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Are you one of those people who rarely touches the Qur'an? Or do you read daily, but don't find it is having the impact on you that it should? Whatever the case may be, these are some simple tips that can help you connect with the Qur'an.

1. Before you touch it, check your heart. The key to really benefiting from the Qur'an is to check your heart first, before you even touch Allah's book. Ask yourself, honestly, why you are reading it. Is it to just get some information and to let it drift away from you later? Remember that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was described by his wife as a "walking Qur'an": in other words, he didn't just read and recite the Qur'an, he lived it.

2. Do your Wudu (ablution). Doing your Wudu is good physical and mental preparation to remind you you're not reading just another book. You are about to interact with God, so being clean should be a priority when communicating with Him.

3. Read only 5 minutes everyday. Too often, we think we should read Qur'an for at least one whole hour. If you aren't in the habit of reading regularly, this is too much. Start off with just five minutes daily. If you took care of step one, Insha Allah (God willing), you will notice that those five minutes will become ten, then half an hour, then an hour, and maybe even more!

4. Make sure you understand what you've read. Five minutes of reading the Qur'an in Arabic is good, but you need to understand what you're reading. Make sure you have a good translation of the Qur'an in the language you understand best. Always try to read the translation of what you've read that day.

5. Remember, the Qur'an is more interactive than a CD. In an age of "interactive" CD-Roms and computer programs, a number of people think books are passive and boring. But the Qur'an is not like that. Remember that when you read Qur'an,you are interacting with Allah. He is talking to you, so pay attention.

6. Don't just read, listen too. There are now many audio cassettes and CDs of the Qur'an, a number of them with translations as well. This is great to put on your walkman or your car's CD or stereo as you drive to and from work. Use this in addition to your daily Qur'an reading, not as a replacement for it.

7. Make Dua (supplication). Ask Allah to guide you when you read the Qur'an. Your aim is to sincerely, for the love of Allah, interact with Him by reading, understanding and applying His blessed words. Making Dua to Allah for help and guidance will be your best tool for doing this.

mahallah, subhanillah, jazakhallah, may Allah swt reward you for enlightning peoples hearts and deen. ameen

2009-10-25 13:12:43 by ♥ Ducky ♥

"Putting it mildly" - Chapter I of Christopher Hitchens' phenomenally scathing and erudite critique of religion, God Is Not Great ...

all you unbelievers athiest what ever you claim science disproves GOD? well i got you scientific proof the bible is true.
Scientific Foreknowledge in the Bible

Scientific Foreknowledge in the Bible

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One question that is often asked of the Bible is, "How do we know it's actually inspired by God"? There are several ways to know it's inspired by God, and not just merely the personal opinions of the 40+ authors who wrote it over about at 1,500 year period. One way is the hundreds of prophecies in the Old and New Testaments that have already come to pass without a single mistake. Another way is the scientific foreknowledge that appears all throughout the Bible. In this case, what we mean by "scientific foreknowledge" is scientific information that was revealed in the Bible long before mankind discovered or verified it through extra-Biblical means. The verses cover a broad range of scientific disciplines. We are gathering this information from several sources, and will add to this list as we have time to.


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Astronomy and Cosmology

Fact Bible verses Date of verse Discovered by science
The stars are too great in number to count Genesis 15:5
Jeremiah 33:22 Hebrews 11:12 1450-1410 BC
627-585 BC
64-68 AD 19th Century AD with the advent of powerful telescopes. Prior to this, most thought there were no more than 6,000 stars (what could be seen with the naked eye from all points on the earth). See this CNN report titled Star survey reaches 70 sextillion.

The Earth is shaped like a sphere (round) and rotates Isaiah 40:22
Luke 17:34-36 746-680 BC
60 AD See this link for an interesting historical account of where the idea of a flat earth originated from. Also, Luke 17:34-36 depicts Christ's Second Coming as happening while some are asleep at night and others are working at day-time activities in the field, an indication of a rotating earth with day and night at the same time.

The sun is is moving
through space in a huge orbit
Note: There is another interpretation of this verse that suggests its talking about how the Sun appears to rise in the East and sets in the West (from Earth's perspective). It is quite possible that this verse is not referring to the Sun's orbital path at all. Psalms 19:4-6 About 1000 BC It was only recently discovered that the Sun is moving through space at about 600,000 miles per hour, in an orbit that would take an estimated 230,000,000 years to complete.

