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May 23, 2012, 4:20:25 PM5/23/12
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A story of a hindu Brahmin into folds of Islam
Dear brothers and sisters, here's an other intresting story. I was
reading it at Islam.org. And thought to share it here as its worth
reading and reviving our Imaan
Here's the story
Allah’s grace that I'm blessed with deen of Allah, I’m Mohammed Umar
Rao from India, I embraced Islam 6 years back at age of 18.I wanted to
share my story with you all perhaps this would make a difference for
non Muslims to really think over to know what is the truth .I shared
my story with 2 brothers, Allahamdulillah, they were convinced that my
decision and choice is best, they started reading Quran and also
embraced it few days back.
My Background:
I come from middle class orthodox Brahmin family; my parents worked in
private firms (Mother: teacher, father: textile engineer). My
religious education was at my maternal uncle place, that's how I
became orthodox and whole family education was always been against
muslims which was nailed in me deeply.
I was associated with RSS { RSS is a group of extremists of hindus.
They hate Islam very much and try to always attack muslims. This is my
note - seekshidayath } for few years, I always hated Muslims to
extent that, In all public functions I wanted to give high volume for
music sound boxes to ensure that Adhaan should not be heard at all. I
use to go round the town visiting all temples to complete my worship
everyday. I was liked, appreciated in family for being orthoduct and
encouraged to do more.
My Meeting with Islam:
In my summer my mother asked me to work for a Muslim business firm,
which I disagreed because from childhood I always hated Muslims. My
mother stopped forcing me on this; I worked few summers with non-
Muslim so I was able to satisfy my parents. Later, I quit that part
time job because I did not like the job and started concentrating more
on studies aiming for better job. Meantime, my mother, sisters worked
2 months in part time for this Muslim brother, They were highly
impressed with him.
I always hated this person because I did not like the fact my people
praising a Muslim whom I always hated. I was pushed/insulted of not
being useful to family so I started working for same Muslim brother
though I hated him before going. After getting in his shop I started
hating more because the non Muslim employees of that shop embraced
Islam, I took this challenge to teach him lesson claiming my religion
is true from there I started doing comparative study with whatever
common sense which Allah had blessed me then.
By now, in the verge to know more about Islam, I started reading
English translation of holy Quran (Abdullah Yusuf Ali). This changed
my entire student life; I was stuck with fear, doubts, I realized the
fact that whatever I’m doing is wrong, my religion is all about
imaginations/myths and false stories. I had many questions, doubts
like where am I heading to, what should I do? What is my duty? Why
message of truth has not reached all of us? So many things came in my
mind, my entire student life went in this hunt of truth, I did not do
that well in study but Allah's blessings that Allah made me score Good
in all my exams.
I started digging more in what I use to believe on, I started
questioning my parents, people around that who has seen God almighty
to paint /make images of God, all answered me that none has seen God
which is so true as its mentioned in many places in Quran, I started
asking what is the origin of god? The 3 myths stories, which we use to
believe broke my faith down, I would like to explain it here:
1. I was always use to do very Great shirk for Lord Ganesh who was my
favorite (may Allah forgive it) . I started digging the origin of
Ganesh who enjoyed my shirk, here it goes: he was created by "so
called Goddess Paravthi" who is the wife of "so called Lord
Shiva" ,one fine day Parvathi wanted to take bath and she creates this
ganesh as her watch man giving him instruction as to not to allow
anyone inside, ganesh is supposed to follow her orders at any given
cost, ganesh agrees to this.
Now "so called Lord Shiva" comes home and finds this stranger standing
at door, Shiva questions him, asks him to give way to get in but
Ganesh do not allow Shiva as he was supposed to follow order of his
mother Parvathi, "so called Lord Shiva" gets angry and chops the head
of ganesh.
Now so called goddess comes out of bath and see that her son is
killed,she gets angry and asks "so called Lord Shiva" to bring back
his life,but "so called Lord Shiva" says he cannot do that but he
gets head of elephant and gets the life for ganesh, so this is the
origin of so called God Lord Ganesh.
I started questioning, why does goddess need bath? Goddess parvathi
only wife of "so called Lord shiva" needs watchman while taking bath?
Anyways,Lord Shiva who is creator of world can’t get life for which he
killed ? how can such a god will resolve my problem ? If shiva did not
know who comes to his home how will he know what happens to me in this
world ?
If ganesh was not even able to save his own head, how can he protect
me? Why should I belive and worship someone's fancy story ?
-------------
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “All the descendants of
Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
Dear brothers and sisters, here's an other intresting story. I was
reading it at Islam.org. And thought to share it here as its worth
reading and reviving our Imaan
Here's the story
Allah’s grace that I'm blessed with deen of Allah, I’m Mohammed Umar
Rao from India, I embraced Islam 6 years back at age of 18.I wanted to
share my story with you all perhaps this would make a difference for
non Muslims to really think over to know what is the truth .I shared
my story with 2 brothers, Allahamdulillah, they were convinced that my
decision and choice is best, they started reading Quran and also
embraced it few days back.
My Background:
I come from middle class orthodox Brahmin family; my parents worked in
private firms (Mother: teacher, father: textile engineer). My
religious education was at my maternal uncle place, that's how I
became orthodox and whole family education was always been against
muslims which was nailed in me deeply.
I was associated with RSS { RSS is a group of extremists of hindus.
They hate Islam very much and try to always attack muslims. This is my
note - seekshidayath } for few years, I always hated Muslims to
extent that, In all public functions I wanted to give high volume for
music sound boxes to ensure that Adhaan should not be heard at all. I
use to go round the town visiting all temples to complete my worship
everyday. I was liked, appreciated in family for being orthoduct and
encouraged to do more.
My Meeting with Islam:
In my summer my mother asked me to work for a Muslim business firm,
which I disagreed because from childhood I always hated Muslims. My
mother stopped forcing me on this; I worked few summers with non-
Muslim so I was able to satisfy my parents. Later, I quit that part
time job because I did not like the job and started concentrating more
on studies aiming for better job. Meantime, my mother, sisters worked
2 months in part time for this Muslim brother, They were highly
impressed with him.
I always hated this person because I did not like the fact my people
praising a Muslim whom I always hated. I was pushed/insulted of not
being useful to family so I started working for same Muslim brother
though I hated him before going. After getting in his shop I started
hating more because the non Muslim employees of that shop embraced
Islam, I took this challenge to teach him lesson claiming my religion
is true from there I started doing comparative study with whatever
common sense which Allah had blessed me then.
By now, in the verge to know more about Islam, I started reading
English translation of holy Quran (Abdullah Yusuf Ali). This changed
my entire student life; I was stuck with fear, doubts, I realized the
fact that whatever I’m doing is wrong, my religion is all about
imaginations/myths and false stories. I had many questions, doubts
like where am I heading to, what should I do? What is my duty? Why
message of truth has not reached all of us? So many things came in my
mind, my entire student life went in this hunt of truth, I did not do
that well in study but Allah's blessings that Allah made me score Good
in all my exams.
I started digging more in what I use to believe on, I started
questioning my parents, people around that who has seen God almighty
to paint /make images of God, all answered me that none has seen God
which is so true as its mentioned in many places in Quran, I started
asking what is the origin of god? The 3 myths stories, which we use to
believe broke my faith down, I would like to explain it here:
1. I was always use to do very Great shirk for Lord Ganesh who was my
favorite (may Allah forgive it) . I started digging the origin of
Ganesh who enjoyed my shirk, here it goes: he was created by "so
called Goddess Paravthi" who is the wife of "so called Lord
Shiva" ,one fine day Parvathi wanted to take bath and she creates this
ganesh as her watch man giving him instruction as to not to allow
anyone inside, ganesh is supposed to follow her orders at any given
cost, ganesh agrees to this.
Now "so called Lord Shiva" comes home and finds this stranger standing
at door, Shiva questions him, asks him to give way to get in but
Ganesh do not allow Shiva as he was supposed to follow order of his
mother Parvathi, "so called Lord Shiva" gets angry and chops the head
of ganesh.
Now so called goddess comes out of bath and see that her son is
killed,she gets angry and asks "so called Lord Shiva" to bring back
his life,but "so called Lord Shiva" says he cannot do that but he
gets head of elephant and gets the life for ganesh, so this is the
origin of so called God Lord Ganesh.
I started questioning, why does goddess need bath? Goddess parvathi
only wife of "so called Lord shiva" needs watchman while taking bath?
Anyways,Lord Shiva who is creator of world can’t get life for which he
killed ? how can such a god will resolve my problem ? If shiva did not
know who comes to his home how will he know what happens to me in this
world ?
If ganesh was not even able to save his own head, how can he protect
me? Why should I belive and worship someone's fancy story ?
-------------
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “All the descendants of
Adam are sinners, and the best of sinners are those who repent."
and/or www.mantra.com/jai
May 23, 2012, 5:08:47 PM5/23/12
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Forwarded post from Rajan Ramakrishnan
Shri Ganesh Jayanti with 108 Sketches of Ganesh at Rajandraws
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
On the occasion of Shri Ganesh Jayanti - you can see Sketches of Shri
Ganesh 108 forms & 32 forms in my website
you can check in the below link, under the heading Shri Ganesh 108
forms
http://www.rajandraws.com/
If you like these sketches please do share with others too.
If you wish for a display show during any religious program or any
program where I can show these sketches please do mail to me well in
advance, will do at my own cost.
Rajan Ramakrishnan
www.rajandraws.com
(shri ganesh sketches & drawings)
End of forwarded post from Rajan Ramakrishnan
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o o o
About the terrorist Goon Squad:
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
<KalluM...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
telling others what and when to post, where to post and
where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
<us...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <jos...@gmail.com> who
displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
favorite now is "fana...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
from "fan...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
many years.
-Updated on February 2, 2012-
Shri Ganesh Jayanti with 108 Sketches of Ganesh at Rajandraws
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
On the occasion of Shri Ganesh Jayanti - you can see Sketches of Shri
Ganesh 108 forms & 32 forms in my website
you can check in the below link, under the heading Shri Ganesh 108
forms
http://www.rajandraws.com/
If you like these sketches please do share with others too.
If you wish for a display show during any religious program or any
program where I can show these sketches please do mail to me well in
advance, will do at my own cost.
Rajan Ramakrishnan
www.rajandraws.com
(shri ganesh sketches & drawings)
End of forwarded post from Rajan Ramakrishnan
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
o o o
About the terrorist Goon Squad:
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri)
<KalluM...@gmail.com> tries his best to be a bully --
telling others what and when to post, where to post and
where not to post, deliberately publishing lies about
others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but
fails miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his
lap dog Prem Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah"
<us...@this.com>, and issues *death threats* to people),
is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease. Others in the Goon Squad include
Dayashankar M. Joshi "DMJoshi" <jos...@gmail.com> who
displays unquestioning obedience to Goon Squad thugs, and
the instigator who posts as "Bholu" <bh...@hotmail.com>
The Goon Squad currently posts most of their abuse
through eternal-september.org and by writing someone
else's name or handle in the "From:" header -- their
favorite now is "fana...@gmail.com" (note the extra "b"
and "gmail.com") to make it appear as if the posts are
from "fan...@aol.com", who has been a regular poster for
many years.
-Updated on February 2, 2012-
fanabba
May 23, 2012, 9:23:46 PM5/23/12
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uNmaivirumbi
May 23, 2012, 9:44:45 PM5/23/12
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On May 23, 4:20 pm, arah <arah1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A story of a hindu Brahmin into folds of Islam
Mullah Arah! Ganesha has a head! Only allah does not have a head or
brain or face or even penis or vagina! Lord Shiva and Ganesha know how
to enact a drama to show obedience to father is important! Simple
message. Ganesha has a very powerful head!
