tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38108370486734422542024-03-13T08:24:45.929-05:00FARUQUEZ___ArticleZ on Religion and Myth. 21st Century Model ___For Ur ENTERTAINMENT___Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-43490518697735369242018-04-30T09:44:00.000-05:002018-12-14T07:49:35.663-06:00The Fix: Fixing the Real World Problems.<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span></b>olving a real world problem is too tough. Because people demands a lot. You shall never able to satisfy all of their demand even when they may special. For example, Jews were once chosen by God as His People, yet Jesus blamed them as- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"You desire horses like knights, but you desire not to go forth to war: you desire fair clothing like women, but you desire not to spin and nurture children; you desire the fruits of the field, and you desire not to cultivate the Earth; you desire the fishes of the sea, but you desire not to go a fishing; you desire honour as citizens, but you desire not the burden of the republic; and you desire tithes and first fruits as priests, but you desire not to serve God in truth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">What then shall God do with you, seeing you desire here every good without any evil?" -[see, our article <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2013/01/gospel-what-will-god-give-us-in-paradise.html">chosen people</a>]</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">So, the question is, what to do with this kind of people! You see, we released [bailed on Mercy] General Christians [ie. Victims], but we blocked "Christian fathers and Jews" [ie. Criminals]. And this is the solution [with a few lines of explanation].</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But it can be solved in a more generalized form."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That is optional for us.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Optional!?!"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then are you going to blame us? Is there any f...ing valid reason or logic in this world to blame us?? [See our article "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-fact-and-reality-jews-are-chosen.html">The fact and the reality</a>", "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/01/jerusalem-city-al-quds.html">Jerusalem</a>" (Q & A section), "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/02/yellow-heifer-disputed-murder-and.html">al Baqarah</a>" & "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/06/psalms-what-is-meaning-of-psalm-1101-or.html">Psalms</a>" for understanding]. Or you going to blame us without reason???</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I am not blaming, but a proverb that says- "There is always some people wiser than others." So, is not it better to verify this solution by the wiser before declaring their current position?" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Look, we are not permitted to take any help from others nor permitted to use anyone's library [If any claim please inform us] but that belongs to God. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Why?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Because of witness problem in the day of judgement. Actually, the solution must be from Muslim with</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Single Responsibility" and authorized by the Scripture. Otherwise, it will create a witness problem which will invalided the salvation solution provided to the people by the providers. So we can not take any help from any </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">even if he is Muslim. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"But why this </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Single Responsibility"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">must be from Muslim?"</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because Muhammad is the only person who is sent to this world as Messiah to them. Now what we are saying- </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are not permitted to take any help from others, but we encourage wise-men to show some points [ie. valid logic/reason if any] so that "People of the Scriptures" may finds a way to reject our judgement.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Now for a more generalized solution, how you want us to behave with these criminals? Like Angels? Like Prophets?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sorry bro, there is no Angelic or Prophetic Judgement for their salvation. They are only entitled having a judgement </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">from a 3rd class Muslim </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">for their salvation </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">even not from a 1st class. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And why those criminal needed a 1st class Muslim for their salvation? Do you know who they are? Who their guider? -Sorry to say but he is nothing but Satan [See my articles "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2016/09/pork-are-pork-and-swine-flesh-lawful.html">Pork</a>", "al-Baqarah" & "Psalms" for better understanding]. O buddy, when y</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ou are hanging above the Hellfire as lower graded animals [like pigs, monkeys, dogs, cats etc] tied by ropes and then you demanding [from that position] a 1st class citizen of heaven for your salvation - is it logical?!?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look, you can't demand a 1st class behavior all the time from a person who belongs to a 3rd class. However, I am sorry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">O brother Jews and Christians! We Muslims are not your enemy, but friends [believe it or not]. Now, if you want a Angelic behavior from us that will not help you, because Angels are not self willed. They will only do what they ordered to do. Remember the case of Sodom and Gomorrah, do the Angels leave a single man, or, a woman, or, a child, or even a single animal except Lot and his two daughters??? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">..they [Angels] said, "Indeed, we will destroy the people of that Lot's city. Indeed, its people have been wrongdoers."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Abraham] said, "Indeed, within it is Lot." </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They said, "We are more knowing of who is within it. We will surely save him and his family, except his wife. She is to be of those who remain behind."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family, except your wife; she is to be of those who remain behind. Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient." </span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">29:31-34]</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And if you want a Prophetic behavior from us then that will also not help you too. Do you not see </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What Khidh-r did? or </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses ordered when you sinned? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Khidh-r killed a boy because he came to know that the boy will be the cause of grieve for their pious Parent when he will grown up. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">[</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;"><i>...when they </i></span></span><i style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">[Moses & Khidh-r]</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> met a boy, he (Khidh-r) killed him.</i> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-18:74 [And with this incident when Moses angried, Khidh-r justified the killing as saying] "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy". </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-18:80-81]. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And what about Moses? He ordered the Jews to kill themselves [</span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Then Moses told his people, "My people, you have sinned against yourselves by worshipping the calf, so repent to your Creator and then kill yourselves. That would be better for you in your Creator's sight. Then He turned to you, accepting your repentance. He is always forgiving, the Mercy Giver.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -2:54], Is not it??</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">And for Ezra, an ant bite him when he was taking rest under a tree outside Jerusalem. So he killed all of them. Then God asked him, "O Ezra! Only an ant bite you and you killed all of them!?!"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">He said, "They all are from the same family with the same habit. I killed them all so that no one could bite me again". </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">And, are you forget what he did to you [to the Jews]</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for maintaining your purity</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">?!? He forced you to leave your wives [because they were from non Jewish family] and children [because they from their non Jewish wives]-[See Ezra 9-10]</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for Jesus- he ordered to pluck your eyes if it sinned. because it is better to be blind in the heaven than burning eternally in the hell with eyes. However, do you know how eyes sins? [see our article <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2013/01/gospel-eye-which-is-origin-of-every.html">Eye</a> for better understanding].</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, in the beginning of this article we mention that Jesus blaming Jews, and what he concluded? It is that- </span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"</i></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">God will give them [His Chosen People] a place where they will have every evil without any good."</span><b style="color: blue;"> </b>-</i>[Read the article<span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2013/01/gospel-what-will-god-give-us-in-paradise.html">chosen people</a>].</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for Muhammad- Actually he is exception [as he is Mercy to the Mankind].</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you not see how a string of different element get bailed through his naming attributes!? And if it is still not cleared to you then you may understand through the later part of this article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They will always uphold the book of God and shall never let down the honorable position of a Prophet. Thus Omar order to burn the library of Alexandria. And he beheaded a Muslim at once when he heard that the man denied the verdict/judgement of the Prophet. [See our article- <a href="http://faruquez.blogspot.com/2012/02/omar-killed-man-as-he-disagreed-with.html">Omaric Judgement</a>].</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This [what Omar did] is the duty of a 1st class Muslim. For a better understanding we have to cite an example-</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The apostle had instructed his commanders when they entered Mecca only to fight those who resisted them except a small number who were to be killed even if they were found beneath the curtains of the Ka'ba. Among them was Abdullah b. Sa'd, brother of the B. Amir b. Lu'ayy. The reason he ordered him to be killed was that he had been a Muslim and used to write down revelation; then he apostatized and returned to Quraysh [Mecca] and fled to Uthman b. Affan whose foster brother he was. The latter hid him until he brought him to the apostle after the situation in Mecca was tranquil, and asked that he might be granted immunity. They allege that the apostle remained silent for a long time till finally he said yes, [granting Abdullah immunity from the execution order]. When Uthman had left he [Muhammad] said to his companions who were sitting around him, "I kept silent so that one of you might get up and strike off his head!" One of the Ansar [Muhammad's helpers from Medina] said, then why didn't you give me a sign, O apostle of God?" He [Muhammad] answered that a prophet does not kill by pointing." -[See our article- </span><a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2016/08/al-quran-is-written-by-muhammad-or-book_19.html" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">al-Qur'an</a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yeah, but what about a 3rd class Muslim, like you??"</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God: Bears all the beautiful names. Creator of Heaven and Earth, Most Merciful, Most Wise. [read these </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">article, </span><a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2011/12/theology-of-god.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">God</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">; </span><a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2016/12/god-how-does-god-working-doing-all.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">God</a><span style="text-align: justify;">; f</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">or better understanding]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prophets: Prophets are the servant of God. Main Prophets are- Adam, Sheesh, Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek, Job, Abraham, Ismael, Issac, Jacob [Israel], Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Elijah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Zachariah, Jon, Jesus & Muhammad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scriptures: Scriptures are the books of God.that awarded to the Prophets. And after the death of a Prophet, [in the course of time] when the book of God that awarded to that Prophet were corrupted, God send another Prophet with a new Book. Thus Qur'an is the last [as declared] Book from God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Qur'an: Distinguishes between right and wrong, truth and false or good and evil. Uncorrupted, without any error, thus able to validate previous Scriptures and their Context. This book [Qur'an] is not bounded by time and space. Thus it is valid as- Global, Universal and Eternal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Renown previous Scriptures are-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Torah: Awarded to Moses,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All these Scriptures are local [as these were sent to the intermediate Prophets ie. between Adam and Muhammad and awarded for a particular tribe/nation but not for the mankind] and corrupted [mixed with garbage] in the course of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Rules of Using Scriptures</b>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Scripture cannot be used as Master unless-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. a). It is [a book] without any Error.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> b). It is Eternal ie. Valid for Past, Present, Future & Beyond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. a). A Verse of any Scripture cannot be considered as Invalid unless it opposes the Master [Scripture].</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What?!?"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What means! Do you not see what is happening here? </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ten of the twelve sons of Israel [those make today's Jews nation] plot to kill one of their child brother [Joseph] because their father [Jacob/Israel] loves him much!?! And what the victim Joseph did later?!? He pardoning those criminals</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> who not only plot kill but also executed the plan </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">by throwing him into a well</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">!?!, fuck.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And what Muhammad did?? He is setting an example following Josephs example so that we Muslim may not fail to follow - "BEST PRACTICES"??? </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So we promise that we will try to follow "all the Best Practices" before taking any hard/soft decision later in this article. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh, Yeah! A bunch of questions. Actually, it seems to me that people still not clear what you are doing and why you doing so."</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is this all?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No, there are questions about the preconditions against that you are doing. By the way what are the safeties of the non Muslims?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Confusing whole world in this 21st century? Wow! that's amazing. What! really?!?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yah, and its amazing no doubt but, have you any idea of the way of confusing all?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not any? Then if I told you that there are ways, I mean technologies which one can be used against any Tech Giant to take control their business legally over the internet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That is exactly what I mean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Say, it's me. And if I really throw a challenge to the whole world that I can take control over the internet and able to refrain a Tech Giant [say Google] from its net based business, then what shall be the answer of this world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Huu, but I am not going to cover all. I am letting you and others to challenge me throwing critical questions with a hope to kick my ass -which you may term as- "Scholastic Chemistry".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That is what I mean. And why not? You know, a play never be thrilled if not the game highly competitive. Thus we played previously a blind game during explaining the significance of our "al-Baqarah" article. </span><span style="font-family: "sansserif";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh Yeah, that was amazing. Even I did not have any idea where you going to reach, in the beginning of every section i were confused but you handle that in a better way. Did you planned before for an explanation in that way?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh no! That was purely a blind game. I just throw arrow into the air aimlessly. The only thing on which we were confident is our truthfulness, and natural logical explaining power either Scripturaly or Scientifically. And don't try to be innocent, every time you spinned the ball to a different direction to make my way difficult- I observed it my dear. However what we are telling-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Confusing the World. And what do you say?!? I made your way difficult there?!? Oh buddy, this article actually going to show you what is called "difficult". However, leave that and explain us your "confusing world". My God! you make me thrilled, really."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wow! that's interesting. Then try your best for a difficulty- I love challenges. But first let me finished the article, or it will be too lengthy. Now, come to the point- like you, even the answers from Google CEO, NASA shall also be confused.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Look, definitely, the answer of this question is YES, or, NO. But the explanation of the answer ie. yes or no, will differ from one to another.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"How could be that? The answer that the question demands shall yes, or no, then, why do we need an explanation?!?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And those who have clear idea of my knowledge and wisdom, I mean knowledge on say, about my last 3 Articles [<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/06/psalms-what-is-meaning-of-psalm-1101-or.html">Psalms</a>, <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/06/ramesses-ii-is-ramesses-ii-was-pharaoh.html">Pharaoh</a>, and <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/02/yellow-heifer-disputed-murder-and.html">al-Baqarah</a>], their answer also shall be- NO, and their explanation shall be- "If we consider that he is the best knowledgeable man on Scriptures in the human history, yet not a man on Science and Technology." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And those who are clever one and found only a way to upgrade computer gaming to some extent, they will labeled me as STUPID, and thus their answer will be no, and if you even know that all of them found that technical path in my blog and you pointed that to them, even then they will consider you among those, who are stupid and shall answer thus, "We found it luckily in his article then, do you think he has any knowledge of this?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And those who are among the clever one and when they were found all the stages that changes the gaming history forever, their answer also shall be no, and their explanation will be- "Suppose we found all the stages that changes really the gaming history, then how do you consider that he is aware of this? Do you have any proof of his any contribution in the IT sector or in the Gaming World? Or is he even known in those field in anyway? Most of all, if he aware any of this then why not he make papers, or patents? Hahahaha...oh buddy, now..... I can conclude about a truth.... that is,.... and of course concluded from your question that, "When a knowledgeable man like you could ask me a question like this, then it is "Absolute Truth" that the world is full of STUPIDS." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is all about understanding. No computer is "Turing Completed" as it is not capable to perform infinite test. Actually, if a computer completed "n" number of Tests then we may called it "Turing Completed", P = NP, where, N is a finite number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I mean if you say that a computer beat no. one chess master, then you can say, the computer is Turing Completed for chess only, not for all game and everything. We will discuss it in details in another article for "P vs NP" explanations of our previous "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/02/yellow-heifer-disputed-murder-and.html">al-Baqarah</a>" which still needed some explanations that we intentionally left-out there for a greater consequence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You know, <i>we already showed the general Christians </i></span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">by releasing them [we will explain this in brief in its proper place</i><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">]</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> - how Muhammad is the mercy to them [</i></span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">And now you may understand why we left some portion unexplained/unanswered there]</i><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">, but we left Christian Fathers [in <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/06/psalms-what-is-meaning-of-psalm-1101-or.html">Psalms</a> [110:1] article] and Jews [in <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/02/yellow-heifer-disputed-murder-and.html">al-Baqarah</a> article]. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Yah, I want to question you about that, it is actually about the rule by which you release general Christians in your "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/06/psalms-what-is-meaning-of-psalm-1101-or.html">Psalms</a>" article, this is because after reading that article even a Muslim may think that is your own judgement."<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hahaha..., is it? That's interesting. However, we will not discuss that here, but later in a separate article, just remind me [if I forget].</i> Now, what we are talking about?!- Oh yah!-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now the the case for stupids, what is their thought of me? Actually, we do not need their answers. We just focus on their Joys. ......... When they even understand that I can earn billion dollars any time I wish, but I am doing nothing, they are happy to think that they were never be among the stupids ever, the most stupidest among the mankind is that man- that is me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But I am also Confused. If you really able to earn Billion Dollars a decade ago, why you not do that?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Good Questions. It is not that I do not need any money. I do not go in that way because I have no interest in earning money selling Verses. My goal is to help people understanding- "the Truth and the Absolute Truth". Actually, help them understanding how they are blocked in this "World of Illusions".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Hahaha.... you are talking like Aliens."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Really! then you too confused. Hahaha..........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><u><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How I become a man with AI.</span></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"AI"!?!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, here, "A" means "Actual" [or, you may say "Absolute"<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a63c6cf9-fdd3-40c8-a6f1-5d5fe6e46e15" id="0cd2fa27-97ed-49db-be65-c937b456ea47">]</gs>- as I am a human not a computer- where it means "Artificial".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I see!! But, is CS [computer science] ever means "AI" for human!?!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No, because human are labeled with "IQ" compared with other <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ef7d791d-f430-4023-9a23-6a4b391a9ad9" id="a6c26f04-69e3-4da3-a840-296b17431f37">human, but</gs> no one ever compared human intelligence with computer. Actually human intelligence is interesting, it can block a powerful computer creating a situation as we did in our <a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2017/02/yellow-heifer-disputed-murder-and.html">al-Baqarah</a> article, but a computer itself can't create such situations. Do you know why?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5e47edc7-26e6-4660-b016-38174677a7df" id="e1e90e01-6a13-4c3d-a1fb-435bde09669e">Why</gs>?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because, Computers have no practical experiences with the natural world through such unnatural situation, which is unique- one and only.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"One and only!!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sure, because, the said situation which a group of Human once experienced, shall never will happen again. However, what I am telling-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was born in February 24, 1965, in Jessore- a District of Bangladesh [which liberated in 1971]. My father was a Service Holder. He bought a land in Jessore Sadar before liberation, and in 1975 [after the tragic death of our national leader <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c33c8d4a-dd61-4112-a393-e30d151c3cf7" id="085de9f4-cd2c-4c6f-b71e-ffb9def238eb">Sk</gs>. Mujibur Rahman] he <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="104118c6-d582-452d-b00b-bd813d43f23a" id="c971eefb-4019-4a0a-9c3a-e0a6aa2c7b20">build</gs> our home there for a permanent settle.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was the mid of 1976. My father <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f53c077a-8adf-4f3a-9ae3-82f151f95365" id="467dd06b-024e-41a0-a886-87dad591a7d0">took</gs> me to a nearby school </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">named- "Sammilani Institution"</span></span> for a admission. I was intended to admit in class VIII. The Head Master [Shahadat Ali Ansari] <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="19f97561-4d7d-401d-91b1-32936d115ab9" id="3be5ca47-f122-4e1a-87ca-7c53dbcf07a6">denied</gs> to admit me in the middle of an academic year. My father <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9b4dead7-eb5c-4d94-b875-dc5ffb56aa8f" id="b44cbc95-c8c7-493b-a47b-5afb5de1ebd3">try</gs> to convince <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9b4dead7-eb5c-4d94-b875-dc5ffb56aa8f" id="ed32f468-387b-4a22-827b-e7e45d501276">him saying-</gs> "He is some kind Genius. Actually, his school life started with his two elder <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9b4dead7-eb5c-4d94-b875-dc5ffb56aa8f" id="3b4d4afb-f6f3-49b6-8e93-8ccea0837bcd">sister</gs> in class IV but his result <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9b4dead7-eb5c-4d94-b875-dc5ffb56aa8f" id="9ddd194c-7b65-4d53-8cbd-c80cc739a860">never disappoint</gs> me." [Is this! Actually, I am not that kind of Genius which my father meant. I remembered my previous educational life. All credits are for Private Tutors, who actually made my life hell all the years.]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With this- the <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e5fadc98-48bd-4f36-a7a9-f928d5a587a9" id="7b615dd6-f3cb-4176-a560-ba3759776f04">head master</gs> not much convinced as- every child to his father is extraordinary. <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7d7ecdd9-112f-4ebe-ad61-594da632905a" id="874e1ed2-4f67-44c5-b145-ad25d03d0653">However he</gs> looked straight to me for a few second and then asked me to spell<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7d7ecdd9-112f-4ebe-ad61-594da632905a" id="056958d2-1dba-45c0-9b1b-cc080c5d04f1"></gs>- "lieutenant" and I was admitted in class VIII, section C. [Total student of our class [A+B+C<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7c723fa7-d7ef-4554-869e-9f7b5cd8cb28" id="cf370f67-de37-4673-89de-bdbf49c14ff2">]</gs>= 60x3 <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7c723fa7-d7ef-4554-869e-9f7b5cd8cb28" id="fb3f038f-6351-4b17-951c-c18090e7c0ce">ie</gs> 180 nos. I take my seat in one of the last bench, it is because I always preferred to be "back-bencher" and it was always amusing and fun for me.]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the early days of my life "I love to Read Books" I were habituated reading books because one of my Cousin who was an employee of -"Govt. Public Library." in Khulna dist. He always brought 10/15 books in every weekend for my Mother and Father, and I never left any- unreaded.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the early hood, I dared to do things whatever the situation is. And all of my close <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ab9cc32-048a-4891-a980-513bd00de80f" id="ad22e4c5-32b8-459b-92e0-4e8ba90d1cd8">friend</gs>s [all are local] also like me. During tiffin period one of my classmate bet on me with a puzzle of six-matchsticks and told me that if I able to make 4 <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558e874b-a5e5-4deb-ba6b-e31fc1fe5dff" id="bba622c9-e208-4e88-80f3-2e9924b858b8">triangle</gs> with those sticks within a minute, he will award me 100 <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558e874b-a5e5-4deb-ba6b-e31fc1fe5dff" id="71e81418-ccdc-4415-be91-758686f9f934">Taka</gs>, with in <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558e874b-a5e5-4deb-ba6b-e31fc1fe5dff" id="876ceda5-93ce-4a94-b519-9699ac6d11d6">an</gs> hour 50, and if in the <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558e874b-a5e5-4deb-ba6b-e31fc1fe5dff" id="9e87f0c9-3543-4487-9917-575c98045b5c">nest</gs> day then the reward will be <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="558e874b-a5e5-4deb-ba6b-e31fc1fe5dff" id="6559a470-6274-4b8a-89b6-bd1320b0c3dd">Taka two and a cup of tea which is 30 paisa</gs> only.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I agreed and he bring-out a <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d71b983c-26a3-485c-ad4f-f6e816bbe896" id="4d9697b6-8515-47e9-93c2-b2e8c8ee2a48">match box</gs> from his pocket and give me 6-sticks. He was a smoker and occasionally I taste <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e1928872-5c0a-47fd-9c89-ddca5145d566" id="f2f713b3-4049-48ed-ab10-583faa3365ce">cig</gs>. [STAR] from him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-"Are you damn desperate to be my friend?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-"We are surely friends."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">I was sipping my tea looking a girl going to her School. Her dress color [pink cumise, white salwar, white orna] indicates that she is the student of Adarsha Multilateral Girls High School [in Bengali -Adarsha Balika Biddalay]" which was just adjacent to our School. Actually, a 25' road [Ambika Basu Lane] that separates this two schools. He followed my eyes and then when his gaze fell on my face-I told him softly- "Bring her orna [scarff/dupatta] in return of your money [</span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3dafbce4-7458-4502-ada3-c6521db71709" id="40a54620-ce7c-449c-b7b3-f49d5c20ebf0" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">ie</gs><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">. 100 </span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="263a1c22-63cd-4b78-833d-8e5dcffa8375" id="0cb9e2de-d565-493d-878b-ef782a031173" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">taka</gs><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"> that he gives me] and our friendship."</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ce7d0afb-ae87-4dea-bf8f-80adef91d74f" id="15565f8d-1814-4183-80dc-e654ae679317">move</gs> forward and reach the girl gently and then picked her orna. It was neatly folded and stapled on her both shoulder. The girl moved 360 degree with a loud screaming and <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6eb33083-d593-4236-8e43-e1de2c1abaab" id="e96897ce-b7a5-4d42-b010-1f75afbea992">made</gs> a marathon towards her school leaving her books, shoes. The road was empty in that early hours <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bd6aa578-ee99-4431-bfae-afeedf16ee1e" id="cc9b00d8-56ed-4394-bf95-b653c0968765">of</gs> the day. So no one noticed the <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a798261b-9cf0-4fbe-9374-1a3d3f1c0c57" id="7f9660a3-07e6-419a-b816-3f245649f4b7">incident except</gs> the owner of the tea stall.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d111390d-ad9e-4fd9-8d04-99ce2fb3ca44" id="c289ceae-1239-4661-a9e9-424809940db1">He</gs> throw the orna to the pond at the point of the incident and return to <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d111390d-ad9e-4fd9-8d04-99ce2fb3ca44" id="eb9213da-8fe5-4c78-860b-2fc87e2b9be4">me I</gs> ordered two cups of tea for us. And then we move towards our School.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the middle of the <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fd8a9fdf-d5b8-4c6c-aba3-7b7af141ba6b" id="08d9f59b-473f-4167-ae0c-2992a00d52f0">1st</gs> period [each class of 45 minutes<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fd8a9fdf-d5b8-4c6c-aba3-7b7af141ba6b" id="deab9c65-9df8-4c4a-ba80-df0fafe747b2">]</gs>- O my God! A<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="37d9d1f0-1a13-45ff-ac03-ff53c90a3a77" id="c9fa577e-f82a-4c25-a86d-ae3c2677c343"></gs> girl with bare footed <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="37d9d1f0-1a13-45ff-ac03-ff53c90a3a77" id="64b73134-5e5a-4161-98fb-ca6b7c0d4d8b"></gs>moving towards our Head Masters room accompanied with two Mistress.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I said to him softly- "We both clearly fucked up."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said to me, "No, only me, <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9cf2bd4f-c2c2-4f7d-be30-449c44b4c0e6" id="d6a7fabf-315e-43da-83ba-f48f111b0043">if</gs> exposed everything."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I said, "Let us leave the class." <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a518021d-6713-469d-affd-137fc19a9ae4" id="52484a29-daaf-458b-859d-156c169294b0">and</gs> we both looking for a chance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are 4 peons in our school. One of them <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ea9e079f-dae1-4fe5-a2c9-01de5b5c98ed" id="b82d3215-cc13-40f6-bc39-c07b057eb396">enter</gs> the class without permission of the teacher who is in his lecture. This is obviously against the rule. No one heard what the peon says to our teacher. But we both clearly understand what is going to happen. The teacher stops lecturing and told us- "No one will leave the class... <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="64f3693c-e79f-4492-b3b3-04d83e4ae8d1" id="57526c24-6af2-469d-a0f3-3f6e38ae901b">before</gs> I leave." His voice was too rough.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all are waiting. Then the girl entered our <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f0c71ca8-579e-43a7-9e9a-a71844079317" id="949d08c1-95ec-4fc1-af69-f0ff310a5601"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f9402f01-3bcf-4f0d-b91b-f377a527d04a" id="32296efb-5a52-42ad-8b0e-d70b00e80e7c">class room</gs></gs> with a <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f0c71ca8-579e-43a7-9e9a-a71844079317" id="b2336245-f920-4705-bdb0-122620bd9e7e"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="f9402f01-3bcf-4f0d-b91b-f377a527d04a" id="c2c7c29c-adeb-4bfc-83e1-ab2ceba77eaf">peon</gs></gs> and starts to pass every row one by one with him. They passed us normally and nothing <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ce29d6cf-1472-4b9b-b125-6bf2dee5aaf7" id="a5868b7c-fb2d-45a6-bb09-f379099783c5">happened</gs>. We <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2d8714e9-9ca9-4bed-a738-fa587227008b" id="1ec439da-4446-49fd-b064-670e5a441f1c">just released</gs> our breaths. The girl <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="6ec40933-d625-46f6-abc6-cbda17453616" id="b3fda3d6-e0e5-4580-bd30-1a5c769849df">return</gs> to our class teacher and talked to him softly and then go out. Then suddenly 4 peons take <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7d7429c4-31ca-4c9e-bfb3-9685ad10b741" id="e13eda9f-f1f2-4210-b96f-da4275231745">position</gs> covering each door of our class. The teacher came to us and told him that he need to meet Head Master.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He asked - "Me?!?" He acted to be surprised and continued, "Right now?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Teacher only said- "Move."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh!! <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e1c21cd3-9b34-4794-9549-99281f55a8d7" id="8143647e-5ac5-4a98-bae8-27d4f477c02e">The</gs> later story was so unpleasant, so pathetic and so remarkable to me!.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So????</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So what?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So we can wait and see what they do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What we will see and who to do what?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All the tech giant [Google, Facebook, MIT, Amazon, Github, Linkedin, Microsoft, Wordpress, Symantec, Netflix, Snapchat, ...., etc], are they only enjoyed our "frontend" [in languaged [Text based] form, which may not grammatically corrected] or they included our "backend" [errorless codes that generated by the language [text] written by us] too</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"If they still not enjoyed "backend", then?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then let them enjoy that </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">first</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. And later let them tell us which programming language we still left non upgrading position [without knowing single of them even nor using any of their so called "standard library"] so that we can touch them for their up-gradation [in/c their standard library].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are we need Microsoft [for their operating system], Google or others [for their browser service], Amazon or IBM or others [for their Cloud service], or CSS or anything?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are not we pegged Stephen Hawking as Stupid in our Python apps [you can find the apps in the language [text] form in </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our article "</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2011/10/marriage-sexual-contract-what-would-be.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">R</span>ent a Housewife</a></span>"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">] which confidently [that the code generated by the language shall never be faulty even the language itself may not grammatically correct] </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rendered at run-time</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Hu.."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So basically we have nothing to learn from anyone but we can teach them. Yet the truth is- nobody learns. By the way, do you ever played x-box or google play?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me too, but it developed in an interesting way during the past decade, wow .... very interesting!! So, we may call all renown game developer or developing company for developing games to apply our test. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hahaha..... Actually, peoples are funny [basically those are skilled in their field] I enjoyed them always. Hahaha.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"You laughing!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am laughing with a thought- maybe [!?!] they already applied this test to their game.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hahahaaaa............</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Its April 28, 2018, and we start again completing our jobs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh, that's nice. Then from where to start?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From our school story.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Its a long day and I am waiting in my classroom with highly anxiety. Why its too late for his coming?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then he entered into the class. I at once stand-up. He came to me with a smile and spoke into my ear, "Don't worry, I didn't expose you."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"You are beaten black and blue." I said at once observing his tethered condition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I did not uttered a single word against what Ansari asked. So he did it angrily." he said smiling. Then he took his books from the desk and start leaving the the class. I followed him immediately.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In a rush I reached at the foot of the temple [which was in the east and right side of the entrance of our school], but Omar was not with me. So I looked back and found him in the middle of the basketball ground which was in between Our class and Class VII.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Omar took his sit in the ground facing towards headmasters room. Seeing this, quickly I entered into the temple. I put my books behind "Sarasati" and then sitting beside her I starred towards Omar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Omar took off his shirt [which was torned] and then lay it on his lap. Then he began to tearing the leafs of his books one by one into small pieces.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What the stupid doing? I shouted, "Omar!" Surely, he heard me yet he did not answer nor looking back but eagerly engaging himself doing what he was doing previously.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Omar takes too much time doing his job. Time passes by. I don't know when I fell in asleep lending the foundation of Sarasati.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do not attend classes for the next three days and in the 4th day after attending, I came to know Omar also absent during those days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I do not know where Omar lived in, I never asked him before. So in the weekend when the school closed, I went for a search for his residence. And at last I find it out. Then when I pushed calling bell of the entry a young girl opened the door. I told her that I am Omar's classmate and I am looking for him because he was not attending classes for the past few days. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The girl said, " He will not going to attend school anymore. He left for Dhaka." and then she shut the door on my face without letting me further inquiring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am shocked and feel guilty. Because of my fault, my friends educational life came to an end.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I tried to understand "ETHICS"- what can be done and what cannot, understanding from its "BENCHMARK", so that I can analyze the reaction/result any of my action [that I am going to implement] instantly from different angle. And then I came in contact with the writings of Naseem Hijazi.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is a story in the prologue of of a Hijazi's book "Safed Jazeera" [The White Island}. The story as such-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An infant boy serving a saint. The boy beg door to door in the nearby villages and return in the evening. The he cooked for their dinner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The saint was so pious that the boy firmly believed one day God will surely hear him and when that happened he will get a way out and need not to beg anymore.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Years after years passes. The boy now in his full youth and the saint becomes too old. The boy now for sure nothing gonna happen. Yet he cannot leave the saint because of love that grew for years. He was serving the saint so many years how can he leave him in his so old age?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So he is doing his job as before. Days after days passes. Then one day when he came home in the evening and preparing for cooking their dinner, he heard that the saint praying to God after his Maghrib Salah as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh God! If you make me king of this country, I will build a lot of Your houses where people will pray to You for Your Mercy in faith and in hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh God! People will pray to you for Your Mercy for their sins because they will know You are most Merciful. Oh God!.."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hearing upto this the youth loses his temper. He became very angry. He pushed woods into the oven angrily and then began to pray loudly spreading his hands upwards opposing the saint as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Oh God! What the saint will do in his old age if You made him King? The man already set a foot in his grave. So if You wish to do something, then elect me. I will show people what they really deserve. I will demolish all of Your houses and turn them into brothel.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will kill all of them who will pray to You. I will do such so that no one dare to utter Your name publicly. And thus gradually I will wipe out Your name from the earth for ever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will promote evil and I will awarded them those are evil doer. I I will do this in such a way so that people no more recall any good..."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hearing this the saint cried out. His eyes filled with tears. He said, "Son! what are you saying! Oh God! pardon him. He is..."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That night the saint refused to take his meal. So both of them spent the night hungry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The youth passed the night sleepless. And he took off from his bed too early just before the darkness of the night clearing the eastern sky by the reflecting ray of the raising sun. Then he look at the saint who was asleep. The old man may not live too many days. The man going to leave this world without enjoying anything, nor even having any good food in his life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Generally, the youth used to beg in the nearby villages. But today he decided to go to the Kings Palace for his alms.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The King died suddenly in the night. And he did not select anyone in his place before his death. So on hearing his death news, the army chief came to the Chief Viser and said, "Elect me as King as I am the fittest person. You know, the arms, the ammunition and the army all are in my control, no one dare to oppose me."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The queen said, "Am I not the queen, who sits besides the King all the times, then why not I be the ruler of this country?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Chief of the biggest tribe said, "Why not you elect me, when I am the leader of the biggest tribe of this country?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A group of tribal leaders said to the Viser, "We will select the fittest one among us, so you have to elect him as our King."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With this situation, the advisory board decided that they will elect him as King who will knock 1st to the eastern gate of the Kings Palace at </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tomorrow morning</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The youth knocked the eastern gate of the Kings Palace for his alms very early in the morning. Then he was crowned as King. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And after that he decreed to demolish all the praying houses in his kingdom and arresting those who are pious for hanged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People began to leaving homes for saving their lives and taking shelter to the neighboring country. They are now queering the background of the King they elect. Some said, "He was a beggar. We have seen him begging door to door in the villages."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Others said, "He lived in the jungle with a saint."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So they began to trace his living place to find the saint with a thought that he may help then finding a way out from the disaster. And when they find him out, they begged him to save them and the country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The saint agreed to visit the kings court for the sake of innocent peoples live even acknowledging his death penalty. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then when the saint entered into the court, the King rejoiced seeing him and greeted him standing from his seat saying, "Huzur-e- Namder!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The saint replied, "Son! What are you doing?!?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At once the Kings face changed. He roared with a harden voice, "Do not uttered another word or I have to order to cut your tongue." He continued, "God did not hear you but me. So I am doing what I promised to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The soul of the people of this country already corrupted. They are now unable to distinguish between right and wrong, Good and evil. So I shall teach them what evil actually is, so that they need not to learn what is good."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hearing this, the saint rejoice saying, "Son! Do what you are doing with earnestness and in a full swim."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">TO BE CONTINUED-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[N.B: a. Article produced with the help of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-my Active Brain [Controlled/supervised]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-my Active Soul/Mind [Uncontrolled/unsupervised]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">b. We/Us means- we Muslims [in/c prophets between Adam and Muhammad], or, Me with the Words Power of God, or, When I hope my intention is inline with the intention of God.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Q & A</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Before writing this article, you appeared as "Heavy Hitters" against Google in your facebook and G+ pages and now what about that?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ We never hide anything from Google, because we start writing our blog post under their hood. Yet without keeping our data safe they open it to the developers for business and other intention. So we need to open everything for all before completing our job.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We never showed our interest in any kind of business nor we intend to kick-out others from the market to take over theirs. Actually we are not allowed to do such for personal gain when we engaged in doing such type of jobs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But we appeared as "Heavy Hitters" for setting an example to show publicly what we can do "if needed" for the sake of public data safety even if they are "Tech Giants". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You know, because of Googles behavior we need to waste our valuable time [months after months] for making our firm decision in a cool brain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I personally like Google for some cases and hate for others. However, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">we are not against them if not they force us to do so. So the code we generated against Google shall remain to us as an example for others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Is this all for Google?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually people never learns [especially those are well educated and confident on their knowledge]. So what more to say to them!! Only like this- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Carrots can not help you see better in the dark any more than eating blueberries will turn you blue".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But...?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And now, what do you think- "Are the Muslims Stupid, Daring or Extraordinary???"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"STUPID."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What? Hahaha..... oh my God! Hahahaaa.... oh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Like Omar? Who ordered to burn the "Library of Alexandria"??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, people judge others according to their knowledge. You have your own similarly Omar had his. Omar ordered such with this judgement- </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span></b>veryone that works, works for an end in which he finds satisfaction. Wherefore God, as He is perfect hasn't need of satisfaction, because, He has satisfaction Himself. And so willing to work, He created before all things the soul of His Habib for whom He determined to create the whole in order that the creatures should find joy and blessedness in God [ie. as the Mercy of the Creations or in short, the Messiah to the Mankind], whence His Habib should take delight in all His creatures, which He has appointed to be His Messenger, His slave, and wherefore this is, so save as thus He willed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thus, every prophet when he came, borne to one nation only, which was the mark of the mercy of God. And so their words were not extended save to that people to which they were sent. But the Messiah, when he shall come, God shall give to him as it were the seal of His hand, insomuch that he shall carry the salvation and mercy to all the nations of the world that shall receive his doctrine."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He, the Messiah, shall come with power upon the ungodly, and shall destroy idolatry, insomuch that he shall make Satan confounded; for so promised God to Abraham, saying:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Behold, in your seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as you have broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham, even so shall your seed do."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-From this verse, it is clear, in whom this promise was made. Surely it is "in Ishmael;" not "in Isaac,". Because Muhammad, the lineage of Ishmael, cleaned Ka'ba destroying 300 idols, not Jesus, the lineage of David [a lineage of Isaac].</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Then why the Jews say that the Messiah will be among them and in the lineage of David? Is their claim baseless?" </span></div>
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To justify their claim, we have to inquire the lineage of David. And we find, he was of Isaac; for Isaac was father of Jacob, and Jacob was father of Judah of whose lineage is David. And now the question is- the Messiah, when he shall come, of what lineage will he be? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Zabur (Psalm), we find that David calls him (the Messiah) Lord, saying thus: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The LORD said unto my Lord,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Sit thou at my right,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">until I make thine enemies thy footstool." -[Psalm, 110:1]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">According to this verse of Psalms, it is clear that God shall send forth Jews Lord which shall have Lordship in the midst of their enemies, not among them. Again, If that Messenger of God, whom they call Messiah, shall be the son of David, how should David call him Lord?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Yah, that's a big Question."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thus it confirms the Promised Messiah shall never be the son of David.</span></div>
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"If this is true, then the Question is- How it is written in the Book of Moses, that the promise was made in Isaac?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is so written, but Moses did not write it, nor Joshua, but rather their Rabbins!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Then how to Justify this?!" </span></div>
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For it's justification, we have to consider the words of the Angel Gabriel, and then we shall discover the malice of (Jews) scribes and doctors. For the angel said: "Abraham, all the world shall know how God loves you; but how shall the world know the love that you bear to God? Assuredly it is necessary that you do something for love of God."</span></div>
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Abraham answered: "Behold the servant of God, ready to do all that which God shall will."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then spoke God, saying to Abraham: "Take your son, your firstborn; and come up the mountain Marwah [al-Marwah- a mountain now located in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and interestingly, you will find in the Bible- Marwah as Moriah] to sacrifice him."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"And it is also written [in the Bible] that Isaac as the firstborn." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's right. And thus the question arises, "How is Isaac firstborn, if, when Isaac was born Ishmael was seven years old?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Hu it's a question."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, therefore, it is clear- that is the deception of their [Jews] doctors."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Is this, then how you conclude for the result we have?</span><br />
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This- "Satan ever seeks to annul the laws of God; and therefore he with his followers, hypocrites and evildoers, the former with false doctrine, the latter with lewd living, today they have contaminated almost all things, so that scarcely is the truth found.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Hu."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And for this, their praises of this world shall turn for them into insults and torments in hell for ever.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Sad, very sad."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>The End</u>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Not Yet Verified</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u> Sources</u>:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jabur [Psalms]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gospel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Qur'an.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><u>Q & A</u></span></span><br />
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# "You already explained- why Muhammad is the Lord of David not Jesus without explaining details of the verse "Psalm, 110:1". You could answer the question through the verse, yet you leave the verse and answered in a different way, why? Will you pl. answer the above question explaining details of the verse "Psalm, 110:1"?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">@ Actually, the verse Psalm 110:1, is known to all and many of them [Scholars] have attitudes that they know better than others. So I leave it for influencing them to challenge me if they find any contradiction with my above answer. And I love challenges, because it helps people to know- what the truth is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yah, we can answer the question through Psalm, 110:1, but that will be fully opposite that you know. But now you influencing me to answer in that way. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, from the verse Psalm, 110:1 we came to know what David visioned during his days. He visioned that when his Lord, Messiah will come, his people will reject him. And in a phase, when they will plan to kill him, he will flee from them, from his mother land, from a place of house of God. And during his flee, when he reached near to his destination, David visioned clearly the distress of his Load and found him in his sorrowfulness, in his mental depression, when a road that goes to his homeland [Mecca] would come to his sight. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Visioning this condition of his lord Messiah, David too depressed and God comfort him at that time with the verse Psalm 110:1, which indicates that his lord will win at last, and those enemies that made his Lord to be depressed, God shall made them as his footstool. This is actually what we are being told by that verse 110:1-</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The LORD said unto my Lord, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Sit thou at my right, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">until I make thine enemies thy footstool."- Psalm 110:1 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Is that happened later?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We may enquirer about that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Muhammad realized that he is one of them those were Prophets before him, he begins to warn his people Quraish, who were enjoying Polytheism at that time. And, when the Quraish discover that he is against their gods, they tried to convince him softly because he was known to them as al-Amin- a truthful man. But when that failed, they tried to control him applying gradually harder method all that known to them. But all were in a vain. So they plan to kill him. At that point, God told His servant to depart from Mecca. </span></span><br />
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Thus, after receiving divine direction, Muhammad depart from Mecca in the night with his trusted friend Abu Bakr. And in the morning, when the Quraish came to know that the target escaped from their grip, they became ferocious. They at once announce 100 camel as reward for bringing him back to them, alive or dead. </span><br />
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"Is this?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sure, and in a phase, when this two deserter reached to a place called Joppa near Ragheb, the road to Mecca came to the sight of the Prophet. At once, the memory of Baitullah [which was once builded by Adam and later by his ancestor Abraham and his son Ishmael] and his homeland stirred in his mind. And a nostalgia [memories of the past] made him depressed and his eyes filled with tears. Then the angel Gabriel came to comfort him with this assurance- </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: blue;">"He, Who has made the Qur'an binding on thee, will certainly return thee victoriously to thy place of birth."</span> -(28:85)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, do you find the relation to this verse with the verse Psalm 110:1? Do you find all those frames [pictures] that David actually visioned? Do you find how God shall make the enemies of David's Lord as his footstool? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Yah, "He .... will certainly return thee victoriously" clears it all."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Exactly. Through that verse of Psalm, David told us that his LORD [ie. God] comfort him and his Lord [ie. Muhammad], telling him [David's Lord] to sit at "His right" [ie. to stay in SOUTH of al-Aqsa/Temple of Solomon,] ie, in Yathrib [as Yathrib/Madina is in the south [right] of al-Aqsa/Temple of Solomon], until God make his enemies ie. Quraish [Polytheists of Mecca] as his [David's Lord ie. Muhammad's] footstool.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Ok everything cleared, but.. is not Qur'an informed us- Jesus as Messiah?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yah, but he is Messiah to the Jews, Qur'an never mentioned him as Messiah to the Mankind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Then what about Christians?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look, there is no relation between Christians and Jesus. Do you not see the behavior of Jesus with the Samaritan women!! Remember that incident- Jesus overlook her, yet the women running behind him [because she recognized and believed him as a prophet of God].</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And what Jesus did? Nothing. But, then he was interrupted by his disciples, and they informed him of the women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, do you believe that Jesus was fully unaware that a woman running behind him and cried for his help?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Surely he aware of that."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And if this, then what is appropriate for a Prophet like Jesus in that situation? This time, it was obligated for him to answer that women, is not it?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Yah."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And what he said to them?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Them?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Obviously to the disciples and the woman.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Disciples?!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yah disciples, because if they have proper understanding of him, they would not stop him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A mighty prophet of God, who already showed them lot of miracles, do you think he was blind or a dumb?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Surely not."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So Jesus said them the truth- “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”-[Matthew 15:24]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"What does this verse means?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It means, he cannot bring salvation to others besides Bani Israel, as he was sent to their house for them only.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But, the women was desperate, as the case was her only child. So she fell on his leg and beg for help.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Wow!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now tell me, a Prophet who is in such a bindings [Matthew 15:24], could able to help her?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"A Prophet is only to fulfill their purposes, I think, as they are truthful in their Works and Deeds."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then why the women fell on his feet and beg? Were she not aware of that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"She recognized him as a Prophet, thus surely aware what a prophet could do and what couldn't. But I am not sure why the women did such things."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">She do that because she was wise. She believed that Jesus directly could not able to help her nor able to brought salvation for her, yet he could do everything indirectly. He could pray to God to help her [which is permitted for all human beings], and that shall be granted, as- "God cannot disprove any of His servants."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Wow!! The women is truly clever and wise!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yah. And this is why Jesus put her to TEST, thus told her, "It is not right to take the children's [Sons of Israel] bread [ie. Gospel] and throw it to the Dogs [ie. those are non Jew]" -[Matthew 15:26]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"What!?! Is it appropriate for a prophet to test one's faith insulting her, who is begging for help holding his legs?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the point of thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Actually, Jesus did not insulting her, but remind her of his duties. The fact is, he set "A TEST" for all. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"For all?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes for all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-For the woman- it was her "Faith Test" by hurting,- because, you cannot get anything without price.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-For the disciples- it was a teaching and a reminder of the above verse -“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”, and,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">-For the future people [ie. for Christians], it is for a thought for a clear understanding that "JESUS IS UNABLE TO BRING SALVATION FOR A NON JEW."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Wow!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, Jesus set this test for all because, he realize that his disciples already failed to understand him and his duties properly, so that, they [disciples] may thought and may not derailed people from the "STRAIGHT PATH" after him;</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"O My God!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And for the worse case, if they even fails to do that, someone among the peoples of the Scriptures surely thought in future that ["DOGS" which he said to a helpless women], and thus, they may able to understand him and the verse- “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” and thereby able to SAVE themselves from RUINED.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"My God!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, what is the result we have from the test that Jesus sets?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"What?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the women, we find her as a WINNER. She "WINS through WISDOM". Remember what she replied to Jesus-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”-[Matthew, 15:27],</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"And what about the disciples?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They "FAILED".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Failed?!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yah, failed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look, after a while, in absence of Jesus, they began to discuss on the subject [Dogs] and what they conclude?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"What?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They concluded that- "he said this [dogs to a begging women] for that they are unclean- they do not circumcise"- and this is the explanation of "DOGS" what we have from the Bible [Gospel] today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, tell me is it logical that a mighty Prophet of Merciful God called a helpless women "dogs" because she belongs to them, those are uncircumcised?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"No, no, it can't be true."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, is not this their [disciples] "lack of WISDOM"?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Surely it is."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And for this, I used a term "FAILED" for them. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, because of their lack of wisdom, they not only failed to understand Jesus as a Prophet, but failed to justify his sayings- thus misguided us giving a "WRONG MEANING" of his sayings. So, can you expect any outcome from them that is Good?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"No."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And, this is why, they failed to resist "PAUL [Sha'ul]- the Antichrist", and its result is Christianity that we have today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"># Another Asked, "Bro, Is there anything we need to know for a better understanding of Scripture?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">@ I said, "Yes, you need to know the answer of the questions- "How Satan works?" and "How God Works?" Then it will be clear to you- what is included the mother book and what is that it excludes. Thus, it will be clear to you Verses of the Scriptures even the actions and sayings of the prophets. We may able to explain [indirect proof] with our intuitional power but we can't prove all [directly], as we based on Scriptures only and no scripture says much of it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"># "Bro, what are you doing actually?!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">@ I joked, saying, "Then what should I do? Should I let Jews to live a life as Divorcee?! "</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"You are a mad. Do you know that you are dealing with huge sensitive subjects?!?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know. Look, everything has a rule, thus for religion. Do you know the no of religion in our world in this 21st century, which obviously a century that can be termed as Science and Technological era?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"No." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Me too, but I am sure, the actual number will surprise you. It is more or less 4000. And the interesting thing is that all the group of people believing to this day that their religion is true- they are on the right path. But, is that possible?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Do they have any proofs logically or scientifically?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No, they only have their religion from their forefathers- inheritedly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Then we cannot take any of the religion as true."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yah, we can not take any of the religion as true without proof. Actually all the religion cannot be true logically- as God is one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"What is the logic of religion or faith when God is one?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is- "As God is one, so the truth shall be one; it follows that the doctrine is one and the meaning of the doctrine is one; and therefore the faith is one."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"But what about the Scriptures?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The interesting thing is that when a scripture claims itself its truthfulness, yet it is not rejecting others [openly] except Qur'an. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Very interesting, and what Qur'an says actually?" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is- <span style="color: #3d85c6;">You will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration</span>.-(35:43) <span style="color: #3d85c6;">He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you [Muhammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein</span>. -(42:13)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam</span>. -(3:19) <span style="color: #3d85c6;">So is it other than the religion of Allah they desire..?</span>-(3:83)<span style="color: #0b5394;"> And whoever desires other than Islam as religion - never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be surely among the losers.</span>-(3:85)</span></span></div>
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"If this is true that the laws of God never changes, then, how all those religion evolved?"<br />
Qur'an answered that as- <span style="color: #3d85c6;">And those who were given they did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves</span>. -(3:19)<br />
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Now tell me, are you going to accuse me as guilty?<br />
"No, I love and admire them those are damn bold supporting truth and of course truthful in their words and deeds."<br />
And you know truth itself has a power. It never compromises with false.<br />
"Hu, but you placed people [Christians] in their "Test of Faith"?"<br />
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Do you actually believe that I put them? If I do not do this surely someone will do it in future. So do not blame me. Humans are "Free Willed" by creation. And you know, Qur'an promises a huge satisfaction in the hereafter, and logically, the biggest the sacrifice- the biggest shall be in return?<br />
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"Hu, that is logical, but I got nothing of its proof in my life. Actually, I always found myself as a loser, never gained from any situation. But do you have any experience of your own as Qur'an says?"<br />
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Oh no, I never had something that is valuable, so what I had to lose? Hahaha....<br />
"Hahahaaa... that is interesting too. However, you do not mention, how people test themselves."<br />
Look, I am not any kind of religious person as one may thought of. I am a technical guy and I am only curious to know -the way God Works to run this complicated worlds. Thus, I am in close contact with the scriptures for a long time- this is all. You know, God can't directly contact with anyone unless he is His Servant or it was pre-written in the "Mother Book". So there is no scope of thinking that I am some especial person. So it is not obligatory for me to tell them the way to pass the test, or it is?<br />
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"Look, the "Test of Faith" as mentioned by their scriptures shall cost a lot of life. Is not it true?"<br />
Yah.<br />
"You know this, yet you put them to test. Then, if I conclude that you intentionally put them to test to decrease a significant no. of Infidels- will you disagree with that?"<br />
Look, I have no bad intention, I love people irrespective of their religion, you believe it or not. Actually, I do not explain because nobody asked me. <br />
"Nobody asked you to put them to the test, or they?"<br />
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I just show them the truth- [and as a Muslim it is our duties too], so that they may benefited in this world and in the hereafter and shall not able to blame us in the day of Standing. <br />
"Ok, but if it is for their benefit, then I suppose, you should apologize and show them- how they will test themselves for a clean pass." <br />
Now, I have to say- you have logic's.<br />
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<u> Apology</u>: <br />
As a Muslim we have our duty to show non Muslims, how they are bonded within the traps and makes them loser in the hereafter. The loss is huge and is irrecoverable. Having this knowledge and proof, it is my duty to inform them the truth, and this is Humanity I think. <br />
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I actually not putting anyone to any test. It is their own scriptures that put them to the Test. One can only blame that the truth revealed through me. I know, people those are religious shall never fear to test their faith. <br />
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For Christian, it is Jesus who put them to test. And traditionally, Church fathers decides the way of test- analyzing Scriptures. And surely that test will cost a lot of lives, because we all ready familiar with their "Judicium Dei". So, humanity obligated me to show the actual way of their faith test, because we already showed who are Christian and what is their relation with Jesus. And proved they are not saved and never were. Now I apologize for a failure to explain this in a proper way, in the very first moment.<br />
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Actually, there is nothing to fear in the test, even no money involvement. Their test is to leave their religion. And - they have two options for their salvation-<br />
<br />1. Step Forward, ie. Join with Muhammad as Muslim: And if they want to be a Muslim just recite Shahada in present some Muslim for a witness, that's all.<br />
<br />2. Step Backward, ie. Back to Abraham as Hanif: If they want to back Abraham, they should pledge to God for forgiven their past sins- that's all and this is the test. <br />
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"That means no need to test as that of their Scriptures?"<br />
When the Scriptures itself lost its validity [Validity depends on purity for the case of </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Scripture. Thus it will lost its validity when it contains a single false]</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, then how its test to be valid?</span></span><br />
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"Hu, that's a question. However, is there no other options??"<br />
Why not? Humans are free willed by creation [we already said this no. of times], so they have all the options to choose, even not to choose. However, in this case there are two more options-<br />
<br />3. They may become Jew: In that case they should know that if they back to the Jewish religion they are not saved, because we proved that the Jews are already among them those are not under salvation. <br />
<br />4. They may hold Christianity: If they hold Christianity as before with or without a Test of Faith, rejecting the truth that revealed to them, then you know, they also not able to save themselves, because we showed them proof that Christianity was never under Salvation from the beginning, nor ever be in the future [We already showed them that they were rejected by Jesus Himself from the beginning and the Verse still shining as light in their Scriptures as proof]. <br />
Thus, #3 and #4 have no way of salvation. <br />
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"No way of salvation!?!"<br />
Yah, no way of salvation until Jesus come back. You see they will have another chance in future. This is because God is Merciful, thus, He will not leave anything undone that may disprove His LOVE [not measurable] to the mankind nor He will leave anything for mankind to blame Him in the day of Judgment. <br />
"Hu, but if they have some way of Salvation then why not you add this as subgroup to the pair above?"<br />
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Interesting, then you catch the point!?! Hahaha...... My God!.... Wow.... now I am impressed, really. However, I do not add them to the pair above, because we have some reasons, of course. And explaining this [<i>"<b>it needs a brief explanations" </b>people still do not understand what is the difference between a). Moses (with him God talks directly) and Muhammad and, b). Jesus (Words of God directly with him and he was the Savior of the Jews) and Muhammad, though we explain the "STATUS" of Muhammad in the very beginning of this article</i><b>]</b> here, we fear that will make this article lengthier [<i>because people still do not understand c). "The status" difference between a 3rd class Muslim (as I am) and the Non Muslim. Thus they failed to understand the "Status of Jesus when he will come when sealed of the Prophets already visited in the past</i>], so we will discuss this point in a separate article, just remind me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Questions?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
"Yeah, then we have to believe Jesus still alive?"<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">See? what Jesus said to one of his disciple?- "...if I had not been called God I should have been carried into paradise when I shall depart from the world, whereas now I shall not go thither until the judgment.... [people called him God] for this I must have great persecution, and shall be sold by one of my disciples for thirty pieces of money. Whereupon I am sure that he who shall sell me shall be slain in my name, for that God shall take me up from the earth, and shall change the appearance of the traitor so that every one shall believe him to be me; nevertheless, when he dies an evil death, I shall abide in that dishonor for a long time in the world. But when Muhammad shall come, the sacred Messenger of God, that infamy shall be taken away. And this shall God do because I have confessed the truth of the Messiah who shall give me this reward, that I shall be known to be alive and to be a stranger to that death of infamy." -Barnabas ch-112.</span></span><br />
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A man must have to die [Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they (rest of you) are to die.-39:30], But, Jesus was not died on the cross but lifted up according to Qur'an [And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is Allah Exalted in Might and Wise.-4:157-58]. Thus he must come again.<br />
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"But the "Faith Test" prescribed by the Christian Scriptures is different. What it would be if they follow that?" <br />
Look, You need not to follow what is in your book, when you unable to prove of its truthfulness. Is not it true? "Hu, and if they do not test themselves?" <br />
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That is if someone not interested to test himself? Ok, His fate is in his hand, decision is self choosing. Simple.<br />
"Clear, but what about them those [Childs those are the victim of incest] possess chemicals?"<br />
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I think if they passed and later test positive, then they have to cure themselves. They have every hope because, GOD IS MOST MERCIFUL, but a man who is uncircumcised and those are Gays, shall not eligible for the test.<br />
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"We know for certain that un-circumcision [uncircumcised shall never able to enter into the paradise because of the Promise of Adam. He promised with an oath when he was in paradise. And what is promised by father of mankind shall.....] is a greatest Sin, but what about Gay?"<br />
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You know they use sewage outlet and that gives them pleasure. Could a normal person in this civilized era ever think of enjoyment doing that disgusting job for one's pleasure?<br />
"No, a civilized person can't do such nasty job for his enjoyment." <br />
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So Gays cannot be considered as normal, they are sick, perverted. Their heinous deeds not only unclean their body but also their soul, thus they shall deprived of Paradise in the hereafter, and in this world their hateful deed shall be considered as a crime of highest degree. <br />
Now, can you explain the logic behind such degree?<br />
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"A crime to be considered as highest degree when that is against humanity."<br />
Exactly. And perversion is a thing that is in a sleeping condition with our flesh, thus if once allowed, it gradually will rotten the entire society. Do you not know the story of the city Sodom- Gomorrah?<br />
"Yeah." <br />
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Sodomy is such a disease that never cured, Thus in ancient period it was obligatory to kill all of them those are Gay for the sake of mankind. And you know what God did to those sodomite people. He did that is not His usual practice [need to cite verse]. He wipe them out and made a sign for mankind as warning, which is known as "<a href="https://pytheya.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post_5280.html" rel="nofollow">Dead Sea</a>"<br />
"Then the Gays are under death penalty?!"<br />
Is that God prescribed to do so?<br />
"No, but God wipe them out and you said it was obligatory to kill them."<br />
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We are not God, and it was obligatory in the ancient, that doesn't mean it shall be obligatory to this modern era. Look, it was obligatory in that period, because they have no other alternatives to choose as a option, thus they need to do that with proper understanding Scriptural Warning -"Killing human is a greatest Sin." but today we have options- we have jailing systems for the criminals. <br />
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Now tell me why God not prescribes us to do so when He impliment that Himself?<br />
"Why?"<br />
Their crime is apparently against humanity but it's hard to prove for us. This is why God do not prescribes us to do so. Actually, what God can do we can't do that all the time. <br />
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Now, tell me what is the difference between the Gays and the Incesters? <br />
"Sodomy is considered both as a Crime and as a Sin, but for Incesters it is only as Sin. It is because Gays never repent as they do not consider their deeds as offensive, on the other hand, Incesters repents at some point when they realize they did a thing that is illegal, considered by the scriptures as a greatest sin and then they became weak morally and realize that they commit that sin when they were out of sense and they repent [sometimes they killed them-self during repentance]. <br />
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So? Yes, this is why a Gay demand severe punishment both in this world and in the hereafter [they will be deprived of paradise] whereas, Incester have conditional options to be pardoned in this world and a chance of entering into the Paradise. Yet............"<br />
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Yet what?<br />
"Yet we find some revolutionary discovery through their sinful deeds. Hahaha....."<br />
What are those?<br />
"We have now options to disprove "Darwin Theory", and some revolutionary invention in medical and all other branches of science. In medical, for example cause and remedy of cancer and other genetic disorder etc, etc, which you said in one of your article that you wrote some years ago, named ...named.. oh ha, "<a href="https://faruquez.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-you-believe-ishwar-chandra-is-one.html">Ishwar Chandra</a>". "<br />
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O yah, I wrote that in 2011. However, you cannot disprove something which is already by definition [any theory] not proved. You have all options to disprove me. Hahaha... we left that things there [without datum] without methods you know. However, is there any question on this article? <br />
"Hu, what about Trump? Just curious. Hahaha..... "<br />
Is not he elected legally?<br />
"Yah"<br />
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Then, on what ground you asked him for a test? He is running a political system not any religious organization, so I think he is not bound to test himself during his tenure. And if you disagree with me, then what is your argument? <br />
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"No argument, just tell me, how it will be decided that a man in good faith or in bad?"<br />
Those will be switch?<br />
"Yeah"<br />
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That is not our business, actually, we cannot categories human according to the level of their faith. It will be decided in the court of God in the judgment day. So one should be loyal in God's Religion and should do what is ordainment in the scripture which is valid [after Qur'an valid means not limited by time]; Or they may go in their own way. <br />
"Ok leave it, now, tell us something about the blogs in general." <br />
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Oh, yah, ............<br />
Dear reader, actually the truth is that, all the Articles in this blogs are not my own, sometimes I collect articles with an intention to reshape them. Thus, you find some articles in my blog fully copied from others [as it is not modified yet], some modified, and some belongs to me. Honestly, those are copied, I publish them thinking readers may enjoy them and later I will modify them. It is true that, we never done any business with others material nor ever intended to so in future. I am glad and grateful to Google and those I do not know. Thank Google that they open a platform and let us expose ourselves free, and take initiatives to educate people. This is really great and I am grateful to them, because I believe that education is the birthright of human, thus copyright of educational book is against humanity. <br />
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However, what I am saying, actually those articles belongs to me are not perfect grammatically. And I leave those as usual, because, I am not going to produce any academic paper. So, enjoy in your own way. <br />
"Are you really honest telling them truth?"<br />
What do you mean?<br />
"You are omitting absolute truth, I know, you are not correcting those grammatical errors because you are not capable to do that, your English is terrible, is not it true?"<br />
Thanks, you are right 100%. But if you want to shamed me by telling this publicly. Then, I need to tell you that I am really not ashamed of my deficiency in English, as English is not my language, and the truth is, I never try to learn it.<br />
"No, I do not mean that, just fun. However, what about new articles?"<br />
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Oh ha, thanks for reminding me. <br />
