Allah Tuhanku

Meskipun ujian datang bertimpa-timpa, cintaku kepada-Mu tidak pernah berkurangan bahkan bertambah..

-Muhammad Faiz-

Siapa yang mulia?

Orang yang mulia ialah:

"Orang yang hidup jauh selepas kemangkatan Rasulullah. Mereka tidak pernah memandang dan melihat Baginda. Mereka juga tidak pernah hidup sekali dengan Baginda, tetapi mereka sangat mencintai Allah. Mereka juga mencintai Baginda s.a.w."

Merekalah umat Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

Adakah kita termasuk dalam golongan ini?

We are...!

Muslim ada yang tertindas & ada juga yang membuat penindasan. Muslim tidak selalunya betul. 
-Prof. Datin. Dr. Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian, 3.11.11-
Pensyarah Sejarah UPSI from Thailand. Heee


P/s: Seseorang yang dilahirkan dalam keluarga Islam tidak semestinya mati dalam keadaan Islam, begitu juga seseorang yang lahir dalam keluarga bukan Islam tidak semestinya mati dalam keadaan bukan Islam.

Doakan Sahabat

"Mendoakan Sahabat Tanpa Pengetahuannya"

Indahnya Islam, menganjurkan supaya umatnya saling mendoakan antara satu sama lain, samada orang yang didoakan itu mengetahuinya ataupun tidak, lelaki atau perempuan, yang masih hidup mahupun yang telah meninggal dunia. Hal Ini berdasarkan firman Allah Ta‘ala yang tafsirnya :

“Dan orang yang datang kemudian daripada mereka (berdoa dengan) berkata: “Wahai Tuhan kami! Ampunkanlah dosa kami dan dosa saudara-saudara kami yang mendahului kami dalam iman, dan janganlah Engkau tanamkan kedengkian dalam hati kami terhadap orang yang beriman. Ya Tuhan kami, sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Penyantun dan Maha Penyayang.” (Surah al-Hasyr: ayat 10)

Firman-Nya lagi yang tafsirnya :

“...Dan mintalah ampun kepada-Nya bagi salah silap yang engkau lakukan, dan bagi dosa-dosa orang yang beriman lelaki dan perempuan.” (Surah Muhammad: ayat 19)

Abu Darda’ meriwayatkan bahawa Rasulullah saw bersabda yang maksudnya:

“Setiap hamba Muslim yang mendoakan saudaranya pada ketika saudaranya itu tidak ada (tanpa pengetahuannya), maka malaikat akan berkata: “Semoga kamu juga mendapat seumpama (doa) itu.” (Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Malah doa seorang muslim terhadap saudaranya yang lain tanpa pengetahuannya adalah mustajab berdasarkan hadis Rasulullah saw yang maksudnya :

“Adapun doa seorang Muslim bagi saudaranya yang tidak hadir adalah mustajab. Di sisi kepalanya ada malaikat yang diwakilkan. Setiap kali dia mendoakan kebaikan bagi saudaranya itu, malaikat yang diwakilkan itu pula berkata: “Amin, dan bagimu seumpama apa yang engkau doakan itu.” (Hadis riwayat Muslim)

Sumber:

Al-Quran & Al-Hadis

Doa

Sumber:

Dr. Haron Din

Darussyifa

Pengalaman & pendidikan

Orang berilmu dan beradab tidak akan diam di kampung halaman

Tinggalkan negerimu dan merantaulah ke negeri orang

Merantaulah, kau akan dapatkan pengganti dari kerabat dan kawan

Berlelah-lelahlah, manisnya hidup terasa setelah lelah berjuang

Aku melihat air menjadi rosak karana diam tertahan

Jika mengalir menjadi jernih, jika tidak, kan keruh menggenang

Singa jika tak tinggalkan sarang tak akan dapat mangsa

Anak panah jika tak tinggalkan busur tak akan kena sasaran

Jika matahari di orbitnya tidak bergerak dan terus diam

Tentu manusia bosan padanya dan enggan memandang

Kayu gaharu tak ubahnya kayu biasa jika di dalam hutan.

(Imam Syafi’i )

Holy Water? Stop Fitnah...!!

