{"id":1820,"date":"2013-05-01T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T07:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/?p=1820"},"modified":"2013-05-01T09:44:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T07:44:24","slug":"about-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/?p=1820","title":{"rendered":"About Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allah Almighty sent a Prophet and a Messenger to the Arabs because they were fresh and had no previous Prophets before.\u00a0 They also had no corrupt scriptures like the Jews and Christians had.\u00a0 The pagan Arabs were ready for a new Prophet and a new Divine Religion.\u00a0 This is why Prophet Muhammad was sent.\u00a0 He was sent:<\/p>\n<p><b>1-<\/b>\u00a0 To move the Arabs and mankind from the worship of idols to the worship of the True One Living and Sovereign GOD Almighty of the Universe, and to associate no partners with Him.<\/p>\n<p><b>2-<\/b>\u00a0 To restore the original Faith, which is Islam, after the Jews and Christians had corrupted it and invented their own lies and man-made conjectures and alterations of scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b> after Islam prevailed and ruled over the disbelievers<\/b><\/span>, Allah Almighty Commanded the Muslims to:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>1-<\/b>\u00a0 Be Just to all of the disbelievers and all people in general.<br \/>\n<b>2-<\/b>\u00a0 Show Mercy and Forgiveness to all disbelievers.<br \/>\n<b>3-<\/b>\u00a0 Show the Love of Allah Almighty to all disbelievers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve provided ample Noble Verses from the Glorious Quran that proved this.\u00a0 And these Noble Verses came <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>AFTER Islam became victorious over the disbelievers, not before.<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 So after the hostile times ended, Allah Almighty Commanded the Muslims <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to go back to the roots of Islam, which is Justice, Mercy, Kindness, Forgiveness and to show the Love of Allah Almighty to all<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On Justice:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;O ye who believe! stand out firmly for God, as witnesses to fair dealing, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice.<\/b><\/span> Be just: that is next to piety: and fear God. For God is well-acquainted with all that ye do. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 5:8)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;God does not forbid you from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>showing kindness and dealing justly<\/b><\/span> with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. <\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble<br \/>\nQuran, 60:8)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;&#8230;..<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Help ye one another in righteousness and piety<\/b><\/span>, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear God: for God is strict in punishment. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 5:2)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>And when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice:<\/b><\/span> Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For God is He Who heareth and seeth all things. <\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 4:58)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice,<\/b><\/span> as witnesses to God, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for God can best protect both&#8230;.. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 4:135)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On Islam being &#8220;Jew Hating&#8221; (David Wood made this claim):<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Of the people of Moses<\/b><\/span> there is a section who guide and do justice in the light of truth.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 7:159)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>It was We who revealed the law (to Moses): <\/b><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">therein was guidance and light.<\/span><\/strong> By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the prophets who bowed (as in Islam) to God&#8217;s will, by the rabbis and the <a id=\"FALINK_1_0_0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answering-christianity.com\/islam_and_terrorism.htm#\">doctors<\/a> of law: for to them was entrusted the protection of God&#8217;s book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear me, and sell not my signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the light of) what God hath revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> (The Noble Quran, 5:44)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Those who believe (in the Quran), <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and those who follow <a id=\"FALINK_2_0_1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answering-christianity.com\/islam_and_terrorism.htm#\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the Jewish<\/span><\/a> (scriptures)<\/span><\/strong><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span><\/b> and the Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">on them shall be no fear<\/span><\/strong>, nor shall they grieve. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 2:62)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On Mercy and Forgiveness:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Islam&#8217;s Golden Rule<\/b><\/span> and the Noble Verses that deal with Forgiving and Forgetting the faults of others:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Those who spend (freely), whether in prosperity, or in adversity; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men<\/b><\/span>;- for God loves those who do good;-\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 3:134)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Hold to forgiveness; command what is right;<\/b><\/span> But turn away from the ignorant. