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@m4malik. Have you ever read the Qur'an, let alone studying it. this is a book without no equal. In many books written specifically to showcase the notables who had enter Islam; Islam their way, Why they became muslims, just to name a few, there was a section in it where the verses of the Qur'an was fed into a specifically designed computer, solely to certify the placement of each ayah relative to the one before and the one after it. They used a do loop system for this test. Its either at Carnagie Mellon University or one of the prestigeous Institutions in Europe. The Computer could not detect any discrepancy in Qur'an after analysing it, verse by verse. Further, Allah the Almighty put forward a challenge to mankind and Jinns to produce a book that is like the Qur'an. Few years ago, in the month of Ramadan, some outfit belonging to Christians published a book which they called Furqaan. Fruqaan is another name for Qur'an and also referred to other revelations from God, the Almighty. During that Month of ramadan, it was freely circulated amongst the Muslims. Everyone rejected it immediately. A foegery like that will never take hold amongst Muslims. You must also know that the enemies of Islam are many and have existed as soon as the messenger declared his prophetship (AS). In the 19 century England, there was a member of parliament who gave a speech that was very anti islam and in ending of that speech tore up a Qur'an to emphasis his hatred.
Immediately, another member got up and told him that even if you gather all the Qur'an copies that are on earth and destroy them all at once, it will not have any impact on this religion because the Qur'an is already memorized and is in the heart of all Muslim. Allah Himself is protecting it.
My concerns really is for you because Allah has promised a double portions of punishmentfor those who believed and then afterwards disbelived.
In many of the threads, I have heard many of the Christians saying that it is the Muslims who are asking people to revert. Yes, Muslim should wish good for every one, but what did you expect when you are thumping the Bible to the people who have said that they submit their wills to the Lord of the worlds. I would not run you out of town but will like to ask you to engage me in a dialogue where we both will have our presentations and have opportunity to ask each other questions in very civil enviroment. Maybe you maybe amiable to that in the future. I live in New York City, but i have a project that i am attending to in Boston for another month. After that, I will be very free and if you are available invite you to visit me in my home. The ticket will be on me. In October, I will be in Nigeria and if you are in Europe, I will gladly pay you a visit for the same purpose.
Allah is the Almighty Who can safe His slave from His own punishment. I am praying that the whole of mankind is safe. When you read the Qur'an and study carefully, yes, it is not a feel good and romantic book, but you will find absolute truth in it. Only Muhammad (AS) that his companions so much loved and care for him that they recorded every little detail of him. That included the number of grey hair strands on his head. He is the most imitated personality that ever walked the face of the earth. Most importantly, he is the successor of Jesus and the promised Comforter (AS).

To m4malik, Alhamdulillah, I was looking for a job from anyone. Therefore, I do not have to justify my level of education. If you need to know, I studied Civil engineering in one of the most well known engineering Institutes in america. Further I was also matriculated into graduate program in architecture, which is my primary love. I am now an exchanger and presently get involved in design concepts in major projects that my organization is either doing the finance of it or own outright. As an Ijebu man, I love money so I direct my attention to it, so that sometimes i can spend ample time on what i like; Dawah. You see I do not have to justify myself to you. I have raised college educated children as well. They are men who respect their elders even when they disagree with them. It shows the kind of quality you got from your parents, knowing fully well as a Yoruba, probably so because i have not seen an Hausa who have left islam for Christianity, yet.
Further, your case is like the case of the one who is lazy and hopes that an invented short cut would stand up to a full commitment. I have news for you, it may not matter to you at this point, but you will find out soon enough; Jesus will not safe you. that was not the reason he was sent. Your case is with Allah the Almighty, alone. so is my case and the case of everyone.
As of the case of Melchezdeke, it was to bring you to a realization that from your bible, you will find even unusual personality, hence, if you reflect on it, you may actually realize the weakness of the hypothesis of Trinity, Son of God and God on earth as you have ascribed to Jesus the son of Mary (AS).

Glory belong to Allah, the Almighty alone. May His blessings continue to descend on the noblest of all prophets and all creations, Seayidina Muhammad (SAW). To you my brother m4malik, if you hate Islam so much and I wonder why you still keep the name Malik. Change and be done with it. Further, the blind arguments of the christians make me wonder if they never reflectedand see in themselves and in their surroundings signs of One who is Mighty, Wise. Allah Tahallah asked in the Qur'an, 'if there have been more than One Lord (God), wouldn't they be opposition fron One of them as it concerns the directive of another'. Did you ever reflect on the meaning of Ayatul Qursi. The tasfir is about the children of Israel asking Musa that is his Lord asleep because they were going through tremendous difficulties and there was no relief coming. Musa was told by Allah to put a breakable object on his lap while in a seating position. He was commanded to fall asleep. Of course the body relaxed and the object fell and break. Allah asked Musa that if your Lord was to be asleep who will be watchful over all things including the heavens and the earth. They will go out of control and the heavens may collapse and fall on the earth. Allah the Almighty is neither weary of His watchfulness over His creation. Unfortunately, all created things, Jesus, Muhammad (AS) are from this categories, hence they fall asleep, they do things of human, etc. Since they are elect of God, His messengers (AS) to mankind, they are at higher levels than than any one of us. Jesus performed miracles by the power given to him by God Almighty. Muhammad performed miracles by the power given to him by God Almighty. The muslims acknowledged these miracles and understand them to have come from Allah to strenghten the position and aid each of these noble personalities. No christian criticizm that can make any true muslim talk ill of Jesus. I have more right over Jesus than any Christian, I accord him his rights and did not usurp the glory of God hy saying that Jesus is more or less than what he was. It is reasonable and make sense that Jesus is not God and not a son of God.
In the Bible Melchezdeket, king of Salem had no beginning, no end and no one know any of his family. Where is he today and this description of him make him more important in attribute than Jesus. This is from your Bible. Moses spoke to God directly without the aid of any angel, at the burning bush and other places, eg, when the Ten commandment was revealed to him as instruction to the Children of israel, and later generations to follow the path of Moses which the Israelites were to remain on. There was no place in the Bible that Jesus was one on one with God, without the aid of angel. In this instance do'nt you think that Moses would be higher than Jesus (AS). You christians ascribed human qualities to the Almighty who is above His throne. All angels and all creations are His slaves and creations. You may not accept it, but you will find the reality of it from the point of death. If you are so lazy that you need a feel good religion to make your life. Keep on with it. You will find out that the prerequisite of Paradise is not cheap and the doctrine inventor, Saul/Paul way will not safe you and it will come to Zero. Go back to Islam, you and your family and fear the fire of Hell, a horrible destination it is.
By the way, if you read Qur'an very carefully, you should have found that Allah praised Muhammad (AS) and clearly spoke about his going to paradise, for example in Suratul Fajr's last Ayah. Also in many places God spoke about the Companion of Muhammad, the Muhajirrin and the ansar (RA) are people He is pleased with. Tell me m4malik, when you are pleased with someone, do you altimately punish them or make way of ease for them. Muhammad (AS) gave good news of paradise to some of his followers. they are known as Ashara Bashara. Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman Ali and others are part of them. The participant of Gazwatu Badr were all given the good news of Paradise. Saeyiddina Bilal ibn Rabah (RA) was spoken about his footstep in paradise. The Noblest of all the Apostles of Allah, Muhammad (AS) was was reminded by Aisha (RA) that he should not pray so much at night, knowing that Allah had forgiven all his sins, the past as well as the future sins. Muhammad in his humbleness to his Lord said to Aisha 'should not I be a greatful servant of my Lord'. You see m4malik, paradise belong to Allah and He admits by His favor whoever He wills.
The muslims rely and hope in Allah alone in the authentic way of the prophets, Qur'an and Hadith being the two essential sources of this Hope and longing. wer do not have the concept of 12 apostles of Jesus sitting and Judging the 12 tribes of Israel. Where will the non Israel tribe fits in this equation. Who will judge the 12 apostles judging the 12 tribes of Israel. What happens to Judas in this case, is he one of the Judges or Paul has now taken his place. Who judge Paul/Saul the destroyer of Jesus's true message with his own inventions. Where is the Almighty in all of these. Please read the Bible again and go back to Islam and study your Qur'an. It is not too late.
Have you noticed the phenominon of islam sweeping the West from its foundation. I was in Brooklyn during 911. I saw the building getting hit from my apartment, the second plane going to the tower. The following day, english translation of the Qur'an waspurchased of the shelf of many book stores. There were many reorderings and several Americans, males and females, white and black and others came to Islam enmass. It is unfortunate that the Africans are leaving islam,this is because of poverty and the missionaries will bring bread in one hand and the bible in another. Have you ever seen a wealthy Muslim leave Islam. I have seen alot of successful christian leave christianity for islam. ihave a lot of Jewish persons who have already converted to Islam, Musa Cohen is one of them. He lives in Brooklyn now. He was a military person and a rabbanic student when he read Qur'an. He converted immediately.
Do you know that all satellites upon the launching must be orientated towards the Ka'abah before it can begin to perform the function required. My friend John is a chairman of a Satellite company, Strong 1 Brothers, Ltd., told me so. he is the largest manufacturer of TV satellite equipment in the whole world. For those who have been to Makkah, please ask them of the animals of prey and what they prey. I mean they all tawaff together, one not afraid or hurting the other in that blessed princinct. They do not have any droppings in that princinct either, it is permissable for them. that is the Mighty of Allah.
As to my writing, i am very comfortable with it and i have no problem with it. afterall, I am not expecting you to grade my work. that was many decades ago. If you wish, hear the truth and act upon it. If you are people of doom do as you wish. Hell fire will consume the Evil doers with a ferocious consumption. we all bear our own responsibility.