Dear reader, those articles are still incomplete, we hope to finish them and in future, we want to produce some interesting article [if God wishes and if we have time to spare], hope you will not disappoint. And, feel free to asked us questions, if you really want to asked. But, if any of you want to test us, you have to declare your identity. Surely, we love to take challenges for a fair play- openly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"># Note: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a. Article produced with the help of </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my Active Brain [Controlled/supervised] & </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">my Scattered Soul [Uncontrolled/unsupervised].</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">b. We/Us means: Muslims [in/c prophets between Adam and Muhammad], or, Me with the Words Power of God, or, When I hope my intention is inline with the intention of God. </span><br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-5177310086609024982017-06-01T16:16:00.000-05:002018-03-23T11:39:53.697-05:00Pharaoh: Is Ramesses II was the Pharaoh During the Time of Moses?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>t is true that Qur'an does not mention the name of the Pharaoh who unjustly oppressed Moses and the Children of Israel. When combined, the information provided by the Qur'an and the ancient Egyptian sources including the archaeological and documentary evidence, there are a sufficient number of clues that point towards the New Kingdom period in general and to the Pharaoh Ramesses -II in particular who reigned for about 66 years from 1279–1213 BCE. -(The Identification Of Pharaoh During The Time Of Moses by M S M Saifullah, ʿAbdullah David, and Mohammad Ghoniem.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Pharaoh in ancient Egypt was the political and religious leader of the people and 'High Priest of Every Temple'. The word 'pharaoh' is the Greek form of the Egyptian 'pero' or 'per-a-a', which was the designation for the royal residence and means 'Great House'. The name of the residence became associated with the ruler and, in time, was used exclusively for the leader of the people. The early monarchs of Egypt were not known as pharaohs but as kings. The honorific title of 'pharaoh' for a ruler did not appear until the period known as the New Kingdom (1570-1069 BCE). Monarchs of the dynasties before the New Kingdom were addressed as 'your majesty' by foreign dignitaries and members of the court and as 'brother' by foreign rulers; both practices would continue after the king of Egypt came to be known as a pharaoh.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Pharaoh who ruled Egypt during the time of Joseph was called Rayan bin al-Walid. Seeing how Joseph had saved the country from famine, the King gave him a lot of powers in running the affairs of the country. Therefore Joseph enjoyed a high standing and nobility in Egypt, and his people lived very comfortably. And later a King by the name of Qaboos bin Mus'ab took the power and named himself </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ramesses-II</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. This king was a tyrant and oppressed the Israelis and with their free service, he built the city of Pi-Ramesses. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The haughtiness [disdain, dominance, and despair] of Ramesses-II, that carved on the pedestal,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> depicted</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> by Shelley as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"King of Kings am I, Osymandias.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If anyone would know how great I am and where I lie,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">let him surpass one of my works."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ramesses-II, born unknown, died July or August 1213 BCE; reigned not clear [but 1279–1213 BCE- as Manetho attributes</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">], also known as "Ramesses the Great" was the Pharaoh during the time of Moses. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. His successors called him the "Great Ancestor". Ramesses-II led several military expeditions into the Levant, reasserting Egyptian control over Canaan. He also led expeditions to the south, into Nubia, commemorated in inscriptions at Beit el-Wali and Gerf Hussein.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Most Egyptologists today assumed that Ramesses-II enthroned on May 31, 1279, BCE, based on his known accession date of III Shemu day 27</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Estimates of his age at death vary; 90-96 is considered most likely. Ramesses II celebrated an unprecedented 14 sed festivals (the first held after thirty years of a pharaoh's reign, and then every three years) during his reign—more than any other pharaoh. On his death, he was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings; his body was later moved to a royal cache where it was discovered in 1881 and is now on display in the Cairo Museum.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The early part of his reign was focused on building cities, temples, and monuments. He established the city of Pi-Ramesses in the Nile Delta as his new capital and main base for his campaigns in Syria. He is also known as Ozymandias in the Greek sources, from a transliteration into Greek of a part of Ramesses' throne name, Usermaatre Setepenre, "The justice of Rê is powerful – chosen of Rê".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pharaoh who is ruling the Egypt died suddenly. He leaves no heirs nor nominated someone to be the heirs of his throne. So the Advisers panel nominated a person as the king. The man who nominated as the king of Egypt was not an Egyptian. His real name was Qaboos, birth place Balkh. In his youth, he was to try and make out. Once he arrived in the city Beusahama. There he met with a vagabond young man named Haman. A friendship quickly developed among them as both of them were of the same nature and character.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They go round and once reached in Egypt. In the meantime, they two did not have a single dime in their pocket. It was the Musk-melon season. They found the beauty of the ripe Musk-melon in a field beside the road. The owner of the field underwent working with the labor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qaboos and Haman wanted to eat a musk-melon telling their hunger to the owner. The owner said in disgust, "You are healthy and strong young man. Why you are begging? Do some jobs for your livelihood."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They said, 'What do we do now?'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said: "Sell some of my musk-melon in the market".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qaboos then leaving Haman to the owner as the bail, went the market to sell a lot of musk-melon and return in a short time after selling the lot and pay the owner the price of the lot.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The owner was fully satisfied and happily gave them two musk-melon to eat. He also gave Qaboos some money as the price of his service. The owner then proposed them to be his employer as permanently. The offer was very attractive, yet they refused to say goodbye and went ahead towards the Egyptian capital.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Pharaoh is ruling the Egypt. Qaboos learn that he was liberal, humanitarian and an upright. So he applied to the court of Pharaoh for an interview with a hope of a Job. When the court announced his name to hear him, he laid his petition to the Pharaoh after usual greeting as- "O Sovereign generous! Without a job, I am unable to support myself. So give me a job, so that I can survive."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pharaoh amused by the art and style of his proposal. He said, "O young man! What is your arts and craftsmanship that we may offer you a suitable Job?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said, 'O my Lord! I am capable to do any kind of Job, but I will be gratified if I would award any of the public services if a scope my Lord has in his hand."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At that time one of the employees brought a news to the king that the officer in charge of the royal cemetery had died. On hearing the news, Pharaoh said to him, "O young man, right now, we have a Job for you, as the in-charge of the royal cemetery. Do you want to take our offer?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qaboos said, "O My Lord! Surely, it will be my pleasure."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qaboos was very clever with sharp intelligence. After receiving the authoritative power of the royal cemetery, he made an announcement in the city as- "Now, no one shall be permitted to bury any dead body without a permission from the authority as the funeral needed to pay a certain amount as burial fees."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In that year, suddenly a plague broke out in the city. And finding a plentiful supply of the dead body, Qaboos doubled the burial fees. And at the end of the year, he deposited a large amount of money to the royal treasury. The royal authorities were highly satisfied with his service and promoted him as Kotwal [a post of the chief Police officer] of the capital city. This time Qaboos made a good relationship with the prime minister of the royal court of Pharaoh. And having valuable gifts time to time from Qaboos, the Vizer now began to push his name to the Pharaoh, highlighting his various achievements as Kotwal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The vizier died suddenly. And Pharaoh chooses none from his advisory panel as his prime minister but choose Qaboos as he was more confident with his ability. And Qaboos soon able to prove his competence and wisdom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A few years of drought and famine in the country. Thinking about the hardships of the people, Qaboos appealed to Pharaoh as, "O Pharaoh! Your subjects are living in a highly hardships caused by the natural disasters over the years. You are generous and very much liberal to your subjects. So you should exempt them from their taxes this year."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pharaoh accepted his argument and was agreed with a one-year tax exemption. Then, when the government decree declared to the country, all gave thanks to the Vizer Qaboos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then Pharaoh died suddenly. And as there was no heir to his throne, an emergency meeting of the senior officials nominated Vizer Qaboos as the heir to the throne.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Qaboos was enthroned, he appoints his friend Haman as his adviser. Then declared himself as Ramesses-II after the name of a previous liberal ruler Ramesses, who ruled during the time of Joseph.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As long as Joseph [Yusuf] hold a public office and was alive, the Israel had a very good position in Egypt. They have their houses, food, and service and the Egyptians used to be heaved with them cordially. But as the days pass, their conditions started to change, Egyptians began to consider them as foreigners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whatever the number of the children of Jacob in Egypt, the number increased day by day. This rapid population growth was because of their religious beliefs, "Be prosper, reproduce and fill the earth." [Bible says- When Jacob went to live in Egypt, they were about 70 people, and then they multiplied to reach 603,550 during Moses.]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moreover, Pharaoh Ramesses- II, the new ruler on the throne did not know anything about Joseph. He soon became alarmed of the political problem of public safety due to increasing the number of Israelis. So he gave orders that they should save daughters and killed the sons at the time of birth of their children. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qur'an says-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We recite to you from the news of Moses and Pharaoh in truth for a people who believe. Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters. And We wanted to confer a favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.</span>-[28:3-8]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[Allah] said, "We will strengthen your arm through your brother and grant you both supremacy so they will not reach you. [It will be] through Our signs; you and those who follow you will be predominant." </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidence, they said, "This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers." </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be the succession in the home. Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, <b>O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars.</b>"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us</span>. -[28:36-39]</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am one of them."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Now? And you had disobeyed before and were of the corrupters? So today We will save you in the body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed many, among the people, of Our signs, are heedless.</span></span>-[10:90-92]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After the death of Ramesses- II, his brother al-Walid bin Mus'ab ascended the throne as Ramesses had no sons and daughters. al-Walid was the fourth in the chain of the Pharaohs of Egypt. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>The End.</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not yet corrected.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># A man asked me, <span style="color: blue;">"Bro, Pharaoh during Moses [Pharaoh, who raised Moses and Pharaoh during Exodus] was Ramesses- II, is this information correct?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ I said, Logically and Scripturally this information is Correct. Here are the proofs-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Proof-1</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pharaoh during Moses was Ramesses- II and he is believed to be the same pharaoh of the exodus on the basis of the information: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Ramesses." -Exodus 1:11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And this Ramesses must be Ramesses-II because we are aware of the Biblical verse that Joseph lived in the "land of Ramesses" 400 years before Ramesses-II ... Bible says:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharaoh had ordered." -Genesis 47:11. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This means that Pharaoh during Moses cannot be Ramesses-I as there was another Ramesses during Joseph. So Pharaoh during Moses shall be Ramesses-II. Yet it should be noted that The kings of ancient Egypt during the time of Abraham [Genesis 12:10-20], Joseph [Genesis 41] and Moses [e.g., Exodus 2:15] are constantly addressed with the title "Pharaoh" in the Bible. The Qur'an, however, differs from the Bible: the sovereign of Egypt who was a contemporary of Joseph is named "King" (Arabic, Malik); whereas the Bible has named him "Pharaoh". As for the king who ruled during the time of Moses, the Qur'an repeatedly calls him "Pharaoh" (Arabic, firʿawn). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Proof-2</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A king of 18th dynasty was the Pharaoh during the time of Moses and al-Qurtubi in his commentary of the Qur'an [Tafsir al-Qurtubi] cited that the name of this Pharaoh was Qaboos. - bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/ইসলাম ধর্মে মূসা, [cite note-1]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Proof-3</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for Ramesses the answer is hidden by this- sentence-“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph”-(Exodus 1:8) Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt. -(Acts 7:18)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What these verses mean? Why the king knew nothing of Joseph? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The rise of a “new king” in Ex. 1:8 must be understood as a new dynasty. In Acts 7:18, the Greek word for “different king,” which means “something that is not like the previous.” The statement “who did not know Joseph” means that this pharaoh has no knowledge of Egyptian history, for it is unlikely that Joseph’s act of saving Egypt and the surrounding world from starvation would have gone unrecorded and untaught. This suggests that the current Pharaoh did not come from a traditional Egyptian background.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Proof-4</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning, my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason." -Isa. 52:4.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which refers to the pharaoh that oppressed the Israelites as being an Assyrian, a people group from the northern part of the Mesopotamia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Proof-5</u>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In ancient Egypt, a person ascended to the throne by virtue of a birth right or by being formally declared as the heir of the previous pharaoh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The pharaoh during Moses held titular names such as "<b>Lord of the Two Lands</b>" and "High Priest of Every Temple."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Bro, You just showed proof for supporting your answer then can we consider it as Truth?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Logically we cannot take it as truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What is that logic?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Look, when we cite any scriptural example ie. any verse from any scripture we should note that the cited verse </b></span></span><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">used only as a proof, not as a TRUTH. Because </span></b><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">logically</span></b><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, we cannot consider any verse from any Scripture as TRUTH if it doesn't comply with the </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sealed scripture</span></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>.</b> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The logic is</span></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>if the truth had not been erased from the Book of Moses, God would not have given to David the second. And if the book of David had not been contaminated, God would not have given to Jesus the Gospel; </i></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Similarly, if the book of Jesus ie. Gospel had not been contaminated, God would not have given to Muhammad the Qur’an;</i> </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the above scriptural proof is a Proof sure but shall never consider as truth without certified by the sealed scripture. </span></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And a sealed </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scripture shall never be considered </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sealed if it is not for</span></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> Mankind [ie valid for before creation, after creation to Qiyamah and then after Qiyamah].</b> </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So a sealed Scripture applicable for all previous scriptures, thus it is said in the Qur'an- </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>“Verily, We have revealed the Reminder (i.e. the Qur’an) to you so that you may explain to the people what has been revealed to them…”</b></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> [16:44]. Besides this, as humans are free willed, criminals must disagree with their prophets and shall adopt falsehood on them in the day of Judgement and a Prophet of God must be proof blameless against their accusation, thus they shall need </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">much more </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">witness than</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> those are against them</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> to clean themselves. Thus according to Qur'an </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muslims shall be the witness in favor of all Prophets and against Mankind. <b>This is the reason that 71% of the Qur'an is for non-Muslims, yet Muslims are memorizing those only for</b></span><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rescuing Prophets blamelessly </span></b><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">from any kind of accusation by non-Muslims </span></b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>in the day of Judgement. </b>Thus Qur'an needed to assure Mankind for its content that a- <b>"Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind". </b></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now you may understand</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the logics behind relying on Quranic Texts.</span><br />
<b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So without the support of Qur'an, we can not take any scriptural Proof as truth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"But Bro, there is a lot of contradictions within Quran which one may find in the net."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yeah, and this is the challenge for you, you consider knowledgeable or may say you have scriptural knowledge only if you find answers or may say, able to answer all those contradictions- logically, scientifically or scripturally or any acceptable method. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Ok, I understand, but I want to know how you justify Pharaoh during Moses as </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ramesses- II?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bro, I can only justify this in the following way but can not assure you that is 100% Truth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he [Moses] reached full age and was firmly established (in life), We bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge: for thus do We reward those who do good.-Qur'an 28:14</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, Qur'anic phrase </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">full age [</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">balagha ashuddah] in the above verse has given rise to differences in interpretation of what exact age is meant by it. Furthermore, this phrase is conjoined with the word </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">firmly established [</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">istawā], which suggests that the phrase balagha ashuddah wa istawā refers to a stage of Moses life in which he attained his full physical as well as spiritual strength. The commentators interpret this as bestowing of Prophethood on Moses and the corresponding age of 40 years (See the commentaries Tafsīr al-Ṭabarī, Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī, Tafsīr al-Jalalyn, Al-Kashshāf of al-Zamakhsharī, etc.).</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, according to Quranic verses 28:25-29, in Midian, Moses offered to help two girls to water their flocks. The father of the girls agreed to marry one of them to Moses under the condition that he serves him for 8 years and voluntarily for 2 more years to make it 10 years. It is not clear from the Quranic verses if Moses fulfilled 8 or 10 years in Midian. Yet, in any case, we can take any of it that Moses' stay in Midian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, several pieces of information can be obtained from other Quranic verses which suggest that Moses stayed in Egypt for a considerable period of time, measured in years. Firstly, the reference to the affliction of years of droughts and shortage of crops [Qur'an 7:131] and then a period of a good time. And this period shall never be more than 21 yrs to make his reign 66yrs as Manetho said and if we consider pharaoh decreed to kill Israeli sons soon after ascending the throne because Aaron was nearly 5 yrs older than Moses yet not killed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All these matches with </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ramesses- II, thus he is justified as he reigned 66 yrs [5+30+10+21??] 2 months if we consider </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Manetho is right [</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it is because, if we consider Pharaoh takes 40 years to release Hebrews then it becomes 5+30+10+40= 85 yrs]</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Actually, you able to come to a conclusion only when you combined Roman, Egyptian, Babylonian kingship with the Historic event and Archeological proof in a single time line that will not contradict Quran.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>#</b> We Muslims do not believe any scholars, but only- that is </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">scriptural, logically, scientifically can be proved</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as Truth</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Now, is there anyone among the Jewish and Christian Scholars to cross us? We will be highly glad if you have enough "<a href="http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/old_pharaoh.html">Quranic contradiction</a>" data related to this article, for placing them here to refute us.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">[N.B: a. Article produced with the help of</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-my Scattered Soul [Uncontrolled/unsupervised]</span><br />
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We/Us means we Muslims [in/c prophets between Adam and Muhammad]/Me
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intention of God.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bn.wikipedia.org</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Identification Of Pharaoh During The Time Of Moses by MSM Saifullah, Abdullah David, and Mohammad Ghoniem.</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">[On the authority of Abu Hurairah]: I heard Rasulullah say: <i>"What I have forbidden to you, avoid; what I have ordered you [to do], do as much of it as you can. It was only their excessive questioning and their disagreeing with their Prophets that destroyed those who were before you."</i> -[Bukhari, Muslim, Nawawi].</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b>mong the children of Israel, there was a rich man, who had a beautiful daughter. The man's heir was his nephew- a vagabond. The nephew wanted to marry his cousin-sister, but his uncle denied it. So the nephew went to Pythia and seek her advice. The Pythia told him- "Your uncle will not die soon, so if you want to marry her, you have to kill your uncle." She also instructs him on how to kill and how to be safe from the accusation of murder.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">One day, the rich man was found dead near the residential area of a tribe of Bani Israel. There were many speculations regarding the motive of the murder, but nobody could figure out whodunnit.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The relatives of the rich man including his nephew started searching for the murderer, but they still could not trace him. It was a law, that if anyone was killed near a city and the murderer would not be traced, then the city dweller shall pay the blood money. With this law, the nephew demanded the blood money to the nearby tribe's men. But they denied it, saying: "We are not the murderer." they trying to get rid of the evidence.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Killing someone among the Israelites was something extremely horrible. So, the incident that grew a harsh discord became into a harsh argument that made a war situation between the two tribes of the Israelis. And then a wise man said to them, "Why you will kill each other when a Prophet of God among you? Go to him, maybe he will solve this with the help of God."</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So both parties came to Moses and appealed to him to resolve the dispute. The nephew of the victim demanded revenge, but his claims have been turned down due to the lack of witnesses. On the other hand, before Moses all parties were equal. And still, there was no evidence for issuing a verdict on the matter and also by that time the possibility of resolving a dispute by making the parties give an oath has not been revealed yet. However, Moses takes some time, then he told them to slaughter a cow.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Jews thought that he is making fun of them as they always do that to Moses, Actually, they love to do that, but fun with them at this time, when the matter was so serious!! The resentment boiled over: "We brought to you a dead man and you say that we should slay a cow? Are you mocking us? What does the cow have to do with that?” </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They thought that the decision of God did not correspond with their concern. How could they comprehend the wisdom concealed in that decision? Or maybe they confronted Moses not trusting his words. However, Moses replied- "God forbid that I should be among the foolish!" he insisted, “I am quite serious, this is the will of God.” </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now they believed that the order was serious, so, they politely asked him to tell God to be more specific. And Moses clarified, "It should be a handsome yellow cow."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There are plenty of handsome yellow cows around, pick one and sacrifice. But no, the Jews showed their nature again, as they so often are. So they want Moses to tell God to tell him to tell them what specific kind of cow He wants for a sacrifice. Because all cows look the same to them.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Is it true that the Jews want to solve this case? It seems to, Then why are they became whine now? So God wanted to treat them accordingly.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Woh! You want to solve something that is out of your knowledge. Ok, boys be ready to pay its price. It is because, free things never be valued by anyone, by the way, do you ever find someone who thanks God for Sunlight, Moonlight, Water, Air, or the Soil that keeps people alive?</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So God comes back with the list of everything that he wants this special cow to be. And this time, it is too demanding and too picky that perfectly fitted for the whiny Jews. Then when they find that the details of the cows are already given and they have nothing to ask, they said to Moses, “Now you have brought us the truth.” </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In the Qur'an, the cow story went down, as thus- <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding</span></i>. -'[2:72]</span></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">When Moses said to his people: “God demands that you sacrifice a cow,”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">They said: “Are you making fun of us?”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">And he said: “God forbid that I be of the ignorant.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord for us,” they said, “that He might inform us what kind she should be.” </span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">“Neither old nor young says God, but of age in between,” answered Moses. “So do as you are bid.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord,” they said, “to tell us the color of the cow.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">“God says,” answered Moses, “a fawn-colored cow, rich yellow, well pleasing to the eye.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord,” they said, “to name its variety, as cows are all alike to us. If God wills we shall be guided aright.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">And Moses said: “He says it’s a cow unyoked, nor worn out by ploughing or watering the fields, one in good shape with no mark or blemish.” </span></i></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Now have you brought us the truth,” they said</span></i>; -[2:67-71]</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then the Jews went out in search of such a cow. The only one that matched the description was the one owned by the orphaned youth. They met him on the way and asked the price for which he would sell his cow. He told them he would have to consult his mother first, so they accompanied him to his house and offered her three gold coins. She refused their offer, saying that the cow was worth much more.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They went on increasing their offer and the mother kept on refusing. Finally, they urged the son not to speak to his mother and to be reasonable. He told them: "I will not sell the cow without my mother's approval, even if you offered me its skin filled with gold!"</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">On hearing this, his mother smiled and said: "Let that be the price: its skin filled with gold."</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They realized that no other cow would do; they had to have it at any price. They agreed to buy the cow and promised to pay it's skin filled with gold.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They brought the cow to Moses and we already said that they believed Moses, after all those mind games that they played going back and forth with their Lord. No more whining now, they just do it- sacrificed the cow. Then God commanded that the victim should be touched by a part of the cow’s body- a chunk of beef.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What happened then?"</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Wow, just wow. Imagine if all of this actually happened. You’d have all these Jews slapping a corpse with bloody chunks of beef, but those [since there is no God -those atheists may be thought this] believe Moses is not from God, and since people do not come back from the dead, nothing to happen. So they are now ready to do it.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Oh, let the Jews take a chunk of beef and slap the dead again and again. Wahoo, yes, they just do it and then it happened.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What happened?"</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The miracle, yes the miracle happened, the dead guy comes back to life as soon as the piece of beef touches him. Then he told the Jews who was the guy that killed him. Qur'an says- <span style="color: #134f5c;">And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand. </span>-'[2:73]</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, we will see, what the Jewish sacred books said to this special "Yellow Heifer". According to Jewish tradition, a "Red Heifer" [The Yellow Cow, is basically the same as the Red Cow of the Bible. The Jew make it red or God just forgot the color? we do not know what the Jew would comment about this.] is a female cow that is three years of age with a particular reddish hue and cannot have even two hairs of any other color. It cannot be used for any type of labor and must be blemish free. The biblical commandment regarding the Red Heifer can be found in the Book of Numbers and is considered as the only antidote to the state of impurity brought on by death.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“The emergence of the Red Heifer is not some mystical miracle,” elucidated Rabbi Richman. “It is a practical development alongside Torah knowledge and science.”</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Red Heifer (Hebrew: פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה; para adumma), also known as the red cow, was a cow brought to the priests as a sacrifice according to the Hebrew Bible, and its ashes were used for the ritual purification of Tum'at HaMet ("the impurity of the dead"), that is, an Israelite who had come into contact with a corpse.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then?"</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then what? Do you think the dead comes back to life and began to live with his family again?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No, a dead can't eat, drink or breathe. The Truth is, as Moses and Jesus are both human, they have no power to do it, but as a prophet, God gave them a temporary power to show a Sign in favor of God only to establish God's Essence. This is the cause- the Israelis died again and none of the scriptures let you know what happened to "Lazarus" after coming back to life [Though you will find some stupid, who will say<b><i> Lazarus ended his second earthly life at Cyprus in 63 CE</i></b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #545454;">]</span></span>. Only God Possesses this Power [see below the incident of 70 Israelis]. Thus, in this case, we can say that the dead back to life temporarily only to reveal the killer. Actually, he only pronounced: “I was killed by my nephew.” something like this, and then the dead man became silent again.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then the story goes its own way. The truth showed up. And as the killer was known by the clue that could not be denied because it is a truthful testimony that God made it as He makes the non-living things speak to show the truth of the hands of His prophet, so what the Jews should do? They should kiss the killer?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No, a cold-blooded murderer has no right to live. Murdering a human in cool blood is the greatest crime in the eyes of God, This crime will make a man a huge loser in the hereafter even if you find him a Mumim in his earthly life.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Thus God prescribe to kill the murderer publicly in front of God's house after prayer, so that people may not hate the killer but understand the works of Satan, who successfully influenced the man to kill the victim and made him looser in both the world- a hateful punishment in this world and a promise of more hateful punishment in the hereafter.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, the Jews killed the man. And thus they got rid of a great anarchy which they never did see before, This is what God is saying: <i><b>"Thus God bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand." </b></i></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And from then all nephews lost their inheritance from their uncle.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">When pondering over the miracles of God, one is caught in admiration. The mysteries of the world cannot be fully disclosed by anybody but God. Hasn’t there been another way to find out who the murderer was? Was the only way to do that to make a dead man speak? Could a slaughtered cow make a dead man alive by itself? No, the Creator of Heaven and Earth was the real cause for that and it happened solely according to His will.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Look, how obeying the will of God makes a piece of meat of a slaughtered animal capable of performing such things! How can one ignore that it was God’s will that made the slaughtered cow the means of making the dead man speak?</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">If one comprehends that one should also recognize that the cow was nothing more than a means. The cow by itself cannot be regarded as a deity. Those who worship God should know Him and not confuse the means with Him Who causes it to come into being. To comprehend this simple truth, one does not have to possess great wisdom and knowledge.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">NB: You may read the following article for more entertainment-- <a href="http://www.arriyadh.com/openshare/Eng/Islam/Content/Tab2/Second/The-Blessed-Cow-of-the-Children-of-I.doc_cvt.htm">The Blessed Cow of the Children of Israel</a> </span></div>
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The End.</span></b></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Not Yet Verified.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"># <i><b><span style="color: blue;">"Oh Bro, the Jews Killed a Man Because He was Certified by a Dead Man?"</span></b></i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">@ I said, "We already said in our article that when the truth showed up and the killer was known by the clue that could not be denied because it is a truthful testimony that God made it as He makes the non-living things speak to show the truth of the hands of His prophet, then who to disagree? Do you not understand that was a Prophetic era, not an era of Science and Technology like our days.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, why you are astonished by this?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Ahmed Ali, who wrote a translation of the Holy Qur'an, is not he a total pussy? We are not going to explain here how he sneaks things in with parentheses to skew the text one way or another. Why we? Do you not see, how he tried to justify that entire one woman is equal to half a man thing by saying it’s because women suck in business matters?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Well, he does again, folks. This is his version of the same Quranic verses that we use above:</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"Remember when you killed a man and blamed each other for the deed, God brought to light what you concealed.<b> </b></i></span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>We had pronounced already: “Slay (the murderer) for (taking a life).” </b>Thus God preserves life from death and shows you His signs that you may understand."</span></i>- [2:72-73]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, why blame Jews?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"># <b><i><span style="color: blue;">"Bro, What is the Significance of This Story?"</span></i></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><complete id="goog_872104292">@ </complete>I said, This story not teaches us that God can perform Miracles. It just shows us the nature of Jews and understanding God's Essence.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"A Leopard does not change its Spots."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Similarly, Jews can't change their nature. Thus it follows- "Dealing with Jews bears no fruits." And surely, it will be extremely tiresome to make any kind of negotiation with them. They made Moses cry his heart out "May God makes their Hearts Bleed."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Cool bro,"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Sure, I am not in a bad temper.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Actually, here, the above story is- Someone among the Jews, killed a Jew and then tricks with God's law that makes a war situation between two tribes of Israelis. And when they failed to figure out whodunnit, they came to Moses to solve the case ie. they came to him to know, who the killer is. And, Moses said to them, “God demands that you sacrifice a cow,”</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, it's a God's order, so, what are you expect from a nation those are God's chosen people? They at once ready to do it, is not it?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But, no! It's Jew- a thing, And because of their stubbornness, they start negotiating.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“Call on your Lord for us,” they said, “that He might inform us what kind she should be.”</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, Moses asked his Lord another time and came back to them with the answer, “Neither old nor young, says God, but of age in between,” he continued. “So, do as you are bid.”</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">These words are quite clear, the cow required is neither too old nor too young but middling between the two. So, it was obligatory on their part to sly a cow that fitted this description. But they were Jews, who become habituated to disobey God's order- that is they are a habitual transgressor.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Habitual Transgressor?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Look, when Moses went to the mountain Tur [a mountain in the Arabian desert] to bring the law book of God, the Jews made a golden calf, as their god and guider and worshiped. Do you ever find any cows to worship a calf?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"No".</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But the Jews did that.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, when Moses present the book of God to them, they said, "O, Moses, how do we know that it is from God? It may possible that you have written that book but telling us that it's from God?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He said, "O my people, why do you harm me while you certainly know that I am the Messenger of God to you?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They said, "We can't take this as a book of God without any proof, Surely, we never do such unless otherwise God Himself tells us that it is His book."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Moses thought it would be a messy situation if he brought six hundred thousand people to that holy place, so he said, "Then, select your leader, who shall be the witness."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They select 70 [six from each tribe] men and Moses and Aron brought them to the place as instructed by God. And, He speaks to them. His "Ten Commandments" echoed equally from each side. The Jews heard this Voice, which was clear and loud. And their eyes move around them in each direction but they seeth nothing- no one. So they said to Moses, <i><b>"Show us Allah outright," </b></i>-[4:153]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No one can see God with their eyes as He is not living in our world. So, when they said,<i><b> "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"</b></i>;</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What?!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yeah, this is why we called them transgressors.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then, a thunderbolt took them while they were looking on.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">When Moses came back to his sense, he found them dead. He cried to his Lord, <i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">"My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of forgivers. And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You." </span></b></i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">[God] said, "My punishment - I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things." So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakah and those who believe in Our verses</span></b></i> -[7:155-56]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"And, what did God do then?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">That is what Qur'an says- <b><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful</span></i></b>. -[2:56]</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Thus, when they return, said, "What Moses said is true, surely it is His Book." Yet the situation improved nothing, though those 70 men tried their best to convince them. The Jews, yeah, they were still arrogant. And for the 1st time in the history of mankind, they trick to play with God's law.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Korah [Qarun in the Qur'an]- a Levite, arguing that it is impossible to endure laws instituted by Moses. He said, "O you Jew! Don’t you see those laws that Moses made in the name of God, shall rich the priests only? And will make all of us in a few years to beg to the door of Aaron, the Priest? He then explains the laws of Moses with the following parable [made by cut-pasting some of God's laws]:</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></b></i> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">"A widow, the mother of two young daughters, had a field. When she came to plow it, Moses told her not to plow it with an ox and an ass together -</i>(Deut. 22:10)<i style="font-weight: bold;">; when she came to sow it, Moses told her not to sow it with mingled seeds -</i>(Lev. 19:19<i style="font-weight: bold;">). At the time of harvest, she had to leave unreaped the parts of the field prescribed by the Law -</i>(Lev. 23:22)<i style="font-weight: bold;">, while from the harvested grain she had to give the priest the share due to him. -</i>(Lev. 23:10)</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></b></i> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><b style="font-style: italic;">The woman sold the field and with the proceeds bought two sheep. But the first-born of these she was obliged to give to Aaron the priest, and at the time of shearing he required the first of the fleece also -</b>(Deut. 18:4)<b style="font-style: italic;">. The widow said: 'I can not bear this man's demands any longer. It will be better for me to slaughter the sheep and eat them.' But Aaron came for the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the maw -</b>(ib. verse 3)<b style="font-style: italic;">. The widow then vehemently cried out: 'If thou persistest in thy demand, I declare them devoted to the Lord.'</b></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></b></i> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Aaron replied: 'In that case, the whole belongs to me' -</span><span style="color: #134f5c;">(Num. 18:14)</span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">, whereupon he took away the meat, leaving the widow and her two daughters wholly unprovided for" </span>-(Num. R. 18:2-3; Tan., Korah, 4-6).</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Now, O my people!", Korah said, "Do you want to believe these laws that will make you a dime-less beggar within a few years like the widow, but riches Aaron, the Priest, are from God?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No, surely not, Moses himself has written those for you, O my people! they want to steal your wealth only to make themselves wealthiest".</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, when Moses ordered the Israelis to take the book, they said, "O Moses! “We can't take the book.”</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Moses said, "Do you want to say that the book is not from God after 70 of your leader certify and bear witness that it is from God?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They said, “We can't take the book. as its laws are difficult to obey."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They demand to change the scripture.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What should God do?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He Himself talked to them [so that they shall be judged in future by other people], told them, "Take what We have given you with determination and listen."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">600,000 [it is 603,550 as per Numbers 1:46; and we need not verify these nos. logically, as it is not a factor here] Israelis hear these words of God with their own ear. And, what do you expect from a situation like this?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Yet, only a few of them believe!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No, not so. They all replied, "We hear and we disobey."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, what is appropriate for God to do with them? Is there anything left for Him that He may do for His chosen people except saying, "Take it, O My People or My Wrath may perish you, as We perish them before you, those were Transgressor,"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Sure."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, say, God killed them all, then, would you expect anyone among the human, who is wise [as we may not consider those who are stupid's] will blame God in the future or on the day of Judgement?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"No."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">You are wrong. You may not find anyone in this world among humans because, they are unable to use 100% of their brain, but in the future, some supercomputers will show different when it will analyze this type of situation. Consider a case that it showed a result that is contradictory, say, either a pause or answered both "yes" and "no" [IT professionals may understand this "TEST"], even, you will find some human another way blaming God in the day of Judgement when their brain will work 100% for memorizing all that they have done in their earthly life, will surely ask God, "You are God, why not You did something at that time with your Godly power to correct us?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, an Ethical God, Who is Wisest, Most Merciful, can not leave a job that may lead a question towards Him ever, even when human shall use their 100% brain. Thus, God did a thing that is not a part of human function but only His Power [time-based]. He ordered the angel Gabriel to raise the mountain over them. Qur'an says <b><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“And when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah ." </span></i></b>-(7:171)</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, we will enquire what the Jews did in that situation.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">At that time, the Jews found themselves in a critical position that they never thought of, this time they feared and realized without the tiniest doubt that the mountain going to put them to an end. At that point, at the edge of death and life, they gave "WORDS" to their Lord that they will obey Him and His laws.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But later history says the exact opposite. We find them again to trick with God's law. It was a Jewish tradition of the Sabbath that they are not allowed to work or do business on the Sabbath day ie. Saturday. So, they began to play tricks. On the Sabbath day, they put their net in the water but catch the fish the next day. By doing this, they thought they were bypassing God's law. According to ibn Kathir, <i>"They began using deceitful means to avoid honoring the Sabbath by placing nets, ropes, and artificial pools of water for the purpose of fishing before the Sabbath. When the fish came in abundance on Saturday as usual, they were caught in the ropes and nets for the rest of Saturday. During the night, the Jews collected the fish after the Sabbath ended."</i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What is, that God said to them?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He punished them. Qur'an says,- <i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."</span></b></i>-[7:166]</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What?!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Why not? You prohibit something for somebody and they are disobeying you again and again. Is this not the nature of mad and monkey?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Yeah."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But mads cannot be considered punishable, even they are not capable of understanding punishment. So? Be Apes with a human brain!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"O, my God! It's severe in nature."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yah!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"But you said Monkey."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Oh yeah, and then I thought Monkey may not fit with a human. Do they fit?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"I dunno. Leave that, and tell me, exactly what is said in the Qur'an in this regard?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is what Qur'an said, "<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">A</span></b></i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><i>s</i></b><b style="font-style: italic;">k them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath, their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression." -</b>[</span>7:163]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, what do you say? If you replace Jews with the worst animal, will they do that? This is the reason that some people believe- Jews possess inherently evil traits, they are treacherous, corrupt, deceitful, and unfaithful by nature. Their “attributes” and traditions are presented by the scriptures as unchangeable nature. However, what we are telling- the cow story of the Qur'an___</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">After knowing what kind the cow should be, they proceeded as “Call on your Lord,” they said, “to tell us the color of the cow.”</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is most strange, the color of the cows! No, we would not resort to people rather we should consult with cows in this matter, "O cows, is it acceptable? Is it sound? What is the value that lurks behind knowing the color of a cow?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The cows are not answering. How could they? So it's better we asked ourselves.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Is not all cows are the same in the sight of everyone? Are we ever shown any interest in the color of a cow? If not, then what is the most urgent need that makes Moses go to God to ask Him about the color of the cow?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Moreover, look at the way they addressed- “Call on your Lord,” It is as if He is the Lord of Moses only and not theirs. Is there anything that could be more haughty or disobedient than this? In spite of being hot-tempered, the patient and generous Moses went on to get answers from God to their useless questions.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">“God says,” answered Moses, “a fawn-colored cow, rich yellow, well pleasing to the eye.”</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What do you think, the matter is over now? Oh no! there are still some disputes, the Jews told Moses, “Call on your Lord,” they continued, “to name its variety, as cows are all alike to us. If God wills we shall be guided aright.”</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Wow! After all that was said and all the previous descriptions, still, the Jews did not know what kind of cow that should be! How amazing! Ha, Ha, Ha, my side is about to burst, my belly is about to explode. Hah, Hah, Hah. Surely. if they were cows, they would not behave in the same way.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, tell me, what is appropriate for God to treat these Jews?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Surely, the treat should be transcendent the limit of logic, usual thinking, and behavior."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yah! And this is the cause that God said, "Smite him with some of it."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And when they did that, the dead comes back to life. Then they asked him about his killer and he told them who was the guy that killed him. This is what God reminds us- "Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand." -[2:73]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, o my friend, you asked me- what is the significance of this story?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then what I have to say, do you really understand anything from this story?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Not actually."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Ok leave it, we will explain.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Jews do not obey God but repeatedly trick with His laws to gain themselves. This story tells us such things.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Killing humans is prohibited in Jewish law, yet a Jew killed a man to have his daughter and his Wealth and then tricked to have blood money too.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Look! What a perception! Wow... !! Triple gain from one business? Nah, I like Jews.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Me too."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What!?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Because they do not know how to lose in Business. They engaged themselves in Business if profitable even when that is prohibited. You know, they raise pigs!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">No. I dunno, really. I only know they lend money [with interest] for business. However, what we are telling- This intelligent man, brought the dead to his neighbor tribesmen area so that he may accuse them of murder and may demand the blood money according to the laws of God. So, what God shall do?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He wanted to teach them this-</span><br />
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<b><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"O Jews! you are alive, and your brains are still working, yet you are not capable to find the truth from a dead man, while you are eager to know the color of the cows from your Lord! </span></i></b><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><i>O Jews! </i></b><i><b>An animal that is lower grade than you, and even when it is dead, shall able to bring out the truth from a dead man if God wishes." </b></i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><br /></b></i> Now, whatever may be the situation, will a Jew ever be able to blame God?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"No"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">You are wrong again, it is because you forget humans are created as free-willed. Thus, they surely will lie even at that time when they shall stand in front of their Lord.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Consider that situation.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Jews and Christians denied Muhammad in the day of judgment standing in front of their Lord. Do you think what they are doing! The man who should be known to every creature of God, yet a portion of a human, the best of His creation do not know him. And they complained to their Lord God against their Prophets, those are God's representatives, that they didn't perform their jobs well, they didn't do what they should have to do. Thus because of their fault "the Messiah to Mankind" is unknown to them.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What a lie! Imposing falsehood on Prophets!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yeah, this would be the case. However, what should be perfect for God to do in that situation?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He Smiles, His Gage directly to Moses and then to Jesus.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">RECALL!</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And they recalled the covenant God made with them before sending the human to the earth. <b><i>"And when Allah took a covenant from the Prophets: 'This is the Book and the Wisdom which I have given you. But should a Prophet come to you confirming that which is already with you, you shall believe in him and shall help him. So saying, Allah asked: 'Do you agree and accept to take up the "BURDEN of the covenant"?' </i></b></span><br />
<b><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">They answered: 'We agree,' </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He said: 'Then bear witness, and I will be with you among the witness. -[Qur'an, 3:81]</span></i></b><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Do you consider the mental condition of the prophets at that time?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Moses shaking -the autistic man fails to utter a single word.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"SHIT!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So God will say to Jesus, "O Son of Mary," He continued "What do you say? Do you not bear witness? Do you not preach to them Gospel?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus will say exactly what is written in the Qur'an. ie. he will say, "I said to them", taking a breath he continued, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>"O children of Israel, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad."</b></i></span> -[Qur'an 61: 6].</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God will say,<i style="font-weight: bold;"> 'O Jesus son of Mary, did you say to people, 'Take me and my mother as two gods instead of God,?' </i></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">He will reply, 'Glory be to You - it Was not for me to say what I had no right to say! If I ever said that, then You would certainly know it. You know what is in me, and I do not know what is in You - surely it is only You Who knows what is hidden. I only told them what You commanded me - to, ''Worship God, my Lord, and your Lord."' and while I dwelt among them I was a watcher over them, and when You took me up, then You were a Watcher over them - and You watch over everything."</span></b></i> -[Qur'an 5: 116-117].</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Consider the scene. The Christian Lord God recites verses of the Qur'an in front of the whole of mankind. F...ing Drama.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"SHAME!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But, Muslims can't let their prophet Moses or Jesus to be ashamed, even when they shall stand in front of their Lord by the Jews or Christians. So, they shall shout loudly -</span><span face=""trebuchet ms", sans-serif">"LIARS! ALL THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS ARE F...ING LIARS!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">God, the Most Merciful, Most Fair in Judgement sited in His Throne as Judge of Bani Adam.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He will ask Muslims to prove themselves. And then they shall recite that they memorized in their earthly life.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now, you may understand why 71% of the Qur'an deals with Myths, ancient histories of the Ad, or the She-Camel of Samud and all those that "Muhammad, the FALSE PROPHET [?]" stolen [?] from the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, which still you may find in their Talmud, or Apocrypha.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But the interesting thing is that the illiterate prophet fails to copy [?] those properly, you will find this True [?] if you carefully investigate this subject. However, those are Muslims, all of them are the same kind of stupid [?] as their Prophet. They still believe in him and his Qur'an with all those Myths and memorize those garbage blindly, in an era when people are going to live on Mars.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Is not this most interesting and amusing?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Sure,"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Do you find the game?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What game?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">That Satan made as a producer, where, Jews and Christians are the main role Actors?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What do you mean?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I mean, he creates a repulsive force surrounding them to keep them unchanged, which is nothing but a "Mind Game" that may not permit them to change even if they wanted to.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Do you not see those Practical Challenges for the Jews or Christians who may want to believe in Qur'an- would face now or shall face in the future?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"O my God!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yah! Their own made NEON signs that glowing lights all over the Christian World should laugh at them.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Wow! I should salute Satan. But, what is not clear to me.."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"That those neon signs actually reads."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It reads- <i><b>"Muhammad, whom they[Muslims] believed as the Messiah to Mankind, is actually nothing but a </b></i><i><b>PEDOPHILIC, Yet those STUPIDS are not ashamed, but enjoying themselves with a dream to have </b></i><i><b>70 HURIES in their fucking Heaven.</b></i><b><i>"</i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"># <span style="color: blue;">"Bro, this is an interesting Game, isn't it? Then why should you not sell this plot to some Game Designing Company, when you have some options to</span><span style="color: blue;"> earn some "$" </span><span style="color: blue;">?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>Like JEWS? HAHAHA...</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Look, when the Jews replied to God,<b> "We hear and we disobey."</b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then Gabriel raised the mountain over them [as we said before]. At that point, they gave "WORDS" to their Lord that they will obey Him and His laws.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, then God made a Covenant with them which was included with this advice - <span style="color: #0b5394;">And believe in what I have sent down, confirming that which is with you [Torah], and be not the first to disbelieve therein, and buy not with My Verses a small price (i.e. getting a small gain by selling My Verses), and fear Me and Me Alone. And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. And establish prayer and give zakah and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience]</span>.- [al-Baqarah, 2:41-42]</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br /></span>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And the Jewish Rabbis were in charge of the Torah. Then how it changed? Do you understand why the verse during covenant warns them such in advance? And, what happened later so that a Book of God [Torah] takes today's form?<span style="color: #0b5394;"> And why Jesus raised his finger to those Rabbis??</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>"</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>buy not with My Verses a small price (ie. getting a small gain by selling God's Verses), and fear Me and Me Alone. And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]."</b></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span>And now you tell me to do what the Jews did in their past? HAHAHAA...</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">NOT BAD ACTUALLY.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">HAHAHAA...</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">"W</span></b>elcome the tribes of mankind<br />
Who gather here, and tell them<br />
Most important of all,<br />
What [his] will is,"<br />
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______________________With this motive, Apollo established his Temple at Delphi. According to myth there were five temples to Apollo, though only two of them exist in historical record.<br />
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--The 1st temple was a hut of laurel branches,<br />
--The 2nd was built by the wax of the bees and feathers that eventually sent by Apollo to the land of Hyperboreans,<br />
--The 3rd one was made of bronze was either burned or swallowed by the earth.<br />
--The 4th one was built by Trophonios and Agamedes, the respected architects, and was burned in 548 BCE.<br />
--The 5th temple also damaged by an earthquake in 373 BCE and took fifty years to rebuild, by that time, the Pythia had lost the Power of Prophesy -[Sourvino-Inwood, 231].<br />
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The Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle, was actually the High Priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. The name Pythia is derived from Pytho, which in myth was the original name of Delphi. In etymology, the Greeks derived this name for the place, from the verb, púthein ie. "to rot", which refers to the sickly sweet smell of the decomposition of the body of the monstrous Python after he was slain by Apollo.<br />
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The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by the spirit of the god Apollo. The Pythian priestess emerged pre-eminent by the end of 7th century BC and would continue her service until the 4th century CE. During this period the Delphic Oracle was the most prestigious and authoritative oracle among the Greeks, and she was without doubt the most powerful woman of the classical world. And the oracle is one of most influential religious institutions of the Greeks.<br />
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<b>The Delphic Temple:</b><br />
It is known that the temple was built upon a spring that was used for purification by the oracle and her attending priests. Plutarch, a priest to the oracle, described the vapors from the spring as “sweetest and most expensive perfumes” -(Littleton, 77).<br />
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The ruins of the Temple of Delphi visible today date from the 4th century BC, and are of a peripteral Doric building. It was erected on the remains of an earlier temple, dated to the 6th century BC which itself was erected on the site of a 7th-century BC construction attributed to the architects Trophonios and Agamedes.<br />
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The 6th-century BC temple was named the "Temple of Alcmonidae" in tribute to the Athenian family who funded its reconstruction following a fire, which had destroyed the original structure. The new building was a Doric hexastyle temple of 6 by 15 columns. This temple was destroyed in 375 BC by an earthquake. The pediment sculptures are a tribute to Praxias and Androsthenes of Athens. Of a similar proportion to the second temple it retained the 6 by 15 column pattern around the stylobate.<br />
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Inside was the adyton, the centre of the Delphic Oracle and seat of Pythia. The temple had the statement "Know thyself", one of the Delphic maxims, carved into it, and the maxims were attributed to Apollo and given through the oracle and/or the Seven Sages of Greece.<br />
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The temple survived until AD 390, when the Roman emperor Theodosius-I silenced the oracle by destroying the temple and most of the statues and works of art to remove all traces of Paganism.<br />
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<b>Origins of the Oracle:</b><br />
It is assumed that the Delphic Oracle have been present form 1400 BC to Late Mycenaean times and there is evidence that Apollo took over the shrine from an earlier dedication to Gaia. The account of the origin of the Delphic oracle provided by the Homeric Hymn dedicated to Delphic Apollo [580–570 BCE], describes in detail how Apollo chose his first priests, whom he selected in their "swift ship"; they were "Cretans from Minos' city of Knossos" who were voyaging to sandy Pylos. But Apollo, who had Delphinios as one of his cult epithets, leapt into the ship in the form of a dolphin. Dolphin-Apollo revealed himself to the terrified Cretans, and bade them follow him up to the place where they will have rich offerings. The Cretans danced and followed, singing like the paeans of the Cretans, whose breasts is full of "honey-voiced singing" which divine Muse has placed in their heart. "Paean" seems to be the name by which Apollo was known in Mycenaean times.<br />
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There are also many later stories of the origins of the Delphic Oracle. One late explanation, which is related to Diodorus Siculus. He tells of a goat herder named Coretas, who noticed one day that one of his goats, who fell into a crack in the earth, was behaving strangely. On entering the chasm, he found himself filled with a divine presence and could see outside of the present into the past and the future. Excited by his discovery he shared it with nearby villagers. Many started visiting the site to experience the convulsions and inspirational trances, though some were said to disappear into the cleft due to their frenzied state.<br />
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A shrine was erected at the site, where people began worshiping in the late Bronze Age, by 1600 BC. As the earth belongs to Goddess Gaia, [Also, unlike tradition where the gender of the priestess or priest is the same as the divinity they served, the oracle was female because she originally served Gaia -(Loyd-Jones, 61)] the villagers chose a young woman as the liaison for the divine inspirations. Eventually she spoke on behalf of gods.<br />
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According to earlier myths, the office of the oracle was initially possessed by the daughters of Gaia, Themis and Phoebe. And Gaia appoint a pair of Python as the guardian of the Temple. As the site sacred to Gaia, subsequently, it is believed to be sacred to Poseidon, the god of earthquakes. During 11th to the 9th century BCE, a new god of prophecy, Apollo, allegedly seized the temple and expelled the twin guardian serpents of Gaia, [Apollo slays Python and keeps the oracle for himself to speak to mortals. Hence, the oracle at Delphi is known as Pythia in honor of the killing of Python. -Littleton, 77] whose bodies he wrapped around the caduceus.<br />
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Another myths stated that Phoebe or Themis had given the site to Apollo, rationalizing its seizure by priests of the new god, but presumably, having to retain the priestesses of the original oracle because of the long tradition. Apparently Poseidon was mollified by the gift of a new site in Troizen.<br />
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Initially, the Pythia was an appropriately clad young virgin, for great emphasis was placed on the Oracle's chastity and purity to be reserved for union with the god Apollo. But later it changed because of the disgrace of a Pythia by a visitor.<br />
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<b>Pythia, the Priestess:</b><br />
Since the first operation of the Oracle of Delphi, it was believed that the god lived within a laurel (his holy plant) and gave oracles for the future with the rustling of the leaves. It was also said that the art of divination had been taught to the god by the three winged sisters of Parnassus, the Thriae, at the time when Apollo was grazing his cattle there. The Thriae used to have a Kliromanteion (oracle by lot) in that area in the past and it is possible that such was the first oracle of Delphi, ie. using the lot (throwing lots in a container and pulling a lot, the color and shape of which were of particular importance).<br />
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Three oracles had successively operated in Delphi –the chthonion using egkoimisi (procedure that involved sleeping in the Holy place, so as to see a revealing dream), the Kliromanteion and finally the Apollonian, with the laurel. But ever since the introduction of the cult of Dionysus at Delphi, the god that brought his fans into ecstasy and madness, the Delphic god Apollo gave Prophesies through Pythia, who also fell into a trance when she received that.<br />
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Pythia sat on top of a tall gilded tripod that stood above the opening and would give the prophesy. Previously, Pythia was a virgin, young girl, but ever since Echecrates from Thessaly fell in love, kidnapped and violated the beautiful virgin Pythia, the system changed.<br />
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It was reported that-Echecrates the Thessalian, having arrived at the shrine and beheld the virgin who uttered the oracle, became enamoured of her because of her beauty, carried her away and violated her; and that the Delphians because of this deplorable occurrence passed a law that in the future a virgin should no longer prophesy but an elderly woman [older than fifty] as Oracle, who dressed and wore jewelry to resemble a young maiden girl, as a sort of reminder of the prophetess of older times.. According to tradition, Phemonoe was the first Pythia.<br />
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During the main period of the Oracle's popularity, as many as three women served as Pythia, two of them a vestige of the triad in shifts and a third as reserved, in case any of them wished a reprieve.<br />
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Pythia, in addition to overseeing the oracle, they would also conduct sacrifices at other festivals of Apollo, and had charge of the Pythian games. Earlier arrangements, before the temple became dedicated to Apollo, are not documented.<br />
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Pythia's life was shortened through the service of Apollo. The sessions were said to be exhausting. At the end of each period, the Pythia would be like a runner after a race or a dancer after an ecstatic dance, which may have had a physical effect on the health of the Pythia.<br />
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<b>Officiants for Oracular Service:</b><br />
While the temple was dedicated to Apollo, there was probably only one priest of Apollo. But in a later period, several other officiants served the oracle in addition to the Pythia. After 200 BCE at any given time there were two priests of Apollo, who was in charge of the entire sanctuary; Plutarch, who served as a priest during the late first century and early second century CE, gives us the most information about the organization of the oracle at that time.<br />
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The other officiants associated with the Oracle are less well known. These are the hosioi ("holy ones") and the prophētai (singular prophētēs). Prophētēs is the origin of the English word "prophet", but a better translation of the Greek word might be "one who speaks on behalf of another person." The prophetai are referred to in literary sources, but their function is unclear; it has been suggested that they interpreted the Pythia's prophecies, or even reformatted her utterances into verse, but it has also been argued that the term prophētēs is a generic reference to any cult officials of the sanctuary, including the Pythia. There were five hosioi, whose responsibilities are unknown, but may have been involved in some manner with the operation of the Oracle.<br />
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At times when the Pythia was not available, consultants [literally, “those who seek counsel.”] could obtain guidance by asking simple Yes-or-No questions to the priests. A response was returned through the tossing of colored beans, one color designating "yes," another "no." Little else is known of this practice.<br />
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<b>Appointment of Pythia:</b><br />
Little is known of how the Pythia was chosen, she was probably selected, at the death of her predecessor, from amongst a guild of priestesses of the temple. And were chosen from among the main citizens of Delphi, and appointed for life. And, any type of woman could be chosen to be an oracle. Education, marital status, wealth, and age were no consideration. They were chosen for their aptitude to speak for the god. They required having had a sober life and be of good character.<br />
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A married woman, upon assuming her role as Pythia, the priestess, ceased all family responsibilities, marital relations, and individual identity. John Hale reports:<br />
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The Pythia was a noble of an aristocratic family, sometimes a peasant, sometimes rich, sometimes poor, sometimes old, sometimes young, sometimes a very lettered and educated woman, other times who could not write her own name. So it seems to have been aptitude rather than any ascribed status that made these women eligible to be Pythias and speak for the god.<br />
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In the heyday of the oracle, the Pythia may have been a woman chosen from an influential family, well educated in geography, politics, history, philosophy, and the arts. During later periods, however, uneducated peasant women were chosen for the role, which may explain why the poetic pentameter or hexameter prophecies of the early period, later were made only in prose.<br />
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<b>Social Status of Pythia:</b><br />
The job of a priestess, especially the Pythia, was a respectable career for Greek women. Priestesses enjoyed many liberties and rewards for their social position, such as freedom from taxation, the right to own property and attend public events, a salary and housing provided by the state, a wide range of duties depending on their affiliation, and often gold crowns.<br />
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<b>Purification Rites of Pythia:</b><br />
In the traditions associated with Apollo, the Oracle only gave prophecies during the nine warmest months of each year. During winter months, Apollo was said to have deserted his temple, his place being taken by his divine half-brother Dionysus, whose tomb was also within the temple. It is not known whether the Oracle participated with the Dionysian rites of the Maenads or Thyades in the Korykion cave on Mount Parnassos, although Plutarch informs us that his friend Clea was both a Priestess to Apollo and to the secret rites of Dionysus.<br />
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The male priests seem to have had their own ceremonies to the dying and resurrecting god. Apollo was said to return at the beginning of spring, on the 7th day of the month of Bysios, his birthday. This would reiterate the absences of the great goddess Demeter in winter also, which would have been a part of the earliest traditions.<br />
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Once a month, thereafter, the oracle would undergo purification rites, including fasting, to ceremonially prepare herself for communications with the god Apollo. On the seventh day of each month, she would be led by two attended oracular priests, with her face veiled in purple. A priest would then declaim:<br />
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"Servant of the Delphian Apollo<br />
Go to the Castalian Spring<br />
Wash in its silvery eddies,<br />
And return cleansed to the temple.<br />
Guard your lips from offense<br />
To those who ask for oracles.<br />
Let the God's answer come<br />
Pure from all private fault".<br />
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The Pythia would then bathe naked in the Castalian Spring then would drink the holier waters of the Cassotis, which flowed closer to the temple, where a naiad possessing magical powers was said to live. Euripides described this ritual purification ceremony, starting first with the priest I on dancing on the highest point of Mount Parnassus, going about his duties within the temple, and sprinkling the temple floor with holy water. The purification ceremonies always were performed on the seventh day of the month, which was sacred to and associated with the god Apollo.<br />
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Then escorted by the Hosioi, an aristocratic council of five, with a crowd of oracular servants, they would arrive at the temple. Pythia would then remove her purple veil. She would wear a short plain white dress.<br />
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The Oracle then descended into the adytum ("inaccessible") and mounted her tripod seat, holding laurel leaves and a dish of Kassotis spring water into which she gazed. The tripod on which she seated, acted on behalf of her own safety during her frenzied states. Nearby was the omphalos ("navel" of Earth), which was flanked by two solid gold eagles representing the authority of Zeus, and the cleft from which emerged the sacred pneuma.<br />
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<b>Rites of the Consultant:</b><br />
It is not that you went to the Delphi, placed yourself in a "Q" and when you get the chance to meet the Oracle, you asked her to answer your question and then returned home with that she Prophesied. Actually, to get an answer, the supplicant [consultant] to the oracle would undergo a four-stage process, that is typical of shamanic journeys.<br />
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<b>Step 1: </b>Journey to Delphi — Supplicants were motivated by some need to undertake the long and sometimes arduous journey to come to Delphi in order to consult the oracle. This journey was motivated by an awareness of the existence of the oracle, the growing motivation on the part of the individual or group to undertake the journey, and the gathering of information about the oracle as providing answers to important questions.<br />
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<b>Step 2:</b> Preparation of the Supplicant — Supplicants were interviewed in preparation of their presentation to the Oracle, by the priests in attendance. The genuine cases were sorted and the supplicant had to go through rituals involving the framing of their questions, the presentation of gifts to the Oracle and a procession along the Sacred Way carrying laurel leaves to visit the temple, symbolic of the journey they had made.<br />
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<b>Step 3:</b> Visit to the Oracle — The supplicant would then be led into the temple to visit the adytum, put his question to the Pythia, receive his answer and depart. The degree of preparation already undergone would mean that the supplicant was already in a very aroused and meditative state, similar to the shamanic journey elaborated on in the article.<br />
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<b>Step 4:</b> Return Home — Oracles were meant to give the advice to shape future action, that was meant to be implemented by the supplicant, or by those that had sponsored the supplicant to visit the Oracle.<br />
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It should be noted that the validity of the Oracular utterance was confirmed by the consequences of the application of the oracle to the lives of those people who sought Oracular guidance.<br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Oracular Procedure:</b><br />
Inquiries could only be made of Apollo once a year on the seventh day of the Greek month of Bysios-Apollo’s birthday. However, according to Plutarch, this was eventually changed to the seventh day of each month except the winter months when Apollo did not reside in Delphi. The change from yearly inquiries to monthly was made no later than 480 BCE. Obviously many people wanted to consult the oracle. So, at a time, it needs to appoint three oracles, which we already explained earlier.<br />
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To organize the people and communities that wished to visit the oracle on the given day precedence was given. The city of Delphi always received the first precedence and bequeathed second place to a city of their choosing. Those without precedence drew lots for the place. Unfortunately, those at the end of the line may not have gotten a chance to see the Oracle because of the setting sun and would then have to wait until the next month to try again. Similarly, despite the precedence system, any person could consult the oracle as long as they made an offering to Apollo according to their means -[Parke, 19-22].<br />
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Petitioners drew lots to determine the order of admission, but representatives of a city-state or those who brought larger donations to Apollo were secured a higher place in line. Each person approaching the Oracle was accompanied with a proxenos specific to the state of the petitioner, whose job was to identify the citizen of their polis. This service too was paid for.<br />
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Consultants, carrying laurel branches sacred to Apollo, approached the temple along the winding upward course of the Sacred Way, bringing a young goat kid for sacrifice in the forecourt of the temple, and a monetary fee.<br />
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Carved into the entrance of the temple were two phrases, which seem to have played an important part in the later temple ritual: γνῶθι σεαυτόν ("know thyself") and μηδὲν ἄγαν ("nothing in excess"), and an enigmatic "E".<br />
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<b>What is "E at Delphi"?</b><br />
According to Plutarch, —As the first letter of ἐγγύα πάρα δ'ἄτα ("make a pledge and mischief is nigh"), In ancient times, the origin of these phrases was attributed to one or more of the Seven Sages of Greece. And, Michael Barkas explains as-<br />
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“The third Delphic maxim functions argumentatively (or dialectically) with the other two and constitutes the ALL. If one affirms that they possess the "know thyself" along with the "nothing in excess", then at the same time the "pledge and mischief is nigh" is committed. The third exists for the other two; without the third maxim, the other two do not complete the circle, whereas the third one constitutes its beginning and its end. The tragicality of the three Delphic maxims reveals the GAME that takes place in Delphi, in the Earth's Navel that philosophically can be compared with the Socratic Ignorance, poetically with the Blindness of Oedipus and scientifically with the Uncertainty Principle.”<br />
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However, what we are telling, at the temple fire to Hestia, a live goat kid would be set in front of the Altar and sprinkled with water. If the kid trembled from the hooves upward it was considered a good omen for the oracle, [but if it didn't, the enquirer was considered to have been rejected by the god and the consultation was terminated]. The goat was then slaughtered and upon the sacrifice, the animal's organs, particularly its liver, were examined to ensure the signs were favorable, and then burned outside on the altar of Chios. The rising smoke was a signal that the oracle was open.<br />
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Plutarch describes this event of one session, in which, the omens were ill-favored, but the Oracle was consulted nonetheless. The priests proceeded to receive the prophecy, but the result was a hysterical uncontrollable reaction from the priestess that resulted in her death a few days later.<br />
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The Pythia seems she was into a trance like a state. And when she was ready inquirers would be led in by a priest who would ask the question. The Oracle would respond and the priests would interpret the answers for the visitor -[Oppe, 215]. Often Pytheya answers to questions would be put into hexameter by a priest.<br />
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Nevertheless, details of how the Pythia operated are missing and those who discussed the Oracle in any detail are from 1st century BC to 4th century AD and give conflicting stories.<br />
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Some account claimed that the Pythia delivered oracles in a frenzied state induced by vapors rising from a chasm in the rock and that she spoke gibberish which priests interpreted as the enigmatic prophecies and turned them into poetic dactylic hexameters preserved in Greek literature. But Joseph Fontenrose and Lisa Maurizio, who argue that the ancient sources uniformly represent the Pythia speaking intelligibly, and giving prophecies in her own voice. on the other hand, Herodotus, writing in the fifth century BC describes the Pythia speaking in dactylic hexameters.<br />
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However, before the Pythia could be questioned, she had to ritually prepare herself. Much of the purification rites involve Laurel as it is the tree of Apollo and associated with divination. The Pythia would chew laurel and bay leaves, and wear a crown of laurel while sitting on a tripod adorned with Laurel over a fissure in the cellar of the temple which is known as adytum.<br />
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Adytum is a small chamber was located below the general floor of the temple and offset to one side, perhaps constructed specifically over the crossing faults. The intimate chamber allowed the escaping vapors to be contained in quarters close enough to provoke intoxicating effects. Plutarch reports that the temple was filled with a sweet smell when the "deity" was present:<br />
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<i>Not often nor regularly, but occasionally and fortuitously, the room in which they seat the god's consultants is filled with a fragrance and breeze as if the adytum were sending forth the essences of the sweetest and most expensive perfumes from a spring</i> -[Plutarch, Moralia 437c].<br />
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<b>Influence of Oracular Statement on Person, Society, and State: </b><br />
<b>Story-1: </b>Among the children of Israel there was a rich man, who had a beautiful daughter. The man's heir was his nephew- a vagabond. The nephew wanted to marry his cousin sister, but his uncle denied. So the nephew went to Pythia and seek advice. The Pythia told him- "Your uncle will not die soon. So if you want to marry her, you have to kill your uncle." She also instructs him how to kill and how to be safe from the accusation of the murder.<br />
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One day, the rich man was found dead near the residential area of a tribe of Bani Israel. There were many speculations regarding the motive of the murder, but<span style="text-align: left;"> nobody could figure out whodunnit.</span><br />
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The relatives of the rich man including his nephew started searching for the murderer. But they still could not trace the murderer. It was a law, that if anyone killed near a city and the murdered would not trace, then the city dweller will pay the blood-money. With this law, the nephew demanded the blood-money to the nearby tribe's men. But they denied, saying: "We are not the murderer." They trying to get rid of the evidence.<br />
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The incident that drew a harsh discord became into a harsh argument which made a war situation between the two tribes of the Israelis. And then a wise man said aloud, "Why you will kill each other when a Prophet of God among you? Go to him, may be he will solve this with the help of God."</div>
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So both parties came to Moses and appealed to him to resolve the dispute <span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;">and by that time the possibility of resolving a dispute by making the parties give an oath has not been revealed yet.</span> The nephew of the victim demanded revenge but his claims have been turned down due to the lack of witnesses. On the other hand, b<span style="text-align: justify;">efore Moses all parties were equal. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">However, there was no evidence for issuing a verdict on the matter. Moses takes some time, then he told them to slaughter a cow. </span><span style="text-align: left;">And they think he is making fun of them. Actually, they always made fun of Moses, and love to bring those unsolved cases to him so that they may get rid of him with a failure from him. However, in this cases, may be it was exceptional, they politely asked him to tell God to be more specific.</span></div>
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Moses said, "It should be a handsome yellow cow."</div>
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There are plenty of handsome yellow cows around. Pick one and sacrifice, but no, the Jews are whiny, as they so often are, so they want Moses to tell God to tell him to tell them what specific kind of cow He wants for a sacrifice. Because all cows look the same to them.</div>
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Hmmm, want to solve something that is out of your knowledge? Then you have to pay according to the job nature. Free things never valued, do you ever thanked God for Sunlight, Moonlight, Water, Air or the Soil that keeps you alive?</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So God comes back with this list of everything he wants this special cow to be. It is now too demanding and too picky that fitted perfectly for the whiny Jews. Now details of the Cow they got, nothing to asked. So they say, “Now have you brought us the truth.” </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Here’s how the cow story went down,</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span>Qur'an says- </span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding. </span></i>-'[2:72]</div>
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">When Moses said to his people: “God demands that you sacrifice a cow,”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">They said: “Are you making fun of us?”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And he said: “God forbid that I be of the ignorant.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord for us,” they said, “that He might inform us what kind she should be.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Neither old nor young says God, but of age in between,” answered Moses. “So do as you are bid.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord,” they said, “to tell us the color of the cow.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“God says,” answered Moses, “a fawn colored cow, rich yellow, well pleasing to the eye.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Call on your Lord,” they said, “to name its variety, as cows are all alike to us. If God wills we shall be guided aright.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And Moses said: “He says it’s a cow unyoked, nor worn out by plowing or watering the fields, one in good shape with no mark or blemish.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">“Now have you brought us the truth,” they said;</span></i> -[2:67-71]<br />
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The Jews went out in search of such a cow. The only one that matched the description was the one owned by the orphaned youth. They met him on the way and asked the price for which he would sell his cow. He told them he would have to consult his mother first, so they accompanied him to his house and offered her three gold coins. She refused their offer, saying that the cow was worth much more.<br />
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They went on increasing their offer and the mother kept on refusing. Finally, they urged the son not to speak to his mother and to be reasonable. He told them: "I will not sell the cow without my mother's approval, even if you offered me its skin filled with gold!"<br />
On hearing this, his mother smiled and said: "Let that be the price: its skin filled with gold."<br />
They realized that no other cow would do; they had to have it at any price. They agreed to buy the cow and paid with its skin filled with gold.<br />
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They brought the cow to Moses and sacrificed. Then God commanded that the victim should be touched by a part of the cow’s body.<br />
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What happened then?<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Wow. Just wow. Imagine if all of this actually happened. You’d have all these Jews slapping a corpse with bloody chunks of beef, but since there is no God and since people do not come back from the dead, nothing happens. </span><span style="text-align: left;">So they do it, but it happened.</span><br />
What happened?<br />
Oh ha, <span style="text-align: left;">the miracle happened, the dead guy comes back to life temporarily to reveal the killer. He [t</span>he dead man] pronounced: “I was killed by my nephew.” Qur'an says- <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And We said: Smite him with some of it. Thus Allah bringeth the dead to life and showeth you His portents so that ye may understand</span></i>. -'[2:73]</div>
