God: How God is Working Doing all Things?

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, 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.

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.

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.

How God is doing all things?
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.

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.

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.
Then the question arises, how does He work?

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.

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”
But how does He Works?

It is said in the Qur'an- He wishes or says “be” and it is, clear?
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?

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.

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-

God is the Light of the heaven and earth;
The parable of His light is- a lamp in a niche of a wall,
The lamp enclosed in a glass appears as a shining star.
Lit through a blessed tree, an olive,
That is neither of the east nor of the west,
Whose oil is well-nigh luminous,
Although no fire touched it.
Light upon Light!

God doth guide- whom He wills to
God doth set forth His Light- parables for men:
And God doth knows all things.-[ al-Noor, 24:35].

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."

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.

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.

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].

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.

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.
What is the language of the Mother Book?

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?

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.

Yemenian LoteTree?? 

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].

So it's a question, how the word "Be" creates a matter, a living thing or being?

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.

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.]

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.

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.]

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.

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]

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 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]

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]

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.

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-

Or do they say: "He (Muhammad) has forged it (this Qur'an)?"
Nay! They believe not! Let them then produce a recital like unto it (the Qur'an) if they are truthful. -[52:33-34]
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]

Or they say, "He forged it (the Qur'an)."
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]

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]

Or do they say: "He has forged it?"
Say: "Bring then a surah (chapter) like unto it, and call upon whomsoever you can, besides Allah, if you are truthful!" [10:37-38]

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).

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]

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]
(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]

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]

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]

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-

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]

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-

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]

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]

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.

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-

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?

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."
[Allah] said, "Then get out of it, for indeed, you are expelled. And indeed, upon you is the curse until the Day of Recompense."
Iblis said,"My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
[Allah] said, "So indeed, you are of those reprieved until the Day of the time well-known." -[15:33-38]

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.
Iblis said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."
[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

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].
[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]

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]

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].

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."

[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]

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-

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]

-- 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".

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.

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.

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-

The Spirit and the Self-Generated:
There exists a great and boundless realm, whose extent no generation of angels has seen, [in which] there is [a] great invisible [Spirit],

which no eye of an angel has ever seen,
no thought of the heart has ever comprehended,
and it was never called by any name.

“And a luminous cloud appeared there. He said, ‘Let an angel come into being as my attendant.’
“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 […].

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.
He said, ‘[Let] an enlightened aeon come into being,’ and he came into being.
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.

Not Completed Yet
[as It Shall Be Updated With the Time Or
As God Wishes.]

# 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?

Crow: Significance to Cultures and Religions.

We do know that crows and ravens have appeared more times and across greater expanse of earth, history, and culture than any other bird in existence. They play prominent roles in Native American, Japanese, Wiccan, and Hindu mythology, They are associated with many tales of which some still hold religious meaning today. Actually they have deep symbolic significance to many different cultures and religions. Some believe that seeing a crow represents Spiritual Law and its black feathers are a symbol of death to ones enemy. They said to be able to communicate with gods; they can ascend into heaven and they even the feature of the Tree of Life often depicted with a serpent at their feet. 

Crow

Many cultures believe that the crow is a symbol of eternal life; the link between heaven and earth. The black crow is widely believed to be a symbol of bad news. Yet the bird was considered sacred to the Greek god Apollo. Native Aborigines believed that the bird carried stories. In Japanese Shintoism, the crow is an important symbol, it is the messenger of the gods or in other words- messengers from ones unconscious.

Crows and ravens, although in the same genus (Corvus) are different birds.Ravens have wedge-shaped tails and crows have fan-shaped tails.They belong in the Corvid family and are considered to be among the most adaptable and intelligent birds.They defined as black birds having a raucous call. They are social, so often found in groups. They have a life span 6-12 years. There are approximately 116 different species of crow. Birds in this species include magpies, jays, rooks, jackdaws and ravens.

Gustavus Hindman Miller Interpret dreams of birds in his Dream Dictionary. It says,--

--To see Moulting and song less birds, could denote merciless and inhuman treatment of the outcast and fallen by people of wealth.

--Seeing a crow in dream is a symbol of ones annoying habits and the darker part of character. 
--To see a wounded crow, is a symbol of fateful of deep sadness caused by erring offspring.  
--To see flying crows, is a symbol of prosperity. 
--To hear them speak, is owning one's inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception, etc.

