Ramadan Articles - Explaining Ramadhan to People Belonging to Other Faiths

Who Must Fast?
Fasting is compulsory for those who are mentally and physically fit,
past the age of puberty, in a settled situation (not traveling), and
are sure fasting is unlikely to cause real physical or mental injury.
Exemptions from Fasting (some exemptions are optional)
*.Children under the age of puberty (Young children are encouraged to
fast as much as they are able.)
*.People who are mentally incapacitated or not responsible for their actions
*.The elderly
*.The sick
*.Travelers who are on journeys of more than about fifty miles
*.Pregnant women and nursing mothers
*.Women who are menstruating
*.Those who are temporarily unable to fast must make up the missed
days at another time or feed the poor.
Special Events
*.Special prayers, called taraweeh, are performed after the daily
nighttime prayer.
*.Lailat ul-Qadr ("Night ofPower" or "Night of Destiny") marks the
anniversary of the night on which the Prophet Muhammad first began
receiving revelations from God, through the angel Gabriel. Muslims
believeLailat ul-Qadr is one of the last odd-numbered nights of
Ramadhan.
Traditional Practices
*.Breaking the daily fast with a drink of water and dates
*.Reading the entire Quran during Ramadhan
*.Social visits are encouraged.
Eid ul-Fitr ("Festival of Fast-Breaking") Prayers at the End of Ramadhan
*.Eid begins with special morning prayers on thefirst day of Shawwal,
the month following Ramadhan on the Islamic lunar calendar.
*.It is forbidden to perform an optional fast during Eid because it is
a time for relaxation.
*.During Eid Muslims greet each other with the phrase"taqabbalallah
ta'atakum," or "may God accept your deeds"and "Eid Mubarak"
(eed-moo-bar-ak), meaning "blessed Eid."
Ramadhan Questions and Answers
Q: How did the fast during Ramadhan become obligatory for Muslims?
The revelations from God to the Prophet Muhammad that would eventually
be compiled as the Quran began during Ramadhan in the year 610, but
the fast of Ramadhan did not become a religious obligation for Muslims
until the year 624. The obligation to fast is explained in the second
chapter of the Quran:"O ye who believe! Fasting isprescribed to you as
it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn)
self-restraint...Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the
Quran, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and
judgment (between rightand wrong). So every one of you who is present
(at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting..."(Chapter
2, verses 183 and 185)
Q: What do Muslims believe they gain from fasting?
One of the main benefits of Ramadhan are an increased compassion
forthose in need of the necessities of life, a senseof
self-purification and reflection and a renewedfocus on spirituality.
Muslims also appreciate the feeling of togetherness shared by family
and friends throughout the month. Perhaps the greatest practical
benefit is the yearly lesson in self-restraint and discipline that can
carry forward to other aspects of a Muslim's life such as work and
education.
Q: Why does Ramadhan begin on a different day each year?
Because Ramadhan is a lunar month, it begins about eleven days
earliereach year. Throughout a Muslim's lifetime, Ramadhan will fall
both during winter months, when the days are short, and summer months,
when the days are long and the fast is more difficult. In this way,
the difficulty of the fast is evenly distributed between Muslims
living in the northern and southern hemispheres.
Q: What is Lailat ul-Qadr?
Lailat ul-Qadr ("Night of Power") marks the anniversary of the night
on which the Prophet Muhammad first began receiving revelations from
God, through the angel Gabriel. An entire chapter in the Quran deals
with this night:"Wehave indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of
Power: and what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is? The
Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the
angels and the Spirit by God's permission, on every errand.
Peace!...This until the rise of morn."(Chapter 97) Muslims believe
Lailat ul-Qadr is one of the last odd-numbered nights of Ramadhan.
Q: Is it difficult to performthe fast in America?
In many ways, fasting in American society is easierthan fasting in
areas where the climate is extremely hot. This year at least, the
number of daylight hours will be less than when Ramadhan occurs during
the spring or summer. In Muslim countries, most people are observing
the fast, so there are fewer temptations such as luncheon meetings,
daytime celebrations andoffers of food from friends. Many American
Muslims would prefer a daytime work shift during Ramadhan so thatthey
may break the fast with their families and attend evening prayers.
Q: How can non-Muslim co-workers and friends help someone who is fasting?
Employers, co-workers and teachers can help by understanding the
significance of Ramadhan and by showing a willingness to make minor
allowances for its physical demands. Special consideration canbe given
to such things as requests for vacation time, the need for flexible
early morning or evening work schedules and lighter homework
assignments. It is also very important that Muslim workers and
students be given time toattend Eid prayers at the end of Ramadhan.
