ADVICE TO "MUSLIMS"

“ADVICE TO MUSLIMS”

The book Quran describes people according to their thinking pattern that forms the base of our behavior. It does not discuss our appearance. It is a book of universal truth and does not specifically target any specific community. Muslim, Momin, Mushrik, Kafir, Munafiq, Fasiq, Yahood, Nasara are not communities or sects but they are human mindset that forms our behaviour.

It doesn't matter if you have a beard, if you wear a religious dress, or have an Arabic name or Sanskrit name, or any of the dozens of superficial expressions of faith that religious people carry.

"Muslims" generally place a higher value on superficial appearance because they believe that's what prophet Muhammad was like and copying him is an act of righteousness. Such thinking is against Islamic way of thinking. Imitation has no place in Islam. The main emphasis of the book Quran is to think, ponder, meditate, reason, verify, check and don't follow anything blindly.

Note, the book Quran talks only about human mindset and behaviors and the consequences of not having a sound and balance mindset, copying or imitating Arabic culture is not Islam.

Islam or Peacefulness comes by accepting each other, understanding each other, respecting each other, working with each other, speaking the language of the locals, participating in each other's happiness and grief. Understanding our limits is Islam, going out of limit is not Islam. Peaceful living is Islam. Recognizing our Satan and our true God is Islam. Blind worship is not Islam. Establishing the Kingdom of Your God is not Islam. Accepting and respecting every culture is Islam
"The servants of Rehman are they who walk in the earth / ardh with humility, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace." - Quran 25:63

"And they who do not bear witness to lies, and when they pass by vanity, they pass by it with dignity.

And those who, when reminded of the ayaat / communications of their Rabb, do not act as if they were deaf and blind" - They think, reflect and are mindful, thoughtful, cautious...

Quran 25:72-73

So if you aren't behaving as the Quran describes; your beard, your thawb, your hijab, your eating habits or whatever else you have incorporated into your identity will not help you. The best dress is modesty or taqwa, not tailor-made religious cloths. The words of the Quran address your thoughts that form your behavior, your inner mechanism that controls your senses and if you don’t understand those ayaats / signs then you have a major problem.

On the other hand, if your behavior is peaceful and you love and respect everyone and for you work is worship then you don't need anything else, you are already there, you just have to keep it up. You don't have to grow a beard, change your name, and wear clothes foreign to your culture or anything like that. If you still want to perform a ritual that’s okay but if your behavior is on point that's all that matters. Creating a different personality away from the culture we live is inviting doubt, suspicion and isolation from the mainstream locals and that is not good for you.
Behavior / Attitude is the goal of life, that is what the book Quran says. All of us are supposed to incorporate that thought process that molds the behavior into our identities or die trying, which is the goal of this life. It's hard but anyone can do it with enough of dedication and discipline.

Don't work on making your fake appearance your identity. Muslim identity is not putting on makeup; it is your mindset, your behaviour, your humble attitude, your care and love for everyone.

Work on what the Quran says is important - the thought process, the behavior. Mold your identity to correspond to behavior beneficial to the people you live with, then only you are a true servant of God no matter your name or your appearance. If you fail to do that then nothing will help you.

  

NAMAZ IS NOT SALAT

 

Namaz is not part of Salat, 100% agree but neither it is a part of establishing Just and fair society in the "corrupted countries" in the name of religion Islam.

This concept of establishing so called Islamic Socialism is an Utopian concept and root cause of dispute, conflict and disagreement between people of different beliefs.

We are still fighting among ourselves over which is the best translation of the book Quran and wish to establish our own version of Quranic society in the world. Isn't it strange?

This is not the intended message of the book Quran but the understanding of some respected souls who were concerned about the dilapidated condition of their country's governance.

There are so many countries who are not aware about the message of the book Quran but still are top in peace and happiness index. It is because they follow their common sense and did not rely on holy books for guidance.

Please don't misinterpret or convert the message of Love, Peace, Acceptance into the message of war, overpowering, conquering, capturing, spilling blood of others and establishing the rule of the book Quran which we ourselves are not clear and don't understand.

The book Quran is not a civics book nor it is a book of criminal, society or civil laws. It is a catalogue of how to develop, operate and handle our own nafs, soul, self.

BRIEF MESSAGE OF THE BOOK QURAN

 

@Everyone - The book Quran never gave us any system neither it provides any clues on how to establish "Islamic System". It is not a civics administration book.

