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    Man_of_Faith
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    Salaam brother Zulf,

    It is hard to say what is the failing link without a time machine at hand. Based on my constant research and discoveries it is as if Arabic, at least the version used for Quran, had never been understood properly since there are so gross errors.

    Obviously there is grammar for Arabic just as for any other coherent language. I do not reject grammar, I just find the available grammar knowledge to be severely flawed.

    During the ongoing project I have seen that words are given an armada of meanings despite there is no justification for this. Because Arabic words are constructed out of peculiar 'Innate Letter Meanings' it means that words basically only have one type of meaning which cannot have several completely opposite meanings but need to mean something "along the lines".

    The grammar of Arabic is quite logical and straightforward unless some scholar is complicating things. Usually you can easily see where a new segment of text is supposed to start and stop with some practice. The sentences are interestingly simple in structure thanks to the logical and straightforward grammar.

    Interpreters have made it complicated by saying 'not' for words such as because it takes another grammar to fit that to become no in the Quranic Arabic. has a meaning similar to 'to be' in English but would likely attain the "that is/are" in a translation to make sense. Ironically, the word Allah, with similar letters, means 'to be that it is'. An alternative recent understanding for is also 'relate'. Arabic letters have the simplest/most primitive possible meaning.

    And I tell you that if my claim does not fit when you try to check it that is because the passage you try it on does in itself need reinterpretation. This is why I have such problems getting any positive response to my work because everyone is skeptical but I know this is the truth behind the Arabic and it is a matter of time before I can start delivering fully reinterpreted passages with thorough ability to explain how I reached the conclusion. I have up to this day a fully finished translation up until 28 with 21 as part of the discourse as intended by the author.

    Like I said, the grammar in Quran is not faulty in itself, it is those who interpreted it who applied erroneous grammar rules and then lived a life in deception. This tragedy is exposed by my work and could be a bit embarrassing for those who thought they knew Arabic. With my correction the language is far more streamlined than the traditional Arabic you know. It has a very fluent and logical rhythm to convey its meaning.

    Salaam

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      Salaam,

      Concerning the word Elah/Allah.

      To those who have doubts that I know a thing or two.

      I just happened to search Lane's Lexicon for the root of and this definition was included there "a unity comprising all the essences of living things". It is just what I have been arguing for GOD's sake!

      I claim that Allah is like saying the realm (the realm is that unity).

      I happen to know the literal breakdown of the very word Allah too so this just confirms it from a traditional source.

      It is

      Be Relate/To Relate/To Attachment (=It="Unity"/One).

      Or if you remove the AL particle/prefix it is easier to see

      Be Relate/To Attachment (=It="Unity"/One).

      , the letter is also constantly recurring in the Arabic language as third person object pronoun (he/she/it). You got the reason why the same letter is used in the word Allah.

      I have already mentioned before that no righteous person calls upon Allah in prayer and this is the reason. Those who are knowledgeable call upon 'Rabb' like ya Rabb ( &#1576 and not ya Allah.

      To continue; the root alif-lam-lam (which probably is the real root for the Allah word) has connotations Neighbor, bond (could be seen as unity), good origin, "anything which has a quality requiring it to be regarded as sacred", nearness with regard to kindred, promise or an assurance of safety or security.

      Note If Lane's Lexicon is based on Arabic/semitic origin then safety or secruity may as well be taken from which does not mean safe/secure but affinity/to be realized in, i.e. the definition may refer to promise to be of affinity.

      It is true which is taken from the Biblical scriptures when GOD says to Moses "I AM THAT AM I", only that people misinterpret the statement. "Go to the 'Children of Israel' and say 'I AM' has sent you". Allah is a third person version of this 'I AM THAT AM I' statement. Allah is "IS THAT IT IS", i.e. third person.

      In the Genesis it was written Man was created (to be) in GOD's image. It is from the same knowledge. It is only that it is not as easy as it sounds since we have bias and a beastly body constantly deceiving us through its instincts.

      With a little careful research you can learn a great deal even from lexicons with a high amount of bias.

      And you can also learn that roots are not absolutely correct as understood.

      Nevertheless, it is interesting to discover jinn sources which can prove something for those who require jinn evidence and cannot just take my enlightened word for it. This goes hand in hand with my 'Innate Letter Meaning' discovery since more or less everything I have argued about can be confirmed through worldly material.

      Soon if you argue against me I do not really know what to do with you. I have showered you with all sorts of signs you know.

      The phrase "La Elah ila Allah" does not mean what traditionally implied.

      Salaam

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        Salaam,

        I kept studying Lane's Lexicon (while working hard to remain unbiased) and checked the root for jinn and was intrigued but not surprised to find the following definitions for it "Greater part of mankind, mad/insane/UNSOUND in mind/intellect, confusedness, bereft of reason". Of course some of the definitions are a bit exaggerated what a Jinn is, but the point is that the commonly accepted interpretation about concealed/invisible beings is incorrect. The word jinn is supposed to refer to worldly/fleshly people (who are absorbed and lost to their beastly selves) and why it also has connotation as garden through Jannateh because the flesh conceals the ground. It is the actual physical layer of the ground which is referred to as Jannateh and the same logic applies to the people who are Jann in mind, i.e. their thinking is worldly/beastly.