Eid is as important to Muslims as Christmas and Yom Kippur are to
Christians and Jews. A small token such as a card (there are Eid cards
available from Muslim bookstores) or baked goods given to a Muslim
co-worker duringEid ul-Fitr would also be greatly appreciated.
Hospital workers should be aware that injections and oral medications
might break the fast. Patients should be given the opportunity to
decide whether or not their condition exempts them from fasting.
Q: Do people normally lose weight during Ramadhan?
Some people do lose weight, but others may not. It is recommended that
meals eaten during Ramadhan be light, but most people can't resist
sampling special sweets and foods associated with Ramadhan.

Ramadan Articles - How To Avoid Some Common Problems Encountered In Ramadan

This article provides useful advice on how to avoid some common
problems encountered inRamadan. If followed, it would enable one to
fast comfortably and enjoy fully the spiritual benefitsof Ramadan.
During the holy month ofRamadan, our diet shouldnot differ very much
from our normal diet andshould be as simple as possible. The diet
should be such that we maintainour normal weight, neither losing nor
gaining. However, if one is overweight, Ramadan is an ideal time to
normalize one's weight.
In view of the long hours of fasting, we should consume slow digesting
foods including fibre containing-foods rather than fast-digesting
foods.Slow digesting foods last up to 8 hours, while fast-digesting
foods last for only 3 to 4 hours.
*.Slow-digesting foods are foods that contain grains and seeds like
barley, wheat, oats, millet, semolina, beans, lentils, wholemeal
flour,unpolished rice, etc. (called complex carbohydrates).
*.Fast-burning foods are foods that contain sugar, white flour, etc.
(called refined carbohydrates).
*.Fibre-containing foods are bran-containing foods, whole wheat,
grains and seeds, vegetables like green beans, peas, sem (papry),
marrow, mealies, spinach, and other herbs like methie,the leaves of
beetroot (iron-rich), fruit with skin, dried fruit especially dried
apricots, figs and prunes, almonds, etc.
The foods eaten should be well balanced, containing foods from each
food group, i.e. fruits, vegetables, meat/chicken/fish, bread/cereals
and dairy products. Fried foods are unhealthy and should be limited.
They cause indigestion, heartburn, and weight problems.
AVOID
*.Fried and fatty foods.
*.Foods containing too much sugar.
*.Over-eating especially during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur)
*.Too much tea during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur). Tea
makes you pass more urine taking with it valuable mineral salts that
your body would need during the day.
*.Smoking cigarettes. If you cannot give up smoking, cut down
gradually starting a fewweeks before Ramadan.Smoking is unhealthy and
one should stop completely.
EAT
*.Complex carbohydrates during the meal before Dawn (sehri. or suhur)
so that the food lasts longer making you less hungry.
*.Haleem is an excellent source of protein and isa slow-burning food.
*.Dates are excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium
and magnesium.
*.Almonds are rich in protein and fibre with less fat.
*.Bananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates.
DRINK
*.As much water or fruit juices as possible between iftar (Breaking
fasting) and bedtime so that your body may adjust fluid levels in
time.
Common Medical Problems:
CONSTIPATION
Constipation can cause piles (haemorroids), fissures (painful cracks
in anal canal) and indigestion with a bloated feeling.
Causes:Too much refined foods, too little water and not enough fibre
in the diet.
Remedy:Avoid excessive refined foods, increase water intake, use bran
in baking, brown flour when making roti.
INDIGESTION AND WIND
Causes:Over-eating. Too much fried and fatty foods, spicy foods, and
foods that produce wind e.g. eggs, cabbage, lentils, carbonated
drinkslike Cola also produce gas.
Remedy:Do not over-eat; drink fruit juices or better still drink
water. Avoid fried foods and add ajmor to wind-producing foods.
LETHARGY ('low blood pressure')
Excessive sweating, weakness, tiredness, lack of energy, dizziness,
especially on getting up from sitting position, pale appearance and
feeling faint are symptoms associated with "low blood pressure". This
tends to occur towards the afternoon.
Causes:Too little fluid intake, decreased salt intake.
Remedy:Keep cool, increase fluid and salt intake.
Caution:Low blood pressure should be confirmed by taking a blood
pressure reading when symptoms are present. Persons with high blood
pressure may need their medication adjusted during Ramadan. They
should consult their doctor.
