This poetry caused a great deal of debate when I published it long time ago, I saw this was a good chance to know how other people think about me and my religion.
I can't call it a perfect poetry, in fact it is my 1st trial to write poetry in English, and I didn't mean it to be, but those who read it considered it to be "poetry". Anyway, let's have a look:
Oh I love my religion
Being its follower is a blessing
It saves me even from myself
My religion saved me even before I was born
By ordering my father to choose the best woman
The kindest and most religious
It forbade my father from killing me by abortion
No matter what the reason is
It ordered my father to choose me a good name
And give me the best education he can
Then find me a good, kind and generous husband
And gave me freedom to choose the one I want to marry
I am also free to work or not to work
But on condition that I do my duty towards my home and children 1st
My religion ordered my husband to treat me the best way he can, even if he hated me
As he should be fair with me and give me honor and respect
My religion forbade me from making affairs out of marriage
So it saved me from being a single mother
Or I can't then face life alone
My religion forbade me from killing myself, coz my soul is not mine,
But it belongs to my creator
My religion forbade me from ruining my health
No alcohol, no drug addiction, no smoking
So that I always have good health of body and mind
My rights are always reserved
So no body has the right to take them from me
If he did so, he would be questioned in Day of Judgment.
And because every one in my country fears that day,
They stick to the good deeds
This is why I feel safe living among those people,
As long as they stick to their religion
This is a great blessing.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Marriage in Islam, another letter
The ideal Muslim marriage is not yet fully known by some Muslims, this is because they don't read much in their reilgion, this is a link that produces detailed information about it:
http://www.wefound.org/texts/Ideal_Muslims_files/herhusband.htm
One of the most interesting parts written in ths page was this story:
The story of Barirah, an Ethiopian slave-girl who belonged to ‘Utbah ibn Abu Lahab, who forced her to marry another slave whose name was Mughith. She would never have accepted him as a husband if she had been in control of her own affairs. ‘A’ishah (radhiallahu anha) took pity on her, so she bought her and set her free. Then this young woman felt that she was free and in control of her own affairs, and that she could take a decision about her marriage. She asked her husband for a divorce. Her husband used to follow her, weeping, whilst she rejected him. Bukhari quotes Ibn ‘Abbas describing this freed woman who insisted on the annulment of her marriage to someone she did not love; the big-hearted Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) commented on this moving sight, and sought to intervene. Ibn ‘Abbas said:
“Barirah’s husband was a slave, who was known as Mughith. I can almost see him, running after her and crying, with tears running down onto his beard. The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to ‘Abbas, ‘O ‘Abbas, do you not find it strange, how much Mugith loves Barirah, and how much Barirah hates Mughith?’ The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said (to Barirah), ‘Why do you not go back to him?’ She said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, are you commanding me to do so?’ He said, ‘I am merely trying to intervene on his behalf.’ She said, ‘I have no need of him.’” 4
The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was deeply moved by this display of human emotion: deep and overwhelming love on the part of the husband, and equally powerful hatred on the part of the wife. He could not help but remind the wife, and ask her why she did not go back to him, as he was her husband and the father of her child. This believing woman asked him, whether he was ordering her to do so: was this a command, a binding obligation? The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), this great law-giver and educator, replied that he was merely trying to intercede and bring about reconciliation if possible; he was not trying to force anybody to do something they did not wish to.
This story also carries alot of wisdom:
“When ‘Awf ibn Muhallim al-Shaybani, one of the most highly respected leaders of the Arab nobility during the jahiliyyah, married his daughter Umm Iyas to al-Harith ibn ‘Amr al-Kindi, she was made ready to be taken to the groom, then her mother Umamah came in to her, to advise her, and said:
‘O my daughter, if it were deemed unnecessary to give you this advice because of good manners and noble descent, then it would have been unnecessary for you, because you possess these qualities, but it will serve as a reminder to those who are forgetful, and will help those who are wise.
