Ni orajng masih dungu kayak kebo juga.. Masih percqya Allah itu ada, pada hal buktinya nggk ada.
--- In [email protected], Hizamri Johari <hizamri@...> wrote: > > > > Peace > > In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. > [4.1] O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from > a > single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these > two, > many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you > demand > one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah > ever watches over you. > [4.2] And give to the orphans their property, and do not substitute worthless > (things) for (their) good (ones), and do not devour their property (as an > addition) to your own property; this is surely a great crime. > [4.3] And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then > marry > such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that > you > will not do justice (between them), then (marry) only one or what your right > hands possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the right > course. > [4.4] And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of themselves > be > pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it with enjoyment and > with > wholesome result. > [4.5] And do not give away your property which Allah has made for you a > (means > of) support to the weak of understanding, and maintain them out of (the > profits > of) it, and clothe them and speak to them words of honest advice. > [4.6] And test the orphans until they attain puberty; then if you find in > them > maturity of intellect, make over to them their property, and do not consume > it > extravagantly and hastily, lest they attain to full age; and whoever is rich, > let him abstain altogether, and whoever is poor, let him eat reasonably; then > when you make over to them their property, call witnesses in their presence; > and > Allah is enough as a Reckoner. > [4.7] Men shall have a portion of what the parents and the near relatives > leave, > and women shall have a portion of what the parents and the near relatives > leave, > whether there is little or much of it; a stated portion. > [4.8] And when there are present at the division the relatives and the > orphans > and the needy, give them (something) out of it and speak to them kind words. > [4.9] And let those fear who, should they leave behind them weakly offspring, > would fear on their account, so let them be careful of (their duty to) Allah, > and let them speak right words. > [4.10] (As for) those who swallow the property of the orphans unjustly, > surely > they only swallow fire into their bellies and they shall enter burning fire. > > > Forgive me if I had ever wonged. > May God guide us.. > God knows best > Best regards.. > Hizamri > > ============================================================= > What religious book mentions Jesus more than 100 times? The Quran > by Brett Buckner > Special to The Star > Sep 18, 2010 | 2168 views | 6 | 5 | | > > Two months ago, he was an obscure pastor leading a small congregation in > Florida. That was before Terry Jones, pastor of Dove > World Outreach Center in Gainesville, created a global firestorm by declaring > Sept. 11 âInternational Burn a Koran Day.â Itâs a threat > Jones has since abandoned amid pleas and outrage from not only the Muslim > world > but people of all faiths. > > âMuslims take the value of the Quran very seriously as divine scripture, > and we > are very careful to handle it and store it properly,â explained Safaa > Al-Hamdani, a member of the Anniston Islamic Center. âIt is never allowed > to be > kept in unsanitary places, is never allowed to touch the ground, and we must > have clean hands to touch it. > > âI cannot emphasize enough the value of this book to all Muslims.â > > And yet Jones appeared oblivious as to why his threats were so offensive. The > reason? Jones knew nothing about the Quran. > > âI have no experience with it whatsoever,â he told the New York Times. > âI only know what the Bible says.â > > Jonesâ ignorance about the teachings and beliefs of Islam is not uncommon. > More > than half of respondents in a recent poll by the Pew > Forum for Religion & Public Life said they knew little or nothing about the > Muslim faith. > > Had Jones or any of his followers bothered to read the Quran before > threatening > to burn it, they might have been surprised by what they found. > > Moses is mentioned more than 130 times. Jesus is mentioned more than 100 > times. > Mary is mentioned more in the Quran than in the New Testament, and Muhammad > is > only mentioned four times, explained Gordon Newby, chair of Middle Eastern > and > South Asian studies at Emory University in Atlanta. > > A new exhibit, âIslamic Calligraphy and the Quran,â is on view through > Dec. 5 at > the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory. In conjunction with the exhibit, Newby > has lectured on the relationship of the Quran to Jewish and Christian > scriptures. > > âThe Quran,â he said, âis the latest book to join the monotheistic > dialogue on > the nature of God and Godâs word.â > > The Quran is about as long as the New Testament, consisting of 114 chapters, > or > suras, which vary in length from three verses to 286. > > âThe best way for newcomers to read the Quran is not from front to back, > but > back to front,â wrote Stephen Prothero, author of ITAL > Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know â" and > Doesnât.UNITAL > âStart with the Al-Fatiha (The Opening), but then skip > to the shorter, more theological suras in the back. Then read the narratives > of > the prophets (toward the middle) before concluding with > the legalistic content of the longer suras in the front.â > > Muslims believe that the Hebrew and Christian scriptures were both revealed > by > God but have been corrupted over time, while the Quran exists today as it was > originally delivered. Translations are viewed as human products. Only the > original Arabic versions of the Quran are considered authoritative. > > âThe Quran teaches the bodily resurrection and a coming judgment,â > Prothero > wrote. âIt requires prayers and almsgiving and fasting and pilgrimage. It > portrays a world in which one God repeatedly reveals his will to human beings > through prophets and messages that stretch from Moses to Jesus to Muhammad.