Zone1 Disclosure of Secrets

[Meriweather]

Hindus do. They worship Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the three Gods responsible for the creation of the universe, its sustenance, and its final dissolution.

True, but the subject was not Hinduism, but the Trinity, which is One God.

 

[toobfreak]

True, but the subject was not Hinduism, but the Trinity, which is One God.

So, it is TRUE, some people DO worship three Gods. And there is absolutely NOTHING in this thread which excludes other religions like Hinduism, except your own arrogance to presume so, so don't tell me it wasn't "the subject."

You know, Christianity is not by far the only religion or God out there on the planet, nor is it even remotely even the first or oldest.

Further, if you want to constrain the topic to the Trinity, aside from it not at all being reflected in the title of the thread, can you tell me where the Holy Ghost (making up the third triad of the Trinity) even appears mentioned in the Bible?

 

[Woodznutz]

Words are cheap. It's actions that count.

 

[Meriweather]

Further, if you want to constrain the topic to the Trinity, aside from it not at all being reflected in the title of the thread, can you tell me where the Holy Ghost (making up the third triad of the Trinity) even appears mentioned in the Bible?

Considering how it flew right over your head that my response was addressing the concept of Trinity only, I doubt you would understand any response about the Holy Spirit. Other than your own. I'll listen to that, if you would like to share.

 

[toobfreak]

Considering how it flew right over your head that my response was addressing the concept of Trinity only,

I responded to your words that no one worships three Gods, but thanks for the continued deflection.

I doubt you would understand any response about the Holy Spirit.

Yeah, what would I know or understand about any of that being probably the only person here who actually went to school for God, was taught spirituality by people who devoted their entire life to God, including one guy who studied religion in a monastery from his time as a small boy until his giving lectures at the UN in his adult years on peace and brotherliness to the world.

By all means, try to constrain yourself in speaking of the Holy Spirit to the flotsam like me.

 

[toty5]

Christians are considered

Father is god



Christ is god



Holy Spirit is god



3 beings make up your one God.

And like or lump it, if you claim each is God (which you do), your claiming 3 God's.



"the priest keeps referring to all three entities as God. So which one is God?"





So, according to whoever, there is one god who can be three different beings at the same time?



BIBLE IS FULL OF CONFUSION BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED MANY THINGS IN IT, IMAGINE SOMEONE WITH RIGHT THINKING SAYING PEOPLE KILLED THEIR GOD, THEN WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL ? PEOPLE OR GOD?







the truth





Christ and the Holy Spirit are messengers of God

they have no authority except by God’s permission









God is only the Father

Christ is the Messenger of God

The Holy Spirit is an angel to transmit revelation to the prophets







God is One, from Adam to Muhammad, peace be upon them

But people have turned away from worshiping God according to their own whims



God is one and there are not many gods

god has no wife, or biological son



Christ is the son of God in the figurative sense only because all the prophets are sons of God

The God we worship is (the Father), as Western Christians call him



But Muslims and Christians of the East, call him allah



The truth is that Jesus preached the same message that the Prophets in the Old Testament preached. There is a passage in the Bible which really emphasizes his core message. A man came to Jesus and asked “Which is the first commandment of all?”Jesus answered, “The first of all the commandments is Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.’’[Mark 12:28-29]. So the greatest commandment, the most important belief according to Jesus is that God is one. If Jesus was God he would have said ‘I am God, worship me’, but he didn’t. He merely repeated a verse from the Old Testament confirming that God is One.



Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):





“They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary’ while the Messiah has said, ‘O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’ Indeed, he who associates others with Allah - Allah has forbidden him Paradise, and his refuge is the Fire. And there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers.





They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the third of three.’ And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.





So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.



The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded”



[al-Maa’idah 5:72-75]



“The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allah and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers. And do not say, ‘Three’; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allah is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allah as Disposer of affairs”



[an-Nisaa’ 4:171]







Dr Zakir Naik uses Bible to prove Trinity is a Lie













Why Do Christian believe in Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit, Dr Zakir Naik









What is the Holy Spirit in Christianity and Islam?

