5 Reasons On Why Does Allah Test Us.

5 Reasons On Why Does Allah Test Us.

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In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious

5 Reasons On Why Does Allah Test Us.

Allah tests His believing servants with various types of crises and

disasters in order to:

1) Reveal the Patient from the Impatient:

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَنْفُسِ وَالثَّمَرَاتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

أُولَـٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۖ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ

“And certainly, We shall test you with a bit of fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits. But give glad tidings to the patient ones who, when afflicted with a calamity, say: “Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return.” They are those upon whom are the blessings, descend from their Lord, and they receive His Mercy, and it is they who are guided.” (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:155-157)

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ حَرْفٍ ۖ فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ خَيْرٌ اطْمَأَنَّ بِهِ ۖ وَإِنْ أَصَابَتْهُ فِتْنَةٌ انْقَلَبَ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِ خَسِرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ

“And among mankind is he who worships Allah as if he were upon the very edge (i.e. in doubt); if good befalls him, he is content with it;. But if a trial befalls him, he turns back on his face. He loses both this World and the Hereafter. That is the evident loss.”(Surah al-Haj 22:11)

“So, it is a must for the souls to be nurtured by way of tests, and to be severely tested during the course of the battle between truth and falsehood with fear and hardship, and with hunger and decrease in wealth and life and fruits. This testing is a necessity so that the believer can give his share of what his belief requires; so that it becomes dear to him in accordance with that he gives for its sake of sacrifice and burden; so that it becomes dear to him in accordance with what he is willing to give for its sake! The bearers of worthless beliefs that do not require any type of sacrifice will not hesitate to abandon their beliefs at the first sign of hardship. So, the burden here is the personal price that one pays so that this belief becomes dear and valuable in the hearts of its bearers before it becomes dear to the hearts of anyone else. Whenever they experience pain for its sake, and every single time they are forced to give something up for its sake, it becomes even dearer and more valuable to them, and they become even more honored with it. With this, nobody else will realize its value until they see how its bearers are tested because of it and how patient they are upon such tests.”

(’Fi Dhilal al-Qur’an’; 1/145)

2) Remove Our Sins and Reward the Righteous:

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ السَّعْيَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنِّي أَرَىٰ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنِّي أَذْبَحُكَ فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَىٰ ۚ قَالَ يَا أَبَتِ افْعَلْ مَا تُؤْمَرُ ۖ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَفَلَمَّا أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ

وَنَادَيْنَاهُ أَنْ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُقَدْ صَدَّقْتَ الرُّؤْيَا ۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُحْسِنِينَإِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ الْبَلَاءُ الْمُبِينُوَفَدَيْنَاهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍ

“And, when he was old enough to walk with him, he said: “O my son! I have seen in a dream that I am slaughtering you, so what do you think?” He said: “O my father! Do that which you are commanded, if Allah Wills, you will find me to be of the patient.” Then, when they had both submitted, and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead, and We called out to him: “O Ibrahim! You have fulfilled the dream!” Verily! Such do We reward the good-doers.” (Surah as-Saffat :102-7)

Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqas reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah (SAW): “Which of the people are tested most severely?” Rasulullah (SAW) replied: “The Prophets, then the righteous, then those who are most like them, then those who are most like them from the people. A man is tested according to his religious commitment. So, if his religious practice is sound, then his testing is increased, and if his religious practice is weak, then his testing is reduced. A servant continues to be tested until he walks the Earth without a single sin on him.” (Ahmad, Tirmidhi)

3) Purify the Ranks and Distinguish the Righteous from the Wicked:

مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَجْتَبِي مِنْ رُسُلِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ۚ وَإِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَلَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

“Allah will not leave the believers in the state in which you are now until He distinguishes the wicked from the good.” (Surah Al ‘Imrân 3:179)

أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ

“And when the believers saw the Confederates, they said: “This is what Allah and His Messenger had promised us, and Allah and His Messenger had spoken the truth,” and it only added to their faith and submissiveness.” (Surah Ahzaab 33:22)

“Allah might make easy the affairs of the people of evil so that they may increase in sin and corruption, and so that they might increase in their buildup of sins and crimes. Then, he may deal with them in this World or the Hereafter – depending on His Wisdom and Decision – on account of this sinister buildup of deeds! On the other hand, He may also prevent them from ease so that they would increase in evil and sin and crimes and suffocation, eventually losing hope in the Mercy of Allah, resulting in an increase in their buildup of evil and misguidance. Likewise, Allah can make easy the affairs of the people of good so that they may become established in their righteous actions and carry out as much of them as they can while increasing in their sustenance, so that they may thank Him for these blessings with their hearts, tongues, and pleasant actions. With all of this, they increase in a buildup of good deeds that they rightfully deserve with Allah because of their righteousness and because of the good that Allah Knows is in their hearts. On the other hand, he may also prevent them from ease in order to observe their patience upon this state, as well as their confidence and hope in their Lord, their relaxation at the realization of His Power, their being pleased with Him as their only Lord – and He is better than all others – resulting in an increase in their buildup of good.”

(Fi Dhilal al-Qur’an)

4) Emphasize the Hardships of This World in Comparison to the Hereafter:

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ

“Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the kingdom, and He is Able to do all things. The One Who has created death and life in order to test you and see which of you is best in deed, and He is the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving.” (Surah al-Mulk 67:1-2)

5) Expose the Reality of the Human Being:

إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُ سَمِيعًا بَصِيرًاإِنَّا هَدَيْنَاهُ السَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

“Verily, We have created man from drops of mixed semen in order to test him, so We made him hearer, seer. Verily, We showed him the way, so he is either grateful or ungrateful.” (Surah al-Insan 76: 2-3)

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا

“Verily, We have made that which is on earth as an adornment for it so that We may test them as to which of them are best in deeds.” (Surah al-Kahf 18:7)

وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَائِفَ الْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ

“And it is He Who has made you generations after generations, replacing each other on the earth. And He has raised you in ranks – some above others – that He may test you in that which He has bestowed on you. Surely, your Lord is Swift in retribution, and certainly He is Oft*-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Surah al-An’am 6:165)

A human being is tested so that he may come to know the reality of himself and others. Life is consists of constant testing; testing with what is bad, or testing with what is good. However, what is best for the believer may be found in what he hates, and what is bad for him may be found in what he likes. The true believer is the one who loves that which Allah has chosen for him. So, if He tests him with something that he loves, he thanks Him, and if He tests him with that which he hates, he is patient and thanks Him in this case, as well. And Allah – the Glorified – gives the believer in accordance with what will lead to his happiness in either this World or the next. So, if it is better for him to have something, Allah gives it to him. If it is better for him not to have something, Allah prevents him from having that thing, just as one who is sick is prevented from too much food or water. Therefore, it is upon a person to completely submit to Allah – the Glorified – in regards to what He has chosen for him, and to be pleased with what Allah has given him, and to understand that if Allah prevents him from something, then it is because Allah wishes to save him from being tested with that thing.


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“ဂုဏ္ျပဳထိုက္တဲ့ အစၥလာမ့္ သမီးပ်ိဳ”

“ဂုဏ္ျပဳထိုက္တဲ့ အစၥလာမ့္ သမီးပ်ိဳ”

Areej El Madhoun ဆိုတဲ့ Gaza (ပါလက္စတိုင္း) ဒုကၡသည္ စခန္းမွာ ပညာသင္ၾကားေနသူ အစၥလာမ့္ ရင္ေသြး မိန္းကေလးတစ္ဦး အျပည္ျပည္ဆိုင္ရာ သခ်ၤာစြမ္းရည္ ျပိဳင္ပြဲမွာ ပထမဆု ဆြတ္ခူးၿပီး မြတ္စလင္မ္ မ်ားရဲ႕ ဂုဏ္သိကၡာကို ကမၻာသိေအာင္ ျပခဲ့ပါတယ္။