â > > The Quran takes many of the biblical stories and uses them to teach how God > wants human beings to act before the day of judgment to avoid being cast into > hell, Newby said. > > > âBe faithful to God, perform charity, do good works, and youâll be OK,â > he said. > âI know a lot of preachers who deliver pretty much that > same message every week from the pulpit, as well as priests, rabbis and > imams.â > > A brief history of the Quran > > âIslamâ means surrender or submission to the will of Allah (God). > > Newest among the worldâs major religions and with more than 1 billion > followers, > Islam is based on the simplest of creeds. Murmured in the ear of newborns and > the last whisper of the dying, that creed rings in a single sentence: > âThere is > no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet.â > > Followers of Islam, or Muslims (the word in Arabic means âone who > submitsâ), > revere Muhammad as the greatest prophet who ever lived, the last of Godâs > messengers. Muslims honor him and the prophets who preceded him â" Noah, > Abraham, > Moses and Jesus â" as human, not divine. Allah rules alone. Muhammadâs > role was > to bring an absolute and final revelation - the Quran. > > The Arabian desert was home to wandering tribes who worshipped nature spirits > and made pilgrimages to a cube-shaped shrine in Mecca that housed scores of > idols. It was into this prosperous crossroads that Muhammad was born around > the > year 570. > > Little is known about his childhood, except that he was known a hard-worker, > earning the nickname of al-Amin, âthe trustworthy.â > > Because of this reputation, the 25-year-old Muhammad married a rich widow > named > Khadijah, who was 15 years his senior. The marriage gave him four daughters, > and > time to ponder questions that burdened his soul. > > Over the years, Muhammadâs tribe had become wealthy, as Mecca grew into a > thriving mercantile city. They were obsessed with attaining greater wealth, > rather than protecting the poorer and weaker members of the tribe. > > Muhammad also worried that a spiritual crisis was gripping the region. While > Christianity and Judaism were familiar religions, the nomads worshiped > numerous > pagan gods and had no prophets or scriptures of their own. > > âIndeed, the Jews and Christians whom they met often taunted the Arabs for > being > left out of the divine plan,â wrote Karen Armstrong in > ITALIslam: A Short History.UNITAL > > âIt seemed to many of the more thoughtful people in Arabia that the Arabs > were a > lost people, exiled forever from the civilized world and ignored by God > himself.â > > That changed in 610, when Muhammad stepped into a cave on Mount Hira, three > miles from Mecca. While in the midst of prayer and a ritual fast, Muhammad > felt > overpowered by the angel Gabriel, who gripped him tightly, forcing the first > fragments of the Quran to pour from his mouth. > > Inspired by his own vision and his wifeâs steadfast support, Muhammad > eagerly > awaited further visitations. He often went to Hira. He > meditated. He prayed. He waited. More than two years passed before Muhammad > again heard a heavenly voice and saw Gabriel seated upon a throne. > > From that moment forward, he never faltered as the revelations were delivered > verse by verse â" surah by surah - over 21 years. Such > experiences were painful for Muhammad, who often told confidants, âNever > once > did I receive a revelation without feeling that my soul > had been torn away from me.â > > The âmaniac poetâ > > Initially, converts were few, but, with growing confidence, Muhammad > attracted > larger audiences drawn by the promise of an afterlife. > > In paganism, death was the end of existence, thus attaining wealth was the > ultimate goal in life. But the Quran taught that the rich must > share with the poor, and promised a glorious afterlife for the righteous and > hellfire for the sinful. This threatened the powerful upper-class leaders, > who > turned against the âdriveller, star-gazer and maniac-poet.â They stoned > and > beat converts. > > In September of 622, Muhammad obeyed a vision telling him to leave Mecca for > Yathrib, an oasis city some 250 miles north. This migration marks the > beginning > of the Muslim era. Islam grew in political power as Yathrib became Madinat > al-Nabi, âthe city of the Prophet,â or simply, Medina. > > In January 630, Muhammad marched on Mecca with a force of 10,000 and was met > with little resistance. On camelback, Muhammad made seven trips around the > Kaaba, which housed the various pagan gods, ordered all its idols destroyed > and > rededicated the shrine to âAllah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.â > > Victory at Mecca set a model of leniency followed by later Islamic conquerers > that allowed pagans to embrace Islam. Christians and Jews could maintain > their > own faiths â" if they paid a tax â" having received valid revelations of > their > own. > > âThe Quran insists strongly that âthere shall be no coercion in matters > of > faith,ââ Armstrong wrote, âand commands Muslims to respect > the beliefs of Jews and Christians, whom the Quran calls ahl al-kigab, a > phrase > usually translated âPeople of the Book,â but which is more accurately > rendered > âpeople of an earlier revelation.ââ > > Not long after conquering Mecca, Muhammadâs ministry came to an end. From a > hill > near Mecca, he faced a throng of pilgrims and preached his final revelation. > âThis day (God has) perfected your religion for you ⦠and has chosen for > you ⦠> Islam.â > > One morning in 632, Muhammad died peacefully in the arms of his wife. When > Abu > Bakr, one of Muhammadâs closest companions, learned of the prophetâs > death, he > called followers together. > > âO men,â he said, âif anyone worships Muhammad, let him know now that > Muhammad > is dead. But if anyone worships God, let him know that God is alive and > immortal > forever.â > > Read more: Anniston Star - What religious book mentions Jesus more than 100 > times The Quran > > > ============================================================= > ============================================================= > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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