Light travels in a path,
darkness does not Job 38:19
950 BC or
earlier See excerpt from Bert Thompson, Ph.D in his book Christian Evidences.

The universe is
expanded from its
original size
17 verses spanning seven books of the Bible reference this. The first reference occurs in about 1000 BC; the last in about 518 BC (a span of almost 500 years). Edwin Hubble found evidence the universe has expanded in 1927.
The universe is finite
in size
Bible verses showing the Universe is Finite in size
(this link still under construction) Under construction We're still researching this, but it appears from the articles below that scientists are still not sure of whether the universe is finite or infinite. The Bible appears to be very clear on the idea that it's finite. Here's a sampling of the scientific articles we found on this topic:
Scientific American: Feature Article:Is Space Finite?: April 1999

Earth floats freely
in space Job 26-7 950 BC or
earlier We're still trying to track down when scientists discovered this.



Medical

Fact Bible verses Date of verse Discovered by science
Life is in our blood Leviticus 17:11
Leviticus 17:14 1450-1410 BC
1450-1410 BC During George Washington's day, the practice of blood-letting to treat various kinds of illnesses was common. In fact, George Washington died from this very treatment. In 1830 AD, Dr. Marshall Hall came out in strong opposition to this practice. However, had any of the doctors who practiced this treatment read these Bible verses, they would have known that it could have fatal consequences..

Circumcisions should be performed on the eighth day after birth Genesis 17:12 1450-1410 BC According to the Old Testament (Genesis 17:12), circumcision of newborn males was to be performed on the eighth day after birth. Why the eighth day? In 1935 Professor H. dam proposed the name "vitamin K" for the factor in foods which helped prevent hemorrhaging in baby chicks. We now know that vitamin K is responsible for the production of prothrombin by the liver. If vitamin K is deficient, there will be a prothrombin deficiency and hemorrhaging may occur, since both vitamin K and prothrombin are necessary for proper blood clotting. Oddly enough, it is only on the 5th through the 7th days of the newborn male's life that vitamin K begins to be produced (the vitamin is normally produced by bacterial action in the intestinal tract). and it is only on day eight that the percentage of prothrombin climbs above 100% of normal! The only day in the entire life of the newborn that the blood clotting element prothrombin is that high is day eight. The best day for surgical procedure like circumcision is therefore day eight. (1)

Jews and Arabs
descendants of one
man
Several
verses in the
Old and New
testament 2000 - 3600
years ago See Y-chromosomes confirm Genesis teaching about Abraham

Laughter can
promote physical
healing Proverbs 17-22 950 - 700 BC We don't know when the first scientific study was done on this topic. However, based on articles we've read on the internet, it appears that this was discovered within the past 10 - 50 years by scientists. For examples, see this link and this link.

Depression can
be harmful to your
physical health
Proverbs 17-22 950 - 700 BC We don't know when the first scientific study was done on this topic. However, based on articles we've read on the internet, it appears that this was discovered within the past 10 - 30 years by scientists. For examples, see this link.



Meteorology

The Jet Stream Ecclesiastes 1:6 935 BC First discovered by airmen during WW II. See more information here. But look here at Intellicast's current graphical representation of the jet stream and you'll see it matches the Bible's description very nicely. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. At its peak it's 29,028 feet. Yet the Jet Stream exists from 32,800 and 164,100 feet. Since airplanes didn't' exist in 935 BC, how was the author of Ecclesiastes able to give such an accurate description of the jet stream? Keep in mind that Ecclesiastes was written AFTER all the upheaval of Noah's flood. It is likely that Mount Everest was not as high in 935 BC as it is today, making it even more unlikely that humans could have used mountains to have discovered the jet stream. Consider the link How did Noah and others get by without oxygen tanks? for more information about this.

Hydrological cycle Job 36:27-28
Amos 9:6 950 BC or earlier
755 BC This link gives some additional information about this. It also supports many of the statements made on this web page including a comment about the Bible predicting polar ice caps, which is something we didn't address on this page.

Air has weight Job 28-25 950 BC or
earlier We're still trying to track down when scientists discovered this.