In the christian culture, the crow means nothing good, it is consider  [mostly in Europe] as a bad bird, a bird of negative omen. Thus we see the metaphor "the crow pierced you" to say "you have died" used in the welsh poetry. But for the Celts, it is sacred and meant the flesh torn by fighting. They thought crows escorted the sun during his nocturnal path, that is to say in Hell. So they were a symbol of evil, contrary to swanns that symbolizes purity. In Babylon, the crow was the name of the 13th month of the calendar, and had a very negative value.

For the Greeks, the crow was too gossipy. That's why Athena replaced him with the owl, to stay with her. The bird also devoted to Apollo. He sent him to the aquatic world, to bring back water. The crow discovered a fig tree whose fruits were not ripe yet, so he waited near the tree to eat ripe figs instead of accomplishing his task. He was punished for his disobedience and egotism: Apollo placed him in the constellations, but the hydra prevented him from drinking the cup: he is condemned to thirst.

In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth after the flood. But the crow didn't come back to tell Noah that the flood was finished. So he is considered selfish. Saint Golowin thought that in Paradise, the crows had multicolored wings. But after Adam and Eve were driven away from the Paradise, the crows started to eat carrion. So they became black-feathered. At the end of time, the crows will find their beauty again and sing harmoniously to praise God. In the Mahâbhârat, Jamdev ie Azrael, the messengers of death are compared to crows. In Laos, the water soiled by crows can't be used for ritual purification.

For Tlingit Indians, the crow is the main divine character. He organizes the world, gives civilization and culture, creates and frees the sun... For Haïda Indians, the crow will steal the sun from the sky's God, to give it to the earth's people. Raven has also a magic canoe: he can make it change its size, from the pine needle size, to big enough to contain the whole universe. In North America, it is the personification of the Supreme Being. When it flaps its wings it creates the wind, the thunder and the lightning.

Scandinavians legends show two crows, perched on Odin's seat: Hugi, the Spirit, and Munnin, the Memory. They symbolize the principle of creation. In the same way, these birds are the companions of Wotan -"the God with the crows".

The crow is sacred for the Celts. It was associated to the creation of Lugdunum (Lyon), city of the God Lug. Lug is the great solar god. He has the form of a crow and is assimilated to Apollo.

The raven, is in the family Corvidae (crows), probably from where crows generated. In the Bible, the Jews are forbidden to eat "every raven after his kind," as they are detestable (Leviticus 11:15;  Deut. 14:14). although no further indication is given as to why the Raven is considered detestable (likely due to eating carrion).

Elijah

God sent ravens to feed Elijah, when he was in the wilderness: "The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening." -[1 Kings 17:6].

Noah had "sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth." -[Genesis 8:7].

Saint Vincent defended crows against the attack of carnivores; the crow is also seen at Saint Benoît's feet and in Saint Oswald's hands. Here, it symbolizes divine providence. It is also linked to Saints Boniface and Meinrad: their two tame crows allowed to find their corpses.

The crow has also a role in the Asiatic Mythology. In China and in Japan, he shows love and filial gratitude. According to chinese legends, ten red crows with three paws flew away from the East Blackberry Tree to bring light to the world. But they brought an unbearable heat to the Earth. Yi, the Good Archer killed nine of them, and saved the world. The last crow is now in the Sun. So the crow is a solar symbol. It represents the creative principle. In Japan, crows are also divine messengers, and in China they are the fairy queen Hsi-Wang-Mu's messengers. They also bring her food and are a good omen.

The major meaning of this black bird is to be a guide and the Gods' messenger. In Black Africa, the crow warns men that dangers are menacing them. The crow is their guide and a protector spirit. For Mayas, he is the messenger of the God of lightning and thunder.

In Celtic civilization, it has prophetic functions. Bodb, Goddess of the war, takes the form of a raven to observe the battlefields. The crows' fly and cawings told the future. The crow was also linked to Bran, God of the sailors as- "The sailors had crows on their boats. They released them at sea. They flied in the direction of the earth".

In Greece the crow foretold the future. Thus a crow stood near the Pythia of Delphes during her prediction. It is generally said in Greece that the white crow guides messengers. This function of messenger of the gods (especially Apollo's), may have its origin in a Greek legend. Coronis was unfaithful to Apollo, and a crow informed him. Apollo even took a form of crow to guide Santorin's people to Cyrena. It is also said that, two crows showed Alexander the Great the road to Amon's sanctuary.

Hugi and Munnin (Thought and Memory), are Odin's companions. In scandinavian mythology, they travel as a crow all over the world and come back to tell Odin all the events that happens on earth.

