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General Discussions / Re: Insha Allah

« on: March 28, 2014, 08:04:12 AM »

Salam Optimist
We humans have been given free choice. Moses could not remain patient because of his choice of not remaining so.
He said إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ because he needed to have Allah's approval (mashee'at) for his action. The whole story narrated therein is explaining that at times Allah's wish overtakes our choices. So whatever we plan to do using our choice we must say إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ to seek Allah's wish. Our choice can be ineffective if Allah's wish is different.
Hope it helps.

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General Discussions / Re: Gender used in 2:237

« on: March 28, 2014, 07:33:33 AM »

Thanks everyone but it is clear to me now. The confusion was created by Corpus Quran where 'yafoona is described as masculine plural whereas it is also feminine plural when pronoun 'hunna' is used.

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General Discussions / Gender used in 2:237

« on: March 28, 2014, 01:09:48 AM »

Salam Brothers

Every translator has used 'yafoona' in 2:237 as feminine plural whereas grammatically it refers to masculine plural. Could you please help me understand it?

وَإِن طَلَّقۡتُمُوهُنَّ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تَمَسُّوهُنَّ وَقَدۡ فَرَضۡتُمۡ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً۬ فَنِصۡفُ مَا فَرَضۡتُمۡ إِلَّآ أَن يَعۡفُونَ أَوۡ يَعۡفُوَاْ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِۦ عُقۡدَةُ ٱلنِّكَاحِ‌ۚ وَأَن تَعۡفُوٓاْ أَقۡرَبُ لِلتَّقۡوَىٰ‌ۚ وَلَا تَنسَوُاْ ٱلۡفَضۡلَ بَيۡنَكُمۡ‌ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ (٢٣٧)

http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=2&verse=237

Thanks

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Islamic Duties / Re: SALAT AND TASBIH

« on: September 12, 2013, 01:46:56 PM »

Salam Brother Joseph Islam
I am new to this forum and exploring different articles. I have gone through many articles written by you on your web site and found them very logical and understandable. Congratulations on authoring these beautiful articles. May Allah SWT help us understanding AL-Quran .
I have a confusion in my mind regarding salat. If this question has been answered before at this forum I would appreciate if a link is provided for my enlightenment. You have quoted

"And establish regular prayers at the two ends (Arabic: Salata Tarafayi) of the day and at the approaches of the night (Arabic: wazulafan mina al-layli)..." are used to indicate periods when salat is to be established."

My confusion is how does this command can be fulfilled at places like Polar Regions or say on a space station.

Brother you have been endowed with a great understanding of our Deen so please help me understand this
issue.
Regards