Any Mo is shaitan's prophet. He never heard anything from God or even
allah. You know that but wont face that
Also remember ( I dont think you will understand this but I will try a
logic lesson anyway!) . If Hinduism is false it does not mean Islam is
correct. Both can be false or Hinduism may be correct. Islam is false
any way. You have not established any truth in islam.Your dawa failed
totally. You follow shaitan's prophet
fanabba
May 23, 2012, 10:20:39 PM5/23/12
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arah
May 24, 2012, 4:04:50 AM5/24/12
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The Signs of God
Throughout our lives, from childhood until the time we die, signs of
the one and only true God are shown to us in all regions of the earth
and in our own souls, until it becomes clear that there is only one
true God (Allah). God says in the Qur'an:
"We will show them our signs in the furthest regions (of the earth)
and in their souls, until it becomes clear to them that this is the
truth." (Qur'an 41:53)
The following is an example of God revealing by a sign to one man the
error of his idol-worship. In the south-eastern region of the Amazon
jungle in Brazil, South America, a primitive tribe erected a new hut
to house their man-idol Skwatch, representing the supreme God of all
creation. The following day a young man entered the hut to pay homage
to the God, and while he was in prostration to what he had been taught
was his Creator and Sustainer, a mangy old flea-ridden dog slunk into
the hut. The young man looked up in time to see the dog lift his hind
leg and pass urine on the idol. Outraged, the youth chased the dog out
of the temple, but when his rage died down he realized that the idol
could not be the Lord of the Universe. God must be elsewhere, he
concluded. As strange as it may seem, the dog urinating on the idol
was a sign from God for that young man. This sign contained the divine
message that what he was worshiping was false. It liberated him from
slavishly following his traditionally learned worship of a false god.
As a result, this man was given a choice: either to seek the true God
or to continue in the error of his ways.
Allah mentions Prophet Abraham's quest for God as an example of how
those who follow His signs will be rightly guided:
"So also did We show Abraham the power and the Laws of the heavens and
the earth that he might (with understanding) have certitude.
When the night covered him over, he saw a star. He said: 'This is my
Lord.' But when it set, he said: 'I love not those that set.'
When he saw the moon rising in splendor, he said: 'This is my Lord.'
But when the moon set, he said: 'Unless my Lord guide me, I shall
surely be among those who go astray.'
When he saw the rising sun in splendor, he said:
'This is my Lord, this is the greatest (of all).' But when the sun
set, he said: 'O my people! I am indeed free from your (guilt) of
giving partners to Allah.
For me, I have set my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who created
the heavens and the earth, and never shall I give partners to
Allah.'" (Qur'an 6:75-79)
As was mentioned earlier, prophets have been sent to every nation and
tribe to support man's natural belief in God and man's in-born
inclination to worship Him, as well as to reinforce the divine truth
in the daily signs revealed by God. Although much of these prophets'
teachings became distorted, portions revealing their God-inspired
messages have remained untainted and have served to guide mankind in
the choice between right and wrong. The influence of God-inspired
messages down through the ages can be seen in the "Ten Commandments"
of Judaisn's Torah which were later adopted into Christianity's
teachings, as well as in the existence of laws against murder,
stealing and adultery in most societies throughout the ancient and
modern world.
As a result of God's signs to mankind through the ages combined with
His revelation through His prophets, all mankind has been given a
chance to recognize the one and only true God.
Consequently, every soul will be held accountable for its belief in
God and its acceptance of the true religion of God, namely Islam,
which means total submission to the will of Allah.
Where you think your next destination Heaven or Hell?
arah
May 24, 2012, 4:24:59 AM5/24/12
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Heaven or Paradise is ready for the believers of the One and only
Creator and Hell is for the disbeliever, polytheists and wrongdoers,
Hell is the abode which Allah (swt) has prepared for those who do not
believe in Him (swt), those who rebel against His (swt) laws and
disbelieve in His Messengers. It is the punishment for His (swt)
enemies, the prison for evildoers.
It is the ultimate humiliation and loss; there is nothing worse:
"Our Lord! Verily, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have
disgraced him, and never will the Dhaalimoon [polytheists and
wrongdoers] find any helpers" (3:192)
"Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allah and
His Messenger, certainly for him will be the fire of Hell to abide
therein? That is extreme disgrace". (9:63)
"The losers are those who will lose themselves and their families on
the Day of Resurrection. Verily, that will be a manifest
loss!" (39:15)
How could Hell be other than we have described, when it is full of
utterly indescribable torment, pain and grief? It is eternal and its
inhabitants will remain there forever. Allah (swt) has condemned them
and their place in the Fire:
"Evil indeed it [Hell] is as an abode and as a place to dwell" (25:66)
"This is so! And for the Tagheen [transgressors] - will be an evil
final return - Hell! Where they will burn, and worst [indeed] is that
place to rest!" (38:55-6)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paradise and Hell Have Already Been Created
at-Tahhaawi said, in his book on al-'Aqeedah al-Salafiyyah (correct
belief in accordance with that of the early generations of Islam) that
is known as al-'Aqeedah al-Tahhaawiyyah.
"Paradise and Hell have already been created. They will never come to
an end or cease to exist. Allah (swt) created Paradise and Hell before
the rest of creation, and He (swt) created inhabitants for each of
them. Whoever He (swt) wishes (will enter) Paradise by His grace and
mercy, and whoever He (swt) wishes (will enter Hell) as a result of
His (swt) justice. Every person will behave according to that for
which he was created, and his destiny will be that for which he was
created; good deeds and evil deeds are foreordained for all men".
"Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your
Lord, and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and
the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers.
That is the Grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom He is pleased
with. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty". (57:21)
"...for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared
for al-Muttaqun" (3:133)
"And fear the fire, which is prepared for the disbelievers" (3:131)
"And indeed he (Muhammad) saw him (Jibreel) at a second descent (ie
another time), near Sidrat al-Muntahaa (lote tree of the utmost
boundary (beyond which none can pass), near it is the Paradise of
Abode" (53:13-15)
The Prophet (saw) saw Sidrat al-Muntahaa, a tree in Heaven, and near
it, Paradise, as is mention in al-Bukhaari, and Muslim in the hadith
of Anas (ra). At the end of this narrative of al-Israa, the Prophet
(saw) said, "Then Jibreel brought me to Sidrat al-Muntahaa which was
veiled in colours indescribable. Then I entered Paradise, and its
lights were of pearls and its soil was musk".
Muslim, Abu Dawud and Imaam Ahmad report from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that
the Messenger (saw) said, "When Allah (swt) created Paradise and Hell,
He sent Jibreel to Paradise, saying "Go and look at it and at what I
have prepared therein for its inhabitants". So he went and looked at
it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants.... then
He sent him to Hellfire saying, "Go and look at it and what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants" So he looked at it and saw that
it was in layers, one above the other...."
Muslim reports from Aishah (ra) that there was a solar eclipse in the
time of the Messenger (saw) and he said, "Whilst I was standing here I
saw everything that you have been promised, I even saw myself picking
some of the fruits of Paradise, when you saw me stepping forward. And
I saw Hellfire, parts of it consuming other parts, when you saw me
stepping backward".
al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Ibn 'Abbas the same incident, "I
saw Paradise and I tried to take a bunch of its fruit. If I had
managed to do so, you would have eaten from it until the end of time.
And I saw the Fire of Hell, and I have never seen anything so horrific
or terrifying. I saw that the majority of its inhabitants are women."
Muslim also reports from Anas that the Prophet (Saw) said, "By the One
in Whose Hand is my soul, if you had seen what I saw, you would laugh
little and cry much." They said, "What did you see, O Messenger of
Allah?", He said, "I saw Paradise and Hell".
The Prophet (saw) also ascended into jannah on the night of Mi'raj in
his 'Isra (night journey): for example
* "...I saw four rivers flowing out from beneath Sidrat al-Muntahaa,
two visible and two hidden." (Muslim, Kitaab al-Imaan, Baab al-'Israa,
1/150, no.164) * "Whilst I was walking in Paradise I saw a river whose
banks were domes of hollow pearls and I asked, "What is this, O
Jibreel?" He said, "This is al-Kawthar which your Rabb has given to
you". (from Anas ibn Maalik, Sahih al-Bukhaari, Kitaab ar-Riqaaq, Baab
fil-Hawd, Fath al-Baari, 11/464)
* al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Jaabir that the Messenger of
Allah said, "I entered Paradise where I saw ar-Rumaysa, the wife of
Abu Talhah. And I heard footsteps and asked, "Who is that?" He
(Jibreel) said, "That is Bilaal". And I saw a palace with women in its
courtyard. I asked, "Whose is this?" They said, It is for 'Umar ibn al-
Khattab" (Mishkaat al-Masaabih, 3/226)
Imaam Ahmed, Ibn Hibbaan and al-Haakim report from Abu Hurayrah that
the Prophet (saw) said, "The children of the believers are in
Paradise, being cared for by Ibraahim (as) [and in the narration of
Abu Nu'aym, ad-Dawylami, and Ibn Asakir it adds- "and Sarah, until
they give them back to their parents on the day of Resurrection"]
al-Bukhaari and Muslim also report from 'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar (ra) that
the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "When anyone of you dies, he will
be shown his position morning and evening. If he is one of the people
of Paradise then he will be one of the people of Paradise, and if he
is one of the people of Hell, then he will be one of the people of
Hell, and he will be told, "This is your position, until Allah (swt)
resurrects you on the Day of Resurrection".
According to al-Muwatta of Imaam Maalik and as-Sunaan, Abu Dawood,
"Ka'b ibn Maalik said the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "Verily the
soul of the believer is a bird hanging on to the trees of Paradise,
until Allah Swt returns it to its body on the day of Resurrection"
This makes it clear that souls will enter Paradise before the Day of
Resurrection.
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Creator and Hell is for the disbeliever, polytheists and wrongdoers,
Hell is the abode which Allah (swt) has prepared for those who do not
believe in Him (swt), those who rebel against His (swt) laws and
disbelieve in His Messengers. It is the punishment for His (swt)
enemies, the prison for evildoers.
It is the ultimate humiliation and loss; there is nothing worse:
"Our Lord! Verily, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have
disgraced him, and never will the Dhaalimoon [polytheists and
wrongdoers] find any helpers" (3:192)
"Know they not that whoever opposes and shows hostility to Allah and
His Messenger, certainly for him will be the fire of Hell to abide
therein? That is extreme disgrace". (9:63)
"The losers are those who will lose themselves and their families on
the Day of Resurrection. Verily, that will be a manifest
loss!" (39:15)
How could Hell be other than we have described, when it is full of
utterly indescribable torment, pain and grief? It is eternal and its
inhabitants will remain there forever. Allah (swt) has condemned them
and their place in the Fire:
"Evil indeed it [Hell] is as an abode and as a place to dwell" (25:66)
"This is so! And for the Tagheen [transgressors] - will be an evil
final return - Hell! Where they will burn, and worst [indeed] is that
place to rest!" (38:55-6)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paradise and Hell Have Already Been Created
at-Tahhaawi said, in his book on al-'Aqeedah al-Salafiyyah (correct
belief in accordance with that of the early generations of Islam) that
is known as al-'Aqeedah al-Tahhaawiyyah.
"Paradise and Hell have already been created. They will never come to
an end or cease to exist. Allah (swt) created Paradise and Hell before
the rest of creation, and He (swt) created inhabitants for each of
them. Whoever He (swt) wishes (will enter) Paradise by His grace and
mercy, and whoever He (swt) wishes (will enter Hell) as a result of
His (swt) justice. Every person will behave according to that for
which he was created, and his destiny will be that for which he was
created; good deeds and evil deeds are foreordained for all men".
"Race with one another in hastening towards forgiveness from your
Lord, and Paradise the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and
the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers.
That is the Grace of Allah, which He bestows on whom He is pleased
with. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty". (57:21)
"...for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared
for al-Muttaqun" (3:133)
"And fear the fire, which is prepared for the disbelievers" (3:131)
"And indeed he (Muhammad) saw him (Jibreel) at a second descent (ie
another time), near Sidrat al-Muntahaa (lote tree of the utmost
boundary (beyond which none can pass), near it is the Paradise of
Abode" (53:13-15)
The Prophet (saw) saw Sidrat al-Muntahaa, a tree in Heaven, and near
it, Paradise, as is mention in al-Bukhaari, and Muslim in the hadith
of Anas (ra). At the end of this narrative of al-Israa, the Prophet
(saw) said, "Then Jibreel brought me to Sidrat al-Muntahaa which was
veiled in colours indescribable. Then I entered Paradise, and its
lights were of pearls and its soil was musk".