အခုရက္ပိုင္းမွာ အေနာက္တိုင္း မီဒီယာေတြရဲ႕ သြာေလဗာန္ (သူတို႔အေခၚ တာလီဘန္)မုန္းတီးေရး ဝါဒျဖန္႔ခ်ီတဲ့ေနရာမွာ အသံုးခ်ခံခဲ့ရတဲ့ ပါကစၥတန္ႏုိင္ငံက အမ်ိဳးသမီးငယ္ Malala Yusuf Zain နဲ႔ ပတ္သက္ၿပီး ဘယ္သတင္းအမွန္မွန္း မစူးစမ္းဘဲ အေနာက္တိုင္း မီဒီယာက Highlight လုပ္ေပး သေလာက္သာ ဖတ္ၿပီး သြာေလဗာန္ေတြက မြတ္စလင္မ္အမ်ိဳးသမီးေတြကို “အစၥလာမ့္ဥပေဒ – Sharia Law” အရပဲ ပညာသင္ခြင့္မျပဳသေယာင္နဲ႔ အခ်ိဳ႕က ျဖစ္ရပ္မွန္ကို ေသခ်ာေအာင္ မစမ္းစစ္ပဲ သြာေလဗာန္ကို အျပစ္တင္သလိုမ်ိဳး သံေယာင္လိုက္ခဲ့ၾကပါတယ္။ ဘယ္သူက ေသနတ္နဲ႔ ဘယ္သူ႔ကို ပစ္မွန္းလည္းမသိခဲ့သလို ရတဲ့ဒဏ္ရာက ဦးေခါင္းကိုထိတယ္ေျပာေပမဲ့ ဓာတ္ပံုမွာက လည္ပင္းရဲ႕ ဘယ္ဘက္မွာ ပတ္တီးနဲ႔ ပံုျပလိုက္ ညာဘက္မွာ ပတ္တီးနဲ႔ ပံုျပလိုက္ မီဒီယာမွာ ဖြခဲ့ပါတယ္။

ဒါက Malala ကို ေသနတ္ႏွင့္ ပစ္သတ္ရန္ က်ိဳးစားခဲ့တဲ့ အျဖစ္အပ်က္ကို ေရးသားထားတဲ့ အေနာက္ တိုင္း မီဒီယာရဲ႕ ဇာတ္လမ္းပါ။

“On 9 October 2012, a Taliban gunman shot Yousafzai as she rode home on a bus after taking an exam in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The masked gunman shouted “Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all”,and, on her being identified, shot at her. She was hit with one bullet, which went through her head, neck, and ended in her shoulder. Two other girls were also wounded in the shooting: Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan,both of whom were stable enough to speak to reporters and provide details of the attack. After the shooting, Yousafzai was airlifted to a military hospital in Peshawar , where doctors were forced to begin operating after swelling developed in the left portion of her brain, which had been damaged by the bullet when it passed through her head. After a three-hour operation, doctors successfully removed the bullet that had lodged in her shoulder near her spinal cord.”

ေနာက္ပိုင္းမွာ မီဒီယာမွာ မထင္မရွားပဲ ဒါက သြာေလဗာန္ဘက္က အေျဖလို႔ ေျပာျပန္ပါတယ္။

The Taliban later seemed to be qualifying their criticism, saying “We did not attack her for raising voice for education. We targeted her for opposing mujahideen and their war”

ေန႔စဥ္ႏွင့္အမွ် Malala လိုအရြယ္ မြတ္စ္လင္မ္ ကေလးသူငယ္မ်ား အေမရိကန္တို႔၏ Drones

မ်ားေ  ၾကာင့္ ေသဆံုးေနၾကရသည္မွာ ယခုအခါ ေသာင္းဂဏန္းမွွ သိန္းဂဏန္းထိ ရွိလာေနေပမဲ့လည္း မီဒီယာမွာ ထုတ္ၿပီး ဘယ္သူမွ် စာနာေၾကာင္း မျပခဲ့ပါဘူး။

အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာက အမ်ိဳးသမီးေတြရဲ႕ ပညာသင္ၾကားေရးကို မပိတ္ပင္ထားသည္သာမက အားေပး ထားတဲ့ ဘာသာပါ။ ဒါေပမဲ့ အသက္အရြယ္ အလိုက္ ထိန္းသိမ္းရမဲ့ စည္းကမ္း နည္းလမ္းေတြက မလြဲမေသြလိုက္နာ ရမွာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ စည္းမဲ့ကမ္းမဲ့ လိင္မႈကိစၥေတြ ပညာသင္စဥ္ ကေလးသာသာ အရြယ္ကတည္းက က်ဴးလြန္ေနက်တဲ့ ပတ္ဝန္းက်င္မ်ိဳးမွာ က်င့္သံုးေနၾကတဲ့ အေနာက္တိုင္းက ပညာ သင္ၾကားေရး လြတ္လပ္ခြင့္မ်ိဳးေတာ့ အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာက တားျမစ္ပါတယ္။ ဒီလိုမ်ိဳး အမ်ိဳးသား ႏွင့္ အမ်ိဳးသမီး လြတ္လပ္စြာ ေရာေႏွာေနထိုင္တဲ့ လူ႔အဖြဲ႔အစည္းရဲ႕ ရလဒ္ဟာ ဒီေန႔ အေမရိ ကန္ျပည္ေထာင္စု တစ္ႏုိင္ငံထဲကို ေလ့လာၾကည့္ပါ။ ၁၉၉၀ခုႏွစ္က FBI အစီရင္ခံစာမွာ ေန႔စဥ္ ပ်မ္းမွ် မုဒိမ္းမႈ ၁၇၅၆ ျဖစ္ပြားေနေၾကာင္း ေဖာ္ျပထားပါတယ္။ သူတို႔ ယဥ္ေက်းမႈမွာ အမ်ိဳးသားတစ္ေယာက္ အိမ္ေထာင္မျပဳေသးသည္ျဖစ္ေစ၊ အိမ္ေထာင္ရွိသည္ျဖစ္ေစ မိမိႏွစ္သက္တဲ့ အမ်ိဳးသမီး(မ်ား) ႏွင့္ တရားဝင္မဟုတ္တဲ့ ဆက္သြယ္ဆက္ဆံမႈ (Affair) ရွိတာ ျပႆနာ မဟုတ္ေပမဲ့ အမ်ိဳးသမီး အခြင့္အေရး ဆိုၿပီး လည္ေခ်ာင္းေသြးယိုမတတ္ ေအာ္ဟစ္ေနၾကပါတယ္။ တကယ္ေတာ့ အမ်ိဳးသမီးေတြရဲ႕ ဘဝကို အညြန္႔ခ်ိဳးၿပီး ေယာက်ၤၤားေတြရဲ႕ ရမၼက္ဆႏၵကို ခ်ိန္ခါေနရာမေရြး ျဖည့္ဆည္းေပးခိုင္းေနတဲ့ ညစ္ညမ္း လွတဲ့ လူမဆန္တဲ့ အသိုင္းအဝန္း ဖန္တီးလာၾကတာပါ။

ၿပီးခဲ့တဲ့ ရက္သတၱပတ္ အနည္းငယ္က အိႏၵိယႏုိင္ငံမွာ ျဖစ္ပြားခဲ့တဲ့ ေၾကကြဲစရာ မုဒိမ္းက်င့္ခံ ရၿပီး   ေသဆံုးခဲ့ရတဲ့ ေဆးေက်ာင္းသူရဲ႕ အျဖစ္က အမိန္႔မခ်ရေသးဘူး။ အခုတစ္ခါ အသက္ ၇ႏွစ္အရြယ္ မိန္းကေလး တစ္ဦးကို ေက်ာင္းက အိမ္သာထဲမွာ အသက္ ၂၀ ဝန္းက်င္ရွိတဲ့ လူ ၁ေယာက္ မုဒိမ္းက်င့္ သြားျပန္ပါတယ္။ တရားခံကေတာ့ ထံုးစံအတိုင္း မမိေသးေပမဲ့ ကေလးမေလး ဘဝက ေရတိမ္နစ္ သြားရွာပါတယ္။

ဒီလိုအျဖစ္ဆိုးေတြကေန အမ်ိဳးသမီးေတြကို ကာကြယ္ေပးဖို႔ အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာက အမ်ိဳးသမီးေတြကို လံုျခံဳစြာ ကာကြယ္ေပးႏုိင္ၿပီး အမ်ိဳးသမီး သီးသန္႔သာ တက္ေရာက္ သင္ၾကားႏုိင္တဲ့ ေက်ာင္းေတြမွာ ပညာ သင္ၾကားၾကရန္ စည္းကမ္းခ်က္ ခ်မွတ္ေပးထားတာပဲ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။

ဂုဏ္ယူတတ္ျခင္း မွန္ကန္ပါေစ။
ျပစ္တင္ေဝဖန္မႈ ေသခ်ာပါေစ။
မီဒီယာကို မွန္ကန္စြာ သံုးသပ္တတ္ပါေစ။

Mohammed Naeem

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::: A True Heart Touching Beautiful Story That Will Bring Tears In your Eyes :’) ::: ♥

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:::A True Heart Touching Beautiful Story That Will Bring Tears In your Eyes :’) ::: ♥

My name is Cassie. I am 23 years old. I graduated as a qualified nurse this year and was given my first position as a home nurse.

My patient was an English gentleman in his early 80’s who suffered from Alzheimer’s. In the first meeting I was given the patient’s record and from it I could see that he was a convert to the religion of Islam, therefore he was a Muslim.

I knew from this that I would need to take into account that some modes of treatment may go against his faith, and therefore try to adapt my care to meet his needs. I brought in some ‘halal’ meat to cook for him and ensured that there was no pork or alcohol in the premises as I did some research which showed that these were forbidden in Islam.

