[29:45]
Recite (O Prophet) what is revealed to you of the Book, and establish Salāh . Surely Salāh restrains one from shameful and evil acts. Indeed remembrance of Allah is the greatest of all things. Allah knows what you do.
[29:46]
Do not debate with the people of the Book unless it is in the best manner, except with those of them who commit injustice. And say, “We believe in what is sent down to us and sent down to you, and our God and your God is One, and to Him we submit (ourselves).”
[29:47]
Thus We have sent down the Book to you. So those to whom We have given the Book believe in it. And from these (the people of Makkah) there are ones who believe in it, and no one rejects Our verses except the infidels.
[29:48]
You (O Prophet,) have never been reciting any book before this, nor have you been writing it with your right hand; had it been so, the adherents of falsehood would have raised doubts.
[29:49]
But it (the Qur’ān in itself) is (a package of) evident signs in the hearts of those who are given knowledge. And no one rejects our verses except the wrongdoers.
[29:50]
And they say, “Why is it that no signs (miracles) have been sent down to him from his Lord?” Say, “Signs are only with Allah, and I am only a plain warner.”
[29:51]
Is it not sufficient for them that We have sent down to you the Book that is being recited to them? Surely in it there is mercy and advice for a people who believe.
[29:52]
Say, “Allah is enough as a witness between me and you. He knows what is in the heavens and the earth. And those who believe in falsity and do not believe in Allah,-those are the losers.
28 Feb 2009
22 Feb 2009
Culture, Science, and Technology: How To Respond to Contemporary Challenges
AbdulHamid AbuSulayman
The Case
The Ummah was built on the foundation of tawhid,istikhlaf, the pursuit of knowledge, and personal and communal responsibility. Although it was once a leading creator of and contributor to human civilization, over the last few centuries it has become weak and backward to the point of crisis.
The awareness of the Ummah’s regression is almost 1,000 years old, dating back far beyond the challenges of European colonization and westernization. We can trace this back to Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din(Revival of the Knowledge and Sciences of Religion) and Tahafat al-Falasifah (The Incoherence of the Philosophers). Since then, the Ummah has produced dozens of revivalist personalities and movements, such as Ibn Hazm, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, the Muwahiddun, the Murabitun, the Mahdis of Sudan, the Sanusis of Libya, the Ottoman sultan Salim III, Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi, Muhammad ‘Ali, Jamal al-Din al-Afgani, Rashid Rida, Muhammad ‘Abdu of Egypt, Shah Waliullah and Muhammad Iqbal of India, Amir ‘Abd al-Qadir and Ben Badis of Algeria, and many others.
All of these individual efforts and movements helped minimize and slow down the Ummah’s deterioration, and without them the Ummah’s condition and chances of survival could have been much worse. Despite these benefits, however, the Ummah’s desired successful revival, confrontation with the western challenge, and progress as a creator of and contributor to civilization has not been fully achieved.
We must ask why the goals were not achieved. What was missing? How can we restore the Ummah to its role as a creator of and contributor to a spiritually, morally, and materially balanced civilization?
DOWNLOAD HERE:
The Case
The Ummah was built on the foundation of tawhid,istikhlaf, the pursuit of knowledge, and personal and communal responsibility. Although it was once a leading creator of and contributor to human civilization, over the last few centuries it has become weak and backward to the point of crisis.
The awareness of the Ummah’s regression is almost 1,000 years old, dating back far beyond the challenges of European colonization and westernization. We can trace this back to Abu Hamid al-Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din(Revival of the Knowledge and Sciences of Religion) and Tahafat al-Falasifah (The Incoherence of the Philosophers). Since then, the Ummah has produced dozens of revivalist personalities and movements, such as Ibn Hazm, Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, the Muwahiddun, the Murabitun, the Mahdis of Sudan, the Sanusis of Libya, the Ottoman sultan Salim III, Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi, Muhammad ‘Ali, Jamal al-Din al-Afgani, Rashid Rida, Muhammad ‘Abdu of Egypt, Shah Waliullah and Muhammad Iqbal of India, Amir ‘Abd al-Qadir and Ben Badis of Algeria, and many others.
All of these individual efforts and movements helped minimize and slow down the Ummah’s deterioration, and without them the Ummah’s condition and chances of survival could have been much worse. Despite these benefits, however, the Ummah’s desired successful revival, confrontation with the western challenge, and progress as a creator of and contributor to civilization has not been fully achieved.
We must ask why the goals were not achieved. What was missing? How can we restore the Ummah to its role as a creator of and contributor to a spiritually, morally, and materially balanced civilization?
DOWNLOAD HERE:
16 Feb 2009
Muhammed – A Brief Description
You may be a Christian Protestant, Catholic, Jew, an atheist or an agnostic; or you may belong to any of many different religious denominations existing in today's world. You might even be a communist or believe in man's democracy as the rule on earth.
Whoever you are and whatever ideological or political beliefs, social habits you may hold, there is no doubt -
You Must Know This MAN - MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him).
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come.
"HIS NAME IS MUHAMMAD" (peace be upon him)
He was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (Common Era), started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three.
