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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 7:07pm On Jun 08, 2022
Empiree:
This lecture was yesterday. See comments

INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAIHI RAJI'UN sad sad

Do you see the mess SIH is creating?

That they are now bold enough to say that they are "teaching" Muslims" about the Quran, and they should consult SIH's books if in doubt?
One said s/he is teaching the Muslims about the Quran and Eschatology!
I don't know whether to cry or laugh at this level of buffoonery!

A people who have lost their compass (holy books) are the ones to teach Muslims about Islam and the Quran?!

Any Muslim who is not feeling concerned by this sad state of events most definitely has his/her Iman out the window.

This is what pains me about SIH's followers...they are quick to be apologetic about what he says and none of them is bold enough to challenge him!

My Question now is:
How is it that someone who initially seemed "grounded" in the deen can/could derial so far away?
SURAH FATIHA Q01:05-07

Truly, Allah raises in degrees whom He wills and debases whom He wills! SURAH AL-IMRAN Q03:26

May Allah guide us all with the light of Knowledge and never render us blind in this world or the next, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 11:11pm On Jun 07, 2022
Hkana:
Thanks for that.

My interest started waning when I watched a lecture where he brought "an orthodox Christian" to come address Muslims. At the time, I was already vexed by the too many glowing compliments he was paying the orthodox Christians.



Be prepared to see more of such. I don't know which part of Islam teaches one to humiliate his brothers, especially in front of non-Muslims and publicly, simply because they do not buy into his views, etc.
Even the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) was told by Allah not to worry himself over those who did not believe in his message Q18:06
Allah is the one who fills hearts with the Nur of Knowledge, so SIH becoming angry, spewing insulting remarks at fellow Muslims and backing it up with his age, experience and scholarship is NOT the way.
It's not just him...there's a strong correlation between those who study philosophy having religious arrogance.
They place too much emphasis on their AQL (intellect) and don't know when or where to stop.
As always, a strong foundation in the AQEEDAH is very crucial in order to be grounded when venturing into other fields/sciences...not that I'm saying that he isn't, but his rhetorics and actions have come to bare over the course of time.

May Allah guide us all, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 6:57pm On Jun 07, 2022
Hkana:
What's Ilm falfasa?


I've long stopped taking SIH seriously so I couldn't really be bothered by anything new he says.



That is Philosophy.

It's a sad turn of events because he was really getting somewhere, I think, but the derailment is just way off, it cannot be excused in any way.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 4:56pm On Jun 07, 2022
Empiree:


I am believer in ilm falfasa but she. Imran had taken his philosophy to another level


Can one blame those prior scholars who were vehemently against it?
I recently read on what Shaikh Ibn Al Arabi had to say about some of them...
It can be a slippery slope, as we see with SIH and others.
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 3:35pm On Jun 04, 2022
Empiree:
In most cases these pastors lie a lot based on my experiences with Christians. They usually say stuff like this to create doubt in the heart of Muslims to weaken them. Allah Alam if he was saying the truth about his conversion because of the Ayah. As you can see video of pastor Shonibare it is somewhat old. It was around 1999/2000. But what's funny is that, anytime they come up with frivolous stories like that they help to do more research. Almost every time I or other Muslim comparators debate Christians, they will most likely bring the verse to challenge us. They are trained in their Bible studies to use the ayah. If you read their 1994 manifesto it says it all. Even few year ago, maybe 2015, same Jamiu Adegunwa had debate with another at RCCG in Lagos. The Evangelist brought up the verse. They are trained to use the verse.


Na'am!!!

ALL of them would always go for the ayas that are most likey to cause schism!
That's how one came and said to me that he would PROVE to me that RasulAllah (S.A.W.) bowed to the superiority, might and power of ISA (A.S.)!!

I said to him: In this Quran?! Please, show it to me and IF you do, then I will become a christian as you have always wanted!
I brought the Quran forward and asked him to SHOW me where the bowing took place.
He then began to dribble with words - while refusing to engage with the Quran cheesy cheesy
I asked him to tell me the chapter and verse so I can HELP him view it in the Quran.
He then started telling me that he is seasoned because he went to a Theologic school...
I told him congrats on that but I NEED you to SHOW me where this bowing to prophet ISA (A.S.) superiority, might, and power is!
When he felt cornered, he called on another christian brother of his - for reinforcement - and after he told that one of how STUBBORN I was, that one began to say that my issue could be a strong case of possession grin


Anyway, yes, that's how they are. They'll pinpoint verses that may seen ambigous in order to flaw those who aren't prepared.



This is why I reject Sh. Imran on this. His interpretation of Sura Al-Imran 55 aligns with the pastor. Hence, the reason I rejected it. No Muslims interpreted it that way. Even the basic understanding is that the Ayah still refers to Muslims because Jesus himself was. The Ayah is not complicated at all. Why would a whole Sheikh insists the Ayah is speaking about Christians while ignored other verses that counter them?.

SIH wants to favour the Chrisitans at all cost and the end game is for Muslims to SUBMIT to be RULED by them!
He has said this but I don't think that people are really listening to what he's saying.


exactly... It is one thing to recite the verse the way he wants to fit his narrative. It is another thing entirely to claimed shaytan and Dajjal corrupted and smuggled kesro in the verse astagfurllah... This is kufr statement but I won't call him kafir. How could shaytan and Dajjal corrupted the verse because of tashreek just to satisfy his ego when Allāh had declared

Truly, calling him a Kafir is a bit too much in my view, but what he has done and still doing is a clear pointer in that direction!
There's a level of recklessness in his speech that is becoming alarmingly dangerous and I pray that Allah blesses and guides his heart aright, Amin.


He has mentioned that the BOOK which ASIF got the knowledge from is NOT the Quran or any other divine book, but it was a book on THERMODYNAMICS!!!! shocked
How he arrived at this conclusion is a mystery which he isn't willing to share.
Any further questions directed at him to explain will cause series of explos!ons from him!



"And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it [some misunderstanding]. But Allah abolishes that which Satan throws in; then Allah makes precise His verses. And Allah is Knowing and Wise."

"That is] so He may make what Satan throws in [i.e., asserts] a trial for those within whose hearts is disease1 and those hard of heart. And indeed, the wrongdoers are in extreme dissension. Q22:52


Indeed, the Quran is such that it will excavate that which is deeply buried in the heart of man!
One needs to constantly seek refuge in Allah.



Sh. Imran needs to be very careful because his words were very heavy. When I challenged him that the way he interpreted the Ayah may lead Muslims astray.. He can care less. He said Quran is the truth unless I want to disobey Quran.


Hmm, so you are the one likely to disobey the Quran while he follows it to the T ?!
Yes, Quran is the truth and he, SIH is not the custodian of its Truth, neither does he have a monopoly to its meanings.
I think that where his shine is in:
- the methodology of studying the Quran as well as Quran and the moon, even though he could't help himself by interjecting his THOUGHTS into events here and there.
- history, geopolitics, finance.