 

[toty5]

Christmas is the Pagan ritual entered into the religion through the church in 325 AD by Constantine in Constantinople.

The birth of Jesus was in mid-summer rather than winter of solstices which was the invention of the Pagans to worship “SUN” being born (raised) on 25th December, as they worship Sun so they thought that Sun has died on 23rd December because of shortest day, suddenly when sun was lifted up on 25th December they overjoyed and believed that the “SUN” has born on 25th of December and from that day this cult was entered.

Two verses from the Quran and Bible show that the birth of Jesus was in mid-summer not in winter Solstices.

The Quran says in chapter Maryam 19:25:

And shake the trunk of date-palm towards you, it will let fall fresh ripe-dates upon you.

In this verse, Allah was commanding Mary, mother of Jesus, through an Angel to go to Palm tree and shake the trunk and dates will fall thereof then eat them and get refreshed in your pangs and throes.

Now if you meet any horticulturist he will tell you that the dates always fall in mid-summers.

Now let us analyze the Bible.

Luke 2:8

“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.”

Ask these Christian missionaries why were shepherds looking at their flocks in 25th December at night time? When at that time it happened to be much cold in the open field that the flocks could freeze to death. Those days were not like these days as there was a city heat of vehicles and industries.

Then we are told that when Jesus was born three kings came to visit the child by following the star from the east. How come in the winter nights stars can be seen? As we know that the mist, fog and smoke cover the sky in winters.

So we can conclude that Bible is not giving the specific date neither the Quran but the hint is there that it was summer time not winter.

The tradition was added by the Church in 325 AD regarding the names like Easter Day, Eucharist and Christmas etc.



القس المعمداني يعترف بأن الكريسماس إحتفال وثني! - الشيخ عثمان فاروق




حاخام أمريكي يصطدم بمسلم صدفةً… منصور في مواجهة فكرية نارية تكشف المفاجآت!

when Christ was born Ahmed Deedat a lecture debates youtube


ممرضة تريد أن تسلم والزوج ابى فيقاطع الشيخ...أشهدُ



شمسي يرد على التهنئة بالكريسماس

 

[toty5]

The image of Eve as temptress in the Bible has resulted in an extremely negative impact on women throughout the Judaeo-Christian tradition. All women were believed to have inherited from their mother, the Biblical Eve, both her guilt and her guile. Consequently, they were all untrustworthy, morally inferior, and wicked. Menstruation, pregnancy, and childbearing were considered the just punishment for the eternal guilt of the cursed female sex. In order to appreciate how negative the impact of the Biblical Eve was on all her female descendants we have to look at the writings of some of the most important Jews and Christians of all time. Let us start with the Old Testament and look at excerpts from what is called the Wisdom Literature in which we find:


"I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare....while I was still searching but not finding, I found one upright man among a thousand but not one upright woman among them all" (Ecclesiastes 7:26-28).


In another part of the Hebrew literature which is found in the Catholic Bible we read:
"No wickedness comes anywhere near the wickedness of a woman.....Sin began with a woman and thanks to her we all must die" (Ecclesiasticus 25:19,24).


Jewish Rabbis listed nine curses inflicted on women as a result of the Fall:
"To the woman He gave nine curses and death: the burden of the blood of menstruation and the blood of virginity; the burden of pregnancy; the burden of childbirth; the burden of bringing up the children; her head is covered as one in mourning; she pierces her ear like a permanent slave or slave girl who serves her master; she is not to be believed as a witness; and after everything--death."

the severe tone of St. Paul in the New Testament:
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I don't permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner" (I Timothy 2:11-14).


St. Tertullian was even more blunt than St. Paul, while he was talking to his 'best beloved sisters' in the faith, he said: 6
"Do you not know that you are each an Eve? The sentence of God on this sex of yours lives in this age: the guilt must of necessity live too. You are the Devil's gateway: You are the unsealer of the forbidden tree: You are the first deserter of the divine law: You are she who persuaded him whom the devil was not valiant enough to attack. You destroyed so easily God's image, man. On account of your desert even the Son of God had to die."