In Mithra's cult, the Crow can fight evil spells. Sol (the Sun God) entrust the crow with telling Mithra to sacrifice the bull.

According to Job [38:40-41], God feeds the ravens and their young, a belief also shared by Hindus. Echoing this sentiment, Psalm [147:9] says that God gives the young ravens food when they call.

Luke [12:24] and Psalm [137] offer a common adage, consider the ravens: "They do not sow or reap, they have no store room or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!"

Song of Solomon describes the man’s hair as “black as a raven” -[SOS-  5:11]

Psalm [30:17] says that “the eye that mocks the father will be pecked out by the ravens in the valley”. This passage has later been translated or adapted to include vultures and hawks to appeal to the current day man’s association with carrion.

In talking about the desert and its distinct desolation, as Isaiah [34:11] describes the ‘owl and raven’ as nesting there, attempting to portray a place where there was once life and now where there is only death. This passage has later been translated to include cormorants, storks, pelicans, somehow hedgehogs, and porcupines, but the raven part has stayed consistent.

The first bird Noah sent out from the ark was a white raven (Gen. 8:7), which kept flying back and forth until the water dried up from the earth. Today this has evolved into a dove with an olive branch.

In medieval times, crows were thought to live abnormally long lives. They were also thought to be monogamous throughout their long lives. They were thought to predict the future, to predict rain and reveal ambushes. Crows were also thought to lead flocks of storks while they crossed the sea to Asia.

Crows have been shown to have the ability to visually recognize individual humans and to transmit information about "bad" humans by squawking. An ancient Greek and Roman adage, told by Erasmus runs, "The swans will sing when the jackdaws are silent," meaning that educated or wise people will speak after the foolish become quiet. The Roman poet Ovid saw the crow as a harbinger of rain (Amores 2,6, 34). Pliny noted how the Thessalians, Illyrians, and Lemnians cherished jackdaws for destroying grasshoppers' eggs. The Veneti are fabled to have bribed the jackdaws to spare their crops.

Ancient Greek authors tell how a jackdaw (a passerine bird in the crow family), being a social creature, may be caught with a dish of oil into which it falls while looking at its own reflection. In Greek legend, princess Arne was bribed with gold by King Minos of Crete and was punished for her avarice by being transformed into an equally avaricious jackdaw, which still seeks shiny things.

In Australian Aboriginal mythology, crow is a trickster, culture hero, and ancestral being. Legends relating to crow have been observed in various Aboriginal language groups and cultures across Australia; these commonly include stories relating to crow's role in the theft of fire, the origin of death, and the killing of eagle's son.

Crows are mentioned often in Buddhism, especially Tibetan disciplines. The Dharmapala Mahakala is represented by a crow in one of his physical/earthly forms. In the Chaldean myth, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim releases a dove and raven to find land; however, the dove merely circles and returns. Only then does Utnapishtim send forth the raven, which does not return, and Utnapishtim concludes the raven has found land.

In Chinese mythology, the world originally had 10 suns either spiritually embodied as 10 crows and/or carried by 10 crows; when all 10 decided to rise at once, the effect was devastating to crops, so the gods sent their greatest archer Houyi, who shot down nine crows and spared only one. In Denmark, the night raven is considered an exorcised spirit. A hole in its left wing denotes where the stake used to exorcise it was driven into the earth. He who looks through the hole will become a night raven himself.

Kali on Crow

In Hinduism, crows are thought of as carriers of information that give omens to people regarding their situations. For example, when a crow crows in front of a person's house, the resident is expected to have special visitors that day. Also, in Hindu literature, crows have great memories which they use to give information. Symbolism is associated with the crow in the Hindu faith.

On a positive note, crows are often associated with worship of ancestors because they are believed to be embodying the souls of the recently deceased. However, many negative associations with crows are seen in Hinduism. Crows are believed to be connected with both the gods and goddesses, particularly the unfavorable or harmful ones such as ’Saturn’. They are often seen as dark and dangerous. Crows are also seen as being signs of bad luck or evil in some practices. Crows are also considered ancestors in Hinduism and during ’sradha' that is a ceremony after ones death, the practice of offering food  that called 'Pindi' to crows is still in vogue.Crows are associated with Dhumavati, the form of mother goddess that invokes quarrel and fear.