        That it refers to something invisible is a misunderstanding of the definitions probably by people (scholars) who worked on interpretation of these texts. Actually the word is supposed to refer to a particular way of thinking and reasoning as opposed to nawasa (root of naas) which refers to a person who has an edge (conscious), so it does not merely refer to mankind but only those who are truly human (i.e. tread in the image of Allah).

        Anyway, I tend to be inclined to say that a jinn is a person who simply loves the world, gives in to instincts (shaytaan) and lives their life in indulgence. They are often emotionally attached to their possessions, cry excessively when someone dies, wish for a long life, accept instinctive/beastly behavior, accept their errors as simply human without intention to have a vision of becoming perfected (&#1605 etc.

        The jinn is simply not a supernatural invisible being but only desiring, ignorantly, to indulge in what is a pleasure to the beast they have succumbed to. Shaytaan (their beast inside) has deceived and conquered them.

        Neither Nas nor Jinn is guaranteed a dissolution of their beastly curse (salvation), but obviously nas have an edge against one who is jinn-minded. A nas-minded has grasped all or part of the essence of faith/life philosophy and are thus triggered to do something about it but they often let their beast bias themselves and they only manage half-way. And they may still give in and succumb to instincts (shaytaan) and let themselves be inspired by jinn-minded people to love the world, so that they are biased.

        I urge critics to check the narrative with Solomon where the Jinn among the people suggested to bring down the rule of the Queen through mere violence while the one with an edge (marked with knowledge) suggested diplomacy. What was the jinn here? A narrow-minded person or a supernatural invisible superstitious being? If you are sound, yes obviously the person was just able to think inside the box (their beastly perception). Please understand this. A Jinn is no supernatural being but merely a person without an edge and worldly.

        Salaam

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          Salam Man of Faith

          This an interesting and very informative topic. Although i did not read most of it, but i'll be back later to read it carefully and ask you some questions. So far, it gave me a new perspective and insight about hajj specifically.

          Regards

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            Peace everyone,

            MoF, wow, as always insightful and inspiring explanation of 'jinn'. Could you please provide your interpretation of this verse in surah rahman (sorry its Sahih International but you get the point)

            55 15 And He created the jinn from a smokeless flame of fire.

            What does this word refer to it? the ground/earth created during the 'Big Bang'??
            and also
            55 14 He created man from clay like pottery.

            For some reason I've been always inspired by surah rahman but those two verse were really fascinating for me and I didn't manage to get the full meaning of them. I would appreciate your humble understanding of those.

            Salam
            M.

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              ,

              There may be updates to older posts which I have not written yet based on improved understanding.

              Regarding the word hajj I think I still have the same understanding as when I last wrote about it though. However, the passages I have attempted translation on I could probably do better today.

              I know there are quite some pages to browse through on this thread, so just take it carefully and do not hurry.

              When I begun writing on this general topic I had the title phrase "Nearness and Guidance -> Knowledge and Wisdom = Peace and Prosperity" on my mind. A lot has been added to that since then, although I suppose I can say that the argument is still valid. Since then, my insight has grown several times. I do however still say that doing/being good is the essence of our faith albeit the belief argument has changed a little into what I call immersion. I do no longer deem that GOD expects people to believe, and that concept is open to abuse, but whoever realizes themselves in what is ALLAH (you can see another post from March 19 concerning what I say about the word ALLAH) will be eligible for "transition" (&#1577. By realization is meant to take on that spirit of mind and be together in ALLAH as the rest of people (angels, prophets, righteous people etc). I am working hard to prove that words like actually refer to such phenomena. This word means 'to realize' literally. I also say that is not a root but it is + i.e. the comes from the root and can be said being simply with a grammatical prefix attached to it to say be + of (thereof integrity). It is more talking about immersion than anything else like belief.

              You may know that in Christianity people believe that (amen) means "may it be so" and their idea is not wrong at all. There probably used to be scholars who knew something. In the Biblical Gospels amen is amen (they have not translated it) and the text uses another word for faith/belief, so one can add to the suspicion that amen is not supposed to mean any of those two words. Jesus probably spoke Hebrew/Aramaic so the Biblical texts are more than likely derived from that language even if Greek was prominent due to the occupation influence. In the Gospels, amen is used in such a way that one can easily see it is meant to say "realize, realize" when Jesus says "amen amen I say to you". Another reason is because both Christians and Muslims say amen/amin after prayers and that is because they wish their prayer to be "realized". I have worked hard for perhaps a couple of years on the phenomenon of amen and I see a pattern and also in Arabic it does not refer to to belief/faith. You can believe/have faith and it is perhaps an advantage, but it is not really what GOD is expecting. You need to have faith that you can realize yourself too in whatever you venture into.

              So with that knowledge and wisdom at hand, I would say for salvation (actually it says "transition&quot according to Qur'an the people have to realize themselves in ALLAH (BE THAT IT IS) by "BISMILLAH ALRAHMAN ALRAHEEM", i.e. "with the spirit of 'THAT IS' Benevolent, Merciful', and every other typical trait of GOD there is. If GOD is something then others are supposed to attain the same image. Jesus was not out bicycling (Swedish saying) or misquoted when he said "I am in the Father and the Father is in me". That is the way he willed to show but people, particularly the clergy, got extremely upset by his words, since according to the sectarian dogma that is a clear blasphemy.

