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[THE QURAN-CENTRIC PARADIGM - COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF JOSEPH ISLAM - BY FARHAN MUZAFFAR]

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THE QURAN-CENTRIC PARADIGM - COMPILED FROM THE WORKS OF JOSEPH ISLAM - BY FARHAN MUZAFFAR

Dear All,

As-salamu alaykum

Please kindly see below a short essay shared with me by brother Farhan Muzaffar derived from my humble perspectives/works. A good summation of my perspectives in a short essay form and worth a read.

The Quran-Centric Paradigm: A Hermeneutical and Philosophical Framework
A Systematic Exposition Compiled and structured by Farhan Muzaffar

https://quransmessage.com/files/The%20Quran-Centric%20Paradigm%20-%20Farhan%20Muzaffar.pdf

Regards,
Joseph

[THE WRONGDOERS, THE OPPRESSORS - THEIR TIME WILL COME... EVERYONE'S TIME WILL COME]

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THE WRONGDOERS, THE OPPRESSORS - THEIR TIME WILL COME... EVERYONE'S TIME WILL COME

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"And do not (ever) think that God is unaware of what the wicked/unjust/wrongdoers do. He only gives them respite, a delay - until the day when their eyes will stare (in terror/horror)"
Their time will come ... Everyone's time will come ...

[YOUTUBE: FINDING WISDOM AND INNER PEACE THROUGH THE QURAN | A GUIDE TO FAITH, CULTURE AND COMPASSION]

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YOUTUBE: FINDING WISDOM AND INNER PEACE THROUGH THE QURAN | A GUIDE TO FAITH, CULTURE AND COMPASSION

I wrote this back in 2013 as part of a post. Just some thoughts I shared with someone that was making sense of all the traditions and attempting to fully grasp a Quran-centric approach to their faith. I hope some of this still resonates God willing. Please feel free to share with those you might feel could benefit 🙏

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PLATFORM ADDITION: YOUTUBE

Dear brothers and sisters,

May peace be with you all.

Thank you all for the meaningful responses to my previous post. After much deliberation, the choice of initial platform will be YouTube in due course, God willing.

Please kindly feel free to subscribe to the channel below in advance so that you can stay apprised of any content once shared.

Regards,
Joseph

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[CONSIDERING NEW PLATFORMS FOR MESSAGE DISSEMINATION]

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CONSIDERING NEW PLATFORMS FOR MESSAGE DISSEMINATION

Dear brothers and sisters,

May peace be with you all.

It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed since I first began sharing my work with the public. Many of you have been with me from the start on this journey and it's been a privilege to see many of you move on with your lives, start families, and now see your children engaging with my humble efforts too. I sincerely hope that our journey together has not only enriched our intellectual growth but also brought us closer to the Almighty, who nourishes us in countless, profound ways.

As times change and new platforms emerge, I'm exploring ways to reconnect and reach out to the next generation - whether through YouTube, TikTok, Patreon, or other platforms. I'd love to hear your thoughts on where you'd like to see more content and how.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for being on this journey with me for years and continuously encouraging me to keep writing and sharing thoughts.

Your brother in faith,
Joseph

[STRUGGLES WILL BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE]

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STRUGGLES WILL BE A PART OF YOUR LIFE

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"Or do you think that you shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? they encountered SUFFERING and ADVERSITY, and WERE SO SHAKEN in spirit that even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him cried: "When will the help of God come?" Ah! Indeed, the help of God is (always) near!"

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QURANSMESSAGE.COM WEBSITE ACCESS

Dear brothers and sisters,

As-salamu alaykum

Thank you for bearing with the website which appeared to become compromised/hacked again of recent. There have been some technical changes made which should now have resolved the issues and allow for a more secure connection.

https://quransmessage.com/

Please can you kindly let me know if all is OK from your respective areas. If possible, when you confirm, please can you also kindly share the country/region from where you are accessing the site.

May Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) bless you all.

Regards,
Joseph

Dear All,

May Peace be upon you.

Please kindly subscribe to a newly launched YouTube Channel. Future video content to be shared soon, God willing.

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Regards,
Joseph

Dear All,

May Peace be upon you

Please kindly subscribe to a newly launched YouTube Channel. Future video content to be shared soon, God willing.

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Regards,
Joseph

[STANDING AGAINST FALSEHOOD. A SENTIMENT.]

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STANDING AGAINST FALSEHOOD. A SENTIMENT.

"If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world."
~ Athanasius of Alexandria

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QURANSMESSAGE.COM WEBSITE ACCESS RESOLVED

Dear All,

As-salamu alaykum

Thank you so much for all your responses regarding the Quransmessage.com website.

I am hoping now that all the issues have been resolved and those of you that could not access the website link (without it rerouting to spurious sites) are now able to access the webpage directly and from the search engines.

