The Lessons of Uhud

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Defeat at the Battle of Uhud came as a great shock to the Muslims who fought that battle. They could not understand how they could achieve a resounding victory at Badr, when they were heavily outnumbered and shabbily equipped, and then suffer a defeat at the hands of an army which they had already forced to retreat.

 

Failure does not mean giving up. It means learning the lesson and keeping up.

Their defeat, however, made it clear to the early Muslims that victory was not theirs by right, and that they could not expect to win every battle they fought.

God wanted His servants to know that victory could not be assured unless they first set themselves on the road to victory. This meant that they must show determined perseverance in situations of hardship, and they must overcome their own desires and whatever temptations they faced.

Whenever they give priority to their own narrow interests, He leaves them to their own priorities.

Also, it was necessary for the Muslims to realize their mistake. They were not simply defending and protecting the person of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). They were not fighting for the man, God’s messenger. They were fighting for their faith and defending it against the forces which wanted to smother and suppress it. Hence, it is not appropriate for a people who believe in God and submit themselves to Him to stop fighting if the Prophet is killed.

God addresses them in the Quran:

[Muhammad is but a messenger before whom other messengers have passed away. If, then, he dies or is slain, will you turn about on your heels? He who turns about on his heels will not harm God in any way. God will reward those who are grateful (to Him).] (Aal-`Imran 3:144)

Rare Heroic Examples

The greatest example of heroism, however, was displayed by the Prophet himself.  One must remember that he was against going out of Madinah to meet the enemy. He would have preferred the Muslims to stay in their city and defend it against the attacking force. But he accepted the other view when he realized that it was shared by a broad section of the community. When his Companions felt that they might have to go back to his opinion, he would have nothing of it.

This is a lesson in sound leadership. The leader may consult with his advisers and review all options. When the implementation of the decision made after such consultation is under way, there is no more room for hesitation because hesitation can only lead to confusion and weakness.

Yet when things did not go the way the Muslims desired, it was the Prophet who remained steadfast, when most people around him were interested only in their own safety. Despite the extremely difficult situation in which he found himself, he stood out, calling his Companions, pointing out to them the right course to follow, caring nothing for his own safety as the enemy soldiers were rushing towards him, motivated by unalloyed hatred.

It is important to note that the soldiers who were turning away from the battle, trying to find a secure place in the mountain, were not cowardly. They were only overtaken by confusion.

The Battle of Uhud was of great significance to the first generation of Muhammad’s followers, they were able to draw on its lessons for the rest of their lives.  

The Prophet’s stand was not one of a commander who, when things went wrong, wanted to show that he knew better and that they should have listened to him in the first place.

He only demonstrated what true conviction and true courage meant.

Indeed, he did not rebuke any of his men after the event. He graciously forgave them their errors. He consoled them and encouraged them, saying: “They shall never have a similar advantage over us until we enter the Kabah.”

God has praised the Prophet”s generous attitude in the Quran:

[It was by God's grace that you (Prophet) dealt gently with your followers: for if you had been harsh and hard of heart, they would indeed have broken away from you. Pardon them, then, and pray that they be forgiven. Take counsel with them in matters of public concern; then, when you have decided upon a course of action, place your trust in God; God loves those who place their trust in Him.] (Aal-`Imran 3:159)

The Battle of Uhud was of great significance to the Muslims. That first generation of Prophet Muhammad’s followers was able to draw on its lessons for the rest of their lives.

Some 60 verses of the third chapter of the Quran, “The House of Imran”, comment on this battle. One should note that they contain only a mild reproach to the Muslims for their failures. The reproach, however, is mixed with advice which sets the Muslims on the right course for better results in the future.

The Prophet’s Position in Muslim Society

A point of reproach concerned their attitude when the rumor was spread around that the Prophet had been killed. When the Prophet started to convey his message and called people to Islam, he made his position absolutely clear: “I am God’s servant and messenger.”

This meant that his task was to deliver his message in order to enlighten the hearts and minds of his followers. Once a person is thus enlightened, having received God’s message, he should have enough wisdom to prevent him sinking back into the darkness in which he formerly lingered.

Those who have followed Prophet Muhammad as God’s servant and messenger have seen in him a leader guiding them along the path of truth and establishing that link with God.

If God’s servant dies in any circumstances, that link which he has established for them with God must not just disappear; it must stay and increase in strength.

References

http://www.readingislam.com/

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Allah said: And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful. ( 2/23) AL-BAQRA  http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx

 

(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH

Islamic Reflections insight about some Biological problems

Dr / Radwan Hussein Allbedi

Translated by Dr Iman Althawi

Revised by Magdy Abd Al-Shafy

Each case has a call and a purpose . And the CALL of Islamic question is: (The Koran is the remaining protected God’s Book that should be followed and be the constitution and the curriculum to whoever wants to be correct and straight.)

 

The details of the call is a summary of Sciences ,comparing the religions and holy books , all aspects of religion and standardization and history and the humanities, which revealed that:

1 – The Koran is the only book that is free from contradictions and incongruity , distortion and human intervention.

2-the Koran is the only book that is miraculous in the sense and linguistic structure ( from the first word to the last word in it)

3 – That The Koran is the only book (that Deems Divinity far above the imperfection )

4-That the Koran is the only Scripture that deems the prophets far above any wrongdoing, be it great or trivial .

5-That the Koran is the only remaining preserved book , which is directly attributable to the source.

6 – That the Koran is the only book of which all the copies in any time and in any place are identical ..

7 – That the Koran is universal in its Platform and its content for establishing a balance justice between man and his brother, man and humanity, man and the universe around him.

8 – That the Koran is the only book in which we find references to scientific facts from atom to galaxy, and from sperm to human brain and these coincide with the scientific facts accurately detected by the technical means.

Overall, the listener to the Koran (the words of God ) feels that it comes from the heaven. We have authored a separate book named (( why Koran ? )) to be the head of the series of ((Why Islam, the Koran and why? )) Which includes this work which we will take up the issue of embryology and the consequent and further issues as a child and artificial insemination AI, InVitro Fertilisation (IVF), and cloning and we will deal with the scientific part o, but the ideological part of these issues is to be left to the specialists of the religion.

The issue of scientific laboratory is an abstract issue aiming to discover the secret of the secrets of the universe, But the intervention of broad application among humans may arise as a result of dangers and problems that need guidance or regulation. Since the discovery of nuclear division and the secrets of atomic energy, in the beginning it was of a of scientific secrets of the atom and the energies of the universe, the underlying progress of mankind offering rights for mankind often through the use of energy generated, but when it came to the use of weapons of mass destruction, it was the rule of the intervention of the legislature to make its own contribution in this direction, as this spreads corruption and destruction in the land.

No prohibition or limitation for the scientific research, provided it reveals the secrets of the universe as long as limited in the labs, But when put into practice, then we must enter the legislature for technology and the development of rules and regulations and safeguards have legitimacy.

First :the creation of the fetus : when the mind does not have the technical means enabling him to know the stages of embryogenesis from the outset, he made theories about the emergence of a fetus as follows :

1- fetus is formed of nothing but through self-generating coincidence.

