True stories » Cheating was the best thing I ever did.

At the tender age of twenty years, I have beenlucky enough to fall in
love 3 times. Sometimes I think I fall in love too easy. Or maybe I
have justbeen lucky. Or have I merely followed the way I think
relationships should go, conducive of media pressures?
The reason I bring this upis a recent actualisation of my long
oppressed feelings towards a guy, who is relatively new in my life.
Warren, a colleague from work, had given me the most emotionally
confusing, yet amazing 6 months of my life. Trying to work out what I
want, and my feelings for him amongst this, has been indescribably
scary. But ithas also brought me to some sort of awakening.
Intrigued?! I hope so.
I'll start with the past. My first boyfriend, Peter, was a great guy.
I was 15 and he was two years older than me in school. He played the
drums and was a little bit rebellious, without being too mad for my
church going parents. We really were madly in love, but in the end we
grew more into best friends than anything else. I don't regret my time
with any of my past boyfriends, but as Peter and I figuredout how this
whole 'relationship' idea worked, we realise we were growing apart and
we had become too different. We had a few months of being on and off,
and then one night I met Matt.
I was just turned 18 and Iwas enjoying going out with my friends to
bars and clubs I never could have before. As Peter wasolder, he had
been there,done that. I met Matt on NYE after Peter and I had a huge
fight. Matt was popular, just a year older than me and clearly worked
out a lot. I thought he has definitelytoo good looking for a slightly
quirky, rocky girl like me. But we had fun together and he took my
number. We texted back and forth for a bit, nothing too flirty even,
until I broke up with Peter a few weeks later, Ihad had enough of
beingignored. Then things changed. We fell in love and had a great
year together. We ended up atthe same university and I loved that we
spent so much time together and could enjoy going out together and
with groups of friends, something Peter would never allow me to do.
After we were together ayear, Matt got a job as a Trainee Paramedic,
and dropped out of university. It was great, a fantastic opportunity
to have a brilliant career. I was so supportive, even though his
training meant I only saw him once a week. For the firstfew months I
made the effort to go visit him some nights after he had finished his
training in Belfast, but when I realised the effort wasn't being
reciprocated, I quickly became bored and felt like there had to be
something more.
Then we have the present. Warren is six years older than me, funny as
hell, a Civil Engineering graduate, currently working in Tesco.
Imagine Clark Kent, that's what he lookslike. I started in Tesco in
May. Matt and I were okay, but nowhere near as good as we were. For
the first while, Warren and I didn't really speak. We were being
nasty; wejust didn't know each other.
One night I was out with my two best friends, Rebecca and Rachel. We
met a guy James, who it turns out was good friends with Warren.
Drunkenly, (but thank god) Rachel and I decided it would be a good
idea to text Warrenon James phone, and do a bit of flirting. I had
always though he was good looking, but as I was in a relationship
andhe was older, it never crossed my mind. That night I got his
number. We started flirting via text. Then we started sexting. It
started as a bit of fun, I don't think either of us ever though it
would come to anything. We started getting closer; I liked his sharp
sense of humour and his emotional and well as academic intelligence.
Then, there was the first night we kissed. I met him in Tesco car
park. (Classy, I know.) He got into my car and we talked for hours
about absolutely everything. And we could have talkedfor longer, but
the sun was coming up. For the first time in my life, I felt like
someone really understood me, and someone was actually interested. He
seemed to want to know everythingabout me. The sexual tension was
still there, we just realised; 'Shit, this might be more than sex.'
We kissed. I freaked out.
I felt so guilty; I never wanted to be the girl who cheated on her
boyfriend. It wasn't who I was. I was meant to be loyal, trustworthy,
and honest. But we kept coming back to each other. At the time I read
astory about passion and saw the word 'inevitability'. To me, this
described us.
But I hated not being in control of my own emotions. I tried to do
what I thought other people wanted, what I thought was right, and what
other people expected. So I told Warren we had to stop. The look on
his face when I told him this was the exact moment I knewI was in love
with him.
Things were weird for a few days, but it gave me the chance to get my
head around the fact thatthings with Matt were over. I secretly
resented Matt, how did he not know I was in love with someone else?
How couldhe not see? I wanted to be with Warren. In every way.
So I broke it off with Matt. It was hard, he was oblivious to it all,
so it was a complete shock. I have never looked back. Iregret hurting
him, but I don't regret what I did.