In Islam, according to a narration in the Hadith, the crow is one of the five animals for which no blame is placed on the one who kills them. The Surat al-Ma'ida describes the story of how the crow teaches son of Adam to cover dead body of his brother "Then Allah sent a crow digging up the earth so that he might show him how he should cover the dead body of his brother. He said: Woe me! do I lack the strength that I should be like this crow and cover the dead body of my brother? So he became of those who regret.".[Qur'an 5:31]

In Sweden, ravens are held to be the ghosts of murdered men. Norse mythology also includes Huginn and Muninn, bringing information to the god Odin. In Welsh mythology, the god Brân the blessed – whose name means "crow" or "raven" — is associated with corps and death; tradition holds that Bran's severed head is buried under the Tower of London, facing France —a possible genesis for the practice of keeping ravens in the tower, said to protect the fortunes of Britain. 

In Cornish folklore, crows -magpies particularly -are associated with death and the "other world", and proscribes respectful greeting. The origin of "counting crows" as augury is British; however, the British version rather is to "count magpies" -their black and white pied coloring alluding to the realms of the living and dead.

In Aesop's Fables, the jackdaw embodies stupidity in one tale (by starving while waiting for figs on a fig tree to ripen), vanity in another (the jackdaw sought to become king of the birds with borrowed feathers, but was shamed when they fell off),and cunning in yet another (the crow comes up to a pitcher and knows that his beak is too short to reach the water, and if he tips it over, all the water will fall out, so the crow places pebbles in the pitcher so the water rises and he can reach it to relieve his thirst).

jackal flatters the crow

A very early Indian version exists in the Buddhist scriptures as the Jambu-Khadak-Jatak. In this book a jackal flatters the crow’s voice as it is feeding in a rose-apple tree. The crow replies that it requires nobility to discover the same in others and shakes down some fruit for the jackal to eat as a reward.

“A crow sat on a tree,

Holding a cheese in his beak.

A fox was attracted by the odour,

And tried to attract him thus.

‘O crow, good day to you.

You are a handsome and good looking bird!

In truth, if your song is as beautiful as your plumage,

You are the Phoenix of this forest.’

Hearing these words the crow felt great joy,

And to demonstrate his beautiful voice,

He opened his mouth wide and let drop his prey.

The fox seized it and said: "My dear,

Know that every flatterer,

Lives at the expense of those who take him seriously:

This is a lesson that is worth a cheese no doubt

The crow, embarrassed and confused,

Swore, though somewhat later, 
that he would never be tricked thus again.”

“Flatterers thrive on fools’ credulity.

The lesson’s worth a cheese, don’t you agree?”

The crow, shamefaced and flustered swore,

Too late, however: “Nevermore!”

In recent years, crow populations have expanded into urban and suburban areas.  Noticing this, Emperor Akbar asked Mulla Nasiruddin to count the crows in his town. But Mulla immediately answered that they were 9,999 in numbers. But if counted more, to be consider, some come to visit their relatives here and if counted less, to be consider, some went to visit their relatives.

Crows are omnivorous and eat whatever is available—insects, spiders, snails, fish, snakes, eggs, nestling birds, cultivated fruits, nuts, and vegetables. They also scavenge dead animals and garbage. Their tameness becomes notable as they seek the plentiful food sources found anywhere. Sometimes, they drop hard-shelled nuts onto a street, and then wait for passing automobiles to crack them. Similarly, along the coast they drop mussels and other shellfish on rocks to crack the shells and expose the flesh.

Outside of the breeding season, crows travel as far as 40 miles each day from evening roost sites to daytime feeding areas. They usually post “sentries,” who alert the feeding birds of danger. They  built nests 15-60 feet above ground in tall coniferous or deciduous trees. Nests are 1½ to 2 feet in diameter, and solidly built in the crotch of a limb or near the tree trunk. Nests are constructed from branches and twigs, and are lined with bark, plant fibers, mosses, hair, twine, cloth, and other soft material. Hawks and owls inhabit old crow nests; raccoon's and tree squirrels use them as summer napping platforms.

Both sexes build the nest during a period of 8-14 days—beginning as early as mid-March and as late as mid-July—depending on latitude and elevation. The female incubates four to five eggs for 18 days, at times being fed by her mate or sometimes by offspring from the previous year.

The chicks grow quickly and are out of the nest at around four weeks after hatching, although they continue being fed by the adults for about another 30 days. Frequently, one or more young crows remain with the parents through the next nesting season, or several nesting seasons, to help care for nestlings. This cooperative behavior during breeding includes bringing food to the nest and guarding the nestlings.

In spring and summer, crows are usually seen in family groups of two to eight birds. During late summer, fall, and winter, crows gather from many miles to form communal night roosts. Adult crows have few predators—eagles, hawks, owls, and human hunters—with humans being their main predator.