Muslim, Abu Dawud and Imaam Ahmad report from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that
the Messenger (saw) said, "When Allah (swt) created Paradise and Hell,
He sent Jibreel to Paradise, saying "Go and look at it and at what I
have prepared therein for its inhabitants". So he went and looked at
it and at what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants.... then
He sent him to Hellfire saying, "Go and look at it and what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants" So he looked at it and saw that
it was in layers, one above the other...."
Muslim reports from Aishah (ra) that there was a solar eclipse in the
time of the Messenger (saw) and he said, "Whilst I was standing here I
saw everything that you have been promised, I even saw myself picking
some of the fruits of Paradise, when you saw me stepping forward. And
I saw Hellfire, parts of it consuming other parts, when you saw me
stepping backward".
al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Ibn 'Abbas the same incident, "I
saw Paradise and I tried to take a bunch of its fruit. If I had
managed to do so, you would have eaten from it until the end of time.
And I saw the Fire of Hell, and I have never seen anything so horrific
or terrifying. I saw that the majority of its inhabitants are women."
Muslim also reports from Anas that the Prophet (Saw) said, "By the One
in Whose Hand is my soul, if you had seen what I saw, you would laugh
little and cry much." They said, "What did you see, O Messenger of
Allah?", He said, "I saw Paradise and Hell".
The Prophet (saw) also ascended into jannah on the night of Mi'raj in
his 'Isra (night journey): for example
* "...I saw four rivers flowing out from beneath Sidrat al-Muntahaa,
two visible and two hidden." (Muslim, Kitaab al-Imaan, Baab al-'Israa,
1/150, no.164) * "Whilst I was walking in Paradise I saw a river whose
banks were domes of hollow pearls and I asked, "What is this, O
Jibreel?" He said, "This is al-Kawthar which your Rabb has given to
you". (from Anas ibn Maalik, Sahih al-Bukhaari, Kitaab ar-Riqaaq, Baab
fil-Hawd, Fath al-Baari, 11/464)
* al-Bukhaari and Muslim report from Jaabir that the Messenger of
Allah said, "I entered Paradise where I saw ar-Rumaysa, the wife of
Abu Talhah. And I heard footsteps and asked, "Who is that?" He
(Jibreel) said, "That is Bilaal". And I saw a palace with women in its
courtyard. I asked, "Whose is this?" They said, It is for 'Umar ibn al-
Khattab" (Mishkaat al-Masaabih, 3/226)
Imaam Ahmed, Ibn Hibbaan and al-Haakim report from Abu Hurayrah that
the Prophet (saw) said, "The children of the believers are in
Paradise, being cared for by Ibraahim (as) [and in the narration of
Abu Nu'aym, ad-Dawylami, and Ibn Asakir it adds- "and Sarah, until
they give them back to their parents on the day of Resurrection"]
al-Bukhaari and Muslim also report from 'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar (ra) that
the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "When anyone of you dies, he will
be shown his position morning and evening. If he is one of the people
of Paradise then he will be one of the people of Paradise, and if he
is one of the people of Hell, then he will be one of the people of
Hell, and he will be told, "This is your position, until Allah (swt)
resurrects you on the Day of Resurrection".
According to al-Muwatta of Imaam Maalik and as-Sunaan, Abu Dawood,
"Ka'b ibn Maalik said the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "Verily the
soul of the believer is a bird hanging on to the trees of Paradise,
until Allah Swt returns it to its body on the day of Resurrection"
This makes it clear that souls will enter Paradise before the Day of
Resurrection.
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"Allah has purchased of the believers their souls and their wealth in
return for the paradise. They fight in His cause and kill or get
killed. A promise binding on him in truth through the Torah, the
Gospel, and the Quran and who is more faithful to his covenant than
Allah ? Then rejoice in the deal which you have concluded. That is the
supreme achievement." (al-Touba 9:111)
Preparing for death
Death is a very well-known fact. It has always been indisputable. No
one has ever doubted death. although human beings rarely agree on
anything, they have never disagree on their mortality.
Death is mentioned in the Quran almost everywhere. The word "Death"
and its derivatives "die, dying, dead" is found more than 160 times in
the Quran. The Quran has put a lot of emphasis on death. Why is it
that the Quran is consistently reminding the believers about their own
mortality while they already known this fact for centuries ?? To
understand why we have to take a close look on the verses which
mention death in the Quran and reflect upon them. Let us explore some
of these verses:
"Every soul shall have a taste of death" (al-Imran 3:185)
The verse is clear and emphatic. The massage it conveys to us is: Make
no mistake about death, it is foregone conclusion. Every soul shall
taste it no matter what. Listen now to full verse:
"Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of
Judgement shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved
from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have succeeded. For the
life of this world is but goods of chattels of deception" (al-Imran
3:185)
This verse represents one of the important Tenets of Islam which is
the fact that there is another life after death. Thus, for us death is
not the end of the world it is just the start of an ever-lasting life.
The other fact in this verse also states with no uncertainty is that
the true measure of success is not in this life. Success is not having
a huge sum of money, or a large family, or a prestigious job, or an
impressive title, or a degree from a respected university, or a big
house, or a nice car, all these are nothing but goods of decepty. The
real success is to be saved from the hell fire and be admitted to
paradise. Anything short of this is a mere deception.
In another verse which conveys a similar meaning is:
"Every soul shall taste death. And We test you by evil and by good by
way of trial. To Us must you return." (al-Anbiyaa 21:36)
The message is clear, everyone will die and this life is just a
probation on this earth, our faith will be tested by many things. Some
are tested by calamities and some are tested by good things of this
life and at the end we will return to Allah so that we be appraised
according to our test results.
The whole story of each and everyone of us is best summarized in these
verses:
"We did create man from a quintessence of clay; Then We placed him as
a drop of sperm in a place of rest firmly fixed then We made the sperm
into a clot of congealed blood; Then of that clot We made a lump; Then
We made out of the lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh then We
developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah the best to
create after that, you will die. On the day of judgement you will be
raised up again." (al-Muuminun 23:12-16)
This is the history of each one of us, CREATION, LIFE, DEATH, and the
RESURRECTION. So we have to understand that our life on this earth is
just a past, actually a very small past, of the whole picture. also we
should not overestimate the value of this tiny fraction compared to
our whole existence.
There is no escape from death. Allah (SW) says:
"Wherever you are, death will find you out. Even if you are in towers
built up strong and high." (al-Nisaa 4:78)
No matter how long, one lives nothing will save him/her from death.
Strong towers won't save him. Progress of science will never overcome
death. Advanced health care systems will never overcome death. Family,
friends, money, power, prestige, all are no avail.
Listen to the following verse which describes our helplessness when
death comes:
"Why don't you intervene when the soul of the dying man reaches the
throat and you sit looking on but We are nearer to him than you are
but you do not see. Then why don't you, if you are exempt from future
account, call back the soul if you are true in your claim of
independence? If the dying man be of those nearest to Allah, there is
for him rest and satisfaction and a garden of delight. And if he be of
the companions of the right hand for him is the salutation `Peace be
unto you from the companions of the right hand' And if he be of those
who treat truth as falsehood, those who go wrong, for him is
entertainment with boiling water, and burning in hell fire. Verily
this is the truth and certainty. So celebrate with praises the name of
Thy Lord, The Supreme." (al-Waqia 56:83-96)
One also finds in the Quran many verses which adnominish the believers
about their obligations in this life before they die. Allah says:
"O you who believe fear Allah as He should be feared and die not
except in the state of Islam" (al-Imran 3:102)
Allah is commanding us not to die except as Muslims. But we are never
sure when death will come to us. Thus, we have to be Muslims all the
time. Therefore, the message is a muslim today, tomorrow and forever,
be a Muslim in faith and in your behaviour, be a Muslim in private and
in public. Be a Muslim with others and with your ownself, be a Muslim
when at ease and be a Muslim when in hardship. Always be in a state of
Islam, in a state of submission to your Allah, so that when death
comes to you will be ready.
In the same meaning is very eloquently put in the following verse:
"O you who believe let not your riches or your children divert you
from the remembrance of Allah and whoever do this the loss is their
own. And spend in charity out of the substance which we have bestowed
on you before death should come to any of you and he would say `O my
Lord why don't You give me a respite for a little while? I should then
have given largely in charity and I will be one of the doers of good.
But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed for it
has come and Allah is well-acquainted with all that you do." (al-
Munafiqun 63:9-11)
This verse is extremely important to us. It states with no uncertain
terms that there is no second chance when death comes it is over. If
you want to do good, do it now before you are dead. If you fail to be
a good Muslim in this life, you will be the eternal loser because you
will not be granted a second chance. You will not be given some extra
time and there are no exemptions.
The same meaning is emphasized in another verse:
"When death comes to one of them, he would say `O my Lord send me back
to life in order that I may work righteousness in the things I
neglected.' - `By no means! it is just a word he says.' - Before them
is a partition till the day they are raised up"(al-Muuminun
23:99-100)
It is the same warning again, Allah is reminding us watch out,
whatever good you might do it now, don't delay it, don't postpone it.
If you fail to do good now it is your mistake, you are already been
warned and all the loss will be yours.
There are numerous references to death in the Quran. The scenes of
death and the scenes of the day of judgement are plenty in the Quran.
They are almost every where. If we support that we read the Quran
everyday, which is the sunnah of the Prophet (SAW), then it is very
likely that we will read about death everyday. If we follow the
Quranic guidance by reflecting upon everything we read, then we will
end up reflecting upon death everyday. The we have to ask ourselves
why is that Allah (SW) wants us to reflect upon death everyday ? What
is the value of such constant reminder ? The fact is, remembering
death has far-reaching implications in the life of the believer.
Remembering death daily can and does transform the whole life of a
believer to the better. Death awareness helps the believer to set his/
her priorities right.
Imagine a believer who reads the Quran everyday, read and reflect upon
death and the Day of Reckoning and then act accordingly. This believer
will certainly be more altruistic, less greedy, more careful to the
needs of the poor and the needy, more helpful to weak and the
helpless, more giving in charity, more generous because simply this
believer asks himself/herself everyday the same question "Will this
money I have saved me from death ?" Will the money deliver me from
hell-fire ?" "Will greed or saving the money for myself guarantee me
the pleasure of my Lord ?" Actually, it is quite the opposite. The
more you spend for the sake of your Lord (Allah), the more you become
closer to Him. Death remembrance is the best way to become one of
those whom allah has praised in the Quran by saying:
"And those in whose wealth there is a recognized right for the needy
and the destitute and those who believe in the truth of the Day of
Judgement and those who fear the displeasure of their Lord. For their
Lord's displeasure is one against which there is no security."(al-
Maarij 70:24-28)
Death awareness does create a caring, helpful, generous believer, in
short a truly wonderful person. If death awareness is spread among a
whole community of believers, that community will be truly wonderful.
Death remembrance also does give the believer a huge spiritual boost.
The believer who is always aware of his/her own mortality will always
be in need t seek refuge with the Almighty. This kind of believer will
be very careful not to displease his Lord and if it happens that he
does something wrong he will be quick to ask for forgiveness.
repentance will become his daily practice since he remembers that
death might come to him at any time, so he is taking precautions by
being always repentant.
This mortality awareness will improve the spiritual quality of the
believer's prayers. If in your prayer you remember very well that
someday you will be a dead man, then you will truly humble yourself in
this prayer. That's why the Prophet (SAW) once advised us that at the
start of every prayer we should consider that, this prayer as our last
prayer in this life. Repentance, prayer, humbleness, self-restraint,
patience, charity, Fear of allah,and hope, all of these are the
immediate outcomes of death remembrance.