Warren and I got together. The sex was amazing (and still is), after
all the months of built up sexual tension. He makes me laugh like no
one else. He makes mefeel appreciated. He protects me, but not in a
patronising way. We have both intelligent conversation, and the most
stupid, random and childish conversation. I am head over heels.
For the first time in my life, I am scared. Scared of this
disappearing, scared of what the futurebrings, and scared of how good
things could be.
It's inevitable. It's out of my control, and I fucking love it.

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Jafar ibn Abi Talib - Biographies of the Companions (Sahabah)

In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle
of the Prophet, was quite poor. He had a large familyand did not have
enough means to support them adequately. His poverty-stricken
situation became much worse when a severe drought hit the Arabian
peninsula. The drought destroyed vegetation and livestock and, it is
said, people were driven to eat bones in the struggle for survival.
It was during this time of drought, before his call to prophethood,
that Muhammad said to his uncle, al Abbas: "Yourbrother, Abu Talib,
has a large family. People as you see have been afflicted by this
severe drought and are facing starvation. Let us go to Abu Taliband
take over responsibility for some of his family. It will take one of
his sons and you can taken another and we will look after them."
"What you suggest is certainly righteous and commendable," replied
al-Abbas, and together they went to Abu Talib and said to him: "We
want to ease some of the burden of your family until such time as this
distressing period has gone." Abu Talib agreed.
"If you allow me to keep Aqeel (one of his sons older than Ali), then
you may do whatever you like ," he said.
It was in this way that Muhammad took Ali into his household and
al-Abbas took Jafar into his. Jafar had a very close resemblance to
the Prophet. It is said there were five men from the Hashim clan who
resembled the Prophet so much, they were often mistakenfor him. They
were: Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith and Qutham ibn al-Abbas both of whom
were cousins of his. As-Saib ibn Ubayd,the grandfather of Imam ash
Shafi: al-Hasan ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet, who resembled
him most of all; and Jafar ibn Abi Talib.
Jafar stayed with his uncle, al-Abbas, until he was a young man. Then
he married Asma bintUmays, a sister of Maymunah who was later to
become a wife of the Prophet. After his marriage, Jafar went to live
on his own. He and his wife were among the first persons to accept
Islam. He became a Muslim at the hands of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may God
be pleased with him.
The young Jafar and his wife were devoted followers of Islam.They bore
the harsh treatment and the persecution of the Quraysh with patience
and steadfastness because they bothrealized that the road to Paradise
was strewn with thorns and paved with pain and hardship.
The Quraysh made life intolerable for them both and for their brethren
in faith. They tried to obstruct them from observing or performing the
duties and rites of Islam. They prevented them from tasting the full
sweetness of worship undisturbed. The Quraysh waylaid them at every
turn and severely restricted their freedomof movement.
Jafar eventually went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and sought
permission for himself and a small group of theSahabah, including his
wife, to make hijrah to the land of Abyssinia. With great sadness, the
Prophet gave his permission.It pained him that these pure and
righteous souls should be forced to leave their homes and the familiar
and cherished scenes and memories of their childhood and youth, not
for anycrime but only because they said, "Our Lord is One. Allah is
our Lord."
The group of Muhajirin left Makkah bound for the land of Abyssinia.
Leading them was Jafar ibn Abi Talib. Soon they settled down in this
new land under the care and protection ofthe Negus, the just and
righteous ruler of Abyssinia. For the first time since they became
Muslims, they savoured the tasteof freedom and security and enjoyed
the sweetness of worship undisturbed.
When the Quraysh learnt of the departure of the small group of Muslims
and the peaceful life they enjoyed under the protection of the Negus,
they made plans to secure their extradition and their return to the
great prison that was Makkah. They sent two of their most formidable
men, Amr ibn al-Aas and Abdullah ibn Abi Rabiah, to accomplish this
task and loaded them with valuable and much sought after presents for
the Negus and his bishops.
In Abyssinia, the two Quraysh emissaries first presented their girls
to the bishops and to each of them they said: "There are some wicked
young people moving about freely in the King's land. They have
attacked the religion of their forefathers and caused disunity among
theirpeople. When we speak to the King about them, advise him to
surrender them to us without his asking them about their religion. The
respected leaders of their own people are more aware of them and know
better what they believe."
The bishops agreed.
Amr and Abdullah then went to the Negus himself and presented him with
gifts which he greatly admired. They said to him: "O King, there is a
group of evil persons from among our youth who have escaped to
yourkingdom. They practice a religion which neither we nor you know.