As for the science of the letters and Quran, he needs to chill and admit to himself that it's not his forte!
The more he engages in this matter, the more his gaps become more evident.
Nothing wrong in not knowing, but be humble enough to say: this is not my specialty.
How can the whole ummah be blind to what dajjal/satan "did" for over 1400 years and he is the ONLY one who "caught" it ?!
He may have what is known as a SUPERHERO COMPLEX.



Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 5:03am On Jun 04, 2022
Empiree:
This is the pastor I was talking about, pastor Shonibare who claimed to be Muslim and his son converted him to Christianity. He briefly narrated his conversion in this video in a debate with Ustaz Jamiu Adegunwa decades ago from 10mins

https://www.facebook.com/www.risalatulhaqdawah.org/videos/3198872247098251/

So as you rightly said, he was "musulumi olobeyo". He cited Ayah in sura Al-Imran 55 which Sheikh Imran Hussein now emphasized today.

In this YouTube video below this woman tries to defend Sheikh Imran Hussein on alleged verse in surah Zhukhruf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0tO2QiUPCk

Thank you for the links, Shaykh Empiree.

A lot of people approach the Quran as though they were about to read a story book, novel or any regular book where you'd normally see a story arc - progression from the beginning to the middle/tension then to the end/resolution.
The Quran is not that way (Surah Yusuf is an exception). One will need to approach it with its corresponding sciences as a backdrop, so a verse in one chapter will be explained by another verse in another chapter and so on.

I really do not know how the pastor in question grew up around the Quran, but it's crystal clear that he is/was a literalist and did not do much pondering upon what the Quran says.
Did he forget to read the part in that same verse (Q03:55) where Allah says He will clear Isa (A.S.) of the falsehoods levied against him by those who blaspheme?

His mind should have asked the following questions:
- who were the blasphemers and how did they blaspheme?
- what accusations did they levy against ISA (A.S.) that Allah himself will clear up?
Surah Al-Maeda Q05:116-119 had/has the answers in readiness had he contemplated and researched for the correct explanation.

Having reached the above answer, the pastor could then have known who the accusers/blasphemers are and what they said.
He would have known that they were not the party who followed ISA (A.S.), then his next question should/could have been:

- what set the followers of ISA (A.S.) apart from the accusers/blasphemers that Allah promised to make them superior to those who reject faith?
This he would have found had he researched what ISA (A.S.) preached to his people regarding faith and belief in Allah...

Instead, the pastor jumped and concluded that what it meant was those who follow christ as today's christians do!
He most probably had christians around him who had been pressuring him to convert and since he could not substantiate his faith as a Muslim, it became a case of whoever can prove his/her case wins, hence his belief in what his son put forward....

I'll say it again, the Quran is not a story book or medieval trivia that one opens in order to while away time or gain some form of amusement.
It requires full engagement of the mind, heart and soul, with the intention to be guided to the absolute - NOT relative - Truth!


The lady as well as others are busy trying to explain what SIH means by what he said, but the Shaykh in his talks keeps saying what he's always said and he maintains that he's 100 percent right.
I wish that they's stop this apologist way of tackling things and realize that others can see, hear and think!
They are now trying to argue in favour of SIH by saying that Ibn Abbass (R.A.) was NO ORDINARY COMPANION!
While that is true, are they then insinuating that the other companions could not hold a candle to him in any way?
The fact remains that Ibn Abbass recited in one of the approved ways but it was not popular and by concensus, the most popular recital became the defacto.
This doesn't stop anyone from reciting in the other approved ways but to denounce one as an infiltration of dajjal /satan is on another level entirely!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 6:09pm On May 29, 2022
Empiree:
check this out. Not sure. I'm still searching

https://www.facebook.com/100066690938924/videos/659556152003454/


Modified

https://www.facebook.com/100066690938924/videos/1163124934486796/


movado19


Thank you. I'll go through it.
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 3:23pm On May 29, 2022
AlBaqir:


@movado19

The "waaw (and)" is no doubt "waaw al-atf (conjunctive waaw); and the pronoun "HU" goes back to Jesus. The siyak (context) of the verse and the syntax rules within it makes it evident even though some claim that the pronoun "HU (he or it)" refers to the Qur'an.

However, the muraad (meaning) of the verse is what is important and not necessarily the pronoun.


Thanks a lot Shaykh AlBaqir.
In trying to understand your explanation, I had to go back a few verses (from verse 57) and read the subject as nabi Isa A.S. all the way to that verse 61, hence the use of the waw al-'atf to show an affinity between what was being discussed prior to verse 61 and the content of verse 61.

Is this correct in your view?

Jazakallah khair.


Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 4:50am On May 29, 2022
Empiree:
Absolutely you are right.



one clear example that Christians were never in Medina was a seerah. It is also famous Hadith. It was in the masjid where Nabi Muhammad, his companions and Nassara were in the masjid. They were having what I called meeting. Then it was time of salat for Nassara. It was in the afternoon which means they wanted to offer their zuhr Salah. So they wanted to step out of masjid to go to their own masjid. Nabi Muhammad told them to pray inside masjid right there and they did. Question is, if Nassara prayed salat in the afternoon, which Salat Christians prayed then and now?. This is one of the evidences that Christianity/Christians were never in Medina.



I told him this too. It was a long message I sent him on YouTube. His reply to this was, "Orthodox Christianity doesn't believe in Trinity and that they believe Father is greater than son. And since father is greater than son, they have affirmed superiority of Allah. So by definition of Islam, they are Muslims in the sight of Allāh. This is exactly how he put it. I wasted no time. I googled Orthodox Christianity on Trinity. It shows they believe in Trinity. I sent him my findings but he never replied till now. This was over 2 years now.

What he says is not in alignment with what Allah says in the Quran.
Allah displayed their belief and utterance in the trinity at various instances in the Quran, so much so that He has established that he will ask Nabi Isa A.S. on the day of reckoning if he was the one that ordered them to say 3 instead of 1 and also if he ordered them to worship he and his mother?
Surah Al Maida Q5:116-118
Then how does SIH come up with such weak logic about father being greater? Is he more aware of their psyche than Allah?

Is he talking about the same people who say he - Nabi Isa is the son of Allah/ Allah himself these days (Astagfirullah) ? Surah Al-Ikhlas Q112:1-4
Or that they say that his mother is the mother and some insinuate further that she is the wife of Allah.
Surah Al-Anam - Q6:101.

The truth is plain and clear for all to see. He will not reply you as it doesn't fit his plans.


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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 4:23am On May 29, 2022
Empiree:
I have just got time to watch the video. Pretty much not new from what he has been saying in recent years. I asked him a question about solitary Hadith. The Hadith is very known so I won't quote it but I will paraphrase it. The Hadith says the Jews and the Christians took the graves of their prophets as places of worship. Question is, who was the Prophet of Nassara?. I threw this question to sheikh over 2 years ago but he never replied to this specific question.


