The greatness of Allaah..
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) described the greatness of Allaah in the most beautiful way:
"He is controlling the affairs of all the kingdoms. He commands and prohibits, creates and gives provision, and gives death and gives life. He raises and lowers people's status, alternates night and day, gives days (good and not so good) to men by turns, and causes nations to rise and fall, so that one nation vanishes and another emerges. His command and decree are carried out throughout the heavens and on earth, above it and below it, in the oceans and in the air. He has knowledge of all things and knows the number of all things. He hears all voices, and does not mistake one for another; He hears them all, in all the different languages and with all their varied requests and pleas. No voice distracts Him from hearing another, He does not confuse their requests, and He never tires of hearing the pleas of those in need. He sees all that is visible, even the walk of a black ant across a solid rock in the darkest night. The unseen is visible to Him, and secrets are known to Him…
"Whosoever is in the heavens and on earth begs of Him (its needs from Him). Every day He has a matter to bring forth (such as giving honour to some, disgrace to some, life to some, death to some, etc.)!"
[al-Rahmaan 55:29 – interpretation of the meaning]
He forgives sins, eases worries, relieves distress, helps the defeated person back on his feet, makes the poor rich, guides the one who is astray and confused, fulfils the needs of the desperate, feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, conceals faults, and calms fears. He raises the status of some and lowers the status of others…
Even if all the inhabitants of heaven and earth, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn alike, were to be as pious as the most pious among them, this would not increase His sovereignty in the slightest; if they all, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn alike, were to be as rebellious as the most rebellious among them, this would not decrease His sovereignty in the slightest.
If everything in heaven and on earth, the first and the last of them, mankind and jinn, living and dead, animate and inanimate, were to stand in one place and ask of Him, and He were to give them everything that they asked for, this would not decrease what He has by even an atom's weight…
He is the First, before Whom there is nothing, and the Last, after Whom there is nothing, may He be blessed and exalted. He is the Most deserving of being remembered, the Most deserving of being worshipped, the Most deserving of being thanked. He is the Most Compassionate of kings, the Most Generous of those who are asked… He is the King Who has no partner or associate, the One who has no rival, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who has no son, the Most High, and there is none like unto Him.
"Everything will perish save His face".
[al-Qasas 28:88 – interpretation of the meaning]
and everything will vanish except His sovereignty… He will not be obeyed except by His permission, and He will not be disobeyed except with His knowledge. He is obeyed, so He shows His appreciation, and He is disobeyed, so he forgives. Every punishment on His part is justice, and every blessing from Him is a favour. He is the closest of witnesses and the nearest of protectors. He seizes people by their forelocks, records their deeds and decrees the appointed time for all things. Hearts conceal nothing from Him, for secrets are known to Him. His gift is a word and His punishment is a word:
"Verily, His Command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, "Be!" – and it is."
[Yaa-Seen 36:82 – interpretation of the meaning]."
(Adapted from al-Waabil al-Sayib, p. 125)
taken from "curing weak faith" by Shaykh Salih Munajjid
He is there to take care of each and every issues we see around; Obviously by using our hands, knowledge and wealth what He blessed upon us.
This is an illusion each person see the problem, from whatever one's knowledge and understanding of the subject.
EMN: This is not a fairy tale; even God said to do everything Best you oculd and wait and keep faith in HIM to give Best rewards and results. Not to sit at home and pray to something falls from your roof (this is stupidity). A simple example, being you an Indian (me too), there were thousands of best skilled, educated and highly qualified people are unemployed or under disguised employement, while you could see so many least qualified, poorly educated idiots working in Gulf, enjoying luxurious life. WHY? This is their destiny, strong faith in God and self confidence.
Not necessarily.. This is a multi-faceted issue
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You need Religion so when everyone goes to Paradise you're not left behind..
So all those starving children out there are bad are they Eco?
Mandi, I'd piss off quite a few.
You mean there's free sex in Heaven?
He forgives sins, eases worries, relieves distress, helps the defeated person back on his feet, makes the poor rich
come on........u dont become rich if you sit home and pray.....you need to go out there and work your arse off..its time people should accept the reality and stop reading these sort of fake fairy tale stories.
Aana free, jaana free,
Pakde gaye tho khana free.
Sorry, Gypsy, if you were lesbian and married your lover in Canada or the US you probably wouldn't piss off too many religious people. Most of us are a little more tolerant than that.
Mandi
Oh so babies are born bad are they? And does that mean all us non-believers are actually living according to God's words, since we live in comfort? Sometimes the words that spout out of people's mouths really have no thought behind them. They are merely recitations of what they've been told.
is because of your bad deeds, you have asked for it, you will get it in this world.