<span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span> <span style="text-align: left;">Now we will see what the Jewish Sacred books said to this special heifer. According to Jewish tradition, a "</span><span style="text-align: left;">Red Heifer" [</span><span style="text-align: left;">The yellow cow, is basically the same as the red cow of the Bible. The Jew make it red or God just forgot the color??, we do not know what the Jew would comment about this.]</span><span style="text-align: left;"> is a female cow that is three years of age with a particular reddish hue and cannot have even two hairs of any other color. It cannot be used for any type of labor and must be blemish free. The biblical commandment regarding the Red Heifer can be found in the Book of Numbers and is considered as the only antidote to the state of impurity brought on by death.</span><br />
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“The emergence of the red heifer is not some mystical miracle,” elucidated Rabbi Richman. “It is a practical development alongside Torah knowledge and science.”<br />
The Red Heifer (Hebrew: פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה; para adumma), also known as the red cow, was a cow brought to the priests as a sacrifice according to the Hebrew Bible, and its ashes were used for the ritual purification of Tum'at HaMet ("the impurity of the dead"), that is, an Israelite who had come into contact with a corpse.<br />
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What happened then?<br />
Oh ha, after pronounced his murderer’s name the dead became silent again. And the Jews killed the nephew according to the law of God and from then nephews lost their inheritance from their uncle.<br />
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<b>Story-2:</b> Abdul Muttalib, the grand father of Muhammad, the last Prophet. He engaged himself finding the disappeared Zamzam Well influenced by his dream. And in search of the well, he engaged himself on finding works in between the mountain Safa and Marwa with the help of his son Haris. The job was difficult and too laborious. So he seeks the cooperation of Quraish. But they were not interested to co-operate as they thought it’s an impossible work and their efforts will go in vain. So Abdul Muttalib promised that if he able to find the well and God gives him 10 (ten) sons, then he will sacrifice a son in the name of God.<br />
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Later Abdul Muttalib achieved 10 (ten) sons. And after a long effort, he finds the well with the help of his son Haris. Then the father and son both were dug it together.<br />
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Abdul Muttalib- this honored head of the family promised to sacrifice a son to the name of God. So he called all of his sons and reminds them of his promise. All of the sons agreed with his father to fulfill his promise. So Abdul Muttalib draws lottery on his 10 (ten) sons. And the lottery result shows the name of his most beloved son Abdullah. So he decided to sacrifice him.<br />
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On the particular date, people were assembled on the premises of Ka'ba to celebrate the sacrifice. But it was interrupted for the 1st time by the mother’s side of Abdullah. Then others from the gathering requested to abstain himself from this sacrifice. So Abdul Muttalib goes to Pythia for her ruling. There were 360 gods and goddess placed inside Ka'ba for worship, one a day of the Moon Year. Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies ie if someone expresses his desire to god while standing in a specified place of Ka'ba, he was answered. Thus it was said to Abdul Muttalib to draw a lottery between 10 (ten) camels and his son and if the result is camel then he should sacrifice them. But if the result is his son, then he should continue the lottery adding 10 (ten) camels with the previous till the desired result. Thus on the 10th draw of the lottery ie when the lottery draws between 100 (hundred) camels and his son Abdullah, he gets the desired result ie. 100 camels.<br />
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From that period, the price of human life (Blood Money) to be 100 (hundred) camels was the common practice. Till then, this system is defined as the law and was pursued after the Prophethood of Muhammad.<br />
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<b>Story-3:</b> In 560 BC, Croesus of Lydia, in a trial of oracles, consulted all the famous oracles as to what he was doing on an appointed day. According to Herodotus, the Oracle proclaimed:<br />
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"I count the grains of sand on the beach and measure the sea; I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless. The smell has come to my sense of a hard shelled tortoise boiling and bubbling with a lamb's flesh in a bronze pot: the cauldron underneath it is of bronze, and bronze is the lid."<br />
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Delphi was declared the winner. Croesus then asked if he should make war on the Persians and if he should take to himself any allied force. The oracles to whom he sent this question included those at Delphi and Thebes. Both oracles gave the same response, that if Croesus made war on the Persians, he would destroy a mighty empire. They further advised him to seek out the most powerful Greek peoples and make an alliance with them.<br />
Croesus paid a high fee to the Delphians and then sent to the Oracle asking "Would his monarchy last long?" The Pythia answered:<br />
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"Whenever a mule shall become sovereign king of the Medians, then, Lydian Delicate-Foot, flee by the stone-strewn Hermus, flee, and think not to stand fast, nor shame to be chicken-hearted."<br />
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Croesus thought it impossible that a mule should be king of the Medes and thus believed that he and his issue would never be out of power. He thus decided to make common cause with certain Greek city states and attack Persia.<br />
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However, it was he, not the Persians, who was defeated, fulfilling the prophecy but not his interpretation of it. He apparently forgot that Cyrus, the victor, was half Mede (by his mother), half Persian (by his father) and therefore could be considered a mule.<br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Some Oracular Statements:</b><br />
Pythia was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. There are more than 500 supposed Oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi. Many are anecdotal and have survived as proverbs. Several are ambiguously phrased, apparently in order to show the Oracle in a good light regardless of the outcome. Such prophesies were admired for their dexterity of phrasing. One such famous prediction was the answer to an unknown person who was inquiring as to whether it would be safe for him to join a military campaign; the answer was: "Go, return not die in war", which can have two entirely opposite meanings, depending on where a missing comma is supposed to be – before or after the word "not". Nevertheless, the Oracle seems consistent to have advocated peaceful, not violent courses generally. The following list presents some of the most prominent and historically significant prophecies of Delphi.<br />
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<b>480 BCE</b><br />
When Xerxes, the son of Darius the Great of Persia, returned to finish the job of conquering the Greeks in which his father had failed, the Athenians consulted the oracle. They were told:<br />
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<i>Now your statues are standing and pouring sweat. They shiver with dread. The black blood drips from the highest rooftops. They have seen the necessity of evil. Get out, get out of my sanctum and drown your spirits in woe.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> It was unambiguous. When persuaded to seek advice a second time, the oracle gave a way for the Athenians to escape their doom. When Athena approached her father to help her city, Zeus responded that he would grant that "a wall of wood alone shall be uncaptured, a boon to you and your children."<br />
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The Oracle again advised the Athenians to flee: <i>Await not in quiet the coming of the horses, the marching feet, the armed host upon the land. Slip away. Turn your back. You will meet in battle anyway. O holy Salamis, you will be the death of many a woman's son between the seedtime and the harvest of the grain.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> Meanwhile, the Spartans also consulted the oracle and were told: <i>The strength of bulls or lions cannot stop the foe. No, he will not leave off, I say until he tears the city or the king limb from limb.</i><br />
or in a version according to Herodotus:<br />
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<i>Hear your fate, O dwellers in Sparta of the wide spaces;</i><br />
<i>Either your famed, great town must be sacked by Perseus' sons,</i><br />
<i>Or, if that be not, the whole land of Lacedaemon</i><br />
<i>Shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles,</i><br />
<i>For not the strength of lions or of bulls shall hold him,</i><br />
<i>Strength against strength; for he has the power of Zeus,</i><br />
<i>And will not be checked until one of these two he has consumed.</i><br />
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The Spartans withdrew in consternation, wondering which fate was worse. The Delphians themselves then asked how Persia could be defeated. The oracle replied: <i>Pray to the Winds. They will prove to be mighty allies of Greece.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> Events overtook the prophecy when the Persian army assaulted Thermopylae, where a Spartan-led coalition (popularly called the "300" after the number of Spartans sent (who were, excepting one man with an eye infection, killed to a man)) and allies held the pass against them. The Spartans under King Leonidas resisted the Persian advance at Thermopylae until betrayed by treachery. Refusing to retreat, the entire Spartan contingent, including their King (as foretold), lost their lives, but in so doing gained immortal fame. The Persian armada then sailed to nearby Cape Artemisium, where they were met by the Athenian fleet. The Athenian ships fought against great odds, but in three battles managed to hold their own.<br />
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A tremendous storm then arose at Artemisium, with the most violent winds attacking the ships for three days. The Persians lost about 20% of their warships and perhaps the same number of transport vessels to the storm. The stormy winds and huge waves did not harm the Athenian ships.<br />
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Back in Athens Themistocles argued that the wall of wood referred to the Athenian navy and persuaded the Athenians to pursue their policy of using wealth from their Attic silver mines at Laurium to continue building their fleet. On the grounds that the Oracle referred to the nearby island of Salamis as "holy", he claimed that those slain would be Greece's enemies, not the Athenians. For these, the oracle would have said "O cruel Salamis". His voice carried the day, Athens was evacuated to Salamis and in a following naval battle, the Athenian fleet and its allies destroyed the Persian fleet at Salamis, while watched by Xerxes. Despite the fact that Athens was burned by the Persians, her occupants were saved, the Persian threat was ended and the authority of the Oracle was never higher.<br />
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<b>440 BCE:</b><br />
A friend of Socrates, Chaerephon, went before Pythia asking, "Is there any man alive wiser than Socrates?"<br />
The answer that he received was simply, "None."<br />
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<b>431 BCE:</b><br />
At the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans send a delegation to Delphi inquire whether it would be wise to go to war against Athens. According to Thucydides, "It is said that the god replied that if they fought with all their might, victory would be theirs and that he himself would be on their side, whether they invoked him or not."<br />
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<b>403 BCE:</b><br />
Lysander, the Spartan victor of the Peloponnesian War was warned to beware: <i>Also the dragon (serpent), earthborn, in craftiness coming behind thee.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> He was slain from behind in 395 BC by Neachorus, who had a serpent painted upon his shield.<br />
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<b>401 BCE:</b><br />
Sparta warned:<br />
<i>Sure though thy feet, proud Sparta, have a care,</i><br />
<i>A lame king's reign may see thee trip — Beware!</i><br />
<i>Troubles unlooked for long shall vex thy shore,</i><br />
<i>And rolling Time his tide of carnage pour.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> Agesilaus, the lame king of Sparta, who acceded to the Spartan throne at the time of Lysander, through attacking enemies in every quarter, lost control of the seas to the Persians who attacked Spartan coastal locations. In his obsession with Thebes, he incited the Thebans under Epaminondas to fight back. The Spartans were defeated for the first time by the Thebans in the battle of Leuctra in 371 BC; this led to the invasion of Sparta itself and its defeat at the battle of Mantinea in 362 BC.<br />
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<b>359 BCE:</b><br />
Philip II of Macedon consulted the Oracle and was told: <i>"With silver spears, you may conquer the world"</i><br />
<i><br /></i> The king then sought to control the silver mines in the neighboring Thracian and Illyrian kingdom and using them to bribe his way to early victories, playing one Greek state off against the others, and isolating his enemies by bribes to potential allies.<br />
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Philip also had a highly spirited black colt that no one could ride. The Oracle of Delphi stated whoever could ride this horse would conquer the world, but despite many attempts, neither Philip nor any of his generals could mount the horse. His son, Alexander, later to be called the Great, succeeded as he realized that the horse was afraid of his own shadow. Philip gave the horse Bucephalus to Alexander, who took the steed on his conquest of Asia.<br />
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<b>336 BCE:</b><br />
Alexander the Great visited the Delphic Oracle wishing to hear a prophecy that he would soon conquer the entire ancient world. To his surprise, the Oracle refused a direct comment and asked him to come later. Furious, Alexander dragged Pythia by the hair out of the chamber until she screamed: <i>"You are invincible, my son!"</i><br />
The moment he heard these words he dropped her, saying, "Now I have my answer".<br />
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<b>279 BCE:</b><br />
Plundered by a Celtic invasion, the Oracle declared: "<i>Care for these things fall on me!"</i><br />
<i><br /></i> The Celts were met by earthquakes, avalanches, and a massive snow storm, forcing them to retreat. But the Romans were a different matter.<br />
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<b>83 BC:</b><br />
Delphi was razed by an attack from the Thracian tribe of Maedi who extinguished the sacred fire which had been burning uninterrupted for centuries. At the time of Pompey the Great, Cicero, Pompey's ally, consulted the Oracle as to how he should find the greatest fame and was told: "<i>Make your own nature, not the advice of others, your guide in life."</i><br />
<i><br /></i> Pompey was subsequently defeated by Julius Caesar. Cicero cultivated his oratory and his skills in the courts in preserving Rome from the Catilinarian conspiracy, earning undying fame.<br />
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<b>67 CE:</b><br />
Emperor Nero, who was just 30 years old and had killed his own mother in 59 AD, when visiting the Oracle was told: "<i>Your presence here outrages the god you seek. Go back, matricide! The number 73 marks the hour of your downfall!"</i><br />
<i><br /></i> He was angered and had the Pythia burned alive. Nero thought he would have a long reign and die at 73. Instead, his reign came to a short end after a revolt by Galba who was 73 years of age at the time.<br />
<b><br /></b> <b>362 CE:</b><br />
On behalf of his emperor Julian the Apostate, Oribasius visited the Delphic oracle, now in a rather desolate state, offering his emperor's services to the temple and, in return, receiving one of the last prophecies by the Delphic Pythia-<br />
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<i>"Tell the emperor that my hall has fallen to the ground. Phoibos no longer has his house, nor his mantic bay, nor his prophetic spring; the water has dried up."</i><br />
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<b>Conclusion:</b><br />
What to say in the conclusion? We are now living in the 21st Century, an era of Science and Technology, and we do not believe in gods, yet we have the historical information that-<br />
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<b><i>Between 535 and 615 BCE, the Oracles of Delphi are known to have survived, of which over half are said to be accurate historically.</i></b><br />
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Thus we need to have a scientific proof or Logical explanation [if any] of the Question- "How did Pythia be Inspired to Receive a Prophecy?"<br />
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The Temple at Delphi stationed from 1400 BCE to 381 CE and the question may be as older as her long tenure. Previously, it was debated, whether the Oracle received the words from Apollo by Spiritual Inspiration or by hallucination [Resultant of her drinking waters of the Cassotis, by the sacred pneuma. which emerged through the cleft under the Triad and due to the laurel and bay leaves that she chewed.] or that is purely a suggestion.<br />
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And, in the twentieth century, the reasoning for the Pythia’s riddled answers and the nature of the vapors rising from the floor of the temple again has been richly debated.<br />
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Early research believed there to be no vapors or chasms below the temple, despite descriptions in ancient texts. New research shows that there are two definite fault lines intersecting below the temple. The Delphic Fault runs east to west and the Kerna Fault runs north and south. Analysis of the hydrocarbon gases in the spring water near the temple are shown to contain ethylene which is sweet smelling and if rising into an enclosed chamber would have been potent enough to cause a trance state (Roach).<br />
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Today the concentration of gasses is weaker because of the absence of seismic activity to push the gasses to the surface. Some People believed that the earthquake that damaged the temple in 373 BCE. closed the fissures that were releasing the gasses.<br />
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The Oracle's last response in 362 BCE. states that “the temple has fallen” and as Christianity gained power she states that it was interrupting the flow of divine power from Apollo (Hale). Some People of this day believe that the Pythia lost power not only because of the rise of Christianity but also because she lacked the hallucinogens necessary to prophesy.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">'A Hebrew boy, a god who rules among the blessed,</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Bids me leave this house forward and go back to Hades.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">So in silence go from my altars.'</span></i><br />
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<b>The End.</b><br />
Not Yet Justified.<br />
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# Someone asked me, <span style="color: blue;">"<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><i>Bro, is there any basis to believe in Pythian Prophecy?"</i></b></span></span><br />
@ I said, "You know, people come to Pythia, with their Question that Human unable to answer. And the record says- <b><i>Between 535 and 615 BCE, the Oracles of Delphi are known to have survived, of which over half are said to be accurate historically.</i></b><br />
<b><i><br /></i></b> We Muslims are instructed not to consult with Palmist, Soothsayer or Pythia, even we do not believe in gods, but we believe in Pythian Prophecy, that is sometimes it may true, because we know how Oracle works. It is said in the Qur'an-<br />
<b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></b> <b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the Jinns, so they [only] increased them in burden. ...... And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames. And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.</span></b>-[72:6–9]<br />
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The rationalists generally sought an explanation regarding Pythia’s abilities. Even we found, from the earlier, there was a process of abjection to eject Pythia from her privileged place, employing that, she was deified, she was demonized, she was sexualized, she was defeminized, she was made ignorant, and she was transcribed and prescribed and proscribed by Priests, etc, yet the truth is, her Position in the society never decline throughout the ages.<br />
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However, the toxic vapor is a factor. It may possible when Pythia was in her "high" on it, she infused with the spirit of the devils.<br />
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<b style="color: #0b5394; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">The early fathers of the Christian church could not think of any explanation for the oracular Prophecy, but that demons were allowed to assist them to spread idolatry; so that the need for a Savior would be more evident." </span></b><br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-9496849085219883952017-02-05T03:59:00.000-06:002017-06-20T13:44:45.335-05:00al-Mahdi: The 3rd Caliph of Abbassid dynasty.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">al</span></b>-Mahdi, the third Caliph of the Abbassid dynasty, succeeded his father, Abu Jafar al-Mansur [774 CE]. He was as prodigal as his father was avaricious, and rapidly squandered his vast inheritance.<br />
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al-Mahdi was born in 744 or 745 AD in the village of Hamimah. His mother was called Arwi. When he was ten years old, his father became the second Abbasid Caliph. When al-Mahdi was young, his father, the Caliph al-Mansur, oversaw the construction of East Baghdad, with a mosque and royal palace at its heart. It was became known as Rusafa.<br />
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When was 15-years-old, al-Mahdi was sent to defeat the uprising of Abdur Rahman bin Abdul Jabbar Azdi in Greater Khorasan. He also defeated the uprisings of Ispahbud, the governor of Tabaristan, and Astazsis, massacring more than 70,000 of his followers in Khorasan. These campaigns put Tabaristan, which was only nominally within the caliphate, firmly under Abbasid control.<br />
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In 762 AD, al-Mahdi was the governor of the Abbasid Caliphate's eastern region, based in Ray. It was here that he fell in love with al-Khayzuran and had several children, including the fourth and fifth future Caliphs, al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. Around 770 AD (153 AH), al-Mahdi was appointed as Amir al-hajj.<br />
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al-Mansur, died on the hajj to Mecca in 775. The throne then passed to his chosen successor, his son al-Mahdi. According to Marozzi, "[it] was, by the standards of the future, blood-soaked successions of the Abbasid caliphate, a model of order and decorum."<br />
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al-Mansur had appointed as his instructor, before he succeeded to the throne, Sharki ibn Kotami, who was learned in all the lore and traditions of the Arabs. One evening al-Mahdi asked his preceptor to divert him with some amusing anecdote. Sharki then told a story about the king of Hira.<br />
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"A certain King of Hirah had two courtiers whom he loved equally with himself. They never quitted his society night or day, in the palace or on a journey. He took no decision without consulting them, and his wishes coincided with theirs. Thus they lived together a long time; but one evening the king, having drunk to excess, drew his sword from the sheath, and, rushing upon his two friends, killed them; then he fell into a drunken slumber.<br />
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"The next morning, when told of what he had done, he cast himself upon the earth, biting it in his fury, weeping for his friends, and bewailing the loss of them. He fasted for some days, and swore that for the rest of his life he would abstain from the beverage which had deprived him of reason. Then he had them buried, and erected a shrine over their remains, to which he gave the title, 'El-Ghareiain' (The Two Effigies). He commanded, in addition, that no persons should pass this monument without prostrating themselves.<br />
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"Now, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, every custom set up by a King of Hirah could not be changed, but became a hard-and-fast tradition, handed on from generation to generation. The command, therefore, of the King was rigidly obeyed: his subjects, of low and high degree, never passed before the double tomb without prostrating themselves. This usage gradually acquired the binding force of a religious rite. The King had ordered that any one who refused to conform to it should be punished with death after expressing two wishes, which would be granted, no matter what they were.<br />
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"One day a fuller passed, bearing on his back a bundle of clothes and a mallet. The guardians of the mausoleum ordered him to kneel down. He refused. They threatened him with death. He persisted in his refusal. They brought him before the King, whom they informed of the matter. 'Why did you refuse to bow down?' asked the King.<br />
'I did bow down,' answered the man; 'they are lying.'<br />
'No; you are the liar!' said the King. 'Express two wishes; they shall be granted, and then you will die.'<br />
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'Nothing, then, can save me from death after those men have accused me?' asked the fuller.<br />
'Nothing.'<br />
'Very well,' replied the fuller, 'here is my wish: I wish to strike the King on the head with this mallet.'<br />
'Fool!' answered the King. 'It were better worth your while to let me enrich those whom you leave behind you.'<br />
'No,' said the fuller; 'I only wish to strike the King on the back of his head.'<br />
"The King then addressed his ministers: 'What do you think,' he said to them, 'of the wish of this madman?'<br />
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'Your Majesty,' they answered, 'you yourself have instituted this law: your Majesty knows better than any one that the violation of law is a shame, a calamity, a crime which involves damnation. Besides, after having violated one law, you will violate a second, then a third; your successors will do the same, and all our laws will be profaned.'<br />
The King replied: 'Get this man to ask anything he likes; provided he lets me off, I am ready to grant all his requests, even to the half of my kingdom.'<br />
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"They laid these proposals before the fuller, but in vain; he declared that he had no other wish but to strike the King. The latter, seeing that the man was thoroughly resolved, convoked a public assembly. The fuller was introduced. He took his mallet and struck the King on the back of the head so violent a blow that he fell from his throne and lay stretched on the ground unconscious. Subsequently he lay ill with fever for six months, and was so severely injured that he could only drink a drop at a time. At last he got well, recovered the use of his tongue and could eat and drink. He asked for news of the fuller. On being told that he was in prison, he summoned him and said: 'There is still a wish remaining to you: express it, so that I may order your death according to law.'<br />
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And, since it is absolutely necessary that I must die,' replied the fuller, 'I wish to strike you another blow on the head.'<br />
At these words the King was seized with dismay and exclaimed that it was all over with him. At last he said to the fuller: 'Wretch! renounce a claim which is profitless to you. What advantage have you reaped from your first wish? Ask for something else, and whatever it is, I will grant it.'<br />
'No,' said the man, 'I only demand my right---the right to strike you once more.'<br />
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"The King again consulted his ministers, who answered that the best thing for him was to resign himself to death, in obedience to the law. 'But,' said the King, 'if he strikes me again, I shall never be able to drink any more; I know what I have already suffered.'<br />
'We can not help that, your Majesty,' answered the ministers.<br />
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'Finding himself in this extremity, the king said to the fuller: 'Answer, fellow! that day when you were brought hither by the guardians of the mausoleum, did not I hear you declare that you had prostrated yourself and that they had slandered you?'<br />
'Yes, I did say so,' answered the fuller, 'but you would not believe me.'<br />
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The King jumped from his seat, embraced the fuller, and exclaimed: 'I swear that you are more truthful than these rascals, and that they have lied at your expense. I give you their place, and authorize you to inflict upon them the punishment they have deserved.'"<br />
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On hearing this story, al-Madhi laughed heartily complimented the narrator, and rewarded him generously.<br />
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One day, the Caliph al-Mahdi, who had just returned from Anbar, ar-Rabi, the chamberlain, came in, holding a piece of leather on which something written in charcoal, but attached a seal composed of clay mixed with ashes that bearing the impression of the Caliph's signet-ring. 'Commander of the Faithful,' said ar-Rabi, 'I never saw anything more extraordinary than this document; I received it from an Arab of the desert who was crying out: "This is the Commander of the Faithful's letter! Show me where to find the man who is called ar-Rabi, for it is to him that he told me to deliver it!"'<br />
al-Mahdi took the letter and laughed; he then said: 'It is true: this is my writing and this is my seal."<br />
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Then he said: 'I went out to hunt yesterday evening when the shower was over. The next morning a thick mist overwhelmed us, and I lost sight of my companions; I then suffered such cold, hunger, and thirst as God only knows, and I lost my way besides. At that moment I prayed to God: "In the name of God," and "By the might of God! We have no power or force but in God! I fly to God for protection! I confide in God: God sufficeth me! He protecteth, sufficeth, directeth, and healeth, from fire and food, from the fall of house, and from evil death!"<br />
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And 'when I had uttered these words, I saw a light before me, and I went toward it, and lo! I found an Arab of the desert in his tent, with a fire which he had been just lighting up. "Arab of the desert," said I, "hast thou withal to treat a guest?"<br />
"Dismount!" said he.<br />
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Then I dismounted, and he said to his wife: "Bring here that barley"; and she brought it.<br />
"Grind it," said he; and she began to grind it.<br />
I then said to him: "Give me a drink of water"; and he brought me a skin in which was a little milk mixed with water, and I drank thereof a drink such as I had never drunk before, it was so sweet! and he gave me one of his saddle-cloths, and I laid my head on it, and never did I sleep a sounder sleep.<br />
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And, on awaking, I saw him seize on a poor miserable sheep and kill it, when his wife said to him: "Beware, wretched man! thou hast slain thyself and thy children; our nourishment came from this sheep, and yet thou hast killed it! What then have we to live upon?"<br />
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On this I said: "Do not mind. Bring the sheep here"; and I opened it with the knife I wore in my boot, and I took out the liver, and having split it open, I placed it upon the fire and I ate thereof. I then said to him: "Dost thou want anything? I shall give thee a written order for it."<br />
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On this he brought me that piece of leather, and I wrote on it with a bit of burnt wood which I picked up at his feet---that very note. I then set this seal on it, and told him to go and ask for one ar-Rabi, to whom he was to give it.'<br />
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"This note contained an order for five hundred thousand dirhems" ar-Rabi said.<br />
al-Mahdi exclaimed on hearing it: 'By Allah! I meant only fifty thousand."<br />
ar-Rabi placed that skin in front of al-Mahdi, And throwing a glance on it he then said, "but since five hundred thousand are written in it, I shall not diminish the sum one single dirhem; and were there no more in the treasury, he should have it. So give him beasts of burden, and let him take it away.'<br />
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"In a very short time that Arab had numerous flocks of camels and sheep, and his dwelling became a halting-place for those who were going on the pilgrimage, and it received the name of the 'Dwelling of the host of al-Mahdi, the Commander of the Faithful.'"<br />
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On another occasion, when al-Mahdi went out hunting, his horse ran away with him until he came to the hut of an Arab. And the Caliph cried: "O Arab! hast thou wherewith to feed a guest?"<br />
The Arab replied, "Yes," and produced for him a barley loaf, which al-Mahdi ate; then he brought some wine in a bottle, and gave him to drink. And when al-Mahdi had drunk it, he said "O brother of the Arabs, dost thou know who I am?"<br />
"No, by Allah," he replied.<br />
"I am one of the personal attendants of the Commander of the Faithful," said al-Mahdi. "May Allah prosper thee in thy situation!" returned the glass to the Arab.<br />
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Then he poured out a second glass, and when al-Mahdi had drunk it, he cried: "O Arab, dost thou know who I am?"<br />
He answered: "Thou hast stated that thou art one of the personal attendants of the Commander of the Faithful."<br />
"No," said al-Mahdi, "but I am one of the chief officers of the Commander of the Faithful."<br />
"May thy country be enlarged and thy wishes fulfilled!" exclaimed the Arab.<br />
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Then he poured out a third glass for him, and when al-Mahdi had drained it, he said: "O Arab! dost thou know who I am?"<br />
The man replied: "Thou hast made me believe thou art one of the chief officers of the Commander of the Faithful."<br />
"Not so," said al-Mahdi, "but I am the Commander of the Faithful himself."<br />
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Then the Arab took the bottle and put it away and said: "By Allah! wert thou to drink the fourth, thou wouldst declare thyself to be Mohammed the Prophet of God!"<br />
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Then al-Mahdi laughed 'till he could laugh no more. And lo! the horsemen surrounded them, and the Princes and nobles dismounted before him, and the heart of the Arab stood still.<br />
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al-Mahdi's death was tragic. According to al-Tabari: Among his wives there were two for whom he seems to have entertained an equal degree of affection; but as one of them seemed to the other to have the preference in his heart, the latter, whose name was Hassanna, conceived a bitter jealousy against her rival, and determined to be avenged on her. In order to accomplish her purpose, she prepared a dish of confectionery, in which she mixed a malignant poison, and sent it as an offering to her rival.<br />
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As the damsel who was dispatched upon the errand happened to pass beneath one of the balconies of the palace, al-Mahdi, who was watching the sunset, saw her. The confectionery, which was uncovered, attracting his notice, he asked the messenger whither she was bound. She having informed him, he took and ate heartily of it, saying: "Hassanna will, I am sure, be better pleased that I should partake of her sweets than any one else."<br />
In a few hours he was a corpse.<br />
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<b>The End.</b><br />
Not Yet Varified.<br />
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<b>Sources:</b><br />
Wikipedia.<br />
Legends of the Early Caliphs; The Book of Golden Meadows; Mines of Precious Stones by Masoudi, </div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-55283607074104382932017-01-28T08:57:00.002-06:002023-08-13T14:31:11.460-05:00Beersheba: Well of the Oath Or Well of Seven?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></b>eer-Sheva is now the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. According to the Hebrew Bible, Beersheba was founded when Abraham and Abimelech settled their differences over a well of water and made a covenant (Genesis 21:22-34). Saul, Israel's first king, built a fort there for his campaign against the Amalekites (I Samuel 14:48 and 15:2–9). The prophet Elijah took refuge in Beersheba when Jezebel ordered him killed (I Kings 19:3). The prophet Amos mentions the city in regard to idolatry (Amos 5:5 and 8:14). Following the Babylonian conquest and subsequent enslavement of many Israelites, the town was abandoned.<br />
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Beersheba grew in importance in the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire built a regional police station there. The Battle of Beersheba was part of a wider British offensive in World War I aimed at breaking the Ottoman defensive line from Gaza to Beersheba. In 1947, Bir Seba, as it was known, was envisioned as part of the Arab state in the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. <br />
<b><u><br /></u></b> <b><u>Well of the Oath</u></b>:</div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>Genesis Version 1</b>: </span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants, I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees, and my instructions.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>So Isaac stayed in Gerar. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, <b>“She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.”</b> He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah because she is beautiful.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? <b>One of the men might well have slept with your wife,</b> and you would have brought guilt upon us.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold because the Lord blessed him. The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy. He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth. Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.” So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek because they disputed with him. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us a room and we will flourish in the land.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>From there he went up to Beersheba. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Meanwhile, Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces. Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me since you were hostile to me and sent me away?” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully. That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.</i></span>- [Gen. 26:1-33]</div>
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<b><u>Well of Seven</u></b>:</div>
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Abraham returned to Syria and stayed at Saba', a land in the vicinity of Jerusalem and Palestine. There he dug a well and built a place of prayer (mosque).</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">But some of the inhabitants wronged him so he withdrew from them and settled in [to Qit or Qat] a place between Ramle and Jerusalem."</span></i> -[ibn Sad].</div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">"What wrong the </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">inhabitants did</span><span style="color: #134f5c;">?"</span><br /><span>W</span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">hen Abraham comes to the valley of </span></i><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Saba' </span></i><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">(Wadi Saba'), he is still a young man with no property. As he grows older, his property and livestock increase until the people of the area complain that his large flocks and possessions are causing harm to them. Finally, according to </span></i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>nomadic Bedouin practice, </i></span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">they ask him to move away.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">After Abraham leaves, some of the younger men of the town urge the others to take half of his wealth from him by force since he grew wealthy at the townspeople's expense. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">When they overtake Abraham and make this claim, he replies: "O people, you are correct. I came to you when I was but a youth, and today I have become an old man. Return to me my youth and take whatever you desire from my wealth:' </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">With this argument, </span></i><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">they defeated </span></i><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">and let him go.</span></i> -[Mujir al-Din]</div>
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A<i>s soon as Abraham departs, the water of the well dries up. The residents of al-Saba' pursue him and repent of their wrong, asking him to return and live with the Mazian, but Abraham refuses and notes that he will not return to a place from which he was expelled. The people then complain that the well has gone dry. </i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>Abraham thereupon takes seven goats and gives them to the people, explaining that when the seven goats are brought to the well, plenty of fresh water will appear for them and everyone will be able to use it. But they must not allow any menstruating woman to draw near or ladle water from the well.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>The people do as Abraham instructs them, and abundant water appears when the goats are brought near. The system works well until a menstruating woman ladles from it or drinks from it. As a result, the water recedes or becomes still, as it remains to this day. -</i>[Arabian legend]<br />
<i><br /></i> The etymology of the name 'al-Saba', where Abraham resided, is that Saba' is the Arabic word for the numeral seven, which is the special number of goats that Abraham gave to the people of that place. The Arabic name of that place is, therefore, bi'r Saba (Beersheba), the "Well of Seven".<br />
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<b>Genesis Version 2</b><span style="color: #134f5c;">: </span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do. Now, therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And Abraham said, “I will swear.”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized. And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And he said, <b>“You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”</b> </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i style="color: #134f5c;">Therefore he called that place Beersheba because the two of them swore an oath there. </i>[</span>The etymology bases the second component of the Hebrew name beer Sheva' (Beersheba) from the root meaning to make an oath or swear (sh-b-'). The meaning of the name would, therefore, be "the well of the oath," ]<i style="color: #134f5c;">.</i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the[ir] land of the Philistines. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for many days.</span></i> -[Gen. 21:22-34]<br />
<br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Shibah can mean oath or seven. [So], Beersheba can mean [both] Well of the Oath "and" Well of Seven. -</i>[</span>Biblical Footnotes]<br />
<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>There are several etymologies for the origin of the name "Beersheba." The oath of Abraham and Abimelech (well of the oath) is the one stated in Gen. 21:31. Others include the seven wells dug by Isaac (seven wells) though only three or four have been identified; the oath of Isaac and Abimelech (well of the oath in Gen. 26:33); the seven lambs that sealed Abraham and Abimelech's oath (well of the seven).</i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Be'er is the Hebrew word for well; sheva could mean "seven" or "oath" (from the Hebrew word shvu'a). In this case, the meaning is probably "oath," as the ancient Hebrews believed seven to be a lucky number, and the Hebrew "shvu'a" (to take an oath) literally means "to seven oneself."</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>The Arabic toponym can also be translated as "Seven wells" or as more commonly believed "Lion's well". -</i>[</span>Wikipedian etymology]<br />
<b><br /></b><i style="color: #0b5394;">Abimelech's men had taken the well from Abraham after he had previously dug it so Abraham brought sheep and cattle to Abimelech to get the well back. He set aside seven lambs to swear that it was he that had dug the well and no one else. Abimelech conceded that the well belonged to Abraham and, in the Bible, Beersheba means "Well of Seven" or "Well of the Oath". -</i><span style="color: #0b5394;">[</span>Dictionary of the Bible]</div>
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# <span style="color: blue;"><b>"What is the significance of this story?" </b></span><br />
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@ The explanation given by Reuven Firestone is that- <i>"The Beersheba story adds no essential data to Islam, although it does provide information supporting the honesty and righteousness of Abraham. By virtue of Abraham's righteousness, the legend supports the justice of his being the patriarch for the monotheistic religions. It also establishes his perfected sense of fairness and duty, which will become important in the face of the subsequent conflict between Sarah and Hagar. This and the fact that it has no relation to any qur'anic text are the most plausible reasons why it was not utilized by more sources.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>In contrast to most Islamic legends that appear to have evolved from Biblicist exegetical narratives, the Islamic Beersheba story may have evolved directly out of a telling of the Genesis 21 version. As the biblical story was taken in oral form farther and farther away from its original locus in the minds of generations of emigrants or traveling traders, it would have passed through a series of transformations that could result in the hybrid version we find in our sources. It has no connection, for example, with the biblical Abimelech, Philistines, or any petty ruler or king for that matter. It portrays only anonymous local inhabitants as Abraham's antagonists. There is presumably no reason for the biblical names to completely fall out unless they were forgotten.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>Of greater significance, the Islamic legend knows nothing of the official biblical etymology for Beersheba. We have noted that it does, however, provide the alternative etymology based on the seven goats Abraham gives to the people to restore the water of their well. The reason for its variant etymology on Beersheba is that the "official" biblical explanation made no sense for an Arabic-speaking people. The Hebrew meaning of the root sh-b-' for making an oath does not occur in Arabic.</i><br />
<i><br /></i> <i>The basic meaning of the Hebrew sh-b-', however, is a common Semitic word for seven found in both languages. When the legend came into an Arabic-speaking environment without a close connection with the Hebrew Bible, the official biblical etymology would make no sense. In an Arabic-speaking world, the root sh-b-' (or in Arabic, s-b-') would have no connection to swearing an oath, but only to the number seven. <b>The official biblical etymology, therefore, dropped out, and the alternative etymology became the only explanation for the name Beersheba.</b>"</i><br />
<i><br /></i>But, what Reuven Firestone said is not foolproof. The Beersheba confusion or conflict not yet ended. The earlier verses of Gen. 21, create the biggest dispute -<br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">"And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing. So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also because he is your offspring.” </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in <b>the wilderness of "Beersheba"</b></span></i>.-[Gen. 21:8-14]<br />
<br />"Which <i>Beersheba </i>is this in the wilderness<i>?"</i><br />
To find its answer, we have to go through the rest of the verses- <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">"When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. </span></i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, "What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>"Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in your hand, for I will make him a great nation."</b></i></span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"> -</span></i>[Gen. 21:15-18]<br />
<i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Then God opened her eyes, and "<b>she saw a well of water"</b>. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. And God was with the boy, and he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt</span></i>.-[Gen. 21:19-21]<br />
<br />"What is the name of this well that Hagar finds out?"<br />
Whatever its name but sure it is in the wilderness. Now we have to find is this the <i>Beersheba of Gen. </i>Verse 14, or it is another one? Bible does not provide any answer to this question, so we have to look for another source.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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But it should be noted that the word "Beersheba" was used 34 times in the Bible and is only once where preceded by the characteristic word "wilderness" (in Gen. 21:14) and Abraham had settled Hagar and her son Ishmael there.<br />
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Secondly, it was given the name ‘Beer-sheba’ (the well of seven) after the seven rounds of running between al-Safā and al-Marwah (Moriah of the Bible) by Hagar as a result of which she was made to discover this ‘well of seven’ by God through His angel; and this well had been commonly called by the Arabs as ‘Zamzam’ [Hagar when saw she was unable to stop the flow of water, cried out, Zam, Zam [stop, stop] and the flow stops], hence the uncultivated and uninhabited area, surrounding this ‘Well of Seven’, was given the name Beersheba in the ‘Wilderness of Paran’.<br />
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Encyclopaedia of Islam explains - <i>"Hagar, cast off by Abraham and seeing Ishma‘el perishing of thirst, ran in despair seven times from one hill to the other;"</i><br />
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David Kerr notes that - <i>"This [the circumambulation around the Ka’ba] is followed by running seven times between two small hills [al-Safa and al-Marwah], recalling the plight of Hagar and her son Ishmael who, in Islamic, Jewish and Christian tradition, were saved from certain death by a spring of water which God caused to break through the desert sands. This well is named in Islamic tradition as Zamzam,"</i><br />
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Thus the Hagar Ismael story goes as- When the food and water used up, Hagar tried to save her child with her breast milk, but at times she found her breast stops flowing milk, then she was perplexed and distressed. Nearby stood the hillocks of al-Safā and al-Marwah (Moriah of the Bible). She ran from one hillock to the other in search of a Human so that she may get help to save her son but in vain. After seven rounds of running her sight goes not too far as the sun set nearly an hrs ago. So she rushed to her son in fear and found a thin stream of water flowing beneath the leg of her son. So the place was given the name of ‘Bi'r-Sheba’–‘the well of seven’. Nearby stood the Sanctuary of Ka‘ba (or Bayt-Allah, ie. House of Allah, which in Hebrew is Beth-el), which was later rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael.<br />
<br /><span>"What do you want to say?"</span><br />What I have to say is that the Biblical footnotes are right. Shibah [f<i>eminine, linked to women</i>] can mean both oath or seven. Thus Beersheba means both - Well of the Oath "<b>AND</b>" Well of Seven.<br />
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Well of the Oath because God made a covenant with Hagar - <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bowshot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, "What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>"Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in your hand, for I will make him a great nation."</b></i></span><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"> -</span></i>[Gen. 21:16-18]<br />
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And, Well of Seven because Hagar rounded seven times between Safa and Marwah [before the covenant was made] as we have seen before. Thus the well in the ‘Wilderness of Paran’ is Beersheba can mean [both] <b>Well of the Oath "and" Well of Seven</b>. And the name Zamzam preceded Beersheba.<br />
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And the other well Beersheba which is connected with Abraham simply means <b>well of Seven</b> as that of Arabian Legend told us, but not well of Oath. It is because, Abraham was such a person, who found a real God- living in the house of a Polytheist. And then he denied Nimrod as God (Nimrod proclaimed himself as God), who later put him into the fire. Then God saved him from that fire in front of thousands of people. Thus Abraham became the father of the believers. In Islam he is also known as "Khalilullah" - means friend of God.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do you believe such a dignified man among mankind will ever make a covenant with a Polytheist king like Abimelech?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Never."<br />
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<b>Sources</b>:<br />
Wikipedia,-[Beersheba],<br />
Bible. Gen. 26:1-33; 21:22-34, 21:15-21.<br />
Encyclopaedia of Islam,<br />
Mujīr al-Dīn al-'Ulaymī,(c. 1495) al-Uns al-Jalil bi-Tarikh al-Quds wal-Khalil ("The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron"), the most comprehensive and detailed source for the history of Jerusalem.<br />
Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī al-Baṣrī, (CE 784), Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (The Book of the Major Classes), Vols. 1&2. ISBN 81-7151-127-9.<br />
Reuven Firestone, Journeys in Holy Lands: the evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legends in Islamic Exegesis.<br />
Freedman, David Noel; Myers, Allen C. (2000). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.<br />
http://www.javedahmadghamidi.com/books/view/beersheba-the-well-of-seven-orthe-well-of-zamzam-2-2<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>isdom praises herself,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and tells of her glory in the midst of her people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> In the assembly of the Most High, she opens her mouth,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and in the presence of his hosts she tells of her glory:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> “I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and covered the earth like a mist.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I dwelt in the highest heavens,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Alone I compassed the vault of heaven</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and traversed the depths of the abyss.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Over waves of the sea, over all the earth,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and over every people and nation, I have held sway.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Among all these I sought a resting place;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in whose territory should I abide?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Then the Creator of all things gave me a command,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and my Creator chose the place for my tent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Before the ages, in the beginning, he created me,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and for all the ages I shall not cease to be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> In the holy tent, I ministered before him,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and so I was established in Zion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Thus in the beloved city, he gave me a resting place,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and in Jerusalem was my domain." -[Sirach 24:1-11]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">__________Jerusalem is one of the world's oldest city. This city also is known to have existed in 3,000 BCE. It is believed that it was built by the Northwest Semitics. Later Pharaoh Ramses II built several structures there. Because, at that time, it was the capital of the feudal city-states. Thus it had also a barrack of the Egyptian army.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The area of the city is 0.9 square kilometer. It is 2,700 feet above from the surface of the sea and 4,000 feet from the Dead Sea. The city stands on 4 mountains that look like a horse's hoofs of which to the north is open and the east, west and south sides are surrounded by a narrow shaft and is the deep Kidron Valley to the east. From the north-west side, the valley of Hinnom to the west faced to the south and to the east have met the Kidron on the south-east side of the city. And the mountains stand up above on each side of the city, among them is the Mount Olive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before further illustration, first, we go through the New Bible Dictionary to know how it defines the Old City Jerusalem: </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: black;">"Jerusalem was in existence in the middle of the second millennium BC, as is shown by the Tell el-Amarna letters. At that time it was under the suzerainty of Egypt and was probably little more than a mountain fortress. Possible Pentateuchal references to it are as Salem (Gn. xiv. 18) and the mountain in the 'land of Moriah' of Gn. xxii. 2. According to very ancient tradition, the latter was the place where later the Temple was built, but there is no possible proof of this. As for Salem, it is perhaps to be identified with Jerusalem, but this is not certain; the Salem of Ps. lxxvi. 2 is certainly Jerusalem. If the Genesis Salem is the same place, then at this period Jerusalem was ruled by a king, Melchizedek, who was also a priest of the Most High God (el 'Elyon).</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">When the Israelites entered Canaan they found Jerusalem in the hands of an indigenous Semitic tribe, the Jebusites, ruled over by a king named Adoni-Zedek. This ruler formed an alliance of kings against Joshua, who soundly defeated them; but Joshua did not take the city, owing, doubtless, to its natural strength of position. It remained in Jebusite hands, bearing the name Jebus. Comparing Jdg. i. 8 with Jdg. i. 21, it appears that Judah overcame the part of the city outside the fortress walls and that Benjamin occupied this part, living peaceably alongside the Jebusites in the fortress.</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">This was the situation when David became king. His first capital was Hebron, but he soon saw the value of Jerusalem and set about its capture. This was not only a tactical move but also a diplomatic one, for his use of a city on the Benjamin-Judah border would help to diminish the jealousy between the two tribes. The Jebusites felt confident of their safety behind the fortress walls, but David's men used an unexpected mode of entry and took the citadel by surprise (2 Sa. v. 6-8). In this passage, we meet a third name, 'Zion'. This was probably the name of the hill on which the citadel stood; Vincent, however, thinks the name originally applied rather to the fortress building than to the ground it occupied.</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Having taken the city, David improved the fortifications and built himself a palace; he also installed the ark in his new capital. Solomon carried the work of fortification further, but his great achievement was the construction of the Temple.</span></i>-[</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">D. F. Payne, The New Bible Dictionary, ad v. "Jerusalem"]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the time of David in 1000 BCE, Sion or Zion [the word is first found in 2 Samuel 5:7 which dates from c.630–540 BC. It commonly referred to a specific mountain (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress and when David make the city as the capital of his kingdom, it becomes the City of David.] or Jerusalem or Urusalim (ú-ru-sa-lim) or Urušalim (ú-ru-ša-lim). The Sumero-Akkadian name for Jerusalem, uru-Salim, -[Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, (1990) Chapters 1-17, p. 410] is variously etymologized to mean "foundation of the God [of] Shalim": Also it is called Beth-Shalem, the house of the God of Shalem. Some say, Shem, the son of Noah, founded the city and named after him, became known as the city of Salem or Salima. And his nick name was Melchizedek [composed with the words Malek and Sadek, which means- "King of Righteousness". He is considered “without a father, without a mother. Which made him without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, thus like the Son of God. He abides a priest perpetually.”- Hebrews 7:3]. He is also identified as Dhul-Qarnayn according to the Qur'anic viewpoint. Prophet Noah blessed him-"G-d beatified Yefeth and will dwell in the house of Shem." -[Genesis 9:27].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Theophilus G. Pinches has noted a reference to "Yabusu", which he interpreted as an old form of Jebus, on a contract tablet that dates from 2200 BCE, -[Pinches, Theophilus G., The Old Testament: In the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia (London: 1908), p. 324] and the Jebus identified with Jerusalem -[Joshua, 15:8, 18:28; Judges, 19:10] According to classical rabbinical literature, the Jebusites derived their name from the city of Jebus, the ancient Jerusalem, which they inhabited. And we know, Abraham purchase the Cave of Machpelah, from the Jebusites,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every non-biblical mention of Jerusalem found in the ancient Near East refers to the city as 'Jerusalem'. Yasser Arafat [Stefan Lovgren, "Jerusalem Strife Echoes Ancient History", National Geographic News, 29-10-2004] and Faisal Husseini among others have claimed that they are descended from the Jebusites. Thus, the 1978 al-Mawsu'at al-Filastinniya (Palestinian encyclopedia) asserted, "The Palestinians [are] the descendants of the Jebusites, who are of Arab origin," and described Jerusalem as "an Arab city because its first builders were the Canaanite Jebusites, whose descendants are the Palestinians." -["Palestinians, Jebusites, and Evangelicals," Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2007, vol. 14, pp. 49–56.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: blue;">"Glory to Allah, Who did take His servant for a journey by night, from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless - in order that We might show him some of Our signs. For He is the One who hears and knows all things."</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></i>(Qur'an 17:1).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 638, just a few years after the death of the Prophet, an army of his followers surrounded Jerusalem. The city Patriarch, Sophronius, handed over the city after a brief siege. There was only one condition; that the terms of their surrender be negotiated directly with 'Omar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Islam.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Omar entered Jerusalem on foot. There was no bloodshed. There were no massacres. Those who wanted to leave were allowed to, with all their possessions. Those who wanted to stay were guaranteed protection for their lives, their property, and their places of worship in the Covenant of Omar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For the first time in its long history, Jerusalem had been spared a bloodbath. it is said that 'Omar accompanied Sophronious to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and that he was offered a place to pray in it. 'Omar declined, fearing it might establish a precedent which would threaten the church's continued use as a Christian house of worship. He prayed instead to the south of the church, now the site of the Mosque of 'Omar in Jerusalem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Omar then asked to be taken to the site of al Aqsa Mosque. Accompanied by hundreds of Muslims, he found the area covered in dust and debris and immediately initiated its clearing. A huge timber mosque which held three thousand worshippers was erected on this site in the time of 'Omar, at the southernmost wall of the Noble Sanctuary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The city then called "Bayt al-Maqdis", a translation of the Hebrew name of the Jerusalem Temple – Beit HaMikdash (Literally “Holy House”). Bayt al-Maqdis is quite long and cumbersome, so as of the 9th century, an abbreviated name "al-Quds" (“The Holy”), began to supersede the older Arabic names of the city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The wider compound of the al-Aqsa [the furthest] Mosque is usually referred to as "<i>al-Haram ash-Sharif"</i> ("the Noble Sanctuary"). And the place, where Prophet Muhammad kept tied his Borak, the heavenly vehicle before he had traveled for Miraj is the western wall, And there is </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a small structure </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">adjacent to the Magnificent Dome of the Rock which is called the "</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dome of the Chain"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, the holiness of the sanctuary in Jerusalem related to cosmology, eschatology, and legitimization. In Islamic tradition, the Dome of the Rock shall be the center of the 'land of the Gathering and Resurrection [on the Day of Judgment]’ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik had built the Dome of the Rock before he died in 705 AD as well as, the Dome of the Chain. And, among the wonders of the Holy House is the Dome of the Chain, to the east of the Rock, where a chain of light was claimed to be suspended between Heaven and Earth. And this Dome was</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> constructed “on the site where David [was said to have] judged the Children of Israel by means of this suspended chain of light. It is said, the chain, which </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could distinguish those who were speaking the truth in legal disputes from those where were lying [</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If two men approached it to solve a point of litigation, only the honest and upright man could take hold of it; the unjust man saw it move out of his reach</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">]. It is believed that in the day of </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Judgment, this chain will stop the sinful and let the just pass through. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muslims also identifies the Dome of the Chain as the place where the Prophet [sic] encountered the maidens of Paradise at the time of his Night Journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus Muslim sources play a scatological meaning of the various edifices on the area around the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the surrounding topography; for example, the “Straight Bridge” (Sirat al-Mustaqim) which “is visualized…as leading from the Mount of Olives to the Haram al-Sharif” simultaneously “evokes the ‘Straight Path’ repeatedly mentioned in the Qur’an….” In sum, the Dome of the Rock and Chain, and “the signs of the Hour mapped onto the surrounding complex are only reminders and precursors of their real versions, a preview of things to come.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus, "</span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">al-Haram ash-Sharif" is</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> valued to Muslims. The</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> city Jerusalem, in addition to </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">al-Haram ash-Sharif</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, there are some important establishment for Jews and Christians such as the Temple Mount, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden Tomb, etc. Thus this Historical City is equally holy to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to the Books of Samuel, the Jebusites still control Jerusalem at the time of Prophet David. When people select David as their king, he is looking for a suitable place for the capital of his kingdom. Finally, he chooses the Jebusites fortress which was at the heart of the western hilly area. It was at that time known as Sion (Zion). However, when the Jebusites came to know that David wished to take the city; they said Confidently, <i>"O, David! You shall not come in here, but the blind and the lame will repel you, "</i>- [See, 2 Samuel 5: 6]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For their arrogant attitude, it needs to take over the city. Yet David could not do so for the same reason as that of Israelis were not able to conquer during Joshua's campaign -[Jewish Encyclopedia]. The Book of Chronicles states that the inhabitants of the city, the Jebus forbade King David to take control their city Salem shortly after he was made the king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to Genesis, the ruler of Salem in the time of Abraham was "Melchizedek, the Righteous King", who was a ruler and also a priest. After rescued nephew Prophet Lot [Lot ibn Haran], Abraham on the way to return Hebron met Melchizedek and a covenant made between them. It was a custom to give gifts to the holy one, thus, after the agreement, Abraham promised to give him a tenth of everything he had. At that time Abraham was 75 years and Melchizedek 475 years old. Later, when Sarah died, for her burial Abraham choose the "Cave of Machpelah" and the Jebus happily gave it to him for free but Abraham denied and paid in full to the Jebusite.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, the covenant that made between the Jebusite king Melchizedek and Abraham, guaranteed the king that Abraham's descendant would not take control of the city ever against their will. The covenant then engraved in bronze. Actually, the Jebus made two bronze statues face to face, one as Melchizedek and another as Abraham and they engraved the covenant on their faces then placed the statues inside the city gate.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When the children of Israel return from Egypt to the "Promised Land" of Canaan, God commanded Moses to wipe out the Canaanites, because they had profaned the sacred ground of various trafficking. The command was- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">"Now, therefore, kill every male among the little ones (taph), and kill every woman that hath known a man by lying with him. But all the female children (taph), that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves</span>.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -[Num. 31:17-18]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This order was a Cruel Punishment for the Canaanites and Greatest Teaching for Israelis,-to learn practically, the Severity of the Crime of Idolatry in the eyes of God Who is said to be the Most Merciful One. Joshua played correctly as God commanded but he did not or it can be said, could not do so against Zion, the fortress of the Jebusites, because of the presence of the bronze statues. The rabbis of the classical era go on to state that King David was prevented from entering the city of Jebus for the same reason, -[Jewish Encyclopedia] And because of the covenant, the Jebusites made such a comment confidently. It is to be noted that, 2 Samuel 5:6; refers to "the blind and the lame"- it was because in the course of time the statues lost one's leg [of Abraham] and others eyes [of Melchizedek].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, to fulfill his wish, David acted tactfully. He promised the reward of captaincy to anyone who destroyed the bronzes, saying, “Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief.”-[Jewish Encyclopedia].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to the version of the story in the Masoretic Text, David managed to capture the city by a surprise attack [in the morning], led by Joab. When the Jebusites found that they lost their covenant which guaranteed them safety, they decided to surrender. Actually, in the night Joab with some of his friend enter into the city through the water supply tunnels. It was a daring attempt for Joab that Jebus never thought of [Jerusalem has no natural water supply except for the Gihon Spring] and he then manages to enter the city and eventually destroyed the bronze statues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Books of King's state that once Jerusalem had become conquered, the surviving Jebusites were forced by Joab to leave the city. David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. He built up the city around it, from the terraces to the surrounding wall, [1 Chronicles 11:6-8]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The "Fountain of the Virgin" is the source of water supply in the city of Jerusalem. It is located in the lower portion in the east of the city. Hezekiah, a religious ruler, after a long period of David, dug up a tunnel from this spring to the "Pool of Siloam", inside the south wall side of the city. This tunnel was 1,758 feet long, 6 feet high, was excavated in a nice way, cutting solid rock. At the end of the tunnel of Siloam and on the rocky wall, the operational details are recorded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Excavation work has been completed. The Excavation story was as follows-"…breakthrough and this was the account of the breakthrough. While the laborers were still working with their picks, each toward the other, and while there were still three cubits to be broken through, the voice of each was heard calling to the other, because there was a zdh [crack?] in the rock to the south and to the north. And at the moment of the breakthrough, the laborers struck each toward the other, pick against pick. Then the water flowed from the spring to the pool for 1,200 cubits. And the height of the rock above the heads of the laborers was 100 cubits."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David began to live in Zion, and then he takes initiates to check his military strength. Hence a delegation, led by Joab came back after counting Israelis for a period of nine months and twenty days and informed the king that- "there are 8 lac in Jehuda and 5 lac in Israel, those are able to use a sword." David was self-satisfied on the basis of this military power. But it did not last long, he found Azrael, the angel of death with bare a sword in hand standing on the threshing floor of Ornan. When David asked God the cause of his presence, he was informed that it was for his sin, for the wrongness that he did to the Jebusites, [Jebusite's statement, is that they said David would have to defeat the blind and lame before anyone else. -Peake's Commentary on the Bible was actually their confident, not arrogance], and for his pride of dependency on military power rather than God. And he was given three alternatives choice as the punishment of this sin-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this time, David found himself in great danger. Finally, he thought, "doubtlessly, under the consequence of God is better than the bondage to any man, because God's mercy is infinite."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The plague broke out and people began to die. David then complains to God, "I have sinned, and have done wrong. So punish me and my family. But the Israelis, they are like sheep. What is their offense? "</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This time prophet Gad advised David to sacrifice animals at the threshing floor of Ornan where the angel appeared standing with a bare sword.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So David did as Gad says.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor. ..Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to the Lord; for the full price you shall give it to me, that the plague may be restrained from the people."</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></i></span> <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">Ornan said to David, "Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all."</span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="color: #45818e;">But King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, or offer a burnt offering which costs me nothing." So David gave Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site. Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering</span></i>.</span>-[1 Chronicles 21:21-27</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">]</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">At that time, when David saw that Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there</span></i>. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-[1</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Chronicles 21:28]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, in the meantime, it already cost seventy thousand [70,000] innocent life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later David acquires necessary to land in Zion but nevertheless, he paid in full to the affected Jebusites and he returned rest of their properties to the respective Jebus. Since then the Jebusite began to live together in Zion with Israel. And when David starts to live in the city, eventually, it becomes known as the "City of David". Later David makes it more secure by building walls around the city [it means, the Jebus arrogance not for the city defense system as Jews claims]. But the city still lacking the necessary infrastructure to make it as the main religious center and the capital of his kingdom. So, Solomon pays attention to it at the beginning of his reign.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerusalem is referred to Salem rather than Jebus in the passages of Genesis. Rabbi Rashi believed that Melchizedek was another name for Shem, son of Noah, despite Abraham's supposed descent from the line of Shem's son Arphaxad. Later, Joshua is described as defeating a Jebusite king named Adonizedek. The first parts of their names mean king and lord, respectively, but though the Zedek part can be translated as righteous [making the names my king is righteous and my lord is righteous]. However, whether Melchizedek was himself intended in the Genesis account to be understood as a Jebusite, in charge of Jerusalem prior to the Jebusites.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Melchizedek, who was a priest and a king and was likely to have been associated with a sanctuary, probably dedicated to God, and the House of God [al-Aqsa Mosque] that Solomon built, was simply a natural evolution of this sanctuary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the threshing floor of Ornan where David built an altar, a Prayer House was built by Solomon. The new structure of the building increased the land area. To build this structure initiates a master plan Skilled architect, builder and necessary wood and much of them were collected from Hiram, king of Tyre. Solomon informed him-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I want to build a House for my Lord, the Almighty God. He told my father David that- "Thy son, who will sit on your throne, shall build my house."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So command, so that the cedar from the forests of Lebanon be cut for me. My people will be work with your people, and I will give the right wages to your people that you fixed for them. And you know, there is no one among us like a person skilled for logging as Sidonian."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hiram answered, "I have sent to you a very efficient and intelligent man named Hiram. His mother from Dan and father is a man of Shore. He is skilled for all kinds of engraving and he also knows the linen thread work. He will work with your craftsmen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I will fulfill all that you intend in the matter of cedar and cypress timber. My men will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. Then they will take those by floating to your specific places. You just kindly keep an eye to supply food for the people of my Palace."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The cedar trees after cutting from the Lebanese forest were brought by floating to the sea and then through the mountains way to Jerusalem. The stones, after cutting from the nearby clift, made useful for the construction. Huge people were engaged to do these works. Several Jinns were engaged in the works, they were labor, divers, and architects. They worked according to the king's wishes in a wide variety scale.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All the objects to build were prepared carefully earlier, so for the construction of this vast building, thus nowhere in the house, could not be heard the sound of hammer, batal or any other iron devices. Gold, silver, copper and other metal was used for the construction. It became famous to the world, not for the size but of its grandeur and of the objects used for build it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After completion and the inauguration of the House of God, Solomon started the construction of his Palace complex. The construction of five building complexes takes a period more than a decade (thirteen years).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first building on the south constructed on 45 pillars of cedar. The building was 150 feet in length, 75 feet width and 45 feet in height. It was used as arsenal and conference room. Next was 45 feet in width and 75 feet in length one room building. It is used as an alternative to the court room, and for a reception to dignitaries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 3rd building was a royal court room. It was a highly decorated and extremely furnished building. The king's throne was in the room. The throne was made of ivory and gold ornate. On both sides of the seat, there were sleeves, and the rear was round; Near the sleeves, there were two standing lion statues. There are six steps leading to the throne and both ends of each step was a standing lion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Next was the King Solomon's palace. It was a large building. His family members were lived there. The palace was made of crystal and was fantastic with its beauty and grandeur. The Queen of Sheba, Bilquis had her clothes up to her knees thinking water when she was entering the building.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 5th building was adjacent to Solomon's own Palace. It was also a residential building. Here, his Egyptian wife, the daughter of Pharaoh lived. Pharaoh gave the Gezer city to this daughter as a gift on her marriage. After marriage, Solomon had brought his wife to Zion, the City of David. Later, when the palace complete for residence, she moves here.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jerusalem <i>[in Arabic Bayt al-Muqaddas]</i> is most commonly known as al-Quds meaning "The Holy" or "The Holy Sanctuary." And this is considered as the Holy City of God. Thus it is said in the book of Jubilee, where Lord said, -"And Zion and Jerusalem [ie. Jerusalem, its origin likely predates the Israelites and may be derived from the Hebrew root ṣiyyôn ("castle") or the ṣiyya ("dry land," Jeremiah 51:43)] shall be holy."-[Jubilees, 1:27].</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before David, the city Jerusalem was known as Zion or Sion, Shalem or Shalim. <span style="color: #073763;">The Semitic root of the name "is sometimes thought to be "s-l-m" meaning peace, harmony or completeness. A city called "Rušalimum" or</span><span style="color: #073763;">"</span><span style="color: #073763;">Urušalimum" appears in ancient Egyptian records as one of the first references to. G.Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren (eds.) "Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament", (tr.David E.Green) William B.Eerdmann, Grand Rapids Michigan, Cambridge, UK 1990, Vol. VI, p.348 These Egyptian forms are thought to derive from the local name attested in the Amarna letters, e.g: in EA 287 (where it takes several forms) "Urusalim".</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The name Shalem may be based on the Semitic root (S-L-M), which derived from Salam or Shalom in modern Arabic and Hebrew word that means 'peace'. So Jerusalem- [Yerushalayim (Hebrew Yireh means an Abiding Place of the Service of God)] means- 'Abode of Peace' or 'Dwelling of Peace'. <span style="color: #073763;">The form "Yerushalayim" first appears in the book of Joshua. This form has the appearance of a portmanteau (blend) of "yerusha" (heritage) of the God of "Shalem". </span>From the ancient to this day the city thus considered as the City </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al-Quds, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the Holy City of God</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">".</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>The End.</u></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Q & A.</u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Tell us, <span style="color: blue;">Why the king need to make a covenant with Abraham for a city that is less than 1.0 sqm?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ I said, do you read the article carefully? It is clearly shown that the city was the "Foundation of the God [of] Shalim" ie. Beth-Shalem, The king made that covenant, not for the city, but to secure the holiness of the city.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># <span style="color: blue;">"Bro, what this covenant of Omar reads?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ It reads as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"This is the assurance of safety which the servant of God, Omar, the Commander of the Faithful, has given to the people of Jerusalem. He has given them an assurance of safety for themselves for their property, their churches, their crosses, the sick and healthy of the city and for all the rituals which belong to their religion. Their churches will not be inhabited by Muslims and will not be destroyed. Neither they, nor the land on which they stand, nor their cross, nor their property will be damaged. They will not be forcibly converted. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">No Jew will live with them in Jerusalem</span></i>.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span><b></b><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The people of Jerusalem must pay the taxes like the people of other cities and must expel the Byzantines and the robbers. Those of the people of Jerusalem who want to leave with the Byzantines, take their property and abandon their churches and crosses will be safe until they reach their place of refuge. The villagers may remain in the city if they wish but must pay taxes like the citizens. Those who wish may go with the Byzantines and those who wish may return to their families. Nothing is to be taken from them before their harvest is reaped.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If they pay their taxes according to their obligations, then the conditions laid out in this letter are under the covenant of God, are the responsibility of His Prophet, of the caliphs and of the faithful."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Another asked, <span style="color: blue;"><i>"The City Jerusalem, as you depicted is a land that eternally belongs to the Jebus ie. it was never ever included with the "Promised Land". Then, why did Prophet David Tactfully Captured it? And now, why do Muslims take control a part of the city? Do they have any right? And finally, what is the position of Jews, I mean their right to this holy city?" </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ I said, "You asked a lot of Questions. However, all these can be answered in a few word. It is written in "ALL" the Holy Books as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: black;"><b>The "Righteous" shall inherit the land,</b></span></i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -[Zabur (Psalms), 25:13; 37:11; Gospel (Matthew), 5:35; 37:29; Qur'an, 21:105].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus according to the Scripture, the city belongs to the Muslims and so they inherited it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you need explanations?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yah."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ok, then we start from the action of David.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David was a Prophet and absolutely a righteous person, so he thought accordingly as that revealed to him [Zabur (Psalms), 25:13; 37:11], that he had the right to capture the land and he did that. But, without depending on God, he looked for "other ways" which was not acceptable to God. So he was punished.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, through David, the Jews established their rights in the city. But they polluted "the House of God". As reported by Gospel, Jesus convicted Jews- "It is written in the Scriptures,<i> 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer,' but you [the Jews] have turned it into a den of thieves!"</i> -[Gospel (Matthew), 21:13]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But the Jews do not pay heed to him. Actually, they reject Jesus and plot to kill him. So, he warned them through the following parable-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he leased the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. Last, of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. “But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’ So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? Will not he bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He concluded, “<i>Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruits</i>. ...”-[Matthew 21:33-44]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Jews do not try to understand Jesus. But they killed [as appeared to them] him and still now, we find, they were not ready to accept him. So, it happened what it should to happen. God canceled their lease of the "Vineyard" and leased that to Muslim. In other ways, God taken back the authority of His House from Bani Israel and permanently leased that to Bani Ishmael. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So sad."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not only this, rejecting Jesus the Jews turn themselves as a disbeliever. Qur'an says-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Surely those who believe</span> <span style="color: blue;">then disbelieve</span>, <span style="color: blue;">again believe</span> <span style="color: blue;">and again disbelieve</span>, <span style="color: blue;">then increase in disbelief</span>, <span style="color: blue;">Allah will not forgive them nor guide them in the (right) path.</span></i>-(4:137)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Would you explain this Verse?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why not? Here,-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">--Surely those who believe- [means] -</span></span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Surely </span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he Jews became believer</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, believe on Moses,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">--then disbelieve</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">[means]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> -</span></span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then they became disbeliever worshiping Calf, Opis</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">--again believe</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- </span></span></span>[means]<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> -</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again they became as believer p</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">romising God [showing Him their determination through</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">killing each other, which killed 70 [or 70000 (as no differs in different text) of them] that they</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> will never do that again,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">--and again disbelieve </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">then, increase in disbelief</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- </span></span></span>[means] -</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">they became disbeliever, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">disbelieve on Jesus, and</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> then increase their disbelief, </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">slandering on Mary</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Qur'an says:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Allah will not forgive them nor guide them in the (right) path. -</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is the reason which answering the question to us- why they failed to recognize Muhammad, the Messiah to the mankind</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Uh!, then with this, how do you draw a connection to the question asked?"</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is that-<i> "According to the Scriptures, "The unbelievers have NO RIGHT on the House of God."</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now, the wise reader may read the following article to Justify Jewish claim-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/israel-shield/5-facts-that-prove-jerusalem-was-never-a-muslim-holy-city-or-an-arab-capital/2014/10/30/" rel="nofollow">5 Facts That Prove Jerusalem Was NEVER A Muslim Holy City</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or, <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/84/the-muslim-claim-to-jerusalem" rel="nofollow">The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem by Daniel Pipes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is there any question?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yeah, You declared Jews as -unbelievers, which a sober person can't do, or they?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are interesting! Yah scholars and educated person shall never do that. It is not that they are sober, it is because they</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> deal only with apparent truth, thus not confident enough to be bold. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"What?" </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is what? We are dealing only with TRUTH that must be 100% bias free, 100% authentic ie. absolute truth thus we do not need to keep in mind general norms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are interesting too. You know, Muslims are always </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">declaring</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> that Torah, Gospels are changed, yet loves to cite verses from those book. And what you have done!?!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> You randomly picked verses, compiled them and placed to us as </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">100% bias free, 100% authentic. Wow</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">! This is amazing!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We don't find anything amazing here, sorry. We never pick any verse from anywhere unless that is true both in logically, scriptually or universally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Wise Readers, could any of you tell me what are those universal formula/laws that used here which ensures one that the above description is purely </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bias free, authentic?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Sources</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jewish Encyclopedia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">http://www.noblesanctuary.com/Quds.html</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al-Mawsu'at al-Filastinniya (Palestinian encyclopedia).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, (1990), Chapters 1-17, p. 410.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Biblical Archaeology Review 32:02, March–April 2006.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lipinski, 2004, p. 502.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pinches, Theophilus G., The Old Testament: In the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia (London: 1908), p. 324.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stefan Lovgren, "Jerusalem Strife Echoes Ancient History", National Geographic News, 29-10-2004.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Palestinians, Jebusites, and Evangelicals," Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2007, vol. 14, pp. 49–56.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/file/Jerusalem_ED_Sheets.FasFacts.pdf.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Peake's Commentary on the Bible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Book of Jubilee.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qu'ran.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b style="font-size: x-large;">I</b>t is said in the Torah- <i>"God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants. A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."</i>- [Genesis 17:9-14] </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The above means that the cutting away of the flesh represented the separation of that person from the sinful, fleshly world and entry into a particular– separate and sanctified group. And to refuse circumcision for oneself or one's family was to refuse all of these things and literally be cut off from the promises of God.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"But all this is for male circumcision and the article is for female."</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yes, but there is nothing about female circumcision in any scriptures.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then why a female circumcision article?" </span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Because it's a ritual practice of some people that is rooted from a long time ago, and we find that is documented too. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So we need to know the truth, the valid reason behind this practice which is barbaric in the eyes of Westerners. Thus we start with the information that we have in the scriptures. Starts with one [male circumcision] to reach a conclusion for another [female circumcision].</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The origin of female circumcision practices is unknown. Some author references its existence in the Nile valley since the time of the ancient civilization of Egypt and Sudan [Assaad 1980] though it is not supported by any mummy studies, and only existed in the documents. Sanderson [1981:27], cites a statement from Herodotus that Egyptians, Phoenicians, Hittites, and Ethiopians practiced female excision 500 yrs before the birth of Christ.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">According to Pharaonic belief male circumcision and female clitoridectomy and labia removal are needed for one to become fully a man or fully a woman. -[Assaad 1980:4] According to Robert Briffault [a French anthropologist], both male circumcision and before it female circumcision have been an ancient custom among Semitic peoples from very early times -[Briffault 3/323], however, Jewish circumcision did not assume its present form until as late as the Maccabees (165 BC). Previous to that time it was so minor that "the jibes of the Gentile women could be evaded, little trace of the operation being perceptible" -[Briffault 3/331]. But some authors claim that Jewish women were circumcised till the days of Rabbi Gershom [AD 1000] who denounced it as a scandal to the Gentiles.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Strabo claimed that "the Egyptians circumcised their boys and girls as do the Jews". The Virgin Mary was likewise said to have been circumcised. -(Briffault 3/324)</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"That means it was a running practice among the Jews?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yes, and Hagar is the first one [among the women] as per the document. So we need to inquire details of that Hagarian incident.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">According to some classical Muslim authors, Sarah, the mother of the believers, plagued by her jealousy of her maid Hagar, swore that she would mutilate Hagar. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abraham protested. Sarah answered that she would not be made a liar. Abraham told her to be patient. But </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">she said<i>, "I will cut off her nose! I will cut off her ear! That will disfigure her!" Then she said, "No, but I will humble her through circumcision [kha-f-d]." </i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abraham then indicated to Sarah that she could circumcise Hagar.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"And one day, while Hagar was milking a cow Sarah came and tried to cut off her nose and ears and Hagar cried for help..... Sarah pierced her two ears to cause her disgrace and circumcision Hagar." -[Qisas al-Anbiya, p-118]</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Is it? Then?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">According to the source, when Sarah did that, Hagar then took the edge of her dress [dhayl] to wipe off the blood. That is why women are circumcised and take up the ends of their dresses [to this day].</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"One woman's quarrel, which finished with the circumcision of poor Hagar? Fuck!.... b</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ut why Abraham indicated to Sarah that she could circumcise her maid?"</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"So that female circumcision becomes a tradition amongst women."- al-Jahiz, quoted this, said, "Male and female circumcision has been practiced by Arabs since the time of Abraham and Hagar until today." </span>Islamic tradition also says it was practiced by Sarah on Hagar and that afterward both Sarah and Abraham circumcised themselves by order of God. However, Jewish and Christian Sacred books- pictured this rite as Sarah's Cruelty to her maid Hagar.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Then why are Muslim authors silent about female circumcision?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Because they thought the Hagar-Sarah incident can no longer be invoked as a valid motive for generalizing "Sarah's Vendetta" against all Muslim women. And you know, cutting off a healthy organ or inflicting suffering on a person is not permitted in Islamic law.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It is notable that the Harranians were not circumcised. This casts doubt on Abraham's circumcision as an invention of post-exilic Jewish writers, although it may be considered a sin offering for male fertility to the phallic god: Snaith (81) comments- "There is no reference to circumcision in the earlier laws and the rite is nowhere enjoined before the Priestly Code as having any particular significance."</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In Joshua 5:2, ['second circumcision rite'] says "At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. And Joshua made him sharp knives and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. ... Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. ... And it came to pass when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day".</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The practice of circumcision often refers to purification, Purification from "Original Sin" resulting from the fall of man, stemming from Adam and Eve's fall by Satan's influence in Eden. A common Arabic term for purification has the root t-h-r, used for male and Female Circumcision (Tahur and Tahura). It is also known in Arabic as khafḍ or khifaḍ. In the Bambara language, spoken mostly in Mali, it is known as Bolokoli ("washing your hands") and in the Igbo language in eastern Nigeria as "Isa Aru" or Iwu Aru ["having your bath," as in "a young woman must 'have her bath' before she has a baby"]</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The circumcision for women is not very pleasant or healthy. Some modern people consider this practice as- barbaric and brutal. So they</span> rename this practice as FGM [female genital mutilation]. Thus when they hear about this, some are shocked or surprised to know that this traditional practice still cultivating in some societies to this day. Some became thoughtful solving- "Reasons" or some asked in an innocent style- <b>"Why do they do that?"</b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"This is funny. Hahaha...how do they explain this "Reasons"?"</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Some were surprised when they heard Abraham's circumcision, they surprised because they thought circumcision means cutting the penis. So they asked, "Why did he do that? Did he want to anger his wife?"</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Others explain this event as <i>"Imagine old Abraham sitting under his tent. He was bored. He had nothing to do. In Arabic, we say that a person who does not have too much to do "plays with his testicles [his penis]." And while playing with his penis, Abraham accidentally cut it. Instead of saying- poor old Abraham became senile, his tribe pretended that he received an order from God to do it. Then the tribe performed this mutilation on all the males."</i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Later Moses raised as an Egyptian prince, resurrected the practice because he was circumcised like all Egyptian royals. He had all the men who followed him in the desert circumcised so they could be ‘like him’. Jews follow this practice to date. Half or full circumcision - it all depends on your interpretation of the scriptures.</span></i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Muhammad borrowed some rituals and traditions from the Jewish and circumcision was one of them. He made up a huge number of stories and spurious reasons to justify this that are not in any Jewish scriptures (eg circumcision of Adam). But," he explains, "Tribes (African or otherwise) do it for various reasons -</span></i></span><br />