One of the most important ramifications of continuous death
remembrance is that it emboldens the believer to do JIHAD, to struggle
for the sake of Allah. For the believer he/she is always aware that he/
she will be die sooner or later. Thus he/she will be certainly prefer
an honourable death to ordinary death and the most honourable death is
to die for the cause of Islam, to be a martyr of faith. listen how
allah praises those who sacrifices their lives for His sake:
"Allah has purchased of the believers their souls and their wealth in
return for the paradise. They fight in His cause and kill or get
killed. A promise binding on him in truth through the Torah, the
Gospel, and the Quran and who is more faithful to his covenant than
Allah ? Then rejoice in the deal which you have concluded. That is the
supreme achievement." (al-Touba 9:111)
This attitude of continuous death awareness and preferring an
honourable death to any other kind of death was the root cause of all
the glories of early Islam. Those fearless companions of the Prophet
(SAW) spread Islam to the shores of the Atlantic and to the borders of
China in less than one century. They led the most impressive military
campaigns in history and their incentive was very simple: The search
of martyrdom, the most honourable death for a Muslim. Today, it is the
fear of death honourable or otherwise that is making us by far the
most humiliated nation on earth. Last Friday's massacre of the
Palestinians (February 25th, 1994) is the reminder of the humiliation.
At the core of all the ills of the Muslim World today lies this simple
fact, We, Muslims, fear death. Martyrdom is not as appealing to us as
it was to the early Muslims. We are not willing to sacrifice our
wealth and our standard of living either. The evidence to this fact is
abundant. The Muslim World has betrayed Bosnia. Muslims in the East
were not willing to sacrifice their standard of living and threaten an
oil and economic embargo against all those who help the Serbs and
those who prevent the Bosnia Muslims from defending themselves.
Muslims in the West didn't .... better, the amount of help we provided
to our Brothers and Sisters in Bosnia was just peanuts compared to the
wealth that Muslims in the West enjoy. Muslims are not willing to
sacrifice, we consider donating $ 20 "a sacrifice." Why are we not
willing to sacrifice ? The same reason, fear of death, we love life so
much, we think we will live forever. We have to understand that fear
of poverty and fear of honourable death makes cowards out of men. One
of the casualties of our fear of honourable death is that we become
afraid of saying the truth. We are now in the month of fasting. This
is the truth, but when a Muslim ruler of a Muslim country said that
fasting is an obstacle to economic development and it should be
abolished, very few objected. When a Muslim ruler described the hijab
of the women as a "filthy rug" no one objected. When another muslim
ruler said that hijab ...., an act of satan because Eve had no clothes
at all, no one objected. Actually, the only reaction to this
particular comment was a wave of applause from the audience who
happened to be members of parliament of another Muslim country ! In
Islam, keeping silence when one should protest is a sin, but why no
one protested ? because life is so dear to Muslims. Muslims assume
they will live for too long. The irony is that Muslims countries, by
and large, have the lowest life expectance rates on earth !
To sum up, I would remind myself and my dear brothers and sisters that
death is a reality and we have to always be prepared for it. Please,
don't assume that we will live for too long. we usually think that we
will live for too long especially if we are young and healthy. This is
not true. Young people die everyday and for a variety of reasons. I
myself have 2 friends who died in their twenties. One was about 24 the
other was 27 and this one was very healthy indeed. i graduated in the
class of 1986, so far I have been told of 2 the graduates of my 1986
class who already died. No one has immunity against death. No one is
too heathy to die, or too young to die or too wealthy to die or too
powerful to die or too famous to die.
The question that we should always ask ourselves is not whether we are
going to die, it is what preparations are we making to die as good
Muslims ? We should always be ready, we should always struggle to
improve ourselves until we become the best persons we can be. We
should humble ourselves in our progress. Read the Quran more and
reflect upon what we read more, we should help others, we should pay
more in charity we have to get rid of our greed and selfishness. We
have to love to others what we love to ourselves. And also we have to
sacrifice for the sake of allah by spending from our wealth, our time,
our efforts and if the need arises by our lives. We have to remember
to repent everyday and if possible during and after every prayer.
Finally, the best way to remember death is to read the Quran. We have
to read Quran everyday. This is major source of spiritual power in
Islam.
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return for the paradise. They fight in His cause and kill or get
killed. A promise binding on him in truth through the Torah, the
Gospel, and the Quran and who is more faithful to his covenant than
Allah ? Then rejoice in the deal which you have concluded. That is the
supreme achievement." (al-Touba 9:111)
Preparing for death
Death is a very well-known fact. It has always been indisputable. No
one has ever doubted death. although human beings rarely agree on
anything, they have never disagree on their mortality.
Death is mentioned in the Quran almost everywhere. The word "Death"
and its derivatives "die, dying, dead" is found more than 160 times in
the Quran. The Quran has put a lot of emphasis on death. Why is it
that the Quran is consistently reminding the believers about their own
mortality while they already known this fact for centuries ?? To
understand why we have to take a close look on the verses which
mention death in the Quran and reflect upon them. Let us explore some
of these verses:
"Every soul shall have a taste of death" (al-Imran 3:185)
The verse is clear and emphatic. The massage it conveys to us is: Make
no mistake about death, it is foregone conclusion. Every soul shall
taste it no matter what. Listen now to full verse:
"Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of
Judgement shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved
from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have succeeded. For the
life of this world is but goods of chattels of deception" (al-Imran
3:185)
This verse represents one of the important Tenets of Islam which is
the fact that there is another life after death. Thus, for us death is
not the end of the world it is just the start of an ever-lasting life.
The other fact in this verse also states with no uncertainty is that
the true measure of success is not in this life. Success is not having
a huge sum of money, or a large family, or a prestigious job, or an
impressive title, or a degree from a respected university, or a big
house, or a nice car, all these are nothing but goods of decepty. The
real success is to be saved from the hell fire and be admitted to
paradise. Anything short of this is a mere deception.
In another verse which conveys a similar meaning is:
"Every soul shall taste death. And We test you by evil and by good by
way of trial. To Us must you return." (al-Anbiyaa 21:36)
The message is clear, everyone will die and this life is just a
probation on this earth, our faith will be tested by many things. Some
are tested by calamities and some are tested by good things of this
life and at the end we will return to Allah so that we be appraised
according to our test results.
The whole story of each and everyone of us is best summarized in these
verses:
"We did create man from a quintessence of clay; Then We placed him as
a drop of sperm in a place of rest firmly fixed then We made the sperm
into a clot of congealed blood; Then of that clot We made a lump; Then
We made out of the lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh then We
developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah the best to
create after that, you will die. On the day of judgement you will be
raised up again." (al-Muuminun 23:12-16)
This is the history of each one of us, CREATION, LIFE, DEATH, and the
RESURRECTION. So we have to understand that our life on this earth is
just a past, actually a very small past, of the whole picture. also we
should not overestimate the value of this tiny fraction compared to
our whole existence.
There is no escape from death. Allah (SW) says:
"Wherever you are, death will find you out. Even if you are in towers
built up strong and high." (al-Nisaa 4:78)
No matter how long, one lives nothing will save him/her from death.
Strong towers won't save him. Progress of science will never overcome
death. Advanced health care systems will never overcome death. Family,
friends, money, power, prestige, all are no avail.
Listen to the following verse which describes our helplessness when
death comes:
"Why don't you intervene when the soul of the dying man reaches the
throat and you sit looking on but We are nearer to him than you are
but you do not see. Then why don't you, if you are exempt from future
account, call back the soul if you are true in your claim of
independence? If the dying man be of those nearest to Allah, there is
for him rest and satisfaction and a garden of delight. And if he be of
the companions of the right hand for him is the salutation `Peace be
unto you from the companions of the right hand' And if he be of those
who treat truth as falsehood, those who go wrong, for him is
entertainment with boiling water, and burning in hell fire. Verily
this is the truth and certainty. So celebrate with praises the name of
Thy Lord, The Supreme." (al-Waqia 56:83-96)
One also finds in the Quran many verses which adnominish the believers
about their obligations in this life before they die. Allah says:
"O you who believe fear Allah as He should be feared and die not
except in the state of Islam" (al-Imran 3:102)
Allah is commanding us not to die except as Muslims. But we are never
sure when death will come to us. Thus, we have to be Muslims all the
time. Therefore, the message is a muslim today, tomorrow and forever,
be a Muslim in faith and in your behaviour, be a Muslim in private and
in public. Be a Muslim with others and with your ownself, be a Muslim
when at ease and be a Muslim when in hardship. Always be in a state of
Islam, in a state of submission to your Allah, so that when death
comes to you will be ready.
In the same meaning is very eloquently put in the following verse:
"O you who believe let not your riches or your children divert you
from the remembrance of Allah and whoever do this the loss is their
own. And spend in charity out of the substance which we have bestowed
on you before death should come to any of you and he would say `O my
Lord why don't You give me a respite for a little while? I should then
have given largely in charity and I will be one of the doers of good.
But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed for it
has come and Allah is well-acquainted with all that you do." (al-
Munafiqun 63:9-11)
This verse is extremely important to us. It states with no uncertain
terms that there is no second chance when death comes it is over. If
you want to do good, do it now before you are dead. If you fail to be
a good Muslim in this life, you will be the eternal loser because you
will not be granted a second chance. You will not be given some extra
time and there are no exemptions.
The same meaning is emphasized in another verse:
"When death comes to one of them, he would say `O my Lord send me back
to life in order that I may work righteousness in the things I
neglected.' - `By no means! it is just a word he says.' - Before them
is a partition till the day they are raised up"(al-Muuminun
23:99-100)
It is the same warning again, Allah is reminding us watch out,
whatever good you might do it now, don't delay it, don't postpone it.
If you fail to do good now it is your mistake, you are already been
warned and all the loss will be yours.
There are numerous references to death in the Quran. The scenes of
death and the scenes of the day of judgement are plenty in the Quran.
They are almost every where. If we support that we read the Quran
everyday, which is the sunnah of the Prophet (SAW), then it is very
likely that we will read about death everyday. If we follow the
Quranic guidance by reflecting upon everything we read, then we will
end up reflecting upon death everyday. The we have to ask ourselves
why is that Allah (SW) wants us to reflect upon death everyday ? What
is the value of such constant reminder ? The fact is, remembering
death has far-reaching implications in the life of the believer.
Remembering death daily can and does transform the whole life of a
believer to the better. Death awareness helps the believer to set his/
her priorities right.
Imagine a believer who reads the Quran everyday, read and reflect upon
death and the Day of Reckoning and then act accordingly. This believer
will certainly be more altruistic, less greedy, more careful to the
needs of the poor and the needy, more helpful to weak and the
helpless, more giving in charity, more generous because simply this
believer asks himself/herself everyday the same question "Will this
money I have saved me from death ?" Will the money deliver me from
hell-fire ?" "Will greed or saving the money for myself guarantee me
the pleasure of my Lord ?" Actually, it is quite the opposite. The
more you spend for the sake of your Lord (Allah), the more you become
closer to Him. Death remembrance is the best way to become one of
those whom allah has praised in the Quran by saying:
"And those in whose wealth there is a recognized right for the needy
and the destitute and those who believe in the truth of the Day of
Judgement and those who fear the displeasure of their Lord. For their
Lord's displeasure is one against which there is no security."(al-
Maarij 70:24-28)
Death awareness does create a caring, helpful, generous believer, in
short a truly wonderful person. If death awareness is spread among a
whole community of believers, that community will be truly wonderful.
Death remembrance also does give the believer a huge spiritual boost.
The believer who is always aware of his/her own mortality will always
be in need t seek refuge with the Almighty. This kind of believer will
be very careful not to displease his Lord and if it happens that he
does something wrong he will be quick to ask for forgiveness.
repentance will become his daily practice since he remembers that
death might come to him at any time, so he is taking precautions by
being always repentant.
This mortality awareness will improve the spiritual quality of the
believer's prayers. If in your prayer you remember very well that
someday you will be a dead man, then you will truly humble yourself in
this prayer. That's why the Prophet (SAW) once advised us that at the
start of every prayer we should consider that, this prayer as our last
prayer in this life. Repentance, prayer, humbleness, self-restraint,
patience, charity, Fear of allah,and hope, all of these are the
immediate outcomes of death remembrance.