St. Augustine was faithful to the legacy of his predecessors, he wrote to a friend:
"What is the difference whether it is in a wife or a mother, it is still Eve the temptress that we must beware of in any woman......I fail to see what use woman can be to man, if one excludes the function of bearing children."

Centuries later, St. Thomas Aquinas still considered women as defective:
"As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from a defect in the active force or from some material indisposition, or even from some external influence."


Finally, the renowned reformer Martin Luther could not see any benefit from a woman but bringing into the world as mother

Again and again all women are denigrated because of the image of Eve the temptress, thanks to the Genesis account. To sum up, the Judaeo-Christian conception of women has been poisoned by the belief in the sinful nature of Eve and her female offspring.


If we now turn our attention to what the Quran has to say about women, we will soon realize that the Islamic conception of women is radically different from the Judaeo-Christian one. Let the Quran speak for itself:


"For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in charity, for men and women who fast, for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah's praise-- For them all has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward" (33:35).



"The believers, men and women, are protectors, one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil, they observe regular prayers, practise regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His Mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise" (9:71).
"And their Lord answered them: Truly I will never cause to be lost the work of any of you, Be you a male or female, you are members one of another" (3:195).




"Whoever works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof, and whoever works a righteous deed -whether man or woman- and is a believer- such will enter the Garden of bliss" (40:40).

"Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith, verily to him/her we will give a new life that is good and pure, and we will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions" (16:97).


It is clear that the Quranic view of women is no different than that of men. They, both, are God's creatures whose sublime goal on earth is to worship their Lord, do righteous deeds, and avoid evil and they, both, will be assessed accordingly. The Quran never mentions that the woman is the devil's gateway or that she is a deceiver by nature. The Quran, also, never mentions that man is God's image; all men and all women are his creatures, that is all. According to the Quran, a woman's role on earth is not limited only to childbirth. She is required to do as many good deeds as any other man is required to do. The Quran never says that no upright women have ever existed. To the contrary, the Quran has instructed all the believers, women as well as men, to follow the example of those ideal women such as the Virgin Mary and the Pharoah's wife:



"And Allah sets forth, As an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh: Behold she said: 'O my lord build for me, in nearness to you, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings and save me from those who do wrong.' And Mary the daughter of Imran who guarded her chastity and We breathed into her body of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His revelations and was one of the devout" (66:11-13).

معلّمة إنجليزية تفاجأت حين تعلّمت هذه الأمور عن الإسلام

أحمد ديدات - أين الإنجيل الحقيقى ؟؟


7 مسيحيين يعتنقون الإسلام وينطقون الشهادتين أثناء محاضرة للداعية ذاكر نايك

هذا يعني 'انا احبك' شمسي في حوار رائع مع فتاة اوروبية


حوار محمد حجاب مع اندرو تيت الحوار الكامل مترجم

 

[toty5]

St. Augustine was faithful to the legacy of his predecessors, he wrote to a friend:
"What is the difference whether it is in a wife or a mother, it is still Eve the temptress that we must beware of in any woman......I fail to see what use woman can be to man, if one excludes the function of bearing children."

Centuries later, St. Thomas Aquinas still considered women as defective:
"As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active force in the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of woman comes from a defect in the active force or from some material indisposition, or even from some external influence."


Finally, the renowned reformer Martin Luther could not see any benefit from a woman but bringing into the world as mother

Again and again all women are denigrated because of the image of Eve the temptress, thanks to the Genesis account. To sum up, the Judaeo-Christian conception of women has been poisoned by the belief in the sinful nature of Eve and her female offspring.


If we now turn our attention to what the Quran has to say about women, we will soon realize that the Islamic conception of women is radically different from the Judaeo-Christian one. Let the Quran speak for itself:


"For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in charity, for men and women who fast, for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah's praise-- For them all has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward" (33:35).



