Ask me about Islaam

[Yusha']

Yup.

No...I don't see the point.

If God is the Creator of everything, he obviously has no need of my worship or my thanks or my devotion. And if he asks for it, I see no reason why I should acquiesce to his request, unless it be for fear of punishment.

I already mentioned, in an answer to another question, that Allaah does not need our worship, it is we who need to worship Him. Why we need to worship Him is to purify our hearts and become closer to Him. Only through worship does our heart become purified and we become closer to Allaah and get a "connection" with Him. Also, every human being has desires and wished that he wants to have fulfilled. Maybe you want a new car, or maybe you need money, or maybe you want to have a son, etc. Allaah says you pray to Me without setting up partners with Me, I will surely answer your prayers. So all these are the benefits of worshipping Allaah.

 

[JM]

no human sacrifices, wow ! islam is so civilized !

I thought that was an odd statement considering...forget it...I don't want to hijack the thread.

 

[SanFrank]

Thanks for the questions, and I pray that you benefit from the answers.

1. The crescent, or the crescent and the star are NOT symbols of Islaam, never were and never will be. Neither did the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم nor his companions, nor the first three generations of Muslims ever adapted any symbol of the religion, and they never used the crescent as a symbol of Islaam. The reason the crescent appears on the flags of many Muslim countries is due to Turkish influence. It was a symbol of the Turks, particularly the Ottoman empire. So this symbol was adapted much later on by some Muslims and has nothing to do with Islaam. If you look at the flag of Saudi Arabia, where Islaam started, the flag does not have a crescent or a star, but rather the testimony of faith and a sword underneath it.

FALSE, the Saudi state was called Nejd and had this flag from 1744 to 1891,

2. Islaam teaches that Jesus is indeed the promised messiah sent to Israel. The nation of Israel was awaiting for a king from the descendant of David who will rule them and bring about a great era of peace where the wolf and lion and sheep will all live together in peace, etc. We believe Jesus was that messiah, but since the Jews rejected him, so Allaah took him away. Thus Jesus will return in the future from the sky as the messiah and rule as a king, and in his kingdom the wolf and lion and sheep will all live in peace together and not fight or kill eachother. However, Islaam does not teach that the messiah is someone who will die for our sins, rather he will be a king who will rule by the laws of God.

Islam does not, however the Koran (a work of plagiarism, copied from the Bible) DOES.

Sura 48.28 "He whom he sent, his messenger, on account of the SACRIFICE and DEBT, the Truth, that he may purify Him on account of the debt, everyone is His and He sufficed..."

The Truth according to 4.171 is Jesus Christ.

3. Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is indeed the seal of prophets, and no new prophet will come after him. He is never spoken of as being better than any particular prophet, Muslims believe in all prophets equally. Our Prophet even said that "Do not praise me over Jonah, the son of Matta."

Islaam teaches that prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم was just a human being, chosen by God to receive divine revelation and convey the message to mankind that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah the One True God. He has died and is buried in Arabia, we don't consider him to be divine, and we don't capitalize the pronoun "he" for him. In fact, Arabic language does not have capital or lower case letters anyways. But in English translations of the Quraan, the pronoun He is only capitalized for Allaah.

Muhammad is never once mentioned in the Koran by name. Rather the word "muhammadun" means "praised one" and this refers to Jesus. Reference, Dictionary of the Holy Koran, pg 135

4. YHWH, Yahweh, or Yehovah that is the name of God in Hebrew used in the Old Testament. The Quraan is in Arabic, and the name of God in Arabic is Allaah or Ilaah. If you pick up an Arabic translation of the Bible, the word for God is Allaah in the Bible. So it is the one and same God, Who has many names in different languages.

"allah" of the Koran is not the God of the Bible. In addition, the Koran was not originally in Arabic as the language did not exist until after Mohammads death. The Koran consists of apocryphal material as well as biblical material. Due to the apocryphal material, it is not divine.

 

[Yusha']

For the OP:

You said in one of your posts in this thread that only Allah can answer your prayers. So I would like to ask you if Allah answered any of your prayers? Can you tell me anything specifically that you were answered?