If you are still experiences issues, please kindly let me know by dropping a comment.

JazakAllah Khair

Regards, Joseph

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Dear All,

May peace be upon you all.

I am receiving a lot of messages that the Quransmessage.com website appears to be linking to a spurious site/address. Can you please confirm whether this is the case when you search 'Quransmessage.com' through your search engines and/or when you attempt to access the site directly.

Please also kindly feel free to confirm if everything appears OK and the country you are trying to access the site from.

Thanks as always.

JazakAllah

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  Dear All,
  
  Peace
  
  Just a reminder (and to those new to my shares), please kindly see below a listing of all 944 Facebook posts (to date) for your ease of reference.
  
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  Regards,
  Joseph
  

Dear brother Joseph,

May peace be upon you

I know this is a very old post  but I came across it as I was going through the forum a couple of months ago. I had an idea I would like to share which is related to this topic (that's why I did not create a new thread).

I have spent many years learning from your immense knowledge and wisdom that the Lord has bestowed on you Alhamdulillah through the many things shared by you on the main website, forum, Facebook posts, etc. Including all of the other knowledgeable people who contributed to this forum throughout the years.

I was always worried about losing this website, so I am trying to archive everything (I have archived all of the main articles and all of your posts on the forum). I have just started, but since I am a programmer I have developed custom automation tools to help automate the process and make it fast by the grace of God and His mercy. This way I think I can bring all of the articles, posts, etc into one database, each interlinked and indexed with one unified search engine.

For example, one idea I had was to show all the forum posts and Facebook posts that reference a piece of article in the article page itself. It would be useful to enhance the article with supporting arguments and answers to different questions people had over the many years.


Most importantly (the main focus), I want to make sure the whole archive would be downloadable with your permission and copyright, this way inshAllah the immense work you have done will live on and help the future generations as well inshAllah. I have been reading this website for many years but I was always worried what if one day it shuts down like some other websites. This way inshAllah anyone who wants can just download the whole thing so they can keep it forever. You can even keep the download link in the quransmessage website.



Please let me know what you think and if you have any more ideas we can add to this


Best Regards

Dear Anothersoulonearth,

May peace be with you too.

This is a noble idea and I do encourage all to share and support the dissemination of the thoughts/sentiments and material pertaining to this website/forums as best they can. As you will no doubt appreciate, spreading any type of goodness/assistance can take many forms and may God bless all those that partake in any of the activities they undertake. Albeit I have endeavoured hard to keep the websites / repositories active/online as best as I can, you are correct that there will always remain the risk you articulate for one reason or another. So any mitigations remain worthwhile.

Thank you for also providing due care/note regarding copyright/permission. It always remain key that the source authorship(s) can remain traceable. I would be more than happy to provide a link on this website with any supporting work that is carried out.

May God bless you always kind soul. 

Regards,
Joseph

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Dear [Name Removed]


As-salamu alaykum

In general, I don't provide answers to questions on Facebook but I'd like to kindly invite you to post questions/follow up queries on the QM Forum below:

http://quransmessage.com/forum/forum.htm

However, please don't be alarmed. The Quran is perfect but it is only the imperfect assumptions/axioms that humans are prone to make/suggest which create the interpretive inconsistencies.

What I'd respectfully suggest is a re-read of all the inheritance verses with particular emphasis on a particular point. Please kindly note that the Quran's inheritance shares are only to be enacted if there is not a primary will/legacy or in conjunction with it once a primary will/legacy has been satisfied. Many Muslims and clerics appear to miss this point and some even appear to infer some sort of abrogation without basis.



If we then take the Quran at its word, the allocation of the shares only come into play after the first will/legacy is satisfied and then the portions are assigned.

The other incorrect assumption is that the total should = 100% based simply on % allocations without any consideration that the Quran is referring to 'remainders'.

Please kindly allow me to explain with an example:

If I requested, please can you ensure that half of your sweets are given to your father and with the remaining, please ensure that 2/3 are shared with your sisters, all that implies is that you need to create 3 parts from your 50% and share 2 parts of it with your sisters.

This does not mean 50% + 66.7% but rather:
50% + (66.7% of the 50% remaining)

This will mean you still have 1/3 of the sweets left from the 50% to pass to whoever you desire (or for the estate to decide in case of an Inheritance execution). In other words, out of the 50% remaining, your sisters are not allowed to take the entire remainder, but are only entitled to 2/3rds of the remaining 50%.

Please kindly see my article [1] on inheritance below:

I hope this helps, God willing.

Regards,
Joseph


REFERENCE

[1] INHERITANCE LAWS IN THE QURAN
http://quransmessage.com/articles/inheritance%20FM3.htm