My patient was at a very advanced stage of his condition so a lot of my colleagues could not understand why I was going to such lengths for him, but I understood that a person who commits to a faith deserves that commitment to be respected, even if they are not in a position to understand.

Anyway, after a few weeks with my patient I began to notice some patterns of movement.

At first I thought it was some copied motion he’s seen someone do, but I saw him repeat the movement at particular times: morning, afternoon, evening.

The movements were to raise his hands, bow and then put his head to the ground. I could not understand it. He was also repeating sentences in another language, I couldn’t figure out what language it was as his speech was slurred but I know the same verses were repeated daily.

Also there was something strange, he didn’t allow me to feed him with my left hand (I am left-handed).

Somehow I knew this linked to his religion but didn’t know how.

One of my colleagues told me about Paltalk as a place for debates and discussions and as I did not know any Muslims except for my patient I thought it would be good to speak to some live and ask questions. I went on to the Islam section and entered the room ‘True Message’.

Here I asked questions regarding the repeated movements and was told that these were the actions of prayer. I did not really believe it until someone posted a link of the Islamic prayer on YouTube.

I was shocked.

A man who has lost all memory of his children, of his occupation, and could barely eat and drink, was able to remember not only actions of prayer but verses that were in another language.

This was nothing short of incredible and I knew that this man was devout in his faith, which made me want to learn more in order to care for him the best I could.

I came into the Paltalk room as often as I could and was given a link to read the translation of the Quran and listen to it.

The chapter of the ‘Bee’ gave me chills and I repeated it several times a day.

I saved a recording of the Quran on my iPod and gave it to my patient to listen to. He was smiling and crying, and after reading the translation I could see why.

I applied what I gained from Paltalk to the care for my patient but I gradually found myself coming to the room to find answers for myself.

I never really took the time to look at my life; I never knew my father, my mother died when I was 3, my brother and I were raised by our grandparents who died 4 years ago, so now it’s just the two of us.

But despite all this loss, I always thought I was happy, content.

It was only after spending time with my patient that I felt like I was missing something. I was missing that sense of peace and tranquillity my patient, even through his suffering, felt.

I wanted that sense of belonging and a part of something that he felt, even with no one around him.

I was given a list of mosques in my area by a lady on Paltalk and went down to visit one. I watched the prayer and could not hold back my tears.

I felt drawn to the mosque every day and the Imam and his wife would give me books and tapes and welcome any questions I had.

Every question I asked at the mosque and on Paltalk was answered with such clarity and depth that I could do nothing but accept them.

I have never practiced a faith but always believed that there was a God; I just did not know how to worship Him.

One evening I came on Paltalk and one of the speakers on the mic addressed me. He asked me if I have any questions, I said no. He asked if I was happy with the answers I was given, I said yes.

He asked then what was stopping me from accepting Islam, I could not answer.

I went to the mosque to watch the dawn prayer and the Imam asked me the same question, I could not answer.

I then went to tend to my patient, I was feeding him and as I looked in his eyes I just realized, he was brought to me for a reason and the only thing stopping me from accepting was fear…. not fear in the sense of something bad, but fear of accepting something good, and thinking that I was not worthy like this man.

That afternoon I went to the mosque and asked the Imam if I could say my declaration of faith, the Shahaadah.

He helped me through it and I was shown and guided through what I would need to do next.

I cannot explain the feeling I felt when I said it.

It was like someone woke me up from sleep and I saw everything more clearly.

The feeling was overwhelming joy, clarity and most of all…. peace.

The first person I told was not my brother but my patient.

I went to him, and before I even opened my mouth he cried and smiled at me.

I broke down in front of him, I owed him so much.

I came home and logged onto Paltalk and repeated the Shahaadah for the room.

They all helped me so much and even though I had never seen a single one of them, they felt closer to me than my own brother.

I did eventually call my brother to tell him and although he was not happy, he supported me and said he would be there for me. I couldn’t ask for more.

After my first week as a Muslim, my patient passed away in his sleep while I was caring for him. Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon.

He died a peaceful death and I was the only person with him.

He was like the father I never had and he was my doorway to Islam.

From the day of my Shahaadah to this very day and for every day for as long as I live, I will pray that Allah shows mercy on him and grants him the reward for every good deed I perform in the tenfold.

I loved him for the sake of Allah and I pray each night to become an atom’s weight of the Muslim he was.

Islam is a religion with an open door; it is there for those who want to enter it…. Verily, Allah is the Most Merciful, Most Kind.

* NOTE *

Our sister Cassie passed away in October 2010, Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon, after she gave dawah to her brother, who also accepted Islam Alhamdulillaah.

May Allah Subhan wa Ta’ala grant sister Cassie Jannah Ameen Ya Rabb.

Imaan

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Fake & Anti Islamic Sites – အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာကုိ ဆန္႔က်င္ေသာ၀ပ္ဆုိဒ္မ်ား …

Fake & Anti Islamic Sites

 

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In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious

Asslam-o-Alakium Brothers & Sisters,

I hope you all are in the best of health & iman inshallah.

Here is the list of Websites those are misleading the Muslims and non-Muslims about Islam by providing/offering FAKE Quran, Ahadith, Verses, Surah’s, and other maertials of islam …The list may not be complete all the time, as growing of internet and websites, but I am trying my best to publish complete list of sites as soon as I come to such sites/links. I also request you to please drop me an email and let me know if any site/link you also know, so i’ll keep my list updated.

Waslam,

KING

(slave of Allah)

List of Fake sites :

  1. Fake American Quran
  2. http://www.islam-exposed.org/
  3. http://www.answering-islam.org/
  4. http://www.convertstoislam.org/
  5. http://www.thequran.com/
  6. http://www.aboutislam.com/
  7. http://www.allahassurance.com/
Anti-Islamic sites :
  1. http://www.FaithFreedome.org
  2. http://www.Islam-Watch.com
  3. http://www.wikiislam.com
  4. http://www.light-of-life.com

I also request you to please drop me an email and let me know if any site/link you also know, so i’ll keep my list updated.

clicking on links will open website in New Window!
 
New List of  Websites Against ISLAM :
  1. http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
  2. http://www.jihadwatch.org/
  3. http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/index.html
  4. http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
  5. http://www.uacradiojihad.com/
  6. http://www.apostatesofislam.com/index.htm
  7. http://www.islam-watch.org/index.html
  8. http://khalas.wordpress.com/
  9. http://www.prophetmohammed.co.uk/
  10. http://www.geertwilders.nl/
  11. http://www.inthenameofallah.org/
  12. http://www.allaboutmuhammad.com/
  13. http://islam-documents.org/
  14. http://www.faithfreedom.org/
  15. http://www.stopsharialaw.com/
  16. http://adeeperlookweblog.blogspot.com/
  17. http://www.muslimhope.com/
  18. http://www.islameyat.com/
  19. http://www.islamreview.com
  20. http://www.muhammadanism.com/
  21. http://www.thequran .com
  22. http://www.mosque. com
  23. http://www.newislam .org/
  24. http://www.islam- exposed.org/
  25. http://answering- islam.org. uk/
  26. http://www.answeringinfidels. com
  27. http://www.islamund ressed.com/
  28. http://www.challeng ing-islam. org/
  29. http://www.exmuslim .com/
  30. http://www.apostatesofislam. com/
Below List Added On  : 14-05-2009

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Added & Updated on 24-July-2009

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Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar)

In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious

Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum
(The Sealed Nectar-Life of Prophet Muhammad)

Memoirs of the Noble Prophet [pbuh]

by Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Publisher Note
Author’s Note
Certificate

1) Location and nature of Arab Tribes

  • Location of the Arabs
  • Arab Tribes

2) Rulership and Princeship among the Arabs

  • Rulership in Yemen
  • Rulership in Heerah
  • Rulership in Geographical Syria
  • Rulership in Hijaz
  • The Reasons of this war have been illustrated in three versions
  • Rulership in Pan-Arabia
  • The political situation

3) Religions of the Arabs

  • The Religious situation

4) Aspects of Pre-Islamic Arabian Society

  • Social life of the Arabs
  • The Economic Situation
  • Ethics

5) The Lineage and Family of Muhammad [pbuh]

  • The prophetic Family

6) Muhammad’s Birth and Forty years prior Prophet hood

  • His Birth
  • Babyhood
  • Back to his passionate Mother
  • To His compassionate Grandfather
  • Bahira, the Monk
  • The Sacrilegious wars
  • Al-Fudoul confederacy
  • Muhammad’s Early Job
  • His Marriage to Khadijah
  • Rebuilding Al-Ka‘bah and the Arbitration Issue
  • A Rapid Review of Muhammad’s Biography before commissioning of the Prophethood