Taip sahaja di internet berkenaan Holy water dan peranannya dalam memurtadkan orang Islam maka pasti anda akan menemui banyak sekali artikel mengenainya. Holy water itu kononnya merupakan air jampi yang amat hebat di mana sekali anda terminumnya, nescaya tidak dapat mengucap dan menjadi murtad.

Jika bernasib baik, anda mungkin dapat mengucap kembali setelah minum air dari tujuh buah kolah masjid. Mengapa hebat sangat air ini? Ada yang mengatakan ia dibancuh khas dari Indonesia oleh Paderi Kristian yang berstatus tinggi. Sesetengah dari mereka pula mendakwa Holy water dibuat di Vatican City oleh Pope Kristian.

Fenomena Holy Water ini cukup menakutkan orang Islam. Tambahan pula, ramai penceramah yang menjaja kisah Holy water ini dalam ceramah-ceramah mereka di masjid-masjid. Kata mereka juga, Holy water bercampur dengan janin yang digugurkan  hasil dari persetubuhan haram paderi lelaki dan wanita.

Subhanallah! Itu merupakan satu fitnah terbesar sekali yang dibuat oleh orang Islam terhadap sahabat kita orang Kristian. Mungkin, disebabkan kerana kurangnya ilmu maka kisah mengenai Holy water ini terus di forward melalui email dan diletakkan di blog-blog peribadi mahupun laman sesawang sosial. Ingatlah teguran dari Allah dalam al-Quran

"Dan janganlah sekali-kali kebencian(mu) kepada sesuatu kaum kerana mereka menghalang-halangi kamu dari Masjidil Haram, mendorongmu berbuat aniaya (kepada mereka). Dan tolong-menolonglah kamu dalam (mengerjakan) kebajikan dan takwa, dan jangan tolong-menolong dalam berbuat dosa dan pelanggaran. Dan bertakwalah kamu kepada Allah, sesungguhnya Allah amat berat siksa-Nya." [Q5:2]

Sebenarnya, Holy water hanyalah merupakan air pili biasa yang dibacakan sedikit doa dan diletakkan di luar gereja. Apabila penganut Kristian beraliran Katholik ingin masuk ke dalam gereja. Mereka akan mengambil sedikit Holy water ini untuk membuat simbolik lambang salib pada badan mereka. Perbuatan ini merupakan ablution ataupun berwudhuk bagi orang Kristian.Holy water tidak pernah dibuat sebagai minuman. Orang Kristian sendiri tidak meminumnya, hanya sekadar digunakan untuk "berwudhuk".

Cuba fikirkan, jika benarlah ia begitu berkuasa, mengapa tidak sahaja dicampurkan terus ke sumber-sumber air utama penduduk dunia agar mereka semua terus murtad. Dan akhirnya, ingatlah bahawa dengan mempercayai Holy water mempunyai kuasa, maka anda telah berlaku syirik. Jika benarpun ada kes terpencil yang berlaku, maka ia hanyalah kebetulan dan tidak lain dan tidak bukan melainkan tipu daya Syaitan yang amat lemah.

"...dan tiadalah bagiku (Syaitan) sebarang alasan dan kuasa pengaruhi kamu selain daripada aku telah mengajak kamu lalu kamu terburu-buru menurut ajakanku itu; maka janganlah kamu salahkan aku tetapi salahkan diri kamu sendiri..." [Q14:22]

Semoga artikel ini memberi pencerahan pada kita semua untuk tidak lagi mempercayai cerita karut ini dan seterusnya berhenti 'forward' fitnah terhadap saudara kita yang beragama Kristian.

Sumber:

Bro Muhamad Na'im B. Ab Razak (jacknaim)

http:jacknaim.blogspot.com

Brother Lim 

turut menyatakan bahawa Holy Water tidak memberikan apa-apa kesan kepada orang Islam.