One of the most important ramifications of continuous death
remembrance is that it emboldens the believer to do JIHAD, to struggle
for the sake of Allah. For the believer he/she is always aware that he/
she will be die sooner or later. Thus he/she will be certainly prefer
an honourable death to ordinary death and the most honourable death is
to die for the cause of Islam, to be a martyr of faith. listen how
allah praises those who sacrifices their lives for His sake:
"Allah has purchased of the believers their souls and their wealth in
return for the paradise. They fight in His cause and kill or get
killed. A promise binding on him in truth through the Torah, the
Gospel, and the Quran and who is more faithful to his covenant than
Allah ? Then rejoice in the deal which you have concluded. That is the
supreme achievement." (al-Touba 9:111)
This attitude of continuous death awareness and preferring an
honourable death to any other kind of death was the root cause of all
the glories of early Islam. Those fearless companions of the Prophet
(SAW) spread Islam to the shores of the Atlantic and to the borders of
China in less than one century. They led the most impressive military
campaigns in history and their incentive was very simple: The search
of martyrdom, the most honourable death for a Muslim. Today, it is the
fear of death honourable or otherwise that is making us by far the
most humiliated nation on earth. Last Friday's massacre of the
Palestinians (February 25th, 1994) is the reminder of the humiliation.
At the core of all the ills of the Muslim World today lies this simple
fact, We, Muslims, fear death. Martyrdom is not as appealing to us as
it was to the early Muslims. We are not willing to sacrifice our
wealth and our standard of living either. The evidence to this fact is
abundant. The Muslim World has betrayed Bosnia. Muslims in the East
were not willing to sacrifice their standard of living and threaten an
oil and economic embargo against all those who help the Serbs and
those who prevent the Bosnia Muslims from defending themselves.
Muslims in the West didn't .... better, the amount of help we provided
to our Brothers and Sisters in Bosnia was just peanuts compared to the
wealth that Muslims in the West enjoy. Muslims are not willing to
sacrifice, we consider donating $ 20 "a sacrifice." Why are we not
willing to sacrifice ? The same reason, fear of death, we love life so
much, we think we will live forever. We have to understand that fear
of poverty and fear of honourable death makes cowards out of men. One
of the casualties of our fear of honourable death is that we become
afraid of saying the truth. We are now in the month of fasting. This
is the truth, but when a Muslim ruler of a Muslim country said that
fasting is an obstacle to economic development and it should be
abolished, very few objected. When a Muslim ruler described the hijab
of the women as a "filthy rug" no one objected. When another muslim
ruler said that hijab ...., an act of satan because Eve had no clothes
at all, no one objected. Actually, the only reaction to this
particular comment was a wave of applause from the audience who
happened to be members of parliament of another Muslim country ! In
Islam, keeping silence when one should protest is a sin, but why no
one protested ? because life is so dear to Muslims. Muslims assume
they will live for too long. The irony is that Muslims countries, by
and large, have the lowest life expectance rates on earth !
To sum up, I would remind myself and my dear brothers and sisters that
death is a reality and we have to always be prepared for it. Please,
don't assume that we will live for too long. we usually think that we
will live for too long especially if we are young and healthy. This is
not true. Young people die everyday and for a variety of reasons. I
myself have 2 friends who died in their twenties. One was about 24 the
other was 27 and this one was very healthy indeed. i graduated in the
class of 1986, so far I have been told of 2 the graduates of my 1986
class who already died. No one has immunity against death. No one is
too heathy to die, or too young to die or too wealthy to die or too
powerful to die or too famous to die.
The question that we should always ask ourselves is not whether we are
going to die, it is what preparations are we making to die as good
Muslims ? We should always be ready, we should always struggle to
improve ourselves until we become the best persons we can be. We
should humble ourselves in our progress. Read the Quran more and
reflect upon what we read more, we should help others, we should pay
more in charity we have to get rid of our greed and selfishness. We
have to love to others what we love to ourselves. And also we have to
sacrifice for the sake of allah by spending from our wealth, our time,
our efforts and if the need arises by our lives. We have to remember
to repent everyday and if possible during and after every prayer.
Finally, the best way to remember death is to read the Quran. We have
to read Quran everyday. This is major source of spiritual power in
Islam.
Author Sherif Mohammed
uNmaivirumbi
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On May 24, 4:04 am, arah <arah1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Where you think your next destination Heaven or Hell?
Dont try this scare tactic, mullah arah. Mullahs try to scare people
> Where you think your next destination Heaven or Hell?
into submission. This wont work with Hindus
I want to go to hell so I can see Mohammad there and slap him around,
then will go to heaven for a while and see some good people.
Then will pray to God and express my devotion and want to be with Him.
If He wants to send me back to earth, I will obey His commands !
arah
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Nothing prevents people from believing when guidance comes to them but
the fact that they say, "Has Allah sent a human being as
Messenger?" (Surat al-Isra´, 94)
He said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you
to?" He [Iblis] replied, "I am better than him. You created me from
fire, and You created him from clay." (Surat al-A`raf, 12)
The Sworn Enemy Of Mankind
Whoever you may be, there is an enemy who is a devoted threat to you,
who wishes for you eternal torment, having dedicated his whole
existence to that end. That enemy is Satan. That is, Satan whom Allah
cursed and expelled from His presence.
He has been in existence throughout human history. Millions who lived
and died have succumbed to his wiles and been thrown into the flames,
and continue to do so. He makes no distinctions among his victims:
young or old, male or female, a head of state or beggar... He is
against all human beings.
He is watching from afar and hatching his plots, even as you are
reading this text. He has but one desire: to lure you, and as many
people as possible, to Hell.
For him to succeed in his aim, it is not necessary that he succeed in
tempting people to worship him, or to engage in outrageous acts of
perversions. Neither does he necessarily wish to lead people to deny
Allah. He himself has not done so. His only wish is to keep human
beings away from the truth of the religion of Allah, as espoused in
the Qur'an; to prevent them from worshipping Allah sincerely; and, as
a result, to ensure they will ultimately have been doomed to eternal
torment. Even, at times, by employing the guise of piety, he will make
reference to the name of Allah, that he may lead people astray from
the truth of the religion. That ruse alone is sufficient for him to
drag people with him into the pit of Hell. And, no matter what means
he employs, that is the inevitable end for those who choose to follow
him:
It is written of him that if anyone takes him as a confidant, he will
mislead him and guide him to the punishment of the Searing Blaze.
(Surat al-Hajj, 4)
Iblis' Rebellion Against Allah
In the Qur'an, "Satan" is the term applied to those beings who will
strive until the Last Day to divert mankind from the path of Allah.
The ancestor of all these satans is Iblis, the one who originally
rebelled against Allah, at the time of the creation of the Prophet
Adam (as).
According to the Qur'an, when Allah had created the Prophet Adam (as),
he commanded the angels to prostrate themselves before him. Iblis,
though, who was one of the jinn, refused to bow before Adam (as).
Rather, he insisted that he was superior to this human being, a
disobedience and great insolence for which he was finally expelled
from the presence of Allah.*
However, before departing from Allah's presence, he requested a
respite, a period of time in which he could lead human beings astray,
into error as he was himself. Thus, Allah allotted him the time until
the Day of Judgment to pursue his plot. It was then that his war
against mankind began. Allah related these developments in the Qur'an
as follows:
We created you and then formed you and then We said to the angels,
"Prostrate before Adam," and they prostrated—except for Iblis. He was
not among those who prostrated.
[Allah] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded
you to?" He [Iblis] replied, "I am better than him. You created me
from fire and You created him from clay."
He [Allah] said, "Descend from Heaven. It is not for you to be
arrogant in it. So get out! You are one of the abased."
He [Iblis] said, "Grant me a reprieve until the day they are raised
up."
He [Allah] said, "You are one of the reprieved."
He [Iblis] said, "By Your misguidance of me, I will lie in ambush for
them on your straight path."
[Iblis said,] "Then I will come at them, from in front of them and
behind them, from their right and from their left. You will not find
most of them thankful."
He [Allah] said, "Get out of it, reviled and driven out. As for those
of them who follow you, I will fill up Hell with every one of
you." (Surat al-A`raf, 11-18)
Therefore, after having been expelled from Allah's presence, Iblis
entered upon his struggle. He insinuated himself among humanity that
he might deceive them and cause them to go astray. His first ruse was
to mislead the Prophet Adam (as) and his wife, then abiding in
Paradise, succeeding in tempting them to rebel against Allah. This
occurrence, at the dawn of human history, is here described in the
Qur'an:
[Allah said,] "Adam, live in the Garden, you and your wife, and eat of
it wherever you like. But do not go near this tree lest you become
wrongdoers."
Then Satan whispered to them, disclosing to them their private parts
that had been concealed from them. He said, "Your Lord has only
forbidden you this tree that you not become like the angels or achieve
immortality."
He [Satan] swore to them, "I am a sincere counselor to you."
So he enticed them to commit the act by means of deception. Then, when
they tasted of the tree, their private parts were disclosed to them,
and they began to stitch together leaves of the Garden that they may
cover themselves. Their Lord called out to them, "Did I not forbid you
this tree and say to you, 'Satan is an avowed enemy to you?' "
They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If you do not forgive
us and have mercy on us, we will be among the deceived."
He said, "Go out from here as enemies to each other! You will live on
Earth and have enjoyment for a time."
He said, "On it you will live, and on it die, and from it you will be
brought forth." (Surat al-A`raf, 19-25)
The Prophet Adam (as) had repented to Allah and was forgiven by Him.
Nevertheless, Iblis continued with his war on humanity. As is revealed
in the Qur'an, in Surat al-Ma´ida, Satan also deceived one of the
Prophet Adam's (as) two sons, causing him to kill his brother. (Surat
al-Ma´ida, 27)
From that time onward, Iblis has deceived a great many people, luring
them into his ranks. He has also many supporters from among jinn. The
jinn who followed him have also set out, as he, to insinuate
themselves among humans, in order to lead them astray and to cause
doubt in their hearts (Surat an-Nas, 4). These jinns, as well as the
human beings who also follow Iblis, have given him the title "Satan."
(The root of the Arabic word "Shaytan" means, "to be far removed," and
is a title for every impetuous and rebellious creature who has been
expelled from the presence of Allah.)
For that reason, "Satan," mankind's worst enemy, is rather a legion of
jinns and human beings, under the leadership of Iblis. These jinns and
human beings seek to cause humanity to stray onto that path they
themselves have strayed onto, the path of Iblis. Because the jinns
among the satans are invisible, they can approach humans without their
being aware of it, and place thoughts in their minds that may cause
them to turn from the path of truth. Human satans, on the other hand,
move about openly among the people, fomenting suggestions with the
intent of leading them into error. Moreover, as such a person may be
one regarded as a close personal friend, he may also be a "man of
ideas," widely respected in society. Believers are taught the
following prayer in the Qur'an, to protect them from this danger:
Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind,
The King of mankind, the God of mankind,
From the evil of the insidious whisperer
who whispers in people's breasts, from among the jinn and
mankind." (Surat an-Nas, 1-6)
Because Satan is a foe with the ability to approach man so
deceptively, all need to take especial care in order to avoid him. The
first precondition in this regard is to acknowledge Satan's existence.
Once this point is recognized, we can then consider Satan's purpose to
be founded on the most peculiar and incongruent form of logic. At the
root of his logic, subsequently employed by all those who follow in
his footsteps, is pride and arrogance.
Satan's Peculiar Logic
The reason for Iblis' rebellion against Allah is set out in the Qur'an
with the following account:
He said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you
to?" He [Iblis] replied, "I am better than him. You created me from
fire, and You created him from clay." (Surat al-A`raf, 12)
Iblis refused to bow before a human being because he regarded himself
as superior. However, the premise on which he bases that rejection is
unfounded, and refers to superficial criteria. He maintains that he
was created from fire, while man is from clay, implying that the
former is superior in substance to the latter. In other words, the
entire basis of his arrogance is founded on the supposed physical
difference in composition between the two substances. The fact is,
however, that Allah created both man and Iblis, whatever the material.
It is completely irrational, and astounding impudence, that a created
being would rebel against the command of its Creator, by claiming the
substance from which it was created to be superior to another, though
also created by the same Creator. However, the extreme envy Iblis felt
towards man, as well as the false sense of his own superiority,
prevented him from perceiving that fact, causing him to rebel against
Allah's command, for having insisted on a mere physical difference.