Alhamdulillaah, He has answered many of my prayers and continues to answer my prayers. I would say the best prayer Allaah has answered for me thus far, and keep in mind i'm still quite young, going to be 21 years soon, so if I live long by the permission of Allaah, I hope He will answer many more of my prayers that I will have, but the best prayer Allaah has answered for me is that I prayed He give me wisdom and knowledge of the Quraan and by the grace of Allaah He has indeed given me and continues to give me. I mention that this is the best prayer answered because it was the thing I most desired, and Allaah fulfilled it.

I have had many problems and conflicts in life, and each time I turned to Allaah He took away these problems. They were problems I was having in school, I won't mention to many details, except that Allah indeed took away these problems as soon as I turned to Him, pinning all my hopes on Him alone.

 

[Yusha']

FALSE, the Saudi state was called Nejd and had this flag from 1744 to 1891,

Sure, and why do you think they changed the flag?

Sura 48.28 "He whom he sent, his messenger, on account of the SACRIFICE and DEBT, the Truth, that he may purify Him on account of the debt, everyone is His and He sufficed..."

Where did you get this translation? Because it's completely made up.

The verse 48:28 says, here are three different English translations:

YUSUF ALI: It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a Witness.

PICKTALL: He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion. And Allah sufficeth as a witness

HILALI AND KHAN: He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islâm), that He may make it (Islâm) superior over all religions. And All-Sufficient is Allâh as a Witness.

Nowhere are the words "sacrifice" or "debt" mentioned in this verse. If you can read Arabic show me these words in the Arabic text, because I can read Arabic and it definitely does not say "sacrifice" or "debt".

The Truth according to 4.171 is Jesus Christ.

Of course Jesus عليه السلام was a true prophet and we believe in him to be such.

Muhammad is never once mentioned in the Koran by name. Rather the word "muhammadun" means "praised one" and this refers to Jesus. Reference, Dictionary of the Holy Koran, pg 135

Wow, I wander who wrote this so called dictionary. This is actually so ridiculous even a reasonable Christian can see that I hope. The word Muhammad means Jesus and not Muhammad? Sorry, but that just made me laugh.

"allah" of the Koran is not the God of the Bible. In addition, the Koran was not originally in Arabic as the language did not exist until after Mohammads death. The Koran consists of apocryphal material as well as biblical material. Due to the apocryphal material, it is not divine.

Another ridiculous claim, without evidence of course. Arabic did not exist until after Muhammad's death? Seriously?

 

[JM]

[86:6] [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]So let man consider from what he is created.[/FONT]​

[86:6] [FONT='Jameel Noori Nastaleeq','Urdu Naskh Asiatype','Nafees Web Naskh']پس انسان غور کرے کہ اسے کس چیز سے پیدا کیا گیا۔[/FONT]​

[86:7] [FONT=_PDMS_Saleem_QuranFont,Arabic Typesetting,Traditional Arabic,Simplified Arabic] خُلِقَ مِنْ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍۙ‏[/FONT]

[86:7] [FONT=_PDMS_IslamicFont,Arabic Typesetting,Traditional Arabic,Simplified Arabic] خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ۬ دَافِقٍ۬ [/FONT]

[86:7] [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]He is created from a gushing fluid,[/FONT]​

[86:7] [FONT='Jameel Noori Nastaleeq','Urdu Naskh Asiatype','Nafees Web Naskh']اُچھلنے والے پانی سے پیدا کیا گیا۔[/FONT]​

[86:8] [FONT=_PDMS_Saleem_QuranFont,Arabic Typesetting,Traditional Arabic,Simplified Arabic] يَّخْرُجُ مِنْۢ بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآٮِٕبِؕ‏[/FONT]

[86:8] [FONT=_PDMS_IslamicFont,Arabic Typesetting,Traditional Arabic,Simplified Arabic] يَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِ ٱلصُّلۡبِ وَٱلتَّرَآٮِٕبِ [/FONT]

[86:8] [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Which issues forth from between the loins and the breast-bones.[/FONT]​

​

Do Muslims believe sperm comes from the loins (between the ribs and hips) and breast bone?

 

[SanFrank]

why do you think they changed the flag?

The point is you did not disclose the crescent on the flag of Saudi Arabia; I did. That appears misleading on your part.

Where did you get this translation? Because it's completely made up.

The words are in Arabic and translated using an approved Lexicon by EW Lane. Furthermore, the italicized words "(muhammad)""(islam)" does not appear in the Arabic Koran but the authors are abrogating the texts.

HILALI AND KHAN: He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islâm), that He may make it (Islâm) superior over all religions. And All-Sufficient is Allâh as a Witness.

