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What This Talk Is “NOT”
About ...


I Was Once
-

Asked

This. . . . .

Question . . . ?
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Do You People Go Out To Seek

Converts. . . . ? ? ?

❂My Answer . . .
❂An Emphatic

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NO. . . 4
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The Reason Why I say No
Is. . . . .
❂ That , Muslims Are NOT About Converting Any
Body. . . .
❂ Our Objective , Is Merely To Explain Who We Are
and What We Believe In . . .
❂ Thereafter , We leave it To The Individual and To
God. . . Because. . .
❂ Eventually , It is up to God Whosoever HE Wishes
To Guide
❂ We Can Only Explain The Message and Invite People To
The Path Of ALLAH But We CANNOT Force Anyone
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The Reason Why We Believe, That

Nobody Can Force Anyone Is . . .That
❂ There Is a Very Famous Verse In the
Quran. . Which Says. . . .That

There Is No Compulsion In Religion ….

Quran 2: 256

Besides, Faith and Belief Is Best Done, When It

Comes From Deep Within One’s Heart With
Conviction, and NOT By Force.
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Purpose Of This Slide 6

Talk . . .
❂ We Aim To Achieve Some Of The
Following.
Explain The Major Elements of ISLAM
Demystify ISLAM To Non-Muslims
Remove Some of the Myths
Increase The Knowledge & Understanding of ISLAM
Highlight the Commonalties Between Faiths
Build Bridges Between Muslimsand Non Muslims
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RIGHT ?
❂ Where Does Islam STANDS . . . ?
❂ The Answer Is In The Following Verse From
The Quran
❂ “ . . . O! MUSLIMS, WE HAVE MADE YOU
INTO A PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLEPATH ,
SO THAT, BY LEADING EXEMPLARY LIVES
YOU BE A WITNESS TO THE MESSAGE
OF ALLAH TO ALL THE PEOPLE . . .” . . . . .
. . . Quran 2:143
❂ Therefore
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The 5 PILLARS OF Slide 8

ISLAM
❂ 1st UNITY OF ALLAH
❂ 2nd 5 Times Daily Prayers
❂ 3rd ZAKAT : Contribution To The
Needy
❂ 4th Fasting : During The Month of
Ramadan
❂ 5th
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1st Pillar : UNITY OF Slide 9

ALLAH
❂
This Is The Core Belief of
ISLAM Without Which The Whole
Edifice Collapses
❂ There Are 70 Other Branches of
Faith At The Top End of Which Is
This Belief IN The . . . Unity of
ALLAH
❂ Removal
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of A Harmful Object From 10
THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM
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1st Pillar : UNITY OF
ALLAH . . .Continued
❂ Apart From The Belief In The Unity
of ALLAH
❂ We Also Have To Believe In The
ANGELS
❂ We Also Have To Believe In ALL
THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES
❂ We Also Have To Believe In ALL
THE PROPHETS
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❂
 ALL THE Slide 11

PROPHETS
❂ The First PROPHET Of ISLAM Was
Prophet ADAM
❂ The Last Prophet Was Prophet
MOHAMMAD
❂ The Penultimate Prophets of Islam
Were . . .. Prophet JESUS and
Prophet JOHN The Baptist
[ Known to Muslims as Prophet YAHYA ]
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Quranic Verses Slide 12

About THE V. I. P(S).

