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Shaitan

A shaitan or shaytan is an evil spirit in Islam, inciting humans and the jinn to sin by "whispering" in their hearts. Although invisible to humans, shayāṭīn are imagined to be ugly and grotesque creatures created from (hell-)fire.

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The Quran speaks of various ways that the shayāṭīn tempt humans into sin. They may teach sorcery, float below the heavens to steal the news of the angels, or lurk near humans without being seen. Iblīs, called ash-Shayṭān ("the Devil" or "Satan"), is their leader. Ḥadīth literature holds the shayāṭīn responsible for various calamities which may affect personal life. Both the ḥādīth literature and Arab folklore usually speak of the shayāṭīn in abstract terms, describing their evil influence only. For example, according to a hadith, during Ramadan they are said to be chained in hell.

According to Muslim philosophical writings, the shayāṭīn struggle against the noble angels in the imaginal reality called 'ālam al-mithāl or 'ālam al-malakūt over the human mind, consisting of both angelic and devilish qualities. Some writers describe the shayāṭīn as expressions of God's fierce attributes and actions.

The Arabic term Šayṭān (Arabic: شَيْطَان) originated from the triliteral root š-ṭ-n ("distant, astray") and is cognate to Satan. It has a theological connotation designating a creature distant from the divine mercy. In pre-Islamic Arabia, this term was used to designate an evil spirit, but only used by poets who were in contact with Jewish and Christian tribes. According to Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, Shaytan in the Arabic language refers to every rebellious person

With the emergence of Islam, the meaning of shayāṭīn moved closer to the Christian concept of devils. The term shayāṭīn appears similarly in the Jewish Book of Enoch, denoting the hosts of Satan. The term ultimately derives from the Jewish Book of Job. Taken from Islamic literary sources, the term shayāṭīn may be translated as "demons", "satans", or "devils".

In the Quran, shayāṭīn are mentioned as often as angels. The shayāṭīn are mentioned less frequently than Šayṭān, but they are equally hostile to God's order (sharīʿa). They teach sorcery to humans, inspire their friends to dispute with the faithful make evil suggestions towards both humans and jinn, and secretly listen to the council of the angels. The Quran speaks about the junud Iblīs, the (invisible) hosts of Iblīs (comparable to the junud of angels fighting along Muhammad. Yet, despite the reluctant nature of the shayāṭīn, they are ultimately under God's command, working as his instruments and not forming their own party. According to the Quran, God made the shayāṭīn slaves for Solomon, God assigns the shayāṭīn as companions to the unbelievers, and God sends the shayāṭīn as enemies to misbelievers to incite them against each other. It is God who leads astray and puts people on the straight path. Both good and evil are caused by God in Islam.

A single Šayṭān (the Devil, mostly thought of as Iblīs) caused Adam to eat from the forbidden tree, arguing, God only prohibited its fruit, so they shall not become immortal, as narrated in the Quran. He makes people forgetful, protects wicked nations, encourages to murderand rebellion and betrays his followers, as seen in the Battle of Badr. The Quran explicitly warns people not to follow the Šayṭān, implying that humans are free to choose between the path of God or the one of Šayṭān. But Šayṭān only promises delusion . portrays Šayṭān as a false friend, who betrays those who follow him. Šayṭān can only act with God's permission. The Quranic story of Iblīs, who represents the shayāṭīn in the primordial fall, shows that the shayāṭīn are both subordinative and created by God. Šayṭān proclaims that he fears God ('akhafu 'llah), which can mean both, that he is revering or frightened about God (the latter one the preferred translation).

The ḥādīth narrations are more related to the practical function of the shayāṭīn in everyday life. They usually speak about šayṭān, instead of Iblīs or shayāṭīn, given the ḥādīth literature links them to their evil influences, not to them as proper personalities. Yet, ḥādīth narrations indicate that they are composed of a body. The shayāṭīn are said to eat with their left hand, therefore Muslims are advised to eat with their right hand. Shayāṭīn, although invisible, are depicted as immensely ugly. The sun is said to set and rise between the horns of a šayṭān and during this moment, the doors to hell are open, thus Muslims should not pray periodically at this time. The shayāṭīn are chained in hell during Ramadan. Shayāṭīn are sent by Iblis to cause misery among humans and return to him for report. A šayṭān is said to tempt humans through their veins. Shayāṭīn try to interrupt ritual Muslim prayer, and if a šayṭān succeeds in confusing a Muslim, the Muslim is supposed to prostrate two times and continue. Satan and his minions battle the angels of mercy over the soul of a sinner; however, they are referred to as "angels of punishment" instead of shayāṭīn.

When it comes to the issue of invisible creatures, mufassirs usually focus on shayāṭīn and evil jinn and although they are similar in threatening humans, they are distinguished by one another. While the jinn share many attributes with humans, like having free will, and the ability to reason, and thus different types of believers, the shayāṭīn are exclusively evil. Further, the jinn have a limited lifespan, but the shayāṭīn die only when their leader ceases to exist. The father of the jinn is Al-Jann and the father of the shayāṭīn is Iblis.