Nowhere are the words "sacrifice" or "debt" mentioned in this verse. If you can read Arabic show me these words in the Arabic text, because I can read Arabic and it definitely does not say "sacrifice" or "debt".

Try the entire sura 108
108.1 Truly we gave you the river in paradise.
108.2 So you pray to your Lord and SACRIFICE.
وانحر "wainhar" only occurs this one time and indicates "sacrifice". The Lord here is connected with sacrifice and it speaks of Jesus who was sacrificed.
108.3 Truly your hater and enemy, he the serpent.

Wow, I wander who wrote this so called dictionary. This is actually so ridiculous even a reasonable Christian can see that I hope. The word Muhammad means Jesus and not Muhammad? Sorry, but that just made me laugh.

Dictionary of the Holy Quran by Abdul Mannan Omar, pg 136. "Muhammad" is not a proper name but means "praised one".... Jesus christ.

Another ridiculous claim, without evidence of course. Arabic did not exist until after Muhammad's death? Seriously?

Spoken arabic existed but not the written form. No literary work in Arabic exists before the Koran because the language was not in written form. It borrowed from the Aramaic in forming the written letters. Reason for keeping the Koran Oral for the first 50 to 100 years after Muhammads death.

 

[Yusha']

Do Muslims believe sperm comes from the loins (between the ribs and hips) and breast bone?

First of all I am wandering why you are posting an Urdu translation of the Quraan.

Secondly, the verse is talking about the origin of man, what he is created from, which is a fluid originating from between the back-bones and the ribs. Now study the anatomy of a fetus, and you will find that the development of the testes is in this area: "During mammalian development, the gonads are at first capable of becoming either ovaries or testes. In humans, starting at about week 4 the gonadal rudiments are present within the intermediate mesoderm adjacent to the developing kidneys."

The point is you did not disclose the crescent on the flag of Saudi Arabia; I did. That appears misleading on your part.

There is no crescent on the flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The flag you displayed is an older, defunct flag of Najd, which compromises a single region of the Arabian peninsula (not including the region of Hijaz where the holiest shrines of Islaam are located). The flag of all of Arabia does not have the crescent. And even if it did, it makes no difference, because flags have nothing to do with Islaam in the first place, Islaam is based on the Quraan and Sunnah, not on the flags of certain countries. The flag of America is fifty stars, are fifty stars the symbol of Christianity? The flag of Mexico has an eagle, is the eagle a symbol of Catholicism? Obviously not.

The words are in Arabic and translated using an approved Lexicon by EW Lane.

Show me where the words "sacrifice" or "debt" are in 48:28, and I promise you I will become a Christian and believe that Jesus died for my sins. All you have to do is show me those words from the original Arabic, that is if you can even read Arabic which I highly doubt.

Furthermore, the italicized words "(muhammad)""(islam)" does not appear in the Arabic Koran but the authors are abrogating the texts.

I am aware that the words Muhammad and Islam don't appear in the text of 48:21, but the words deen al haq (religion of truth) and rasool (messenger) do, which is why that translation put the words Muhammad and Islam in BRACKETS.

Try the entire sura 108
108.1 Truly we gave you the river in paradise.
108.2 So you pray to your Lord and SACRIFICE.
وانحر "wainhar" only occurs this one time and indicates "sacrifice". The Lord here is connected with sacrifice and it speaks of Jesus who was sacrificed.
108.3 Truly your hater and enemy, he the serpent.

Again this just shows your ignorance of the Arabic language. Wa means "and", so it means "and sacrifice", meaning offer sacrifice. And it is in the PRESENT TENSE, so how can it be referring supposedly, to the sacrifice of Jesus 600 years prior. The verse is telling the Prophet to offer sacrifice to Allaah, in the PRESENT TENSE.

And as for your translation of the proceeding verse, 108:3, abtar doesn't mean serpent, it means "without issue" which leads me to believe you are using a faulty translation of the Quraan written by a non-Muslim and you yourself don't know Arabic.

 

[Yusha']

Dictionary of the Holy Quran by Abdul Mannan Omar, pg 136. "Muhammad" is not a proper name but means "praised one".... Jesus christ.



Spoken arabic existed but not the written form. No literary work in Arabic exists before the Koran because the language was not in written form. It borrowed from the Aramaic in forming the written letters. Reason for keeping the Koran Oral for the first 50 to 100 years after Muhammads death.

