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My article, Iman and Akhlaq, (roughly translated, Faith and Morals and Manners or Faith and Etiquette), which I wrote based on my Islamic Ethics course work, has now been published on the university homepage, for the public to read. Masha Allah, I only seek to please my Lord. I hope someone will be inspired to get closer to God, after reading it, insha Allah. They also asked to publish it in other online groups on yahoo and google. Alhamdulillah.
In the spirit of the Month of Ramadhan, I want to ask the forgiveness of all my friends, for anything I may have done that hurt or offended them. It is never my intention to hurt or offend, but I am human, and therefore I am prone to making mistakes from time to time. If I have done anything that you did not like, I hope you will forgive me.
I am speechless in the light
of the love of Allah,
Love seems like such a
small word, it can not contain
my feelings about Him,
He blew a drop
of His Spirit into
my throat, to give me
a soul and a mind to
tell the difference
between right and wrong
He is the core that holds
me up, when my lover
lets me down, when
friends stab me in the
heart, when the children
need to be comforted
and I am so exhausted
I can barely hold myself
upright, my Core
which is Allah, holds me
and supports the weakness
that wobbles in my knees,
when fatigue pulls my shoulders
downwards, when tears
singe my face, the Spirit
to Whom I belong swells
within my jugular veins
and fills the holes
that gape inside
I am made speechless
by the Spirit of Allah
it is my Core, my backbone,
my inner vision, it is bigger
than any word can describe
it is peace, it is mercy
and all ninety-nine names
at once, and can not be contained
in an arbitrary word like
'love.'
of the love of Allah,
Love seems like such a
small word, it can not contain
my feelings about Him,
He blew a drop
of His Spirit into
my throat, to give me
a soul and a mind to
tell the difference
between right and wrong
He is the core that holds
me up, when my lover
lets me down, when
friends stab me in the
heart, when the children
need to be comforted
and I am so exhausted
I can barely hold myself
upright, my Core
which is Allah, holds me
and supports the weakness
that wobbles in my knees,
when fatigue pulls my shoulders
downwards, when tears
singe my face, the Spirit
to Whom I belong swells
within my jugular veins
and fills the holes
that gape inside
I am made speechless
by the Spirit of Allah
it is my Core, my backbone,
my inner vision, it is bigger
than any word can describe
it is peace, it is mercy
and all ninety-nine names
at once, and can not be contained
in an arbitrary word like
'love.'
I just opened my email and found a nice present in my inbox. The online Islamic magazine / newspaper Altmuslimah published my poem I Am Iraq. Isn't that a nice goodmorning bright and early on a day in the month of Ramadhan? I am officially a published author, heehee.
Sunan Abu Dawud
The Promised Deliverer (Kitab Al-Mahdi)
-A Collection of Sunni Hadith / Sayings
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Book 36, Number 4266:
Narrated Jabir ibn Samurah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The religion will continue to be established till there are twelve caliphs over you, and the whole community will agree on each of them. I then heard from the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) some remarks which I could not understand. I asked my father: What is he saying: He said: all of them will belong to Quraysh.
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Book 36, Number 4269:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If only one day of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to the version of Za'idah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs to me or to my family whose father's name is the same as my father's, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it has been filled with oppression and tyranny (according to the version of Fitr). Sufyan's version says: The world will not pass away before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose name will be the same as mine.
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Book 36, Number 4270:
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If only one day of this time (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man from my family who would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled with oppression.
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Book 36, Number 4271:
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of the descendants of Fatimah. Abdullah ibn Ja'far said: I heard AbulMalih praising Ali ibn Nufayl and describing his good qualities.
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Book 36, Number 4272:
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The Mahdi will be of my stock, and will have a broad forehead a prominent nose. He will fill the earth will equity and justice as it was filled with oppression and tyranny, and he will rule for seven years.
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Book 36, Number 4273:
Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Disagreement will occur at the death of a caliph and a man of the people of Medina will come flying forth to Mecca. Some of the people of Mecca will come to him, bring him out against his will and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam. An expeditionary force will then be sent against him from Syria but will be swallowed up in the desert between Mecca and Medina. When the people see that, the eminent saints of Syria and the best people of Iraq will come to him and swear allegiance to him between the Corner and the Maqam.
