Correcting misconceptions ......?????

Thread Topic: Correcting misconceptions ......?????

• macoooo Advanced

  1 months ago
  The books of the New Testament were written by people with an excellent grasp of Koine Greek, so it is very likely that they spoke Greek in their daily lives as a first language. References made to the Old Testament are consistently to the Greek Septuagint (LXX), not to the Hebrew scriptures, providing good evidence that the authors were familiar with the Greek source rather than the Hebrew source.
  
  The gospel authors did not claim to have been inspired by God,
  
  
  None of the New Testament authors knew Jesus. None of the New Testament authors knew anyone who had known Jesus and who could help him write about Jesus.
  
  
  The four New Testament gospels are attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but were originally anonymous until attributed to them by he Church Fathers later in the second century.
  
  The general epistles are variously attributed to James, Peter, John and Jude, but most scholars dispute at least some of these attributions.
  
  
  The authors of Matthew and Luke certainly elaborated on what they received from Mark’s Gospel as well as adding further material of doubtful origin. On the one hand, they probably believed in the substance of Mark’s Gospel, but were not averse to adding material they knew not to be literally true.
  
  I find it hard to believe that the author of John actually believed that his sources were entirely factual or that he intended to write a gospel that was a true narrative of Jesus.
  
  The most common reason people doubt the historical accuracy of stories like the creation and flood in the Bible, is that we now know that these stories do not describe what really happened. We can also see parallels between the biblical myths and earlier
  Mesopotamian myths that could have inspired those in the Bible.
  
  We know that the apostle Paul wrote the epistles now known as Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Galatians, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians. Other epistles attributed to him but rejected by most New Testament scholars as inauthentic are: 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus. Also at one stage, Hebrews was attributed to Paul but he was so clearly not the author that this attribution is rarely discussed.
  
  
  The apostle Paul seems to have genuinely believed in Jesus, to the extent that he sincerely believed that Jesus would return in his own lifetime. I suppose the fact that the parousia did not come true means that he was, to at least some extent, deluded.
  
  
  It is unlikely that Paul did have that experience on the road to Damascus, as portrayed no less than three times in Acts of the Apostles
  
  By and large, we do not know who wrote the New Testament, but we do know that the books that now form the New Testament were all written by the middle of the second century.
  
  
  Have you read quran? If not please read it. Read it thoroughly, with concentration to understand. Try to analyze the varses one by one.
  
  The book has stood the test of time. It was revealed 1400 years ago. Still every part,word, alphabet of the Quran has been maintained in its true form as it was revealed. Even today no two quran in any corner in the world would differ a single word. Historic copies of the quran would be found the same.
  So primarily, the book was not changed or modified never in the past decades no matter what and significantly because it did not need to be changed.
  
  
  Everything in the quran was applicable 1400 years ago and is still applicable today without any modification which is a miracle in itself.
  Secondly, if anyone would like to question the quran, he/she has the freedom to prove one of its statements to be false. A lot of geographical, scientific, astronomical and historic statements...... etc have been made in the quran.
  All they have to do is prove otherwise.
  
  However, history is proof that the best of scientists, historians, doctors and philisophers could not prove a single statement false.
  
  
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• macoooo Advanced

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  “No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son” John 1:18
  
  
  “No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.” John 1:18 NIV
  
  The above verse taken from the NIV is not accurate. If you look at RSV and many other translations you will see “who is himself God” has been taken out, this would imply that part was a forgery.
  
  “No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.” John 1:18 RSV
  
  The verse now does not imply that Jesus is God but is implying that Jesus has made Him known by His words and miracles (John 14:24, Luke 11:20 etc.).
  
  “And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.” Exodus 33:20 KJV
  
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• macoooo Advanced

  a month ago
  Allah says in the Quran what means
  
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  {Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing.} (Al-Israa' 17:1)
  
  
  There is no doubt that Al-Isra (the night journey) followed by Al-Miraj (the heavenly ascension) was one of the miracles in the life of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). According to the most accepted view, it happened on the 27th of Rajab, the seventh month of the Hijri calendar, in the tenth year of Muhammad's prophethood.
  
