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Dr. Rashad Khalifa, the MAN, the ISSUES & the TRUTH

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shari...@aol.com

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Nov 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/8/96

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

In the following paragraphs, I will present to you, the file I posted in
AOL Library regarding Dr. Rashad Khalifa. I was motivated into wriitng
this file because of the many lies and fabrications spread on the AOL and
SRI about Dr. Khalifa and the issues he stood for. The distortions, lies
and fabricatios about Dr. Khalifa, that we see on BBs like AOL and SRI is
but a reflection of the deep fear that many people harbor from the truth
presented by Dr. Khalifa. Had Dr. Khalifa presented any falsehood, these
people would not have had to resort to inventing their own lies in a
desperate attempt to distort his message or tarnish his image.

This file can be found in the futures in AOL library under the date
11/6/96

____________________________________________________________

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Many conflicting posts have been written lately about Dr. Rashad Khalifa.
Some of these posts are defending him and some others attacking him. Some
of these posts present the truth and some others are full of lies.
More people are showing interest in knowing who Dr. Rashad Khalifa was,
what he stood for and what issues did he bring forward from the Quran. I
wrote this post to save the sincere reader, the agony of going through
some of these lies, false accusations and distortions. I will, God
willing, present to you here, the truth, as I know it, about Dr. Khalifa
and the main issues he stood for..

This file will summarize the needed information. This file was never
intended to cover every aspect of the issues but many of them. It was
done in a brief format that gives the reader the information, he/she
seeks with refence to the Quranic source of all the issues discussed. I
personally encourage the reader to look up every verse mentioned in this
file and read it. If any of the material needs more clarification, check
it in the English translation of the Quran of Dr. Khalifa or look it up on
the Submission Home Page. It is found on the Internet, at
http://www.moslem.org. Dr. Khalifa's translation can be found also in
AOL and compuserve libraries.

__________________________________________________________

DR. RASHAD KHALIFA, THE MAN:

DR. RASHAD KHALIFA was born in a religious family in Egypt on November
19, 1935. His father was a religious leader for a large Sufi group made of
thousands of followers. That Sufi group was named by his father after his
elder son , that son was Rashad, when Rashad was still a child. It is
interesting to know that it was the same Sufi group with their idolization
of the Muslim Saints (Wali ) and their exaggeration in their celebration
of the prophet and their upholding of other books with the Quran that
might have started Dr. Khalifa on the road to evaluate the TRUE WORSHIP
of GOD ALONE.

Dr. Khalifa finished his university education in Egypt before
immigrating to the United states where he continued his higher education.
He received his Master Degree in Biochemistry from Arizona State
University and his Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside. He
held several jobs in the United States and in the Middle East. All his
jobs were in his field of Biochemistry including his work for the United
Nations.

Early on, and during his life in the USA he remained active in the Muslim
communities where he lived.
After many years of reading different English translations of the Quran,
he was not happy with any single one. They all had some violations of
some of the basic teachings of the Quran. He was also met with a
challenge from his children, while studying Quran with them. They asked
him about the meaning of the letters at the beginning of Sura 2 in the
Quran, i.e., A,L, M.
He did not have an answer for them and did not find a good answer with all
the Muslim scholars he asked. He started searching the Islamic text books
and references, but he never was satisfied with any of the explanations.
He decided to put all the Arabic Quran in the Computer and specifically
study these initials, found at the beginning of many Suras in the Quran.
With his mother tongue being Arabic, he decided to translate the Arabic
Quran into English. None of his predecessors, for whom he read
translations, actually spoke the language of the Quran, i.e., Arabic.

Dr. Khalifa's study of the Quran with the computer, the first of its kind
then, resulted in the discovery of one of the greatest miracles of the
Quran, as God described it in 74:35. This miracle had to do with number
19, mentioned in sura 74. He published the results in several books,
magazines and newspapers, and gave many lectures in many countries of the
Muslim world. The Muslim scholars and governments cheered him and treated
him like a hero and supported the new discoveries in the Quran.