Then there will arise a man of Quraysh whose maternal uncles belong to Kalb and send against them an expeditionary force which will be overcome by them, and that is the expedition of Kalb. Disappointed will be the one who does not receive the booty of Kalb. He will divide the property, and will govern the people by the Sunnah of their Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and establish Islam on Earth. He will remain seven years, then die, and the Muslims will pray over him.
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Book 36, Number 4276A:
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
AbuIshaq told that Ali looked at his son al-Hasan and said: This son of mine is a sayyid (chief) as named by the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), and from his loins will come forth a man who will be called by the name of your Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and resemble him in conduct but not in appearance. He then mentioned the story about his filling the earth with justice.
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Book 36, Number 4277:
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man called al-Harith ibn Harrath will come forth from Ma Wara an-Nahr. His army will be led by a man called Mansur who will establish or consolidate things for Muhammad's family as Quraysh consolidated them for the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). Every believer must help him, or he said: respond to his sermons.
- Mood:
ecstatic
I am currently working on one of my other blogs, The New Mona Lisa. It is a collection of memoirs from my life as an Old-Order Mennonite Girl. Who can tell the story better than someone who has lived it?
We went to this small Arkansas farm Yesterday, to pick some fruit from this old lady's garden. It was hot as blazes, and my poor little kids who are used to air conditioning turned bright red from the heat, but they found some new friends and they had so much fun running around on the little farm. There was so much to do, they could hardly keep still long enough to get good pictures of them.
Mohamad found the Naked Lilies. They're named that because their leaves die and the naked stems bear clusters of pale, translucent pink flowers.
Ali likes to push the little cart around. He thinks this "toy" is ingeneous. 
Singing birds, fruit trees and bushes, vegetables, fresh air, and laughing children. Idyllic. 
Super Baba and the babes playing underneath the fig tree. 
I foretell a few more trips to this little farm to pick figs from these wonderful old trees. The figs were so sweet they tasted like honey, and completely organic... 
Look, Mama, look what I found! 
I had never actually seen fig trees before, and had never actually eaten figs straight off the tree until we found this farm. The trees are so large and their branches spread out so wide that the kids took their toys and played under the trees, like little natural playhouses.
Super Baba picking blueberries off the bushes with the little guys prancing around, enjoying their brief taste of farm life freedom. 
We payed $2.00 a box for these wonderful goodies. If we had bought them in a grocery store, we would have paid $30. to $40.00 for the same amount of fruit. There is no way the fruit from the store could ever compare to the flavor of this fresh-from-the-farm fruit. Here is a Quranic verse that I found appropriate for this post. Lately I have been reading about Law vs. Grace, i.e. works versus belief, and I found the Islamic answer to this debate:
AT-TIN (THE FIG, THE FIGTREE)
Total Verses: 8
Revealed At: MAKKA
Total Explanations: 3, because it's nearly impossible to translate Arabic accurately into another language, so I always include at least three different opinions. Here I have included the opinions/explanations from Yusufali, Pickthal, and Shakir.
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YUSUFALI: By the Fig and the Olive,
PICKTHAL: By the fig and the olive,
SHAKIR: I swear by the fig and the olive,
095.002
YUSUFALI: And the Mount of Sinai,
PICKTHAL: By Mount Sinai,
SHAKIR: And mount Sinai,
095.003
YUSUFALI: And this City of security,-
PICKTHAL: And by this land made safe;
SHAKIR: And this city made secure,
095.004
YUSUFALI: We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,
PICKTHAL: Surely We created man of the best stature
SHAKIR: Certainly We created man in the best make.
095.005
YUSUFALI: Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low,-
PICKTHAL: Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,
SHAKIR: Then We render him the lowest of the low.
095.006
YUSUFALI: Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing.
PICKTHAL: Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.
SHAKIR: Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off.
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YUSUFALI: Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to come)?
PICKTHAL: So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment?
SHAKIR: Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?
095.008
YUSUFALI: Is not Allah the wisest of judges?
PICKTHAL: Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges?