Much of the time, crows are seen in small, noisy, family bands, spending the majority of their time in fairly restricted areas. For about a month during the nest building, egg laying, and incubation periods, breeding adult crows become uncharacteristically secretive and quiet. After the eggs have hatched, the parents become noisy defenders of their nest and later the young are heard wailing at their parents for food with an insistent, nasal caw.

In late summer through winter, crows are seen in large, raucous flocks that roam widely. In agricultural areas hundreds of crows may gather to forage in fields, while in cities, landfills and garbage dumpsters are crow favorites.

Interesting visual displays include male and female crows bobbing their heads up and down, and accentuating this by bowing. The wings and tail may also spread slightly and the body feathers may be fluffed. The bobbing display is usually performed in the presence of another crow in spring, and is possibly associated with courtship. Males may also engage in diving flight displays, chasing females.

Crows mob owls, hawks, and eagles throughout the year and are in turn mobbed by smaller birds. The loud, excited calls of crows are very characteristic and may lead you to sighting a local bird of prey.

Crows return to the same nest territory year after year, often a few weeks before they start building. If a small group of crows remains in a particular area day after day, this may signal that nest building is about to begin.

Communal roosting helps crows exchange information and find mates. Some birds, because of their age or familiarity with the surrounding landscape, are more efficient at finding food. Less experienced members of a roost can follow other birds to known feeding sites. Communal roosting also helps crows remain safe and warm. Crows occupying the center of the roost are less exposed to predators and weather than those on the edges or those roosting alone.

Crows are believed to return to the same roost each night, and their behavior is often predictable. Each morning the roost breaks up into smaller flocks that disperse across the landscape to feed. In mid-afternoon, these smaller flocks start back toward the communal roost. They fly along the same flight lines each day and are joined by other flocks as they go. Often there are pre-roosting sites, where flight lines coincide and crows stop to feed before flying the final distance to the roost. Communication between groups of crows often takes place at these pre-roosting sites.

Crows spend a lot of time on the ground and tracks can be seen in mud. Despite the fact that “crow footed” is a term used to describe people who walk with their toes pointed inward, crows usually leave relatively parallel tracks.

However, because crows are intelligent, opportunistic, and protective of their young, and at times congregate in large numbers, they can create problems for people. Crows are early risers and will visit unattended garbage at first light or shortly thereafter.

In the spring and summer crows and other birds establish territories, build nests, and rear young. During this period, adult birds may engage in belligerent behavior, such as attacking creatures many times their size. In this case, the birds are simply trying to protect their homes, their mates, or their young.

When possible, stay away from nesting areas with aggressive birds until the young are flying (3-4 weeks after eggs hatch) and the parents are no longer so protective. Do not attempt to “rescue” chicks found outside nests when adult birds are calling loudly nearby—see “Baby Birds Out of the Nest” for information. If you must walk past a nest, wave your arms slowly overhead to keep the birds at a distance. Other protective actions include wearing a hat or helmet, or carrying an umbrella.

Old adage "to eat crow," meaning to do something distasteful, which suggests that crows taste bad. The etymology of a saying like "To eat crow" is often hard to trace. "If you’re feeling defeated, you simply must eat crow--a bird that is as tasty as it is melodious. It's one of our domestic dishes from a recipe allegedly discovered during the War of 1812. A Brit had caught an American shooting a crow on the wrong side of the border. He talked the Yank into handing over his gun, then used it to force the fellow to take a big bite out of the crow and swallow it. Needless to say, once the American had his gun back, he forced the Brit to eat the rest of the bird."

It is the general belief among Hindu, that crow represent the father-side. People who died will take food and offerings through a variety of crows called "Bali kak". Every year people whose parents or relatives have died will offer food to crows as well as cows on the "sradha"- [a ceremony of the dead] day. Perhaps since they represent father-side, they never become close to people. They keep distance. It is very difficult to catch crow as a bird, put in cage and bring it up like parrots. During sradha, people ensure the crow to come and eat the Pindi, and somehow for the reasons unknown, crows are also ready by the time Pindi is to be offered.

Once sage Agastya was coming through South. He did not want to get separated from his wife Lopa Samudraa, so he changed her into water, and poured her into his Kamandal and carried her with him. Lopa Samudraa liked being water so much that she always desired to become a river. Once it was time for Rishi's Sandhyaa, so he kept his Kamandal on a small rock, went to a small nearby water pond and started performing Sandhyaa. Ganesh took the form of a crow and came near the Kamandal. He tilted it a little bit and water in it started flowing as a river. This is the origin of he River Kaaveree. Sage also thought that "Let her desire get filled up if it is so".