7) In the Shade of the Message and Prophethood

  • In the Cave of Hira’
  • Gabriel brings down the Revelation
  • Interruption of Revelation
  • Once more, Gabriel brings Allah’s Revelation
  • Some details pertinent to the successive stages of Revelation
  • Proclaiming Allah, the All-High; and the Immediate Constituents

8) Phases and stages of the call

9) The First Stage: Strife in the Way of the Call

  • Three years of Secret Call
  • The Early Converts
  • As-Salat (the Prayer)
  • The Quraishites learn about the Call

10) The Second Phase: Open Preaching

  • First Revelation regarding the Preaching
  • Calling the Closest Kinspeople
  • On Mount As-Safa
  • Shouting the Truth and the Polytheists’ Reaction
  • An Advisory Council to debar Pilgrims from Muhammad’s Call
  • Attempts made to check the Onward March of Islam
  • Persecutions
  • The House of Al-Arqum
  • The First Migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
  • Quraish’s Machination against the Emigrants
  • Once more Quraish approaches Abu Talib
  • The Tyrants’ Decision to kill the Prophet [pbuh]
  • The Conversion of Hamzah bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib
  • The Conversion of ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab
  • Quraish’s Representative negotiates with the Messenger of Allah SWT
  • Abu Talib assmbles Bani Hashim and Bani Al-Muttalib

11) General Social Boycott

  • A Pact of Injustice and Aggression

12) The Final Phase of the Diplomacy of Negotiation

13) The Year of Grief

  • Abu Talib’s Death
  • Khadijah passes away to the Mercy of Allah
  • His Marriage to Sawdah [R] in Shawwal, the tenth year of Prophethood

14) Factors inspiring patience and perserverance

15) The Third Phase: Calling unto Islam beyond Makkah

16 ) Islam being introduced to Arabian Tribes and Individuals

  • Hope inspiring Breezes from the Madinese
  • Marriage of the Prophet [pbuh] to ‘Aisha [R]

17) Al-Isra’ and Al-Mir‘raj

18) The First ‘Aqabah Pledge

  • The Muslim Envoy in Madinah
  • The Second ‘Aqabah Pledge

19) The Vanguard of Migration (in the Cause of Allah)

  • In An-Nadwah (Council) House The Parliament of Quraish

20) Migration of the Prophet [pbuh] Life in Madinah

21) The First Phase: The Status Quo in Madinah at the Time of Emigration

22) A New Society being built

  • A Charter of Islamic Alliance

23) A Cooperation and Non-Aggression Pact with the Jews

24) The Prophet on the Battlefield

  • Pre-Badr Missions and Invasions

25) The Battle of Badr – The First Decisive Battle in the History of Islam

  • Reason of the Battle
  • Some Significant Instances of Devotion
  • Reaction in Makkah
  • Madinah receives the News of Victory
  • The Battle of Badr in its Qur’anic Context

26) The Military Activities between Badr and Uhud

  • Al-Kudr Invasion
  • An Attempt on the Life of the Prophet [pbuh]
  • Invasion of Bani Qainuqa‘
  • The Qainuqa‘ Jews breach the Covenant
  • As-Sawiq Invasion
  • Dhi Amr Invasion
  • Ka‘b bin Al-Ashraf, killed
  • The Invasion of Buhran
  • Zaid bin Harithah leads a Compaign on the Trade Routes of Quraish

27) The Battle of Uhud

A Consultation Assembly for a Defence Plan
Dividing the Islamic Army into phalanxes and Departure to the Battlefield
Parading the Army
Passing the Night between Uhud and Madinah
The Rebellion of ‘Abdullah bin Ubai and his Followers
The Remainder of the Islamic Army are on the Move to Uhud
The Defence Plan
The Messenger of Allah SWT implants the Spirit of Bravery among his Armed Forces
Recruitment of the Makkan Army
Political Manoeuvres of Quraish
The effort of Quraishite women at waging the Zeal of Men
The Combat
Assassination of Asadullah (the Lion of Allah) Hamzah bin ‘Abdul Muttalib
Bringing the Situation under Control
From his wife’s lap to Sword-fights and Sorrows
The Contribution of the Archers squad to the Battle
The Archers’s Fatal Mistake
The Most Awkward Hour in the Messenger’s Life
Mutilation of the Martyrs
Burial of the Martyrs
Hamrâ’ Al-Asad Invasion
The Observations of the Noble Qur’ân on the Battle of Uhud
Lessons and Moralities

28) Military Platoons and Missions between the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of the Confederates

Abi Salamah Mission
An Errand led by ‘Abdullah bin Unais
The Event of Ar-Raji‘
The Tragedy of Ma‘una Well
Bani An-Nadeer Invasion
The Invasion of Najd
The Invasion of Badr, the Second
The Invasion of Doumat Al-Jaudal

29) Al-Ahzab (the Confederates) Invasion

Invading Banu Quraiza
Military Activities continued
Bani Lihyan Invasion
Expeditions and Delegations continued

30) Bani Al-Mustaliq (Muraisi‘) Ghazwah Sha‘ban 6 Hijri

The treacherous Role of the Hypocrites Prior to the Bani Al-Mustaliq Ghazwah
The wicked Role they played in the Course of the Ghazwah of Bani Al-Mustaliq
The Slander Affair

31) Delegations and Expeditions following Al-Muraisi‘ Ghazwah

Al-Hudaibiyah Treaty (Dhul Qu‘dah 6 A.H.)
Al-Hudaibiya Treaty: Socio Political Impact

32) The Second Stage: A New Phase of Islamic Action

The Prophet’s Plans to spread the Message of Islam to beyond Arabia
A Deputation to Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
Letter to the Vicegerent of Egypt, called Muqawqas
A Letter to chosroes, Emperor of Persia
The Envoy to Caesar, King of Rome
A Letter to Mundhir bin Sawa, Governor of Bahrain
A Letter to Haudha bin ‘Ali, Governor of Yamama.
A Letter to Harith bin Abi Shamir Al-Ghassani, King of Damascus
A Letter to the King of ‘Oman, Jaifer, and his Bother ‘Abd Al-Jalandi

Post-Hudaibiyah Hostilities
Dhu Qarad Invasion

33) The Conquest of Khaibar (in Moharram, 7 A.H.)

The Actual operation begins
The Second Part of Khaibar Conquered
Negotiations
Distribution of Spoils

34) Sporadic Invasions

The Expedition called Dhat-ur-Riqa‘ (in the year 7 A.H.)
The Compensatory ‘Umrah (Lesser Pilgrimage)
The Battle of Mu’tah
Dhat As-Salasil Compaign
Khadrah Campaign
The Conquest of Makkah
Pre-conquest Events
Preparations for the Attach on Makkah, and the Prophet’s Attempt at imposing a News Black-out

35) The Third Stage

Hunain Ghazwah
The Enemy’s march and their Encampment at Awtas
The war-experienced Man wrongs the Leader’s Judgement
Reconnoitering the Weapons of the Messenger of Allah SWT
Reconnoitering the Enemy’s Weapons
The Messenger of Allah SWT leaves Makkah for Hunain
The Islamic Army stunned the Archers and the Attackers
Muslims’ return to the Battlefield, and the fierceness of the Fight
Reverse of Fortunes and the Enemy’s utter Defeat
Hot pursuit of the Enemy
Ta’if Compaign
The Distribution of the Booty at al-Ji‘ranah
The Helpers (Al-Ansar) are furious at the Messenger of Allah SWT
Arrival of the Hawazin Delegation
Lesser Pilgrimage (Al-‘Umrah) to Makkah and leaving for Madinah
Missions and Platoons After the Conquest
The Platoons

36) The Invasion of Tabuk in Rajab, in the year 9 A.H.

The underlying Reasons
General News about the Byzantines and Ghassanide Preparations for War
Particular News about the Byzantine and Ghassanide preparations for War
The Muslim Army is leaving for Tabuk
The Army of Islam at Tabuk
Returning to Madinah
The People Who lagged Behind
The Invasion of Tabuk and its Far-Reaching Ramifications
The Qur’ânic Verses Relating to this Invasion

37) Some Important Events that featured that Year

Abu Bakr [R] performs the Pilgrimage
A Meditation on the Ghazawat

38) People embrace the Religion of Allah in Large Crowds

The Delegations
The Success and Impact of the Call

39) The Farewell Pilgrimage

The Last Expeditions

40) The Journey to Allah, the Sublime

Symptoms of Farewell
The Start of the Disease
The Last Week
Five days before death
Four days before his death
A Day or Two prior to Death
A Day before his Death
The Last day Alive
The Prophet [pbuh] breathes his Last
The companions’ concern over the Prophet’s Death
Umar’s Attitude
Abu Bakr’s Attitude
Burial and Farewell Preparations to his Honourable Body

41) The Prophet Household

42) The Prophet [pbuh] , Attributes and Manners

Beauty of creation
The perfection of Soul and Nobility


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Kaaba-House of Allah !