Chapter 42 Verse 30
Different day....same old shite!
who is this allah person everyone keeps talking about???
Gypsy wait until you die
at this moment you will know the truth
and no way to go back to blieve of your creator
No actually I haven't but I've known many ppl who simply never got married and (apparently at least) never had any relationship with the opposite sex but they were successful and normal ppl not the I-have-to-be-gay type..
Generally speaking, all ppl have some sort of adversity; poverty, handicap, ugliness, infertility, ..etc. Because this is not Heaven.. We rejoice what we have and take what we see as "forbidden fruit" (whatever it was) as a test on our patience and eventually God compensate us in Paradise..
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please have a look at the the post intersting video clips
From your comments QL, I can tell you have never had a friendship with someone who is gay. It is easy to label them when we don't know them, but if you were to ever begin a friendship with one, I guarantee your views on how they "became" gay would be altered. They are just as much the victims of nature as we are. They can no more choose to love someone of the same sex, than we can choose to love someone of the opposite sex.
blame God for his personal wrong deeds!
Check from local environment to space (Ozone corruption); due to industrialisation, high technology in unnatural farming, Nuke, Chemical weapons, fast food and Globalisation. Humans trying to bring more comfort in LIFE but factually reduced the life span, peace in life and brought all sorts of mental disorders / physical diseases and misery.
Blaming God?....Time to Wake up!
We are really Great, the most Powerful and Intelligent on this PLANET!
Because nature made them gay so they're "different species" not men with less sex drive.. Fear of rejection bt females.. Messing with another "lesser" is comfort..
Laterz
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Then how come they can go on to have an active sex life with a man? I've never heard the "can't satisfy the opposite sex so I turn gay" line before. That's a new one.
It's embarrassing to say that one is unable to satisfy the partner because he's not sexually active so the partner was fed up and fell in love with another one.. The easier option is "I was born gay"!.. you know throw it on "nature" and save face
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No, I've seen interviews with both where they talk about it.
[quote:] "These always knew they were Uk, they were just scared to come out due to public backlash."
assumptions
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[quote:] "Freddie Mercury and Elton John both had female partners before they came out with it?"
Thanx.. now I can enjoy my meal
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IF I was a lesbian (which I am not) I would get married to piss off the religious people. As I'm NOT a lesbian I won't get married so that I can piss off religious people.
You said
If I was lesbian i would insist on getting married.
If you do not believe in marriage then why do you want to get married?
Yeah right Mr P. I think at present I am still in the closet.. Better I stay there for now..lol But this BritExpat with his Pink Kia and furry thongs,, keeps on inviting me out of the closet..:)
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Marriage is an institution, and a religious one at that, therefore I don't believe in it.
As you have decided not to get married.. makes me think are you also?..wink..
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HE WHO DARES WINS
I think because it is the natural thing.
I would say yer still in the closet...
:)
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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.
Nah if I was a lesbian I would insist on getting married ;) I am Canadian after all.
These always knew they were Uk, they were just scared to come out due to public backlash.
Although, that might be true in your case too! ;)
****Bangs head against desk***** UGH! MORE WIKIING!!!!! Dude, just google it. I'm tired of googling today.
So that means that I might one day realise that I am want go the other way? lol :)
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HE WHO DARES WINS
can you give me some proofs for this sentence:
You are either born gay or you aren't. It's not a choice.
That has more to do with denial and social stigma then sexuality.
Freddie Mercury and Elton John both had female partners before they came out with it?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
No Qatarilady, people don't "shift" sexual attraction. You are either born gay or you aren't. It's not a choice.
[quote:] "He creates homosexuals and then gives them the impossible task of denying their attractions."
then how do you explain the shifting in attraction? Aren't there ppl who were straight and became gay at a later stage and vice versa.. It's a personal choice..
The sex hormone as you know is testosterone (maybe misspelled) the more of it in a body the more sexually active the person is wether male or female.. So if a male has LESS testosterone he is less sexually active..what has this got to do with attraction? It's a personal choice..
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You need Religion so when everyone goes to Paradise you're not left behind..
Because then who would entertain God?
No I just can't understand the rules of this game?
Ok let me start again. As most believers beleive that Adam (first man) was created by God and was put in Paradise. Then for whatevr reason he was sent to this Earth and so on. Then he was forgiven and raised back to Heaven and left his offsprings on this Earth. Why did he not take them with him..That would have been simple, no need for any religion and so on?
Sorry for the boring explanation.
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HE WHO DARES WINS
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not UK?
