Showing posts with label terrorists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terrorists. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 October 2022

Appearance and reality are opposite to each other

 


An Islamic View of Gog Magog in the Modern World
 
 

Appearance and reality are opposite to each other

What is the reality of the world today? Our first response is that appearance and reality are opposite to each other; and while those who, like Dajjal the false Messiah, see with only ‘one’ eye (the external) and recognize today’s world to be the best ever, there are others like Khidr (‘alaihi al-Salam) of Surah al-Kahf of the blessed Qur’an who see with ‘two’ eyes (the external and internal), and who consequently recognize it to be the worst ever. 

 

The blessed Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) declared in a Hadith recorded in Sahih Muslim that Dajjal would come with two things, namely “a river and a fire”, but his “river” would in reality be a “fire”, and his “fire” would be “the cool waters of a river”. There were many, including distinguished  Islamic scholars, who were convinced by the lies that “hatred for America” caused enemies who were inspired by ‘radical’ Islam to plan and execute the 9/11 attack on America. Such people were duped because they based judgement on appearance and failed to penetrate the reality of what transpired. From that day, so filled with misery, to this similar day, many of them have devoted themselves to sinfully support the Western world’s consequent unjust war on so-called ‘Islamic terrorism’. The fictitious definition of a ‘terrorist’ (i.e. anyone who dares to raise his hand in order to resist Western/Israeli oppression) did not dawn upon such people until it was too late for them to extricate themselves from the hole into which they had fallen. They failed miserably to hearken to the divine warning located in Surah al-Hujurat of the blessed Qur’an:

 

“O ye who have faith (in Allah Most High)! If a sinful person comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest you harm people unwittingly and afterwards become full of regret for what you have done (in making a false accusation for example).”

(Qur’an, al-Hujurat, 49:6)

 

Those who were duped by the official explanation of 9/11 must know that the perpetrators of that terrorist attack on America have a long list of previous and subsequent such gory accomplishments in London, Madrid, Mumbai and other places, and unless they understand the reality of such events as explained through the study of Dajjal as well as Gog and Magog, such people will continue to be duped again. And again!   

 

It was because of this writer’s understanding of those subjects that he was not deceived by lies and was able to recognize, within days of the 9/11 attack on America, the link between this act of false-flag terrorism and a similar false-flag terrorism which occurred in the summer of 1914, launching the first world-war. ‘A Muslim Response to the Attack on America’ was published within three months of that 9/11 event with the following comment: “I believe that those who are hell-bent on eventually ruling the whole world, are responsible for both terrorist attacks, and that the Israeli Mossad and its allies acted on their behalf in planning and executing the attack of September 11th.” 

 

‘The Islamic Travelogue’ was published seven years later with this challenge: “I was present at New York’s J F Kennedy Airport on that fateful 9/11 morning when the American CIA and the Israeli Mossad jointly planned, attacked and demolished the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan and then falsely put the blame for that supreme act of terrorism on Arabs and Muslims. The mysterious and essentially godless Jewish-Christian alliance that now rules the world on behalf of the Euro-Jewish State of Israel may wish to challenge my claim of CIA/Israeli Mossad responsibility. They may do so while insisting instead that the American government is truthful in assigning  responsibility, and hence blame, on Arabs and Muslims. In that case I  invite them, as well as others who are stubbornly of the same view to come forward that we might jointly pray for the eternal curse of the One God and of His Prophets on whoever assigns responsibility and blame falsely in this matter.” 

 

to be continued . . . .
 

Saturday, 25 September 2021

What is zikr and Islamic Spirituality The Forgotten Path


Islamic Spirituality - The Forgotten Path
 
A lecture delivered by Maulana Imran Nazar Hosein
at the Maulana Abd al-Aleem  Siddiqui Masjid, Singapore

What is zikr? 
Zikr has its external forms in which you recite mechanically. The real zikr is internal. Zikr is remembrance. Remembrance is most of all, remembrance of the one you love. When you truly love someone, then that love will go with you wherever you go.  Yes! That love is there in your heart at all times. You were standing and its there. You sit down its there. You lie down its still there. Whenever the memory of the beloved enters into the heart, it’s like a fragrance (khushbu) coming into the heart. Whenever the memory of the beloved enters into the heart you are transported into another world. This is zikr. 