"dan janganlah kamu memaki sesembahan yang mereka sembah selain Allah, kerana mereka nanti akan memaki Allah dengan melampaui batas tanpa dasar pengetahuan.." (surah Al An'am:108)

Hak Bukan Islam

Hak Non-Muslim di dalam al-Quran

Firman Allah


Surah Al-Mumtahanah

"Allah tidak melarang kamu berbuat baik & berlaku adil terhadap orang yang tidak memerangimu dalam urusan agama dan tidak mengusir kamu dari kampung halamanmu. Sesungguhnya Allah mencintai orang yang berlaku adil." (60:8)


Surah At-Taubah

"Dan jika di antara kaum musyrikin ada yang meminta perlindungan kepadamu, maka lindungilah agar dia dapat mendengar firman Allah, kemudian hantarkanlah dia ke tempat yang aman baginya. (Demikian) itu kerana sesungguhnya mereka kaum yang tidak mengetahui." (9:6)


Islam mengiktirah non-Muslim sebagai penduduk yang perlu dihormati & dipelihara hak mereka. Malah terdapat hadis menyebutkan bahawa seseorang yang menyakiti non-Muslim dalam kalangan ahli zimmah seperti menyakiti Rasulullah s.a.w. 


(Walaupun ada ulama yang kata hadis ini lemah & palsu, tetapi dari segi makna-disokong oleh HR Bukhari (no.3166) "Sesiapa yang membunuh orang yang melakukan pejanjian tidak mencium bau syurga.")



Sumber:
Al-Quran

Dr. Danial Zainal Abidin

Auditorium, UPSI

Jewish Converts to Islam

Pilgrimage to Islam
By Michael David Shapiro

I am ethnically a Russian Jew. My quest began when I was 19 years old. I was recovering from my stint with Scientology (yes I was brainwashed into it). My belief in God was uncertain. My goals in life were to be a rock star. I was living in my Pasadena apartment and working as a secretary. Funny, I know. One night I was walking to the kitchen, and encountered a dark fellow. I remembered asking him: "Can I keep this vodka in the fridge tonight?" We shook hands and went to sleep. After that point, my life changed drastically...

This dark fellow, a Muslim, was the first Muslim I had ever met. Extremely curious, I conversed with him about his faith. What's this stuff I hear about praying 5 times a day? And about Holy War? Who is this Mohammed guy? Our talks were accompanied by our Christian roommate, Wade. Together, we created "The Jewish, Christian, and Muslim dialogue sessions". In it, we discovered many differences, and many commonalities. My interest had then shifted from sex, drugs, and parties, to a massive search for the truth. A search that I had to complete. A search for God. And a search for how to follow him.

In my quest for the truth, I asked myself: "Ok let's start simple, how many God's do I think are out there?" I figured only one; knowing that a divided God is weaker than One God; figuring that if one God didn't agree with the other, there might be arguments and feuds. One God was my choice.

Once I opened up mind to the possibility of existence God, I analyzed both atheist and theist beliefs. The thing that directed me to the latter was the quote "Every design has a designer". With that in mind, eventually I woke up with certainty that God exists. I can't explain why, I just felt it somehow. This newfound excitement was accompanied by a sense of responsibility to follow the Creator. The world of religion was my next frontier. Then I asked myself, "Where do I start?" There are literally thousands of them. I need a way to narrow them down to a just a few. How do I accomplish such a task? "Find the ones that are monotheistic" entered my mind. "Hey that makes sense, since I believe in only One God."

Ok, then. This ruled out Buddhism and Hinduism, both being polytheistic faiths. The major religions I encountered that fell under the title of Monotheistic, where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Well since I'm a Jew, I started with Judaism. One God, some prophets, 10 commandments, Torah, Jewish souls...uh, what: "Jewish souls?" While doing research this idea was brought to my attention. The story goes, "if a person is born Jewish, then they have a Jewish soul, and they must follow Judaism." Hold on a sec...that's discrimination, isn't it? That's not universal. So God makes Jewish souls, and Christian souls, and Muslim souls, and Hindu souls? I thought all men are created equal? So because one is born into a religion that means by the decree of God he must remain in it...even if the person believes it to be false? Hmm...I don't agree with that. Another thing really bothered me...there is no strict concept of hell in Judaism...then why be good? Why not sin? If I don't have fear of strict punishment, then why should I be moral? Moving on, I discovered Christianity. Ok, one God, a father, a son, and a holy ghost...one more time: one God, a father, a son, and a holy ghost. Uhhh, please explain. How can all those things be one God? 1 + 1 + 1 = 3 right? So how can you say you believe in only one God?