During this short period of 23 years of his prophethood, he changed the complete Arabian Peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living, from utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since - and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
The world has had its share of great personalities. But these were one sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two field, such as religious thought or military leadership. The lives and teachings of these great personalities of the world are shrouded in the mist of time. There is so much speculation about the time and place their birth, the mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure that is impossible for humanity to reconstruct accurately the lives and teachings of these men.
Not so this man. Muhammad (peace be upon him) accomplished so much in such diverse fields of human thought and behavior in the fullest blaze of human history. Every detail of his private life and public utterances has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our day. The authenticity of the records so preserved are vouched for not only by the faithful followers but even by his prejudiced critics.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a religious teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father - all in one. No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of these different aspects of life - but it was only for the selfless personality of Muhammad (peace be upon him) to achieve such incredible perfection.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man with a noble mission, which was to unite humanity on the worship of ONE and ONLY ONE GOD and to teach them the way to honest and upright living based on the commands of God. He always described himself as, 'A Servant and Messenger of God' and so indeed every action of his proclaimed to be.
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries, the life and teachings of Muhammad (peace be upon him) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. They offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills, which they did when he was alive. This is not a claim of Mohammed's (peace be upon him) followers, but the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and unbiased history.
The least YOU can do as a thinking and concerned human being is to stop for a moment and ask your self: Could these statements sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary really be true? And supposing they really are true and you did not know this man MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him) or hear about him, isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and put in some effort to know him?
It will cost you nothing, but it may prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in your life. By Eng. Husain Pasha.
We invite you to make a discovery of this wonderful man, MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him), the like of whom never walked on the face of this earth.
Whoever you are and whatever ideological or political beliefs, social habits you may hold, there is no doubt -
You Must Know This MAN - MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him).
He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come.
"HIS NAME IS MUHAMMAD" (peace be upon him)
He was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (Common Era), started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three.
During this short period of 23 years of his prophethood, he changed the complete Arabian Peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living, from utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since - and IMAGINE all these unbelievable wonders in JUST OVER TWO DECADES.
The world has had its share of great personalities. But these were one sided figures who distinguished themselves in but one or two field, such as religious thought or military leadership. The lives and teachings of these great personalities of the world are shrouded in the mist of time. There is so much speculation about the time and place their birth, the mode and style of their life, the nature and detail of their teachings and the degree and measure of their success or failure that is impossible for humanity to reconstruct accurately the lives and teachings of these men.
Not so this man. Muhammad (peace be upon him) accomplished so much in such diverse fields of human thought and behavior in the fullest blaze of human history. Every detail of his private life and public utterances has been accurately documented and faithfully preserved to our day. The authenticity of the records so preserved are vouched for not only by the faithful followers but even by his prejudiced critics.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a religious teacher, a social reformer, a moral guide, an administrative colossus, a faithful friend, a wonderful companion, a devoted husband, a loving father - all in one. No other man in history ever excelled or equaled him in any of these different aspects of life - but it was only for the selfless personality of Muhammad (peace be upon him) to achieve such incredible perfection.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was nothing more or less than a human being. But he was a man with a noble mission, which was to unite humanity on the worship of ONE and ONLY ONE GOD and to teach them the way to honest and upright living based on the commands of God. He always described himself as, 'A Servant and Messenger of God' and so indeed every action of his proclaimed to be.
Today after a lapse of fourteen centuries, the life and teachings of Muhammad (peace be upon him) have survived without the slightest loss, alteration or interpolation. They offer the same undying hope for treating mankind's many ills, which they did when he was alive. This is not a claim of Mohammed's (peace be upon him) followers, but the inescapable conclusion forced upon by a critical and unbiased history.
The least YOU can do as a thinking and concerned human being is to stop for a moment and ask your self: Could these statements sounding so extraordinary and revolutionary really be true? And supposing they really are true and you did not know this man MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him) or hear about him, isn't it time you responded to this tremendous challenge and put in some effort to know him?
It will cost you nothing, but it may prove to be the beginning of a completely new era in your life. By Eng. Husain Pasha.
We invite you to make a discovery of this wonderful man, MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him), the like of whom never walked on the face of this earth.
12 Feb 2009
Selected verses
[49:10]
All believers are but brothers, therefore seek reconciliation between your two brothers, and fear Allah, so that you may be blessed with mercy.
[49:11]
O you who believe, no men should ever scoff at other men. May be, the latter are better than the former. Nor should women (ever scoff) at other women. May be, the latter women are better than the former ones. And do not find fault with one another, nor call one another with bad nicknames. Bad is the name of sinfulness after embracing Faith. If anyone does not repent, then such people are the wrongdoers.
[49:12]
O you who believe, abstain from many of the suspicions. Some suspicions are sins. And do not be curious (to find out faults of others), and do not backbite one another. Does one of you like that he eats the flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it. And fear Allah. Surely Allah is Most-Relenting, Very-Merciful.
[49:13]
O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into races and tribes, so that you may identify one another. Surely the noblest of you, in Allah’s sight, is the one who is most pious of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
All believers are but brothers, therefore seek reconciliation between your two brothers, and fear Allah, so that you may be blessed with mercy.
[49:11]
O you who believe, no men should ever scoff at other men. May be, the latter are better than the former. Nor should women (ever scoff) at other women. May be, the latter women are better than the former ones. And do not find fault with one another, nor call one another with bad nicknames. Bad is the name of sinfulness after embracing Faith. If anyone does not repent, then such people are the wrongdoers.