❂ About Prophet MOHAMMAD ALLAH says
in the Quran: “O!Mohammad, We
Have Not Sent You Except As A Mercy
To All The Creations”
.
. . . . . . . Quran [C21:107]
❂ About Prophet JESUS ALLAH Says In
The Quran . . .He Is Honoured In This
World
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About THE V. I. P(S). Slide 13
....
.Continued
❂ About Prophet JOHN [ YAHYA ] ALLAH Says
In The Quran : PEACE IS ON HIM , THE
DAY THAT HE WAS BORN, THE DAY THAT
HE WILL DIE , THE DAY THAT HE WILL BE
RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN”
. . . . . . . Quran
C19:15
❂ About Her Holiness MARY , ALLAH Says
In The Quran: “O! MARY! ,
ALLAH Has Chosen You , And Purified
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 V. I. P(S).
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About THE
. . . . .Continued
❂ About Prophet SOLOMON , ALLAH Says In
The Quran: That Prophet SOLOMON Had
Written A Letter To The Queen of Sheba
Inviting her To Embrace ISLAM Which
She Accepted and Took On The Islamic
Name of BILQUEES . This Letter Which
Prophet SOLOMON Wrote To Her
Started With The Verse “ In The Name
Of ALLAH, The Most Beneficent and The15
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About THE V. I. P(S). Slide 15
....
.Continued
❂ About Prophet MOSES , ALLAH Says In
The Quran: “ “To MOSES ALLAH
Spoke Directly” . . . . .Quran
4:164 and in another verse about
Moses and Aaron, Allah says in the Quran:
“Peace and Salutations To Moses and
Aaron, for they were two of our
believing servants”
❂ THESE
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ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR 16
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THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES

❂QURAN :The QURAN Is The Last
Of The Revealed Scriptures, Revealed
By ALLAH To Prophet Mohammad
Through Angel GABRIEL Over 1400
Years Ago.

❂Process Of Recording And

Preservation Of The Quran:
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The Process Of Recording And Slide 17
Preservation Of
The QURAN
❂ With ALLAH’s Instructions, And
Reveal A Verse Of The QURAN To
Prophet Mohammad , He Would
Ask One Of His Companions To
Write It Down Immediately , Whilst
Some Of His Other Companions
Would Memorise The Revealed
Verses.
Unique Way Of PRESERVATION Of 18
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The Process Of Recording And Slide 18
Preservation Of
The QURAN . . . . .Continued
❂ The Obligation To Preserve The
QURAN , By This Verse in The
QURAN In Which He Says . .
❂ “ It is We Who Have Revealed It ,
And It Is We Who Will Preserve
It . .” . . . . . . . Quran
15:9 This
Then Suggests That, ALLAH Has
Gifted Some Muslims With The
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Preservation Of
The QURAN . . . . .Continued
❂ This is Unique In The Annals Of The
History Of ALL The Revealed
Scriptures .
❂
❂ All Other Revealed Scriptures We
Believe Have Been Lost And Do Not
Exist In Their ORIGINAL TEXT , What
You See These Days Of Them Is At
Best
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Process Of Recording And Preservation
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Of
The QURAN . . . . .Continued
❂ By Someone Sitting Down Many Years
Later And Trying To Recall What
They Thought Was Taught By Their
Prophets , And Hence The Varying
Versions Of The Other Scriptures
Depending On The Recall Of The
Different People.
❂ The QURAN : Quranic Verses Were
Recorded As And When They Were 21
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Of
The QURAN . . . . .Continued
❂ Who Had This Unique Ability To
Memorise The Entire QURAN [ A
Process Which Has Continued
Through to the present day ] Is We
Believe, The Process Through
Which ALLAH Has Preserved The
Quran Which Has Remained
Precisely As It Was Revealed Over
1400 Years Ago Down To Every 22
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Letter.
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Preservation Of The
QURAN . . . . .Continued
❂ Same QURAN Everywhere In The
World .
❂ NO Different Versions Of The
QURAN And Also
❂ NO According To (s)
❂ As Far As The QURAN is Concerned,
There Are No Different Versions
e.g. There Is No Such Thing As
The New QURAN Or The Old
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About Belief In ALL
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The Other Revealed
SCRIPTURES
❂ As Muslims We Have To Believe
Not Only In The Quran Alone , But
We Also Have To Believe In ALL
The Other Revealed Scriptures ,
❂
. . . . Quran 2:285
❂ So Long As They Exist In Their
Original Form and Text and Are
Not According To Someone ‘ s
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THE OTHER REVEALED Slide 24
SCRIPTURES Include . . . .

