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    GENERAL RULE
    (Main Premise)

    IF verse is entirely clear
    THEN follow that verse
    ELSE no one knows its interpretation (ignore the verse)

    SECONDARY RULE
    (Second Premise)

    IF it is relating to obedience to Allah and and towards human unity
    THEN it is Islam
    ELSE it is not Islam
    (or sign for troubles)

    THIRD RULE
    (Third Premise)

    IF one i'qtiqad (creed) to obey all the "DO NOT" prohibition in the Qur'an
    THEN he is a Muslim
    ELSE he is not a Muslim

    FOURTH RULE
    (Fourth Premise)

    IF one i'qtiqad (creed) to follow clear verses and obey all the "DO NOT" prohibitions in the Qur'an
    THEN he will belong to the "companions of the right". (with or without faith)
    ELSE he will belong to "companions of the left".

    FIFTH RULE
    (Fifth Premise)

    IF one is free from Shirk (1, 2, 3, and 4)
    THEN he will fully benefit from the Qur'an.
    ELSE he will not understand/ misunderstood the true message of the Qur'an.

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    Allah has not made
    for a man
    two hearts
    in his interior
    (333-4)

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    Guide us to the straight path
    (16)

    These are verses of the Book of Wisdom
    (312)

    I swear by the Quran full of wisdom
    (362)

    Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the wise Book.
    101)

    He grants wisdom to whom He pleases
    and whoever is granted wisdom
    he indeed is given a great good
    and none but men of understanding mind
    (2269)

    This is the Book (the Quran)
    whereof there is no doubt
    a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqun <- First condition, Qur'an is only for this people.
    (22)

    And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us
    truly elevated, full of wisdom.
    (434)

    Indeed, it is a Noble Qur'an
    In a protected Book
    None can grasp it
    except those purified (from shirk)
    (5677-79)

    O you who have believed
    indeed the polytheists are unclean
    (92

    And whenever a surah is revealed
    there are among the hypocrites those who say
    "Which of you has this increased faith?"
    As for those who believed
    it has increased them in faith
    while they are rejoicing
    But as for those in whose hearts is disease <- shirk
    it (the surah) has increased them in evil
    to their evil
    And they will have died
    while they are disbelievers
    (9124-125)

    They deceive Allah
    and those who believe
    but they deceive not
    except themselves
    and perceive not
    (29)

    I will turn away from My signs
    those who are arrogant upon the earth without right
    and if they should see every sign
    they will not believe in it
    And if they see the way of consciousness
    they will not adopt it as a way
    but if they see the way of error
    they will adopt it as a way
    That is because
    they have denied Our signs <- disobedience, "DO NOT" prohibition
    and they were heedless of them
    (7146)

    Indeed, those who disbelieve
    it is all the same for them
    whether you warn them
    or do not warn them
    they will not believe
    (26)

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      The date in Hijri calendar i.e. 10-01-1435 has great significance. It heralds a new beginning.

      Salam

      Do you realize what happen in 2001?

      Peace

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        Right Atrium = Abu Bakar Siddique

        Salam

        I could understand Umar, Uthman, Ali etc as arabic names, but I wonder whether Abu Bakar is really an arabic name during Muhammad.

        Just wondering... a little bit unusual.

        Peace

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          Salaam!

          Ma shaa Allah! you have got best of analytical abilities and nice way of presentation. May Allah bless.

          If your good self permits, I would like to point out some flaws in the the following

          This is the Book (the Quran)
          whereof there is no doubt
          a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqun <- First condition, Qur'an is only for this people.
          (22)

          The arabic text of the above quoted verse is as under

          (i) It is known means 'That', but for the reasons known to you, you have understood the term as 'This'.
          (ii) Your good self has understood (lilmuttaqeena) as 'to those who are Al-Muttaqun', which seems to be erroneous.

          Kindly clarify.

          Salaam!!

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            Salam

            Do you realize what happen in 2001?

            Peace

            No, I am unaware.

            Salaam!

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              Salaam,

              If you could rely on Google Translation the Arabic Word has got the following meaning

              -adjective

              virgin, maiden, intact, maidenlike

              -noun

              first born

              -verb

              rise early, live from hand to mouth, get up.