Yep right Gypsy.. He creates Man puts him in heaven, then throws him out then the rest of us want to be there where we were in the first place.. Nice game...
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Actually if there is a God I call him a sadist for creating us and then judging us. He creates homosexuals and then gives them the impossible task of denying their attractions. He creates women to be intelligent and capable and then puts men over them. He creates religion in general so that only some people get to go to paradise.
It's sadistic really.
What makes you describe Him as "sadist daddy"?
Because He allegedly ordered that His own son be crucified so all humanity can be forgiven no matter what sh!t they do?
Good thinking dearie.. So you know it's not right.. But this is not God.. Who plotted to crucify Jesus were an evil group of the Jews but God (the Capable and Merciful) lifted Jesus (His Prophet not son) and made them think they'd killed him..
For such ppl good ppl resort to fighting not because of hate but to prevent injustice and evil..
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Not to mention it's also misrepresenting the theory of evolution. We did not "evolve from monkey's and other lower life forms" we evolved from monkey LIKE creatures. There's a difference.
It's inaccurate from almost the first words, some of it's flat out lies. It says man has worshipped GOD since the earliest parts of history. Wrong. Man has worshipped many gods and some early people worshipped none.
It also says you cannot see air or electricity, that's a lie. You cannot see it NOW, but its a simple matter to make it visible. Not only that you can touch it, feel it and others things to prove it's exsitence.
All this site does is play on your need to know where you came from by offering you an easy answer.
I wish if you can take 10 or 15 minutes and go through this web site
http://www.islamtutor.com/basics.php?p=can-god-not-exist
please tell me then what do you think?
No we don't know yet. A million years ago we didn't know how to make a wheel. Give it time. We probably won't know in my life time or yours but someday.
Thanks for the links Gypsy.. Very Interesting read indeed..
I just picked this out of the first link..
"On the other hand, the exact sequence of chemical events that led to the first nucleic acids is not known"
So we still don't know yet.. Maybe we have to wait another few hundred of years of Scientific research to get the exact time of life and death? Or maybe we will never know?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
While I admire your faith. There are to many contradictions with religous teachings for me.
Here you go. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_life
I prefer to think myself an accident of physics then the creation of a rather sadistic sky daddy.
Uk, the heart starts to beat in the 4th or 5th week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo
Yes, we can't predict death, but I don't see how that's proof of God?
Gypsy even the Doctor cannot verify when you take your first and last heart beat?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Biology. Nerves. Our brain. I'm not a doctor so I can't really give you a detailed description of how the human heart functions.
Oh gawd. Run Gypsy while you're still sane. Ruuuuuuun.
Gypsy.. What make our hearts tick? from the early part of being in the womb till the day we stop breathing? What is your view on this?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
hahaaahahaaa, I really laughed loudly.
Check in your Heart, He tick with each heartbeat and guide you to the Right path.
PEACE DEAR, We had enough discussion on this point!
Peace Peace Peace
Thank you for peaceful discussion
Gypsy, then WHO created you? and the whole universe around you?
Tick in what way UK?
SO what makes you tick Gypsy?
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HE WHO DARES WINS
Because HE doesn't exist.
Believe me, there is nothing in the Universe (inside, outside and around); which are beyond HIS controls.......then How could you Stand Outside HIS range :-) ?
Peace!
sure you will never know where are you.
we believe in God who likes people and this difference between people is there for many reasons, if you want I can mintion some of them.
Maybe for you. Not for me.
from behind the head;
who brings the positive thoughts in our heads and a generous heart beneath our chests.....
It is our LORD, Allah, our creator, sustainer and Maintainer!
No their poverty makes me inclined to help them. Their faith has nothing to do with it. I don't decide who to help or not help based on which God they worship.
make us feel more gracious and generous to Help them; to take them out of misery....Right Gypsy!
Our prophit Muhammed told us that the first people who will enter paradise or heaven are the poor ones.
Tell those to people being born and dying in slums all over the world who worship God every day.
To prove their faith, patience and tolerance.....these situation will never remain forever.
Check our own and forefathers status between today and yesterday. We are the most fortuante people, who could help themselves and OTHERS, who are less fortunate as well.
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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.
Then how come there's so many poor naked starving people out there?
then observe how this make it TRUE in your LIFE!
"He forgives sins, eases worries, relieves distress, helps the defeated person back on his feet, makes the poor rich, guides the one who is astray and confused, fulfils the needs of the desperate, feeds the hungry, clothes the naked, conceals faults, and calms fears. He raises the status of some and lowers the status of others…"
Saying it doesn't make it true.