The Truth about The Truth
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In The Name of GOD. The Lord of Wisdom and Knowledge. Most Pure. The ALL-Wise.
People, whoever is blessed to read the Word of the ALLMighty on the Glorious Throne - The Inspirations of the Prophets, May Peace Infinite Beyond Understanding be with them, has noticed that there are mainly 2 categories of Teaching of GOD.
One is Direct If-Then rules from the ALLMighty.
These are usually easy to get, since are Clear directions.
However, the next part of the Scriptures, begins the Journey of the Wo/Man of GOD.
The Metaphoric/Parable Verses.
When and During Reading The HOLY Books, the best you can do is Deny the self from making meanings.
This is Crucial. For the fact, that no human of the worlds, has the ability to judge the word of the ALLMighty.
Let alone make understandings and meanings from it, from the self.
So, What to Do?
ASK GOD. The Hearer the Nearest to Our Hearts.
Eternal Period.
The Holy Textures are for E X P E R I E N C I N G The Presence of the ALLMighty.
No for making meanings the traditional school of lost heart teaches.
So. As and While you read, Read, but do NOT let the self make any meanings from what you are reading, because EACH Time you will be wrong.
In Purity the Role of the Human Mind is ONLY to Connect Inspirations.
And this can happen ONLY Through GOD.
Meanings COME from GOD. And NEVER start from humans.
Praise be to GOD. The Lord of the Worlds.
Peace,
Rinon Hoxha - Ustahi -
I like your perspective RH. And I agree, interpretation is a dangerous art.
When I read Quran, I also try to disengage my critical reasoning and just let the words wash over me, like standing under a waterfall. Of course, "the self" can always nit-pick at little discrepencies in the revelation, especially with human translations, but in that case there is very little surrender.
I had a Christian friend who could not understand why we face the Kaba, if God (Allah) is everywhere. Here is the very kind of self-interpretation you mention. And the Quran warns explicitly against those who try to thwart the revelations.
We face the Kaba not to be facing God (Allah), but as a symbol of the awesome unity we believers share under one religion. Is there anything in the whole of Christendom that can compare with the ancient House as a geographical center, continuously magnified since the beginning?
St. Peter's Basilica?
I don't think so.
Peace and blessings.
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In The Name of GOD. The Bountiful. The Merciful.
Abdullah, consider this for a meditating time Convincing is Loosing the Flow of GOD.
As a Professor Emeritus Claire Graves, has said Let People Be.
If The ALLMighty Tolerates People being the way they are, then, human is NOONE to interfere with the Will of GOD.
So, Let People Be. And Continuosly Purify, to Let Your Soul Free.
Btw, True Person of GOD, belongs To GOD. Not to Any religion dogma.
Only To Inspirational Part of ALL Religions.
The Greates Human Limitation is Human Self. And Each Thought Process the Starts from self, is Wrong.
True Learning Begins Beyond Learning. And That's Receiving........The Purity/Inspirations of the ALLMighty on the Glorious Throne.
Praise be to GOD. The Lord of The Worlds.
Peace,
R.H.-Ustahi -
Peace abdullah_m
Islam is a a system (deen), a complete way of life. Islam is not a religion
http//www.aboutquran.com/
Read the article above to learn about what the difference between system and religion is. The world religion, does not even exist in the Quran. The word deen means system, not religion.
I agree that muslims should be in unity, however i disagree that we should face Kaaba
http//www.free-minds.org/articles/history/ayman1.htm
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In The Name of GOD. The Lord of the Worlds. The ALLMighty. The Merciful.
- No, they have lied about that which they did not have knowledge of, nor has its explanation come to them. It is also how those before them denied, so see how was the retribution of the wicked!
Notice, Explanation Come To Them.
See?
Explanations Come to People from the Lord of the Worlds.
Every one get's the own Portion, God Willing, from the Knowledge Part, GOD has designed them to have.
So, Again, Praise be to GOD. The Lord of the Worlds.
Peace,
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I do this at the end of my salat
20.114 ...and say My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
Abdullah, consider this for a meditating time Convincing is Loosing the Flow of GOD.
Thank you. I will meditate on this Flow - interesting word choice.
And I will face the Kaba, not because of its profound symbolism, but because the Quran commands it.
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Evidence
2.144 We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
The great circle method is the one where if you could walk straight, from the indicated compass reading, you would end up there. And that's about the best we can do on the other side of the globe. I know my rug should be angled 50 degrees east of north, but what's more important than the compass is the intention in the heart. I was taught salat by a born Muslim, and he taught me to form an intention to pray in the direction of the ancient House.
But I get your point. The physical direction is a tangent line when the distance is very far. We in the Americas technically should be facing down through the earth's core. But that would be rather silly and much too literal.
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peace abdullah,
Thanks for referencing 2144. As with nearly all such verses, it has been discussed in significant detail in the past. I recommend using the search function. Also, I would be wary of the translation you are reading/using because it seems to insert extra interpretation via brackets.
I completely agree that the intention or symbolic nature outweighs the literal direction facing. AQ often cites the purpose behind an act, is greater than the act itself. It is not only a matter of facing a random point in space, if you are in the USA for example, being off by 1 degree will result in being over a hundred miles off from the "kabba", even if you were to travel in a straight line. Thus, it is clear that literally facing a structure is almost impossible. I am confident God knew this was near impossible, so knowing this, we should ask, is there a deeper reason?
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Other than unity, I can also see humility as a deeper reason.
2143f And We appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his heels. In truth it was a hard (test) save for those whom Allah guided.
peace
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Peace be upon you,
The verse says "wherever you are face it"....Are you facing it right now? Wil you be facing it 2 hours from now?? Do you sleep facing it??
Simples questions like that will help you realize that the "restriced place of prostration" is a symbolism....not a physical pplace...one cannot always be facing the same direction all the time unless that direction is towards righteousness..if you get the drift.
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Peace brothers,
Perhaps another light may be, how did other Prophets, may peace be with them, prayed before the Last Prophet?
Guided Person makes no distinction between Prophets.
So, the Point is to Pray to GOD from Heart and Not from self.
Now this get very interesting.
As you know, GOD comes from between the Heart and the self. So GOD is nearer to our Hearts than our self is.
In this token, if you Pray to GOD from self, you will miss GOD and the Heart.
If you pray to GOD from Heart you will, GOD Wiling, Experience HIS Presence. Your Bliss.
Zgjidhja Model Operates Without Language. Hence it Allows the Process of Praying to happens from the Centre of your Own Soul.
And Finding the Soul is what ALL Life is about. And Living your Existential Purpose.
The Very Reason why the ALLMighty has brought you here.
And your self has not answer to any of the above Quests.
The Answer is Clean 24/7.
And Allow GOD to do Miracles Through You.
Praise be to GOD. The Lord of the Creation.
Peace,
R.H.-Ustahi