In Tafsir al-Kalbi about Ibn 'Abbas, he is quoted as saying: Iblis is cursed and made his soldiers two teams, so he sent one team of them to the humans and another team to the jinn. In another account of him, the jinn are offspring of al-jann, unlike devils. The devils were born by Iblis and they perish only with him and the jinn die including the believer and the infidel (...) — Mahmud al-Alusi, "The Spirit of Meaning", Surah 6:112

Engku Ansaruddin Agus states that jinn, shaitan, and iblis are three different things; Iblis is the name, given by God, to an angel (Azazil) who disobeyed. Shaitan is a title for those who join Azazil's army, trained to destroy humans. Abu Mufti distinguishes in his commentary of Abu Hanifa's "al-Fiqh al-absat" that all angels, except Harut and Marut, are obedient. But all shayāṭīn, except Ham ibn Him ibn Laqis Ibn Iblis, are created evil. Al-Damiri reports from ibn Abbas, that the angels will be in paradise, the shayāṭīn will be in hell, and among the jinn and humans, some will be in paradise and some will be in hell. Only humans and jinn are created with fitra, meaning both angels and shayāṭīn lack free will and are settled in opposition.

Neither the origin of the shayāṭīn nor their creation is described in the Quran. Since their leader describes themselves in the Quran as being "created from fire", shayāṭīn are thought to be created from that. More precisely, sometimes considered the fires of hell in origin. Most mufassirs agree that the shayāṭīn are the offspring of Iblis. Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi reports that God offered Iblis support by giving him offspring, which are the shayāṭīn. Others describe the shayāṭīn as fallen spirits (sometimes heavenly jinn, sometimes fiery angels), outcast from the presence of God. Ibn Barrajan argues that the angels consist of two tribes: One created from light and one from fire, the latter being the shayāṭīn. Ibn Arabi describes the jinn as fire-made spiritual entities from the spiritual world. When they disobey God, they turn into shayāṭīn. Qadi Baydawi argues that shayāṭīn are perhaps not essentially different from angels, but differ only in their accidents and qualities.

Since the term shaitan is also used as an epithet to describe malevolent jinn (and humans), it is sometimes difficult to properly distinguish between shayāṭīn and evil jinn in some sources. Generally, Satan and his hosts of devils (shayatin) appear in traditions associated with Jewish and Christian narratives, while jinn represent entities of polytheistic background.

Shayāṭīn are linked to Muslim ritual purity. Ritual purity is important in attracting angels, while shayāṭīn approach impurity and filthy or desacralized places. Before reciting the Quran, Muslims should take wudu/abdest and seek refuge in God from the shayāṭīn. Reciting specific prayers is supposed to protect against the influence of the shayāṭīn.

Islamic philosophical cosmology asserts the belief in a singular God. In Islam, reverence is held for all the Abrahamic Prophets, including prominent figures like Moses and Jesus. Islamic tradition maintains that Prophets were sent to guide every tribe or community throughout history, with divine revelations being imparted to mankind repeatedly. However, the purity of these messages was sometimes compromised due to human tendencies such as corruption, jealousy, and heresy. Islam affirms that Muhammad was the final Prophet, and it asserts that the Quran, the holy book of Islam, remains unaltered by human hands.

It divides living beings into four categories: Animals, humans, angels, and shayāṭīn. Al-Farabi defines angels as reasonable and immortal beings, humans as reasonable and mortal beings, animals as unreasonable and mortal beings, and shayāṭīn as unreasonable and immortal beings. He supports his claim with the Quranic verse in which God grants Iblis respite until the day of resurrection.

Likewise, al-Ghazali divides human nature into four domains, each representing another type of creature: Animals, beasts, devils, and angels. Traits humans share with bodily creatures are animals, which exist to regulate ingestion and procreation and the beasts, used for predatory actions like hunting. The other traits humans share with the jinn and root in the realm of the unseen. These faculties are of two kinds: That of angels and the shayāṭīn. While the angels endow the human mind with reason, advise virtues, and lead to worship of God, the šayṭān perverts the mind and tempts it to commit lies, betrayals, and deceits, thus abusing the spiritual gift. The angelic nature instructs how to use the animalistic body properly, while the šayṭān perverts it. In this regard, the plane of a human is, unlike who's of the jinn and animals, not pre-determined. Humans are potentially both angels and devils, depending on whether the sensual soul or the rational soul develops.

The Brethren of Purity understand shayāṭīn as ontological forces, manifesting in everything evil.

Following the cosmology of Wahdat al-Wujud, Haydar Amuli specifies that angels reflect God's names of light and beauty, while the shayāṭīn God's attributes of "Majesty", "The Haughty" and "Domineering".Ibn Arabi, to whom Haydar Amuli's cosmology is attributed to, although making a clear distinction between the devils and the angels, interpreted shayāṭīn as beings of a similar function to that of angels, as sent and predescribed by God, in his Al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya.

Sufi writers connect the descriptions of shayāṭīn mentioned in hadith literature to human psychological conditions. Devilish temptations are distinguished from the angelic assertions, by that the angels suggest piety by sharia, the shayāṭīn against God's law and sinful acts. He further elaborates an esoteric cosmology, visualizing a human's heart as the capital of the body, in constant struggle between reason and carnal desires invoked by the shayāṭīn. Ali Hujwiri similarly describes the shayāṭīn and angels mirroring the human psychological condition, the shayāṭīn and carnal desires on one side, and the spirit and the angels on the other. The evil urges related to the al-nafs al-ammarah in Sufism are also termed div.