[49:12]
O you who believe, abstain from many of the suspicions. Some suspicions are sins. And do not be curious (to find out faults of others), and do not backbite one another. Does one of you like that he eats the flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it. And fear Allah. Surely Allah is Most-Relenting, Very-Merciful.
[49:13]
O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into races and tribes, so that you may identify one another. Surely the noblest of you, in Allah’s sight, is the one who is most pious of you. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
10 Feb 2009
9 Feb 2009
The Second International ELT Conference
Fatih University is holding its second international ELT conference on April 25-26, 2009 to explore new insights on teaching and learning English as a foreign language. Educators from all over the world are invited to present their papers and share their experiences:
[More...]
[More...]
7 Feb 2009
The Prophet’s Way of Applying Love
To apply love between couples you need to be an inventor, a creative woman like Lady Aisha. Lady Safiea (May Allah be pleased with her) asked Aisha one day to try to let the Prophet excuse her because he was angry with her because of some matter and she will give Aisha her day. Lady Aisha wore a long saffron colored veil after and spread water on it to make it smell well. She went to the Prophet and sat beside him but he said: "Aisha, go now it is not your day." She said: "It's the favor of Alla being given to whom he want" and she told him the story.
A woman asked Lady Aisha about henna. She replied:” My beloved (PBUH) loved its color and hated its smell.” Notice how she used the love language in describing the Prophet’s opinion.
From the Prophet’s side, he has also his ways in applying love.
Lady Aisha was asked about the first thing the Prophet was making when entering his home. She replied: he was using siwak (arak stick for tooth cleaning).Narrated by Muslim
Some scholars said that the Prophet did that to kiss his wives when arriving home.
Al Bukhary narrated :”Lady Aisha said that she was perfuming her husband; his head and beard. She was also combing the Prophet's hair even if she was menstruating."
Now some of men don't beautify themselves for their wives besides the bad smell of smoking persons. Some don't care for their bodies and armpits smell, clothes, hairs and nails. They neglect embellishments towards their women.
Women have rights to see and smell all good from their husbands. Follow the Prophet’s example in that matter and you will see how these things increases love between husbands and wives.
Ibn Abbas said that he was beautifying himself for his wife because it is her right to see him in his best conditions as he likes the same from her.
The Almighty Allah said: ". And they (women) have rights (over their husbands) similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable "(Al Bakara:228)
Another example :
A women came to Omar Ibn Elkhatab and asked him to divorce her from her husband. When the Khaliefa saw him he knew the reason of his wife’s hatered towards him. So he ordered him to have a bath, adjust his nails, his hair and his clothes. His wife didn't recognize him at the beginning, then she knew him and yielded the idea of divorce because she became very happy with this great change.
Yahia Ibn Abdelrahman Alhandhaly mentioned that he saw Muhammad Ibn Alhanafia in a red wrap and his beard was dropping some scents from it. When he asked him about that, he answered him that it is for the sake of his wife who likes to see him like that, the same way he likes to see her in.
Learn the ways of increasing love between you and your wife…Follow the example of the Prophet and his companions May Allah be pleased with them…
Apply what you like to see from your wife upon yourself to strengthen all love relationships and live a happy live…
4 Feb 2009
The Quran and the Spiders
Allah, the Almighty, said: (The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house;- if they but knew) (Surat Al-Ankabot: 41).
From these verses, the following universal signs can be detected:
(1)Confirmation of the fact that the spider's house is the flimsiest house, whether physically or spiritually. This has been proven by the late studies in zoology.
Following are some of the expositors' statements to explain the previous verses:
* In abbreviation, Ibn Kathir (May Allah bless his soul) mentioned: “This is an example given by Allah, the Almighty, of the idolaters who revere gods besides Allah. The idolaters hope that those gods will assist them, provide for them, and they turn to them in times of hardship. In this regard, they are like the spider’s house, in its weakness and frailty, because by clinging to these gods they are like a person who holds on to a spider's web and does not gain any benefit from that. Had they known this, they would not have taken protectors other than Allah. This is unlike the Muslim believer, whose heart is devoted to Allah and, in addition, does well in following Allah's decrees. The Muslim has grasped the most trustworthy handle, the one that never breaks because of its strength and stability…”
* In Tafsir Al-Jalalain “Al-Jalalain Interpretation” (may Allah bless their souls), which was investigated and commented on by Sheikh Mohamed Kan’an (May Allah bestow good on him), the following was stated: (The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah): idols which they hope will benefit them (is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house) in order to lodge in it. (The flimsiest) the weakest (of houses is the spider's house) that does not protect from heat nor cold. The same thing applies to idols which do no good to their worshippers. (If they but knew), they would not have worshipped those idols.
* In Safwat Al-Bayan Lem’any Al-Quran, the following was stated: (The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah…), meaning that the parable of those who worship idols and depend on them, as well as, hope for benefit and meditation of those idols, is that of the spider which builds itself a weak house by its spinning. This house does not protect the spider from the hot or cold weather, nor does it protect from the rain or in times of danger.
