Azan is now being recited in a church in America. A christian american group are calling for peace and they have chosen Azan due to its great spiritual effect on souls. They approached an Islamic Centre and asked for someone to go to their church and recite azan as part of their annual ceremony in a very big cathedral. A young man was nominated and he said he hesitated a great deal and performed Istikhara prayer then agreed to take part and attend the ceremony in the full arabic dress. He says: "Azan had a great impact on them, they were stunned and as soon as I finished, very many of them followed me outside the church leaving the ceremony. They cried and asked me to translate azan that had had a great impact on their souls."
Watching and listening to the words and gesticulations and emotions of this scholar as he describes the physical appearance of this noble prophet of Islam brings me nothing but tears, Subhana Llah!
Though the french cartoonists' aim was to downgrade the Noble Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), he has only succeeded in making non-muslims eager to know who he really is and how he really looked like, also, he has made we muslims love him more.
No doubt, Muhammad remains the greatest man to have existed on this earth.
Imagine the report given by Anas and Aisha about his physical appearance.
Subhana-Llah! Anas said, "WaLlahi! he was more handsome than the moon."
#whoismuhammed #whoismuhammad Lyrics of the above video.. -------------------------------------------- Titled Al Sadeeq Al Ameen the honest and upright, he came at a time when people were burying their daughters alive
The saviour and liberator of all of women's rights
He was the best husband to his wife
The best friend to his tribe, The best leader a lead a nation of might.
He was the most equal to his people no matter you black or you white,
He's the freer of the slaves so go ahead & talk as you like,
Bilal Ibn Rabah the first black man to enter Islam and to Muhammad (pbuh) he was already willing to give up his life,
Why?
He was a man of truth and a man of justice
A man of humility yet a man of toughness
A man of mercy
just look at the city of Taif
Pelted and stoned as he preached alone
Heartbroken and cold
Bruised bones and blood-soaked shoes yet he just moved on
And prayed to His Lord,
Oh Lord as long as you're pleased with me, it doesn't matter at all
Until Angel Gabriel descended and declared'Give me one word And I'll flip these homes
He said, No… just hold on, Despite everything they did to me, Imma just let it go
For the land may one-day breed some sweet believing souls.
So you still want to know why we love him more than we love our own,
An orphan since birth, yet he was still strict on obedience the mother
Heaven is under her feet so be good and be sure to love her.
And No you're not a Muslim until you love for yourself what you love for your brother
Do not waste water even if you were at a running stream
And even if you were at war do not hurt the plants and trees
A lover of the environment so much so a tree shed tears once he no longer needed it to lean.
A lady was never forgiven because a kitten she failed to feed
Animals would rush to him because of how he treats in equity
Birds would flock to him whenever they would see
Coz they could See, he's a man of morality and virtue
Taught humans how to be humans and to have patience on those who hurt you
For of course a soul of mercy is better than a soul that's revengeful
Have a mercy in the lands and He in the heavens won't ever desert you.
Ranked number one in Michael Harts Most Influential.
Feed the hungry, visit the sick and make sure you free the captives,
These are the wise words that I've captured from the one who accepted every being no matter how bad his past is
Because pride is for the jahils
Those who are ignorant and backwards
So go ahead and Do what you do best, and let the haters keep hating
While you're busy drawing and painting, burning and making,
films that are desecrating the concept of art how dare you disgrace it,
Take your film and just break it, Matter of fact just erase it,
You waste of space, as you hide inside and try to escape it,
You knew what you were doing, grow up and just face it,
You better just pray that we as patient as the one you portrayed in an image that's not true but figment of your imagination,
And no you're not free from fault for it was you who created
and sparked the resulting destruction and devastation
see there's freedom of speech but there'sno freedom of hatred,
To A man who cried every night for the sake of humanity,
Ummati, Ummati, fearing the day we to face reality
When we're all brought forward to our Lord with no idea what is happening,
A Day where No friend can help you, nor a sibling to his family
A Day where they appear drunk and overtaken by insanity,
This is crazy it's a catastrophe, The sun is close to my face I can feel it's gravity
all the people rush to Adam, Noah, Moses Ibraheem
And finally to Jesus but Jesus says that I'm afraid that God is mad at me,
They took me as Lord, I have no idea whats going to happen to me, GO TO MUHAMMAD, Peace and blessing of Allah be upon He.
For the second he intercedes and prostrates to His Lord, His Lord commands him to speak
He doesn't raise his head until he screams please leave everybody who believed
even if it was an atom or a mustard seed.And yes his prayers are answered for they are guaranteed
SO Don't ask me again why I love him more than I love me.
