Ask about Islam round 3!

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

Being Involved with a Boy: Zina?

Heba: A friend of mine was involved with a boy for several months then ended the relationship and repented. Is her involvement with him a sort of zina?

Muhammad Nur Abdullah :… The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “No man should be alone with a woman except in the presence of her mahram.” In another hadith, he indicated, “Whenever a man secludes himself with a woman, t he devil will be t he t hird companion.” When these rules are followed, the gates to zina are closed.

Whether or not the involvement described in the question is regarded as zina, it depends on how far it went. If sexual intercourse was committed, that is considered to be zina, which is a serious major sin that is punishable in Islam.

In all cases, t his sister has to repent sincerely by cutting off all relations wit h t his man, feeling remorseful for t he sin, pledging not to do it again, asking for forgiveness a lot and doing good deeds to wipe out t he bad deeds.

Related Questions

• Repentance for Zina
• Hugging the Opposite Sex
• Mixing Between Men and Women
• How Should a Muslim Woman Conduct Herself?

Allah Almighty knows best.

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[chrisse]

Abu Bakr organised the invasion of Syria [Syro-Palestine] which Muhammad had already envisaged. He gathered tribes from the Hijaz, Najd and Yemen and advised Abu Ubayda, in charge of operations in the Golan, to plunder the countryside, but due to a lack of adequate weaponry, to refrain from attacking towns. Consequently, the whole of the Gaza region up to Cesarea was sacked and devastated in the campaign of 634. Four thousand Jewish, Christian and Samaritan peasants who defended their land were massacred. The villages of the Negev were pillaged by Amr b. al-As, while the Arabs overran the countryside, cut communications, and made roads perilous. Towns such as Jerusalem, Gaza, Jaffa, Cesarea, Nablus, and Beth Shean were isolated and closed their gates. In his sermon on Christmas Day 634, the patriarch of Jerusalen, Sophronius, lamented over the impossibility of going on pilgrimage to Bethlehem, as was the custom because the Christians were being forcibly kept in Jerusalem: “not detained by tangible bonds, but chained and nailed by fear of the Saracens,” whose “savage, barbarous and bloody sword” kept them locked up in the town…Sophronius, in his sermon on the Day of the Epiphany, 636, bewailed the destruction of the churches and monasteries, the sacked towns, the fields laid waste, the villages burned down by the nomads who were overruning the country. In a letter the same year to Sergius, the patriarch of Constantinople, he mentions the ravages wrought by the Arabs. Thousands of people perished in 639, victims of the famine and plague that resulted from these destructions.

The countryside [in Syro-Palestine, Iraq, Persia and Armenia] suffered constant razzias, while those who escaped the sword swelled the contingents of enslaved women and children, shared out among the soldiers after the deduction of the fifth [share of the “booty”] reserved for the caliph.

According to [the Muslim chronicler] Baladhuri (d. 892 C.E.), 40,000 Jews lived in Caesarea alone at the Arab conquest, after which all trace of them is lost.

Note : Saracens, the term used within Christendom for the muslims. Saracens were known during Christ’s time. They came from the Saudi Arabian area, but were not the Arab pagans. Saracens were warriors, thieves and enslavers and fought using razzias (raids), exactly like Mohammed.

I grabbed this quote from Andrew G. Bostom’s The Legacy of Jihad. This is also quoted by Bat Y’eor in Decline of Eastern Christianity under Islam.

As for Indonesia, I had believed that it was one of the rulers who converted to Islam and he ordered conversion to Islam for the people. However, I have recently heard otherwise, and there was force, but I’ll have to search for that source.

I have a couple of books with much, much more of the spread of Islam by the sword across Christendom and into India.

Enough with the lies from the muslims on this board.

 

[Booklover]

I don’t think they are “errors”. I think they are coached responses. One of the tactics used to great effectiveness is shifting the argument, as planten, for example, has done many times. Ask a question in a thread about Islam or Mohammed, and he quickly asks a question about Jesus or the Bible. You yourself have done this. I asked about the length of lines to get in and out of Islamic countries, and you responded by asking about the lines to and from “Catholic” dictatorships in South America. Is this not a red herring or shifting the argument? The length of the lines to and from SA countries is irrelevant to the ones to and from Islamic ones. No one likes hypocrisy, but it is only an apparent fallacy ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/187/5/W469.

If you are interested in a reasoned response to Islam you can find one here answering-islam.org/Authors/Wood/deceptive_god.htm and here frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=26769. Note that in the latter, the author is concerned about only political Islam, so I think logically accusing him of religious bigotry would be difficult. One of his main points is that Islamic logic is dualistic, whereas, “All of our [Western] politics and ethics are based upon a unitary ethic that is best formulated in the Golden Rule: Treat others as you would be treated.”

