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“So That Islam Might Not Die” - “Hatta la Yamutu’l Islam”

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I couldn’t believe my eyes! How would any Arab intellectual dare to write a serious article with this shocking title: “So That Islam Might Not Die” حتى لا يموت الإسلام “Hatta la Yamutu’l Islam? I read it on the last day of May, 2009, on the Kuwaiti website, www.kwtanweer.com

The writer manifested a great concern about under-development in the Islamic world, and attributed it to the Muslims’ inability to break from their traditional interpretation of the Qur’an. In order to cope with the challenges of modernity, he called on Muslims to adopt an enlightened hermeneutic of the Qur’an, a prescription that is actually quite revolutionary. He went on to claim that unless such a step is taken, Islam will not survive! It was this strong conviction that made him choose this title for his article!

Here are excerpts translated from the author’s essay:

“This is my concluding article in a series that dealt with the subject of development. To achieve this goal requires an open mind and liberation from those fixed and fanciful positions that offered ready-made solutions to all types of human problems. We must acknowledge that traditional Islam, with its totalitarian worldview is standing in the way of progress and development. A genuine and serious reformation can only take place by adopting a complete separation between Allah and Muhammad; Allah is an absolute and unchanging Being, while the Prophet is not. It is true that Muhammad was the primary founder of the Islamic Umma, but as a human being, he acted within the cultural and political contexts of his day. Therefore, all the texts which the Prophet brought, including the Qur’an, are purely historical texts, and as such, cannot be considered absolutely authentic or accurate.

“Our problem does not reside in a belief in the existence of God. A person may be a believer and free at the same time. The real problem is that belief in a person or a group of people who claim to be representatives of Allah. This faith must be rejected before any genuine reform can take place. Take for example, Protestant Christianity. It confesses the divinity of Christ and at the same time, it does not acknowledge any person that acts as his representative on earth. This has enabled Protestants to worship Christ according to their convictions, while at the same time leaving earthly matters to be dealt with in a secular fashion. We conclude that a separation of religion from politics is the sine qua non, for the rise of a progressive and non-totalitarian religion.

“To sum up my thesis; it would be difficult and unthinkable for Muslims to reject or abandon their religion in order to achieve progress and development. The best solution for their predicament is to strip Islam of all its totalitarian impulses.”

It is refreshing to read articles by Muslim intellectuals who are very eager to see Islam delivered from the shackles of its attachment to those rigid and irrational elements of their religious heritage. The only way for Arab nations to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century is to break loose from their traditional Qur’anic hermeneutics.

But what struck me the most about this author’s essay was his view of the Qur’an itself. As he put it, “Therefore, all the texts which the Prophet brought, including the Qur’an, are purely historical texts, and as such, cannot be considered absolutely authentic or accurate.”

For anyone who is familiar with Arabic, and the history of Islamic theology, these words sound extremely radical, even revolutionary. Notice how he formulated his view of the Qur’an, not as a book that descended upon Muhammad, but as a book that the Prophet brought, and which is on a par with the other sacred texts of Islam, such as the Hadiths! The writer has gone beyond the views of the Mu’tazilites of the 9th century who denied the eternal nature of the Qur’an, and stressed its historical nature. He suggested a hermeneutic that would allow for a “higher criticism” of the Qur’an, for the development of a kinder and more compassionate Islam!

At this point I realize that a Westerner reading my translation of this article may not be struck by its full impact. But to read it in Arabic is nothing less than feeling the full impact of a proposal that would shatter a foundational tenet of Islam, namely that Muhammad was the recipient of the very words of Allah. For an orthodox Muslim, whether Sunni or Shi’ite, the author’s prescription is unthinkable and amounts to kufr, i.e. utter blasphemy.

In the final analysis, the dilemma for Islam can only be solved by Muslims.

Non-Muslims can study and reflect on the history and challenges that have faced Islam across the last fourteen centuries. We cannot but sympathize with the author and appreciate his “modest proposal” for Islam’s survival in our globalized world. He is absolutely convinced that unless Muslims adopt a new and open-minded hermeneutics, their future remains in doubt.

Note

The following is a transliteration of the author’s words about his view of the nature of the Qur’an.

Inna’l bidaya li-ay Islah Islami jad, hua al-fasl al-tam bayna’l Allah wa’l-Nabi. Fal’Allah mutlaq, baynama al-Nabi laysa kathalika. Innahu wala shak mu’assess al-Umma al-awwal, walakinnahu bashar, kana ya’malu dimna’l itari al-thaqafi wal-siyassi lizamanihi, wa-bittali fa-inna kaffat al-nusoos allati ja’a biha al-Nabi, bima feeha al-Qur’an, hiya nusoos tarikhiyya bahtat, wa-laysat nusoos sahihat bishaklen mutlaq.