  It is reported in Hadith literature, that the Messenger of Allah was carried from the Sacred Mosque in Makkah to the "Farthest Mosque" (Al-Masjid al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem on a creature called Al-Buraq in the company of the archangel Gabriel (peace be upon him). There he led a congregational prayer of the prophets of God.
  
  
  Then Gabriel took him to the heavens where he met the prophets Adam, John, Jesus, Idris, Aaron and Moses (peace be on them all). In the seventh heaven, he met Abraham (peace be on him).
  
  He was then brought to the Divine Presence. The details of this encounter are beautifully detailed in the beginning of surat An-Najm (52).
  
  
  Prayer: God-given Gift
  
  
  During this time, Allah ordered for his nation fifty daily Prayers. But on the Prophet's return, he was told by Prophet Moses (peace be on him) that his followers could not perform fifty Prayers. Thus, he went back and eventually it was reduced to five daily Prayers. After this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to Makkah on the same night itself.
  
  
  Therefore, Muslims should be thankful to Allah for this gift. They should take care of it and never neglect it. It is the thing that allows the Muslim to communicate with the creator five times as day.
  
  Time and Space Are Not Bound for Allah
  
  
  One major lesson of that miraculous event, was that space and time which are bound by laws of nature for humans, are not so bound for Allah. On that night prophet Muhammad bridged time and space and this world, traveling to the heavens by Allah's will.
  
  I believe that for those who study philosophy the abstract as well as the symbolic implications of the event might be very stimulating indeed. The gap between the reality of this life and that of the life to come simply diminished. This is illustrated by the Prophet's encounter with other prophets who were long since dead as far as we normally think of it but who, in reality, live as beings in a different form somewhere else.
  
  The implications of the night journey cannot be overstated. The miraculous nature of the Prophet's journey established his divine-stated legitimacy as the seal of all prophets. Allah brought him to Him to show us his true worth in the sight of Allah.
  
  All religious traditions share the concept of miracles, that is, something that defies logic, nature, or the established constitution and course of things.
  
  
  We will limit our discussion to legitimate miracles from Allah, which are by definition the only true miracles. When the forces of disbelief are strong, typically the prophetic miracles that oppose them are stronger.
  
  Prophet Moses was given several miracles, which included his staff that turned into a massive snake and culminated in his parting of the Red Sea, as a divine response to the extreme infidelity of Pharaoh.
  
  Similarly, Prophet Jesus was given even the power to raise the dead, in order to establish his legitimacy before the Jews who would ultimately condemn him to death for blasphemy. Nevertheless, his miracles were undeniable by their nature, and it was only the obstinacy and arrogance of the people to whom he was sent that enabled them to deny him.
  
  Muhammad's night journey was obviously not easy for the pagan Makkans to believe. Nevertheless, the Prophet proved it logically by describing the approaching caravans that he overtook on his miraculous return.
  
  
  Thus, this particular prophetic miracle not only established the Prophet's eminence for Muslims as discussed above, but it also helped to prove his prophethood to the non-believers of his time.
  
  Celebrating the Event
  
  
  As far as the Muslims are concerned, there is no particular celebration, fast or prayer to commemorate Al-Isra and Al-Miraj. But in some places, the Muslims themselves have started to have commemorative functions, where the story of the night journey is told in poetry or lectures.
  
  
  While the Prophet himself did not establish these practices, there are scholars who maintain that gatherings meant to remind the Muslims of the importance of Al-Miraj in the history of Islam, or to remind us of the importance of love for the Prophet and the significance of the city of Jerusalem, are permissible.
  