2-embryo arises from the seeds that emerge from the men and contains a mini photo copy from the full child , woman is only the place in which to grow (in the sense of growing in size) .

3-embryo created in mother and the liquid semen serves as culture and a catalyst only

Dr / Radwan Hussein Allbedi

hospital director and a member of the Scientific Miracles question Mecca

and member of the Scientific Miracles in Cairo, and the South Valley

References

http://www.55a.net/firas/en1/

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Allah said: ” Will We show them Our Miracles in horizons, and within themselves, until it becomes quite clear to them that this is the Truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your God that He is witness over all things”/ quran/ 41 / 53/ Surat Fussilat   http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx

(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH

Prophet Muhammad’s Last Sermon = A Universal Message

Starting from Makkah on the eighth day of Dhul-Hijjah, Prophet Muhammad led the pilgrims through the valley of Mina up to the Mount Arafah, and then stopped them in the valley of Uranah. They stood in front of him silently as he sat on his camel and delivered this sermon.

More than 120,000 persons lined up in complete silence, waiting eagerly to listen to and apply every word the Prophet had to say.

With a crowd of over 120,000 pilgrims, his voice could not reach out to all those who were present. Thus, a man with a loud voice, called Rabiah ibn Umayyah ibn Khalaf, stood next to the Prophet’s camel, repeating every sentence the Prophet said, so that all those who were with the Prophet heard everything.

The Prophet’s speech that day was the highlight of his pilgrimage, outlining the nature of Islamic society. As usual, his speech began with the praise and glorification of God. The Prophet then went on to say:

He who holds something belonging to another for safekeeping must give it back to the person to whom it belongs.

“O people, listen to me as I explain to you, for I do not know whether I will ever meet you again in this place after this year. O people, do you know in what month, day and city you are?”

They said: “We are on a sacred day, in a sacred month, in a sacred city.”

He said: “Know, then, that your blood, property and honor are forbidden to you till you meet your Lord in the same way as the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city of yours. You will certainly meet your Lord and He will certainly question you about what you do. Have I delivered my message?”

They answered: “Yes.”

He said: “My Lord, bear witness. He who holds something belonging to another for safekeeping must give it back to the person to whom it belongs.

“All usury transactions which have been made in the past days of ignorance are hereby abrogated. You may claim only your capital, neither inflicting nor suffering any injustice. God has decreed that no usury is permissible. The first usury transactions I abrogate are those of my uncle, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

All cases of vengeance killings are hereby waived. The first case of killing I thus waive is that of Amir ibn Rabiah ibn al-Harith. Have I delivered my message?”

Your womenfolk are in your custody. Fear God, then, in your treatment of women.

They said: “You have.”

He said: “My Lord, bear witness. O people, the postponement of sacred months is an excess of disbelief, a means by which those who disbelieve are led astray.

They declare this postponement to be permissible in one year and forbidden in another, in order to conform outwardly to the number of months which God has made sacred, and thus they make allowable what God has forbidden. Time has now been set back in its original fashion which it had when God created the heavens and the earth.

The number of months, in the sight of God, is twelve, out of which four are sacred, three consecutive ones and a single one: Dhul-Qidah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab, which falls between Jumada and Shaban. This is the ever-true law of God. Do not, then, sin against yourselves with regard to these months. When I am gone, do not revert to disbelief, killing one another. Have I delivered my message?”

They answered: “You certainly have.”

Continuing his speech he said: “My Lord, be my witness. O people, you have an obligation towards your womenfolk and they have an obligation towards you. It is their duty not to allow into your homes anyone whom you dislike without your permission. Should they do that, God has permitted you to desert them in bed, then to beat them without any severity. Should they desist, they have the right to be provided with food and clothing, in fairness.

Your womenfolk are in your custody; they are helpless. You have taken them on the basis of a pledge to God, and they are lawful to you with God’s word. Fear God, then, in your treatment of women, and be kind to them. Have I delivered my message?”

They replied: “Yes, indeed.”

He said: “My Lord, be my witness. O people, the believers are brothers. It is illegal for anyone to take the property of his brother unless it is given without any coercion. O people, your Lord is one and your father is one. All of you are the children of Adam, and Adam was created from dust. The most noble among you is the most God-fearing. No Arab enjoys any privilege over a non-Arab except through the fear of God. Have I delivered my message?”

They answered: “Yes, you most certainly have.”

He said: “My Lord, be my witness. O people, Satan has given up any hope of being worshipped in this land of yours. He is satisfied, however, to be obeyed in matters which you consider trivial. Guard yourselves against him, lest he corrupts your faith.

I have left with you what should keep you safe from going astray should you hold fast to it. It is something clear and simple: God’s Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet. You will be questioned about me. What will you say?”

They said: “We bear witness that you have delivered your message complete and you have discharged your mission and given good counsel.”

The Prophet pointed his forefinger at the sky and lowered it to point to the people, saying all the time: “My Lord, bear witness. My Lord, bear witness.”

The Prophet then said: “Let those who are present communicate what I have said to those who are not with us today. It may happen that those who come to know of it in this way may understand it better than some of those who have listened to it.”

Thus the Prophet concluded his major speech.

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Adil Salahi is the Executive Director of Al-Furqan Heritage Foundation. He teaches Islamic Studies at the Markfield Institute of Higher Education, Leicester, England. After working for the BBC Arabic Service for several years, he worked for the Arabic daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat. He continues to publish a column, “Islam in Perspective”, in its sister publication, Arab News, an English daily published in Saudi Arabia. He has produced an English translation of several volumes of Sayyid Qutb’s commentary, In the Shade of the Quran (Leicester, Islamic Foundation), as well as several other books on Islamic subjects.

References
http://www.readingislam.com/

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Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire. (119) quran-(2/5)AL-BAQRA

 

(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH

Clinton Sipes, Ex-Christian, USA

The Beginning: Early Life Trials of Clinton Sipes

Description: A life of hate, crime and violence changes to one of peace and faith.  Part 1: Early Life.  By Clinton Sipes

I grew up in a dysfunctional family setting in the atmosphere of alcoholism, physical and emotional abuse that came from my father. Without a positive father figure, I was basically developing antisocial behavior and an inclination to violence.

I began to imitate what I was being exposed to, this process of imitation began unconsciously. It affected my interaction with my older brother, classmates, teachers and animals also. Nothing was exempt from the sadistic outpouring of pent up anger and rage!

At the age of 13, I fell into association with similar children, but because they weren’t as driven as I was, I quickly became bored with them. I began to hang out with the young adult type who welcomed my willingness to participate with no reservations in anything under the title of alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and racism. The period of reform school (adolescent jail) began, and that environment also shaped me, refining crime inclination to a full time skill. Violence and racism were honed to razor sharpness…an environment of negativity that fueled my growing rage and hatred of authority, blacks, Jews and Asians. After 3 years of this (reform period) I was released. I was a walking grenade.

Searching for a point of focus to release this rage I became association with paramilitary racist group of young adults. I participated in regular assaults on people and engaged in various criminal activities. At 16, I found myself incarcerated serving a 6 1/2 year sentence in the California Youth Authority for robbery, assault and weapons charges. Immediately I feel in step with the gangs of “white supremacy” and cultivated my rage and anger into pure “Hate” of all people who were not “Anglo Saxon.”