SHAKIR: Is not Allah the best of the Judges?
- Mood:
contemplative
Here is a link to the Official Iraqi Art Website.
Here is also a link for the Iraqi Artists Association
The box on the left holds the essential oils we use when praying. We like oils because they do not contain alcohol. This box also holds the Qibla compass, so that every time we move, we can locate the Qibla, or direction of Mecca so we can keep up with our prayers without delay. The box on the right is for sadaka. Sadaka is a type of money that you pay whenever you feel compelled to do it, and then it goes to feed or clothe some of the poorest of the poor people that you know of. Theoretically, donating money into this charity can avert from us, bad things we see in dreams, keep us safe when we go out of the house, especially on a long journey, etc. It is not the same as zakat, which is the obligatory poor tax that every Muslim has to pay when they make more money than they have to spend to satisfy their own needs. Sadaqa is more of a voluntary charity than an obligatory one.
The third box has a Quranic verse on it, in Arabic. It was a gift for me that my friend's husband brought back from Iraq, while he was working there as an interpreter for the United States' military. I keep our turbah's in it. Turbah's are clay tablets that we use to rest our foreheads on, when we pray. The clay tablets are used because they are a convenient way of ensuring that we always have clean dirt on which to place our faces when we pray. The Prophet of Islam, according to traditions or hadith, always prayed on either clean dirt, or a mat woven from tree parts. He never put his head on anything wearable or edible. If you do not have clothing, you will wear your prayer rug, and if you have nothing to eat, you will eat grass, so those two items are inappropriate places to lay your forehead when you pray. We like our tablets to be made of the earth in Kerbala, Iraq, because that is where Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammed was slain by the enemies of Islam. The fact that he was slain because of his faith made his blood pure, and therefore, the ground on which his blood was spilled is also pure. So we like to use the dirt from that spot, to pray on, whenever possible. Pressing the dirt into tablets and baking them, makes it easy to carry it with us wherever we go. This box has the distinguished honor of holding our clay prayer tablets. I thought it was appropriate because it has a Quranic verse on it. 
These two are my jewelery boxes. The one on the left is one I picked up when I was in Syria in 2000, and the one on the right came from a random flea market or yard sale. I liked the one on the right because my mother had one like it when I was a child.
This little heart-shaped card board box was a gift from a friend and when she gave it to me it had socks in it. I've kept it for years and years just because I thought it was cute. Now I store my collection of extra buttons and my array of hijab pins in it. 
This wood and tin box with the elephant design holds my stash of incense and related paraphernalia. I bought it at a flea market once, for $12.00. I adore it because it is pretty large, and also because I love elephants. 
This box holds headbands, arm gauntlets, and hair accessories that I use to style my hijabs with, when I'm feeling creative. I got this box at an Ollies in Pennsylvania. I paid $15.00 for it. I like it for its size, and for the design."woman of the cloth"
That was me
at the point of the knife
That was me
who gagged for breath
That was me
whose face froze, flat
That was me
with no expression
That was me
silenced for wearing cloth
That was me
stabbed in the liver
That was me
lying comatose and catatonic
That was my
little orphan watching
That was my
heart that was halted
mid-pulse and my hand
that was cut off
for reaching out
towards my Lord
That is my
baby who cries
and I who can no
longer comfort him
That was my protector
who was shot down
and our love's blood
that stained the floor
on which the Kuffar
boldly came and stood
Ya Rab, Ya Rab, Ya Rab
My Lord, My Lord, My Lord
That was me
at the point of the knife
That was me
who gagged for breath
That was me
whose face froze, flat
That was me
with no expression
That was me
silenced for wearing cloth
That was me
stabbed in the liver
That was me
lying comatose and catatonic
That was my
little orphan watching
That was my
heart that was halted
mid-pulse and my hand
that was cut off
for reaching out
towards my Lord
That is my
baby who cries
and I who can no
longer comfort him
That was my protector
who was shot down
and our love's blood
that stained the floor
on which the Kuffar
boldly came and stood
Ya Rab, Ya Rab, Ya Rab
My Lord, My Lord, My Lord
Ever since my blog carnival, I keep coming across more wonderful sisters who cover their hair to please their Lord. So here are a few more.