Sister Amy has complained about Muslims being “oppressed” but refuses to recognize that she is asking of non-believers what her religion is not willing to accord them. There is not a SINGLE Muslim here who will say that Islam has any responsibility for waging aggressive war and have refused to explain how Muslim armies got from Medina in 632 AD to the gates of Vienna in 1683 [while some Christians are still beating their breasts over the Crusades]. Why is that? Because Muslims don’t believe that they are waging war at all against those who resist their aggression to expand Islam; they think it’s the non-believer who is the one waging the war, and therefore what the Muslims are doing is “defensive” because they have conjured up a command from Allah to conquer the whole world, and how dare anyone resist the will of Allah? In fact, to a Muslim, the mere existence of a non-Muslim must be an act of aggression against Islam.

“Simple logical errors”…? Sister Amy has also complained that she would move to an Islamic country if she could find one that practiced perfect Islam. In view of the facts that no human endeavor is 100% perfect and 99.44% perfection is insufficient, this amounts to no more than an excuse to have it both ways: freedom of the West and Islam as her religion. The ironic thing is that if her goal of Islam’s taking over was realized, she would be living under imperfect Islam.

Have you considered that the anger might be justified? I don’t know how much traveling you do, but nowadays before boarding a flight, you have to submit to what is close to a humiliating strip-search of your body cavities. Muslims the world over must be laughing particularly hard because this is self-induced dhimmitude by “infidels”.

Excellent!

Vickie

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

The Prophet’s Rights upon His Nation

To be believed in. Allah the Almighty says: [So believe in Allah and His Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided] (Al-A`raf: 158)

[O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and the scripture which He hath sent to His Apostle] (An-Nisa’: 136)

[Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Apostle, and in the Light which We have sent down] (At-Taghabun: 8)

To be taken as an example. Allah the Most Compassionate says: [You have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the praise of Allah]” (Al-Ahzab: 21)

To be obeyed. Allah the Almighty says: [He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah] (An-Nisa’: 80) [O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds!] (Muhammad: 33)

To be followed. Allah the Most High says: [Say: If ye do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful] (Al-`Imran: 31)

To have blessings sent on him. Allah the Almighty says: [Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect] (Al-Ahzab: 56)

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[sedonaman]

The Prophet’s Rights upon His Nation

To be believed in. Allah the Almighty says: [So believe in Allah and His Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided] (Al-A`raf: 158)

[O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and the scripture which He hath sent to His Apostle] (An-Nisa’: 136)

[Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Apostle, and in the Light which We have sent down] (At-Taghabun: 8)

To be taken as an example. Allah the Most Compassionate says: [You have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the praise of Allah]” (Al-Ahzab: 21)

To be obeyed. Allah the Almighty says: [He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah] (An-Nisa’: 80) [O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds!] (Muhammad: 33)

To be followed. Allah the Most High says: [Say: If ye do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful] (Al-`Imran: 31)

To have blessings sent on him. Allah the Almighty says: [Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect] (Al-Ahzab: 56)

So?

 

[rikkk1958]

**neploho, quite True. I feel these catholics have no sense. They do not look into their own backyard and they start the worst filth against the prophet and Islam. While at the same time they would like Jesus to be counted as a prophet.

I cannot understand why these catholics want all the best things for themselves and all the worse things for others. They would like that jesus be admitted as a prophet as well as a God. How come, such a faulty belief? Why don’t they take this teaching about a Jew (Jesus) to the Jews? The Jews will deal with them very well, Insha Allah.

The Catholics are nieher honest nor justified. But we will go along with them until they try to get us banned like they did to paarsurrey. They all surrendered before paarsurrey because he brought out all their mistakes in their theology.
**

What made you think paarsurrey brought out that was theological? Planten, You are truly something. I mean a thing! I hope you know what I mean.

 

[rikkk1958]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

The Prophet’s Rights upon His Nation

To be believed in. Allah the Almighty says: [So believe in Allah and His Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided] (Al-A`raf: 158)

Hmmm, this is tricky. This is like anybody who wished to be believed. Can say; those who wished to believe must believe in Allah and his illiterate or uneducated prophet, and who also should believe in Allah and his words. follow the illiterate prophet so that you will be guided.

See, the problem here is the incoherence in making up the statement. Why not simplify it like: “Believe in me because allah says, if you believe in Him and me as the uneducated or illiterate prophet, and also my words shall be guided.”