I began correspondence with the KKK, and upon my release on parole, I was a full fledged card carrying hate-monger. For the next 3 to 4 years, my activities were heavily involved in Klan cross-burnings, media appearances, night raids of beatings, property desecrations, etc. My parole was violated for possession of weapons and suspicion of robberies.

Search for Peace: Young Adult

This last violation of parole, at the age of 20, the search for peace began. I had so much rage and hatred inside me for so many years, it was beginning to consume me from the inside out. I lashed out at the prison staff in hatred. I had anger and hate literature, graffiti, drawings covering my cell walls and tattoos covering half my upper body. I was not exploding, but imploding!

In a haze of anger and rage, I found myself stripped naked in solitary confinement with not even a mattress. Only me and a styrofoam cup. I began to review my past and the negatives which brought me to this point of reduction to the lowest terms.

While I was there my daughter was born. I began to assess my future. I began thinking of the many victims’ lives I had affected. I could see myself in prison for life if this past were to continue into the future. I said to myself, “Clint, you must make a choice between this evil or a future good.” It was clear to me there was no future (of longevity) in this evil. My family – mother, girlfriend, brothers – were afraid of me. I had become alienated from them. I began searching for a purity to purge the cancer of hate from inside me. I wanted to be loved and to love in a pure sense. I just didn’t want to “Hate” anymore.

I moved to Montana and was arrested for burglary. I was sentenced and served 2 1/2 years of a 5-year sentence, and was then released on parole, which I successfully completed.

I became involved with human rights groups and I started my own human rights group, C.H.E.R.E. (Children Escaping Racist Environments). My goal was to reach out to children to help them escape the environmental circumstances that had overwhelmed me once. I wanted to give back where I was once the problem, but I was still involved in crime. I took part in possession of explosives and was arrested by the federal government and sentenced to 35 months in federal prison.

The Search for Truth

It began upon my arrival to federal prison. An African American offered to assist me in my cosmetic needs. He said he was a Muslim, and Muslims are commanded to help those in need. It struck my interest to check this Islamic thing out. However, I was under the impression that this was a religion exclusively for African Americans. I was thinking, no way I can become a Muslim, I’m white!

Still, I asked this brother for some literature on Islam. I found out about the universality of it, how it transcends color, ethnicity and race. It sounded real and pure. It began to appeal to me. This brother invited me to Jumu’ah (Friday) service. I was given a Quran, and as I read the translation, I felt the purity and truth of it. There was no hocus-pocus, no spookism, no mysticism, just plain, simple understanding of the “Truth.” When I heard the Adhan (the call to prayer) I felt a closeness to God that penetrated my heart and soul.

After some research and study of the Quran, I discovered its total infallibility, no contradictions in it.

There are religions based on believing in certain sciences, multiple deities, the religion of 3 gods in one. I was a thinking man, and none of them made any logical sense to me.

Here was Islam, based on the belief in One God who created the creation itself out of nothing, and the fact that this book I was reading (Quran) had not one vowel or language changed in over 1400 years was a miracle in itself. Thus, I was sold on the oneness of God and the unity of Islam.

Christianity has and is still undergoing changes, in the Bible and in the Christian doctrines, and cannot even begin to claim originality of the Bible which is read and taught out of today.

There is only one God and one Religion, and religion is “ Submission” to the one God. This is the meaning of Islam.

The Metamorphosis: Clinton Sipes into Abdus Salam (Servant of [the Source of] Peace)

As you have read, the life of Clinton Sipes was one of hate, crime and violence, the very things that bring about the total destruction of a human being.

After years of falsehood, half-truths, following others on the road, and then, from within a place (prison) where more than one million people are cast away, the same environment that once honed my anger and hate to a razor sharpness was now the place where Islam greeted me and proceeded to change me into a “Servant of [the Source of] Peace.” Islam filled the spiritual void by teaching me my beginning and end, has given contentment, a peace, a serenity to me these words cannot adequately describe. My purpose is clear, my direction is straight.

Islam has, through its truth, taught me humility and the true worship of God. I had learned that from God we came and to God we must return. God created all things animate and inanimate, microscopic and macroscopic, the finite and infinite. Nothing creates itself but is created by God.

On the last day, it will not matter if I was black or white, rich or poor, powerful or weak in power, nor will it matter about all mankind. Rather it will be about one’s deeds good and bad that an individual is personally responsible for and will be punished and rewarded accordingly. No one can die or be punished for my sins or be rewarded for the good I may do but me. I am responsible, I must answer when asked. I became aware of this truth and I declared openly, “There is no god but God and his last messenger was Prophet Muhammad-Ibn-Abdullah-Al-Mustafa.” Thus, in essence, my life has returned to infancy where truth and purity begin!

In closing, the metamorphosis has now come full circle. I have found “Truth” in God (all praises to Him, creator of mankind, angel and jinn, all that exists in the heavens and earth). God (Whom all praise is due) has [many] names or attributes, one attribute is Salam (peace).

The Creator, Originator of the very existence of peace. There is no peace but the Peace of God (Whom all praise is due). I have found this Peace, I am now “Abdus Salam,” the slave and servant of The Originator of the one and only source of Peace…God, The Most High, Whom all praise is due.

References

http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/85/

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Alif. Lam. Mim. (1) This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil). (2) Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We have bestowed upon them; (3) And who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter. (4) These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful. (5)

QURAN- (2 / 5 ) AL-BAQRA

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(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH

The Infallibility of the Prophet (PBUH) and the Attitude of the Holy Quran towards it

There are some who do not admit the infallibility of the Prophet, and they depend on some evidence as for example the chapter of (Abasa (He Frowned) :Chapter no.80 ) and also when the Prophet (PBUH) flattered his wives and the holy verse descended from Allah to order him to stop that.

- The reply on this suspicion

The infallibility of the Prophet (PBUH) and the infallibility of all messengers (PBUT) should be understood in the limits of the position of the Messenger and the purpose of the message, that the messenger is a human being who is inspired by Allah; which means that in spite of his human qualities, he has a special contact with the heaven by inspiration. So this task needs some characteristics which are found by the Almighty Allah in all messengers chosen for this task to balance between their human characteristics and their position and special task which they are demanded for.

The Messenger is commissioned to tell ,call for, and fight for applying and setting the message up. And people were ordered to obey the messenger as apart of obeying Allah (glory be to him):

“Obey Allah and obey the messenger” (An Nissa’: 59)

“He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allah” (An Nissa’:80)

” Say (O Muhammad to mankind): “If you (really) love Allah then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’an and the Sunnah), Allah will love you “( Aal Imraan:31)

“Say (O Muhammad): “Obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad)” (Aal Imraan:32)

So the infallibility of the Messengers in what they tell about ِAllah is necessary for believing and trusting the divine call which the messengers are chosen to fulfill.