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #0c343d;"><i>To ‘look fierce’ (?) and ready for doing his Jobs [sex] at all times.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #0c343d;"><i>To show they can take the pain of being cut.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #0c343d;"><i>Some claim hygiene, though how they can say this for people who walk barefoot in dust and dirt and handle animals all the time is beyond comprehension. And cleaning a penis is better than cutting off the skin that protects the glands from the external environment.</i></span></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #0c343d;"><i>"But", this scholar concluded, "Cutting female labia is totally unwarranted and unnecessary. There is no hygienic or fertility reason for this. Imagine, if God wanted people to be uncircumcised, He would have ‘designed’ men accordingly - after all - He made us in His image! Why remove that which God has given all of us?"</i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, another explains- </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Jews circumcise their children because they are commanded to in the Torah, it is a covenant to be part of the Jewish people."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">He said, "There was a story told over about a famous Jewish Rabbi, Akiva [1st century CE]. and an Emperor of Rome. The Emperor asked the Rabbi- 'Who’s work is greater; G-d’s or man’s?' -[Midrash Tanchuma, Tazria, 5] -this clearly expecting G-d to be the answer. He was already prove to them that the Jews were wrong in keeping the commandment of circumcision since man is changing G-d’s world.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But the Rabbi answered: Man has greater works.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Stumped the Emperor asked- Why?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Rabbi answered as most Jews do with a question: “What would you rather eat wheat or bread?”</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And he concluded, "G-d put men into the world to take the incredible bounty, beauty, and building blocks; and commanded man to make a better world for all of the men. Part of this was to make this covenant the Circumcision to make man better."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, <b><i>another</i></b> explains- "Circumcision has its own perspectives such as-</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">a. Religious Perspective: In Islam and Judaism it is compulsory to have circumcision the person with the uncircumcised male part cannot offer Salah or (prayer).</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">b. Logical Perspective: When a man goes for nature's call an Uncircumcised male part though with all efforts of the man some urine will remain in the flesh of the upper part and it spoils the pants or underpants of a person but in the case of a circumcised male part one is left without this type of problem person clothes remains clean without urine drops in the clothes.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">c. Scientific/Medical Perspective: Among the most intriguing benefits of circumcision is the finding that circumcised men are less likely to contract HIV, the virus that causes AIDS".</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span>Some People describe the disadvantages of Circumcision saying- <i>"</i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Some dissatisfied circumcised men report wide-ranging physical, sexual, and psychological consequences, partly because they are aware that the foreskin has significant physiological and sexual functions. Circumcised men have reported decreased sexual sensitivity and even erectile dysfunction.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Some mothers have revealed great distress about permitting and watching the circumcision of their sons and have regretted their decision for years. “I will go to my grave hearing that horrible wail,” one mother comments.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">While questioning, those circumcised feel uncomfortable, they continue intellectual, emotional, and ethical conflicts about circumcision which also make us uncomfortable. But, it’s time to talk about it. What the other says all are myths. Actually-</span></span><br />
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>There is no medical reason for "routine" circumcision of babies.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Times and attitudes have changed. </i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>The foreskin provides protection and sexual pleasure.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Caring for and cleaning the foreskin is easy.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcision is permanent, and your son might not appreciate it.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcision is painful, and there are risks to the surgery. </i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcision does not prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) or other diseases. </i></span></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">While some other claims the advantages of circumcision saying- <i>"</i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Those circumcised, argued-Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad all of them circumcised while we are Questioning on this! when we know-</i></span><br />
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<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcising baby boys is a safe and harmless procedure.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcision is just a little snip.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcision is routinely recommended and endorsed by doctors and other health professionals.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>The baby does not feel any pain during circumcision.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>If I don't circumcise my son, he will be ridiculed.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>A boy should be circumcised to look like his father.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Routine circumcision of baby boys cannot be compared to Female Genital Mutilation.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>To oppose male circumcision is religious and cultural bigotry.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Circumcising newborn baby boys produces health benefits later in life.</i></span></li>
<li><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Male circumcision helps prevent HIV.</i></span></li>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"So it's a question, what is the actual cause of the origin of circumcision?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">All we know is that Adam, the first man, eat the fruit forbidden by God in paradise, his flesh rebelled against the spirit; whereupon he swore, saying: "By God, I will cut thee!"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And having broken a piece of rock, he seized his flesh to cut it with the sharp edge of the stone: whereupon he was rebuked by the angel Gabriel. And he answered: "I have sworn by God to cut it; I will never be a liar!"</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b>'Then the angel showed him the superfluity of his flesh, and that he cut off. And hence, just as every man taketh flesh from the flesh of Adam, so is he bound to observe all that Adam promised with an oath. This did Adam observe in his sons, and from generation to generation came down the "Obligation of Circumcision".</b></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What about Eve, did she perform this circumcision?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Was she under an oath, or, descended from Adam?</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"No."</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So logically it was not obligatory for her to be circumcised.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">However, from the above, it is clear that men are obliged to be circumcised but nothing tells about women. Even it is told here that Adam observes it in his sons, and from generation to generation came down the obligation of circumcision but nowhere mention of women. Sometimes it happened considering the logic that as women are under the control of men, they need not be mentioned separately. And we conclude here with another logic<b> "<i>As men and women both taketh flesh from the flesh of Adam, both of them bound to observe all that Adam promised with an oath"</i></b>.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Yet there are some different meanings and motivations for Female Circumcision. Actually, </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">circumcision for women describes as an ‘entrenched’ and ‘deeply-rooted’ tradition, practiced from the ancient periods in parts of the World. </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><b>Much of the existing literature conveniently overlooks the dynamic cultural, political, and historical contexts of the various types of Circumcision performed by different religions in widely varying contexts.</b></i><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">i). In some African cultures, it has some aesthetic values. They believe that by cutting off ‘male’ parts, one becomes fully female and feminine, making her smooth and beautiful.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ii). To some- it is symbolically vital for social consequences for marriageability.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">iii). And to some- It is a tradition to infibulate their female, considering that it establishes both a girl’s reputation for morality and the family’s honor in protecting her morality. [The term infibulation derives from the fibula, Latin for clasp; the Ancient Romans reportedly fastened clasps through the foreskins or labia of slaves to prevent sexual intercourse. The surgical infibulation of women came to be known as Pharaonic Circumcision in Sudan but as Sudanese circumcision in Egypt. In Somalia, it is known simply as Qodob ie. "to sew up"].</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">iv). And to some- Infibulation has symbolic values, such as the ‘Enclosure’ of the body, to be ready for future socially-approved reproduction.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">v). And to some- Parents circumcised their females to deprive them of their sexuality, so that they may able to keep themselves apart from the illegal sexual relationship which makes a soul unclean and is a great Sin in the Eyes of God.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">vi). Some of them explain- "Women circumcise only the part that produces pungent odor". Others added to this, "Which attract Jinns, and ...they make them horny, ...and influenced them for a perversion, ...and when Jinns shall live with someone for a long time, she becomes abnormal."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">vii). Some try to justify this, saying- We do it for the sake of our child so that they may not perish eternally, and they may have a chance to enter into Paradise. You know, it is said in the Holy Scripture [Gospel of Barnabas] that an uncircumcised shall never enter into Paradise. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">viii). Some traditional rural midwives consider that narrowing of the opening with infibulation and re-infibulation after childbirth will make it more pleasurable for her husband. And you know, the position of the husband to a woman! He is like gods [to Hindu women] or next to God [to Muslim women].</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ix). Femininity ideals are reinforced by aesthetic values- such as it eliminating masculine parts and achieving smoothness and beauty. And the image of physical beauty and sensuality is valued much socially.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The interaction between the practitioner [raw fundamentalist] and the opposer of female circumcision is more exciting and hugely entertaining. We giving you a sample for your refreshment to this boring article:</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">i). Those who oppose, say- ‘Do you know why they circumcised their women? Basically, it is due to male dominance. They dominate their female.'</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, those practices, reply- "The rite is the proper complement of male circumcision, evening the sensitiveness of the genitories by reducing it equally in both sexes, then why are they arguing? Actually, they argue, we think it is only because they consider women as F..king Machines and they want this machine available in the market so that they may enjoy them nearly free of cost as and when needed basis. Actually, they want to make our society rotten with polygamy as that of theirs."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ii). Those who oppose, say- "The fact is, those midwives are not doing it as a public service. They support these practices from the fear of losing their economic benefits. Generally, they benefited, sometimes with fees or gifts [such as soap or scents and a share of the meat from the animal sacrificed for the feast, as well as other foods.] from each operation". And most of all they bear their own opinion as- "One should lynch the fathers who were opposed to the circumcision of their daughters, because those fathers were in fact willing to see their girls become whores." -Can you imagine!!"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, those practices, replies, "They do not demand a fee for the operation as that of a doctor of this day. They only received what you give them thankfully. And for the case of imagination- you better imagine</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> that your 9yr old teen daughter gets pregnant, or, your beloved wife red-handed with your driver in your bed."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">iii). Those who oppose, say, "Psychological studies clarify how the pain and fear associated with Circumcision affect women. You see, Laden, Taliban, and ISIS all are the products of their Women."</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, those practices, replies, "Then how do they explain the birth of Hitler, who killed 30 million Jews, or, Jesuits, who killed 13 million in Europe only? Or, the Burmese Buddhist Monk those still learning- "Killing a living being is the Greatest Sin", yet chopping Rohingya women and babies, or, burning them in their sleeping and in a broad daylight- publicly?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, for Laden, evil ISIS, we have a question, tell us- How are they born? Who nurtured their homeland with bombs and sophisticated weapons to fertile their land with their child's blood to grow plenty of ISIS?</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">iv). Those who oppose, say, "The world wonders how loving parents can allow their daughters to be held down and cut, usually causing fear, pain, and possible major damage to health and physical functions. It seems incongruous and shocking to imagine a six-year-old girl enduring such pain and indignity, particularly at the hands of those she trusts. Yet an estimated 2 million girls experience some form of this harmful practice each year."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, those practices, replies as that of the opposer, "The world wonders how the parents allow them not to circumcise their beloved daughters fearing a little pain of few days, which surely be the cause of eternal burning of severe pain of the Hellfire. It seems incongruous and shocking to imagine their beloved kid enduring burning pain and indignity, particularly for the cause of those she trusts. Yet an estimated more than 2 million girls out of this simple practice of greatest eternal benefits each year."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">v). Social workers, the Western feminist group often responded with outrage- labeled the tradition as ‘Barbaric Customs’ or a ‘Trivialization of Culture’ of ‘Reasons’. </span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #134f5c;">And, t</span><span style="color: #134f5c;">hose practices, replied them, "Who is labeling this culture as barbaric? Western feminists, those who are enjoying "Sexual Liberty"? Whore and ethics?!? Oh no!! Man, we do not want to learn "Ethics" from some "Whore" women to make our society like theirs.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /> And, surely, we are the witness of the "Final Products" from the so-called humanitarian field of the West, are not they "Licensed Homo, Licensed Lesbians and Licensed Sodomite"? When those perverted acts are considered as the "Greatest Crime" in the Eyes of God? The fact is that these acts labeled those horny people lower than the animal grade. Why are they unable to make sense that their "Perverted Acts" shall influence them, those are HUMAN, to throw stones at them as we often do to the street dogs? The truth is- all the "Barbaric Customs" were legalized [by law] in this world by the Westerner first.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">vi). Human rights groups often condemned those doing such practice that causes reforms of the child forms which are a violation of human rights to the bodily integrity of the minor child. Nevertheless, the plurality of the practices and their great variation in harm, meaning, and reasons, and in cultural roots.</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And, those practices, replied to them, 'Is this make any sense? Do they not see that -"Human came from evolution [from monkey]" -advertising through books also makes them criminal according to their belief?</span><br />
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<u><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Importance of Circumcision:</span></b></u></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In the time of Abraham, there were but few circumcised upon the earth because that idolatry was multiplied up the earth. Whereupon God told to Abraham the fact concerning circumcision, and made this covenant, saying: "The soul that shall not have his flesh circumcised, I will scatter him from among my people forever." -[see Genesis 17:14]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It means, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>a man that hath not circumcised his foreskin, shall be deprived of paradise, and it's a promise of God. </b></i></span>So it becomes a tradition so that people never forget what the flesh is.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>The Flesh and its Origin</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Spirit in many is ready in the service of God, but the flesh is weak. The man, therefore, that feareth God ought to consider what the flesh is, where it had its origin, and whereto it shall be reduced. Of the clay of the earth created God's flesh, and into it, He breathed the breath of life, with an in breathing therein. And therefore when the flesh shall hinder the service of God it ought to be spurned like clay and trampled on, forasmuch as he that hateth his soul in this world shall keep it in life eternal.</span><br />
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<i><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">What the flesh is at this present its desires make manifest -that it is a harsh enemy of all good: for it alone desireth sin. 'Ought then, man for the sake of satisfying one of his enemies to leave off pleasing God, his creator? Consider this. All the saints and prophets have been enemies of their flesh for service of God: wherefore readily and with gladness, they went to their death, so as not to offend against the law of God given by Moses his servant, and go and serve the false and lying gods.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And when we remember Elijah, we find he fled through desert places of the mountains, eating only grass, clad in goats' skin. But do we ever consider, how many days he supped not? how much cold he endured? how many showers drenched him? And [that] for the space of seven years, wherein endured that fierce persecution of the unclean Jezebel?</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And when we remember Elisha, we find he ate barley bread and wore the Coarsest raiment. Verily we can say that those who were not feared to spurn the flesh were feared with great terror by the king and princes. This should suffice for the spurning of the flesh, but if we will gaze at the sepulchers, we shall know what the flesh is.'</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Who are servants to their flesh, they are sure not to have any good in the other life but only torments for their sins.</span></i></b> To explain this, we have to tell a story-</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There was a rich glutton who paid no heed to aught but gluttony, and so every day held a splendid feast. There stood at his gate a poor man by the name Lazarus, who was full of wounds and was fain to have those crumbs that fell from the glutton's table. But no one gave them to him; nay, all mocked him. Only the dogs had pity on him, for they licked his wounds.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It came to pass that the poor man died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham our father. The rich man also died, and the devils carried him to the arms of Satan; whereupon, undergoing the greatest torment, he lifted up his eyes and from afar saw Lazarus in the arms of Abraham. Then cried the rich man: "O father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, who upon his fingers may bring me a drop of water to cool my tongue, which is tormented in this flame."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abraham answered: "Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good in the other life and Lazarus his evil; wherefore now thou shalt be in torment, and Lazarus in consolation."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The rich man cried out again, saying: "O father Abraham, in my house there are three brethren of mine. Therefore send Lazarus to announce to them how much I am suffering, in order that they may repent and not come hither."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abraham answered: "They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them."</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The rich man answered: "Nay, Father Abraham; but if one dead shall arise they will believe."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abraham answered: "Who so believeth not Moses and the prophets will not believe even the dead if they should arise."</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Thus we see that the poor are blessed, have patience, and only desire what is necessary, hating the flesh. And wretched they, who bear others to the burial, to give their flesh for food of worms and do not learn the truth. So far from it that they live here like immortals, for they build great houses and purchase great revenues and live in pride.</span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>Those Uncircumcised, are Unclean</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Uncircumcised being a blemish, circumcision was to remove it, and to render Abraham and his descendants "perfect". -(Ned. 31b; Gen. R. xlvi., after Gen. xvii. 1)</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In the Book of Jubilee, it is said: <i><b>"Whosoever is uncircumcised belongs to 'the sons of Belial,' to 'the children of doom and eternal perdition'; for all the angels of the Presence and of the Glorification have been so from the day of their creation, and God's anger will be kindled against the children of the covenant if they make the members of their body appear like those of the Gentiles, and they will be expelled and exterminated from the earth"</b></i> -[The Book of Jubilees, lv.-lx. iii. 190-192]</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Circumcision was an indispensable act of consecration and purification. It is said in the Holy Books -</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">1. Remember that which David said to Saul, king of Israel, against Goliath the Philistine.: "My lord," said David, "While thy servant was keeping thy servant's flock there came the wolf, the bear, and the lion and seized thy servant's sheep: whereupon thy servant went and slew them, rescuing the sheep. And what is <b>this Uncircumcised one</b> but like unto them? Therefore will thy servant go in the name of the Lord God of Israel, and will slay this <b>unclean one </b>that blasphemeth the holy people of God."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">2. When Jesus was near the Capernaum city, he cured a sick man possessed of devil Jinns. Accordingly, the men of the city came forth and found Jesus and the man that was healed. The men were filled with fear and prayed to Jesus that he would depart out of their borders. Jesus accordingly departed from them and went up into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And lo! a Canaanite woman came forth to find Jesus. Having therefore seen him come with his disciples, she cried out: 'Jesus, son of David, have mercy on my daughter. she is tormented of the devil Jinns!’</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus did not answer her or even said a single word. The disciples were moved to pity, and said: 'O master, have pity on her! Behold how much she cries out and weeps!'</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus answered: 'I am not sent but unto the Sons of Israel.'</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Then the woman fell upon his feet, weeping and saying: 'Have mercy on me!'</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus answered: 'It is not good to take the bread from the children's hands and give it to the dogs.'</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The woman had only a daughter and she was ready to save her at any cost. So, she was not angry but answered: 'O Lord, the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.'</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jesus seized with admiration and said to the woman: 'Great is thy faith.'</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And he raised his hands towards heaven he prayed to God that He may give what the poor woman needed. Then he said to her: 'Go thy way in peace.'</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">On her departing, <b><i>the disciples questioned Jesus, saying: 'O master, why didst thou make such answer to the woman, saying that they were dogs?</i></b> Is that because they were unclean as they belong to the uncircumcised people?”</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Though Jesus [he did not answer, but not disagree. So it is true that uncircumcised peoples are unclean.] said,<span style="color: blue;"><b><i> <span style="color: #0c343d;">"Actually, a dog is better than an uncircumcised man."</span></i></b></span> To explain this, 1st we consider, what the dog doth, that hath no reason, for the service of his master, ye will find its true. Tell me, doth the dog guard the house of his master, and expose his life against the robber? Yea, assuredly. But what receiveth he? Many blows and injuries with little bread and he always showeth to his master a joyful countenance. Is this not true?'</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Now, consider how much God hath given to man, and ye shall see how unrighteous he is in not observing the covenant of God made with Abraham his servant. So, what do you think, is not a Dog better than an uncircumcised man?</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Hebrew people became widely known for their practice of circumcision. The physical procedure was eventually associated with both the idea of spiritual purity and national pride. Nations such as the Philistines, who were outside of the covenant relationship with God, were referred to as the “uncircumcised”.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Thus it is said- "And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it, and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it". -[Exodus 12:48].</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">And we know that the nonbelievers are not permitted to enter Mecca, where the Holy Mosque. It is said in the Qur'an, ...<b> <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">the idolaters are indeed unclean; so let them not come near the Holy Mosque ... Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.</span>-</i></b>[9:28]</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Idolaters are not circumcised so they are unclean -for this reason, they are not permitted to enter a city [Mecca, the holy city of God] because it is holy?!?"</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in his heart and uncircumcised in his flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, nor any strangers who are among the children of Israel." </i>-[Ezekiel 44:9]</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"Awake, awake Zion: Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem the holy city, for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean." </i>-[Isaiah 52:1]</span><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>Social Value of a Circumcised Girl</u>:</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The practice is rooted in gender inequality, attempts to control women's sexuality, and ideas about purity, modesty, and aesthetics. It is usually initiated and carried out by women, who see it as a source of honor, and who fear that failing to have their daughters and granddaughters cut will expose the girls to social exclusion. It is because in some places [basically in Arabs] "son of an uncircumcised mother" is used to insult someone whose mother </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">[see the case of ibn al-Barra</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">] was not circumcised.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Ex.-1: A group of Sudanese high school girls going back to their homes after classes. Then a girl called her friend,-<b>"Ya, Mutmura!" </b>-Naming the target of the taunt-<i> "As the underground grain storage pit that is opened and closed, opened and closed, just as the scar tissue is for birth and re-infibulation?"</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A girl from the Arab-Sudanese ethnic group that performs infibulations mocked, calling her,<b> "Ya, Ghalfa! (Hey, unclean!)</b>." -As that girl among one of them, those do not circumcise their girls [Though both girls from their own group and from the Zabarma].</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Ex.-2: Some mothers from the non-infibulating Zabarma group told that their daughters had begun to respond to the pressure by asking to be circumcised, needling their mothers with comments like- "<b><i>What’s the matter? Don’t we have razor blades like the Arabs?".</i></b></span></span><br />
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<b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>Is God Allowed Woman to Ratify the Agreement</u>?</span></b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">If “personal” circumcision was necessary for establishing a relationship with God, then obviously we have a problem with women entering into covenant with Him on this basis.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #134f5c;">Bible says-</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> <i><span style="color: #0c343d;">At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched Moses’ feet with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood [referring to circumcision] to me,” she said. So the Lord let him alone.</span></i></span> -[Exodus 4:24-26].</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This passage indicates that Moses's wife, Zipporah, balked at the idea and refused to allow her sons to be circumcised. Because of her reluctance, God confronted Moses and demanded that all who were under His blessing and protection must observe the covenant through circumcision. God will not allow a person to live under the covenant blessings and protections of another.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Again, here God apparently allowed a woman to ratify the agreement through her obedience in permitting the male children of her household to be circumcised. It is to be noted that- "Nowhere in all of Scripture or in any of recorded history is there even a hint that women were to be circumcised."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">That is why a woman says the blessing, each morning, "Blessed are You, Hashem, King of the universe, Who has made me according to His will."</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Lo!! Women are made according to G-d's will, but man is not!!!"</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, a Jewish woman explains, "Man needs a woman for completion, man needs circumcision for elevation, but a woman needs nothing except what is within her, which was granted her by G-d. Man cannot say that G-d has made him according to G-d's will. G-d's will, in this case, is something that man must complete".</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><u>Female Circumcision</u></b><b><u> in Hadiths and Islamic Literature</u></b><b><u>:</u></b></span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There is a lot of controversy on the issue of female circumcision. It is prohibited by law in most Western Countries since they consider it a horrendous and cruel procedure that women are forced to suffer despite the fact behind circumcision. It has a long tradition that dates back even to the time of the Pharaohs [even to the first human on earth] that we already said. Today circumcision is performed by people of different religious backgrounds and is termed differently in a different area.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">According to Sami A. Aldeeb Abu Sahlieh, a Palestinian-Swiss specialist in Islamic law: The most often mentioned narration reports a debate between Muhammed and Um Habibah (or Um Atiyyah). This woman, known as an exciser of female slaves, was one of a group of women who had immigrated with Muhammed. Having seen her, Muhammad asked her if she kept practicing her profession. She answered affirmatively, adding: "Unless it is forbidden, and you order me to stop doing it."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Muhammad replied:<i style="font-weight: bold;"> "Yes, it is allowed. Come closer so I can teach you: if you cut, do not overdo it, because it brings more radiance to the face, and it is more pleasant for the husband."</i></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Abu Sahlieh further cited Muhammad as saying, <b><i>"Circumcision is a Sunna (tradition) for the men and makruma (honorable deed) for the women." </i></b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Classic Manual of Islamic Law ‘Umdat al-Salik by Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri (d. 769/1368) tr. by Nuh Ha Mim Keller. In this book, in the section titled "THE BODY", we find on page 59 the following entry:</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e4.3 <span style="color: blue;"><i><b>Circumcision is Obligatory</b></i>. </span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">On commentary, Sheikh 'Umar Barakat comments- "obligatory for both men and women; for men, it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce of the clitoris. Hanbalis hold that circumcision of women is not obligatory but Sunna, while Hanafis consider it a mere courtesy to the husband and the Shafi’i law, given by ‘Umdat al-Salik, that circumcision of girls by excision of the clitoris is mandatory. This particular form of female circumcision is widely practiced in Egypt, where the Shafi’i school of Sunni law is followed."</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">So, what to say in the conclusion?</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Hu, what to?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><b>It is that </b></i></span><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><b>If those social workers labeled "Female Circumcision"- a "Ritualistic Practice" as "FGM [</b></i><b style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>Female Genital Mutilation]"</i></b><i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><b>, then we may say they do it either from their "IGNORANCE" or, it is purely intentional to make it appear as a criminal act in the eyes of the "ignorant general mass" for using their anger and hate against those practitioner. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>Now, if they are doing this</b></i><i><b> without the knowledge or intentionally for motivating a group of people against another, then</b></i><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"> we have to label their deeds as "BAD PRACTICES" which is always harmful to a "CIVILIZED SOCIETY".</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b></i></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We appreciate people who are wise, properly educated, truthful in their works and deeds, and against all kinds of IGNORANCE. Thus we need to light on this subject, so that <i><b>parents may know the facts and be able to decide for themselves what they need to do for their beloved child. </b></i></span></span><br />
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We respect people and their rituals. But surely against all the bad practices of our scholars, because that is harmful for the civilization and for mankind.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This is the 21st century- an era of science and technology and reasoning. Yet we find Scholars [<i>those are in the teaching profession in the universities- a group of them having blind faith in their own religion without proof, without truth while another (mostly Atheist) suffering "lack of knowledge" or bother to proof or reasoning</i>] are shouting against them those are religious and have ritualistic practices, this is really shameful. However, what we are saying-</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><i>We understand, "</i></b><b><i>Female Circumcision"</i></b><b><i> needs to promote the modification of old practices for better health care, and no doubt ‘medicalization’ will lessen risks. Surely, traditional practices affect the health of women and children, thus, we have to allow medical professionals to perform this practice in their offices rather than allowing patients to seek out minimally trained midwives in an unhygienic way. It is preferable to infibulation since lesser surgeries offer ‘harm reduction’ desirable under some public health perspectives circumstances. International organizations such as the Organization of African Unity, the World Health Organization [WHO], and UNICEF, may utilize more effective organizing and educational methods than in the past.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<b><u><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The End.</span></u></b></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b><u>Q & A</u></b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #0c343d;">#</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> "</span></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We need to light on this subject, so that "</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b style="font-style: italic;">parents may know the facts""What</b> fact do you actually mean by this?"</span></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In short- "<b>Severity of the crime to be uncircumcised in the eyes of God."</b></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What?!?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Look, if you killed a million innocent people, then you still have a chance to get a ticket to heaven after proper punishment in hell for your crime, but you will never be awarded a ticket to heaven if you are among the people who are uncircumcised.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Why is that?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Because Adam took that "oath" while he was in heaven [Paradise], which is created with a sweet promise- "Paradise, a place where everything [any wish, any demand] will be fulfilled."<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Thus the oath must need to be fulfilled<span style="font-style: italic;">. </span>Any question?</span><br />
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<i style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">"Yeah, there is a question, bro, why all the porn-star are circumcised? It means that they all belong to the Jews and Muslims. But I am curious to know, why only those are fit for that kind of Job, I mean for a pornographic career? Would you pl. explain?"</span></i><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Fuck you, now, is there any more question?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Umm... no, I am thinking."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">About what?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">"Oi, that some people asked in an innocent style- "<b>why do they do that</b>?""</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Still? Hahaha, oh God!!!.... ok, then you have to listen to what ibn-Qayyum al-Jawziyyah mentioned for legalizing circumcision.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"What is that?"</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It is that hiding inside the bush of pubic hair Devil blows in the penis and the vagina of the uncircumcised more than in those of the circumcised. Clear?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Yeah, I am fully clear now. But it </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">is not in my understanding</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">..."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">What?</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"T</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">he difference between FGM & FC."</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Really? Hahaha......oh! This is funny, however, it can be defined as- "<i>When a non-believer or Atheist family circumcises their woman then it will be treated as FGM [must be considered as a crime and shall be punished] otherwise it is FC [ritualistic practice and shall never be considered as a crime]."</i></span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">"Atheist family and circumcision!?! Oh my God!! Ok, then it's my turn to say- "This [FGM] is really a funny thing.""</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"># Dear reader how much did you learn from this article? Enough? If yes, then we have an easy question for you-</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Find the condition on which Heaven is bound to issue a visa for an uncircumcised woman.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Night- Vol-5, p-279.</span><br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-71473824291278327622016-12-11T13:09:00.001-06:002017-08-24T00:18:14.892-05:00God: How God is Working Doing all Things?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></i></b>elief in God has grown exponentially with man’s own growth in knowledge and intelligence, from primitive to sophisticated cultures and civilizations, and as such religion is as much an intellectual exercise as it is purported not to be. Nevertheless, in advance of the science and philosophy, most of the Scientist and Philosopher try to remove the need for God in human culture and activity. Thus, today the God who used to be worshiped as the Creator of the universe is no longer universally accepted as the creator of human and all of their surroundings. Instead, some people begin to believe that it is the man who has created God in his own image.<br />
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Charles Darwin advocated his theory of natural selection, refuting the traditional theistic view of God as the Creator and Designer, and nature as the manifestation of purpose, design, and immutability. His worldview and interpretation of nature as autonomous, self-directing and evolutionary undermined the traditional religious world-view more than the scientific revolutions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. With his evolutionism, every need for a God as the original source of creation and the sole maintainer of this universe ceased to exist. If creation had evolved naturally from its primitive origins and is constantly evolving through the process of natural selection without any external divine intervention, then it was naturally concluded, it does not need God for its existence, sustenance and continuity.<br />
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Despite opposition from religious establishments, evolutionary theory became the guiding principle in all leading disciplines of the nineteenth century. As a result, empirical scientists, anthropologists, philologists, psychologists, sociologists, and naturalists of the nineteenth century did not look or it can be said, they failed to look for God in the heavens or beyond this utilitarian sphere because of their limited knowledge [their perfect example is the story of the blind men and the elephant]. But now there are people who do look for God in the heavens, beyond our utilitarian sphere because of they able to see the complete picture with all advanced knowledge.<br />
<i><b><br /></b></i> <i><b>How God is doing all things?</b></i><br />
This is a quest of human from the ancient. Theologian trying to solve this for a long time, but, it's a question about the function of the unseen world where laws of physics not applicable. So no way to draw a picture of unseen world or the Creator God but assumption if it shall not disclose to us. But those are Atheist do not understand this, thus, mock believers asking them to prove the existence of God. And believers fail to answer the question involved a lot of things to explain. But up to this century, the developed knowledge was not enough to draw a single picture of the unseen world with the information they have in their scriptures. But now we can draw a complete picture to explain all things of the Scripture and in the nature of our knowledge of Quantum Physics. We are not demanding that the picture we are going to draw is absolute, so Scholars and Atheist are welcomed for mocking us throwing all the unsolved question to us [of-course here or in "Quora" where I invite them to ask] so that we may answer them- logically, scientifically and spiritually so that they may comply our answer with their knowledge [if they have any new knowledge] or may able to question us from every direction of known knowledge.<br />
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Doubtlessly, this is one of the tough Questions on RELIGION, and we Muslims have the duty to answer non-Muslim as God declared us as the religion of Truth, the religion of God, also, we have knowledge of all Scriptures [if those are from God] and some spiritual knowledge. And we are doing our duty from the history of Mankind.<br />
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Through our Scriptural Knowledge and the knowledge of SCIENCE and LOGIC, we can say God has no body [Figure], He moves not, Talks not as He is the Holiest and the Wisest, need not to say or do anything.<br />
Then the question arises, how does He work?<br />
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Perhaps, those, who have no knowledge of Quantum Physics, may not ever able to explain this question as well as the revelation process. Or how the creation takes places. Now, we answer this question here in a short leaving a lot of things unexplained and maybe source less, so that, ATHEISTS may find some GAPS for MOCKING us throwing some tough question those are unsolved. And, we hope, we may able to answer all of their questions and we hope we will able to show our readers a COMPLETE PICTURE that shall explain all to them.<br />
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All the Universes created and then runs according to the Mother book, which has been continuously writing by the angels those are scribers and nearer to God. God Instructs them, and they write down those instructions in the book. Thus Jesus said [when Jews asked why he is doing jobs at sabbath day], “My father works all the time, so I am”<br />
But how does He Works?<br />
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It is said in the Qur'an- He wishes or says “be” and it is, clear?<br />
No No, No, do not forget what we have said earlier that God neither talketh nor doeth anything as He is Akbar and Wisest, need not say or do anything. Now, if this the case, then how the scribers get His wishes, instructions or command those they are writing?<br />
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Before answering this Question, we have to introduce them, those are nearer to God. Who are they? Actually, all of them are angels, but they are a different type than those are working in the created/real world as an extension of God. As those angels are closest to God, so they need to be Holiest, most pious. At the beginning of creation and before the creation of real Universes [see, the definition of Multiverse, and according to Qur'an there are 7 universes], God created them and divided them in two. A portion then engaged in writing the Book and a portion engaged then to Guard the Book and the scribes, and the rest of them posted where they should be surrounding God for praising Him continuously.<br />
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Now what to say about God? How He looks? We shall never be able to describe Him because of our limitation, we are finite, but God infinite. And a finite cannot hold the knowledge of infinite. So we have to look what Qur'an says-<br />
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<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">God is the Light of the heaven and earth;</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">The parable of His light is- a lamp in a niche of a wall,</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">The lamp enclosed in a glass appears as a shining star.</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Lit through a blessed tree, an olive,</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">That is neither of the east nor of the west,</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Whose oil is well-nigh luminous,</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Although no fire touched it.</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Light upon Light!</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></b></i> <i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">God doth guide- whom He wills to</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">God doth set forth His Light- parables for men:</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">And God doth knows all things.</span></b></i>-[ al-Noor, 24:35].<br />
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al-Ghazáli states that "the verses of the Qur'án, in relation to intelligence, have the value of sunlight in relation to eyesight. The Qur'án is therefore spoken of as the Light. 'For We have sent unto you a light (that is) manifest.' (4:174) There is a world invisible, with a Light of its own, quite different from the world visible, with its own physical light. The former, the spiritual world, is far above the physical world: not in space, for there is no question of space, but in grade. Yet the World of Sense is a type of the World of the Realm Celestial. All the Prophets are Lamps, and so are the Learned: but the difference between them is incalculable. If the Prophet of God is a Lamp Illuminant, that from the Lamp is itself lit may fitly be symbolized by Fire. It is the Spirits Celestial, the angels, considered as the kindling-source of the Lamps Terrestrial, that can be compared alone with Fire. (28:29-30). These Lamps Celestial have their own grades and orders, and the highest is the one nearest to the Ultimate Light." "That Ultimate Light is the final Fountain-head, Who is Light in and by Himself, not a light kindled from other lights... Thus God Most High is the only Reality, as He is the only Light."<br />
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He then describes the five faculties of spirit of the human soul, i.e. the sensory spirit which takes in the information brought by the senses; the imaginative spirit which records the information and presents it to the intelligential spirit, when required; the intelligential spirit which apprehends ideas beyond the spheres of sense and imagination; the discursive (or ratiocinative) spirit which takes the data of pure reason, combines them, and deduces from them abstract knowledge; and the transcendental prophetic spirit which is possessed by prophets and some saints; by it the unseen tables and statutes of the Law are revealed from the other world, from Realms Celestial.<br />
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He relates that the five faculties or spirits are symbolized by the niche, glass, lamp, tree, and oil in the light verse. The niche is the sensory spirit; the glass the imagination which is made out of opaque substances, but is clarified and refined until it becomes transparent to the light of a lamp. The lamp is the intelligential spirit giving a cognizance of divine ideas. The tree is the ratiocinative spirit, which leads to conclusions, being the symbol of the olive which gives oil producing radiant illumination, and which can be multiplied infinitely. al-Ghazáli concludes that a tree like the olive, whose oil can multiply light infinitely, is entitled to be called "blessed" above other trees like fruit trees, whose fruit is consumed in use.<br />
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So we have to describe God as Noor, Noor and Noor [Light without Heat]. The Source of all knowledge and wisdom. Thus it is said in the Qur'an, when He will arrive on the day of Judgement- "And the earth will shine with the light of its Lord"-[az-Zumar, 24:35].<br />
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Thus the scriber angels, those engaged in writing the Mother Book, the Book of Life, and the angels those nearer to Him, understand His wishes/Instructions as a signal in the form light wave. And the angels able to under stand those properly and do what they need to do. And they write those in the book.<br />
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The mother book is something like liquid disc like a CD. When the scribers started writing, the disc starts to move centering God, Who is on top of the liquid disc [Lahu Mahfuz] and then from the center of the disc some liquid leaks outwards which causes Lote Tree and creation takes places.<br />
What is the language of the Mother Book?<br />
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There is no language in the unseen world. Suppose, if the Scriber Angels write down in any language then that shall be the translation of the word of God through the Scriber, which shall never be the word exactly what they received from God. So the angels put down in the book—- only the received signal —-as it is—- in its proper place where it should be. Thus the book shall be called Mother Book. And remember, we said before, the scribers are Holiest and Wisest next to God. How they need to move their hands to do something?<br />
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Surely We, Ever We, give life to the dead and write down what they have forwarded and their tracks; and We have recorded everything in a clear writing. -[Yasin, 36:12]. "And there is nothing concealed within the heaven and the earth except that it is in a clear Register." -[al-Naml, 27:75]. And Lo! in the Source of Decrees, which We possess, it is indeed sublime, decisive. - [az-Zukhruf, 27:75]. -That is to say, every creation created as it is written in the Book.<br />
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But how the creation take places? It is written —"The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is". -[al-Baqarah, 2:117].<br />
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So it's a question, how the word "Be" creates a matter, a living thing or being?<br />
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Actually, "Be" is not a word but a signal contains some frequency with energy and the amount of energy that each frequency contains, for bonding a no of atoms to form various molecules of root matter to form the thing or being.<br />
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The Mother book is actually contained whole creation in the form of light waves (frequencies). According to Higher Physics, matter created by atoms is a half truth— actually proved false now. As Quantum Physics states matter never created without energy in the form of frequency that needed to bond atoms to create a molecule of the matter. Thus we can say everything created by frequencies. Those have knowledge of the Quantum Physics understand better what I am saying. [see my article for a better understanding- Reality: Turns to a Myth in the Higher Science.]<br />
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Qur'an sent down from the unseen world ie from the mother book to the real world in a night of decree. Language? As God need not to say anything, So the language of God, is nothing but Light signal, in the form frequency with some energy [Magnitude] as we said before and that light signal sent down from the mother book to the sky of the 4th universe of the real world through the Lote Tree.<br />
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The root of LoteTree connected with the Mother Book and is the only link between the two worlds- Real and Unseen. Thus it is some times called the Tree of Life. [A tree that glowing lights of million-million colors that changing all the times which are the Gods commands or instructions for angels those are working as an extension of God in the created world. Actually no human ever able to describe the beauty of the Lote Tree.]<br />
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The whole Qur'an spread in the sky of the 4th Universe in the form of the light wave through the leaf [tendon] of Lote Tree. And from there, the angel Gabriel brought that to Muhammad —as and when necessary basis, and then transfer those to him, which Muhammad takes through his breath to Heart that transmitted to the brain through blood as a signal. Now the signal that Muhammad received to his brain [Gabriel do not bring a vast data to him, because data transfer needs a packet and each packet at once rushed to brain through blood, thus needs a safe packet size and rate of transmission to control the flow of blood and this is the cause why he looks during revelation that he is possess], flow of blood to brain that recognized by his recognition system and memorized in his own language, which then came out through his mouth as Arabic words, that composes the verses of Qur'an. Thus the "Word of God" reaches to Muhammad.<br />
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Thus it is said in the Holy Book- Certainly, Qur'an is an honored [book], In a Book well-guarded, None shall touch it save the purified ones.-[56:77-79]. on honored leaves, Exalted, purified, (Written) by the hands of scribes- Honourable and Pious and Just. - [80:13-16]<br />
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Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)-[2:185]<br />
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And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.-[43:4] With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended.-[17:105] [As] a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt? And make denial thereof. -[56:80-82]<br />
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And certainly, this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. The Faithful Spirit [Gabriel] has descended with it, upon the Messengers' heart that he may the Warner, in plain Arabic. Certainly, it's (announcement) in the Scriptures of former. Is it not a sign to you that the learned men of the Israelite's knew it? -[26:192-197]<br />
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When some verses revealed to Prophet Muhammad, he instructs someone to write those. According to al Yakubi, some of those scribers were Ali ibn Abi Talib, Uthman ibn Affan, Amr ibn al-As, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, Shurahbil ibn Hasan, Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh, al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, Ma'adh ibn Jabal, Zayd ibn Thabit, Hanzalah ibn al-Rabi`, Ubay ibn Ka'b, Juhaym ibn al-Salt, Husayn al-Numayri.", etc.<br />
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Some people of this day still believe that the Qur'an was not revealed to Muhammad, but he himself wrote that copying from ancient stories and previous revelation or sacred text. And when it was answered that he was an Ummi [unlettered], couldn't read and write, then they said that someone recites to him, he memorizes and later [periodically] instruct someone to write that. And Qur'an answer them as-<br />
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Or do they say: "He (Muhammad) has forged it (this Qur'an)?"<br />
Nay! They believe not! Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful. -[52:33-34]<br />
Say: "If the mankind and the jinns were together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they helped one another." -[17:88]<br />
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Or they say, "He forged it (the Qur'an)."<br />
Say: "Bring you then ten forged surah like unto it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah (to your help), if you speak the truth!" -[11:13]<br />
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And if you (Pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (the Qur'an) to Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides Allah, if you are truthful. -[2:23]<br />
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Or do they say: "He has forged it?"<br />
Say: "Bring then a surah (chapter) like unto it, and call upon whomsoever you can, besides Allah, if you are truthful!" [10:37-38]<br />
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And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be produced by other than Allah (Lord of the heavens and the earth), but it is a confirmation of (the revelation) which was before it [Torah and the Gospel, etc.], and a full explanation of the Book (decreed for mankind) -wherein there is no doubt from the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns, and all that exists).<br />
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Certainly, it's the Word brought by an honored Messenger [Gabriel], And not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe; Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings, We would certainly have seized him by the right hand, And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart: And not one of you could have withheld Us from him. And lo! it is a Message unto those who ward off (evil). And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters. And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers. And most surely it is Truth of assured certainty. [69:39-51]<br />
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Do you not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, you would surely have found therein Much discrepancy. -[4:81] And certainly We have set forth to men in this Qur'an every kind of Parable, in order that they may receive admonition. -[39:27]<br />
(It's) a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness, that you may guard (against Satan) ..... but many of you have no knowledge. -[39:28-29]<br />
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And if We had made the Qur'an in a language other than Arabic, you would certainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear? What [a Wonder]! a foreign [languaged book] to an Arabian [Messenger]!-[41:43]<br />
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Surely, those who disbelieve in the [Quran as] Reminder when it cometh unto them (are guilty), for lo! it is an unassailable Scripture. Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; [It's]a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.-[41:41-42] You will not believe in it until you see the grievous Penalty; -[26:201]<br />
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The whole Qur'an sent down from the unseen world to this material world in the form of the light wave in Ramadan. Because only in Ramadan there is a night that is better than 1,000 months. And the full Qur'an sent down in that night, the night of decree, as the mercy to all creation. Qur'an says-<br />
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Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn. -[97:1–5]<br />
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Qur'an sent down to Muhammad for a long period of 23 years-5 months. So it was necessary to protect the Verses, so that Jinns, the spirited creature, who have knowledge of the creation ie. "knowledge from the Book" may not get the information of the Unseen World before it sent down to Muhammad. It is because, before Qur'an sent down from the unseen world, Jinns used to sit in some place of the lower heaven (sky) in positions for hearing the conversation of the Angels. It is because there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the Jinns. Qur'an describes a conversation of some Jinns when they found the lower heaven is protected, as-<br />
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And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the Jinns, so they [only] increased them in burden. And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger]. And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames. And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him. And we do not know [therefore] whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course.-[72:6–10]<br />
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Thus it is said in the Qur'an, "The Shaitans have not come down with this (Revelation): it behooves them not, and they have not the power to do (it). Surely they are far removed from the hearing of it". -[26:210-212]<br />
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After the creation of our universe, God created Angels as His extension for the creation of Living being and things so that the Universes and what God wishes or instructions shall be done according to the book.<br />
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Jinns [for a better understanding of Jinns- see my article- Dark Art: A Short Brief on the Origin of Black Magic.] are 1st created as Free Willed from fire and let them live in our world. But they dissatisfy God with their deeds, So God made a plan and created Human from the clay. And Adam, the first man defeat angels with his knowledge. So God ordered them to prostrate Adam. All prostrate except Iblis [Iblis was not an angel but a Jinn and why he was there among the angels that is another story and not a part of this article]. He denied prostrating because of his pride-<br />
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First, he was created from fire, not from the rotten mud like Adam. So he is superior in creation, an external shock or internally diseases can't harm him as his structure not fragile like Adam. Secondly, his staying on Paradise founded on a firm base. After worshiping God for seven million yrs he achieved this position and what is Adam? He was made of mud taken from the earth and placed there among the angels. Third: He is senior than Adam, he was created a long time ago, so he knows God better and worshiping Him long before Adam as his creator. So why would he worship him besides God?<br />
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Iblis, clearly knows that God did not order to worship Adam but to prostrate a wise-Adam for the honor of Knowledge. But he hides the main issue "KNOWLEDGE" highlight the issue-less one "ADAM". So he boldly said to God, "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."<br />
[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."<br />
Iblis said,"My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."<br />
[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved until the Day of the time well-known." -[15:33-38]<br />
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Before sending down to earth, Both Adam-Eve and Iblis Called by God. Iblis came laughing and God said to him, "Descend from Paradise, for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased.<br />
Iblis said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."<br />
[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."<br />
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Iblis said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path. Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You].<br />
[Allah] said, "Get out of Paradise, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them -I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."- [7:13-18]<br />
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Then Adam-Eve brought to God by Gabriel, seeing them Iblis said: Tell me, is this he whom Thou hast honored above me? If Thou shouldst respite me to the day of resurrection, I will most certainly cause his progeny to perish except a few.’-[17:62]<br />
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Adam-Eve both were weeping, God said to them, 'Go forth from paradise, and do penance, and do not let your hope fail, for I will send your son so that your seed shall lift the dominion of Satan from off the human race: for I will give all things to he who shall come, my Messenger.'-[Gospel of Barnabas].<br />
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Iblis said, "I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah ." -[4:118-19] He Promised, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."<br />
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[He] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight. "Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators. -[15:39-42] And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."‘ -[15:43-44]<br />
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From the above verses, it is clear that Jinns are able to mislead Human, able to arouse in them [sinful] desires, even they can command them. Qur'an says-<br />
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And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise. -[22:52]<br />
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-- This means Jinns are able to read Human mind and they can add to their thinking even able to delete something from their mind. Even He is not faithful in his promise- "I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants." as he did not keep this promise which he made to God. How do he keep his promise, when we find that he made a false promise to Adam-Eve to seduce them to eat the forbidden fruits in the Garden of Eden, saying, "I am yours one of the benevolent".<br />
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Again, we'd find Satan's dominion over worldly things in the "Sefra Abraham"- God's heritage (the created world) is largely under the dominion of evil – i.e., it is "shared with Azazel"-(Abraham, 20:5) And it is true that, long before the arrival of Human on earth, the devil jinn Azazel and his nation had been living in our universe. Thus, they were well introduced with all the objects and animals of the world.<br />
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After the arrival of the first humans on earth, Satan creates a conflict between the two brothers. And with his instigation, Cain killed Abel. Then he fled to the forest feared his father and moving around the forest with great disappointed, then he met Lilith (lady Jinn ie fairy) who gives him shelter in their city. Cain got his knowledge of supernatural power from her. Thus, for the first time, this knowledge secretly spread in a part of human society.<br />
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How real world Universes created, and then Angels and how those angels works, the creation of Jinn as free willed, the creation of Human as free willed, in Eden near and under LoteTree in the 4th universe. and send them to the lower universe, we will explain later in a free time. But Here we will show a picture of COSMOLOGY from The Gospel of Judas for the wise reader-<br />
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<b><u>The Spirit and the Self-Generated</u>:</b><br />
There exists a great and boundless realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen, [in which] there is [a] great invisible [Spirit],<br />
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which no eye of an angel has ever seen,<br />
no thought of the heart has ever comprehended,<br />
and it was never called by any name.<br />
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“And a luminous cloud appeared there. He said, ‘Let an angel come into being as my attendant.’<br />
“A great angel, the enlightened divine Self-Generated, emerged from the cloud. Because of him, four other angels came into being from another cloud, and they became attendants for the angelic Self-Generated. The Self-Generated said, ‘Let […] come into being […],’ and it came into being […].<br />
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And He [created] the first luminary to reign over him. He said, ‘Let angels come into being to serve [him],’ and myriads without number came into being.<br />
He said, ‘[Let] an enlightened aeon come into being,’ and he came into being.<br />
He created the second luminary [to] reign over him, together with myriads of angels without number, to offer service. That is how He created the rest of the enlightened aeons. He made them reign over them, and He created for them myriads of angels without number, to assist them.<br />
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<b>Not Completed Yet</b><br />
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As God Wishes.]<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"># </span><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Can any one able to explain perfectly— how revelation takes place for the case of Jesus? Why he was sometimes called the “Word of God” or How did he perform miracles? Or the Event Burning Bush for Moses? Or any one able to explain MOTHER BOOK, How it works? Why it is called a book?</span></i></b><br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-20389597086673475952016-12-03T00:27:00.001-06:002017-08-24T00:45:50.417-05:00Muhammad: In the World Scriptures.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">E</span>veryone that works, works for an end in which he finds satisfaction. Wherefore, God, as He is perfect, hasn't need of satisfaction, because He has satisfaction Himself. And so, willing to work, He created before all things, the soul of His Habib, the Messiah, for whom He determined to create the whole, in order that the creatures should find joy and blessedness in God, whence His Habib should take delight in all His creatures, which He has appointed to be His Messenger, His slave. And wherefore this is, so save as thus He willed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And we know that every prophet when he came- borne to one nation only, which was the mark of the mercy of God. And so their words were not extended save to those people to which they were sent. But the Messiah, when he shall come, God shall give him as it were the seal of His hand, insomuch that he shall carry salvation and mercy to all the nations of the world that shall receive his doctrine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And, the Messiah, shall come with power upon the ungodly, and shall destroy idolatry, insomuch that he shall make Satan confounded; for so promised God to Abraham, saying: "Behold, in your seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as you have broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham, even, so shall your seed do.""</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the above Criteria of the Messiah to the Mankind, We find that-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). His soul created before the creation of all. Thus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). He shall be the Mercy to the Creation. Thus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iii). He shall be blessed by all. Thus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iv). He shall be the Seal of the Prophets. Thus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v). He shall be known to all Prophets. And,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi). He shall be among the seeds of Abraham. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vii). He shall break the idols into pieces as Abraham did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus we confirm that all the above directed to Muhammad. And as he was the promised prophet as selected before the creation of all. Thus he was blessed by all Muslims, even by angels and through God Himself as written in the Qur'an- "Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet and His angels. O you who have believed, ask blessings upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace."- (Qur'an, 33: 56)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The evidence of finality of prophethood and Mercy to the mankind is the following verses of the Qur'an- Thus Qur'an says- Muhammad is .....the Messenger of God and the seal of the Prophets.-[Qur'an, 33:40] And,-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"This day I have perfected for you, your religion and completed My Mercy upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion."-[Qur'an, 5:3] And,-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have sent you as a blessing for the people of the whole world.-[Qur'an, 21:107]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And, it is said in the Qur'an: We have sent you (Muhammad) forth as a witness, a bearer of good tidings, and a warner, as one who calls people to God by His leave, and as a bright, shining lamp.-[Qur'an, 33:45-46] And,-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Those who disbelieve and avert from the way of God -He (God) will waste their deeds. And those who believe and do righteous deeds and believe in what has been sent down upon Muhammad- He (God) will remove from them their misdeeds and amend their condition and it is the truth from their Lord."-[Qur'an, 47:1-2] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, we can conclude now which makes Muhammad as the Messiah to the Mankind. Actually, the appointment of the Prophet Muhammad is indeed a blessing and mercy of God to the whole world. This is because, he aroused the neglectful world from its heedlessness and gave it the knowledge of the criterion between truth and falsehood [Qur'an or Furqan], and warned it very clearly- of both the ways of salvation and ruin. This makes him as Messiah to the mankind. It is said in a Hadith- </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Narrated by Abu Hurayrah, Prophet Muhammad said, "My similitude in comparison with the prophets before me is that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick shall be put in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am the Seal of the Prophets (fa’anā ’l-labinah, wa anā khātamu’n-nabīyīn)". -[Kitab al-Manaqib, Hadith 44; al-Bukhari, Hadith 3293; Sahih Muslim, Hadith 4246; Kitab al-Fada'il, Hadith 24; Musnad of Ahmad, Hadith 8959; an-Nasa'i; Sunan al-Kubra, Hadith 10907; Ibn Hibban, Hadith 654]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is narrated that a small group of Muhammad's companions said to him: "O Apostle of Allah, tell us about yourself." He answered them that he is the Servant of God, the Seal of the prophets, the Prayer of his forefather Abraham, and the Good News of Jesus."[ Musnad Ahmad, Hadith number: 17150-17151; Al-Mustadrak 'ala al-Sahîhayn, Hadith number: 4174]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maimonides, a great Jews Rabbi describes the identity of the Messiah. To him- The Messiah will impel all of Israel to follow it [Muhammad did that with the sword] and to strengthen breaches in its observance [Qur'an corrected all previous scripture], and will fight God's wars [surely Muhammad did], this one is to be treated as if he were the anointed one [sure]. If he succeeded and built the Holy Temple [ie Ka'ba] in its proper place [in its own glory, as Ka'ba cleaned from false idol] and gathered the dispersed ones of Is[r]mael [ie. Arabs] together [surely, the scattered Arabs for the first time became a nation], this is indeed the anointed one for certain, and he will mend the entire world to worship the Lord God together [surely, we find it true, thee entire Muslim world centred to Ka'ba, Mecca], as it is stated: "For then I shall turn for the nations [all men of religion] a clear tongue [Muslims ordinance Arabic as the state language], so that they will all proclaim the Name of the Lord [Allah], and to worship Him with a united resolve.- [Zephaniah 3:9; Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 11:4]. That is, what the Rabbis defined Messiah, all that pointing to none but Muhammad directly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus said, "When will he [the Messiah to the Mankind] come to the world, the time shall be blessed." He also proclaimed- "Believe me that I have seen him and have done him reverence, even as every prophet hath seen him: seeing that of his spirit God giveth to them prophecy. And when I saw him my soul was filled with consolation, saying: "O Muhammad, God be with thee, and may he make me worthy to untie thy shoe-latchet, for obtaining this I shall be a great prophet and holy one of God."'- [Barnabas, CH-44] And this is supported by Qur'an as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"And recall when Allah took a covenant from the Prophets: 'This is the Book and the Wisdom which I have given you. But should a Prophet come to you confirming that which is already with you, you shall believe in him and shall help him. So saying, Allah asked: 'Do you agree and accept to take up the burden of the covenant?' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They answered: 'We agree,' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said: 'Then bear witness, and I will be with you among the witness. -[Qur'an, 3:81] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The testimony Qur'an shows for Muhammad as- Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel,......... they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful. -[Qur'an, 7:157] And Qur'an Supported him as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"And those who have disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Say, "Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you, and [the witness of] whoever has knowledge of the Scripture." -(Qur'an, 13:43) ie. [for the worst case] if there find no men in the world, whoever has knowledge of the Scripture, surely the prophets have, and they shall be the witness, though Allah is Sufficient as Witness. And, thus he was protected by God, by His Angels, and by the righteous Men- " ...truly Allah is his Protector, and Gabriel, and (every) righteous one among those who believe,- and furthermore, the angels - will back (him) up".-[Qur'an, 66:4]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As Muhammad the last Prophet, the Messiah for the Mankind, he shall be known to all prophets ie. his presence should be clearly marked in all scriptures. So we have to find what are the things that written in those scriptures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Though the previous scriptures were changed a lot in the course of time by the rabbis, who were in-charge of them, yet we think there should have some sign still may present. We have to declare very honestly, if it was written there or not, will not changing anything, as one may find doubtless from the Qur'an that Promised Messiah for Mankind is Muhammad, yet here for the arguments of the article we have to analyze the prophesies those were still found in all the holy books of different religion, so that the reader may satisfy and understand who really the Messiah to the Mankind, the Last Kalki Avtar (Messenger)- according to their own Scripture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. <u>Muhammad in Hindu Scripture</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, and Brahmanas Granth are the four sacred books in Hindu religion. The last one is a commentary on the Vedas. These books are in Sanskrit. The Vedas are divided into four books: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sam Veda and Atharva Veda. The Rig Veda was compiled in three long and different periods. According to Swami Daya Nand, founder of the Arya Samaj, the Vedas have revealed 1.3 billion (?) years ago, but the Hindu scholars and orientalists hold an opinion that they are not more than 4-6 thousand years old. Nevertheless, the Vedas considered the most authentic scriptures of the Hindus. Hindus are free to choose any of these beliefs. Now it is our quires what was told in those sacred books about Muhammad-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a. Sam Veda:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Ma' [M] dau bartita Deva,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Da' [D]-Karante Prakirtiat,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Brishanang Vakhwaet,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Soda Veda Shastray Chasmrita"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: The dev, whose name starts with an 'M', and ends with a 'D' and who re-establishes the tradition of eating beef, according to the Vedas, he is the man who is highly adorable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">b. Uttarayan Veda:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "La Ilha Harti Papam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Illa Ilaha Param Padam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Janma Baikuntha Par Aup-inuti</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Janpi Namo Muhammadam "</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: There is no shelter but "La Ilaha ... ... ... ..." to get rid of sin. The shelter of Ilah (Allah) is the actual shelter. If one is born on earth, there is no alternative to getting salvation from sin but to take shelter in Ilah (Allah). And for this, it is essential to follow the path shown by Muhammad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">c. Atharva-Vedic Upanishad:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Aushwa illaley Mitravaruna-Raja Tashmat-Tani Divyani</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Punastang Dudhya Habaiyami Milang Kabar Illallang</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Alla-rahsul Mahamad Rakang Baraswa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Alla Allam Illallotey Illalla" \9\</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: At an appropriate time, a Great man named Muhammad will appear, whose abode will be in the desert (Arabia). He will be accompanied by his companions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d. Bhavishya Purana:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Ato Slinnastare Mlecchacharjen Sabannita.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Muhamad iti khatya, Shishya-Sakha-Samannitha \5\</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Niripashcheb Mahadev Marusthal Nivasinam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Ganga jaleisch Snanya-pya punch-gavua Samannithe,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Chandanadi Virvarch Tustaba Manasa Harom \6\</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Namaste Girijanath Marusthal Nivasine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Tripura Surnashay Bahu-Maya Pravathiney. \7\</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: In the appointed time, a spiritual teacher named Muhammad will appear. He will live in the desert of Arabia with his companions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">O lord of the desert, O master of the world, all praise to you. You know the way to destroy all the sins of the world, Salam to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e. Allopanishad:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> "Hotermindra Hotermindra Mahashurindraiy:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Alla Jeyshthang Paramang Purnang Brhman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Aullam Aulley Mahamad Kang</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Barasha Aulley Aullam Aadalla Bukme</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> kkam Allabuk Nikhatkam." \3\</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: The Supreme! The Most Exalted! The Most Powerful is HE. Alla is the best and the Greatest (or Highest). Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. Allah is the Supreme, Complete and One without any Fault. He is Un-comparable. Alla is Comparable to Alla alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f. Atharvaveda:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Idang Jana Upasuruta Narasangsasta Vishate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Shashting sahasra Nabatinch Kauram Arush Meshu dabahe. \1\ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: O Mankind! listen attentively, "the Praised One" [ie. Muhammad] will be raised among the men of protection [inhabitant surrounding Ka'ba]. We found him in the midst of sixty thousand enemies [the population of Mecca, during Muhammad, was sixty thousand (60,090)]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. <u>Muhammad in Buddhist Scripture</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Gospel of Buddha</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Ananda asked Buddha (the Blessed One), "Who shall teach us when thou art will go?