That is because it doesn't serve his agenda.


Speaking of tashreek, Sheikh said if Ibn Abass(ra) could recite the Ayah La alam then we can not fault him. My observation is, it is character of Sheikh to reject or doubt solitary Hadith. So why now sheikh accepted this solitary Hadith over entire ummah?. As we all know, Quran was reviewed with Nabi Muhammad few times before his demise. So, is Sheikh telling us that only Ibn Abass was right in the exact pronunciation and the rest were wrong?. He also contradicted himself when he said it was the later ummah that applied tashkeel wrongly on la ilm instead la alam. If that's the case, why was tashkeels not the problem for the entire ummah in the time of Sahaba?. Why only verse 61 singled out?.

I was also rather shocked to see him in support of a lone hadith because of how he would strongly oppose and bypass it in the past.
He mentions Ibn Abass constantly in order to drown out the recitation of the the others; as if they never exisited and when the wager became too great, he began by saying - just as you mentioned - that it was "perhaps mistakenly placed in there, and then he became enboldened and subsequently began to say that dajjal and shaitain added it in there, thereby strongly insinuating that Allah failed in the preservation of the Quran as He had promised. Astahfirullah! The Rasul S.A.W. failed in capturing the infiltration by dajjal and shaitan and the entire ummah failed in spotting them all these years until he, SIH came along!


The stakes are too high for him now and I sense a desperation for him to be right in his predictions, hence that verse enables him support his agenda.

This was done years ago. I used to see some muslims and even translated QUR'AN placed Ibrahim in parentheses. I had to correct them.




I knew commented about this issue with him years ago. I told him that he's not doing what he condemned Harun Yahya of over 15 years ago. The video should be on YouTube still. He accused Harun Yahya of promoting fraternal relationship btw Islam and CHRISTIANITY as one religion and warned his students to be cautious of him. That because of Harun Yahya's approach, western world promoted him as Islamic scholar. He's now doing the same.



Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 7:10pm On May 28, 2022
Empiree:
while I respect his opinion, I believe he's entitled to it because sometimes, ummah didn't get it right until someone later calls our attention to certain errors. For instance, Rajm. Rajam was truly a ruling of Allah but that was in the old Laws not QUR'AN. But for some reason, the ummah of Nabi Muhammad SAW believe the ruling still exist in the Quran but the Ayah has been removed. This is what the ummah believe. This is very incorrect. The Hudud in the Quran is now flogging not stoning. So sheikh Imran is right on this but doesn't mean he's right as the time.

I remember watching his videos then on this and how he expounded on the concept and its abrogation. It helped clear the doubt I had then.
Yes, just like any human, we are all prone to errors, be it the educated or non-educated ones.



exactly... This shows that you really you his lectures. He get upset. This isn't cool. Does he think only salafis are against him.


Surah Al-Imran Q3:159 says:
"It is the mercy of Allah that you were tender to them (O Muhammad S.A.W), for if you had been stern and hard-hearted, they would have dispersed from around you......"


Even his students - I have sensed - are somewhat weary of asking questions for the fear of being rebutted and classed as those with 2rupees worth of brain/sense!
This is not the spirit of scholarship and all he will end up doing is raising a generation of mini-me's who'll parrot his style, which is already happening.



Absolutely... So, as far as I am concerned, لَعِلْمٌۭ is correct. The Ayah is similar to Sura Hajj vs 78

"It is He Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Qur'an),..."


Ma Sha Allah! This verse you have cited is a verse of assurance and certainty, in my view because it deftly puts aside the argument that the Nassaras are the true followers of Isa A.S., as purported by SIH. It has always been Islam/Muslims, ab initio.
Infact, what SIH is pandering is in great contrast to the meaning of LA ILLAHA ILLA ALLAH - Allah is saying one thing and he is saying another.


May Allah save us from the spirit of arrogance and spiritual ego. Amin.
May what we strive to build all the years of our lives not be pulled down by our whims and self-adoration. Amin.


Some interpreted He in that verse to Nabi Ibrahim (as). If that's the case, who named Muslims before Ibrahim (as)?. Similarly, Ayah 61 of sura Zhukhruf refers to Allah's knowledge of the Hour not Jesus because I'm Christian bible in the book of Matthew 24:36


Exactly! There's no way the "He" in that verse is referring to Nabi Ibrahim (A.S.).
There is a continous consistency in the usage of the word
(HUWA)
- "He has chosen you and has not laid upon you any hardship in religion - this is the faith of your father Ibrahim."
there is a comparison of the present people's faith to Prophet Ibrahim's A.S. faith in order to establish a continuum of Allah's Sunnatullah.
- "He has named you Muslims before this, and in this scripture, so that the messenger may be a witness about you.....
How could (he) be referring to Nabi Ibrahim A.S.? Are they saying that he is the one who named us Muslims in the Quran? How?
What other verses and ahadith do they have in support of this?
This is not in conformity with Allah's Sunnatullah, because Allah says in
Surah Al-Isra A17:77...."and you will not find any change in our way."
- "He is your protector. A blessed protector and a blessed helper!"
Are they going to also say that Nabi Ibrahim A.S. is now our protector?!


The three instances of (He - HUWA) are consistent with Allah. He chooses, names and protects/helps!



Jesus reported to have said:

"But about that Day or Hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

You see now...gross error indeed. You should ask him why he was so much concerned about Khilifa?. Why did he ignore other verses where Allah repeatedly said Islam will triumph?.

SIH has become what some could term the PR machine for the orthodox christians - I have seen several times his mild and overtly friendly manner towards them and his harshness towards the muslims. This he doesn't hide.
He recently - in an interview in the UK - spoke with three men and he told them that: "There are more sheep and cattle in Islam than in Christianity!" This is no different from someone displaying his family members in the public to be ridiculed! What for?


SIH does not believe in the triumph of Islam! I don't think people really listened to his stance on Islam/Muslims surrendering to a Christian rule till eternity in order for us to reach Firdaws, according to him!!! More like a tongue-in-cheek insult.
That statement alone has removed the curtain and things are clear to see for those who truly want to see.
Yes, he may have a wealth of education in international relations , finance and all, but I pray people do not get mesmerized by all that and forget about the main reasons for listening to him to begin with.



It is because of his interpretation of Al-Imran 55 and his consistently saying Orthodox Christianity will rule over muslims that I now reject the return of Jesus. Mudir'murkaz, Ustaz Jamiu Adegunwa etc are right.
And if dajjal will arrive, Allah Himself will get rid of him. He doesn't need Jesus to come and deal with dajjal. If Allah will obliterate yajuj wa majuj, how can He not destroy Dajjal?.


Exactly! The one who made the rules is never constrained by His rules.


This is why those aHadith that speak on return of Isa (as) seem to promote Christianity in my view. They portray Jesus as savior of Muslims. Pastors have use those Hadith to convert Muslims.