  
  
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  Isra and Miraj (Night Journey) - Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
  
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• macoooo Advanced

  a month ago
  .. 15 of shaban
  qibla change in islam
  At the beginning of it
  Alqiblah in the past in the direction of Jerusalem (qibla prophets and messengers, including the Jews)
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  Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him wanted Alqibla In the direction of Kaaba
  Wants it and feels it
  Raises his head to the sky and look without saying anything
  So
  allah says in the Holy Qur'an
  (144) We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-îar m. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
  
  This is from allah
  Transformation of all Muslims in the direction of the Kaaba immediately
  This demonstrates the obedience of slaves to allah
  
  Allah's Apostle prayed facing Baitul-Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Ka'ba (at Mecca) so Allah revealed: "Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!" (2:144) So the Prophet faced the Ka'ba and the fools amongst the people namely "the Jews" said, "What has turned them from their Qibla (Bait-ul-Maqdis) which they formerly observed"" (Allah revealed): "Say: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West. He guides whom he will to a straight path'." (2:142) A man prayed with the Prophet (facing the Ka'ba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the 'Asr prayer with their faces towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, he said, "I bear witness that I prayed with Allah's Apostle facing the Ka'ba." So all the people turned their faces towards the Ka'ba.
  
  Note that it says for 16 or 17 months (not 13 years or so when Islam was propagated). This was the second year of the prophet in Madina (2nd Hiji). This would mean the Masj-al-Aqsa qibla was specifically made Qibla in Madina after the prophet migrated
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  First to know is that the prophet prayed towards Al-Aqsa mosque before Hijrah, and after it, he prayed towards it for about seventeen months until Rajab of the second year (according to Ibn Abbas), when Allah ordered him to pray towards Kaabah.
  
  Did the Prophet pray towards Al-Aqsa at the order of Allah or at his own decision?
  
  The majority of scholars agreed that it was at the order of Allah, the following ayah is an evidence:
  
  
  
  
  And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
  
  Surat Al-Baqarah:143.
  
  In this verse Allah says that he made the old qiblah (Al-Aqsa) for a reason (rest of the ayah), so this is an evidence that Allah is who chose Al-Aqsa as the first Qibla.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The place of the Dome of the Rock is told to be the place from which the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ascended to heaven at the night of Israa and Miraj, hence its importance.
  
  
  The First Qibla of Islam was toward Bitul-Maqdis, which is now in Jerusalem. Muslims used to pray Salat towards this Qibla, until this Ayat is revealed:
  
  We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do 1
  
  This hadith From Anas (R.A) which is recorded in Sahih Muslim is saying this:
  
  Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) used to pray towards Bait-ul-Maqdis, that it was revealed (to him):" Indeed We see the turning of the face to heaven, wherefore We shall assuredly cause thee to turn towards Qibla which shall please thee. So turn thy face towards the sacred Mosque (Ka'ba)" (ii. 144). A person from Banu Salama was going; (he found the people) in ruk'u (while) praying the dawn prayer and they had said one rak'ah. He said in a loud voice: Listen! the Qibla has been changed and they turned towards (the new) Qibla (Ka'ba) in that very state.
  
  
  
  Before the Quran came from Allah the Bible (new & old testament) came from Allah . According to the old testament people were required to pray towards Jerusalem.
  
  The origin of this is based in the Bible as below...
  
  "If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city ( Jerusalem ) which thou hast chosen, and toward the house ( Baitul Makdas ) that I have built for thy name" [ 1 Kings 8:44 ]
  
  So Mulsims were following that direction because that was the last known direction of prayer given by Allah until He changed it in the Quran towards Mecca based on the verse below...
  
  "From whencesoever Thou startest forth, turn Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque; that is indeed the truth from the Lord. And Allah is not unmindful of what ye do." [Quran 2:149]
  
  
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• macoooo Advanced

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  Misconception that Jesus is God because he had no earthly father
  
  
  If Jesus is God because he had no earthly father, then Adam was a greater ‘god’ because he had no earthly father and mother.
  
  According to the book of Hebrews Melchiz′edek has attributes of a god also:
  
  “He is without father or mother or genealogy, and has neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest for ever.” Hebrews
  
  
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