babyosisi, you are a young woman, you can read a thesis. This is a forum of knowledge. a one liner will not do. since the christians are not familiar with Islam, hence a thorough and complete lecture is in order. Did you know how many scientific thesis in the Qur'an, every branch of knowledge is in it. By the way it is the lack of knowledge of Islam that will make a person leave it. Also, it is the lack of knowledge of the foundermentals of christianity that will make a person remain in it. thank God I learn these two aspects in USA. Presently, people are coming into Islam enmass in the west. Just the other day, it was alluded that Prince Charles is probably a closet Muslim. this is a statement from the non Muslims. Jacque Stow, the late notable French explorer became Muslim from his reading of the oceanic life in the Qur'an.
Did you know about an american astronaut who became a closet Muslim as he declared that while he was in space he heard Adhan called and while he was in Egypt he heard it the same and this was how he recognized it. You see, we in Islam realized that even the angels make salah, make pilgrimage, no one of the christian retuals is performed by angels. You need truth. May God in His infinite mercy guide you to it in Al-Islam.

There is no compulsion in religion. All persons know there is a place called Hell. The fire of Hell is a place to punish the our evil doers. There will be people from the 'Children of Israel, Christians who follow Paul "invented religion", others religions and yet from the Muslims'. From among the muslims you have hypocrites who will remain in hell without being removed from it as if as they have been purified. However there will some temporary inhabitants of hell, they are removed after sometimes because they have been purified. The noblest of all God's creations, Al Mustafa Muhammad ibn Abdallah (SAW), stated that there will be only one sect from the 73 sects of the Muslims that will not taste any period of punishment in hell. This sect will go directly to Paradise on the day of Judgement and begin to receive their rewards. You will agree that the conditions of Hell and paradise must be totally different. In Hell, it is unagreeable punishment and torment. In Paradise it will be felicity, the enjoyment that will be far superior to what can be found on earth. I guess that as long as we are alive, regardless of our conditions, it can not be equated to anything to be experienced from when the angel of death appears to take the soul out of the body. For sure, no one can touch the body that is lifeless and even if that body/soul belongs to Hell you will not because it will not be hot, but we all believe that hellfire will burn and any thing burning is hot to the touch. What I want everyone to do is to ask God the Almighty in sincerity that He shows and leads one the right way to worship and seek His mercy. In the University in West Virginia, USA, my roommate was a notable "Reverend", who leads a church of over 1000 people in NYC, presently. I as of recently as last year asked him several questions, mostly of morality and specifically Christiandom. In most cases, he would agree with my premise, but in others, he had no choice but to reluctantly agree with me or do not give any real argument at all.
If you know any Hindu, the Hindu will tell you that Hindu religion is right and had been in existence before Jewish people and Judaizm. Yet we know that they worship idols, but to them it is correct the way they worship. Christianity is not a religion that is familiar to or the religion brought by Isa ibn Mariam (Jesus, son of Mary, (AS)). Jesus and Paul did not cross each others path. Jesus was a chosen, an elect, a prophet of God to the Children of Israel. Jesus minister directly based on the revealed instructions to me to the Children of Israel to obey God's commandments and follow him to doing so. Jesus was the one that was the elect of God and the last of them from the lineage of Yaquub (Jacob, (AS)). On the other hand Paul, who used to be Saul, a Jew who used to persecute the followers of Jesus and the people who were following them all of a sudden, became the leadership of that same movement that he so much hated! Please tell me, if Jesus was the end all in that revealed process, how is it possible that Paul in particular begins to receive revelations that are in its core message became opposite to what the elect of God, Jesus son of Mary delivered.If you reflect, truly a thorough reflection, you will not be able to accept Paul's message, hence the foundation of his movement, the whole premise will have to be discarded. I did study the Bible in High School under late Governor of ONDO State, Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin. I took it as one of the WASC Examination subjects and made good grade on it. Since then, I have spent sometimes studying it and found it to be a good reading, very romantic. The one who knows the Injil (New Testament, Good News) the most should be Jesus himself. All explanation of it must to come from it. I will not accept what any one of the Christians who can not connect his/her explanation to Jesus, directly. Get me an original New Testament, no, get me the one written in the language that it was revealed to Jesus. You will not be able to provide an answer to my challenge. You have not seen one yourself. What you have seen is what you know and there are presently over a several thousand versions of the Bible which consist of Taurah and Injil and of course other books. The writing of Paul and people like him is like that of the second generation in islam, the writing of the Apostles (companions of Jesus) is like the writing of the Sahabah (companions of Muhammad) the act of the apostles is like the acts of the Sahabah. Unfortunately, in the Bible you have what one can say come from the Almighty, but one is not sure of the exactness of the sentence structure, what is stated by Angels, prophets, companions of prophets (the exactness of the sentence structure is not certain), further you have what is written by the likes of Saul (Lana tullahi allakafirii) oh, he is now known as Paul. He, Paul is the one who has led people astray, far from the way that Jesus followed and commanded. However, if you examine the Al Qur'an you will find that it is a single speaker which is the Lord of the worlds. The sunnah/Hadith are different and separate from Qur'an. The Sirah, story of the life of Muhammad is the most popular. Other sirah about the lives of the followers are also available. You will have to accept that the Qur'an is pure in its preservation and all muslim must know some part of it, striving to know all in its original language, Fussah Arabiyah. Qur'an is full of wisdom and you can never be able to comprehend the oxean of knowledge in it. From it you have what guides you as the blueprint of life, before conception to after life and the day of jusgement and beyond. Can you say the same of any book. Sincerely.
I am in my fifties and I am sure that I will not reject with total rejection any opportunity to marry a younger woman, as young as the allowable age in any culture as long as she reached tha age of maturity. I find it very strange that you people of Nigeria, knowing fully well how sexually immoral the majority of the people of that nation are begins to use your cursed tongue to criticised the beloved of the Almighty. may you seek repentance before you die, otherwise may you receive the rewards of your action from the One who truly Judge.
About using the left hand, is it not true that you use your left hand to do actions that you will not use your right hand for, in normal situations. For example, you use your left hand to wipe your bottom when you deficate, yet the muslims will use water to wash, in addition. You pick up dirty things up with your left hand, clean your nose, etc, as well. You do not rinse your mouth with your left hand, rather you use your right hand. Islam is the only religion that encourages, even command purification of the body in certain conditions. Of course the purification of soul is enjoined in every religion, but how do you do it. The answer is in Islam.
Have you ever noticed how people all over the world are coming into Islam without so much missionary or propagatory work. The west have just discovered Islam and they are rushing into it enmass. The truth have been revealed and falsehood will not have any strong foothold. By the way, let us wait for the decision of God. We will definately realise it from the time the angle of death comes to claim the soul from each one of us.