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Buddha replied, 'I am not the first Buddha who came upon the earth nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise in the world, a holy one, a supremely enlightened one, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. He will reveal to you the same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal. He will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect and pure such as I now proclaim. His disciples will number many thousands while mine number many hundreds.'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ananda asked, 'How shall we know him?'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Buddha replied, 'He will be known as Maitreya'."-[Carus, Gospel of Buddha. p. 217-18]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This Maitrea (Arabic Maitreya means Rahmat) is Muhammad. According to Qur'an, he is Rahmatullilalamin. "We have sent you as a blessing for the people of the whole world".-[Qur'an, 21:107]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. <u>Muhammad in Zoroastrian Scripture</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The main book of Persi religion founded by Spitama Zarathushtra is Zend Avesta and Dasatir. Actually, these books are the knowledge (dualism) he earned as the result of his meditation in a quiet and calm place, the sum of ancestral religion and some ancient foretold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a. <u>Zend Avesta</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I am declaring, O Spitama Zarathushtra, the holy Ahmad (blessings of the righteous) shall come. From whom you will get a good thought, good words, good deeds, and a pure religion."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">b. <u>Dasatir</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When the Zoroastrian people will forsake their religion and will become dissolute, a man will rise in Arabia, whose followers will conquer Persian and subjugate the arrogant Persians. Instead of worship fire in their own temples, they will turn their faces in prayer towards Kaaba of Abraham which will be cleared of all idols. They (the followers of the Arabian Prophet), will be a mercy unto the world. They will become masters of Persia, Madain, Tus, Balkh, the sacred places of the Zoroastrians and the neighboring territories. Their Prophet will be an eloquent man telling miraculous things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. <u>Muhammad in Jewish Scripture</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a. <u>In Torah</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is Prophesied in the Genesis: The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh, comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. — Genesis 49:10</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This prophecy is often read in the light of Qur'an 3:81 as a prophecy of Muhammad. Some writers, like David Benjamin, believe that the Hebrew word Shiloh is actually a distortion of the Hebrew word "Shaluh" which means "Apostle/Messenger/One to be sent" or of the Hebrew word "Shiluah" which means "Apostle of God".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet "like unto me", from the "midst of thee", "of thy brethren"; unto him, ye shall hearken;-[Deuteronomy, 18:15]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God says, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, like to you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in My Name, I will bound them to hear".-[Deuteronomy, 18:18-19]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And, Below was the blessings with which Moses blessed the sons of Israel before his death- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The Lord came from Sinai,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And rose up from "Seir" to them;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"He shined" forth from mount "Paran",</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And he came "with ten thousands of saints":</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From his right hand went a "fiery law for them"".-[Deuteronomy, 33:1-2]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). Like unto me ie. like Moses that means the said prophet shall be with a Divine Book of Complete Shariah Laws like Torah. It indicates no one but Muhammad, as he was the only one who fulfills such criterion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). Midst of thee ie. among the seed of Abraham.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iii). Of thy brethren ie. He shall not come from the seeds/sons of Israel/Issac but from their brethren ie. from the seeds of Ismael [Ismael was the elder brother of Issac].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iv). I will bound them to hear: Jews, who were against Muhammad, defeated by Muslims, therefore, they have left options only to accept Islam or die.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v). Seir, masculine noun שער (sha'ar), meaning gate; "the means of controlled access to a city surrounded by mountain" which indicates none but Mecca;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi). He shined ie. Prophet Muhammad enlighten with Qur'an from mount Paran which is called as Jabal-e -Noor at Mecca;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vii). Paran, a place surrounded by mountains in the Arabian desert, ie. the city Mecca; and according to Muslim Geographer Yakut, Paran/Faran is an Arabized Hebrew word, one of the names of Mecca mentioned in Torah. And at mount Paran, where Qur'an Revealed ie Jabal-e -Noor at Mecca;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">viii). with ten thousands of saints ie. Muhammad came to conquer Mecca with ten thousand Sahaba (Saints), and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ix). Fiery law for them ie. Qur'an, the law book of God revealed to Muhammad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">b.<u> In Jabur</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muhammad is mentioned in Zabur (Psalm) as- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). we find that David calls Muhammad (the Messiah, to the mankind) as lord, saying thus: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The LORD said unto my lord, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Sit on My Right Hand, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Until I make your enemies your footstool."” -[Psalm, 110:1]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: Muhammad is the Mercy to the creation and Messiah to the mankind, yet he was kicked from Mecca -his homeland to Medina by the Polytheist Quraish. Indicating this, in the above verse of the Jabur [Psalm 110:1], David told us that The LORD ie. GOD comfort Muhammad, Davids Lord, to sit him at His right hand ie. in the "south of al-Aqsa" [Madina is in the south of Temple of Solomon], until God makes his enemies [ie. Quraish] as his footstool."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). Muhammad is also mentioned by name in the Jabur as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Hikko Mamittakim we kullo Muhammadim Zehdoodeh wa Zehraee Bayna Jerusalem."- [5:16].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanings: "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the Hebrew language 'im' is added for respect. Similarly, 'im' is added after the name of Prophet Muhammad to make it Muhammadim. In English translation they have even translated the name of Prophet Muhammad as "altogether lovely", but in the Old Testament in Hebrew, the name of Prophet Muhammad is yet present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5.<u> Muhammad in Christian Scripture</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Gospel (of John) it is Prophesied: Jesus said to his Disciple,Nevertheless I tell you the truth;It is expedient for you that "I go away": for "if I go not away", "Ahmad" [Periclytos] [Hibru word Messiah in Greek is Periclytos, which means Ahmad in Arabic] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he will come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of sin, because they [Jews] believe not on me;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of righteousness, because he aroused the neglectful world from its heedlessness and gave it the knowledge of the criterion between truth and falsehood [Qur'an or Furqan]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of judgment, because the Prince of the World will judge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the "Spirit of Truth", is come, "he will guide you into all truth": for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. "He shall glorify me": for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.-[John, 16:7-14].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet "like me" from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. -[John, 14:16] Ahmad, the Spirit of Truth, whom the Father will "send in my name", "he shall teach you all things", and "bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you." -[John, 14:26]-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gospel made all these Prophecies only mentioning Muhammad, not any other as analysis shows as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). I go away: not definitely means that he is going to be killed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). if I go not away: ie it was pre planned for the sake of Jews.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iii). Periclytos: Ahmad [the Praised One] or Muhammad [Who Praise, is a translation of the Koine Greek word Periclytos. and Qur'an gives the name as Ahmad, one of the several ways to say, Muhammad. Just as we say Joseph as "Joe", "Jonathan" as "John" and in the same way we find in Arabic Muhammad as Ahmad or Hamad, where "hamd" means 'praise, ie. "The one who praises (God)" or "the Praised One"; etc. Again Greek Paracletos means Comforter also indicates Muhammad as his presence brought comfort and reconciliation to the family of his milk-mother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iv). "Spirit of Truth": The Spirit of Truth means "as-Sadik" in Arabic, before prophethood, Muhammad called by this name by the Quraysh,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v). He will guide you into all truth: Again Christian believed on a Jesus who died an evil death on the cross with thieves. Though it was written in their scriptures, yet that was not written by Jesus but by some who even were not his disciple, not ever seem him. And as there was not a single eye witnessed and as from their scriptures (Canonical Gospels), one can prove very easily with simple logic that he did not die on Cross, nor even he Crucified. But the Christian could not able to see that as they are blind. However Muslim rejects their idea, as they failed to prove what they invent and God rejects them and their idea as false. And Muhammad explores this truth, and this was fore told by Jesus and said: "He will guide you into all truth". Qur'an says-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";-but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:- Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise; -[Qur'an, 4:157-158].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God lifted him up to a lofty station [4th Universe] where angels (those works to the created Universes as a part of the extension of God) lives. And this was the truth about which Jesus told.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vi). He shall glorify me: Bani Israelis deny Jesus as their Messiah. But Qur'an declares and confirms that Jesus was the Messiah to them. Again glorify him from the falsehood of "Son of God" and Qur'an declares he was not. and this was also said by Jesus. He said to Barnabas:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"It is necessary that I should reveal to you great secrets, which, after that, I shall be departed from the world, you shall reveal to it." he continued, " ... For if men had not called me God, I should have seen God here as he will be seen in paradise, and should have been safe not to fear the day of judgment. But God knows that I am innocent because never have I harbored thought to be held more than a poor slave. No, I tell you that if I had not been called God I should have been carried into paradise when I shall depart from the world, whereas now I shall not go thither until the judgment..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"....for this I must have great persecution and shall be sold by one of my disciples for thirty pieces of silver. Whereupon I am sure that he who shall sell me shall be slain in my name, for that God shall take me up from the earth, and shall change the appearance of the traitor so that every one shall believe him to be me; nevertheless, when he dies an evil death, I shall abide in that dishonour for a long time in the world. But when Muhammad shall come, the sacred Messenger of God, that infamy shall be taken away. And this shall God do because I have confessed the truth of the Messiah who shall give me this reward, that I shall be known to be alive and to be a stranger to that death of infamy." -[Barnabas ch-112]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vii). Like me/send in my name: Like Jesus Muhammad also Messiah. Jesus was sent as Messiah to the children of Israel, but Muhammad was sent as Messiah for the Mankind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">viii). He (Ahmed) shall teach you all things: Quran covers before creation to the afterlife.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ix). Bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you: Qur'an only remembering Christians what Jesus Teaches and told to his disciples-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"O Children of Israel! I am the Messenger of Allah [Almighty God] (sent) to you, confirming the Law (Torah or Old Testament) before me, and giving "Glad Tidings" of a messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad." -[Qur'an, 61:6]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qur'an states, Jesus came to the house of Israel with Gospel [Good News or Tidings], as Messiah to the house of Israel and with a 'Glad Tidings' for them of the upcoming Prophet Ahmad, who shall be the Messiah for the creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Gospel of John, it is said, -When the chief priests and Levites came to John the Baptist and asked him-Are you "Christ"? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- [No]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are you Elijah? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- [No]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"If you are not the Messiah (Christ in Koine Greek), and not Elijah, then", They said, "Are you "THAT Prophet?" -[John 1:20]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">John - [No], but then he told them that "someone who will come after him" and claims he is not worthy even to unlace his shoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At that time, for more than two thousand years, the Jews were waiting and looking for their Messiah, because they were being oppressed by all the rulers and they were foretold by their scribes that a Messiah shall come which was written in their holy books. And When shall he come, he lead them to victory over their oppressors and thus he gains for them mastery over this world.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Analysis</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). "Christ": Christians should know that Christ is merely a shortened form of the Koine Greek word "Christos," intended to mean the Hebrew word "Messiah."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). "THAT Prophet": Here, the question is who is "That Prophet?" John confessed, that he was not "Christ" nor even Elijah.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">iii). "Someone who will come after him": Jesus not after him, but already came when John said this. So definitely the mentioned one shall be that prophet who shall be the Messiah for the mankind and will come after him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Again John said, "I am baptizing with water, but who shall come after me, shall baptize you with fire."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is Jesus Baptizes any, ever?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But Muhammad Baptized people with Blood [symbolically fire]. Thus Torah.-[Deuteronomy 18:19] said, who will not hear, I shall bound them to hear.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>Conclusion</u>:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If prophets are- from one God and all the intermediate prophets are for a particular nation, then logically there shall be a Prophet for Mankind who shall be the Seal of the Prophets. Thus we find in the last Scripture Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets and known to all of the Prophets of God. Thus Qur'an says-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"And recall when Allah took a covenant from the Prophets: 'This is the Book and the Wisdom which I have given you. But should a Prophet come to you confirming that which is already with you, you shall believe in him and shall help him. So saying, Allah asked: 'Do you agree and accept to take up the "BURDEN of the covenant"?' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They answered: 'We agree,' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said: 'Then bear witness; and I will be with you among the witness. -[Qur'an, 3:81]</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>The End</u>.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not yet Verified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># A Christian asked, <span style="color: blue;">"Can You Prove in a better way that John 15: 23–16: 11 represents nothing but Muhammad?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ Yah, and Sean W. Anthony, already done the Job. See, the article</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Muhammad, Menahem, and the Paraclete: New light on Ibn Ishāq’s (d. 150/767) Arabic version of John 15: 23–16: 11.- by Sean W. Anthony, The Ohio State University. </span></span></div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-83318247563145675052016-11-30T16:01:00.000-06:002017-08-24T01:14:49.461-05:00Hajj: The Spiritual Journey to Mecca.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span> </span><span style="font-size: normal;"><i><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In it are clear signs, the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it shall be safe. And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.</span></b></i>-[Qur'an 3:97]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;">The Hajj is the Pilgrimage to the House of God in Mecca, the holy city, during the month of Dhul Hajj and a mandatory duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking such spiritual journey. The events of Hajj take place in a five-day period, starting on 8th and ending on 12th Dhu al-Hajj, the twelfth and last month of the Islamic calendar. Among these five days, the 9th Dhul-Hajj is known as Day of Arafah, and this day is called the day of Hajj. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The word Hajj means "to intend a journey", which connotes both the outward act of a journey and the inward act of intentions. It is one of the five pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, and Sawm. Hajj observed over five or six days, beginning on the eighth day of the last month Dhul-Hajj (pilgrimage) of the lunar year. It is the largest annual gathering of Muslims in the world that demonstrates the solidarity of the Muslim Umma, and their submission to God. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hajj is the ultimate form of worship, as it involves the spirit of all the other rituals and demands of the believer great sacrifice. On this unique occasion, nearly millions Muslims from all over the globe meet one another in the House of God in a given year. Regardless of the season, pilgrims wear special clothes (Ihram) -two pieces, unsewn white garments -which strips away all distinctions of wealth, status, class, and culture; all stand together and equal before God.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During Hajj, pilgrims join processions of hundreds of thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals: These rites include circumambulating the Ka'ba (First House of God on earth) called Tawaf [walks counterclockwise around the Ka'ba] seven times, and during tawaf, pilgrims also include Hateem [an area at the north side of the Ka'ba] –inside their path. Each circuit starts with the kissing or touching of the Hajar al- Aswad [Is a Black Stone, said to have fallen from the Heaven as a guide for Adam where to build Ka'ba, the House of God. It never worshiped and placed neglected as it was in the courtyard of Ka'ba and in CE 605 Muhammad placed it as the Eastern Corner Stone of Ka'ba. And this was mentioned in the Zabur as-<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>“The stone, that rejected by the Masons</i></b><br />
<b><i>Has become the cornerstone;</i></b><br />
<b><i>The Lord has done this,</i></b><br />
<b><i>And it is marvelous in our eyes" </i></b></span>-[Zabur, 118:22-23; Matthew 21:33-42]<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In this verses, it is said that the stone, which rejected by the Masons (by Angels- during construction of Ka'ba for Adam, and by Abraham and Ismael- during its reconstruction) has become the cornerstone; The Lord [Muhammad] has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes]<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tawaf is followed by sa'ay, running or walking seven times [back and forth] between the hills al-Safa and al-Marwah [as Hagar, Abraham's wife did during her search for water to keep alive her son Ishmael], located near the Ka'ba. Previously in open air, but now entirely enclosed by the Masjid al-Haram, then it is followed by two Rakah prayers at the Place of Abraham [Maqam Ibrahim: "A Stone with an Inscription." (Le Museon 84 (1971): 477-91). or, Ibn 'Abbas says: It is named "Maqam Ibrahim" because of his standing upright upon it". </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In al-Bukhari (4:381),--al-Azraqi; or, Abraham thereupon begins building while Ishmael hands him the stones. When Abraham tires or the building gets too high for him to reach, Ishmael brings him a large rock upon which he stands. That is the "Maqam Ibrahim". or, The "Maqam" Tradition exhibits a concern for the sanctity of the Ka'ba and the Black Stone, with only the introduction referring to the "Maqam Ibrahim" and no significant concern for a history of Hagar and Ishmael. If Ishmael's stone becomes the "Maqam Ibrahim", then this would be as complete as the "Maqam" Tradition, with explanations of the sanctity of the Ka'ba and its major constituent parts, ...], a site near the Ka'ba, then to drink from the Zamzam Well<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On 9th Dhu al-Hajj before noon, pilgrims arrive at Arafat, a barren and plain land some 20 kilometers east of Mecca, where they stand in contemplative vigil: they offer supplications, repent on and atone for their past sins, and seek mercy of God, and listen to sermon from the Islamic scholars who deliver it from near Jabal al-Rahmah (The Mount of Mercy) from where Muhammad delivered his last sermon. Lasting from noon through sunset, this is known as 'standing before God' (wuquf), one of the most significant Rites of Hajj. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Pilgrims then must leave Arafah for Muzdalifah [is a place between Arafat and Mina] after sunset. Upon reaching there, they should perform Maghrib and Isha prayer jointly, spend the night praying and sleeping on the ground under the open sky, and gather pebbles for the next day's ritual of stoning the Satan. Back at Mina, the pilgrims perform symbolic stoning of the devil (Ramy al-Jamarat) by throwing seven stones at only the largest of the three pillars, known as Jamrat al-Aqabah from sunrise to sunset. After stoning Satan, the pilgrims then shave their heads, perform a ritual of animal sacrifice for a remembrance of the Sacrifice of Ishmael by Abraham and then with the exchange of greetings and gifts, the celebration of the three-day global festival of Eid al-Adha begins.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hajj and its rites were first ordained by Allah in the time of Prophet Abraham. According to the History, When Abraham discover the Real God and came to understand that all on earth were in the clear wrong, he dismantled all those false God. And the people brought him to the court to Nimrod. Who ordered to burn him alive publicly. But God saves him in front of the whole country men. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later, when Ishmael born, Angel Gabriel told him: "Abraham, all the world shall know how God loves you; but how shall the world know the love that you bear to God? Assuredly it is necessary that you do something for the love of God."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abraham answered: 'Behold the servant of God, ready to do all that which God shall wills.' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So to prove his love, Abraham left his wife Hagar and his only son Ishmael alone in the desert of ancient Mecca. And when the little food and water ended, then Hagar desperately ran seven times between the two hills of Safa and Marwah, in search of passerby for their food and drink, so that she and her son may alive. But she found none. Then she fell on the ground and cried out, "Oh God! Do you not see we are dying? Help us, if You really want to keep us alive." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in despair to her child, she saw the baby scratching the ground with his leg and a water fountain underneath. Because of the presence of water, tribes started to settle in Mecca, Jurhum being the first such tribe to arrive. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After a few years when Abraham finds them alive, he was very happy. Then spake God, saying to Abraham: "Take your son, your firstborn; and come up the mountain Marwah [al-Marwah- a mountain now located in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca] to sacrifice him."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And to prove his love to God, Abraham brought Ismael to the said place and down him and then place the knife on his son's neck. And the very moment God…….</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus Abraham fulfilled Gods commands, which was only a test.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later Abraham along with his son Ishmael raised the foundations of Ka'ba. Qur'an says- <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">And when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.</span>-</span>[Quran 2:127]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Our Lord, and make us Muslims to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation to You. And show us our rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.</span>-[Quran 2:128]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Our Lord, and send among them a Messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise."</span>-[Quran 2:129].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This prayer was granted and God gave him a “Glad Tidings” saying: "Behold, in your seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as you have broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham;, even, so shall your seed do."-[GOB]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then Abraham and his son Ishmael raised Ka'ba, the 1st house of God on earth ["The first house (of worship) ever to be built was that at Bekka, a blessed place and a beacon for nations." (3:96)]. According to Shibli Nomani, it was 27 feet high, 96 feet long, and 66 feet wide. After the completion of Ka'ba, it is said in the Qur'an,- <span style="color: blue;">"And We enjoined Ibrahim and Ismail saying: Purify My House for those who visit (it) and those who abide (in it) for devotion and those who bow down (and) those who prostrate themselves.</span>-[Qur'an 2:125].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And they prayed, as said in the Qur'an,- <span style="color: blue;">And when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day." </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">[Allah] said. "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination."-</span>[Qur'an 2:126].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And God commanded Abraham to proclaim the Hajj to the mankind, as said in the Qur'an- <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">"And proclaim the Hajj among mankind. They will come to thee on foot and mounted) on every camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways."</span>-</span>[Qur'an 22:27]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abraham pleaded, "O Allah! How shall my voice reach all of those people?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God told him that his duty was only to give the call and it was up to Him to make it reach the people. Abraham then climbed Mount Arafat and called out in his loudest voice, "O People! Verily Allah has prescribed upon you Hajj, so perform Hajj." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To this very day, millions upon millions of Muslims continue to answer the call of Abraham. However, with the course of time both the form and goal of Hajj rites were changed. The process of distortion reached its peak with the introduction of idols to the Ka'ba. Many major tribes with their allies and slaves used to come to Mecca and encamp there separately. Poets praised the bravery, renown, dignity, strength, and generosity of their fellow tribesmen. They also satirized the other tribes by inventing exaggerated tales of the latter cowardice, stinginess, and weakness. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Competitions in generosity were also staged. In order to assert his superiority, the chief of every tribe set up huge cauldrons, slaughtered numerous camels and cooked the flesh which was then freely distributed for the "pilgrims". The sole objective of this extreme generosity was for their name to be exalted in the whole of Arabia and for it to be publicized that this person slaughtered so many camels and gave food to so many people. Singing, drinking, adultery and various kinds of immorality were indulged in, and the thought of God scarcely occurred to anybody.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The religious rites of Tawaf were reduced to a circus. Women and men went round and round the Ka'ba performing Tawaf stark naked. They said: "We shall go before God in the same condition in which our mothers gave birth to us." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prayer in the Masjid of Abraham was accompanied by hand-clapping, whistling and the blowing of horns. The name of God was pronounced in the prayer of intent known as Talbiyah (Labbayka Allahumma Labbayk: "Here I am present, My Lord, I am present.") However, even this expression of reverence was distorted the following additions: "No one is your partner except one who is permitted by you. You are his master and the master of what he possesses."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sacrifices were also made in the name of God; however, the blood of the sacrificed animals was poured on the walls of the Ka'ba in the belief that Allah demanded flesh and blood. Even the four months of Hajj (Shawwal, Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hajj, and Muharram), which Prophet Abraham had declared as sacred and free from war and bloodshed were not safe from their tampering. Later generations paid little regard to the sanctity of these months, and when they wanted to fight, they merely turned a sacred month into the ordinary month for that year, then compensated for it in the next year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some people who were good intentioned in religion used to set out for Hajj without any provision for the journey and traveled there begging food along the way. They considered this form of begging an act of piety. They claimed that they were Mutawakkilun (those having full trust in God) and that they were proceeding towards the House of God, therefore, they were not in need of worldly materials. Doing business or working for one's livelihood during the Hajj journey was considered unlawful. Others used to give up food and water during Hajj and regarded this abstention as part of worship, while others stopped talking from the beginning of Hajj until its end.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These distorted Hajj rites continued to be practiced for nearly two and a half thousand years. No Arab Prophet was born during this long period, nor did any Prophet's genuine teaching reach the people of Arabia. Ultimately, however, the time arrived for granting the (prayer) of the Prophet Abraham which he had invoked while raising the walls of the Ka'ba. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Consequently, a man arose from the progeny of Abraham, who revived the same genuine and pure religion which was taught by Prophet Abraham.6+ He completed the mission of purifying the Ka'ba and establishing God's religion as the law of the land, and he again declared the Ka'ba as the universal center for worshippers of the one True God. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Along with the revival of Hajj, all the deviant and idolatrous customs of the period of ignorance which had become rampant since the time of Prophet Abraham were completely eliminated. All the idols in Ka'ba were smashed and removed, and the worshipping of other than Allah that was being done there was stopped. All invented rituals were wiped out and all fairs and carnivals were stopped. Furthermore, it was ordered that Allah's worship should only be carried out in the prescribed manner. The Prophet said: "Take your rites of Hajj from me alone." All indecent acts were strictly banned in Qur'an: <span style="color: blue;">There is to be no lewdness or wrangles during Hajj.</span> -[Qur'an 2:197] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Competitions among poets in the exaltation's of their forefathers and clansmen's achievements were all stopped. Instead, Allah told them: <span style="color: blue;">And when you have completed your rites (of Hajj), then remember Allah as you used to remember your fathers, nay with a more vigorous remembrance.</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span>-[Qur'an 2:200]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All competitions in generosity which were meant solely for pride and fame were terminated and in their place was revived the system which existed in Abraham's day, whereby animals would be slaughtered exclusively in the name of Allah in order that poor pilgrims may be fed during Hajj. Allah said: <span style="color: blue;">Eat and drink but do not be excessive. Verily He does not love the wasteful.</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span>-[Qur'an 7:31]<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: #134f5c;">So mention the name of Allah over these animals when they are drawn up in lines. Then when their flanks fall (dead), eat from them and feed the beggar and the supplicant.</span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span>-[Qur'an 22:36] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The practice of spattering the blood of the sacrificed animals on the walls of Ka'ba and throwing off their flesh there was also stopped. Allah informed them that:<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: #134f5c;">Their flesh and their blood do not reach Allah, but it is the devotion from you that reaches Hi</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">m.</span> -[Qur'an 22:37] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Circling the Ka'ba in a state of nudity was strictly prohibited by the Prophet on Allah's command. And Allah further explained:<span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">who has forbidden the adornment (dress) given by Allah which he has brought forth for his servants.</span> </span>-[Qur'an 7:32] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was also strictly prohibited to interchange the months of Hajj so as to turn the Haram months in Halal ones for the purpose of battle. Allah said: <span style="color: blue;">Postponement (of the sacred month) is only an excess of disbelief whereby those who disbelieve are misled. They allow it one year and forbid it another year so that they may make up the number of the months which Allah has allowed in order to permit what Allah has forbidden.</span> -[Qur'an 9:37] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was also prohibited to start for Hajj without taking provision and Allah said: <span style="color: blue;">You must make provision for the journey because (not to take provision for a journey in the world does not mean taking provision for the Hereafter) the best provision for the Hereafter is piety.</span> -[Qur'an 2:197] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was formerly considered an act of piety not to trade during Hajj because it was regarded as being unlawful in this condition to utilize sources of livelihood. This concept was also rejected by Allah who said: <span style="color: blue;">It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord (by trading).</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span>-[Qur'an 2:198]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The system of performing Hajj without talking, without eating and without drinking was ended. After abolishing all other pre-Islamic customs. Hajj was made a model of piety, fear of Allah, purity, simplicity, and austerity. When the pilgrims set out from their homes, they were ordered to purify themselves of all worldly pollution, abandon sexual relations with their wives and abstain from filthy language and indecent acts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On all roads leading to Ka'ba, marks were fixed from scores of miles away to indicate that before proceeding beyond these limits, all pilgrims must put on the simple dress of Ihram, which consisted of only two sheets for men, so that the rich and the poor may become equal, distinctions of different nationalities may be eliminated and all may appear in the court of Allah in a state of oneness as worshipper full of humility. It was made Haram, to kill any animal while in a state of Ihram or even speak of killing a human being. The object was to create an atmosphere of peace and to make the minds of the pilgrims spiritually inclined. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The four months of Hajj were again made sacred so that peace would reign on all roads leading to the Ka'ba and no pilgrim would be molested en route. When the pilgrims reached the Ka'ba in this manner, there were no festivals or carnivals, no fun and games and no frolic and revelry. There should only be the remembrance of Allah at every step. There are prayers, animal sacrifices, and circling of the Ka'ba. The only Talbiyah which proclaimed in a loud voice is: "Here I am present, Oh Allah for you I am present. I am present. You have no partner, I am present. Verily all praise and blessings are due to you. And to you belongs the entire sovereignty. You have no partner." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Prophet Muhammad said the following about a neat, clean, selfless and sincere Hajj: "Whoever performs Hajj solely for Allah and in the course of it abstains from sensual and sinful acts, he will return as pure as a new-born child."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Amr ibn al-As narrates, "When Islam entered my heart, I went to the Prophet and said, 'Give me your hand so that I may pledge allegiance to you.' The Prophet spread his hand, but I withdrew mine. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said, 'What is wrong Amr?' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I said, 'I want to make a condition.' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'And what is that?' he said. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I said, 'That Allah will forgive me.' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then the Messenger of Allah said, 'Did you not know that Islam wipes out what came before it, and that Hijra wipes out what came before it and that Hajj wipes out what came before it!" -[Sahih Muslim]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hajj is the fifth pillar upon which Islam stands. Allah made it compulsory upon every able Muslim male and female to perform it, at least once in a lifetime. Allah revealed: <span style="color: blue;">"Hajj thereto is a duty mankind owes to Allah, those who can afford the journey, but if any deny faith, Allah stands not in need of any of His creatures."</span> -[Qur'an 3:97] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Performance of the Hajj washes away all sins. Abu Hurayrah narrates: I heard the Prophet say, "Whoever performs Hajj and does not commit any Rafath (obscenity) or Fusuq (transgression), he returns (free from sin) as the day his mother bore him" -[Sahih Bukhari]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hajj is one of the greatest deeds one can accomplish in his or her lifetime. Abu Hurayrah narrates: The Prophet was asked, "What deed is the best?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said, "Iman in Allah and His Messenger." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Then what?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Jihad in the sake of Allah." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Then what?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Hajj Mabrur, a Hajj accepted by Allah." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abu Sha'tha' said, "I contemplated the good deeds that a person does. I found that Salah, as well as fasting, are a jihad of the body. And that Sadaqah is a jihad of someone's wealth. But Hajj is a jihad of both body and wealth." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is Hajj the greatest jihad?. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aysha asked the Prophet, "We find that jihad is the best deed, shouldn't we (women) do jihad?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Prophet replied, "Rather the best jihad is a Hajj Mabrur!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aysha later said, "I'll never cease performing Hajj after I heard that from the prophet of Allah". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Prophet said, "The soldier in the path of Allah and the one who performs Hajj and the one who performs Umrah, all are the delegation of Allah! He called them and they answered. And they asked Him, and He shall grant them (what they ask for)!" -[bn Majah; Ibn Hibban]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was narrated that on the day of Arafat, a man from Turkmenistan stood on the plains of Arafat in Hajj. To his left, all he could see was Muslims crying and praying to Allah. To his right, all he could see was Muslims crying and praying to Allah. Because of his native tongue, he could not imitate the lengthy prayers of the others. At this realization, everything blurred in front of him. His face reddened, his eyes poured tears as he raised his hands, "O Allah! Grant me everything that they are asking for! Grant me everything that they are asking for!" And it is said that his Du'a accepted. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There is not a single day that the sun has come up on more beloved to Allah than the Day of Arafat. The Prophet said, "There is no day on which Allah frees more of His slaves from Fire than the Day of Arafat, and He verily draws near, then boasts of them before the angels, saying: 'What do they seek?'" -[Sahih Muslim]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And in another Hadith: "Verily Allah boasts of the people of Arafat before the people of Heaven (angels) saying: 'Look to my servants who have come to Me disheveled and dusty.'" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak narrates: I went to Sufyan ibn al-Uyaynah as the day of Arafat was setting. He sat on his knees, his hands raised to the Heavens, and tears moistened his cheeks and beard. He turned and looked at me, so I asked him, "Amongst the people who have gathered here for Hajj, who is in the worst state?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sufiyan ibn al-Uyaynah said, "He who thinks that Allah will not forgive him." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Aysha would see the Prophet standing in prayer at night so much so that his feet would crack. She would ask him, "Why do you do this when Allah has forgiven all your sins, the past and anything you may do in the future?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And he would reply, "Shouldn't I be a thankful slave?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With this example of the Prophet, what should our attitude be when we hear of Paradise and forgiveness of sin for those who perform Hajj? Does it mean that after Hajj we fall back into all the disobedience that we went to Hajj with? Does it mean that we are promised Jannah no matter what sin we do after Hajj? Many people think this to be the case and it is a very dangerous presumption. So we have to discuss the term "Hajj Mabrur".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does Mabrur mean? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Mabrur Hajj is one in which Allah is not disobeyed during or after. Others have said that a Hajj Mabrur is one that is accepted, and the sign of its acceptance is that a person will go back in a better state than when he came, and that he will discontinue the sins that were between him and Allah.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Ibn Omar was on his deathbed and his son reminded him of all the good deeds that he did with the Prophet and the companions. He told him, "Quiet! Don't you know whom Allah accepts from? Verily Allah only accepts from the God-Fearing -[Al-Muttaqun]." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Ali ibn al-Husayn wore his Ihram towels and sat upright on his camel in preparation for the journey to Mecca, his face changed color, his skin shivered and he cried, unable to say the Talbiyah, "Labbayk, Allahumma Labbayk". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Someone asked him, "What's wrong?" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And he replied, "I'm afraid that when I say it, it shall be replied, 'La Labbayka wa La Sa'dayk'." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With that spirit, Muslim should march forward in the search of the Mercy of Allah and His forgiveness, to the "First House of God" on earth, to Hajj. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Indeed, the Prophet said, "And there is no reward for an accepted Hajj except Jannah!" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And in Qur'an it is said-<span style="color: blue;">"Verily the first House set apart unto mankind was that at Beca, blest, and a guidance unto the worlds."</span>-[3:96]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So Muslims embark on Hajj to Beca [Beca is used for Mecca in 3:96, while Mecca is used in 48:24. The language used in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, alphabet 'b' and 'm' were interchangeable.-[Philip K. Hitti, 1973. Capital cities of Arab Islam. p. 6] Also, there is a mention of the Valley of Beca in the Book of Psalms. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They will still be praising thee. Selah. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In whose heart are the ways of them. </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Who passing through the valley of Beca</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Make it a well,"</span><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span>-(Psalm. 84:4-6) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The word Beca, according to Bible 'a valley of weeping', but in a better sense it 'signifies rather any Valley lacking water'. And, this waterless valley, which can easily be identified with the valley of Mecca. And, to some, Beca is a valley where certain trees grow that are called בכאים "Beca-trees"] to obtain the blessings and the Guidance of Allah. Hajj serves not just as a Spiritual Journey but also as a means to seeking forgiveness for the mistakes of the past as well. Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Arafat, also called Jabal al-Rahmah [Mount of Mercy], as they take part in the hajj rituals in Mecca. Muslims embark on Hajj so that their sins may forgiven by Allah, The Merciful.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An integral part of the Hajj is the visit to Mount Arafah, where the Prophet Muhammad prayed on the ninth of Dhul Hajj when he made Hajj. The Day of Arafah is a day of atonement when we stand in prayer from just after the sun reaches its zenith during midday until sunset. If one stands in Arafah in sincere devotion and sincerely repents of his sins, all his sins will be forgiven. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It was probably the most difficult physically and spiritually of the entire trip. But it was also extremely beautiful and cleansing. The most beautiful time came when it was close to sunset and hundreds of people gathered on a hillside, facing the Ka'ba in the West, to make supplications while the sun was setting. All this was done while one imam made the supplications, called Dua's, out loud. It was extremely powerful and many people were crying.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During the pilgrimage, Muslims from all over the world gather together for five days to pray as one community and celebrate the history of their faith. From the Masjid al- Haram, or Grand Mosque, complex to the hills of Mina, the rites include circling the Ka'ba seven times and visiting sites of historical and religious importance. The holiday of Eid al-Adha takes place several days into hajj and commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael in obedience to God. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is not it fulfilled through Hajj, what was promised to Abraham? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">A</span><span style="color: blue;">nd, when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [Allah] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people."</span>-[Qur'an 2:124]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hajj brings together and unites the Muslims from different parts of the world irrespective of their race, color, and culture, which acts as a symbol of equality. However, Hajj is associated with religious as well as social significance. Apart from being an obligatory religious duty, Hajj is seen to have a spiritual merit that provides an opportunity of self-renewal. Hajj serves as a reminder of the Day of Judgment when people will stand before God. Hadith articulates various merits a Pilgrim achieves upon successful completion of their Hajj. After pilgrimage, pilgrims titled with "al-Hajj", and are respected in Muslim society.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>The End</u>.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Sources</u>: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Qur'an,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Zabur,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">http://www.performhajj.com. Hajj in Pre-Islamic Times, Dr. Bilal Philips,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">http://www.performhajj.com. The Call of Ibrahim, By Muhammad Al-Shareef,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Safi-ur-Rehman al-Mubarkpuri (2002). The Sealed Nectar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sahih Bukhari,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sahih Muslim, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ibn Majah; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ibn Hibban;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>here is a mention of the Valley of Becca in the Old Testament. The word Becca, according to Bible 'a valley of weeping', but in a better sense it 'signifies rather any Valley lacking water'. Now, this waterless valley, which can easily be identified with the valley of Mecca, has been thus mentioned in the Book of Psalms.<br />
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<i><b>"Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; </b></i><br />
<i><b>They will still be praising thee. Selah. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; </b></i><br />
<i><b>In whose heart are the ways of them. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Who passing through the valley of Becca</b></i><br />
<i><b>Make it a well,"</b></i> -(Psalm. 84:4-6)<br />
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Mecca, [Becca is used for Mecca in verse 3:96, while Mecca is used in verse 48:24. The language use in the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, the b and m were interchangeable. -Philip K. Hitti, 1973. Capital cities of Arab Islam. p. 6] where Abraham and his son Ishmael built Ka'ba, the house of God. And Ishmael is the father of Arabs. Thus, the Arabs belonged to one ethnic race, but history does not record that they were ever united as one nation. They were divided into tribes and clans, each having its own chief or chieftain. They, no doubt, spoke the same language, but each tribe followed a different dialectal variation. Indeed, even religion was not a binding force. Almost every house had its own god; tribes had their own supreme deities.<br />
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In the south were the small principalities of Himyar, Awza, and Aqyal. In the middle and northern Arabia lived the tribes of Bakr, Taghlib, Shaiban, Azd, Qudha'ah, Khandaf, Lakhm, Juzam, Banu Hanifa, Tay, Asad, Hawazin, Ghatfan, Aws and Khazraj, Thaqif, Quraysh and others; they were frequently engaged in intensive warfare. Bakr and Taghlib had been fighting each other for forty years. Blood engagements had ruined many a tribe of Hadhramaut. Aws and Khazraj had exhausted themselves through a protracted war and the Battle of Fijar between the Banu Qays and Quraysh had not yet ended.<br />
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If any member of a tribe was killed, the tribe considered itself duty bound to seek revenge not merely upon the murderer but also on the tribe to which he belonged. Since there was no effective machinery to settle such disputes, this invariably touched off furious wars, which lasted for generations. Tribal might dash, and alacrity was the only guarantee of a precarious security.<br />
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The desert and the hills were the home of fierce nomadic tribes who lived largely on plunder and depredation, but the trade was also a major source of livelihood for them. Only a few months of the year were regarded as sacred. It was only then that bloodshed was stopped in order to facilitate the performance of the annual Pilgrimage to Mecca or to do Trade at Ocatz. But even this convention was at times relaxed to suit the convenience of individual tribes. Only the precincts of the Ka'ba were considered sacred and were free from bloodshed. It is to this state of affairs that the Qur'an has drawn attention: "Do they not see that we have made a sacred territory secure for them, while men are carried off by force all around them?"-(Qur'an, 29:67)<br />
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Muhammad was but a child when the "Sacrilegious Wars" the Ghazwatul Fijar which continued with varying fortunes and considerable loss of human life for a number of years broke out at Ocatz between the Quraysh and the Banu Kinana on one side, and the Qais-Aylan on the other. Ocatz lies between Tayif and Nakhla, three short journeys from Mecca.<br />
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The famous Arabian great annual fair Ocatz, would held in the sacred month of Dhul-Qadah when it was forbidden to engage in war or shed human blood in anger. This was "a sort of God's Truce." Other fairs were held at Mazna near Marr-uz-Zuhran, not far from Mecca and at Zu'l Majaz at the foot of Mount Arafat; but the gathering at Ocatz was a great national affair.<br />
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Here, in the sacred month, when all enmity and tribal vendetta was supposed to lie buried for the time, flowed from all parts of Arabia and even more distant lands, the commerce of the world. Here came the merchants of "Araby the blest" of Hijaz of Najd; the poet-heroes of the desert; and the actors, often disguised from the avengers of blood, in masks or veils, to recite their poems and win the applause of the nations gathered there. Here they came, not for trade only, but to sing of their prowess of their glory to display their poetical and literary talents. The Kasidas, which won the admiration of the assembled multitude, were inscribed in letters of gold and hung up in the national pantheon as a memorial to posterity. During these weeks, Ocatz presented a gay scene of pleasure and excitement.<br />
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But there was another side to the picture also. The dancing women like their modern representatives the Almas and Ghawdzin of Egypt, moving from tent to tent exciting the impetuous son of the desert by their songs and their merriment; the congregation of Corinthians, who did not even pretend to the calling of music; the drunken orgies, frequently ending in brawls and bloodshed; the gaming-tables at which the Meccan gambled from night till morning; the bitter hatred and ill-feeling evoked by the pointed personalities of rival poets, leading to sudden affrays and permanent and disastrous quarrels deepened the shadows of the picture.<br />
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Grecian and Persian slave girls, imported from Syria and Iraq, beguiled the idle hours of the rich with their dancing and singing or ministered to their vices. The poet, whose poems formed the pride of the nation, sung only of the joys of the present life and encouraged the immorality of the people. And no one would think himself of the morrow.<br />
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The Arabs, and especially the Meccans, were passionately addicted to drinking, gambling, and music. Dancing and singing as in other Eastern countries, were practiced by a class of women occupying a servile position, who were called Kiyan [singular- Kayna], and whose immorality was proverbial. And yet they were held in the highest estimation and the greatest chiefs paid public court to them. [The moral depravity of the people is evidenced by the fact that these women used to give receptions, which were attended by all the men of light and leading in the city].<br />
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At the fair of Ocatz, a rivalrous spirit had been, about this period, engendered between the Quraysh and the Bani Hawazin, a numerous tribe of kindred descent (those sprang through Qays and Aylan, from Modhar and Ma'add, the ancestors of the Quraysh), which dwelt in between Mecca and Taif. An arrogant poet, vaunting the superiority of his tribe, had been struck by an indignant Hawazinite; a maid of Hawazin descent rudely treated by some Quraishite youths; an importunate creditor insolently repulsed.<br />
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The circumstances form a curious illustration of Arab manners. The Hawazin creditor seated himself in a conspicuous place with a monkey by his side and said, "Who will give me another such Ape and I will give him in exchange my claim on such a one,"- naming his creditor with his full pedigree from Kinana, an ancestor of the Quraysh. This he kept continually vociferating to the intense annoyance of the Kinana tribe, one of whom drew his sword and cut off the monkey's head. In an instant, the Hawazin and Kinana tribes were embroiled in bitter strife. The poet mentioned in the text and also the murderer Birradh who, as described below, actually kindled the war, belonged to the Bani Kinana. The war, therefore, embraced a wider range than the Quraishite family, who formed a portion only of the Kinana tribe.<br />
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On each occasion the sword was unsheathed, blood began to flow, and the conflict would have become general unless the leaders had interfered to calm the excited people. Such was the origin of the Fijar or Sacrilegious War, so called because it occurred within the sacred term and was eventually carried into the sacred territory. These incidents suggested the expediency of requiring all who frequented the fair to surrender, while it lasted, their arms and to deposit them with Abdallah ibn Jodan, a Quraishite chief descended from Taym, an uncle of Qussai. By this precaution, peace was preserved for several years, but when a wanton murdered, it supplied a more serious cause of offense.<br />
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Noman V. Prince of Hira despatched to the fair of Ocatz a caravan richly laden with perfumes and musk. It proceeded under the escort of Orwa, a warrior of the Bani Hawazin. Birradh a friend of the Quraish, jealous at being supplanted in the convoy of the merchandise, watched his opportunity, and falling upon Orwa as he encamped by a fountain near Fadac (the spot was called Awara, in the valley of Tayman, north of Medina), slew him, and fled with the booty to conceal himself in Khaybar; On his way thither he met a Quraishite whom he charged to proceed with expedition to the fair then being held at Ocatz and communicate the intelligence to Harb (who was his confederate or halif) and the other Quraishite chiefs (a poet called Bishr). The message was conveyed and Abdullah ibn Jodaan, thus privately informed of the murder, immediately restored to all their arms, and feigning urgent business at Mecca at once departed with his whole tribe.<br />
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Harb is said to have urged Abdallah to give up only the Quraishite, and to withhold the Hawazin arms; so that they might fall upon the latter unprepared. Abdullah rejected the proposal as perfidious. But it looks very like an Abbasid tradition to vilify the Umayyads. It is noted that Harb was the son of Umaya and father of Abu Sufiyan.<br />
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But the news of the murder began rapidly to spread at Ocatz and as the sun went down it readied the ears of Abu Bera, Chief of the Hawazin; who, forthwith perceiving the cause of the precipitate departure of the Quraysh, rallied his people around him and proceeded in hot pursuit. The Quraysh had already entered the sacred limits and the Bani Hawazin contented themselves with challenging their enemy to a re-encounter at the same period of the following year. The challenge was accepted, and both parties prepared for the struggle. Several battles were fought with various success, and hostilities, more or less formal, were prolonged for four years, when Otba, son of Rabia (the nephew of Harb) proposed a truce.<br />
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The dead were numbered up and as twenty had been killed off the fighting. Hawazin more than of the Quraysh, the latter consented to pay the price of their blood and for this purpose delivered hostages. One of the hostages was Abu Sufiyan, the famous antagonist in after days of Prophet Muhammad.<br />
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In some of these engagements, the whole of the Quraysh and their allies were engaged. Each tribe was commanded by a Chief of its own, and Abdullah ibn Jodaan guided the general movements. The descendants of Abd Shams and Nowfel were headed by Harb, the son of Umaya and took a distinguished part in the warfare. The children of Hashim were present also, under the command of Zubair, the eldest surviving son of Abd al-Muttalib.<br />
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However, in this war at the beginning, though it seems that the Qays was going to win, yet in the end, the Quraysh won and made a treaty. The war was a legitimate part of the Quraysh. The war begins [2nd time] when prophet Muhammad in his 14 yrs and ended when he was in his 20's. However, he did not take arms in his hand but picked up the arrows to his uncle Abu Talib.<br />
<b><br /></b> <b>The End.</b><br />
Not Yet Verified.<br />
<b><br /></b> <b>Sources:</b><br />
al-islam.org,<br />
Life of Mahomet- Sir William Muir,<br />
The spirit of Islam-Syed Ameer Ali.<br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-72885855685227783142016-10-16T09:36:00.002-05:002017-08-24T01:26:02.456-05:00 Alms Bowl: Fascinating Story of the Bowl of Buddha.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Householders and the homeless or charity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in mutual dependence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">both reach the true Dhamma...."</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> [Itivuttaka 4.7]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b>here was a small country in what is now southern Nepal that was ruled by a clan called the Shakyas. The head of this clan, and the king of this country was named Shuddodhan. His wife was Mahamaya and she was expecting her first born. She had had a strange dream in which a baby elephant had blessed her with his trunk, which was understood to be a very auspicious sign, to say the least.<br /><br />As was the custom of the day, when the time came near for Queen Mahamaya to have her child, she traveled to her father's kingdom for the birth in 518 BCE. But during the long journey, her birth pains began. In the small town of Lumbini, she asked her handmaidens to assist her to a nearby grove of trees for privacy. One large tree lowered a branch to her to serve as a support for her delivery.<br /><br />Queen Mahamaya delivered a boy. They named him Siddhartha, which means "he who has attained his goals." Sadly, Mahamaya died only seven days after the birth. After that Siddhartha was raised by his step mother Gautami, who was his mother’s sister. Thus one of the names of Buddha is Gautam.<br /><br />One day a monk Asita came into the city Kapilavatthu. King Shuddodhan called him and ordered to tell his sons future. Asita proclaimed that he would be one of two things: He could become a great king, even an emperor. Or he could become a great sage and savior of humanity. The king, eager that his son should become a king like himself, was determined to shield the child from anything that might result in him taking up the religious life. And so Siddhartha was kept in one or another of their three palaces and was prevented from experiencing much of what ordinary folk might consider quite a common place.<br /><br />As Siddhartha continued living in the luxury of his palaces, he grew increasingly restless and curious about the world beyond the palace walls. He finally demanded that he be permitted to see his people and his lands. The king carefully arranged that Siddhartha should still not see the kind of suffering that he feared would lead him to a religious life, and decried that only young and healthy people should greet the prince.<br /><br />As he was lead through Kapilavatthu, the capital, he chanced to see a couple of old men who had accidentally wandered near the parade route. Amazed and confused, he chased after them to find out what they were. Then he came across some people who were severely ill. And finally, he came across a funeral ceremony by the side of a river, and for the first time in his life saw death. He asked his friend and squire Chandaka the meaning of all these things, and Chandaka informed him of the simple truths that Siddhartha should have known all along: That all of us get old, sick, and eventually die.<br /><br />Siddhartha also saw an ascetic, a monk who had renounced all the pleasures of the flesh. The peaceful look on the monk's face would stay with Siddhartha for a long time to come. Later, he would say this about that time:<br /><br />When ignorant people see someone who is old, they are disgusted and horrified, even though they too will be old some day. I thought to myself: I don’t want to be like the ignorant people. After that, I couldn’t feel the usual intoxication with youth anymore.<br /><br />When ignorant people see someone who is sick, they are disgusted and horrified, even though they too will be sick some day. I thought to myself: I don’t want to be like the ignorant people. After that, I couldn’t feel the usual intoxication with health anymore.<br /><br />When ignorant people see someone who is dead, they are disgusted and horrified, even though they too will be dead some day. I thought to myself: I don’t want to be like the ignorant people. After that, I couldn’t feel the usual intoxication with life anymore. (AN III.39)<br /><br />Siddhartha became thoughtful, the king's adviser advised the king to get him married in order to keep him binding with family bonding. So the king gets him married in 502 BCE when he was only 16 yrs, with a beautiful princess named Yashodhara of a neighbor kingdom.<br /><br />In the 489 BCE, at the age of 29, Siddhartha came to realize that he could not be happy living as he had been. He wanted to know, how one might overcome suffering. After kissing his sleeping wife and newborn son Rahul, he snuck out of the palace with his friend Chandar and his favorite horse Kanthak. He gave away his royal clothing, cutting his long hair, gave the horse to Chandar and told him to return to the palace. He studied for a while with two famous gurus of the day but found their practices lacking.<br /><br />He then began to practice the austerities and self-mortifications practiced by a group of five ascetics. For six years, he practiced. The sincerity and intensity of his practice were so astounding that, before long, the five ascetics became followers of Siddhartha. But the answers to his questions were not forthcoming. He redoubled his efforts, refusing food and water until he was in a state of near death.<br /><br />One day, a peasant girl named Sujata saw this monk and placed a bowl of milk-rice in front of him. Siddhartha then realized that these extreme practices were leading him nowhere, that in fact, it might be better to find some middle way between the extremes of the life and the life of self-mortification. So he ate and drank, and bathed in the river. The five ascetics saw him and concluded that he had given up the ascetic life and taken to the ways of the flesh, and left him.<br /><br />Who is Sujatha? <br />Legendary says, When Buddha came to Urubilba, there lived a pretty young girl named Sujata of a rich peasant family in the nearby village Senani. The girl was dreaming a suitable husband and children for her. But her hope was not fulfilling. People advised her to go to a certain tree-god on the bank of river Niranjana and pray to him. She did so, and soon got married. And after a year when she gave birth a beautiful child, she was very happy and wanted to reward god for these gifts.<br /><br />So one day she sent some of her servants to clean surrounding the tree and she began to cook Milk-rice. When she has finished cooking the milk-rice, one of her servants rushed to her and said, "Our Matriarch, how fortunate you are! the Tree-god himself is present there to receive your gift."<br /><br />So, Sujatha rushed to go there with excitement, bow down peacefully and placed the bowl of milk-rice in front of him silently. She does not know that he was not Tree-god, but Prince Gautam himself. However, Gautam, divided that milk-rice into 49 portions, for a portion each day, until he received enlightenment.<br /><br />In the 49th day when Buddha awakens from his meditation, he eats the last part of his meal and then he went to bath in the river Niranjana. He threw the valuable gold bowl in the river and said, "If I'm the Buddha, let this bowl float against the stream, and if I'm not, let the bowl drowned." - The bowl remains <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">floating </span>and move against the stream. </span><br />
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It is said that after taking a bath, when Buddha was sited under a fig tree in the nearby forest, the Guardians of the Four Quarters, Indra, Yama, Varuna and Kubera each of them gave him a gold Alms Bowl each thinking that to meet the needs of live, what gods will give him as gift, without a bowl he would not able to accept them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The story of the Buddha's Alms-bowl has been carved in numerous Gandhara sculptures. </span>It is told<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>that when the Guardians of the Four Quarters present the bowls to Buddha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, he<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>refused to take the gifts as those were precious. Later they brought less precious than Gold one by one. But Buddha refused <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">all of them except when they brought sto<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ne bowls.</span></span> H<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e takes all <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the 4 bowls and </span></span>made 4 of the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">m</span> to 1.<br /><br />It is said, Buddha holds his bowl in his hand, either in a seating or standing position. Sometimes, it is placed on a throne under a canopy and the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">worshipers</span> adore it. <br /><br />Though the Begging Bow or alms bowl is just a simple bowl, yet it is very important thing for a Buddist Monk in their daily Life. The Bowl along with the robes- is a necessary requisite to be eligible for ordination. Its primary use is to collect food and as such, it is a very powerful reminder, for monastics and laity alike, of the renunciation taken up in pursuit of the holy life. The Vinaya Says that monastics don't keep food beyond midday so every day begins anew and there is no certainty that food will be offered.<br /><br />The motives behind giving the play an important role in developing spiritual qualities. The suttas record various motives for exercising generosity. For example, the Anguttara Nikaya (A.iv,236) enumerates the following eight motives:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Disgust: <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">G</span></span>ives with annoyance, or as a way of offending </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">or insulting</span> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the recipient</span>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In fear: F</span>ear also can motivate a person to make an offering.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In return: </span>O</span>ne gives in return for a favor done to oneself in the past.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span> hope: </span>O</span>ne also may give with the hope of getting a similar favor for oneself in the future.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As it is good: O</span>ne gives because giving is considered good.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With an altruistic motive: <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span></span>hey do not cook, so<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> i</span>t is proper to give those do not cook."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a reputation: S</span>ome give alms to gain a good reputation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To beautify mind:<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>S</span>till, others give alms to adorn and beautify the mind.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to the Pali canon: Of all gifts [alms], the gift of Dhamma is the highest.— Dhp. XXIV v. 354)<br />Now we back to the bowl. <br /><br />Bowls can be made of either clay or iron (now includes stainless steel). Both of these would be 'fired'. In the time of Buddha, a clay bowl was fired twice to make sure it was properly hard. Iron bowls were fired five times to build up a carbon coating to prevent them from rusting. Although stainless steel bowls won't rust they are still fired (usually only once to '<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">discolor</span>' them) and for a monk-to-be firing, the bowl is part of the ordination rite-of-passage. This is often the occasion for an informal celebration at the fire with one's peers. Because of the delicacy (and replacement expense) of the early bowls, there are many Vinaya rules to ensure that they are well cared for [e.g. not scraping, banging or chipping them]. In some traditions, junior monks will be given a clay bowl for their first five years to practically establish the care required and engender respect for the bowl as a symbol of the holy life.<br /><br />The Vinaya specifies that bowls may not be made of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">:</span> wood (it splits and will hold food - and disease), gold, silver, pearl, beryl, crystal, bronze (as these are all expensive materials), glass (expensive and splinters kill), lead or copper (toxic materials - this now also includes aluminium).<br /><br />During Buddha, a monk lost his bowl but found a human skull so thought that he would use that instead. But a monk informed it to Buddha who said: 'No skulls!'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Bowl is not small, by any means. The solid stone hemisphere, made of greenish-gray granite weighs about 400 kg. It is about 5.7 feet in diameter and its rim is 18cm thick on an average. It's thicker in the middle and at the base. It has no cracks or abrasions, except for a palm-size area that has flaked away near the rim. The base is a delicately chiseled lotus, attesting to its Buddhist past. Inscribed in beautiful large Calligraphic Script along the rim of the bowl are six rows of verses from the Qur'an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. </span>Traces of similar calligraphic script are visible on the inside of the bowl as well.<br /><br />24 lotus petals, six of which remain unscathed, indicating that they were of an earlier period. These untouched petals evidently revealed that the original bowl had plain petals. Seen from the side, it seems a single bowl, but if you look on top, you will notice a clear mark of the presence of the other three. The Buddhist resorting it with high respect for over a thousand years after Buddha's Mahaparinirvana or death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The design of Lotus in the bowl not to beautify it, but used as a significant religious symbol. In Buddism, a full blossom Lotus refers to the complete purification of body, speech and mind, and the blossoming of wholesome deeds in liberation.<br /><br />The lotus also refers to many aspects of the path, as it grows from the mud (samsara), up through muddy water it appears clean on the surface (purification), and finally, produces a beautiful flower (enlightenment). The white blossom represents purity, the stem stands for the practice of Buddhist teachings which raise the mind above the (mud of) worldly existence and gives rise to purity of mind. An open blossom signifies full enlightenment; a closed blossom signifies the potential for enlightenment.<br /><br />The contention over the bowl rose because of six lines of Persian inscription on its outer wall. The inscriptions, probably, verses from the Qur'an, led to the belief that the artifact could be of Islamic origin. But a closer scrutiny revealed that the inscriptions were of a later period. <br /><br />Buddha attained Parinirvana in 483 BCE and for six centuries after that, until the first century CE, the bowl was a prized possession of Vaishali. Celebrated Chinese travelers Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang [Xuan Zang] and British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham referred to Begging Bowl in their writings.<br /><br />In his Report of Tours in the north and south Bihar in CE 1880-81, Major General A Cunningham wrote about this begging bowl. According to him, Buddha had given his alms-bowl to the people of the Republic of Lichchhavis, when he took final leave of them at the old city on their northern frontier, which Cunningham identified with Kesariya, 30 miles to the north-west of Vaishali. Buddha was traveling to Kushinara where he died afterward and this bowl was gifted to the people of Vaishali who had long been following the Buddha everywhere.<br /><br />Chinese travelers and Buddhist scholars Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang have also made a mention of this giant bowl which has many mythological stories revolving around its origin. The bowl was placed in a monastery in Vaishali where farmers and fruit growers placed their first fruits of the season. It stayed here for the next five centuries. <br /><br />The sixteenth century Tibetan Buddhist monk and major scholar Taranath has mentioned the attack of Kushan king Kanishka on Pataliputra in first century CE. It is said that Kanishka defeated the king of Pataliputra but left the city on the king's agreeing to part with the famous Buddhist scholar and dialectician Ashvagosha and the Buddha's alms-bowl. Kanishka took both to his capital Purushpur (modern-day Peshawar in Pakistan) where he placed the sacred alms-bowl in a monastery and made Ashvagosh his spiritual instructor.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>A string of Chinese pilgrims reported seeing the giant bowl in Purushpur between the 3rd and the 9th centuries CE.<br /><br />As the wheel of time kept turning over, Islam replaced Buddhism on the land and somehow Quranic verses came to be inscribed on the bowl, perhaps around the time of Mahmud Ghazni in the 11th century. The verses saved the artifact from any further damage in all future religious wars. All through the rule of Muslim rulers on the land, the Quranic verses saved the bowl and it was treated by the people with respect. Until a few decades ago, it was kept at the Jamia Mosque in Kandahar and used for storing water and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ablution</span> (washing ones<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">elf as ritual purificat<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ion</span></span></span>).<br /><br />In the late CE 1980's during Afghanistan's civil war President Najibullah had taken the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> bowl</span> to Kabul National Museum. When the Taliban came to power, then </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on February 26, CE 2001, </span>the Taliban’s supreme leader, Mulla Muhammad Omar, decreed as - </span><br />
<b><br /></b> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>"Based on the verdict of the clergymen and the decision of the supreme court of the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) all the statues around Afghanistan must be destroyed." </b></i></span><br /><br />The Taliban ordered to destroy all the Buddhist <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>rtefacts <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span> the national museum, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Kabul</span>, but the bowl remained untouched, because <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of the</span> Quranic inscriptions. Today the bowl is displayed at the entrance of the National Museum, Kabul- <i><b>"as a reflection of its Islamic continuum and its status through the ages as an object of special religious interest".</b></i><br /><br />N.B: Buddha's begging bowl — one of Buddhism's most prized relics that currently finds pride of place at Kabul's National Museum — is authentic, a team of experts from Archaeological Survey of India has concluded.-[Times of India<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="time_cptn">Jul 3, 2014</span>]<br /><br /><u><b>The End.</b></u><br />Not Yet Verified.<br /><br /># Someone asked, <b><i>"Bro, Why Buddha says, 'No skulls?' when it will split not, not expensive, nor toxic?".</i></b><br /><br />@ I said, "Consider it simply- Buddha may think that the Skull Bowl may freak some people out. Or <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>e may think that after his death the monks may fight each other for his skull to make one's "Buddha bowl". Ha, Ha, Ha...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let me tell you a Story".<br /><br />A King had an ancient treasure, a bowl made from the skull of a revered Buddhist master. Whenever he drank any drinks from the delicate polished skull, he felt at one with the wisdom of the ages. It was his "Buddha Bowl."<br /><br />One day a nun from the nearby monastery was serving the king his drinks. The nun was a rather dreamy Buddha and, on this particular day, she spilled a few drops of tea on the kings' hand. The hot liquid burned. The bowl fell, shattering into a number of pieces. The nun stared at the white bone bits on the black stone floor. "Like stars strewn through the night" she mused. Then she heard the kings shouting: "My precious Buddha bowl, gone, because of your clumsiness!"<br /><br />The nun looked up and met the king's eyes. "You must find me another," he warned, "or I will have your skull!" Kicking aside the bits of broken skull, the King stormed out.<br /><br />The nun returned to her monastery, approached her teacher's door, knocked three times as prescribed, and soon heard the answering bell admitting her. She bowed. Then she told of her predicament.<br />They two sat in silence. Then Zen teacher spoke a koan for the nun:<br /><br /> "Find your great self.<br /> The Buddha bowl of the stars<br /> Shall appear for you to use at will."<br /><br />The nun left but the koan rang in her ears. As she repeated it, the words echoed within her skull. They reverberated through her bones.<br /><br />The kings' official drinks party was to be held at the next full moon. When nun went into the monastery garden, she saw the white sliver of the new moon appear in the west as the sun set. She sat zazen into the night until even the dimmest stars appeared. Each evening for the next twelve days, nun practiced zazen in the monastery garden, breathing her koan into her bones.<br /><br />By day the nun was assigned by her teacher to work in the little Zen garden. There she raked patterns into the sand around the carefully placed rocks. Sunlight glinted off the myriad bits of quartz — of silica — at her feet. "Daytime stars," thought the nun.<br /><br />Each evening the nun watched the stars appear and scatter themselves into deep space. Breathing in the dark, sitting without end, she surrendered herself to the koan. It was taking her deeper and deeper into the emptiness of space, to the time before the light of stars was born.<br /><br /> "Body and mind dropping off into astonishing Radiance . . .<br /> Everything arising together out of that Radiance . . .<br /> The Starburst breaking open the wonder of the Universe."<br /><br />The nun herself became this Vastness. She became Vastness watching Itself unfold. The nun was light and air and water and earth. She became the Universe of stones and bones, sunshine and sand.<br /><br />On full moon day, the nun shaved her head. She softly touched her smooth round skull. She whispered her koan: "Find your Great Self. The Buddha Bowl of the stars shall appear for you to use at will." It was time to return to King's palace and prepare for the tea ceremony. The sun was setting.<br /><br />The King appeared in his finest silks, welcomed his noble guests, and took his seat. He held out his hand, waiting for the new Buddha Bowl.<br /><br />The nun stood before him, her hands clenched at her sides. Suddenly she flung open her fingers. Sand scattered across the floor. At that moment the light of the full moon shone through the eastern window on to the black stone floor. The sand glistened as brightly as stars in the night sky.<br />"Receive the Buddha Bowl of the stars," Spoke the nun.<br /><br /> "Know it as your very Self.<br /> Star, Sand, Stone, Bone —<br /> All take refuge in the one Being of the Universe.<br /> Will you take refuge in the Self <br /> which is not separate, but is one?"<br /><br />The nun bowed deeply. She waited until she heard the rustling of silks. When she rose, the King was there, serving her a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">drink</span>. -[Earth Light magazine, Winter 2002 issue].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When I finished, he said, "Bro, a skull bowl may not be broken into pieces."</span><br />
