Per my understanding glossolalia, "speaking in tongues", has been a part of human mysticism and channeling long before the advent of the church.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossolalia
Also, practically every world religion has some form of meditative incantation. Although not all...
Well, yes and no.
I'm saying the Jews of the time of Jesus'(pbuh) ministry would have been following true guidance by following his teachings. And I think the term "Christian", in the sense that you may be speaking of, does not really apply. If anything those that he was sent to were still...
Ok I'll give it a shot. If I'm off a little, please brothers and sisters correct me.
From my understanding the Messiah in Islam is not much different as the concept in Judaism. But, the differences that are there are quite stark.
As Muslims, we believe that Jesus(pbuh) was the promised...
Subhanallah!!!
Dear sister these are truly amazing photos. This is the Islam that the world is in desperate need to see.
Eid mubarak to you and all brothers and sisters in Islam.
May we all experience the blessings of Allah that Ramadan has left behind for us.
Jazakallah khair Brother Cordoba for all of your post. They are immensely appreciated(at least from me).
Especially that last one. That was very inspiring.
I pray that Allah will richly bless you for all of your efforts.
For those that haven't seen it, this clip gives an excellent exercise on the idea of belief vs experience vs knowledge:
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/M/mindcontrol/trick/doll.html
Now after watching it, ask yourself if the woman had known what was going on prior to the...
Personally for me it would be thus:
1. Tawheed(Monotheism/Oneness)-
To first understand the unity of all of creation, one must first understand the Unity of G-d. It is of prime importance to know and understand that all things have a unifying element that corresponds back to the Creator...
Knowledge hands down. Simply because you have to know what is proper to believe as well as know if your experience is legitimate.
Knowledge is the measuring stick and the validator of the other two. Without knowledge you truly don't have either. IMO.
"CF" is another online forum (not sure if I am allowed to say the name or not).
Alan and myself, as well as many other brothers and sisters, have been confronting islamophobia for some time now.
Just a little assistance:
"So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it." - Hebrews 4:16 (NLT)
I'm not quite sure if a prophet, namely Jesus(pbuh), could have even possibly told those who followed him to be perfect if every prophet from Adam(pbuh) to Muhammad(saw) knew that only Allah is the only one who is Perfect. Which leads one to speculate that these statments could nowise come off...
Book 035, Number 6473: Hammam b. Munabbih reported so many ahadith from Abu Huraira and one out of them is this that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said that Allah thus stated: When My servant draws close to me by the span of a palm, I draw close to him by the space of a cubit, and...