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Banjoramos:
Many people may be surprised that Muslims love Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the Quran, no woman is given more attention than Mary.
Mary receives the most attention of any woman mentioned in the Quran even though all the Prophets with the exception of Adam had mothers. Of the Quran’s 114 chapters, she is among the eight people who have a chapter named after them. The nineteenth chapter of the Quran is named after her, Mariam. Mariam means Mary in Arabic. The third chapter in the Quran is named after her father, Imran.
Chapters Mariam and Al-Imran are among the most beautiful chapters in the Quran. Mary (peace be upon her) is the only woman specifically named in the Quran. An authentic Hadith states that the Prophet Muhammad said: “The superiority of ‘Aisha to other ladies is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals. Many men reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a level except Mary, the daughter of Imran and Asia, the wife of Pharaoh.” (Al Bukhari). Indeed, both Mary and Pharaoh’s wife are an example. The Virgin Mary plays a very significant role in Islam. She is an example and a sign for all people.
In the Quran, Mary’s story begins while she is still in her mother’s womb. The mother of Mary said: {O my Lord! I have vowed to You what is within my womb as a consecration. Accept this from me. Lo! It is You Who are the Hearer, the Knower.} (Al-Imran 3: 35).
She wanted the baby in her womb to serve only the Creator. When Mary was delivered, she said: {O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered of a female child!} (Al-Imran 3: 36). She had expected her baby to be a male child who would grow up to be a scholar or religious leader. However, God had a better plan. God is the best of planners. The Quran continues: {…and God knew best what she brought forth- ‘And no wise is the male like the female. I have named her Mariam, and I commend her and her offspring to Thy protection from Satan, the Rejected.'” Mariam literally means “maidservant of God.} (Al-Imran 3: 36)

God states that He accepted Mary as her mother had asked. He made Mary grow in purity and beauty. She was assigned to the care of a priest named Zacharias. This is interesting considering few women were given this opportunity.
{Every time that he entered (her) chamber to see her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: ‘O Mary! Whence (comes) this to you?’ She said: ‘From God. for God provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure.’} (Al-Imran 3: 37). Upon hearing Mary’s answer: {Then Zachariah prayed to his Lord, saying, ‘Lord, bestow upon me from You a goodly offspring, verily You are the Hearer of supplication}} (Al-Imran 3: 38).
Although his wife was barren and he was very old, God blesses Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth with John. John is known as “John the Baptist” in the Bible. Zacharias was skeptical after the angels announced John’s birth. The response to his skepticism was: {Doth God accomplish what He willeth} (Al-Imran 3: 40). John would become a noble and chaste Prophet as the angels had stated.
The Quran discusses Mary’s miraculous conception as well. {Relate in the Book (the story of) Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East. She placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We sent her Our angel, and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.} (Maryam 19: 16-7). After seeing the angel, she said: {I seek refuge from thee to (God) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear God.} (Maryam 19: 18). The angel Gabriel responded: {Nay, I am only a messenger from thy Lord, (to announce) to thee the gift of a pure son.} (Quran 19: 19). Her next response is expected. She asked: {How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?} The Angel Gabriel said: {So (it will be): thy Lord saith, ‘That is easy for Me: and (We wish) to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us.’ It is a matter (so) decreed.} (Maryam 19: 21-2). Mary then becomes pregnant.
Jesus is a Prophet and a Messenger. A Messenger is a Prophet who is given revelation from God. The Torah was revealed to Moses, the Gospel was revealed to Jesus. Messengers are a mercy, guidance, and sign from God. “And God will teach him (Jesus) the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel, and (appoint him) as a messenger to the Children of Israel, (with this message):
{I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by God’s leave. And I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I bring the dead into life, by God’s leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe. (I have come to you) to attest the Torah which was before me. And to make lawful to you part of what was (before) forbidden to you. I have come to you with a Sign from your Lord. So fear God, and obey me. It is God Who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him. This is a Way that is straight.} (Al-Imran 3: 48-51).