The topic of the book Quran is human nafs and not human rights. The entire book discusses about the characteristics of human nafs and how to protect it from drifting on the wrong path. Each nafs has to bear the burden of his / her deeds, no one else is responsible but his own soul or nafs. So the entire emphasis of the book Quran is on character building of nafs / self / soul.

The program of Salat, Zakat, Saum, Hajj, Jihad, Hijrah are for the growth of individual's nafs / soul.

The urge to establish "Quranic values, laws" on Earth or Country or Society or in Family is the main cause of fasad or conflict throughout the world .

Know who you are, contemplate deep within, read / understand the ayaats (signs) within yourself (nafs) and follow / connect / grow with the help of your unique script (al-kitab).

We cannot understand even 1% of the Nature around us that's why the topic of the book Quran is not about comprehending the Nature but to understand our own nature / self / Nafs / Soul.

But some of our friends ignore this important message of the Quran in lieu for forming just and fair society because they are suffering in their native countries that are corrupted to its core. They think that the book Quran is all about equal distribution of wealth irrespective. Upliftment of financial condition or other living condition of the rich or the poor is not the topic of the book Quran; although it is an important subject but it is not the subject of the Quran.

The message of the book Quran is not just for the political elite class to form government but it is the message of entire human psyche from all walks of life.

I am not against forming a good just and fair society but that's not the intended message of the book Quran. Societies are formed by the culture of majority community. We cannot impose our version of culture on others. If we strive to do so then we are pushing for conflict, dispute and unrest in the world.

We need to take care of our own self first, we first need to recognise our own devil's and angels. We need to connect with our own soul and try to establish the Kingdom of God within us. We don't even realise that we are driven by the devils inside us and we wish to establish Kingdom of God outside. This is not at all possible. This is an utopian concept.
God does not change the condition of any community unless they change what is inside them.

Happy New Year To Everyone.

THOSE WHO CALL WHO THEMSELVES AS QURAN ALONE OR QURANIST

QUESTION TO THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES AS QURAN ALONE OR QURANIST.

How can one understand any new language book without any external help? Quran alone followers or Quranist claim that they only follow the book Quran without taking any extra help from anywhere, how can this be true or possible?

Words, sentences, paragraphs, articles or signs are not just for cursory reading but they are food for thought. If we want to know the right message of any pre-classical book we need to think, ponder, contemplate on its vocabularies and context to crack its actual intent. For that we need to refer literatures of that period or closer to that period. If we are relying on traditional translations alone and amending some words as per our convenience then we are deceiving ourselves.

It is natural when we are deeply interested in any subject we tend to look, search in every nook and corner so that we find the right direction or perspective of that particular topic. The genuine researchers entire life revolves around thinking about that subject. Decoding any primitive non-native language is not easy, it needs focus, total dedication, honesty and unbiased approach. The subject becomes more crucial when the stake holders or the followers of that message are in billions.

The subject of Islam is very vast and I can never confine myself to a single book or rely on my old belief, although Quran is my main book of research and I consider it as the only valid document to understand the subject called Islam. But to understand it thoroughly I have to take help from many sources outside of the book that may facilitate my learning process. My main intention and focus is to decode the archival book Quran that I dearly love, to get that breakthrough I am prepared to cross any boundaries and even forgo my old beliefs plus even ready to access doubtful Hadiths and Bible too if it is helps my overall inference. I don't want to miss anything due my aversion for other literatures, who knows if it may have some very crucial hint in them for my research. A true researcher will leave no stone unturned. 

I can't understand how people interpret the contents of any book whose language is unfamiliar or foreign without any outside aid? In my 30 years of journey of research I have referred many books related to the subject of Peace, Islam, Shanti, Shalom and I found most of the religious scriptures are victims of wrong interpretation and translation. Muslims generally think that the subject of Islam or peaceful way of life is only their monopoly and others have no idea about how to spend a good peaceful life. My only purpose to look into other literatures was because I wanted some clue or help to dig into the essence and understand the true spirit of the book Quran. 

I am a product of my years of efforts that eventually evolved my thought process. The key to analytical thought process is that we have to completely erase our years of long education, upbringing and unlearn learn then unlearn again to restart from scratch. In the process of learning it is important that we reached correct understanding rather to see what source helped us to reach there. 