‘O my daughter, if a woman were able to do without a husband by virtue of her father’s wealth and her need for her father, then you of all people would be most able to do without a husband, but women were created for men just as men were created for them.
‘O my daughter, you are about to leave the home in which you grew up, where you first learned to walk, to go to a place you do not know, to a companion with whom you are unfamiliar. By marrying you he has become a master over you, so be like a servant to him, and he will become like a servant to you.
‘Take from me ten qualities, which will be a provision and a reminder for you.
‘The first and second of them are: be content in his company, and listen to and obey him, for contentment brings peace of mind, and listening to and obeying one’s husband pleases Allah.
‘The third and fourth of them are: make sure that you smell good and look good; he should not see anything ugly in you, and he should not smell anything but a pleasant smell from you. Kohl is the best kind of beautification to be found, and water is better than the rarest perfume.
‘The fifth and the sixth of them are: prepare his food on time, and keep quiet when he is asleep, for raging hunger is like a burning flame, and disturbing his sleep will make him angry.
‘The seventh and eighth of them are: take care of his servants (or employees) and children, and take care of his wealth, for taking care of his wealth shows that you appreciate him, and taking care of his children and servants shows good management.
‘The ninth and tenth of them are: never disclose any of his secrets, and never disobey any of his orders, for if you disclose any of his secrets you will never feel safe from his possible betrayal, and if you disobey him, his heart will be filled with hatred towards you.
‘Be careful, O my daughter, of showing joy in front of him when he is upset, and do not show sorrow in front of him when he is happy, because the former shows a lack of judgment, whilst the latter will make him unhappy.
‘Show him as much honor and respect as you can, and agree with him as much as you can, so that he will enjoy your companionship and conversation.
‘Know, O my daughter, that you will not achieve what you would like to until you put his pleasure before your own, and his wishes before yours, in whatever you like and dislike. And may Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) choose what is best for you and protect you.’” 38
She was taken to her husband, and the marriage was a great success; she gave birth to kings who ruled after him.
This advice clearly included everything that one could think of as regards the good manners that a young girl needs to know about in order to treat her husband properly and be a suitable companion for him. The words of this wise mother deserve to be taken as the standard for every young girl who is about to get married.
http://www.wefound.org/texts/Ideal_Muslims_files/herhusband.htm
One of the most interesting parts written in ths page was this story:
The story of Barirah, an Ethiopian slave-girl who belonged to ‘Utbah ibn Abu Lahab, who forced her to marry another slave whose name was Mughith. She would never have accepted him as a husband if she had been in control of her own affairs. ‘A’ishah (radhiallahu anha) took pity on her, so she bought her and set her free. Then this young woman felt that she was free and in control of her own affairs, and that she could take a decision about her marriage. She asked her husband for a divorce. Her husband used to follow her, weeping, whilst she rejected him. Bukhari quotes Ibn ‘Abbas describing this freed woman who insisted on the annulment of her marriage to someone she did not love; the big-hearted Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) commented on this moving sight, and sought to intervene. Ibn ‘Abbas said:
“Barirah’s husband was a slave, who was known as Mughith. I can almost see him, running after her and crying, with tears running down onto his beard. The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said to ‘Abbas, ‘O ‘Abbas, do you not find it strange, how much Mugith loves Barirah, and how much Barirah hates Mughith?’ The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said (to Barirah), ‘Why do you not go back to him?’ She said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, are you commanding me to do so?’ He said, ‘I am merely trying to intervene on his behalf.’ She said, ‘I have no need of him.’” 4
The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was deeply moved by this display of human emotion: deep and overwhelming love on the part of the husband, and equally powerful hatred on the part of the wife. He could not help but remind the wife, and ask her why she did not go back to him, as he was her husband and the father of her child. This believing woman asked him, whether he was ordering her to do so: was this a command, a binding obligation? The Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), this great law-giver and educator, replied that he was merely trying to intercede and bring about reconciliation if possible; he was not trying to force anybody to do something they did not wish to.