‘Do you love Me?’  Allah ﷻ asks. ‘Do you love Me as much as your dog loves you? Are you as faithful to Me as your horse is faithful to you? Do you serve Me as well as they serve you? Do you show as much courage doing My work as they do in doing your work? [The 100th  Sura, al-aadiyaat (Those That Run), verses 1-6]:

The horses that you love so much; they run so fast they’re panting. When they run at night their hooves hit on the stone and sparks fly. When the morning comes and the fresh breeze enters into their lungs, they run with a new spurt of speed. When they face the enemy they dash into the very center of the ranks of the enemy

‘Do you love Me as much as much as they love you? Do you serve Me the way they serve you? Are you as loyal to Me as they are loyal to you?

Truly Man is, to his Lord, ungrateful;

‘No you don’t! You are ever negligent of your relationship with Me’ Allah ﷻ is saying. ‘Your dog loves you more than you love Me and your horse is more faithful to you than you are to Me.’ Who are those that will live for Allah ﷻ tonight. Only those  that  live  for Allah  ﷻ,  only  they  will  die  for Allah  ﷻ.  They  call  that fundamentalism and terrorism. As the love for Allah ﷻ enters into the heart and the servant sets his sight, saying, ‘This is my goal. I am twenty years of age, come back and see me after forty years and you will still see me walking on this same road, going in the same direction.’ Consistency in his life! This is my goal and mission. Zikr is what delivers that. The zikr polishes the glass. The verse of the Holy Qur’aan continues that this lamp has oil which comes from the blessed olive tree which is [The 24th Sura, an-Nur [The Light], verse 35}:

It belongs neither to the east nor to the west
for it stands firmly for Allah.

It is [The 6th Sura, al-Anaam [The Cattle], verse 162}:

Say: "Truly, my prayer and my service of sacrifice, my life and my death, are (all) for Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds;

When you have a person who lives for Allah ﷻ like that and who works, struggles and sacrifices in the way of Allah ﷻ then you produce oil. That oil is pure oil. [The 24th Sura, an-Nur [The Light], verse 35}:

The oil itself gets ablaze although the fire does not touch it.

This is different from the oil you put in your motor vehicle. This one glows without fire touching it. Can you imagine what is going to happen when fire touches it? You will not grow spiritually until fire touches you. When fire touches you and the oil is already there inside of you, then you attain light.

Light upon light

This light does not come from the stock-market, Allah ﷻ gives it

Allah guides towards His light whomever He wills

Allah is presenting these lessons to mankind that they may reflect over it

And Allah has knowledge of all things

Therefore  the  nur  is for ilm. Thus  the  essential  goal  of the  spiritual quest  is knowledge which comes directly from Allah ﷻ. When you have that knowledge or the capacity for internal, intuitive, spiritual knowledge; what do you use it for? How important is it? Where do you apply it? This is the last part of the epistemological4  lesson.

Note 4 Epistemology: the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, in particular its foundations, scope, and validity


 to be continued  . . . .


Friday, 26 April 2019

QUERIES ON ISLAM



FAQ'S Frequently Asked Questions About Islam



In conveying the message of Islam to a non-Muslim, it is usually not sufficient to highlight only the positive nature of Islam. Most non-Muslims are not convinced about the truth of Islam because there are a few questions about Islam at the back of their minds that remain unanswered.

They may agree with your contentions about the positive nature of Islam. But, in the same breath, they will say - "Ah! But you are the same Muslims who marry more than one woman. You are the same people who subjugate women by keeping them behind the veil. You are fundamentalists, etc."

I personally prefer asking the non-Muslim upfront, what he feels is wrong in Islam. I prefer asking directly, what they feel is wrong in Islam with their limited knowledge, whether right or wrong and from whichever source it may be. I encourage them to be very frank and open and convince them that I can take criticism about Islam.

In the past few years of my Daawah experience, I have realized that there are barely twenty most common questions that a common non-Muslim has regarding Islam. Whenever you ask a non-Muslim, "what do you feel is wrong with Islam?", he poses five or six questions, and these questions invariably fall among the twenty most common questions.



Logical replies can convince the majority.

