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THE EVENT
(al-waqi'ah)
Chapter: 56 (Number of Verses: 96)
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the inevitable event comes,
(1)
no soul will deny its coming (2).
It will abase some and exalt others(3)
When the earth is violently shaken (4)
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The Daughter of the Holy
Prophet (s) and the Wife of Imam Ali (a)
Hazrat Fatima Zahra
(a)
Leader of the Women of Paradise
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Solution: The Values of the Qur'an
by Harun Yahya
What reason could you have for not fighting in the Way of
Allah-for those men, women and children who are oppressed and
say, 'Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are
wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from
You!'? (Surat an-Nisa': 75)
Around the globe, the majority of people are among the
oppressed. They are tortured, butchered, and live in abject
poverty, are homeless, are forced to live their lives
unprotected from the elements and they face disease without
adequate medical care. There are those who cannot even afford a
loaf of bread.
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A Sermon of Imam Ali ibn abi Talib (a)
(from Nahjul Balagha--the Sermon 1
In this sermon,
Amirul Mumineen Imam Ali (a) recalls the grades of
knowledge of Allah, creation of Earth and Sky and the birth of
Adam, division of Qur'anic Injunctions and obligation of Hajj).
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Is
It Good to be a Muslim? by Diana (Masooma)
Beatty
A philosopher may debate whether there
is such thing as absolute truth, or
truth with a capital T. Another may say
that all paths lead to God, i.e., that
all religions or philosophies are equal.
If that were the case, then it would not
matter if I were Christian, or Muslim,
or Atheist, or even if I were an Adolf
Hitler, a Karl Marx or Mother Teresa.
Each religion would have its own truths,
and each person’s deeds within the
context of their own philosophies would
be equally valid. There then becomes no
agreeable standard for determining right
and wrong.
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Ayyub:
An Example of Excellence in Patience and
faith
The story of Ayyub (Job) gives
consolation to all those who are sick or
ill or deprived of wealth or children.
The Angels were discussing the
conditions of mankind, their obedience
and disobedience. One of them said that
Ayyub was the best man on earth. He was
an obedient believer, always praying to
Allah. Allah blessed Ayyub to be wealthy
for eighty years. During this time he
never forgot to worship or thank Allah.
He shared his wealth with the poor and
clothed the naked.
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Call to take old Muslim leader as an example
courtesy: Abu Dhabi |A Staff Reporter | 01-09-2002
The United Nations has advised the Arab countries to take an old
Muslim leader as an example in encouraging knowledge and
establishing a regime based on justice and democracy.
The UNDP published excerpts in English of remarks made by Imam
Ali bin Abi Taleb, a cousin of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), nearly
1,000 years ago about knowledge, justice and right rule of
people.
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Wisdom
of Luqman
An excerpt from Fables of Rumi,
English translation by Madhia Ali &
Nasir Shamsi
It is known about Luqman that he was a
slave of an Aristocrat and that he had
an unattractive and shabby appearance.
He was unlike any other of the Ruler’s
slaves, all of whom had good complexion.
So they always ridiculed Luqman for his
looks. They put their workload on him
and told lies about him to the ruler,
for no reason. But Luqman did not
complain. Even though he was dark from
head to toe, he was extra-ordinarily
intelligent and knowledgeable. He often
said
such witty thing that made people
around him bit their fingers in
astonishment. The Ruler owned some big
fruit gardens. When the fruits ripened,
Luqman and the other slaves collected
them. Sometimes the other slaves cheated
and ate a bushel or two of the fruits,
during the collection.
The Ruler, on counting,
found that the fruit was less than
expected. When he confronted the slaves,
they put blame on Luqman, saying that he
ate the fruits by tricking them. Since
the Ruler scolded him and was harsh with
him, Luqman told him that the slaves had
lied and that he had betrayed his trust.
" In Allah’s court ", he
said, " there is no forgiveness for
betrayal. The best thing is to test us
all. " Then he proposed a unique
way: " Sir, make us drink hot water
and after that run in jungle after
you while you are riding the horse. God
willing, it would be soon known whether
I am lying or they are !