HEADACHE
Causes:Caffeine and tobacco-withdrawal, doing too much in one day,
lack of sleep, hunger, usually occur as the day goes by and worsens at
the end of theday. When associated with "low blood pressure", the
headache can be quite severe and can also cause nausea before Iftar
(Breaking Fasting).
Remedy:Cut down caffeine and tobacco slowly starting a week or two
before Ramadan. Herbal and caffeine-free teas may be substituted.
Reorganize your schedule during the Ramadan so as to have adequate
sleep.
LOW BLOOD SUGAR
Weakness, dizziness, tiredness, poor concentration, perspiringeasily,
feeling shaky (tremor), unable to perform physical activities,
headache, palpitations are symptoms of low blood sugar.
Causes in non-diabetics:Having too much sugar i.e. refined
carbohydrates especially during the meal before Dawn (sehri or suhur).
The body produces too much insulin causing the blood glucose to drop.
Remedy:Eat something atsuhur (sehri) and limit sugar-containing foods
and drinks.
Caution:Diabetics may need to adjust their medication in Ramadan,
consult your doctor.
MUSCLE CRAMPS
Causes:Inadequate intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium foods.
Remedy:Eat foods rich in the above minerals e.g. vegetables, fruit,
dairy products, meat and dates.
Caution:Those on high blood pressure medication and with kidney stone
problems should consult their doctor.
PEPTIC ULCERS, HEART BURN, GASTRITIS AND HIATUS HERNIA
Increased acid levels in the empty stomach in Ramadan aggravate the
above conditions. It presents as a burning feeling in the stomach area
under the ribs and can extend up to the throat. Spicy foods, coffee,
and Cola drinks worsen these conditions.
Medications are availableto control acid levels in the stomach. People
withproven peptic ulcers and hiatus hernia should consult their doctor
well before Ramadan.
KIDNEY STONES
Kidney stones may occur in people who have less liquids to drink.
Therefore, it is essential to drink extra liquids so as to prevent
stone formation.
JOINT PAINS
Causes:The increased pressure on the knee joints during Salat. In
theelderly and those with arthritis this may result inpain, stiffness,
swelling and discomfort.
Remedy:Lose weight so that the knees do not have to carry any extra
load. Exercise the lower limbs. Being physically fit allows greater
fulfillment, thus enabling one to be able to perform Salat with ease.

Islam Encourages Scientific Progress

The word Islam conjures up a disturbing picture in the minds of some
people outside the Muslim world. It is a fact that many in the West
imagine Islam to be a faith far removed from modern life, closed to
science and that attaches no value to a good quality of life. The
first reason for this erroneous belief is that various people who
claim to be Muslims in fact have views and lifestyles that fly in
the face of it. However, someone looking in from the outside cannot
recognize that and will be unable to evaluate matters accurately.
Another important reason is associated with the first: Most people
are unacquainted with the truths of Islam and the correct
interpretation of the Quran. In point of fact, these people who
make incorrect evaluations are not only from outside the Islamic
world; many people within the Islamic world as well are unable to
properly understand the Quran. The reason for the appearance of
mistaken and radical views is that the Quran is not correctly
understood.
The only point of reference to truly learn about Islam is the Quran
but we see that some people do not interpret the Quran correctly and
produce their own perverse and foolish deductions from it in order
to support their own misguided and superstitious beliefs. One of the
subjects most easily capable of being misinterpreted in this way is
science and scientific activity.
Science is an important reality that enables us to know the universe
we inhabit, the Earth and our own bodies and to be able to
appreciate all the beauties around us. Scientific advances have
enlightened human life and opened the door to a healthier way of
living. For example, by means of medical advances the average human
life span today is much greater than it was a century ago. Even in
the 1950s, average worldwide life expectancy was 47, whereas
according to U.N. figures it had risen to 68 by 2010. Similarly,
advances in other branches of science have made our lives easier and
more comfortable.
Today, for instance, the benefits of the Internet are obvious. By
means of the Internet we can learn at once what is happening in
different parts of the world. Communications among people have
grown and become far easier. New concepts such as e-commerce have
bestowed a new dimension to our understanding of economics.
Information about a subject one wants to investigate can now be
accessed immediately. The Internet is just one of the benefits that
science has bestowed on mankind over the last century and those
nations making greater uses of the benefits of science now live at a
much more advanced level. Had science not progressed as much as it
has, we would very likely still be living dark and backward lives
devoid of many facilities.
