In Pairs

 In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

سبحان الذي خلق الأزواج كلها مما تنبت الأرض ومن انفسهم و مما لا يعلمون

Glory to Him Who created pairs of all things – pairs of what the earth grows, pairs of their own kind, and pairs of what they know not!

Above is one of the divine Verses in Arabic, and its translation in English, from the Qur'aanic Chapter Ya-Sin.

It speaks of Glorious Allah creating all things in pairs. But there is an arithmetical code, wonderfully latent, in this Verse too!

The number of the Verse is 36, and the Chapter number in which it is placed is also 36!

So, Chapter number 36 is paired with Verse number 36 therein, to express the creation of all things in pairs!!

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the Qur'aanic Verses were not numbered when first revealed. The numbers were given them, in the order they were found placed, much later.

And also, to the best of my knowledge and belief, this arithmetical code here had not come to conscious notice, ever before!!

Such arithmetical codes in the Qur'aan are a legion. These are there everywhere therein. And these are placed for no other reason than to provide overwhelming evidence of the Qur'aan being divine. No human being could have ever done it even if the entire mankind had lent its support!

Would the skeptic still be adamant not to believe that this Qur'aan - first published long before all our modern amenities were ever available - could only have been divine, and not man-made?

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 16^th of July 2021.

Attalaaq

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

 

The title above is the Arabic word الطلاق in Roman script. I came across this word while going through the Verses of the Qur'aan on divorce.

The Qur'aanic phrase containing the said word, that came to my notice first, was الطلاق مرتان meaning الطلاق is twice (Verse 2:229). I have discussed the Qur'aanic meaning of الطلاق elsewhere (refer the blog post What Is Attalaaq)

What I want to draw attention to, here, are the wonderful, superhuman arithmetical codes that the Qur'aan is replete with. The plain meaning of the aforesaid Arabic phrase is of course that الطلاق can be resorted to only twice by a married couple during the duration of their marriage.

But I was pleasantly astonished to find out that an arithmetical code is hidden in the said Arabic phrase too! 

The code is that the word الطلاق has occurred only TWICE throughout the entire Qur'aan!!

 

And this is not the only instance of the use of secret arithmetical codes. There are instances galore throughout the Qur'aan!

 

And remember that the Qur'aan was revealed not all at once but in parts, during the long course of 23 years in the 7th century AD, when none of the modern amenities was available. Not even paper!

 

Would you still, then, not believe that the Qur'aan is divine and not man-made!?

 

Mohammad Shafi

 

FRIDAY SERMONS: Abusive Attitude

 

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE GRACIOUS THE MERCIFUL

The Qur'aan repeatedly asserts that it is well explained within itself. And,  yet, most Muslims - almost all of their religious leaders included - believe that the Qur'aanic term الربا is not defined therein. 

But when I questioned their thus openly contradicting the Qur'aan (refer What Is Ar-Riba ), l received an abusive response! The response was not a reasoned one, but just abusive. I was told, "Shame on you 

You jahil retard.

How many days are left behind for your life?

When you will repent you you want to die with your sinful and corrupt fake ideology?" 

Such abusive language is unbecoming of a Muslim. The Qur'aan directs us to be kind even while arguing with others (Verse 29:46).

I request all my Muslim brothers and sisters never to use such abusive language. It gives Islam a falsely bad name.

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 2nd of July 2021.

Principles of Economics

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

 

In Islam, these principles are encapsulated withìn a part of the Qur'aanic Verse 2:275, which is و احل الله البيع و حرم الربا (and Allah has permitted business, and prohibited Ar-Riba).

 A business is an activity to facilitate convenient availability of a variety of needful things to people. 

 The neighborhood shopkeeper arranges for and provides to me things conveniently for my day-to-day use. For this service, he is charging some extra money over and above the cost of the things to him. He is engaged in business permitted in the Qur'aan. 

My neighborhood electrician comes and fixes the lighting problems at my house. He is charging me something extra over and above the things used by him for the purpose. He too is engaged in business permitted in the Qur'aan. 