Glory belongs to Alr-Rahman, Allah the Almight and His blessings upon His noblest of Messengers, Sehina Muhammad ibn Abdallah, Al Ashimi (SAW). The adith in question with the phrase 'for Shaitan eats with the left hand', is very profound. To fully understand the adith you have to go to the explanation given my the authority on that adith. The real authority of it was the giver of that adith himself, (SAW). The Prophet gave that adith to his sahabah (companions, RA).There are many books and websites where a truly seeker of truth fill find it. The prophet (SAW) in several adiths warn the believers from doing the same things the evil one, Satan (lanatullah, alalkafarin).The devil is from the nation of the Jinns, created from smkeless fire. But before he disobeyed the Lord's command to him to bow down to our father Adam, he used to be called Iblis and worshipped devotedly. Of course, the creation of Adam (AS) brought Satan's true nature of jealousy to bear full force. Hence he became a rebelious, deceitful and instigator of evil deeds, along with its army or followers have and continue to bring desaster to the lives of mankind. Satan eats with his left hand, hence we are encouraged by the one Allah the Allah sent with the religion of truth and he the Lord of the worlds had spoken very greatly about the quality of that messenger (SAW), in Al Qur'an 'You have a perfect example in this prophet', also 'We have raise you to the highest exsteme. (I intentionally left the verses and chapters out. Whoever is interested can make research for knowledge is expensive and beneficial). Muslims/Believers are encourage to differentiate themselves in all aspects of lives from others, so you can see part of the reasons you are not to copy the evil one by imitating his eating habit of using the lleft hand.

How does a Human being ignore the prophet of God (AS) of his/her time and follow a prophet of the time gone by and a holy spirit. That person would have not followed the prophet in truth the prophet it claimed to have followed. For example, if the children of Israel had remained to follow any of the past prophets , eg. Noah, Ibrahiim, Isiaqa, Yaquub,etc, even though the holy spirit was always in existence before the creation of Adam and his wife (AS), and human being have experienced Holy spirit on this earth, and refused to follow Musa (AS), especially when at the crossing of the Red sea. The Children of Israel would have been overran by Pharaoh and his army (La natullahi alleyhi)>They would not have been able to cross the sea, successfully as they did. They had to follow Musa who was a human being, same as they are. Holy spirit belongs to the realm of angels, because the Angel Jibril is known as that, (Ruuhu-Qudus)> God Almighty never had sent angels as His messenger to mankind at any time, but He sent angel(s) to deliver revelations and other functions, eg means of Supports to His Human messengers who leads mankind in his time. If anyone generation would have ignore the prophet of its time and remain with the prophet of the past generation, that individual(S) in that generation would have been astray. So when Jesus son of mary (ISA ibn Mariam), (AS), came on the scene delivering the messages and commandments of his Lord, Allah the Almighty, who ever chose to igmore that prophethood which the children of Israel did, wholesale, were in manifest error.So is in the same breath, when the All knowing raised the last link in the chain of messengers to mankind, in the persona of that noble messenger of Allah, Muhammad ibn Abdallah (AS),who ever heard of him, the source of his messengership, the religion that he brought and oh, his praising of his Lord, that person must not remain with the prophet s of old. Yes, you must take the last link and refusing it will amount to rejecting the link that you latch on to. The message of each prophet (AS) is in it core, the same. They all proclaimed one Lordship. There is no division between them because they came to proclaim the same message. It is we, human beings who have circumvented and corrupted the essence of each prophethood (AS). In some quarters, we ignore or diminish the position or existence of one or other prophet(s) as if it is our rule that matters , in essence disregarding the commandments of the Almighty. In some cases, we give more position and quality to another of the messenger(s) of God usurping the Mighy of Our Creator for that Prophet(s) because of our love that prop[het(s). We must not forget that in either case we have strayed far from the truth. Allah the Almighty is the One to be worshipped and we must not associate any thing, Angels, Prophets, Jinns or others with Him.

Al Qur'an says this world is a jail for believers and a paradise of the unbelievers. In this verse, a poor Jewish woman in Egypt some times in the past centuryapproached a Muslim scholar on the street . This muslim scholar was regally dressed, on a horse and in the company of his students. At this occassion the Jewish woman ask the Muslim scholar to tell her how is it possible according to Qur'an that he the scholar is in jail in the opulent lifestyle that he enjoys and she in paradise knowing fully well that she is suffering, no money and hard to live a normal life, experiencing lack of enough food most of the time and no good and decent adequate clothing. In short she was having a bad life. The Muslim scholar having wisdom from God, the Almighty Allah responded that in the day of Judgement, God willing from His mercy when he is rewarded to dwell in Paradise, he will live in felicity so much that regardless of any good life he had lived on the earth, it would be as if he was in Jail. On the otherhand, a person who disbelieved in the signs of the Most Beneficient, Allah the Almighty, when that person is herded to Hellfire, the punishment and the consistent unbearable of hell, if he or she were to reflect back to the life that was led on earth, regardless of how bad it was, comparing to the punishment of hell, one will wish to go back because it was paradise, the life of this world.
My people, oh mankind, remember your Cherished Lord the Almighty and give Him His right. Seek the right course to worship Him. Obey His commandment. You can not worship Him the way you like, especially when it is different from the true way to worship Him as per His instruction.Your job is to seek His guidiance and from His mercy, He will guide you to the right path if you are sincere.
If you think tribulation is here, now, consider when death approached and the soul is going to be torn from the body willingly or unwillingly. there will not be a moment longer than what the Lord of the Worlds had given. No more sustenance. If you live long that the Anti-christ was to come in your time, for me I pray against the Difficulties of that time, then he the acursed Antichrist makes what is evil seemingly beautiful to you and what is good seemingly evil to you. He will give you hellfire and you will think it is paradise, now that is tribulation. You safe yourself by seeking God mercies and forgiveness right now and live a path that is straight and not crooked. Allah the Almighty said that Oh you who believe safe yourself and your family from hell whose fuel are mankind and stone. I pray that whoever is on the right path rigt now will continue to be guided on it and those who are astray, will receive guidiance to the right path. However some people are destined for fire of hell. Do you want to be one of the condemned and can you wish it for yourself if you know the hardship in it.