They have forsaken our religion and have not entered into your
religion. The respected leaders of their people- from among their own
parentsand uncles and from their own clans - have sent us to you to
request you to return them. They know best what trouble they have
caused."
The Negus looked towards his bishops who said: "They speak the truth,
O King. Their own people know them better and are better acquainted
with whatthey have done. Send them back so that they themselves might
judge them."
The Negus was quite angry with this suggestion and said: "No. ByGod, I
won't surrender them to anyone until I myself call them and question
them about what they have been accused. If what these two men have
said is true,then I will hand them over to you. If however it is not
so, then I shall protect them so long as they desire to remain under
my protection."
The Negus then summoned the Muslims to meet him. Before going, they
consulted with one another as a group and agreed that Jafar ibn Abi
Talib and no one else should speak on their behalf.
In the court of the Negus, the bishops, dressed in green surplises and
impressive headgear, were seated on his right and on his left. The
Qurayshite emissaries were also seated when the Muslims entered and
took their seats. The Negus turned to them and asked:
"What is this religion which you have introduced for yourself andwhich
has served to cut you off from the religion of your people? You also
did not enter my religion nor the religion of any other community."
Jafar ibn Abi Talib then advancedand made a speech that was moving and
eloquent and which is still one of the most compelling descriptions of
Islam, the appeal of the noble Prophet and the condition of Makkan
society at the time. He said: "O King, we were a people in a state of
ignorance and immorality, worshipping idols and eating the flesh of
dead animals, committing all sorts of abomination and shameful deeds,
breaking the ties of kinship, treating guests badly and the strong
among us exploited the weak. "We remained in this state until
Allahsent us a Prophet, one of our own people whose lineage,
truthfulness, trustworthiness and integrity were well-known to us. "He
called us to worship Allah alone and to renounce the stones and the
idols which we and our ancestors used to worship besides Allah.
"He commanded us to speak thetruth, to honor our promises, to be kind
to our relations, to be helpful to our neighbors, to cease all
forbidden acts, to abstain from bloodshed, to avoid obscenities and
false witness, not to appropriate an orphan's property nor slander
chaste women.
"He ordered us to worship Allah alone and not to associate anything
with him, to uphold Salat, to give Zakat and fast in the month of
Ramadan.
"We believed in him and what he brought to us from Allah and we follow
him in what he has asked us to do and we keep away from what he
forbade us from doing.
"Thereupon, O King, our people attacked us, visited the severest
punishment on us to make us renounce our religion and take us back to
the old immorality and the worship of idols.
"They oppressed us, made life intolerable for us and obstructed us
from observing our religion. So we left for your country, choosing you
before anyone else, desiring your protection and hoping to live in
Justice and in peace m your midst."
The Negus was impressed and was eager to hear more. He asked Jafar:
"Do you have with you something of what your
Prophet brought concerning God?" "Yes," replied Jafar.
"Then read it to me," requested the Negus. Jafar, in his rich,
melodious voice recited for him the first portion of Surah Maryam
which deals with the story of Jesus and his mother Mary.
On hearing the words of the Quran, the Negus was moved to tears. To
the Muslims, he said:"The message of your Prophet and that of Jesus
came from the same source..." To Amr and his companion, he said:" Go.
For, by God, I will never surrender them to you." That, however, was
not the end of the matter. The wily Amr made up his mind to go to the
King the following day "to mention something about the Muslims belief
which will certainly fill his heart with angerand make him detest
them" On the morrow, Amr went to the Negus and said:
"O King, these people to whom you have given refuge and whom you
protect say something terrible about Jesus the son of Mary (that he is
a slave). Send for them and ask them what they say about him."
The Negus summoned the Muslims once more and Jafar acted as their
spokesman. The Negus put the question: "What do you say about Jesus,
the son of Mary?"
"Regarding him, we only say what has been revealed to our Prophet ,"
replied Jaffar. "And what is that?" enquired the Negus.
"Our Prophet says that Jesus is the servant of God and His Prophet.
His spirit and His word which He cast into Mary the Virgin."
The Negus was obviously excitedby this reply and exclaimed: "By God,
Jesus the son of Mary was exactly as your Prophet has described him"
The bishops around the Negus grunted in disgust at what they had heard
and were reprimanded by the Negus. He turned to the Muslims and said:
"Go, for you are safe and secure. Whoever obstructs you will pay for
it and whoever opposes you will be punished. For, by God, I would
rather not have a mountain of gold than that anyone of you should come
to any harm."