Although I don't wear niqaab, and probably never will, I still respect the sister who chooses to wear it. Muslimah Flower has published a post from a very inspiring niqaab-wearing sister.
From OhItWon'tBeForever: Lift the Veil
From Miss Mary @Today's Journey: Why I Cover My Head
From AltMuslimah: The Do's and Don'ts of Defending Muslim Women
From Safiya Outlines: How Do You Soak Yours...
International Recognition of Christian Veiling Logo from Ms. Modest
This one "Martyr of the Headscarf" was brought to my attention by Those Headcoverings. On July 1, 2009, Sister Dr. Marwa El-Sherbiny lost her life, and the life of her unborn child for the cause of hijab, in a brutal and inhuman attack. Now THAT is passion. "You are from God, and to Him is the Returning."
Auf Deutsch
Auf Deutsch
Although I don't wear niqaab, and probably never will, I still respect the sister who chooses to wear it. Muslimah Flower has published a post from a very inspiring niqaab-wearing sister.
From OhItWon'tBeForever: Lift the Veil
From Miss Mary @Today's Journey: Why I Cover My Head
From AltMuslimah: The Do's and Don'ts of Defending Muslim Women
From Safiya Outlines: How Do You Soak Yours...
International Recognition of Christian Veiling Logo from Ms. Modest
This one "Martyr of the Headscarf" was brought to my attention by Those Headcoverings. On July 1, 2009, Sister Dr. Marwa El-Sherbiny lost her life, and the life of her unborn child for the cause of hijab, in a brutal and inhuman attack. Now THAT is passion. "You are from God, and to Him is the Returning."
Auf Deutsch
Auf Deutsch
The following article serves as the grand finale for this wonderful, funny, passionate, incredibly real, inspiring and enlightening blog carnival.
Covered Life Gives New Perspective
I don't know about you all, but I had a moving experience searching for and gathering the wonderful writings of a diverse group of women who cover their hair for religious reasons. I am so fired up now. I'm actually contemplating what will be the topic of my next blog carnival. I loved the process of seeking and meeting other women who each possess and express profound insights into the practice of headcovering for the pleasure of their Lord. All of them have one thing in common, they are genuinely sincere in their faith and covering their heads is something that brings them happiness. Each of them leads a full life and views her head coverings as only one aspect of her multifaceted existance. Although the practice of covering one's head in order to honor one's God is quite controversial, there are vast numbers of Jewish, Christian and Muslim women who practice it in some context every day. Some of their stories are passionate, some are hilarious, some are more serious and others simply show how their headcovering of choice is worn. For those of you who are looking for a place to purchase head coverings, I even provided a short list of online stores that sell a wide selection of different colors, sizes and styles.
May peace and loving arms surround all my readers always.
Finally, the results.
Thanks to the beautiful sisters who contributed to this blog carnival, here they are. I want you all to know how much I appreciate your contributions.
Safiya Outlines: A beautiful Muslim sister.
Walking in His Footsteps: tkmuskrat: Modest Fashion Cents: Beautiful Christian sisters.
I intended this to be an award for all contributers to this carnival, to post on their own blogs. But then I checked to see if the code works, and the answer is "no." So, if you want to, you can go to Image Chef yourself, and type in the appropriate words and get the code to embed it on your blog, in your sidebar, or wherever. I thought it was cute, because each growing flower represents a covered head, rising to the occasion to speak for herself.
Thanks to the beautiful sisters who contributed to this blog carnival, here they are. I want you all to know how much I appreciate your contributions.
Safiya Outlines: A beautiful Muslim sister.
Walking in His Footsteps: tkmuskrat: Modest Fashion Cents: Beautiful Christian sisters.
Recovering Christians: Kristen Mom of 3: Kristen Mom of 3 : Beautiful Jewish sisters.
I will continue adding to this list all week, either from sisters who volunteer, or by the results of my own surfing. If you still want to contribute a particular post, please drop your links in the comments box. Thanks.
Here are the results of my own surfing. This carnival is scheduled to continue growing all week, so keep checking back.