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Al-Khidr (/ˈxɪdər/) (Arabic: ٱلْخَضِر, romanized: al-Khaḍir), also transcribed as al-Khadir, Khader, Khidr, Khizr, Kathir, Khazer, Khadr, Khedher, Khizir, Khizar, Khilr, is a figure described but not mentioned by name in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as a messenger, prophet or wali,[3][4] who guards the sea, teaches secret knowledge[5] and aids those in distress.[6] He prominently figures as patron of the Islamic saint ibn Arabi.[7] The figure of al-Khidr has been syncretized over time with various other figures including Dūraoša[8] and Sorūsh in Iran,[9][10][11] Sargis the General[12][13] and Saint George in Asia Minor and the Levant,[14] Samael (the divine prosecutor) in Judaism, Elijah among the Druze, John the Baptist in Armenia, and Jhulelal[15] in Sindh and Punjab in South Asia.[16][17][18][19][20][21]

Though not mentioned by name in the Quran, he is named by Islamic scholars as the figure described in Quran 18:65–82 as a servant of God who has been given "knowledge" and who is accompanied and questioned by the prophet Musa (Moses) about the many seemingly unfair or inappropriate actions he (Al-Khidr) takes (sinking a ship, killing a young man, repaying inhospitality by repairing a wall). At the end of the story Khidr explains the circumstances unknown to Moses that made each of the actions fair and appropriate.

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The name "al-Khiḍr" shares exactly the same triliteral root as the Arabic al-akhḍar or al-khaḍra, a root found in several Semitic languages meaning "green" or "verdant" (as in al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrā’ or the Green Dome). Therefore, the meaning of the name has traditionally been taken to be "the Green One" or "the Verdant One".

(brb syncretizing him with the green man)

Next, the Servant of God kills a young man. Moses again cries out in astonishment and dismay, and again the Servant reminds Moses of his warning, and Moses promises that he will not violate his oath again, and that if he does he will excuse himself from the Servant's presence ... The Servant of God replies" .. .And as for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared lest he should make disobedience and ingratitude to come upon them. God will replace the child with one better in purity, affection and obedience"

hey whats up with this story

oh! probably related to that story about elijah where he seems to do bad stuff and then explains why its actually good. some people think this story comes from that one, but that one is first attested after the quran, so it might be that story comes from the quran

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WHAT IS ISLAM?

INTRODUCING ISLAM TO BEGINNERS,

ESPECIALLY TO NON-MUSLIMS

Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Holy Qur’an and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu ’alaihi wa Sallam) the religion's founder.

Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians,

Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times through earlier prophets and messengers, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.

Muslims consider the Holy Qur’an to be the verbatim word of God and the unaltered, final revelation. Alongside the Holy Qur’an, Muslims also believe in previous revelations, such as the Taurat (the Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injil (Gospel).

They believe that Prophet Muhammad is (SallAllahu ’alaihi wa Sallam) the main and final Islamic prophet, through whom the religion was completed. The teachings and normative examples of Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu ’alaihi wa Sallam), called the Sunnah, documented in accounts called the Hadith, provide a constitutional model for Muslims.

Islam is based on the belief in oneness and uniqueness of the God (tawhid), and belief in an afterlife (akhirah) with the Last Judgment—wherein the righteous will be rewarded in paradise (jannah) and the unrighteous will be punished in hell (jahannam).

The Five Pillars—considered obligatory acts of worship—are the Islamic oath and creed (shahada), daily prayers (salah), almsgiving (zakat), fasting (sawm) in the month of Ramadan, and a pilgrimage (hajj) to Makkah in Saudi Arabia.

Islamic law, sharia, touches on virtually every aspect of life, from banking and finance and welfare to men's and women's roles and the environment.

The two main religious festivals are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The three holiest sites in Islam are Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, and Al-Aqsa' Mosque in Jerusalem.

The religion of Islam originated in Mecca in 610 CE. Muslims believe this is when Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu ’alaihi wa Sallam). By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam. Muslim rule expanded outside Arabia under the Rashidun Caliphate and the subsequent Umayyad Caliphate ruled from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indus Valley.

In the Islamic Golden Age, specifically during the reign of the Abbasid Caliphate, most of the Muslim world experienced a scientific, economic and cultural flourishing. The expansion of the Muslim world involved various states and caliphates as well as extensive trade and religious conversion as a result of Islamic missionary activities (dawah), as well as through conquests.

The two main Islamic branches are Sunni Islam (85–90%) and Shi’ah Islam (10–15%). While the Shi’ah–Sunni divide initially arose from disagreements over the succession to Prophet Muhammad(SallAllahu ’alaihi wa Sallam).

Shi’ah, they grew to cover a broader dimension, both theologically and juridically. The Sunni canonical hadith collection consists of six books, while the Shia canonical hadith collection consists of four books.

Muslims make up a majority of the population in 49 countries. Approximately 12% of the world's Muslims live in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country; 31% live in South Asia; 20% live in the Middle East–North Africa; and 15% live in sub-Saharan Africa. Muslim communities are also present in the Americas, China, and Europe. Muslims are the world's fastest-growing major religious group, due primarily to a higher fertility rate and younger age structure compared to other major religions.

Etymology

In Arabic, Islam (Arabic: إسلام, lit. 'submission [to God]') is the verbal noun of Form IV originating from the verb سلم (salama), from the triliteral root س-ل-م (S-L-M), which forms a large class of words mostly relating to concepts of submission, safeness, and peace.

In a religious context, it refers to the total surrender to the will of God. A Muslim (مُسْل��م), the word for a follower of Islam is the active participle of the same verb form, and means "submitter (to God)" or "one who surrenders (to God)". In the Hadith of Gabriel, Islam is presented as one part of a triad that also includes imān (faith), and ihsān (excellence).

Islam itself was historically called Mohammedanism in the English-speaking world. This term has fallen out of use and is sometimes said to be offensive, as it suggests that a human being, rather than God, is central to Muslims' religion.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

Main articles: Aqidah and Iman

The Islamic creed (aqidah) requires belief in six articles: God, angels, revelation, prophets, the Day of Resurrection, and the divine predestination

DETAILS:

Islam is the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him (SallAllahu ‘alaihi wa Sallam) as the final Prophet of God Almighty (Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala).