Explanation after explanation, equation after equation, comparison after comparison, analogy after analogy, I couldn't grasp this concept. Ok let's keep looking here. Ok, next major doctrine: Jesus died for our sins and he did this because we all are polluted with "Original Sin". So, Jesus Christ, the "son of God", had to be murdered to save everyone from Hell and cure us of our sin "given" to us by Adam. Ok then, so are you saying that we are all born as sinners? And to sin is to do something wrong right? Then you're telling me that a one-year old baby is guilty of sin or doing something wrong? Ok that's strange, so based on the actions of one man, all of mankind must suffer? What's the moral of that story? Punish the whole group if one deviates? Why would God create such a rule? That's just not in agreement with my logic. So Jesus died because he "loves mankind". Hold on, it says in the Bible that Jesus said "father, why have you forsaken me?" So, apparently, Jesus didn't understand why he was being brutally murdered. But you just said he "volunteered" to be sacrificed. Anyway, I couldn't accept this belief. Ok, what's the next religion?

Islam. Islam means submission. The main beliefs are as follows: One God, worship God five times a day, give 2.5% annual charity, fast during Ramadan (to be closer to God and appreciate life...among other reasons) and finally journey to Mecca for Hajj if you are able financially. Ok, nothing hard to understand so far. There's nothing that conflicts with my logic here. The Qur'an is a book with all of these interesting miracles and timeless wisdom. Many scientific facts only discovered recently where proclaimed 1400 years ago in this book. Ok, Islam had passed my initial religious prerequisites. But I wanted to ask some deep questions about it. Is this religion universal? Yes, anyone can understand these basic beliefs...no analogy or equation are needed. Does it agree with science? Yes, dozens of verses in the Qur'an agree with modern science and technology.

As I sifted through the countless logical facts that I read through and researched, one thing took my attention the most. "Islam". The name of this religion. I noticed it is written many times in this Qur'an. However, recalling my prior studies, I didn't remember once seeing the word "Judaism" in the Old Testament or "Christianity" in the New Testament. This was BIG. Why couldn't I find the very name of the religions in those two books? Because, there is no name in these books! Thinking...I noticed that "Judaism" could be broken down to "Juda- ism" and "Christianity" could be respectively "Christ-ianity".

So who is Juda? Or Judah, rather. He was the tribe leader of the Hebrews when God revealed his message to mankind. So this religion was named after...a person. Ok let's look at who Christ is. He was the person who delivered the message of God to the Jews. So this religion was named after...a person. So in recollection, we can deduct that the names of these religions are people's proper names attached to "ism" and "ianity". Regardless of that fact, the very names of those religions are not mentioned in their scriptures. I thought that was very odd. If I went door to door selling a product, and I said "Would you like to buy this _______"? Wouldn't the logical question be: "What is this _____ called?" I would make no money off of a product without a name. Naming is the very basis which humans identify with objects, both physical and non-physical. If religion is supposed to be practiced and spread to every person on earth, shouldn't there be a NAME for it? Moreover, shouldn't the name be given to us from God Almighty? YES, my point exactly. The names "Christianity" and "Judaism" were not written in the Holy Scriptures. Humans named them, not God.

The notion that God would ordain a religion for mankind to follow with out a name is impossible for my mind to accept. At that point, both Christianity and Judaism lost their credibility as pure, logical, and complete religions, at least from my perspective. Islam is the ONLY of these religions to include the NAME of the religion in its scriptures. This is so huge for me. I realized I would follow Islam at that point. I then became a Muslim. I knew the truth. I was out of the darkness. I came into the light...

Michael's Website

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MALAY TRANSLATION 

"Aku dilahirkan sebagai seorang Yahudi Rusia. Perjuanganku bermula semasa aku berumur 19 tahun. Keyakinanku terhadap tuhan kerap berbolak-balik. Cita-citaku dalam hidup ini mulanya adalah nak menjadi seorang bintang rock. Aku tinggal di US dan bekerja sebagai setiausaha..... sungguh melucukan..

Suatu malam aku berjalan ke dapur, tiba-tiba ternampak satu lembaga hitam, rupanya kawan serumahku. Aku masih ingat bertanya dia "Boleh tak aku simpan vodka ini dalam peti ais?. Lepas tu kami bersalaman dan kembali ke bilik tidur. Selepas itu, kehidupan aku berubah secara tiba-tiba.