The momentous discovery that "19" is the common denominator of the
Mathematical Miracle of the Quran became a reality in January, 1974. This
was coinciding with Zul-Hijjah 1393 A.H. The Quran was revealed in 13
B.H. (Before Hijrah). This makes the number of years from the revelation
of the Quran to the discovery of its miracle (in 1974), 1393+13=1406
years. It was more than interesting to notice that
1406 = 19 X 74.
The only time number 19 was mentioned in the Quran is in sura 74. The
correlation between 19X74 lunar years and 1974 solar years could not
escape notice, especially with number 19 mentioned only in sura 74.

hh

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Nov 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/9/96

On 8 Nov 1996 02:18:34 GMT, in soc.religion.islam you wrote:

> The momentous discovery that "19" is the common denominator of the
>Mathematical Miracle of the Quran became a reality in January, 1974. This
>was coinciding with Zul-Hijjah 1393 A.H. The Quran was revealed in 13
>B.H. (Before Hijrah). This makes the number of years from the revelation
>of the Quran to the discovery of its miracle (in 1974), 1393+13=1406
>years. It was more than interesting to notice that
>1406 = 19 X 74.
>The only time number 19 was mentioned in the Quran is in sura 74. The
>correlation between 19X74 lunar years and 1974 solar years could not
>escape notice, especially with number 19 mentioned only in sura 74.

This kind of mathematical miracles are not invention of Rashad
Khalifa, similar claims has been made about Bible and even about Hindu
scriptures, long before Rashad, the fact is there is no miracle at all
try this web site

http://www.math.gatech.edu/~jkatz/Religions/Numerics/

You will see the problems with mathematical miracles of Khalifa , and
how Rashad changes letter counts to make it fit to his theory. You
will also see mathematicle miracles of the Bible there , even an
athiest tries to prove his divinity by mathematics. Mathematics of
Rashad are simply hoax.

shari...@aol.com

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Nov 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/9/96

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

I apologizes for those who happened to read the file I posted because it
did not come out as it shoulod have. I guess the file was too long to
come out in one posting. I will try, God willing to re-post the remaining
part as replies to this original one. You can still download the whole
file form AOL Library.

Sharif Khan

mith...@aol.com

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Nov 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/9/96

Salaam Aluikum

Sharif khan wrote

<<In the following paragraphs, I will present to you, the file I posted in
AOL Library regarding Dr. Rashad Khalifa.>>

Yah! You uploaded the above empty file on AOL and C-serve, but I am still
wondering .............opsss I meant Sharif why can't you debate on
line?

<< I was motivated into wriitng this file because of the many lies and
fabrications spread on the AOL and SRI about Dr. Khalifa>>

PhD. Sharif! You created this thread and called it Dr. Rashad .....the
MAN
Let's go for your man! Dr Khalifa
---------
Quote :
On Oct 5th, 1979
Justice of Peace James R. West ruled that there was probable cause to
hold [ your Dr..]
Rashad. A. khalifa for trial for the following charges
Account # accuastion
01 Sexual Assualt
02 Sexual Abuse
03 Sexual Contact

With a minor 16 years old girl!

Sharif ! I think the above it is very impressive accaustions about your
MAN! or is it your messenger?
-----------------
The records had been sealed. ( guess by whom? ) However,

The records say that Defendant RK had pled on 10/31/80
*No Contest*

Sharif! How can you defend your *MAN* with the above!

Wa Alsalaam
Sulaiman

m960...@hud.ac.uk

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Nov 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/9/96

Dear Saif khan,
please can you answer a question which has been bogling
me for many years.The question is :-

In the Qur'an Allah tells us to establish Salah and pray our
Salah but Allah never tells us how to pray our Salah. Allah tells us that
we should pray at different times of the day but never explains
the method of Salah such as - do we pray while standing on one leg or do
pray while doing a headstand, or do we pray sitting on the toilet or do
we pray while having sexual intercourse with our wife, or can we pray in
our minds without making any mechanical movements and can we pray for the
duration of one second or does our Salah have to last exactly 15 minutes
35 seconds and 56 milliseconds.

Do you see what I mean ? I have been looking for the answers in the
Qur'an but never came across any of the answers in the Qur'an . May be
I did not look properly therefore I hope you can help me.
I have personaly counted more than 76 commandments for Salah but never
have I come across a place where it mentions the method of Salah.
Some people gave me some answers a few years back stating that Salah was
there since the time of Ibrahim (AS) (ABRAHAM) and the method of Salah is
the same still.But my question was that -"where in the Qur'an does it say
that and where in the Qur'an does it describe the method of Salah?
Please give me the answer from the Qur'an and only the Qur'an because
according to these people even the Hadaith [ sayings of Muhammad (SAW)
which has been transmitted through authentic and reliable sources, i.e.
the Sahabah, and preserved in text ] are completely contrary to Islam.
But only in the Hadith have I found the description for the method of
Salah and not in the Qur'an. Does this mean that the Qur'an is
incomplete ?. Certainly not. I have asked some Scholars of Islam
concernig this question and they told me that Allah tells us in the
Qur'an to follow the Mesenger (SAW). Therefore we execute the
commandments of Allah (Qur'an) in the ways shown by Muhammad (SAW)
(Sunnah).We do this in every aspect of our life and not only in Salah.
This answer seemed very logical and the only answer to the qustion above.
The above answer was given to me by Scholars from amongst the Ahlus
Sunnah wal Jama'ah.
I hope you can give me an answer from the Qur'an only.
Thanks for your effort and time.