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Islam Today
By Syed Siraj Haider Zaidi
Islam is based on two realities: the personality of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad, (Peace be upon Him) who was chosen exactly
fourteen lunar centuries ago to deliver God's message and to be
the leader of Human kind; and the Qur'an, a book of divine
origin which is the Prophet's enduring miracle and which
contains God's words in the form of intellectual and practical
teachings of a universal nature. These two realities must be
considered as one of the most important factors in the
development and perfection of Human life, or rather, they are
the most important factor to have manifested itself over the
course of fourteen century in the faith and practice of hundreds
of million of men, extending its influence deep into every
aspect of their society.
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John
Quincy Adams on U.S. Foreign Policy
courtesy: Radwan A. Masmoudi
Note: In commemoration of Independence
Day (4th of July), enjoy reading this
beautiful speech by John Quincy Adams.
May the U.S. be always true to the
principles on which it was founded:
freedom, liberty, and justice for all.
" AND NOW, FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN,
if the wise and learned philosophers of
the
elder world, the first observers of notation
and aberration, the discoverers of
maddening ether and invisible planets,
the inventors of Contrive rockets and
Shrapnel shells, should find their
hearts disposed to enquire what has
America done for the benefit of mankind?
Let our answer be this: America, with
the same voice which spoke herself into
existence as a nation, proclaimed to
mankind the inextinguishable rights of
human nature, and the only lawful
foundations of government. America, in
the assembly of nations, since her
admission among them, has invariably,
though often fruitlessly, held forth to
them the hand of honest friendship, of
equal freedom, of generous
reciprocity.
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Quran Wins Heart of US Professor
By Ammar Bakkar
Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an
associate professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas,
one of the biggest university in the United States. He started
his religious journey on Jan 30, 1954, when he was born in a
Roman Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first 18
years of his life were spent in Catholic schools, which left him
with many unanswered questions about God and the Christian
religion, Lang said, as he narrated his story of Islam.
"Like most kids back in the late 60s and early 70s, I
started questioning all the values that we had at those times,
political, social and religious," Lang said. "I
rebelled against all the institutions that society held sacred
including the Catholic Church," he said.
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Rumi
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In search of truth
by Okasha naqvi, 14, New Jersey
Where is the home
of a once loved but forgotten
human
who roams the world
in search of truth
he is strong
but cries
as he awakens from his dreams
a taste of death
this unfound truth
is lost
so return back to your desk
your paper and ink are where you left them
and write
0 brave one
of the fears you have hidden
in the veines entangling your heart
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Important Tips for a Better Husband and
Wife Relationship
Although many Muslims may right now be in failing marriages and
on a fast track to divorce and its terrible consequences, there
are many ways to put their marriage back on the right track if
the husband and wife are sincere in their desire to reconcile.
The following principles can be used by Muslims whose marriages
are already in trouble or by Muslims who would like to avoid
trouble in their marriage.
Examples of Negative: Relationship of Husband & Wife
Many Muslim husbands and wives treat each other like adversaries
rather than partners.
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Tolerant
and Intolerant Islam:
The perception of Islam today by many
non-Muslims is that it is a fanatical
and violent religion. That is a
superficial view which ignores the fact
that there are two models of Islam, one
that is uncompromising and extremist in
its views and another that is tolerant,
moderate and humanistic.
Tolerant and Intolerant Islam
.....on how extremism emerged in the
contemporary world. courtesy: http://www.heggy.org/tolerant_islam.htm
As early as the first century of the
Muslim calendar, Islam has known radical
sects who demanded blind adherence to
their rigid reading of the articles of
faith, side by side with mainstream
Islam, whose adherents eschew violence
and extremism and do not profess to hold
a monopoly on Truth.
The phenomenon began with the emergence
of the Khawarij (Seceders) in 660 AD,
(the middle of the first Hejira
century), a sect which preached a
dogmatic interpretation of Scripture and
practiced a version of excommunication
by branding those who did not adopt its
teachings as heretics. This was the
first such sect but by no means the
last, and throughout the history of
Islam the quiet of religious life was
broken many times by marginal groups who
tried to impose
their extremist views on the majority by
violent means. A comprehensive history
of these groups has been compiled by my
friend, Professor Mahmoud Ismail Abdul
Razzaak, in an authoritative reference
work entitled "The Secret Sects of
Islam." The author devotes special
attention to the Qarmatians, who carried
away the Black Stone of the Ka' bah and
kept it in a remote area in the east of
the Arabian Peninsula for over a
century.