The origin of the universe is described in the Qur'an in the following verse:
"He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth"
(The Qur'an, 6:101)
This information given in the Qur'an is in full agreement with the findings
of contemporary science. The conclusion that astrophysics has reached today is that the entire universe, together with the dimensions of matter and time, came into existence as a result of a great explosion that occurred in no time. This
event, known as "The Big Bang" proved that the universe was created from
nothingness as the result of the explosion of a single point. Modern scientific
circles are in agreement that the Big Bang is the only rational and provable
explanation of the beginning of the universe and of how the universe came into
being.
Before the Big Bang, there was no such thing as matter. From a condition
of non-existence in which neither matter, nor energy, nor even time existed,
and which can only be described metaphysically, matter, energy, and time were
all created. This fact, only recently discovered by modern physics, was
announced to us in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago.
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Fourteen centuries ago, God sent down the Qur'an to mankind as a book of
guidance. He called upon people to be guided to the truth by adhering to this
book. From the day of its revelation to the day of judgement, this last divine book
will remain the sole guide for humanity.
The matchless style of the Qur'an and the superior wisdom in it are definite
evidence that it is the word of God. In addition, the Qur'an has many miraculous
attributes proving that it is a revelation from God. One of these attributes is the
fact that a number of scientific truths that we have only been able to uncover by
the technology of the 20th century were stated in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago.
Of course the Qur'an is not a book of science. However, many scientific facts
that are expressed in an extremely concise and profound manner in its verses
have only been discovered with the technology of the 20th century. These facts
could not have been known at the time of the Qur'an's revelation, and this is still
more proof that the Qur'an is the word of God.
Yusuf Estes, Former Christian and Federal Prison Chaplain
Many still wonder and ponder on why any right thinking
non muslim would decide to become a muslim despite all the negative things that
we hear about muslim and islam everyday. Well it’s always good to hear from the
horse’s mouth. Below is a writeup by Yusuf Estes (who was once a Christain
Preacher and used to work in the music and entertainment industry) himself on
how he came across Islam and why and how he opted to become a muslim and leave
christainity for good.
Introduction
My name is Yusuf Estes now, but in years past my friends used to call me Skip.
I have preached Christianity and worked in the entertainment and music industry
since I was a boy in the 1950's. My father and I have established music stores,
TV and radio programs and outdoor entertainment for fun (and profit). I was a
music minister and even used a pony ride and entertained the children as
"Skippy the Clown."
Once, I have served as Delegate to the United Nations Peace Conference for
Religious Leaders. Now I am a retired former Muslim Chaplain for United States
Bureau of Prisons, Washington, DC. and I join alongside many American Muslims,
working with Muslim students and youth organizations as well as schools for
Muslim children. As such, I travel around the entire world lecturing and
sharing the message of the Christ of the Quran in Islam. We hold dialogs and
discussion groups with all faiths and enjoy the opportunity to work alongside
rabbis, ministers, preachers and priests everywhere. Some of our work is in the
institutional area, military, universities and prisons. Primarily our goal is
to educate and communicate the correct message of Islam and who the Muslims
really are. Although Islam has grown now to nearly tie Christianity as the
largest of religions on earth, we see many of those who claim Islam as Muslims
that do not correctly understand nor properly represent the message of
"Peace, Surrender and Obedience to God" [Arabic = 'Islam']
Dear me, I am afraid that I got a bit ahead of myself. I was trying to give a
bit of background of our work perhaps to see if it would in anyway benefit
those who may being going through what I experienced while trying to resolve
some of the issues of Christianity.
The end of Ramadan need not signal an end to the feeling of increased spiritual connectivity. Ramadan is a time of increased worship in our lives. In addition to the fasting, there is often an increase in other areas of worship, for instance the reading of Qur’an, and giving in charity. Keep these things up, even if it is only a small amount. The Prophet said, “The deeds most loved by God are those done regularly, even if they are small.” (Bukhari and Muslim).
Lessons on Discipline Ramadan brought discipline into your life.
You did not eat or drink whenever and whatever you wanted. There was a time for these things. You had to control your instinct. Ramadan is a powerful symbol that you can control yourself, that you can set yourself a target and stick to it. Taking that discipline and control forward is potentially one of the greatest blessings of the month.