This story also carries alot of wisdom:
“When ‘Awf ibn Muhallim al-Shaybani, one of the most highly respected leaders of the Arab nobility during the jahiliyyah, married his daughter Umm Iyas to al-Harith ibn ‘Amr al-Kindi, she was made ready to be taken to the groom, then her mother Umamah came in to her, to advise her, and said:
‘O my daughter, if it were deemed unnecessary to give you this advice because of good manners and noble descent, then it would have been unnecessary for you, because you possess these qualities, but it will serve as a reminder to those who are forgetful, and will help those who are wise.
‘O my daughter, if a woman were able to do without a husband by virtue of her father’s wealth and her need for her father, then you of all people would be most able to do without a husband, but women were created for men just as men were created for them.
‘O my daughter, you are about to leave the home in which you grew up, where you first learned to walk, to go to a place you do not know, to a companion with whom you are unfamiliar. By marrying you he has become a master over you, so be like a servant to him, and he will become like a servant to you.
‘Take from me ten qualities, which will be a provision and a reminder for you.
‘The first and second of them are: be content in his company, and listen to and obey him, for contentment brings peace of mind, and listening to and obeying one’s husband pleases Allah.
‘The third and fourth of them are: make sure that you smell good and look good; he should not see anything ugly in you, and he should not smell anything but a pleasant smell from you. Kohl is the best kind of beautification to be found, and water is better than the rarest perfume.
‘The fifth and the sixth of them are: prepare his food on time, and keep quiet when he is asleep, for raging hunger is like a burning flame, and disturbing his sleep will make him angry.
‘The seventh and eighth of them are: take care of his servants (or employees) and children, and take care of his wealth, for taking care of his wealth shows that you appreciate him, and taking care of his children and servants shows good management.
‘The ninth and tenth of them are: never disclose any of his secrets, and never disobey any of his orders, for if you disclose any of his secrets you will never feel safe from his possible betrayal, and if you disobey him, his heart will be filled with hatred towards you.
‘Be careful, O my daughter, of showing joy in front of him when he is upset, and do not show sorrow in front of him when he is happy, because the former shows a lack of judgment, whilst the latter will make him unhappy.
‘Show him as much honor and respect as you can, and agree with him as much as you can, so that he will enjoy your companionship and conversation.
‘Know, O my daughter, that you will not achieve what you would like to until you put his pleasure before your own, and his wishes before yours, in whatever you like and dislike. And may Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) choose what is best for you and protect you.’” 38
She was taken to her husband, and the marriage was a great success; she gave birth to kings who ruled after him.
This advice clearly included everything that one could think of as regards the good manners that a young girl needs to know about in order to treat her husband properly and be a suitable companion for him. The words of this wise mother deserve to be taken as the standard for every young girl who is about to get married.
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Letter 2
Dear ....,
It was a pleasure to me to have such a conversation with you, and I wish to clear out my own view in the issues you discussed where time didn't allow me to fulfill.
Concerning what you mentioned about God in different religions, you talked in general, but in Islam, this is different.
You might know that the word God is the translation of the word Allah in Arabic, and Arabs call God as Allah, weather they were Muslims or non-Muslims. But the word Allah in Arabic has no pleural, it is a singular word.
Allah is not everywhere or inside every creature as you said, and Allah isn't an energy, or something of no mass, no. Allah is there, on His throne, and controls that world through His own will:
“Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.”
When you assume that Allah is there and He is your creator, then why don't you accept that your creator is beyond you own sense and expectations? And you can't see him with such weak senses; our senses are even weaker than those of dogs, roosters, or even bats!
If I got sure by evidence and thought that my Lord is Allah, and no God but Him, and He is the one who created me, and He granted me with the directions that guarantee my satisfaction in life (I wouldn’t say happiness, coz life is always mix of happiness and sorrow), what else should I need to believe in Him, and follow His directions?