Miscellaneous

Fact Bible verses Date of verse Discovered by science
Anthropic Principal New Isaiah 45-18 746-680 BC 20th century

Dinosaurs and humans existed at the same time Gen. 1:23-27
Job 40:15-24 1450-1410 BC
950 BC or earlier Modern science is still playing catch-up to the Bible on this issue. The verses in Genesis establish the fact that dinosaurs and man were created on the same day (the 6th day of creation). The verses in Job describe a living creature Job was familiar with. Of all the creatures we know have ever existed, a dinosaur best fits the description of the animal given in Job 40. See our Evidence that Humans and Dinosaurs lived at the same time link for much more information about this.

Entropy Psalms.102:25-26
Isaiah 51:6
Hebrews 1:10-11 About 1000 BC
740-680 BC
64-68 AD Rudolf (Julius Emanuel) Clausius formulated the Second Law of Thermodynamics in 1850.

All things are made up of sub-atomic particles that are invisible to the naked eye Hebrews 11:3 64-68 AD The first sub-atomic particle to be discovered by modern science was the electron. It was first discovered by J.J. Thomson in 1897. See the story here.

Time had a beginning New 1 Timothy 1-8-9 63 AD It's difficult to pin down precisely when modern science concluded that time had a beginning. But based on links like this, it appears to be related to the discovery of Second Law of Thermodynamics and recent observations made in the science of cosmology. Of course modern science wrongly attributes it to being connected with the Big Bang, which of course is a fairy tale. For more information about when time began, see Interview of Dr. Russell Humphreys - Starlight and Time.



Modern Technology

Fact Bible verses Date of verse Discovered by science
Modern communications, perhaps even satellite television broadcasts Rev. 11:7-11 About 90 AD This century. Click on the link to the Bible verses in Revelation 11:-7-11 for a detailed explanation.




Oceanography

Fact Bible verses Date of verse Discovered by science
The oceans have circulating currents or 'paths' Psalms 8:8
Isaiah 43:16 About 1000 BC
746-680 BC Late 1800's. Dr. Matthew Maury is considered one of the major founders of the science of oceanography. He was a also a creationist who believed in the absolute authority and accuracy of the Bible. One day while he was sick in bed, he asked his son to read the Bible to him. One of the verses his son read was Psalms 8:8. That particular verse mentioned "paths" in the seas. Believing that the Bible must be correct about these "paths", he set out to find them. As a result, Dr. Maury was the first to discover (in modern times) that the seas were circulating systems with interaction between wind and water.
There are springs that arise from the ocean floor Job 38:16 950 BC or earlier The earliest secular references to these springs was by the Roman geographer Strabo, who lived from 63 BC to 21 AD. (1)
Mountains and deep valleys exist on the ocean floor Job 38:16

Jonah 2:5-6 950 BC or earlier
840 or 586 BC The Challenger expedition (1873-1876) commenced the first scientific exploration of the ocean floor,during which a canyon 5 1/2 miles deep was discovered in the Pacific. (1)




Footnotes: 1. Christian Evidences book, chapter 11 titled, "Scientific Foreknowledge in the
Bible".

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This is the most thorough explanation of biblical facts I have seen. Good for you! There is also a book called "Science vs. Evolution" also known as the "Evolution Cruncher" which as the name implies, "crunches" this awful theory of evolution that has destroyed the moral values placed by God in our society. It proves that evolution is as farce and gives plenty of evidence of the existence of our Creator.

2007-04-30 11:11:51 by gubwv

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I have privately studied philosophy during high school, including the early Greeks, renaissance thinkers, some eastern philosophers, contemporary questions, etc. All of these are sporadic and incomplete. But I have never touched on Nietzsche until recently. So far I have found his ideas to be very similar to my own (or vice verse) at this point.

The only thing I dislike about his writing is how heavily he seems to touch on the nonexistence of God and the corruption of religion. I am agnostic but it gets tedious hearing his rants about the faults of Christianity and God. I understand this is one of his main points, but it is tedious to read through it. I would rather get to arguments concerning "The Will to Power" and his thoughts on the emergence or creation of existentialism. I would like to use him as a preface to Sarte and other existential thinkers.

So which of his works are the best to start on? What are some books or study guides on Nietzsche?

I have the audio tapes narrated by Charlton Heston. But I can absolutely not stand the German narrator that plays Nietzsche, his voice is disgusting and arrogant. I don't understand why they chose him to narrate the great philosopher's work for he never reached the age of this German douche bag.

Anyways any advice from those who have studied Nietzsche extensively would be helpful.