"The believers, men and women, are protectors, one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil, they observe regular prayers, practise regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His Mercy: for Allah is Exalted in power, Wise" (9:71).
"And their Lord answered them: Truly I will never cause to be lost the work of any of you, Be you a male or female, you are members one of another" (3:195).




"Whoever works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof, and whoever works a righteous deed -whether man or woman- and is a believer- such will enter the Garden of bliss" (40:40).

"Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith, verily to him/her we will give a new life that is good and pure, and we will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions" (16:97).


It is clear that the Quranic view of women is no different than that of men. They, both, are God's creatures whose sublime goal on earth is to worship their Lord, do righteous deeds, and avoid evil and they, both, will be assessed accordingly. The Quran never mentions that the woman is the devil's gateway or that she is a deceiver by nature. The Quran, also, never mentions that man is God's image; all men and all women are his creatures, that is all. According to the Quran, a woman's role on earth is not limited only to childbirth. She is required to do as many good deeds as any other man is required to do. The Quran never says that no upright women have ever existed. To the contrary, the Quran has instructed all the believers, women as well as men, to follow the example of those ideal women such as the Virgin Mary and the Pharoah's wife:



"And Allah sets forth, As an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh: Behold she said: 'O my lord build for me, in nearness to you, a mansion in the Garden, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings and save me from those who do wrong.' And Mary the daughter of Imran who guarded her chastity and We breathed into her body of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His revelations and was one of the devout" (66:11-13).



اول معجزة للمسيح في الكتاب المقدس مصيبة







The first miracle of Christ in the Bible is a disaster




لا أستطيع التخلي عن يسوع | هل سيعتنق الإسلام؟ | ش. عثمان بن فاروق





مسيحي يحاول إثبات ألوهية المسيح من القرآن



كلام خطير للعائلة الأمريكية من شمسى، قبل أن تذهبوا أقل لكم هذا الكلام

 

[toty5]

Allah sent the prophets as a mercy to the slaves and supported them with miracles to indicate the truthfulness of their message. Of all the prophets, our Prophet, Muhammad, was blessed with the most miracles. Al-Isra 'and al-Mi ^ raj are among the many miracles of Prophet Muhammad.





The miracle of al-Isra 'is confirmed in the Qur'an. In Surat al-Isra ', Ayah 1, Allah said:



which means: [Praise be to Allah Who enabled His slave, Muhammad, to make the journey at night from Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, which is surrounded a blessed land.] This journey is also confirmed in the sahih hadith. As such, there is scholarly consensus (ijma ^) Prophet Muhammad journeyed in body and soul the night of al-Isra 'from Masjid al-Haram in Makkah to Masjid al-Aqsain Jerusalem. Moreover, these scholars indicated the person who denies al-Isra 'is a blasphemer for belying the explicit text of the Qur'an.









Al-isra And Al-miraj ....... )scenes From Paradise And Fire







1- On Prophet Muhammad's journey from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa, Allah enabled him to see some of His wondrous creations. Allah enabled the Prophet to see the world (dunya) like an old woman. However, this old woman was wearing a great deal of jewelry, and in this there is an indication signifying the reality of the world.







2- Allah enabled the Prophet to see Iblis. The Prophet saw something on the side of the road which did not dare to stand in his way or speak to him. What the Prophet saw was Iblis. Originally, Iblis was a believer and lived with the angels in Paradise. When Allah ordered the angels to prostrate (sujud) to Prophet Adam, Iblis was ordered to prostrate to him as well. The angels prostrated to Adam in obedience to Allah, because angels do not disobey Allah. However, Iblis did not obey, and he objected to the order of Allah. He said, "You created me out of fire, and You created him out of clay. How do You order me to prostrate to him?" So this objection by Iblis to the order of Allah was the first blasphemy he committed.