.إن البداية لأي إصلاح إسلامي جاد هو الفصل التام بين الله والنبي، فالله مطلق بينما النبي ليس كذلك. انه ولا شك مؤسس الأمة الأول ولكنه بشر كان يعمل ضمن الإطار الثقافي والسياسي لزمانه وبالتالي فان كافة النصوص التي جاء بها النبي بما فيها القرآن هي نصوص تاريخية بحتة وليست نصوص صحيحة بشكل مطلق.

The link for the 31 May, 2009 article is:

http://www.kwtanweer.com/articles/articleforprint.php?articleID=2242

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You really have to read it in

You really have to read it in Arabic to appreciate the full impact what he is saying. Surprised he hasn't been killed yet. in essence he is saying that to move forward, the Quran does not ready made solutions (imaginary he calls them) to humanity. A person cannot be worshipped. Europe and the Far East achieved this by utilising this separation, he also notes that in the Islamic world, when such a system came to life it has been destroyed. Worship the oneness of God and forget about the Quran and Mohammed who is just a messenger.

Brilliant.


Development and progress have

Development and progress have nothing to do with religion.Islam provides and sets a stage for development.Arab states are not capitalists states.The writer is simply advocating for capitalism where its "lets take everything for ourselves and damn everybody else."

The authenticity and divine nature of Quran is something that every rational individual can see not unless you are born of a whore like this little minded writer.

Islam is there to stay whether you like it or not.


Oh my god!!! It has to be

Oh my god!!!

It has to be counted(the article) among one of the modern wonders of the world.
While it is permitted in the racist cult to hate and kill non-Muslims, criticism weather positive or negative of it's BOOK OF EVIL and its Social Traditions is not allowed and the critic must be beheaded or stoned. How has the writer
survived?

And it is amazing that of the past 14 centuries nobody has ever raised his/her voice and survived.Most importantly the western world has been surprisingly
quite about it till the 9/11.why?

An average boy or girl in Europe or the west wakes up daily thinking of playing football,tennis or cricket

where as an average boy in most Muslim countries wakes up thinking playing with his A.K-47 or Kalashnikov
what about girls in Muslims countries well we all know.Girls and women are used as tools for the Followers of the Pedophile Mohammad.

This evil cult needs open criticism from all the corners of the world.
Look what they have done to the ancient civilizations such as
Mesopotamia(IRAQ) ,Persia(IRAN),Indus Valley(PAKISTAN),Egypt

All were ancient civilizations with significant contribution in shaping the modern world.
after the barbaric invasion of the Arabs see what happened to these countries.
They have become breeding ground for terrorists and fundamentalists interested only in destruction .

It is not a coincidence that these places are terrorist breeding grounds.The only
reason for this is ISLAM.which must not survive .Its survival means destruction
of the other civilizations.

People of the civilized world now must stand united to destroy ISLAM .I am not
favoring a genocide here.I am just advocating for the complete destruction of their texts which mentions non-Muslims as Pigs and monkeys .Rewrite them emphasizing on values such as peace(not violence),tolerance(not extremism),universal brotherhood(not Muslim brotherhood) and stop using women as tools ,stop acting as breeding machines and most importantly eliminating the term Jihad .


#2 Islam is dying as we

#2 Islam is dying as we speak. No sane man or woman will remain inside of the evil expoused by Allah the Devil, the greatest Liar and his Messiah Prophet Muhammad. This is why Islam has remained dead for 1400 years and will never rise but continue to blow up people who invented medical advancements to save people from disease and the likes. Muslims lie like algebra is from India not Islam, until they stole it and claimed it as Islamic. Today we know how Islam lied and lies.

The Sex Jihad is in progress and infidels still are so kind that we feed them. Maybe we need to say to the Muslims, either you feed yourself or return back to Pakistan, India, Africa and other Islamic cesspools.
#3 Muslims will have to stop the killing otherwise they will be killed with respect as a non-Muslim can give. Non-Muslims have a right to live just as the Muslims do. Adam and Eve were not Islamic Muslims. Allah lied and said Pharaoh was a Muslim and he was God.LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Sura 1:90.


Very hopeful news for the

Very hopeful news for the good of Muslims.

Once again it exposes the Q U R A N for what it is.

