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A contemporary mystical Islamic philosopher offers clarification about common misconceptions of the Islamic concept of God.

Hulusi is an Islamic scholar whose writings mirror the mystical dimension of Islam known as Sufism, made well known in the U.S. through translations of the Sufi poet-theologian Rumi. But many who read the English translations of Rumi fail to realize the complexity of the system of spiritual thinking that Sufism represents. Hulusi explicates one of the most difficult concepts in mystical Islam--the notion that "Allah," commonly misunderstood in the West and even in parts of the Muslim world as "God," encompasses more than the word "God" can illuminate. Drawing upon his interpretations of the Quran, Islam's most sacred scripture, Hulusi claims that nowhere in Muhammad's transmission of the Quran is there the assertion that Allah is a god. Instead, Hulusi writes that Allah is "an infinite, unlimited, whole One, in which case...there is nothing in existence other than Him." The consequences of this assertion are that individual lives are fated by Allah, predestined to heaven or hell after physical death. The point of religion, writes the author, is to gain nondualistic awareness of Allah, which is realized through essential self-knowledge and the rejection of illusionary dualities in daily life. The author relies on short paragraphs to frame his beliefs and uses abstract language to describe consciousness, but the gist of these abstruse ideas is helpfully noted in bold throughout the book. One can only imagine the difficulty translator Atalay faced in converting the author's esoteric Turkish style into readable English. Yet it does read clearly as a kind of Sufi manifesto of faith. Get the Book NOW

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Muslim Believes in All Messengers of Allah

The Holy Qur’ an mention the names of twenty five of them, and the MuslimIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... » believes in  them all and accepts them as authorized messengersIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... » of AllahThe Meaning of Al-Fatihah and its Various Names. Read more ... » – Almighty GodIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... ». They were, with the  exception of MuhammadIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... », known as “ national”  or local messengersIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... ». But their  message, their religion, was basically the same and was called ISLAMQuranic Verses on Nikah Marriage. Read more ... », because it  came from One and the Same Source, namely, AllahThe Meaning of Al-Fatihah and its Various Names. Read more ... » – Almighty GodIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... », to serve one and the same  purpose, and that is to guide humanity to the Straight PathWhy Islam?. Read more ... » of Allah – Almighty God. All the messengers  with no exception whatsoever were mortals, human beings, endowed with Divine  revelations and appointed by Allah – Almighty God to perform certain tasks. Among them MuhammadIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... »  stands as the Last Messenger and the crowning glory of the foundation of  prophethood. This is not an arbitrary attitude, nor is it just a convenient belief. Like all  the other Islamic beliefs, it is an authentic and logical truth. Also, it may be useful to  mention here the names of some of the great messengers like Noah and AbrahamTHE LOVE OF GOD. Read more ... »,  Ishmael and Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allah – Almighty God be  upon them all.

The Qur’an commands the Muslims thus:   We believe in Allah – Almighty God, and the revelation given to us, and to AbrahamTHE LOVE OF GOD. Read more ... », Ishmael, Isaac,  Jacob and the Tribes; and that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and that which  was given to all prophetsTHE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WORLD. Read more ... » from their Lord. We make no discriminationIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... » between one  and another of them, and we bow to Allah – Almighty God (2:136, cf. 3:84; 4:163-165; 6:84-87).   3.  The true MuslimIslam - the best safeguard of peace and harmony. Read more ... » believes, as a result of article two, in all the scriptures and  revelations of Allah – Almighty God. They were the guiding light which the messengers received to  show their respective peoples the Right Path of Allah – Almighty God. In the Qur’ an a special reference  is made to the books of Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. But long before the  revelation of the Qur’ an to Muhammad some of those books and revelations had been  lost or corrupted, others forgotten, neglected, or concealed. The only authentic and  complete book of Allah – Almighty God in existence today is the Qur’ an. In principle, the Muslim  believes in the previous books and revelations. But where are their complete and  original versions? They could be still at the bottom of the Dead Sea, and there may be  more Scrolls to be discovered. Or perhaps more information about them will become  available when the Christian and Jewish archaeologists reveal to the public the  complete original findings of their continued excavations in the Holy Land. For the  Muslim, there is no problem of that kind. The Qur’ an is in his hand complete and  authentic. Nothing of it is missing and no more of it is expected. Its authenticity is  beyond doubt, and no serious scholar or thinker has ventured to question its  genuineness.

The Qur’ an was made so by Allah – Almighty God Who revealed it and made it  incumbent upon Himself to protect it against interpolation and corruption of all kinds.  Thus it is given to the Muslims as the standard or criterion by which all the other  books are judged. So whatever agrees with the Qur’ an is accepted as Divine truth, and  whatever differs from the Qur’an is either rejected or suspended. Allah – Almighty God says: ‘Verily  We have, without doubt, sent down the Qur’ an; and We will assuredly guard it’  (15:9;  cf. 2:75-79; 5:13-14, 41, 45, 47; 6:91; 41:43).

Good literary works cannot be fully translated into any other language. This is more  so in the case of the Qur’ an, the book that challenged (and still does) the native  masters of the Arabic Language and literature and proved their inability to produce  anything even remotely similar to the shortest chapter of the Book. It is impossible,  therefore, to reproduce the meaning, beauty, and fascination of the Qur’an in any  other form. What appears here, then, is not the Qur’ an proper or its perfect translation  even if such were possible. Rather it is a human interpretation in a different language that falls for short of the forcefulness of the original Book of Allah – Almighty God. For these reasons,  no quotation marks will be inserted in any strict fashion in what appears here as  translation.   4.  The true Muslim believes in the angels of Allah – Almighty God. They are purely spiritual and  splendid beings whose nature requires no food or drink or sleep. They have no  physical desires of any kind nor material needs. They spend their days and nights in  the service of Allah – Almighty God. There are many of them, and each one is charged with a certain  duty. If we cannot see the angels with our naked eyes, it does not necessarily deny  their actual existence. There are many thingsWhy Islam?. Read more ... » in the world that are invisible to the eye  or inaccessible to the sensesTHE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WORLD. Read more ... », and yet we do believe in their existence. There are places  we have never seen and things like gas and ether that we could not see with our naked  eyes, smell or touch or taste or hear; yet we do acknowledge their existence. Belief in  the angels originates from the Islamic principle that knowledge and truth are not  entirely confined to the sensory knowledge or sensory perception alone (16:49-50;  21:19-20. See also the references in article two above).

 extract from ISLAMQuranic Verses on Nikah Marriage. Read more ... »   IN  FOCUS  by HAMMUDAH ABDALATI  www.islamicbulletin.com

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