God appointed messengers to help us answer questions such as: What happens after I die? What’s right and wrong? Does a supernatural world exist? What’s the purpose of my creation?
Jesus was calling people to the worship of only God. Only by God’s leave was Jesus able to perform miracles.
{When Jesus found unbelief on their (the disciples) part he said: ‘Who will be my helpers to (the work of) God?” Said the disciples: “We are God’s helpers: We believe in God, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims.} (Al-Imran 3: 52)
After conceiving Jesus, Mary went away with the baby to a distant place: {And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She cried (in her anguish): ‘Ah! would that I had died before this! would that I had been a thing forgotten!} (Maryam 19: 23). {But (a voice) cried to her from beneath the (palm-tree): ‘Grieve not! for thy Lord hath provided a rivulet beneath thee; And shake towards thyself the trunk of the palm-tree: It will let fall fresh ripe dates upon thee. So eat and drink and cool (thine) eye. And if thou dost see any man, say, ‘I have vowed a fast to (God) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human being.} (Maryam 19: 24-26)
Joseph, the magi, and manger are not mentioned in the Quran. God was Mary’s only Provider. Muslims do not accept the virgin birth of Jesus as evidence of Jesus’ divinity: {The similitude of Jesus before God is as that of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: ‘Be.’ And he was.} (Al-Imran 3: 59). Adam’s creation was even more miraculous because he was born without father and mother.
When she brings the baby to her people, they said: {O Mary! truly a strange thing has thou brought! O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!} (Maryam 19: 27-. Mary then points to the baby. They said: {How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?} (Maryam 19: 29). Then a miracle occurs that is not mentioned in the Bible. In defense of his mother, Jesus said: {I am indeed a servant of God. He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet; And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He hath made me) kind to my mother, and not overbearing or unblest; So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!} (Maryam 19: 30-3).
The virgin birth of Jesus was a sign. {And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.} (Al-Anbiya’ 21: 91)
All previous Prophets confirmed the oneness of God, Tawheed. Whereas the Holy Trinity is the fundamental concept of God in Christianity, Tawheed is the fundamental concept of God in Islam. God exists independent of religion. Muslims do not believe in the concept of Holy Trinity. God is not Jesus. On the Day of Judgment, when Jesus is asked if he had called people to worship him and his mother as two gods, Jesus will say: {And when God says, ‘O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to mankind, “Take me and my mother as gods, besides God?” ‘ He says, ‘Glory be to You! It is not mine to say what I have no right to. If I indeed had said it, You would have known it. You know what is in my self, but I do not know what is within Your Self: You are the Knower of things unseen.} (Al-Ma’dah 5: 116)

People should not worship any of God’s creation, including Jesus and Mary. We must not assign any of God’s creation His divine attributes and characteristics. {He is God the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper. To Him belongs the names Most Beautiful. All that is in the heavens and the earth magnifies Him; He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.} (Al-Hashr 59: 24)
Although God can do all things, He only does things that are consistent with His fundamental nature. Begetting a son is not consistent with God’s magnificent nature. Consistent with His fundamental nature is forgiveness. Although Adam and Eve could no longer live in Paradise, God forgave Adam and Eve for their sin after they sincerely repented. We are responsible for our own deeds and will not be punished for the deeds of another person. Therefore, Muslims reject the doctrine of original sin. Although Adam and Eve were punished, God would still be merciful by sending guidance to mankind. {We said: ‘Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then whenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve.} (Al-Baqarah 2: 38)
When people hear the term “Islam”, they naturally tend to think of the organized religion of Islam which started in the 7th century CE with Prophet Muhammad. However, in Arabic the word Islam comes from the root “salema” which means peace, purity, submission, and obedience.
In the religious sense, Islam means peace and purity achieved by submitting to the will of God and obedience to His law. Muslims are those who submit. Muslims believe that all those who submitted to the will of God in line with divine revelation received before the advent of formal Islam with Prophet Muhammad, were themselves also Muslim. So coming from this understanding, Muslims believe that we are part of one continuing faith community with Jesus and Mary. Mary, Jesus, and the disciples were all “Muslims” because they submitted to God.
{And when the angels said, ‘O Mary, God has preferred you, and made you pure; He has preferred you above all women of the worlds. O Mary, be obedient to your Lord, prostrating and bowing with those who bow’.} (Al-Imran 3: 42-3)
Another Prophet with a message similar to Jesus’ would later be born in Arabia in the sixth century. He also called people to the worship of only God. Although unable to read and write, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would recite verses of the Quran as they were revealed to him. The Quran is a miracle, a sign, a mercy, a warner and guidance for all people. Prophet Muhammad is the last Prophet from a line of Prophets that included Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them all). All Prophets were models for righteous living. Muhammad’s sunnah, his sayings, example, and traditions, is also considered revelation. His sunnah is expressed in various books of Hadith.
{Indeed in the Messenger of God you have a good example to follow for him who hopes for (the Meeting with) God and the Last Day, and remembers God much.} (Al-Ahzab 33: 21)
God created all people to worship Him and to live life based on His teachings and guidance: {And hold fast to God’s bond, together, and do not scatter; remember God’s grace upon you when you were enemies, and He brought your hearts together so that by His grace you became brothers; and you were upon the brink of a pit of fire; but He delivered you from it. So God makes clear to you His signs that you might be guided.} (Al-Imran 3: 103)
{If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to God), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost.} (Al-Imran 3: 85)
We accomplish this by bearing witness to God’s oneness and accepting His final revelation in our daily lives. {O ye who believe! Fear God as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam.} (A-Imran 3: 102)
There is none worthy of worship but God, and Muhammad and Jesus are His messengers.