Q uestionable
U tterings of a
R abid
A rab
N utcase


Non-muslims should take quran

Non-muslims should take quran and whereever there is mention of kufr, non-believer, jews, christians, idolator etc is there, replace it by Muslims.
Whereever 'muslims' is mentioned replace it by 'rationalist'. Also replace 'women' with leftist or muslim apologist. Lo a new quran is formed.
Now follow it and let the muslims get a taste of there own medicine.
Islam is a bomb, stop muslim immigartion, with population explosion in muslim countries they will be killing each other. Let this bomb explode in muslim lands not in peaceful non-muslim lands. Oppurtunities are decreasing in muslim lands, and people are dumping there excess children in madrassa where they study quran and become terrorist. Terrorism will be there till there is quran.

Muslim cities also face a huge problem.Cities like dubai(concrete jungle) etc built on Sand and they have 20 times more population, then they can survive. Dubai like places will be gone within 30 years.


Dear Jacob Thomas, thank you

Dear Jacob Thomas,
thank you for this article, and thanks to the author of the Arabic article - Muhammad shareeneh.
The author's strategy is good actually. Putting Muhammad as a fallible figure is probably the first step for Arabs to stand back and look at his personality with a critical eye. The rest is really easy: Just read article by people like Sina, Spencer, Ibn Warraq, Khan, Shaikh..etc. After that, Muslims will leave Islam in droves. This will happen in my lifetime I believe.
thanks again to Jacob Thomas and Muhammad Shareeneh.


Jack: Development and

Jack:

Development and progress have nothing to do with religion.Islam provides and sets a stage for development.Arab states are not capitalists states.The writer is simply advocating for capitalism where its “lets take everything for ourselves and damn everybody else.”

I say:

In capitalism everyone must work hard to make money. Those that don't work hard complain. Also if it weren't for capitalism the oil rich arab countries would not be so wealthy.


A very interesting

A very interesting article.

Good to see that more Muslims are waking up to fact that Islam is a fraud.
Abandoning Islam is the obvious move that Muslims should make.
Easier said than done indeed,
What with all its threats of physical violence for those who choose to do so.
Not to mention all Mohnut-cases "promises" of that Fiery Hell!...oow...scary.
Raising children in Islam should be considered deplorable.


By the way if religion has

By the way if religion has nothing to do with human progress then why are Muslims still stuck in the stone age while most of the kafir world is making progress?


Many black Muslims are

Many black Muslims are leaving Islam after seeing the evil words spoken about them from allah and Muhammad and the other holy behind scholar. when I showed them the scholar from Saudi Arabia who called them infidel if they refused slavery they immediately left Islam. The word is gertting out and the word is also getting out to whites about being mamluks(white slaves)

Islam is now known as the ARABIC SLAVE MACHINE. aMERICAN mUSLIMS ARE NOW KNOWN AS TRAITORS AND WOMEN WEARING ARAB DO RAGS.


Great Work Dear

Great Work Dear


to Jack Eliud #2 You said:

to Jack Eliud #2

You said: "The authenticity and divine nature of Quran is something that every rational individual can see not unless you are born of a whore like this little minded writer.
Islam is there to stay whether you like it or not."

Can you analyze Suraa At Tahrim please? Then see from which point of view that the story is morally justified or superior? Study one more Suraa, Al-Masad, it's divine curse, quite "beautiful". Indeed, these two Suraa are a shame in Islam as they narrated events that possessed no ethical values at all. How can you rationally accept these garbage to be part of your holy Islamic doctrine?

In Suraa An Nisa', it is stated that equality is the basis of polygamous marriage. However, Suraa At Tahrim elaborate on the inequality practiced by the "prophet" Muhammad with regards to his wife that cause them to rebel against him. Unless you walk the walk and talk the talk, you are an impostor hypocrite as in the case of Muhammad.

Humanity is but one family. :)


# 13 Forget to respond to

# 13 Forget to respond to this pathetic jackass elewd. he would run like all his big mouth brothers. Divine nature my ass.


Jack E wrote: "Development

Jack E wrote:
"Development and progress have nothing to do with religion."
This may be true - there are certainly those who would argue that all religions stifle the free-thinking that is required for progress.
What is certainly true is that if, within a religion, there is a mind-set that says 'here are all the answers, anything else or new is blashphemy' or something similar then progress will not occur.

Jack E wrote:
"Islam provides and sets a stage for development."
Pardon? In what way are Islamic states 'developed'? The developments (certainly within the material sphere) are reliant on external (Western) knowledge and technology.
What developments are there in any other sphere? Human rights? Equality? Rule of law?


Hi friends Our friend

Hi friends

Our friend kenmirzz has given comments at # 13 above that ‎Chapter 66 of Quran: Al-Tahrim ‎التّحْریم‎ is not good.