<b>I said, "I know, that's why it's a story."</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Sources:</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia<br />Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum. by Alexander Cunningham, Volume 1. (1877)<br />The Stupa of Bharhut: A Buddhist Monument Ornamented with Numerous Sculptures Illustrative of Buddhist Legend and History in the Third Century BC. by Alexander Cunningham, (1879)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Buddha-bowl-the-real-thing-ASI-report/articleshow/37672839.cms" target="_blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Buddha-bowl-the-real-thing-ASI-report/articleshow/37672839.cms</a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Earth Light magazine, Winter 2002 issue</span></div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-57075183600336909032016-10-10T04:16:00.002-05:002018-08-05T07:04:06.846-05:00al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">“A</span>ll those who are elevated by Your love<br />Are asleep in the fields of martyrdom.<br />Victory for them in the battle of two worlds<br />Is won through love,<br />All soldiers of love achieve martyrdom.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />_________________________ Till today, Mansur al-Hallaj is the most controversial figure in Sufism. He was born around 858 CE,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>AH 244 in Madina al<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>Bayda [which was a city of the Amṣar, a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">militarized</span> section, of Basra]- an Arabized small town of the Fars province of ancient Persia. His full name was Abu al-Mujid al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj. His father al-Hallaj was a cotton-carder who was a converted Muslim, moved his family, between AH 249-253, to the Arab colony of Wasit in Iraq where Mansur admitted to a Midrash. He was very meritorious from his childhood and became a Hafiz [memorized the Qur'an] when he was around 12 yrs old.<br /><br />At the age of 18, Hallaj went to Tustar and became a disciple of Sufi Sahl al-Tustari, who was famous for his controversial sayings- "I am the Proof of God for the created beings and I am a proof for the saints (Awliya) of my time".<br /><br />After living 2 yrs under Tustari, Hallaj came back to Basra and became a disciple of Sufi Amr al-Makki. He was under Amr nearly 2 yrs and in that period he got married. But his Guru Amr displeased with this marriage. Massignon says- "Makki‘s main fortune had been made with the caravans toward Mecca, and it may be due to this business that the rupture between Hallaj and his Guru happened. The quarrel began with the marriage of Mansur with Umm al-Husayn, the daughter of Abu Ya’qub Aqta Karnaba’i. He was an ally of the Zanj rebels, who were threatening the passage of the Mecca Hajj around Basra. When Mansur married, he was in the middle of a dispute between his father-in-law and his master. Professor Schimmel, moreover, affirms that the clash between the two mystics had been caused by the jealousy of Makki for Hallaj married the daughter of the rival.-(Schimmel, Mystical dimensions of Islam. p. 66).<br /><br />But MA Haque has given an interesting account, who sustains, even though not pointing at any specific source, that Makki had been worried about Hallaj’s personal involvement with the Karnaba’i family, because this would have led, as it probably happened, to progressive detachment from Mansur’s spiritual progress. -(Ansari, M. Abdul Haq... Ḥusayn ibn Manṣur al-Hallaj: Ideas of an ecstatic. Islamic Studies). But some other sources mentioned, Amr not displeased but abandoned Hallaj and that is for different reasons. Once Hallaj comments hearing his recital Qur'an- "I can write that kind." And at that point, Amr leaves him in disgust.<br /><br />However, for a solution of the conflict, Mansur went to Baghdad to consult with Sufi master Junayd Baghdadi, as both Makki and Aqta were his followers, but he was tired of the conflict that existed between his father-in-law and Amr Makki, so Baghdadi only replied to be calm and wait. Then Hallaj set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca, against the advice of Junayd Baghdadi, as soon as the Zanj rebellion was crushed.<br /><br />The term Sufi came from "Suf" which means 'fur'. People who go out seeking for God leaving his family, wearing a course of woolen garments<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and</span> lived a monastic life are known as Sufi. According to some others, the word Sufi came from Safa which means purity. To them, they <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span>re Sufi because they were freed from all kind of worldly Sin and dirt. But some others say: Sufi came from Ashab-e-Suffa. It is noted that those who were not married but engaged themselves in meditation and worship of God in the Masjid-un-Nabi were known as Ashab-e-Suffa. But Sufi Abu Hafs defined differently, in his opinion, a Sufi is he who does not ask who a Sufi is.<br /><br />Hallaj reached Mecca in AH 270. where he made a vow to remain for one year in the open courtyard of the sanctuary in fasting and silence. During these days, every day a man would leave some bread and a jug of water in front of him. Hallaj rarely ate some of the bread or used to drink a little water. As a result, his body became Bonnier.<br /><br />The people of Mecca were not familiar with such a scene. So, every day a no. of people curiously began to gather around him. This time Yakub-e-Narajuri, one of the authorities there, denounced him as a heretic and a lunatic. For this, people thought he was a magician. And as the magic is forbidden in Islam, and the magicians declared have no portion in the Hereafter, so, they began to tease him in various ways. Hallaj sometimes openly complained to God saying, "O Lord. You are the guide of all those who pass through the valley of bewilderment. If I am a heretic, then increase my heresy, Lord." But in the late night, he would pray to Him<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as-</span> "O Lord. I know and worship none besides you. I am so grateful for the gifts that you have bestowed upon me, and my tongue cannot express my gratitude for them.O Lord! thank yourself on my behalf."<br /><br />After that year in Mecca Hallaj returned to Baghdad and immediately went to see al-Junayd- his Guru. It was midnight when he knocked on his Master's door, Junayd asked, "Who is it?" </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The reply was, "Ana al-Haqq" [I am the Truth]. The door opened.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"No," Junayd answered him, "It is by means of the Truth that you are! What gibbet will you stain with your blood!" </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Massignon</span> 1982: 127]<br />Hallaj replied, "The day when it will happen, you will not with your Sufi robe but academic instead."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Then Junayd asked: "Why did you come?"<br />Hallaj: "To live in community with you as a master."<br />Junayd: "I do not live in community with madmen; community life requires balance, otherwise what happened to you with Sahl Tustari and Amr occurs."<br />Hallaj: "O master, sobriety, and intoxication are only the two human aspects of the mystic, who remains separated from his Lord as long as these two aspects are not both annihilated."<br /><br />Junayd: "You are wrong in your definition of those states, sobriety, and intoxication; the first means the state of normal equilibrium of the faithful before God; it is not a qualification of the faithful that he may get it through his own effort as a creature; likewise the second, which signifies extremes of desire and love." -[Hujwiri, The Unveiling 235]<br />After this confrontation, Mansur abandoned all his Gurus.<br /><br />Hallaj then began to develop the idea that after he had surrendered his heart to the Nutq, the “vital utterance of the inmost divine creative liberty”, he had to overcome the traditionalists and oppose the secrecy of the Sufi. In the following years, around AH 272 and 273, he metaphorically unclothed the Khalida symbolizing the rupture with the Sufi community, and he developed a new rhetoric based on ideas and protest. In the same period, he was arrested for the first time. After the prison, he departed for his first “Apostolic Journey” through the caliphate, and in AH 280 he made his second hajj, followed by a great number (nearly 4000) of disciples. These were years of great traveling and preaching and it has been said that during his journeys he was named Hallaj, the carder of the hearts, for his ability to understand the inner movement of the hearts. -[Massignon, Life vol.1 p. 27].<br /><br />In A<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H </span>284 he began his conclusive journey abroad, which was an attempt to convert the “infidels” and to preach the Word until the borders of the world. He reached India and China; then he came back, and settled in Baghdad,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the capital of the Abbasid Empire</span> after a 3rd hajj, in AH 292. He was reported to have prayed aloud at the Station of Arafat for God to make him more lost and despised in the world like an infidel. Although this can be regarded as typical of the sentiments of Sufis seeking complete annihilation in God to the point of worldly degradation and censure, Massignon has interpreted the prayer as the expression of Ḥallaj’s desire to be a sacrifice for atonement on behalf of all Muslims -<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[</span>see Massignon, I, pp. 67, 265-67; Tr. Mason, I, pp. 26-27, 219-23<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">]</span>.<br /><br />Actually, al-Hallaj was different from other Sufis as they were unwilling to unveil the secret of Sufism, or mysticism to the general public,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> whereas</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he</span> ignored that. He continues to unveil through his writings and teachings. Thus he became known to all as- 'Hallaj, the Master of Secrets'- <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span>he carder of the Hearts. And by this, without his knowledge, he made a lot of enemies.<br /><br />Hallaj would often fell in in tran<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ce</span>. Thus, one day in the midnight, he saw a bright Shining man standing in front of him. Stirring to him for a long time, he then asked, "Who are you?" </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He replied, "Anal Haqq." The man <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">v</span>anishes, but his word is now being echoed from Mansur's mouth.<br /><br />Anal Haqq means "I am the God." <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as </span>al-Haq (<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span>he Truth) is one of the 99 names of God. So his disciple demanded its explanation to him. He said: 'There is nothing wrapped in my turban but God.- people were surprised. Then pointed to his clothes he said in the same way: "Ma fi jubati illalla." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Modern theologian still debating on the essence of God. Now we have to look what was the essence of Hallajian God- <br /><br /><b><u>God</u></b><br />-Al Hallaj<br />-Arberry, A.J., The Doctrine of the Sufis<br /><br />"Before" does not outstrip Him,<br />"after" does not interrupt Him<br />"of" does not vie with Him for precedence<br />"from" does not accord with Him<br />"to" does not join with Him<br />"in" does not inhabit Him<br />"when" does not stop Him<br />"if" does not consult with Him<br />"over" does not overshadow<br /><br />Him "under" does not support Him<br />"opposite" does not face Him<br />"with" does not press Him<br />"behind" does not limit Him<br />"previous" does not display Him<br />"after" does not cause Him to pass away<br />"all" does not unite Him<br />"is" does not bring Him into being<br />"is not" does not deprive Him from Being.<br /><br />Concealment does not veil Him<br />His pre-existence preceded time,<br />His being preceded non-being,<br />His eternity preceded limit.<br />If thou sayest 'when',<br />His existing has outstripped time;<br /><br />If thou sayest 'before', before is after Him;<br />If thou sayest 'he', 'h' and 'e' are His creation;<br />If thou sayest 'how', His essence is veiled from description;<br />If thou sayest 'where', His being preceded space;<br />If thou sayest 'ipseity' (ma huwa),<br /><br />His ipseity (huwiwah) is apart from things.<br />Other than He cannot<br />be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at<br />one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition.<br />He is hidden in His manifestation,<br />manifest in His concealing.<br />He is outward and inward,<br />near and far; and in this respect He is<br />removed beyond the resemblance of creation.<br /><br />He acts without contact,<br />instructs without meeting,<br />guides without pointing.<br />Desires do not conflict with Him,<br />thoughts do not mingle with Him:<br />His essence is without qualification (takyeef),<br />His action without effort (takleef).<br /><br />According to Hallaj, this is the essence of God. And he said in his book Tawasin-“If you do not recognize God, at least recognize His sign, I am the creative truth -Ana al-Haqq,- because through the truth, I am eternal truth”. -[Tawasin, 6:24].<br /><br />Hallaj has a very strange nature. For twenty years he had been wearing the same dress. Over time, the cloak was ragged,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as a result, </span> it needs to add </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tuck </span>aft<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">er </span>tuck. Hallaj never showed any interest in changing h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is</span> dress. And no o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e of his disciples </span></span>ever could persuade him to change his clo<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ak.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Then at one time, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span></span></span>ome of his disciples planned<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> to</span> throw off his cloak </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">forcefully</span></span></span> wi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">th </span>a new dress<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> And when they took off h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is</span> dress, then saw a scorpion that nested in his cloak. Hallaj told them that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">it</span> is living with him </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">like a friend </span>for the last 20 Yrs. He asked them to give back <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his cloak with that scorpion<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span> Then they gave it back to him.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, what Hallaj says, "I am God" is not a shirk to claim this? Such was also the claim of Pharaoh Nimrod. Jalaluddin Rumi explain this as: "Mansur al-Hallaj's claimed "I am God,"-only to vanish his ownness in front of God, on the other hand, Pharaoh's claiming,"I am God," was to vanish God's ownness in front of him." We will be more clear if we understand the following Quranic verse-<br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><i>“And you threw not when you threw, but it was Allah who threw that” </i></b></span>-(8:17) </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">This</span> <span class="">verse</span> sent down<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>in the context of the "Battle of Badr" when the Prophet threw a handful dust to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the</span> <span class="">enemy.</span></span><br /><br />Through the verse, God mentioned the handful of sand that Prophet Muhammad threw at the disbelievers during the day of Badr. The Quraish were rejoicing at their great number, seeing this, the Prophet invoked God humbly and expressing his neediness before Him. After his prayer, he threw a handful of dust at the disbelievers and said, "Humiliated be their faces". At that time willingness of the Prophet was the same as that of God and this is mentioned in this verse. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />The Prophet then commanded his Companions to start fighting with sincerity and they did. God made this handful of sand enter the eyes of the idolators, each one of them was struck by some of it and it distracted them making each of them busy. God said, "And you threw not when you did throw, but Allah threw". Therefore, it is Allah Who made the sand reach their eyes and busied them with it, not you.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />If anyone directly meanings of this verse most of the people do not understand the inner significance<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span> of it, because of the limitations </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of the rational mind of th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e </span>human</span>. As a result, they t<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ake it otherw<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ise and brought him under the punishment <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">heresy</span>, which was the case of Hallaj.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />As a matter of fact, Mansur’s sentence generated a bitter response from a large part of the population who believed to have heard the words of a heretic. Ghazali employs to explain the limitations of rational mind at comprehending mystical experiences:<br /><br /><i><b>“It is like an impotent man asking his friend how his wedding night was and getting the reply: ‘Oh, I was in the 7th heaven.’ How can the impotent asker ‘understand’ the bliss of his friend?”</b></i><br /><br />al-Ghazali does not discredit the truth content of Hallaj’s state but maintains that since only God is the Truth, and it is only He, who has the right to proclaim it and thus the “I” was not Hallaj’s self-speaking.<br />Ghazali, however, held that Hallaj’s execution was justified since he had revealed the Divine secret in public.<br /><br />And, Hallaj, claiming himself as God! which is doubtlessly shirk,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">anti-Islam, and </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">against the traditional faith</span>! He was perverting people to a path, which was ultimately the path of evil. So a charge <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">brought </span>against him. Actually, a group of orthodox <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muslim <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">filed <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a </span></span></span>blasphemy case <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to the </span>caliph's court </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">against <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">him. </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Qazi of Baghdad Muhammad Dawud rose against him, together with a whole group of Ul<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>ma; and they took their accusations against his views to the Caliph Mu̔ktadi<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">r</span> Billah (CE 895-932), who was appointed the new Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad in AH 295<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, </span>CE 908 at the age of thirteen. … Some people said: "He [Hallaj] is a sorcerer"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> Others said: "He is a madman". Still, others said: "He performs miracles [Mansur was popularly credited with numerous supernatural acts. He was said to have "Lit four hundred oil lamps in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher with his finger and extinguished an eternal Zoroastrian flame with the tug of a sleeve."] and his prayer is granted (by God)".<br /><br />Hallaj was denounced at the court, but a Shafi'i jurist refused to condemn him, stating that mystic inspiration was beyond his jurisdiction. At this time,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> h</span>aving already made numerous enemies in Baghdad through his open style of preaching, display of miracles and shocking behavior, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">he</span> fled to safety in Ahvaz. But he was arrested there three years later and brought back to Baghdad to be imprisoned. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And tongues wrangled over his case up to the moment when the authority arrested and imprisoned him. </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hallaj prisoned in the jail of Baghdad for a long period, nearly 11 years.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />It is said, the 1st day of his captivity, Hallaj vanished from prison. In the second day, the whole jail disappeared. And on the 3rd day, everything is visible as before. Then when the Jailor found him in his cell as a prisoner as before, he exclaimed, “O Mansur, What magic is this?”<br /><br />However, this incident spread panic throughout Baghdad. Many religious leaders including Junaid Baghdadi rushed to him and demanded its explanation. Hallaj explained: "First day I went to visit God, so I was not visible. In the second day, God came to see me, so nothing was visible for the power of Gods light."</span>After this incident, the prisoner and the guard all became his disciples. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hallaj was in prison in that Jail for one year. And up to the middle of that year, a lot of people regularly visited him. However, when the Caliph came to know this, he decreed that no one shall be permitted to visit him. During this period, a Sufi ibn Ata sympathized and send a message to him that he may repent for his speech against the conventional religious beliefs so that he may be forgiven by the Caliph. Hallaj's reply to the messenger: "Tell him to repent and asked for his own forgiveness, who sent this message to me."<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Informing this ibn Ata wept and said: "We, who believe we are true servants of the Lord, are not even worthy of one splinter of the light that He casts upon Hallaj."<br /><br />The trial of Hallaj started by the order of the Caliph. He was prosecuted at a time when the Abbasid caliph was extremely weak and did not have the ability to make a unilateral decision. This raises suspicion on why a Sunni caliph allowed the trial to go on for nine years when the Hanbalis and other conservatives revered Hallaj as a pious man, who prayed 2,000 units of voluntary prayers at a time. “Only the Shiites were critical of him, mainly because he proposed an alternative authority,” said Professor Ernst. “When asked, what is your madhab (religious sect)?, Hallaj would say: I pick the most difficult rulings from all schools of law and follow that.”<br /><br />The question of why certain Sufis were executed can only be understood by the politics. While speaking of Sufism, we don’t naturally think of politics, we simply assume that a lover of God was martyred by a hardliner, but Mr. Ernst says there is more to it: “You have to look at the political contest and it is only when the political authorities find it useful to persecute an unusual figure that’s when the incident takes place.”<br /><br />It seems that diverting attention from crippling internal problems, like corruption within the government, to something ridiculously trivial is an ancient tactic. But from a Sufi perspective, it is futile to analyze the outward series of events that led to Hallaj’s execution. “Martyrdom does not belong in this realm,” Shaykh Riedinger notes. “If God is pleased with His bondman and wants to bestow the crown of martyrdom on him, He puts him into such an outward scenario — political or other wise — that will eventually lead up to the situation, where the Divine intent is realized.”</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">Hallaj </span>sentenced to death by hanging for violating Sharia, but it was <span class="">subjected to conditions</span>. This imposition of the condition is because there were no </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">witnesses of his </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">charges</span>. Therefore, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">to implement the verdict,</span></span> it is instructed that it should be with</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"> the consent of 101 scholars.</span> <br /><br />Hallaj was not sentenced to death violating sharia laws [Saying "Anal Haqq" that means "I am the Truth", it is noted that his supporters interpret it as- "God has emptied me of everything but Himself."] After his arrest, he was accused of various charges, but, according to Professor Ernst, he was pinned down after his prosecutors discovered a document in the handwriting of Hallaj that recommended that those who were unable to afford Hajj pilgrimage could construct a model of Kaaba at home and perform circumambulation (tawaf) and give alms to poor and feed some orphans and they would have completed the Hajj.<br /><br />“At that point, one of the judges turned to Hallaj and said in Arabic <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"D</span>amuka Halal", that is, your blood may legally be shed. In other words, now we have you,” said Professor Ernst, a specialist in Islamic studies. “But then Hallaj said that I found this in the writings of Hasan al-Basri, so that was a kind of technicality, but he was given no opportunity to explain or repent.”<br /><br />“Thou who blames me for my desire of him, how great is your blame!<br />If you only knew Him of whom I would speak,<br />you would not blame me.<br />Other men go away for their pilgrimage, but my pilgrimage is the place where I am.<br />Other men offer sacrifices, but my sacrifice is my own heart and blood.<br />They physically circumambulate the temple,<br />but were they to proceed reverently around God Himself,<br />they would not need to go around a sacred building”. -(Diwan al-Hallaj, 85)<br /><br />Ironically, the Judge of the Baghdad was no one but Mansur's master Junaid Baghdadi. (Though Farid Uddin Attar claimed such, yet Carl Earnest, in his book "Words of Ecstasy in Sufism" questioned this, because according to the information, Baghdadi died on CE 910, while the execution of Hallaj takes place on CE 922). He signed first and said, "We Judge according to externals, as for the inward truth, that God alone knows.”<br /><br />When the judgment informed to Hallaj, he only said- “What is important for the ecstatic is for the One to reduce him to oneness.” -[Massignon, 87]</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="">Moreover,</span> he knew that all the acts of Marifat is considered improper when it is judged under Sharia. Did not all the works of Marifati Prophet Khiji-r </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">considered as crime</span></span>s in the eyes of Shariyati Prophet Moses?</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Meanwhile, the disciples of Hallaj and the no. of visitors to him increase steadily due to the failure of the officials, as a result, Caliph instructed to move him to another Jail. There were 300 prisons in that Jail. One night Mansur asked them, 'Do you want to be free?'<br />They said, 'If you had the power to free us, then why do you not be freed yourself? "<br /><br />Without answering them, Mansur gazed on their lockers and the door opened one by one. All the prisoners had fled. In the meantime, a fleeing prisoner found him sitting in his cell, so he came forward and said, 'Why do you not fleeing? "<br />He said, "I'm crazy in love with God, not for crazy to be freed."<br /><br />The answer surprised the prisoner, noticing this Mansur clarify themselves, “I have a secret matter with the Lord, which can only be revealed upon the scaffold. I am a prisoner of my Master, the Lord.”<br /><br />When the Caliph informed the detailed story of the release of a prisoner, he furiously proclaimed, "Hallaj will cause an insurrection next. The time has come for his death. Make public the punitive announcement for his execution. Begin by flogging him severely."<br /><br />It was delayed to implement the death sentence,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> because, only a total of 84 </span>Signatures of the scholars were collected. But when the Qazi of Baghdad ordered to lash him </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">500 lashes publicly for the crime of releasing 300</span> prisoners, then the process of implementing the order started after it was approved by the Caliph. <br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I</span>n the </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fig. right,</span></span> Execution of Husayn Ibn Mansur al-Hallaj Outside the Gates of Baghdad in 922. The dervish in the </span>foreground points to the group on the left, the ulama (religious, as opposed to spiritual, authorities), perhaps implicating them. Rumi, however, said that al-Hallaj was executed because he questioned Muhammad's judgment in not meditating for non-Muslims during his Miraj (night ride to heaven). al-Hallaj, in brown robes, is led to the gallows by two men wearing the tall red hats of executioners. In the text, he asks for Muhammad's pardon, who grants it in exchange for his head. Before the gallows al-Hallaj said, "I know who asked for my head and I accept it."]<br /><br />It had demanded an exemplary punishment for Hallaj. On 23, Dhu 'l-Qa'da (25, March) trumpets announced his execution the next day. Thousands of people witnessed his execution on the banks of the Tigris River.<br /><br />The Guard was shocked, the people who could see burst into nervous laughter, and they led him to the Gibbet. They tore the clothes from his back and began the ordered flagellation.<br /><br />"Now Constantinople has taken" he shouted, at the five hundredth lash. He fainted and the commissioner ordered the flagellation stopped least he die without suffering the full prescribed punishment.<br /><br />The guard had been ordered to close their eyes lest they are seduced to show him mercy. Once the lashes had been stopped, the executioner cut off one of his hands and then a foot, and then the other hand followed as prescribed by the other foot. He then was hoisted on the gibbet in a display.<br /><br />When he was dragged to the gibbet, he recited -<br /><br />“Now stands no more between Truth and me<br />Or reasoned demonstration,<br />Or proof of revelation;<br />Now, brightly blazing full, Truth's lumination,<br />Each flickering, lesser light.”<br /><br />The air was filled with screams. At the time of the evening prayer, the authorization by the Caliph to decapitate Hallaj came. But it was declared: "It is too late; we shall put it off until tomorrow."<br /><br />Thus the commissioner ordered the decapitation Postponed until the next day, so the vizier, Hamid could be present.<br /><br />Then Hallaj recited: “Here are these people, Your worshipers, they are gathered to kill me, out of zeal for You, to be pleasing You...pardon them! If you have revealed to them what You have revealed me, they would not be doing what they are doing, and if You had hidden from me what You have hidden from them, I would not be going through the ordeal that I am undergoing” -[Akhbar al-Hallaj, 1].<br /><br />That night his friends and enemies came to him, challenging him to answer for himself. Looters Roamed the city, setting fire to shops Baghdad was convulsed with rioting. He cried out to God: "O my God, here I am in the dwelling place of my desires, where I contemplate Your marvels. O my God, since You witness friendship even to whoever does You wrong, how is it You do not witness it to this one to whom wrong is done because of You?"<br /><br />His disciples came... and said to the gibbet: "Have we not forbidden you to receive a guest, neither angel nor man!" <br />One threw a rose at him who raised his bloody stump and wiped his check where it had struck him. Life ebbed from him and he could barely speak.<br /><br />In the morning Hamid came. He had ordered the official witnesses at the trial scattered through the crowd to cry out: This is for the salvation of Islam. Let his blood fall on our neck!" Advancing toward the gibbet he drew from his sleeve which he handed to the commissioner to unroll. The later handed it back to him. It had the names of 84 learned men on it. The legal Scholars and Qur'an reciters, attesting to his Heresy. <br /><br />A placard was raised that later would be pinned to his head, saying, this is the head of the blasphemous conniver and deceiver Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj, one whom God has put to death at the hands of Caliph al-Muqtadir after proof was given showing that he claimed the sovereignty of God Himself, Glory to be God, Who causes his blood to be shed and let him, to be cursed."<br />The crowd shouted: "God is Great!"<br /><br />Then they took him down from the gibbet and dragged him forth to behead him. Then he recited his last words: "Those who do not believe in the Final Hour call for its coming; but those who believe in it await it with loving shyness, knowing that this will be (the coming of) God" (Quran 42:17).<br /><br />Hamid then called for the witnesses to reenact the trial as was prescribed, arguing the pros and cons and finally concurring with the statement read, Hamid then asked, "The Caliph is innocent of his blood?"<br />They shouted, "Yes!"<br />"The Commissioner is innocent of his blood?"<br />"Yes, let his blood fall on our neck!"<br /><br />Then Hamid returns the scroll to his sleeve. One of the guard by this time cut down his nose and ear Hallaj cried out, "The ecstatic wants only to be alone with his Only One." Then they cut his tongue. But when his eyes were plucked, the crowd shouted astonishing fear. Some of them became horror and speechless, some squatting on the ground and wept loudly, while others were cursed fluently. And now Hamid raised his right hand. The executioner stepped forward and the guard took him down. As he was being lowered,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and then </span></span>Hamid lowered his right hand and the executioner beheaded him.<br /><br />Hallaj's</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> dismantling pieces painting with his blood </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">lay scattered on the ground surrounding his body for the visitors, as an example for them, so that they can learn from the consequences of a repeat of such incidents. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Next morning, people discover that the dismantling body parts are alive which uttering continuously "Anal Haqq". Uzir-e-Hakim and a group of scholars rushed there quickly. They were stunned the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> consequences. </span>However, Did they committed a sin? They were shaken and in hesitation. I</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mmediately s</span>ome of them rushed to Junayd al-Baghdadi for<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> advice others to the Caliph. Baghdadi </span>said, "When Mansur saw God through his inner mind, he asked Him, "Man Anta?" </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said, "Anal Haqq" and that Pronunciation which echoing only Mansur's dismantling body Parts."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />And when it was informed to the Caliph, he became upset and frightened as his throne was not firm founded. So he immediately ordered to stop<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the</span> show and burn up the body parts. He was in a fear that the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> anger and emotions</span> of the public due to the incident may not cause </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of a rebellion against him.</span><br /><br />So he body parts were collected, and wrapped in his mantle, and doused with oil and set aflame together with his books. The sellers had been ordered to bring forth, one half crazed disciple came forward and pushed at the coals with his stick, saying to them, "Speak!" Some said, "Like Jesus, he could not die, another took his place."<br /><br />And other said, "He stole the word God gave him to keep in secret and used it to exalt himself. And that is why he put to death".<br /><br />The ashes were taken up and thrown from a minaret into the Tigris and his head was carried to the Caliphs palace, across the Tigris on the bridge of boats. It was hung on a gate for everyone to see. The wall of the Palace behind him was high. The power and Majesty of what men build are awesome.<br /><br />It is said, when Hallaj's burnt ashes were thrown into the Tigris, the water began to rise high. And when it came towards the city of Baghdad one of his disciple </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sameri rushed to the city and </span>brought a cloak of Hallaj. Then when he threw that into the water, the river calm again. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sameri</span> said- </span>Hallaj instructed<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> him such </span></span>40 days before his death.<br /><br />After Hallaj death Sufi Abbas Tusi said: "On the Day of Judgement Hallaj shall be brought forth in fetters, since in his divine ecstasy he may turn the whole world upside down."<br /><br />Hallaj wrote several books those were burnt with his body. However, one of his works, "Kitab al-Tawasin" still present today. In this book, he used a lot of sign-line diagram and description of the mystical experience, which he could not express in words. Ṭawasin is the broken plural of the word ṭa-sin which spells out the letters ṭa (ط) and sin (س) placed for unknown reasons at the start of some surahs in the Qur'an.<br /><br />Hallaj is also renowned for having identified closely with and glorified Satan. In by far the longest essay of the Ṭawāsin, the “Ta-sin al-Azal wa’l-eltebas,” he depicts Satan as the most sincere and uncompromising of monotheists for refusing to bow in obeisance to anyone but God, even when ordered by Him to do so before Adam with the threat that he would be cursed as punishment for disobedience- [Tawasin, pp. 41-55]. <br /><br />"According to Iblis," Hallaj explain, "he has known You (God) from pre-eternity”, nearly million years he worshiped Him and obeyed His orders and thus he is “worth more than he (Adam)”, Also, his pride was grounded on the idea that “You (God) created me (Iblis) of fire and him (Adam) of earth”. Despite the inevitable punishment, Satan, the jealous lover of the divine unity, was not regretful for his choice; insofar he knew that “All choices, even my choice, are Yours since you have already chosen for me”.<br /><br />Qur'an informs- Iblis deny to prostrate Adam-(2:34). “The explanation Hallaj gives,” said Professor Ernst, “was that God had given secret hint (ishara) to Iblis that he should not bow down and so he disobeyed, but internally he was the most loyal servant and willing to suffer punishment of being estranged from God and being punished by God in order to demonstrate his loyalty.” Though unorthodox, Hallaj makes Iblis’s encounter with God sound like a tragedy. <br /><br />Sufis generally never consider that, Hallaj was claiming to be God, but that his ego had been annihilated. "As Attar pointed out when the burning bush said to Moses, 'I am God,' it was not the bush speaking, but God manifesting through it. In the same way, it was God speaking through the voice of the annihilated Hallaj," and others explain as- In Adam, as in every human being, there is a trace of God, inasmuch that Adam is huwa huwa “exactly he”. This particle of deity enables the created to reach the Uncreated, and, therefore, it is what allowed Hallaj to say, in a moment of rapture, Ana’l-Haqq.-[Schimmel, Mystical dimensions of Islam, p. 72].<br /><br />Furthermore, ‘Attar presents a second case which may be comparable to Mansur. He quotes Umar ibn al-Khattab (d.644), the third great Caliph.-(Attar, Memorial of God’s friends, p. 395.) According to the tradition "Allah has engraved truth on the tongue of Umar and his heart" and "If there were a Prophet after me verily it would be Umar." -(al-Hadith). Mason, instead, points out that for Hallaj, while in union, all separation is annihilated and so he comes back to the Source (ayn al-jam) and thus it is possible to say Ana’l-Haqq, not being heretical. (Mason, Hallaj and the Baghdad school of Sufism p. 72.) Even Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (d.1273), one of the greatest Sufi poets, and outspoken admirer of Mansur tried to explain the infamous shat by comparing Hallaj to iron in the fire, which becomes so hot to pretend to be fire. -(Schimmel, Mystical dimensions of Islam, p. 145). <br /><br />And mainly because of such attitude, Hallaj portrayed in different ways by the Sufis. Maulana Farid Uddin attar depict his</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> headless body as</span>-<br /><br />They saw Hallaj in a dream one night,<br />his head cut off, but with a cup in hand.<br />They asked, How is it your head is cut off?<br />Tell-how long you have chosen this cup.<br />”The king of blessed name gave this cup to the headless one.<br />Those who forget their own heads can drink from this spiritual cup.”<br /> -Asrar-Nama by Farid al-Din Attar.<br /><br />Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi's love to Hallaj was so strong that he compared him with Ali in his "Masnavi" Finally,</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> we will draw the end line of this article </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">with a poem by Rumi</span></span>-<br /><br />HALLAJ<br /> ---Jalaluddin Rumi<br /><br />Hallaj said what he said and went to the origin<br />through the hoe in the scaffold.<br />I cut a cap's worth of cloth from his robe,<br />and it swamped over me from head to foot.<br /><br />Years ago, I broke a bunch of roses<br />from the top of his wall. A torn from that <br />is still in my palm working deeper.<br />From Hallaj, I learned to hunt lions,<br />but I became something hungrier than a lion.<br /><br />I was a frisky colt. He broke me<br />with a quiet hand on the side of my head.<br />A person comes to him naked. It's cold.<br /><br />There's a fur coat floating in the river.<br />"Jump in and get it," he says.<br />You dive in. You reach for the coat.<br />It reaches for you.<br />It's a live bear that has fallen in upstream,<br />drifting with the current.<br /><br />"How long does it take!" Hallaj yells from the bank.<br />"Don't wait," you answer. "This coat<br />has decided to wear me home!"<br /><br />A little part of a story, a hint.<br />Do you need long sermons on Hallaj!<br /><br /><b>The End.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified.<br />Picture: Wikipedia,<br /><br /># <b><span style="color: blue;"><i>"Bro, I just do not understand the issues of Hallaj.</i></span>"</b><br />What is that?<br />"That he was guilty or not!"<br />Ghazali already answered that, saying- "Hallaj revealing the divine secret publicly".<br />"But is that an offense?"<br /><br />Surely it is [if not you unable to immerse the laws of both the worlds]. Hallaj was physically in this world, but mentally to the unseen world. As a result, what he said that was in the light of unseen world, which is not applicable [as that is not understandable to the general public] in the real world because the laws are seems opposite/different in the two worlds. For example- </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">alcohol is </span>prohibited here but lawful there. The fact is that Hallaj was so engaged/immersed into the unseen world that he forgets this reality. Thus falling in the patch of Sharia law, he killed himself ie. he was put to death under blasphemy law.<br /><br />"Bro, leaving such high-thought, explain this in a simple way so that we can understand."<br />Okay, tell me, where is heaven? And how people will enter there?<br /><br />"Heaven, according to scripture, under the Throne of God. And, people will go there with their faith, deeds [both for God (ie, Salat, Siam, Hajj<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span> and fulfill the Haqq<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'s of<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> the</span></span> neighbor <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(in/c, </span>Jakah, Sadka<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> etc<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span>] and with their good advice to others."<br /><br />But, I said, The Hallajian answer would be- "<i><b>Heaven is in the middle of the Hell. So, no one, will enter into it without entering Hell</b></i>". Do you understand what it means?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Yeah, It means Abraham, Moses, Jesus even Mohammad shall pass through the Hell." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are right. So he was hanged. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Human will sin. And it is a natural process. A Bengali poet says-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"এ পাপ-মুলুকে পাপ করেনি ক’ কে আছে পুরুষ-নারী?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">আমরা ত ছার; পাপে পঙ্কিল পাপীদের কাণ্ডারী! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">তেত্রিশ কোটি দেবতার পাপে স্বর্গ সে টলমল,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">দেবতার পাপ-পথ দিয়া পশে স্বর্গে অসুর দল!" -[Sin, by Kazi Nazrul]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">And, Qur'an sa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ys</span></span><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- </span></b></i></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>And there is none of you except he will come to it. This is upon your Lord an inevitability decreed. Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.</i></b></span>-[19:71-72] .<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>.Then separation would be brought about between them, with a wall having a door in it; (as for) the inside of it, there shall be mercy in it, and (as for) the outside of it, before it there shall be punishment.</i></span>-[57:13] <span style="color: blue;"><b>'Every one, be he who he may, must go to hell. It is true, however, that the holy ones and prophets of God shall go there to behold, not suffering any punishment and the righteous, only suffering fear</b>. </span>-[Barnabas-Ch-136]<br /><br />"But why God created Heaven in the middle of the Hell?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because, Heaven is for those who are free willed [Jinn and Insan]. And as those are free-willed shall never be sinless. And this is the cause that Heaven is in the middle of Hell. And for this, entering into the heaven depends on Gods Grace. And thus it was advised to the Prophet to beg forgiveness to the God. But for some [especially for Prophets], the gap between the Hell and Heaven will be less than the cross section of a h<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span>ir. Now we will see what is said in the Hadiths in this context-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Abu Ayyub Ansari reported that the Messenger of God said: "<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who have committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have granted them pardon." </i></span>-[Sahih Muslim, Book 037, Number 6621]<br /><br />Undoubtedly, the Prophet had a wonderful sense of humor. However, here- "If you were not to commit sins”, means in that case, he is not Human but Angel, because angels are only sinless. And so- “Allah would have swept you out of existence” -as this world is not for Angels, so naturally God took him up and replaced him by another Human. This is what the above Hadith means.<br /><br />Source:<br />http://www.academia.edu/9706380/Why_was_Mansur_al-Hallaj_one_of_the_most_controversial_Sufi _saints<br />N. Hanif (2002), Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and the Middle East.<br />Jawid Mojaddedi, "Ḥallaj, Abul-Mogit Hosayn b. Manṣur b. Maḥammā Bayżāwi"<br />Al-Hallaj, Diwan.<br />Al-Hallaj, Kitāb at-tawāsīn.<br />Farid ad-Din ‘Attār. Memorial of God’s friends, lives and sayings of Sufis,<br />Hujwīrī, Kashf al-Mahjūb, 281.<br />Unknown, Akhbār al-Hallaj.<br />Ansari, M. Abdul Haq. 2000. Ḥusayn ibn Manṣur al-Hallaj: Ideas of an ecstatic.<br />Bosworth, C. E. 1960. The encyclopaedia of Islam.<br />Lewisohn, Leonard. 1999; 1993. The heritage of Sufism.<br />Massignon Louis, Passion of al-Hallaj-4 volumes translated by Herbert Mason<br />Massignon, Louis (1982). The Passion of al-Hallaj, Mystic and Martyr of Islam<br />Schimmel, Annemarie. 2011. Mystical dimensions of Islam.<br />Wilcox, Andrew. 2011. The dual mystical concepts of fanā' and baqā' in early Sufism.<br /><br />Carl W. Ernst (1997). Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed., Vol. 9, "Shath".<br />Ernst, Carl W. (1985). Words of Ecstasy in Sufism.<br />Kadri, Sadakat (2012). Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia.<br />Browne, Edward G. (1998). Literary History of Persia.<br />Michot, Yahya M. (2007). "Ibn Taymiyya’s Commentary on the Creed of al-Hallâj".<br />Rypka, Jan (1968). History of Iranian Literature. Dordrecht.<br />Shah, Idries (1964). The Sufis. Garden City: Doubleday.<br />Muhammad Ali Zamania, Tales from the land of Sufis.</span></span></div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-10219268617166392442016-10-04T02:09:00.000-05:002017-08-24T02:22:27.680-05:00Banatallah: The Moon goddess of the Pagan of ancient Arabia.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I</b></span>bn Sa'd and at-Tabari says that on one occasion Satan interfered after Prophet Muhammad received a revelation. And that happened while Sura <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">an-Najm revealed. It is said, </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the Prophet </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">was in the Ka'ba </span></span>w</span>hile <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">that Sura</span> was being revealed, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> h</span></span></span>e felt inspired to utter two verses which declared that the three goddesses al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat could be revered as intermediaries between God and man.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> revelation starts as- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>"He also saw him (Gabriel) at another descent,<br />By the Lote-tree at the furthest boundary,<br />Near to which is the Paradise of rest.<br />When the Lote-tree covered that which it covered,<br />His sight turned not aside, neither did it wander.<br />And verily he beheld some of the greatest Signs of his Lord".<br /><br />"And see ye not Lat and Uzza, and Manat the third besides?"</i></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>-</i></span></span>and when the prophet recited upto this, Satan cast on his tongue the following verses deleting a part of revelation-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>"These are </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>the exalted </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Gharaniq</i></span></span>,<br />And verily their intercession is to be hoped for."</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then when he reached the last verse-<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>"So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]"</i></span> -<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>e prostate accordingly as it was said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">at-Tabari records- When the Prophet recited: "These are the exalted Gharaniq [high-flying cranes]; verily their intercession is to be hoped for." and the Quraish, those were present there heard this, they rejoiced and were happy and delighted at the way in which he had spoken of their gods, and they listened to him, while the Muslims, having complete trust in their Prophet with respect to the message which he brought from God, did not suspect him of error, illusion or mistake. When he came to the prostration, having completed the sura, he prostrated himself and the Muslims did likewise....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The polytheists of the Quraish and others who were in the Ka'ba likewise prostrated themselves</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> b</span></i></span>ecause of the reference to their gods which they heard, so that there was no one in the mosque, believer or unbeliever, who did not prostrate </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[except </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>an old man who took a handful dust and<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>touches it to his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">f</span>orehead and said,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>"This is sufficient for me."]</i></span></span> himself... Then they all dispersed from the mosque. The Quraish left delighted at the mention of their gods." -[see Tabari, Annals 1.1192-1193 = Tabari VI: 108-109]. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Quraish was particularly devoted to Allah<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span> the moon god, and especially to Banatallah- Allah's three daughters al-Lat, al-Uzza, and al-Manat as they were viewed as intercessors between the people and Allah." And Muhammad always denied them. But now, he admits that they were exalted Females. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Quraish were delighted with this new revelation, [<i>which in al-Kalbi's words was the traditional invocation made by the Quraish to the goddesses as they circumambulated the Ka'ba (Faris 17). and the Gharaniq were probably cranes which were thought to fly higher than any other bird</i>], as Muhammad has given their 'goddesses' a delicate compliment, ... They spread the good news throughout the city: 'Muhammad has spoken of our gods in splendid fashion". or in other ways "He alleged in what he recited that they are the exalted Gharaniq whose intercession is approved"-[Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 166]. Hadiths related to this incident are as follows-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"The Apostle of Allah repeated them (the verses), and he went on reciting the whole of Sura and then fell in prostration, and the people (the Quraish) fell in prostration with him".</i> -[Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, vol. 1, p. 237].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Narrated by Abdullah bin Masud: <i>The Prophet recited Sura an-Najm (103) at Mecca and prostrated while reciting it and those who were with him did the same except an old man who took a handful of small stones or earth and lifted it to his forehead and said, "This is sufficient for me." Later on, I saw him killed as a non-believer. </i>-[Bukhari, V2, 19:173. see also Bukhari, Vol-2, Book 19, No. 177].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Banatallah- the daughters of Allah:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> were</span>- al-Lat, al-Uzza, and al-Manat. where, al-Uzza, whose name means "The Mighty One", the Goddess of the Morning Star; al-Lat, the Mother, whose name means simply "The Goddess", as al-Lah simply means "The God"; and Manat, Crone-goddess of Fate or Time. Sometimes, the three of them are referred to as the daughters of al-Lah; But they considered al-Manat and al-Lat are the daughters of al-Uzza. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>al-Lat:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>‘Within these _________of white,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>al-Lat, place your protective light.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Where’er these _________s are placed around,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Your safety and presence shall abound.’</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--al-Lat, whose name is a contraction of al-Illahat, "the Goddess", is mentioned by Herodotus as Alilat, whom he identifies with Aphrodite. She is sometimes also equated with Athena, and is called "the Mother of the Gods", or "Greatest of all". She is a Goddess of Springtime and Fertility, the Earth-Goddess who brings prosperity. She and al-Uzza were sometimes confused, and it seems that as one gained in popularity in one area the other's popularity diminished. She had a sanctuary in the town of Ta'if, east of Mecca, and was known from Arabia to Iran. Her symbol is the crescent moon, and the gold necklace she wears is, from a pendant identified to her. As a Fertility-Goddess, she bears a sheaf of wheat; and in Her hand, she holds a small lump of frankincense, as Her emblem is found carved on many incense-holders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al-Lat according to the Book of Idols (Kitab al-Aṣnam) by Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, resided in the Kaʿba and also had an idol inside the sanctuary: Her custody was in the hands of the Banu Attab ibn Malik of the Thaqīf, who had built an edifice over her. The Quraish, as well as all the Arabs, venerated al-Lat. They also used to name their children after her, calling them Zayd al-Lat and Taym al-Lat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al-Lat was a white stone with inscriptions on. There was a house built around al-Lat in at-Ta'if with curtains, servants and a sacred courtyard around it. The people of at-Ta'if, the tribe of Thaqif and their allies, worshiped al-Lat. They would boast to Arabs, except the Quraish, that they had al-Lat. ibn Jarir said, "They derived al-Lat's name from Allah's Name, and made it feminine. It was reported that al-Lat is pronounced al-Lat because, according to Abdullah bin Abbas, Mujahid, and ar-Rabi` bin Anas, al-Lat was a man who used to mix Sawiq [Sawiq is a king of baking bread that made off with a mixture of dates and flour] with water for the pilgrims. When he died, they remained next to his grave and worshiper of him.'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>al-Uzza:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">al-Uzza, "the Strong One", was one of the most venerated Arab Deities, and the Goddess of the morning and evening star, Venus. She had a temple at Petra, and may well have been the patron Goddess of that city. Isaac of Antioch [a writer of the 5th century CE] calls Her Beltis ["Lady", a title shared by many other Semitic Goddesses], and Kaukabta, "the Star". He also says that women would invoke al-Uzza from the rooftops, a form of worship appropriate to a Star Goddess. St. Epiphanius of the 4th century CE calls <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>er the mother of Dusares, the local mountain God, calling her by the title Chaamu or Chalmous, meaning "young girl or virgin". She has connections with the acacia tree, and her sanctuary at Nakhlah had three acacias in which She was believed to descend. She has much in common with Ishtar and Astarte as Morning and Evening Star Goddesses—they all have aspects of both Love and War Goddess, and big cats were sacred to them. She is shown armed as a Bellatrix, standing before an acacia tree, with a caracal, or desert lynx. She was associated by the Greeks with their Aphrodite Urania, "Heavenly Aphrodite".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to ibn Jarir, "Uzza, the name for their idol al-Uzza from Allah's Name al-Aziz. al-Uzza was a tree on which the idolators placed a monument and curtains, in the area of Nakhlah, between Makkah and at-Ta'if. The Quraish revered al-Uzza.'' During the battle of Uhud, Abu Sufyan said, "We have al-Uzza, but you do not have al-`Uzza.'' Rasulullah replied, "Allah is Our Supporter, but you have no support.'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>al-Manat:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the way to Medina, not very far from Mecca and in the area of Mushallal near Qudayd. She is Ruler of Fate, Luck, and Fortune, and her name derived from the Arabic word maniya, “fate, destruction, doom, death”, or menata, “part, portion, that which is allotted”. She is a very ancient deity and her cult was widespread, though she was particularly worshipped as a black stone at Quidaid, near Mecca.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She is connected with the great pilgrimage [The tribes of Khuz'ah, Aws and Khazraj used to revere Manat. They used to announce Hajj to the Ka'ba from next to Manat], as her sanctuary was the starting point for several tribes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Aws and the Khazraj, as well as those Arabs among the people of Yathrib and other places who took to their way of life, were wont to go on pilgrimage and observe the vigil at all the appointed places, but not shave their heads. At the end of the pilgrimage, however, when they were about to return home, they would set out to the place where Manāt stood, shave their heads, and stay there a while. They did not consider their pilgrimage completed until they visited Manat.—[Book of Idols, pp 12–14]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She is known from Nabatean inscriptions, and tombs were placed under her protection, asking her to curse violators. She is accordingly a Goddess of Death, and Maniya [Death personified] is mentioned in poetry as actively bringing a person to her grave, holding out the cup of death. She is shown as an old woman with a cup, and the symbols at the bottom of her gown spell her name in Sabaic, M-n-t. The waning moon is shown over her head as the symbol of the Crone-Goddess of Death. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since the Quraish considered the Banatallah divine beings, they believed that the Qu'ran had placed them on the same level as God Himself. Thinking that Muhammad had accepted their goddesses as having equal status to Allah, the pagan Quraish bowed down to make the Salat with the Muslims and the bitter dispute seemed at an end. Because the Qu'ran appeared to have endorsed the piety of their fathers and to have abandoned its monotheistic message, they no longer saw Islam as a Sacrilegious Threat that could bring a catastrophe on the people of Mecca......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muslims were saved from oppression. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then after ten days Gabriel came and corrected where Muhammad made mistakes. He said- “O Muhammad, what have you done! You have recited to the people something which I have not brought you from God, and you have spoken what He did not say to you.” -[Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah, p. 166].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gabriel recite the whole sura [chapter] to Muhammad-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i> "Are yours the males and His the females?</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>That indeed were an unfair division!</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>They are but names which ye have named, ye and your fathers, for which Allah hath revealed no warrant. They follow but a guess and that which (they) themselves desire. And now the guidance from their Lord hath come unto them.</i></span>-[an-Najm 53:19-23].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"...................And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allah has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves. </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names, And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life".</i></span> -(53:26-29) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"..............Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt? This [Prophet] is a Warner like the former Warners. The Approaching Day has approached. Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover. Then at this statement do you wonder? And you laugh and do not weep While you are proudly sporting? So prostrate to Allah and worship [Him]".</i></span>-(53:55-62)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hearing all of these, Muhammad became afraid, then to comfort him, Gabriel brought these revelations and recite to him- <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"And their purpose was to tempt thee away from that which We had revealed unto thee, to substitute in our name something quite different; (in that case), behold! they would certainly have made thee (their) friend! And had We not given thee strength, thou wouldst nearly have inclined to them a little. In that case, We should have made thee taste an equal portion (of punishment) in this life, and an equal portion in death: and moreover thou wouldst have found none to help thee against Us!"</i></span> -[17:73-75].</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"But the ones who strove against Our verses, [seeking] to cause failure - those are the companions of Hellfire. And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.[That is] so He may make what Satan throws in a trial for those within whose hearts is disease and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension. And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allah the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.</i></span> -[22:51-54]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The above verses state that Satan [Jinn Iblis] able to read Human mind and can add something to their thinking even able to delete something from their mind. And he is not faithful in his promise- <i>"I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."</i> he promised to God when God cast him out from the Heaven. And now we came to know that he did not keep his promise. How does he? When we find that he made a false promise to Adam-Eve to seduce them to eat the forbidden fruits in the Garden of Eden, saying, "I am yours one of the benevolent?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en">Now, though Prophet Muhammad is the best of Mankind, yet he is Human not an Angel. And surely the Prophet knows better the limitations of Human. So he admitted his mistakes and <span class="">recited full sura to the</span> Quraish.</span> Consequently, the two verses that Satan cast in were expunged from the sura and replaced by others which declared that the three goddesses were figments of the Arabs' imagination and deserved no worship at all. (Muhammad: A Western Attempt to Understand Islam, Karen Armstrong, Chapter 6: the Satanic verses, p 108-133, 1991)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Quraish were very angry with this. They announce everywhere- 'Muhammad has gone back on what he said about the status of our gods relative to God, changed it and brought something else' or they say, ‘He again criticized our goddess".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muslims were under oppression twice as before.<b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Destruction of Banatallah</u>:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Soon after the Conquest of Mecca, Muhammad began to dispatch expeditions on errands aiming at eliminating the last symbols reminiscent of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jaheliyya</span> practices. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>al-Manat:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muhammad bin Ishaq said that ...Manat was near the coast, close to the area of Mushallal in Qudayd. The Prophet sent Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb or Ali ibn Abi Talib to demolish it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>al-Uzza:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He sent Khalid bin al-Walid in Ramadan 8 A.H. to Nakhlah to demolish the idol of the goddess al-Uzza that worshipped by the Quraish and Kinanah tribes, and guarded by custodians from Banu Shaiban. Khalid, at the head of thirty horsemen, arrived at the spot and destroyed the idol. Upon his return, prophet asked him if he had seen anything else there, to which Khalid replied, "No". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The prophet said, "Go back and finish your mission, for you have not finished it".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Khalid went back and when the custodians who were also its servants of al-Uzza saw him, they started invoking by calling al-Uzza! When Khalid approached it, he found a naked black woman whose hair was untidy and who was throwing sand on her head. Khalid killed her with the sword and went back to the Messenger of Allah, who said to him, "That was al-Uzza!" -[al-Sunan al-Sughra, as referenced in Tafsir ibn Kathir]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to ibn Hisham, ibn-'Abbas said: al-Uzza was a she-devil which used to frequent three trees in the valley of Nakhlah. When the Prophet captured Mecca, he dispatched Khalid ibn-al-Walid saying, "Go to the valley of Nakhlah; there you will find three trees. Cut down the first one."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Khalid went and cut it down. On his return to report, the Prophet asked him saying, "Have you seen anything there?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Khalid replied and said, "No."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Prophet ordered him to return and cut down the second tree.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He went and cut it down. On his return to report the Prophet asked him a second time, "Have you seen anything there?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Khalid answered, "No."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thereupon the Prophet ordered him to go back and cut down the third tree.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Khalid arrived on the scene he found an Abyssinian woman with dishevelled hair and her hands placed on her shoulder[s], gnashing and grating her teeth. Behind her stood Dubayyah al-Sulami who was then the warden of al-Uzza...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Turning to the woman, he dealt her a blow which severed her head in twain, and lo, she crumbled into ashes. He then cut down the tree and killed Dubayyah the warden, after which he returned to the Prophet and reported to him his exploit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thereupon the Prophet said, "That was al-Uzza. But she is no more. The Arabs shall have none after her. Verily she shall never be worshipped again."-[The Book of Idols, By Hisham Ibn-al-Kalbi, pages 25-26]<b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>al-Lat:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated, "al-Lat belonged to the tribe of Thaqif in the area of at-Ta'if. Banu Mu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'</span>attib were the custodians of al-Lat and its servants.'' I saw that the Prophet sent al-Mughirah bin Shu<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'</span>bah and Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb to destroy al-Lat. al-Mughirah ibn-Shu‘bah, destroyed her and burnt her temple to the ground and collected all the ornaments Lat we<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ared</span>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then when </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">l-L</span>at</span> was destroyed and burnt to the ground, Aws ibn-Hajar says to those who used to swear by a<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">l-L</span>at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"By al-Lat and al-'Uzza and those who in them believe,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>llah, verily He is greater than both."</i>-[al-Aghani vol x pp. 6-8; al-Shi'r w-al-Sh'ara', pp.99-102.]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Shaddad ibn-'Arid al-Jushami said warning the Thaq<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">if</span> saying-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>"Come not to al-Lat, for God hath doomed her to destruction;</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>How can you stand by one which doth not triumph?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Verily that which, when set on fire, resisted not the flames,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Nor saved her stones, is inglorious and worthless.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Hence when the Apostle in your place shall arrive</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And then leave, not one of her votaries shall be left."</i>-[Buldan vol iv pp 337-338; cf. Sirah, p.871]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Later, the ornaments that collected from al-Lat was spent to pay the blood debt of Orwa and al-Aswad by the order of the Prophet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>The End.</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># A man said,<i><b> <span style="color: blue;">"If this is the story then how you explain that the Qur'an says it cannot be tampered with and that Satan cannot interfere with the revelation process?."</span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">@ I said, do you actually understand what it meant by revelation process and what its length ie. from where the revelation process starts and where it ends?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The revelation process starts from the Mother Book and ends at the Heart of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the </span>Prophets. But what came out from the mouth of the prophets not within the revelation process that Qur'an means<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> as it says-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Certainly, Qur'an is an honored [book], In a Book well-guarded, None shall touch it save the purified ones.</i></span>-[56:77-79]. <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>[It is written] on honoured leaves, Exalted, purified, (Written) by the hands of scribes- [those are] Honourable and Pious and Just. -</i></span> [80:13-16]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom</i></span>.-[43:4] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended.</i></span>-[17:105]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)</i></span>-[2:185] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Certainly, it's the Word brought by an honored Messenger [Gabriel]</i></span>, [69:39]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Do you not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, you would surely have found therein Much discrepancy. </i></span>-[4:81] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>The Satans have not come down with this (Revelation): it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it). Surely they are far removed from the hearing of it.</i></span> -[26:210-212]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ie. whole Qur'an taken from the Mother Book spreaded in the sky of 4th Universe before the prophethood of Muhammad and then Gabriel brought down the verses to Muhammad as and when necessary basis for a period of 23 years-6 months. So it was necessary to protect Qur'an so that Jinns, the spirited creature may not hear the verses before it sent down to Muhammad. Because, before Qur'an sent down from the Unseen World to the materialistic world, Jinns used to sit in some place of the lower heaven (sky) in positions for hearing the conversation of the Angels. It is because there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the Jinn. Thus Qur'an says-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"....a group of the Jinn listened [reciting Qur'an] and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an. It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son And that our foolish one has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression. And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><br /></i></span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden. And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger]. And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames. And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.</i></span> [72:1-9] And these verses certified by God as-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>--Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars And as protection against every rebellious devil, [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].</i></span>-[37:6-10]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And certainly this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. The Faithful Spirit [Gabriel] has descended with it, upon the Messengers heart ...</i></span>. -[26:192-193]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you believe this? Qur'an says-<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"You will not believe in it until you see the grievous Penalty;" -</i></span>[26:201]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Humans are created free willed, yet Satan able to control them. Do you not see the strength of his words when he said to God- </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"Tell me, is this he whom Thou hast honored above me? If Thou shouldst respite me to the day of resurrection, I will most certainly cause his progeny to perish except a few.’</i></span>-[17:62] When one say so? Only when one <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">has the power to do such.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And God know very well what <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iblis <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">could</span> do to His <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">servants</span></span></span>. And it was already planned earlier<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> and recorded in the Mother Book before the birth of Iblis</span>. </span></span>None but the Prophets every de<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">tail<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> of their deeds</span> even every words they will say in their earthly life already been recorded. But i<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t was not known to Iblis. So God to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ld him the truth, He<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> sa<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">id to him</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;">, <span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>"Indeed, over My servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span></i></span>-[17:65]<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i> </i><span style="color: black;">So Satan immediately corrected himself<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> with an oath</span></span>,</span></span></span><i><span style="color: black;"> </span>"My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants." </i></span>-[15:39-40] But God knows he is a lair, Qur'an says,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise. -</i></span>[22:52]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">--This means Jinns are able to read Human mind and they can add to their thinking, even able to delete something from their mind, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>ven <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>e is not faithful in his promise as he- "I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants." did not keep this promise which he made to God. How do he keep his promise, when we find that he made a false promise to Adam-Eve to seduce them to eat the forbidden fruits in the Garden of Eden, saying, "I am yours one of the benevolent".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But God keeps his promise, what <span style="color: #134f5c;">Satan threw into, He abolishes that, then He makes precise His verses</span>" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Questioner then asked me,<span style="color: blue;"><i><b> "How do you know that none but the Prophets every details ie.their deeds and words are alr<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>ady bee<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n recorded?"</span></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I said<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, Human are created as free willed that means their deeds and words were not reco<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">rded in the Mother Book</span></span>. Two angels <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">recorded those during their life time. B<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ut for the case of Prophets, th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ose already recorded earlier and thus God says to Iblis- </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>"Indeed, over My servants there is for you no authority. And sufficient is your Lord as Disposer of affairs.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span></i></span>-[17:65] Again we have another proof from this Verse<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="color: red;">"If not for a decree from Allah that preceded, <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y</span>ou would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment".</span></span></b></i>-[8:68] </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>B</b></span>lack magic that makes impossible things to happen, the weird pronouncing of mantras, and chanting of spells, invoking of Jinns, the spirited Creature which coexists with us. But how many among us have really tried to delve into the depths of this "Obscure World" to know exactly what it is?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Traditionally, Black Art has referred to the use of Supernatural Powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes [J. Gordon Melton, ed. (2001). "Black Magic". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology]. black magic is the malicious and counterpart of benevolent white magic. Generally, black magic consider as dark art as it uses to harm others. Actually people do black magic for various purposes, Such as- to attract someone with eyes ie to get ones love, to keep someone bound in a palace, or bound someone to do as you wish, ie to control someone, to harm someone with curses and hexes, or to repel ones curses to him, to achieve immortality, or to communicate with dead's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Black magic is performed with powerful evil Jinn. So we have to know about this spirited creature. Who are those actually?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to the Quantum Physics, the world in which we live is a weird one. If we really want to observe any matter or a thing, we will find out that the matter is nothing but of energy and vibration, that radiates their own unique energy signature -this is in fact frequencies and that is the language of the matter. And this is the fundamental of Quantum Physics. Thus according to Quantum Physics, if you know the Language of the Matter,——you can give a thing to its existence to a non-existence. Similarly, to its non-existence to its existence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jinns, the spirited creature, that created from fire, actually created in a frequency that is beyond our visionary range [390-700nm] ie, by which the materialistic world made of. But they can frequently move both the ranges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, they know all the frequencies that makes the physical world, so they can take a form, and make themselves to be appeared like a shape or form, a shape of any living creature- that may be a bird, an animal or a human. ——the limitation of them is that the may take a shape, but can not convert themselves to that things. So they prefer to descent on living beings for communicate with them or their family. It will be more clear, if we try to understand, how the throne of Bilqis — the Queen of Sheba— brought in front of Solomon —from a distance more than several thousand miles — just in a second. It is written in the Qur'an-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>He [Solomon] said: O chiefs! which of you can bring to me her throne before they come to me in submission?<br />One audacious among the jinn said: I will bring it to you before you rise up from your place; and verily am strong and trusty for such work.<br />One who had the knowledge of the Book said: I will bring it to you in the twinkling of an eye.<br /><br />Then when he saw it settled beside him, he said: This is of the grace of my Lord that He may try me whether I am grateful or ungrateful; and whoever is grateful, he is grateful only for his own soul, and whoever is ungrateful, then surely my Lord is Self-sufficient, Honored</i></span>.-[al-Naml, 27:38-40]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How did a Jinn, who was one of the chief of Solomon do it?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Simple, he just change or convert the frequencies of the Throne —— to some frequencies that is beyond our visionary range and then in front of Solomon, return its original frequency for its existence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, as Jinns know the frequencies of all the matter, they can easily change the form, thus we find in the Qur'an as- "<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>He [Solomon] said: Alter her throne for her, we will see whether she follows the right way or is of those who do not go aright." </i></span>-(27:41)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And for this little alteration the wise Queen Biquis not demanded that it is her Throne, but she realize that it is hers. And this reactions reflected in her answers to Solomon which means both yes and no, viz- "<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>So when she came, it was said: Is your throne like this? She said: "It is as it were the same, and we were given the knowledge before it, and we were submissive. ...."</i></span>-(27:42)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other-hand, Prophet Solomon lost his Throne by the charisma of the Jinn Shakhr. He creates a frequency net surrounding his body, for this even his wife Amina failed to recognize and denied him as the king.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How the knowledge of Supernatural Power came to the Human Society?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the creation of our universe, God created Jinns from fire and let them live in our world. But they dissatisfy God with their deeds, So God made a plan and created Human from the clay. And Adam, the first man defeat angels with his knowledge. So God ordered them to prostrate Adam. All prostrate except Iblis [Iblis was not an angel but a Jinn and why he was there among the angels that is another story and not a part of this article]. He denied to prostrate because of his pride-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>First, </b>he was created from fire not from the rotten mud like Adam. So he is superior in creation, external shock or internally diseases can't harm him as his structure not fragile like Adam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Secondly</b>, his staying on Paradise founded on a firm base. After worshiping God for seven million yrs he achieved this position and what is Adam? He was made by mud taken from the earth and placed there among the angels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Third: </b>He is senior than Adam, he was created a long time ago, so he knows God better and worshiping Him long before Adam as his creator. So why would he worship him besides God?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Iblis, clearly knows that God did not order to worship Adam, but to prostrate a wise-Adam for the honor of Knowledge. But he hiding the main issue "KNOWLEDGE" highlight the issue-less one "ADAM". So he boldly said to God,<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i> "Never would I prostrate to a human whom You created out of clay from an altered black mud."<br />[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."<br />Iblis said,"My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."<br />[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved until the Day of the time well-known." </i></span>-[15:33-38]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before sending down to earth, Both Adam-Eve and Iblis Called by God. Iblis came laughing and God said to him, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"Descend from Paradise, for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased.<br />Iblis said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."<br />[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."<br />Iblis said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path. Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You].<br />[Allah] said, "Get out of Paradise, reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them -I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."</i></span>- [7:13-18]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then Adam-Eve brought to God by Gabriel, seeing them Iblis said: <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Tell me, is this he whom Thou hast honored above me? If Thou shouldst respite me to the day of resurrection, I will most certainly cause his progeny to perish except a few.’</i></span>-[17:62]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Adam-Eve both were weeping, G<i>od said to them, 'Go forth from paradise, and do penance, and do not let your hope fail, for I will send your son so that your seed shall lift the dominion of Satan from off the human race: for I will give all things to he who shall come, my Messenger.</i>'-[Gospel of Barnabas].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Iblis said, "I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change the creation of Allah ." </i></span>-[4:118-19] He Promised, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."<br /><br />[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight. "Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.</i></span> -[15:39-42] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And indeed, Hell is the promised place for them all.It has seven gates; for every gate is of them a portion designated."‘</i></span> -[15:43-44]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the above verses, it is clear that Jinns are able to mislead Human, able to arouse in them [sinful] desires, even they can command them. Qur'an says,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise. </i></span>-[22:52] --- This means Jinns are able to read Human mind and they can add to their thinking even able to delete something from their mind. Even He is not faithful in his promise- <i>"I will mislead them all. Except, among them, Your chosen servants."</i> as he did not keep this promise which he made to God. How do he keep his promise, when we find that he made a false promise to Adam-Eve to seduce them to eat the forbidden fruits in the Garden of Eden, saying, "I am yours one of the benevolent".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, we'd find Satan's dominion over worldly things in the "Sefra Abraham"- <b>God's heritage (the created world) is largely under the dominion of evil – i.e., it is "shared with Azazel"</b>-(Abraham, 20:5) And it is true that, long before the arrival of Human on earth, the devil jinn Azazel and his nation had been living in our universe. Thus, they were well introduced with all the objects and animals of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the arrival of the first humans on earth, Satan creates a conflict between the two brothers. And with his instigation, Cain killed Abel. Then he fled to the forest feared his father and moving around the forest with great disappointed, then he met Lilith (Lady Jinn ie fairy) who gives him shelter in their city. Cain got his knowledge of supernatural power from her. Thus, for the first time this knowledge secretly spread in a part of human society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Idolatry before Noah:</b> Once in the descendant of Seth, the son of Adam, Prophet Idris born. People came to him with presents so that they may get mercy of God through him. But when he suddenly disappeared (Idris refused come back from the Heaven when he goes to a trip to 4th sky [4th Universe] with Gabriel), the people began to return with their valuable gifts. At that time Iblis provoked his children to make his father's idols and emphasized on the benefits- First, they will be benefited financially with the precious gifts from the devotee and secondly, the devotee those will come down from the around will be get the grace and mercy of God through his father Idris. And thus Satan introduce the worship of idols for the first time in this world. But Jesus said this way-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Idolatry after Noah:</b> Every evil has entered into the world under the pretext of the elders. ..who made idolatry to enter into the world, if not the usage of the elders? To explain how the Idolatry enter into the world, he said, "There was a king who exceedingly loved his father, whose name was Baal.Whereupon, when the father was dead, his son for his own consolation, caused to be made an image like to his father, and set it up in the market-place of the city. And he made a decree that every one who approached that statue within a space of fifteen cubits should be safe, and no one any account should do him hurt. Hence the malefactors, by reason of the benefit they received therefrom, began to offer to the statue roses and flowers, and in a short time the offerings were changed into money and food, insomuch that they called it god, to honour it. Which thing from custom was transformed into a law, insomuch that the idol of Baal spread through all the world; -[Gospel of Barnabas, ch-32].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, introducing the world with idols and idolatry, devil Jinns spreaded mysticism and witchcraft in the human society through Pythia, the priestess of the idol [of god]. People came to Pythia to know the answer of such question that no man able to answer. Hearing from the conversation of the angels, devil Jinns reached them to the Priestess Pythia adding with them their own knowledge. The Prophet Muhammad's grandfather, Abdul Muttalib once seek advice from Pythia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Abdul Muttalib- this honored head of the family promised to sacrifice a son to the name of God. So he called all of his sons and reminds them of his promise. All of the sons agreed with his father to fulfill his promise. So Abdul Muttalib plays lottery on his 10 (ten) sons. And the lottery result shows the name of his most beloved son Abdullah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the particular date, people were assembled on the premises of Ka'ba to celebrate the sacrifice. But it was interrupted for the 1st time by the mother’s side of Abdullah. Then others from the gathering request Abdul Muttalib to abstain himself from this sacrifice. So Abdul Muttalib goes to goddess Pythia for her sayings. There were 360 gods and goddess placed inside Ka'ba for worship one a day of the Moon Year. Goddess Pythia was one of them and was widely credited for her prophecies ie if someone express his desire to the Pythia standing in a specified place of Ka'ba, he was answered. Thus it was said to Abdul Muttalib to draw a lottery between 10 (ten) camels and his son and if the result is camel then to sacrifice them. But if the result is his son, then continue the lottery with each time adding 10 (ten) camels till the desired result. Thus on the 10th draw of the lottery ie when the lottery draws between 100 (hundred) camels and his son Abdullah, he gets the desired result with the name camels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From that period, the price of human life (Blood Money) to be 100 (hundred) camels was the common practice. Till then, this system is defined as the law and was pursued even after the Prophethood of Muhammad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now the Question is- are the Jinns know the Future? If not, then how they would able to collect the information of Future? Actually, they were collected their information from the conversation of the angels. And we are sure of this from the verses of Qur'an. It says-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>Certainly, Qur'an is an honored [book], In a Book well-guarded, None shall touch it save the purified ones.-</i></span>[56:77-79]. <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>[It is written] on honored leaves, Exalted, purified, (Written) by the hands of scribes- [those are] Honorable and Pious and Just.</i></span>- [80:13-16]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.</i></span>-[43:4] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended.</i></span>-[17:105] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>[As] a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt? And make denial thereof .. </i></span>-[56:80-82]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)</i></span>-[2:185] <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And that which you do not see.<br /><br />Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until the emergence of dawn</i></span>.[97:1–5]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then Gabriel brought down the verses of that sent downed Qur'an to Muhammad as and when necessary basis for a long period of 23 years-6 months. So it was necessary to protect Qur'an so that Jinns, the spirited creature may not hear the verses before that sent down to Muhammad. Because, before Qur'an sent down from the Unseen World, Jinns used to sit in some place of the lower heaven (sky) in positions for hearing the conversation of the Angels. It is because there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the Jinn. Qur'an describes a conversation of some Jinns when they found the lower heaven is protected-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>"....a group of the Jinn listened [reciting Qur'an] and said, 'Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an. It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone.And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son And that our foolish one has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression. And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie.<br /><br />And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they [only] increased them in burden. And they had thought, as you thought, that Allah would never send anyone [as a messenger]. And we have sought [to reach] the heaven but found it filled with powerful guards and burning flames. And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him.</i></span> [72:1-9] And this verses certified by God as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>--Indeed, We have adorned the nearest heaven with an adornment of stars And as protection against every rebellious devil, [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness]</i></span>.-[37:6-10]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, in this way, the Jinns were spread mysticism and witchcraft among the people. However, mysticism ie knowing future there is another way which is called Geomancy. This knowledge was revealed for the first time in this world by the Prophet Idris. He learned it from the angel Gabriel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, Jesus knew Geomancy. When the Jewish scholars, brought a prostitute before him for a trial under sharia law, Jesus quickly counted with Geomancy, who the Jewish scholars have illicit relations with whom woman. And he wrote down in the ground quickly the names of the scholars associated with the name of the woman. After seeing it the scholars quickly leave the place one by one leaving the woman alone there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The question is, how Jesus learn Geomancy? Then, was it Gabriel who taught him? No, Gabriel need not frequently visit him, but only for particular event, viz, at the beginning of his prophethood, at the time of his ascending heaven etc. It is because Jesus not only identified as a prophet, but also a distinguished name "Word of God". This identification clearly certify that Gabriel need not to bring the Gospel to him but it came directly to his heart from God. It means at the very moment of his prophethood, his universal divine principle recognition system activated. And Geomancy is also that- "the art of divination, that based on the recognition of universal divine principle acting within the soul." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well anyway, then at the time of Moses', the magic spreaded in a larger scale among the people. But when the leader of the magicians Janni and Jambri defeated by Moses and they became Muslims, the practice of this knowledge decreases. But during the period of Solomon, it rises to a greater extent in the Babylon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The events that created by the magical effect, not without reason. The only difference is that here the reason kept unseen. The magicians makes an illusion to the audience with a kind of mesmarizom. A straight stick that partially submerged in the water looks curved, but it is straight when out of water. Again a surface may seen concave or convex when changing Lenses. All of these are delusions. Artists, magicians and their gang rely on this natural weakness of human and confused people with their own strategy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And not knowing the reason, the ignorant mass were considering the magic as sign and honoring the magicians as prophets. Even many believers do not understand the difference between miracles and magic and fell in clear error.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those who practices the magic, have no portion in the Hereafter. Thus unveil the nature of magic and magicians, God gives some knowledge of magic to the angels Harut-Marut. Because they were living among the Mankind as a punishment and they have no particular duties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If God wishes, He could engage messengers in this work. But for that people would more deceived by Satan. So God appointed a 3rd and neutral party Angels, to reflect the difference between prophets and wizards to ensure that their credibility may felt prudent among the people.Unfortunately, people who learn magic from Harut-Marut use them for bad purposes. Whereas, Harut-Marut never taught any without saying, "We are as a test for you, so do not disbelief".so that they may avoid confusion, may not practice magic and refrain themselves from following Magicians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They were taught from them which could result in separation of husband and wife, but could not harm anyone except by Allah's permission. So what they were learn would not bring any benefit but harm. However, due to the fallen angels, sorcery increases in a greater extent in the city Saba.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the other hand, magical effect causes a great embarrassment to Solomon. He lost his throne 40 days. And the devil shakhr sitting on his throne and ruling his state. Qur'an says,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And indeed We try Solomon and We placed on his throne Jasadan (a devil, so he lost his kingdom for a while) but he did return (to his throne and kingdom by the Grace of Allah and he did return) to obedience and in repentance. He said: "my Lord! Forgive me, and bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me. Verily, You are the Bestower."</i></span> -(38: 34-35)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Solomon lost his kingdom and the devil Shakhr on his Throne, great numbers from among mankind and the jinn renegaded and followed their lusts. He and his gang write down sorcery such as- whosoever wants to do such and such, he should stand facing the sun and say such and such. And, whosoever wants to do such and such, he should stand giving his back to the sun and say such and such." They gave the title of the book they wrote as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"This is what has been written by Asif ibn Barkhiya by the order of King Solomon ibn David: from the treasures of knowledge." Then, they buried it under Solomon's throne.Verily, Solomon was not knowledgeable about the Unseen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, after getting back the kingship and the kingdom, what Solomon did with the Jinn Shakhr, we do not know. However, we have known from the famous "Arabian Nights" or "Thousand and One Nights story" that- A genie who had displeased King Solomon and was punished by being locked in a bottle and thrown into the sea. Since the bottle was sealed with Solomon's seal, the genie was helpless to free himself, until freed many centuries later by a fisherman who discovered the bottle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Solomon, however, caught the angels Harut-Marut, the source of magic and prisoned them in a well in the city of Babylon, so that magic may not spread through them. They will remain there prisoned until the Day of Resurrection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After Solomon's death, however, the situation takes place in a different way. Satan established himself as an orator and said: "O people! Solomon was not a prophet; he was only a sorcerer! Go and seek his sorcery in his dwellings and luggage." And he led them to the buried "treasure". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then, when the book of magic came out under the throne of Solomon, the devil said, 'This Book is revealed to Solomon that he hid from us. With the help of this magical book he ruled his kingdom and ruled over the birds and the animals"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then the unbeliever among those were present there, said, "By Allah! Solomon was a sorcerer who subjected us through his magic." And the believer rejecting them said, "Nay, he was a faithful Prophet."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And such belief was common among Jews. Ar-Rabi ibn Anas said, “The Jews used to ask Prophet Muhammad about matters from the Torah, and every time they ask him, Allah reveals to him that with which he defeats and overcomes them. Thereupon, they said: Muhammad knows what has been revealed to us better than we do! Then, they asked him about sorcery and said Solomon, the son of David was a sorcerer and ruled with sorcery.”- with that. Allah revealed His Statement given below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Witch-crafting is Kuphar. So Qur'an denied that Solomon ruled by magic and uplift the true information of Harut-Marut, and the nature of their Magic in front the people. Qur'an says-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].<br /><br />And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut. But the two angels do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allah . And the people learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But the Children of Israel certainly knew that whoever purchased the magic would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew. </i></span>-[2:101-02]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And thus, when Prophet Muhammad established Solomon as a prophet, the Jews of Madina did not believe that. They said, "Amazingly Muhammad claims that Solomon Ibn Dawud was a Prophet, by Allah, he was nothing but a sorcerer".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Grand Grimoire or Gospel of Satan is a book of Black Magic written by Antonio Venitiana del Rabina’. Probably, Venitiana collected information from the original book of King Solomon. [Spence, Lewis (2006), "The Grand Grimoire,". An Encyclopaedia of Occultism. Cosimo Books. p. 188.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book also known as "The Red Dragon". It contains instructions purported to summon Lucifer, for the purpose of forming a Deal with the Devil. The original copy, probably in Haiti in the custody of a Voodoo practitioner. It is a book which claimed to be found under the throne of Solomon, after his death, it was withdrawn and was buried with him, which has been recovered from his tomb in 1750.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The work is divided into two books.The first book contains instructions for summoning a Jinn and for the construction of tools with which to force the Jinn to do ones bidding. The second book is further divided into two parts: the Sanctum Regnum and "Secrets, of the magic art of the Grand Grimoire".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Sactum Regnum contain instructions for making a pact with the devil, allowing one to command the Jinn without the tools required in book one, but at greater risk. Secrets contains simpler spells and rituals one can employ after having performed the ritual in the first book. Some editions contain a short text between these two parts, The Magic Secret, or the Grand Art of being able to speaking with the dead, dealing with necromancy.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nature of Modern Magic:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like its counterpart white magic, the origins of black magic can be traced to the primitive, ritualistic worship of spirits as outlined in Robert M. Place's 2009 book, Magic and Alchemy.[3] Unlike white magic, in which Place sees parallels with primitive shamanistic efforts to achieve closeness with spiritual beings, the rituals that developed into modern "black magic" were designed to invoke those same spirits to produce beneficial outcomes for the practitioner. Place also provides a broad modern definition of both black and white magic, preferring instead to refer to them as "high magic" (white) and "low magic" (black) based primarily on intentions of the practitioner employing them. He acknowledges, though, that this broader definition (of "high" and "low") suffers from prejudices as good-intentioned folk magic may be considered "low" while ceremonial magic involving expensive or exclusive components may be considered by some as "high magic", regardless of intent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During the Renaissance, many magical practices and rituals were considered evil or irreligious and by extension, "black magic" in the broad sense. Witchcraft and non-mainstream esoteric study were prohibited and targeted by the Inquisition. As a result, natural magic developed as a way for thinkers and intellectuals, like Marsilio Ficino, abbot Johannes Trithemius and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, to advance esoteric and ritualistic study (though still often in secret) without significant persecution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While "natural magic" became popular among the educated and upper classes of the 16th and 17th century, ritualistic magic and folk magic remained subject to persecution. 