Kaaba-House of Allah !

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Kaaba-House of Allah !

Kaaba Wallpaper

 

The small, cubed building known as the Kaaba may not rival skyscrapers in height or mansions in width, but its impact on history and human beings is unmatched.

The Kaaba is the building towards which Muslims face five times a day, everyday, in prayer. This has been the case since the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) over 1400 years ago.

The Size of the Kaaba:

The current height of the Kaaba is 39 feet, 6 inches and total size comes to 627 square feet.

The inside room of the Kaba is 13X9 meters. The Kaba’s walls are one meter wide. The floor inside is 2.2 meters higher than the place where people perform Tawaf.

The ceiling and roof are two levels made out of wood. They were reconstructed with teak which is capped with stainless steel.

The walls are all made of stone. The stones inside are unpolished, while the ones outside are polished.

This small building has been constructed and reconstructed by Prophets Adam, Ibrahim, Ismail and Muhammad (peace be upon them all). No other building has had this honor.

Yet, not very much is known about the details of this small but significant building.

Did you know the Kaaba was reconstructed as recently as close to four years ago?

Did you know that the Kaaba has been subjected to danger by natural disasters like flooding, as well as human attacks?

If you didn’t keep reading. You’ll find some rarely heard of information discussed below and discover facts about the Kaaba many are unaware of.

The other names of the Kaba

Literally, Kaaba in Arabic means a high place with respect and prestige. The word Kaba may also be derivative of a word meaning a cube.

Some of these other names include:

(i) Bait ul Ateeq-which means, according to one meaning, the earliest and ancient. According to the second meaning, it means independent and liberating. Both meanings could be taken.

(ii) Bait ul Haram-the honorable house.

The Kaba has been reconstructed up to 12 times

Scholars and historians say that the Kaba has been reconstructed between five to 12 times.

The very first construction of the Kaba was done by Prophet Adam (peace be upon him). Allah says in the Quran that this was the first house that was built for humanity to worship Allah.

After this, Prophet Ibrahim and Ismail (peace be upon them) rebuilt the Kaba. The measurements of the Kaba’s Ibrahimic foundation are as follows:

-the eastern wall was 48 feet and 6 inches
-the Hateem side wall was 33 feet
-the side between the black stone and the Yemeni corner was 30 feet
-the Western side was 46.5 feet

Following this, there were several constructions before the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be uponj him) ‘s time.

Reconstruction of Kaaba by Quraish

Prophet Muhammad participated in one of its reconstructions before he became a Prophet.

After a flash flood, the Kaba was damaged and its walls cracked. It needed rebuilding.

This responsibility was divided among the Quraish’s four tribes. Prophet Muhammad helped with this reconstruction.

Once the walls were erected, it was time to place the Black Stone, (the Hajar ul Aswad) on the eastern wall of the Kaba.

Arguments erupted about who would have the honor of putting the Black Stone in its place. A fight was about to break out over the issue, when Abu Umayyah, Makkah’s oldest man, proposed that the first man to enter the gate of the mosque the following morning would decide the matter. That man was the Prophet. The Makkans were ecstatic. “This is the trustworthy one (Al-Ameen),” they shouted in a chorus. “This is Muhammad“.

He came to them and they asked him to decide on the matter. He agreed.

Prophet Muhammad proposed a solution that all agreed to-putting the Black Stone on a cloak, the elders of each of the clans held on to one edge of the cloak and carried the stone to its place. The Prophet then picked up the stone and placed it on the wall of the Kaaba.

Since the tribe of Quraish did not have sufficient funds, this reconstruction did not include the entire foundation of the Kaaba as built by Prophet Ibrahim. This is the first time the Kaba acquired the cubical shape it has now unlike the rectangle shape which it had earlier. The portion of the Kaba left out is called Hateem now.

Construction After the Prophet’s Time-Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr

The Syrian army destroyed the Kaba in Muharram 64 (Hijri date) and before the next Hajj Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him, reconstructed the Kaba from the ground up.

Ibn az-Zubayr wanted to make the Kaba how the Prophet Muhammad wanted it, on the foundation of the Prophet Ibrahim.

Ibn az-Zubayr said, “I heard Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) say, ‘The Prophet said: “If your people had not quite recently abandoned the Ignorance (Unbelief), and if I had sufficient provisions to rebuild it [the Kaaba], I would have added five cubits to it from the Hijr. Also, I would make two doors; one for people to enter therein and the other to exit.” (Bukhari). Ibn az-Zubayr said, “Today, I can afford to do it and I do not fear the people.

Ibn az-Zubayr built the Kaaba on Prophet Ibrahim’s foundation. He put the roof on three pillars with the wood of Aoud (a perfumed wood with aroma which is traditionally burned to get a good smell out of it in Arabia).

In his construction he put two doors, one facing the east the other facing the west, as the Prophet wanted but did not do in his lifetime.

He rebuilt the Kaba on the Prophet Ibrahim’s foundation, which meant that the Hateem area was included. The Hateem is the area adjacent to the Kaba enclosed by a low semi-circular wall.

Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr also made the following additions and modifications:
-put a small window close to the roof of the Kaba to allow for light.
-moved the door of the Kaba to ground level and added a second door to the Kaba.
-added nine cubits to the height of the Kaba, making it twenty cubits high.
-its walls were two cubits wide.
-reduced the pillars inside the House to three instead of six as were earlier built by Quraish.

For reconstruction, ibn az-Zubayr put up four pillars around Kaba and hung cloth over them until the building was completed. People began to do Tawaf around these pillars at all times, so Tawaf of the Kaba was never abandoned, even during reconstruction.

During Abdul Malik bin Marwan’s time

In 74 Hijri (or 693 according to the Gregorian calendar), Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf al-Thaqafi, the known tyrant of that time, with the approval of Umayyad Khalifa Abdul Malik bin Marwan, demolished what Ibn az-Zubayr had added to it from the older foundation of Prophet Ibrahim, restore its old structure as the Quraish had had it.

Some of the changes he made were the following:

  • he rebuilt it in the smaller shape which is found today
  • took out the Hateem
  • walled up the western door (whose signs are still visible today) and left the rest as it was
  • pulled down the wall in the Hateem area.
  • removed the wooden ladder Ibn az-Zubayr had put inside the Kaba.
  • reduced the door’s height by five cubits

When Abdul Malik bin Marwan came for Umra and heard the Hadith that it was wish of Prophet for the Kaba to be constructed the way Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr had built it, he regretted his actions.

Imam Malik’s advice to the Khalifa Harun al Rasheed

Abbasi Khalifa Harun al Rasheed wanted to rebuild the Kaba the way the Prophet Muhammad wanted and the way Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr built it.

But when he consulted Imam Malik, the Imam asked the Khalifa to change his mind because constant demolition and rebuilding is not respectful and would become a toy in the hands of kings. Each one would want to demolish and rebuild the Kaba.

Based on this advice, Harun al Rasheed did not reconstruct the Kaba. The structure remained in the same construction for 966 years, with minor repairs here and there.

Reconstruction during Sultan Murad Khan’s time

In the year 1039 Hijri, because of heavy rain, flood and hail, two of the Kaba’s walls fell down.

The flood during which this occurred took place on the 19th of Shaban 1039 Hijri which continued constantly, so the water in the Kaba became almost close to half of its walls, about 10 feet from the ground level.

On Thursday the 20th of Shaban 1039 Hijri, the eastern and western walls fell down.

When flood receded on Friday the 21st of Shaban, the cleanup started.

Again, a curtain, the way Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr established on 4 pillars, was put up, and the reconstruction started on the 26th of Ramadan. The rest of the walls except for the one near the Black Stone, were demolished.

By the 2nd of Zul-Hijjah 1040 the construction was taking place under the guidance of Sultan Murad Khan, the Ottoman Khalifa. From the point of the Black stone and below, the current construction is the same as that done by Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr.

The construction which was done under the auspices of Murad Khan was exactly the one done at the time of Abdul Malik ibn Marwan which is the way the Quraysh had built it before Prophethood.

On Rajab 28 1377, One historian counted the total stones of the Kaba and they were 1,614. These stones are of different shapes. But the stones which are inside the outer wall which is visible are not counted in there.

Reconstruction of the Kaaba In 1996

A major reconstruction of the Kaba took place between May 1996 and October 1996.

This was after a period of about 400 years (since Sultan Murad Khan’s time).

During this reconstruction the only original thing left from the Kaba are the stones. All other material has been replaced including the ceiling and the roof and its wood.

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World’s Beautifull Mosques !

World’s Beautifull Mosques !

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In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious

A Mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid. The primary purpose of the mosque is to serve as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer. Nevertheless, mosques are known around the world nowadays for their general importance to the Muslim community as well as their demonstration of Islamic architecture.