The main hurdle in understanding the book Quran is the belief that this is the only book of guidance in the world rest all other sources are it's adversary. Such superiority complex hinders the followers of Quran to come out of their utopian feeling of exclusiveness or enjoying the status of specialized privileged class suffered by them due to the virtue of their own sectarian credence in comprehension of the book Quran. I have seen the same level of confidence and superiority complex among other religious community about their own holy scriptures. The process to understand the book Quran opened up my vision so much that I am more than happy to learn from anywhere, actually it made me secular and respectful towards all the religious scriptures of the world. 

Common sense does not have any value in this pedantic academic world. People ignore their own divine common sense in lieu for precedents, references, quotes, one liner from other popular sources as it carries more weightage or acceptance in the eyes of scholars and general masses. This style or approach of presenting precedent references curbs the progress of Pioneers with new ideas and concepts. The absence of easily available precedent from popular authorities makes the research less appealing to the masses and the scholars. Treading on ready-made references is not research; it only validates their own comprehension and belief that their thinking coincides with the other so called authentic or reliable sources.

In order to understand some terms like Allah, Rabb, nafs & ruh of the book Quran and Islam I have read some Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain literatures. With respect to all those philosophies but that does not mean that I am following those philosophies, it means I am open to learn from everywhere. I don't understand what Quranic is and so called Islamic way of life, or Christian way of life of Hindu way of life? Permanent moral values are somewhat same in all major religions and culture. People say me only Quran is sufficient and we don't need to refer any other source outside of the book Quran. For some even lexicons and dictionaries are also outside source. My question to them how can we deduce the right context of the message if we do not refer lexicons and grammar books?

The essence of Islam is based on the recognition of terms like Rabb, Allah, Rasul, Shaitaan, Iblees, Malaikah, Jannah, Jahannam but people will jump quickly to say please provide Aya'ats to back your claim that it is important to understand these key terms? When I say Iblees, Shaitaan, Jannah, Jahannam is also makhluq (creation) of Allah so are they holy?, Then they would assert, nowhere in the Quran does it say that Iblees, shaitaan are makhluq of Allah. When I say Quran is taught by Rehman and nowhere it is written in the book that you must learn Arabic, they know it is written in the book but still they won't be able to digest this simple statement because they think Quran is an Arabic book so how can Rehman teach us without learning from human coach? The problem with them is they have not understood the key terms and their knowledge is based on pure rhetoric and speculations. 

The Quran alone brigade or Quranist think taking help from any other source to understand the book of God is tantamount to shirk. They believe words of God cannot be understood by the words of Men. They believe that the book is complete and crystal clear. This notion arises due to not comprehending some key terms like Allah, Rabb, Rehmaan, Subhaan in the correct essence. Books must be treated like books; there is nothing holy and unholy about books.

People don't understand the essence of the parables. If we go with the traditionalists logic of shirk then Shaitaan was the first Muslim who did not perform Sajda to Adam, according to Shaitan and today's Muslim sajda is only meant for Allah. We the so called Muslims submit or surrender to unknown Allah whereas we ignore or do not serve mankind whose symbol is Adam as we think service or worship or all praise belongs only to Allah and service or adoration to mankind is shirk. If we are not humbly or willingly serving Adam then we are Iblees and come under the category of Shaitaan as we are not showing respect to mankind, i.e. Adam.

We have not understood the essence of Allah so we think associating anything with Allah is greatest sin. The book Quran kept Adam and Allah on the same pedestal that's why all malaikah (powerful forces) where directed to become humble towards Adam.

Obey Rasool and Obey Allah means if we obey Rasool we are obeying Allah according to a verse in the book Quran, again Rasool and Allah are equated on the same platform, isn't it shirk according to the traditionalist or Quranist's logic?

If the book Quran says Allah is Noor it signifies Allah is that light which guides to siratal mustaqeem, which brings us from darkness towards light. Everyone of us has the light of Allah with them, in short all believers have Noor of Allah or Allah is with them.

If we say Rasool is noor or light we don't equate Rasool with Allah but it means Rasool is guiding force that direct us towards siratal mustaqeem if we follow its light. For me Rasool is not any personality but voice of Allah within us. That's why Rasool and Allah are on the same pedestal. There is no shirk. Shirk is when we think Rasools are human personalities. Shirk is when we blindly follow the physical book whose language we don't understand and thinks it is from God send to his Chosen Servant Mohammed bin Abdullah of Mecca, by this we are actually accusing God of nepotism or favoritism.  

