is an allusion to his own body, and - metonymically - to his kingly power, which was bound to remain "lifeless" so long as it was not inspired by God-willed ethical values. Razi unfortunately did not notice that he was not king but yet a prince.
  • Can Muslims Eat ANYTHING in India? -or- Let's Not Get "Curried" Away...

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    Salam to all brothers and sisters. I am also still confused about this part. As quoted above, logically if I make dedication to God everytime I eat something (like saying bismillah) so is it okay for me to eat any meat without confirm whether the meat has been slaughtered in Islamic way or not(if there are any)? Currently I am studying in Japan, and as long as I know the Japanese do not dedicate foods to any deity. Can I just assume the food that I am going to eat has not been offered to any deity, and then make dedication to God myself everytime before eating? I think God is looking at it from the animals point of view since we are talking about killing an animal. An animal who has been killed for other deities should not be eaten by a believer. As humans we identify with animals more than plants and water since they are creatures like us. In the end you are killing a life so a life that was killed invoking other deities is not for a believer. God has given us some creatures for us to eat and live from. This is why pleasure hunting is forbidden.
  • Lesson from the Cow-in memory of HR

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    Salamun alaikum. Thanks GODsubmitter, haruf. noshirk. I wish we restrict to the episode in Qur'aan. Continued from Reply-5 please read in conjunction with that. Ms alai'his'slaam still remained cool and composed, and got them the answer, He told them "He the Exalted says that it is a she-cow. Its way of life is symbolized by that she is never yoked that she tills the land to and fro preparing it for cultivation, and she is not yoked with blinders on eyes that she irrigates the crop fields moving circularly. She is kept safe, secure, at peace, healthy tranquility and dynamic balance. Her characteristic life feature now is that absolutely no deformity is present in it". They said to Musa "It is now that you have come with the exact distinctly explicit fact." Thereat, being cornered they sacrificed her in a state that they had no wish-intention doing it. After all shilly-shallying, exhausted and feeling cornered they still applied another technique of Psychological Manipulators, called "Projecting the blame" i.e. blaming other in subtle, hard to detect way. They have subtly blamed Ms alai'his'slaam that their questions and confusion was because of him, that earlier he was not describing the fact explicitly, and only now he has given them an accurate factual description of cow. Thereby, they sacrificed that Cow. Allah the Exalted exposed them they did it in the circumstantial state while they were not near doing it-had no intention of doing it. The characteristic feature of that Cow was . It is a feminine Passive Participle made from the Root of word i.e. " " and Verbal Noun/Infinitive "" which signifies making someone safe, secure, free from evils of any kind and affair. The natural effect is that he or she is in state of tranquility and dynamic balance. Kindly read critically, and retain in memory the characteristics features of the life of this Cow, that made her Passive Participle, and resultant effect described by this sentence . The negation particle is for absolute negation-negation of genus which is evident from the accusative case of its Subject Noun . It is a Verbal/Infinitive noun, in Arabic terminology . In Arabic, it is a noun signifying action and state only. The major difference between Verb and Infinitive Noun , in meaning, is that verb signifies a particular time-period, like past, present or future. The Infinitive Noun signifies only the occurrence of a state within the time-period in which it finds mention. If you remember this Cow with all her qualities and state, you will understand and perceive -the Islam comprehensively in all semantic fields in such vivid manner as you observe the Cow with your eyes. It is as simple and easy to understand as was easy to understand a simple command, "you people sacrifice an ordinary cow". However, if your perception has been influenced causing perplexing confusion about it by the literature/certain encyclopedic articles by Psychological Manipulators, thereby relate the meanings and perception infolded in its Root " " with the disclosed characteristic features of that particular Cow. You will start seeing not as concept, or something abstract, but a Living Reality. Learned Ibn Faris described the perception inherent in the Root in these words That the dominant and pervasive perception and meanings infolded in the Root are that of healthy state of exactitude, validity, truth; and absolved causing wellness and tranquility. And therein is no deviation, irregularity, oddity, and abnormality disturbing wellness and tranquility. It portrays a state of peace, safety, tranquility and dynamic balance when the Man is secure from all sorts of things causing damage and disablement of that state. Obviously, it is the unique state and only source-a ladder that could enable the Man to elevate to stability, prosperity, development and all sorts of ascensions. Arabic, as is well known, is the language based on Roots, three or four consonants placed in a peculiar sequence which signify a specific and exclusive perception and signification. Words, originating from these Roots on various well defined patterns-moulds-structuring frames, retain the original perception infolded in the Root with additional meanings and connotation, shades and colours added by the peculiar pattern-placing of vowels-syllabification, addition of consonants. The basic meanings of a Root and word do not exhaust when they are used in a different semantic field, relational area, while necessarily retaining the base meanings. This phenomenon is particular to the words which are other than those coined to denote and identify a specific tangible object, or person, i.e. substantive nouns. Actions and gestures, bodily actions or body language, and states have various levels of intensity, depth, magnitude proportionally reflecting the feel and state of heart and mind. Man is created in such mould that he is but a social being. He has but to interact with the members of his genus. What can be the best and most desirable mode of interaction? Can anybody think of a mode other than denoted by this Root " " and its Verbal Noun which could deserve attain the title of "sublime interaction"? Kindly answer by applying your own intellect, placing aside the biases, prejudices and not following perceptions deceptively inculcated in memory by the Psychological Manipulators in time and space. The best wish and pleasantry a man can present to another man is for him a state of absolute safety, security, tranquility and dynamic balance. To be continued
  • New scanned-in book: Modern Muslim Koran Interpretation by Prof.Baljon

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    Excellent link and excellent site. Thank you
  • Could these be words of a mortal man?