The first revealed verse of the Qur'an is IQRA. This means read. Islam, therefore encourages and commands educating yourself. An authentic adith, the messenger of the Almighty Allah, Muhammad ibn Abdallah (SAW) said that one should seek knowledge even it has to be that you go to China for it. Please take your time to think about this. China to the Arabian land at this time must have been very remote considering that camel or a mule or a horse was the means of travelling. The route in the desert was very treacherous, even today. Lack of water and limited supply was the order of the day, yet it was important to seek knowledge. After the first war between the young Islamic nation of madina and the Idol worshippers of makka, the Muslims who were victorious captured many from the Makkans. The makkans were to obtain their freedom by teaching/educating the Muslims. Finally, if you were ever in the same class with any one who had been taught Qur'an and sunnah, you will realize that you have to work hard to evenbegin to compete with them in knowledge. These persons who have had a thorough islamic education are always at the top of their classes.
In Qur'an, you will find the best journalisic piece, for exaple Chapter on Joseph and all chapters. In Qur'an, you will find all aspects of Enginnering, I happened to have studied Civil in America and then later on in life began to teach myselfby Allah's permission the Qur'an. You will see where buildings and lofty structures that even the engineers of today mavels at. in Qur'an you will find out about space explorations in Chapter of the merciful, Al Rahman. In Qur'an you will find matters of all aspects of business, marketing, Sociology, mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology; botany and zoology, Agriculture, horticulture, Medicine,; reproduction, gestation, lactation, didetion, analysis of pain and pleasure. For example it is in Qur'an that the knowledge of pain is descibed and clearly associated with the skin. So when the skin is damaged by fire and there is no more feeling in it because all the capillaries are dead, God Almighty said He will change it with a new skin so taht the person can feel the pain from the newly obtained skin. It is the Qur'an that described the heart chambers and the circulation of blood, excretions and many aspect of living to numerous to mention. If only the Muslim apply the Qur'an to the life in the truest intensions, then you will see that Islam is not only good for religious life but for your day to day living, secularly of otherwise.

My dear Nigerian Brother, America (USA) is not a democracy but a republic. However, the misinformation of its democratic stance is always overstated and naturally misused to cajole the common citizenry and the world over when it suits the aim of its undertakings.True the USA is predominantly Christian with a judeo-christian underpinnings. However it is the same country that practise in its constitution the separation of REligion (Church) and state.  When the World trade centre in NYC and the Pentagon in DC buildings tragedy/destaster happened in 2001, immediately, the culprits were eyed as Muslims. Upon deciding on Osama Bin Laden and his al Qaeedah organization, the rules of law which the USA are known for the world over were discarded. In justice and the assumption of guilty unless proven innocent took hold. American, before this time stood on Innocent until proven guilty. Now this is no more, especially when it concerns the people who profess their religion to be Islam. My point really is that after defeat of the Taliban regime/government that ruled Afganistan a notable American white writer was on PBS program Now with Bill Moyers sometimes very early in 2002. He was speaking about the war in Afganistan and I believed that he served in the Vietnam war which ended in the early 70's. His statement though to a question was as if the war in Afganistan was a war of the religions. Christian against Muslims. He broke into a cristian song which goes something like this 'Onward marching Christian soldiers, '! The war was tagged as "CRUSADE" by Emperor 'George'. If one were to look at all of these, it will be  taken that Christians are lunatics and barbarians and the world history especially as it relates to continental Europe, the real mother of America White is backward, in all its wars and wholesale wastage of human lives. But know, this is not so, but it is very political and when a people canlatch on to a differnce between its group and another, without regards to all the commonalities and similarities, then it is very easy to be unjust against that group, especially when there is comparative advantage in place.  
Now the issue of Northern Nigerian versus southern Nigerian is not of religion, because the whole of the northern people are not Muslims and the whole of the south are not Christians. The real issue is that every group centre its views of the other group on its differences. Further, Islam is not a religion that allws any injustice or violence against any group, because no one can show me in the two devine sources of the religion,Qur'an and Sunnah that you can start evil on your fellow mankind. If the muslims can educate themselves Islamically where you have the highest moral barometer, then the true nature of Islam will shine through. Unfortunately, the Muslims enmasse in any part of the world do not really know Islam and yet not making the effort to know it. An authentic adith is that Islam is built on five.  It is not enough to believe in Oneness of Almighty God and the last Messenger being Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and pray five times daily and pay Charity and fast and make Pilgrimage to the Noble House  alone. This will not nake you a good Muslim. You have to believe and do the work of righteousness for the sake of Allah the Almighty. All these work cover everything and you can not discriminate against any of God creations, male or female, muslims or not, aminal or plants. For example, in Islam, one is encouraged to be very clean, a thorough hygiene is required, but can not waste watewithout regards to others for example. Everything must be done with good intensions. The northerners of Nigeria or any Muslims all over the world that lets any evil suggestion  into the heart and them act upon it, if that person dies doing the evil dead and had no repentance, the person will be raised in the day of judgement doing the evil deed that was the last deed on earth. If you do good you will be raised doing good as well. If you take a life, be it your own or others, if there is no just reason for it, then you will be judged accordingly. Islam encourages unmetigated forgiveness of the one that wrong you. However God the Almighty Allah knows our wanting to do evil or take revenge, He the Lord of the worlds warns that no one is to overstep the limit of revenge. So when a person is killed by another person, you do not go to the people of the killer and killed them all or even one of them. The Arabs used to do that in their ignorance before Islam. The one who commit an offense is punished for the offense under the jurispudence. But forgiveness is very important and is stressed as such. In the days of the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW),  a man was judged to have committed adultery and the punishment was stoning to death. As the punishment was being carried out, the man who was being punished began to cry out that he did not commit the offense, now feeling the pain of stoning. He began to run but the people ran after him stoning him as they did until he died. When the 'executioners' returned and they told the prophet, (SAW) that during the stoning stage and before he died the man cried out in denial of the offense, but we did not stop and continue to go on with the process of stoning until he died and we therefore beried him after that. The prophet (SAW) in his mercy was very unhappy and told the people that you should have left him alone since he denied the offense and let his case be with God the Almighty Allah alone. This is the kindness in Islam. Not the uphoric  rush of emotion that now prevail over the muslims. Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an by the Creator to be the bearer of Justice, forbidden the wrong and enjoining the right. Muslims are described as the best nation raised for the good of mankind and are in the course of moderation, never going into any extremes, over exagerating or under valuing.  The behaviours of the muslims today, if it is bad is not from Islam, but when it is good and just you will find its foundation directly ancored from Islam. Muslims are not to make any decision or derive any opinion unless it comes and ancored directly from Qur'an and Sunnah. If you need any clarification that will benefit you and give you life, go to Qur'an and Sunnah. Even though, Islam is very complete and encompass every aspect of life, you can only know the truth from these devine sources, Qur'an and Sunnah. Any other espectially giving you any reason to be unjust and going evil is not Islam.