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THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF ISLAMIC FAITH
A synopsis by the late Dr. Syed Haider Hussain Shamsi
The basic elements of Islamic Faith are also known as the
pillars of the faith. An individual has the choice to
believe in them or to reject them based on his intelligence,
observation, comparison, education or research. They are
called the pillars as the whole weight of what follows (after
acceptance into Islam) falls on these basic elements.
TAWHID :
Belief in Allah(swt), One-ness of Allah(swt),
Special Attributes of Allah(swt)
NABUWAT :
Belief in Prophethood, Belief in Prophet Mohammed (sawa),
Special Attributes of the Last Prophet
IMAMATE :
Belief in Imamate
Functions of the Imam
Recognition of the Imam
Attributes of the Imam
ADL :
Belief in justice from Allah(swt), Rasul(sawa) and Imams(as)
Practice justice-during daily life
Justice at The End of Time, and Extremity
QIYAMAT :
The End of Time, Belief in The Day of Judgment, Belief in
Resuffection of the Body
The Route to Salvation, The Role of Mahdi(as)
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"
Science and technology belong within the
domain of civilization, religion and art
to culture. The first is the expression
of human needs (how do I live), the
second of human aspirations (why do I
live). "
On
Death and Failure ...........
by Alija Izetbegovic
During those years I began to work on my
book Islam izmedu Istoka i Zapada (Islam
between East and West). Indeed, I could
say that I had written it much earlier,
just before my imprisonment in 1946. The
manuscript remained concealed for more
than 20 years. When I was arrested in
1946, my sister Azra (who died in 1997)
hid it under the beams in the attic of
our house. When I later found it, it was
a bundle of half-decayed paper. I added
some new data, re-wrote the text and
sent it to a friend in Canada; finally
an American publisher issued it in 1984,
when I was already serving my second
prison sentence of 14 years with hard labor.
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The Clash of History
By AKBAR S. AHMED
(Professor Akbar S. Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies
at
American University in Washington, is author of "Islam
Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World",
published by Polity Press.).
When American troops entered Kandahar, Afghanistan, on a routine
visit in the late summer of 2003, Muslim elders ran to hide the
Quran. The rumor had been circulating that American soldiers
would burn and destroy the holy book of Islam. A quiet fury was
spreading in the land
against what the religious leaders called the infidels. We will
take revenge, people were saying. There is a proverb in the
land: "I took revenge after a hundred years, and I took it
too quickly."
The Kandahar story was not reported in the Western press. It was
not given any significance because there is a blind spot in
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ELEVEN TIPS FOR MUSLIM COUPLES
---tips for Muslim couples dealing with marital disputes in the
West
Marriages usually start off so nicely. Everyone cooperates-the
couple, their parents, other relatives, friends. Things usually
run smoothly.
But somewhere along the way, marital disputes pop up. This is of
course natural, but these can escalate to dangerous levels if
not dealt with correctly.
Sound Vision spoke to Shahina Siddiqui of the Islamic Social
Services Association of the United States and Canada (ISSA)
about tips for couples dealing with marital disputes. She
pinpointed some problems and provided tips on how to deal with
them.
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Islam and Global Conflict
By Azizah Yahia al-Hibri
Executive Director of Karamah, Muslim Women Lawyers for Human
Rights (Azizah al-Hibri was a speaker at the Second UMAA
Convention in May 2004 at the Marriott in Washington DC).
Let me illustrate. Many think that "Arabs" and
"Jews" have always been in conflict. In fact, this is
utterly false, so is the dichotomy. For the longest part of
human history, Arabs (Muslim and Jewish) lived in harmony. An
early shining moment in our history occurred over 1400 years ago
when the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) established the first Islamic
state in the city of Madinah. As the head of that state, he
executed a charter with both Muslims and Jews of Madinah,
establishing a federalist structure and proclaiming a partial
bill of rights (supplementing other rights stated in the
Qur’an).
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