3- On his journey, the Prophet smelled a very nice odor. He asked Jibril about this pleasant scent and Jibril informed him this good smell was coming from the grave of the woman whose duty used to be to comb Pharaoh's daughter's hair. This woman was a good, pious believer. One day, as she was combing Pharaoh's daughter's hair, the comb fell from her hand.









At this she said, ""Bismillah. "Pharaoh's daughter asked her, "Do you have a god other than my father?" The woman said, "Yes. My Lord and the Lord of your father is Allah." Pharaoh's daughter told her father what had happened. Pharaoh demanded this woman blaspheme and leave Islam, but she refused. At that, Pharaoh threatened to kill her children. He brought a great pot of water and built a great fire under it. When the water boiled, Pharaoh brought her children and started to drop them into that pot one after the other.







Throughout all this, the woman remained steadfast to Islam, even when Pharaoh reached her youngest child--a little boy still bosom feeding--but she felt pity for him. At that, Allah enabled this child to speak. He said to his mother, "O Mother, be patient. The torture of the Hereafter is far more severe than the torture of this life, and do not be reluctant, because you are right." At this the woman requested Pharaoh collect her bones and the bones of her children and bury them in the same grave. Pharaoh promised her that--then dropped her into that boiling water. She died as a martyr. The good odor the Prophet smelled coming from her grave is an indication of her high status.











4- During his trip, the Prophet saw people who were planting and reaping in two days. Jibril told the Prophet, "These were the people who fight for the sake of Allah (mujahidun). "wink."









5- The Prophet also saw people whose lips and tongues were clipped with scissors made of fire. Jibril told the Prophet, "These are the speakers of sedition (fitna) who call people to misguidance."









6- He also saw a bull which exited a very small outlet, then was trying in vain to return through that small outlet. Jibril told the Prophet, "This is the example of the bad word--once spoken, it cannot be returned."











7- The Prophet saw people grazing like animals, with very little clothing on their private parts. Jibril told the Prophet, "These are the ones who refused to pay zakat. "."



8- The Prophet saw angels smashing some people's heads with rocks. These heads would return to the shape they had been, and then the angels would smash their heads again--and so on. Jibril told the Prophet, "These are the ones whose heads felt too heavy to perform prayer--the ones who used to sleep without praying."









9- On his journey the Prophet saw people who were competing to eat some rotten meat--ignoring meat that was sliced and unspoiled. Jibril told the Prophet, "These are people from your nation who leave out that which is permissible (halal), and consume that which is forbidden ((haram). "This reference was to the fornicators, that is, the ones who left out the permissible (marriage) and committed sins (fornication).







10- Also, the Prophet saw people who were drinking from the fluid coming from the bodies of the fornicators, (water mixed with blood). Jibril indicated to the Prophet these were the ones who were drinking the alcohol which is prohibited in this world.









11- The Prophet saw people scratching their faces and chests with brass finger nails. Jibril said, "These are the examples of those who commit gossip ((ghibah). "













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[toty5]

Some Christians claim Mohammed was taught by a Christian monk named Buhira.


If Mohammed learnt from Buhira, why doesn’t Mohammed teach Jesus is the son of God? Why does the Quran come with a strong warning aimed at those who believe God has begotten a son?


Did Buhira teach Mohammed all the scientific miracles in the Quran that no man could have known (the big bang, the ratio of land to sea, embryology, irons atomic number, the ever expanding universe, the orbits, the roundness of the earth, the layers of the earth, the pairs of everything, the seas not mingling with each others, the internal waves, the uniqueness of the fingerprint, that mankind will start cloning living things etc.)?

Regarding its Law why is Islam more similar to Judaism than what the Christians believe?

Before Mohammed’s teenage years he journeyed with his uncle on his business travels as far as Syria. They stopped at ‘Bostra’ where the caravan always stopped. There was a cell which had been lived in by a Christian monk for generation after generation. When a Christian monk would inherit the cell, they would also inherit everything within the cell which included old manuscripts. Amongst these was one which contained the prediction of the coming prophet to the Arabs.