Why has any of the mosque in Northern Nigeria not have such inscription. Dey there dey deceive yourself

In lucky Dube's voice....Nobody can stop raggae

GeneralPula:
They’ve started springing up conspiracies..

Did Wike mentioned Wadata plaza?

If it's wrongly situated, it will go down...in wike's voice

Love800:
Hey, welcum back. Our stargirl
Pls wat is shombo and iru?

iru is locust bean. Shombo is that long pepper called cayenne pepper

gloryhomemaker:
Final product...

Come and eat everybody.

Yummy as usual. Long time no cooking post

Darren95:
Clean and clear!

Great people!

Rich culture

Numerous resources

Beautiful coast line!

Beaches and Ports!

Beautiful cities

God bless Niger Delta

God bless Nigeria

so tiny

FreeStuffsNG:
Nkan Be .

That school is a Glorified Secondary school of ghost students and ghost graduates. Smh.


Serious organisations are aware of this problem and such schools, this is why I pity most people literally wasting their time in such schools.Smh.Check my signature for free stuffs!

No face verification or recognition. There must be insider in the plot

Scream:
He does not look like someone wearing anything expensive..

Look can be deceptive

MrsTwrite:
Two secret lovers, perhaps they couldn't hold it anymore and had to show the whole world. Mtcheeew.... no shame at all.

That's innocent kiss

MrsTwrite:
Perhaps he has gotten something better.

Appointed as a minister

He was re-elected to the green chambers in 2023, a position he is resigning to take up the Minister of Interior role today.

livebyday:
You had wealthy friends whom
Funded and introduced you to connected people.

To you all quoting me , I am not speaking hear say or rumors. TOE had help lots of it.

This is why it's good not to burn bridges or let poverty diestey your mind to the extent that you only see friends as a source of free food or money .

Have class and people with class will be drawn around you. Money can't buy class.

Alot of Nairalanders here don't seem to understand this. They don't think of tomorrow they abuse an act lik animals thinking they are anonymous and it doesn't matter.

What they don't know is that this same behaviour permeates everything they do and affects their daily life offline

Just look at freestuffzng or mannabbggrillz or helinuesbfor an example start from old comments and watch the decline . These sort of people wil never find anyone who will help or believe in them.

Always be guarded in your doings you don't know who is watching

You tell yourself that it's only online you hate Yoruba or it's only online you hate igbo or Hausa , such tinkin sticks to you like glue.

When you meet someone who is supposed tohelp you they will just senses there is something off about you. They will never help you. You will think it's your village people affecting you or JuJu , no you are reaping the rewards for hateful thinking

Seconded. Without wealthy associates with questionable source of wealth, such can't be achieved in this part of the world

It's Arsenal's turn to drop point....it must go round.