              5116 in Qur'an is misrepresented; it is supposed to clear out the misconception that people have concerning Jesus being part of a trinity, i.e. separate from GOD rather than inside the realm (ALLAH). I worked hard today to clear it out. Jesus clears out what he said and he said that he made no distinction of his soul compared to that of ALLAH. He did the will of the Father in unity, just as everyone else righteous.

              You have further signs from the Biblical "Old Testament" (Tanakh/Torateh) in that GOD said to Moses in response to his question "Who are you?" "I AM THAT AM I". This is a hint to the dynamics of the GOD phenomenon and this was perhaps a 4000 years ago approximately. Hence the real information on how GOD works has been with people for millennia yet the sects always blur what have been said with their traditional Pagan mindset. GOD said to Moses "Go you to the 'Children of Israel' and say 'I AM' has sent you". ALLAH and ELOH(IM) are third-person variants of what GOD said to Moses about the phenomenon.

              The famous 'Ten Commandments' say "do not make an image of anything in Heaven or Earth to worship". This commandment is part of the revelation about the dynamics of the GOD phenomenon to the 'Children of Israel' and it explicitly means "NO IMAGE" (even if the image is called ALLAH) and it includes a materialized view of GOD as an entity at all and goes along with the 'I AM THAT AM I' statement. Actually our mind is some severe case of schizophrenia rotfl

              I mean we pray to 'The Rabb' and this is an authentic practice, but in truth in ways we pray to ourselves since our 'Rabb' is not separate from us. That means if we pray to the 'Rabb' and treat 'The Rabb' as some sort of slave/secretary that will do all the hard work for us as long as we "worship", then nothing will become realized. The sectarians are not aware of this. 'The Rabb' word could also be regarded as Jesus puts it "Father", because it is something that will foster us (you can check Lane's for the root to see the idea).

              Jews regard 'Rabbi' as teacher and 'The Rabb' is like your foster parent. You see that before you can understand this lesson you have to separate the spirit from the flesh because this is absolutely disconnected from jinn world and thus the usual Father - Son concept does not work the same. You see all Jesus taught about the Father - Son stuff were merely parables. Jesus never implied that he was some separate beastly Son of GOD. His best utterance to clear that out was the famous "I am in the Father and the Father in me". If we can find the spirit (by being able to subdue our beastly self) and "tune in" then we can gain "The Rabb" as our Father, this is what Jesus basically tries to convey. It is a kind of complicated (to explain) symbiotic condition. Anyway, it relates to a part in 'Genesis' where the text says that GOD created man in its image". Well, it is true, but that is the goal to be, i.e. in the image of GOD.

              As you can see, what the disciples wrote about Jesus is not a pack of lies after all but are fairly much according to the truth. It is mostly mistranslation causing problems and one has to understand what he meant.

              Salaam

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                Salaam roshan,

                After you wrote your post I took a look at those passages.

                What I can see is that the "flesh" is what the jaan (&#1606 is referring to here in 5515. refers to in commotion (animated) of light (Quran's word for energy or the kind of phenomenon atoms are of. It does refer to light and that is why nahar is day in Arabic because light is attached). For a human we can say it is like the flesh is from nothingness, i.e. nothing you can touch which refers to the nature of atoms and molecules.

                There is no mention of any smokeless fire here. It is an idea of ignorant minds. Nothing can be made of fire because it is a chemical reaction and not a substance. It is a reaction that turns the substance from one to another (ashes/coal) and is caused by excessive heat greater than its flammability and is caused by the reaction of energy (friction, relationship to other atoms etc).

                It is quite logical that jaan refers to flesh if jannateh refers to garden (Arabic words are very descriptive in their nature). Gehenna refers to the permanency of being doomed to eternal flesh (what differs from jan it is the which means attached like in nahaar (day) rather than facing dissolution (the real goal for us). I think few actually know that (Gehennom) actually refer to this. The word is derived from with being formed just like the word for day in Arabic to mark a state/condition (attachment).

                Of course the sects do not want you to have this knowledge because they are slaves to the flesh.

                And no, jinn are hence no supernatural invisible beings except a distracting illusion.

                In 5514 it appears to refer to the image of a spirit that man is supposed to attain. It speaks a about some sort of magnification/growth. It is very likely not speaking of clay in any way. GOD made man to be in its image. The jaan (flesh) is a distraction. You must perceive this spirit to stay on track. Like Jesus said "separate the spirit from the flesh". By this lesson above I suppose you can even understand his words.

                Salaam

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                  ,

                  There may be updates to older posts which I have not written yet based on improved understanding.

                  Regarding the word hajj I think I still have the same understanding as when I last wrote about it though. However, the passages I have attempted translation on I could probably do better today.

                  I know there are quite some pages to browse through on this thread, so just take it carefully and do not hurry.

                  When I begun writing on this general topic I had the title phrase "Nearness and Guidance -> Knowledge and Wisdom = Peace and Prosperity" on my mind. A lot has been added to that since then, although I suppose I can say that the argument is still valid. Since then, my insight has grown several times. I do however still say that doing/being good is the essence of our faith albeit the belief argument has changed a little into what I call immersion. I do no longer deem that GOD expects people to believe, and that concept is open to abuse, but whoever realizes themselves in what is ALLAH (you can see another post from March 19 concerning what I say about the word ALLAH) will be eligible for "transition" (&#1577. By realization is meant to take on that spirit of mind and be together in ALLAH as the rest of people (angels, prophets, righteous people etc). I am working hard to prove that words like actually refer to such phenomena. This word means 'to realize' literally. I also say that is not a root but it is + i.e. the comes from the root and can be said being simply with a grammatical prefix attached to it to say be + of (thereof integrity). It is more talking about immersion than anything else like belief.