Aqidah, aqidah, aqadah!!!!
Foundation matters oh! It's not to go about shouting I am a Muslim.
See the wind that blew their way and they scattered!
May Allah bless us with eyes that see and hearts that clearly discern night from day. Amin.



Also sheik Imran Hussein interpretation of Al-Imran 55 is error. A pastor in Nigeria whose name is Pastor Shonibare converted to Christianity because of this Ayah. His son called his attention to the verse and he said, "wow I have been reading this Ayah for long but I didn't know that the Ayah is calling me to Christianity... So if the Ayah says followers of Jesus will be superior why don't I simply join Christianity?".
That's how he gone since then. He narrated his own story on stage.

Shaikh Empiree, wallah those people who are in this category as the pastor above, if you dig deeper, you will most likely find the following:
1. No strong Islamic foundation. Without this, everything else crumbles.
2. A case of parroting those around. My shaikh said, my Imam said, etc
3. There is no tafakkur concerning their lives, their hearts, the Quran they read - if any at all, what they are told/fed, etc.
4. Mechanical understanding of the Quran. Non-inquisitive nature as to what they read and why they read it.
5. Little to zero research on deen.



So Sheikh Imran Hussein is supporting such view as well. I have told him three times about the danger of his view . The Ayah is talking about yahud and Nassara at the time. And the believers in Jesus were later made superior to those who rejected him. Believers at the time were not Christians.

Very true. Christianity was a later development.
SIH will not accord you any importance. I have seen the arrogance ooze in his speeches and relations with other people.
He recently said that no one can go any higher that where he has in his eschatological scholarship!
I pray he self-reflects because like he keeps saying, he is an old man in his 80's and could be called by Allah at any time.
I have no doubt benefited immensely from him in the past and I pray that Allah blesses and aids him in the true direction.
Just like money and power, knowledge definitely intoxicates and if not careful, could lead one out of the folds of Islam.
Everything that we have are gifts and simultaneously tests from Allah. We should never forget that!



When I told SIH this, he said it does6 matter whether Nassara are Christians or not. He said they believe in Jesus that's all that matters. Hence, the Ayah refers to them.

Look at that!
How doesn't it matter when his utterances are leading people off the cliff!
That is such a crucial and pivotal concept and he just brushed it away in order not to engage with you!
Is he going to say that he is not aware of Allah's vehemence against trinity in the Quran?
Thank God, the trinity ayahs are clear even for the lay man to understand and don't require Ta'wil.
He desperately wants his views to fit but that's not how Allah operates.

Surah At-Takwir Q81:29 Allah says: "You shall not will except as Allah wills......"


But he ignored where Allah plainly said they have disbelieve those who say Trinity or call Jesus God etc. My conclusion is, Sheikh is blind by current world affairs.


His accuracy in world geopolitical events - which he MaSha Allah clearly has knowledge in - has made him throw caution to the wind and thus become heavily inebriated.

Wallah, unless one holds firmly to Allah, the siren song of this world in the form of praises, followers, knowledge, monetary wealth, influence, etc can render one feeling at par with Allah or believing one to be immune to the traps of the nafs, not knowing that the next step could be the one down the high and steep cliff.

May Allah guide him and everyone of us to imbibe the spirit of humility and our end be superior to our beginning, Amin.



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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 3:10pm On May 28, 2022
Empiree:
I have requested for short lecture on the verse explained by Sheikh Mubarak. Hopefully I get it soon.


InshaAllah.

Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 2:56pm On May 28, 2022
Empiree:
walaikun salaam,

Thank you for your take and analysis.

I saw rebuttal by Sheikh Hassan who in recent time has been criticizing Sheikh Imran Hussein. He called him kafir on this issue you raised for his utterances. I was once hardcore fan of Sheikh Imran Hussein but as years go by I find myself rejecting/disagreeing with him especially from the way he understands Sura Al-Imran verse 55 which he repeated by proxy in this video you posted.


Yes, I also saw Shaikh Hassan Ali's rebuttal of SIH. There are other scholars who have also called his attention to what he's uttered but he insists that he is right and the ummah is/has been blind all along.


One thing I like about him is that he always said that no one should agree or accept his view unless and until we are convinced he's right.

In all honesty, he says that but then doesn't leave room for others to ask him questions that seem challenging. When this happens, he gets into a fit which is not okay for anyone, how much more a scholar.

I am now of the opinion that Ayah 62 sura zhukhruf refers to knowledge of the Hour i:e Allah, Quran not Jesus. It doesn't indicate return of Isa (as). It is true that tashkeels were not revealed with Quran. But this doesn't change the pronunciation and the meaning. All I can say for now is that sheikh Imran Hussein should be careful not to be carried away because of his so called "love and affection" for the Orthodox Christians.

Correct. The tashkeels are the ruh which power each letter consonant; as without them, they are just potentials. They cannot be divorced from the letters orally or in written form, therefore, when reciting the Quran, one will hear their presence and also when written, one will see their presence.
Hence the beauty of being able to correctly verify what one hears by seeing and verify what one sees by hearing.

The Ayah he quoted in Al-Imran 55, I have argued with him on this Ayah 3 times but unfortunately he refused to reply properly. His interpretation is that the Ayah is talking about Christians who "follow" Jesus. Christians were never followers of Jesus. What Quran mentions is Nassara. Nassara doesn't mean Christians. Christians existed in the time of Nabi Muhammad SAW but they we're never in Medina contrary to popular opinion that Christians were in Medina. They were in Rome at the time.

So sheikh is saying that Ayah 55 means Orthodox Christianity will triumph and rule the world over western Christianity and Muslims. This is gross error.. Muslims have been praying Salat for over 1400 years. If keferi will triumph and rule over Muslims till Qiyyama, why are we still praying Salat then?. Why don't we just be Orthodox Christians instead of wasting our time 5 times a day, fast in Ramadan, go to Hajj etc. Allah is just.

Honestly, I thought I did not hear him right all this while until he explicitly made it clear once more in this video on his stance about the Ummah of Rasul Allah S.A.W. to be ruled by those whom Allah has expressedly said DO NOT BELEIVE!
According to him in this video (from the 1:01:04 mark):

"We have an obsession with rule as Muslims. But Our job is NOT TO RULE!
We are the ummah of Al Firdaws and IF you want Al Firdaws, BE PREPARED NOT TO RULE, BUT TO BE RULED!"


This is more than gross error. This is a travesty in its full glory! How he deduced this falsity from the Quran is beyond comprehension.
Exactly! What then is the purpose of Islam?
Why then all the sacrifices of Muslims all these thousands of years?
Why don't we all pack up and swing to the "ruling" party till judgement day?
Is he saying that Allah is not just? Nauzubillah!
Allah says in the same Surah Al-Imran Q3:19 Inna deena 'inda Allahi-l- Islam (the deen recognized by Allah is Islam)......