LESSON FROM ALLAH ADAM IBLEES

Sajda to mankind (Adam) is sajda to God (Allah). Those who don't do sajda to mankind (Adam) are iblees, satans, kafireen (الْكَافِرِينَ) and are arrogant (اسْتَكْبَر) - this is the short message of parable of Allah, Adam and Iblees. Such people divide humanity and make sects in it.

Shajar الشَّجَرَةَ are branches that divide humanity. Adam was prohibited to come near it.


Ego / Pride / arrogance (iblees & shaitaan) don't let us do sajda (humble, love, respect, accept, accommodate) to all human beings (Adam) that's why iblees is called shaitaan (one who cannot see the hidden truth / blind in arrogance) -


Service to Mankind is service to God, this is the basic message of all religions but we forgot -

SURAH BAQRAH 184

 

Arabic - 2:184

 

اَيَّامًا مَّعۡدُوۡدٰتٍؕ فَمَنۡ كَانَ مِنۡكُمۡ مَّرِيۡضًا اَوۡ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَ​ؕ وَعَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ يُطِيۡقُوۡنَهٗ فِدۡيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسۡكِيۡنٍؕ فَمَنۡ تَطَوَّعَ خَيۡرًا فَهُوَ خَيۡرٌ لَّهٗ ؕ وَاَنۡ تَصُوۡمُوۡا خَيۡرٌ لَّـکُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏

 

English - 2:184

 

These are the days / moments / period (اَيَّامًا) of self analysis / assessment / reckoning (مَّعۡدُوۡدٰتٍؕ), then whoever from you ill informed / have lack of knowledge (مَّرِيۡضًا) or still on a mental journey in all directions (سَفَرٍ) so can delay its self assessment period ( فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَ​ؕ ), and is only on those (وَعَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ) who find it difficult ( يُطِيۡقُوۡنَهٗ) to free himself (فِدۡيَةٌ) by educating / nourishing (طَعَامُ) the deprived thoughts (مِسۡكِيۡنٍؕ), then it is better for him ( خَيۡرًا فَهُوَ خَيۡرٌ لَّهٗ) who does willing (تَطَوَّعَ) that to remain continuously in the state of abstinence (تَصُوۡمُوۡا) is better for you (خَيۡرٌ لَّـکُمۡ) if you always (اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ) want to remain in the state of knowing (تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏).

 

Urdu - 2:184

 

یہ خود کا جاءزہ لینے کے دن ہیں۔(ُّایًّامًا مٗعدًودٰتٍ)۔ اگر تم میں سے کسی کو علم کی کمی ہو (ُمٗرُِٔیٰضًا) یا چھان بین میں ہو(سّفٗر) تو وہ اور وقت لے سکتا ہے۔جاءزہ کے لےء(فٗعِدٗتُٗ مِنْ اٗیاٗمِ اًخّرّ) یہ ان کے لےء ہے جو اپنے رکے ہوے ذہن (مِسکِین) کو آزاد کرنا چاہتے ہیں۔ (فِدٗ یہ) اور اسکی نشو نما (طٗعٗام ) آسانی سے نہیں(یُطِیقُو نّہُ )  کر سکتے۔ انکے لےء اچھا ہے اگر وہ خود اپنے مرضی (تّطّوّ عّ) سے پرہیز گاری اختیار کرے ( تٗصُو مُو) اگر انہیں ہمیشہ علم حاصل کرنے کے راستے پر رہنا ہے۔ (تّعلٗمُو ن)

 

Hindi - 2:184

 

ये खुद का जाएज़ा लेने के दिन है (اَيَّامًا مَّعۡدُوۡدٰتٍؕ)। अगर तुमे से किसी को इल्म की कमी हो (مَّرِيۡضًا) या छान बीन मे हो (سَفَرٍ) तो वह और समय ले सकता है जाएज़ा के लिए ( فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنۡ اَيَّامٍ اُخَرَ​ؕ)। यह उनके लिए है जो अपने रूके हुए ज़हन (مِسۡكِيۡنٍؕ) को आज़ाद करना चाहते है (فِدۡيَةٌ) और उसकी नशो नुमा (طَعَامُ) आसानी से नहीं (يُطِيۡقُوۡنَهٗ) कर सकते । उनके लिए अच्छा है अगर वह खुद अपने मर्जी (تَطَوَّعَ) से परहेज़गारी इख्तियार करे (تَصُوۡمُوا) अगर उन्हें हमेशा इल्म हासिल करने के रास्ते पर रहना है (تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏)।

 

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Surah al-Baqarah 183

 

ARABIC – 2:183

 

يٰٓـاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا كُتِبَ عَلَيۡکُمُ الصِّيَامُ کَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِيۡنَ

 مِنۡ قَبۡلِکُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُوۡنَۙ -

 

ENGLISH - Surah al-Baqarah 183

 

O you! Those who believe! Written / duty upon you to be in the state of abstinence as what was written on those from your acceptance, so you may remain very cautious/thoughtful/diligent.

