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General Discussions / How many earths?
« on: August 28, 2015, 07:40:54 AM »

Salamun alaikum all:

"Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge" - 65:12 (Y. Ali) 
This verse is mostly explained  by asserting that there are as many earths as there are heavens. However, I am not aware of any verse of the Qur'an where the plural of the word "ardh" (araadh-iy). It is noted that whenever the combination of heavens and earth is mentioned in the Qur'an, it is always the plural form of heaven (samawaati) but a singular form of earth is used. So, over 300 times in the Qur'an we see "heavens and the earth" , not "heavens and the earths".  That being the case, should we still insist on trranslation of the phrase "wa min al-ardhi mithlahunna") as "seven earths"? Or, is there an alternative explanation of this verse (65:12)?

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So much so that women of his time fell in love with him at the first sight, least of them the ancient Egypt's governor's wife? Is there any Qur'anic evidence that he was the most pretty-faced lady killer?
I would appreciate your comments.  Thanks

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Salam all,
We are all familiar with the traditional stories of the remarkable beauty/handsomeness of Prophet Joseph (as) and the attempted affair of the governor's wife with him.  Yasir Qadhi, a renowned scholar, like most others like him, tells us that Prophet Joseph had half of the word's beauty.  My question for the honorable members of this form is "Is there any evidence from the Qur'an--especially from Sura 12---that Prophet Joseph was a pretty-faced prophet? If so, what verse is it that supports Prophet Joseph's legendary beauty?  Thanks.
Irfan

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Women / Triple Talaq--The Quick and dirty way to divorce a wife
« on: August 16, 2015, 12:00:15 PM »
Assalam-o-alaikum,
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/10/india-muslim-women-fight-triple-talaq-law-instant-divorce
If the Taliban and the ISIS philosophy does not cause your gorges to spill out, try reading  the above article that highlights another curse that continues to ruin the lives of countless Muslim women---women who have been suffering at the hands of the non-Qur'anic, mullah-churned Shari'a rule of the infamous "quick and dirty Triple Talaq" which means that if you pronounce the verbal Talaq to you wife three times in a breath, her life is basically over in your house!
This is just one more example of the mindless blind-following of mullahism in total disregard of immaculate, pure, and logical teachings of the Qur'an.
Is there a way to come out of the quick sand of the oppressive Mullahism?
No---unless you vow to get your Divine guidance directly by thoroughly studying the Book we all know as The Light, The Mercy, and The Guidance, the Glorious Qur'an!
There is no quick and dirty Triple Talaq in the Qur'an.

Fauq

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General Discussions / The Prophet's night journey
« on: June 08, 2013, 11:29:34 AM »
17:1: Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) Who took His slave (Muhammad) for a journey by night from Al-Masjid-al-Haram (at Makkah) to al-Masjid al-Aqsa (the farthest mosque, in Jerusalem), whose surroundings We have blessed, in order that We might show him (Muhammad) of Our signs. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer.

This verse is very incisive.  This says that Allah arranged the night journey (isra) from the “Al-Masjid-al-Haram”  to al-Masjid al-Aqsa (the farthest mosque, in Jerusalem),”.  The parenthetical comment of the translator suggest this journey was ONLY from Makah to Jerusalem!  Not any longer.  Is that the correct understanding?  This special mosque that has been described as “Masjid al-aqsa” (farthest mosque/place of sajdah—aqsa is the superlative degree of something being far) would then be the place that “has blessed surroundings”---and Allah, the Most High, wishes to show some of the signs of this blessed surroundings!

Traditionally, this place has been considered to be the now familiar ‘al-aqsa’ mosque of Jerusalem which, the history tells us, was not there at the time of the revelation of the Qur’an—it was ordered to be built in some sixty years later by the caliph Abdul Malik bin Marwan but could only be completed in al-Walid bin Abdul Malik’s stint (705 CE). But leaving that part aside, the question is: How is this particular mosque’s surroundings BLESSED in a way Allah wanted to show the Prophet (piuh) some of His special signs there? Where are those special signs in Jerusalem’s mosque? So far we have seen only wars and bloodshed in the history of its surroundigs!

It looks like “the FARTHEST mosque” is not this mosque (al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem that is less than 1,000 miles away from Masjid al-Haram!  Allah knows the meaning of the “FARTHEST” and it is certainly not 1000 or so miles.

So if it is not the same al-Aqsa mosque (FARTHEST mosque) in Jerusalem that is worth visiting for Allah’s SPECIAL SIGNS, then WHERE IS IT? 

Well, the answer may be in the beginning verses of the Sura Najam—53:13-18. A closer look at these verses identifies the “FARTHEST MOSQUE” being “Sidrat-ul-mutaha” (the LAST/FARTHEST tree the SURROUNDINGS of which are blessed because this place is closest to the “Paradise of Abode”.   This is the place that Allah wished to show some of the wonderful SIGNS referred to in the verse 17:1!

Let’s take a closer look at these ayaat to see the reality:
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 An-Najm (The Star)
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى (53:13)
•  53:13  For indeed he saw him (jibreel) at a second descent,   
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 An-Najm (The Star)
عِندَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى (53:14)
•  53:14  Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:   
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 An-Najm (The Star)
عِندَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى (53:15)
•  53:15  Near it is the Garden of Abode.   
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 An-Najm (The Star)
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى53:16)
(53:16  Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)   
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 An-Najm (The Star)
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَى (53:17)
53:17  (His) sight never swerved, nor did it go wrong!   
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 An-Najm (The Star)
لَقَدْ رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَى (53:1853:18  For truly did he see, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest!


Now we can see the farthest place is indicated by the word "mutaha" (last/final) “in 53:14 and the "blessed nature of God’s signs” that God wanted His servant to see is located in 53:18 in the sequence.

And this is not all:  The beginning verses of the Sura Najam (53:1-10) actually reveal a possible solution to yet another mystery---another piece of the puzzle that has been hitherto totally ignored!!!  What is it?  Perhaps we can talk about it later.

Irfan


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Peace to all:

Allah SWT said: "And when the Word is fulfilled against them (the unjust), We shall produce from the earth a Beast to (face) them: it will speak to them,'"(al-Naml 27.82)

I read in a Shi'a book "The Book of Sulaym bin Qays" that the Hadhrat Ali said it is about the "Promised Mehdi" who will appear from the cave from his "greater occultation".   Sunnis believe that this will be a real beast who will emerge from the earth with a rod of Prophet Moses and ring of Prophet Solomon that will destroy all unbelievers...etc.

I wonder if I can pick your brains regarding the nature of the 'beast' or "living creature" (daabbah) mentioned in the above ayah.

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General Discussions / Blessed is he whosoever is in the fire
« on: May 23, 2013, 02:19:57 PM »

Salamun alaikum all,

Lately I have been thinking about the explanation of the verse  27:8.

فَلَمَّا جَاءهَا نُودِيَ أَن بُورِكَ مَن فِي النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (27:8)

•  27:8 (Picktall) But when he reached it, he was called, saying: Blessed is whosoever is in the fire and whosoever is round about it! And glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

I wonder if we all can give our perspective on the "whosoever is the fire and whosoever is round about it".  I have a hunch about this verse but I like to pick your brain about this.  It would be interesting to know how other people of knowledge understand this verse.  Thanks in advance for your participation. 

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