For a sincere Muslim, science is a blessing that God has bestowed on
mankind. Islam advocates a rational approach. In many verses of
the Quran, God advises people to use their intelligence. He
emphasizes the need for us to think rationally and scientifically,
speaking of, "...those deeply rooted in knowledge..." and "...only
people of intelligence pay heed." (3:7). Another verse advises
people to think about the formation of the universe: "...reflect on
the creation of the heavens and the earth ..." (3:191)
Use is still being made today of the work of various Muslim
scientists in the past who understood that Islam encourages
scientific investigation. People such as Avicenna, Farabi and
Battani were among the leading scientists of the Middle Ages.
Avicenna's book "The Canon of Medicine" (al-Qānūn fī al-Tibb) was
used as a text book in the universities of Montpellier and Louvain
until 1650. Battani's "Zij" was regarded as a most important
astronomical text, and his work inspired that of Copernicus. A
crater on the moon was even named after him as a mark of respect:
"Albategnius." Al-Khwarizmi's work "Compendious Book on Calculation
by Completion and Balancing" is regarded as the first work in
which the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic
equations are presented. The very term "algebra" comes from
"al-jabr," one of the methods for solving quadratic equations in
al-Khwarizmi's book. Many other examples of contributions to
scientific progress by Muslim scientists could be given.
Today, too, there are a great many scientists, academics and
intellectuals who have emerged from the Islamic world and serve all
mankind. The spread of scientific thinking and concentration on
rationality will further increase the numbers of such people and the
contributions they make. That is why it needs to be better
understood that the Quran encourages rational thinking and
scientific research and activity. In this way, more enlightened
people will appear from within the Islamic world and bearing in
mind that societies are today in ever greater interaction with one
another, such progress will clearly be of great benefit to both the
Islamic world and to the world as a whole.

Those who ascribe equals to Allah will encounter the horror in their minds in the hereafter

Everyone who does not believe in Allah (God) who fails to properly
appreciate Him and to perform his duty to serve Him will be
recompensed in Hell in the eternal life of the Hereafter. Yet it is as
if some people were intoxicated in the face ofthis manifest truth. It
is possible to give unbelieving evolutionists as example of such
people.
Unbelieving evolutionists spend theirwhole lives denying (surely Allah
is beyond that) Allah's existence. They have made defending this
heretical ideology the main purpose of their lives. There is no doubt
that their reward for this in Allah's presence will be very terrible.
But every lie they tell and every unscientific scenario they produce
to turn people from belief in Allah will confront them in Hell as the
dark world of the evolutionary myths in their own minds. Unbelieving
evolutionists will encounter the same horrendous moral conceptions in
Hell that they have in their minds now. Unless Allah wills otherwise,
deniers will suffer an eternal life full of torment. (Allah knowsthe
truth.)
"We created many of thejinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts
they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they
are even further astray! They are the unaware." (Surat al-A'raf, 179)
One of the distinguishing features of evolutionist propaganda is that
it is made up of stories basedon evolutionists' own imaginations. A
scientist telling the story generally sets up evolutionary scenarios
with his own personal conceptions and by misinterpreting scientific
findings through having adoptedevolution as a dogma. That scientist
will then seek to impose that scenario on people, suggesting it is a
thesis based on sound scientific evidence. In fact, what evolutionists
do is to portray wild pigs' teeth as human teeth or else produce hoax
skulls by putting bones belonging to different life forms together.
Devoid of any evidence with which to prove their theories, Darwinists
have no problem with adding a great many imaginary elements to their
tales. The fact is, however, that this is an unscientific propaganda
technique based on preconception alone.
Imagining that they can deceive people in this way, unbelieving
Darwinists have ignored one very important matter for the last 150
years:These scenarios they have produced in order to deny the
existence of Allah (surelyour Lord is beyond that) and impose the
fraud of evolution on humanity, and which merely reflecttheir own
unhealthy states of mind, will rise up before them, one by one, in
Hell. (Allah knowsthe truth)
Allah has created every detail of life in Hell as a response to the
deniers. There are many verses inthe Qur'an that describe the
torment-filled life of Hell in both physical and also psychological
and social terms. Looking at the details about Hell that Almighty
Allah reveals in these verses, itis clear that Allah has prepared Hell
as a reward for unbelievers who deny Him and take chance as their
deities (surely our Lord is beyond that), in a manner that parallels
their heretical beliefs. The fictitious process of evolution that they
have been trying to impose on humanity for centuries will itself be
imposed on evolution, skipping not a single detail. Everything, from
their food to their clothes, from the terrifying human forms in Hell
to their life styles full of mental and physical suffering, will be as
dark and painful asin their own scenarios. In this way, unbelieving
evolutionists will encounter a climate and philosophy of life that
matches their own ideas.Parallel to their own claims, they will live
alongside terrifying creatures like the intermediate forms they
invented in their own imaginations, will be subjected to an endless
class conflict, will be denigrated because of ideas about master
racesand will suffer in the kind of dark and smoky environment they
claim existed in the primeval world. (Surely Allah knows the truth.)