So sura Al-Imran 55 is referring to the people that lived at the time of Jesus. Jesus true followers were superior to those who disbelieved in him. And besides, both Qur'an and Bible confirm that Jesus was sent only to his own people. This is why I begin to doubt those aHadith that speak about his second coming. They contradict Quran and they contradict themselves.

I used to translate Q43:61 as appearance of Jesus is the Sign of the Hour. I now put this view side. Allah himself took Jesus soul and he's dead... Not coming back.


Nabi Isa A.S. was never sent to the whole of mankind, rather, just to a specific ummah, as you've rightly pointed out and the way I see it, SIH is trying his best to construct a line of best fit by fiddling with the data points and axial scales! This just forces the plot/chart to fit the story.

I would like @ Shaikh AlBaqir or anyone else who is versed in grammar to kindly come do an exposition on this Ayah (Q43:61), with respect to the connective particle WAAW, when he is chanced.

Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 2:37am On May 28, 2022
Salam Alaikum to Everyone.

I have a few questions for @ Shaikh Empiree and to others who are into the study of Islamic Eschatology;

1. What is your view/take on the statement made by Shaikh Imran Hosein about Surah Zukhruf Q43:61; regarding the Tashkeel - Diacritics (kasra) INSTEAD of (fatha), so La'alamun and NOT La'ilmun, according to him?

2. He mentioned that:
- The Quran is safeguarded but not the Tashkeels, because these were not promised to be safeguarded by Allah.
His reason for this is that when the revelations descended and then got written, it never came along with tashkeels and that
the tashkeels got input much later for ease for the non-Arab (Ajami) muslims.
- The Tashkeel (kasra) for that particular word (La'ilmun) is "BOGUS" and "FALSE", as shaitan/or dajjal may/could have influenced this.

3. According to him, there is NO Quran copy in existence that has the right Tashkeel, so Muslims across generations have been reading the wrong word.

Then, how is his statement on the BOGUS/FALSE input by shaitan and dajjal in light of the following Ayahs by Allah in the Quran: stand?

A. Surah Al-Hijri Q15:09.
B. Surah Al-Shuara Q26:210-212.
C. Surah Al-Waqia Q56:77-80.
D. Surah Al-Burooj Q85:21-22.

I personally can understand if he said that he decided to use one of the Qira'at (readings) of the Quran to support his eschatological deduction/reasoning, (which he somewhat alluded to by mentioning the reading of Abbass (R.A.) ,however....

Here is his latest talk, though he's done others in the past regarding this same subject.
Thank you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Rm5cCwbeI
Programming / Re: Data Visualization Challenge: Which Of These Dashboards Can I Submit? by movado19: 10:06pm On May 23, 2022
Ugaboy:
Hi Nairalander and Data Science ethusiaste, remember my startup during February I guess on Tableau

https://www.nairaland.com/6973820/please-rate-first-data-visualization

Well, there have been lot of advance visualization i've done so far, I've completed some machine learning milestone project with 18 viz dashboard completed

here is a viz challenge i picked from LinkedIn this month

Tools:
1. Excel (Data cleaning)
2. Figma (Bin or Conatiner Design)
3. Tableau Public (Visualization)


Pls Which of the 3 can i submit


Some of us are football lovers, so I analysed one...added to show us...how i've gone.


Hello, Ugaboy,

If you are looking for pure honesty, then I will tell you that you cannot submit ANY of these visualizations.
You do have very strong potential, however.

You'll need to remedy the following:
1. Spelling. One or two mistakes can be forgiven, but when it is everywhere, then it says that you do not really care about what you are
presenting or the consumers of the charts.

2. Harmonic colour combination. Just because we have so many colours at our disposal doesn't mean that we use them all at once.

3. Consideration for people with colour blindness.

4. Font types. Which fonts are appropriate for your viewers and what size will do the job?

5. Appropriate charts usage. This requires that you know your data types to the T, as this will enable you quickly select the appropriate charts
which can convey your findings/message easily.

6. 919...is this the combination of the dead and living Nobel Price Winners? If you say "yes", then your addition is wrong.

7. Sorting (ascending/descending) is off.

8. Your chart headings do not necessarily convey much. For example, what do you mean by:
- Top 5 University (Universities)? Is this within the United States alone or globally?
- Gender/Months Noble (Nobel) Price? What "exactly" are you trying to convey?
- Age by Years? This does not say anything. I know you most probably want to be succinct with your headings, but this is NOT the way
to do so.
- What does Shares mean?
...and so on and so forth...

9. You will need to make use of white space to lead the eyes.
Also, you do not employ proper visual cues such are direction, colour, font, shape, size, etc.

10. You can have all the interesting facts and information but if you are not able to convey it in a simple, appealing, and devoid of
chartjunk(Tufte) way, then all your work would end in the bin!

Do you watch shows like IRONCHEF? Do you see how they present their food? This is known as "PLATING" in the culinary world. It draws
the eyes and attention to the food my making use of elements and principles of food presentation.
This is the same concept for data visualization.

Like I said earlier, you have very great potential - no one was born with the excellent skills of a master data visualizer. This takes constant practice and then mastery.

I commend you for your boldness in putting your work out there for scrutiny. This takes COURAGE, so well done!

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 1:21am On May 12, 2022
Assalam Alaikum Everyone.

I decided to send this form of comfort/reassurance, especially in these trying times.
There are different kinds of difficulties out there that mankind is currently facing, individually and collectively.
It is normal to become despondent, withdrawn, and even give up when it seems that all roads are closed and our prayers are not being answered, Nauzubillah!

As Muslims, we need to cultivate and deploy a certain kind of mindset amidst setbacks, which is that:
1. Surely, my Lord is with me! He will certainly Guide me as Prophet Musa (A.S.) told his people when they were between the red sea and Firawn's troops. Q26:62.
2. Fear no one or situation because Allah sees and hears everything. Q20:46
3. Whatever is meant/destined for you will reach you and whatever isn't meant for you will not reach you. Q9:51.
Be content, yet hopeful in the Grace of Allah.
4. Have SABR (patience).
Have Tawakkul (reverential consciousness) of Allah.
Have belief by IMAN (faith).
Have YAKIN (certainty).
Have SHUKR (thankfulness).
Have ISTIQAMAH (steadfastness).

We all want what we want and when we want it, but Allah's time is not the same as our own limited time, and when He does give, it's without harm or evil attached to it. You enjoy your blessings to the maximum, InshaAllah.
It saddens me when I see people who have cut short their lives because they did not get what they wanted at the time they wanted it. This is not the way to see situations as a Muslim.
Rasul Allah (S.A.W.) advised us to see those who do not even have what we are blessed with when we start to complain; instead of looking at those who already have more than we do.
No job ye, thank Allah for your degree(s). Some people aren't even in school yet!
No car, thank Allah for your legs! Some amputees see you walk and that's all they wish to have - legs!
No marriage yet, thank Allah for your life. The decision of a spouse is not something to be made with human desires which are filled with frailties. Let Allah guide your way to a good life and marriage.
No children yet, thank Allah for your health and remember that he answered prophets Zachariah (A.S.) and Ibrahim (A.S.).
Not more than one child, thank Allah for that child He has blessed you with, and engage in being the best parent you can be to that child while hoping and praying for more blessings.
...the list becomes endless because we want and need and on and on it goes...