              Salaam!

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                Kindly clarify.

                Salam

                You are right, thank you. It is just a translation and I guess the readers can check for themselves through the links I've given. I am more on delivering the message.

                Peace

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                  If you could rely on Google Translation the Arabic Word has got the following meaning

                  Salam

                  Does it normal for an ancient Arabs to use that kind of name?

                  Peace

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                    Salaam!

                    Salam

                    You are correct, thank you. It is just a translation and I guess the readers can check for themselves through the links I've given. I am more on delivering the message.

                    Peace

                    Respected brother, you have taken the verse as a criterion to arrive at a conclusion but not taken the correct understanding. There is a lot of difference between this and that. That refers to what?

                    Salaam!

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                      Salam,

                      Does it normal for an ancient Arabs to use that kind of name?

                      I do not qualify to doubt the acumen of ancient Arabs.

                      Salaam!

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                        Salam

                        Okay, thank you. It is just my curiosity.

                        Peace

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                          Salaam

                          Google translate use modern shape off Arabic while Quran use Classical Quraish dialect.

                          Lisan ul Arab and Lane Lexicon is the best source perhaps.

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                            Respected brother, you have taken the verse as a criterion to arrive at a conclusion but not taken the correct understanding. There is a lot of difference between this and that. That refers to what?

                            Salam

                            I know what are you referring to but as I said, I'm not dwelling in detail or even questioning the word "Book" or "Alif Lam Meem" and its relation to consciousness etc. It is just a simple message for simple understanding, for beginners - title - What is Islam?

                            Peace.

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                              PREMISE 1

                              IF verse is entirely clear
                              THEN follow that verse
                              ELSE no one knows its interpretation (ignore the verse)

                              PREMISE 2

                              IF it is relating to obedience to Allah and and towards human unity
                              THEN it is Islam
                              ELSE it is not Islam
                              (or sign for troubles)

                              PREMISE 3

                              IF one i'qtiqad (creed) to obey all the "DO NOT" prohibitions in the Qur'an
                              THEN he is a Muslim
                              ELSE he is not a Muslim

                              PREMISE 4

                              IF one i'qtiqad (creed) to follow clear verses and obey all the "DO NOT" prohibitions in the Qur'an
                              THEN he will belong to the "companions of the right". (with or without faith)
                              ELSE he will belong to "companions of the left".

                              PREMISE 5

                              IF one is free from Shirk (1, 2, 3, and 4)
                              THEN he will fully benefit from the Qur'an.
                              ELSE he will not understand/ misunderstood the true message of the Qur'an.

                              SIXTH RULE
                              (Sixth Premise)

                              IF one grasp the true message of the Qur'an.
                              THEN he will find the straight path.
                              ELSE he will be deaf, dumb and blind and will never return.

                              • He will have "NO LIFE"
                                ie. he "cannot benefit" from his lifetime
                                and "cannot benefit" from his life after death
                                NO LIFE
                                but merely "passing his life"
                                like dreams or nightmares

                              Those are the ones
                              who have purchased error for guidance
                              so their transaction
                              has brought no profit
                              nor were they guided
                              Their example is that
                              of one who kindled a fire
                              but when it illuminated what was around him
                              Allah took away their light
                              and left them in darkness
                              they could not see
                              Deaf, dumb and blind
                              so they will not return
                              Or like a rainstorm from the sky
                              within which is darkness
                              thunder and lightning
                              They put their fingers
                              in their ears
                              against the thunderclaps
                              in dread of death
                              But Allah is encompassing of the disbelievers
                              The lightning almost snatches away their sight
                              Every time it lights
                              for them
                              they walk therein
                              but when darkness comes over them
                              they stand
                              And if Allah had willed
                              He could have taken away
                              their hearing and their sight
                              Indeed, Allah is over all things competent
                              O mankind
                              worship your Lord
                              who created you
                              and those before you
                              that you may become righteous
                              who made for you
                              the earth
                              a bed
                              and the sky a ceiling
                              and sent down from the sky
                              rain and brought forth thereby fruits
                              as provision for you
                              So do not attribute to Allah equals
                              while you know
                              (216-22)

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                                Salam

                                I know what are you referring to but as I said, I'm not dwelling in detail or even questioning the word "Book" or "Alif Lam Meem" and its relation to consciousness etc. It is just a simple message for simple understanding, for beginners - title - What is Islam?