I don’t need to rationalize them!
And what for? If I believed in the basis, then why can’t I believe in the case as a whole?
Is it better to see my Lord or not to see Him?
In my opinion, I think not to see Allah is better, coz if I see Him everywhere, and in every place, then how would I live an ordinary life?, I’ll certainly fear Him, and my own self supervision will diminish, I think I’ll feel terrible viewing Him everyday, I can’t then even look at Him!
But when I worship Him without viewing Him, I’ll experience my honesty and self control, and check how much I can worship Him as if I see Him, then I should have such a mix and balance of fear, respect, and love, which I’m really trying to approach.
Allah promised His followers of viewing Him as a reward after they dwell to Paradise, where their senses change to suite that situation, and there is no joy in Heaven equalizes the joy of viewing thy Lord!
There, seeing my Lord will have another taste! When life of examination ends and life of reward starts, I would then be grateful when I see the one who always helped me, protected me, and guarded me during my life.
Believe me, it is a joyful feeling to know that while you are walking on earth, there is someone watching you there in Heaven, you then feel you have peace, and protection, you then feel that everything happens to you is for reason, and for you benefit, coz the One who caused it to happen is your Lord, and He loves you.
This is the meaning of the Quranic verse that says:
“Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah”
“Nay,-whoever submits His whole self to Allah and is a doer of good,- He will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.”
Our ancient 1st followers of Islam, followed these directions without negotiating, once they believe in the whole case, then time revealed the benefits of such directions, but they need not to know such benefits to follow them, this is the true belief.
"Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones."
But this doesn’t mean that Islam doesn’t urge people to think, learn, rationalize and meditate. On the contrary, Islam urged people to search earth for everything new, to discover and develop, and this is the meaning of the verse that says:
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth."
The story of creating mankind is also something interesting to know, and it is different in Islam than in other religions, and to my sadness, I found no site talks about the issue from the true opinion of Islam, which was revealed by the right understanding of our religious scientists of the Quranic verses:
In the garden (not the eternal garden as some may say), Allah created Adam, from mud coming from different places of earth, mixed with water, source of life, then breathed in him from His own soul.
Adam, living alone in the garden, felt lonely, so while he was asleep, Allah created Hawaa, or Eve, from Adam’s rib, them Adam woke up, he saw her, he asked: who are you? She said: I’m Eve, he asked: where did you come from? She said: I was created from your ribs, so he asked: what for? She said: to be your “sakan” (means dwell with her in tranquility).
Allah then warned them from listening to Satan
“Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.”
But Stan seduced them both, and made them eat from the prohibited tree:
“In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.”
The garden was an exam, for Adam and his offspring, to know that Satan is their enemy, that they should obey directions of their Lord, that when they mistake, Allah is there to forgive those who repent.
“o children of Adam! let not the Satan cause you to fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off from them both their clothing that he might show them their evil inclinations, he surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence you cannot see them; surely we have made the Satans to be the guardians of those who do not believe”
Then both Adam and Eve dwelled to the earth,
“He said: get forth, some of you, the enemies of others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time” “he (also) said: therein shall you live, and therein shall you die, and from it shall you be raised”
every son of Adam is exposed to mistake, but every son of Adam was born pure, not born in sin as it is claimed by Christians.
And Eve was not the source of human misery, as claimed by other religions, nor did she seduce Adam to eat from the forbidden tree.
Last I must say, if you don’t trust English interpretations of the Holy Quran, then go on, learn Arabic, and you are able to, you are not of lesser capabilities than those who learn it, or those who went deep in learning other languages to be able to give the most near interpretation of the Holy Quran to such languages.
Thank you for your patience,
I wish you success and Tawfiq
It was a pleasure to me to have such a conversation with you, and I wish to clear out my own view in the issues you discussed where time didn't allow me to fulfill.