The nature of mind besides won’t believe in this message unless the sender of the message chooses the trustful messenger in order to make his message believable and truthful. So Allah chooses carefully His messengers whom He qualifies by infallibility to add more truth and trust upon the divine call. And this infallibility at the same time is the evidence that this call is right.

In order to express the general point of view of the Islamic nation in the necessity of the infallibility of all messengers in what they tell about the Almighty Allah ,imam Mohammed Abdo says:-

“….and these necessary things that must found in messengers are: their high innate, wise minds, truthfulness, integrity in telling what they are commanded, infallibility against what disgraces their reputation, good looking bodies and that their souls are so linked with the divine greatness that their inner feelings can not control them .

Out of the wisdom of the Almighty creator- who created man upon the base of education and guidance-He left one important quality -out of His generosity – for the people whom He chose from his creatures to carry His message. So He favors His messengers by high sense innate and raises their souls high to reach the perfection in order to be ready for receiving and keeping the secrets of the divine lights of knowledge.

By this knowledge Allah permits His messengers to know some of the future and what will happen to people in the future. The messengers live among people in a high rank; they are in life as they are not from its people, they are not like the people in their contacting and telling about the heaven, but in the same time they have their human sides e.g. they eat, sleep, drink, forget-except in addressing about Allah and His teachings-, get sick, get harmed, get oppressed and may get killed.

Infallibility, like a miracle, is one of the necessities of the message’s trustfulness and the wisdom of the one who sent all messengers (peace be upon them).The messenger is like any ordinary man, physically his body is like all other people, and as a diligent person he is making consultations, making up his mind, thinking and choosing between many choices in matters that no divine inspiration is given to him. Here he has to act according to his human side; so he may be right and may be wrong.

But he is infallible in the topics and cases which are inspired to him from the Almighty Allah, because if he may forget or be wronged in such cases, people will doubt his message. So infallibility is an original characteristic and a necessary condition in all messengers (peace be upon them).

“Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is only an Inspiration that is inspired”. (An-Najm 3,4)

The messenger’s utterances are not the human ones; it means that his orders are the orders of Allah, so obeying him is obeying Allah and without infallibility messengers can not get such high rank.

The exertions of the Prophet (PBUH) in the cases that he doesn’t get the solution inspired were a result of his human abilities and making up his mind so he may be right and may be wrong as it happen to all people. So we see how his companions -may Allah be pleased with them – in many cases ask Muhammad (PBUH) -before giving their points of view- whether his point of view or his exertion .. etc is inspired to him or not . If he says that it is a divine inspiration they obey him with no question, because here obeying him is obeying Allah who asks him to tell His orders. 

For the orders of Allah, messengers are infallible in telling them, that they are just tellers where there is no place for committing mistakes. And the companions obeyed the orders of the Messenger blindly even if they can not understand the near benefits from these orders, because they know that the knowledge of Allah- the source of inspiration- is unlimited but their knowledge is limited; they may not understand the wise reasons behind these laws but the almighty Allah only knows.

But when the Messenger tells his companions that his exertion expresses his own point of view and it is not inspired to him, at once they give their points of view. They think and correct his decisions if he is mistaken because here he depends only on his human qualities which may be right or wrong. 

There are a lot of examples in the books of Sonna and in the biography of Muhammad which prove that he changed his opinion when he found that there is on better than his’;e.g. when they wanted to choose the place of their camp in the battlefield of Badr:

(it happened that there was a well in the battlefield it was called Badr and the Messenger (PBUH) chose to camp behind the well. Then one of the companions called Elhabab Ibn Almunther came and asked the Messenger if their position was chosen by Allah or it was just his opinion, the Messenger replied that this was his opinion. Alhabab said that it was a bad position and they should put the well in their back to drink from it and prevent Quraish from drinking from it; and so they did. Many other examples; as their point of view in the captives of the battle of Badr and their point of view in making peace with some of those who were from the allies against the Muslims in the battle of the Trench………etc.

Allah wants for Muhammad to be the model and the example for the whole nation to follow:

“Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad ) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much“.( Al-Ahzâb: 21 )

And because Allah does not want for the people to take a wrong prophetic exertion as a model, He sent the inspiration to correct and even blame the Prophet for his wrong exertions and choices e.g.

“(The Prophet) frowned and turned away*Because there came to him the blind man (i.e. ‘Abdullâh bin Umm-Maktûm, who came to the Prophet while he was preaching to one or some of the Quraish chiefs)*And how can you know that he might become pure (from sins)?*Or he might receive admonition, and the admonition might profit him?* As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, To him you attend; What does it matter to you if he will not become pure (from disbelief: you are only a Messenger, your duty is to convey the Message of Allâh).But as to him who came to you running,And is afraid (of Allâh and His punishment).Of him you are neglectful and divert your attention to another,”

(Abasa:1-10 )

“O Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allah has made lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. Allah has already ordained for you (O men), the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your Maula Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.) and He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise. And (remember) when the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives (Hafsah),so when she told it (to another i.e. ‘Aishah), and Allah made it known to him, he informed part thereof and left a part. Then when he told her (Hafsah) thereof, she said: “Who told you this?” He said: “The All-Knower, the All-Aware (Allah) has told me“.

( At-Tahrîm :1-3 )

“It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had

made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allah desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise. Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would have touched you for what you took.”

(Al-Anfâl :67-68 )

The infallibility of the Messenger (may peace and prayers of Allah be upon him) is a necessary condition in order to prove the truth of the message and to gain confidence on the divine call. And without this infallibility there will not be any difference between the messenger and any other reformer or wise man. And so there will not be any difference between the invincible and infallible inspiration and the human philosophies and achievements which may be right or wrong. Without infallibility the message become as the human utterances but with the infallibility the message becomes the utterances of Allah -glory be to him-who is giving his words to the infallible person (all Prophets & Messengers).So the infallibility of the teller proves the infallibility of the message, and it is also the condition that proves the wisdom of the one who chose the Messenger, sent and inspired him this message.

References

http://www.rasoulallah.net/index_english.asp

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Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire. (119) quran-(2/5)AL-BAQRA http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/

 

 

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Who grasps the heaven and the earth?

It is God’s mercy that He almighty had exploited all laws in precise systems to save our earth from the meteors to collide with earth and hurt us, let us read ….

The scientific study   

Astronomers say that an asteroid called “AA29 2002″ plays orbital cat and mouse game with earth by sharing it the same orbit around the sun. They said that this asteroid precedes earth one time and the other time it let the earth precede it but collision between both of them is impossible. The first asteroid discovered to orbit the Sun in nearly the same path as Earth will make its closest approach to our planet before scurrying away for 95 years.

In some ways, the Earth and this asteroid are like two racecars on a circular track,” said JPL’s Dr. Paul Chodas, who discovered the object’s unusual motion. “Right now the asteroid is on a slightly slower track just outside Earth’s, and our planet is catching up.”

Also he say that in 95 years, the asteroid will have advanced all the way around to where it is catching up to Earth from behind. A similar interaction with gravity from both Earth and the Sun will then push the asteroid back onto a slower outside track, and the pattern will repeat. To an observer moving with the Earth, the asteroid appears to trace out a horseshoe pattern.