Kawan aku ini adalah seorang muslim. Dia adalah orang Islam yang pertama aku kenali. Oleh sebab terlampau kuat semangat ingin tahu aku pun bertanya kepada dia tentang Islam... Aku Tanya dia pasal sembahyang 5 waktu, perang jihad, siapa Muhammad?

Perbualan kami turut disertai bersama dengan seorang kawan Kristian kami bernama Wade. Jadi kami pun membentuk dialog antara agama Islam, Yahudi dan Kristian. Dalam sesi tersebut kami telah menemui banyak perbezaan dan persamaan.

Tanpa kusedari minatku telah bertukar daripada seks, dadah dan berpesta kepada pencarian mendalam kepada agama. Satu pencarian yang aku perlu lengkapkan. Pencarian kepada tuhan dan pencarian bagaimana untuk mengikuti perintah tuhan.

Dalam kesungguhanku mencari kebenaran, aku bertanya kepada diriku. Ok, kita mula cara mudah, ada berapa tuhan sebenarnya? Aku yakin ada satu je.. sebab kalau banyak tuhan akan jadi lemah sebab pasti berlaku perselisihan dan pergaduhan... Satu tuhan adalah keyakinanku, dan pilihanku.

Suatu ketika dulu aku buka mindaku kepada kemungkinan wujudnya tuhan. Aku analisa pandangan orang yang percaya dan tak percaya. Yang membuatkan aku menyebelahi orang yang percaya adalah ungkapan ‘setiap rekaan mesti ada perekanya'. Dengan keyakinan sedemikian dalam diriku akhirnya aku sedar dengan yakin bahwa tuhan itu wujud. Aku masa tu masih tak dapat menjelaskannya tetapi jauh dalam lubuk hatiku aku percaya.

Ketakjuban yang baru aku jumpa ni diikuti dengan rasa tanggungjawab terhadap Penciptaku. Dunia beragama kemudian menjadi tumpuanku.

Lepas tu aku bertanya pada diriku "Mana aku akan mula?" Secara lisan ada ribuan jenis kepercayaan. Aku perlu juruskan kepada hanya beberapa kepercayaan sahaja. Macam mana aku nak selesaikan masalah ini? Mula-mula cari yang percaya pada satu tuhan sahaja. Ini aku masukkan dalam kepala otakku. Tentu sekali ini logik sebab aku hanya percaya pada satu tuhan sahaja."

Ok, lepas tu.. "ini maknanya kita tolak agama Hindu dan Buddha sebab keduanya percaya pada banyak tuhan. Jadi tinggal 3 saja agama yang ada satu tuhan iaitu Islam, Yahudi dan Kristian.... Jadi oleh sebab aku ni Yahudi aku mula dengan Judaism (Ugama Yahudi) terdapat satu tuhan, beberapa Rasul, '10 Commandments', Taurat, jiwa Yahudi...apa,.. apa jiwa Yahudi?

Masa aku buat kajian perkara ini menghantui fikiranku. Ceritanya ‘Jika seseorang tu dilahirkan sebagai Yahudi dia ada jiwa Yahudi dan mereka mesti menganut Judaism (agama Yahudi)'.... tunggu jap..kalau macam tu ni dah jadi diskriminasi kan? Sedangkan agama itu patut universal (menyeluruh).

Jadi tuhan juga buat jiwa Yahudi, jiwa Kristian dan jiwa Muslim dan jiwa Hindu? Aku ingat semua manusia diciptakan sama sebagai manusia? Jadi kalau seseorang itu dilahirkan dalam sesuatu agama dengan ketentuan tuhan, maka dia mesti berada dalam agama tersebut walaupun akhirnya seseorang tu mendapati agamanya sesat?...hmmm aku tak percaya ..camtu zalim tuhan..ini mustahil.

Satu hal lagi yang peliknya dalam Judaism tak ada konsep neraka...yang ada syurga je...kalau macam tu kenapa nak buat baikkan? Kenapa hidup ni tak buat dosa je? kan elok? Kalau aku takde rasa takut dengan pembalasan atas kejahatan yang aku lakukan kenapa aku perlu berlaku baik dalam hidup?