Zain-ul-Abidin

AbdulraHman Lomax

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Nov 11, 1996, 3:00:00 AM11/11/96

as-salamu 'alaykum.

shari...@aol.com wrote:

>In the following paragraphs, I will present to you, the file I posted in
>AOL Library regarding Dr. Rashad Khalifa. I was motivated into wriitng
>this file because of the many lies and fabrications spread on the AOL and
>SRI about Dr. Khalifa and the issues he stood for.

"Lie" and "fabrication" are synonyms, so right away we know that
Sharif Khan is engaged in polemic. There is quite a bit of
misinformation presented here about Rashad Khalifa, both by his
enemies and by his friends; that is true.

But the best information can be directly verified, and next to that is
information conveyed based in personal experience, and next to that is
information which is sourced, and beyond that is information which is
merely asserted with no source reference.

If I say, "look, the moon is being eclipsed," you can look up and
verify it. This is the first kind of information. (By the way,
"information" is "hadith" in Arabic.)

As for the second, I could say that on such and such a night, "I saw
the moon in eclipse." One might be able to verify what I say, or one
might not. But it would only be a lie if I did not see any such thing
and I intend to deceive. Even if the moon did not really eclipse, it
would not be a lie, because I report my experience, not some "truth"
beyond my experience.

The third kind of information would be if you then say, "Abdurrahman
said that he saw the eclipse of the moon."

And the fourth would be to simple assert that the moon was eclipsed
without providing any source whatsoever.

Now, it is fairly easy to verify whether or not there was really an
eclipse of the moon. But it is not se easy to verify such matters as
what Rashad Khalifa thought about his father and his father's
followers.

So we must recognise that Sharif Khan's post is information of the
fourth kind. This does not mean that it is false, only that it is
hadith without isnad.

>The distortions, lies
>and fabricatios about Dr. Khalifa, that we see on BBs like AOL and SRI is
>but a reflection of the deep fear that many people harbor from the truth
>presented by Dr. Khalifa. Had Dr. Khalifa presented any falsehood, these
>people would not have had to resort to inventing their own lies in a
>desperate attempt to distort his message or tarnish his image.

It is easy to demonstrate that Dr. Khalifa presented many falsehoods.
I do not say that he was lying, but that he made false statements. For
example, he claimed for years that his research proved that the Qur'an
was perfectly preserved, every verse, every letter. Then, when it was
shown that he had miscounted, for example, the number of occurrences
of the word "Allah" in the Qur'an, he revised the Qur'an to match his
theory rather than more carefully examining the theory. In any case,
he was either wrong in the first place, or wrong in the end, or both.

>This file can be found in the futures in AOL library under the date
>11/6/96

Sharif should know that the vast majority of readers of s.r.i. do not
have access to AOL.

>Many conflicting posts have been written lately about Dr. Rashad Khalifa.
> Some of these posts are defending him and some others attacking him. Some
>of these posts present the truth and some others are full of lies.
>More people are showing interest in knowing who Dr. Rashad Khalifa was,
>what he stood for and what issues did he bring forward from the Quran. I
>wrote this post to save the sincere reader, the agony of going through
>some of these lies, false accusations and distortions. I will, God
>willing, present to you here, the truth, as I know it, about Dr. Khalifa
>and the main issues he stood for..

Now, why should we trust Sharif Khan? First of all, how does he know
what he claims to know about Khalifa? There is a lot of material out
there about Khalifa, much of it false. Sharif does not tell us, at
all, how he came by what he writes. Much of it is true, however.

>This file will summarize the needed information. This file was never
>intended to cover every aspect of the issues but many of them. It was
>done in a brief format that gives the reader the information, he/she
>seeks with refence to the Quranic source of all the issues discussed. I
>personally encourage the reader to look up every verse mentioned in this
>file and read it. If any of the material needs more clarification, check
>it in the English translation of the Quran of Dr. Khalifa or look it up on
>the Submission Home Page. It is found on the Internet, at
>http://www.moslem.org. Dr. Khalifa's translation can be found also in
>AOL and compuserve libraries.