In Arabic, Islām means ‘SUBMISSION,' from 'aslama which means to ‘SUBMIT (to God Almighty),' The word ISLAM in Arabic also means PEACE.

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MUSLIM?

To become a Muslim, one simply declares the testimony of faith (in Arabic, it is called the shahada) with full conviction, in the presence of a witness. We wish to clarify that the whole matter is very easy, plain and simple, no water dipping, no money exchanged, and no certificate. The testimony of faith in Arabic is:

اشهد ان لا إله إلا الله و اشهد ان محمد الرسول الله

Ash hadu an laa ilaaha il Allah

I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God Almighty

[Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala]

Wa ash hadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah And I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah

(Peace and Blessings be upon him.)

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Shahada is the first pillar of Islam and is what makes one a Muslim. The five (5) pillars of Islam consist of:

The testimony of faith (Shahada)

Five daily prayers (Salat)

Giving charity to the needy (Zakat)

Fasting the month of Ramadan

Performing the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) once in one’s lifetime, if able to do it.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

Faith is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books (including the Torah and the Bible), His Messengers (from Adam to Jesus to Muhammad), the Last Day, and to believe in providence, its good and its perceived harm.

IHSAN

Excellence is to worship Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) as if you see Him, or if you do not see Him, know that He surely sees you.

REFERENCES:

Al-Baqarah 2:208

O believers! Enter into Islam wholeheartedly and do not follow Satan’s footsteps. Surely he is your sworn enemy.

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Ali 'Imran 3:19

True Religion, in God’s eyes, is Islam [devotion to Him alone]. Those who were given the Scripture did not dispute ˹among themselves˺ out of mutual envy until knowledge came to them. Whoever denies Allah’s signs, then surely Allah is swift in reckoning.

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Ali 'Imran 3:85

Whoever seeks a way other than [Islam] complete devotion to God Almighty, it will not be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.

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Al-Ma'idah 5:3

Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, and swine; what is slaughtered in the name of any other than Allah; what is killed by strangling, beating, a fall, or by being gored to death; what is partly eaten by a predator unless you slaughter it; and what is sacrificed on altars. You are also forbidden to draw lots for decisions. This is all evil. Today the disbelievers have given up all hope of ˹undermining˺ your faith. So do not fear them; fear Me! Today I have perfected your faith for you, completed My favour upon you, and chosen Islam as your way. But whoever is compelled by extreme hunger—not intending to sin—then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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At-Tawbah 9:33

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

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Al-Fath 48:28

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹right˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness.

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As-Saf 61:9

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

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Al-Anbya 21:77

And We made him [Noah] prevail over those who had rejected Our signs. They were truly an evil people, so We drowned them all.

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ARTICLES ON ISLAM

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REVISED

WHAT IS ISLAM

INTRODUCING ISLAM TO BEGINNERS, ESPECIALLY TO NON-MUSLIMS

In Arabic, Islām means ‘SUBMISSION,' from 'aslama which means to ‘SUBMIT (to God Almighty),' The word ISLAM in Arabic also means PEACE.

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MUSLIM

To become a Muslim, one simply declares the testimony of faith (in Arabic, it is called the shahada) with full conviction, in the presence of a witness.

We wish to clarify that the whole matter is very easy, plain and simple, no water dipping, no money exchanged, and no certificate. The testimony of faith in Arabic is:

اشهدانلاإلهإلااللهواشهدانمحمدالرسولالله

Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illAllah

I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God Almighty [Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala].

Wa ash hadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah,

and I bear witness that Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.

FIVE (5) PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Shahada is the first pillar of Islam and that is what makes one a Muslim. The five (5) pillars of Islam consist of:

The testimony of faith (Shahada)

Five daily prayers (Salat)

Giving charity to the needy (Zakat)

Fasting the month of Ramadan

Performing the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) once in one’s lifetime, if able to do it.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

Faith is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books (including the Torah and the Bible), His Messengers (from Adam to Jesus to Muhammad), the Last Day (Day of Judgement), and to believe in providence, its good and its perceived harm.

IHSAN

Excellence is to worship Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) as if you see Him, or if you do not see Him, know that He surely sees you.

REFERENCES:

Al-Baqarah 2:208

O believers! Enter into Islam wholeheartedly and do not follow Satan’s footsteps. Surely he is your sworn enemy.

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Ali 'Imran 3:19

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Ali 'Imran 3:85

Whoever seeks a way other than [Islam] complete devotion to God Almighty, it will not be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.

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Al-Ma'idah 5:3

You are also forbidden to draw lots for decisions. This is all evil. Today the disbelievers have given up all hope of ˹undermining˺ your faith. So do not fear them; fear Me!

Today I have perfected your faith for you, completed My favor upon you, and chosen Islam as your way. But whoever is compelled by extreme hunger—not intending to sin—then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

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At-Tawbah 9:33

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

_____________

Al-Fath 48:28

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹right˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness.

____________

As-Saff 61:9

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

______________

Al-Anbya 21:77

And We made him [Noah] prevail over those who had rejected Our signs. They were truly an evil people, so We drowned them all.

______________

INTRODUCING ISLAM TO BEGINNERS, ESPECIALLY TO NON-MUSLIMS

In Arabic, Islām means ‘SUBMISSION,' from 'aslama which means to ‘SUBMIT (to God Almighty),' The word ISLAM in Arabic also means PEACE.