                  You may know that in Christianity people believe that (amen) means "may it be so" and their idea is not wrong at all. There probably used to be scholars who knew something. In the Biblical Gospels amen is amen (they have not translated it) and the text uses another word for faith/belief, so one can add to the suspicion that amen is not supposed to mean any of those two words. Jesus probably spoke Hebrew/Aramaic so the Biblical texts are more than likely derived from that language even if Greek was prominent due to the occupation influence. In the Gospels, amen is used in such a way that one can easily see it is meant to say "realize, realize" when Jesus says "amen amen I say to you". Another reason is because both Christians and Muslims say amen/amin after prayers and that is because they wish their prayer to be "realized". I have worked hard for perhaps a couple of years on the phenomenon of amen and I see a pattern and also in Arabic it does not refer to to belief/faith. You can believe/have faith and it is perhaps an advantage, but it is not really what GOD is expecting. You need to have faith that you can realize yourself too in whatever you venture into.

                  So with that knowledge and wisdom at hand, I would say for salvation (actually it says "transition&quot according to Qur'an the people have to realize themselves in ALLAH (BE THAT IT IS) by "BISMILLAH ALRAHMAN ALRAHEEM", i.e. "with the spirit of 'THAT IS' Benevolent, Merciful', and every other typical trait of GOD there is. If GOD is something then others are supposed to attain the same image. Jesus was not out bicycling (Swedish saying) or misquoted when he said "I am in the Father and the Father is in me". That is the way he willed to show but people, particularly the clergy, got extremely upset by his words, since according to the sectarian dogma that is a clear blasphemy.

                  5116 in Qur'an is misrepresented; it is supposed to clear out the misconception that people have concerning Jesus being part of a trinity, i.e. separate from GOD rather than inside the realm (ALLAH). I worked hard today to clear it out. Jesus clears out what he said and he said that he made no distinction of his soul compared to that of ALLAH. He did the will of the Father in unity, just as everyone else righteous.

                  You have further signs from the Biblical "Old Testament" (Tanakh/Torateh) in that GOD said to Moses in response to his question "Who are you?" "I AM THAT AM I". This is a hint to the dynamics of the GOD phenomenon and this was perhaps a 4000 years ago approximately. Hence the real information on how GOD works has been with people for millennia yet the sects always blur what have been said with their traditional Pagan mindset. GOD said to Moses "Go you to the 'Children of Israel' and say 'I AM' has sent you". ALLAH and ELOH(IM) are third-person variants of what GOD said to Moses about the phenomenon.

                  The famous 'Ten Commandments' say "do not make an image of anything in Heaven or Earth to worship". This commandment is part of the revelation about the dynamics of the GOD phenomenon to the 'Children of Israel' and it explicitly means "NO IMAGE" (even if the image is called ALLAH) and it includes a materialized view of GOD as an entity at all and goes along with the 'I AM THAT AM I' statement. Actually our mind is some severe case of schizophrenia rotfl

                  I mean we pray to 'The Rabb' and this is an authentic practice, but in truth in ways we pray to ourselves since our 'Rabb' is not separate from us. That means if we pray to the 'Rabb' and treat 'The Rabb' as some sort of slave/secretary that will do all the hard work for us as long as we "worship", then nothing will become realized. The sectarians are not aware of this. 'The Rabb' word could also be regarded as Jesus puts it "Father", because it is something that will foster us (you can check Lane's for the root to see the idea).

                  Jews regard 'Rabbi' as teacher and 'The Rabb' is like your foster parent. You see that before you can understand this lesson you have to separate the spirit from the flesh because this is absolutely disconnected from jinn world and thus the usual Father - Son concept does not work the same. You see all Jesus taught about the Father - Son stuff were merely parables. Jesus never implied that he was some separate beastly Son of GOD. His best utterance to clear that out was the famous "I am in the Father and the Father in me". If we can find the spirit (by being able to subdue our beastly self) and "tune in" then we can gain "The Rabb" as our Father, this is what Jesus basically tries to convey. It is a kind of complicated (to explain) symbiotic condition. Anyway, it relates to a part in 'Genesis' where the text says that GOD created man in its image". Well, it is true, but that is the goal to be, i.e. in the image of GOD.

                  As you can see, what the disciples wrote about Jesus is not a pack of lies after all but are fairly much according to the truth. It is mostly mistranslation causing problems and one has to understand what he meant.

                  Salaam

                  Thank you so much for this deep and intersting post, i like the way you connect things together to get a bigger picture. Your insight make Islam more spiritual than traditional one"which is merely stric practices and rituals you say and do so and so & you would be forgiven for all what you've done" , which i think it is the most important aspect of Islam that has lost nowadays, even in sufi sects, which is purely spiritual , you find idolizing of people "preachers" or graves "mausoleum" .

                  I agree with you about if believing would affect our fate in hereafter or not, i do not think God has created us to remind him of his glory only, our mission here is much bigger than that. My vision is still blurring but i am still searching about it. Your insight here is very helpful.