Not forgetting the issues of magic, witchcraft, evil eye, etc
Even these have expiration dates. They don't last forever!
Call on Allah who is also the Creator and Lord of these dark elements.
Only he can conquer and subdue them to perfection. YA QAHHAR, YA JABBAR.
If you give in to their wishes and/or give up hope in Allah, then what you are saying is that they are stronger than Allah, Nauzubillah!
They cannot withstand the light of Allah and Allah's promise of help and a near victory is forever true because He is HAQQ.
Q2:214
Q61:13
Q110:01
e.t.c.

Please do not give up or despair. Do not take your own life. Do not truncate your life by engaging in evil practices.
...And soon will thy Guardian-Lord give thee that which shall make you satisfied and well pleased. Surah Duha. Q93:05.

May Allah be with us all, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 1:23am On May 06, 2022
Excel70:

He did not mention why

2 yes the honey serves as a repellant


Okay, got it.
Sukraan for your response!
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 12:14am On May 06, 2022
Excel70:

Jazakhumullahi khayran
I learnt from experienced Alfa's that recitation of Ya Latest attract a particular type of jinns that have sexual intercourse with humans in dreams. You are advised to kick honey intermittently when engaging in its recitation.


Interesting!
Did he mention why those particular ones become attracted?
Also, what is the honey meant to do? (My quick guess is that it wards them off... but it's just a guess.)
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 10:11pm On May 04, 2022
Empiree:
^^^^

I wish you could do the quote very well so I can read btw the lines. Looks like you quoted me from 2014.

movado19

Shaikh Empiree, yes it's from 2014 and I believe that it started from page 10 of that thread with Sino's Ustaz...
I have attached some of the screenshots of page 10 and also the complete one of the earlier one I copied, page 20.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 6:25pm On May 04, 2022
Re: Jinn Stories by Empiree: 7:51pm On Dec 28, 2014

Some choose to be in seclusion and invoke Him. Quran itself encourages Ihsan. Do you think for a second that people of Ihsan (tassawuf) do what you do?. No, they do more than you.

In their seclusion, we say possibility of encountering beyond is 80% chance. The whole concept is within Shariah contrary to 4:115. No one is advocating invoking spirit. I just dont understand how you brother keep misunderstanding the whole thing. Even sino's Alfa who chanted "Ya Lateef" countless time, nothing wrong with it. He was not invoking spirit. He invoked Allah. But in what manner?....by going na.ked which is contrary to Shariah.


After a careful study and research on the above, here are the possibilities of what may have induced the Alfa to go "naked"...
1. He may have started this without the proper guidance from his Shaikh/guide - the proper adab is not to begin taking off ones clothes when the effects become present and he shouldn't have ideally been around people like that, when engaged in its recitation.
2. He may have done "asheju" and did more than was stipulated for him.
3. He may have invoked Ya Lateef with something else which was "inappropriate", though i choose to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that this may NOT have been the case.

Ya Lateef is a very Jalali (HOT) zikr and as such, it may require the guidance of a seasoned sheikh/teacher for those counts and times when its effects begin to manifest.
As a rule, it's advised to intermitently take a cold shower (almost 4-6 times in a day) and/or have a pale of cool water next to the reciter, so that s/he dips their fingers and dabs across the face and neck, etc for relief.
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 6:01pm On May 04, 2022
Empiree:
Salaam Alaikum Waramotulahi Wabarakatu

On the issues on ground regarding Oba Alaafin Lamidi Adeyemi's death and burial. What's are your thoughts?.

I personally believe that anyone, regardless of what you profess your religion to be, shouldn't be caught in a situation where people have to guess what you practiced especially after that person's demise.
There are unforseen situations where this could happen and that is not blameworthy in any way.
The late king, however had a very long life - just as Empiree stated - to rectify this sort of thing so that what happened would never have taken place, were he a truly practicing Muslim.
At this point in time, we say Allah knows best!
It's just sad that this sort of fiasco had to happen during Ramadan.
May Allah bless every step and decisions we make in this life, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 5:53pm On May 04, 2022
Empiree:
Eld Mubarak gbogbo ile

Thank you and Eid Mubarak (belated) to everyone and may Allah's blessings be with you all, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 5:25pm On Apr 08, 2022
PrinceAsaba:
Salam alaikum wahramtullah wabarakatuh.
Dear Empiree, Movado19, AlhajiEmeritus and all the schorlar in the house. It's stated in Quran that Quran is Shifaa and Rahmah to the believers..

Is their any ayat that serve as a Shifaa for liver disease or something like that?

Thank You in anticipation


Wa Alaikum Salam and Jumma Mubarak to everyone.

Tlake made mention a while back of utilizing Ya Hayyu YaKayyum over water and drinking it, from the page below.

https://www.nairaland.com/3633308/seeing-angels-malaika/23

You could also do the same on your water 111x and blow air from your mouth over it 3x before drinking.
Just ensure that you make your intention before drinking and have complete belief.
Drink this before going to bed and first thing in the morning.
You could also recite this over your medications if taking any.

or you could do the below as well:

Get a water container filled with drinking water.
Get olive oil or black seed oil in another container.
Recite:
Surah Fatiha and when you get to verse five(5), repeat it 19x or 133x or 361x 836x.
Then make your intention by saying:
Ya Allah, Ya Rahman, Ya Rahim, Ya Hayyu, Ya Kayyum, Ya Salam, Ya Shaafi
Say whatever you want from your heart and in whatever language is easiest for you
Then conclude surah Fatiha by reciting verses 6 and 7.
Blow air from your mouth 3x into the water container and the oil container.
Drink the water slowly with Bismillahi Rahmanir Rahim.
Use the oil all over your stomach with Bismillahi Rahmanir Rahim.
Top the water anytime it is about to finish or reaches halfway.
Repeat the whole procedure after the container has been topped 3x - (It's better you get a big container for this).
You could also recite this over your medications if taking any.

Final Note. Engage in as much Istigfar/ Dua Yunus, Salwat Rasul, La Illaha Ilallah before commencing any of the above.

May Allah bless you with Complete Shifa (healing), Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 7:38pm On Mar 25, 2022
Gireiboy:

Assalamu alaikum,
May Allah bless you and increase you in knowledge, Ameen. There is these issue that i have being hearing for a while now from some of our Sheikh's and sincerely speaking i'm confused, i need further clarification please.
It's about the destiny of human beings regarding entering heaven or hell, they always say that Allah has pre-destined for everybody right from his/her mother's womb his abode in either heaven or hell. When you are destined for hell, at the die minutes no matter the good you have been doing, you will do something that will eventually lead you to hell and vice versa.
Please i need further clarification on these.