20th century author Montague Summers generally rejects the definitions of "white" and "black" magic as "contradictory", though he highlights the extent to which magic in general, regardless of intent, was considered "dark" or "black" and cites William Perkins posthumous 1608 instructions in that regard:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In particular, though, the term was most commonly reserved for those accused of invoking demons and other evil spirits, those hexing or cursing their neighbours, those using magic to destroy crops and those capable of leaving their earthly bodies and travelling great distances in spirit (to which the Malleus Maleficarum "devotes one long and important chapter"). Summers also highlights the etymological development of the term nigromancer, in common use from 1200 to approximately 1500, (Latin: Niger, black; Greek: Manteia, divination), broadly "one skilled in the black arts".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a modern context, the line between "white magic" and "black magic" is somewhat clearer and most modern definitions focus on intent rather than practice.[3] There is also an extent to which many modern Wicca and witchcraft practitioners have sought to distance themselves from those intent on practising black magic. Those who seek to do harm or evil are less likely to be accepted into mainstream Wiccan circles or covens in an era where benevolent magic is increasingly associated with new-age gnosticism and self-help spiritualism.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Practices and Rituals:</span></b><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“The lowest depths of black mysticism are well-nigh<br />as difficult to plumb as it is arduous to scale<br />the heights of sanctity. The Grand Masters of<br />the witch covens are men of genius - a foul genius,<br />crooked, distorted, disturbed, and diseased.”----------</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A. E. Waite provided a comprehensive account of black magic practices, rituals and traditions in The Book of Black Magic and Ceremonial Magic. Black magic practices and rituals include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>a). True name spells</b> - the theory that knowing a person's true name allows control over that person, making this wrong for the same reason. This can also be used as a connection to the other person, or to free them from another's compulsion, so it is in the grey area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>b). Immortality rituals</b> - from a Taoist perspective, life is finite, and wishing to live beyond one's natural span is not with the flow of nature. Beyond this, there is a major issue with immortality. Because of the need to test the results, the subjects must be killed. Even a spell to extend life may not be entirely good, especially if it draws life energy from another to sustain the spell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>c). Necromancy </b>- for purposes of usage, this is defined not as general black magic, but as any magic having to do with death itself, either through divination of entrails, or the act of raising the dead body, as opposed to resurrection -for the purpose of divination, imparting the means to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge, or to use the deceased as a weapon. Rituals could be quite elaborate, involving magic circles, wands, talismans, and incantations..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Necromancy sometimes at the beginning may sacrificed a human or animal as rituals, then monitoring the intestinal development of the sacrificed animal Oracle's gives her prophecy or the witches presents the soul of the dead. [eg in the ancient, getting the oracular prophecy from pythia they monitored the sacrificial animals after its bath to get the message ie. to make sure that, it shivered from the hooves upward, which was considered as a good sign to proceed to get the oracular mressage. then after sacrifice they observed its organ, particularly liver to be sure it's a good sign], We have seen this in the Bible that Saul came to a witch of Oyin-Dor for this purpose. The witch then present to him the soul of Samuel, And Saul talk with the soul of Samuel. Bible says-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.<br /><br />Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. </i></span>-[1 Samuel 28:15-19]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the sharia law of Moses, Black Magic, witchcraft, Spell Casting, Sorcery were prohibited and its practitioners were ordered to kill. It was told:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>--A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them</i></span>.-[Leviticus, 20:27]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>--‘Do not allow a sorceress to live.’ </i></span>-Exodus 22:18</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Bible what we have to day, informed us, Saul being a prophet, he ignored the commandments of God and come to awitch. And for this, he did not get the death penalty, since he was holding the highest offices of the state, but God the Just himself sentenced him asper what Samuel said during conjuration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, what to say about Necromancy? It is that its practitioner believe that they can do three kinds of job with the help of it: Will manipulation, Illusions, and Knowledge:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>i). Will manipulation</b> affects the mind and will of another person, animal, or spirit Jinns are summoned to cause various afflictions on others, "to drive them mad, to inflame them to love or hatred, to gain their favor, or to constrain them to do or not do some deed."-[Kieckhefer 2011, pp. 159–162.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ii). Illusions</b> involve reanimation of the dead or conjuring food, entertainment, or a mode of transportation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>iii). Knowledge</b> is allegedly discovered when Jinns provide information about various things. This might involve identifying criminals, finding items, or revealing future events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The act of performing necromancy usually involved magic circles, conjurations, and sacrifices such as those shown in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Circles were usually traced on the ground, though cloth and parchment were sometimes used. Various objects, shapes, symbols, and letters may be drawn or placed within that represent a occult ideas. Circles were believed to empower and protect what was contained within, including protecting the necromancer from the conjured Jinns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Conjuration is the method of communicating with the Jinns to have them obeying orders. It usually employs the power of special words and stances to call out the Jinns and often incorporated the use of verses from Holy Books. These conjurations may be repeated in succession or repeated to different directions until the summoning is complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-Sacrifice was the payment for summoning; though it may involve the flesh of a human being or animal, it could sometimes be as simple as offering a certain object. Instructions for obtaining these items were usually specific. The time, location, and method of gathering items for sacrifice could also play an important role in the ritual. -[Kieckhefer 2011, pp. 159–162.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>d). Curses and hexes</b> - a curse can be as simple as wishing something bad would happen to another, through a complex ritual.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Basics of Black Magic Rituals:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ritual one use to perform black magic will depend on his desired outcome. There are different rituals for everything from casting a spell to gain wealth to raising the dead from their graves. Most rituals involve the following elements:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>i). Site selection: </b>A site is chosen for casting the curse or spell. The site should be calm and quite place, as Jinns suffers a lot to present them in a noisy place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ii). Day and time selection:</b> Like place, day and time are important too. Select a day Saturday, or Tuesday, and time is better for mid night or midday of a new moon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>iii). Drawing a pentagram:</b> A circle is drawn on the casting site, and a pentacle is drawn inside the circle. This is called a circle of power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>iv). Collecting necessary things: </b>Candles, herbs, crystals, charms, and other materials are employed to help draw out the spirits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Besides this, animal that connected with evil such as black dogs, especially those have two white spots over the eyes, Goats, sheep, camels, helmet, spike fish, horses, donkeys, mules [Balaama bin Baora's ass saw the angel Gabriel and was sitting in the middle of the road. Bible, Numbers, X: 2130] etc used as black magic items. Because, these animals can recognize the presence of Jinns, the spirited creature, and Jinns also descend on them easily. However, communicating with the soul of dead needs a dead body, lives a long needs alive man and to witchcraft needed hair or nails of the person, and some other accessories. In all cases, however, all things must be completely clean and pure. And for casting spell or Hex, sometimes it is necessary to make an Puppet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The black dog figures prominently in magic. Its satanic connections mean that harming it may bring injury or misfortune to the perpetrator (Hedayat, p. 138; Massé, Croyances, p. 197). It is also believed that Dogs able to see Jinns and Fairies (Thompson, motif E421.1.3), and able to cast out danger and evil. According to a tradition related on the authority of Ali ibn. Abi Talib, when Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise Satan came to the beasts of the earth and encouraged them with violent cries to attack and devour the couple; his spittle flew out of his mouth, and God fashioned a male and a female dog from it. The male was sent to guard Adam and the female to protect Eve. The enmity between the dog and wild animals was thus initiated (Damiri, II, p. 298; Jazaʾeri, pp. 57-58; Abbas Qomi, II, P488; Haʾeri, XXV, p. 99; cf. Persian Rivayats, ed. Unvala, I, p. 256). Wearing the canine teeth of a rabid dog on the forearm or carrying the tongue of a black dog would ward off attacks by rabid animals; hanging the teeth of a dog around the neck of a teething child would facilitate the process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The brain of a whelp might be used in Magic Rituals (Hedayat, p. 116; Masse, Croyances, p. 314). Pouring diluted dog’s milk on the head of the bewitched and fumigating a house suspected of bewitchment with smoke from the dung of a white dog have been considered strong apotropaics in this century (Donaldson, pp. 160-61). Dogs were also believed able to procure the potent mandrake (mehr-giah) root (cf. sagkan “uprooted by dogs,” one of the Persian names for the mandrake; Hedayat, p. 122; Katiraʾi, p. 354; cf. Penzer, III, pp. 153, 158; Frazer, II, p. 381; Mohammad bin Mahmud Tusi, p. 326; Ginzberg, V, p. 298; Balazi, p. 217).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pre-Islamic ritual of Sagdid was also reinterpreted and rationalized by some Muslim authors. Jahez (I, p. 375, II, p. 289; cf. Mohammad b. Mahmud Tusi, p. 583), for instance, explained that the reason Zoroastrians exposed their dead to dogs was that the animals’ sharp sense of smell would permit them to ascertain whether indeed the persons had died or were merely unconscious (for mistaken attribution of sagdid to the Romans, rather than the Zoroastrians, see Abbas Qomi, II, p. 487; Damiri, II, p. 252). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A number of practices connected with Sympathetic Magic involved dogs or things associated with dogs in efforts to cause conflict in or ruin a household (ibn Boktisuʿ, fol. 94a; Tonokaboni, p. 222; for a story connecting dogs with drunkenness, see Moḥammad b. Mahmud Tusi, pp. 323-24; Fozuni, p. 476; cf. Ḥaseb Ṭabari, pp. 39, 207).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>v). Recite or Casting Spell: </b>Spells are words of power and shall be according to the particular outcome. And must be repeated three times. Then wait as you are until the candle fully burnout.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to perform Black Magic:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aside from conducting a classic black magic ritual, there are other ways to perform black magic. Placing a curse or hex is done as a way to bring ill fortune to another person, or to make them do what you want them to do. Be very careful about using curses and hexes. It's up to you to determine whether your reasons for wanting to bring misfortune to another person are valid. You must use your power wisely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Awakening the forces of darkness can be a serious move and should not be done lightly. The threefold law (Wiccan Rede) states that what you put forth comes back to you threefold. Do you feel so strongly about using black magic that you're willing to suffer should the magic come back to harm you? Be sure that the outcome you are hoping to obtain is completely worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This powerful symbol is present during most black magic rituals. It is traditionally drawn in the ground using a wand hewn from a hazel tree. You may use a stick or another implement to draw the symbol if hazelwood isn't available. Choose a strategic location that will give your spell the best chance to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">--Spirits will have a harder time visiting a location that's populated by a lot of people, so choose a place in the woods or another area not frequently visited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once inside, gather your concentration and energy. You will need all the energy within you to complete the spell. Don't let yourself get distracted. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each spell has different words of power that are recited to achieve the outcome you want. If you are summoning a demon or some other spirit, you must learn its true name before the spell will work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is no one spell that will work to bring true love, give you immortality, and so on. Do research to find a spell, or write your own if you'd like. It is better to find a good Grimoire (Actually, Grimoires contain a mix of spells, conjurations, natural secrets and ancient wisdom. Some best Grimoires are- The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, The Clavicule of Solomon, Petit Albert, The Book of St Cyprian, Dragon rouge, The Book of Honorius, The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, The Magus, The Necronomicon, Book of Shadows, etc)।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And for Hex you need to make a Poppet. So choose a piece of black cloth and cut two layers in the shape of a small person. The shape should look vaguely similar to the person on whom you want to place a hex. Sew the edges together but leave the top of the head unsewn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">--Your poppet should be created from all natural materials. Avoid using polyester fabric or other man-made fabrics; black magic is not as easily conducted through manmade materials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fill it up with earth, a few powerful crystals, and hair and nail clippings from the person you want to hex. Sew up the head to close the poppet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Draw a circle using chalk or a stick, then draw a pentagram inside it. Alternately, you may draw a sacred circle on a piece of paper large enough to stand on. Light candles around the circle before you step inside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To cast a binding spell and prevent the person from taking actions, repeat "I bind your feet from bringing you to harm me. I bind your hands from reaching out to harm me. I bind your mouth from spreading tales to harm me. I bind your mind from sending energy to harm me." Say this while wrapping the poppet in black ribbon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To cast a love spell over someone you desire, say the words, "Light the flame -Bright the fire -Red is the color -Of desire."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let the candles burn down. Once they have burned completely, the hex has been cast.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Conclusion: </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end, what do we say? Actually, Black magic in general is the least stable of the schools—and the easiest to reverse on the caster. it should be remind. And the rules are described earlier, yet we remind you again some instructions of those steps:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Moon phase:</b> Half or quarter At Most (any more and you risk harming your target or yourself)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mental imagery: Anger, annoyance, frowning faces, distrustful faces, broken chain links, cold, red and black</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Where to cast:</b> Indoors. Casting outdoors increases the risk assigning the spell to the wrong person. Make sure the moon is in full view the whole time, and that you are absolutely alone. Casting the spell with an accidental listener could have serious consequences for everyone involved. Use a black candle with this spell, but only one. viz-</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'I need revenge<br />On this black day<br />To make my troubles go away<br />A curse, a pox, a chanted hex<br />Any one should do to make you, (target),<br />understand he hurting caused by you'.</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Serious problems of casting spells should be mediated by non-magical authorities, like the court system or the police. You also risk incurring the Rule of Three if you overdo the spell, or if you use it in a way inconsistent with the general use of black magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"># <span style="color: #0b5394;">"Bro, what is the way of healing from the malevolent powers of Black Magic?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look, everything has a remedy, thus for magic. It is said that magic used to repel magic. Do you not know how Moses defeat Magician Janni and Jambri? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the ancient, people uses Black magic and they finds a way to resists them according to their belief. Ancient Sumerians believed that Lilith is the cause of curses, Evil Eye, poseses Jinns, black magic etc. In Sumerian language Lil means both Air and Breath. On the other-hand, as the elements of the Air and the sole are synonymous, in Hebrew, Lilith [Lamed (L), Yod (I), Lamed (L), Vav (O), Tau (Th)] pronunciation Liloth, which means spirited beings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Jews also believe that Lilith is the night Demon Jinns preyed on women especial those who were pregnant or had just given birth and also to infants. So they write incantation bowl and put them in the four corners of the maternity room to keep Lilith away. - One of the bowls accuses “Hablas the Lilith, “striking boys and girls”-(ibid, 168). Or, it may says, “(Lilith) destroys and kills and tears and strangles and eats boys and girls” -(ibid, 193). The bowls’ purpose was usually to exorcise demon Jinns from the house or from the body of the clients named on the bowls, or to turn back malevolent magic that others had practiced against the clients. The drawing of the bound Lilith appears in the center of the bowl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bowl-texts accuse the Lilith of haunting people in dreams at night or visions of the day. One text describes the Lilith “(Lilith) who appear to human beings, to men in the likeness of women and to women in the likeness of men, and they lie with all human beings at and during the day”-(Montgomery 117). Thus one prominent characteristic of the Lilith is that they attack people in the sexual and reproductive realm of life. It is no wonder, therefore, that some of the bowl-incantations employed the language of divorce to rid people of the Lilith.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An Amulet for Protection against <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lilith</span> written for the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">safety</span> of Bahram-Gushnasp, the son of Ishtar-Nahid family as-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> all you demons and devils and liliths,<br />by that hard and strong, mighty and powerful bond<br /> with which are tied Sison and Sisin....<br /><br />The evil Lilith, who causes<br /> the hearts of men to go astray and appears<br /> in the dream of the night and in the vision of the day,<br />Who burns and casts down with nightmare,<br /> attacks and kills children, boys an girls.<br /><br />She is conquered and sealed away<br /> from the house and from the threshold of<br /> [Bahram-Gushnasp, the son of Ishtar-Nahid]<br />by the talisman of Metatron, the great prince<br /> who is called the Great Healer of Mercy....<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span>ho vanquishes demons and devils,<br /> black arts and mighty spells and keeps them away<br /> from the house and threshold of<br /> [Bahram-Gushnasp, the son of Ishtar-Nahid].<br />Amen, Amen, Selah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vanquished are the black arts and mighty spells.<br /> Vanquished the bewitching women,<br /> they, their witchery and their spells,<br /> their curses and their invocations,<br /> and kept away from the four walls of the house of<br /> [Bahram-Gushnasp, the son of Ishtar-Nahid].<br /><br />Vanquished and trampled down are the bewitching women --<br /> vanquished on earth and vanquished in heaven.<br />Vanquished are their constellations and stars.<br /> Bound are the works of their hands.<br />Amen, Amen, Selah." - [Persian Incantation Bowl tr. by R. Patai]<br /><br />Rabbi Óanina (b. Shab. 151b) refers to the sexual danger that the Lilith constitutes for men: Thus the injunction that a man be forbidden to sleep alone in a house, “It is forbidden to sleep in a house alone, and whoever sleeps in a house alone, a Lilith seizes him.”<br /><br />Lilith attempted intercourse with Adam before the creation of Eve, and after the creation of Eve she fled and ever after has plotted to kill newborn children. She dwells in the “cities of the sea” and at the end of days God will make her dwell in the ruins of Rome (Tishby).<br /><br />The traditional depiction of Lilith from ancient Mesopotamia through medieval Kabbalah presents an antitype of desired human sexuality and family life. Lilith not only embodies people’s fears of how attraction to others can ruin their marriages, or of how risky childbearing and raising children are, but also represents a woman whom society cannot control—a woman who determines her own sexual partners, who is wild and unkempt, and who does not have the natural consequences of sexual activity, children.<br /><br />Accordingly, we find widespread observance of a rite recommended by the Zohar, the purpose of which was to keep Lilith away from the marriage bed: “In the hour when the husband enters into union with his wife, he should turn his mind to the holiness of his Lord and say: ‘<br /><br />In the Zohar Lilith’s demonic sexuality comes especially to the fore. She attempts to seduce men and use their seed to create bodies for her demonic children. The Zohar recommends the performance of a special ritual before sexual intercourse between husband and wife, in which the husband should turn his mind to God and say,--<br /><br />“Veiled in velvet, are you here?<br />Loosened, loosened (be your spell)!<br />Go not in and go not out!<br />Let there be none of you and<br />nothing of your part!” -(Scholem 1965:157)<br /><br />Similarly, in Islam, it is advice to recite this before intercourse with <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his </span>wife " بِسْمِ اللَّهِ ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ ، وَجَنِّبْ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا" -Bukhari, 6388; Muslim, 1434. Again, with ref to the prophet a hadith says- “If one of you says this before intercourse with his wife -" بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبْ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا " and if children are fixed in their fate, they will never be harmed by the Satan ie. Satan never captured them fully in his grip. Some interpret this لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ أَبَدًا as Satan never defeat them, never able to turn them out of faith.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now</span>, what happened to them, those forget to recite before the intercourse due to excitement?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or, W</span>hat shall be the fate of those children, those are going to illuminate their houses? Don't worry, there are solutions for their loving child. According to the Alphabet of Ben Sira, Lilith empowered on babies for sons<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- </span>eight days after the birth, (Why do the Torah dictated that the babies shall be circumcised on the eighth day?) and for the daughter twenty days. So, to protect child from the evil after their birth, people write on papers or potteries the name of Gabriel, Michael and Azrael or draw any of their identification mark on them for the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">safeties</span> of the child from the hands of Lilith.<br /><br />There are many ways to keep your child safe, remember Hanna, the Grand mother of Jesus,what she said after the born of Mary, the mother of Jesus? She said, "And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah ]." -[3:36]<br /><br />Lilith accept him as her worshiper who lit two candles in the evening on both sides of her statue. The Jewish and Christian religious preceptors put all her idol under destruction for decades after decades considering her as extreme evi. As far as is known, Lilith let not live for very long of her worshiper. According to David Barnet, to protect oneself from her evil, a devotee practice prayed to her as-<br /><br />Great is the daughter of Heaven who tortures babies<br />Her hand is a net, her embrace is death<br />She is cruel, raging, angry, predatory<br />A runner, a thief is the daughter of Heaven<br /><br />She touches the bellies of women in labor<br />She pulls out the pregnant women's baby<br />The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers<br />With no child of her own.<br /><br />Her head is a lion's head<br />Her body is a donkey's body<br />She roars like a lion<br />She constantly howls like a demon-dog.<br /><br />It is considered that the dog is associated with the devils. The Prophet Moḥammad (and later Yusof bin Ḥajjaj) was said to have ordered to be put to death of black dogs, especially those with two spots (Noqtatayn) over their eyes (Meybodi, III, p. 31; Jahez, I, pp. 262, 291-93, II, pp. 153, 293, IV, p. 295; Ebn Qotayba, II, p. 81; Hosri, p. 184; Zamaksari, III, p. 451; Balʿami, ed. Bahar, pp. 987-88; Damiri, II, pp. 288-89; cf. Rageb, II, p. 665; Donaldson, p. 159; Rudkin).<br /><br />The black dog figures prominently in magic. Its satanic connections mean that harming it may bring injury or misfortune to the perpetrator (Hedayat, p. 138; Massé, Croyances, p. 197). In Khorasan it is believed that he who kills a dog will lose a child or experience seven years of bad luck (Sakurzada, p. 321). Such beliefs may at least partly reflect pre-Islamic taboos against harming dogs, reinterpreted to conform to the Islamic association of the animal with evil. For example, by the 9th century Zoroastrian concern for the welfare of dogs had already come to be viewed as an attempt to avert the Evil Eye. Amr b. Baḥr Jahez (II, p. 131; cf. Zamaksari, III, p. 452) reported that the Persians, fearing the evil eye, did not eat in front of animals, especially dogs. In at least one Shi'ite source this prohibition was attributed to Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib (Ḥa'eri, XXV, p. 100); nevertheless, according to one tradition, Imam Ḥasan was seen eating in front of a dog, to which he gave a piece of bread for each piece that he ate himself (Abbas Qomi, II, p. 488; cf. Bayhaqi, V, p. 189). According to folk belief, withholding food from a Watching Dog causes bulimia (maraz-e ju; Hedayat, pp. 138-39, cf. Masse, Croyances, p. 205). Bess Allan Donaldson (p. 159) reported that Persians do not allow dogs near them at mealtime for fear of their evil breath.<br /><br />The pre-Islamic ritual of Sagdid was also reinterpreted and rationalized by some Muslim authors. Jahez (I, p. 375, II, p. 289; cf. Mohammad b. Mahmud Tusi, p. 583), for instance, explained that the reason Zoroastrians exposed their dead to dogs was that the animals’ sharp sense of smell would permit them to ascertain whether indeed the persons had died or were merely unconscious (for mistaken attribution of sagdid to the Romans, rather than the Zoroastrians, see Abbas Qomi, II, p. 487; Damiri, II, p. 252).<br /><br />Dogs are believed able to see Jinns and Fairies (Thompson, motif E421.1.3), and this belief figures in some prophetic traditions (Damiri, II, pp. 257, 288-90; Zamaksari, II, p. 579, III, p. 451; cf. Donaldson, pp. 36, 45, 159; Penzer, II, p. 117). It may have given rise to stories of the animals’ forecasting the rise and fall of great men (see, e.g., Mohammad b. Mahmud Tusi, p. 497, on the demise of Nezam-al-Mulk). They were also believed to served as mounts for witches (Damiri, II, p. 259).<br /><br />A number of practices connected with Sympathetic Magic involved dogs or things associated with dogs in efforts to cause conflict in or ruin a household (ibn Boktisuʿ, fol. 94a; Tonokaboni, p. 222; for a story connecting dogs with drunkenness, see Moḥammad b. Mahmud Tusi, pp. 323-24; Fozuni, p. 476; cf. Ḥaseb Ṭabari, pp. 39, 207).<br /><br />Belief in the evil nature of the dog is expressed in such superstitions as that seeing a dog first thing in the morning is a bad omen and that passing between two dogs brings bad luck (Sakurzada, p. 321; Masse, Croyances, p. 289). Dogs were also to be avoided if one were wearing certain charms, for their gaze or proximity would nullify the effects (Moḥammad b. Maḥmūd Tusi, p. 148). In the village of Kohnak in Kuzestan a more widespread belief that throwing water on a cat will cause warts on the hands has been extended to the dog (Karimi, p. 44).<br /><br />It is also belief that the dog can cast out danger and evil. According to a tradition related on the authority of Ali ibn. Abi Talib, when Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise Satan came to the beasts of the earth and encouraged them with violent cries to attack and devour the couple; his spittle flew out of his mouth, and God fashioned a male and a female dog from it. The male was sent to guard Adam and the female to protect Eve. The enmity between the dog and wild animals was thus initiated (Damiri, II, p. 298; Jazaʾeri, pp. 57-58; Abbas Qomi, II, P488; Haʾeri, XXV, p. 99; cf. Persian Rivayats, ed. Unvala, I, p. 256). Wearing the canine teeth of a rabid dog on the forearm or carrying the tongue of a black dog would ward off attacks by rabid animals; hanging the teeth of a dog around the neck of a teething child would facilitate the process.<br /><br />The brain of a whelp might be used in Magic Rituals (Hedayat, p. 116; Masse, Croyances, p. 314). Pouring diluted dog’s milk on the head of the bewitched and fumigating a house suspected of bewitchment with smoke from the dung of a white dog have been considered strong apotropaics in this century (Donaldson, pp. 160-61). Dogs were also believed able to procure the potent mandrake (mehr-giah) root (cf. sagkan “uprooted by dogs,” one of the Persian names for the mandrake; Hedayat, p. 122; Katiraʾi, p. 354; cf. Penzer, III, pp. 153, 158; Frazer, II, p. 381; Mohammad bin Mahmud Tusi, p. 326; Ginzberg, V, p. 298; Balazi, p. 217).<br /><br />It is related that the Prophet dreamed that a spotted dog was lapping his blood; upon awakening he interpreted the dream as a harbinger of the martyrdom of his grandson Ḥosayn at the hands of a man suffering from vitiligo (Damiri, II, p. 255). In Persian folklore howling dog (Sakurzada, p. 321; Hedayat, p. 138; Masse, Croyances, p. 191; Tahbaz, p. 71; Karimi, p. 44; Azami Sangesari, 1349 S/1970b, p. 53; Danesvar, II, p. 230; Enjavi, 1352-54 S/1973-75, I, p. 10; Tawakkoli, p. 71), represents not only death but also earthquakes and pestilence (Donaldson, p. 159).<br /><br />Some belief that dog is associated with weather conditions and that led to a number of magical practices aimed at improving the latter. In Shiraz the first snowfall is called “Dog Snow” (Barf-e Sag), and it is believed that no one should eat it (Faqiri, p. 71). In Korram Darra in Azerbaijan, for instance, a ritual called Sag-Davani (running the dog) is aimed at halting cold weather and blizzards. The inhabitants find and surround a dog, chasing and beating it until it is completely exhausted; having driven it away, they believe they have also cast out cold weather (Enjavi, 1352-54 S/1973-75, II, p. 9).<br /><br />In the book of Tobit, we find a righteous man Tobit, who became blinded by the birds dropping which fall into his eyes when he was asleep in the open at night. And the mans brothers daughter Sara, who was praying for her death in despair, because the demon Jinn of lust, Asmodeus, abducts and kills his Husband every time on her wedding night before the marriage consummate and she married seven times. God sends an Angel, who appeared as a human, to heal Tobit and to free Sara from the demon Jinn.<br /><br />The Angel told Tobias, the son of Tobit to catch a big fish and to collect its heart, liver and gall bladder. Then when Tobias asked him to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish, the angel answered, ” the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, you will make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed. And as for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.”<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As far as we know, Prophet Muhammad was bewitched. Narrated Hisham's father: Ayesha said, "Rasulullah was bewitched, so he invoked Allah repeatedly requesting Him to cure him from that magic spell." Hisham then narrated - "Allah's Messenger was affected by magic [A spell was put on], so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not do, and he invoked his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he said, “Do you know that Allah has shown me in what lies my cure?"<br /><br />Ayesha said, "O Rasulullah! What's that?"<br />He said, "Two men came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet. One of them said to the other, ‘What is ailing the man?’<br />He said: ‘He has been bewitched.’<br />He said: “Who has bewitched him?’<br />He said: ‘Labid ibn al-A’sam.’<br />He said, ‘With what?’<br />He said: ‘With a comb, the hair that is stuck to it, and the skin of pollen of a male date palm'.<br />He said: ‘Where is it?’<br />He said, ‘In the well of Dharwan.’”<br /><br />"So the Prophet along with some of his companions went there and came back saying, "O 'Ayesha, the color of its water is like the infusion of Henna leaves. The tops of the date-palm trees near it are like the heads of the devils."<br /><br />I said: “Did you take it out?”<br />He said: “No. Allah has healed me."<br />I asked. "O Rasulullah, why did you not show it (to the people)?"<br />He said, "Since Allah cured me, I disliked to let evil spread among the people." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then he ordered that the well be filled up with earth -[see al-Bukhari, 3268; Muslim, 2189].<br /><br />And according to some- the Prophet went to the well and collect that from it and when unknotted the hair, he cured. Then Gabriel came after a long time [nearly 6 months] with two suras namely Sura al-Falaq and Sura an-Nas and informed the Prophet what had happened.<br /><br />The story was as follows- A Jewish boy Labid ibn al-A’sam used to work of the Prophet. And he was able to collect one of his comb. He brought the comb to his home. Then the daughters of the A'sam family collect a hair from it and knotted with eleven knots. Each knott blown up with the mantra after needle attached to it. Labid then affixed the whole with membrane of a date fruit and left it abandoned in the Well of Dharwan.<br /><br />The Revealed Suras are-<br /><b>al-Falaq</b> (The Daybreak):<br /><br />"I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak,<br />From the evil of that which He created<br />And from the evil of darkness when it settles<br />And from the evil of the blowers in knots<br />And from the evil of an envier when he envies."-[113:1-5]<br /><br /><b>an-Nas </b>(The Mankind):<br />"I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,<br />The Sovereign of mankind.<br />The God of mankind,<br />From the evil of the retreating whisperer -<br />Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -.<br />From among the jinn and mankind."- [114:1-6]<br /><br />According to some- Angel Jibra’il [Gabriel] informed the Prophet as to what had occurred and came down with the two Surah's, namely Surah al-Falaq and Surah an-Nas. Then the Prophet together with the Companions went to the well and removed the knotted hair. As each verse was recited, the knots untied miraculously. At the eleventh knot, he was relieved from the effects of this black magic. -[Ibn Kathir. for more details of this event see hadiths al-Bukhari, Vol-7, Book 71, No. 660, 61].<br /><br />Again, it can be said about the surah al-Falaq and al-Nas that the importance of these two revealed surahs are doubtlessly many. Surah Al-Falaq directs how to seek Divine protection against worldly calamities, and Surah An-Nas tells the way to seek Divine protection against the calamities of the Hereafter. Hafez ibn Kayum said- "The benefits and blessings of these two chapters and the people's need towards them is such that no human can become independent of them. These chapters have great effect in removing (the effects of) magic, witchcraft, evil eye and all spiritual and physical calamities."<br /><br />Further more, Imam Jafar Sadiq has given his opinion that another sura [a chapter] of the Qur'an works against evil Spirit. He says, "One who recites Surah al-Jinn many a time will never suffer from the evil eye, magic, and ploys of the Jinn and magicians but will accompany Muhammad. O Lord! I believe in none besides him and I will never turn toward anyone but him.”<br /><br /># <span style="color: blue;"> "Bro, people want to change their fate, is there any option using Mantras/Spells?"</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What to answer to such a stupidic demand? Hahaha......, people are amazing. So I have to answer, "Why not? Just stand in the middle of a pentagram and then read a Mantra like the following with proper rules and rituals and... it will be."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">”The world is gray, the sky is black</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I need some of my poor luck back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although I’ve worked so very hard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On bent and hobbled knees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If fate could make sure my next card</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Has fortune, I’d be pleased</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And though I don’t ask out of greed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Believe me when I say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Any luck you give to me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Will be used in the best way.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Hahaha...... where you find this? Hahaha...."</span><br />
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-72641404098013439282016-09-30T11:11:00.001-05:002017-01-04T07:59:16.125-06:00Pope Benedict XVI: The Critique Reactions to the Popes comment. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>E</b></span>ach religion has certain rituals which deeply involved with the religious beliefs. The base of this religious beliefs are on authentic scriptures, religious personalities and on the history and <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">culture</span>. The Prophets<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, those are th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e religious personalities, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">accepting</span></span></span> unlimited sacrifice and sufferings, try to </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to establish truth, justice, and beneficial laws removing all prejudic<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e and falsehood for t<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">he </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">welfare</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of</span> the society through the ages.Those prophets personally followed th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ose laws</span> and selflessly invited <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">derailed</span> people <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">to the right path under his <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">guidance</span> for their salvation. </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" tabindex="-1"><span class="">Therefore</span><span class="">,</span> celebrating legitimate <span class="">ceremonies such as birth day, death anniversaries etc</span> in memory of
these great men of honor are consider normal and never treated religiously offensive even those dates are not accurate but based on assumption. But if somebody celebrate those days in accordance with a different</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">religious culture</span>, the<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n it should be <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">taken seriously <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">whether</span> the</span></span></span> celebration impos<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">any falsehood </span>o<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">n God and his mess<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">enger or not </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">R</span>eligion teaches people to be upright and truthful. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hence</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span> confused religious activities </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">can not be acceptable</span> to anyone. Finally, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pope </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Benedict XVI, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">opened his mouth on the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Birth<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of Jesus</span></span></span></span></span>. Time magazine reported as<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">--</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">“The calendar we use today, which commences with the birth of Christ and was created by Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Small/Little/Dwarf/Short), a 6th century monk, may be mistaken. The Pope Benedict XVI explains in his book “Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives” that Exiguus, “made a mistake in his calculations by several years. The actual date of Jesus’ birth was several years before.” The suggestion that Jesus wasn’t actually born on Dec. 25 has been tirelessly debated by theologians, historians and spiritual leaders, but what makes this case different is that now the leader of the Catholic Church is the one asking the questions."-TIME, Nov 22, 2012; and TELEGRAPH, Nov 21, 2012. reports- <br /><br />“The Pope has declared that the presence of animals like cattle and donkeys in traditional Nativity scenes is based on little more than a myth. He writes in in his book that Jesus's birth was not presided over by oxen, asses, camels or indeed any other beasts- "There is no mention of animals in the Gospels," The inclusion of domestic animals in the Nativity scene may have been inspired by pre-Christian traditions, But he reaffirms that the virgin birth and the story of Christ's resurrection are still "cornerstones of faith".”<br /><br />Now we will see <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">w</span>hat are the <u><i><b>Public Reactions</b></i></u>:<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>At last the myth of mid-winter Christmas cribs, oxen and donkeys is exposed- by the Church itself! Many of us have known this for years. How long before they admit that there is no evidence that he was even born at all?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> So the testimony of all Jesus's disciples who died testifying about him did it for no reason. Which historians today would actually die rather than deny their own testimony, unless it were truth. The evidence for Jesus is overwhelming! So, the above opinion is not sane.<br /><br /><b>#</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b></span>Maybe this will dispel the misbelief that the Bible is historically accurate to many who base their whole existence on the exact words of the God Book. Don't get me wrong: the Bible is the basis of all Christian teachings and beliefs (as it should). But had the Disciples tried to teach the ignorant masses who were their followers, and told stories with the tiniest bit of science in them, they would have been ignored if not killed. So the Disciples did what we call today "KISS": Keep It Simple. So the calendar is off a few years...so what? It's served us well all these centuries, no use complaining about it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span></span>The only dating and placement of Jesus' birth referred to in the Bible is that he was born in Bethlehem during the reign of Herod.There was not much science known then, so God was not going to inspire the apostles of Christ to write about scientific realities that would only have baffled both them and their readers.That was not the point.The Bible had to go through the ages and be comprehensible in all times, not just our times.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Today's calendar is not Christian. It is a solar calendar essentially created by Julius Caesar and amended by Pope Gregory in the 16th century because it was getting out of sync with the seasons. The only reason for a pope instead of a scientist making these changes is the political power the Catholic Church wielded at the time. It is very similar to the way Universal Time was set to Greenwich, England-the British Empire was the main power at the time. The medieval church did not do astronomy. Dionysus Exiguus made his calculations solely to determine a formula for the date of Easter every year. He did not put in a year zero, which puts the dating system in disarray.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> In another remark that will shock Catholics everywhere, the Pope mentioned that Jesus was Jewish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>It may also interest Catholics to know that Hitler was a Catholic<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>I always find it hard to understand how anyone in their right mind can just take it in "faith" that the bible has any relevant truth in it<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>I'm sure this is news because the Pope has it in his book, which is fine, but it really is old news. I studied this in Bible college in 1979. It is the same story. Our conclusion then was that Jesus was born between 2BC and 7BC. It is interesting that all of history centers around one over which a legitimate debate of his historicity is still being waged.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Pope is correct because there is no Roman Gregorian calendar in the entire Scriptures. He is disclosing the truth as end time is approaching (not 21/12/2012) but the signs in the sky and the seasons show the end time is approaching.<br />IF you know which number of priest at Luke 1:5, you would know when He, the Saviour and Messiah (Anointed One) was born.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b></span>The idea that this is some earth-shaking revelation shows how woefully inadequate the reporter is at covering religion. He should be embarrassed at his lack of simple knowledge and study up on the concept of fact-checking before he writes a story. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The terms Common Era (CE) and Before Common Era (BCE) are fine, which removes the most overt link to Christianity's imaginary deities, and disposes with any need for a religious tie-in without requiring even the ability to count on one's fingers might make sense.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Why are there so many statements in this article that there are no clues in the bible as to when Jesus was born? The bible is very clear on the timing of that, if little else: M&J went to Bethlehem for a Roman Census. Now, the Romans were pretty good at many things, and one of them was keeping records. There will be, somewhere, a record of the fact that a census was held.That does narrow the field quite a bit, so much so that we can state, based on documentary evidence, that the answer to the question "when was Jesus born?" is: "definitely not the year 1 AD" when there was no census in Israel.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Let us hope that they will also be updating the birth year of Mary. Otherwise the virgin birth becomes the pre-pubescent birth- undoubtedly miraculous but it raises some questions about divine ethics.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Maybe the resurrection isn't true either. Or should I say definitely?<br />HECTOR: "The actual date of Jesus's birth was several years before." I'll have to think about this very carefully. It might mean I'll live several years longer, or it might mean I'll die several years sooner.<br />Hard to tell....<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>I say He was born about 2500 years before the Bible scholars think. That or The Jews just stole the idea of Christ from the Egyptians who's god of Horus has a very striking likeness to Jesus Christ. The birth of Christ being on December 25th is like ALL Christian holidays, it was placed on days of pagan holidays to get rid of them. But however, both Christian and pagan holidays were mixed. Christmas for the winter solstice, Easter for the birth of Ishtar/Spring Solstice. All Christian views, and holidays are stolen in some sort of form from other pagan traditions and beliefs.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>Actually, as Jesus was crucified during the feast of the Passover celebrations, Easter, as we wrongly call it in Britain, has been linked to the Jewish Passover and is probably the nearest we get to a true time of a Christian festival. Because the Passover is set by a lunar calendar, the date varies. <br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>But years before Christ was even Born, Easter or Oester is the festival of the spring solstice and birth of Ishtar, the goddess of rebirth (Ishtar the goddess of reproduction; that is where the eggs come from.).<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>It really does not matter when the holy child was born. As to what time of year; The Bible tells that "shepherds were tending their sheep BY NIGHT." That only occurs in April when the sheep are giving birth. But it really does not matter when, exactly, the Saviour was born. We are celebrating that birth and acknowledging the Christ. And that, my friends, is the reason for the season.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>It doesn't really matter at the END OF THE DAY!! Christ must have existed although his life was not written about for hundreds of years after his birth we are told. By then it must have been part true, part fiction if it was word of mouth for so long. Now vast amounts of money, estates are involved far removed from the man, son of a carpenter and his wife having a child in a stable and no doubt living a very simple life. It is a matter of belief by each individual. the money now invested in property, churches and the leak has little to do with the story of that time. What will happen in the future, will Christ return as he said he would? Has he in fact been back and been ignored again. -It is all conjecture. <br /><br />No doubt there will always be a church of some sort, new sects and the like will always spring up and die away. It is a matter of having something to believe in and clinging onto the idea that death is not the end;<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>The Pope laughs and snickers in his chamber at the gullibility of the public. Satan Rules, and the Pope is his agent.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Any intelligent person who takes an "objective" look at the Catholic Church should come away with the opinion that it is a morally bankrupt cesspit. If the Pope is Christ's representative here on Earth, what does that say about his involvement in the cover up of child abuse (see '1997 Vatican letter child abuse') within his organisation?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>"Dennis the Small?" Talk about Pythonesque... And that's before we even get onto the fact that Jesus was born seven years before he was born.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The Holy Father's book contains nothing new on the topic of “Dennis the Small”, BUT this changes NOTHING. Even if it does not reflect the literal cycle of the years, it is right and proper that the calendar reflects the Incarnation, for theological reasons that were understood in the Apostolic era and beyond. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Seems strange that successive pontiffs have had access to divine knowledge all this time and yet it has taken 1400 years for one to realize that they've been getting it wrong. Clearly omniscience isn't what it used to be.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>"It rings true that Jesus was born earlier than generally supposed. If you look at someone you can usually place them in the right decade: consider John's gospel 8:57, "You are not yet fifty years old," they said to him, "and you have seen Abraham!" -That wouldn't be said to someone in their thirties would it? The speaker implies that Jesus was in his forties."<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The birth date of Jesus has never been any kind of article of faith, so where's the con. pal? It's simply an interesting scholarly debate that the pope is choosing to enter in to. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>So Pope Rats-Zinger is rewriting history. Yesterday it was proof that Mary was a virgin. He personally knows that. Today he is redoing the calendar....who cares? So do the Catholic churches buy up this book to hand out to the faithful to make it look like a blazing success?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Satanist pope, Pope Gregory XIII, who created our calendar, fudged the actual dates by burning to death anyone who pointed out the error of his math (good ol' pope is infallible, right?). So finally, after a few dozen burning men, they gave up and accepted his timeline. And now the current pope says it's off by a few years?!! <br />“.....and in the end of days, all will be revealed”<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>It is not new- scholars have pondered this for many years. What difference does it make? We celebrate the Queen's birthday in June, though she was born in April. Christmas is based on a fixed date- but Easter is movable feast based on moon phases (pagan or what?) But none of it matters- the fundamental faith of Christianity is unchanged- and I am sure that such is the message that the media misses, either intentionally or not.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>He was born on February 15th at 6.30 am. sometime around 6 BC. I have this from the excellent authority of "me", a part time scribe, prophet, and soon to be writer of a significant number of books that possibly if they are sufficiently controversial, will be sold off the Hollywood for millions. If I can assist in writing the script, I am "quids in". Anyone want my autograph before I become a celebrity?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>“I want my kids to learn about real, worthwhile stuff that’s grounded in logic and reason. Like how a virgin had a magic baby in a stable, and some men arrived with presents after following a UFO.” Extraordinary that we're still discussing this nonsense in the 21st century.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b> </span></span>Its a story and we're pretty damn good at telling stories ourselves especially in America where the sob stories never end. Nice try Pope but it would not change the cold hard facts of life. We all got to earn our way of living and life demands change.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>When you read the different stories in Matthew and Luke of the conception of John the Baptist it sets the time that John was conceived. When Mary went to visit her Aunt Elizebeth who is the mother of John the Baptist she was 6 months pregnant. John was conceived after his father returned from the Temple. He was of the order of Abia and it was about June that John's father did his service. So if you consider all this Jesus probably was conceived in Dec. and born in late Aug or Sept. The life Jesus lived from a miraculous birth to a death and resurrection all go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other. His birth is a fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy that is important.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>It can be shown that Jesus was actually born about July/August time and not the romantic tale told in the bible about no room at the inn on Christmas Eve. The truth is that the Christians wanted something to counter the Pagans' celebration of the winter solstice (21-22 December) and created the nice warm friendly story that Christ was born then.<br /><br />On top of that we have the other fallacy that the "Three wise men" turned up on January 6th the following year. In fact the bible clearly states in other epistles and books that they did not turn up until Jesus was about 6 years old.<br /><br />Then we have Easter, which is supposed to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, following Good Friday crucifixtion and the miracle of his resurrection on the third day. It has been proven that although Christ was indeed in a serious condition (I wonder how that's been proved?), when the disciples took him down from the cross, he was semi conscious. They put him in the cave to cool him down and to keep it a secret that he was still alive, as well as allowing him to be fed to regain strength.<br /><br />It is of no coincidence that Easter is a "movable feast", running anywhere between mid march and late April. This coincides with other religions where the rebirth of the the planet (called spring) when all the trees burst in to flower and annual plants start to flower, being put down to "God" re-creating and resurrecting the Earth.<br /><br />Again this is another Pagan festival, long before Christ was born which celebrated the optimism for spring, warmer weather and the ability to plant crops. Plough Monday was hi-jacked as the blessing of the Plough that was to create the farm land to grow the crops through God's intervention.<br /><br />And don't forget that the Church of England was only created because Henry the VIII could not get his own way with Rome regarding the frequent divorces and beheading of his wives; all because they could not provide him with a son, which is again ironic because it is the male Y chromosome that creates the male Xygote.<br />Funny how the religious always find something to jump on the back of to promote themselves. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>“The Handbook of Biblical Chronology by Jack Finegan reports: “In 1995 David W. Beyer reported to the Society of Biblical literature his personal examination in the British Museum of forty-six editions of Josephus’ Antiquities published before 1700 among which twenty-seven texts, all but three published before 1544, read “twenty-second year of Tiberius”, while not a single edition published prior to 1544 read the “twentieth year of Tiberius.” Likewise in the Library of Congress five more editions read the “twenty-second year,” while none prior to 1544 records the “twentieth year.”<br /><br />The twenty-second year of Tiberius’ reign is AD 36. If Philip died in the year AD 36, and he reigned thirty-seven years, then King Herod died between 2 and 1 BC. This is also the date held by most early Christian writers for the birth of Christ. The later date also coincides nicely with the enrollment of Quirinius proclaiming Augustus ‘Father of the Country’. Of those Early Church Fathers that actually give a date, 3/2 BC was the one given by the majority.” -Jones, Steven,“The Time of the Christ.”<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>“There was no census- contemporary records say that. The idea of a census was invented to explain the Nativity taking place in Bethlehem to fulfill Old Testament prophecies; Jesus, the Nazarene, was born in Nazareth. Same with The Slaughter of the Innocents... it never happened.”<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>No actual evidence he was real- All documentation mentioning him was written many years after his death with each document contradicting the next- There is simply no reason to believe he ever existed- I cannot prove he didn't exist no more than you can prove he did - <br />Mohamad on the other hand is a real historical figure with actual documentation mentioning him when he was alive <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Comes to something when the pope disses the nativity! Would his time and effort not be better spent caring for HIS flock and the disgraces that go with that rather than worry how the Immaculate Conception happened.<br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">#</span> Also if your staying at the Inn you telling me I can't get any mutton with my lentel stew? and was the goat milk cheese imported?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>He should issue a retraction. Ever the German rationalist. For all these hundreds and hundreds of years we simple people have all been laboring under the delusion that there were animals in a manger. Josef Ratzinger has just enlightened the whole world and all of his predecessors combined.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>“I don't know but wishes....if he declare Christ and Christianity its self is a cooked story... ” <br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">#</span> Well, what would be kept in a stable, if not animals? The authors most likely felt they didn't need to mention them. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Reality has little to nothing to do with peoples religious beliefs.They believe whatever they want. As the Scriptures well predicted people in later times will prefer to have their "ears tickled" and go to the religious leaders that tell them what "they want to hear"' not what is the truth! (2Tim 4:3)<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>So explain, dear pontiff, why the holy family was in Bethlehem for a census that never occurred.Trying to claim there are "facts" involved in a story of fiction is like counting the number of fairies dancing on the head of a pin. If faith is based on belief without evidence, why on earth are so many Christians trying so hard to prove their myths are factual?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>No animals at the birth of Jesus? Just because the Bible does not include everything, does not mean it did not happen. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"># </span></b>"In a section of the book entitled "Virgin Birth- Myth or Historical Truth?", he reaffirms that Christ was not conceived through sexual intercourse but by the power of the Holy Spirit." So- if the Vatican had a drop of Jesus' blood and allowed it to be tested (ha!)- and the DNA was analysed and the genome sequenced- what on earth would it show?<br />Perhaps it's a good job no drop of blood exists...<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>I am in the process of building the crib for our church. Already the faithful say that the shepherds , the three wise men cannot go into the crib. Jesus can only go in the 25th. Some even question that Mary and Joseph should be in the scene before the 24th.Now the bloody Pope comes and tells us no donkey or cattle.I repaired both last year. Now I will be left with an empty stable and a soddled inn keeper who is never seen.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>The whole concept of Christianity is a myth. The Roman Army relied on slave labour to grow its food, make its clothes and armour and provide most of the brute force to for its transport. Carrying a pack on a man's back was the fastest and most efficient means of moving things around.<br /><br />The slaves were, mainly, prisoners of war taken as the Empire expanded its territories. The massive expansion of the Empire into North Western Europe in the closing years of the Republic resulted in vast numbers of slaves from primitive backgrounds, small fragmented tribes with a multiplicity of languages.<br /><br />The newly captured slave was suddenly alone, unable to communicate with most of the people around him, cut off from his religious roots and displaced from the rigid social order he had grown up with. Many slaves suffered traumatic stress syndrome and many committed suicide or were killed for failing to accept their new lot.<br /><br />The Army finally came up with the solution to the problem. The Army provided their slave population with a religion that the slaves could embrace and which would be the sole, exculsive possession of the slave population. The new religion had to be entirely cost free to the participants. No priests. No temples. No sacrifices. No organised "services" of communal worship. No books and no secret rituals.<br /><br />To keep it simple there would be one "God" who live up above. The "God" had one prophet, who would be a simple man, much as the slave had been before he became a slave.<br /><br />The revelation of this new religion was centred on Israel because Israel was effectively at the other end of the Empire to the area where the slave problem existed and because the inhabitants of Israel were the only large population in the Empire with a monotheistic religion.<br /><br />Simple, Christianity is the consequence of a construct of the Roman Army's psychological warfare division to accommodate the unacceptable death rates in the Army's slave population.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>What am I going to tell my donkey, that his ancestors weren't at the birth of Jesus? -Its really Cruel.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"># </span></b>But there was a talking snake present at the creation of humanity or is the pope disputing that as well?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Goodness gracious! A pope making some sense! He appears not to mention Jesus birth being in a cave and no inn being in existence, but maybe when the book is reviewed properly this will be revealed. Hopefully he reads the letter to the Hebrews next and amends the mistakes of his church also.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Interestingly there is no mention of Christians co-opting early pagan festivals never mind asses and cattle. The Census of Quirinius which Mary & Joseph were allegedly attending happened in mid June/July four years after Jesus was reportedly born. Other inaccuracies include it being in the time of King Herod the Great who had died 10 years earlier. The whole story has more holes than a good Swiss cheese. <br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>Yet the Director of the British Museum called Luke a first-rate historian. Oh- BTW, did you know there were a number of 'Herod's? And that Quirinius was Governor twice, on two different occasions? No? Well, of course you weren't there to ask the witnesses. Luke was. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>It might pay people who dismiss the Nativity story as myth to think about "Luke", the name given to the man who gives the most detailed account. Luke was a friend of St Paul, and while Paul was imprisoned he had plenty of time to put together his account of the life of Jesus.What would you do if you were in his position? You would go to the source- Mary. Mary would still be alive. She was a young girl (a "maiden"/"Virgin") when she conceived Jesus. I believe Luke visited Mary and write down her account.<br />Why? There's a very odd phrase which Luke uses."And Mary stored all these things in her heart".<br /><br />"The Pope also sounded a note of caution over the popular belief that angels sang to the shepherds to proclaim Christ's birth, as recalled in the Christmas carol "Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born King." "<br />Does the Pope think we're idiots? I think we know the difference between a Christmas carol and the account given in the Gospels.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>So it's a myth that there were animals in a myth? How does that work? Seems a bit Hit and Myth.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>This is not new at all, 5 BC is the date most agree on as the the more likely date. It doesn't matter anyway, as theology is not science, something the modern mind has trouble dealing with. Theology is more like poetry or music, it tries to capture what is the inexpressible and put it in a form that can be appreciated by the many. It is why relying solely on a literal reading of the Bible makes for a shrunken understanding of what is being conveyed as the concept of Christianity is tied into an organic process of understanding enabled by what is referred to as the Holy Spirit. I think the closest to compare it to, is how science has moved away from classic mechanics towards quantum mechanics... it is just a more developed and intricate understanding of matter. It does not do away with former but enhances the picture.<br /><b>@</b> Are you calling the greatest physicists in history whose proofs you rely on today to give you all the creature comforts of modern man, superstitious and ignorant ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> The trouble with religious indoctrination from an early age is that it runs in the background of the most intelligent people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> Are you saying that brilliant minds like Blaise Pascal, James Prescott Joule or the many other scientists of the past were just indoctrinated.. I think not.. they were able to see science in its place and still hold onto the mysteries of existence.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>25th December was an invention, political, military, proven tactic to suppress conquered nations. The true meaning is now Hijacked by CONsumerism, the drug Retail illness, teach children to be greedy, ungrateful and to clear out old stock. Same as for Halloween, Easter, etc Christmas, no longer has any real meaning for many, lost in a sea of shopping, stock clearances and false hood. Banking bonuses etc.... Yes of course lovely for children as we teach them to become retail drug addicts. But do they learn real value? Ans on a post card to the North Pole.<br /><br />Xmas comes now every 9 myths, 25th Dec then 9 myths later the shops fill up with decorations to get selling, be first to drug the Consumer to buy. 3 myths of the great sell. But where is Christmas. 'Peace on Earth and Good will to all men (and Women/children)'... lost in buying more chocolate. 359th day of the Georgian calendar.<br /><br />Yet Xmas event is actually Hijack from Pagan festivals where the new religion was surplanted for control and conversion to the new conqueror, and will of the Pope.<br /><br />Yule Tide- Yule Log- Sun God (Tammuz, Mithra, Saturn, Adonis or BAAL- to Egyptian god of the sun Ra, Mary echoed in many sculptures as Isis holding Ra the sun god in her arms)<br /><br />Turning point/ Festival for Celts- end of year/beginning of a new year as per the celestial calendar. Preparation and more:-<br /><br />In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast.<br /><br />In Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honoring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. Preparation for the coming of sowing when the suns ray return.<br /><br />If you want to convert the population, surplant one religious festival with year own and force the population to honour the new festival and convert -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or Else!! No one expects the Spanish Iquisition!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>And let us not forget that despite the fact that Christmas Day (25th) is also a "Quarter Day" when all taxes and debts were supposed to be paid by. We still have Quarter Days now, which is to do with the collection of rents from commercial/retail property, as well as things like VAT returns. Interesting though every thing is closed on Christmas Day.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>It doesn't matter when He was born. It matters that we live a life worth of Him when he returns. Everyone will see him and confess 'Jesus is Lord'...even the liberals that call evil good and good evil. The day of reckoning will come for everyone.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@ </b> </span>"Jesus" was not even the name of the Messiah! And if you bothered to do a little research for yourself instead of drinking wholesale all the lies that are spewed from the pulpits, you'd be shocked to find out who you've really been worshiping. "The Lord" translated back into Hebrew is "HA-BAAL"! </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">His name IS Yeshua which means "he will save" (Strong's H3442), according to the angel's precise instructions in Matthew 1:21, and surely NOT "Jesus", which an English version of the Greek version of the pagan Latin alias assigned to him by his murderers, and which means NOTHING in any language.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">He was born in a SUKKAH ("tabernacle"), and NOT in a "manger" on the first day of the Feast of Sukkot ("Tabernacles"), in fulfillment of prophecies in the Tanakh ("Old Testament"), which was SEPTEMBER 23, 3BC.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">NO true disciple of Yeshua of Nazareth celebrates birthdays, since it is forbidden by YHVH Elohim ("the LORD God"). The ONLY people who celebrated birthdays in the entire Bible were Herod, Pharaoh, and Lot's sons, who were annihilated for it.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The theory that Christ's birth date is a holdover from pagan culture is a common myth. It is actually based on accounts from Chapter 1 of Luke's gospel. When Zechariah is serving in the temple on the Day of Atonement- the only day when one can enter the temple- he is told by Gabriel he will have a child. That day is September 25. Nine months after that, John the Baptist is born, on June 25. Luke also tells us that Jesus is six months older than John, hence the birth date of December 25. Now, this does not mean we actually know the date... it could still be off by a few days, but this is the method used to derive the estimate of his birth date.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>Actually Luke account strongly suggest than Jesus is six months YOUNGER than John. Mary goes to visit Elizabeth right after the Annunciation and Elizabeth seems to be in her third trimester.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> A closer study of the bible will clearly reveal the exact date of Jesus, as we have proofs and bible references, though, some might or might not believe, but the truth remains the same. Luke chapter 1. vs. 24: “after these days, his wife Elizabeth conceived on the SECOND MONTH of the year, and for FIVE MONTHS she hid herself saying…” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The above bible passage states that Elizabeth got pregnant (conceived) on the second month of the year, which is FEBUARY. And for five months, she hid the pregnancy; Five months from february is JUNE. vs. 26: “in the SIXTH MONTH, the angel Gabriel was sent from God…” This sixth month stated in the passage is still June, in which is the fifth month Elizabeth hid her pregnancy, but God sent an angel to Mary (vs. 27) and revealed to her of Elizabeth’s hidden pregnancy (vs. 36). The angel also told Mary that she will concieve (vs. 31). After that, Mary went to stay with Elizabeth (vs 39-40) vs 56: “and Mary remained with her about THREE MONTHS, and returned to her home” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This states clearly that On the ninth month which when Elizabeth should give birth was October (9 months from Febuary is October) vs 59-60 states that John was born & circumsied on the 8th of october. Futhermore bible researchs shows that John the baptist was 3months older than Jesus Christ; (vs. 26: mary returned home because her own pregenacy was due) Luke chapter 2. Now 3months later, Mary gave birth (vs. 1-7). Ceaser Augustus made a decree on the first day of a new year, that everyone should enroll in the first world census. Mary and Joseph travelled to bethlehem few days after the decree, and that day happened to be 8th of January, in which was the same day Jesus was born. (vs. 6,7,21), Surprisingly Jesus was born on the 8th of January. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>I wonder when the Pope will discover and announce some other much more important things like:</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That Jesus was not born on 25th December, which is a pagan festival.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That His mother (The Virgin Mary) did not rise from the dead.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That He did not die and rise at Easter (the Feast of the Goddess Astarte).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That He did not build His church on Peter, but on Peter's confession that He (Jesus) was the Christ.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That the words that he (the Pope) is 'God almighty here on earth' that are recited at papal coronations are nowhere to be found in the Bible.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But then again, when will Turkeys vote for Christmas?!<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span><b>When Was Jesus Born?</b><br />The Bible’s answer: The Bible does not give a specific date for the birth of Jesus Christ, as these reference works show:<br />“The true birth date of Christ is unknown.”—New Catholic Encyclopedia.<br />“The exact date of Christ’s birth is not known.”—Encyclopedia of Early Christianity.<br /><br />While the Bible does not directly answer the question, ‘When was Jesus born?’ it does describe two events surrounding his birth that lead many to conclude that he was not born on December 25.<br /><br /><b>Not in winter</b>:<br />The registration. Shortly before Jesus was born, Caesar Augustus issued a decree ordering “all the inhabited earth to be registered.” Everyone had to register in “his own city,” which might have required a journey of a week or more. (Luke 2:1-3) That order—probably made to support taxation and military conscription—would have been unpopular at any time of year, but it is unlikely that Augustus would have provoked his subjects further by forcing many of them to make long trips during the cold winter.<br /><br />The sheep. Shepherds were “living out of doors and keeping watches in the night over their flocks.” (Luke 2:8) The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus notes that flocks lived in the open air from “the week before the Passover [late March]” through mid-November. It then adds: “They passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”<br /><br /><b>In early fall</b>:<br />We can estimate when Jesus was born by counting backward from his death on Passover, Nisan 14 in the spring of the year 33 C.E. (John 19:14-16) Jesus was about 30 years old when he began his three-and-a-half-year ministry, so he was born in the early fall of 2 B.C.E.—Luke 3:23.<br /><br /><b>Why is Christmas on December 25?</b><br />Since there is no evidence that the birth of Jesus Christ occurred on December 25, why is Christmas celebrated on this date? The Encyclopedia Britannica says that church leaders probably chose it “to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun,’” at the time of the winter solstice. According to The Encyclopedia Americana, many scholars believe that this was done “in order to make Christianity more meaningful to pagan converts.”<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>First of all, the earliest writings of the New Testament were done between 35-70 years AFTER the events they describe. The Romans, who kept meticulous records, have none regarding a prophet being tortured or crucified, let alone as described in the bible. In fact, there's no record of Jesus as described in the bible anywhere OUTSIDE of the bible. "Jesus" was as common of a name in Galilee at the time as "Joe" is today, likely indicating an archetype rather than an actual person.<br /><br />The rest of the New Testament was written piece meal by a large variety of writers working off of the first writings over the next 400 or so years before they were combined with cherry-picked parts from the Torah, turned into the Old and New Testament and codified by the Synod (A precursor to the Catholic Church, if I'm not mistaken) as one holy scripture. All christian holidays were predated by pagan celebrations generally based on the cycles of the northern hemisphere seasons- including "Christmas", which was once the winter solstice (which happened on the 25th in about 400 AD when it was selected as the date of Jesus' birth.<br /><br />All it took was a bunch of people who didn't like the major religions of the time (Roman Paganism and Judaism) and the eventual fall of Rome (which pretty much ended Roman Paganism) which allowed them to step into the religious power vacuum.<br />In short, it's all made up.<br /><br />So basically what we're debating is exactly when Jack from the `Titanic' or Rhett Butler from `Gone with the Wind' were born. Both were works of fiction. So was Jesus.<br /><br />And this is scientifically supported, by the way, because the figure of Jesus is based on the Christian myth of needing a redeemer to be redeemed from "original sin" so that man could get into heaven when he dies. But evolution proves there was no Adam and no Eve. You can't propagate an entire species from a single man and a single woman, as is asserted by the Garden of Eden myth. Everyone, it asserts, is a descendant of Adam and Eve, and therefore stained with original sin. Evolution (and genetics, by the way) says that never happened. So, since there was no Adam and Eve, there was no original sin to be stained by. No garden of Eden, no fall from grace, no need to be redeemed, no point to a redeemer to be redeemed from something that never happened and absolutely no reason to believe in a redeemer to go anywhere when we die.<br /><br />So believers have a choice to continue to pay (and they DO pay) into a bronze-age mythology that does nothing but impose guilt and take away all personal responsibility from them (After all, if no one is beyond redemption, then anyone can do anything and be redeemed in the end- and that's how it works regardless of the rationalizations some have come up with to argue otherwise. By that light, Hitler went to heaven and Samuel Clemens went to hell.), or to face the fact that they've been believing in something that doesn't exist and maybe they should tend to their own spiritual lives and let others tend to theirs.<br />It would be nice if we finally entered the age of reason and left superstition- and its baggage - behind.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@ </b> </span>“First of all, the earliest writings of the New Testament were done between 35-70 years AFTER the events they describe." <br /><br />This is completely inaccurate. Most of the New Testament consists of letters written to specific churches or people that are describing current controversies and events. I can only assume you are referring to the "Gospels" as opposed to the "New Testament", which would make your argument slightly more accurate (but only slightly), other biographies of people of that time (eg Alexander the Great) were not written until over 400 years had passed since their death, so biographies written within a few decades were rather remarkable.<br /><br />"The Romans, who kept meticulous records, have none regarding a prophet being tortured or crucified, let alone as described in the bible."<br /><br />If they were such good record keepers, why was no hard evidence found as to the historicity of Pontius Pilate, the Prefect of Judea, until 1961? It would be analogous to us having no records of the Governor of Vermont. People often confuse ancient Romans with Nazi-era Germans in the keeping of records. Much of what we know about people of this era come from writers like Plutarch and Josephus, not from mountains of government documents.<br /><br />"In fact, there's no record of Jesus as described in the bible anywhere OUTSIDE of the bible. "Jesus" was as common of a name in Galilee at the time as "Joe" is today, likely indicating an archetype rather than an actual person." Except for Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny the Younger, etc.<br /><br />"The rest of the New Testament was written piece meal by a large variety of writers working off of the first writings over the next 400 or so years before they were combined with cherry-picked parts from the Torah, turned into the Old and New Testament and codified by the Synod (A precursor to the Catholic Church, if I'm not mistaken) as one holy scripture." <br /><br />No. There were multiple authors of the New Testament, but hardly a "large variety".The latest written entry into the New Testament was likely completed within 60-70 years of Jesus's death, not 400 years. The Old Testament was not cherry picked but was essentially based on the books of the Septuagint. The Torah is the first five books of the Tanakh, all of which are included in the Old Testament. Also, the New and Old Testament were not codified by a Synod, which was not a precurser to the Catholic Church. If you are Protestant, it was set forth by Martin Luther/another reformer/based on Church tradition.The Catholic Church did not officially stamp out an official canon until the Council of Trent, though a traditional canon went back as far as the 4th century. <br /><br />"All christian holidays were predated by pagan celebrations generally based on the cycles of the northern hemisphere seasons- including "Christmas", which was once the winter solstice (which happened on the 25th in about 400 AD when it was selected as the date of Jesus' birth." No. Easter was not based on a pagan holiday. It is the primary Christian holiday. The dating of Christmas came later. "<br /><br />“All it took was a bunch of people who didn't like the major religions of the time (Roman Paganism and Judaism) and the eventual fall of Rome (which pretty much ended Roman Paganism) which allowed them to step into the religious power vacuum."<br /><br />Are you talking about the 12 Apostles? 11 of whom were martyred? I'm pretty sure Saul of Taursus was fine and dandy with Judaism until the Road to Damascus. Also, you seem to imply Christianity gained a boost when Rome fell, which is inaccurate since it was the official religion of Rome under Theodosius I. The Western Empire stood for another 100 years after this development, the Eastern Empire lasted over another 1000 years.<br /><br />"And this is scientifically supported, by the way, because the figure of Jesus is based on the Christian myth of needing a redeemer to be redeemed from "original sin" so that man could get into heaven when he dies. But evolution proves there was no Adam and no Eve. You can't propagate an entire species from a single man and a single woman, as is asserted by the Garden of Eden myth. Everyone, it asserts, is a descendant of Adam and Eve, and therefore stained with original sin. Evolution (and genetics, by the way) says that never happened. So, since there was no Adam and Eve, there was no original sin to be stained by. No garden of Eden, no fall from grace, no need to be redeemed, no point to a redeemer to be redeemed from something that never happened and absolutely no reason to believe in a redeemer to go anywhere when we die." <br /><br />You seem to be dueling with modern day Protestantism that leans to the Fundamentalist bent. People from St. Augustine to St. Thomas Aquinas to Protestant Reformers discussed...at GREAT length... original sin. Whether there were a literal Adam and Eve or they were simply referring to the first beings in which God infused a soul, the discussion of Original Sin is not dependent on whether or not the first soul-infused beings had "Adam" or "Eve" stamped on their birth certificates. <br /><br />"It would be nice if we finally entered the age of reason and left superstition - and its baggage - behind." Thank goodness the "age of reason" had no baggage...like 40,000 severed heads rolling down the Champs-Élysées or 2 decades of uninterrupted combat embroiling the majority of Europe or the rise of 20th century totalitarianism.<br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@</b> </span>So if God can make a virgin pregnant if He wants to, then what exactly is the problem with condoms? <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>I am a believer, but I have to continuosly ask why God doesn't do the public appearances of miracles and such that are talked about in the Bible. Voices from above, burning bush, images, etc. If only 1 were to happen, many more would believe, and thei souls would be saved from Hell. I think God could do better advertisement, but I know it isn't for me to judge.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I</span>t is very clear that the pope himself didn't know the truth,!... is the pope reading the bible?.. is the pope obeying the will of god? i don't think so......<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>And when was the tooth fairy born? -As someone smarter than the pope once said -'Man will only be truly free when the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest'.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>"The historical revisionism continues with the Pope raising the issue of the presence of animals at the birth of Christ. He reveals in Jesus of Nazareth that 'there is no mention of animals in the Gospels.'"<br />Reveals? A bit of info gleaned from an 1,800 or so year old text is a revelation? What, no one noticed this before? <br />Only revelation here is that TIME writers and editors are losing touch with English language. Come to think of it, that's no revelation either, is it?<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The joy of being an atheist is that I can put my mind to things that have no wishful thinking, myth making or pie-in-the-sky stories. Virgin birth? Rising from the dead? Accending into heaven with two prophets accompanying him? Walking on water? Raising a dead man into life again? <br />As my young relative often says "for cripes sake, give me a break."<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>On the virgin thing- what does that actually mean? No human father at all, or simply that Mary was impregnated without penetration? Perhaps Jesus's conception was through what we were warned about in "health class"- you can get pregnant even if a little is deposited close enough on the outside. Miracles aside, a virgin conception could only result in a female since there is no X chromosome contributed.<br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@ </b> </span>Yeah, I thought it was a bit suspicious that Jesus' birthday was the same time that Santa Claus was dropping of presents. Way too coincidental. I smell an illuminati/lizard people/freemason consipiracy stirring in my gut. Or that might be the 23 Twinkies I ate for lunch.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Don't tell "birthers" Sheriff Joe "Barney Fife" Arpaio and Donald "Legend in his own mind" Trump about the Pontiff's theory... Or there will be no Christmas until Jesus Christ produces a "Certified Copy" of his birth certificate! While they're at it... these BUFFOONS will also want transcripts of whatever "bible college" Pope Benny attended!<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b># </b> </span>Let us be correct here. I am not a Looney... I do admit to being a Fool For Jesus Christ. That like Paul I can attest to being.<br /><br />Let us be fully understanding here. God Created the Earth and all that is with on it and with out it. All that you see and do not see are His Creation. What was not created by God was SIN. That was Satan;s contribution. How Proud Satan must have been to have gotten to God... But then How upset Satan was when he got word Jesus had resurected from the dead. Bet his Party went South real fast after that. I discover I seen toi be repklying to myself. Just hit the wrong button.<br />Have you ever considered that it might have been the devil who waved the magic wand and created "all we can see" and it was god who spoiled the party and invented sin. There is identical evidence for both theories: zilch.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>The story of Jesus is many thousands of years old repeated almost exactly in numerous religions. Its an allegory- a very valid morality play. The Romans under Emperor Constantine decided to make the latest re-incarnation of it "real" at Nicaea 325 years after the mythical event. The objective was to merge several competing religions in the declining Roman Empire in an attempt to re-assert control.<br /><br />Then just as now, most people believed any kind of psychobabble that was foisted on them (check out the latest bin laden nonsense- you think its true don't you???)<br /><br />However, Palestine at the time, was actually very well advanced and literate, with multiple historians documenting what was really going on. Not one of them mentioned this bloke called Jesus performing all these miracles and getting crucified at the time. The first mention didn't come until at least 70 years after he had supposedly been crucified rose from the dead and then ascended into heaven...<br />At this point you should smell a rat.<br />They are making this stuff up...<br /><br />Admittedly, I used to believe all this nonsense too. Even after I rejected the Catholic Religion on moral grounds 45 years ago, I continued to believe that Jesus Christ had actually existed around 2,000 years ago...<br />Then I read "The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Acharya S" and lots of other historical stuff around 10 years ago.<br />Don't buy it if you still want to go to heaven.<br />St. Peter will ask at the gates of heaven "What you been reading Laddie??? You can't come in here believing that"<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>: ...back to the musings of bronze-age goat herders... who cares what they believed. It is slightly worrying, however, that there are still people 2000-odd years later that are willing to debate it seriously. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Of the trillions of stars in the universe, and the quadrillions of planets that orbit them God in his infinite wisdom decided to visit our insignificant planet.<br />(Astronomically improbable)<br />He came in human form and at a point in our history when it was difficult to record this single most important event e.g. before anything such as a camera was invented. <br />(How inconvenient/convenient)<br />"and God made Man in his own image" more like "and Man made God in his own image"<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>@ </b> </span>Only one in this galaxy? How do you figure that? Our Galaxy, 'The Milky Way' is ~110kly across, and ~1kly thick. If there was a civilization using radio (which we've only had ourselves in the last 100+ years) on the other side of the galaxy, it could take a very long time to get to us (you know what a kly is, right, Kilo Light Year, ie, it takes light about about 110,000 years to travel across our Galaxy. Of course, at such distances, the signal would be weakened, Doppler shifted attenuated by the ISM, and interfered with by the CMBR. Or do you simply not understand the difference between 'Galaxy' and 'Solar System', given you've mentioned two planets in our _Solar System_ but used the word 'Galaxy'? I think we have hit the nail on the head, you know very little about astrophysics,.....<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>#</b> </span>Surely this will impact on his astrological sign? Are we dealing with a Virgo or a Pisces here? How on earth or in heaven can we know how to word our prayers if we do not have such vital information?\</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>J Stewart, When did our Lord Actually Live?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Henri Daniel-Rops, Daily Life in the Time of Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Isaac Newton, Of the Times of the Birth and Passion of Christ.</span></div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-58524066326979425292016-09-28T00:25:00.001-05:002017-03-26T01:48:41.047-05:00Grand Design: Critique Reactions to the Hawking's Statement.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span>he Book Grand Design, examines the history of scientific knowledge about the universe and explains 11 dimension M-theory. Stephen Hawking, the author of this book point out that a Unified Field Theory (a theory, based on an early model of the universe, proposed by Albert Einstein and other physicists) may not exist. The central claim of the book is that the theory of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity together help us understand how universes could have formed out of nothing. It argues that invoking God is not necessary to explain the origins of the universe, and that the Big Bang is a consequence of the laws of physics alone. The authors write: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going. ”</b></i> —Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, The Grand Design, 2010.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The authors explain, in a manner consistent with M-theory, that as the Earth is only one of several planets in our solar system, and as our Milky Way galaxy is only one of many galaxies, the same may apply to our universe itself: that is, our universe may be one of a huge number of universes.