So, if you compare Muhammed’s declaration of Allah’s revelation to the teachings of Jesus and even just the apostle Paul, Muhammed is like an inferior messenger. Also, why do you have to associate your self with God in order to convey that the message is believable. All Prophets old and new never associate themselves when revealing the word of God.

Why not say: " Behold, the Lord God, the almighty one is the true God and whoever believes in Him and His Words will be guided for righteousness."
Now, he even insists that the believer must believe in his words. Why not believe in the word of God directly. You don’t have to say you believe in me first before I tell you what the word of God is.

 

[planten]

What made you think paarsurrey brought out that was theological? Planten, You are truly something. I mean a thing! I hope you know what I mean.

**I do not understand what you mean. But I know that paarsurrey was quite actively chasing the Catholics carefully with his opinions. The posters were much in trouble and could not reply to paarsurrey, until I noticed that there was no paarsurrey.

Then some members wanted to report about me too. They even threatened me also with the same consequences as happened to paarsurrey.

Paarsurrey is not here any more. That is the news. May be he will come back. Or he is gone for good. We miss him so much. he was carrying the burdon of the attacks and onslought of the Catholice, in a gentle way, by involving the Catholics in some difficulty.

You may explain to me about your very short post. My english and IQ is not so good.
**

 

[rikkk1958]

**I do not understand what you mean. But I know that paarsurrey was quite actively chasing the Catholics carefully with his opinions. The posters were much in trouble and could not reply to paarsurrey, until I noticed that there was no paarsurrey.

Then some members wanted to report about me too. They even threatened me also with the same consequences as happened to paarsurrey.

Paarsurrey is not here any more. That is the news. May be he will come back. Or he is gone for good. We miss him so much. he was carrying the burdon of the attacks and onslought of the Catholice, in a gentle way, by involving the Catholics in some difficulty.

You may explain to me about your very short post. My english and IQ is not so good.
**

If you don’t know what I mean then it means that you will never know because it is simply as it is, like you have revealed yourself in this forum. Unlike paarsurey, you are talking within the context of what you called “theology” not in the form of time wasting no nonsense subjects that paarsurey raised. So, eventhough we know you have a hard time digesting or understanding what was explained to you, you are still the Planten we know and because we probably hoped you will eventually learn and understand. You are still welcome here Planten as long as you are sensible.

 

[chrisse]

The Prophet’s Rights upon His Nation

To be believed in. Allah the Almighty says: [So believe in Allah and His Apostle, the unlettered Prophet, who believeth in Allah and His Words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided] (Al-A`raf: 158)

[O ye who believe! Believe in Allah and His Apostle, and the scripture which He hath sent to His Apostle] (An-Nisa’: 136)

[Believe, therefore, in Allah and His Apostle, and in the Light which We have sent down] (At-Taghabun: 8)

To be taken as an example. Allah the Most Compassionate says: [You have indeed in the Apostle of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the praise of Allah]” (Al-Ahzab: 21)

To be obeyed. Allah the Almighty says: [He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah] (An-Nisa’: 80) [O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and make not vain your deeds!] (Muhammad: 33)

To be followed. Allah the Most High says: [Say: If ye do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful] (Al-`Imran: 31)

To have blessings sent on him. Allah the Almighty says: [Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect] (Al-Ahzab: 56)

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At last, Muslim Woman gives something that is truthful.

The adherents of the barbaric cult called Islam wilfully accept Mohammed’s behaviour and laws as that is part of being an adherent of Islam. Therefore, no matter that their conscience balks at his behaviour, no matter how disgusting and depraved his behaviour, no matter WHAT MOHAMMAD DID - to be an adherent of Islam is to praise, follow, and where possible enact Mohammed’s life.

Mohammed did achieve one fantastic thing - the biggest con in the history of mankind. Mohammed managed to elevate slaughter, enslavement, paedophilia, sexual perversion, and levels of barbarity not known to the modern world (probably worse than even for 7th Century backward Arabia) into a sick,perverted ideal for muslims to live by.

Muslim Woman : Mohammed LIED to you. He did not receive a revelation from allah through Jibril. There was no Jibril. “Jibril” was Mohammed’s own personal sick perversions.

Muslim Woman : Salvation and eternity with YHWH is not an eternal life as a madam in allah’s huge brothel in the sky.

Muslim Woman : Save yourself, get help out of the cult you are in. You are demeaning yourself, your humanity, your soul. You are worth more than mohammed’s prescribed status for muslimahs.

Muslim Woman : No matter what you spam us with from the sites of taqiya you rely on, someone will be able to counter it - with the facts, not islamic narrative, with the truth instead of lies.

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

So?

And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss [Quran; 5.65]

… "O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and you:

That we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than God."