* The authors of Al-Montakhab fey Tafsir Al-Quran Al-Karim (may Allah bestow good on them) stated the following:
The talkers of vanities, who follow others than Allah, are similar, in their weakness, frailty, and dependence on others, to the spider which builds itself a house to protect itself. The spider’s house is the flimsiest of houses and farthest from being suitable for protection. If those talkers of vanities were people of knowledge and intelligence, they would not have done that.
The Spider from a Scientific Perspective
The spider is an animal of phylum Arthropoda, classified in Class Arachnida, which combines Order Araneida along with other orders including scorpions and mites.
The spider’s body is divided into a prosoma where the head is connected to the breast and an undivided opisthosoma which includes the abdomen. The prosoma carries four pairs of legs, two pairs of feelers, and two chelicerae which resemble a pair of pincers or claws that contain the poison glands. The prosoma is separated from the opisthosoma by a thin waist.
An anatomical photograph of silk-making glands
The spider has simple eyes whose number might be eight or less. It is a predator of insects and has a thick skin covered with hair which is shed around 7 to 8 times until it reaches maturity. Zoologists today know more than thirty thousand types of spiders which vary in sizes (from less than a millimeter to ninety millimeters), shapes and colors. Most spiders live in the wild, mostly alone except at times of mating and egg hatching. The spiders’ environment extends from sea level to heights of five thousand meters. The spider has three pairs of prominent moving protrusions in the lower abdomen. These protrusions have tiny holes from which the fluid used to make the threads for its house comes out; therefore, they are known as the spinners. This fluid which comes out from a number of special glands to outside the spider's body, through the rear spinners, dries as soon as it is subjected to air. When it dries, various threads are produced which differ in types, length, and strength according to the difference in the producing glands.
A photograph of the spider's threads being produced from the silk glands as if it were a thread factory
The spider might stay in its house, where it practices all life's activities, or it might have a nest or a hideout other than the house, which is connected to the house by a thread known as the trap thread. The spider escapes to this hideout at times of danger.
The Scientific Indications of the Holy Script
First: Referring to the spider in the singular form:
In Lissan Al-Arab, under the subject (ankab), it was mentioned that the (ankaboot “spider”) is an animal which weaves in the air, and on the mouth of the well, a flimsy thin web. It is a feminine word, and may have been mentioned in poetry. The spider’s house is called (al-akdaba). Al-Feraa said: the spider is feminine, and some Arabs may mention it. The plural form is (al-ankabotat), (al-anakeb), and (al-anakeeb). In Yemen’s language, it is (aknabaah), as well as, (ankbaa) and (ankabowah). Sibawayh mentioned (ankabaa) while giving evidence on the addition of ta'a in (ankaboot), so he does not know if it is singular or plural. Ibn Al-A'rabey said" (al-ankab) is for the masculine, and (al-ankaba) is for the feminine. It was said that (al-ankab) is the spider’s classification. Al-Ankaboot maybe masculine or feminine. Al-Moubarid said: al-ankaboot is feminine and can be used for the masculine.
Most likely, the term (al-ankaboot) is for the feminine singular, the plural of which is (al-anakeb).
Naming the noble surat with the singular form (Al-Ankaboot “The Spider") indicates the solitary life of this animal, except at times of mating and egg hatching. This can be compared to the two surats Al-Nahel (The Bees) and Al-Namel (The Ants), where the names are plural since these insects live in groups.
Second: In His saying: (Builds to itself a house):
In this noble quranic verse, there is a clear indication that the female spider is the one mainly undertaking the building of the house. Consequently, building the spider's house is a mission shouldered by the female spiders. It is the female which has in its body the glands for secretion of the silk material from which the spider’s house is woven. Sometimes, the male spider might take part in helping with the building, repairing or expanding. However, the process of building is mainly feminine. It is here where we find the scientific miracle in Allah's (the Almighty) saying: builds to itself a house.
Third: In the Almighty's saying: (the flimsiest of houses is the spider's house…)
This miraculous quranic script indicates a number of important facts, some of which are:
(1) Physical weakness:The spider’s house, from the physical point of view, is the weakest house of all, because it is made out of a number of very delicate silk threads. These threads are interwoven, leaving large separating spaces at most times. Therefore, they do not protect from the heat of the sun, or the extreme cold. These threads do not form adequate shade, nor protect from the rain, storming winds, or the dangers of attackers. This is despite the miraculous building of this house.
(2) The weakness is in the spider’s house and not the threads;for the Almighty says (the flimsiest of houses). This is a clear indication that the weakness and frailty are within the spider's house and not the spider's threads. This is a very precise indication. The threads of the spider's house are made of very delicate silk. The thickness of one thread is usually one million of the squared inch, or one part of four thousand parts of the thickness of the ordinary human hair. Despite its delicacy, it is the strongest biological substance known to mankind so far. The silk threads which make up the spider’s web are considered stronger than steel, and their strength is surpassed only by the melted quartz. The thin thread stretches to five times its length before it is cut. Therefore, the scientists call it “biological steel”or “bio-steel”. It is twenty times stronger than the ordinary metal steel. Its tolerance measures 300,000 pound for the square inch. Hypothetically speaking, should there be a thick rope of the spider’s threads, in the size of the thumb, it can easily carry a "jumbo" jet.