                                Salaam,

                                Verse 21 i.e. 'Alif Lam Meem' (&#1751 is a mirror image of the Sanskrit word to be understood as 'The House'. The verse 22 starts with the word means 'that' referring to The House (i.e. Ka'aba) and the verse alongwith the verse No. 3 (23) may be understood as under

                                That is the Book no doubts therein, a gift for the immaculate persons who seek to accustom with the unknown and remain persistent with strict discipline and spends out of whatever bounties bestowed upon them.

                                Let me share with you something interesting about Ka'aba, kindly mull over -

                                The fourteen meter high pillar (Rukn-e-Yamani) in between the 35 rings of brass fixed on SHAAZARWAAN is seen here live which makes the combination Fourteen Thirty Five (1435). In addition, 10 more dots with one have been made visible upfront, if you strive. There is a lesson in it to imbibe; the symmetry reminds us the date which is called 10-01-1435. The date passed away three days before, giving an alarm bells ?life is no more?; if at all one can survive, the oxygen lies in the archive.

                                Stop! What do you say; be that as it may, life is eternal; look! I am still alive. 1435 is in any way significant; I don?t understand even a scant; I am not mesmerized, hardly inclined to thrive. I think you have got hypnotised with the number; pretending to be wise, tell me what else is left after 1435, if you can arrive.

                                Not to blame and not to frown; count it as 10 in a row up and down, what is left is left in the weight; some say it side by side eight; okay! You may call two and four with three and five.

                                I exhausted my mind but yet to bind what you made me to find, not easy to extract honey from beehive.

                                Ok! Cool your mind; take a rewind, one more show with a folding drive. Riddle is over wrap the band, one was doer seen by thousand; be a wise remain alive.

                                Have a look at the structure and the map

                                http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileKaaba-plan.svg

                                http//muslimbychoice.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/kaaba-from-inside/

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                                  Peace all

                                  And when We wish to destroy a town
                                  We send Our commandment
                                  to the people of it
                                  who lead easy lives
                                  but they transgress therein
                                  thus the word proves true against it
                                  so We destroy it
                                  with utter destruction
                                  (1475)

                                  some interesting facts...

                                  Muslim?= King of Solomon -> Jesus = 700 +- years??
                                  (Solomon to Muhammad is estimated around 1700 years +/- ... according to them! eg. Which Jesus?)
                                  Taghut = Jesus -> Muhammad = 700 +- years??
                                  Muslim = Muhammad -> Abbasid/Bukhary = 700 +- years??<- Islam becomes corrupted, the Ummah is paralysed
                                  Taghut = Abbasid/Bukhary -> Present = 700 +- years?? from Muslim, becoming Mushrikeen ... almost all. Europe?

                                  = Present -> 700 + 700 +/- = 1400 +- years since Muhammad.

                                  Muslim?= Present to future... maybe it is the beginning...
                                  Logically, someone needs to fall for someone else to rise.. It is the Sunnatullah.
                                  OR Maybe it is the time for the earth to develop,
                                  and clean up the mess and corruptions. Disaster? Death?
                                  Look around.. I think it's happening, everywhere..
                                  economy, social, political, environments, dry season and earthquakes increasing in frequency.. etc...

                                  Allah knows best... The Al Adl!!

                                  Do you realize what happen in 2001?

                                  http//astrocycle.net/Earthquake-chart.jpg

                                  and the location? Thagut?

                                  http//www.bgs.ac.uk/research/earthquakes/images/earthquakeActivity/world_seismic_stations.jpg

                                  so We destroy it
                                  with utter destruction
                                  (1475)

                                  Maybe it's time to stop calculating and focus on something else.... yes

                                  There is no such things as "I want".

                                  Salam

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                                    Salam

                                    Allah is not our slave, we are .. and there is nothing in our ibada is for Allah, it is actually for ourselves, ie. solah, fasting, sadaqah, righteousness etc. It is the deen, our deen, not Allah, and for our benefits. Allah don't need our ibada etc.

                                    Therefore, what is for Allah?