❂( a ) The BIBLE
❂( b ) The TORAH
❂( C ) The ZABOOR [ Psalms Of David ]
❂( d ) Any Other Revealed Scripture
❂
❂ The PROVISO Being That These
Scriptures Must Be Revealed To
The Prophet of that time e.g. The
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Bible Should Be
THE OTHER REVEALED Slide 25
SCRIPTURES Continued . . . .

❂ The Bible Revealed To His Holiness

Prophet JESUS ( Peace and
Blessings of ALLAH Be Upon Him )
and NOT Be According To One of
His Disciples Who Sat Down Many
Years After Jesus Had Passed
Away and Tried To Recall What
Jesus Had Taught.
The Same PROVISO APPLIES TO
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2ndPillar PRAYERS

❂ 2nd Pillar
❂ PRAYERS
❂ Muslims Are Obliged To Pray 5
Times A Day Prophet MOSES ‘ s
Input In The 5 Times. . . The
Story Is That Prophet Mohammad
( Peace Be Upon Him ) Had
Ascended To Paradise On A Night27
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Journey Where He Was In
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PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ To Him , and After His Audience With

ALLAH As Prophet Mohammad ( Peace
Be Upon Him) Was Descending
Through The Various Paradises, He
Met among others Prophet MOSES
( Peace Be Upon Him ) Who Asked
“ What Have Your People Been
Asked To Do By Way of
Prayers . . . ? Prophet Mohammad
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PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ Upon Hearing The Requirement For

Muslims To Pray 50 Times A Day ,
He Then Suggested To Prophet
MOHAMMAD ( Peace Be Upon
Him ) That He Should Go Back
In The Audience Of ALLAH ( SWT)
And Ask For Some Reduction . . .
❂
❂ ALLAH ( SWT)
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2ndPillar
PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ However , If They Prayed Just 5

Times A Day, Then The Reward
That They Will Get Will Be For The
Full 50 Prayers
❂ Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon
Him] Once went on a Night Journey in
an Ascension to Paradise where he was
granted an Audience By Allah!!!
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2ndPillar
PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ He Started His Ascend To Paradise

From A Top The ROCK Which Gave
It’s Name To The Dome Of The Rock.
❂ But , Before He Started His Ascension
To Paradise , He Lead Prayers , Which
Were Joined By ALL The Prophets
That Have Ever Been Who Prayed
Behind Prophet Mohammad In
Congregation.
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2ndPillar
PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ REWARD For PRAYERS IS

MULTIPLIED BY ANOTHER 27
Times . . . . . .
❂ We Muslims Can Pray Where Ever
We Are , Be it Home , Work Place ,
College , University Even Whilst
Travelling.
❂ However , If A Muslim Prays
“Individually” Then He / She Gets
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PRAYERS . . . . . . .Continued

❂ REWARD For PRAYERS IS

MULTIPLIED BY ANOTHER 27
Times . . . . . .Continued
❂ With One or More Other Muslims
and they Prayed Together In
Congregation , Then The Reward
For Each One Of Them Is
Multiplied By Another 27 Times.
Perhaps one reason why, Mosques Are
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3rd Pillar ZAKKAH