We can describe the environment that exists in the minds of persons,
who deny Allah's sublime creation (Allah isbeyond that) and who invent
all kinds of tales about how the universe, the world and human beings
came into existence, and that they will themselves experience in Hell,
as follows:
1- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Claim Human Beings, That Allah Created with Such Superior
Features, Are Descended from Apes
Evolutionists claim that human beings, entities possessed of
consciousness and free will and able to think, reason, and make
decisions and judgments, are descended from apes, which in terms of
consciousness, are no different from horses or mice.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Those Who Deny Allah's Creation (Surely Allah is beyond that) Will Be
Made Despicable Apes in This World and the Hereafter
"We said to them,'BE APES, DESPISED, CAST OUT.'" (Surat al-Baqara, 65)
"Say: 'Shall I tell you of areward with Allah far worse than that:
that of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry –
turning some of themINTO MONKEYS AND INTO PIGS –AND WHO WORSHIPPED
FALSE DEITIES? Such people are in a worse situation and further from
the right way.'" (Surat al-Ma'ida, 60)
"When they were insolent about what they had been forbidden to do, We
saidto them, 'BE APES!'" (Surat al-A'raf, 166)
2- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Claim That Human Beings Evolved from So-Called Reptiles
Evolutionists claim that all the living species on Earth came about
through evolution over a very long period of time. According to this
fictitious scenario, some fish felt the need to move to dry land for
various reasons, and a number of changes then began taking place in
them. As fish gradually moved onto dry land they slowly turned into
amphibians and initiated the supposed process of evolution.
What Will Happen in Hell?
In the Hereafter, Almighty Allah Will Assemble the Unbelievers in Hell
by Dragging Them on Their Faces, 'Like the Reptiles in the Scenario of
Evolution'
"Whoever Allah guides istruly guided. But as for those He leads
astray, you will not find any protectors for them apart from Him.WE
WILL GATHER THEMon the Day of Resurrection,FLAT ON THEIR FACES, BLIND,
DUMBAND DEAF. Their shelter will be Hell. Whenever the Blaze dies
down, We will increase it for them." (Sura al-Isra', 97)
"the DayTHEY ARE SHOVED ROUGHLYinto theFire of Hell: 'This is the Fire
which you denied!'"(Surat at-Tur, 13-14)
3- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Claim That They AreDescended "from So-Called Intermediate Forms
That Were Unable to Speak, See or Hear"
According to what evolutionists claim, thereshould have been many life
forms that reflected the transition between two species and that bore
the features of both. For example, before fish moved onto dry land and
turned intoreptiles a great many half-lunged and half-gilled, or
half-legged and half finned life forms must have existed. Or until
apes finally turned into human beings many half-human and half-apelife
forms must have existed over many millions of years. Evolutionists
call these fictitious entities they believe once existed "intermediate
forms." According to their scenario, during the time of this
intermediarytransition, a major stage in the so-called evolutionary
process, there must have been many life forms with deficient or
missing organs between two different species, for which reason there
musthave been creatures thatcould not see or hear. The fact is,
however, that no evidence for onesingle intermediate formhas been
found in any ofthe millions of fossil specimens that have been
extracted from the different strata of the Earth.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Allah Will Assemble the Unbelievers as Entities "Unable to See, Hear
or Speak," Just Like They Wanted
"But if anyone turns away from My reminder,his life will be a dark and
narrow one and on the Day of RisingWE WILL GATHER HIM BLIND."(Surah
Ta-Ha, 124)
"...SO WE PUT OUT THEIR EYES: 'Taste My punishment and warnings!'"
(Surat al-Qamar, 37)
"…WE WILL GATHER THEMon the Day of Resurrection, flat on their
faces,BLIND, DUMB AND DEAF. Their shelter will be Hell. Whenever the
Blaze dies down, We will increase it for them." (Sura al-Isra', 97)
4- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Claim That Amino Acids and Proteins Can Emerge by Chance from Boiling Water
In another scenario they have come up with, evolutionists claim that
amino acids, proteins and even cells can form by chance in boiling
water, and that cells can also combine together by chance to give rise
to living organisms.