Turning to Amr and his companion, he instructed his attendants:
"Return their gifts to these two men. I have no need of them." Amr and
his companion left broken and frustrated. The Muslims stayed on in the
land of the Negus who proved to be most generous andkind to his
guests.
Jafar and his wife Asma spent about ten years in Abyssinia which
became a second home for them. There, Asma gave birthto three children
whom they named Abdullah, Muhammad and Awn. Their second child
waspossibly the first child in the history of the Muslim Ummah to be
given the name Muhammad after the noble Prophet, may God bless him and
grant him peace.
In the seventh year of the hijrah,Jafar and his family left
Abyssiniawith a group of Muslims and headed for Madinah. When they
arrived the Prophet was just returning from the successful conquest of
Khaybar. He was so overjoyed at meeting Jafar that he said: "I do not
know what fills me with more happiness, the conquest of Khaybar or the
coming of Jafar."
Muslims in general and the poor among them especially were just as
happy with the return of Jafar as the Prophet was. Jafar quickly
became known as a person who was much concerned for the welfare of the
poor and indigent. For this he was nicknamed, the "Father of the
Poor". Abu Hurayrah said of him: "The best of men towards us indigent
folk was Jafar ibn AbiTalib. He would pass by us on hisway home and
give us whatever food he had. Even if his own food had run out, he
would sendus a pot in which he had placed some butterfat and nothing
more. We would open it and lickit clean..."
Jafar's stay in Madinah was not long. At the beginning of the eighth
year of the hijrah, the Prophet mobilized an army to confront
Byzantine forces in Syria because one of his emissaries who had gone
in peace had been treacherously killed by a Byzantine governor. He
appointed Zayd ibn Harithah as commander of the army and gave the
following instructions:"If Zayd is wounded or killed, Jafar ibn Abi
Talib would take over the command. If Jafar is killed or wounded, then
your commander would be Abdullah ibn Rawahah. If Abdullah ibn Rawahah
is killed, then let the Muslims choose for themselves acommander."
The Prophet had never given such instructions to an army before and
the Muslims took thisas an indication that he expected the battle to
be tough and that they would even suffer major losses.
When the Muslim army reached Mutah, a small village situated among
hills in Jordan, they discovered that the Byzantines had amassed a
hundred thousand men backed up by a massive number of Christian Arabs
from the tribes of Lakhm, Judham, Qudaah and others. TheMuslim army
only numbered three thousand.
Despite the great odds against them, the Muslim forces engaged the
Byzantines in battle. Zayd ibn al-Harithah, the beloved companion of
the Prophet, was among the first to fall. Jafar ibn Abi Talib then
assumed command. Mounted onhis ruddy-complexioned horse, he penetrated
deep into the Byzantine ranks. As he spurred his horse on, he called
out: "Howwonderful is Paradise as it draws near! How pleasant and cool
is its drink! Punishment for the Byzantines is not far away!" Jafar
continued to fight vigorously but was eventually slain. The third in
command, Abdullah ibn Rawahah, also fell. Khalid ibn al-Walid, the
inveterate fighter who had recently accepted Islam, was then chosen as
the commander. He made a tactical withdrawal, redeployed the Muslims
and renewed the attack from severaldirections. Eventually, the bulk of
the Byzantine forces fled in disarray.
The news of the death of his three commanders reached the Prophet in
Madinah. The pain and grief he felt was intense. He went to Jafar's
house and met his wife Asma. She was getting ready to receive her
absent husband. She had prepared dough and bathed and clothed the
children. Asma said: "When the Messenger of God approached us, I saw a
veil of sadness shrouding his noble face and I became very
apprehensive. But I did not dare ask him about Jafar for fear that I
would hear some unpleasant news. He greeted and asked, 'Where are
Jaffar's children?' I called them for him and they came and crowded
around him happily, each one wanting to claim him for himself. He
leaned over and hugged them while tears flowed from his eyes.
'O Messenger of God,' I asked, 'why do you cry? Have you heard
anything about Jafar and his twocompanions?'
'Yes,' he replied. 'They have attained martyrdom.' The smilesand the
laughter vanished from the faces of the little children when they
heard their mother crying and wailing. Women came and gathered around
Asma.
"O Asma," said the Prophet,"don't say anything objectionable and don't
beat your breast." He then prayed to God to protect and sustain the
family of Jafar and assured themthat he had attained Paradise.