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MUSLIM

To become a Muslim, one simply declares the testimony of faith (in Arabic, it is called the shahada) with full conviction, in the presence of a witness.

We wish to clarify that the whole matter is very easy, plain and simple, no water dipping, no money exchanged, and no certificate. The testimony of faith in Arabic is:

اشهدانلاإلهإلااللهواشهدانمحمدالرسولالله

Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illAllah

I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God Almighty [Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala].

Wa ash hadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah,

and I bear witness that Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.

FIVE (5) PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Shahada is the first pillar of Islam and that is what makes one a Muslim. The five (5) pillars of Islam consist of:

The testimony of faith (Shahada)

Five daily prayers (Salat)

Giving charity to the needy (Zakat)

Fasting the month of Ramadan

Performing the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) once in one’s lifetime, if able to do it.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

IHSAN

Excellence is to worship Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) as if you see Him, or if you do not see Him, know that He surely sees you.

REFERENCES:

Al-Baqarah 2:208

O believers! Enter into Islam wholeheartedly and do not follow Satan’s footsteps. Surely he is your sworn enemy.

_____________

Ali 'Imran 3:19

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Ali 'Imran 3:85

Whoever seeks a way other than [Islam] complete devotion to God Almighty, it will not be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.

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Al-Ma'idah 5:3

You are also forbidden to draw lots for decisions. This is all evil. Today the disbelievers have given up all hope of ˹undermining˺ your faith. So do not fear them; fear Me!

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At-Tawbah 9:33

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

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Al-Fath 48:28

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹right˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others. And sufficient is Allah as a Witness.

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As-Saff 61:9

He is the One Who has sent His Messenger with ˹true˺ guidance and the religion of truth, making it prevail over all others, even to the dismay of the polytheists.

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Al-Anbya 21:77

And We made him [Noah] prevail over those who had rejected Our signs. They were truly an evil people, so We drowned them all.

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INTRODUCING ISLAM TO BEGINNERS, ESPECIALLY TO NON-MUSLIMS

In Arabic, Islām means ‘SUBMISSION,' from 'aslama which means to ‘SUBMIT (to God Almighty),' The word ISLAM in Arabic also means PEACE.

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MUSLIM

To become a Muslim, one simply declares the testimony of faith (in Arabic, it is called the shahada) with full conviction, in the presence of a witness.

We wish to clarify that the whole matter is very easy, plain and simple, no water dipping, no money exchanged, and no certificate. The testimony of faith in Arabic is:

اشهد ان لا إله إلا الله و اشهد ان محمد الرسول الله

Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illAllah

I bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship except God Almighty [Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala].

Wa ash hadu anna Muhammadar Rasul Allah,

and I bear witness that Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.

FIVE (5) PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Shahada is the first pillar of Islam and that is what makes one a Muslim. The five (5) pillars of Islam consist of:

The testimony of faith (Shahada)

Five daily prayers (Salat)

Giving charity to the needy (Zakat)

Fasting the month of Ramadan

Performing the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) once in one’s lifetime, if able to do it.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

IHSAN

Excellence is to worship Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) as if you see Him, or if you do not see Him, know that He surely sees you.

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monsooninn · 3 months ago

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Berakhot 11b: 18. "The Barzel."

In the prior frame, I establish the fact the Mishnah, all Mishnah are a type of stochastic progression that results from the peculiar nature of the Alefbeis. Within, there is proof no matter how one performs Gemara, the Lord Most High will tell us what we need to know.

The Master of the Disciplines of the Hymns, Rabbi Ha'Manuna said:

18. And Rabbi Ha'Manuna said: "He who chose us from all the nations and gave us his Torah. Blessed are you, O Lord, the Giver of the Torah.' Rabbi Ha'Manuna said: This is an excellent one in the blessings.

The Value in Gematria is 8387, חג‎חז‎‎, haghaz, "celebrate with iron."

Below is proof my Gemara is correct and true, as is the Mishnah. God has chosen us to exalt mankind from the lizard he has become:

"The masculine noun ברזל (barzel) means iron, and it's a mystery where it came from, and thus what iron literally meant to the ancients (unlike English, Hebrew words are commonly part of large families of similar words, and words that look alike commonly have similar meanings).

Older dictionaries commonly attach our noun ברזל (barzel) to the verb ברז (baraz), to pierce, on account that iron objects were commonly used to skewer things, but fail to explain where the final ל (lamed) might have come from (as this is not at all a common suffix), or why bronze wasn't called after ברז (baraz), since bronze was used to skewer things long before iron was.

More modern commentators confidently declare that the quadriliteral (four-letter) word ברזל (brzl), meaning iron, existed all over the Semitic language spectrum and appears to have originated in Hittite (as barzillu), or else a Phoenician dialect, but obviously, there's no way to tell what barzillu might have literally meant and thus what sentiment iron was named after. The Arabic firzil and even the familiar Latin ferrum all derive from our source word ברזל (brzl), but it remains utterly unclear what the first users of that word had meant to say with it.

However, words were extremely important to the Hebrews and language sat enthroned like a deity at the heart of Jewish society — quite literally; see our article on the name YHWH, the name of the Lord, which was probably the Hebrew way of saying ABC. Linguistic science was considered a very important part of worship and Hebrew linguists rarely did things for no reason.

Iron ushered in a new age, and the Iron Age began around the same time that the alphabet was completed (Psalm 16:10), when mass literacy became the norm and every ordinary man began to have access to the recorded history and science that until then was the prerogative of highly specialized priests (Exodus 19:6). If these brilliant scholars indeed accepted the word ברזל (barzel) from a foreign language, and adopted it without altering it to their design (like they commonly did with famous names; see our article on Amraphel), it must have meant something fitting to them, in Hebrew.