Below is the list of beautifull mosque around world ! All these Mosque Pictures are available as WallPaper. Click on Pictures to Open Wallpapers our clcik here to directly visit Wallpaper Gallery of Mosques.

ok,i know most imp Al-Haram,Al-Nabwi picture not here,thanks to my assistant,he added site name in these pictures first,ha ha ha . don’t worry will add soon. but don’t forget to vote,you can imagine quality.

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Meaning Of Dreams in Islam Based On Quran and Hadith

Meaning Of Dreams in Islam Based On Quran and Hadith

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In The name of Allah,The Most Merciful,The Most gracious

Meaning Of Dreams In Islam

Here are some dream interpretation in Islam that includes the meaning of dreams about:

A Door Opening,
Call to prayer,
Bathing,
Birds,
Blowing,
Clothing,
Cover,
Cows
Fresh Dates,
Ripe Dates,
Door or Gate,
Egg,
Elevation,
Flowing Spring,
Furnishing,
Garden,
Gifts,
Gold,
Hand-hold,
Keys,
Laughing,
Leg irons,
Marriage,
Milk,
Mountains,
Pearls,
Room,
Rope,
Ruler,
Sexual Intercourse ,
Ship,
Shirt,
Sword.

A Door Opening

Opening a door in a islam dream may refer to the acceptance of a supplication or the need to make one, according to the derivation of the word ‘istiftaah’, [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 220]

Based on: “If you ask for a judgement, the judgement has come” (In tastaftihu faqad ja akumul fathu) [Surah al Anfaal (8): 19]

Call to prayer – Islam dream

ATHAAN (call to prayer): Seeing oneself giving the call to prayer may indicate one’s plans for Hajj will succeed. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 224]

Based on: “Proclaim the Hajj to mankind” [Surah al Hajj (22): 27]

Dreams in Islam – Birds

Seeing birds flying or circling over one’s head in a dream may indicate the attainment of an administrative post. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 221]
Based on: Verses referring to Prophet David (Daoud) “The birds assembled, and all (with David) turned to (Allah in praise and repentance) and I strengthened his dominion” [Surah Saad (38_: 19-20]

Islamic dreams about Bathing

Dreaming of oneself bathing in cool water may refer to Allah’s acceptance of one’s repentance, a cure from sickness and/or the lifting of a calamity. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 220]

Based on: Verses referring to Prophet Job (Ayoob) “This is a cool water to bathe in and a refreshing drink. And I returned his family to him, and along with them a similar number of additional offspring” [Surah Saad (38): 42-43]

Meaning of dreams in Islam – Blowing

Blowing away something or someone disliked in a dream indicates that the problem will soon be eliminated. [Sahih of Muslim, Sharh an Nawawee vol 8 p 39]

Based on: Abu Huraira (ra) quoted Prophet Muhammad saying “While sleeping,

I saw two gold bangles on my hands. This disturbed me, but I was inspired to blow on them, so I blew on them and they flew away. I interpreted the two bangles as the two great liars who would appear after me, and one of them is al Ansee from Sanaa, and the other, Musaylimah, from Yamaamah” [Sahih of Muslim, vol 4 pp 1228-9 no 5650]

Dream interpretation in Islam – Cows: Fat cows, Lean Cows

Fat cows indicate a good yield of harvest while lean cows indicate a poor yield.
Based on: Prophet Joseph’s (Yusuf’s) dream “O Joseph!” (he said) “O man of truth! expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kind whom seven lean ones devour and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I may return to the people and that they may understand.” (Joseph) said: “For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that ye reap ye shall leave them in the ear except a little of which ye shall eat. “Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years) which will devour what ye shall have laid by in advance for them (all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.
“Then will come after that (period) a year in which the people will have abundant water and in which they will press (wine and oil).” [Surah Yusuf (12): 46-49]

Dreams in Islam about Cover, Clothing

Seeing clothing or a cover in a dream may refer to a husband or wife according to the metaphor ‘libaas’ (meaning: clothing/cover). [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 221]

Ripe Dates – Islam dream

Dreaming of oneself eating ripe dates, acquiring them, etc. may signify Allah’s granting of provision, or a reminder to pay charity, or a reminder to avoid extravagance.
Based on: “It is He who produces gardens with trellises and without and dates and tilth with produce of all kinds and olives and pomegranates similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters” [Surah al Anaam (6): 141]

Fresh Dates

In islamic dreams if one sees fresh Ibn Taab dates in a dream, it indicates that one’s practise of the religion will become better.

Based on: Anas ibn Malik (ra) quoted Prophet Muhammad saying “Last night I dreamt that we were in the house of Uqbah ibn Raafi and were brought some Ibn Taab fresh dates. I interpreted it as meaning that eminence in this world will be granted to us, a blessed hereafter, and that our religion has become good” [Sahih of Muslim, vol 4 p 1228 no 5647; Sunan of Abu Dawood, vol 3 p 1397 no 5007]

Door or Gate

In dream interpretation in Islam, seeing oneself enter a door or a gate in a dream, may refer to the successful completion of a project, or the winning of an argument. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 221]
Based on: Enter upon them though the gate. For when you enter victory will be yours” [Surah al Maidah (5): 23]

Egg

Seeing an egg in a dream may refer to a woman, according to the metaphor used in Quran referring to the maidens of paradise. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 220]
Based on: “And they will have with them chaste females with lowered, large, beautiful eyes; delicate and pure, like well preserved hidden eggs” [Surah as Saaffaat (37): 48-9]

Flowing Spring

A flowing spring in a dream indicates continued reward for one’s good deeds.
Based on: Kharijah ibn Zaid ibn Thabit (ra) narrated that, Um Al-’Ala an Ansari woman who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Apostle said, (Uthman bin Maz’un came in our share when the Ansars drew lots to distribute the emigrants (to dwell) among themselves. He became sick and we looked after (nursed) him till he died. Then we shrouded him in his clothes. Allah’s Apostle came to us. I (addressing the dead body) said, ‘May Allah’s Mercy be on you, O Aba As-Sa’ib! I testify that Allah has honored you.’ The Prophet said, ‘How do you know that?’ I replied, ‘I do not know, by Allah.’ He said, ‘As for him, death has come to him and I wish him all good from Allah. By Allah, though I am Allah’s Apostle, I neither know what will happen to me, nor to you.( Um Al-’Ala said, “By Allah, I will never attest the righteousness of anybody after that.” She added, “Later I saw in a dream, a flowing spring for ‘Uthman. So I went to Allah’s Apostle and mentioned that to him. He said, ‘That is (the symbol of) his good deeds (the reward for) which is going on for him.’ [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 pp119-20 no 145]

Elevation dreams in Islam

Seeing onself in a dream either elevated, ascending or in the sky may refer to an elevation in status or rank (rifah). [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 220]
Based on Prophet Idrees, where the word ‘rafanaa’ is used “And I raised him to a high station” (Wa rafanahu makanan aliy ya) [Surah Maryam (19): 57]

Garden

Seeing a garden in islamic dreams indicates the richness of Islam.
Based on: Abdullah ibn Salaam said: (In a dream) I saw myself in a garden, and there was a pillar in the middle of the garden, and there was a handhold at the top of the pillar. I was asked to climb it. I said, “I cannot.” Then a servant came and lifted up my clothes and I climbed (the pillar), and then got hold of the handhold, and I woke up while still holding it. I narrated that to the Prophet who said, “The garden symbolizes the garden of Islam, and the handhold is the firm Islamic handhold which indicates that you will be adhering firmly to Islam until you die.” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 117 no 142]

Dream interpretation in Islam – Furnishing

Seeing furniture and rugs in a dream may indicate the coming of a time of rest or a break from a period of difficulty or it may imply the attainment of an administrative office which was sought. [Sharh as Sunnah, vol 12 p 221]
Based on: “Reclining on couches lined with brocade and the fruits from the two gardens will be nearby” [Surah ar Rahman (55): 54]
Furnishing in a islam dream may also symbolise women and children.
Based on: “They will be on elevated couches. And I have specifically created them virgins who will love husbands of equal age” [Surah al Waaqiah (56): 34-37]

Gifts

Recieving a gift in a dream may indicate a blessing of happiness. [Sharh as Sunnah, vol 12 p 221]
Based on: “Indeed you are happy with your gift” [Surah an Naml (27): 36]

Meaning of dreams in Islam: Gold

Being given gold or finding gold may indicate finding a suitable wife or a successful marriage. The symbolism is derived when the Prophet restricted ornaments of gold to women.
Based on: Abdullab ibn Zurrayr related that he heard Ali ibn Abi Talib say that the Prophet took some silk in his right hand and some gold in his left hand. Then he said, “These two are forbidden to the males of my nation” [Sunan of Abu Dawood, vol 3 p 1133 no 4046; an Nasaee and Ahmad]

Hand-hold

Grasping a hand-hold in a islam dream indicates that one will continue to hold firmly to Islam.
Based on: Abdullah bin Salaam said: (In a dream) I saw myself in a garden, and there was a pillar in the middle of the garden, and there was a handhold at the top of the pillar. I was asked to climb it. I said, “I cannot.” Then a servant came and lifted up my clothes and I climbed (the pillar), and then got hold of the handhold, and I woke up while still holding it. I narrated that to the Prophet who said, “The garden symbolizes the garden of Islam, and the handhold is the firm Islamic handhold which indicates that you will be adhering firmly to Islam until you die.” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 117 no 142]

Dreams in Islam about Keys

Seeing keys in one s hand, or receiving keys in a dream, indicates the receipt of administrative authority. [Saheeh Muslim: Sharh an Nawawee, vol 8 p 39]
Based on: Abu Huraira said: The Prophet said, “I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with awe (cast into the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping last night, the keys of the treasures of the earth were brought to me till they were put in my hand.” Abu Huraira added: Allah’s Apostle left (this world) and now you people are carrying those treasures from place to place. [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 106 no 127; Sahih of Muslim, vol 1 p 266 no 1063]

Leg irons

Seeing oneself bound in leg-irons indicates stability in the religion.