The Prophet left Asma's house and went to his daughter Fatimah who was
also weeping. To her, he said: "For such as Jafar, you can (easily)
cry yourselfto death. Prepare food for Jafar'sfamily for today they
are beside themselves with grief."

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Does the Bible Teach ThatJesus is God?

All thanks are due to Allah; May Allah's blessings be on all of His
Prophets from Adam to Nu`h (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses),and
`Esa (Jesus), and ending with Allah's Final and Last Prophet and
Messenger, Prophet Muhammad.
Islam teaches that `Esa (Jesus) the Masee`h (Messiah) is an
honorableprophet from Allah and that his mother Maryam (Mary) is, as
Prophet Muhammad described her, the best among the women of the world;
(Fat`h al-Bari). I bear witness that Prophet `Esa (Jesus) was born
miraculously, that he spoke in the cradle and declared Allah (I) as
the One and Only True Lord and Ilah (God),
{O, People of the Scripture (Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in
your religion, nor say of Allâh aught but the truth.The Messiah 'Îsâ
(Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), was (no more than) a Messenger of Allâh
and His Word, ("Be!" — and he was) which He bestowed on Maryam (Mary)
and a spirit (Rûh) created by Him; so believe in Allâh and His
Messengers. Say not: "Three (trinity)!" Cease! (It is) better for you.
For Allâh is (the only) One Ilâh ('God'), glory is to Him (Far Exalted
is He) above having a son. To Him belong all that is in the heavens
and all that is in the earth. And Allâh is All-Sufficient as a
Disposer of affairs. The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a
slave of Allâh, nor the angels who are the near (to Allâh).}
(4:171-172)
Question: Can you summarize the entire foundation of the religion of
Islam in abouta minute?
Answer: 'Yes, I can. Pleasestart counting the seconds.'
In one of his Hadeeths, Muhammad (r), the Prophet of Allah, mentioned
all six pillars of Eman, the Islamic Faith, when he (r) said that
'Eman' is,
" أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ "
"To believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers and in the
Last Day; and to believe in the al-Qadar (Predestination), both the
good and the evil it may bring" (Muslim).
Also, Muhammad (r), the Prophet of Islam, collected all five pillars
ofIslam in one statement, when he said,
" بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ
اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ
وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَالْحَجِّ وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ "
"Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): To testify that
there is no deity (owing the right to be worshipped) but Allah and
that Muhammad is Allah's Messenger; to offer the (compulsory) prayers
dutifully and perfectly; to pay Zakat (obligatory charity); to perform
Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah); and to fast during [the lunar month of]
Ramadan" (Bukhari and Muslim).
I am done! You see, Islamis built on the six pillars of Eman (Faith),
and Faithexists in the heart, affirmation of the faith with the
tongue, and performing the remaining four practical pillars of Islam.
This is a brief, clear, plain and most powerful creed. These
statements are found throughout the Quran and Prophetic Sunnah
Traditions. Thesefoundations, if embracedand practiced, make one a
faithful believer. This isthe entire foundation of the religion of
Islam. Really, I am done!
The Christian creed with regards to the nature of God is a mystery as
we often hear from advocates of the divinity of Jesus and his place in
the Christian Trinity, such as using this type of title: 'The
Incomprehensible Nature of God and his Son'. Agreed! The Christian
creed is incomprehensible, and a mystery. Firstly, no one can explain
what the divinity of Jesus really means or how this concept is
supposed to work within the Trinity, or where this concept came from
or where it is going. Secondly, how can billions of Christians
believe in a creed built on an elaborate scheme of, 'This could mean
that; that may mean this; probably; may be; it is possible; we could
say'; and so forth? This is where advocates of the divinity of Jesus
'glue together' a creed based on vague verses that are twisted and
corrupted to mean what they do not mean. Hence, advocates of
Christianity need long minutes and substantial effort to prove their
creed, because their creed does not exist to begin with. They need
substantial time and extensive effort to manufacture a creed based on
texts that are atbest vague and could mean a host of things. Can we
ask Christendom to simply quote Jesus as saying, 'People: I am God;I
created you; worship me; I am one in three andthree in one; worship
theHoly Ghost; the Holy Ghost is God; Trinity is thecreed to follow; I
am divine.' Instead, we always hear the usual blend of verses
distorted to force them to mean what they do not mean to support a
creed that does not exist in the Bible.