Babyosisi, my response is to you. However let me speak to davidylan. My dear fellow Nigerian, have you heard of the Andalusia and oh the moors in Spain. I have no response any more for you, obviously you do not know a thing about the Arabic language. You will know that even the Arab Christians call the Creator Allah. The same way the call Jesus Isa, because that is Arabic. Further, your tone of speech is very Thuggish and foolish. I will not allow that kind of matter around me.
Yes Babyosisi. you must not forget that Islam is not a norther nigerian religion. I am from Ijebu-Ode and Owo both from the Yoruba enclave. Yet, Islam is traced to several generations in both of these places. For a long time there was no a single Christian in my bloodline. The Ibo gentleman I used as an example does his business in Iboland. He did not need anything from the northerners, after all his brother is the governor of Imo state, yet he never curry favor from his nrother. I know because of my business dealing with him. Many other Ibo have become Muslims here in America. Further there are villages and towns, as I have heard from Ibo friends, though they themselves are Christians, those places in Iboland do not have a single family. What is so funny is that the Christians enmasse will not bother an idol worshipper, like Onishango, but will have to preach to the muslims. The one person who have defended Jesus (AS) and his mother is Muhammad (AS) and his followers continue to remain steadfast to that praising and elevating of these noble people. Oh, you wait and we Muslims will wait patiently along with you and God the Almighty Allah will make His Judgement; altimately in the day of Judgement. There will people who will be herded like cattles to Hellfire. I ask the Merciful to protect me and my loved ones and those who love me from the trial of that day. Those who receive the mercy of the Lord will be rewarded by admission to Paradise. The Lord of the worlds has confirmed that there will not be intersession except those that intersession have been granted. I ask that the lofty position that the Almighty have promised Muhammad and the benefit of it covers me and all Muslims, male and females. By the way the greatness of a nation is not based on religion. China, Japan and Russia are not Christian countries, yet today are nations with great standings. I will not forget india in this stance. A nation is great based on the commitments of its people. Nigerian Christians and all the African Christians are more committed in their religion that the European and American Christians. Yet African nations remain lagging behind. For your information there are a lot of Muslim notables and Inventors. Algebra and the concept of Zero are all from Muslims. The first attempt to fly is not from the Wright brothers in South Carolina in the USA, but from Muslims. The Printing Press, gunpowder and many others are from the Muslims. Any way you keep your religion if you are satisfy with it, good for you. You will find out starting from when death occurs. However while life still exist, one can receive mercy, but one will have to seek it diligently with humility from God.

Dear Softee, I am not against you and definately I am not taking advantage of your youth. As a matter of fact, youth is the future of the world and tomorrow is the time of the youth. However, I hate your continuous vile statement about Allah, your Creator, His last messenger, Muhammad (AS) and Islam. If you deride the Muslims because of their bad behaviours and their poor judgements, I will agree with you and support you. Muslims are judged by the injuctions in Qur'an and Haqdith, not the other way around. In all religions you have bad and good people. In Nigeria you have good citizens who are Muslims and Christians and even Idol worshippers. Before Christianity, no even before Jesus son of Mary, the Messiah (AS), there were good people and God fearing people who had lived and passed away. Are you going to tell me that it is through Jesus (AS) that Adam, Noah, Ibrahiim, Isiaqa, Yqaquub, Yusuf, Musa, Dawud, Yahya to name a few (AS) will go to Paradise instead of Hell. No, even Jesus will go to paradise only by the mercy and forgiviness of the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator. In Arabic, even in the Arabic Bible, He the Lord of the worlds is known as Allah. The Arab Jews, Christians, others and the Muslims call Him Allah. Al in Arabic means 'The' and Illah means "God'. Take Jesus as your God, if you want and ascribe to him the position of his Creator. This will not help you because the real victory is for when a person is forgiven in the day of judgement and enter paradise instead of hell fire. For sure you will hate Hitler to be in Paradise. For sure most Jews will hate to find Hitler in Paradise. Remember the Crusades against the Muslims where the Muslims were killed in wholesale fashion. You must never forget the holocaust against the Jews, it is from the hands of the Christians and please do your research, the enlightments of the world is under the Muslims. Before Muhammad (AS), the Arabs were the worst kind of people and Islam made them rule the world and the present day enlightment of the world, specifically the European enlightenment is under the format of Islam. All form of University Formats, including the graduation ceremony is based on Al-Azah University in Cairo development. This is a Muslim origination. I think you need to read the Qur'an and since you are in London, you can get a free copy from any Islamic establishment. This will do you a world of good. Specifically, you will find the real truth and there is no part of Qur'an if you are a thinking person will be unagreable to your soul. The yardstick of God is not metered by the yardstick of His creations. Only He knows, you hear and obey and ask for forgiveness from Him. Please tell me how Moses, a man who was not eloquent in speech and a fugitive from the law and justice of pharaoh and even Jesus, a man who was born without any legal marriage are chosen to be Prophets and Messengers (AS) of the God of all things. I am sure from your judgement they did not merit this position but God raised them for this purpose exclusively and made their lives very uniquely special. As for Muhammad (AS), you will have to know about him before you make judgement of his impecable character. I am sure as stated again that there is no real man that will not want a beautiful young wife. As you had asked about reward of virgins in heaven and what is the rewards of the woman. First tell me what is the difference between Paradise and Hellfire. I mean the activities in rewards and felicities and in Punishments. Tell me, dont men have a greater sexual appetite higher than women in this world. Is it normal for a woman to have more than one husband at the same time whereas it is acceptable in most societies for men to have more than one wife at the same time. When you know this, then you will begin to see where you may need to correct yourself. Today, the wars that are raging in the world, specifically, in the middle east you will see injustice among mankind. The civil war in Nigeria was under two christians, Gowon and Ojukwu. Yet, I will not blame the Christians nor the Jews. I blame the Muslims who have abandoned islam and enmasse have become hypocriticals. Islam is the only religion that its core structure stands firmly on justice and against all kinds of evil. Unfortunately, the Muslims have abandoned this stance and you see that all over the worlds.
I ask the Lord of the worlds to forgive you and all of mankind and open our hearts to truth. Believing that Jesus (AS) death is enoygh to safe me from the Punishment of his Lord, is just not true.You need to supplicate to the One in authority, The lord of Angels and Spirit and all.

Those of you who critized the beloved of the Allmerciful, donot you have any brain and be aware that calamity may befall you. You Nigerians, whose moral yardstick is so low that it is unbelieveable and your nation's nameif it is affiliated to an individual in business, he /she will be held in suspecious statue. I am almost 54 and my sexual drive is not as when i was 25 for example. The Arabs at that time are differnt from the people of this day. There are many classifications of adiths; very weak to very strong. As it concerns this relationship with the Noblest of all mankind, Muhammad (AS) and Mother of believers Aisha (RA), the crock of the matter is that no one in their days frown on it. Even now, in the USA, a woman who is not yet 18, say she is 17 if her parents gives written consent for her to marry, there is no law that will prevent it or charge any of the parties for wrong doing. Ther is no specific age for a person to reach puberty. Puberty is when a woman begins her period and in the west children are now reaching it even before some reach 9years of age. Yet others who are in their 20s may look so frail and immature that she may be considered to be under age. Maturity does not have a benchmark age. it is an individaul thing. Aisha (RA), was a special woman. She was from a noble family, whose father was also very wealthy, so it was not that she was not previleged. None of the Arabs who by and large were not Muslims and enemy of the prophets at that time critized him for this. God, the Almighty who sent him with the message of truth did not critized him. In fact, there are other adiths that pointed to the devine process in which the marriage occurred. The prophet (AS) dreamt where he met two angels and they presented him a gift. He ask them to unwrap the gift. It was Aisha that was in the wrap. The second dream was like the first, except that he Muhammad (AS) ask them what was in the gift and ased them to unwrap it. The result is the same thing. Oh, enemy of Muhammad (AS), you are for sure enemy of God. If you do not stop and mend your ways and seek the mercy and forgiveness of your lord Supreme, you will definately end up in hellfire. If you lie against the beloved of the creator your work will be naught. You see no muslim will talk harshly against any Prophet of God. I wonder wher you evil doers are from in nigeria, nay in the world. Look into yourselves first before you look into any one and you are not fit to talk about the character of Muhammad (AS) and not to even think you can critize him. Ask your male family members if at their age, no one wants a young bride. Your mother will be replaced by your father with a girl even less than half her age, if your father were allowed to make his own sincerest desire. How many of you men at 25, still a virgin. Very rare and you lack the moral statue to be so. Now, ask yourselves if you were 25 a virgin, would you marry a woman who is 40 years old as your first marriage partner and she had twice married at this time. How many of you women, who will marry a twice married man while you were still a virgin at 25, unless you have that special money issue associated with it. Nigerian women are known for their golddigging mindset and I am a Nigerian and i know it for sure. The statue of Muhammad (AS) is unattainable even for individual prophet that had passed on before him. For you to think, and you are all ordinary amounting to naughting that you can judge his moral value to the point that you begin to critize him, you have spoken in a mad person statue.