BEAUTIFUL JEWISH SISTERS
BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN SISTERS
BEAUTIFUL MUSLIM SISTERS
WHY I COVER MY HAIR
by Jenna
"First and most important, I cover my hair because Allah told the believing women to cover in the Quran.
“And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear therof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons, or their women or the servants whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O you Believers, turn you all together towards Allah, that you may attain Bliss.” (Quran 24:31).
“O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close around them. That will be better, so that they may be recognised (as believers) and not be annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” (Quran 33:59)
“O you Children of Adam! We have bestowed on you raiment to cover your shame as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness, that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition.” (Quran 7:26)
Second, I cover my hair because as an American muslimah it invites other American women to ask me about Islam. This helps to clear some misconceptions that some people might have about Islam or Muslims. I am often asked if I feel oppressed. Or if I have to walk behind my husband.
Third, covering my hair has made me feel more like a person and less of a sex object. Most men think of hair as alluring. So by not displaying my beauty I'm not encouraging men to gawk at me. Covering also actually makes me feel more attractive for my husband. Because he is the only one who can see something as simple as my arm."
ONLINE HEADCOVERING STORES
NOTE: To all the beautiful sisters who previously left me comments saying that they want to contribute to this carnival, I will extend your deadline until Friday so you can still contribute a link of your choice. If you don't, I will assume that life held you up and you just didn't get a chance to do it, or maybe it completely slipped your mind. On Friday, however, I just might visit your blog and see if you have anything written that compliments the carnival and choose from random posts that you wrote on the subject in the past. I want to ensure that you still get the "link love" you deserve. Peace to all the dear sisters in religiously inspired head-coverings.
...last night Allah sent me this dream...
I was working with a group of women, some were religious, head covering women, probably Christian, Jewish and Muslims. There were also some non-religious women working with us, among them was a young lady who was obviously gay.
Looking at the gay girl, one of my head covering co-workers made a face and said, "I don't want to work with her, she's living in sin, I don't like her."
Right away I said to her, and the room full of women in general, "But if you are cruel to her and disrespect her, how will she know that your way is better than hers?"
"But she is a sinner..." the girl repeated.
After that I gave the room full of women a stern sermon about how if we wear these clothing that identifies us as lovers of God, then we should feel reponsible to convince other sisters who are lost, that our way is better than their's. We will not accomplish this through cruelty and disrespect, I told them.
When I finished my sermon some of the women left quickly and others lingered. I called after the ones who left, "Y'all know I'm going to tell you exactly what I think, because I am like your older sister!"
The reason I have been crying is because of all the opportunities we collectively miss, to be good examples to women who may never have been shown a better way. We have a responsibilty, not to judge them, but to shine our little lights on them!
My head-covering blog carnival is under way!!!
If you have written anything in the past on the subject of covering your hair for religious reasons, please leave the links in the comments box on my carnival.
Also feel free to nominate other bloggers if you remember reading something, written by another blogger, about head-covering that particularly moved you. Thanks girls.
This carnival is open to all Jews, Christians and Muslims who choose religious head-coverings as part of their identities.
May peace and loving arms embrace you all!
"I'm thinking of hosting a blog carnival. I'd like the subject it is focused on to be head-covering. If you know of either a female Jewish, Christian, or Muslim blogger who covers her hair for religious reasons, either tell me about her, or tell her about me. I think it would be an interesting subject for a carnival. A kind of celebration, and another way for head-covering women to speak out and create awareness of why we do what we do."
Submissions are due before the end of May. I will post the Carnival on June 1st.
Even those women who think a lot about covering their hair, but haven't taken that first brave step to doing it, may contribute something.
To find out more information or to submit something, click here.
Peace to all.
If you think abortion is wrong, send an empty Red Envelope to President Obama on March 31, 2009 to represent one of these defenseless babies.
The Red Envelope Project
The envelope should be addressed to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington , D.C. 20500
Make sure you put your return address on the envelope so they can see it is from a legitimate American address.
