Servant of Allah

  READ THE SHIRK VERSES, LISTEN TO THE QURAN TRANSLATION Surat al-Araf, verse 33: Say: «My Lord, only the indecent-immoral — what is open and what is hidden from them, — sinning, «rebellion and aggression without a just cause,» to Allah that which He has not sent down any proof for Himself. He has forbidden you to associate partners with Allah and to say things about Allah that you do not know. Surah Araf, verse 190:  But when He gave them (Adam’s children men and women) righteous (a child), they began to make partners with Him in what He had given them. Allah is Exalted over their idolatry. Surah Araf, verse 191: Do they associate things that create nothing while they are created? Surah Araf, verse 192: However, (the powers and objects they associate with this shirk) can neither help them nor help their selves. Surat at-Tawba, verse 17: Those who associate polytheism have no right and authority to repair Allah’s mosques while they are witnesses to their denial. Thes...

 Prophet Muhammad, Islam, Muslims Islam, the Quran, and the Prophet Muhammad are often misrepresented in the media. Author Lesley Hazleton, an agnostic convert to Islam, explores the faith, demystifies scripture, and reveals surprising truths about a religion that has been much misunderstood in the West Prophet Muhammad (570-632) was the founder of Islam and a religious, political, and military leader. He preached in Mecca from 613 to 622 and attracted a relatively small following. Muhammad exposed corruption in pagan Meccan society, critiqued theories of divine causation of natural phenomena, upheld the belief in one God, urged his adherents to live righteously and generously, condemned the mistreatment of slaves, and spoke out for women's rights. Islam is the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, with about 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide. Although its roots go back further, scholars typically date the creation of Islam to the 7th century, making it the youngest ...

  THE PARTY THAT BROUGHT DOWN THE EMPIRE: HOW THE SHAH OF IRAN LOST POWER AS A RESULT OF THE VICTORY. According to legend, Iran’s cruelest despot, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, valued money and luxury. And he even compared himself to Cyrus II, the great monarch. Who’d have guessed that his overconfident acts would result in a genuine revolution? The Iranian monarch decided it was time to declare himself and his country after 30 years of power. The king of kings (a humble title he adopted in the 67th) decided to surprise the international beau monde with the world’s most sumptuous vacation, set in an isolated location. Construction commenced in the sands because his word was law for all. Consider this: over 15 thousand different trees, as well as tens of thousands of songbirds, were flown in from Europe. Hundreds of cars even transported soil into the desert, where it was eventually planted with cypresses and roses. It’s worth skipping ahead a little and noting that after the party, trees,...

PROPHET YUSUF(JOSEPH) Prophet Yusuf is a character in the Quran who is also known as Joseph in the Bible and Joseph among Jews. In the sixteenth century B.C., he lived, preached, and died in Egypt, where he lived for nearly a hundred and ten or one hundred and twenty years. Yusuf is mentioned twenty-six times in the Qur’an, and a complete sura is named for him. This is the only prophet to whom the Holy Book of the Quran devotes an entire sura from beginning to end. Prophetic lineage The prophet Yakub was Yusuf’s father. He is regarded as the father of Israel’s children. Before the prophet Musa appeared, the tribe of Yakub had grown to six hundred thousand five hundred and seventy-seven individuals, and when the prophet Musa led the children of Israel through the wilderness, this tribe had grown to six hundred thousand five hundred and seventy-seven people. The Prophet Yusuf’s story is full of stories about how beautiful he was on the outside, how he could interpret dreams, and how his ...