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25:30 ! so wonderful and tragic. Alhamdulillah. May ALLAH bless you guys.

assalamu alaikum. thanks for your replies. but if we take it like what you said brother Hassan, then what are we going to say to those people who claim that the early people are more "right" and "accurate" in their thoughts and opinions so the latter ones (for example "us" or scholars of today) should follow them ! because they (we) have a higher chance to be wrong or incorrect on certain topics ?

the link you have posted is broken Duster can you post brother Joseph's article in here or renew the link ?

anyone has anything to say ? 

No ideas ?

From 56:7 to 56:14, ALLAH talks about three groups of people and the first group as the "foremost" group. Within the first group there are a few people from the later times. Why is that ? Does this mean that the people from old times were more successful than us in terms of faith or knowledge ?

Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters,

ZKAB90 and zara, guys don't go too hard on yourselves. Like Mia said, being depressed, feeling guilty about it, actually tells me that deep inside, you are trying to fight these painful thoughts and this means you are not lost ! Shaitan tries to block "the right path" and wants to show us all that it's twisted, crooked. I think you are under a bombardment of ""waswasa", obsessive thoughts. Don't ever give up, Allah knows you better than yourselves. Don't ever give up on praying Allah for help. Believe me we all have times like this, doubting ourselves and shaitan takes advantage of this. He says: "You are hopeless, you are going to hell anyway, you are in doubt, you don't believe enough!, look at that guy over there he/she is a real muslim you are not !" If you are disturbed by these thoughts then it's not late inshaAllah.

Sorry i haven't answered your questions but i want you to know that you are not hopeless. We will get over this together inshaAllah.



 

Assalamu alaikum folks,

I've read Brother Joseph's article on daily prayers and "wusta prayer". Long time ago in an Islamic website there was a study in which the middle prayer was defined as "maghrib prayer". Because when you take the sunrise as the beginning of the day, the first daily prayer is "noon" prayer, not fajr. We pray fajr when the sky becomes bright enough "before" the sunrise. So we can say fajr prayer actually belongs to the ending/final edge of the "night time". When you take the "noon" prayer as the first (Surah Jumu'ah supports this with 62:9, the first prayer of the day !), "maghrib" becomes the middle prayer automatically. This makes sense to me because the period of time for "maghrib" is rather short and should be taken seriously and handled "carefully".

What do you think about this idea ?

thanks for the answers. here is an alternative answer on a website i also frequently use for my questions. good for a different perspective inshaAllah.

http://quranqanda.com/4241/how-to-understand-47-36-and-9-111-together

thanks for the answer that is a good website but so labyrinthic at the same time. Usually i can't find what i'm looking for

Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters...

How do you think we should approach these two ayats together in the light of their context ?

47:36:

[This] worldly life is only amusement and diversion. And if you believe and fear Allah , He will give you your rewards and not ask you for your properties.

9:111:

Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah , so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah ? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.

thanks for the explanation. Of course i didn't think of Allah himself Alhamdulillah, since He said "We ... made from every living thing from water".

thanks for the reply, i appreciate it very much. actually i've just noticed that my confusion arises from not knowing the difference between "an oath" and "ahd" (guess i can translate it as promise) in another words "vow" and "promise" ?  I have to figure this out inshaAllah.

Pardon my English btw

assalamu alaikum,

I asked this question actually under the topic "a question about 6:101", I guess you didn't notice Nura, your comment is nice and plausible. Just one thing though, you said:

"Also if He creates a son or daughter without consort, they will still be created by Him! And declaring something He created as His consort or his progeny is unfathomable."

I can understand your point here. But thinking about this sentence with a surface meaning it confuses the mind because Allah said in the Quran:

"If Allah had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allah , the One, the Prevailing." (39:4)

Again i understand your point but i wanted to remind you about this ayat. SubhanAllah, may Allah protect us all from claiming such terrible things against Him.

Assalamu alaikum folks,

What is the punishment of Allah for those who gave a promise to Allah and then couldn't keep it. (I'm not talking about oath but "ahd"). I gave promise to Allah for trying my best to keep away from a sin that i committed a while ago. But sometimes i am really struggling to keep myself in control. When i remember that sin from time to time, my "nafs" just craves it again. When that happens i really become so depressed and tired and then i start thinking the "punishment" for breaking my promise.

Just now i was reading 9:75-77 and these ayats punched me in the face so to speak. For these people who broke their "ahd" to Allah, ayat 77 is:

"So He hath put as a consequence hypocrisy into their hearts, (to last) till the Day, whereon they shall meet Him: because they broke their covenant with Allah, and because they lied (again and again)."

Those part of the surah Tawba seems to be about the "Mushrikin" but still i'm scared of the consequences. So what is the punishment for "breaking a promise or not being able to fulfil a promise to Allah" in the Quran. Maybe I'm misinterpreting the ayats for this condition of mine.

What do you guys think about this ?

Assalamu alaikum guys,

This topic confuses me a lot. Because this doubt of "Is this actually changing the creation of Allah" can pop up in our minds on a daily basis. Most of the time I can't decide what counts as changing the creation of Allah and what doesn't. For example;

Going to the gym because you want to get fit, bigger muscles, strength, agility etc...  Am i making a mistake by getting my muscles developed ?

Hair transplantation because i have male pattern alopecia ?

Shaping or trimming beard, hair, eyebrows etc. ?

Using prosthetic arm/leg etc... ?


How should we think about this topic with a Quranic perspective ?