(3) Spiritual weakness:The spider’s house, spiritually speaking, is the flimsiest of all houses, because it is deprived of all love and kindness, which are the pillars of any happy home. The female, in some types of spiders, kills the male as soon as the fertilization takes place. Being larger in size and more violent, the female kills the male and eats its body. In some cases, the female eats its youngsters mercilessly. In some types, the female dies after fertilizing its eggs, which are usually fostered in a silk bag. When the eggs hatch, spiderlings come out to find themselves in a very crowded place inside the eggs bag. The siblings then start to fight for food, space or both. The brother kills its brother and sister, and the sister kills its sister and brother, until the fight ends with a few spiderlings remaining. These spiderlings shed their skin and tear the eggs bag to come out one after the other with unhappy memories. They all then spread in the surrounding environment. Each female starts to build its house. On the road to achieve this goal, some of the spiderlings die, whereas those who survive repeat the same tragedy. This makes the spider’s house the most violent and ruthless house, lacking all forms of kinship. Hence, Allah the Almighty sets it as a parable in its weakness and frailty because it lacks the simplest form of kindness between the husband and wife, the mother and her children, the brother and his siblings, and the sister and her siblings.
Fourth: In His saying: (If they but knew):
These facts were unknown to any human at the time of revelation, and for long centuries thereafter. They have been discovered after extensive studies of the behavior of the spider by hundreds of scientists, for tens of years, until they were realized in the last decades of the twentieth century. That is why our God (Exalted be He) ended the noble verse with His saying (if they but knew).
Consequently, the quranic description of the spider’s house as being the flimsiest of all houses; this description which was revealed to an illiterate prophet (PBUH) in a nation with a majority of illiterates, fourteen hundred years ago, is considered a scientific achievement which no sensible person would imagine a source for other than Allah the Creator. Allah is the one who revealed the noble quran with His knowledge to the final Prophet and Messenger. It is Allah who protected the quran in the same language in which it was revealed (the Arabic language) for fourteen or more centuries. Allah will continue to protect the quran until He inherits earth and those who live on it. The quran will remain as evidence on all people till the Day of Judgment. The truth within quran will stand witness to the holy quran being the words of Allah, the Creator. It will also stand witness to the prophet hood and message bestowed on the Final Prophet and Messenger to whom the quran was revealed (PBUH). The Prophet has delivered the message, fulfilled the trust, advised the nation, and struggled in the cause of Allah until his final days. We ask you Allah, the Almighty, to reward him, our Prophet, with the best of the rewards given to a prophet for his works with his ummah, and the best of rewards given to a messenger for the fine fulfillment of his mission. We pray to Allah to bestow on our prophet the right of intercession and superiority and send him (on the Day of Judgment) to the highest standing (in Paradise) which He promised him, for Allah does not break His promises. We end our supplication by praising Allah, and praying to Him to bestow peace and blessing on our Prophet Mohamed, his family, companions and whoever follows his way till the Day of Judgment.
Some Hidden Quranic Signs:
A- The house of the spideris not merely its dwelling place. Being the sticky net it is, it constitutes a trap for flying insects such as flies and others. These insects are a prey on which the spider feeds. Similarly, those idolaters who revere gods besides Allah, and call people to those revered gods, are in fact calling them to an artful trap which leads them to their death and destruction in this life and the afterlife. Allah, the Almighty, said: (Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.) (Surat Al- Nesaa: 48)
B- Warning against those withcorrupt invocations who revere others besides Allah, whether money or whim. This warning is issued through indicating their hidden strings with which they hunt their victims. These strings can be money, sex, power, or any other hidden string which destroys the victim once it is trapped.
Source: Research paper by Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar, published in Al-Ahram newspaper, issue number (42749). Modified and added to by Feras Nour Al-Hak.
2 Feb 2009
SATAN'S TECHNIQUE OF REVERSE LOGIC
Satan uses a very foul and cunning technique; he attempts to influence people by using “reverse logic.” He seeks to use that method to turn people away from the communication of religious moral values, the struggle against atheism and the spread of moral virtue. In doing this, satan approaches people who listen to him with very reasonable-seeming justifications. Those who go along with this cunning technique of satan’s have a great number of pretexts, excuses in other words, for not worshiping, for not communicating the religion, for not undertaking difficulties for Allah’s (God’s) sake, for not living for His approval and for not striving against heretical beliefs. Satan’s technique is so sly, so base and so deceptive that people who harbor doubts about striving for Allah’s sake have not a moment’s hesitation when it comes to putting these excuses to use. Some portray themselves as genuine Muslims, but, consciously or otherwise, actually adopt satan’s reverse logic. They regard themselves as preferential, and instead of striving for Allah’s sake they devote themselves to maintaining their prestige in other people’s eyes. They are hesitant when it comes to obeying Allah’s commands, and try to pull those people who endeavor in this path into the same trap they have fallen into themselves. In that way, they ease their consciences and seek to convince themselves they are on the right path. But their own lower selves bear witness that their consciences are uneasy because they do not live for Allah’s approval.
Some of the false hopes that satan instills in these people who do not live by their consciences are as follows:
1. The idea that “Do not expose Darwinism as a lie, that just makes a further propaganda for Darwinism”:
Darwinism is the worst corruption, the most heretical religion of the last two centuries, which has spread across the world and inflicted atheism, oppression, suffering, wars, immorality and degeneration upon it. It is the Dajjal’s greatest mass deception that has taken in and spread across the whole world. The intellectual struggle against Darwinism is the struggle against atheism, and against all ideologies, corruption and scourges developed to oppose belief in Allah. And this intellectual struggle, of course, needs to be a very excellent, intensive and determined one for Allah’s approval.