Shaneeshwar holds a crow in his hand. It is said to ward of evils if any occur during Sanir Dasha, or Kandak Shani or Ashtam Shani. Astrology recommends to feed crows at that time. Otherwise also, whether ’Sanir Dasha’ is there or not, it is always good to feed crows. During the phase of the saturn you will be more prompted to do so. It is good to give them water to drink. Since now-a-days because of new buildings architecture people cannot keep water outside, they really become thirsty with out getting water. So on can keep some water on one's terrace in a flat pot with out fail, especially in summer. They will come and drink water from there.

A story of a crow comes in Tulasee's Raamaayan. When Raam was passing his time in exile, once He made some flower ornaments and put on Seetaa's body and then lay down keeping his head in Seetaa's lap. By chance Indra's son Jayant was looking all this. He got attracted to Seetaa, as he could not do anything else to her, he assumed the form of a crow, bit her foot with his beak and flew away. Seetaa's foot started bleeding. As Raam knew that a crow had bit Seetaa's foot, He took a broomstick type of thin stick, read a mantra over it and released it at the crow. The arrow started following him. Jayant got afraid of that arrow so he started flying far and far from that arrow. However far he went the arrow followed him.

First Jayant went to his father Indra to ask for refuge, but Indra plainly refused him saying that he could not keep him saving from Raam's arrow. And not only he nobody, even Brahmaa or Shiv could give him shelter. If he has committed a crime towards Raam, only Raam can forgive him. In spite of this warning Jayant wet to Brahmaa and Shiv but nobody could give him shelter and said the same thing as his father had said to him. After roaming in Tri-Lok he had to come back to Ram and asked his forgiveness. Raam forgave him but he told that although he had committed the crime to be beheaded but since he was sparing him, he still must get some punishment. So he pieced his left eye with his arrow. Since that day all crows can see only with one eye.

This story from Tulasee's Maanas. Kaagbhushundi was a crow. He was fortunate enough to play with infant Raam and got the boon of being real immortal and telling Raam Kathaa to all birds. When Garud got deluded when he helped Raam and Lakshman to cut their নাগ-পাশ and free them, that what kind of Bhagavaan they were if they could not free from নাগ-পাশ themselves. He went to Shiv and thinking that Garud was a bird so only Kaagbhushndi could remove his delusion, he directed him to Kaagbhushundi. He went there, listened to Raam's Kathaa and got Gyaan.

The first mention of crow is that Ganesh assumed the form of a crow. When Shiv was marrying Paarvatee, all Devee-Devtaa, Rishi, Gandharv etc came to Kailaash Parvat to witness it. This gathering was so huge that the northern part of the land started dipping, so Shiv sent Agastya Muni to south to stabilize the earth, and told him that he would be able to see all the ceremonies from there only.

In those days, in south, there was a Demon named Shoorpadm who had terrorized all Devtaa. Varun could not rain so all areas were without rains and dry. Even Indra's garden was also dry and without flowers, so Indra's worship was also interrupted. Naarad told Indra that there was Kaaveree river in Agastya Muni's Kamandal." But Indra did not know how to take out Kaaveree's water out of his Kamandal and get that water for his garden, so he prayed Ganesh. Ganesh assumed the form of a crow, flew to Agastya Muni, sat on his Kamandal and toppled it. The water started flowing from Muni's Kamandal. Muni raised his hand to shoo the crow, but the River Kaaveree thought that the Muni was asking her to flow in that direction, so she started flowing in that direction.

After that the crow changed his form to a small boy, so muni hit him on his head. The boy changed his form again and came into his real form of Ganesh. Now Agastya knew that he was Ganesh. He started beating his head with his own hands in repentance, but Ganesh stopped him doing so. In fact once Kaaveree was disrespectful to Agastya, that is why he had trapped her in his Kamandal.

After obtaining boons from Brahmma, when Raavan went for the world victory tour, he went to Ubeershee country to win Raajaa Marut. At that time he was doing a Yagya. All gods were present there. As soon they saw Raavan, they got afraid and they assumed Tiryak Yoni form to disguise themselves from him. Indra changed himself to peacock, Azrael changed himself to crow, Kuber changed himself to chameleon and Varun changed himself to swan. When Raavan went away, they all granted boons to these animals and birds. 

Crows are not evil, and they are not purposely trying to torment you. They are just being crows, trying to live their lives and feed their families. 

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