My dearest young sister Softee,
I address you personally and those who support your kind of thinking and emotion stirring-up mentality. I do not know what tribe you are and truly it does not matter. What really matter is your relationship with God the Almighty. It is not enough to say that you worship God, but really you must find the only true path. When you are on that path, this will be the beginning of your journey to truth. Personally I do not have anything against any religion. However we do know that God is consistent and His command is clear; worship Me and do not associate any with Me. To answer your questions about miracle of God through His last Messenger, Muhammad (saw). The Miracles of Muhammad, that is performed bY His Creator through him are of three types; Before his birth, like the defeat of the people of the Elephant. This is in Qur'an and the explanation is also in the hadith. During his life time, like the making of a night journey starting from Makka to Jerusalem and ascending to heavens and beyond and coming back through the same path to Makka all in the same Night. When I said and beyond in the last sentence, it means stepping to the realm of after life from the point of judgement day. No other prophet was given this previlege by the Lord of the Worlds. In this journey, when he arrived in jerusalem, he encountered all the prophets before him including Jesus, the Messiah, the son of Mary (AS). You will notice that I referred to Jesus (AS) as the son of mary, because he is truly a miraculous birth and in the animal kingdom there is the workers of the ants that develop from unfertilized eggs. The re are other animals that do this. In maqnkind, the creation of Adam (AS) our father is no less a miracle of the same stature as the miracle of the birth of Jesus (AS); Be, and it is. The miracle that was after his earthly life, like Umar (RA) the amir Muminii, the second Kalifah of Islam who gave warned a group of Muslim warrior who were fighting there enemies tens of miles away while he was giving sermon in madina.There are many miracles and it covers all of the miracles of all prophets combined and then some more. However the greatest of all the Miracles is the Qur'an itself. It is indestuctible, even all mankind wre to support each other and the Jinns along with them in trying to do so. It will not happen. There is something known as Karammallah. What this is, is something unusual happening to a person when there is no reason for it, for example a group of you are at the the city dump and of course the smell will be unagreeable and very strong. However one of you begin to smell a beautiful fragrance that he/she has never smelled before. This still happens among the muslims and many other types to include for example a recent past occurance in the jail of Egypt where the jailer had a starved lion loose on a Muslim Cleric. The lion was to eat him which was the reason they starved it. However after several days, they saw the lion just sitting beside him as if the lion is a house cat. He, the cleric was only concerned that the lion saliva may not be pure since cats are meat eaters.
My sister, read SuraturRum, Chapter Rome and go to the adith on it. Read SuratulLahab, the chapter Lahab and go and study the adith on it. Go also and do some research and do not speak off cuff. You need to go and read about the miracles in Qur'an and the miracles of God the Only true Creator which He performed through Muhammad and then the miracles performed through the followers of Muhammad. It includes animals, trees dead and still living, stones talking to people and acknowledging the prophethood of the noblest of all creations, Muhammad the beloved of God. Dear Nigerian young lady, go and read about the end of those who have been against Muhammad, they have tragic ends and their places are in hellfire. The clear differnce between Islam and Christianity is not between Muhammad and Jesus (AS), but how we each look at them. If you exagerate the position and status of one of them and deminish the the other or even totally deny any or both, it will not matter the least to their Lord. He only is sufficient for them. However, I advise you as I advise myself to seek God guidiance and do good work so as to receive the mercy of God. If you live in the USA, I will pass my conference center number to you and we can have some reasonable conversation along with your friends, hopefully those who have differnt view points on several matters are counted among your friends. Do not they? By the way, the older brother of Imo state Governor, is a Muslim and so are many intelligentias from the Ibos. They study the Qur'an and they accept it because of their pure hearts. I ask the God who creates all things to purify your heart so that you may receive guidiance. Remember that your lord is one and you must not associate any with Him. When you ask questions ask a question that has benefit to you and others. Your questions so far about Islam not only provocative, but are you ready to receive guidiance and be benefitted. You can be living and not be alive. Islam gives life and it is living even though the majority of the muslims may be spiritually dead or at least dormant and commatossed. But that should not give you the means of senseless talk. Again, you are welcome if you wish to learn, i will provide my conference center number which can accept up to 96 people at one time for 6 hours at a go. I give you the opportunity and please prepare yourself to teach and learn at the same time. I want conversation directly and authentic from Jesus, not Paul who was saul and bent on destroying the followership of jesus at that time. Remember most of the followers of jesus were against him, for example Barnabas and others. It strange that the Christians do not refer to those who knew jesus as much as they refer to paul, the true enemy of the Mission and Teaching of jesus (AS)>