Lessons on steadfastness, patience and perseverance in the midst of Adversity
Ramadan has taught that to achieve the target of completing the fasts one has to be steadfast in adversity. The month is a living testament to the many exhortations in the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet to have sabr – patient perseverance, and there is reward in this, “Give glad tidings to those who exercise patience when struck with adversity and say, ‘Indeed, we belong to God and to Him is our return.’ Such ones receive [the] blessings and mercy of their Lord, and such are the guided ones.” (Qur’an 2:155)
Lessons Learnt on How To Maintain Focus
Our response to a difficulty or a problem can be to seek a distraction. Even with Ramadan, we may seek activity, even sleep, so that we do not have to feel the hunger or the thirst. However, one can only really gain the full significance of the month by developing focus on the hunger and thirst and examining what it is trying to teach us. Without doing so we may only get, as the hadith says, “...nothing except hunger and thirst, and many people who pray at night get nothing from it except wakefulness.” (Darimi) We should develop focus in every aspect of our lives in order to extract the fullest benefits.
Lessons Learnt on The Benefit of Increased Connections
Ramadan is a time of increased connections – an increased connection to God through remembrance of Him and the search to please Him, an increased connection to the Ummah through the collective act of fasting, an increased connection to the family and close friends through the shared intimacy of fasting and breaking the fast together, and an increased connection to one’s inner self by the act of fasting; stripping away externalities. Maintaining these connections after Ramadan ends requires effort.
Lessons Learnt on How To Find True Contentment
The Qur'an reminds us "Rivalry for worldly gain will distract you until you visit your grave." (102:1-2) And the Prophet said, "If the son of Adam were given a valley full of gold, he would love to have a second one; and if he were given the second one, he would love to have a third, for nothing fills the belly of Adam's son except dust. And God forgives he who repents to Him." (Bukhari) Finding pleasure in people, events, nature and not in things, is a way to deal with this weakness of human beings, and to find true contentment.
Lessons Learnt on Intentions
“Actions are judged by intentions” (Bukhari and Muslim) said the Prophet, and Ramadan helps to bring this saying fully into focus by requiring us to make the intention to fast.
Lessons Learnt on Health
The body is an amanah, a trust, from God. We cannot abuse it. Fasting is actually beneficial to a healthy person. Detoxification occurs as the liver, kidney, lungs, lymph glands and skin eliminate or neutralise toxins. Fasting speeds up this process as the body breaks down fats, however health needs to be maintained all year round.
Ultimately, there is no end to such a list, we can continue bringing up more and more lessons. You can as well add your very own “Ramadan Lessons Learnt” to the comment section below. What is equally important at this point in time is how to keep the spirit of Ramadan alive all year long. Watch out for my next post. Salam alaykum warahmotullahi wabarakatuh
Glow with Ramadan All Year Long!: A Guide for Elevating Your Body-Mind-Soul Health Before, During & After the Fast
Although El-Hajj Malik knew that he was a target for assassination, he accepted this fact without requesting police protection. On February 21, 1965, while preparing to give a speech at a New York hotel, he was shot by three black men. He was three months short of forty. While it is clear that the Nation of Islam had something to do with the assassination, many people believe there was more than one organization involved. The FBI, known for its anti-black movement tendency, has been suggested as an accomplice. We may never know for sure who was behind El-Hajj Malik’s murder, or, for that matter, the murder of other national leaders in the early 1960s.
Malcolm X’s life has affected Americans in many important ways. African-Americans’ interest in their Islamic roots has flourished since El-Hajj Malik’s death. Alex Haley, who wrote Malcolm’s autobiography, later wrote the epic, Roots, about an African Muslim family’s experience with slavery. More and more African-Americans are becoming Muslim, adopting Muslim names, or exploring African culture. Interest in Malcolm X has seen a surge recently due to Spike Lee’s movie, “X”. El-Hajj Malik is a source of pride for African-Americans, Muslims, and Americans in general. His message is simple and clear:
“I am not a racist in any form whatever. I don’t believe in any form of racism. I don’t believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. I believe in Islam. I am a Muslim.”
El-Hajj Malik’s new universalistic message was the U.S. establishment’s worst nightmare. Not only was he appealing to the black masses, but to intellectuals of all races and colors. Now he was consistently demonized by the press as “advocating violence” and being “militant,” although in actuality he and Dr. Martin Luther King were moving closer together in outlook:
“The goal has always been the same, with the approaches to it as different as mine and Dr. Martin Luther King’s non-violent marching, that dramatizes the brutality and the evil of the white man against defenseless blacks. And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody’s guess which of the “extremes” in approach to the black man’s problems might personally meet a fatal catastrophe first -- ‘non-violent’ Dr. King, or so-called ‘violent‘ me.”
El-Hajj Malik knew full well that he was a target of many groups. In spite of this, he was never afraid to say what he had to say when he had to say it. As a sort of epitaph at the end of his autobiography, he says:
“I know that societies often have killed the people who have helped to change those societies. And if I can die having brought any light, having exposed any meaningful truth that will help to destroy the racist cancer that is malignant in the body of America - then, all of the credit is due to God. Only the mistakes have been mine.”