If then they turn back, say ye: "Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to God’s Will). (Aal `Imran 3:64)

 

[planten]

If you don’t know what I mean then it means that you will never know because it is simply as it is, like you have revealed yourself in this forum. Unlike paarsurey, you are talking within the context of what you called “theology” not in the form of time wasting no nonsense subjects that paarsurey raised. So, eventhough we know you have a hard time digesting or understanding what was explained to you, you are still the Planten we know and because we probably hoped you will eventually learn and understand. You are still welcome here Planten as long as you are sensible.

rikkk, thank you very much. I would appreciate your opinions all the time, except anything abusive which may take me away from the Catholics Theology. Thanks again.

 

[rikkk1958]

rikkk, thank you very much. I would appreciate your opinions all the time, except anything abusive which may take me away from the Catholics Theology. Thanks again.

I have no intention to abuse anybody but to reveal what is in my heart the things I see and read opinions which are obviously repetitions of denial to the truth. Its like, if someone have already told you that 1 + 1 = 2, you are still insisting that it is 3. Sorry my friend if you feel that way. Your opinion is posted here for scrutiny so deal with it.

 

[sedonaman]

And if the followers of the Book had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have covered their evil deeds and We would certainly have made them enter gardens of bliss [Quran; 5.65]

Say: If ye do love Allah, follow me: Allah will love you and forgive your sins. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful] (Al-`Imran: 31)

We’ve visited this before. Muslims don’t really love Allah nor his “messenger”. Here’s why:

“Significantly, however, one does not find in this verse [nor in any other in the Qur’an] the command to love Allah with ‘all your heart, soul, and mind’. The reason is fairly clear from the verse itself. The hearer is exhorted to love Allah so that he may thereby obtain Allah’s love and forgiveness. The basic object, therefore, of this love is the acquittal and approval of Allah for the believer. Accordingly the motivation for such love must be the welfare and comfort of the believer. It is not suggested in the Qur’an that such love must be exercised in a disinterested and selfless manner with the glory of Allah foremost in the believer’s mind. On the contrary,*** the object of such love is really the believer himself.*** He seeks by this love fundamentally to turn aside Allah’s wrath and to gain his approval in its place. Now this is not the fruit of genuine love. Such love, as we have seen, must be the exercise of the purest affections of the heart towards Allah – it cannot be accompanied by an ancillary motive such as the principal objective of obtaining Allah’s forgiveness.

“For this reason it is therefore quite significant that the Qur’an does not exhort the believer to love Allah with all his heart. Such love from the heart is essentially selfless in nature. That which seeks its own security does not proceed from the heart. It is not the expression of the deepest affections of the very kernel of a man’s being. Love in the latter sense seeks principally the glory of its object – but that which strives for the approval of Allah and considers primarily its own prospects of forgiveness is fundamentally self-motivated. It cannot be described as genuine love and certainly he who loves Allah chiefly to obtain his forgiveness is not fulfilling the royal commandment – indeed what Jesus called the ‘great and first commandment’ to love God with all his heart, soul and mind. As we saw earlier, the fear of Allah’s wrath disqualifies the potential for genuine love in the heart.”

Real love is unconditional, the type that parents give a child and a child gives his parents. As observed above, conditional love is not real love. That is why Jesus referred to God as “Father”. No such title exists for Allah; therefore, Allah doesn’t truly love his followers, nor do his followers truly love him, because it doesn’t come from the heart. The same goes for his “messenger” who conveyed the message in the passages you quoted.

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

Q. Respected scholars, When you make duaa' (supplication) to Almighty Allah, does that duaa’ come true quickly, or does it take time?

Ahmad Kutty, Canada: …while assuring us that our prayers are heard by Almighty Allah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the following:

“No Muslim shall pray to Allah for anything—other than that entails sins or severing ties of kinship—without Allah granting him one of three things by virtue of his/her prayer:

He may grant what they pray for (if it is good for them); or keep them as a treasure to grant them in the next word, or by virtue of their prayer avert some calamities that are decreed to happen to them!”

On hearing this, the Prophet’s companions, remarked, “In that case we will pray more and more! Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, “Allah’s generosity is even more boundless!”

… We are therefore best advised to seek peace by submitting to His will; we may do so by reading and meditating upon the following prayer of our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Allah, grant me a soul that firmly believes in meeting You, and is content with the provision You have apportioned me, and is satisfied with Your decree, and fears You as You ought to be feared.

Excerpted with slight modifications from Islam.ca.

Related Questions

• Why Doesn’t Allah Answer Our Du`a’ (Supplication)?
• Du`a: Its Etiquette & Optimum Time
  
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Allah Almighty knows best.