Now, to anyone who knows Arabic, Khalifa's translation plays fast and
loose with the language of the Qur'an. So I would add to Mr. Khan's
advice. If you read Khalifa's translation, compare it with other
translations; especially with ones from sources widely different in
outlook. Like A. J. Arberry, who was basically an Arabic Scholar, or
Sale, who was trying to discredit Islam but who generally translated
fairly literally, or Muhammad Ali, who stays pretty close to the
Arabic word order. Read them all, and beware of someone who always
gives his own slant to the text.

>DR. RASHAD KHALIFA, THE MAN:

> DR. RASHAD KHALIFA was born in a religious family in Egypt on November
>19, 1935. His father was a religious leader for a large Sufi group made of
>thousands of followers. That Sufi group was named by his father after his
>elder son , that son was Rashad, when Rashad was still a child. It is
>interesting to know that it was the same Sufi group with their idolization
>of the Muslim Saints (Wali ) and their exaggeration in their celebration
>of the prophet and their upholding of other books with the Quran that
>might have started Dr. Khalifa on the road to evaluate the TRUE WORSHIP
>of GOD ALONE.

Aside from the speculation, some of this is familiar. As to what is
not, again, it would be interesting to know how Mr. Khan got this
information.

>Dr. Khalifa finished his university education in Egypt before
>immigrating to the United states where he continued his higher education.
>He received his Master Degree in Biochemistry from Arizona State
>University and his Ph.D. from University of California, Riverside. He
>held several jobs in the United States and in the Middle East. All his
>jobs were in his field of Biochemistry including his work for the United
>Nations.

His work for the U.N. involved the transformation of petroleum into
food. This is really industrial chemistry rather than what we
ordinarily call biochemistry.

It also appears that he either pretended to be doing research for the
United Nations on disease and the human aura, or he actually did have
such an assignment. His no-contest plea on sex-related charges was
connected with this.

>Early on, and during his life in the USA he remained active in the Muslim
>communities where he lived.

And with other religious communities as well. I understand that he was
involved with Lama Foundation in New Mexico.

>[...]

>Dr. Khalifa's study of the Quran with the computer, the first of its kind
>then, resulted in the discovery of one of the greatest miracles of the
>Quran, as God described it in 74:35. This miracle had to do with number
>19, mentioned in sura 74. He published the results in several books,
>magazines and newspapers, and gave many lectures in many countries of the
>Muslim world. The Muslim scholars and governments cheered him and treated
>him like a hero and supported the new discoveries in the Quran.

At the beginning his work was accepted uncritically. That a computer
was used has been exaggerated. His original data was apparently not
preserved; from his early publications, it was full of errors. Those
who are really aware of the facts about this history, and who still
support Khalifa, believe that he was led to the "true" miracle through
a series of mistakes. Let me repeat this, it is important: his early
publications, the ones that were accepted widely at first, were riddle
with errors. Even much later his numbers just did not check out.

Khan is right that it could not escape notice. The method followed by
Khalifa, essentially, was to examine a set of numbers over and over,
calculating and recalculating, until some interesting numbers are
discovered. It has been shown many times by many people how this is
possible; it has been done with the Bible and with other books.
Essentially, one out of every 19 numbers is divisible by 19. By
looking at a lot of numbers, one finds many number which are divisible
by 19, and some of these numbers are interesting in other ways.

Most people do not realize how easy it is to manipulate numbers in
this way. The little trick above, for example, makes it seem that
there are 1406 years from 13 BH to 1393 AH. But, as I understand it,
there would be 1405 years. This is because there is no year zero
Hijra.

Of course, one can keep on looking and with sufficient work find
numerical correlations that are not erroneous. With enough work, one
can build up a huge library of these relations. This is what Khalifa
and his followers have done, and what they continue to do.

But none of these represent a genuine numerical code. If it were true
that the initial letters occurred in their Suras according to a
consistent pattern which applied in every case, as Khalifa originally
alleged, then there would be a genuine code, a miracle, if you will.
But, instead, we have false or altered counts and the sleight of hand
of varying the method of analysis between, say, Qaf or Ya Sin and the
Ha Mim series.

AbdulraHman Lomax
mar...@ioa.com
P.O. Box 5123
Asheville, NC 28813

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