Some people know in their hearts they should be involved in this struggle. They are well aware that the worst corruption of the century has to be eliminated and that belief in Allah and proper moral values must prevail once again all over the world. But they avoid that struggle. Striving on behalf of Allah seems very arduous to them. As Almighty Allah reveals in the verse “If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have followed you, but the distance was too great for them...” (Surat at-Tawba, 42), they are reluctant to shoulder such a burden. For that reason, they follow the reverse logic developed by satan and attempt to misdirect the struggle. They suggest that the struggle against Darwinism actually propagates Darwinism. They make the claim that “Darwinism is dead, so why are you struggling against it?” They put forth the claim that “You are giving the impression that an already dead theory is still alive.” Based on this reverse logic, they maintain that the fact that Darwinism is a deception should never be mentioned. In line with satan’s reverse logic they avoid taking part in the struggle themselves and also try to prevent others taking part.
The fact is, however, that this heretical religion is still active, and there needs to be a determined campaign in order to put an end to it. Ignoring the way that Darwinism leads to atheism and massacres is something that no sincere Muslim can accept.
2. The idea that “If you disseminate Islam, your name will be known everywhere and you will become famous. You must avoid propagating Islam in order to avoid fame”:
Deceiving people with his reverse logic, satan tries to prevent the communication of the faith. With this false suggestion, satan gives people the idea that by communicating the faith they are aggrandizing themselves and spreading their own renown, and that this is undesirable. Using a weak and villainous logic, he suggests that the more people who communicate the faith describe the Islamic moral values, the more they spread their own fame, for which reason they must stop communicating the faith forthwith.
But this is a deception.
In the same way that he misled unbelievers in the past, satan also tries to employ the same corrupting technique today. One must be on one’s guard against this indoctrination of satan’s and respond with open conscious, sincerity and the Qur’an. Although the same accusations were raised against the prophets in the past, they never made any concessions on describing their belief in Allah or communicating the moral values of the faith, and never hesitated to tell the truth. They acted in the light of the Qur’an, not of satan’s deceptive techniques, and brought the truth with them. If a Muslim is sincere he must immediately detect this ruse of satan’s and assume the responsibility of communicating the faith in the light of the Qur’an and his own conscience, in the knowledge that this is Allah’s command.
3. The logic of “Do not struggle against Freemasonry and atheist Zionism. That just makes further propaganda for them.”
In order to maintain his own system and to prevent the spread of belief in Allahsatan wants all the heretical religions he has imposed as scourges on communities to be very powerful. Freemasonry and atheist Zionism are currently satan’s main tool, that have brought all countries under their influence, have spread atheism and Darwinism and are the main causes of wars and oppression. The struggle against these will turn all the satan’s efforts up side down and eliminate all his delusions. For that reason, satan approaches people with what seem to be perfectly acceptable arguments, though his intention is to ensure the survival and spread of these perverted beliefs. In doing this, he suggests the following: “Do not struggle against these heretical beliefs, because to do so just helps propagate them.”
Satan claims that the exposure of the covert activities, immorality and irreligiousness of Freemasonry and atheist Zionism just keeps them in the public eye and strengthens them. He therefore suggests that the best thing is for the secret activities of these people struggling against belief in Allah not to be revealed. He continues with his vile delusion by saying, “Let them do what they want, as long as you never mention it.”
In one verse our Lord says:
“What reason could you have for not fighting in the way of Allah – for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!’?” (Surat an-Nisa’, 75)
As revealed in the verse, in order to strive in the name of Allah, one must strive against all superstitions and ideologies that have emerged to oppose belief in Him. Everyone who genuinely lives for Allah knows that this is compatible with Allah’s approval, and that sitting back as atheism spreads and people being ruthlessly oppressed is not compatible with the Qur’an and conscience. The only thing that needs to be done is to immediately expose satan’s cunning reverse logic and think in the most honest way, according to the Qur’an. When one thinks according to the Qur’an, one will immediately see that these heretical movements set up to deny Allah must be eradicated for His approval and a strong and determined struggle must therefore be waged against them.
4. The logic of “Do not communicate the faith, as it has already been communicated in the time of our Prophet (saas)”
Almighty Allah says in one verse:
“He (satan) makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what satan promises them is nothing but delusion.” (Surat an-Nisa’, 120)
Satan offers many excuses even when it comes to not communicating the faith, one of Allah’s greatest commandments. So much so that he seeks to suggest that the communication of the faith is a task for prophets alone, that the faith was communicated by our Prophet (saas) 1,400 years ago and that the commandment in the Qur’an has thus been carried out. Moreover, he also proposes the logic that institutions such as Secretary of Religious Affairs have today taken over that responsibility and that their activities are sufficient for everyone. For that reason, he tries to give the impression that there is no need to constantly communicate the religion of Allah in spoken and written form, and thus seeks to prevent the faith being preached.
But this is a terrible deception and mistake.