Wa Alaikum Salam and Jumma Karim.

Amin, and for you all too.

The topic of destiny is very complex.
I would advise you to go back to the beginning - if you haven't - of this thread and read Ikupakuti's, LadunaI's Empiree's, and of other people's take on destiny. I am not saying that what they have there is the finality, but it is a very strong springboard for anyone interested in this topic.
You will also have to carry out your own independent research once you have gained a better understanding.

Personally, what I would tell you is this:
1. Allah knows the beginning and the end of everyone.
2. Dua is a mighty, mighty weapon of a believer, so much so that it can change one's destiny!
3. You have to subdue your Nafs (soul/ego) through Tazkiyatun Nafs...this is a very big problem and can cause an impasse for a lot of
people
. This is the slippery slope that makes some people do so much good and then at the tail end derail!
(May Allah keep us away from such an end, Amin).
4. You have to conquer the human vices (doubt, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, envy, wrath) in all of us to a very large degree.
5. Cultivate and maintain Good thoughts of Allah, always:
Jaabir (radhiyAllahu ‘anhu) said:
“Three days before the Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) died he said:
"Do not allow anyone of you to die except that he is perfecting his assumptions about Allah."
Hasan al-Basree (rahimahullah) said:
“Verily, when the believer perfects his thoughts about his Rabb, he would have perfected his actions and the faajir is the one who has
corrupted his thoughts of his Lord, so his actions will also be corrupted.”
Q 02:186 - “And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge)
I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me.”
...and so on...

The one who is on this path as mentioned above has nothing to fear about being in hell...we really do not give the due estimation to Allah
as He deserves. We need to see and think for ourselves, despite what the people with titles such as Sheikhs may say. No one is beyond
assumptions and mistakes. I do not mean that you do not listen to anyone, rather, deploy critical thinking to whatever information is given
to you.

In essence, you must take it upon yourself to purify your soul for the sake of Allah in order to have a good end.
That's why you have such people who are adepts in this field. They are not stupid!

Q 87:14-15 - "But those will prosper who purify themselves,"

Q 91:07-10 - "By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it,"
"And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right,"
"Truly he succeeds that purifies it,"
"And he fails that corrupts it!"

I hope the above has given you a little bit of clarity, InshaAllah?

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 1:17pm On Mar 24, 2022
favelli:
Assalam Aleikum warahamatullah wabarakaatuhu brothers & sisters

Please I have a question. Find it a bit difficult memorising surahs of the Qur'an. Only able to grasp only short verses. I don't what method to use or how to improve in my memory.

My question is, is the a dua or something of sort that I can recite to help aid my easy comprehension. Please note is recite Rabbi Zidni Ailma regularly. Thank you



Wa Alaikum Salam.

You may recite the following regularly with your intention to be able to memorize the Quran, or anything else InshaAllah:

1. Q87:6-7 (21x) together
For verse 7, only recite Illa Ma Sha Allah.

2. Q17:82 (54x) daily or after every salat.

3. Q18: 23-24 (21x) recite together daily or after every salat.

You may decide to recite only one out of the three or all three..just be consistent in your decision and follow through.
Please, never despair and be patient. Always remember that as a Muslim, you submit to Allah's time and NOT the time you have in mind.
Time belongs ONLY to Allah.
Just do your humanly best and Allah will do the rest, InshaAllah.

Lastly, Rabbi Zidni Ailma is also very good,
Just ensure that you start and/or end these recitations with your intention(s).

May Allah bless you with the very best for you, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 7:12pm On Mar 03, 2022
LadunaI:

Lol, So perhaps, my config react oppositely to the norm grin.
cheesy
Allah creates as He wills without questioning or reckoning.

This is one of the areas of specialization of those Sheikhs the new generation want to belittle at all cost and spit at.
This is the reason why not every dua or zikr is ideal for everyone. Case in point: The brother who lamented that Ikupakuti gave him Yasin 19x and thus experience some things which he thought were negative. Ideally, he should have carried out several cleansing and fortification exercises before commencing because he may not be spiritually strong as such to withstand the effects; especially if he has not been practicing such in the past...if that were truly the case, then there is no how he would not have experienced one form of healing crisis or the other...

Actually, generally speaking, now and if then, sakinah that accompanying during and after salawat can't be quantified, the soothing effect dispelled all the worries immediately and sense of calmness pervades all the body and soul.
Na'am.

But the experience am talking about is attendance effect of this in term of purity this has brought upon the soul which manifested during "transitioning" of the soul momentarily in the course of falling asleep with awe inspiring experience that depict 'jalali" effect.
Subhanallah! Your config na real wa! cheesy

Note this isn't dream, far from it, because consciousness and awareness is still there to know the dichotomy about physical state and where one is seemingly heading.
Na'am.

Though always happened momentarily but extremely tremendous and stressful but after that a blazing and soothing lucid dreams or spiritual travels followed. I don't if you get my gist?
Let me be quiet...your name (Ladunal) truly, truly fits you smiley
May Allah continuously safeguard everything about you, Amin.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 10:45pm On Feb 26, 2022
LadunaI:

Are you sure about this my sister? . From personal experience the effect of salawat when it get to certain stage if like jalalu. I nearly abandon it during my assiduous year. I have concluded on one night after my Tahajuud that I won't do salawat again because the effects was just down too tremendous.

It's just I am witnesses the transof


Salam Alaikum, Ladunal.

Subhanallah! This is actually my first time learning about this particular effect on anyone.
Even on me, its effect is cooling.

My curiosity is really piqued now smiley

The only thing that remotely resembles your experience would be what I read a while back about some people who get overstimulated when they take nerve-calming herbs and then get calmed when they take nerve stimulating herbs!

Very interesting.

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Programming / Re: Chronicle Of A Data Scientist/analyst by movado19: 8:13pm On Jan 31, 2022
Raalsalghul:


We would appreciated one or two pointers. wink

Sure.

Data Visualisation is just a means and not the goal itself.
To understand the dashboard is the immediate goal.
To make good/better decisions is the ultimate goal.

Personally looking at the dashboard, a few things stick out to me which could be improved; such as:

1. No of calls.
Is this a "No" or "Number"? - The analyst will make the consumer of the dashboard to start guessing/wondering.
This is only acceptable if this is just for exploratory visualisation purposes within your team members and NOT for your primary stakeholders.

Are the 5000 calls daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly?

2. Answered calls 81%.
Is this daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly?
Is this by ALL the agents or only the top 5 agents?

3. Un-answered Call.
Is it un-answered or unanswered?
Is it call or calls?
Do unanswered calls mean that they were never answered or that they were never resolved?

4. No of Call Agent.
Is it "No" or "Number"?
Is it Call Agent or Call Agents?

5. Pickup Speed.
Is it the pickup speed of the agents or something else?
Is this number an average or some other aggregate?
Is this value is seconds or some other time function?