To see an animated Gif please click here

And to see an oblique view of asteroid’s motion from 1903 to 2007 click here

Also to see a pseudo-satellite motion of Asteroid 2002 AA29 after 600 years click here  

  

When we go outside earth to the outer space we see rocks, violence, meteors, dust, and smoke … all of these are grasped by Allah almighty through His laws and precise systems. Here we can understand the holy verse as God says  (Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they should move away from their places and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving.)(Sûrat fatir- verse 41), atheists made a big mistake when they thought that Allah almighty grasps heavens and earth by His hand, that is a great mistake as Allah is the creator of all creatures and the right meaning of the verse is that He be blessed an exalted grasps every things through precise laws and systems to keep universe stable and organized. This is a proof on the oneness of God as if there are two Gods; one of them may fight with the other to prove his superiority. Hence He be blessed and exalted says:

(Had there been therein (in the heavens and the earth) âlihah (gods) besides Allah, then verily both would have been ruined. Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above all that (evil) they associate with Him!)(Sûrat Al-Anbiyâ’-verse22).

The Quranic signs

From the above study we can see that the asteroid use our orbit around the sun, so that any disorder in the physical rules which control the universe will cause a great collision which will terminate life on earth. And through old studies we can see that there are millions of rocks and asteroids which floats around the sun and any failure in its movement may cause a big collision.

Therefore we have to thank God be He blessed and exalted for His graces as He said:

(And He gave you of all that you asked for, and if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them. Verily, man is indeed an extreme wrong-doer, a disbeliever (an extreme ingrate who denies Allah’s Blessings by disbelief, and by worshipping others besides Allah, and by disobeying Allah and His Prophet Muhammad))( Sûrat Ibrâhîm- verse 34).Also Allah almighty confirm that everything in universe is in due measure, God says.( Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short (of their time or number) or exceed. Everything with Him is in (due) proportion* All-Knower of the Unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most High.)(Sûrat Ar-Ra‘d- verse 8-9).look at the word

“In (due) proportion” which is an evidence that everything in this universe is according to a precise rules and regulations.

Here we have to understand that keeping all of these rocks, meteors, asteroids, dust, etc………. away from our earth is only done by the infinite power of Allah through different physical rules. Also He be blessed and exalted had created the atmosphere of earth to be as a roof to protect and keep us from the external threats, God says. (And we have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).) (Sûrat Al-Anbiyâ’-verse32).

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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel

www.kaheel7.com/eng

 

References:  

1. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news137.html
2. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/2002aa29.html    

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JESUS PROPHESIZES THE PARAKLETOS

The greatest prophecies about the expected prophet, in the New Testament, are the prophecies of Jesus (PBUH) about the arrival of the Parakletos to this world.

John is the only evangelist who mentioned these continuous prophecies in his book. Advising his disciples, Jesus said:

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, to be with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him; for he dwells with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me: because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he; who loves me, will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Lord, how is it that you manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words: and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me. These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you. But the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance, all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard my say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you: for the ruler of this world is coming, and has no claim on me.” (John: 14/15-30). 

In chapter 15, Jesus advised his disciples asking them to keep his commandments. He says, “But when the helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me: And you also will bear witness, because you have been with from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ” (John: 15/26 – 27, 16/ 1 -14).

In these sentences, Jesus (PBUH) talks about the characteristics of the prophet who comes after him, so who is that prophet?

The Parakletos according to Christians

Christian’s response is, that the coming is the Holy Spirit that came to the disciples on the fiftieth day to give them condolences for their loss of Jesus (PBUH), and there “when the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them, and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts: 2/1-4). The New Testament does not mention anything, other than what mentioned above, regarding this event.

In his interpretation of the Book of John, priest Athanasius says:

“The Parakletos is the Holy Spirit himself, the Comforter, “The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name.” (John: 14/26), and he is the one who came to them on the fiftieth day, (Acts: 2/1-4) whereby, they were filled with him, and set out to preach, and he is with the church within believers, and he is a grace joined with belief and baptism.[1]

 The Clerical Dictionary of Theology said: “The Greek word Parakletos, was derived from saint John’s writing. It does not represent the nature of a person, but his job. It is for the one who plays the role as a positive assistant, an attorney and a supporter. The one who works this assignment is Jesus. Who is, an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins” (John 1: 2/1-2), also the Holy Spirit works this assignment too, who makes the presence of Jesus reality as he is his witness and his defender among believers”. 1

The Parakletos according to the Muslims:

Muslims believe that what came in the Book of John about the Comforter, the coming leader of this world, is a prophecy from Jesus (PBUH) about our prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and that is clear for several reasons: 

One of these reasons is that, the phrase “The Comforter” is a modern phrase that was replaced in the new translations of the New Testament, while the ancient translation (Douay-Rheims Bible1899) used the Greek word (Parakletos) as it is which is practiced by many international translations.

To interpret the Greek word “Parakletos” we say, This Greek originated word can only be one of two words.

The first word is “Paraklee tos”, which means “the Comforter, the helper or the agent” as the Christians say.

The second word is “Peroklotos”, which is close in meaning to “Muhammad and Ahmad”.

In his interpretation of the Book of John, priest Athanasius says:

“If the pronunciation of the word “parakleet” is slightly changed, it becomes ” Perklet”, which means “thankfulness” or “ Praising” which is close to the word Ahmad”.[2]

Dr. Carlo Nelno, a PhD holder in Jews ancient Greek literature, once questioned by Abdul Wahab Al Najar about the meaning of the word ” PERKLOTOS” and he said: “the one who praised continuously”. 

What confirms this translation error is that the Greek word (PERKLOTES) is a name and not an adjective, as the Greeks used to add an “s” at the end of names, but they do not, to adjectives.

ABDUL AHAD DAWOOD sees the church’s translations of the word “PARAKLETOS” as “a person to be called for assistance, an interceder, an attorney or an intermediate” is incorrect. He said that, the Greek word “PARAKLETOS” is not equal to any of these words. He added that, the condolences giver in Greek is (PARAKALON OR PAREGORETS), the attorney is (SANGRES), and as for the intermediate or the interceder, they use the word “MEDETIA”. Based on that, the church ignorance of the word’s correct meaning, which is “praising”, is a fabrication.

Dr. Smeson in “The Holy Spirit or a power in heavens”, says, “the condolences giver name is not a very accurate translation”. 

The Clerical Dictionary of Theology confirms it, when the authors wrote, “the meaning of “the condolences giver” which was probably extracted from the wrong linguistic origin is not listed in the New Testament”

. 1From the aforementioned, we find that there is a disagreement between the Muslims and the Christians about the Greek origin of the word “Parakletos”. Muslims believe that its origin is “Perklotos” and there was a fabrication done by the Christians to hide the word’s indication to the prophet’s name (PBUH) Ahmad (the one who is praised continuously). Such fabrication is an easy task for those whose book is a calamity, full of conflicts, fabrications and contradictions

Changing names is common in the Bible when translating from language to language and in editions. The name “Barabas” in the Protestant translation, is “Baraba”, in the Catholic translation, and (messia, mashih) and (shilon, Shiloh) and many more. The word “Perklotos” is translated from Assyrian, the original language of Jesus (PBUH), it is possible that such change can happen during the translation.