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    So in nutshell you are saying that even if it were shown clearly that , is just not three letters, but a word or really a sentence with linguistic proof you would not accept it. Just because you have learned so from your ancestors. Correct? This linguistic proof was based upon what? Technical understandigs---that this and this is possible to presume and see three alphabets with two porlongations signs magically adopting shape of a word and sentence. I replied about those "technicalities". But you straightaway rejected. Besides technicalities and nit picking, I do not see any concrete criticism of understanding of orthography or its meanings. Don?t you feel a state of permanent and intense suffering due current misbelieves in Muslims is a major defect. I guess one has to be able to perceive the current state correctly to comprehend it.
  • Sura Al-Fatihah, is it really a prayer?

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    No the avatar is the same one, I've been elderly forever but still feel 18 yay I found I was spending way too much time here and researching so I had to have a break and face reality for a while......then got addicted to Facebook giveup so inshaAllah I'm back because at least you lot are sane with brains, but yes, all well Alhamdulillah, hope the same for you and yours. sun Good to know that you will now be with us. I recall avator was different. There you were not even 18, rather very young playful happy naughty small girl.
  • Surah 70 Ayah 40

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    peace mmkhan, Amazing videos! eventhough I would not watch the woman giving birth on a couch. The rest is refreshing and educational. Peace O0
  • Inheritance: Daughter not Son is the central theme of Inheritance.

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    As stated, this coward Mazhar is clueless; writes articles then runs away, avoids answering, and continues to rant!
  • Contradictory statements in the quran?

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    He the Dominant-The Wise-Knower of hidden realities is the One Who has since sent to you, the Messenger the Book. Unitary Verbal Passages having adjectival specification of "permanently erected fixtures" caused to contain the established and firm commands, directions, injunctions, decision, decrees, universal writ and established facts and history are a subset of -the Book. These Unitary Verbal Passages Mother/Essence/Pivot/Main Purpose of the Book In addition, the other subset of Unitary Verbal Passages constituting Miscellany of the Book are that which perform act of mirroring invisible realities and facts through metaphorical presentations. The first step in reading is to identify and understand individual words of text. Passive Participle and Active Participle are not one and the same thing. Knowledge means to know the apparent things and their hidden realities. Hidden aspect, not visible to sight is portrayed through metaphors.
  • Hadiths on slavery - ultimate deception

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    Peace Bigmo. I keep thinking " Very busy Messenger". All these questions he had to answer, all these sayings he said! Plus he had to deliver Qoran, lead his ummah and fight wars and.... Did he manage to sleep or have time off? I suppose some will justify anything! May the Lord help us to distinguish vain talk from the truth. Thanks for the info. Peace.
  • Pork and it's by-products or just the meat?

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    Peace redsulphur1229 May God help you in your search for the truth. Peace O0
  • Quran and The Infanticide

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    Saying Son of my mother! Isn?t that indecent? Wasn?t he his father?s son also? Or was it the truth? 7150 When Moses came back to his people, angry and grieved, he said "Evil it is that ye have done in my place in my absence did ye make haste to bring on the judgment of your Lord?" He put down the tablets, seized his brother by (the hair of) his head, and dragged him to him. Aaron said "Son of my mother! The people did indeed reckon me as naught, and went near to slaying me! Make not the enemies rejoice over my misfortune, nor count thou me amongst the people of sin." The story begins; Abraham saves Moses from the slaughter, how great were they? http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=14148.msg124203#msg124203 The quran changed; http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=16157.msg158972#msg158972 How about Jesus (Son of Mariam), how great was he? Very Great also. Of course Marriage is recommended to us over and over, before taking any risks of pregnancy ? I think. 7030 with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess - 13 for then, behold, they are free of all blame, infanticide; http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide Abraham received revelations from God. He did not do anything that he was not ordered. And the Quran and Bible tells us that it was a revelation from God to slaughter his son Isaac. Moses also was astonished with what Al Khidr did, but he was told that it was all revelations from God. Moses also ordered his people to take their lives when they worshiped the calf. That also was a revelation from God. Prophets have access to God in ways we don't. Since God created life He can take them also.
  • A question regarding the concept of Oath of Engagement