'Does the Bible Teach thatJesus is God?' There are five aspects to
discuss here found in the title itself: God; Jesus; The Bible;
'Twinity'; and God'sTrue Name.
Is Jesus God?
What is the Biblical proof that Jesus is God? Is it thesame old
evidence that mankind has been hearing from Christianity for almost
1,700 years? Evidence the Jews vehemently deny exists inthe OT, while
Muslims andcountless Christians vehemently deny it exists in the OT or
the NT? Let's discuss this so-called evidence. Inshaallah (Allah
willing), I will mention Biblical texts to prove that the Bible says
that Jesus is NOT God. Wewill assert this fact in different ways.
"God is not a man" (Numbers 23:19).
Agreed! Jesus is a man, as the Bible testifies, "Jesus of Nazareth, a
man" (Acts 2:22); "…and being found in fashion asa man" (Philippians
2:8). Therefore, according to the Bible, Jesus is not God.
"God is not a man … neither the son of man" (Numbers 23:19).
Agreed! Jesus, a man, so often said this about himself, "For the Son
of man is come to save that which was lost" (Matthew 18:11).
Therefore, according to the Bible, Jesus is not God, since God,
accordingto the Bible, is neither a man nor the son of man, while
Jesus is a man and the son of man, who was also often called in the
Bible, "The son of David" (Matthew 9:27).
"En arche en ho logos kaiho logos en pros ton theon kai Theos en ho
logos (In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God)" (John 1:1).
John 1:1 is celebrated by Christians worldwide. Does this verse
affirm thedivinity of Jesus, let aloneaffirming Trinity?
1. In the first instance, The God is described as, 'Ton Theon', while
the Word is described as being 'Theos'.
2. Key-Word: Twinity! The Holy Ghost is not found in John 1:1 yet
Christians somehow use it to prove Trinity. It seems that the Holy
Ghostwas not with The God and the Word from the beginning.
3. The Greek copy of the New Testament I have access to uses 'Theos'
in both instances where 'god' is mentioned in John 1:1. However, the
first instance of 'Theos' is preceded by 'Ho' which makes the
reference in it to The God; the second instance is not preceded by
'Ho', which makes the second 'theos' merely a god.
4. In the Bible Collection Suite, 'Theos' is the same term used to
describe both the devil and The God, "In whom the god (Ho Theos;
Satan) of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God (Ho Theos), shouldshine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4:4). This
verse seems to equate the devil to The God; John 1:1 refers to the
Word merely as a god.
5. Somehow, to Christians, 'Theos' is God when talking about Jesus,
but 'theos' is only god when talking about the devil. This is the
never-ending capital letters vs. lower case letters game that the
modern day Christian world has engaged itself in.
6. However, Jesus did not speak Greek, did not speak in capital
letters or lower case letters, and did not speak English.
7. If, as we are told, John 1:1 qualifies Jesus to be a god besides
God, the devil would have more right to this title than Jesus: The
devil is the 'ho theos' of the world, whileJesus is merely a 'theos'.
None deserves to be worshipped, except Allah,Alone without partners.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
(Monogenes) Son (Huios),that whosoever believethin him should not
perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
The NT mentions this veryterm, 'Monogenes', while describing Prophet
Is`haq (Isaac u), son of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham u), "By faith
Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received
the promises offered up his only begotten son (Monogenes)" (Hebrews
11:17). Of course, Prophet Is`haq (Isaac u) was neither Ibrahim's
(Abraham's) only begotten son, nor his first begotten son; Prophet
Isma`eel (Ishmael u) was as the OT itself attests, "And Abram was
fourscore and six years old (86), when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram"
(Genesis 16:16). In contrast, Genesis statesthis, "And Abraham was an
hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him" (Genesis
21:5). Hajar (Hagar), the mother of Ishmael, was Abraham's wife as
Genesis 16:3 testifies.
'Monogenes' does not mean 'only begotten'. If, 'Monogenes', means
'the only begotten [KJV]', then, the current copy of the Old Testament
is wrong in describing Isaac as being the only begotten son of
Abraham; the same is said about the New Testament which used this term
to describe Isaac; (Hebrews 11:17). If'Monogenes' means 'only (New
Revised Standard Version of the Bible [NRSV])', this proves that both
the Old Testament and the New Testament were corrupted and changed:
the first for contradicting the fact that Isaac was not the only son
of Abraham, andthe second for being translated as meaning 'the only
begotten,' when 'Monogenes' only means, 'only'.
