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The Holy Quran Chapter 70, HIGH RANKS (al-ma'rij)
Translated By Shaikh Muhammad Sarwar
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ON
BEING A MUSLIM - by Dr. Syed Haider Hussain Shamsi
TOTAL
SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH - Obedience
to Divine Ordinances
(the practice of Frua'at): Belief in Qdada and al
Qadr, Belief in the Doctrine of Bada'
BELIEF IN PROPHETS FROM
ALLAH & THE LAST PROPHET:
Belief in the Divine Books, Belief in al Qur'an,
Belief in al Hadith and in al Sunna
LOVE FOR THE HOUSE-HOLD OF
THE PROPHET:
The Will of the Prophet, Respect and follow
ahadith relating to this love, Benefits to
Muslims from this love
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THE
LIFE AND THE TIMES OF IMAM ALI BIN MUSA Raza (a)
by Dr. Syed Haider Hussain Shamsi
Excerpt from the the late
Author's book, " Lives of the Twelve Imams From the Alhe Bait
(a).
Ali bin Musa Raza (a) was bom during the
reign of the Abbasid caliph alMansoor
Dwaneeqi. He was only two weeks of age when
his grand father, Imam Ja'far as-
Saadiq was martyred. He was thirty-five
years of age when his father was
martyred by the caliph Haroon ar-Rashid. He
had witnessed the treatment his
father had received at the hands of the caliphs
for refusing to accept them as
his leaders.
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The
Superman Syndrome by Kathy Paauw
"Life is what happens while you are busy
making other plans." --John Lennon
I just got back from a business trip to the East
Coast. While I was away
several hundred e-mail messages accumulated, in
addition to a tall stack of mail
and a full voice mailbox. Had I been here to
respond to all of it as it came
in, I would have spent much more time doing so.
When faced with the massive
volume, I became much more efficient. I asked
myself, "What's most important?" And
my clarity and focus was much sharper as a
result. When I returned from my
trip, what I really wanted was to spend time with
my family… not with my e-mail,
in-box, or the telephone. With great clarity and
intent, I deleted much of my
e-mail without even reading it.
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The
wheat that grows on my grave - by Rumi
If you bake bread with the wheat that grows on my
grave
you'll become drunk with joy and
even the oven will recite ecstatic poems.
If you come to pay your respects
even my gravestone will invite you to dance
so don't come without your drum.
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Noble
Prize Acceptance Speech - By SHIRIN EBADI
This year, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded
to a woman from
Iran, a Muslim country in the Middle East. My selection
will make
women in Iran, and much farther afield, believe in themselves.
Women
constitute half of the population of every country. To disregard
women and bar them from active participation in political, social,
economic and cultural life is tantamount to depriving the entire
population of every society of half its capability. The patriarchal
culture and the discrimination against women, particularly in the
Islamic countries, cannot continue.
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PROPHET
ADAM (a) - by late Syed
Haider Hussain Shamsi
An excerpt from his book, " The Prophets of
Islam ".
THE CREATION OF ADAM
The most widely held belief about the origin of
Adam has been that Allah
created him from non-existence by His Will using
the earth materials. This did
not involve the biological processes of evolution
or reproduction. Allah
created Man and Woman from clay in the form and
shape, the way they are today. Any
belief or controversy to the contrary is only a
speculation.
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Aga
Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III - By Shah N.
Khan
Aga Khan III (1877-1957) was born in Karachi and
became head of
the Ismaili sect in India beginning in 1885. He
gained worldwide
fame as he persuaded his followers and other
Muslims to side with
the Allies during World War I (1914-1918).
In the 1930s he headed the Indian delegation to
the Assembly of
the League of Nations. His services for the
Muslims of India are
remembered with admiration and respect.
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Consciousness
and the constitution - by Altaf Anjum
courtesy: Daily News, Monday, 22 December, 2003
--an article that deals with the problem of
collective identity and
co-existence. Although written in the context of
search for national consensus in the
body politic of Pakistan, yet it so correctly
applies to the Muslim Umma at
large, which tends to be fragmented in small
pieces of meaningless and
ineffective groups rather than being integral
part of a larger spectrum, with her myriad
colors that serve to only accentuate and enrich
its beauty rather than tarnish its radiance. "
Nasir Shamsi (Al-huda Editor)
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Your
heart ! - by Okasha Naqvi, 13, New Jersey
To love,
you must have a heart,
in anger,
you're torn apart.
in body,
you must have a soul.
In every soul, there is a hole,
that hole, my dear, is your fear,
fear, in shape of anger and tears.
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Dr. Robert Crane on The future of
Muslims in America
Date: 12/15/03 12:14:39 AM Eastern
Standard Time
Dear Dr. Crane,
Salam alaikum,,
I am currently conducting a study of the civil
liberties crisis engulfing the
American Muslim community since September 11, 2001. The
research is being
directed toward a book that will lay out the recent
crisis and I am eager to gain
some feedback on ideas that I am exploring. I am
hoping to obtain the
insight of a number of influential leaders and
commentators from within the American
Muslim community. Given your expert knowledge and vast
experiences in the
many years of American Muslim institution building
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TWELVE RULES FOR RAISING
DELINQUENT CHILDREN
courtesy:http://www.focusas.com/index.html
Published in the Houston Chamber of Comerce
Bulletin
DOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, the police
department has issued a leaflet entitled
"Twelve Rules for Raising Delinquent
Children." Here they are, as printed in
the local Chamber of Commerce
publication, "Business";
1. Begin with
infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he
will grow up to believe the world owes him a living.
2. When he
picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's
cute. It will also encourage him to pick up "cuter phrases" that
will blow off
the top of your head later.
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Pakistan as a
Frontline State in the Terror War - Ras H. Siddiqui
courtesy: Pakistan Link
SAN FRANCISCO--A group of students at the
City College of San Francisco
probably got more than they bargained for as its
instructor Professor Javaid Sayed
made it a Pakistan Night of sorts for his
"United Nations Class" nearing the
end of its semester. The Rosenberg Library
witnessed a real grass roots type of
interaction between local students and their
honored guest, Pakistan's Consul
General in Los Angeles, the Honorable Noor Muhammad
Jadmani.
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Basics Of A Happy
Marriage
Faith: The most basic and essential attribute of a
Muslim marriage is the
common faith that binds the couple. Since Islam is
a way of life and not just a
religion confined to weekly worship it becomes an
integral part of a Muslim's
life. The frame of reference shared by the couple
eases communication and
sharing of values. Faith plays an important role in
the developing a loving relationship.
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Growing Wahhabi
Influence in the United States
(Testimony of Stephen Schwartz - director,
Islam and Democracy Program at the
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies before
the Congress sub committee
in the wake of 9/11. )
Chairman Kyl, other distinguished members of
the subcommittee, thank you for
your invitation to appear here today.
I come before this body to describe how
adherents of Wahhabism, the most
extreme, separatist, and violent form of Islam,
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