To clarify the fabrication in this paragraph, Edwin Jones in his book “The Origin of the Christian Religion” confessed that the word “Parakletos” means Muhammad. Nevertheless, he suppressed his confession with a lie and a calamity that knowledgeable people and scholars will never buy. He said, “The Christians inserted this name in the Book of John out of ignorance of the appearance of Islam and they were affected by the Muslims’ religious culture”.

In his book about the life of the prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Austrian fanatic Oriental Luis Springer (D.1893 C.E), solved the problem in a different way. A way will astonish and amaze the reader and make him wonder. He claimed that the real name of the prophet is QATHM, and that the prophet (PBUH) was named Muhammad in MADINA after he mixed with the Christians, and that he picked this name through his readings of the bible’s prophecies about the PARAKLETOS (MANHAMNA in Assyrian).

Many orientalists supported him, the French Jewish orientalist Hartwig Derenbourg (1908), and the German fanatic orientalist Theodore Noldekh (1930) the author of the book “The History of the Quran”, and the Italian orientalist Prince Lyon Caytani in his famous book “nnalli dell’ Islam”. 1

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[1] An interpretation of the Book of John,. (118)

1 The Clerical Dictionary of Theology (Parakletos)

[2] An interpretation of the Book of John,. (117)

 

1 The The Clerical Dictionary of Theology (Parakletos )

1 Look in: The History of Arabs in Islam, by: Jawad Ali (97-98).

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When I First Saw the Kabah

As I was stepping down the wide steps leading to the center of the courtyard where the Kabah is located, I could only see ceilings and lots of people but suddenly… I froze.

The site of the magnificent building was just too awesome and grabbed me like a magnet.

My heart dropped when I saw the magnificent Kabah with the black cloth cover and shimmering gold Quranic verses surrounding it. I could not move. In a moment’s time, 4000 years of history passed through my mind.

I imagined the day Prophet Abraham and his son, Prophet Ismail, (peace be upon them) put the first bricks or stones on top of one another to build this house. What was in their mind? I know a prophet does as he is commanded to do by his Lord and that was exactly the case with Prophet Abraham, as he was building the house of worship and a place for pilgrimage for the believers of the One God.

Yet, I could not help but wonder what was going through their minds. Could they ever imagine that a few thousand years later, millions would come from all over the world to this holy site to pay respect to the command of God and to make their pilgrimage?

I envisaged the centuries that went by and how this great house got ruined and was rebuilt various times. How it finally was turned into a house of idols instead of a house of God, as the pagan Arabs forgot the original purpose of this home and turned it into the most detestable site by bringing their commodities of idols to this holy site — bought, sold, and worshipped them.

The movie continued passing through my mind as I was wondering what it was like when Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) finally returned to Makkah after years of persecution, and at his first stop, he entered this holy site and destroyed all the idols at once and declared to all that, “There is no god but the One God.”

I pictured again, what went on in the minds of those who had just embraced Islam upon Prophet Muhammad’s arrival. Were they confused, happy, or just waiting to see what was next?

With this victory, and over time, Islam spread all over the world to include nearly one fourth of the earth population.

Suddenly, I came to myself, realizing that I was standing in the same place I don’t know for how long. I stepped down and cautiously joined the crowd as they were circumambulating the Kabah. The site of this magnificent building was just too awesome and grabbed me like a magnet.

Everyone was walking, totally absorbed by the spiritual magnificence of this ritual, and busy in supplication. I also wanted to supplicate. I had a booklet telling me what to supplicate and where to do it, but I could not take my eyes off the Kabah to look at the book.

Finally, I just started supplicating from my heart and not reading from the book. I don’t even remember what I was saying then. All I know is that I was so connected with my Creator without even uttering any words.

It was as if my mind was supplicating, but my tongue was unable to find the right words. I was supposed to circumambulate seven times, but I was so absorbed by the Kabah next to me, I couldn’t remember how many times I did. Just to make sure, I did a few extra rounds.

As I was looking at the House of God, I remembered my home in northern California, surrounded by beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, and green scenery. I always thought I was living in paradise on earth until I saw the Kabah.

No scene on earth could match this — no matter how awesome it is. What was happening with me? Most of my life, I preferred seclusion and spent much time in the mountains contemplating. But now among thousands around me shoulder to shoulder, breath to breath, even stepping on one another, I found such a deep peace I never had before.

Perhaps, it had something to do with feeling the presence of God in a more literal way than what I was feeling in the mountains. Also, realizing two of the greatest prophets who built and rebuilt this House were present at this site, enjoining on people pilgrimage, calling the worship of one God, gave me more sense of reality of time and space.

It took me some time to come to myself and feel what was going on around me till the second astonishment hit.

It came over the next few days… I had never seen so many people of various colors, languages, and backgrounds. It didn’t really matter to them who is from where? They were all united like one body and doing the same rituals.

Sometimes I would see an old man or a woman looking up with their hands stretched in supplication, tears running down their faces, and caring for nothing except connecting with their Creator. Yet, people were extra courteous with each other in case of any needs.

Again, this reminded me of a different version of unity I experienced in the US. For years I attended a spiritual gathering with people of different backgrounds. Our motto was, “Unity in Diversity”. We tried to love and help one another and be a brother, sister, mother, or father to one another. It felt good and was as if we had a unique community of our own.

But, now, I am one of nearly three million pilgrims. What about that? I asked myself, how the feeling differed. They were both spiritual and heartwarming; and this gave me a sense of belonging — but with one difference. The first one was cultivating human love toward other humans, and God was not among our concerns. But the second one was all about cultivating human love towards our Creator and as a result, love was cultivated among the adherents.

It was here that I truly felt the unity in diversity in its broadest sense. Had I not experienced this feeling, I may have still hung on to some of my good old memories of my spiritual group in the mountains, thinking that was the only time I felt unified with other humans. But on this pilgrimage, I had both: the Creator, and his creation, all finding their rightful place in my expanded heart.

References

http://www.readingislam.com/

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

And remember Abraham said: “My Lord make this a City of Peace, and feed its people with fruits―such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day.” He said: “(Yea) and such as reject faith―for a while will I grant them their pleasure, but will soon drive them to the torment of fire―an evil destination (indeed)!” (126) And remember Abraham and Isma`il raised the foundations of the House (with this prayer): “Our Lord! accept (this service) from us; for thou art the All-Hearing the All-Knowing. (127) “Our Lord! Make of us Muslims bowing to Thy (Will) and o f our progeny a people Muslim bowing to Thy (Will) and show us our places for the celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in Mercy); for Thou art the Oft-Returning Most-Merciful. (128)

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An Ecuadorian Female Finds Islam = God Gave Me What I Wished For

My name is Viviana Espin. I am 21 years old from Ecuador.

Life always has good and bad moments, so mine has not been the exception. Sometimes when I think about the past I feel a deep hole of pain. I’d like that things would have been different, maybe to have a normal family, maybe caring parents. I don’t know, but I am sure everything has a reason.

Why shouldn’t I believe in a last messenger from God when he had the same message that all the other prophets came with?