Common you Palace!!!

greatiyk4u:
I don't know them

if you watched cigarette adverts in the 80s, you would have known their song

wizkidblogger:
the red signs are always there while dating sha

loving sex isn't bad. We have different level of libido

Wizardslayer:
Please people that married a woman that keep asking for sex sex and they're never tired of it. Please how do you cope with the unending demand for sex.

Give her plenty work to do. They do that when they are idle or less busy during the day

cokeryusuf09:
Good morning everyone, can someone tell me how to know if a remote data entry job is a scam, especially if you cannot find a company in a Google search?

Super scam

edoncast:
Good evenning nairalanders ,

I once created tgis topic
https://www.nairaland.com/7654416/ex-came-2-days-ago

While the love of my son made me to pay lot of visits to my ex dad house in Ajegunle alongide Sango road ,i find out my son stayed 2 months at home before registering him into 1 mushroom school and his mum never allowed me to know what class he was .He spent just 1st term of his Nursery 2 with me and was doing fine before his mum decided to shock me .The visits made us to had things together again.


Before the kids holiday started ,she came around once and we did stuff together and immeaditely the school break started ,she brought my son and in all,i would say we have stayed almost 3 weeks together.(She went back to her place at Ajegunle on friday , .She never returned any of the items she packed. I find out her siblings and dad got a room for her .So,she got the room filled with all my belongings .If i ask her about it ,she tells me to forget about it and i didnt even complain.To say the truth ,the love i have for her have diminished a lot and it is up to the level that i dont feel anything for her if i dont see her .I only develop feeling for her if i see her with my son .

Now,my son have been with my younger sister since 15 days ago
and i find out that boy cant even write or read but could only fit for Nursery 2 instead of Basic 1 he was supposed to be promoted to if his mum didnt take him away .My sister is a teacher and she is good at teaching very well.From the lesson she enrolled him and her sons ,i was made to know that boy cant even cope in Basic 1 .Even ,he will only manage to be in Nursery 2.

I had to shed some tears on hearing this .I called my elder sister and told her i will not allow him to go back to Ajegunle.I plan to create time for him when school resumes .I am enrolling him into Nursery 2 and also get a teacher for him .I will make sure i close early from work to do my own part .

About his mum,i am not interested any longer .She have really done a lot of damages to my life mentally,financially and emotionally .The worst of it is my son eduaction .She have messed me up so much .I was supposed to get a new accommodation before she packed away my stuffs but i spent all the money i saved to get new items .I started over again and thank God ,i am moving out of this house latest september ending .

I am so devastated and i pray God give me the strength to teach my son the way i want and may God bless his brain too .I have decided to live alone woth him so i can train him the way i want and in God way .He is 5 years and 3 months old

Relax, he's still young. He ll eventually catch up. Children develop at different pace

Awon omo Oodua tooto

Isese lagba

madskills:
wyclef n destiny child, no no no no no, say yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahs

Wyclef in fugees

We used to be no 10....but now we permanent no 1
Oh la la la...

Blaze14k:
I would like to use this opportunity to seek guidance based on the issue I have on ground. I believe it's igbos especially elderly person who is in a better position to give me a reasonable explanation. I told my mum my girlfriend is from ohafia, abia state and she instantly told me I can't get married to her. Her reason is because people from ohafia, arochukwu, izombe, and few other places in abia state are regarded as OSU. I complained to other members of my family but they also rejected her.

I have made some research personally and found out people from other part of igboland marry from those places. Now my question is why are they strongly rejecting her cos it doesn't make sense to call everybody from different local government in abia state OSU.

I've made more research on the girls family and found out they are king makers and her father belongs to eze's cabinet.

Her father and mine are no longer alive. They both have a traditional title and belong to eze's cabinet too. Please I need your advice cos I really want marry this girl. I also know that people encounter alot of difficulties when they want to get married. So I need a clarification from someone who has extensive knowledge on igbo tradition. Thank you

It's one of those mumu traditions that should have been abolished in igboland by now. If you marry her, heaven will not fall

Beenibroz:
I don't mean any harm but just saw this picture and decided to share and see if some people still feel this kind of lovely relationship these days.