What Will Happen in Hell?
When They Are Thirsty inHell, Unbelievers Will Be Given the Boiling
Water They Adopted as a Deity to Drink
"Each and every one of you will return to Him. Allah's promise is
true. He brings creation out of nothing and then regenerates it so
that hecan repay with justice those who had faith anddid right
actions. Those who were unbelievers will haveA DRINK OF SCALDING
WATERand a painful punishment because of their disbelief." (Surah
Yunus, 4)
"Then they will haveA BOILING BREW TO DRINKon top of it. Then their
destination will be the Blazing Fire." (Surat as-Saffat, 67-68)
"…you deniers will eat from the tree of Zaqqum, filling your stomachs with it
AND DRINK SCALDING WATER ON TOP OF IT, SLURPING LIKE THIRST-CRAZED
CAMELS. (Surat al-Waqi'a 52-55)
5- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Depict Human Beings Who Lived in Prehistoric Times as Ape-Men in
Their Imaginary Illustrations
The best known evolutionist propagandatechnique is "reconstruction."
This means making an imaginary model or picture of a living thing, of
which sometimes onlya fragment of bone may have been found. The
"ape-men" we see in newspapers, magazines and films are all
reconstructions. Evolutionists pick up their paint brushes and draw
ugly-looking and imaginary creatures, butthe absence of any fossil
remains from these represents a terrible dilemma for them. Therefore,
reconstructions merely reflect evolutionists' powers of imagination,
and not scientific findings.
What Will Happen in Hell?
The Unbelievers Will Be Turned into the Ugly LifeForms They Depicted
in Their Illustrations in Order to Deny Allah's Creation (May Our Lord
Forgive Us)
"On the Day when faces are whitenedAND FACES ARE BLACKENED. As for
those whoseFACES ARE BLACKENED: 'What! Did you become unbelieversafter
having had faith? Taste the punishment for your disbelief!'" (Surah Al
'Imran, 106)
"On the Day of Resurrection you will seethose who lied against Allah
with theirFACES BLACKENED. Do not the arrogant have a dwelling place
in Hell?" (Sura az-Zumar, 60)
"The Fire will sear their faces, making them grimace horribly in
it,THEIR LIPS DRAWN BACK FROM THEIR TEETH. 'Were My Signs not recited
to you and did you not deny them?'" (Surat al-Muminun, 104-105)
"On the Day the Trumpet is blown – and We will gatherTHE EVILDOERS,
SIGHTLESSon that Day –" (Surah Ta-Ha, 102)
"Some faces on that DayWILL BE DOWNCAST, laboring, toiling endlessly,"
(Surat al-Ghashiyya, 2-3)
6- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
They Claim The Universe Came into Being by Chance out of Darkness and Chaos
Everything on Earth, animate or inanimate, was created by Almighty
Allah telling it to "Be!" Evolutionists, however, believe in the
nonsense that the universe, was initially in a state of darkness and
chaos, and life came into being through coincidences combining
together in a completely impossible manner.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Allah Will Create an Environment of "Darkness and Chaos" forThe Unbelievers
"SO BE ON THE WATCH FOR A DAY WHEN HEAVEN BRINGS FORTH A DISTINCTIVE
SMOKE WHICHENSHROUDS MANKIND. 'THIS IS A PAINFUL PUNISHMENT'." (Surat
ad-Dukhan, 10-11)
"andTHE MURK OF THICK, BLACK SMOKE, providing no coolness and no
pleasure. Before that they were living in luxury, persisting in
immense wrongdoing." (Surat al-Waqi'a, 43-46)
7- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
Unbelieving EvolutionistsClaim That Human BeingsWho Lived in Very
Ancient Times Had Primitive Civilizations
Evolutionist scientists have produced a scenario of historical
development in order to account for a supposed process of evolution
thatextends back to single-celled organisms, and from them to
multi-celled organisms, apes and finally human beings. They have come
up with the lie of brutishcave-men, whom they describe as "primitive,"
and say that these were half-human and half-ape, lacking the power of
speech, wearing no clothes, unable to stand upright and communicating
through strange grunts. They then invented such imaginary periods as
"the Stone Age" in order to explain these people'slife styles.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Unbelievers Will Inhabit the Same Dark, Murky Environment They Imagine
Existed in the Stone Age
"That Day SOME FACES WILL BE DUST-COVERED, OVERCAST WITH GLOOM. Those
are the dissolute unbelievers." (Surah 'Abasa, 40-42)
"And the Companions ofthe Left: what of the Companions of the Left?
