Peace loxbox, In these verses it clearly mean "record" or "write" so Naskh means write/record in arabic they still use the word Nousskha means a copy The question is then does naskh refer to recording and preservation or annulment and abrogation? Be cause I don't accept that one root gives us such opposite meanings. I have found the understanding of this term to be consistent using a meaning of recording and preservation. Imraan

And when they come across those who believe, they say We believe!And when they are alone with each other they say Why do you inform them of what God has said to us? Then they would use it in argument against us at your Lord. Do you not comprehend? 276 Have you not noted him who debated with Abraham regarding his Lord, while God had given him a kingship? Abraham said My Lord is the One who gives life and death, he said I bring life and death. Abraham said God brings the sun from the east, so you bring it from the west. The one who rejected was baffled! And God does not guide the wicked people. 2258 If they debate with you, then say I have submitted myself to God, as well as those who follow me.... 320 Whoever debates with you in this after the knowledge has come to you, then say Let us call our children and your children.. 361 Many other verses always mean the same, the verb HAJJ = Debate, therefore the HAJJ AKBAR is the great debate, like UNITED NATIONS now. HAJJ is supposed to be the whole world leaders meet to debate. it used to be somewhere before the colonisation, maybe Egypt, or north Africa, or maybe it was always in the states, Allah knows where it used to be, when the world was united. The chapter in the Koran called Haj says otherwise. It makes it clear that there is a ritual and rite and its a from of worship. However all societies have that. Haj to Mecca is a way to perform this but its not something you can amke obligatory.

this is going to be an ongoing topic of research and i dont have time right now to introduce the information i want to, but please come back later for some of the things that have been discovered that may explain the more mysterious references in the Qur'an, including our past, creation, the flood and what the Jinn and angels really might be. in each case we will explore things in the framework of the Qur'an and how it validates past events and current mysteries, and how they might be interpreted in the light of greater understanding and more complete information. as always this should never detract from the teachings of the Qur'an, but merely offer a better understanding of some things that were very hard to convey with no frame of reference for people of Muhammad's day (pbuh) to compare them to.

i do the same, in fact on the weekends i fast similarly to what one would do during Ramadan. and i devote the bulk of the weekend to spiritual study. i also think about how Islam applies to my life throughout the day, and pray to/ worship Allah all day during work. often times i hum a contemporary Muslim tune, or repeat the words to myself. and i have found i am much happier and at peace with others just by doing these things. and a genuine smile doesn't hurt. i am looking for the ayat in the koran that touches upon what you said and still looking..... for how islam applies to my daily life ---- well, i wake up in the morning to sounds of nature - that's my alarm clock and then i hear the plow truck. i just want to pull the covers over. i ask God to help me get through the day. and should today be my last day on earth, then to make my exit be with honor. most of my thinking/reflecting/praising God actually takes place in the bathroom as it takes me about an hour to get ready. as i am brushing my teeth, i am thinking about stuff. i look at my reflection in the mirror. i find myself thinking about things we discuss here while taking shower. lately pretty much every morning, theres snow to clear in the driveway, as my lips and hands are near frozen - i am praying to God for early spring. but i do look at the snow on rooftops, tree tops and think how beautiful it is! the other day, i just stood there looking at the snowflake in awe. of course, after i spent good 40 minutes clearing the driveway and the plow truck dumps more wet heavy snow and i just want to scream, i start complaining to God. i get to work - yeap another day. and i ask God to help me do the right thing and live right by God. when i feel stressed, i ask God to help me. when i feel like just screaming at someone, i ask God to help me calm down and to be nice. when i feel exhausted from lack of sleep or feel the pain in my heart (from divorce) is just about to explode, i ask God to give me the strength to go on. after work, i head to the gym for an hour or so. another chunk of time when i go into my zone, thinking/reflecting/talking to God. every day now, i thank God for my current job as it is not as stressful as my previous of putting in long hours, not even having time to go to the bathroom and not having time for my hobbies. living alone, i do feel afraid sometime but immediately i call upon God and i feel calm. i usually sleep with the quran next to my pillow - don't know just find it comforting. when i am not working, i am cooking, cleaning, doing household chores, doing my hobbies. of course, posting on the forum! well...i could go on and on but everything i do in my daily life from watching tv to eating to going to work to working out at the gym to helping people to cleaning the house to reading the koran.....all are application of islam in my daily life. putting a smile on someone's face, saying a kind word, doing the best that i can at work, being a better person....all of these is what i consider practicing islam. at the end of the day, i just hope that i have lived an honorable life and earned God's blessings. with each passing day, i am one day closer to facing God at the end.