Everyone has a responsibility to communicate the moral values of the faith, as Almighty Allah reveals in the Qur’an:
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 104)
At a time when people are being oppressed under the administrations of atheist ideologies and when irreligiousness rules the world, the most urgent thing for everyone who lives by the moral values of the Qur’an and has a joyous and loving attachment to Allah to do, is to communicate the moral values of the faith. Such people know that the most urgent task is to tell others of the moral values of the Qur’an, in compliance with the Qur’an and their own consciences. They are certain that societies under the influence of atheist ideologies can only be saved when they come to know the moral values of the Qur’an and to believe in Allah. For that reason, they assume the task of communicating Allah’s religion with all their might. It ill befits a genuine and honest Muslim to suppress his conscience by going along with satan’s reverse logic. The communication of the religion of Allah is one of the main religious obligations needing to be observed in the current climate of oppression. The responsibility for denying this and heeding the delusions of satan may be a very burdensome one in the sight of Allah.
Our Lord describes how satan deceives people in another verse:
I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle’s ears. I will command them and they will change Allah’s creation.’ Anyone who takes Shaytan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything. (Surat an-Nisa’, 119)
If someone fears Allah and is a friend of Allah, if they live by the Qur’an making no concessions and aim for the Hereafter rather than for this world, then they must always behave in an honest and conscientious manner. It is obvious what a sincere person needs to do for Allah’s approval. Ignoring these things for various reasons can only be a ruse of satan’s. All peoples over thousands of years have gone along with these deceptive tactics of satan’s by one way or another, and have fallen into a grave error. For that reason, the duty of all genuine Muslims is to learn from the peoples of the past and immediately oppose satan’s delusions and vile methods. The communication of the faith and in the prevention of atheist ideologies has taken place with a powerful struggle, taking the Qur’an and the prophets as a guide. There is no doubt that it is Allah Who will make His faith sound and strong. And there is no doubt that Allah is mighty enough to do this when and how He wills. Allah is He Who needs nobody and nothing. (Allah is surely beyond this.) It is a blessing from Allah that He makes genuine Muslims His instruments in this sacred duty. For that reason, honest people must see this truth and perform their duties in the most determined manner, communicating Allah’s religion and striving against atheist ideology to the full extent of their means and paying no heed to the delusions of satan. As our Lord reveals in one verse, “He [satan] has no authority over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.” (Surat an-Nahl, 99)
Almighty Allah has made a promise to all Muslims:
“Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators.” (Surat an-Nur, 55)
www.harunyahya.com
Some of the false hopes that satan instills in these people who do not live by their consciences are as follows:
1. The idea that “Do not expose Darwinism as a lie, that just makes a further propaganda for Darwinism”:
Darwinism is the worst corruption, the most heretical religion of the last two centuries, which has spread across the world and inflicted atheism, oppression, suffering, wars, immorality and degeneration upon it. It is the Dajjal’s greatest mass deception that has taken in and spread across the whole world. The intellectual struggle against Darwinism is the struggle against atheism, and against all ideologies, corruption and scourges developed to oppose belief in Allah. And this intellectual struggle, of course, needs to be a very excellent, intensive and determined one for Allah’s approval.
Some people know in their hearts they should be involved in this struggle. They are well aware that the worst corruption of the century has to be eliminated and that belief in Allah and proper moral values must prevail once again all over the world. But they avoid that struggle. Striving on behalf of Allah seems very arduous to them. As Almighty Allah reveals in the verse “If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have followed you, but the distance was too great for them...” (Surat at-Tawba, 42), they are reluctant to shoulder such a burden. For that reason, they follow the reverse logic developed by satan and attempt to misdirect the struggle. They suggest that the struggle against Darwinism actually propagates Darwinism. They make the claim that “Darwinism is dead, so why are you struggling against it?” They put forth the claim that “You are giving the impression that an already dead theory is still alive.” Based on this reverse logic, they maintain that the fact that Darwinism is a deception should never be mentioned. In line with satan’s reverse logic they avoid taking part in the struggle themselves and also try to prevent others taking part.
The fact is, however, that this heretical religion is still active, and there needs to be a determined campaign in order to put an end to it. Ignoring the way that Darwinism leads to atheism and massacres is something that no sincere Muslim can accept.
2. The idea that “If you disseminate Islam, your name will be known everywhere and you will become famous. You must avoid propagating Islam in order to avoid fame”:
Deceiving people with his reverse logic, satan tries to prevent the communication of the faith. With this false suggestion, satan gives people the idea that by communicating the faith they are aggrandizing themselves and spreading their own renown, and that this is undesirable. Using a weak and villainous logic, he suggests that the more people who communicate the faith describe the Islamic moral values, the more they spread their own fame, for which reason they must stop communicating the faith forthwith.
But this is a deception.
In the same way that he misled unbelievers in the past, satan also tries to employ the same corrupting technique today. One must be on one’s guard against this indoctrination of satan’s and respond with open conscious, sincerity and the Qur’an. Although the same accusations were raised against the prophets in the past, they never made any concessions on describing their belief in Allah or communicating the moral values of the faith, and never hesitated to tell the truth. They acted in the light of the Qur’an, not of satan’s deceptive techniques, and brought the truth with them. If a Muslim is sincere he must immediately detect this ruse of satan’s and assume the responsibility of communicating the faith in the light of the Qur’an and his own conscience, in the knowledge that this is Allah’s command.