My neighborhood bank keeps my money in its safe custody and allows time-to-time withdrawal therefrom for my personal use. It also provides loans to me for my necessary expenses which I am unable to meet within my savings. For this service, the bank charges me interest which includes the bank's overhead expenses plus a reasonable profit margin for itself. This bank is also engaged in business permitted in the Qur'aan.

But, as noted elsewhere in the same Verse 2:275 (قالو انما البيع مثل الربا), some people, under Satanic spell, insist that such bank business is like Ar-Riba!!

Please click here to understand what Ar-Riba really is.

 

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 25th of June 2021.

 

Interest on Money Lent

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful 

Almost every Muslim religious leader asserts that interest on money lent is حرام (prohibited) in Islam as الربا (Ar-Riba), in terms of Verse 2:275 of the Qur'aan. They equate Ar-Riba to interest. 

But I have found nothing in the Qur'aan to support this equation! The leaders say that the term is not defined in the Holy Book. 

 

How could they say so when the divine Book repeatedly reiterates that it is well explained within itself (Verses 17:12, 16:89, 6:55, 41:3, 11:1, 17:89, ...)? Are they not thus betraying their lack of faith in the Qur'aan being divine?

 

For further details on this, please refer to the web page What Is Ar-Riba! 

 

And for a comprehensive information on this topic, kindly read ISLAM AND INTEREST. 

 

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 18th of June 2021.

 

Islam - Grossly Misunderstood & Misrepresented

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

 

In a recent TV serial, a person is shown unjustly indulging in subversion in a secretive manner. And he is shown, in the seclusion of his residence, as praying the Muslim Namaz/Salat!

 

A true Muslim would fight injustice but never indulge in unjust subversion. The TV serial was misrepresenting Islam.

 

In visual media, Muslims are shown as praying at the tombs of dead saints. As if they are seeking the saints' intercession in their prayers to Allah!

 

But Islam is strictly against seeking such intercession. It calls it 'shirk', an unpardonable sin!

 

The media is thus grossly misunderstanding & misrepresenting true Islam!

 

What is true Islam then?

 

It is simply an unshakable belief in the existence of One Creator of the entire Universe and of everything therein! Muslims call Him - the One Creator - Allah. HE has created mankind on this earth for testing its every individual for his/her eligibility to a higher, permanent life where there would be no loss, no suffering, no death. The test is whether the individual recognizes Allah without factually seeing Him.

 

Allah has adequately pre-conditioned mankind for this test. HE has ingrained the subconscious of every individual with a natural acceptance of His existence.

 

Besides, HE has provided evidence of His existence in everything, in and around the individual. The individual can decipher the evidence by pondering over it a little.

 

HE has, moreover, sent His human Messengers to every nation around the world with divine Scriptures for mankind's guidance. The last of such guidance came nearly 1500 hundred years ago in the form of the Qur'aan. 

 

No further such guidance is needed since all provisions are now in place for the preservation of the last scripture till end of this earthly world. 

 

Every individual must abide by that divine Scripture and abstain from all evil to be eligible for a permanently secure and happy life in the Hereafter. 

 

Islam is the way to that life!

 

Mohammad Shafi

Friday, the 11^th of June 2021.

 

Sunnat

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

I have come across سنت الله (Allah's Way) [Verse 33:38], and not سنت الرسول (the Prophet's way), in the Qur'aan.

But our religious leaders (those who call themselves Sunnis) insist on associating the Sunnat with the Qur'aan. By Sunnat, they mean سنت الرسول. They say that Islam is incomplete otherwise.

Is it so? Then why is this so important a thing not mentioned in the Qur'aan? The Qur'aan reiterates that it explains every necessary thing in detail (Verses 17:12, 16:89, 6:55, 41:3, 11:1, 17:89, ...).

Are the religious leaders then guilty of contradicting the divine Qur'aan?

 They cannot take shelter of the Qur'aanic direction و اطيع الرسول; for, that direction was for obeying the Messenger while he was living on this earth. Kindly see the blog post Obeying the Messenger in this context. 

 

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 4th of June 2021.