I wouldn't call myself an 'extensive' Nietzsche reader. In any case, some good side literature would be G. Vattimo's Nietzsche - an Introduction. Vattimo is pretty knowledgeable and my teacher who's a Nietzsche expert recommended it.

Nietzsche himself recommended a new reader of his literature to start with The Gay Science, where many of his ideas are presented together in an easy to access format.

There's Deleuze's book 'Nietzsche', but although it is a very informed and thorough investigation of his work, the book is quite complicated and I wouldn't recommend it to anybody who hasn't studied some Nietzsche previously.

Finally, about Nietzsches issues with Christianity, there are several reasons to this, one being his own background coming from a deeply Christian household. The other is the need Nietzsche perceived for someone to actually state what no one yet had dared to do: understand that Enlightenment and later Kant killed God, and then proceed on to wrestle the aporetic Nihilism and find a new way for thinking to go past this. In this perspective, Nietzsche is just trying to tell the audience of his own time to open their eyes to what they already know.

2008-11-25 01:00:26 by cheggit

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Arrivals say Dajaal and illumnati is already on the plate controlling government. Which is against what the prophet said, that the Dajaal will appear at the end. The arrivals is made by shia's, they have different hadith than us. Muslims who beleive what the arrivals say are not following islam.

Scholars:
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"The Arrivals" series should not be watched brother. A general warning about the series must be issued. It is enough that the series was made by the shia and openly calls to shia aqeedah particularly regarding what would happen in the last days! It is definately shia dawah and propoganda. After that, there are MANY other mistakes in aqeedah, half truths, and speculation that can not be affirmed or proven. Let the community learn the Qur'an and Sunnah with the understanding of the Sahaabah and not waste their time on such nonsense. Any information about masonry etc. should be taken from orthodox scholars of Islam and approved books on firaq wal adyaan. Please do what you can to warn the community and get the imams of masaajid to issue warnings as well. Great question from the sister!

Tariq Preston (University of Madeenah)
Hope that helps

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one has to be careful when watching The Arrivals, as not everything in it is based on the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah, and there are several errors mentioned. For example, they mention that a year in God’s measure is like a 1000, while we all know that it’s a day by God’s measure that equals a 1000 years.

Furthermore, the creators of The Arrivals are Shi'a. For example, they claim there is no where in the Qur'an that says that one should be Sunni. They talk about the family of the Prophet (SAW) but miss out Aisha (RA), and the other wives of the Prophet (SAW), and other prominent members of his family such as his dear cousin Abdullah bin Abbas (RA), who was raised in his household. Also, they mention that Hassan (RA) was poisoned by Mu'awiya (RA), a common Shi'i lie.

Unauthentic “Research”
Certain “facts” are in fact plain conjecture. Other facts which can easily be researched are simply copied and pasted without verification. For example, quotations are simply extracted from the audio, From the Shadows, including the most glaring error claiming that the Freemasons realised their error in France when they lost control of Napoleon. They therefore made certain that when they later inspired the American Revolution that they installed a Freemason, George Washington.

The producers make much of their “research” yet as Americans, they should know a basic fact that the Treaty of Paris terminating the Independence War was signed in 1783, which is 16 years before Napoleon came to power in 1799. Did the Masons then invent a time travel machine to install George Washington back in 1775? Incidentally Washington died in 1799, the year Bonaparte came to power and broke away from Masonic control. How could the French Revolution possibly have been before the American Revolution?

If these widely available facts are mysteries to these great researchers, why should we trust them on their novel, obscure claims?

Brazen distortion of Qurān and Ḥadīth
Our interpretation of Qurān and Ḥadīth is what Allāh and His Rasūl (pbuh) taught us, via the chain of the Ṣaḥābah (R.A), Mufassirūn and Muḥaddithūn. Aḥādīth warning against personal interpretations are well known.


The producers make the following claims:
* Ad-Dajjāl has already emerged.
* The first day represents his rule in England, starting in 900 of the Christian era.
The second day represents his rule in America, starting in 1917.* The English monarchy started in 900.
* The third day represents his rule in Palestine, starting in 2001.

The unbiased will realise:
* England and “between Iraq and Syria” cannot be the same.
* The continuous monarchy of England is dated from the reign of Egbert in 829. Is Arrivals deliberately lying to get their date of 900?
* The question of the Ṣalāh, clearly shows that the Ṣaḥābah (RA) understood the prophecy to mean that a normal 24 hour day will be extended to a year.
* This is in line with the clear, uncomplicated Dīn which Rasūlullāh (pbuh) brought us.
* The esoteric UK-US theory seems more in line with Masonic thinking.