The NRSV has expunged 'begotten' from John 3:16, because it is an
addition; an innovation. The dispute about the true meaning of
'Monogenes' is irrelevant;Jesus did not speak Greek, and the author of
the Gospel of John is an unknown person who wrote what was never
before preached by any Prophet whom Allah sent. This alien idea should
not be allowed to overturn the clear Monotheism preached in the Two
Testaments and upheld by the Quran.
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
andthe Holy Ghost: and these three are one" (1 John 5:7).
1 John 5:7, a foundation of Christianity, is among the fabricated
texts added to the New Testament. The appearance and disappearance of
1 John 5:7 between the Standard and the King James Versions of the
Bible expose the little respect Christians have for their own holy
book. Even the versions of the Bible that kept this verse almost
intact translate it differently, especially the last part of it: "…and
these three are one"; "…and the three agree asone"; "…and the three
agree in one."
Before using this fabricated text, Christiansshould agree among
themselves on what is their true Word of God. Christendom has many
words of God, such as theAmerican Standard Version of the Bible, which
does not have this verse exactly as other words of God do. The
Revised Standard Version, The New RevisedStandard Version, The New
American Standard Bible, The New English Bible, The Phillips
ModernEnglish Bible have expunged this verse altogether from their
versions of the Bible because it is agreed now that it was a later
insertion to the Bible by the church.
Absolutely no one before John wrote this verse ever uttered any
statement like it. Not even Jesus said this. No prophet ever said
this. This is why it is a fabrication that should not be used as
evidence to anything.
The answering Islam team agrees that the KJV contains at least an
error,by saying, "This passage is recognized by a majority of
Christian scholars as an extrapolation since 1 John 5:7 is not found
in any early Greek manuscripts." Yet, this verse still exists today
in the most popular version of the Christian Word of God, the KJV.
"I and my father are one"(John 10:30).
Christians claim that this statement proves that Jesus is one or
united with God and, consequently, Jesus is God. However, when Jesus
died, he did not give up the Father, he only gave up the ghost, "And
Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost" (Mark 15:37).
This claimed unity was not available to Jesus when he died; what
happened to this unity and why did not the Father die when Jesus died,
if Jesus and the Father are one? Hopefully, no one will claim that
when Jesus said that he and the Father are one, it was Jesus the human
not Jesus the divine who saidit. It this is suggested, then one would
be saying that God is human. And where is theHoly Ghost in John
10:30? He is missing, again. Key-Word: Twinity!
It seems the unity between God and Jesus can include many more people.
Jesus is claimed to have said, "That they all may be one; as thou,
Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us:
that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which
thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are
one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one"
(John 17:21-23). If, as weare told, John 10:30 proves that Jesus is
God, then, John 17:21-23 prove that the disciples and possibly many
other people are also God. Also, if God and Jesus are one, why would
Jesus keep calling himself, 'My God': "I ascend to my Father and your
Father, and to my God and your God" (John 20:17)? The Quran states
that Prophet`Esa said,
{Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allâh I) did command
meto say: "Worship Allâh, myLord and your Lord." And I was a witness
over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You
were the Watcher over them; and You are a Witness to all things.}
(5:117)
"Jesus said … Before Abraham was, I AM" (John8:58).
Christians try to pass this verse as proof of the divinity of Jesus.
However, this hardly proves anything, whether 'I am' is written in
capital or lower case letters. Jesus did not speak Greek, and he did
not speak in capital letters or in English. The first handwritten
English Bible manuscripts were produced in the late fourteenth century
by John Wycliffe, more than thirteen centuries after Jesus supposedly
died.
We should also note that in the Greek copy of the Bible, the terms
'Ego (eg-o') Eimi (i-mee')' usedfor 'I AM' in John 8:58 are the same
terms used by other than Jesus, such as in Matthew 9:13. Yet, some
Christians ignore this fact and talk about the 'I AM' of Jesus being
translated in capital letters. What if Jesus said, 'I AM', or 'I IS',
or, 'I ARE', how would one of these make him God?
What about what Jesus said in truth, where is it? Produce the real
original copy of what he said in the language he said it in, as
recorded by truthful witnesses who passed this information through
truthful chains of narration. Instead, theadvocates of the divinity
of Jesus base their religion on doubt and suspicion, and neither
Christians nor Jews can produce any exact replicaof any page in the OT
or the NT.
"For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee" (Psalm 5:4).