                  Regarding "" and the story of Jesus or the concept of "i am in Allah and Allah is in me" , it is great input to clarify these meanings. I always thought that when a person reaches this condition and unconsciously say "i am in God and God in me", i thought it is a psychological state occurs as result of certain psychological practices " e.g. in Sufism or Buddhist". Your input make it well elaborated for me.

                  I found some opinions that consider that there are many Rabbs, and Allah is the greatest Rabb, it was confusing for me at first till i read this verse more carefully

                  "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" He replied "I am better than he; you created me from fire and him from clay"
                  712

                  How could Satan simply arguing with God if he was the greatest? and in this verse also

                  "He said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands? Were you arrogant , or were you among the haughty?" He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."
                  3875-76

                  Regardless of the nature of the satan or the actual story , you can see that even in this verse there is an argument with God. May be there are another meanings for these verses, but if it with this meaning, i can't imagine that this argument is with Allah.

                  Regards,

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                    Anyway, I tend to be inclined to say that a jinn is a person who simply loves the world,

                    Peace Man of Faith, Jinn folk do not necessarily love the world, many are governed
                    by degrees of hate.

                    Interesting thread here

                    http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9606995.msg359133#msg359133

                    Please read surah Al Jinn (73)

                    The Jinn can be believers

                    `Some of us are righteous, and some are less than righteous; we follow various paths.

                    `When we heard the guidance, we believed therein. Anyone who believes in his Lord will
                    never fear any injustice, nor any affliction.

                    `Among us are the submitters, and among us are the compromisers.' " As for those who
                    submitted, they are on the right path.

                    God bless you

                    peace

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                      Salaam roshan,

                      After you wrote your post I took a look at those passages.

                      What I can see is that the "flesh" is what the jaan (&#1606 is referring to here in 5515. refers to in commotion (animated) of light (Quran's word for energy or the kind of phenomenon atoms are of. It does refer to light and that is why nahar is day in Arabic because light is attached). For a human we can say it is like the flesh is from nothingness, i.e. nothing you can touch which refers to the nature of atoms and molecules.

                      There is no mention of any smokeless fire here. It is an idea of ignorant minds. Nothing can be made of fire because it is a chemical reaction and not a substance. It is a reaction that turns the substance from one to another (ashes/coal) and is caused by excessive heat greater than its flammability and is caused by the reaction of energy (friction, relationship to other atoms etc).

                      It is quite logical that jaan refers to flesh if jannateh refers to garden (Arabic words are very descriptive in their nature). Gehenna refers to the permanency of being doomed to eternal flesh (what differs from jan it is the which means attached like in nahaar (day) rather than facing dissolution (the real goal for us). I think few actually know that (Gehennom) actually refer to this. The word is derived from with being formed just like the word for day in Arabic to mark a state/condition (attachment).

                      Of course the sects do not want you to have this knowledge because they are slaves to the flesh.

                      And no, jinn are hence no supernatural invisible beings except a distracting illusion.

                      In 5514 it appears to refer to the image of a spirit that man is supposed to attain. It speaks a about some sort of magnification/growth. It is very likely not speaking of clay in any way. GOD made man to be in its image. The jaan (flesh) is a distraction. You must perceive this spirit to stay on track. Like Jesus said "separate the spirit from the flesh". By this lesson above I suppose you can even understand his words.

                      Salaam

                      Peace MoF and I appreciate your insight, especially connecting jnn to the Jahannam and its eternal 'fleshiness'. But what then does 'salsalin kalfakhar' means in 5514 in the relation of human creation?
                      Looking forward to your insight on it and thank you again for taking your time

                      Best
                      M.

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                        Salaam hawk99,

                        They can be full of hate or love. What they have in common is that they do not see/think beyond this fleshly world.

                        If you read the chapter, you can see that they were jinns that when they heard the recital came to appreciate it. It is to be regarded that they were jinns but may have changed perception subsequently.

                        A jinn can be fairly righteous because it does not have to do with that. You can see atheists who are inclined towards good. Jinns can also be seen to include people who are atheists and see only this world due to impaired ability to reflect and think beyond barriers or deluded by other jinns. A jinn is not automatically evil because of being one, but since they do not know the truth they are often inclined towards the signals of the flesh, i.e. their instincts (shaytaan).

                        Salaam

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                          Salaam roshan,

                          Concerning 5514; anasan in the passage does not refer to the fleshly beast we are inside of but the image of a creation we were made as bodyless souls. The bodies we reside in because we choose to "eat of the tree" (probably an ancient parable). It was not originally so, but we chose desire and a part of us disobeyed GOD. Today, when we are here in this "test environment" we see if will change or continue further indulgence until complete absorption into the flesh.

                          But 5514, it refers to the creation/formation of the human soul/consciousness and that was made of a perfect formula, since it was in the pristine image (of GOD). It is an empty soul with no bias whatsoever. Human children are born with such pristine albeit empty soul attached to animalistic bodies. You can see documentaries that children are innately good. It is the flesh and animal instincts (shaytaan) that turn us into imperfect beings. It is their instinctive drive which causes them to seek jinn knowledge due to it and become biased by adults. The adults are what gives the children their evil nature together with the instincts of the beast (desire etc).

                          "Kalalfakhar" is actually comprising of a root word plus prefix letters. The root is Fa-Kha-Ra which has several meanings according to a famous lexicon such as Lane's. One of them is "excellent quality". So the word is K - Al-Fakhar. Salsal (&#1604 which precedes it is a bit harder, but I could interpret it as "blueprint" or the image as in which something is formed and to be followed. Why it has gotten the connotation with clay is beyond me.