Never make your stakeholders think or guess what it is that you are conveying.


6. No. of Unresolved Calls by Topic.
The chart heading is not in alignment with the y-axis.
The heading is too dark...it should never take the shine away from the chart itself. Its job is to be descriptive enough.
The y-axis label (Topic) should be aligned with the first topic (Streaming).
The Y-axis label is too small and too dark. It should be in the background and not in your face.
The topics are not aligned properly...a lot of shifting and some are broken off, so one can't completely read and comprehend what it means.
There should be proper white space between the topics and the chart itself.
The chart is lovely as a horizontal bar chart.
The chart labels would have been a bit bigger and cleaner if they were centered within the bars...this is not the case, except for the first bar.

7. Trends of Calls Per Month.
Are these "Answered Calls" or "Un-Answered Calls"?
A better description would have been "Monthly Call Trend", "Call Trend by Month", "Call Trend" and then "Monthly" as a subheading.
The chart heading is not in alignment with the y-axis.
No need for the x-axis label since the chart descriptor has already done that job for you.
Yes, one can see a downward then continuous trend over the three months, but...
Where is the story to support the downward trend?
Where is the story to support the continuous trend?
WHAT exactly do you want the stakeholder(s) to do with this chart? Is it a call to action:
to hire more agents?
to train the agents better?
to shift non-essential work from the agents' plates so they can have more time dedicated to answering calls?
where they out sick, hence the drop?
Is this to support management's decision to lay off the bottom performers?

There is nothing in this chart to point one in a certain direction.

8. Calls Rate round the Week
It would be better to use the upper case for only the start of the heading.
Since they are just two - weekday and weekend - then a simple text visual to display the call rates respectively would have sufficed.
No need for the x-axis as it is sort of redundant here.
Again, this would have been an opportunity to support your visual with the appropriate story of:
WHY and WHAT decision(s) you would expect the stakeholders to take.
Are the agents expected to work on weekends as per the company's policy?
Is the weekday rate as expected, above or below average?
Is the weekend rate as expected or above or below the average?

It is not enough that you create a chart as an analyst...what point are you trying to drive home?

9. Answered calls by Top 5 Agent
The heading is not aligned with the y-axis.
There should be uniformity in the case type of the chart heading.
Since the top 5 agents have almost the same values, then a simple text visual to display their average call would have sufficed.
The supporting story for it would have been the names of the 5 agents and what stands them apart.
Is this a chart to recommend training for the low-performing agents?

Always use a chart to drive home the main reason(s) for its creation via a story.

10. Hourly Calls Trend
The heading is not aligned with the y-axis.
The y-axis has no explanatory label.
A slope graph would have been better for easier visual and understanding.
A heat map would have also been a better option for a cleaner visual and better understanding.
Again, what message do you want to drive home to the consumers of the visual?
There are no pre-attentive attributes to capture the steep downward trend of the last call hour(s).
WHAT story narrates the reason for the steep downward trend?
WHAT call to action are you proposing to the stakeholders to carry out?

It is not enough that you create charts as an analyst...
what point are you trying to drive home?
what call to action are you proposing?
what decision(s) are you trying to influence?
Be a change agent in order to set yourself apart.

This dashboard maybe be okay in your company for now, but do think about if you were hired in another company to create visuals that will appear in a highly influential international magazine with data-savvy clients across the globe...would your visuals pass, or not?

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Programming / Re: Chronicle Of A Data Scientist/analyst by movado19: 1:38am On Jan 30, 2022
Felixitie:


I have worked on this actual dataset before, using powerbi. It is a straight forward thing bro. I did without watching a video. Follow the insights you are asked to get.

Gosh! I am just like those people who like to burst pimples or blackheads on other people's faces once sighted, but this time around with data visualisation, lol cheesy

I see a whole lot not right with this dashboard...they are the things that make the intended audience NEVER take action, even after all the time spend putting the charts together.

A lot of "hardcore" data people think its beneath them to put in the effort when it comes to visualisations, forgetting that this is the "PLATING OF THE DISH" for the audience and if not done correctly, then all the work done from inception falls into the drain.
You are practically engaing with the brain of people who have very little attention to give...
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 2:32am On Jan 06, 2022
Empiree:
Albaqir

Thank you for the correction.
Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 12:22am On Jan 06, 2022
I have come to see how the hunger and quest for knowledge - though in the line of materialism - by most of the west has made them delve into the world of the supernatural or spiritual by sheer curiosity and ambition.
They have come out of this ocean with all sorts of goodies and renamed/rebranded them with either scientific names or names that are adaptable/agreeable to the modern times.
With them, there doesn't seem to be any kind of intellectual shyness or knowledge gatekeeping to what can be learned and obtained.
They seem to be so steeped in the quest to seek and obtain; and to a very large extent, they have succeeded and are still succeeding.

Contrasting is the major mindset I see within the Islamic community not to exercise a high level of curiosity or employ deep and active thinking.
There seems to be so much secrecy and highly coded and metaphoric language around the spiritual/metaphysical/esoteric subjects that it becomes a fruitless exercise for the layman who wants to learn, to eventually give up in frustration.

This results in Muslims who are now hungry and ready to learn and because the West has a lot of what they have been looking for, they jump ship, absorb all that they are taught without vetting through the Quran, nor do they have a firm footing in Fiqh to discern such teachings as either in alignment or a departure from the path of Islam.

You have those who vehemently refuse to look into subjects because the Quran does not expressly call such subjects by a definite name, but then the same people sit with glazy, hypnotized eyes and rapt attention as the West or Non-Muslims - in the guise of experts - expound on and impart their "discovered knowledge" to them!
The same people defend their stance by saying that what they are learning is purely academic /scientific and without a hint of spirituality, lol! cheesy


I do not think that Allah will deny anyone the pleasure of KNOWING what it is that they seek, be it primarily stemmed from materialism or because it is a means to Know Him More.
Allah says:
"...then shall every soul be paid what it earned, and NONE SHALL BE DEALT WITH UNJUSTLY." - Q2:281

whatever efforts we make or put in shall be duly recompensed either in Duniya, Akhira, or both worlds.
No one will be denied what they seek because they are not of the Islamic faith...Allah is never partial.

There is a saying that:
"The hand which feeds your belly will eventually rule over you!"

Another saying goes thus:
"Your language can't be someone else's product and you are also the consumer" - Jaron Lanier.

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Islam for Muslims / Re: ...... by movado19: 11:38pm On Jan 05, 2022
Salam Alaikum,

I think that this is an interesting video.
My interest really got piqued at the time stamps 13:33 to 16:05.

The Shaikh talks about the Jinn bloodline of the Queen of Shiba as well as that of Imam Zain Al Abidin.
I would especially like Al Bakir and Emeka Raj to speak on this as well as anyone else who may be very conversant with what the Shaikh said.

I know that Ikupakuti - in pages back - made mention of the fact that the Queen was indeed half Jinn...

Thank you.


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