                                    All that we do is for ourselves, and there is nothing for Allah.

                                    Who is Lord?

                                    Isn't He is the One who supposed to be our Lord?

                                    This is the factor that determines the "attain that permanent state of spiritual peace", and it is in conflict with the Sunnatullah, ie. 1 & 1.

                                    http//1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dr9O-0OZ1nE/Uo-H14PMmPI/AAAAAAAABO8/1ZVzfVv6VjU/s1600/sincerity.png

                                    The Qur'anic standard for the attainment of righteousness

                                    Free ourselves from Shirk

                                    Therefore

                                    When we want to start cooking?

                                    Delicious food combinations with pure heart and justly balanced recipes

                                    Peace

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                                      Below is the verse 33 of chapter 3 of Al-Quran

                                      (Transliteration - Inna Allaha istafa adama wanoohan waala ibraheema waala AAimrana AAala alAAalameena)

                                      Renowned scholar Mr. Farook Malik has understood the above verse as follows

                                      ?Indeed Allah exalted Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above all the worlds.?

                                      http//www.islamawakened.com/quran/3/33/default.htm

                                      The terms ? ?exalted? and ?above all the worlds? in the said verse led me to think over again and again. By the Grace of Allah, my efforts did not go in vain. I find a lot of say what poured down of my brain. If I say plain, the worlds refer to our bodily system; thanks to the elements that work in tandem. The four elements out of all actually sing the anthem. To end the mayhem, let me introduce with the exalted element; take a look what are below that I present

                                      Hydrogen ? Adam
                                      Nitrogen ? Noah
                                      Carbon Family ? Aal-e-Ibrahim
                                      Oxygen Family ? Aal-e-Imran

                                      Our bodily machines require nutrients including vitamins to keep us safe and sound. Have a thought what they are made of and how they are bound? If permitted, I may share what I have found. Be careful, you may get astound

                                      Four major nutrients are (i) Water (ii) Carbohydrate (iii) Fat and (iv) Protein. Apart from that we need ?Vitamin?. I hope you got a glimpse what I mean. Look at the structure, how it is seen

                                      (i) Water consisting of Hydrogen (H) and Oxygen (O) i.e. Adam and Aal-e-Imran.

                                      (ii) Carbohydrate consisting of Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), and Oxygen (O) i.e. Aal-e-Ibrahim, Adam and Aal-e-Imran.

                                      (iii) Fats also consist of Carbon (C), Hydrogen (H), and Oxygen (O) i.e. Aal-e-Ibrahim, Adam and Aal-e-Imran.

                                      (iv) Proteins consist of, Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N), Carbon (C) and Oxygen (O) i.e. Adam, Noah, Aal-e-Ibrahim, and Aal-e-Imran.

                                      (v) Vitamins consist of a combination of elements from amongst Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N), Carbon (C) and Oxygen (O) i.e. Adam, Noah, Aal-e-Ibrahim, and Aal-e-Imran. Out of the total vitamins, Vitamin B and C are water soluble.

                                      The impeccable principles that Almighty God suggested in His Book all through the ages was utterly misunderstood by the so called sages. They claimed to be the bearer of light, but actually taught us to fight. They never nurtured the soul but made us to resort to foul. They sought to drive the folk to be habitual without any sense; not to find the truth but stick to ritual and nonsense. Science has actually done the tricks, setting aside speculations broken the bricks. We need to understand the embedded pattern, for which we require the insight not a lantern. If we want not to let our efforts go down the drain, we will have to use the brain repeat use the brain.

                                      Salaam!

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                                        The external elements are for the external world, different parts, different languages. It might bring focus, excitement etc but will just keep us busy and reaching nowhere. In fact, farther away... just like the above picture and becoming spices pile up in warehouses. No real value or satisfaction. In actuality, we need real foods, lights.

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                                          ansmeh1998
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                                          Salaam,

                                          You know limited is what? It is (i) Concrete Knowledge (ii) Conceptual Understanding (iii) Reach
                                          What is unlimited is ? (i) Wish & Speculation (ii) Guess & Conjecture (iii) Argument & Ego (iv) Pretension & Supremacy (v) Lie & Rejection.

                                          Applies to all without exception barring .......................

                                          Salaam!

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