__________________________
I even know some "Muslim" people who believe that there is nothing wrong with terminating the lives of their own children, as long as it is done in the first few weeks after conception. I beg to differ. Every life is a gift from God.
If you are a Muslim, this is what the Qur'an says about killing your own children:
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YUSUFALI: Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for them, inventing (lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and heeded no guidance.
PICKTHAL: They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.
SHAKIR: They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the followers of the right course.
006.151
YUSUFALI: Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether open or secret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.
PICKTHAL: Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.
SHAKIR: Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you-- (remember) that you do not associate anything with Him and show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to indecencies, those of them which are apparent and those which are concealed, and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice; this He has enjoined you with that you may understand.
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YUSUFALI: Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.
PICKTHAL: Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
SHAKIR: And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.
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YUSUFALI: O Prophet! When believing women come to thee to take the oath of fealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thing whatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood, and that they will not disobey thee in any just matter,- then do thou receive their fealty, and pray to Allah for the forgiveness (of their sins): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: O Prophet! If believing women come unto thee, taking oath of allegiance unto thee that they will ascribe no thing as partner unto Allah, and will neither steal nor commit adultery nor kill their children, nor produce any lie that they have devised between their hands and feet, nor disobey thee in what is right, then accept their allegiance and ask Allah to forgive them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Silence is a form of agreement. Do what you feel is right.
The Red Envelope Project
The envelope should be addressed to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington , D.C. 20500
Make sure you put your return address on the envelope so they can see it is from a legitimate American address.
__________________________
I even know some "Muslim" people who believe that there is nothing wrong with terminating the lives of their own children, as long as it is done in the first few weeks after conception. I beg to differ. Every life is a gift from God.
If you are a Muslim, this is what the Qur'an says about killing your own children:
006.140
YUSUFALI: Lost are those who slay their children, from folly, without knowledge, and forbid food which Allah hath provided for them, inventing (lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and heeded no guidance.
PICKTHAL: They are losers who besottedly have slain their children without knowledge, and have forbidden that which Allah bestowed upon them, inventing a lie against Allah. They indeed have gone astray and are not guided.
SHAKIR: They are lost indeed who kill their children foolishly without knowledge, and forbid what Allah has given to them forging a lie against Allah; they have indeed gone astray, and they are not the followers of the right course.
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YUSUFALI: Say: "Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from": Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether open or secret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.
PICKTHAL: Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord hath made a sacred duty for you: That ye ascribe no thing as partner unto Him and that ye do good to parents, and that ye slay not your children because of penury - We provide for you and for them - and that ye draw not nigh to lewd things whether open or concealed. And that ye slay not the life which Allah hath made sacred, save in the course of justice. This He hath command you, in order that ye may discern.
SHAKIR: Say: Come I will recite what your Lord has forbidden to you-- (remember) that you do not associate anything with Him and show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear of) poverty-- We provide for you and for them-- and do not draw nigh to indecencies, those of them which are apparent and those which are concealed, and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except for the requirements of justice; this He has enjoined you with that you may understand.
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YUSUFALI: Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.
PICKTHAL: Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.
SHAKIR: And do not kill your children for fear of poverty; We give them sustenance and yourselves (too); surely to kill them is a great wrong.
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YUSUFALI: O Prophet! When believing women come to thee to take the oath of fealty to thee, that they will not associate in worship any other thing whatever with Allah, that they will not steal, that they will not commit adultery (or fornication), that they will not kill their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood, and that they will not disobey thee in any just matter,- then do thou receive their fealty, and pray to Allah for the forgiveness (of their sins): for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: O Prophet! If believing women come unto thee, taking oath of allegiance unto thee that they will ascribe no thing as partner unto Allah, and will neither steal nor commit adultery nor kill their children, nor produce any lie that they have devised between their hands and feet, nor disobey thee in what is right, then accept their allegiance and ask Allah to forgive them. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: O Prophet! when believing women come to you giving you a pledge that they will not associate aught with Allah, and will not steal, and will not commit fornication, and will not kill their children, and will not bring a calumny which they have forged of themselves, and will not disobey you in what is good, accept their pledge, and ask forgiveness for them from Allah; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Silence is a form of agreement. Do what you feel is right.
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