Concerning what you mentioned about God in different religions, you talked in general, but in Islam, this is different.
You might know that the word God is the translation of the word Allah in Arabic, and Arabs call God as Allah, weather they were Muslims or non-Muslims. But the word Allah in Arabic has no pleural, it is a singular word.
Allah is not everywhere or inside every creature as you said, and Allah isn't an energy, or something of no mass, no. Allah is there, on His throne, and controls that world through His own will:
“Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him. Unto Him belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that intercedeth with Him save by His leave? He knoweth that which is in front of them and that which is behind them, while they encompass nothing of His knowledge save what He will. His throne includeth the heavens and the earth, and He is never weary of preserving them. He is the Sublime, the Tremendous.”
When you assume that Allah is there and He is your creator, then why don't you accept that your creator is beyond you own sense and expectations? And you can't see him with such weak senses; our senses are even weaker than those of dogs, roosters, or even bats!
If I got sure by evidence and thought that my Lord is Allah, and no God but Him, and He is the one who created me, and He granted me with the directions that guarantee my satisfaction in life (I wouldn’t say happiness, coz life is always mix of happiness and sorrow), what else should I need to believe in Him, and follow His directions?
I don’t need to rationalize them!
And what for? If I believed in the basis, then why can’t I believe in the case as a whole?
Is it better to see my Lord or not to see Him?
In my opinion, I think not to see Allah is better, coz if I see Him everywhere, and in every place, then how would I live an ordinary life?, I’ll certainly fear Him, and my own self supervision will diminish, I think I’ll feel terrible viewing Him everyday, I can’t then even look at Him!
But when I worship Him without viewing Him, I’ll experience my honesty and self control, and check how much I can worship Him as if I see Him, then I should have such a mix and balance of fear, respect, and love, which I’m really trying to approach.
Allah promised His followers of viewing Him as a reward after they dwell to Paradise, where their senses change to suite that situation, and there is no joy in Heaven equalizes the joy of viewing thy Lord!
There, seeing my Lord will have another taste! When life of examination ends and life of reward starts, I would then be grateful when I see the one who always helped me, protected me, and guarded me during my life.
Believe me, it is a joyful feeling to know that while you are walking on earth, there is someone watching you there in Heaven, you then feel you have peace, and protection, you then feel that everything happens to you is for reason, and for you benefit, coz the One who caused it to happen is your Lord, and He loves you.
This is the meaning of the Quranic verse that says:
“Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah”
“Nay,-whoever submits His whole self to Allah and is a doer of good,- He will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.”
Our ancient 1st followers of Islam, followed these directions without negotiating, once they believe in the whole case, then time revealed the benefits of such directions, but they need not to know such benefits to follow them, this is the true belief.
"Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones."
But this doesn’t mean that Islam doesn’t urge people to think, learn, rationalize and meditate. On the contrary, Islam urged people to search earth for everything new, to discover and develop, and this is the meaning of the verse that says:
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth."
The story of creating mankind is also something interesting to know, and it is different in Islam than in other religions, and to my sadness, I found no site talks about the issue from the true opinion of Islam, which was revealed by the right understanding of our religious scientists of the Quranic verses:
In the garden (not the eternal garden as some may say), Allah created Adam, from mud coming from different places of earth, mixed with water, source of life, then breathed in him from His own soul.
Adam, living alone in the garden, felt lonely, so while he was asleep, Allah created Hawaa, or Eve, from Adam’s rib, them Adam woke up, he saw her, he asked: who are you? She said: I’m Eve, he asked: where did you come from? She said: I was created from your ribs, so he asked: what for? She said: to be your “sakan” (means dwell with her in tranquility).
Allah then warned them from listening to Satan
“Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.”
But Stan seduced them both, and made them eat from the prohibited tree:
“In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.”
The garden was an exam, for Adam and his offspring, to know that Satan is their enemy, that they should obey directions of their Lord, that when they mistake, Allah is there to forgive those who repent.