Amid searing blasts and scalding water and THE MURK OF THICK BLACK
SMOKE PROVIDING NO COOLNESS AND NO PLEASURE." (Surat al-Waqi'a, 40-44)
"When it sees them coming from a long way off, they will hear it
seething and rasping. WHEN THEY ARE FLUNG INTO A NARROW PLACE IN IT,
SHACKLED TOGETHER IN CHAINS, they will cry out there for destruction.
'Do not cry out today for just one destruction, cry out for many
destructions!'" (Sura al-Furqan, 12-14)
Because They Lied and Said "Early Humans Had No Clothes," They Will
Have No Clothes in Hell, But Will Be Garbed in Flames
"Here are two rival groups who disputed concerning their Lord. Those
who are unbelieversWILL HAVE GARMENTS OF FIRE CUT OUT FOR THEM, and
boiling water poured over their heads, which will melt the contents of
their bellies as well as their skin," (Surat al-Hajj,19-20)
"WEARING SHIRTS OF TAR,their faces enveloped in the Fire." (Surah Ibrahim, 50)
8- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
Social Darwinists Maintain the Lie That Bloody Dictatorships Are
Essential for World Order
The common feature of dictators such as Stalin, Lenin, Brezhnev, Mao,
Pol Pot and Hitler, who perpetrated the worst slaughter in the history
of the world, is that theywere all Social Darwinists. In the
bloodydictatorships supported by Darwinism, millions of people were
subjected to genocide, hundreds of thousands of people in many
countries, from England to Germany and from the USA to Sweden,
wereforcibly sterilized or left to die because they were ill, deformed
or old, and because of ruthless competition, people all over the world
were oppressed, exploited and obliged tolive like pack animals.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Unbelievers Will Be Subjected to Mass Suffering, Like That in the
Communal Systems They Set up in This World
"He will say, 'Enter the FireTOGETHER WITHthe nations of jinn andMEN
WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY BEFORE YOU.' Each time anation enters, it will
curse its sister nation, until,WHEN THEY ARE ALL GATHERED TOGETHER IN
IT, the last of them will say to the first, 'Our Lord, those are the
ones who misguided us, so give them a double punishment in the Fire.'
He will say, 'Each will receive double. But you do not know it'."
(Surat al-A'raf, 38)
They Will Be Punished Using the Same Torture Techniques They
Established in Their Bloody Dictatorships
"WE HAVE PUT IRON COLLARS ROUND THEIR NECKS REACHING UP TO THE CHIN,
SO THAT THEIR HEADS ARE FORCED BACK. We have placed a barrier in front
of them and a barrier behind them, blindfolding themso that they
cannot see."(Surah Ya Sin, 8-9)
"WE HAVE MADE READY FOR THE UNBELIEVERS SHACKLES AND CHAINSanda
Searing Blaze." (Surat al-Insan, 4)
"That Day no one will punish as He punishesAND NO ONE WILL SHACKLEAS
HE SHACKLES." (Surat al-Fajr, 25-26)
"As for those who are wretched, they will be inthe Fire,WHERE THEY
WILL SIGH AND GASP, remaining in it timelessly, for ever, as long as
the heavens and earth endure, except as your Lord wills. Your Lord is
the Doer of what He wills." (Surah Hud, 106-107)
9- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
Social Darwinists Provoked Racism with the Lie of "Favored Races"
One can find racist societies, rulers and practices in many periods of
history. But it was the theory of evolution that first provided racism
with a supposed scientific validity. With the validitybestowed on
racism by the theory of evolution, 19th and 20th century scientists
had no qualms or reservations about speaking of such fictitious
concepts as "inferior" races or races being more ape then human.
Oppressive dictators such as Hitler took the opportunity to kill
millions of people forbeing what they regarded as "inferior,"
"inadequate," "flawed" or "sick."
What Will Happen in Hell?
Unbelieving Social Darwinists Who Claimed They Belonged to a Superior
Race and Despised Other Races Will Be Disgraced in Hell
"into the middle of the Blazing Fire. Then pour the punishment of
boiling water on his head.' 'Taste that!YOU ARE THE MIGHTY ONE, THE
NOBLE ONE! This is the very thing you used to doubt'." (Surat
ad-Dukhan, 47-50)
"SEIZE HIM AND TRUSS HIM UP. THEN ROAST HIM IN A BLAZING FIRE. THEN
BIND HIM IN A CHAIN WHICH IS SEVENTY CUBITS LONG. He used not to have
faith in Allah the Magnificent, nor did he urge the feeding of the
poor." (Surat al-Haqqa, 30-34)
"Then ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION HE WILL DISGRACE THEM, and say,
'Where are My partner deities for whose sake you became so hostile?'