                          It looks like a scribe error in the passage though due to that the 'k' is put before AL. The word could be which would give a comprehensive meaning. It would mean the same but it is more comprehensible to read and interpret. Then it would mean is part of the same primitive root as words like which would make a meaning such as that I said about the perception was made perfect, before the Jaan influence of 5515. They go hand in hand. Min Sal salak al-fakhar, of perception, your perception is perfect. But as I can see, you need to look at the whole passage to make it comprehensible "khalaq al-anasan man sal, salak al-fakhar". "Your perception perfect". The soul is indeed perfect without bias. The chapter is just a continuous riddle and you need to reflect upon what you read. It does not help if you have a poor interpretation. It is not a coincidence why the chapter mentions Jaan straight thereafter because it is our great trap in life and an illusion due to the nature of it (as I explained in the previous post). This environment makes us imperfect. It also looks like the passages in the context are slightly poetically written such as riddles usually are. The repetitive passages such as 5516 show this.

                          Hope you got an answer from this. It just shows how poor interpretation there is. And I would argue that Arabic does not have a root more than three syllables, i.e. trilateral roots at most, so salsal should not be able to be its own root. It clearly looks like a scribe error.

                          It also shows GOD created the flesh (world jaan) and not an evil spirit. But the flesh is the temptation if you indulge in it like our ancestor Adam did with the "fruit of the forbidden tree". Our own animalistic drive is Shaytaan.

                          Salaam

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                            Salaam,

                            I correct myself from the previous post to roshan. is most likely its own word, but a compound of twice in a row. It appears to suggest the same that I said though and that is copy or identical to something (perception), like a fixed image. Blueprint was maybe not a bad suggestion.

                            I still consider the kaf to be part of the previous word though, i.e. . It would imply that the anasan's "image" is innately perfect without bias.

                            implies that something is of excellent quality.

                            Salaam

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                              And sorry again, the k in k - alfakhaar is likely original. It gives an implicating argument that the salsal was caused to be excellent. I need to think a bit more before I throw myself towards answering.

                              It does change little though to my reasoning.
                              I would still say the traditional interpretation is imaginative at best.

                              Edit It is important to notice that the riddle-like chapter uses very much in it. The prefix on is likely so it is like an emphasis on all excellent, except that the prefix is written together as . The AL is still from the usual AL prefix (to be). We need to remember AL is also from its own root (something like originate/relate to/nearness to). The kaf (of &#1604 gives emphasis on totality. The funny thing is that the affixing here may consist of a combining of several roots in one.

                              See how The Rabb teaches.

                              Salaam

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                                Peace Man of Faith,

                                your interpretation of those verses is so insightful and beautiful, thank you so much. Wow, it's really unbelievable how much such pure meaning of those words might get corrupted so much.. but on the other hand it's not surprising.. it seems that Quran is intellectually speaking so 'revolutionary' that it's true meaning had to be suppressed by imams and rulers.

                                Stay blessed sun
                                M.

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                                  Salaam roshan,

                                  Obviously it blends with the Genesis of the Bible nicely when it says man was created in GOD's image. This is also our goal to be after the "eating of the forbidden fruit" which I consider an ancient parable. It ought to have had to do with an immersion into the flesh (jaan) rather than the sectarian version. It seems the flesh was the temptation and shaytaan is easily said the instinctive drive of our beast body which gladly leads us to live like that body is a sort of permanency which appears to be the trap.

                                  In the narration, when Adam is deceived into "eating the fruit", THEN the body becomes clear to him as if he could not see it. I rather see that Adam was still in pure spirit form prior to the event. And his soul became biased very literally by the flesh. It was the temptation of the flesh that lured Adam.

                                  If Shaytaan exists or existed I have not ruled out, but the phenomenon Shaytaan works through the flesh which is important to us. Our animalistic nature is one testament to that.

                                  Now, our mission is to seek dissolution from the nightmare Adam triggered. We should seek to regain the spirit form we once possessed. The best way is to not give in and live according to the beast but rather separate ourselves from its desires and seek the spirit.

                                  The drive of the body is not GOD's image but of the jinn. Children with their little bias is sign the souls are innately good but the environment including their own beast bodies turn them into jinn unless they become realized (mumins) in Allah.

                                  Salaam

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                                    Salaam,

                                    Let us take a look at what I have to say about certain Arabic words. You can see it as a summary of sorts in this thread and what I go on about in other threads.

                                    I do not yet have any finished reinterpretation of Quran, but I am currently in progress of making an English translation plus a sort of appendix for the original Arabic Quran as a grammar guide and language tutorial. The Quran will involve an edited Arabic in the form of removal of most diacritics and basically only retain the "madda" markers (e.g. &#1570. That is how I perceive the original manuscript to have looked like before scholars messed with it. Consider it like an honest scribe sat down and properly made a copy of the manuscript without adding anything.

                                    As I have understood, the diacritics were added to present a help for interpreters and probably the original interpreters too who added them and they are used as a help with pronunciation which is not really required as long as you can manage the sound of the individual (consonant) letters. Many of the markers are redundant because you can both pronounce and comprehend the text without them. Arabic works like the tones when you play an instrument, they resulting resonance sound is a result of the combination of tones. The resonance can be modified like with a piano's pedal and a lingering finger (madda).
                                    Anyway, back to the intention with this post about word summary.