 

Exegesis -

 

Nothing happens without our will, consent or your acceptance, this is the essence of قَبْلِكُمْ. The word قَبْلِ is a genitive noun but our scholars translate it as preposition (before). What previous generations, nations or people have to do with "fasting, roza or siyaam"? The eminent translators ignore مِنْ prior to word قَبْلِ - Is it honesty if they skip the preposition مِنْ and translate other words to complete the sentence? How can this "both prepositions" مِنْ and قَبْلِ coming together one after other simultaneously? The prescription written upon us is according to our acceptance bases on our capabilities, abilities and our mindset. The main purpose of الصِّيَامُ is to understand our own self. When our nafs reach the development level or stage of Ramadan then Quran, Furqan and Hidayah is revealed for the benefit of agitated minds (النَّاسَ).  Depriving ourselves from food and drinks does not being us closer to Allah or make us God conscious, we just become hungry but not mutaqi.

 

URDU – 2:183

 

اے ایمان والو  پرہیز کی حالت مین رہنا  تم پر لکھ دیا گیا ہے۔ جو کہ لکھا گیا ان پر تمہاری مرصُی سے، تا کہ تم پرہیز گار رہو۔

 

تفصیل۔

 

کوءی بھی چیز اپنے مرضی کے خلاف نہیں ہوتی۔ ہماری سوچ پر وہی لکھا جاتا ہے جو ہم چاہتے ہیں یا جس سوچ کی ہم قدر کرتے ہیں۔ آیت میں لفظ َقبل  اسم مجرور ہے۔ مگر

 (Preposition) BEFORE لکھتے ہیں عام ترجمہ کرنے والےا سے

 اوراس کے پہلے کےلفظ ِمْن کا ترجمہ ہی نہیں کرتے۔ مِنٰ ٗقبلِِکٍٍٍُم کے مطلب تمہاریُِِ مرضی سے/یا تمہاری قبولیت سے (from your acceptance) ہوتا ہے۔ ہماری قابلیت کے حساب سے ہی ہمارے اوپر لکھا جاتا ہے۔ مِن٘ ٗقبُلِکُم کو سمجھنا بہت ضروری ہے۔ الصُٓیٗام کا مقصد اپنے ذہن کو قابو میں رکھنا تاکہ ہم اپنے آپ کو جان سکیں۔ رمضان انسان کی ترقی کی وہ سطح یا منچ ہے، جسمیں قرآن، ہدایت اور فرقان نازل ہوتی ہے۔ بھوکا، پیاسا رہنے سے یا سحری افطار پارٹی کرنے سے کوءی بھی متقی نہیں بنتا۔

 

HINDI - - सूरह अल बकर 183

 

"ऐ ईमान वालो सैयम की हालत मे रहना तुम पर लीख दिया गया है, जो के लीखा गया उन पर तुम्हारी मर्जी से, ताकि तुम परहेज़गार बनो"

तफसील - 

कोई भी चीज़ अपने मर्ज़ी के खिलाफ नहीं होती। हमारी सोच पर वही लिखा जाता है जो हम चाहते हैं या जिस सोच की हम कदर करते हैं। आयत में शब्द -قَبْلِ (genitive noun) اسم مجرور है मगर आम तर्जुमा करने वाले उसे preposition (before you) लिखते हैं और उसके पहले के शब्द  مِنْ (from) का तर्जुमा ही नही करते। مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ के मतलब तुम्हारी मर्जी से / या तुम्हारी कबुलीयत से (from your acceptance) होता है। हमारी काबिलियत के हिसाब से ही हमारे ऊपर लिखा जाता है -  مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ को समझना बहुत जरूरी है। الصِّيَامُ का मकसद अपने ज़हन को काबू में रखना ता के हम अपने आप को जान सकें। रमज़ान इन्सान कि तरक्की का वह स्तर या मंच है, जिसमें कुरान, हिदायत और फुरकान नाज़ील होती है। भूखा प्यासा रहने से या सहरी‌ इफ्तार पार्टी करने से कोई भी मुत्तकी नंही बनता 🙏

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