Kita teruskan..Aku dapati Christianity (agama Kristian) ok, ada satu tuhan, seorang anak, seorang bapa dan roh suci...macam mana nak kata semua ni satu tuhan 1+1+1 =3 bukan satu? Jadi macam mana yang dikatakan percaya satu tuhan?

Penjelasan lepas penjelasan, persamaan lepas persamaan dan perbandingan lepas perbandingan, analogi lepas analogi.. aku tak dapat terima konsep ini... Ok kita tengok isu lain pula...

Jesus mati disebabkan dosa kita dan dia lakukan sedemikian sebab kita telah dipenuhi dengan ‘dosa asli'. Jadi, Jesus Christ anak tuhan perlu dikorbankan untuk menyelamatkan semua orang daripada neraka dan menyembuhkan kita daripada dosa yang diberikan kepada kita oleh Adam..

Ok, kalau begitu maknanya kamu mengatakan bahawa kita dilahirkan sebagai orang yang telah sedia berdosa? Dan untuk jadi orang yang berdosa seseorang itu perlu melakukan satu dosa baru boleh jadi begitukan? Jadi kamu beritahu aku yang bayi yang baru lahir telah melakukan kesalahan berdosa? Yang ni pelik.. takkan sebab kesalahan satu orang semua manusia kena pikul dosanya? Apakah maksud pegangan sebegini? Seksa semua orang walaupun satu orang melakukan kesalahan? Kenapa tuhan buat undang-undang macam tu? Tuhan tak zalim..mustahil... tak logik... aku tak percaya.

Jadi Jesus Christ mati kerana beliau ‘mengasihi manusia'.. Nanti dulu dalam Bible disebut Jesus berkata "Bapa, kenapa aku dibuat begini?" Bermakna Jesus tak faham kenapa dia dibunuh secara kejam.. Tetapi kamu kata dia secara sukarela dikorbankan.... Walau apapun aku tetap tak dapat terima kepercayaan begini. Ok, agama selanjutnya adalah Islam....

Islam bermaksud penyerahan diri. Kepercayaan umumnya adalah satu tuhan, solat 5 waktu sehari semalam, infaqkan 2.5% zakat tahunan kepada fakir miskin, berpuasa bulan Ramadan.. dan mengerjakan Haji sekali seumur hidup jika mampu. Ok, tak ada yang sukar untuk difahami.
Tak ada yang bercanggah dengan logik akalku. Al-Quran adalah kitab mukjizat. Banyak bukti saintifik telah diperolehi daripadanya sejak 1,400 tahun yang lalu.

Ok. Islam telah melepasi tapisan awalku tentang keagamaan.. Tetapi aku ingin bertanya beberapa soalan yang mendalam tentangnya.. Adakah Islam itu menyeluruh? Ya.. semua orang boleh faham kepercayaan yang asas ini. Tiada analogi atau persamaan yang diperlukan.. Adakah ianya selaras dengan Sains? Sudah tentu.. terdapat berdozen ayat-ayat al-Quran yang menjelaskan tentang Sains moden dan teknologi.

Semakin aku membuat kajian ke atas ratusan fakta logik yang aku baca dan buat kajian, satu perkara lagi mengetuk fikiranku...yang paling utama sekali Islam.. nama agama. Aku dapati ianya disebutkan banyak kali di dalam Al-Quran.

Walau bagaimanapun, mengingat semula kajianku yang lepas. Aku tak ingat pun melihat satu perkataan Judaism di dalam ‘Old Testament" atau Christianity di dalam ‘New Testament". Perkara ini amat besar dan mustahak. Kenapakah kita tak jumpa nama agama masing-masing dalam kitab berkenaan? Sebab... memang tidak ada nama agama dalam kitab tersebut ..Saya pun berfikir.. Judaism datang daripada perkataan "Juda" dan "ism" sementara Christinity daripada perkataan "Christ" dan " ianity"...