Those given knowledge will say, 'TODAY THERE IS DISGRACE AND EVIL FOR
THEunbelievers." (Surat an-Nahl, 27)
10- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
The Darwinist Mindset Maintains That the Mentally Handicapped May Be
Killed for Food orScientific Experiments
With the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin ignored the solidarity
and mutual assistance created in nature by Allah and proposed that all
living things were engaged in a ruthless struggle for survival.
Darwin's theoryof evolution emerged as social Darwinism when applied
to societies. Social Darwinism spread with the perverted idea that
life was a "battleground," and thathuman beings had to live to win
that struggle or at the very least to adapt to that savage
environment. Under the influence of this movement, devoid of any
scientific validity, many people began regarding ruthlessness,
savagery and cruelty as quite normal. Darwinist thinking caused human
life to be regarded as worthless. The most obvious indications of this
are the way that evolutionists maintainedthat the mentally ill could
be killed for scientific experimentation or, even more
outrageously,used for food.
What Will Happen in Hell?
Since They Regarded Eating Human Flesh As Permissible, Unbelievers
Will Be Fed Blood, Pus, Thorns and from the Tree of Zaqqum
"…not tasting any coolness there or any drink, except forBOILINGWATER
AND SCALDING PUS– a fitting recompense." (Surat an-Naba', 24-26)
"Therefore here today he has no friendNOR ANY FOOD EXCEPT EXUDING
PUSwhich no one will eat except those who were in error." (Surat
al-Haqqa, 35-37)
"Is that better by way of hospitality or theTREE OFZAQQUMwhich We have
made to be an ordeal forthe wrongdoers? It is a tree that emerges in
the depths of the Blazing Fire.ITS FRUITS ARE JUST LIKE THE HEADS OF
SHAYTANS. They will eat from it and fill their bellies with it."
(Surat as-Saffat, 62-66)
"They have no food butA BITTER THORNY BUSH WHICH NEITHER NOURISHES NOR
SATISFIES." (Surat al-Ghashiyya, 6-7)
11- What Do Unbelieving EvolutionistsMaintain?
Social Darwinists Are Notin Favor of Helping the Needy
According to the lies of the Darwinist mindset, which regards human
beings as a kind of animal, the weak and needy are of no value. Under
the logic of Social Darwinism, nothing needs to be done to rescue
people from suffering, difficulty and fear. These people should be
left unaided and unprotected.
What Will Happen In Hell?
In the Same Way They Never Helped the Needy in This World, Unbelieving
Social Darwinists Will Not Be Helped in Hell
"Those are the people who trade the Hereafter for the world. The
punishment will not be lightened for them.THEY WILL NOT BE HELPED."
(Surat al-Baqara, 86)
"Do you not see those who were given a portion of the Book having
faith in idols andfalse deities and saying of those who are
unbelievers, 'These people are better guided on their path than the
believers'? Those are the ones Allah has cursed. AND IF SOMEONE IS
CURSED BY ALLAH YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYONE TO HELP HIM." (Surat an-Nisa,
51-52)
"Say: 'It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes have
faith and whoever wishes be unbelievers.' We have prepared for the
wrongdoers a Fire whose billowing walls ofsmoke will hem them in. IF
THEY CALL FOR HELP, THEY WILL BE HELPED WITH WATER LIKE SEETHING
MOLTEN BRASS, FRYING THEIR FACES. WHATA NOXIOUS DRINK! WHAT AN EVIL
REPOSE!" (Surat al-Kahf, 29)
CONCLUSION:
AN URGENT CALL TO DARWINISTS!
Those taken in by the error of Darwinism needto be aware of a very
important truth:the theory of evolution that they seek to defend
despite all its deficiencies and errors isnow bereft of any scientific
validity.Every new advance in the world of science confirms that fact
once again and consigns the theory of evolution to the dusty shelves
of history. In addition, history shows that the model of life proposed
by the theory of evolution means oppression, injustice, ruthlessness
and injustice and brings withit nothing but suffering, tears and loss.
Darwinistsmust therefore realize the evils they proselytizeand at once
cease defending this irrationaland unscientific theory by freeing
themselves from their preconceptions.