Muhammad is a proper name, and the name of our Prophet, which was Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Muhammad, the son of Abdullah). You are simply confused due to the fact that Arabic names carry meanings. Take any Arabic name and I'll tell you its meaning.

Anyways, since you insist that Muhammad means Jesus, and notwithstanding how ridiculous that is, I would like to ask you what was the name of the person who appeared in Arabia during the 6th century and who founded the religion of Islaam? Was he Jesus LOL?

By the way, on Dictionary of the Holy Quran p.136, it explains the meaning of the name Muhammad, but it never says that Muhammad is Jesus, that is what Mr. SanFrank himself interpreted, without any basis, just to clarify for other people.

 

[PT Calvinist]

Is (29:46) saying that a muslim should believe what the Bible says?

 

[SanFrank]

Muhammad is a proper name, and the name of our Prophet, which was Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Muhammad, the son of Abdullah). You are simply confused due to the fact that Arabic names carry meanings. Take any Arabic name and I'll tell you its meaning.

Anyways, since you insist that Muhammad means Jesus, and notwithstanding how ridiculous that is, I would like to ask you what was the name of the person who appeared in Arabia during the 6th century and who founded the religion of Islaam? Was he Jesus LOL?

By the way, on Dictionary of the Holy Quran p.136, it explains the meaning of the name Muhammad, but it never says that Muhammad is Jesus, that is what Mr. SanFrank himself interpreted, without any basis, just to clarify for other people.

FALSE, we are talking about the word muhammadun and muhammadin in the classic arabic koran, not the proper name Muhammad which is not found in the Koran. Muhammadun is found in sura 48.29, the subject ayah.

محمد = “muhammadun”

“muhammadun” definition:

Passive participle. A man praised much, or repeatedly, or time after time; endowed with many praiseworthy qualities. Praised one.

It comes from the root “hamida” (ha-miim-dal), which means he praised, eulogized, or commended him; spoke well of him; mentioned him with approbation; sometimes because of favor received. Also implies admiration; and it implies the magnifying, or honoring, of the object thereof; and lowliness, humility, or submissiveness, in the person who offers it. He declared the praises of God or he praised God much with good forms of praise.

References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume two, pp. 638 – 640
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar pp. 135 - 136
A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran, John Penrice, p. 38
Concordance of the Koran, Gustav Flugel, p. 56


Occurrences of “muhammadun” & “muhammadin” in the Koran: 4
Locations: 3.144, 33.40, 47.2, 48.29

In all of these instances, the description is of a MAN PRAISED MUCH. Of course it is FORBIDDEN to Praise a Man, according to Islam, only "allah" can be praised. It is forbidden to praise islam's prophet muhammad. So who is this Man who is praised as G*d? Jesus Christ fits this description perfectly... in christianity He is the Son of G*d (son of man), and worthy of Praise.

 

[fm107]

Is there a circumstance whereby lying is justified?

 

[SanFrank]

Show me where the words "sacrifice" or "debt" are in 48:28, and I promise you I will become a Christian and believe that Jesus died for my sins. All you have to do is show me those words from the original Arabic, that is if you can even read Arabic which I highly doubt.

sura 48.28
هو الذي أرسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق
ليظهره على الدين كله وكفى بالله شهيدا

Huwa allathee arsala rasoolahu bialhuda wadeeni alhaqqi liyuthhirahu AAala alddeeni kullihi wakafa biAllahi shaheedan

48.28 He, whom he sent, his messenger, on account of the sacrifice, and debt, The Truth, that he may purify Him for the sake of the debt, everyone His, and He sufficed, on account of “allah”, a witness.

His messenger…

Observe that we are told that “his messenger” (rasoolahu) was sent…i.e. perfect tense, completed action.

This “messenger” was sent on account of “The Sacrifice” (alhuda). A most revealing term indeed, as the Classic Arabic states that “huda” represents “a victim for sacrifice, an offering”.

This “messenger” was also sent on account of “The Debt” (alddeeni). “Deeni” is another very revealing term, as it can be defined as “a debt incurred by a thing taken unjustly, injuriously or by violence….and death”.

This messenger is also called 'The Truth' (alhaqqi) – which is another name for “allah”.

Further, according to 4.171, 'The Truth' refers to only Jesus Christ!


I await your proclamation of repentence before the Lord Jesus Christ and your acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Jesus.