Iblis' errant notions can be further discerned from other portions of
the Qur'an, where he is referred to as regarding himself special and
superior:
He said, "I will not bow before a human being whom You have created
out of dried clay formed from putrid black mud." (Surat al-Hijr, 33)
Iblis does not deny that Allah created him. That is not the cause of
his rebellion. On the contrary, he himself admits that it was Allah
Who had created him. However, by insisting instead, "I am imbued with
greater potential than a human being; you created me from fire and him
from mud," he is afflicted, clearly, with pride. There is absolutely
nothing logical in his rebellious stance before Allah.
When We said to the angels, "Bow before Adam!" they all bowed, except
Iblis. He said "What! Am I to prostrate to one You have created out of
clay?" (Surat al-Isra´, 61)
The last verse clearly shows Iblis' impudence and delusion. The
elevation of the Prophet Adam (as)'s status, by which Iblis considered
himself slighted, because of not wanting to humble himself before any
other, led him to this terrible jealousy. Thus he became disobedient
towards Allah:
He said, "Iblis, what prevented you prostrating to what I created with
My own Hands? Were you overcome by arrogance or are you one of the
exalted?"
He [Satan] said, "I am better than he. You created me from fire, but
You created him from clay." (Surah Sad, 75-76)
The evil considerations behind Iblis' refusal to bow before the
Prophet Adam (as) is also observable among all those who refuse to
accept the word of Allah, in other words, among the human satans.
These are people who have rejected the prophets, humans just like
themselves, though messengers of Allah. They insisted instead that
there ought to be some superiority evident in anyone they should
receive as a messenger of Allah, claiming such superiority needed to
be based on political or material power. An example of such demands
can be found among the unbelievers from the time of the Prophet
Muhammad (saas). According to the Qur'an:
They say, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to one of the more
powerful men from the two cities?" (Surat az-Zukhruf, 31)
Alternatively, unbelievers also demanded to witness proof of
supernatural power through some miracle in order to believe in the
messenger. Several examples of such demands are related in the
Qur'an:
They say, "We will not believe you until you make a spring gush out
from the earth for us; or have a garden of dates and grapes which you
make rivers come pouring through. Or make the sky, as you claim, fall
down on us in lumps; or bring Allah and the angels here as a
guarantee; or possess a house built out of gleaming gold; or ascend up
into heaven—and even then we will not believe in your ascent unless
you bring us down a book to read!"
Say: "Glory be to my Lord! Am I anything but a human
messenger?" (Surat al-Isra´, 90-93)
This is a point those who opposed the messengers and waged war against
them were unable to accept. Unbelievers are unable to accept a normal
human being like themselves as having been imparted the role of
messenger. This envy and haughty rebellion is founded on the same
perverted belief as Iblis' when he refused to prostrate himself before
the Prophet Adam (as). The following verse refers to the way in which
most people have been unable to find the path to salvation, for just
that reason:
Nothing prevents people from believing when guidance comes to them but
the fact that they say, "Has Allah sent a human being as
Messenger?" (Surat al-Isra´, 94)
A curious enigma governs Iblis' rebellion. Iblis is an entity
possessed of knowledge, having himself witnessed to the existence of
Allah. He has knowledge of the angels, and is cognizant of man's
creation. He is also aware of Allah's greatness and might, as well as
of the torment of Hell. The mystery of the illogic of Iblis, and of
all those who follow him, is in their propensity to oppose the
commandments of Allah, thereby becoming unbelievers, despite first-
hand knowledge of the existence and oneness of Allah. This is a most
puzzling phenomenon. With such knowledge available, Iblis should have
been of the most profound faith. His degree of awareness should lead
him to be eternally obedient and reverent to Allah. Yet, Iblis
embarked on a course of action that not even the person least aware of
such facts would have been courageous enough to do.
The mystery of Iblis' irrationality does not end there. Despite
committing a sin so great as to incite others to deny Allah, he
nevertheless admits to fearing Him. This indicates a particularly
diseased pattern of thought:
They are like Satan when he says to a human being, "Disbelieve," and
then when he disbelieves, says, "I wash my hands of you. Truly I fear
Allah, the Lord of all the worlds." (Surat al-Hashr, 16)
Another verse reveals that, after Satan had incited the unbelievers
against the believers, he then abandoned them, then confessing to his
fear of Allah:
When Satan made their actions appear good to them, saying, "No one
will overcome you today for I am at your side." But when the two
parties came in sight of one another, he turned right round on his
heels saying, "I wash my hands of you. I see what you do not see. I
fear Allah. Allah is severe in retribution." (Surat al-Anfal, 48)
On the one hand, Iblis admits to the existence of Allah, and to His
infinite might and wisdom, yet, on the other, knowingly rebels against
Him, being an extreme contradiction.
Similarly, all who reject the commandments of Allah, as revealed in
the Qur'an, interpreting His commands according to his personal
desires, or seeks to demonstrate that the divine law is invalid, is
guilty of the same error as Iblis. Like Iblis, they are aware of the
existence of Allah, but fall into exactly the same failure of logic as
he.
Due to his disobedience, Iblis was disgraced and ultimately expelled
from his place in the presence of Allah. Iblis, who rebelled out of
pride and arrogance, was humiliated in a way so distasteful to his
character. Therefore, before leaving Allah's presence, he requests
Allah to be allotted a specific a period of time. He does not demand
such a period that he may seek Allah's forgiveness, to turn back
towards Him and express his repentance. Rather, his aim is to
ignorantly seek retribution by dragging as many as he can into the
same humiliation.
Thus it was that Satan's animosity and war against mankind was
incepted. However, it must not be forgotten that Allah created Satan,
with all these propensities, and that he is a factor under our Lord's
command. Satan is only able to carry out all that he does by the
permission of Allah. Due this same fact, though, Satan is at times
able to influence a great majority of human beings. Yet, he can do
nothing without Allah's leave. The period of time requested by Satan,
that is, the respite granted by Allah, is related as follows in the
Qur'an:
"He [Satan] said, "My Lord, grant me a reprieve until the Day they are
raised again." He [Allah] said, "You are among the reprieved." (Surat
al-Hijr, 36-37)
In another verse, the respite accorded to Satan is described as
follows:
He [Satan] said, "Do you see this creature you have honored over me?
If You reprieve me till the Day of Rising, I will be the master of his
descendants except for a very few."
He [Allah] said, "Go! And as for any who follow you, your repayment is
Hell, repayment in full!" (Surat al-Isra´, 62-63)
As can be discerned from these verses, Satan acts under within the
confines of the will of Allah. He is aware that Allah is the Lord of
the Worlds. Indeed, while declaring that he will insinuate suggestions
into human beings, Satan swears on the greatness of Allah:
He [Satan] said, "By Your might, I will mislead all of them." (Surah
Sad, 82)
Before expelling Satan from His presence, Allah announced the
following:
"Stir up any of them you can with your voice and rally against them
your cavalry and your infantry and share with them in their children
and their wealth and make them promises! The promise of Satan is
nothing but delusion." (Surat al-Isra´, 64)
In the pages that follow, we shall examine the tactics which, by
Allah's permission, Satan employs. However, there is one key point
which ought not to be forgotten:
Satan has no power beyond that granted to him by Allah. Satan's
function is to be a means whereby human beings destined for Hell end
up in the place appointed for them. Those who follow Satan are
unworthy of Allah's Paradise, being morally lower even than animals.
Allah reveals this truth in the verses of His Book:
We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts
they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they
are even further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-A`raf, 179)
In addition, Satan has no influence over those devout servants of
Allah. Because Allah prevents it, Satan's influence is incapable of
diverting believers from the true path. Allah protects those of His
servants who devote themselves to Him, and who do not deify others
besides Him, from the perverting effects of Satan.
He [Satan] has no authority over those who believe and put their trust
in their Lord. (Surat an-Nahl, 99)
In conclusion, like all other beings, Satan has been charged with a
role by Allah. That role is to be a means by which the believers, whom
Allah has created for His Paradise, and others, created for Hell, may
be distinguished from each another. Therefore, this means serves as a
purging. Those with diseased or corrupt hearts are kept from or
separated from the believers, by means of Satan. A verse of the Qur'an
has revealed that Satan's influence will effect only the following
sort of people:
[It is] so that He can make what Satan insinuates a trial for those
with sickness in their hearts and for those whose hearts are hard—the
wrongdoers are entrenched in hostility. (Surat al-Hajj, 53)
Furthermore, the difficulties which Satan seeks to inflict upon
believers also offer an opportunity by which they may draw closer to
Allah in this world, and increase their faith:
And [it is] so that those who have been given knowledge will know it
is the truth from their Lord and believe in it and their hearts will
be humbled to Him. Allah guides those who believe to a straight path.
(Surat al-Hajj, 54)
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On May 23, 4:20 pm, arah <arah1...@gmail.com> wrote:
We spent last two years of research on all these things -- and I can
scientifically prove to you - what happened- why it happened - step by
step.
If I answer the questions about Lord Ganesh -- are you going to
change back to Hinduism?
arah
May 27, 2012, 1:05:18 AM5/27/12
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Great!!!.
It took two years to research about Ganesh?
Please share or sent to arah1650 at gmail.com
arah
May 27, 2012, 5:46:49 AM5/27/12
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“(Satan) said: ‘See You this one whom You have honored above me? If
You will but grant me respite to the Day of Judgment, I will surely
bring his descendants under my sway – all but a few!’ ” [Sûrah al-
Isrâ’: 62]
When Allah created Adam and breathed into him his spirit, He commanded
the angels to prostrate themselves before him. Satan, who was not an
angel but from the Jinn, was in their company, had been worshipping
Allah along with them.
Allah addresses Satan as well as the angels with His command because
Satan was in the company of the angels and was behaving like them.
However, when they were all commanded to prostrate before Adam, Satan
refused and was cursed.
Allah says: “And remember when we said to the angels: ‘Prostrate
before Adam’ and they all prostrated except for Satan. He refused and
was haughty and was one of the unbelievers.” [Sûrah al-Baqarah: 34]
Allah also says: “And remember when we said to the angels: ‘Prostrate
before Adam’ and they all prostrated except for Satan. He was one of
the Jinn and disobeyed the command of his Lord.” [Sûrah al-Kahf: 50]
The reason he refused to bow before Adam was because of his pride,
envy, and rancor. His punishment was to be cursed and banished from
Allah’s mercy. However, this filthy creature grew in his hatred of
Adam and Adam’s progeny and requested from Allah to grant him respite
until the Day of Resurrection. This Allah granted him.
What Satan said next is related in the Qurân: “He said: ‘Because You
have thrown me out of the way, I will lie in wait for them on Your
straight way. Then will I assault them from before them and behind
them, from their right and their left. You will find most of them to
be ungrateful.’” [Sûrah al-A`râf: 16-17]
That is how Satan swore he would lead Allah’s servants from the
progeny of Adam astray. He would take them off the path of truth and
salvation. He would cause them to abandon the worship of Allah or
bring them to polytheism. He would lead them to any path that would
cut them off from all that is good and enamor them of all that is
evil.
Allah also relates to us the following words of Satan:
“(Satan) said: ‘O my Lord! Because You have put me in the wrong, I
will make wrong fair-seeming to them on the Earth, and I will put them
all in the wrong except Your servants among them, sincere and
purified.’ ” [Sûrah al-Hijr: 39-40]
“(Satan) said: ‘See You this one whom You have honored above me? If
You will but grant me respite to the Day of Judgment, I will surely
bring his descendants under my sway – all but a few!’ ” [Sûrah al-
Isrâ’: 62]
Satan, with his deceptions and whisperings, is still relentlessly
pursuing Adam’s descendants. He caused Adam to fall from Paradise. He
first caused Adam’s son to kill his brother. This was not enough for
him. As the ages went by and the descendants of Adam became more
distanced in time from their father and prophet, Satan made idolatry
fair seeming to them. He deceived them and achieved his aim.
This first happened to the people of Noah who were idol worshippers.