“o children of Adam! let not the Satan cause you to fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the garden, pulling off from them both their clothing that he might show them their evil inclinations, he surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence you cannot see them; surely we have made the Satans to be the guardians of those who do not believe”
Then both Adam and Eve dwelled to the earth,
“He said: get forth, some of you, the enemies of others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time” “he (also) said: therein shall you live, and therein shall you die, and from it shall you be raised”
every son of Adam is exposed to mistake, but every son of Adam was born pure, not born in sin as it is claimed by Christians.
And Eve was not the source of human misery, as claimed by other religions, nor did she seduce Adam to eat from the forbidden tree.
Last I must say, if you don’t trust English interpretations of the Holy Quran, then go on, learn Arabic, and you are able to, you are not of lesser capabilities than those who learn it, or those who went deep in learning other languages to be able to give the most near interpretation of the Holy Quran to such languages.
Thank you for your patience,
I wish you success and Tawfiq
Art of Arabic letters
I've never seen such a beautiful way of writing letters of any alphabet except of Arabic. This shows how skillful and delicate they are, something that makes you feel the letters speak, sing or even dance.
Friday, 28 August 2009
Letter 1
I know that every one tells what he thinks to be the truth, for that reason, I searched long for the truth-not from my point of view, but the real truth, or I will then be the worst person ever, to advise others with things I don’t do, or to have the ability to read and think, then not use my abilities for my own survive.
Let me tell you the story from beginning, trying to be ass brief as I can,
God, or Allah as we call Him in Arabic, to your knowledge, this Arabic word is singular and has no pleural.
Allah created Adam, father of all mankind, and taught him every knowledge he needed to live on earth. Adam taught that to his sons, he taught them how to worship Allah in the right way.
But many years to follow, people forgot directions of Adam, and began to deviate from the right path. So, it was necessary to send prophets that would carry the message of Allah to his people, to remind them with Allah and the right path they should follow.
The 1st of prophets was Noah, he stayed amongst his people for 950 years calling for Allah, but very few followed him, so he demanded from Allah to separate believers from the nonbelievers.
So, Allah ordered Noah to build a great ship, within, he would gather a couple of each type of creatures. While building this ship, nonbelievers used to pass by and mock, why a man builds a ship in a region that has no seas? Noah said: if you mock at us, we too mock at you.
After Noah saw the sign, he let in his ship all the believers and creatures, then heavy rain falled, and earth burst with water, it was the great tsunami.
All those on earth except those on the ship drowned. Then Allah ordered earth to swallow its water, and sky to stop raining, water soon dried out, cleaning earth from all evil and dirt of nonbelievers, who brought suffer to earth for long decades.
Believers spread allover earth, many centuries passed, again people began to forget their Lord and the directions of Noah, and sink in the pool of disbelief.
Allah sent many prophets since then, in every nation there was a prophet who carries the burden of delivering Allah’s message and guiding people to the right path.
In many cases, Allah would send two prophets at a time, for two different nations, coz there no real connection amongst these nations, and every nation had its own diseases that needed to be treated in different ways.
e.g. prophet Lot, and prophet Abraham (or Ibrahim in Arabic), they knew each other, but each was sent to a totally different nation. People of Lot committed homosexuality, they insisted on having affairs with men rather than women, Lot had daughters, he always offered he would marry his daughters to men who repent, but none listened. So Allah sent them birds carrying stones, threw on them, they all died.
People of Abraham were different, they worshiped stones they made by their own hands, and their king claimed he is the god who can give life and death, apart from Allah. Abraham was the forefather of a line of prophets through his two sons Ishmael and Isaac, including Prophet Moses and Prophet Jesus. It was Abraham who began the construction of the Ka`bah, the Holy Masgid in Makkah, with the help of Ishmael.
Moses was sent to Sons of Israel (Israel is Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham), to guide them to the right path. Those who followed them were called “Jews”.