Most Hebrew words consist of three letters, and words of two of four letters can often easily be derived from a triliteral root. Not so with ברזל (barzel), and that makes it likely that this word looked sufficiently enough like one or more meaningful compounds of multiple existing words. Or perhaps better formulated: our word ברזל (barzel) was accepted into the Hebrew vocabulary because, despite its irrelevant original meaning, it clearly declared what the ancient Hebrews thought of iron.

The Iron Age started around the time of David (10th century BC) but by then, iron had been known about for thousands of years and iron smelting had been going on since the Middle Bronze Age (centuries before iron overtook bronze as the choice metal for tools and weapons). That means that iron had originally been rejected, and that the Iron Age began not when ancient engineers figured how to work it, but when their warnings began to be ignored.

The word ברזל (barzel) may have resembled a compound based on the verb רזה (raza), to grow thin or to waste away, and particularly the noun רזי (razi), a wasting away, combined with לי (le ay), to me, as used in Isaiah's (8th century BC) haunting cry: "From the ends of the earth we hear songs, "Glory to the Righteous One," But I say, "Woe to me! (רזי־לי, razi-lay) Woe to me! (רזי־לי, razi-lay); Alas for me! The treacherous deal treacherously, and the treacherous deal very treacherously"" (Isaiah 24:16). The leading ב (b) could be ascribed to the particle ב (be), meaning in. And the whole compound ברזל (barzel) could be construed as a compressed version of ברזי־לי, b'razi-lay, meaning "in [this is] the demise of [everyone]".

Another way to explain our noun ברזל (barzel) is as a compound of the adjective בר (bar), meaning pure or clean, from the root we mentioned earlier: ברר (barar), to be pure or clean. The second part could be construed to come from the verb זלל (zalal), which sometimes means to shake or agitate, but mostly means to be worthless or make light of (the related verb זול, zul, means to be cheap or of little value).

Psalm 12:6 reads: "The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times." Psalm 12:8 reads: "The wicked strut about on every side, when worthlessness (from זלל, zalal) is exalted among the sons of men."

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mrmcwigglyman · 3 months ago

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*Pronounces "SQL" like a Proto-Semitic triliteral root*

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semusepsu · 2 years ago

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I've been working on implementing stem change on my naturalistic conlang, and I thought of an interesting way to develop alternating stems. I'm not sure if I will end up using this sort of thing, but I wanted to share it.

Suppose you have a language where the addition of a suffix on a word shifts the stress backward, like in Ancient Greek helórion (nominative) vs heloríou (genitive) (technically this is pitch accent rather than stress but the principle is the same). As time goes by, the pretonic and post-tonic syllables reduce, and, where phonologically viable, they delete.

So if the root word in the old language is /ʹkaɹak/, suffixed form /kaʹɹaka/, In the later language these forms would be /kaɹk/ and /kɹak/. But if vowel deletion would create a cluster that is not allowed in the language, the reduced vowel does not delete, for example /ʹjagap/ and /jaʹgapa/ becoming /ʹjagəp/ and /jəʹgap/ instead of */jagp/ and */jgap/. And of course any root that had root-final stress would have identical forms in both cases. And of course, if the vowels in the root are different, the vowels in the alternating forms will be different as well. Here's all this on a table

This process is likely similar to how the whole triliteral consonant thing developed in the Semitic languages, but unless you had a lot of CVCVC roots, though, most examples of this phenomenon would not be very dramatic.

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sorrymyrabbisaidno · 5 months ago

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I'm learning more hebrew and verbs are so cool! Like the three word stem is so neat. Triliteral root systems are so cool! And it makes me wonder why it seems unique to semitic languages. It makes me want to learn more. Maybe when I get money I'll try to find a hebrew workbook.

#judaism #hebrew #langauge learning

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truegeorge · 5 months ago

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Well, its been a week since that senile old man who we call our President Joe Biden agreed to step down from seeking another term. Well, there are many questions that the greater American public should be asking themselves. Questions like is the President really calling the shots, is the government really in charge?

Some of these things are coming to the light now that it was seen that Biden doesn’t have his faculties together. The people behind the scenes were doing the work and making the decisions that the President was supposed to be making. In this case, the President doesn’t even know what they did or what they are doing. He just signs where he is told to sign.

But even those people have to serve a master, and that master isn’t the President. Let’s get an insight into all this.

O.K, so lets attempt to put this in context, that the U.S government is not being controlled by the political parties (Democrat, Republican).

You see there is the public face of the government and there is the private face. The public face are the representatives of the three branches of government, the President, the Congress and the Supreme Court.

The private face of government consists of the following, but it is not limited to, the National Security Agency, the Triliteral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Federal Reserves, and the Bilderberg Group.

The Bilderberg group is the one that needs to be watched more closely, it is a secret society, and it may have more influence then other secret societies.

For example, when Barak Obama and Hillery Clinton were contending for the Democrat nomination for President, and that the party was conflicted as to who they were going to choose. It was the Bilderberg who choose which one should be nominated after Obama, and Hillery sat down was interviewed by the Bilderberg group.

Now, Obama was instructed to tell his old Vice-President that he needs to step out of the 2024 Presidential race.

Perhaps the Bilderberg Group may prefer that the democrats remain in power, but it is apparent that the closer we get to election day, that the opposition Donald Trump is gaining more and more popular and that Trump is more likely to receive the votes to get back in the White House.