They worshipped Widd, Siwâ`, Yaghûth, Ya`ûq, and Nasr. These names
originally belonged to righteous people among their forefathers. When
they had died, Satan inspired the people to erect statues in their
honor. They did this but refrained from worshiping them. When that
generation passed away and knowledge dwindled, Satan got their
descendants to worship those statues. [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (6/73) as
related from Ibn `Abbâs]
Ibn Jarîr al-Tabarî, in his commentary of the Qur’ân, relates the
following from Muhammad b. Qays [Tafsîr al-Tabarî (23/639)]:
They were righteous people from the progeny of Adam (peace be upon
him). They had followers who emulated them. When they died, their
followers said: “If we make likenesses of them, it will be a reminder
to us and make us more earnest in our worship.” So they made statues
commemorating them.
Then, when that generation had died, Satan came to those who came
after them and informed them that their forefathers used to worship
those statues and through them the rains were brought forth. So people
began worshipping the statues.
This is how idolatry got started. Satan beguiled the people into
worshipping idols.
However, Allah in his knowledge, wisdom, and mercy, did not leave his
servants to be Satan’s victims. He sent Messengers to clarify to them
the true faith and to warn them against idolatry. Allah did this as a
mercy to His servants and in order to establish the proof against them
“so that he who would perish might perish by clear proof, and he who
would live might live by clear proof.” [Sûrah al-Anfâl: 42]
Allah describes his Messengers as: “bringers of glad tidings and
warnings, in order that humanity might have no argument against Allah
after the Messengers. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.” [Sûrah al-Nisâ’:
165]
Allah also says: “We send not the Messengers save as bearers of good
news and of warnings. Whoever believes and does right, they shall have
no fear upon them nor shall they grieve. But as for those who deny Our
revelations, torment will afflict them for that they used to
disobey.” [Sûrah al-An`âm: 48-49]
Ibn Mas`ûd relates that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
“No one is more jealous than Allah. This is why he forbids all
licentious acts, both visible and hidden. And no one loves extolment
more than Allah and that is why Allah extols Himself. This is why he
revealed His book and sent His Messengers.”[Sahîh Muslim (4/2114 and
4/2114)]
Sa`d b. `Ubâdah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “No
one is more fond of accepting an excuse than Allah. This is why He
sent the Messengers as givers of glad tidings and as warners.” [Sahîh
al-Bukhârî (8/174) and Sahîh Muslim (2/1136)]
So Allah sent His Messengers to establish the proof to all of His
Creation and to give the opportunity for excuses. The Message that He
sent with them is one of His great blessings to humanity. Our need for
this Message is truly our most dire need. It is greater than our need
for food, drink, and medicine. Death is the worst thing that can
befall us if we are deprived of our worldly sustenance. The Message,
on the other hand, is what we need to rectify both our worldly lives
and our eternal lives in the Hereafter.
There can be no good for us in the Hereafter except by following
Allah’s Message, and likewise nothing in our worldly lives can be
deemed good unless we do so.
Did the Vedas said anything about Satan?
Hope uNmaivirumbi,fannaba and Jai maharaj can check the Vedas.
You will but grant me respite to the Day of Judgment, I will surely
bring his descendants under my sway – all but a few!’ ” [Sûrah al-
Isrâ’: 62]
When Allah created Adam and breathed into him his spirit, He commanded
the angels to prostrate themselves before him. Satan, who was not an
angel but from the Jinn, was in their company, had been worshipping
Allah along with them.
Allah addresses Satan as well as the angels with His command because
Satan was in the company of the angels and was behaving like them.
However, when they were all commanded to prostrate before Adam, Satan
refused and was cursed.
Allah says: “And remember when we said to the angels: ‘Prostrate
before Adam’ and they all prostrated except for Satan. He refused and
was haughty and was one of the unbelievers.” [Sûrah al-Baqarah: 34]
Allah also says: “And remember when we said to the angels: ‘Prostrate
before Adam’ and they all prostrated except for Satan. He was one of
the Jinn and disobeyed the command of his Lord.” [Sûrah al-Kahf: 50]
The reason he refused to bow before Adam was because of his pride,
envy, and rancor. His punishment was to be cursed and banished from
Allah’s mercy. However, this filthy creature grew in his hatred of
Adam and Adam’s progeny and requested from Allah to grant him respite
until the Day of Resurrection. This Allah granted him.
What Satan said next is related in the Qurân: “He said: ‘Because You
have thrown me out of the way, I will lie in wait for them on Your
straight way. Then will I assault them from before them and behind
them, from their right and their left. You will find most of them to
be ungrateful.’” [Sûrah al-A`râf: 16-17]
That is how Satan swore he would lead Allah’s servants from the
progeny of Adam astray. He would take them off the path of truth and
salvation. He would cause them to abandon the worship of Allah or
bring them to polytheism. He would lead them to any path that would
cut them off from all that is good and enamor them of all that is
evil.
Allah also relates to us the following words of Satan:
“(Satan) said: ‘O my Lord! Because You have put me in the wrong, I
will make wrong fair-seeming to them on the Earth, and I will put them
all in the wrong except Your servants among them, sincere and
purified.’ ” [Sûrah al-Hijr: 39-40]
“(Satan) said: ‘See You this one whom You have honored above me? If
You will but grant me respite to the Day of Judgment, I will surely
bring his descendants under my sway – all but a few!’ ” [Sûrah al-
Isrâ’: 62]
Satan, with his deceptions and whisperings, is still relentlessly
pursuing Adam’s descendants. He caused Adam to fall from Paradise. He
first caused Adam’s son to kill his brother. This was not enough for
him. As the ages went by and the descendants of Adam became more
distanced in time from their father and prophet, Satan made idolatry
fair seeming to them. He deceived them and achieved his aim.
This first happened to the people of Noah who were idol worshippers.
They worshipped Widd, Siwâ`, Yaghûth, Ya`ûq, and Nasr. These names
originally belonged to righteous people among their forefathers. When
they had died, Satan inspired the people to erect statues in their
honor. They did this but refrained from worshiping them. When that
generation passed away and knowledge dwindled, Satan got their
descendants to worship those statues. [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (6/73) as
related from Ibn `Abbâs]
Ibn Jarîr al-Tabarî, in his commentary of the Qur’ân, relates the
following from Muhammad b. Qays [Tafsîr al-Tabarî (23/639)]:
They were righteous people from the progeny of Adam (peace be upon
him). They had followers who emulated them. When they died, their
followers said: “If we make likenesses of them, it will be a reminder
to us and make us more earnest in our worship.” So they made statues
commemorating them.
Then, when that generation had died, Satan came to those who came
after them and informed them that their forefathers used to worship
those statues and through them the rains were brought forth. So people
began worshipping the statues.
This is how idolatry got started. Satan beguiled the people into
worshipping idols.
However, Allah in his knowledge, wisdom, and mercy, did not leave his
servants to be Satan’s victims. He sent Messengers to clarify to them
the true faith and to warn them against idolatry. Allah did this as a
mercy to His servants and in order to establish the proof against them
“so that he who would perish might perish by clear proof, and he who
would live might live by clear proof.” [Sûrah al-Anfâl: 42]
Allah describes his Messengers as: “bringers of glad tidings and
warnings, in order that humanity might have no argument against Allah
after the Messengers. Allah was ever Mighty, Wise.” [Sûrah al-Nisâ’:
165]
Allah also says: “We send not the Messengers save as bearers of good
news and of warnings. Whoever believes and does right, they shall have
no fear upon them nor shall they grieve. But as for those who deny Our
revelations, torment will afflict them for that they used to
disobey.” [Sûrah al-An`âm: 48-49]
Ibn Mas`ûd relates that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
“No one is more jealous than Allah. This is why he forbids all
licentious acts, both visible and hidden. And no one loves extolment
more than Allah and that is why Allah extols Himself. This is why he
revealed His book and sent His Messengers.”[Sahîh Muslim (4/2114 and
4/2114)]
Sa`d b. `Ubâdah relates that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “No
one is more fond of accepting an excuse than Allah. This is why He
sent the Messengers as givers of glad tidings and as warners.” [Sahîh
al-Bukhârî (8/174) and Sahîh Muslim (2/1136)]
So Allah sent His Messengers to establish the proof to all of His
Creation and to give the opportunity for excuses. The Message that He
sent with them is one of His great blessings to humanity. Our need for
this Message is truly our most dire need. It is greater than our need
for food, drink, and medicine. Death is the worst thing that can
befall us if we are deprived of our worldly sustenance. The Message,
on the other hand, is what we need to rectify both our worldly lives
and our eternal lives in the Hereafter.
There can be no good for us in the Hereafter except by following
Allah’s Message, and likewise nothing in our worldly lives can be
deemed good unless we do so.
Did the Vedas said anything about Satan?
Hope uNmaivirumbi,fannaba and Jai maharaj can check the Vedas.
fanabba
May 27, 2012, 6:40:32 AM5/27/12
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Allah and "Prophet" Muhammad could not protect Osama bin Laden, and
Anwar Al-Awlaki. How can they protect any Muslim ?
arah
May 27, 2012, 5:54:39 AM5/27/12
to
"...If He wants to send me back to earth, I will obey His commands !"
uNmaivirumbi
TRUE LIFE BEGINS WITH DEATH
There is a difference between what the believers, who spend their
lives abiding by the morality of the Qur'an and obeying Allah's
commands, receive in return for their obedience, and what the
unbelievers, who spend their lives chasing their desires, forgetting
Allah and the Day of Judgment, receive in return for their rejection.
This difference makes itself known at the moment of death. Whereas the
angels take the lives of believers nicely, they take the unbelievers'
lives in a most agonizing manner. The angels greet the believers and
give them the good tidings of Paradise and gently draw out their
souls. All believers come face to face with the gateway to the eternal
life (death), having prepared for it throughout their lives, knowing
its inevitability.
On the other hand, the unbelievers meet death with overwhelming pangs
of regret, having tried to evade it all their lives, having known its
existence and yet still having ignored its reality. The Guards of Hell
reach out for them, striking their faces and their backs, plucking out
their souls harshly, which causes much pain, and then send them to a
humiliating and burning punishment. It is revealed in one verse as:
If only you could see when the angels take back those who did not
believe at their death, beating their faces and their backs: "Taste
the punishment of the Burning!" (Surat an-Anfal, 50)
The believers have prepared for this Day all their lives, and have
prayed to Allah that He may not disgrace them, as He indicates in the
following verse:
[Those who remember Allah say:] "Our Lord, give us what You promised
us through Your Messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of
Resurrection. You do not break Your promise." (Surah Al 'Imran, 194)
The events of the Day of Judgment increase the believers' awe of
Allah, but He reveals that He will protect them from the evil of that
hard Day, for:
"Truly We fear from our Lord a glowering, calamitous Day." So Allah
has safeguarded them from the evil of that Day and has made them meet
with radiance and pure joy. (Surat al-Insan, 10-11)
THE BELIEVERS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Their Physical Condition
On the Day you see the men and women of the believers, with their
light streaming out in front of them, and to their right: "Good news
for you today of Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in
them timelessly, forever. That is the Great Victory." (Surat al-Hadid,
12)
The believers will be protected against the fear of this Day, and
their faces will be radiant with the joy and trust of receiving their
reward. They will be "laughing, rejoicing" (Surah 'Abasa, 39). Allah
describes the different facial expressions of the believers and the
unbelievers, as follows:
Those who do good will have the best and more! Neither dust nor
debasement will darken their faces. They are the Companions of the
Garden, remaining in it timelessly, forever. But as for those who have
earned bad actions—a bad action will be repaid with one the like of
it. Debasement will darken them. They will have no one to protect them
from Allah. It is as if their faces were covered by dark patches of
the night. Those are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it
timelessly, forever. (Surah Yunus, 26-27)
The unbelievers will beg the believers for some of the light, although
they had fought them while alive. The meaning of this light is
illumination, safety, and joy. This light radiating from those who
have earned Paradise will not benefit the unbelievers, regardless of
how much they want it. As its source is the good deeds done on Earth
for the approval of Allah, the unbelievers, who have no store of such
deeds, will not have any of it. For this reason, as Allah revealed in
the verses of the Qur'an they will be told to "go back to Earth in
order to find some". The verse about this matter is as follows:
That Day the men and women of the hypocrites will say to those who
believe: "Wait for us so that we can borrow some of your light." They
will be told: "Go back and look for light!" And a wall will be erected
between them with a gate in it, on the inside of which there will be
mercy, but before whose exterior lies the punishment. (Surat al-Hadid,
13)
The believers will receive the reward for their efforts to win Allah's
good pleasure while alive, and they will be well-pleased with it
(Surat al-Ghashiya, 9). Allah will respond to their efforts most
generously. That was what they were hoping and expecting, and they
will be grateful for it and say: "... Praise be to Allah Who has
fulfilled His promise to us and made us the inheritors of this land,
letting us settle in the Garden wherever we want…" (Surat az-Zumar,
74).