My childhood was so hard, my father was a violent man, my mother was very submissive, we had financial problems, and many other things that were influencing my brother and my own mental health. In my childhood, my mom used to teach me at home some vowels, some words in English, and other things, I became so good at learning that at the age of 4, my mom decided to send me to school.

My parents sent me to study in a Catholic school. My mom liked it because she liked me to get good faith in God and also a good education. My father liked it too because this was one of the best schools in the city we lived in, and he always had been arrogant and vain so he liked to be proud with his friends telling them were I was studying.

Since the beginning, I was younger than my classmates, so they used to abuse me. They used to put bubble gum in my hair and steal my things, throw my food in the garbage and many other things.

As I was the youngest, the principal of the school decided to take care of me. So in the break time I didn’t spend it in the yard with the other kids. I used to spend this time in the office of the principal or the secretary of the school. By the way, since it was a Catholic school, almost all the teachers, principal, and directors were nuns.

I started to get very close to them and they also started to appreciate me so much, that they started to let me stay with them in their homes, which already was in the land of the school. They had their house beside the school building inside the same perimeter of land.

I already was different than the rest of my neighbors and kids of my age.

My parents were divorced when I was almost 8 years old, after one of the most traumatic events of my life, which I won’t tell about for now, maybe in the future…

When I spend so much time alone in a closed place, my mind starts to fly and I start to think about things that sometimes I don’t find an answer to.

My mom became more religious, but she started to control me so much. Sometimes it was good, and sometimes it wasn’t. I grew up always with fear, insecurity and doubts.

Islam answered my question about how many gods there are. Only One.

I started to appreciate the calm places with less noise around, but in a way to be in touch with nature. Those were the only moments I liked to be alone.

The only place in which I used to find that, was with the nuns. The school had a big green yard, so I used to lay on it and enjoy looking at the sky and feeling the wind covering me. This felt so peaceful.

The nuns appreciated me so much and I enjoyed the time with them. I also felt that the only way I could have an escape from the problems of my home, was through seeking refuge in God.

At the age of 12, I told my mom that I liked to stay in the convent with the nuns of my school and be one of them.

My mom got upset and said that she was happy that I wish to be close to God but at the same time she said that her wish is that I give her grandchildren someday, so she didn’t let me join the nuns. It was already my last year with the nuns.

After the negative answer from my mom, I decided to get closer to God, study and understand better what the Bible says. After I started to read it consciously, I realized that it has many things that didn’t make sense, many contradictions, and in some parts there were things that seemed to me as if the idea was not complete. So I got the need to know where was the rest, and the answers to my inquires that, in my view, were not clear, nor logical.

I started to read books about religions, and the Internet also was so helpful to search.

I found information about Judaism, Buddhism, Agnosticism, Hinduism and Christianity itself, and different sects and so on. None of them satisfied my logic. I already was not interested in searching about Islam because of all the bad things I heard about it. But at the end, I decided to check out Islam to see what it is all about as my final option to try to find a logical answer.

The Trinity was never clear to me. So when I started to investigate about Islam I saw the things clear. Islam made sense to me, it answered my question about “how many gods there are. Only One, it answered. This answered my questions about Jesus. I understood that the Bible had been changed and I felt that finally I have found the truth.

I read briefly about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and I found him very close to Moses. Why shouldn’t I believe in a last messenger from God when he had the same message that all the other prophets came with? All this made me feel that finally I’ve found the real religion.

The two biggest dreams of my life were to come to Egypt and to marry a good man who loves me, cares for me.

I was perhaps 17 or 18, I don’t remember, when I told my mom that I had the wish to change my religion and become Muslim. I told her that I liked to go to the Islamic Center at my city and learn more.

My mom got upset and she said that only Christian people can live in her home, and if I was seriously thinking about changing my religion, I should leave the house. So I told her that I was only kidding to make her forget the issue.

She contacted my aunt, and my aunt brought me a book against Islam. I read the book and it scared me and left in my mind fears and doubts. So I stopped the idea of becoming Muslim but also I didn’t like to go back to Christianity because I already didn’t feel comfortable with it before.

My mom changed her religion from Catholic to Evangelic, after a miracle with one of her brothers. He had cancer and doctors said that he was not going to live more than a week maybe one month. Two years passed since then and my uncle is still with us.

The day when my mom decided to convert I already tried to talk to her about Islam again, and I asked her to come with me to the Islamic Center to ask about the doubts and fears from the book. My mom was so open that day and she accepted. But that was in the morning. At night, she went back home as Evangelic and with a very strong conviction about it, so for me it was impossible to talk to her about Islam again.

Some months ago I met a wonderful man from Saudi Arabia. He is a Muslim. We fell in love and I left my home to meet him in Egypt and get married to him.

The two biggest dreams of my life were to come to Egypt and to marry a good man who loves me, cares for me, and be romantic, the charming kind of prince that I am sure all girls dream about when they are children. But I always thought that I was never going to see these dreams come true. Because on one hand, of my financial situation would make it impossible to travel to Egypt and on the other hand, I didn’t think that the man I wished for could be anywhere in the real world except my dream.

God gave me all what I wished. But honestly, I was never grateful for all that He gave me.

After coming to Egypt, I still was not sure that I wanted to convert. My new husband introduced me to a wonderful lady with the knowledge, the patience, and the faith. Her name is Raya. She helped me better analyze my situation and clarified all the doubts and misconceptions I used to have about Islam.

Finally I took the Shahadah on Saturday August 30, 2009. I took the Shahadah only because I was convinced about the existence of One God and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) was his last Messenger and Prophet. But I said that I was going to start practicing when I feel it’s the right time. They agreed with me and at that time I didn’t have the intention to start a real learning soon.

The following Monday everything changed. My husband and I got into a really bad situation which was my fault, and he divorced me. I felt that my world was crushed in pieces.

In my despair I didn’t know who else to ask for help other than Raya. Since that day she has been giving me her support and has taken me as a daughter in her home.

My mom used tell me that humans never learn until bad things happen. This is very true. All the problems with my husband made me feel the need to search for help in Allah (God) and ask him for forgiveness.

I am just in the starting process but I have the real feeling that I want to serve my Lord and be grateful to him. I started to change my way of dressing and now I wear hijab, and I feel I want to change all my life. I want to prove to Allah, to the man I love and to myself, that I am a new person now.

After the divorce, thank God, my husband has given me a light of hope that with Allah’s help we could be back together soon.

Now I need to get strong in my religion and he needs time to forgive me. In all ways, I hope that at the end of this year Allah gives me the strength that I need to accept any decision from Him.

It was a lesson that has changed all my life for sure.

References

http://www.readingislam.com/

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Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire. (119) quran-(2/5)AL-BAQRA http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/

 

(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH

A Scientific and Materialistic Statement to those who don’t believe in Muhammad the Messenger of Allah.

Deriding the word of God and his Messenger, became an ordinary matter these days!

Most of these misconception  came from abroad, the Unbelievers claim that Islam is the religion backwardness , terrorism and unenlightenment. Enemies of Islam persisted on mocking Islamic teachings alleging that they are old and can’t fit the modern era !.