I praise God with all by being. I thank Him and I invoke the Mercy of Allah the Almighty on His noblest of Messenger, Muhammad, the prophet from the Quraish tribe of Makka.(SAW)> For it is only amoung mankind who are ungratefyl as a result do not know him will insult such a noble soul. They, this group of people if they die in that state will definately have their place in Hell. Allah the Almighty is sufficient for His Messenger. He His Creator and the One who sent him with the last message, in the same line with previous line of Messagers, like Jesus, Moses (AS) said in Surah Al- Imran that He the Lord of the worlds took an oath from the previous Prophets and Messengers (AS) that in the future when His Messenger will come, if it happens that any of these previous noble souls were to hear about this Messenger (Muhammad, SAW), preaching and confirming what these previous messengers were given, will they support him. They all swear that they will support Him. Allah the Almighty confirm that Muhammad is His Messenger in several ayah of the Qur'an. See the end of those who were open enemies to the Prophet; Abu Jahal, Abu Lahab, Abu Lahab's wife and many more including the one who also claimed prophet hood during the lifetime of our noble prophet (SAW). I read the thread on this topic so far and I come to to conclusions; the person who started this top is a person who is not a bridge builder, no, not even a true nation builder. This person should never be given a position of authority, lest he/she will abuse the prevelege. My other conclusion is that most people confuse Islam truly with the action of Individual, group on community of Muslims. You can only Judge muslims/Muslimas by the sources, Qur'an and Sunnah. I can not Judge Christianity by the actions of the Christians, but I can judge christians by the book of the Christians. You must not forget that the colonialist of Nigeria and the rest of the world are Christians, whereby the enslaves, killed, rape and all kind of atrocities including open and clear stealing of the wealth of the nations and people thay oppressed. Even as we speak that is still going on, in Chechenia for example. We must never forget the Crusade. In the time of Umar Khattab, (RA), the second caliphah of Islam, the coptic Christians of Egypt were being oppressed by the Vatican, anation of Christian sect known as the Catholics. They wrote to the Muslims to help tham against their oppressor. It was the Muslims that liberated them from the catholic and this is how Islam really got to Egypt. When Islam conquared Palestine, the people of Palestine who were Christians were free to practice their religion. Islam brought civilisation to the whole of Europe. The Europeans were in the dark ages and it was Islam that liberated them and taught them civility. I will like to talk about the civil war that took place in Nigeria. In the Yoruba areas , among the Muslims, we hid and protected a good number of Igbo families who did not go back to Igboland before the war started. They could not go out and all their daily existence depended on the host families. Prior to 1970, the Bible that I used in High School was different from what was distributed to the entry class of 1971, for example. Since we are all aware of the present dictate of the world power Islam seems to be that easy target. After all, the Communist /Socialist Soviet Union is dead and the remnant including China, etc is not really a formidable entity, hence Islam is what we have that stands in the way of the powerful block of nations in the quest against world dominance and really enslavement of weaker states. Mark you I do not blame the powerful, unfortunately, the Muslims are not helping the actual nature of Islam. Most of the wars and mass killings that the world has ever witness was spearheaded by Chrisians, against other Christians or others like the Jews and lately Islam. The Invasion of Afganistan by George Bush was first Known as CRUSADE. I remember almost upon such invasion, on Bill Moyers, PBS Channel 13, a notable American writer said of the Invasion "On ward Marching Christian Soldiers to War, " I think you got the Idea. The raping and wholesale killing does noes go too far. I remember the Nigerian civil way, the two leaders were Christians and so were their immediate deputies, If you are an enemy of Islam just say so. I just do not see how you can say that you know Qur'an if you are not a true Muslim scholar with scholarsip, truly a knowledgeable individuals. Islamic knowledge is not easy and Qur'an is very difficult to understand. The laws are very stricts and there is order in its rulings. Both Muslims and non-muslims should endeavor to acquire some knowledge in Islam if you wish to talk for or against it. I must point out to you that the Muslims in the West will be surprised to know that you think that the type of Islam they practice does not follow strictly Qur'an and Sunnah. I live in the west for almost 30 years and it isd here that my Islam improve. It is here in the west that I begin to read Qur'an for the first time in Arabic, it is here that I really know that Islam is more that Salah, etc. Islam is deep and so that you know, I have not seen anyone, espectially a Christian, Individually, Communually or Nation that will allow the second cheek to be struck if one was struck. On the contrary, even before the first cheek is struck or even if it is passived that there might be an inkling of doing so, there will be a preemptive strick. What the Bible say about this meekness is not possible and has never been accepted by any one with any human nature, and we see the example in the way against 'Terror'.Jesus (AS) was not a meek man. He overturn the table of the exchangers and before he was arrested, he told his follwers to arm themselves and be ready for war. The difference between Islam and Christianity as is the matter of Jesus position is Trinity, Sonship and Worship of God. You continue to be your Christian and leave the Muslims alone. Yes there will be some former Muslims who will become Christians, but larger portions of former Christians are becoming Muslims and the West is clear proof of this. I remember that I could have become a Christian myself while I was in a Christian High School, married to a christian wife and born by a Christian Mother. I did not see any logic in it because I can not worship Jesus, who at one time was never was, then born by his mother and then according to the Bible Seized by his enemies and tortured and killed. Who was in charge of the world in all of these conditions when Jesus was apparently helpless. I will worship that God who Jesus bowed his head to and worshipped in the garden of Gershemine. Absolutely, Jesus was not worshipping himself at that time. By the way, I have since divorced from that christian woman who when we were having that marital difficulties she was insulting Islam and I did not respond back to her and Glory belong to God Almighty who had since turn my mother in her old age to Islam in the past few years.

In Islam, the formulation of the private and public life of the practitioner has been set during the life time of the Noble Messenger, Muhammad Ibn Abdalla (SAW). You find the conduct of a true muslim and muslima being under the guidelineship of the Qur'an and the sunnah/hadith. Even the the all the derivitives like fatawah and ithjihad; acamedic discussions and its conclisions are all based in the above immensed sources of guidiance. THere was once an occurrence wher a woman led prayer in her own home during the life of the leader of Mankind, Muhammad (SAW). The noble Messenger (SAW), gave a permissssion to a woman of knowledge in lew of the absence of an able bodied male , the woman was to lead prayer, There was the call of the adhan by avery old man, who left immediately afterwards. The woman led the prayer, having in this one time occurance little boys and other women. Further it is a common practise that women can lead each other in a communial prayer. But the case of women is different from Men. Woman can pray in the house and it is equally rewarded as if she has prayed in the Masjid. The case of woman is the case of luxury as long as she meets a required standard, Please bear in mind that a true Muslim community does not presently exist, but you do have pockets of true muslim individuals and family and small community, but no large community or nation.
For the sake of this  topic, if a woman is to be a leader of the community, what happens to the affaairs of the community when she is in her monthly period and she is one of those individuals who experiences a great amount of pain and discomfort even sickness at this time. What happens when she is pregnant and she becomes sick and even can keep anything down in her stomach and she throws up. What happens if she has complications during pregnancies like tiredness, fatigue, sickness and she can even get up. What happens if she is a special case during this time of pregnancy, during the period of labor, delivery and nursing, etc. What if she is emotional, for women are very emotional compared to men. First, God Almighty did not raise any of His Prophets and Messengers (SAW) from the female gender. All of them are men, Adam, Idris, Noah, Ibrahiim, Moses, Jesus, etc and Muhammad the last of them (SAW) are all men. God knows the whole truth why He had done this and we can only know just a very tiny reason, some I have listed above. In all, Islam is not a religion that you can change the core quality of and any derivitives really must have an ancor to that two unchangeable sources; Qur'an and Sunnah/hadith. This is the reason, for example that you can not make salah in any other language and truly the recitation of the Qur'an is in the prestine Fusat Arabiyah language. Every one, inclusing the Arabs have to learn this. My fellow Human beings, Muslims and Non Muslims, Nigerians and Non Nigerians, the males and the females, young and old, Paradise is not cheap, the prerequisite of it is shrouded in sacrificing and deprivations. You must truly believe and worship God in the truest sense of it. On the other hand, Hell fire is very cheap to acquire. You may even buy it with your own money, but surely one goes to it because one has abandoned the true path and therefor God, the Only One who has the right to Punish or forgive is surely displeased.  In Islam, the woman has her place and the man has his place.

Subhan Malikiqudus, Robbu Malahikati wa Ruu. (Glory belong tp you Perfect King, Lord of Angels and the Spirit ( Gibril is the Spirit).