Arrivals is correct that there is infiltration. They are just slyer than many expect.
Submitted via email from:
Sulaiman al-Kindi

Yeah, the Wahabi scholars must be saying all this crap...Sunni scholars will NEVER say anything like this and most of the other sects scholar will NEVER say this as well...Don't tell us the scholars are saying that arrival is fake based on 1 scholar....GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT..
I hope I helped

2010-03-15 08:13:12 by 2222-sources

"The Arrivals" series should not be watched brother. A general warning about the series must be issued. It is enough that the series was made by the shia and openly calls to shia aqeedah particularly regarding what would happen in the last days! It is definately shia dawah and propoganda. After that, there are MANY other mistakes in aqeedah, half truths, and speculation that can not be affirmed or proven. Let the community learn the Qur'an and Sunnah with the understanding of the Sahaabah and not waste their time on such nonsense. Any information about masonry etc. should be taken from orthodox scholars of Islam and approved books on firaq wal adyaan. Please do what you can to warn the community and get the imams of masaajid to issue warnings as well. Great question from the sister!

Tariq Preston (University of Madeenah)
Hope that helps

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one has to be careful when watching The Arrivals, as not everything in it is based on the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah, and there are several errors mentioned. For example, they mention that a year in God’s measure is like a 1000, while we all know that it’s a day by God’s measure that equals a 1000 years.

Furthermore, the creators of The Arrivals are Shi'a. For example, they claim there is no where in the Qur'an that says that one should be Sunni. They talk about the family of the Prophet (SAW) but miss out Aisha (RA), and the other wives of the Prophet (SAW), and other prominent members of his family such as his dear cousin Abdullah bin Abbas (RA), who was raised in his household. Also, they mention that Hassan (RA) was poisoned by Mu'awiya (RA), a common Shi'i lie.



Arrivals of Deception

Having heard much about, “The Arrivals,” I finally watched the series. I thought I could learn something, but then realised that something was amiss. I write these words to awaken the overly trusting to points which might have been overlooked.

Unauthentic “Research”
Certain “facts” are in fact plain conjecture. Other facts which can easily be researched are simply copied and pasted without verification. For example, quotations are simply extracted from the audio, From the Shadows, including the most glaring error claiming that the Freemasons realised their error in France when they lost control of Napoleon. They therefore made certain that when they later inspired the American Revolution that they installed a Freemason, George Washington.

The producers make much of their “research” yet as Americans, they should know a basic fact that the Treaty of Paris terminating the Independence War was signed in 1783, which is 16 years before Napoleon came to power in 1799. Did the Masons then invent a time travel machine to install George Washington back in 1775? Incidentally Washington died in 1799, the year Bonaparte came to power and broke away from Masonic control. How could the French Revolution possibly have been before the American Revolution?

If these widely available facts are mysteries to these great researchers, why should we trust them on their novel, obscure claims?

Brazen distortion of Qurān and Ḥadīth
Our interpretation of Qurān and Ḥadīth is what Allāh and His Rasūl (pbuh) taught us, via the chain of the Ṣaḥābah (R.A), Mufassirūn and Muḥaddithūn. Aḥādīth warning against personal interpretations are well known.


The producers make the following claims:

* Ad-Dajjāl has already emerged.
* The first day represents his rule in England, starting in 900 of the Christian era.
The second day represents his rule in America, starting in 1917.* The English monarchy started in 900.
* The third day represents his rule in Palestine, starting in 2001.

The unbiased will realise:
* England and “between Iraq and Syria” cannot be the same.
* The continuous monarchy of England is dated from the reign of Egbert in 829. Is Arrivals deliberately lying to get their date of 900?
* The question of the Ṣalāh, clearly shows that the Ṣaḥābah (RA) understood the prophecy to mean that a normal 24 hour day will be extended to a year.
* This is in line with the clear, uncomplicated Dīn which Rasūlullāh (pbuh) brought us.
* The esoteric UK-US theory seems more in line with Masonic thinking.


They are just slyer than many expect.
Submitted via email from:
Sulaiman al-Kindi

Manifest Error

2010-03-13 09:08:47 by Gfh F