Jadi siapakah Juda ini? Dia adalah ketua kabilah Hebrew ketika tuhan menurunkan wahyu kepada manusia. Jadi agama ini dinamakan daripada nama seseorang.. Ok.. kita tengok pula siapakah Jesus Christ. Dia adalah orang yang menyampaikan risalah tuhan kepada golongan Yahudi. Jadi, kesimpulannya agama ini dinamakan dengan nama manusia.
Bercanggah dengan fakta, agama Judaism dan Christinity tidak ada disebutkan dalam kitab suci mereka.. Bagi aku ini sangat pelik.. aku tak boleh terima.

Kalaulah aku jual barang dari rumah ke rumah dan aku cakap pada tuan rumah "Tuan nak beli barangan (tiada nama)? Tentu sekali jawapan logik adalah "Apakah barangan (tiada nama) ini dipanggil?.. Pasti saya takkan dapat menjual walau satu produk pun yang tiada nama, bukan ?
Menamakan sesuatu adalah perkara asas manusia menentukan objek baik secara fizikal atau bukan fizikal. Kalau agama yang hendak dianuti dan disebar kepada manusia di atas mukabumi, tentu sekali ianya mesti ada nama.

Sudah tentu sekali nama agama adalah nama yang diberikan oleh tuhan yang maha Esa? Aku yakin macam tu... tepat sekali.. Nama Judaism dan Christianity tidak ditulis dalam kitab suci mereka, manusia yang ciptakannya bukan tuhan. Kenyataan yang tuhan menurunkan agama untuk manusia ikuti tanpa nama adalah mustahil pada pendapat aku... Tak masuk akal.

Pada hujah ini, Judaism dan Christianity dah hilang kredibiliti sebagai asli, logik dan menyeluruh sebagai sebuah agama daripada pandanganku. Islam adalah hanya satu agama yang ada nama agamanya tercatat dalam kitab suci,,,, ini sangat penting dan bermakna bagiku.

Aku kini menyedari aku wajib mengikuti Islam.......kemudian aku mengucap syahadah...aku bersyukur diketemukan dengan kebenaran. Dulu aku dalam kegelapan ..kini aku dalam cahaya kebenaran..

Allahu Akbar....... 
Oleh Michael David Shapiro 
Wallahualam.."  

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Saintis & Quran

Keith L. Moore

Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Toronto. Distinguished embryologist and the author of several medical textbooks, includingClinically Oriented Anatomy (3rd Edition) and The Developing Human (5th Edition, with T.V.N. Persaud).

Investigations in to the 'alaqa or leech-like stage.

Dr. Moore was a former President of the Canadian Association of Anatomists, and of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists. He was honoured by the Canadian Association of Anatomists with the prestigious J.C.B. Grant Award and in 1994 he received the Honoured Member Award of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists "for outstanding contributions to the field of clinical anatomy." "For the past three years, I have worked with the Embryology Committee of KingcAbdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, helping them to interpret the many statements in the Qur'an and Sunnah referring to human reproduction and prenatal development. At first I was astonished by the accuracy of the statements that were recorded in the 7th century AD, before the science of embryology was established. Although I was aware of the glorious history of Muslim scientists in the 10th century AD, and some of their contributions to Medicine, I knew nothing about the religious facts and beliefs contained in the Qur'an and Sunnah."[2] At a conference in Cairo he presented a research paper and stated: "It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur'an about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from God, or Allah, because most of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of God, or Allah." [1] Professor Moore also stated that: "...Because the staging of human embryos is complex, owing to the continuous process of change during development, it is proposed that a new system of classification could be developed using the terms mentioned in the Qur'an and Sunnah. The proposed system is simple, comprehensive, and conforms with present embryological knowledge. "The intensive studies of the Qur'an and Hadith in the last four years have revealed a system of classifying human embryos that is amazing since it was recorded in the seventh century A.D... the descriptions in the Qur'an cannot be based on scientific knowledge in the seventh century..."[1]

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E. Marshall Johnson

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

 