The Believers' Reward
To those who do not believe, the life of this world is painted in
glowing colors and they laugh at those who believe. But on the Day of
Resurrection, those who do their duty will be over them. Allah
provides for whoever He wills without any reckoning. (Surat al-Baqara,
212)
As we can see from the verses, the believers who fulfilled their duty
to their Lord without seeing Him, who waited for the judgment in
apprehension will be under His protection. Another verse that gives
the good news of the believers being protected on that Day is the
following:
… on the Day when Allah will not disgrace the Prophet and those who
believed along with him. Their light will stream out ahead of them and
on their right. They will say: "Our Lord, perfect our light for us and
forgive us! You have power over all things." (Surat at-Tahrim, 8)
Whereas the unbelievers will be debased as never seen before, the
believers will know no fear. They will live the joy and pleasure of
receiving what Allah has promised them, and will be given their books
in their right hands and wait in peace to be directed to Paradise.
Allah responded to them with endless rewards, took their lives
pleasantly, and protected them from the Day of Reckoning. Allah
reveals that He gives blessings and prosperity to the believers in
particular, for:
Say: "Who has forbidden the fine clothing Allah has produced for His
servants and the good kinds of provision?" Say: "On the Day of
Resurrection such things will be exclusively for those who believed
during their life in this world." In this way We make the Signs clear
for people who know. (Surat al-A'raf, 32)
Once judgment has been passed and Hellfire has been shown to them, the
believers will be directed to Paradise:
And those who have heeded their Lord will be driven to the Garden in
companies. When they arrive there, finding its gates open, its
custodians will say to them: "Peace be upon you! You have done well,
so enter it timelessly, forever." (Surat az-Zumar, 73)
In the Qur'an the details of the rewards that the believers will
receive in the eternal life of the Hereafter are given. One example is
given below, as follows:
The heedful will be in Gardens of Delight, savoring what their Lord
has given them. Their Lord will safeguard them from the punishment of
the Blazing Fire: "Eat and drink with relish for what you did." They
will recline on couches ranged in rows, and We will marry them to dark-
eyed maidens. We will unite those who believed with their offspring,
who followed them in faith, and We will not undervalue their own
actions in any way. Every man is in pledge for what he earned. We will
supply them with any kind of fruit and meat that they desire. They
will pass around there a drinking cup to one another with no foolish
talk and no wrong action in it. Circulating among them there will be
youths like hidden pearls. Some of them will come up to others and
they will question one another. They will say: "Beforehand we used
live in fear among our families. But Allah was gracious to us and
safeguarded us from the punishment of the searing wind. Beforehand we
certainly used to call on Him because He is the All-Good, the Most
Merciful." (Surat at-Tur, 17-28)
The Trial of the Two Groups
The trial of the unbelievers, who did not follow Allah's path and
pursued either their own desires and cravings or the twisted values or
beliefs of their societies, will be very hard indeed. On that Day,
there will be no mercy or compassion for them, and no power will be
able to end their suffering. The main reason for this is that they did
not respect Allah's boundaries, even though they were sent reminders,
and that they would not have done so even if they were sent back to
Earth. This truth is revealed in the following verses:
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire and
saying: "Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not deny
the Signs of our Lord and we would be among the believers." No, it is
simply that what they were concealing before has been shown to them;
and if they were sent back they would merely return to what they were
forbidden to do. Truly they are liars.(Surat al-An'am, 27-28)
While they are accounting for their deeds, the blazing Hell is
awaiting them. They will be sent to Hell in return for what they did
while alive, for:
When the Pages are opened up, when the Heaven is peeled away, when the
Fire is set ablaze, when the Garden is brought up close: then each
self will know what it has done. (Surat at-Takwir, 10-14)
Allah reveals that the believers will have an easy trial:
O Man! You are toiling laboriously toward your Lord, but meet Him you
will! As for him who is given his Book in his right hand, he will be
given an easy reckoning and return to his family joyfully. (Surat al-
Inshiqaq, 6-9)
The believers who have lived their lives according to the will of our
Lord, Who created and guided them onto the right path, will have their
sins forgiven by Allah the Most Merciful, Who has revealed that He
will forgive sins and turn them into goodness for those who believe
and do good. On that Day, our Lord will address the believers, who
will already have received what was promised:
"O self at rest and at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleasing and
well-pleased! Enter among My servants! Enter My Garden." (Surat al-
Fajr, 27-30)
In this way, they will be saved from the eternal Hellfire by His grace
and favor and enter Paradise full of endless reward. Their reply to
"enter Paradise" is revealed in the Qur'an:
They will say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has fulfilled His promise to
us and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us settle in the
Garden wherever we want. How excellent is the wage of those who
work!" (Surat az-Zumar, 74)
THE UNBELIEVERS ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
Their Physical State
On the Day of Judgment, people will be raised up and re-created. The
believers' faces will manifest the light and beauty unique to the
faithful, while the unbelievers' faces will be made hideous:
We pursued them with a curse in this world, and on the Day of
Resurrection they will be hideous and spurned. (Surat al-Qasas, 42)
Yet Allah relates in many verses that dust, gloom, and darkness also
will cover the unbelievers' faces:
That Day some faces will be dust-covered, overcast with gloom. Those
are the dissolute unbelievers. (Surah ‘Abasa, 40-42)
On the Day of Resurrection, you will see those who lied against Allah
with their faces blackened. Do not the arrogant have a dwelling place
in Hell? (Surat az-Zumar, 60)
Blackening the face is a metaphysical phenomenon. Those people who
forsook an honorable life, one lived according to Allah's will, for
one lived according to their selfish desires acquire only debasement.
Thus, the resulting ugliness and dishonor is placed upon them. For
this reason, they are driven to Hell in shame:
If We had wanted to, We would have raised him up by them. But he
gravitated toward Earth and pursued his whims and base desires. His
metaphor is that of a dog: If you chase it away, it lolls out its
tongue and pants, and if you leave it alone, it lolls out its tongue
and pants. That is the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. So tell
the story so that hopefully they will reflect. (Surat al-A‘raf, 176)
People who allow themselves to be ruled by their selfish desires will
be debased in the Hereafter in return for their conceit on Earth. In
addition to physical ugliness, they also will be disgraced, for:
Some faces that Day will be humiliated. (Surat al-Ghashiya, 2)
The unbelievers, who led a life far remote from the morality of the
Qur'an and did not improve themselves, even though Allah had given
them the means for numerous times, will experience the astonishment of
being debased and helpless at an unexpected moment. The ones who
mindlessly reject the verses of Allah and, abiding by their lower
selves, choose to lead a life according to their debased ambitions
deserve this punishment, and so their situation on that Day will be
very difficult. Allah will fulfill His promises, for His rule is just.
Allah says:
… We will gather them on the Day of Resurrection, flat on their faces,
blind, dumb, and deaf. Their shelter will be Hell. Whenever the Blaze
dies down, We will increase it for them. (Surat al-Isra', 97)
He will ask: "My Lord, why have you gathered me blind when before I
was able to see?" [Allah] will say: "Just as Our Signs came to you and
you forgot them, in the same way you too are forgotten today." (Surah
Ta Ha, 125-26)
In the Qur'an, Allah relates that the unbelievers' faces will be made
humble by disgrace:
They will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like swarming
locusts. (Surat al-Qamar, 7)
The expression in their eyes and their fear-evoking appearance will be
given to them on that Day. Allah describes them, as follows:
On the Day the Trumpet is blown—and We will gather the evildoers on
that Day, blue-eyed [their eyes dimmed by terror and sightless].
(Surah Ta Ha, 102)
In the Qur'an Allah also reveals that those who were in conceit over
His Messengers and verses will be branded on their noses:
We will brand him on the snout! (Surat al-Qalam, 16)
This is an important source of shame, for calling their noses "snouts"
and being branded is enough to reveal their debasement and ugliness in
the Hereafter. Whereas the believers will live in the Hereafter in
comfortable environments, the unbelievers will begin a life of
everlasting disgrace. Allah reveals all of this, as follows:
[Some] faces that Day will be radiant, gazing at their Lord. And
[some] faces that Day will be glowering, realizing that a back-
breaking blow has fallen. (Surat al-Qiyama, 22-25)
There is no possibility of hiding or escaping. Allah reveals that the
unbelievers, who are instantly recognizable by their appearance, will
be seized by their forelocks and feet and then cast into Hell.
The evildoers will be recognized by their mark and seized by their
forelocks and their feet. (Surat ar-Rahman, 41)
In a hadith, our Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
describes the state of the unbelievers in this way:
Anas ibn Malik reported that a person said: "Allah's Messenger, how
will the unbelievers be made to assemble on the Day of Resurrection
(by crawling) on their faces?" Thereupon he said: "He Who is powerful
enough to make them walk on their feet, is powerful enough to make
them (crawl) upon their faces on the Day of Resurrection." (Sahih
Muslim)
What the Vedas said about life after death, heaven and hell?
uNmaivirumbi
May 27, 2012, 7:09:09 AM5/27/12
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On May 27, 5:54 am, arah <araharah2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "...If He wants to send me back to earth, I will obey His commands !"
> uNmaivirumbi
Look. You talk nonsense. You quote koran which never has anything from
> "...If He wants to send me back to earth, I will obey His commands !"
> uNmaivirumbi
God directly. Mo said he heard some thing. This is not even from
Jibreel. No proof. Quite likely from devil and many verses cooked up
by Mo to portray divine sanction for his rapist murderous ways. Many
passages are incoherent. Many do not have "say" which translators
interpolate and pretend it was there! These passages without "say"
clearly indicate Mo was speaking!
Koran is an evil document allowing sex with children, rape of
nonmuslim women even condoning prostitution
Goodness gracious! This is evil
You quote nauseatingly from the evil book
Talk logic if you want. Do not use koran as evidence! You talk like
koran is evidence. Mistake many muslims make
You think a 56 year old man having sex with a 9 year old is
appropriate?
fanabba
May 27, 2012, 8:01:41 AM5/27/12
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On May 27, 5:54 am, arah <araharah2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> read more »
fanabba
May 27, 2012, 8:03:09 AM5/27/12
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On May 27, 5:54 am, arah <araharah2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> read more »
The world needs to be made aware of genocidal acts of Muslims and
Islam against
Jews, Hindus, the Ottoman Greeks, Armenian Christians, and Africans.
Tears of Jihad
http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/tears-of-jihad/
The world needs to be made aware of the enslavement by Muslims and
Islam of
Jews, Hindus, white Christians, and black Africans.
The Submission of Women and Slaves in Islam
http://www.amazon.com/The-Submission-Women-Slaves-Editor/dp/0979579406/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337594968&sr=1-5
Islam cannot be reformed.
Prophet of Doom
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
Former Muslims Tell the Truth About Islam
http://www.islam-watch.org/
http://www.faithfreedom.org/
uNmaivirumbi
May 27, 2012, 8:19:37 AM5/27/12
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On May 27, 8:01 am, fanabba <fana...@aol.com> wrote:
> Allah and "Prophet" Muhammad could not protect Osama bin Laden, and
> Anwar Al-Awlaki. How can they protect any Muslim ?
Muslim allah does not exist. He has no face, brain, penis or vagina,
> Allah and "Prophet" Muhammad could not protect Osama bin Laden, and
> Anwar Al-Awlaki. How can they protect any Muslim ?
head. Please ask any muslim. He will agree
Thanks for your contributuins
arah
May 28, 2012, 11:28:02 AM5/28/12
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India's Young Girls Prostitution Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT_GZiFdwow&NR=1&feature=endscreen
fanabba
May 28, 2012, 11:46:44 AM5/28/12
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Dhanyavaad for your post !
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