Now if anyone browses the internet sites attentively, can easily find plenty of comments and drawings that express  unbelievers’ spite and bitter feeling against  Islam.

You may see them spread it out under name of ” freedom of opinion”.. …..that unrestraint license freedom!. Among them, a cartoonist  in Denmark(1) who made cartoons mocking prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him ).

Praise to Allah ! how dare they, mocking Muhammad SAAS, the greatest creature of Allah?. But, as seen, they do not have any logic sense or even scientific proof  they can criticize Islam with. They avoided scientific rules ( learned by Moslems in middle centuries) this time!

So they rushed with that miserable manner, because they failed to find any linguistic  fault or scientific mistake  regarding the holly Quran, along with  Hadith of the greatest messenger that  they can convince their followers with. They found nothing but  these drawings that disclose their insolvency.

 We have the right to express our opinion about such things, but we do respect Moses  and Jesus, peace be upon them, understanding that they do not bear any of their followers acts, for that we do not divide between these generous prophets, understanding that all messengers are sent by Allah.

But let’s first read what Allah says about these mockers  , God says in the Holy Quran what means ”

(Lo! those who malign Allah and his messenger, Allah hath cursed them in the world and the Hereafter, and hath prepared for them the doom of the disdained* and those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and manifest sin.) {Al-Ahzab: 57-58 }.

 These drawings are bad deeds to Allah , mockery of his messenger causes  harm for every believing man and woman. So, we warn them of a painful punishment if they do not desist.

Our way of expressing will be stronger  than their way and abide  for long run, because these drawings show only delusions and illusion that nowhere else to be find but in their minds . We’ll speak to them on  scientific basics that they failed to use!. We’ll tell them the reality of that merciful prophet SAAS.

I’ll not speak about the high morals and the wonderful characteristics he had , Because such  mockers characters are void of these characteristics and as a result they are not apt to appreciate them .

Our speech will be scientific and based on material facts announced by that noble prophet. These facts are represented in the Quran,   fourteen centuries ago and they are still valid and even will extend in the future as the most  solid facts .

In fact, they are belong to countries which believe in justice, human rights and have modern technology as well . I dare to say to those who are proud of science and justice that the Holy Quran which you mockery with, is the first book claim for science and justice!!.

And those are main support for success and prosperity of any civilization.

The first word to come down to Mohammad was( Iqra’) which means: read, and this is a proof that Islam is a religion of science .

The last word of Quran that came down is: ( and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.), and this is a proof that Islam is a religion of justice.

You claim that you are the first who call to search for universe history and you are proud of that. But we ask you to read this verse in Qur’an ,which is a straight and direct calling for thinking about the beginning of creation. ( Say. Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah has power over all things. ) Al-’Ankaboot (20)

This is evidence that Qur’an is mainly  concerned with  looking ,thinking ,searching and studying.

Our prophet SAAS, launched a new scientific rule for astronomy and cosmic phenomena. When people of Macca thought that the Sun had eclipsed for his son’s death ( Ibraheem), Prophet  Mohammad SAAS refused that meaning saying:( The sun and the moon are two signs(creation miracle) among many others from Allah , and they did not  eclipse  for any one’s death or birth.) [Al-Bokhari & Moslem encyclopedia ].

, our Prophet SAAS claimed these wise words in the time  you were believing that solar eclipse is a sign of the  birth of a great man , the death of a great man , the  end of a tyrant or loosing a battle.  

In the same time ,  Europe was plagued with a plenty of magicians, astrologers and jugglers who accustomed to be believed by people, even by kings……

 Our prophet SAAS denied and forbade these deeds saying: ( who ever came to a juggler or diviner and believe what he is saying , he will be unbeliever concerning  what been given to Mohammad.)

In the same time , you were thinking that the earth is firm and do not move…….

 Qur’an placed a scientific fact confirming that everything in this universe is swimming according to a specific orbit .

This fact you discovered after that ,lately!

Allah say about the Sun and the Moon. [ They swim(float) each in an orbit]..( Ya-Seen 40)

In the time when  Europe believed in a god for wind, a god for rain and a god for thunder……..

Qur’an made scientific basics for all these phenomena , which you have discovered only few years ago.

If you want to know facts about winds, then read what Allah says. ( And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up. )(Al-Hijr 22)

Don’t you discover recently with your modern instruments and equipments the act of the wind to fertilize clouds and rain falling by return?

If you want to know the technique of thunder, which remained  unknown to you for a long time  ,only was discovered  few years ago….

You may read our prophet Hadith: ( Don’t you wonder about the  thunder how it goes  and returns in a twinkle of an eye ?).(Moslem collection of Hadith ) .  your digital cameras shoot photos for thunder go to and fro exactly as described by the prophet’s words ?

Our prophet SAAS was the first man in the history to call for medical research through many  Hadith laying the  basics of modern medicine principals.

Our prophet SAAS said:( Allah place not a disease but He places a cure for it ) (  Bokhari Encyclopedia 

That great Hdith assures that there is a cure for different kinds of diseases. That means that if human searches for the cure he will find it.

Don’t your scientists apply this Hadith ,so they do research to find cure for different diseases which in the past they stand hopeless against.?

Islam is the first to talk about cosmic weave, Allah say: ( I swear by the heaven having weaves) (Al-Zariyat 7)

don’t you see , through your super computers , that cosmic perfected weave?

You are so proud today considering yourselves the first to discover the beginning of universe,you assure that the universe was a single mass then scattered due to a big bang.

You forget that our prophet SAAS preceded you since 14 centuries when Allah say.( Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, then We have parted them; ).. ( Al-Anbiya’ 30)

If we wish , we can identify hundreds ,even thousands of modern recently discovered scientific facts, they all exist in Qur’an and Hadith of the master of the prophets (SAAS.)

Shall you read some of it before you  delineate our prophet characteristics  , That prophet ,who Allah described him as His mercy given to the whole universe.

Hereby, we ask that who can’t hear  not to criticize beautiful sounds.., and that who can’t see not to attack wonderful scenes.., also that who catch cold, not to make objection for perfumed smell.

Whatever the suspicions they try to attach to his character , whatever the false calumniation they utter ,  The character of our prophet Muhammad SAAS will stay shining , beautiful and splendid .Our prophet SAAS sayings will remain  the most reasonable and scientific .

Also a guidance light of Allah and Qur’an will stay brilliant whatever the unbelievers try to get it off with their fallacies .

Allah say. ( He is who hath sent his messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion, however much the idolaters may be averse.) (At-Taubah 33)

( Lo! those who malgin Allah and His messenger, Allah hath cursed them in the world and the Hereafter, and hath prepared for them the doom of the disdained.) (Al-Ahzab 57).

We say as Allah Say: ( Say: Scoff ( your fill)! Lo! Allah is disclosing what ye fear.) ( Al-Taubah 64

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by  : Abd El_Dayem El Kaheel

References

http://www.rasoulallah.net/index_english.asp

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Allah said: And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful. ( 2/23) AL-BAQRA  http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx

 

(There is) None worthy of worship Except Allah. Muhammad is Messenger of ALLAH