❂ ZAKAH Literally Means
PURIFICATION :
Purification Of One’s Possessions.
❂ Muslims, Purify Their Possessions
By Contributing 2 . 5 % Of Any
Excess They May Have Left After
Meeting All Their Expenses and
Obligations, To Help Muslims In
Need.
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.Continued
❂ On a general level there are 8
Categoriesof People who are entitled
to receive Receive the Contributions
Of ZAKAH
❂
❂ The Sole Purpose of Having This
Institution of ZAKAH Is To Relieve
The Suffering of Muslims In Need.
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❂ It Cannot Be Used To Build
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.Continued
❂ To Maintain Mosques or For any Sate
Purpose The Sole Purpose of Having
This Institution of ZAKAH Is To
Relieve The Suffering of Muslims In
Need.
❂ What About The Non-Muslim Citizens
Of An Islamic State, Do They Also
Pay The ZAKAH ?
❂ Answer
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! NO , Since ZAKAH Is One Of36
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.Continued
❂ To Expect Non-Muslim Citizens of
An Islamic State To Pay This
ZAKAH Would Tantamount To
Forcing Them To Take Part In
One Of The Basic Elements of
ISLAM. . . A Compulsion !!! Which Is
Not Allowed
❂ Therefore, The Non-Muslim Citizens
Pay Another Contribution Which Is 37
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.Continued
❂ Needs, Should They Ever Fall Into An
Unfortunate Situation.
❂ The Non-Muslim Citizens Of An Islamic
State Should Be Treated With
Utmost Care and Consideration and
Respect.

❂ There Is A HADITH ( Teaching Statement )

of Prophet Mohammad ( Peace Be Upon
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.Continued
❂ In Which He Said . . .
❂ “If Any One Mistreats Non-Muslim
Citizens Of A Islamic State, or
Restricts Their Rights, or Burdens
Them With More Than What They
Can Bear, Then ( take warning )
That I Mohammad Will Be An
Adversary Of That Person On The
Day Of Judgement.
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4th Pillar FASTING

❂ FASTING
❂ It Is Widely Known That MUSLIMS
FAST DURING The Daylight Hours
Of The Month of RAMADAN When
They Do Not Eat , Drink or Engage
In Lawful Physical Intimacy and
MAKE EXTRA Efforts In Pulling Back
From Doing Anything Which They
Should Not Be Doing Anyway.
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FASTING . . . . . . Continued

❂ PURPOSE of FASTING ?
❂ 1st. PURPOSE
❂ TO LEARN SELF-RESTRAINT. This Is
Explained In The QURAN In The
Following Verse. . . . . . .
❂ Oh! You Who Believe, Fasting Has
Been Prescribed For You As It
Was
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Prescribed For The Earlier 41
Generations, So That , You May
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FASTING . . . . . . Continued

❂ PURPOSE ? . . . . . . . Continued
❂ 2nd. PURPOSE
❂ TO DEVELOP EMPATHY
❂ For Those Who Do Not Have What
We Posses.
❂ Because , Only By Denying Yourself
Things That You Own, That You
Realise How Someone Feels Who 42
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Do Not Have What You Posses.

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FASTING . . . . . . Continued

❂ PURPOSE ? . . . . . . . Continued
❂ LAUNCH PAD . . . . . . . .For Muslims
❂
❂ Thus, With The Piety, Self-Restraint
and The Empathy That They
Develop In Themselves As A Result
Of FASTING, MUSLIMS Can Then
Lead
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Exemplary Lives During The 43
Rest Of The Year.
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HAJJ . . . . . . . Continued

❂ Insert Here a Small Picture of Ka’aba

❂
❂
❂
❂ And, Remember, ABRAHAM &
ISHMAEL Raised The Foundation Of
This House With This Prayer That
“Our Lord! Accept This Service From
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Us: For Thou Art The All-Knowing

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HAJJ . . . . . . . Continued

❂ Insert Here a Small Picture of Ka’aba

❂
❂
❂ Our lord! Make of Us MUSLIMS and Of
Our Progeny a People MUSLIM, and
Show Us Our Places For The
Celebration of Due Rites, and Turn
Unto Us In Mercy, For Thou art The
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Oft-Returning and Most-Merciful . . . . .
QURAN
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❂ What Is It, How To Describe The

QURAN ?
❂ There Are Various Definitions Of The
QURAN Given In The QURAN Itself.
❂ One Of These Definitions Is That It
Is A CRITERION . . . !
❂ That Is, It Is The Basis Used In
Differentiating
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The RIGHT From The
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WRONG !
QURAN
. . . . . . Continued
Slide 46

