MONDAY, 30 JUNE 2003 09:36 HABEEB HITS: 1252 Bismillah. Wa Salaatu wa Salam ala Rasoolillah Unity sparks again! Every now and then Why no Unity in the ranks of Muslim men Self styled pundits fire-up To unweary audience like hip hop Muhammad warned of dissenters Glib tongue […]
Archives for June 2003
Regarding the Injeel
Question In a previous article you stated: Although they [the Nazarenes] accepted the divinity of Christ and his supernatural birth, the Nazarenes also maintained strict observance of Jewish laws and customs, a practice that had been dropped by the majority of Jewish Christians. They used a version of the Gospel in Aramaic called the Gospel […]
Who is Muhammad (pbuh)?
Muhammad was born in the city of Makkah in 570 A.D. His father, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, died two months before he was born. His mother named him “Ahmad”, and his grandfather, who loved him very much, gave him the appellation “Muhammad” which means “Praised One.” However, because of the Arab tradition, he was called […]
Huroof-e-Muqatta`aat – The Most Likely Explanation
TUESDAY, 24 JUNE 2003 17:19 ASIF IQBAL HITS: 2304 At the beginning of 29 Qur’anic suras we find a letter or a group of letters, read separately, which are generally called “Huroof-e-Muqatta`aat” (i.e. broken, i.e., separately read letters). Thus we have sura 2 beginning as: «Alif […]
Why do the Muslims Face a Certain Direction During Prayer?
In unity, as a body of one, Muslims all over the world prostrate in praise, obedience and gratitude to the Creator. This singular motion is like an oceanic wave of complete surrender to the Will of God. This physical turnabout is symbolic in various ways. It represents putting aside all the worldly activities and concerns, […]
Isn’t Democracy Against the Islamic Way of Ruling?
Question In your earlier response, you wrote that Democracy is the recommended way of Islamic ruling according to the Quran. However, in yet another place, you wrote that a ruler is obliged to rule by Shariah otherwise he will be guilty of kufr. My question is, how will a ruler rule both by Shariah and […]
Who are Protestant and Catholic Christians?
Question Dear Sir I live in a small city in Pakistan where I can’t find any good scholar to answer my questions and after reading different books I can’t find the answer to my specific questions…that’s why I need your help…please do help me. GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE BENIFIT for that A Muslim Brother…. […]
The Exact Word ‘IQRA’ in the Bible
Question and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned [Isaiah 29:12] Let me first explain what I know about the above verse.. In the cave of hira…the angel Gabriel suddenly appeared before him and ordered him to “Iqra!” (read, […]
Was Jesus (pbuh) Sent to Destroy Peace?
Question In New Testament it says: [math. 10:34] “do not think that I have come to make peace on earth? I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. “for I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother.”[said Jesus]! [luk. 12:49] ‘I came to cast fire […]
Was Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Really NOT-Learned?
Question It was the habit of Muhammad (peace be upon him) to frequently remove himself from the midst of his fellow Arabs and their heathenistic actions and spend many days secluded in the cave of “Hiraa” in the mountains of Makkah where he would pray to God according to the religion of Abraham (peace be […]