Jesus was afterwards sent to Sons of Israel, Allah taught him the Wisdom and Book, the Torah and the Gospel.
Both Moses and Jesus told their nations that Allah will send one last prophet, long period after them, and advised their nations to follow him when he appears, and gave them his characters so they would know him when they see him, they actually knew him better than their own sons.
But to the astonishment, when Prophet Muhammad appeared, they were the 1st to fight his message, but when you know why, no wonder.
Islam called for justice and equalization, this was against their political and economic place in society.
The sequence of prophets Allah sent to his people was well organized:
1- the message of prophets developed as people’s lives and minds developed.
At 1st, messages emphasized on worshipping Allah, without demanding any physical duties from people, like fasting as e.g.
As people’s experiences and knowledge developed, their moralities became softer; minds became more open & ready for more understanding.
2- Judaism was nearly the 1st message that demanded some duties from its followers, like fasting and prayer, but still many issues concerning daily life didn’t show up, as their minds were not yet ready for the change.
Christianity came to make some other developments.
Then Islam came to fulfill all the needs of mankind, to seal the religion, the Deen (the Arabic word of religion, the word is also singular, with no pleural), and to make the right clear for the next coming nations until Allah inherits earth.
3- In each religion, there were unlawful people, who were not sincere in transferring the message, they added and deleted in their books, fro their own benefits, to assure they will have power over their nations, something Allah was not satisfied with; those people were the 1st to fight Islam from its beginning till now.
But, in Islam, Allah said: “We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
Islam is the religion of Allah, not my religion, not anybody’s religion, and all the former messages were actually parts of this one Deen, parts that would fall according to nations’ needs.
Islam means “submission” to the Lord who created that world in this amazing harmony, the Lord who created mankind, with all their characters, feelings, and amazing miracle in their own bodies, which are made of nothing but mud, that mud which turned alive with Allah’s touch.
This is why every tiny thing will have reference in the Quran, or in Sunnah (all what Prophet Muhammad said, did, or agreed on). Every thing that guarantees a life of satisfaction to mankind (I wouldn’t say happiness, as it is difficult to find in that world, as man must face happiness together with sorrow as long as he lives).
If you look at Islam, Christianity and Judaism, you will find many things in common, though details may vary (due to corruption sometimes), but all them believe in The Day of Judgment, where man is to be questioned about his deeds in his lifetime, depending on them, man shall dwell to eternal Paradise, or eternal Hell.
I tried to be as brief as I could, I hope you didn’t get bored, and I hope I managed to clear out something to you, now it’s your turn to search for the truth, and depending on how sincere you are, you will reach it.
All my respect,
Let me tell you the story from beginning, trying to be ass brief as I can,
God, or Allah as we call Him in Arabic, to your knowledge, this Arabic word is singular and has no pleural.
Allah created Adam, father of all mankind, and taught him every knowledge he needed to live on earth. Adam taught that to his sons, he taught them how to worship Allah in the right way.
But many years to follow, people forgot directions of Adam, and began to deviate from the right path. So, it was necessary to send prophets that would carry the message of Allah to his people, to remind them with Allah and the right path they should follow.
The 1st of prophets was Noah, he stayed amongst his people for 950 years calling for Allah, but very few followed him, so he demanded from Allah to separate believers from the nonbelievers.
So, Allah ordered Noah to build a great ship, within, he would gather a couple of each type of creatures. While building this ship, nonbelievers used to pass by and mock, why a man builds a ship in a region that has no seas? Noah said: if you mock at us, we too mock at you.
After Noah saw the sign, he let in his ship all the believers and creatures, then heavy rain falled, and earth burst with water, it was the great tsunami.
All those on earth except those on the ship drowned. Then Allah ordered earth to swallow its water, and sky to stop raining, water soon dried out, cleaning earth from all evil and dirt of nonbelievers, who brought suffer to earth for long decades.