Surah Al-Tahrim is a very short chapter of Quran consisting of ‎only 13 verses.

Please read the text of the verses of the chapter ‎in Arabic, or its translation in English and/or Urdu. ‎

Please mention as to what is bad about it.‎

‏[66:1] بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ‏
‎[66:1] In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. ‎
‏[66:1] اللہ کے نام کے ساتھ جو بے انتہا رحم کرنے والا، بِن مانگے دینے والا (اور) بار بار ‏رحم کرنے والا ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:2] يٰۤاَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَاۤ اَحَلَّ اللّٰهُ لَـكَ‌ۚ تَبْتَغِىْ مَرْضَاتَ ‏اَزْوَاجِكَ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ‏ ‏
‎[66:2] O Prophet! why dost thou forbid thyself that which Allah has made lawful to ‎thee, seeking the pleasure of thy wives? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. ‎
‏[66:2] اے نبی! تُو کیوں حرام کررہا ہے جسے اللہ نے تیرے لئے حلال قرار دیا ہے۔ تُو اپنی بیویوں ‏کی رضا چاہتا ہے اور اللہ بہت بخشنے والا (اور) بار بار رحم کرنے والا ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:3] قَدْ فَرَضَ اللّٰهُ لَـكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ اَيْمَانِكُمْ‌ؕ وَاللّٰهُ مَوْلٰٮكُمْ‌ۚ وَهُوَ ‏الْعَلِيْمُ الْحَكِيْمُ‏ ‏
‎[66:3] Allah has indeed allowed to you the dissolution of your oaths, and Allah is your ‎Friend; and He is All-Knowing, Wise. ‎
‏[66:3] اللہ نے تم پر اپنی قسمیں کھولنا لازم کردیا ہے۔ اور اللہ تمہارا مولا ہے اور وہ صاحبِ علم ‏‏(اور) صاحبِ حکمت ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:4] وَاِذْ اَسَرَّ النَّبِىُّ اِلٰى بَعْضِ اَزْوَاجِهٖ حَدِيْثًا‌ۚ فَلَمَّا نَـبَّاَتْ بِهٖ ‏وَاَظْهَرَهُ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهٗ وَاَعْرَضَ عَنْۢ بَعْضٍ‌ۚ فَلَمَّا نَـبَّاَهَا بِهٖ ‏قَالَتْ مَنْ اَنْۢبَاَكَ هٰذَا‌ؕ قَالَ نَـبَّاَنِىَ الْعَلِيْمُ الْخَبِیْرُ‏ ‏
‎[66:4] And when the Prophet confided a matter unto one of his wives and she then ‎divulged it, and Allah informed him of it, he made known to her part thereof, and ‎avoided mentioning part of it. And when he informed her of it, she said, ‘Who has ‎informed thee of it?’ He said, ‘The All-Knowing, the All-Aware God has informed me.’ ‎
‏[66:4] اور جب نبی نے اپنی بیویوں میں سے کسی سے بصیغہء راز ایک بات کہی۔ پھر جب اس ‏نے وہ بات (آگے) بتا دی اور اللہ نے اُس (یعنی نبی) پر وہ (معاملہ) ظاہر کر دیا تو اُس نے کچھ ‏حصہ سے تو اُس (بیوی) کو آگاہ کردیا اور کچھ سے چشم پوشی کی۔ پس جب اُس نے اُس (بیوی) کو اِس ‏کی خبر دی تو اُس نے پوچھا کہ آپ کو کس نے بتایا ہے ؟ تو اس نے کہا کہ علیم و خبیر نے ‏مجھے بتایا ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:5] اِنْ تَتُوْبَاۤ اِلَى اللّٰهِ فَقَدْ صَغَتْ قُلُوْبُكُمَا‌ۚ وَاِنْ تَظٰهَرَا عَلَيْهِ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ ‏مَوْلٰٮهُ وَجِبْرِيْلُ وَصَالِحُ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ‌ۚ وَالْمَلٰٓٮِٕكَةُ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ ظَهِيْرٌ‏ ‏
‎[66:5] Now if you two turn unto Allah repentant, it will be better for you, and your ‎hearts are already so inclined. But if you back up each other against him, surely ‎Allah is his Helper and Gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and ‎furthermore, all other angels too are his helpers. ‎
‏[66:5] اگر تم دونوں اللہ کی طرف توبہ کرتے ہوئے جھکو تو (یہی زیبا ہے کیونکہ) تم دونوں ‏کے دل مائل (بہ گناہ) ہوچکے تھے اور اگر تم دونوں اُس کے خلاف ایک دوسرے کی مدد کرو تو ‏یقیناً اللہ ہی اس کا مولیٰ ہے اور جبرائیل بھی اور مومنوں میں سے ہر صالح شخص بھی اور مزید ‏برآں فرشتے بھی اس کے پشت پناہ ہیں۔ ‏