                                    • saad-lam-meem/salawa Follow something closely is the root's fundamental meaning and that means to keep something in your perception.

                                    • musalla - An objective/attributable form like a specimen of the original root. If salawa means to keep perceiving something then musalla is the attribute you can gain it from. For example, Abraham is musalla in a passage and it refers to his lesson or work as a beacon to follow. Lane's lexicon has a good example with a horse race where musalla can be said to hang on tight to someone who leads.

                                      • salawateh/salawat - This is the resulting object of having been given perception by what is musalla. It can also be seen as guidance while refers to guiding someone. Someone who is a symbol (attribute) of guidance is , i.e the horse to chase. Abraham is a musalla according to a passage in the second chapter (2125).
                                        Salawa has nothing to do with praying or connection whatsoever as per literal meaning.
                                    • huda - This is another misinterpreted word. It does not refer to guidance but to grace/blessing/gift. This can be verified by a lexicon such as Lane's. Despite what people say, yahood shares the same root and it supposedly is to convey that someone is sort of a "chosen (gifted) person". It is used very arrogantly by those who call themselves Jews. It is usually called Zionism today even if the very word yahood may be arrogant enough.

                                    kh-ra-ra - usually interpreted fall down, but I would say it means "change from one condition/place to another", i.e. turn (into). I would say the famous al-akhar, usually marking 'The Hereafter' shares this root and the word means 'The Transition' basically. It is used to find an excuse to use sujud as prostrate in the context.

                                    • jiim-nun-nun - Used to symbolize a mysterious supernatural and invisible being (&#1606, but the root means "something that covers the integrity of something". It can be used to symbolize 'flesh' but also garden because it covers the Earth. A jinn is a person who cannot think beyond their beastly perception and do not excel spiritually (nas). The root and following words are thus very literally "down to Earth" so to say.

                                    To be continued, if GOD permits

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                                      A jinn is a person who cannot think beyond their beastly perception and do not excel spiritually (nas). The root and following words are thus very literally "down to Earth" so to say.

                                      721-3 How do you understand these verses? To me they show the opposite of what you are claiming here. Furthermore the jinn were created from smokeless fire not from clay like man. This contradicts your understanding of jinn meaning flesh.

                                      7179 tells us many of the jinn and mankind will end up in Hell. Not all. This means they are entirely capable of submitting to God if they chose to.

                                      5156 And I (All?h) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone).

                                      Does God ask the jinn to worship God alone knowing they are incapable of it? Your understanding of jinn renders almost every verse about them to contradiction. 7214 explicitly states jinn claiming some of them to be Muslims.

                                      What entitles you to ignore the aramaic word where the arabic word jinn is etymologically derived from means "cover/hidden"?

                                      Peace

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                                        Salaam,

                                        Jinn is not a supernatural and strange being. Jinn refers to the instinctive/fleshly/beastly drive.

                                        If the jinn is an invisible ethereal being how are they supposed to interact in the context? Have you thought about such things?

                                        How about the jinn in Solomon's court who suggests a very worldly idea of how to conquer the dominion of the queen while a man with distinctive knowledge came up with a much better idea hinting that he was not a jinn because he could think outside of the box.

                                        The passages which involve creation of the Jann are rather talking about the creation of the flesh, and naar is Quran's substitute for energy which is a word for light in Arabic. It refers to the nature of the universe where the visual part of it is actually made of energy. If you cleave a nucleus of an atom you will have a huge energy discharge. And there is no mention about any smokelessness, this is just an inference.

                                        Naas is the human spirituality as according to the image GOD created it in. It is the kind of spiritual affinity we are struggling towards if we realize ourselves.

                                        And we do that by NOT succumbing to the visual reality which is rather an illusive reality and that is by not allowing ourselves to be like animals giving in to our primitive instincts (shaytaan). It is easy to seek pleasure in the flesh and indulge and accept it blindly.

                                        Everyone is capable of coming towards GOD as long as they realize themselves. Mostly the reference to jinn in Quran is whenever a person is thinking worldly on a beast level with such limitations. It is a path you take in your ignorance because no one would intentionally take such path unless being deluded.

                                        It would be that when jinn and nas are mentioned together in the Arabic the text refers to spirit and flesh. If spirit and flesh combined are going to Naar then it marks a permanent binding to the flesh like a curse. You who understand would seek dissolution from the flesh and not more of it.

                                        Jinn is beastly desires (shaytaan) if its source is from thence and if naas is addressed then it is a spiritual affinity. We should learn not to listen to much to the jinn.

                                        Regarding 721-3 which you gave reference to, the common translations are lackluster. They are escaping from their Al-Jinn. I cannot sit and translate every passage right now, but jinn here does not relate to a separate being but one and the same except the spirit and the flesh.

                                        In 5156 is the same. It speaks of body and soul. Not different types of race. The human is 1. A soul 2. A body. The soul is attached to that body (beast). Jinn is the flesh = the beast/body.

                                        Same is you can find a Jannateh on Earth because it is also something that covers it, i.e. a garden. Both use the same root, for the same reason.