❂ And, This Other Very Interesting

Definition of The QURAN Is That
ALLAH Has Referred To It As A
ROPE . . . !
❂ You Might Wonder ! What Does
ALLAH Means When HE Refers To
The QURAN As A Rope . . . ?
❂ The Answer Is In A Scenario . . .
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❂ Imagine Yourself On Board A Ship,
QURAN
. . . . . . Continued
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❂ Storm In The Sea, Huge Choppy

Waves, And The People Are
Drowning and Desperate To Be
Saved . . . !
❂ So , How Do You Save Those
Drowning People ?
❂ Answer ! You Would Throw Them A
ROPE ! ! ! . . .
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❂ This Is What ALLAH Means When He
QURAN
. . . . . . Continued
Slide 48

❂ So That If We Hold Onto This

Rope . . . That Is,
❂ By Living Our Lives According To The
Guidance Of the QURAN . . .
❂ Then By Virtue Of us Holding Onto
This ROPE ALLAH Will Then PULL
Us Up To Safety
❂ This Is What ALLAH Means When He
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Refers To The QURAN As A
QURAN
. . . . . . Continued
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❂Question
❂ Is QURAN Just A Book Of
THEOLOGY Only ?
❂
❂ Or Has It Got Something More Than
Theology Alone ?
❂
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❂
QURAN Slide 50
Theology Alone?
Or Science As
Well ! ! !
❂ RE : CREATION OF THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH.
❂ In Describing The “BELIEVERS”
ALLAH Says :
❂ NOT ONLY DO THEY REMEMBER
ALLAH IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES,
BUT THEY ALSO REFLECT UPON
THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS
AND THE EARTH
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. . .Quran 3:191
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QURAN Theology Alone? Slide 51

Or . . . . . . . Continued
Science As Well ! ! !
❂ RE : THE EARTH IS A SPHERE.
❂ ALLAH Says In The QURAN :
❂ THAT HE IS THE LORD OF THE EASTS
(Plural) And THE LORD OF THE WESTS
(Plural) . . . . ..Quran55:17
❂ RE : THE CELESTIAL ORBITS .
❂ ALLAH Says In The QURAN
❂ That The Sun Is Not Allowed To Catch The
Moon Nor Is The Night Allowed to Outstrip 52
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The Day, Each Swims Along in it’s Own

QURAN Theology Alone? Slide 52

Or . . . . . . . Continued
Science As Well ! ! !
❂ RE : THE END OF THE PHAROAH.
❂ ALLAH Says In The QURAN :
❂ THAT THE PHAROAH WAS
PRESERVED IN HIS BODY AS A
LESSON TO THE FUTURE
GENERATION
❂
. . . . . . Quran 10:92
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❂ RE : THE MEDICINAL VALUE OF HONEY .
QURAN Slide 53
Theology Alone?
Or . . . . . . . Continued
Science As Well ! ! !
❂ RE : ONLY PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE
FEAR ALLAH .
❂ ALLAH Says In The QURAN
❂
❂ “ONLY PEOPLE OF KNOWLEDGE
FEAR ALLAH”
❂
❂ Comment Made By A British
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QURAN Slide 54
Theology Alone?
Or . . . . . . . Continued
Science As Well ! ! !
❂ Thus, QURAN Isn't Just About
Theology Alone, But It Encourages
ALL To REFLECT Upon The
Creation, and Is PACKED Also With
References To Science, Embryology,
Medicine, Cosmology and the Like.

❂
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MERCY ASPECT
Slide 55

OF ISLAM
❂ SO BEAUTIFULLY EXEMPLIFIED
BY . . . .
❂ PROPHET MOHAMMAD ! ! !