‏[66:6] عَسٰى رَبُّهٗۤ اِنْ طَلَّقَكُنَّ اَنْ يُّبْدِلَهٗۤ اَزْوَاجًا خَيْرًا مِّنْكُنَّ مُسْلِمٰتٍ ‏مُّؤْمِنٰتٍ قٰنِتٰتٍ تٰٓٮِٕبٰتٍ عٰبِدٰتٍ سٰٓٮِٕحٰتٍ ثَيِّبٰتٍ وَّاَبْكَارًا‏ ‏
‎[66:6] It may be that, if he divorce you, his Lord will give him instead wives better ‎than you — resigned, believing, obedient, always turning to God, devout in worship, ‎given to fasting, both widows and virgins. ‎
‏[66:6] قریب ہے کہ اگر وہ تمہیں طلاق دیدے (تو) اس کا ربّ تمہارے بدلے اُس کے لئے تم سے ‏بہتر ازواج لے آئے، مسلمان، ایمان والیاں، فرمانبردار، توبہ کرنے والیاں، عبادت کرنے والیاں، ‏روزے رکھنے والیاں، بیوائیں اور کنواریاں۔ ‏

‏[66:7] يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا قُوْۤا اَنْفُسَكُمْ وَاَهْلِيْكُمْ نَارًا وَّقُوْدُهَا النَّاسُ ‏وَالْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلٰٓٮِٕكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُوْنَ اللّٰهَ مَاۤ اَمَرَهُمْ ‏وَيَفْعَلُوْنَ مَا يُؤْمَرُوْنَ‏ ‏
‎[66:7] O ye who believe! save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is ‎men and stones, over which are appointed angels, stern and severe, who disobey ‎not Allah in what He commands them and do as they are commanded. ‎
‏[66:7] اے لوگو جو ایمان لائے ہو! اپنے آپ کو اور اپنے اہل و عیال کو آگ سے بچاؤ جس کا ایندھن ‏انسان اور پتھر ہیں۔ اُس پر بہت سخت گیر قوی فرشتے (مسلط) ہیں۔ وہ اللہ کی، اُس بارہ میں جو ‏وہ انہیں حکم دے، نافرمانی نہیں کرتے اور وہی کرتے ہیں جو وہ حکم دیئے جاتے ہیں۔ ‏

‏[66:8] يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَا تَعْتَذِرُوْا الْيَوْمَ‌ؕ اِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنْتُمْ ‏تَعْمَلُوْنَ‎‎‏ ‏
‎[66:8] O ye who disbelieve! make no excuses this day. You are requited for what you ‎did. ‎
‏[66:8] اے وہ لوگو جنہوں نے کفر کیا! آج عذر پیش نہ کرو۔ یقیناً تمہیں صرف اُسی کی جزا دی جائے ‏گی جو تم کیا کرتے تھے۔ ‏

‏[66:9] يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا تُوْبُوْۤا اِلَى اللّٰهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوْحًاؕ عَسٰى رَبُّكُمْ اَنْ ‏يُّكَفِّرَ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّاٰتِكُمْ وَيُدْخِلَـكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ تَجْرِىْ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْاَنْهٰرُۙ يَوْمَ لَا ‏يُخْزِى اللّٰهُ النَّبِىَّ وَالَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا مَعَهٗ‌ۚ نُوْرُهُمْ يَسْعٰى بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ ‏وَبِاَيْمَانِهِمْ يَقُوْلُوْنَ رَبَّنَاۤ اَتْمِمْ لَـنَا نُوْرَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَـنَا‌ۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى كُلِّ ‏شَىْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ‏ ‏
‎[66:9] O ye who believe! turn to Allah in sincere repentance. It may be that your Lord ‎will remove the evil consequences of your deeds and make you enter Gardens ‎through which rivers flow, on the day when Allah will not abase the Prophet nor ‎those who have believed with him. Their light will run before them and on their right ‎hands. They will say, ‘Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us; surely Thou ‎hast power over all things.’ ‎
‏[66:9] اے لوگو جو ایمان لائے ہو! اللہ کی طرف خالص توبہ کرتے ہوئے جھکو۔ بعید نہیں کہ ‏تمہارا ربّ تم سے تمہاری برائیاں دورکردے اور تمہیں ایسی جنتوں میں داخل کرے جن کے دامن میں ‏نہریں بہتی ہیں، جس دن اللہ نبی کو اور ان کو رُسوا نہیں کرے گا جو اس کے ساتھ ایمان ‏لائے۔ ان کا نور ان کے آگے بھی تیزی سے چلے گا اور ان کے دائیں بھی۔ وہ کہیں گے ‏اے ہمارے ربّ! ہمارے لئے ہمارے نور کو مکمل کردے اور ہمیں بخش دے۔ یقیناً تو ہر چیز پر ‏جسے تُو چاہے دائمی قدرت رکھتا ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:10] يٰۤاَيُّهَا النَّبِىُّ جَاهِدِ الْكُفَّارَ وَالْمُنٰفِقِيْنَ وَاغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ‌ؕ وَمَاْوٰٮهُمْ ‏جَهَنَّمُ‌ؕ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيْرُ‏ ‏
‎[66:10] O Prophet! strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites; and be ‎strict against them. Their home is Hell, and an evil destination it is! ‎
‏[66:10] اے نبی! کفار سے اور منافقین سے جہاد کر اور ان کے مقابلہ پر سختی کر۔ اور اُن کا ٹھکانا ‏جہنّم ہے اور وہ بہت ہی برا ٹھکانا ہے۔ ‏