Biden was holding off from stepping down, maybe he wanted something in return. Perhaps a severance package. You see, Biden isn’t in the physical and mental condition to be on the speaker’s circuit, making speeches and pulling in a good income like Obama and the Clintons does, so he would like some type of concession for stepping down.

Ultimately, some type of agreement took place because Biden stepped down, but not before endorsing his Vice President Karmala Harris.

In as much as Harris was endorsed by Biden, she did not have widespread support from the party, even Obama didn’t support the endorsement. Obama mentioned that the party should look at all the contenders who is capable of replacing Biden as the Presidential Nominee.

It is kind of interesting that Obama should take that stand, because he and Harris are both mixed race people who are puppets to the power structure.

But as we see, the party came around and started to rally behind Harris and committed to give Harris their support.

One of the main reasons for this is that the Biden-Harris campaign have millions of dollars that were donated through fund raising activities organized by the party. That by law, the campaign money cannot be transferred to another campaign, and its kind of too late to raise the kind of money that is available to the Biden- Harris campaign for anyone else.

Even the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama has given their support to Harris. But, as we know, nothing is given, just to be given. Harris must have agreed to be on their agenda, or some other agreement is in place. But only time will tell what that agreement was. Its like she made a pact with the devil to get the support of the democratic party.

But, then again Harris is suited to making pacts with devils, it is well known that Harris did not climb the ladder on her own merits. That she has slept with influential people to get a step up to the level she is on now. Let’s see if she has the intestinal fortitude to take this all the way.

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one-page-a-day · 8 months ago

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4th of May 2024

I handed in my small paper on classic arabic-arabic dictionaries. I compared al-Fīrūzābādī's (d. 817/1415) Qamus al-Muhit and al-Zabīdī's (d. 1205/1791) Taj Al-Arus regarding their composition and their contents.

Both are rhymebased dictonaries, which means that the roots are sorted alphabetical, but starting with the last, followed by the first, then the intermediate radicals, that is, 3rd, 1st, 2nd in triliterals and 4th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd in quadriliterals.

Al-Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ is like Lisān al-ʿArab one of the most well-known dictionaries, the name of which stemmed from the Greek ōkeanós (ocean). Qāmūs subsequently became synonymous with muʿjam (lexicon) in general.

Taj Al-Arus is based on al-Fīrūzābādī’s al-Qāmūs, but al-Zabīdī expands it considerably and amends some of the author’s errors of explanation, vocalisation, and taṣḥīf (erroneous dotting of letters).

Baalbaki, R. (2020). Lexicography, Arabic. In K. Fleet, G. Krämer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas and D. J. Stewart (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam Three Online. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_35848

As we say in Germany, "nach der Arbeit ist vor der Arbeit!"; and when one assignment is finished, the next one comes up. This time, I have to compare two Quran commentaries regarding one verse of the Quran. I will work with at-Tabarīs Ǧāmiʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl āyi ʾl-Qurʾān and as-Suyūtīs ad-Durr al-Manṯūr fī t-tafsīr al-maʾṯūr on the verse 33:72: "Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it, and man has turned unfaithful to it; surely he is unjust, ignorant;"

#arabic #middle eastern studies #lexicography #diary

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almaqead · 1 year ago

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"Ghaib: What Allah Sees." From Surah 2, Al Baqarah, "the Heifer."

Saturation with knowledge, Ghaib in Arabic is a process that creates a Clear Proof of what is correct and holy. Ghaib is essential for Right Guidance as it discredits what is impure or immoral, leaving behind what is logical and good, what consists of Masjid or Refuge.

Should God see what is unholy, He will indeed know what it is. A man will hide from it and pretend not to know. A pilgrim of Islam wants to know what is Holy and appear to be as Holy as possible before the Eyes of God lest he be forced to give up Refuge.

Ghaib guarantees the presence of Refuge from behind the mind by exposing its logic, by bleaching it of sinister thoughts with Knowledge of God found in the Quran.

All men must take Refuge in the Quran and act as if they know God through Ghaib if they are to be Rightly Guided and achieve Masjid. Rejection of the Refuge is rejection of God and is cause for punishment:

I.e. "To the wise, Allah is the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful, to the corrupt, He is severe in punishment." If this statement is not true, then all we about God know is false.

So the purpose of Ghaib is to understand "What is unseen but knowable" in order to maintain the tangibility of Refuge.

Al-Ghaib is an Arabic expression used to convey that something is concealed (unseen). It is an important concept in Islam, encompassing not only the realm of the divine, including angels, paradise, and hell, but also future events, which only God knows.[1] Jinn (daemons), who are also generally invisible but bound to earthly lives, are thought be restricted from the unseen as humans are.[2]

In the Quran it has 6 forms and 3 meanings. But it can also be used in a general sense to refer to something that is known to some but concealed from others.

Meaning

In Arabic, al-Ghaib refers to anything that is hidden in some manner. The term is composed of two words (a definitive article and an adjective), "al" and "Ghaib", literally translating to "the" and "unseen" respectively. It possesses multiple intricate meanings stemming out from the figurative translation "the depth of the well."[3] Given that the bottom of the well is visually concealed as a result of its depth, its contents are generally undeterminable.

Al-Ghaib therefore refers to that which is absent, hidden, or concealed.[4] Like majority of adjectives in the Arabic language, al-Ghaib has a triliteral or triconsonantal root. It is composed of three root letters غ ي ب (gaain, yaa, baa), roughly tantamount to g-y-b respectively in the English language.