 

[sedonaman]

… We are therefore best advised to seek peace by submitting to His will; we may do so by reading and meditating upon the following prayer of our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Allah, grant me a soul that firmly believes in meeting You, and is content with the provision You have apportioned me, and is satisfied with Your decree, and fears You as You ought to be feared.

Related questions:

What is Allah’s will?

How do we know since Allah is not bound by anything and can change his mind tomorrow?

Why is love not mentioned in the prayer?

 

[Charlotte2008]

Should what is written in Islamic Hadiths be believed?

Planten says this in another thread: “Our bible (Hadith) is as bad as your bible which was written by some sinful (sinner) persons. So there is no need to believe what is being told from the books of Hadith.”

As far as I can tell Quran needs the hadiths to back it up. How can you not believe the hadiths then? From what I have heard from muslims people who do not rely on hadiths are “not real muslims” anyway.

 

[Booklover]

Should what is written in Islamic Hadiths be believed?

Planten says this in another thread: “Our bible (Hadith) is as bad as your bible which was written by some sinful (sinner) persons. So there is no need to believe what is being told from the books of Hadith.”

As far as I can tell Quran needs the hadiths to back it up. How can you not believe the hadiths then? From what I have heard from muslims people who do not rely on hadiths are “not real muslims” anyway.

We’re dealing with people who are illogical! If the hadiths do not paint a pretty picture of Muhammad, Muslims call them “weak” as Sister Amy did on another thread. They just refuse to face the truth about their “prophet”.

Vickie

 

[samaan]

Related questions:

What is Allah’s will?

How do we know since Allah is not bound by anything and can change his mind tomorrow?

Why is love not mentioned in the prayer?

Please permit me to enter this discussion- I don’t wish to intrude. I haven’t had the chance to read many of the previous posts, so if I repeat something, please excuse my actions.

1. Allah’s will

Allah’s will is an excellent point, and you have found a key problem with Islam. The problem with Allah’s will is that Allah himself is defined in terms of his will.

Let me explain- Allah has 99 names, and when Muslims are asked the question “who is Allah,” they will often give one of these names, such as “merciful” (al-rahman- الرحمان), “loving” (al-wadd, I believe- الود), and so forth.

However, the problem with these names is that they are not nouns. They are adjectives. Even in Arabic, these “names” are referred to as sifat, (صفات), which literally means “adjectives.”

Adjectives, as we know, describe a noun, and that noun must refer to something concrete. Since Allah is beyond names, they describe something greater, and that is the internal nature of Allah.

In Christianity, we know from 1 John 4:8 that “Deus Caritas Est”- God is Love (noun). That is the nature of God in as concrete human terms as we can understand.

What about Allah?

Allah’s nature is never known fully, and when it’s spoken about, it’s always spoken in terms of his will:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ** إِلاَّ مَا شَاء رَبُّكَ** خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ
عَطَاء غَيْرَ مَجْذُوذ ** إِلاَّ مَا شَاء رَبُّكَ **وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ سُعِدُواْ فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ

They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: for thy Lord is the (sure) accomplisher of what He planneth. And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure, except as thy Lord willeth: a gift without break. -Quran11:107-108

** إِلاَّ مَا شَاء اللّهُ** قُل لاَّ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلاَ ضَرًّا

• Say: “I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah willeth.”* -Koran 7:188

إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ ** اللّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاء** قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لِي وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ قَالَ كَذَلِكِ

• She said: “O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?” He said: "Even so: Allah createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, ‘Be,’ and it is!* -Quran 3:47

I could go on, but perhaps the most poignant of these is:

وَيَفْعَلُ اللّهُ مَا يَشَاء يُثَبِّتُ اللّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الآخِرَةِ وَيُضِلُّ اللّهُ الظَّالِمِينَ

Allah will establish in strength those who believe, with the word that stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter; but Allah will leave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah doeth what He willeth. -Quran 14:27

The basic point is this- Allah’s nature can only be understood of his will. However, Allah’s will is what he wills it. Therefore, not only is allah a god of will, but also he will is subject to what he wills it to be.

This is also why love is not mentioned in the prayer. Allah can be loving, just has he can be merficul or spiteful, but only if he wills.

(by the way, I’m getting used to using the Arabic text on the board. I noticed the Koranic verses were backwards. I will try to fix this in the future.)

 

[Muslim_Woman]

In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Salaam/peace

Sayings of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) .

Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Pride is the rejection of the truth and looking down at people”.

Do not accuse people of sins, because you do not know if they have already repented and God has already forgiven them.