The twenty most common questions about Islam can be answered with reason and logic. A majority of non-Muslims can be convinced with these answers. If a Muslim memorizes or simply remembers these answers, Inshallah he will be successful, if not in convincing non-Muslims about the complete truth of Islam, then at least in removing misconceptions about Islam and neutralizing the negative thinking about Islam and Muslims that the non-Muslims have. A very few non-Muslims may have counter arguments to these replies, for which further information may be required.

QUERIES ON ISLAM

Q1.Praying Behind Beardless Imam?
Q2. In Japan, only eight rakat Tarawih is followed... read
Q3. Is it allowed for an ulcer patient to leave the Fast ?... read
Q4.  Isaal-e-Sawab through Recitation of the Qur'an... read
Q5.Does a Wife have the right to refuse sex with her Husband?... read
Q6.Visiting Graveyards on 15th Sha'ban... read
Q7.Wet-Dreams... read
Q8.Social Services in Islam...read
Q9. Are Menstruating Women Permitted to Recite or Touch the Qur'an?... read
Q10. Why do we quote Allah (swt) as - Him / His?... read
Q11.Islam And Universal Brotherhood - Part 1... read
Q12. Islam And Universal Brotherhood -Part 2... read
Q13. Islam And Universal Brotherhood - Part 3... read
Q14.Islam And Universal Brotherhood - Part 4 ... read
Q15.Islam And Universal Brotherhood - Part 4 ...cont ... read
Q16.Does Islam Make The Face Veil Obligatory For Muslim Women?... read
Q17. Inheritance... read
Q18. Which School Of Thought Should A Muslim Follow?... read
Q19.Quoting the Bible for Daw'ah Purposes... read
Q20. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-1... read
Q21. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-2... read
Q22. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-3... read
Q23. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-4... read
Q24. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-5... read
Q25. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-6... read
Q26. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-7... read
Q27. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-8... read
Q28. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-9... read
Q29. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-10... read
Q30. Is The Qur'an God's Word? – Part-11... read
Q31.Relationship with the Parents... read
Q32.Why aren't Islamic Missionaries as active as Christian Missionaries?... read
Q33.Do the Muslims Believe in Jesus (pbuh) and his Second Coming?... read
Q34. Is it Compulsory to Wear the Trousers Above the Ankles?... read
Q35.Dr. Zakir Naik talk Proves a big draw in Bangalore... read
Q36.How Shameful, We Don't Have a Media of Our Own!... read
Q37. If a husband and wife have a mutual divorce... read
Q38. Is a Muslim woman permitted to go out for a job... read
Q39.Can a rich Muslim wife give portion of her Zakat to her poor husband?... read
Q40. Is it allowed for a wife to address her husband by his name, as our previous generation didn’t do so?... read
Q41.What is the authentic Islamic ruling about it?... read
Q42.Da'wah or Islaah?... read
Q43.Why do so many People Embrace Islam in today's time?... read
Q44. Is Hinduism the oldest and therefore the best Religion?... read
Q45.Why don't muslims in india follow the islamic criminal law?... read
Q46.Burying Better than Cremating Dead Bodies... read
Q47.Slam's Viewpoint on Wills, Bequests and Inheritance... read
Q48.Wife's Consent Prior to a Subsequent Nikaah... read
Q49.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-1... read
Q50.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-2... read
Q51.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-3... read
Q52.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-4... read
Q53.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-5... read
Q54.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-6... read
Q55.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-7... read
Q56.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-8... read
Q57.Similarities between Islam and Hinduism - Part-9... read
Q58.Raising One's Hands During Salaah... read
Q59.Forbidden Times for Salaah... read
Q60.Marrying women from the People of the Book... read
Q61.Difference between Mary and Miriam... read
Q62.Prohibition of Musical Instruments... read
Q63. Is Man Created from Sperm or Dust?... read
Q64.Dyeing One's Hair... read
Q65. Is it Permissible to offer Nafil Salaah after Witr Salaah?... read
Q66. Islamic Research Foundation Replies...... read
Q67.Women in the Mosque... read
Q68.Why do Muslims follow the Lunar Calender... read
Q69.Why are all prayers and supplications not answered or fulfilled by Allah (SWT)?... read
Q70.Why Building of Temples and Churches, and Propagating Other Religions, is Prohibited in Saudi Arabia?... read


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