❂ WHO HAD ONCE PRAYED FOR THE ENEMY

DURING A BATTLE
❂ TAIF : WHEN ANGELS HAD OFFERED
TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE OF THE
VILLAGE OF TAIF WHO HAD
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SUICIDES
Slide 56

PROHIBITION IN ISLAM
❂ THE OCCASION WHEN PROPHET
MOHAMMAD SAID ABOUT A BATTLE
CASUALTY THAT HE WAS
DESTINED FOR HELL- FIRE
BECAUSE OF HAVING COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN BATTLE. . . Hadith (S.M.}
48:206
❂ A SUICIDER WILL BE TORTURED IN
THE HEREAFTER
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SUICIDES Slide 57
PROHIBITION IN ISLAM
(2)
❂ A SUICIDER WILL BE TORTURED IN
THE HEREAFTER
❂ In this Hadith, The Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be
Upon Him Said:
❂ “He who killed himself with a steel weapon will be
the eternal denizen of the Hell Fire and He
would have that weapon in his hands and will
be thrusting that in his stomach for ever and
ever, He who drank poison and killed himself
would sip that in the fire of Hell where he is 58
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doomed for ever and ever, and He who killed
JIHAD Slide 58

IT’ S REAL MEANING

❂ The MEDIA HAS TO FACE A LOT OF
THE BLAME FOR PROMOTING THE
ERRONEOUS UNDERSTANDING THAT
JIHAD EQUALS HOLY WAR
❂
❂ The REAL & LITTERAL MEANING OF
THE WORD JIHAD IS “ STRIVING
” , OR A “ STRUGGLE”
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❂
JIHAD Slide 59
IT’ S REAL MEANING
. . . . . Continued
❂ JIHAD Is Striving To Not Follow The
Whispering of NAFS ( One’s Lower
Self-Will) Which Is Constantly Enticing
Individuals To Disobey ALLAH and To
Commit Sin. This Striving Is The Real
“JIHAD”
❂ Prophet MOHAMMAD’s One Very Famous
Teaching Statement Is When Coming Back
From An Actual Battle He Said “. . . We Have
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Come From a Small JIHAD and We Are
JIHAD Slide 60
IT’ S REAL MEANING
. . . . . Continued
❂ Hence, If One Is Striving To Be a Better
Human Being, Then That Is One’s
JIHAD.
❂
❂ THUS, JIHAD Does Not Literally
Translates To HOLY WAR, What It
Literally Means Is A STRIVINGor A
STRUGGLE
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❂
HISTORY: Slide 61
SPREAD OF ISLAM

❂ HARVARD ANTHROPOLOGISTS SUGGEST

❂
That The Name HAWII Has It’s Origin In Arabic

They Have Also Found Some Caves In Nevada,

Where On The Walls They Have Found Carved
Arabic Wordings“MOHAMMAD MESSENGER OF
ALLAH”

MUSLIMS HAD FOUND AND REACHED UNITED STATES MANY,

MANY , YEARS BEFORE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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HISTORY: Slide 62
SPREAD OF ISLAM ... ....
Continued
❂ SEVEN CENTURIES OF ISLAMIC SPAIN:
THIS WAS THE GOLDEN AGE OF LEARNING, OF ACADEMIC ..
EXCELLANCE AND OF DISCOVERY . . . WHENCE . . .
FOR 7 HUNDERED YEARS Under Islamic Spain, MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS &
JEWS LIVED IN PEACE, IN HARMONY AND IN RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE !

ISLAMIC CHINA
Estimated 20 - 100 Million Muslims In China
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. . . . . Continued
HISTORY: Slide 63
SPREAD OF ISLAM ... ....
Continued
❂ A MOSQUE ORDERED BY A CHINESE
EMPEROR IN HONOUR OF A VISITING
MUSLIM DELEGATION BUILT OVER 1400
YEARS AGO IN CANTON , STILL STANDS .
PORTUGAL
Even The Name PORTUGAL , It Has Been
Suggested Has Originated From The Arabic
Word “BURTAQAAL” ( Arabic For ORANGE )

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