Shocking proof that Jesusis not God: "Then was Jesus led up of the
Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Andwhen he had
fasted fortydays and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And
when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son ofGod,
command that thesestones be made bread. But he answered and said, It
is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into
the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacleof the temple. And saith
unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ... Jesus said
unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them. And
saith unto him, All these things will Igive thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came
and ministered unto him." (Matthew 4:1-11)
If mankind were to believe that Jesus is God, then the devil is a
bigger god, since he tempted 'God', led 'God' around, asked 'God' to
commit suicide, offered 'God', who owns everything to begin with, the
kingdoms of the world, and then demanded that 'God' worship him!
Meanwhile, Jesus never said to the devil, 'How dare you; I am God; do
you offer me the kingdoms which I own and then demand that I, who
created you and everything else, worship you?' Jesus cannot be God
according to the Bible, since God cannot be tempted by evil; Jesus was
tempted by the devil as the Bible claims.
Either way it looks bad: Someone may suggest that Jesus the human, who
was then disconnected from Jesus the divine, was actually tempted by
the devil. This is worse; this means that God has a selective
amnesia, and Jesus the man was still led by the devil.
"The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool" (Psalm 110:1).
Christian enthusiasts on Psalm 110:1, "Christians believe that Jesus
is David's Lord since he is the Christ. And since Yahweh is David's
Lord, Jesus must therefore be Yahweh God." So, the Lord spoke to
himself and said, 'My-self, sit at my right hand until I make my
enemies a footstool for my feet." And what happened to the Holy
Ghost? Key-Word: Twinity, Jesus and God!
A Christian view on Psalm110:1, "The words in Hebrew … the above
version translates LORD and Lord are actually Yahweh and Adoni, two
different words with twoobviously different meanings."

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RESPECT THAT SHOULD BE ACCORDED WHEN RECITINGTHE DUROOD SHAREEF

Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) said: "Without
doubt, there is an Angel of Almighty Allah whom Allah has given power
tolisten to the voices of all the people. Whenever any person reads
the Durood Shareef, this Angel delivers the Durood Shareef to me. I
then plead to Almighty Allah for the person to receive ten blessings
for reading a single Durood Shareef". (Jami'us Sagheer).
How should one recite the Durood Shareef?
What should be the persons condition and the conditions of his
environment? The following points should be taken into account when
reciting Durood Shareef:
1. It should be read with utmost humility and respect.
2. The clothes of the reciter should be clean and free from all impurity.
3. The place where the Durood Shareef is to be read should be clean.
4. It is more superior to be in a state of Wudhu while reciting the
Durood Shareef. (Not a must, can be recited without Wuduh [Islamic
Academy] )
5. It is better to sit in the Tashahudd position as you would sit when
in Salaah and recite the Durood Shareef with concentration and the
respect due to it.
6. It is preferable to face Madinatul Munawwarah.
7. If possible, one shouldhave sweet fragrance around the place.
8. The reciter should try and understand the meaning of the Durood Shareef.
9. One should possess a clean and untainted intention. One should read
with the sole intention of pleasing Almighty Allah and Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
10. The person should not be involved in worldly talks.
11. A person should try his level best to follow the example or Sunnah
of the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
12. When reading Durood Shareef, you should try and imagine that you
are sitting in the august presence of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal
Laahu Alaihi Wasallim). Utmost respect and reverence should be
displayed.
13. Whenever one hears or recites the Durood Shareef, it should be
read and written in full. It is also preferable to kiss one's thumb
and rubthem over one's eyes when hearing the name of the Holy Prophet
(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim). It's a Sunnah of Hazrat Abu Bakr
Siddique (Radiallah Tala Anhu).
14. When the reading of the Durood Shareef is completed one should
praise Allah Ta'ala that he has given you the opportunity of reading
such a great Zikr as the Durood Shareef.
15. Whenever one takes the name of the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu
Alaihi Wasallim), one should use titles of respect and reverence.
16. As an advantage one should count (if possible) on one's fingers as
Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) often encouraged
this practicebecause on the Day of Qiyamah those same fingers will
bear witness at the time when they are questioned.
17. Recite Durood Shareef wherever you are (not in the bathroomor
toilet) and during anyoccasion.
Islamic Academy Note: Above are mostly Mustihibaats. If above
conditions cannot be met please do not let them stop you from reciting
Durood Shraif. One should recite Durood Sharif wheneverpossible but
avoid placeslike restrooms, toilets and bathrooms.