                                        Gehennom refers to the permanence of the flesh which you saw that GOD would send naas and jinn into naar. It also uses the same root even if it may not look like it. It is the grammatical formula which causes the confusion. It is not always possible to narrow-mindedly behold the nature of roots in Arabic.

                                        The in refers to attachment and the refers to "thereof" as in applied attribute. A similar formula is used for the Arabic word for day nahaar, the shows attachment (of light). Naar is the root for light/energy. See how Arabic grammar works? Gehennom and Nahaar have similar formula in their structures.

                                        So you see these words I said are derived from the root which refers to flesh (something that envelopes something).

                                        Not that I think my elaboration will help you for you are probably so stubborn on your supernatural beings that you cannot appreciate it. Perhaps someone else will read and comprehend for this is suitable for everyone.

                                        Salaam

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                                          Salaam,

                                          Jinn is not a supernatural and strange being. Jinn refers to the instinctive/fleshly/beastly drive.

                                          If the jinn is an invisible ethereal being how are they supposed to interact in the context? Have you thought about such things?

                                          Glad you asked. Yes! Eg massless particles are all around us and interacting with our reality all the time. Invisible and supernatural are not synonyms, let's get that sorted out first.

                                          How about the jinn in Solomon's court who suggests a very worldly idea of how to conquer the dominion of the queen while a man with distinctive knowledge came up with a much better idea hinting that he was not a jinn because he could think outside of the box.

                                          The passages which involve creation of the Jann are rather talking about the creation of the flesh, and naar is Quran's substitute for energy which is a word for light in Arabic. It refers to the nature of the universe where the visual part of it is actually made of energy. If you cleave a nucleus of an atom you will have a huge energy discharge. And there is no mention about any smokelessness, this is just an inference.

                                          Naas is the human spirituality as according to the image GOD created it in. It is the kind of spiritual affinity we are struggling towards if we realize ourselves.

                                          And we do that by NOT succumbing to the visual reality which is rather an illusive reality and that is by not allowing ourselves to be like animals giving in to our primitive instincts (shaytaan). It is easy to seek pleasure in the flesh and indulge and accept it blindly.

                                          Everyone is capable of coming towards GOD as long as they realize themselves. Mostly the reference to jinn in Quran is whenever a person is thinking worldly on a beast level with such limitations. It is a path you take in your ignorance because no one would intentionally take such path unless being deluded.

                                          It would be that when jinn and nas are mentioned together in the Arabic the text refers to spirit and flesh. If spirit and flesh combined are going to Naar then it marks a permanent binding to the flesh like a curse. You who understand would seek dissolution from the flesh and not more of it.

                                          Jinn is beastly desires (shaytaan) if its source is from thence and if naas is addressed then it is a spiritual affinity. We should learn not to listen to much to the jinn.

                                          You keep reiterating this refusing to show any linguistic nor quranic evidence for what you say. Even ignoring the etymological roots of the words.

                                          Regarding 721-3 which you gave reference to, the common translations are lackluster. They are escaping from their Al-Jinn. I cannot sit and translate every passage right now, but jinn here does not relate to a separate being but one and the same except the spirit and the flesh.

                                          Then why does Quran many times mention Jinn next to humans. In whole Quran they are described in a parallel structure from their creation to their end. When your translation is ready I'd like to see it because as I understand your interpreation right now there are countless problems with it. Most prominently, how can body/beast claim to be muslim if it's a seperate entity from the spirit as you profess? Are bodies chasing their seperated human minds? It's just too irrational.

                                          In 5156 is the same. It speaks of body and soul. Not different types of race. The human is 1. A soul 2. A body. The soul is attached to that body (beast). Jinn is the flesh = the beast/body.

                                          So beasts can be muslims as they state in surah 72. But at the same they cant? Do you still understand what you are saying yourself?

                                          Same is you can find a Jannateh on Earth because it is also something that covers it, i.e. a garden. Both use the same root, for the same reason.

                                          Gehennom refers to the permanence of the flesh which you saw that GOD would send naas and jinn into naar. It also uses the same root even if it may not look like it. It is the grammatical formula which causes the confusion. It is not always possible to narrow-mindedly behold the nature of roots in Arabic.

                                          The in refers to attachment and the refers to "thereof" as in applied attribute. A similar formula is used for the Arabic word for day nahaar, the shows attachment (of light). Naar is the root for light/energy. See how Arabic grammar works? Gehennom and Nahaar have similar formula in their structures.

                                          The reason why they all share the same root is simple. They are all hidden. We can't perceive paradise yet, nor hell. Neither can we perceive the intelligent creation of Jinn.

                                          So you see these words I said are derived from the root which refers to flesh (something that envelopes something).

                                          Not that I think my elaboration will help you for you are probably so stubborn on your supernatural beings that you cannot appreciate it. Perhaps someone else will read and comprehend for this is suitable for everyone.

                                          Salaam

                                          For reference

                                          janna
                                          be mad
                                          janna
                                          cover, conceal Aze cennet, Ful aljanna, Hau aljanna, Hin jannat, Per jannat, Tur cennet, Uzbdzhannat borrowed from Ara

                                          All you did was swap the root word's meaning from cover, conceal to flesh. If that were true we would see it confirmed in the related occurences in other languages. The opposite is true. They all mean covering/concealing everywhere. Nowhere do they mean flesh. The meaning of shield, something one conceals behind to defend oneself should reveal to you what it means. Unless you think shields are made of flesh of course.

                                          Peace

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