‏[66:11] ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّـلَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا امْرَاَتَ نُوْحٍ وَّ امْرَاَتَ لُوْطٍ‌ؕ ‏كَانَـتَا تَحْتَ عَبْدَيْنِ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا صَالِحَـيْنِ فَخَانَتٰهُمَا فَلَمْ يُغْنِيَا عَنْهُمَا ‏مِنَ اللّٰهِ شَيْــًٔا وَّقِيْلَ ادْخُلَا النَّارَ مَعَ الدَّاخِلِيْنَ‏ ‏
‎[66:11] Allah sets forth for those who disbelieve the example of the wife of Noah and ‎the wife of Lot. They were under two righteous servants of Ours, but they acted ‎unfaithfully towards them. So they availed them naught against Allah, and it was ‎said to them, ‘Enter the Fire, ye twain, along with those who enter.’ ‎
‏[66:11] اللہ نے اُن لوگوں کے لئے جنہوں نے کفر کیا نوح کی بیوی اور لوط کی بیوی کی مثال بیان ‏کی ہے۔ وہ دونوں ہمارے دو صالح بندوں کے ماتحت تھیں۔ پس ان دونوں نے ان سے خیانت کی تو ‏وہ اُن کو اللہ کی پکڑ سے ذرا بھی بچا نہ سکے اور کہا گیا کہ تم دونوں داخل ہونے والوں کے ‏ساتھ آگ میں داخل ہو جاؤ۔ ‏

‏[66:12] وَضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّـلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا امْرَاَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ‌ۘ اِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ ‏لِىْ عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِىْ الْجَـنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِىْ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهٖ وَنَجِّنِىْ مِنَ ‏الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَۙ‏ ‏
‎[66:12] And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh ‎when she said, ‘My Lord! build for me a house with Thee in the Garden; and deliver ‎me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from the wrongdoing people;’ ‎
‏[66:12] اوراللہ نے اُن لوگوں کے لئے جو ایمان لائے فرعون کی بیوی کی مثال دی ہے۔ جب اس نے ‏کہا اے میرے ربّ! میرے لئے اپنے حضور جنت میں ایک گھر بنادے اور مجھے فرعون سے اور ‏اس کے عمل سے بچالے اور مجھے ان ظالم لوگوں سے نجات بخش۔ ‏

‏[66:13] وَمَرْيَمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرٰنَ الَّتِىْۤ اَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِنَا ‏وَصَدَّقَتْ بِكَلِمٰتِ رَبِّهَا وَكُتُبِهٖ وَكَانَتْ مِنَ الْقٰنِتِيْنَ‏‎‎‏ ‏
‎[66:13] And the example of Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran, who guarded her private ‎parts — so We breathed into him of Our Spirit — and she fulfilled in her person the ‎words of her Lord and His Books and was one of the obedient. ‎
‏[66:13] اور عمران کی بیٹی مریم کی (مثال دی ہے) جس نے اپنی عصمت کو اچھی طرح بچائے ‏رکھا تو ہم نے اس (بچے) میں اپنی روح میں سے کچھ پھونکا اور اس (کی ماں) نے اپنے ربّ ‏کے کلمات کی تصدیق کی اور اس کی کتابوں کی بھی اور وہ فرمانبرداروں میں سے تھی۔ ‏

http://www.alislam.org/quran/search2/showChapter.php?ch=66&verse=10‎

Anybody please prove your view point about this small chapter from Quran with your ‎good, rational and intellectual arguments, if any, for our common benefit.‎