Yes
Thanks to technology...its easy now with washing machine

Banjoramos:
Go there and insult Prophet Muhammad the way you do here and see whether they will spare you

Isn't the inscription on the mosque an insult already...dey play

GlorifiedTunde:
Àgbà Yahoo Boy!

Olú ayé of Scammers!

Their forefathers

SpartaOfLagos:
If you're a Muslim and you carry Islam on your head like Gala , know that in Dubai that's even more Islamic than you in Nigeria named one of there mosque after Mary the mother of Jesus .

So calm down and tolerate other people with different faith.

God bless the federal republic of Nigeria.


See photos below

https://believersportal.com/united-arab-emirates-mosque-renamed-to-mary-mother-of-jesus/

Northern Nigeria practices different type of islam

MPsquare22:
Better

Better clubs will snatch him

teekay213:
My close neighbor and I were talking about our rent which is due in 2 months time and we open up to each other about the situation of the country and how we are still coping with feeding our family,school fees and other bills from our salaries with nothing left and some debts sef not to talk of savings for rent.

And I wonder how do people especially family men manage to pay their rent in this bad economy ??

Prioritise. You have 12 months to plan

Poten111:
I have fallen in love with my colleague. She has been so helpful and close to me. We hangout a lot and she creates time for me. She dots me. She is always in a hurry to help and support. If i have a complaint she scampers to look for solution. She buys me lunch and surprises me with snacks and gifts.

I a have a place to go and I impromptu tell her. She volunteers to drive me there. She has a car and I don't. E speak at length every day. Morning and night.

In all this, I reciprocate the gestures. I show her love and respect.

After about a year. I came to the conclusion that I want to date her against my principle of dating colleagues. We once lodged in a hotel where i made my intentions clear. She said she was in a relationship. A distant one but the guy is ready to marry her. He has met her parents.

I know women love to keep their options open to avoid disappointment but i felt betrayed because how is she making out time for me.

I have re-emphasized my interest on two more occasions. She is thinking about it. I feel she wants to go ahead with the marriage plans.

So i have moved on. Cut off consistent communications with her. I rarely respond to her message especially if they are not work related. I have subtly told her that we cannot be having a subtle affair.

She doesn't seem to keep off. She has maintained her fake interest in me.

What do i do?

Tell her to back off
She's using you as emotional support cos the BF is far off. Immediately they get married and they see each other everyday, she ll forget about you.

Tell her to back off ASAP that you can't stand the emotional torture

Rowlandjude:
At this point even if Chelsea were sponsored by Microsoft, Chelsea still won’t excel

Don't worry about the Outlook of results, better days in the Office ahead

robosky02:
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand ended on Sunday.


Spain defeated England 1-0 in the final to win the trophy.

A first-half goal from Olga Carmona ensured Spain defeated England at the Stadium Australia.


DAILY POST brings you the list of award winners following the conclusion of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday:

Japan’s Hinata Miyazawa won the Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer with five goals.

France’s Kadidiatou Diani won the Silver Boot Award, and Germany’s Alexandra Popp won the Bronze Boot Award.

England’s Mary Earps, who was named the FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper earlier this year, has been awarded the Adidas Golden Glove Award after earning three clean sheets and making a host of fine saves, including a penalty in the final against Spain.


Japan was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award after finishing first in the Fair Play contest.

Spain’s Salma Paralluelo won the FIFA Best Young Player Award after scoring crucial goals in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Her teammate Aitana Bonmati won the Golden Ball Award for the best player of the tournament.

Jennifer Hermoso won the Silver Ball Award, and Sweden’s Amanda Ilestedt won the Bronze Ball Award.



https://dailypost.ng/2023/08/20/2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-award-full-list-of-winners-as-spain-lift-trophy/

Japan and fair play award in every competition are like 5&6

Coldie:
This is very wrong.

This is a game, don't use peoples actions in a game to judge their real life situation.

Out of the abundance of the heart.....the mouth speaks

PNomsule:
Ward Prowse was available for so cheap £30m and United scout couldn't spot him

outside deadball, he doesn't fit into the system