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    Peace Mazhar I think I understand you Me I do think that some people have replaced what religion is supposed to preach (reverence of God and morality) with superstition and rituals. If their rituals and superstitions bring them good morals and zikr (reverence) then they've got good reason to continue what they are doing. You And from the people there is he who serves God nervously. So if good comes to him, he is content with it; and if an ordeal comes to him, he makes an about-face. He has lost this world and the Hereafter. Such is the clear loss. The point of my post was that the key thing to serving God, is morality and reverence. If one reads the Quran and this never does anything to benefit their morality or zikr, then their status as Quranist/Quran reader etc. is pretty much pointless. The primary purpose of the Quran as far as I can see is to enhance a people's morality (self-sufficiency + beneficence) and zikr. Thus the one who is morally good and reverent (whether this be with or without the Quran), is always better than the one who is of a lesser moral standing. Believing in the Quran makes no difference to this ranking. The good person is the one that does not serve God half-heartedly but instead does so whole-heartedly provided that good = strong, righteous and reverent IMO. 4913 O people, We created you from a male and female, and We made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Surely, the most honorable among you in the sight of God is the most righteous. God is Knowledgeable, Expert.
  • HOW DO ARTIC MUSLIMS FAST?

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    As for your reply to 20130 Do you mean, its a specific command not meant for all? Salaam I have been deliberating on 20;130 as I see God mentions parts of day and night when to glorify the grace of your Lord a. before the rising of the sun, and b. before its setting, c. and at the approach of the night - you shall glorify - d. at the parts of the day, perhaps you may be content If I am based in the Artic north and no day light in winter I still have night to glorify After that comes a period when there will be division of day and night during those times I can to glorify when dawn appears etc then comes summer time when its day time continuously that is when I have day to glorify. So if I live to see all seasons I am able to glorify all the periods mentioned in 20;130 Peace
  • Status of Mothers

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    As someone said respect in general has to be earned. It does NOT depend solely on a blood relation, and you can't agree with one person saying this (Bender) and another saying the complete opposite. The Quran right there pointed out under what circumstance you should treat your mother/father in a good manner, i.e. if she breast-feeds, takes care of you and so forth. Dave Peltzer (if you read where I mentioned him in the opening post) obviously has no obligation to even like his mother. It also mentions that you should reject them if they're idol-worshippers, which practice-wise my mother is, but just continue to treat them nicely (which I do). It also doesn't mention anywhere how that relationship should change considering she gave consent and paid to get me genitally and sexually mutilated, losing around 70% of bodily pleasure when considering the amount of neural and vascular damage, i.e. paying and giving consent to let that which Satan promised to do, which is to get people to alter God's creation. I'm almost positive God then in this case wouldn't even give a rat's ass if I'm "amicable" to her or not. Carlee, I am sorry to hear about your mother sanctioning F.G.M. on you. Unfortunately, there are certain cultural attitudes and practices which are sometimes so ingrained within our communities, people, internally, cannot objectively view the abhorrence of such things. We can only hope to be patient with our parents if not to try and change their attitudes. But before you can think about having any sort of relationship with your mother or with anyone else, you should heal yourself. It seems like you have had some traumatic experiences in life, especially involving your mother, but to be able to live a fruitful life, a worthwhile life, first you need to be happy from within. Practically, it seems you have also sought advice from a specialist medical practitioner. I don't know whether it's something which you have tried already, but I would suggest counselling/ therapy. I would also try to get in touch with a support group for women affected by F.G.M. Perhaps talking to other women who have been subjected to this horrific torture may help. Feel free to PM me. Salaam.
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    2568 And those who do not call on any other god with God; nor do they take the life which God has made forbidden, except in justice; nor do they commit adultery. And whoever does will receive the punishment. 2569 The retribution will be doubled for him on the Day of Judgment and he will abide in Peace. it in disgrace. 2570 Except for the one who repents and believes and does good works, for those God will REPLACE THEIR SINS WITH GOOD, and God is Forgiving, Merciful. 2571 And whoever repents, and does good, then he shall repent towards God a true repentance. So, first of all, my understanding is that even the most serious sins can be forgiven by God, wich is a wonderful. The question I have for everyone is how do you understand God changing our sins into good if we repent to Him? Thanks Good discussion. i was also thinking of the verses that says God will reward them "without hisaab" meaning those who are patient God will reward them without hisaab. Hisaab usually is tranlsated as account. Say, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allah is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account 39.10 Say "O ye my servants who believe! Fear your Lord good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world. Spacious is Allah's earth! Those who patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!" As far as the point you raised, it could also mean that when repenting God will cleanse for the believers their sins in this life and leave only their good remaining. This may well be conected to the without hisaab. Although the Quran seems to reserve that for the sabireen (those who persevere and are patient). Through trial and tribulations and challenges the believers have only their good deeds remaining while the disbelievers get rewarded for their few good deeds in this life and have only their bad deeds remaining for them . It also could mean that those who persevered might have been shakened a bit but God can overlook that and not hold them accountable. Like doubting God sometimes, getting nagry and turning away from Him during frustration but still returning and moving on.