All human beings are just like a family in this little villagae called Earth; I love all human ‎beings and I hate none.‎

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim ‎


#16 Did you know the head of

#16 Did you know the head of the Islamic University in Saudi Arabia said slavery was Islamic and any Muslims who denied this fact is free to be killed and robbed by true Muslims. He said most Muslims are polytheist and need death. His name is Al Fawzan. That means black Muslims in America will die.


to Paarsurvey #16 Thanks for

to Paarsurvey #16

Thanks for translating Chapter 66 or Suraa At Tahrim. First and foremost, you have to educate yourself with regards to the Asbaabul Nuzul or Reason of Relevation of this chapter in the Quran. Do you know who is Mariyya Al- Qibtiyya? She was a female slave, a gift from the ruler of Coptic Egypt at that time. She was a Christian and "Prophet MUhammad never married her except utilizing her sexually in Hafsah's house. When Hafsah found out about this, she became enraged and threaten to disclose the secrets to other wives. She recanted later at the persuasion of Muhammad. However, She informed Aisha about this and caused certain commotion among the consorts. Muhammad took an oath of abstinence till the relevation of this chapter, Suraa At Tahrim.
Refer to this:
"The Prophet did not go to his wives because of the secret which Hafsa had disclosed to 'Aisha, and he said that he would not go to his wives for one month as he was angry with them when Allah admonished him (for his oath that he would not approach Mariyah). Volume 3, Book 43, Number 648:"

The creator of this vast universe apparently busy with the sexual misconduct of his 'prophet', this is indeed shameful. Refer to At- Tabari, page 194.

"Prophet" MUhammad in the verse that you provided directly pronounce stern warning and threat against Aisha and Hafsah due to their rebellious attitude by comparing them with the wives of Loat and Noah in verse 66:11.

It was unethical for the 'prophet' to behave cunningly in relation with Mariyya Qibtiyya and then expatiate his oath with harsh reminder to his wives through the Suraa At- Tahrim.

You be the judge.

Humanity is but one family. :)


#16 are you fruitloop numbnut

#16
are you fruitloop numbnut or what?
the whole chapter is wrong, the whole chapter sounds like story from a third person (thats mad ham mo's red lepricorn in his head), try this antichrist chapter

[66:6] It may be that, if he divorce you, his Lord will give him instead wives better ‎than you — resigned, believing, obedient, always turning to God, devout in worship, ‎given to fasting, both widows and virgins. ‎

"his Lord will give him instead wives better ‎than you, ....always turning to God " whos this idiot talking on behalf of?

‎[66:4] And when the Prophet confided a matter unto one of his wives and she then ‎divulged it, and Allah informed him of it, he made known to her part thereof, and ‎avoided mentioning part of it. And when he informed her of it, she said, ‘Who has ‎informed thee of it?’ He said, ‘The All-Knowing, the All-Aware God has informed me.’ ‎

what moral can you get from this allah, jerry springer got better answer on how to rekindle your wife

so paarsurrey, read those two chapters over and over, and tell me, whos making a prank with allah's microphone when allah went to toilet??
if you a peacefull human being, you should start hanging your rug on the wall!


"whos making a prank with

"whos making a prank with allah’s microphone when allah went to toilet??"

It was muhammad's dick that played with allah's microphone. The dick had its own mind.


Hi friend kenmirzz (your

Hi friend kenmirzz (your comment of 14th July,2009)

Whenever a verse of Quran was revealed it also hinted the subject on which it was ‎revealed in its text or context; those who wrote Asbaabul Nuzul or Reason of Relevation ‎some hundred years later; their approach is uncalled for and irrevalent. Perhaps they ‎never understood Quran properly; Quran needs no extraneous material in this connection.

The cause of the descent of revelation of Quran is messing up of all the revealed ‎religions, their followers, and their books; with Quran this mess up was to be cleared and ‎humanity was to be put on the right path; it is very much mentioned in Quran.

The interpretation of the Surah as mentioned by you is self-contradictory. If such an ‎event as mentioned by you would have happened and as you suggest Quran is authored ‎by Muhammad and not by God Allah YHWH; Muhammad would have not metioned it in ‎Quran and would have concealed it altogether. ‎
So you have first to believe that Quran was authored by God Allah YHWH; otherwise ‎your interpretation won’t fit in the context of the Quran naturally. It is an artificial story ‎invented at a much later time.