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The book concludes with the statement that only some universes of the multiple universes (or Multiverse) support life forms. We, of course, are located in one of those universes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What does it mean? </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is Mr. Hawking trying to say that there is no God?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Actually, belief in God has grown exponentially with man’s own growth in knowledge and intelligence, from primitive to sophisticated cultures and civilizations, and as such religion is as much an intellectual exercise as it is purported not to be. Nevertheless science and philosophy it is widely touted have removed the need for God in human culture and activity. Today the God who used </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to be worshipped as the Creator of the universe is no longer accepted as the creator of man and his surroundings. Instead, it is man who, we are constantly told, has created God in his own image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Charles Darwin advocated his theory of natural selection, refuting the traditional theistic view of God as the Creator and Designer, and nature as the manifestation of purpose, design, and immutability. His worldview and interpretation of nature as autonomous, self-directing, and evolutionary undermined the traditional religious world-view more than the scientific revolutions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. With his evolutionism, every need for a God as the original source of creation and the sole maintainer of this universe ceased to exist. If creation had evolved naturally from its primitive origins and is constantly evolving through the process of natural selection without any external divine intervention, then it was naturally concluded, it does not need God for its existence, sustenance and continuity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Despite opposition from religious establishments, evolutionary theory became the guiding principle in all leading disciplines of the nineteenth century. As a result, empirical scientists, anthropologists, philologists, psychologists, sociologists, and naturalists of the nineteenth century did not look for God in the heavens or beyond this utilitarian sphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is what Mr. Hawking says- "One can't prove that God doesn't exist, but science makes God unnecessary." with a clarification that he himself does not believe in a personal God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><i><b>Critical Reactions from the Wise</b></i></u>:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In reactions to the Hawking's Grand Design, what we may conclude? yah got it, Mr. Hawking is a thing which is nothing but a tiniest part of a electron [viz. a Photon] comparing to the Universe. And, God knows very well that humans are not only a curious species but also a funnier thing. Thus when Mr. Hawking identifies Universe as a Grand Design without a designer, we find God smiles sitting right behind him. You know, He loves funny people, especially, those are Atheist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">However, there are wise people among us. They may not Physicist, but they know how to criticize. Their reactions are-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Unlike quantum mechanics, M-theory enjoys no observational support whatsoever".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Some humbleness would be welcome her ...A century or two hence...We expect that M-theory will seem as naïve to cosmologists of the future as we now find Pythagoras's cosmology of the harmony of the spheres".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "The Grand Design breaks the news, bitter to some, that … to create a universe from absolute nothing, God is not necessary. All that is needed are the laws of nature. … [That is,] there can have been a big bang creation without the help of God, provided the laws of nature pre-date the universe. Our concept of time begins with the creation of the universe. Therefore if the laws of nature created the universe, these laws must have existed prior to time; that is the laws of nature would be outside of time. What we have then is totally non-physical laws, outside of time, creating a universe. Now that description might sound somewhat familiar. Very much like the biblical concept of God: not physical, outside of time, able to create a universe."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "The real news about The Grand Design is how disappointingly tinny and inelegant it is. The spare and earnest voice that Mr. Hawking employed with such appeal in A Brief History of Time has been replaced here by one that is alternately condescending, as if he were Mr. Rogers explaining rain clouds to toddlers, and impenetrable."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "M-theory ... is far from complete. But that doesn't stop the authors from asserting that it explains the M-mysteries of existence ... In the absence of theory, though, this is nothing more than a hunch doomed – until we start watching universes come into being– to remain untested. The lesson isn't that we face a dilemma between God and the multiverse, but that we shouldn't go off the rails at the first sign of coincidences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "The multiverse comes with a lot of baggage, such as an overarching space and time to host all those bangs, a universe-generating mechanism to trigger them, physical fields to populate the universes with material stuff, and a selection of forces to make things happen. Cosmologists embrace these features by envisaging sweeping "meta-laws" that pervade the multiverse and spawn specific by laws on a universe-by-universe basis. The meta-laws themselves remain unexplained– eternal, immutable Transcendent Entities that just happen to exist and must simply be accepted as given. In that respect the meta-laws have a similar status to an unexplained transcendent god." ie. "there is no compelling need for a supernatural being or prime mover to start the universe off. But when it comes to the laws that explain the big bang, we are in murkier waters."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Contemplating a final theory is inconsistent with the very essence of physics, an empirical science based on the gradual collection of data. Because we don’t have instruments capable of measuring all of Nature, we cannot ever be certain that we have a final theory. There’ll always be room for surprises, as the history of physics has shown again and again. In fact, it quite pretentious to imagine that we humans can achieve such a thing. ... Maybe Hawking should leave God alone."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "One thing that is sure to generate sales for a book of this kind is to somehow drag in religion. The book's rather conventional claim that "God is unnecessary" for explaining physics and early universe cosmology has provided a lot of publicity for the book. Mr. Hawking, if you're the sort who wants to go to battle in the science/religion wars, why you would choose to take up such a dubious weapon as M-theory mystifies us."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "M-theory, theorists now realize, comes in an almost infinite number of versions, which "predict" an almost infinite number of possible universes. Critics call this the "Alice's Restaurant problem," a reference to the refrain of the old Arlo Guthrie folk song: "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant." Of course, a theory that predicts everything really doesn't predict anything... why anyone takes the Anthropic Principle seriously. It's cosmology's version of creationism.... is not the anthropic principle in any form is completely ridiculous and hence should be called CRAP? ... Hawking is telling us that unconfirmable M-theory plus the anthropic tautology represents the end of that quest. If we believe him, the joke’s on us."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Hawking and Mlodinow ...say that these surprising ideas have passed every experimental test to which they have been put, but that is misleading in a way that is unfortunately typical of the authors. It is the bare bones of quantum mechanics that have proved to be consistent with what is presently known of the subatomic world. The authors' interpretations and extrapolations of it have not been subjected to any decisive tests, and it is not clear that they ever could be. Once upon a time it was the province of philosophy to propose ambitious and outlandish theories in advance of any concrete evidence for them. Perhaps science, as Professor Hawking and Mr Mlodinow practice it in their airier moments, has indeed changed places with philosophy, though probably not quite in the way that they think."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Science can never prove the non-existence of God, just as it can never prove the existence of God."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "A creator God provides a reasonable and credible explanation of why there is a universe, and ... it is somewhat more likely that there is a God than that there is not. That view is not undermined by what Hawking has said."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "Of course Hawking and Mlodinow can make whatever comments they like, but when they assume, rather in a Taliban-like way, that they have all the answers, then we do feel uncomfortable." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># "The 'god' that Stephen Hawking is trying to debunk is not the creator God of the Abrahamic faiths who really is the ultimate explanation for why there is something rather than nothing", adding that "Hawking's god is a god-of-the-gaps used to plug present gaps in our scientific knowledge." "Science provides us with a wonderful narrative as to how [existence] may happen, but theology addresses the meaning of the narrative".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bengali Mumins are so sensitive, they are pious and God loving and thus their reactions are multidimensional- some furious, some shocked, some make it political, some make it controversial, some make it logical and those can't find what to say, they just cursed or pray for him. No doubt its too much interesting. The comments goes on--</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># God Feared Mumin: আল্লাহ তাকে হেদায়াত দান কর,...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Jihadi Mumin: হালারে জবাই দে,...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Thinker Mumin: Allaha er upor rag KOIRA lab nai ... amago sobaire tar kase jaitey hoibo re PAGLA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Slugger Mumin: কুত্তার বাচ্চার মায়েরে........,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Goat or Cipi Mumin: খানকির পুত, তরে যদি হাতের নাগালে পাইতাম, এক্কেরে পানিতে চুবাইয়া
চুবাইয়া মারতাম। তহন ঠিকই বুঝতি, আল্লা কারে কয়!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Govt. Party Mumin: We are not interested to any to and fro comment by any sick person. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Opposition Party Mumin: আমি উনাকে বলেত চাই এই মহাবিশ্বে অাল্লাহ তায়ালা যা কিছু সৃষ্টি
করেছেন-তার সবকিছু একটা নিয়মের ভীতর করেছেন। যাকে প্রকৃতির নিয়ম বলে
অাপনারা চালিয়ে দেন। কিন্তু প্রশ্ন হলো এই প্রকৃতির য়ে নিয়ম-এটা কে সৃষ্টি
করলো? অাপনার নিজের শরীরের দিকে তাকিয়ে দেখুন, কি জটিল প্রক্রিয়া অাপনার
দেহে ঘটছে যার ব্যতিক্রম হলে অাপনি অসুস্থ্য বা মৃত্যু মুখে পতিত হবেন ।
মানব দেহের এই যে সুনিপুন কারুকাজ-এটা এমনিতেই কি সৃষ্টি হওয়া সম্ভব! ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">মি:
হকিং, অাপনি যত গুলো খাদ্য-খাবার খান তার একটিওকি অাপনি সৃষ্টি করতে
পারেন? বলবেন, সব প্রকৃতি থেকে প্রাপ্ত । কিন্তু, প্রকৃতিতে এগুলো দিলো
কে? অাপনি মঙ্গল গ্রহে গেলেন, একটি বাড়ি দেখতে পেলেন, অাপনি কি বলবেন- এটা
একটা নিয়ম মেনে এমনিতেই সৃষ্টি হয়েছে? অাপনাকে সত্য জানতে হলে কুরঅান
রিসার্স করতে হবে। অাল্লাহ তায়ালা বলেন-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding.- [3:190]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.[2:28]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">মি:
হকিং আপনাকে একটা কথাই বলতে চাই, কোন সুনিয়ন্ত্রীত সিষ্টেম এমনি এমনি
সৃষ্টি হয়না। সিষ্টেম সৃষ্টি করতে হয়। প্রতিটি সৃষ্টির দিকে গভীরভাবে
তাকালে দেখা যায় এর পেছনে একজন কারিগর অাছে। যা একমাত্র আপনাদের মত জ্ঞান
পাপীদের পক্ষে অস্বীকার করা সম্ভব।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Police Tempered Mumin: একদম মিছা কথা কইছে ফকিন্নির পুতে। ওরে রিমান্ডে নিলেই গড়
গড় করে সত্য বলতে থাকবে। আল্লা তো আছেই, সাথে ফেরেস্তা আছে জ্বীন আছে
এগুলোও বলবে এক এক করে।</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Story Teller Mumin: Sad, very sad!! His
face resembles that his brain has already collapsed! I know a white man
who believes like this man;.... He was a man from Keneya.
...surprisingly though respects me for my belief and gifted me an framed
Quranic Arabic verse brought from Tunisia. I asked him how he thinks
about his birth as a human, he could born as an animal? He answered, It
is natural? I asked, what he thinks the nature come from? He remain
silent!....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Logical Mumin: If there is no Creator (Allah) then who created you? Can you give life to a dead body? If you
are truthful then show us. You will never be able to do it. So accept
Allah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Logic-less Mumin: নাউযুবিল্লাহ্। এই জন্যই তর এই অবস্হা সালা নাস্তিক। </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Science Minded Mumin: আরে তুই যে বিগব্যাঙয়ের কথা বললি,
তা ১৪০০ বছর আগেই আল্লাহ পবিত্র কুরানে বলে দিয়েছেন। তারপরও বলবি আল্লা
নেই!!,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Science Hater Mumin: শালা গাধার বাচ্চা গাধা, তোর ঘাড় কেন কাইত? বিজ্ঞান দিয়ে তোর ঘাড়টা আগে সোজা করে দেখা,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Historian Mumin: সৃষ্টিকর্তায় বিশ্বাস করত না নমরুদও, তো তারে শায়েস্তা করতে আল্লা
পাঠালেন খুঁদে এক মশা। আর সে দৌড়ে গিয়ে কি করল? ুইদা দিলো নমরুদরে। হেরপর
ব্যাথায় কোকাইকে কোকাইতে মরছিলো সে। আর তুই তো হালায় একটু চিল্লা-পাল্লাও
করতে পারবি না।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Zoologist Mumin: মি হকিং এর এ্ই বক্তব্যে
আমরা তত্ত্ব তালাশ করে জানতে পেরেছি যে তিনি কাঁঠাল পাতা ভোজি ছাগল
গোত্রভূক্ত প্রাণী। কিন্তু তার দাড়ি না থাকাতে সঠিকভাবে জানা যাচ্ছে না
তিনি আসলে কোন প্রজাতির ছাগল।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Philosopher Mumin: মানুষের উপর যখন
আলো পড়ে তখন সে তার ছায়া দেখতে পায়, আর যার উপর জ্ঞানের আলো পড়ে কেবল সেই
ইশ্বরের অস্তিত্ব দেখতে পায়। ....আমাদের হকিং ভাই কেবল শারিরিক ভাবে
আটিষ্টিক নন, তিনি জ্ঞানের আলো বঞ্চিত একজন আটিষ্টিক মানবও বটে।</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Economist Mumin: এত ডলার খরচ করে হেরে পোষারই বা দরকার কি? কবর দিয়ে দিলেইতো হয়।
বিকল অঙ্গের লোক নিজেরা তো কোন কাজ করবেই না বরং হঠাৎ হঠাৎ অনর্থক কথা বলে
মানুষকে ব্যস্ত রেখে মূল্যবান সময়ের অপচয় ঘটিয়ে দেশের অর্থনীতির বারোটা
বাজাবে। এরা অর্থনীতির বোঝা স্বরূপ।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Takla Mumin: শা লারে জুতা মার, মরে না ক্যান,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Little English Mumin: Go to hill..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Vegetable [Cannabis] lover Mumin: কি দুসতো, এট্টু বেশী টাইনা ফালাইছো মনে অয়। বাপের
(সৃষ্টিকর্তার) নাম ভুলছো ভালকথা, দ্যাহ আবার নিজের নাম ভুইল্যা না যাও।
তহন কিন্তু তোমারে আর পার্সেল কইরা বাড়ী পাঠানো যাইব না।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Fatwabaz Mumin: Those who do not believe in Allah, they are considered to be
Ka'fer. And according to Quran, they will be used as the fuel of
Hell-Fire (Dojokh). <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sura al-Imran -Aiyatt No. 10.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># All time doubtful Mumin: সৃষ্টিকর্তা আগেই যানতেন ওরে সোজা হওয়ারই সুজুক দিলে ও মিডিয়াকে
বলবে এই পৃথিবী আমার বাবার বাবা তৈরি করেছে, সালা আস্তো ধান্ধাবাজ।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Peaceful Mumin: লোকটি যা বলে আসলে তা ঠিক না। তার আত্মা শয়তানের দখলে।
সে যা বলে, আসলে সে বলে না, শয়তান তার হয়ে বলে। সুতরাং তার কোন মন্তব্য
নিয়ে মাথা ঘামানোর কাজ নেই।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Married Mumin: বৌ না থাকাতে শালার মাথায় মাল উঠছে। ওরে কে আছিস! অরে তাড়াতাড়ি PERSONA- তে ভর্তি কর।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Fish Lover Mumin: এই কারনেই তো হালায় চিরোদিন এই মাছ দরার বর্শির মতো বেকা বইন্ন্যা
হুইল চেয়ারে বইসস্যা আছে। আপসুচ, হালায় মাছের স্বাদ পাইল না।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Believer Mumin: ইবলিসও সৃষ্টিকর্তায় বিশ্বাস করে, কিন্তু হকিং সাহেব করেন না, তাই বলা যায় তিনি ইবলিসের চাইতেও উঁচু মার্গের শয়তান।</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Scientist Mumin: শালা একশো পারচেণ্ট নাস্তিক। ল্যাবে নিয়ে টেস্ট করা লাগব ওর মাথার গোবরের নমুনা।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Non Scientist Mumin: হকিং এমন কোন উপাত্য দিতে সক্ষম হন নি
যাতে বুঝা যায় স্রষ্টা নাই। আর ইসলাম ধর্ম বা কুরআন সম্পর্কে তার ধারণাই বা
কি আছে যে সৃষ্টিকর্তা সম্পর্কে কিছু জানবে! মিঃ হকিং কে একটি প্রশ্ন করব,
আপনারা কেবল সৌরজগৎ টিলিস্কুপের সাহায্যে আবিষ্কার করতে পেরেছেন, সৃষ্টি
করতে পারেন নাই। স্রষ্টা আছে বলেই এই মহাজগত সৃষ্টি হয়েছে।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># General knowledgist Mumin: শালা বেকুবের বাচ্চা একটা...সহজ বাংলা বোঝে না... ওরে তোরে সুষ্টি
করতে যদি তোর বাপ-মা লাগে তাইলে মহাবিশ্ব সৃষ্টি করতে ঈশ্বর লাগবো না
ক্যান?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Wise Mumin: শালা কুত্তার বাচ্চা!!! (আল্লা) অাছেন অার সেটা বোঝার মত জ্ঞান তোর
নেই। তুই কেমন বেকে চুরে গেছিস দ্যাখ, আগে তোর শরীর ঠিক কর,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Stupid Mumin: সৃষ্টিকর্তা না থাকলে তোরে লুলা বানাইলো কে?!... তোকে আল্লা ব্রেইন না দিলে তুই তো ছাগল হয়ে ঘাস খা্ইতি।....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Sulemani Khuabnama Lover Mumin: সবচেয়ে বড় কথা হইল গিয়ে,...ইয়ে
মানে, তোরা হেদায়েত প্রাপ্ত হবি না।... তুই হলি ইমান হারা...lik Lotif,
Taslima, Rajib, Avijit-দের গড ফাদার। ও্ই হোকিং! শুনে রাখ. তোদের জন্যই
আল্লা তৈরী করেছেন জাহান্নাম (হেল)।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Pure Mumin: ওনি ঠিক
বলেছেন ঈশ্বর বলতে কিছু নেই। এই দুনিয়া ঈশ্বর গড়েন নি। এই দুনিয়া গড়েছেন
মহান আল্লাহ, আমাদের বানিয়েছেন মহান আল্লাহ, আমাদের খাওয়াইতেছেন মহান
আল্লাহ,...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Add Me Mumin: আপনি কি জানেন ১৪০০ বছর আগে থেকেই কেউ
একজন আপনাকে ভালোবেসে আসছে? আপনি কি জানেন তিনি কে? তিনি হলেন আমাদের
প্রির রাসূল "হযরত মুহাম্মদ (সাঃ)"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">যদি ভালো লেগে থাকে তাহলে Add দেন| যদি
Block থাকেন তাহলে Follow করেন, আমি আপনাকে Add দিবো</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">।</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Leaguer Mumin: ুদির ভাই জামাতের দালাল,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># BNP-JAMATI Mumun: হালায় মানুষ না আওয়ামীলীগ,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Leftist Mumin: স্টিফেন হকিং কেন বৌদ্ধ নাস্তিক হইলেন? বৌদ্ধ ধর্মে ঈশ্বরের
অস্তিত্ব নেই। স্টিফেন হকিং কেন মনে করেন তারাই সঠিক! যেখানে দুনিয়ার সব
মুসলিম ঈশ্বরের অস্তিত্বে বিশ্বাস করে... স্টিফেন হকিংয়ের এই বক্তব্যে
বাংলাদেশে মৌলবাদের উত্থান ঘটলে আমেরিকা অতি সহজে ঢুকে পড়বে এই দেশে।
বাংলাদেশের স্বার্থেই হকিংয়ের বিরুদ্ধে কথা বলা দরকার বলেই বলছি।</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"># Rightist Mumin: আম, মানে ইয়ে... ঈশ্বরের অস্তিত্ব নিয়ে বিতর্ক বিজ্ঞানের এখতিয়ার নয়।</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Source:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">আমার দেশ পত্রিকা (‘সৃষ্টিকর্তা নেই’, দাবি হকিংয়ের, অক্টেবর ১৫, ২০১৪, কমেনটস দেখুন)।</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whether, renouncing Islam is a Crime or not.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If crime, then why it is consider as a Crime?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If crime, then what is the degree of the Crime? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If crime, then what is the justification of such a degree? and,</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Considering the above, we find Renouncing Islam is a Crime, a Crime against Humanity. And a Crime against Humanity is consider as the highest degree of crime ie. a grievous crime and surely a grievous crime deserves a severe punishment. The Justification all of this is as follows-</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Accepting Islam or not is ones choice, as human are created free willed, We Muslim are not converted, nor our forefather, actually we accept Islam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One may surprised that after conversion no one permitted to renounce Islam. Why? Because we clearly know that it is the religion of God, a religion of Truth. So, to us, renouncing Islam is equal to blaming and rejecting truth and at the same time adopt falsehood on God and His Apostle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This act will turning men from truth, thus makes them loser in the hereafter. And when in the hereafter, they will find themselves loser, they will blame them, who shall be proved at that time as the follower of TRUTH- the follower of God’s religion during their lifetime ie they will accused Muslims for their misery. And Muslims those shall be accused thus find themselves into equal misery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, a Muslim never let anyone blaming or rejecting TRUTH after accepting it, as it considered an act of preventing men from following God’s path that causes mass people serious loser in the hereafter, such act surely a grievous crime and deserves severe punishment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"> "And if they break their oaths after their agreement and revile your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief -surely their oaths are nothing -so that they may desist".</span></i> -(Qur'an 9:12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And a Hadith says- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims."- [<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 83, No-17,-Narrated by' Abdullah</span>].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Y</b></span>es, all of the Jews bound to accept all the <b>Commandments of Torah</b> even some extra as they accept those on the edge of death and life ie when they have only option to take Torah or to die. The story as follows-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God said to Abraham, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is the reason that God declared such? It is for the Abraham's credibility, because -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">i). Living in the house of a idol worshipers, USING BRAIN, he discover the REAL GOD —ONE and ONLY. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ii). He proved his LOVE to God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[<i>When Abraham discover the Real God and came to understand that all on earth were in clear wrong, he dismantled all those false God. And when people discover that it was Abraham who did the massacre. They arrest and brought him to the <b>Court of Nimrod</b>.<br /><br />"Then, you- the Abraham!! who finds a True God? Who is He?"—Nimrod asked.<br /><br />In that confrontation with Nimrod, Abraham argues that God is the one who gives life and gives death. The king responds by bringing out two people sentenced to death. He releases one and kills the other as a poor attempt at making a point that he also brings life and death. Abraham refutes him by stating that Allah brings the Sun up from the East, and so he asks the king to bring it from the West. The king is then perplexed and angered ordered to throw him in an open fire so that people may watch to understand clearly that there is no God but Nimrods.<br /><br />And the God of Abraham nakedly save him in front of the whole country men. Then Angel Gabriel said: "Abraham, all the world shall know how God loves you; but how shall the world know the love that you bear to God? Assuredly it is necessary that you do something for love of God."<br />Abraham answered: 'Behold the servant of God, ready to do all that which God shall will.'<br /><br />Then spoke God, saying to Abraham: "Take your son, your firstborn (ie. Ishmael);and come up the <b>Mountain Marwah </b>[al-Marwah- a mountain now located in the <b>Masjid al-Haram</b> in Mecca] to sacrifice him."<br /><br />And to prove his love to God, Abraham brought Ismael to the said place and down him and then raised his naked sword and downed that towards the neck. And the very moment God…….<br />Thus Abraham fulfilled Gods commands, but it was only a test.</i>]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So God wanted to honor him, and He made a covenant, saying: "Abraham, circumcise thy foreskin and that of all thy house, for this is a covenant between me and thee for ever.'' -then He cleared Abraham the way He wanted to honour him saying, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people."--(2:124)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But Abraham confused it ends to his death or its a continuous process—-ie. applicable even to his descendants, —-so he asked,— "And of my descendants?"--(2:124)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God told him the fact concerning circumcision, and said: "The soul that shall not have his flesh circumcised, I will scatter him from among my people for ever." 'then He cleared Abraham saying, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers." -(2:124)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Obviously Abraham not happy hearing such, and almighty God, the All knowing and Wise one want to happy him with a “<b>Glad Tidings</b>” saying: "Behold, in your seed I will bless all the tribes of the earth; and as you have broken in pieces the idols, O Abraham;, even so shall your seed do."" ie. a promise for the Messiah for the mankind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the above we see, God not denied Abraham ie SURETY a prophethoodship among his descendants, but WITH A CONDITION OF OBEDIENT-SHIP that shall be fulfilled OBSERVING the COVENANT and His promise shall never be applicable for the transgressor. So He said this way- "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now a question why God include such covenant?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All we know that Adam, the first man, eat the fruit forbidden by God in paradise, his flesh rebelled against the spirit; whereupon he swore, saying: "By God, I will cut thee!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And having broken a piece of rock, he seized his flesh to cut it with the sharp edge of the stone: whereupon he was rebuked by the angel Gabriel. And he answered: "I have sworn by God to cut it; I will never be a liar!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'Then the angel showed him the superfluity of his flesh, and that he cut off. And hence,<span style="color: red;"><i><b> just as every man taketh flesh from the flesh of Adam, so is he bound to observe all that Adam Promised with an Oath.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This did Adam observe in his sons, and from generation to generation came down the "Obligation of Circumcision". But in the time of Abraham there were but few circumcised upon the earth, because that idolatry was multiplied up the earth. So God made the covenant for the "<b>Salvation of Mankind</b>" from the "<b>Original Sin</b>".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for that covenant, every time the Israelis deviated from the path of God, He sent a messenger among them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus when the Israelis were oppressed In the hands of Pharaoh, He send a powerful prophet among them to release them from Pharaoh. Moses showed a series of works that can do no one but God only; And all Israelis were the witness. Qur'an says- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters. And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors. And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Haman and their soldiers through them that which they had feared</i>.-(28:4-6)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.But when good came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. ..<br />And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you."<br /><br />So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people. And when the punishment descended upon them, they said, "O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. If you [can] remove the punishment from us, we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the Children of Israel."<br /><br />But when We removed the punishment from them until a term which they were to reach, then at once they broke their word. So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them. And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured.</i> --.-(7:130-137)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Israelis leaving Egypt, a time comes when they found themselves in a trap, both sides of them are hill, at behind Pharaoh to attack them and front red sea, Quran says - <i>"And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people.."</i> they were idolater, Now look what is Israelis, Gods chosen people. Quran says, <i>they "intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A nation!! Here, the Israelis asked Moses a god of Idol at a time, when the almighty God just save them from the people of Pharaoh, <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i>[who were] afflicting them with the worst torment -killing their sons and keeping their women alive, through the Red Sea with a great sign.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Israelis!! Is this the people whom God preferred over the worlds? However, Moses rebuked them, but they were not a thing that ever changed. So, when Moses went to Tur (a mountain on the bank of Red Sea in the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>rabian Desert where God Almighty gives him Torah) for 30 days [but 1o days extend later by God] to bring the law book of God, a part of the Israelis wanted to go back to Egypt due to a delay some days that Moses promised to Israelis <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of</span> his <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">return [</span>to his people]. So, they made from their ornaments [Those they borrow from the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Egyptian with a promise to re<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">turn when they will back]</span></span> a golden calf, having a lowing sound, as their god and guider on their way back to Egypt. And they began to worship that calf, <b>Opis</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Aaron had already told them, "O my people, you are only being tested by it, and indeed, your Lord is the Most Merciful, so follow me and obey my order."</span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But they said, "We will never cease being devoted to the calf until Moses returns to us."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved. <i><span style="color: #134f5c;">He said, "O my people, did your Lord not make you a good promise? Then, was the time [of its fulfillment] too long for you, or did you wish that wrath from your Lord descend upon you, so you broke your promise [of obedience] to me?</span>"-</i>(20:86) So God punished them for their nature, that they may learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And after all of this, when Moses presented the Book of God to his people, they said, "O, Moses, how do we know that it is from God? It may possible that you wrote that book and telling us that it's from God?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses said, "O my people, why do you harm me while you certainly know that I am the messenger of God to you?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Surely the Israelis deviated, so, God caused their hearts to deviate. For God does not guide the defiantly disobedient people. So they Said, "We can't take this as a Book of God without any proof, Surely, we never do such unless otherwise, God himself tell us that it is His Book."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then according to the instruction of God, Moses chose from his people seventy men for God's appointment. And when they went to the valley, God speaks to them. His Voice equally echoed from all sides. The Israelis looking for God all around to find where He was hiding, but they see nothing. So they shouting and told Moses, "We will never believe you until we see God outright"; So, they were again punished by God. Thunderbolt took them while they were looking on, and it was because of their wrongdoing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses Cried to God- "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers. And decree for us in this world [that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have turned back to You."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He said, "My punishment -I afflict with it whom I will, but My mercy encompasses all things. So I will decree it [especially] for those who fear Me and give zakah and those who believe in Our verses" -(see 7:155-56) Then God revived Israelis after their death that perhaps they would be grateful.-(See 2:55-56)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then...? The representative certify Moses that what he said before, all were true, the Book surely from God and they bear the witness. But the Israelis were arrogant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korah (Qarun in Arabic), the cousin of Moses rebelled with his follower. He plied him the following questions-: "Does a Tallit made entirely of blue wool need fringes?" To this Moses' </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">answer </span>affirmative. And Korah objected: "The blue color of the Tallit does not make it ritually correct, yet according to thy statement four blue threads do so" -[Num. 15:38].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Korah asked, "Does a house filled with the books of the Law need a <b>Mezuzah</b>?" Moses replied that it did; whereupon Korah said: "The presence of the whole Torah, which contains 175 chapters, does not make a house fit for habitation, yet thou sayest that one chapter thereof does so. It is not from God that thou hast received these commandments; thou hast invented them thyself." -[<i>Midr. Agadah to Num. 16:8; Yalḳ., Num. 750; comp. Num. R. l.c.; Tan. l.c.; Sanh. 110a</i>].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korah then assembled 249 men, chiefs of the Sanhedrin, and all denied the priestly share of Aaron's sons, saying that the Laws were not from God but from Moses. Having been informed of these, Moses went to Korah, but the latter and his followers rose up against him and his brother Aaron. [see Num. R. 18:2; Tan. l.c.; comp. Targ. pseudo-Jonathan to Num. 16:2].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korah said, ‘O, Moses! receiving prophethood your status raises than me, its OK, but you should have to know that I have achieved a higher position for worldly wealth than you. So, you can't deny my status, my position among Israelis is not lower than you. So, why not I will be entitled to the leadership among Israelis as you are leading them?’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses said, ‘Korah! I swear by God, I do not have any authority to this matter. That is fully from Him and we are just following that. He is all in all not only on that matter, but for everything. And for the case of leadership, you should know, that He offered it to one and apart it from other to whom He wishes to.’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korah was not satisfied with this answer. So he said, ‘O, Moses! God offered prophet hood to you calling Personally on the valley of Tur, very well, but your brother Aaron was among us all the time, then, what was the signs of his leadership?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses answered, ‘I told you before, it is from God.’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korah said, “By Allah! I will never testify to it unless and until you give some evidence or argument.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And Korah's followers said to Moses, “You go too far! The whole community, all of them, are holy; the Lord is in their midst. Why then should you set yourselves over the Lord’s assembly?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When Moses heard this, he fell prostrate. Then he said to Levites, "You Levites! Are you not satisfied that the God of Israel has singled you out from the community of Israel, to have you draw near Him to maintain the Lord’s Tabernacle, and to attend upon the community and to serve them? He has allowed you and your Levite kinsmen with you to approach Him, and yet you seek the priesthood too. It is therefore against the Lord that you and all your faction are conspiring. As for Aaron, what has he done that you should grumble against him?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"So", Moses said to Israelis, "May the Lord make known tomorrow morning who belongs to Him and who is the holy one and whom He will have draw near to Him!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Korahs wife, influenced him saying: "See what Moses has done. He has proclaimed himself king; he has made his brother High Priest, and his brother's sons priests; still more, he has made thee shave all thy hair [comp. Num. 8:7] in order to Disfigure thee." -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then...? Korah incited all the people against Moses, arguing that it was impossible to endure laws instituted by Moses. He said, “Moses asked, what has Aaron done to us that we should grumble against him?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">O you People!! Don’t you see those laws that Moses made in the name of God, shall rich Aaron, the priests only? And will make all the Isralis in a few years to beg to the door of Aaron, the Priest? He then explain laws of Moses with the following parable [made by cut-pesting some of God's laws]:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<b><i>A widow, the mother of two young daughters, had a field. When she came to plow it, Moses told her not to plow it with an ox and an ass together-</i></b>(Deut. 22:10);<b><i> when she came to sow it, Moses told her not to sow it with mingled seeds </i></b>-(Lev. 19:19).<b><i> At the time of harvest she had to leave unreaped the parts of the field prescribed by the Law-</i></b>(Leviticus, 23:22)<b><i>, while from the harvested grain she had to give the priest the share due to him.-</i></b>(Leviticus, 23:10)<b><i><br /><br />The woman sold the field and with the proceeds bought two sheep. But the first-born of these she was obliged to give to Aaron the priest; and at the time of shearing he required the first of the fleece also </i></b>-(Deut. 18:4)<b><i>. The widow said: 'I can not bear this man's demands any longer. It will be better for me to slaughter the sheep and eat them.' But Aaron came for the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the maw -(</i></b>ib. verse 3)<b><i>. The widow then vehemently cried out: 'If thou persistest in thy demand, I declare them devoted to the Lord.'<br /><br />Aaron replied: 'In that case the whole belongs to me' </i></b>-(Num. 18:14)<b><i>, whereupon he took away the meat, leaving the widow and her two daughters wholly unprovided for" -</i></b>(Num. R. 18:2-3; Tan., Korah, 4-6).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Now, O my people!", Korah said, "Do you want to believe these laws that will make you a dime-less beggar within a few years like the widow, but riches Aaron, the Priest, are from God? No, surely not, Moses himself has written those for you, o my people! they want to steal your wealth only to make themselves wealthiest".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moses said to his People, "Do you want to say that the Book is not from God, after 70 of your leader certify and bear witness that it is from God?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But the Israelis said, "O Moses! We can't take the Book as its laws are difficult to obey." They demand to change the scripture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And then God said to the Israelis, "Take what We have given you with determination and listen."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So God ordered Gabriel to raise the Mountain over them. Qur'an says <i>“And when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah ."</i>-(7:171)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now the Israelis found themselves near the death, they feared that the mountain going to put all of them to an end. At that point, at the edge of death and life, they gave God their words to obey Him and His Laws.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Then God had taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, He delegated from among them twelve leaders. And then said, "I am with you. If you establish prayer and give zakah and believe in My messengers and support them and loan Allah a goodly loan, I will surely remove from you your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way."</i>-(5:121)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span></b>ertainly, Qur'an is an honored [book], In a Book well-guarded, None shall touch it save the purified ones.-[56:77-79]. [It is written] on honoured leaves, Exalted, purified, (Written) by the hands of scribes- [those are] Honourable and Pious and Just. - [80:13-16] <br />
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And surely it is in the original of the Book with Us, truly elevated, full of wisdom.-[43:4] With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended.-[17:105] [As] a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds. Do you then hold this announcement in contempt? And make denial thereof .. -[56:80-82]<br />
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Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong)-[2:185] And that which you do not see. <br />
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Certainly, it's the Word brought by an honored Messenger [Gabriel], And not the word of a poet; little is it that you believe; Nor the word of a soothsayer; little is it that you mind. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings,We would certainly have seized him by the right hand,And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart: And not one of you could have withheld Us from him. And lo! it is a Message unto those who ward off (evil). And most surely We know that some of you are rejecters. And most surely it is a great grief to the unbelievers. And most surely it is Truth of Assured Certainty. [69:39-51]<br />
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Do you not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, you would surely have found therein Much discrepancy. -[4:81] The Shaitans have not come down with this (Revelation): it behoves them not, and they have not the power to do (it). Surely they are far removed from the hearing of it. -[26:210-212]<br />
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And certainly We have set forth to men in this Qur'an every kind of Parable, in order that they may receive admonition. -[39:27]<br />
(It's) a Qur'an in Arabic, without any crookedness, that you may guard (against evil).....but many of you have no knowledge. -[39:28-29]<br />
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And certainly this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. The Faithful Spirit [Gabriel] has descended with it, upon the Messengers heart that he may the warner, [It is] in plain Arabic language. Certainly it's (announcement) in the Scriptures of former. Is it not a sign to you that the learned men of the Israelite's knew it? -[26:192-197]<br />
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And if We had made the Qur'an in a language other than Arabic, you would certainly have said: Why have not its communications been made clear? What [a Wonder]! a foreign [languaged book] to an Arabian [Messenger]!-[41:43]<br />
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Surely, those who disbelieve in the [Quran as] Reminder when it cometh unto them (are guilty), for lo! it is an Unassailable Scripture. Falsehood shall not come to it from before it nor from behind it; [It's]a revelation from the Wise, the Praised One.-[41:41-42]<br />
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You will not believe in it until you see the grievous Penalty; -[26:201] Whatever of good befalleth thee (O you people) it is from Allah, and whatever of ill befalleth thee it is from thyself. We have sent thee (Muhammad) as a messenger unto mankind and [Certainly] Allah is sufficient as Witness. -[4:79]<br />
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And (by) the soul and He who proportioned it and inspired it (with discernment of) its wickedness and its righteousness,(91:7-8) and have shown him the two ways? But he has not broken through the difficult pass. And what can make you know what is (breaking through) the difficult pass? It is the freeing of a slave or feeding on a day of severe hunger an orphan of near relationship or a needy person in misery and then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. (90:10-17)<br />
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And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than (his) jugular vein When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left. Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared (to record). (50:16-18) He has succeeded who purifies it, And he has failed who instills it (with corruption).(91:9-10)<br />
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Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat And you are at that time looking on -And Our angels are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed, Bring it back, if you should be truthful?<br />
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And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah, Then (for him is) rest and bounty and a garden of pleasure. And if he was of the companions of the right, Then (the angels will say), "Peace for you; (you are) from the companions of the right." But if he was of the deniers (who were) astray, Then (for him is) accommodation of Scalding Water. And burning in Hell-fire Indeed, this is the true certainty, (56:83-95)<br />
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It is my duty to show you the path, and I am the lord of the world and hereafter. So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -(70:42)</div>
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Source: al-Qur'an</div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-82925967156226616552016-09-11T22:09:00.000-05:002018-03-07T16:25:55.140-06:00Religions: Disputes with the Philosophical View.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">[<i>In this Science and Technological Era, when Human trying to invade Mars and thinks to settle there, most of the people still clinging their forefathers religion without Questioning. And those Questions, most of them have no knowledge of scripture [though they are sometimes highly educated entitled with PhD, Sir, Saint, etc], so they never able to find the Absolute Truth. Thus some became Atheist or changing their religion to another, which they thinks to be a better one. However, when asked some tough question most of them become confused. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>O</b></span>ne may astonished, when he going to find the no of religion and their sect still present in this world. But that is not our priority actually, we will discuss here only the major one and those are only a few, viz Polytheism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And the interesting thing is that each of these religion claim its own superiority over the others,
claims the only religion that is true. But can we accept that? In general, we can't say
anything true or false without logic, or proof. But is there anyone who is going to say Polytheism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, all are true?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>According to our general knowledge if there is a God, then only one
religion is true. The logic behind this is- <b>"As God is one,
so the truth shall be one; it follows that the doctrine is one and the
meaning of the doctrine is one; and therefore the faith is one".</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Dear reader, in this article, we are not going to find the true religion, but a way how to confused each of them throwing Questions those are tough to answer for average people.</i>]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>M</b></span>ughal Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur, India. In that assembly of wise-men a Christian challenged a Muslim and when the Muslim accept the challenge the Christian asked him: “Do you believe in Isa (Jesus)?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim answered: “Certainly; we acknowledge him as a prophet of God; our prophet bore testimony to the divine mission of Jesus.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian continued: “This prophet Jesus has announced that after him many will appear who will pretend to a prophetic office; yet ‘believe not in them, nor follow them, for they are liars; but remain you steadfast and firm in my faith, until I come again.’ There is no mention of your prophet in the Gospel.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim replied: “Mention of him was in the Pentateuch and in the Gospel, but your principal men obliterated it.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian asked: “Do you possess that Gospel which is correct?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim avowed: “We do not.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then the Christian resumed: “Hence your falsehood is evident; you deny the Gospel; for if you did not, you would preserve it, as we, who are Christians, preserve the Pentateuch, which is the book of Moses; but you keep neither the Pentateuch nor the Gospel, and if there had been mentioned in the Gospel any thing of your prophet, we would without doubt, according to the words of Jesus, adhere to it, because, in conformity with our faith, our desire is to obey the precepts of Jesus. But now, whence can we know that your prophet is true?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim said: “From his miracles, one of which is the dividing of the moon.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian observed upon this: “If the dividing of the moon has taken place, the inhabitants of the world must have seen it, and the recorders of extraordinary things in all countries, and the historians of all nations would have written it down with the pen of truth. Now none, except Muslims, give any information of it.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There was an Hindú present; the Christian asked him: “In the Kaliyug, which is the fourth of your ages, has the moon been once divided?” And he addressed the same question to the Persians and Turks there present; all said: “We have not seen any thing like it in our historical accounts.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim remained confounded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A Jew presented himself; placed the Christian in opposition. The Jew began: “In the Pentateuch, there is no mention made of Jesus.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian replied: “How not? Does not David say: ‘My hands and my feet fall off, and all my bones are counted.’ This is a prediction of the sufferings and of the crucifixion of Jesus.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Jew remarked upon this: “Whatever David may have said of himself, and the All-Just have announced by his tongue, should all this be taken for a prediction of Jesus?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian pursued: “But the conception of a virgin was predicted, and this virgin was Mary.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Jew objected: “Amongst us, the virginity of Mary is not proved, as, according to your belief, before the birth of Jesus, she was married to Joseph the Carpenter, and Jesus is said to be the son of Joseph the carpenter.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christian admitted: “This is true; but,” he added: “Joseph had never touched Mary.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Jew opposed: “How is that proved?” And this was the question which the Jew repeated at every thing which the Christian brought forward, so that the latter was reduced to silence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A learned Philosopher came in front and said to the Jew: “The Divine mission of your prophets has not been proved, for several reasons: the first is, that whatever the prophet says ought to be conformable to reason; the second is, that he ought to be free from crime, and not hurtful to other beings. But Moses, according to the opinion of the Jews, was brought up by Pharâoh, and yet he caused him by a stratagem to be drowned in the waters of the Nile, and listened not to his repentance. What they say of the water of the Nile having opened a passage to Moses, is an error. Nor did he attend to the repentance of Qárún (Korah), but, from covetousness of gold, he caused him to be swallowed up by the earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jesus permitted the killing and ill using of animals. And Muhammad himself attacked the forces and caravans of the Quraish; he shed blood, nay, with his own hand put to death Human beings. He besides exceeded all bounds in sexual connexions, and in taking the wives of other men; so that, on account of his gazing, a wife was separated from her husband, and the like are notorious of him. With these perverse qualities, how then shall we recognize a prophet?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All concurred in declaring: “By miracles.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The philosopher asked: “What are the miracles of your prophets?” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Jew answered: “Thou must have heard of Moses's wand, which became a serpent.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Philosopher immediately took up his girdle, breathed upon it, and it became a great serpent, which hissed and turned towards the Jew; but the philosopher stretched out his hand, and took it back, saying: “Lo, the miracle of Moses!” whilst the Jew, from fear, had scarcely any life left in his body, and could not recover his breath again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now the Christian said: “The Messiah was born without a father.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Philosopher replied: “You yourselves say that Joseph, the carpenter, had taken Mary to wife; how can it be made out that Jesus was not the son of Joseph?” The Christian was reduced to silence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Muslim took up the word, and said: “Our prophet brought forth the Qur'án, divided the moon, and ascended to heaven.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The philosopher observed upon this: “It is stated in your sacred book: “‘</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And they say: We will by no means believe on thee, until thou cause a spring of water to gush forth for us out of the earth, or thou have a garden of palm trees and vines, and thou cause rivers to spring forth from the midst of this palm plantation; or that thou throw down upon the earth the heaven torn in pieces; or that thou bring down God Almighty and the angels to vouch for thee; or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend by a ladder to heaven: neither will we believe thy ascending, until thou cause a book to descend unto us which we may read. The answer is in this way: Say, O Muhammad, pure is God the nourisher, I am but a man-prophet.’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“From this an equitable judge can conclude, he who could not cause a spring of running water to come forth, how could he have shown the miracles which are related of him? when he had not the power of tearing the heaven in pieces, in what manner could he divide the moon? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he was unable to show the angels, how could he see Jibraíl with his own eyes? and his companions too did not behold him in the shape of an Arab; when he was unable, in the presence of unbelievers, to go to heaven with his body, how did he perform the bodily ascension (ascribed to him in the Qur'an)? As he brought thence no writing, in what way came the Qur'an down from heaven?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A follower of Zerdusht, who stood in a corner, now interrupted the philosopher, saying: “Maintain all this, but do not deny miracles in general, for our prophet too ascended to heaven.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Philosopher replied: “You admit the existence of Yezdán and Ahrimán, in order that Yezdán may not be said to be the author of evil; but you also assert, that Ahrimán sprung forth from the evil thought of the all-just Lord; therefore he sprung from God, and evil originates from God, the All-Just: you are therefore wrong in the Fundamental Principle, the very root of your religion, and wrong must be every branch which you derive from it.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now the Brahman took up the discussion: “Thou deniest the prophetic missions; but our Avatárs rest upon these missions.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Philosopher said: “You at first acknowledge one God, and then you say that, having descended from his solitude, he assumed a great body; but God is not clothed with a body, which belongs to contingency and tangible matter. In like manner, you attribute wives to your gods. Vishnu, who according to some represents the second person of the divine triad, according to others, is acknowledged as the supreme God, is said to have descended from his station, and become incarnate at different times, in the forms of a fish, a boar, a tortoise, and of man. When he was in the state of Rama, his wife was ravished from him. He was ignorant, and acquired some knowledge by becoming the disciple of one among the sages of India, until he was freed from his body; in the form of Krishna he was addicted to lust and deceit, of which you yourselves tell many stories. You state, that in this incarnation there was little of the wisdom of a supreme God, and much of the corporeal matter of Krishna: thus you compel mankind, who, capable of justice, are superior to all sorts of animals, to worship a boar or a tortoise! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And you adore the form of the male organ as Mahadev, whom many acknowledge to be God, and the female organ as his wife! You seem not to know that the irrational cannot be the creator of the rational; that the one, uncompounded, is incompatible with division, and that plurality of the self-existent one is absurd. Finally, by the worship of a mean object, no perfection can accrue to the noble.” By these proofs and arguments he established his theses, and the Brahman remained confounded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Afterwards the philosopher addressed the assembly: “Know for certain that the world has a Creator, all Mighty and all-Wise, who has diffused upon the field of events among the servants, subject to vicissitudes, numerous and various benefits which are worthy of praise and thanksgiving; therefore, according to the lights of our reason, let us investigate the mysteries of his creation, and, according to our knowledge, pour out the praises of his benefits; and as, by the knowledge of the primordial omnipotence, we shall have found the direction to the right way, we shall, in proportion to our gratitude, be led to the reward of yon exuberant beatitude; if, by denying the unity and disowning the benefits of God we sink into guilt, shall we not be deserving of punishment? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Such being the case, why should we pay obedience to any person who belongs to mankind as ourselves, and who is subject to anger and lust, and avarice and passion, and love of rank and power, even more than ourselves? If this mortal exhorts us to knowledge and gratitude, we may by the concurrence of our own reason obtain this advantage; but if he urges his precepts by what is opposite to reason, then his speech is a proof of deceit; for reason demonstrates that the world has a wise creator, and that he, being wise, prescribes to the creatures a worship which to their reason does not evince itself as an evil; and whatever is proved bad, is not ordered by him. Now the law contains particulars which reason accounts as false or bad: such are conversations with God; the descent of incorporeal heavenly beings in human forms or in the shape of a tortoise; the reascension to heaven in an elemental body; the pilgrimage to particular edifices for performance of worship; the circuit (round the Ká'ba), the entrance in it, the fatigue, the throwing of stones; the acquitting one's self of the pilgrimage to Mecca; the kissing of the black stone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If it be said that, without a visible medium, it is impossible to worship the all-Mighty Creator, and that a place for the sake of connexion is to be fixed, it may be answered, that one who offers praises and thanks to God, has no need of a medium and of a place; and if a fixed place were to be admitted, the forms of the stars above would be preferable. If it be objected, that this cannot be free from the detestable suspicion of paganism, whilst, certainly, a place among others having been fixed, which place, by distinction from them all, presents itself to them as particular, a predilection for it appeared proper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In like manner, after a computation of dimensions, geometricians and mathematicians determine a place which, with respect to the objects and points of a space, bears the same relation as the centre to a circle; then, without doubt, every portion of the circumference will have its particular relative situation with respect to the point of the centre; certainly, in consequence of this arrangement, all places so determined become referable to this particular place, and among the other places, shall be worthy of predilection.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To this may be answered: “This opinion agrees not with the ideas of many distinguished persons; for a great number confers upon the site of another place the attribute of being the middle, and distinguish it as such; which is evident from the books of the institutes of Brahma and of others, and by the necessity of pronouncing benedictions there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This also cannot be free from the suspicion of paganism: because one may suppose that God, the All-Just, is represented in the house, or is a body, on which account people call it ‘the house of God.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If it be so, or if the Ka'ba be situated in the midst of a country, other prophets may have chosen another place, such as the holy house (of Jerusalem), and the like; but this is but by error; thus it happened—that, at first, the lord Muhammad did not offer his prayers at the Kâba. Since therefore the detestable suspicion of paganism rests upon all the worship of stone, earth, and bodies, then water, fire, and the planets, are objects more proper to be honored; and if a centre be desired, let it be the sun in the midst of the seven heavens. In like manner objectionable is the sacrifice of animals, and the interdiction of what may be proper for the food of men, and the admitting thereof by one prophet to be lawful what is forbidden by another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thus, if it be not right to eat pork, why was it permitted by Jesus? if it was interdicted on account of pollution in consequence of the animal's feeding upon unclean and nasty things, so the cock is objectionable for the same reasons. Similar to these are most other commands, and contrary to the precepts of reason. But the greatest injury comprehended in a prophetic mission is the obligation to submit to one like ourselves of the human species, who is subject to the incidental distempers and imperfections of mankind; and who nevertheless controls others with severity, in eating, drinking, and in all their other possessions, and drives them about like brutes, in every direction which he pleases; who declares every follower's wife he desires, legal for himself and forbidden to the husband; who takes to himself nine wives, whilst he allows no more than four to his followers; and even of these wives he takes whichever he pleases for himself; and who grants impunity for shedding blood to whomsoever he chooses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On account of what excellency, on account of what science, is it necessary to follow that man's command; and what proof is there to establish the legitimacy of his pretensions? If he be a prophet by his simple word, his word, because it is only a word, has no claim of superiority over the words of others. Nor is it possible to know which of the sayings be correctly his own, on account of the multiplicity of contradictions in the professions of faith. If he be a prophet on the strength of miracles, then the deference to it is very dependent; because a miracle is not firmly established, and rests only upon tradition or a demon's romances: as the house of tradition, from old age, falls in ruins, it deserves no confidence. Besides, by the regulation of divine providence, occult sciences are numerous; and the properties of bodies without end or number. Why should it not happen that such a phenomenon, which thou thinkest to be a miracle, be nothing else but one of the properties of several bodies, or a strange effect of the occult art? As with thee, the dividing of the moon, of which thou hast heard, is a miracle, why shouldst thou not admit, as proved, the moon of Káshgar? And if thou namest Moses, ‘the speaker of God,’ why shouldst thou not so much the more give this title to Sámerí, who caused a calf to speak?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“But if it be said that every intellect has not the power of comprehending the sublime precepts, but that the bounty of the all-mighty God created degrees of reason and a particular order of spirits, so that he blessed a few of the number with superior sagacity; and that the merciful light of lights, by diffusion and guidance, exalted the prophets even above these intellects. If it be so, then a prophet is of little service to men; for he gives instruction which they do not understand, or which their reason does not approve. Then the prophet will propagate his doctrine by the sword; he says to the inferiors: <i><b>‘My words are above your understanding, and your study will not comprehend them.’ </b></i>To the intelligent he says: ‘My faith is above the mode of reason.’ Thus, his religion suits neither the ignorant nor the wise. Another evil attending submission to an incomprehensible doctrine is that, whatever the intellect possesses and offers by its ingenuity, turns to no instruction and advantage of mankind, whilst the prophet himself has said: ‘God imposes upon a man no more than he can bear.’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“And whatever the understanding does not comprise within the extent of reason, the truth of this remains hidden; and to assent thereto is silliness; because the doctrine of other wise men may be of a higher value than the tradition or the book of that prophet. Besides, if the maxim were inculcated that prophets must be right, any body who chose could set up the pretension of being one; as silly men will always be found to follow him, saying: ‘His reason is superior to ours, which is not equal to such things.’ Hence have arisen among the Muslims and other nations so many creeds and doctrines, as well as practices without number.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Another defect is that, when the religion of one prophet has been adopted “In the sequel it became evident to wise men, that emancipation is to be obtained only by the knowledge of truth conformably with the precepts of the perfect prophet, the perfect lord of fame, ‘the Wise;’ the practices enjoined by him are: renouncing and abandoning the world; refraining from lust, sensuality, entertainment, slaughter of what possesses life; and from appropriating to one's self the riches of other men; abstaining from women, deceit, false accusation, oppression, intimidation, foolishness, and giving (to others) opprobrious titles. The endeavors for the recompense of the other world, and the forms of the true religion may be comprised in ten virtues, namely:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. Liberality and beneficence;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. Forbearance from bad actions and repulsion of anger with mildness;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. Abstinence from worldly desires;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. Care of freedom from the bonds of the worldly existence and violence, as well as accumulating precious stores for the future real and perpetual world;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. Piety, wisdom, and devotion, with frequent meditations on the consequences of actions;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. Strength of dexterous prudence in the desire of sublime actions;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. Soft voice, gentle words, and pleasing speeches for every body;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8. Good society with brothers, so that their will may have the precedence to our own;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">9. A perfect alienation from the creatures, and a perfect attachment to the supreme Being;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10. Nurification of the soul by the yearning after God the all-just, and the union with the merciful Lord, in such a manner that, as long as the soul dwells in the body, it may think itself one with him and long to join him, until the hour of separation from the body arrives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The best men are those who content themselves with the least food, and who sequestrate themselves from this perishable world, and abstain from the enjoyments of eating, drinking, dress, and marriage. The vilest of the people are those who think it right to indulge the desire of generation, the passion for wine, and banquetting with eagerness, as if it were something divine. As the mode which the perfect prophet and apostle, the Wise, has prescribed to his followers, is difficult, certainly the demons excite the spirit of brutish passion against his regulations; so that there are prophets who, captivated with lust, anger, pleasures of eating and drinking, costly garments, beautiful women, and engaged in oppression towards the children of one race, whom they call infidels, consider these practices not only as legal, but even as laudable, and tend towards them. So it happens that many learned men and their followers, who, for the sake of the world have chosen to obey these prophets, but in their heart deny them, and are aware of the falsehood of this sect, wait for an opportunity, with prudent regard to circumstances and a favorable hour, to adopt the regulations.”—Nobody in the assembly had an answer to give to the learned philosopher, who, after the effort which he had made, left the hall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The End.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Source: [Copy from Google Books] Muhsin Fani, The Dabistan-i Mazahib ["School of Religions"] tr. by David Shea and Anthony Troyer, 1843.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">NB: <i><b>All that question asked here are not too tough to answer to us, but we are not producing any answer of them here considering the length of the article. But if people asked us to answer we assured to answer them (if God wills) in a rate one for each, only those related to Muslim and Islam.</b></i></span></div>
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Abu Hena Mostafa Kamalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703982885536159075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810837048673442254.post-53764196796082094422016-09-11T15:50:00.002-05:002016-10-20T14:35:31.553-05:00Religion: The Religious Discord Between a Sunni and a Shia.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span></b>ughal Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur, India. In that assembly of wise-men, a Shia disputed with a Sunni. The Shia said: “It is evident that the Sunnis are without faith, because they do not acknowledge the prophet's purity, and say that David caused Uriá to be killed.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni replied: “This fact is equally mentioned in the Qur'an and in the Tórah, ‘Pentateuch,’ explicitly and circumstantially.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A Jew was present, and affirmed: “It is certainly in the Pentateuch.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Upon which the Shiâ rejoined: “The Pentateuch is altered.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Jew retorted: “We may as well, and with a better right, say that your book is altered, whilst there is no reason to be urged that the Pentateuch is corrupted.” The Shiâ had no answer to give, and the in the treatises of several of the modern learned, that they have appropriated this answer to themselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ again said: “The Imam Ali was a very learned and most excellent man, and never polluted his lips with wine, nor pork, nor any thing dressed by the infidels.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To which the Sunni replied: “As with you the hand of an infidel is impure, and the Quraish all drank wine and eat pork, the prophet, who associated with them, eat the same food in the house of his paternal uncles, and so did Imam Ali.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ had no suitable reply to make to this observation; he continued however: “In the Malul and Nahel, it is stated that the pure Fátima declared, "The palm-grove of Fadak is my inheritance, as the lord of the prophetic asylum committed it to me as a Tamlík (hereditary property) during his life-time".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But the prophet has said: “‘We, the company of prophets, do not leave to our heirs what has been bestowed on us as a gift or as alms.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“On the strength of which Sádik (Abu Bakr) rejected her claim. But even were this tradition irrefragable, how could he reject the claim of a Tamlík, if that tradition, by which the rejection of such an inheritance never takes place, be acknowledged to be right?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni opposed to this: “The splendid lady had no witnesses that the law could accept; as the evidence of husband, or son, or grandson, is not admissible.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ insisted: “Sádik was wrong. And the burning of the court in sequel of the mortal malady of the prophet; and the repentance which was the consequence of it? and the like, what dost thou say about it? Moreover, Omar's impeding the writing of a last will in the mortal malady of the prophet, as the Imám Ismâíl Bukhárí has related upon the authority of Abdulla, the son of Abbas, that in his mortal malady the house of the prophet was full of his companions. He said: “Make haste, let me put down a writing for your sake, in order that, after me, you may be safe against error and deceit.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“But Omar said: ‘The prophet is overcome by the malady, and his intellect is obstructed; the heavenly book, and the proofs of the text of the Qur'an are sufficient for us.’ On which account accumulated contradictions and conflicting discussions rose to such a height that the prophet said: ‘Leave me.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni resumed: The prophet himself declared: I am a man like you, but I speak from inspiration.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“In eating, dress, repose, affliction, health, sickness, wounds, in life and death, his condition was that of mankind: thus, some teeth of the venerable were knocked out, and in his last malady he was exceedingly suffering, so that in the violence of his pain he might have said things which were not consonant with a sound mind. On that account Omar forbade his writing.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ remarked: “When the prophet had left the garment of mortality, Omar drew his sword, and threatened to kill whosoever would say that the prophet died, because he was still living; such a declaration, how can it be reconciled with his impeding the writing of the last will in the manner before said?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni avowed: “Mankind is subject to error.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ pressed further: “After the contention, when Osmân was appointed khalif, his relations of the family of Omayah practiced oppression under his authority, and he brought back Hakam, the son of Aś, the son of Omayah, to Medina, from whence the prophet had banished him, so that he was called ‘the banished of the prophet,’ although Sádik (Abu Bakr) and Fárúk (Omar) had not called him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Further, Osman expelled Abázer from Medina; he also gave his daughter in marriage to Marwan, the son of Hakam, with the fifth part of the spoils of Africa, which amounted to forty thousand gold dinárs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Besides, he granted security to Abdullah, the son of Serj; although the lord of the prophetic asylum had ordered his blood to be shed; and he conferred on him the administration of Egypt; he consigned also to Abdullah, the son of Amar, the government of Baśra, where he indulged himself in all sorts of shameful action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Among the Umrás of his army were Muáwyíah, the son of Abi Safián, the collector of Shám (Syria), and Sâíd, the son of Alâaś, the collector of Kúfa. Afterwards, Abd-ullah, the son of Aamer; and Valíd, the son of Ukba Abdullah, the son of Sâd, the son of Abí Serj; all these trod the road of perverseness and unrighteousness.” The Sunni had no convenient reply to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ continued: “The prophet sent three friends to fight to a place called Tabúk; they disagreed: after which the prophet declared: ‘Whoever causes discord in the army or service, the curse of God be upon him.’”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni here fell in: “At the time of the prophet's moving, it was not advisable to undertake the expedition designed; there was no disunion about the war among them; but only a discussion about the fitting out of the troops and the arrangements; whence a delay in this affair arose, on account of settling the proper order of march and other proceedings.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ went on: “What the Sunnis attribute to God and the prophet, cannot be ascribed to the lowest man.” The Sunni asked: “What is that?” The Shiâ answered: “One of these things, stated in the book of your traditions, is that the prophet, having exhibited before Aisha dance and disport, asked her: ‘Art thou satisfied?’ Such a thing cannot in truth be said of any body without disgrace. Besides, there are acts unbecoming of the prophet's companions, such as Omar's preventing prophets last will, and the like, avowed by themselves in their book; and yet they hold these men in high esteem!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here the Sunni observed: “What thou first settest forth about the prophet's exhibition of disport, is nothing shameful; as to what thou sayest about bad customs, they belong only to thy own vicious opinion. Deniest thou that the prophet has said: “‘I am sent to settle the customs and manners.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“If a fact has not existed or has not happened, why should it have been recorded?” The Shiâ called out: “It has been invented and formed into a lie.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni objected: “Thus, according to thy opinion, the master of truth, Bukhari and the like, are tellers of lies, and thus they have transmitted lies! Why then, on their authority believest thou that Omar has prevented the making of the last will, and other such things, which, according to thee throw blame upon the companions of the prophet?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Therefore, in whatever of all these things according to thy opinion is unbecoming, thou shouldst believe that the master of truth, Bukhâri, and those like him, have told lies, so wouldst thou cease to cast reproach upon the companions and friends of the prophet; but if they spoke truth, then reckon also to be true, what they have attributed as praise-worthy to the prophet, and true what they have stated of the virtues of the said companions. Further, as to thy separating the prophet from mankind, it belongs, as it has been revealed by the divine text, to the creed of unbelievers to say, that the prophet should not eat nor drink.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now the Shiâ grew warm, and said: “Is it not enough to attach to the prophet the blame of having listened to music and assisted at dancing; and now thou pretendest to prove the purity of the two Shaikhs (Abu Bakr and Omar) and of Osmán!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni took up the controversy: “I said before that listening to music is reasonably not blamable, and even laudable, when a lawgiver also listens to it, and I observed, concerning customs and manners, that thou esteemest bad what thou hast badly understood. As thou refusest to approve dancing, what sayest thou about the interdiction of a woman from her spouse at the desire of the prophet? If thou holdest the example of customary acts reprehensible, there is nothing to be said about such an occurrence. And likewise, if the two Shaikhs had not been pure, the prophet would not have exalted their heads by matrimonial alliance; and the daughter of the Imam Ali and the prophet would never have been in the house of the great Fáruk (Omar), and of the possessor of two lights (Osman).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To open the road of contention is not laudable; and if not so according to thy opinion, explain this to me: since the lord, the lion of God (Ali) was informed of all the secrets of the hearts, why did he wage war upon Mu'awyiah, who was a Muslim? and why was he the death of so many men, since causing death is by no means right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is likewise known and admitted by you as true that, when one day a Muslim was selling garlic and onions upon the passage of the prophet, that venerable personage told him: ‘If thou wouldst sit down in a corner, retiring out of my way, it would be well.” “The man made an excuse, and the prophet passed on. Shortly after came Alí, who said to the man: The prophet dislikes the smell of onions and garlic, therefore move out of his way.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The man answered: ‘O Alí, the prophet told me to rise, and I did not move.’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alí said: ‘At the prophet's order thou didst not rise?’ He drew immediately his sword, and cut off the man's head. Such an action is reprobated by the law, as the lord of the prophetic asylum forbade killing even the hostile unbelievers, saying: “‘Do not exceed in shedding blood, even if thou be a conqueror.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“And by historical accounts it is known that he has blamed Ibrahim for having driven an unbeliever from his board. Nushírván, who was not crowned with the diadem of the right faith, is celebrated, because he sat upon the throne of justice, and one of his most approved actions was, that he withheld his hand from an old woman's house, which was an hinderance in the vicinity of his palace, and preferred to waste his own fields; and the lord of the prophetic asylum, because he appeared upon the field of testimony in the time of this king, exalted his fame and glory by these words: I was born in the time of the just king.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“How can it be right to believe that the prophet, the last of the age, should be pleased with the destruction of a Muslim; he who would not disturb the people who, engaged in their trade and occupation, obstructed his passage? He who said: “‘He who kills willingly a believer shall have hell for eternal punishment;’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“He cannot have acted by that rule; he who declares:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“Such an action is not that of a virtuous man; this however is related (of Alí) by your learned men, and likewise joking and buffooning, which indicates a want of dignity, degraded him.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ said: “Nevertheless, he was certainly the most excellent of all the companions of the prophet.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni asked: “In knowledge or in practice?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ replied: “In both knowledge and practice.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni resumed: “This we do not hold for certain; in what respect was he superior in practice to the chief of the believers, Omar?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ answered: “Alí used to pray the whole night.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni rejoined: “According to your own account, the Imam Ali wanted a woman every night; and his custom, (called mutâh) was to engage one for a short time; and so many did he occupy, that he seemed an unceasing bridegroom; how could a person so employed pray the whole night? unless in your religion you call praying what we call by another name.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Shiâ interrupted him saying: “You are liars from the very beginning. Abu Hanifa, your great Imám, was a native of Kabul, and attached himself particularly to the service of Imám Jâfar Sádik; at last he left him, and professed openly the religion of his fathers, who were Magi. A sign of the Magian creed was, that he thought it right to eat three times a-day, and to lay aside all choice of diet, as well as not to reckon the unbelievers impure, saying that impurity resides in the interior, if any where, and the like.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Sunni remarked: “Thou thyself agreest that Abu Hanífa was a follower of the Imám Jâfar, therefore he most likely practised what was conformable to the religion of the Imám Jâfar. We do not admit that your people are attached to the religion of the Imám; we rather believe that they are Magi; for when your ancestors were conquered and subjected, they, by necessity, joined the Islámian, but mixed the right faith with the creed of the Magi: as it appears from the worship called Nóuróz, which is a custom of the Magi; according to whom they likewise perform divine worship three times a day. They think it right to turn the head in praying to the left, which is turning off from the Qiblah (of Mecca); they assert that the five prayers every day are improper, as they are not able to perform them exactly; they maintain, however, as requisite those at midday, before sunset, and in the evening on going to sleep. In the same manner, they took the Mutâh, or temporary matrimonial unions, from the Mazdakian.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All the Shiâs have founded their creed upon two rules: the first is the Bedas (Védas); these were promulgated with the view to surround us with power and magnificence, or with the modes of happiness, which brilliant prospects have not been realized; it was said that the lord of divine majesty dictated the Veda. The second rule is godliness; by which men are freed from all the propensities of nature. The Shiâs are of this persuasion; and when they are asked about the manner of it, they say: By means of godliness we experience the non-reality of exterior things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Vedá treats of theology, and of what may appear contrary to divinity; it explains the will which on the part of the perverse may be manifested contrary to the will of the (supreme) judge. The Véda moreover treats of practice: when an action tends towards one thing, and when, after or before its accomplishment, it turns towards something else.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The unbelievers, who are in opposition to the prophet assert, that he has adopted the morals of Amrul Kaîs and mixed them with the Qur'an, that likewise he has frequently made use therein of the ideas of other poets, and even frequently gave place in it to the usages of paganism, with which he had been pleased. There are other controversies current. It will be best to attend to the following observation: What avail the doubts of the Shiâs? They attack in their speeches the Vicars of the prophet; when the first party (the Sunnis) repress the answer to it upon their tongues, let the other party too refrain from dispute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The End.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Not Yet Verified</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Source: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Muhsin Fani, The Dabistan-i Mazahib ["School of Religions"] tr. by David Shea and Anthony Troyer, 1843.</span></div>
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