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0(The Noble Quran, 7:199)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, but for just ends. And the Hour is surely coming (when this will be manifest). <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">So overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 15:85)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them, nor wilt thou cease to find them- barring a few &#8211; ever bent on (new) deceits: <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds): for God loveth those who are kind.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 5:13)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could Turn you (people) back to infidelity after ye have believed, from selfish envy, after the Truth hath become Manifest unto them: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b> But forgive and overlook<\/b><\/span>, Till God accomplish His purpose; for God Hath power over all things.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 2:109)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;Let not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and those who have left their homes in God&#8217;s cause: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>let them forgive and overlook, <\/b> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">do you not wish that God should forgive you?<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 24:22)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Tell those who believe, to forgive those who do not look forward to the Days of God:<\/b><\/span> It is for Him to recompense (for good or ill) each People according to what they have earned.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 45:14)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Love of Allah Almighty:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;They perform (their) vows, and they fear a Day whose evil flies far and wide. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <b>And they feed, for the <\/b><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <b><span style=\"color: #008000;\">love of God<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, the indigent, the orphan, <\/span><\/b><\/span><b> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">and the captive<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">,- (Saying),&#8221;We feed you for the sake of God alone: no reward do we desire from you, nor thanks. &#8220;We only fear a Day of distressful Wrath from the side of our Lord.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 76:7-10)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- (It is:) freeing the bondman; Or the giving of food in a day of privation To the orphan with claims of relationship, Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.\u00a0 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 90:11-17)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces Towards east or West; but it is righteousness- to believe in God and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; to spend of your substance, <\/span> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">out of love for Him,<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> to be steadfast in prayer, and practice regular charity; to fulfil the contracts which ye have made; and to be firm and patient, in pain (or suffering) and a dversity, and throughout all periods of panic. Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing. <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0(The Noble Quran, 2:177)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And whatever ye do that is good<\/span><\/b>, -God knoweth it well.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 2:215)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">And render to the kindred their due rights, as (also) to those in want,<\/span><\/b> and to the wayfarer: But squander not (your wealth) in the manner of aspendthrift.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(The Noble Quran, 17:26)<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On Wife Beating in Islam:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Glorious Quran commands the beating of the <b>NASHIZ<\/b> (loose, flirty, unjustly defiant) wife after the 2nd warning was given to her.\u00a0 After that, they must sit with elderlies from her side and his to decide on whether the marriage should continue or not.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">By the way, the Arabic word <b>DARABA<\/b> also means to &#8220;leave&#8221;.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t just mean to &#8220;beat&#8221;<\/span>, and I&#8217;ve provided several Noble Verses where the word DARABA was used for<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> leaving and traveling abroad<\/span> from the Glorious Quran.<\/p>\n<p>For normal women who fear Allah Almighty and aren&#8217;t loose or flirty or unjustly defiant, Allah Almighty and Prophet Muhammad commanded the husbands to:<\/p>\n<p><b>1-<\/b>\u00a0 Never beat their wives.<br \/>\n<b>2-<\/b>\u00a0 Never mistreat or bully their wives.<br \/>\n<b>3-<\/b>\u00a0 Always speak kind words to their wives.<br \/>\n<b>4-<\/b>\u00a0 To provide for their wives peace, love and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>This is a very long topic to discuss here.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve provided ample Noble Verses and Hadiths in the following link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answering-christianity.com\/beating.htm\"> http:\/\/www.answering-christianity.com\/beating.htm<\/a>.\u00a0 <b>I&#8217;ve also proven from David Wood&#8217;s Bible that wife-beating is allowed to evil wives. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>For all of the points that I discussed earlier, there are many more Noble Verses that I could provide for all of the points that I discussed above.\u00a0 The Noble Verses that I displayed in this video were only a select few that I chose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allah Almighty sent a Prophet and a Messenger to the Arabs because they were fresh and had no previous Prophets before.\u00a0 They also had no corrupt scriptures like the Jews and Christians had.\u00a0 The&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[61],"class_list":["post-1820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-islam","category-islamophobia","tag-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}