All human beings are just like one family; every one is to be respected and loved; not to ‎be hated.

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim


To Mr Paarsurrey I can

To Mr Paarsurrey

I can safely assume that you rejected the explanation by later Islamic scholars with regards to the reson of Suraa At- Tahrim's revelation, am I right? I never expect an Ahmadi to be Quran-only nowadays. It's fine with me though.

Mr Paarsurrey, you said: "If such an ‎event as mentioned by you would have happened and as you suggest Quran is authored ‎by Muhammad and not by God Allah YHWH; Muhammad would have not metioned it in ‎Quran and would have concealed it altogether. ‎"

This is called Circular reasoning or reverse psychology method applied by you to compel your mind in believing the Quran as a divine book. Since the Suraa At Tahrim obviously has no moral velue whatsoever in its whole content, you resort to this method as an asylum of your mind in order not to transgress the limit. I was exactly in the same shoes as you before, because I was a Muslim too. If you already accept the first premise, why trying to prove it? In other words, for an objective approach when it comes to the Quran, we must commence with doubt so that we will be free from prejudice and biasness.

The credulous Muslims in the time of "Prophet" Muhammad believed him to be a messenger and when he recited this verse, claiming they were from God Almighty, they definitely believe him. Once your intelligence is being submitted to someone, you tend to accept everything from him, hook, line and sinker. This is human's folly inherent in their creation since their first emergence on this planet.

Your assertion that Muhammad should have concealed the episode does not sound tenable because the scapegoat must be publicly announced, in this case, Aisha and Hafsa. Just imagine you are a girl who has a polygamous husband who does not treat you equally, what will you feel? Dejected?

By the way, if you do not accept the Siraa and hadith for background reason of Suraa At-Tahrim being revealed, the fact will remain concealed for eternity. How do you explain the two persons that being threaten to separate from Muhammad then?

Please Mr Paarsurrey, do not engage in whitewashing Islam as most Muslims do since more than 1400 years ago. It's sad that we have 1.5 billion followers of Islam who has been brainwashed to accept this impostor charlatan as prophet of god.

Humanity is but one family. :)


Faith is full of assumption

Faith is full of assumption and circular reasoning. What we want is evidence and objective approach.


Hi friend kenmirz Sorry, I

Hi friend kenmirz

Sorry, I don’t agree with you.‎

To agree or not to agree with a person is only essentianl if he is on truth; just by one’s ‎position or status one cannot correctly claim to be on truth. We will accept one if one is ‎proved right by Quran/Islam/Muhammad, otherwise not. ‎

A scholar is just a human being; if he errs we don’t have to believe in him.It is not among ‎the five essentials of faith. Since you left Islam/Quran/Muhammad, you might have ‎forgotten this thing. Nevermind you may recal it now.‎

I don’t mind if you assume that I have rejected the explanation by later or earlier Islamic ‎scholars; if they made a mistake, they are mistaken, not to be followed. Just bring out the ‎reason they put forward; if it is approved by Quran and Sunnah; we can check that. It is ‎not difficult; we have Quran open before us; if one is not supported by Quran then one ‎must be rejected. The story you mentioned neither fits with the Surah/chapter, nor with ‎the character of Muhammad, which was so natural and exemplary, as I already explained ‎to you. The Surah is in fact an amazing Surah, in my opinion.‎

I think you understand now.‎

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim ‎


"‎[66:13] And the example of

"‎[66:13] And the example of Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran," who guarded her private ‎parts — so We breathed into him of Our Spirit — and she fulfilled in her person the ‎words of her Lord and His Books and was one of the obedient. "

Who are mary and imran here???? Be clear, will you.

"who guarded her private ‎parts"

In what way? hijab? So if a woman don't wear a hijab that means that she ‎doesn't guard her private (?) parts and considred as uncovered meat? Hey, allah. It's you that created her naked.

"so We breathed into him of Our Spirit"

Him who? Spirit of what? What's the difference with other humans?

"‎[66:2] O Prophet! why dost thou forbid thyself that which Allah has made lawful to ‎thee, seeking the pleasure of thy wives? And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. "

What this is all about? What is the story of this?‎


Hi friend Moooo “‎[66:13]

Hi friend Moooo

“‎[66:13] And the example of Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran,” who guarded her private ‎parts — so We breathed into him of Our Spirit — and she fulfilled in her person the ‎words of her Lord and His Books and was one of the obedient. ”

The above verse is regarding Mary , the mother of Jesus.

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim


paarsurrey, your answer isn't

paarsurrey, your answer isn't complete. Read again my question.