Believers spread allover earth, many centuries passed, again people began to forget their Lord and the directions of Noah, and sink in the pool of disbelief.
Allah sent many prophets since then, in every nation there was a prophet who carries the burden of delivering Allah’s message and guiding people to the right path.
In many cases, Allah would send two prophets at a time, for two different nations, coz there no real connection amongst these nations, and every nation had its own diseases that needed to be treated in different ways.
e.g. prophet Lot, and prophet Abraham (or Ibrahim in Arabic), they knew each other, but each was sent to a totally different nation. People of Lot committed homosexuality, they insisted on having affairs with men rather than women, Lot had daughters, he always offered he would marry his daughters to men who repent, but none listened. So Allah sent them birds carrying stones, threw on them, they all died.
People of Abraham were different, they worshiped stones they made by their own hands, and their king claimed he is the god who can give life and death, apart from Allah. Abraham was the forefather of a line of prophets through his two sons Ishmael and Isaac, including Prophet Moses and Prophet Jesus. It was Abraham who began the construction of the Ka`bah, the Holy Masgid in Makkah, with the help of Ishmael.
Moses was sent to Sons of Israel (Israel is Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham), to guide them to the right path. Those who followed them were called “Jews”.
Jesus was afterwards sent to Sons of Israel, Allah taught him the Wisdom and Book, the Torah and the Gospel.
Both Moses and Jesus told their nations that Allah will send one last prophet, long period after them, and advised their nations to follow him when he appears, and gave them his characters so they would know him when they see him, they actually knew him better than their own sons.
But to the astonishment, when Prophet Muhammad appeared, they were the 1st to fight his message, but when you know why, no wonder.
Islam called for justice and equalization, this was against their political and economic place in society.
The sequence of prophets Allah sent to his people was well organized:
1- the message of prophets developed as people’s lives and minds developed.
At 1st, messages emphasized on worshipping Allah, without demanding any physical duties from people, like fasting as e.g.
As people’s experiences and knowledge developed, their moralities became softer; minds became more open & ready for more understanding.
2- Judaism was nearly the 1st message that demanded some duties from its followers, like fasting and prayer, but still many issues concerning daily life didn’t show up, as their minds were not yet ready for the change.
Christianity came to make some other developments.
Then Islam came to fulfill all the needs of mankind, to seal the religion, the Deen (the Arabic word of religion, the word is also singular, with no pleural), and to make the right clear for the next coming nations until Allah inherits earth.
3- In each religion, there were unlawful people, who were not sincere in transferring the message, they added and deleted in their books, fro their own benefits, to assure they will have power over their nations, something Allah was not satisfied with; those people were the 1st to fight Islam from its beginning till now.
But, in Islam, Allah said: “We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”
Islam is the religion of Allah, not my religion, not anybody’s religion, and all the former messages were actually parts of this one Deen, parts that would fall according to nations’ needs.
Islam means “submission” to the Lord who created that world in this amazing harmony, the Lord who created mankind, with all their characters, feelings, and amazing miracle in their own bodies, which are made of nothing but mud, that mud which turned alive with Allah’s touch.
This is why every tiny thing will have reference in the Quran, or in Sunnah (all what Prophet Muhammad said, did, or agreed on). Every thing that guarantees a life of satisfaction to mankind (I wouldn’t say happiness, as it is difficult to find in that world, as man must face happiness together with sorrow as long as he lives).
If you look at Islam, Christianity and Judaism, you will find many things in common, though details may vary (due to corruption sometimes), but all them believe in The Day of Judgment, where man is to be questioned about his deeds in his lifetime, depending on them, man shall dwell to eternal Paradise, or eternal Hell.
I tried to be as brief as I could, I hope you didn’t get bored, and I hope I managed to clear out something to you, now it’s your turn to search for the truth, and depending on how sincere you are, you will reach it.
All my respect,
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