3. The logic of “Do not struggle against Freemasonry and atheist Zionism. That just makes further propaganda for them.”
In order to maintain his own system and to prevent the spread of belief in Allahsatan wants all the heretical religions he has imposed as scourges on communities to be very powerful. Freemasonry and atheist Zionism are currently satan’s main tool, that have brought all countries under their influence, have spread atheism and Darwinism and are the main causes of wars and oppression. The struggle against these will turn all the satan’s efforts up side down and eliminate all his delusions. For that reason, satan approaches people with what seem to be perfectly acceptable arguments, though his intention is to ensure the survival and spread of these perverted beliefs. In doing this, he suggests the following: “Do not struggle against these heretical beliefs, because to do so just helps propagate them.”
Satan claims that the exposure of the covert activities, immorality and irreligiousness of Freemasonry and atheist Zionism just keeps them in the public eye and strengthens them. He therefore suggests that the best thing is for the secret activities of these people struggling against belief in Allah not to be revealed. He continues with his vile delusion by saying, “Let them do what they want, as long as you never mention it.”
In one verse our Lord says:
“What reason could you have for not fighting in the way of Allah – for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, ‘Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!’?” (Surat an-Nisa’, 75)
As revealed in the verse, in order to strive in the name of Allah, one must strive against all superstitions and ideologies that have emerged to oppose belief in Him. Everyone who genuinely lives for Allah knows that this is compatible with Allah’s approval, and that sitting back as atheism spreads and people being ruthlessly oppressed is not compatible with the Qur’an and conscience. The only thing that needs to be done is to immediately expose satan’s cunning reverse logic and think in the most honest way, according to the Qur’an. When one thinks according to the Qur’an, one will immediately see that these heretical movements set up to deny Allah must be eradicated for His approval and a strong and determined struggle must therefore be waged against them.
4. The logic of “Do not communicate the faith, as it has already been communicated in the time of our Prophet (saas)”
Almighty Allah says in one verse:
“He (satan) makes promises to them and fills them with false hopes. But what satan promises them is nothing but delusion.” (Surat an-Nisa’, 120)
Satan offers many excuses even when it comes to not communicating the faith, one of Allah’s greatest commandments. So much so that he seeks to suggest that the communication of the faith is a task for prophets alone, that the faith was communicated by our Prophet (saas) 1,400 years ago and that the commandment in the Qur’an has thus been carried out. Moreover, he also proposes the logic that institutions such as Secretary of Religious Affairs have today taken over that responsibility and that their activities are sufficient for everyone. For that reason, he tries to give the impression that there is no need to constantly communicate the religion of Allah in spoken and written form, and thus seeks to prevent the faith being preached.
But this is a terrible deception and mistake.
Everyone has a responsibility to communicate the moral values of the faith, as Almighty Allah reveals in the Qur’an:
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 104)
At a time when people are being oppressed under the administrations of atheist ideologies and when irreligiousness rules the world, the most urgent thing for everyone who lives by the moral values of the Qur’an and has a joyous and loving attachment to Allah to do, is to communicate the moral values of the faith. Such people know that the most urgent task is to tell others of the moral values of the Qur’an, in compliance with the Qur’an and their own consciences. They are certain that societies under the influence of atheist ideologies can only be saved when they come to know the moral values of the Qur’an and to believe in Allah. For that reason, they assume the task of communicating Allah’s religion with all their might. It ill befits a genuine and honest Muslim to suppress his conscience by going along with satan’s reverse logic. The communication of the religion of Allah is one of the main religious obligations needing to be observed in the current climate of oppression. The responsibility for denying this and heeding the delusions of satan may be a very burdensome one in the sight of Allah.
Our Lord describes how satan deceives people in another verse:
I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes. I will command them and they will cut off cattle’s ears. I will command them and they will change Allah’s creation.’ Anyone who takes Shaytan as his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything. (Surat an-Nisa’, 119)
If someone fears Allah and is a friend of Allah, if they live by the Qur’an making no concessions and aim for the Hereafter rather than for this world, then they must always behave in an honest and conscientious manner. It is obvious what a sincere person needs to do for Allah’s approval. Ignoring these things for various reasons can only be a ruse of satan’s. All peoples over thousands of years have gone along with these deceptive tactics of satan’s by one way or another, and have fallen into a grave error. For that reason, the duty of all genuine Muslims is to learn from the peoples of the past and immediately oppose satan’s delusions and vile methods. The communication of the faith and in the prevention of atheist ideologies has taken place with a powerful struggle, taking the Qur’an and the prophets as a guide. There is no doubt that it is Allah Who will make His faith sound and strong. And there is no doubt that Allah is mighty enough to do this when and how He wills. Allah is He Who needs nobody and nothing. (Allah is surely beyond this.) It is a blessing from Allah that He makes genuine Muslims His instruments in this sacred duty. For that reason, honest people must see this truth and perform their duties in the most determined manner, communicating Allah’s religion and striving against atheist ideology to the full extent of their means and paying no heed to the delusions of satan. As our Lord reveals in one verse, “He [satan] has no authority over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord.” (Surat an-Nahl, 99)
Almighty Allah has made a promise to all Muslims:
“Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators.” (Surat an-Nur, 55)
www.harunyahya.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