In al-Qur'an, the last of God's revealed books to mankind, as instructions and guidians and the only one of those books remaining uncorrupted under the safeguardship of the Owner of all things, He the Almighty states 'and I have not created Jinns and mankind except that they worship Me'. My fellow human, this is youir purpose on this earth. This earth, your theatedr of existance is a place wher you work and that work, the spiritual part and the communual part of it are put together in summation, if God wills by His mercy, and He is the Most mervciful and Most forgiven will reward you with everlasting bliss in Paradise or if He wishes to punish temporarily for a term or forever condemn the body and soul to Hell. Paradise is true and so is Hell. The one at the door of death will see an angel of death. If the person has worshipped God in truth in the right manner He God has prescibed to mankind through His successive Prophets and Messengers, One of those is Jesus the Messiah, Son of Mary and the last is Muhammad son of Abdullah, May the Blessings of the Almighty continue to be on all of the Prophets and messengers, and do not associates god(s) with God as it has been forbidden and commanded in all revealed books, then, even when you err while still alive, one has the means of repentance, seeking forgiveness from God. THe one who has worship in the only right way, starting from the first man, Adam (AS) and to the last man, when ever that is at the point of dying will see the angel of death, either in an unpleasant appeasrance if one is an evildoer, and in a pleasant personality if one is a doer of good. The greatest of evil is not worshipping God in the right manner, it may be that one associates partnership in any way, chosing a patron or an angel or a prophet or other worldly thing(s). God is unique and there is nothing like Him> He is not like us and we are not like Him. No mortal can see him and He is free from all wants. A person will see death and the soul is separated from the body, rendering the body lifeless. The body is in pain from the experience,hears and feels. However since the soul is severed from the body all activities can not be responded to. When a person is buried, the soul is rejoined to the body, even as the mourners are leaving the graveside, for the person in the grave can hear the footstep. The dead person is now awakened and begin to be questioned by the angels. there are three questions, the first is who is your God/Lord, the second is what is your religion and the last is what do you say about that man. For our time, that man is Muhammad. For those people before Muhammad, but from the time of the prophethood of Jesus, it will be Jesus. For every generation, there is a prophet who was given the stewardship of mankind. If you do not answer these questions correctly and it only by the mercy of the Lord of the Worlds can you answer them correctly, one is struck so hard with a mallet that one gives a loud yell that all living things on earth hear it except Jinns and Mankind. One dissentigrated into a pulp. One is then show a place in paradise and it is stated that one has lost this place because one has incurred the anger of God Almighty because one did not worship rightly and a place in Hell is shown as ones place of abode. Every day at dawn time and at late afternoon, this person is punished and a window os hell is open into the grave. However, by the mercy of the Most m,erciful, one were given the ability to answer these questions correctly, the place in hell is first shown as this was the destiny but Gosd has shown mercy and has given one a replacement in Paradise, so the place in Paradise is shown as one final destination. There will not be any punishment for this person, so he /she remains in a state of sleep until day of reawakening, of course the window of paradise is opened into the grave. Please know that all mankind is judged according to the two parts of good, proper and correct worship and good work. To believe that a mortal has died for you and just believe in that will not work, because what you have done is tohave worship in the wrong believe. You can not associate anything with God by usrping His Lordship to some one or something else. There is no reality except God, the Almighty who has no Partner(s), alone in His majesty, lordship and might. All of us as long as we are alive can amend our ways and seek the guidiance of God and surely, He is the only one who can truly guide. There will be Muslims in Hell for some times for any sort of sins, like killings, adulteries, and the likes. However by the mercy of God each will be removed after this purification stage, except the hypocrates among this rank who will be in the lowest place in the fire of Hell. The Muslim, truly will not associate anything with God. No matter how much you may want to avoid the topic of death, death is a reality and certainty it is. For the unborn while still in the womb does not understand the reality of being delivered, but there is reality after the womb, even though the baby in the womb is made of body and soul after the first forty days of inception. Let us seek the mercy of God and pray for His guidiance, truly it is He who can guide.

@ Gwain
All that are in Qur'an today wre in it when it was first compiled. Further it was which were with the muslims from the very first revelation and until revelation was completed and no more. Qur' an is not a book that can be revised or edited, etc. It stands alone and the miracle in it tenders the heart of believers. Allah, the Almighty spoke of Ka'bbah as a nonviolateable house. You know, the birds of prey and the animals they prey on circumbulate this house together and never will the preyed be prey upon in this princint. This is the only structure on earth the hearts melt and weep when you sight it. Your quote from the Bible is very interesting. However, since your heart is not able to see the deficiencies of your way at this time, I will like for you to ponder the following; Was Jesus, son of Mary the writer or the one who dictated the present Bible. Is the present Bible the words of God, word for word. If it is , then what were the old editions and presently, which present version and church denomination has the word for word God's words. Prior to 1971, the Bible I used in High school BK was different to what was used in the same BK at the same school starting from 1972. Do you really think that any of God's creations has the right to change His words, and that often as it is with the Bible. There are many writers of the Bible, each section a different writer. In the New Testament for example, the Gospels were 'according to', then a first name . Would you accept a letter that is written to you carrying a first name only. Will you take it as an official document. Do you thick you can write your first name on a document and you ask the public notary to attest it. Can any third party issue a document and write your first name and ascrube it to you and you and or your loved ones will accept it as coming from you and therefore act upon it. If all of the above is tyrue in personal case, do you think that the Bible should be treated in the same carefree manner, especially when you believe it is word of God, all of it, word for word without any of His creation addition and subtraction. The other side is the Qur'an. It is memorized completely by young and old, male and female around the world, other s memoraize from a small portion to a verying larger portions to almost its totality, inshort it is a book of life, full of past miracles, present amd future miracles and predictions. I deals with human conditions and emotions, inshort, it gives you guidiance, hope and longing for the mercies of the True Merciful.

All thanks, praises and glory do belong to the One God, Allah and His mercies upon all His Prophets and Messengers and that includes His last and seal of both, Muhammad ibn Abdallah (SAW). The 'We" and the 'Us" in Qur'an is what is called majestic plural. For a very clear every day example, if you interact with the Yorubas, just in case you are not, but you must at least be able to get to one and ask , there is an expression that goes; Awa la wanbe ki bolowo nnu. This means 'It is us in there, this does not anger the rich'. The Kings in Yoruba land do use plural to identify themselves in speech and other forms of communications. In the present royalties of Europe, the Royal family member, for example does practice that majestic or royal pronoun. The sematic language is very rich and God the Almighty had revealed Qur'an in the highest grade of this strand of languages. The Qur'anic dialect /language is Fusat. Even the Bedoin have to learn it. There can never be contradiction in Qur'an. God had made it very easy in the hearts, to the ears and on the tongues of believers. He did not put the burden on mankind by revealing it in one shot or a short period of time. It took 23 years. There were no laws in the first 13 years while the community was small and weak in Makka. After the hearts have been immersed in belief, then the great migration to Madina. It is in Madina that laws were revealed which governs life from conception to the grave and revelations of the condition in grave and up to the day of judgement and the rewards thereof of good and evil. Good is not just work alone. Even it is not just coupled with belief. But good is true belief in God, then worship and obey all the laws as much as you can, in truth and then good work. Where ever you see the plural pronoun, you will see almost immediately and all the time Allah, the Almighty describing Himself or mentioning Himself by name.
It is in the same clarity that He the Lord of the Worlds, when He mention Jesus, He, the Lord of the Worlds will say, son of Mary. He the Lord of the Worlds describes Himself in many attributes, but never father. Further He described Himself to actually distinguish Himsef from all creations.

Glory belong to God, only and His blessings upon His noble Messenger (SAW). For if you want to know Islam, you need to first purify yourself, inside and outside. You need to empty your soul and your mind from all kind of religious garbbage and supplicate to the Almighty to show you and give you true guidiance. If you want to know how to bake, you go to a master baker for a thorough lesson, you pay attention while the lecture is going on so that you might gain the knowledge. The differnce between goodness and evilness, even among mankind in any organized society is reward for good and punishment for evil, this is the rule of law whan the evildoes is caught. If human set this law for itself, then you have any thought that God the Almighty have make clear distinction between Paradise and Hellfire. If human being do have sex as means of enjoyment on this earth, you think it will be deprived from the list of felicities in paradise. Muhammad is a noble prophet. History have proven it, you just have to read his life history, also Michael hart's 100, go to the Brooklyn Museum or is it the Library on Eastern Parkway. You will see his name as number one, the rest followed. To judge Islam, you need to understand Qur'an, a book that has remained the same and had stood all test of times including the evil doers several attempts to corrupt its believers accepting any doctoring of it. In the Qur'an you find many scientific statements that was not possible to be made at that time even among the scientific communities of its days. Only just recently that some discoveries are been made which fit some of the profound verses. As the world remains, there will always be proofs from it, discovered by muslims and non muslims alike. Qur'an is a book that has no expiration date, it will not be revised nor updated because it is from the Lord of the world and He is protecting it. Islam is the truest monotheist religion. I know it and you see all the signs of it in the West this days. I pray for the guidians of all of mankind who truly want to receive guidiance. Do not let the evil part of modernization seduce you into Hellfire, it is an evil end, indeed.