 

[JM]

Is there a circumstance whereby lying is justified?

That's a good question. I've seen the news reports coming out of the UK about the converts being told to lie and cheat non-believers.

Is it a standard Muslim teaching or some jail house Islam?

 

[dewaddict84]

Well here's a quesiton: What are you're thoughts on Frank Herbert's "Dune"? He lifted a few elements from islam and incorporated them into his book. Does it anger you? Is it just fiction? Did he get something totally wrong? etc.

 

[Supreme]

I don't know what you mean by "tolerance". I think the religions which you listed are wrong and as a Muslim I believe Islaam is the true religion, and all other religions are false.

You've contradicted yourself. How can you follow the Quran, which states that Christianity and Judaism are religions of Allah, and claim that they are false?

Tolerance means acceptance. Do you accept the existence of other religions, and do you mind other religions, like Christianity?

 

[Nooj]

I already mentioned, in an answer to another question, that Allaah does not need our worship, it is we who need to worship Him.

Why we need to worship Him is to purify our hearts and become closer to Him. Only through worship does our heart become purified and we become closer to Allaah and get a "connection" with Him.

There is no other way to worship Allah other than to follow Islam?

Also, every human being has desires and wished that he wants to have fulfilled. Maybe you want a new car, or maybe you need money, or maybe you want to have a son, etc. Allaah says you pray to Me without setting up partners with Me, I will surely answer your prayers. So all these are the benefits of worshipping Allaah.

I'd think Allah would frown upon such selfishness.

 

[JM]

"...when I see the blood, I will pass over you..." (Ex. 12:13).


"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold... But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:" (1 Peter 1:18-19).

"...without shedding of blood is no remission" (Heb. 9:22).


I guess Moses and Peter were lying and false prophets as we??

 

[Yusha']

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the Name of Allaah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Thanks all for the very good questions, inshaa Allaah I hope you find the answers to be satisfactory:

Is (29:46) saying that a muslim should believe what the Bible says?

The verse in questions says:

And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better (than mere disputation), unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury): but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)." (29:46)

The "revelation which has come down to us" is referring to the revelation of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم i.e. the Holy Quraan. The the revelation that came down to you is referring to the revelation of the prophets of Bani Israeel (the Israelites), i.e. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Samuel, Daniel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Elijah, Ezekiel, Elisha, Amos, John the Baptist, and Jesus عليهم السلام

So Muslims believe in all the revelation of these great prophets, peace be upon them all. However, notice Islaam does not teach that Paul is a prophet, therefore, Muslims do not accept the New Testament.

 

[Yusha']

FALSE, we are talking about the word muhammadun and muhammadin in the classic arabic koran, not the proper name Muhammad which is not found in the Koran. Muhammadun is found in sura 48.29, the subject ayah.

محمد = “muhammadun”

“muhammadun” definition:

In all of these instances, the description is of a MAN PRAISED MUCH. Of course it is FORBIDDEN to Praise a Man, according to Islam, only "allah" can be praised. It is forbidden to praise islam's prophet muhammad. So who is this Man who is praised as G*d? Jesus Christ fits this description perfectly... in christianity He is the Son of G*d (son of man), and worthy of Praise.

This just shows your complete ignorance of Arabic, and Arabic grammar. Muhammad which is spelt محمد consists of four letters - meem - haa - meem - daal. So where does the "un" or the "in" come from. This is part of Arabic grammar, and it appears as a vowel which looks like this ٌ and its always on the last letter of the word. So in the case of Muhammad, it would be مُحَمَّدٌ (Muhammadun) or مُحَمًّدٍ (Muhammadin) or even مُحَمًّدً (Muhammadan). Notice the base letters are the same, but the vowel symbol which is on the last letter will make the ending either a "un", "in" or "an".

To take another example, the word Salaam and Salaamun is the exact same word. Salaamun is used when another word follows it, i.e. Salaamun alaykum (peace be upon you). When another word follows the name Muhammad, such as Rasoolullaah, thus is becomes Muhammadun Rasoolullah (Muhammad is the messenger of Allaah).

And as regards to the meaning of Muhammad, which means praised one, as the dictionary you yourself quoted, it means also a man with many praiseworthy qualities, which definitely Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم. However, Muhammad is not a name of Allaah, the name of Allaah is Al-Hameed (having the same root letters) which means "The Most-Praiseworthy".