The current occupant who inherited the cell was a Christian monk named Buhira. He was well versed in the resize.jpgscriptures and the prophecies and felt that the prophet would come in his lifetime.

Buhira had often seen the caravan approach and stop near his cell. He never took much interest in them but noticed something different, which he found amazing. He noticed a small low-hanging cloud that moved slowly above their heads. This cloud was always hanging between the sun and one or two of the travellers. When the travellers stopped moving, the cloud would stop moving. The travellers took shelter under a tree and Buhira noticed the tree lowered its branches over them, so they were always in the shade and protected from the sharp rays of the sun.

Buhira felt there was some great spiritual presence amongst the travellers, and immediately thought of the expected prophet.

Buhira’s cell was stocked with provisions of food and drink. He invited the travellers in for food to investigate. The travellers accepted the invitation but left Mohammed to look after the camels. Buhira scanned each of the traveller’s faces one by one, but none of them matched the description in the prophecies. Buhira asked them “are all of you travellers here, did you leave anyone behind?”

They said they left only a boy behind. Buhira asked them to get the boy (Mohammed). Buhira noticed many features of both the face and body which matched the prophecies. Buhira asked Mohammed questions about his way of life, his beliefs, his sleep and his general affairs. Mohammed answered all the questions. Buhira knew this boy was the expected prophet to come. Buhira told Mohammed’s uncle a great future lies before this nephew of yours, so take him home quickly’



لا أريد الإسلام!»… تصريح صادم يشعل المواجهة بين هاشم والمسيحي! الحقيقة تنكشف!



تكاثروا على الشيخ عثمان فانظر ماذا حل بهم! أربعة ضد واحد في مناظرة شارع! أنصار جودلوجيك!


فقدوا أعصابهم! شاهد ماذا فعلت هؤلاء السيدات مع الداعية منصور عندما حدثهم عن الموت!



الشيخ عثمان ينهي الإلحاد! ملحد شاب يتحدى مسلمًا لإثبات وجود الله… ثم يحدث ما لم يكن يتوقعه!

 

[toty5]

qibla change in islam





There are 2 billion Muslims in the world, and each time they pray, they turn their faces in one direction, towards Mecca. The Islamic term for this direction is qibla. When a Muslim prepares to pray, no matter where he is, he turns towards the qibla, the direction of the Kaba. The Kaba is a small cube shaped building in the courtyard of the mosque known as Masjid Al Haram, in the city of Mecca, in the country of Saudi Arabia.



“For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers). So hasten towards all that is good. Wheresoever you may be, God will bring you together (on the Day of Resurrection). Truly, God is Able to do all things. And from wheresoever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid-al-Haram (at Mecca), that is indeed the truth from your Lord. And God is not unaware of what you do.” (Quran 2:148-149)



Muslims do not worship the Kaba, or its contents, it is simply a focal point. Muslims worship One God, the Most Merciful, and the Most Wise. God decreed that when Muslims pray they all face one direction. It is a sign of unity that encapsulates the unity embedded in the religion of Islam.



The Arabic word for prayer is salah and it demotes a connection between the believer and God; when all believers face the same direction it adds an extra dimension to the connection. The prayer connects the believers to God and the qibla connects the believers to one another. It has been said that if one could observe all the Muslims at prayer we would be able to see lines of worshippers bowing and prostrating like the petals of a flower opening and closing in unison.



The qibla was not always oriented towards Mecca. The first Muslims prayed towards the al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Around sixteen months after Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to the city of Medina, the qibla was changed to the Kaba. According to accounts by Prophet Muhammad's companions, the change happened very suddenly. During the noon prayer, Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, received a revelation from God instructing him to, "Turn your face towards the Masjid al Haram".



“Thus, we have made you real believers in Islamic Monotheism, true followers of Prophet Muhammad and his legal ways, a just nation, witnesses over mankind and the Messenger a witness over you. And We made the Qibla (prayer direction towards Jerusalem) which you used to face, only to test those who followed the Messenger from those who would turn on their heels (i.e. disobey the Messenger). Indeed, it was great (heavy) except for those whom God guided. And God would never make your prayers to be lost (i.e. your prayers offered towards Jerusalem). Truly, God is full of kindness, the Most Merciful towards humankind.”