In Islam

In the Islamic context, al-Ghaib refers to transcendental or divine secrets. It is mentioned in sixty different places in the Qur'an, in six different forms. It has three primary meanings:[5]

Absent – "That is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers."[6] (12:52)

The Unknown or Hidden – "[Allah is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted."[7] (13:9)

The Future – "Say, "I hold not for myself [the power of] benefit or harm, except what Allah has willed. And if I knew the unseen, I could have acquired much wealth, and no harm would have touched me. I am not except a warner and a bringer of good tidings to a people who believe." " [8] (7:188) [5]

There are two types of Ghaib

1. Al-Ghaib al-Mutlaq (الغيب المطلق) - Absolute Ghaib refers to all knowledge that is unseen or concealed and is only known to Allah. As stated in the Quran: "And with Him are the keys of the Ghayb (all that is hidden), none knows them but He…" [9] (6:59) [10]

Examples of this form of Ghaib are illustrated in the narrations of Muhammad: It is narrated that Abdullah bin `Umar said that the Messenger of Allah said, "The Keys of the Ghaib (unseen knowledge) are five, nobody knows them but Allah. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow except Allah; nobody knows what is in the womb except Allah; nobody knows when it will rain except Allah; no soul knows at what place he will die except Allah; and nobody knows when the (Final) Hour will begin except Allah.) [11]

2. Al-Ghaib al-Nisbi (الغيب النسبي) - Relative Ghaib is proportionate to an individual and their situation; hence it is apparent to some while hidden from others. An example to illustrate this notion is that of a class in which the students can see the lecturer, hear the content of the lecture, and the conversations that take place in the classroom, while those outside are unaware of the occurrences in the classroom.[10]

Belief in al-Ghaib

It is a fundamental constituent in a Muslim’s belief system to believe in the unseen. As illustrated in the Quran numerous times: "... it [theQuran] is guidance for the righteous… for those who believe in the unseen" (2:3-4).

These verses are mentioned at the beginning of the Quran as core characteristics of a believer and consequently all six articles of faith are based on this notion of "the unseen". The six articles of faith in Islam are:

Belief in God

Belief in the Angels

Belief in Divine Books

Belief in the Prophets

Belief in the Day of Judgment

Belief in God's predestination

As stated in a narration ascribed to Muhammad

"Iman is that you believe in Allah and His Angels and His Books and His Messengers and the Hereafter and the good and evil fate [ordained by your God]."[12]

Examples in Islamic texts.

In Islamic context, (al-)Ghaib (غيب) is (the) unseen and unknown, in reference to God (allah) and the forces that shape the world.[13] The Quran states that man (mankind) is unable to see God and his attributes. Belief in al-Ghaib is considered an important Muslim characteristic, as it allows for prayer and faith.

…قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

"He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed." (2:33)

قُل لَّا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِي خَزَائِنُ اللَّهِ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَلَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَى إِلَيَّ

"Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of God or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel. I only follow what is revealed to me." (6:50)

وَعِندَهُ مَفَاتِحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in the clear book." (6:59)

Ghaib Explained in Baqarah

2:204-205

And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.

And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption.

What is said reflects what is known. Lies kill the truth, they can kill plants, animals, and the land, they interfere with God's ability to provide the world with Masjid, AKA refuge.

When the refuge of Masjid cannot be seen or felt because of lies and corruption , there must be retribution against the opponents of Masjid. All attemps at retribution for the loss of Masjid must be visible, there must be a Ghaib, a revelation of the Clear Proof the Law of Refuge is being enforced:

2:206-212:

"And when it is said to him, "Fear Allah," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.

And of the people is he who sells himself, seeking means to the approval of Allah . And Allah is kind to [His] servants.

O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and perfectly] and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

But if you deviate after clear proofs have come to you, then know that Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Do they await but that Allah should come to them in covers of clouds and the angels [as well] and the matter is [then] decided? And to Allah [all] matters are returned.

Ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs We have given them. And whoever trades Allah’s favour—after receiving it—˹for disbelief˺ should know that Allah is indeed severe in punishment.

Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account."

In the Torah, God flooded the earth to end its apparently endless thirst for bloodshed, He punished Pharaoh and the Egyptians for engaging in the slave trade, He punished the Israelites for having an worshipping gold and sex when they old enough to know better.

We have received the Law. It is not Hidden. We all know what it says, we all believe. There can be no observable differences between believers and actors within the scope of the law. There must be evidence Paradise exists. This means there can be no hidden seeds of sin within the parched soil of the heart waiting for rain to awaken them, and all corruption must be severey punished out in the open.

This is the essence of the practices associated with Ghaib, the Clear Proof of the Unknowable found in the Quran.

2:214-216

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,"When is the help of Allah ?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.

They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. Say, "Whatever you spend of good is [to be] for parents and relatives and orphans and the needy and the traveler. And whatever you do of good - indeed, Allah is Knowing of it."

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not.

Muhammad was not particularly introspective. He did not think mankind should have to dig in order to understand God's plans for us. Even still as we continue to develop this Hadith, we see how important discrimination between what we think and what God wants us to know forms a critical path within the Quran.

Right Guidance is the objective, Qiblah is the direction, Haram is the destination, how we accommodate what we see along the way is Ghaib. Hadith is a clear record of all that results from Ghaib.

Hadith helps others in search of answers within the Quran and the Religion make their way with greater accuracy and vulnerability to misdirection. Of all the Sacraments named so far, Ghaib is the most important for understanding one's Qiblah and the Qiblah of God's Prophet and its conclusion in a global Masjid.

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