Based on: Muhammad ibn Seereen said: “Abu Huraira hated to see neck irons (metallic neck collars) in a dream, and people generally liked to see leg-irons. Leg-irons were said to symbolise one’s constant and form adherence to religion” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 118-9 no 144]
Imam an Nawawee noted that the reason shakles (qayd) on the feet were liked was because they indicate avoiding sin and evil (i.e. the feet are prevented from taking the body to corruption). On the other hand, shackles (ghull) on theneck is one of the characteristics of those in Hell (Quran 13:5, 34:33, 36:8 and 40:71). [Sharh an Nawawee, vol 8 p 28]

Laughing – meaning of dreams in Islam

Dreaming of oneself laughing in a dream may refer to the arrival of good news, good times. [Sharh as Sunnah, vol 12 p 221]

Based on: “Some faces on that day will be bright, laughing and rejoicing at the good news” [Surah Abasa (8): 38-9]

Dream interpretation in Islam – Marriage

Dreaming of oneself getting married may indicate an impeding marriage. If there are no marriage plans at the time of the dream, one may propose to the women shown in the dream.
Based on: Aisha said: Allah’s Apostle said to me, “You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, ‘Uncover (her),’ and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), ‘If this is from Allah, then it must happen.’Later I dreamt of the angel carrying someone in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), ‘Uncover (her),’ and behold, it was you. I said (to myself), ‘If this is from Allah, then it must happen.’ ” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 115-6 no 140]

Mountains

Seeing mountains in islam dreams means that you are going to Alaska. LOL just joking to see if anyone has made it this far.

Seeing mountains in a dream may indicate the attainment of an administrative post.

Based on: Verses to Prophet David “Indeed, I made the mountains glorify our praises along with David in the evening andin the morning…and I strengthened his dominion” [Surah Saad (38): 18 & 20]

Islamic dreams: Pearls

Dreaming of pearls may indicate Allah’s granting of a mater, male or female, which refer to the young men and women of paradise granted to the believers.
Based on: “And their will be large eyed maidens like hidden pearls” [Surah al Waqiah (56): 22-3]
“And there will be young men of perpetual youth serving them; if you saw the youths, you would think that they were scattered pearls” [Surah al Insaan (76): 19]

Milk

Receiving milk in a dream means that religious knowledge has been granted.
Based on: Abdullah ibn Umar said: Allah’s Apostle said, “While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in the dream) and I drank from it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness coming out of my limbs. Then I gave the rest of it to ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab.”
The persons sitting around him, asked, “What have you interpreted (about the dream) O Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “It is (religious) knowledge.” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 112 no 135]

Room

In dream interpretation in Islam, Dreaming of oneself in a room or in different rooms, may refer to being safefrom what one fears.
Based on: “They will reside in rooms in peace and security” [Surah Saba (34): 37]

Ruler in islamic dreams:

Being addressed by a ruler in a dream may refer to the attainment of a high post or rank. [Sharh as Sunnah vol 12 p 220]
“When he (the ruler) spoke to him, he said, ‘Indeed, today you are considered an established, trustworthy person’” [Surah Yusuf (12): 54]

Rope – islam dream

Seeing a rope in a dream and grabbing hold of it, may indicate one’s adherance to the covenant with God and Islam. [Sharh as Sunnah, vol 12 p 220]
Based on: “Hold on firmly to the rope of Allah and do not become divided” [Surah al Imran (3): 103]

Sexual Intercourse

Dream interpretation in islam of sexual intercourse are fundamentally satanic and therefore not interpretable. However, they may only be classified as good dreams if the people involved are married.
If a person has an orgasm while dreaming, taking a complete ritual bath (ghusl) is obligatory on that individual to attain the state of purity (taharaah) necessary to make formal prayers.
Anas ibn Malik reported that Umm Sulaym came to the Prophet while he was with Aisha and asked him, “O Messenger of Allah, when a woman sees and experiences in a dream what a ma does, what should she do?”. Aisha remarked, “O Umm Sulaym, you have humiliated women, May your right hand be covered in dust”. The Prophet said to Aisha, “May your right hand be covered in dust”. He then said to Umm Sulaym, “O Umm Sulaym, she should take ghusl if she sees any discharge” [Sahih of Muslim, vol 1 p 178 no 607]

Shirt dreams in Islam

Wearing a shirt in a dream indicates adherences to the religion. The longer the shirt, the greater commitment to Islam.
Abu Said ul Khudri said: I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “While I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) the people being displayed before me, wearing shirts, some of which (were so short that it) reached as far as their breasts and some reached below that.
Then ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown to me and he was wearing a shirt which he was dragging (behind him).” They asked.
What have you interpreted (about the dream), O Allah’s Apostle?” He said, “The religion.” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 113-4 no 137]

Ship

Seeing a ship in islamic dreams may mean success or escape. [Sharh as Sunnah, vol 12 p 220]
Based on: Prophet Noah “Then I saved him and those with him in the shop, and made it a lesson for all of the worlds” [Surah al Ankaboot (29): 15]

Sword in Islam dream:

Seeing a sword in a dream refers to one’s companions and supporters coming to their aid. [Saheeh Muslim: Sharh an Nawawee, vol 8 p 38]
Based on: Abu Musa said: The Prophet said, “I saw in a dream that I waved a sword and it broke in the middle, and behold, that symbolized the casualties the believers suffered on the Day (of the battle) of Uhud. Then I waved the sword again, and it became better than it had ever been before, and behold, that symbolized the Conquest (of Mecca) which Allah brought about and the gathering of the believers.” [Sahih of Bukhari, vol 9 p 133-4 no 164]

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Islam —- World’s Greatest Religion !

Islam —- World’s Greatest Religion !

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Islam (Arabic: الإسلام; al-’islām (help·info)) is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. The word Islam means “submission”, or the total surrender of oneself to God (Arabic: الله, Allāh).[1] An adherent of Islam is known as a Muslim, meaning “one who submits (to God)”.[2][3] There are between 1.2 billion to 1.8 billion Muslims, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity.[4]

Muslims believe that God revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad, God’s final prophet, and regard the Qur’an and the Sunnah (words and deeds of Muhammad) as the fundamental sources of Islam.[5] They do not regard Muhammad as the founder of a new religion, but as the restorer of the original monotheistic faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. Islamic tradition holds that Jews and Christians distorted the revelations God gave to these prophets by either altering the text, introducing a false interpretation, or both.[6]

Islam includes many religious practices. Adherents are generally required to observe the Five Pillars of Islam, which are five duties that unite Muslims into a community.[7] In addition to the Five Pillars, Islamic law (sharia) has developed a tradition of rulings that touch on virtually all aspects of life and society. This tradition encompasses everything from practical matters like dietary laws and banking to warfare.[8]

Almost all Muslims belong to one of two major denominations, the Sunni (85%) and Shi’a (15%). The schism developed in the late 7th century following disagreements over the religious and political leadership of the Muslim community. Islam is the predominant religion throughout the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and Asia. Large communities are also found in China, the Balkan Peninsula in Eastern Europe and Russia. There are also large Muslim immigrant communities in other parts of the world such as Western Europe. About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries.[9]

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Top Christian Scholar says The Bible is More Violent Than the Koran

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Top Christian Scholar says The Bible is More Violent Than the Koran

“In terms of its bloodthirsty and intolerant passages, the Bible raises considerably more issues than does the Qur’an. Some Bible passages justify genocide and generational race war; the Qur’an has nothing comparable. While many Qur’anic texts undoubtedly call for warfare or bloodshed, these are hedged around with more restrictions than their biblical equivalents, with more opportunities for the defeated to make peace and survive. Furthermore, any of the defenses that can be offered for biblical violence–for instance, that these passages are unrepresentative of the overall message of the text–apply equally to the Qur-an.” –