“Verily! We have seen the turning of your (Muhammad) face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall turn you to a Qibla (prayer direction) that shall please you, so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid- al-Haram (at Mecca). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction...” (Quran 2:143-144)



Changing the direction of prayer establishes Mecca as the fixed central point for worship. It establishes a common sense or purpose.



Throughout the centuries, mathematicians and astronomers have established correct ways to determine the qibla (direction) from any point on the earth’s surface. There are two precise moments each year when the sun is directly above the Kaba, thus the direction of shadows in any sunlit place will point away from the qibla. There are also two moments per year when the sun is directly over the exact opposite position of the Kaba, thus pointing towards the qibla.



It is important the Muslims make every effort to face the right direction when praying; however, slight deviations do not invalidate a person’s prayer. Prophet Muhammad said, “What is between the east and the west is qibla”.[1] Nowadays it is easy to locate the qibla. It is a simple matter to look at a map and draw a line between your location and the city of Mecca. Compasses and computer programs that locate the qibla are readily available and most mosques throughout the world have a niche in the wall to indicate the qibla.



Islam is a religion of unity. Muslims are united by their belief in One God. They are one brotherhood united in the language and ritual of prayer and united by the direction of their worship. The qibla is not only about degrees of latitude or longitude it is about unity. It is about humankind united in the worship of the One God, Creator, and Sustainer of the universe

مسيحي يتحدى المسلمين أن يروه نبوءات لسيدنا محمد فجاءه الرد​

Change Of Qibla From Jerusalem To Kaaba By Nouman Ali











وقت الجنازة!* الشيخ عثمان يلقّن اليوتيوبر«جود لوجيك» درسًا قاسيًا لمدة 10 دقائق متواصلة!







شاب مسلم يحطم أسطورة داروين أمام ملحد عبقري!







"الشيـ* طان كتب القرآن؟! مسيحي وصديقته يقومون بسـ* ب القرآن ولكن المسلم يلقنهم الدرس!

 

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It is clear from these sayings of Jesus that he did not die for your sins. He tells you how hard it is to enter the kingdom of heaven. He stressed the importance of living a sin free life and working hard doing good deeds. Listen to and follow the words of Jesus and not the false prophet Paul.


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“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.”
“And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.”
“And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where ‘the worms that eat them do not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”
Mark 9:43-48 NIV



Jesus was to die for our sins then Jesus would have not made such strong statements like above. Jesus is stating how hard it is to enter heaven if you sin. If your hand causes you to sin, it is better to cut it to stop you sinning, as you will be destined to hell.




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“And someone said to him, ‘Lord, will those who are saved be few?’ And he said to them,” Luke 13:23 RSV
“Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” Luke 13:24 RSV


The narrow door is the door to heaven. Jesus tells us to work hard (following the law, doing good deeds, working for the next life not this life) to try and enter it, as only a few shall enter it. This contradicts all the teachings of Paul.


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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21-23 NIV
“Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’”
”Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’”
Jesus is clearly telling you that even if you “follow him” you are not saved. Your works of righteous must be great.


The ones who worship Jesus (as God), prophesise and do miracles in his name are the evil doers for associating him as a partner with the true God. There will be countless generations of Christians who will be rejected on that day.


محمد حجاب يمسح بكرامة شبهات هذا المسيحي الأرض في 20 دقيقة ويجبره على الإعتراف!




زلزال في لندن! هاشم يسحق ملحداً حاول السخرية من الجنة و72 حورية!


هدم المسيحية بالـ"رياضيات"! مسلم يُحطم نظرية التثليث أمام صدمة من المسيحيين




«هذا موجود في الإنجيل؟!» حارس أمن أمريكي يُصدم عندما يكتشف هذه الحقيقة!