Philip Jenkins, author of Laying Down The Sword: Why We Can’t Ignore The Bible’s Violent Verses

For the Islamophobia industry* there are two main lines of rhetorical attack against Islam. One challenges the character of the Prophet Mohammad. The other claims that Islam is a uniquely violent or even a terrorist religion due to the nature of scripture found in the Koran.But in his 2011 book Laying Down The Sword: Why We Can’t Ignore The Bible’s Violent Verses by Philip Jenkins, one of the more respected scholars of religion in America, challenges the second claim head on; the Bible, demonstrates Jenkins, contains scriptural violence that is categorically more extreme than scriptural violence found in the Koran. The Bible even offers, according to Jenkins, a much more specific scriptural justification for suicide terrorism than does the Koran.
Writes Jenkins, in his introductory chapter,“If Christians or Jews needed biblical texts to justify deeds of terrorism or ethnic slaughter, their main problem would be an embarrassment of riches. Is someone looking for a text to justify suicide terrorism? The Qur’an offers nothing explicit beyond general exhortations to warfare in the name of God. Some passages of the Bible, in contrast, seem expressly designed for this purpose. Think of the hero Samson, blinded and enslaved in Gaza, but still prepared to pull down the temple upon thousands of his persecutors:
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house feel upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
But this is not an exercise in Christianity-bashing. Jenkins’ meta-point is that violent scripture does not inevitably lead to violence. At best, religions can mature and learn to move beyond their more atavistic roots.An evangelical Christian who is Co-Director for the Program on Historical Studies of Religion in Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, Philip Jenkins has no intent to specifically attack Christianity. It’s more of an exercise in truth-telling:But, notes Jenkins, the association of Islam with terrorism is quite new. While the Middle East and Arab nations drove a wave of global terrorism in the 1960s and 1970s, those terrorist movements were secular.
Observes Jenkins, “most Palestinian activists were secular socialist nationalists, and Christians often played a prominent role in the movement’s leadership”. And, Jenkins points out,“These Middle Eastern movements had no notion of suicide terrorism, which is moreover unknown to the Islamic tradition. The first modern movement to use suicide attacks on a regular basis was Sri Lankan and mainly Hindu, with no Muslim connection whatsoever; and they adopted this method only as recently as the early 1980s. Only later did Middle Eastern and Islamist groups copy the tactic. In other cases too, hideous terrorist actions we have come to associate so firmly with Islamic extremism have clearly non-Islamic roots. To quote Olivier Roy, one of the most respected European scholars of Islam and Islamist terrorism, “The al-Qaeda video footage of the execution of foreign hostages in Iraq us a one-to-one re-enactment of the execution of Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades [in Italy in 1978], with the organization’s banner and logo in the background, with the hostage hand-cuffed and blind-folded, the mock trial with the reading of the sentence and the execution.”
Asks Jenkins,“If Islam incites or favors terrorism, we need to explain why Muslim terrorists should have been such latecomers on the historical scene. Why were they not the prophets and pioneers of terrorism, rather than the latecomers? Why, moreover, did they have to draw all their knowledge and tactics from fighters of other religions and of none – from Western anarchists and nihilists; from the Catholic IRA and Latin American urban guerrillas; from communists and fascists; from Zionist Jews and Sri Lankan Hindus?”
To belabor all of the scriptural citations Jenkins draws from the Bible, to support his thesis, would take many thousands of words. I’ll give you two examples. One is Phinehas, who saves the Hebrews – who have begun to intermarry with Moabite women so that the two peoples begin to share in religious worship. God becomes enraged by the race-mixing. Then, describes Jenkins,“God furiously commands that the chiefs of Israel be impaled in the sun as means of quenching his anger. Moses commands his subordinates to kill anyone who has married a pagan, or “yolked themselves to Baal”, while a plague kills twenty-four thousand Hebrews. Fortunately, Phinehas, a grandson of Aaron, preempts the worst of the catastrophe by slaughtering a mixed-race couple. God ends the plague and blesses Phinehas and his descendants.”
In a February 3, 2012 Huffington Post op-ed, Philip Jenkins noted the popularity of the character of Phinehas among white supremacists:“In 1990, Richard Kelly Hoskins used the story as the basis for his manifesto Vigilantes of Christendom, which advocated a new order of militant white supremacists, the Phineas [sic] Priesthood. Over the next decade, a number of sects assumed this title, claiming Old Testament precedent for terrorist attacks on mixed race couples and abortion clinics. Opinions vary as to whether Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh himself was a Phineas Priest, but he was close to the movement. While the Priesthood seems to be defunct today, no observer of the neo-Nazi scene would be amazed if the name reappeared in the near-future.”
Turning back to Laying Down the Sword, on page 7 Philip Jenkins writes,“The richest harvest of gore comes from the biblical books that tell the story of the children of Israel after their escape fro Egypt, as they take over their new land in Canaan. These events are foreshadowed in the Book of Deuteronomy, in which God proclaims, “I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh.” We then turn to the full orgy of militarism, enslavement, and race war in the books of Joshua and Judges. Moses himself reputedly authorizes this campaign when he tells his followers that, once they reach Canaan, they must annihilate all the peoples they find in the cities especially reserved for the Hebrews. They should follow the terrifying rules of herem warfare, placing the city under a ban. Under this code, every living thing found in the city, every that breathes, should be slaughtered in a kind of mass human sacrifice… If the forces of Joshua and his successor judges had committed their acts in the modern world, observers would not hesitate to speak of war crimes, even of genocide, and they would draw comparisons with the notorious guerrilla armies of Uganda and the Congo.”
The worst part of this, explains Jenkins, is that God ordered his people to exterminate, utterly, the Canaanite and Amalekite tribes – “God commanded the bloodshed and intervened forcefully when it was not pursued with enough vigor.” Observes Jenkins, the sort of full scale herem warfare, the slaughter of everything that breathed, depicted in the Bible not only is missing from the Qur’an, it is also in historical terms, even for the time period when the scriptures of the Old Testament are believed to have been written, an unusual practice.
Jenkins contextualizes these Biblical narratives of genocidal conquest by pointing out that there is almost no archaeological support whatsoever that supports the biblical account of a large-scale Israelite invasion of the land of Canaan, and he offers the hypothesis that these scriptural narratives were constructed in an attempt to solidify Israelite tribal and cultural cohesion.But on the other hand, Jenkins points out, there is evidence to support the exploits of Josiah, as described in the second book of Kings:“Josiah smashed sacred images, desecrated shrines, cut sacred groves, and burned the bones in tombs. He “slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altar, and burned the men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.” Unlike the original conquest, these events were recorded accurately by near contemporaries and firsthand observers if not by participants: this really happened… In the modern world, the closest parallel to such a policy would be among the most extreme Islamist sects, whose standard campaign platform proposes rooting out alien religious practices and symbols.”

Jenkins’ claim is, unfortunately, incorrect. As I have documented at length, the leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation, a fast-growing movement within charismatic Christianity, propose that exact sort of “campaign platform” as well.Philip Jenkins’ book is clinical to the extent that he constructs a typology, of the respective categories of violence found in the Bible and the Qur’an, and sifts through the two texts for examples. The most extreme category includes, “Texts that call for direct violence against particular races or ethnic groups”, “Passages that demand or sanction the extermination of rival groups”, and “Calls to annihilate enemies”.Writes, Jenkins, “The Bible abounds with Category 1 (“extreme”) texts, most egregiously in Deuteronomy and Joshua, while the Qur’an has nothing strictly comparable.”Jenkins also walks readers through a treatment of how such violent scripture in the Bible has been deployed throughout European and American history, to justify or excuse violence against entire peoples (the Irish, Native-Americans, Armenians, and so on) and been reflected in the writing of top theologians.Summing up his viewpoint on the question of violence in religious texts, whether those be Christian, Islamic, or Jewish, Philip Jenkins proposes, in his February 3, 2012 Huffington Post op-ed,“If the founding texts determine the whole later course of a faith, then it should be impossible for Christians and Jews to live their faith without the genocidal violence and racial segregation that so abounds in their holy book — yet most believers do just that, and have done so in most eras of their history.

Yes, the bloody scriptures continue to exist, and in some circumstances, in certain conditions of social and political breakdown, extremists will cite them to provide a spiritual aura to violent and revolting acts that they were going to commit anyway. But that does not mean that we should hold the scriptures themselves responsible, or imagine that the faith as such is irrevocably tainted.
Religions develop and mature over time, and it is lunatic to condemn a whole faith on the basis of its ancient horrors. That’s true for Christians, Jews — and Muslims.”
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