Author of over 200 publications. Former President of the Teratology Society among other accomplishments. Professor Johnson began to take an interest in the scientific signs in the Qur'an at the 7th Saudi Medical Conference (1982), when a special committee was formed to investigate scientific signs in the Qur'an and Hadith. At first, Professor Johnson refused to accept the existence of such verses in the Qur'an and Hadith. But after a dicussuion with Sheikh Zindani he took an interest and concentrated his research on the internal as well as external development of the fetus. "...in summary, the Qur'an describes not only the development of external form, but emphasises also the internal stages, the stages inside the embryo, of its creation and development, emphasising major events recognised by contemporary science." "As a scientist, I can only deal with things which I can specifically see. I can understand embryology and developmental biology. I can understand the words that are translated to me from the Qur'an. As I gave the example before, if I were to transpose myself into that era, knowing what I do today and describing things, I could not describe the things that were described... I see no evidence to refute the concept that this individual Muhammad had to be developing this information from some place... so I see nothing here in conflict with the concept that divine intervention was involved in what he was able to write..." [1]

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T.V.N. Persaud

Professor of Anatomy, and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Author and editor of over 20 books, and has published over 181 scientific papers. Co-author of The Developing Human (5th Edition, with Keith L. Moore). He received the J.C.B. Grant Award in 1991. Professor Peraud presented several research papers. "It seems to me that Muhammad was a very ordinary man, he couldn't read, didn't know how to write, in fact he was an illiterate... We're talking about 1400 years ago, you have some illiterate person making profound statements that are amazingly accurate, of a scientific nature... I personally can't see how this could be mere chance, there are too many accuracies and like Dr. Moore, I have no difficulty in my mind reconciling that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which lead him to these statements." [1]

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Joe Leigh Simpson

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

He is the President of the American Fertility Society. He has received many awards, including the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Public Recognition Award in 1992. Like many others, Professor Simpson was taken by surprise when he discovered that the Qur'an and Hadith contain verses related to his specialised field of study. When he met with Sheikh Abdul-Majeed A.Zindani, he insisted on verifying the text presented to him from the Qur'an and Hadith. "... these Hadiths (sayings of Muhammad) could not have been obtained on the basis of the scientific knowledge that was available at the time of the 'writer'... It follows that not only is there no conflict between genetics and religion (Islam) but in fact religion (Islam) may guide science by adding revelation to some of the traditional scientific approaches... There exist statements in the Qur'an shown centuries later to be valid which support knowledge in the Qur'an having been derived from God." [1]

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Gerald C. Goeringer

Professor and Co-ordinator of Medical Embryology in the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA.

Sheikh cAbdul-Majeed A.Zindani met with Professor Goeringer and asked him whether in the history of embryology was there any mention of the different stages of embryonic development, or whether there existed any embryological texts at the time of the Prophet. Sheikh Zindani also asked his opinion regarding the terms the Qur'an uses to describe the different phases of fetal development. After several long discussions, he presented a study at the 8th Saudi Medical Conference: "...In a relatively few ayahs (Qur'anic verses) is contained a rather comprehensive description of human development from the time of commingling of the gametes through organogenesis. No such distinct and complete record of human development such as classification, terminology, and description existed previously. In most, if not all instances, this description antedates by many centuries the recording of the various stages of human embryonic and fetal development recorded in the traditional scientific literature." [1]

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Alfred Kroner

Professor of the Department of Geosciences, University of Mainz, Germany.

Professor Kroner is one of the world's most famous geologists, becoming well known among his colleague scientists for his criticisms against the theories of some of the major scientists in his field. Sheikh cAbdul-Majeed A. Zindani met with him and presented several Qur'anic verses and Hadith which he studied and commented upon. "Thinking where Muhammad came from... I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very complicated and advanced technological methods that this is the case." "Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics 1400 years ago could not, I think, be in a position to find out from his own mind for instance that the earth and the heavens had the same origin, or many others of the questions that we have discussed here... If you combine all these and you combine all these statements that are being made in the Qur'an in terms that relate to the earth and the formation of the earth and science in general, you can basically say that statements made there in many ways are true, they can now be confirmed by scientific methods, and in a way, you can say that the Qur'an is a simple science text book for the simple man. And that many of the statements made in there at that time could not be proven, but that modern scientific methods are now in a position to prove what Muhammad said 1400 years ago." [1]

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Yushidi Kusan

Director of the Tokyo Observatory, Tokyo, Japan.

Sheikh Abdul-Majeed A. Zindani presented a number of Qur'anic verses describing the beginnings of the universe and of the heavens, and the relationship of the earth to the heavens. He expressed his astonishment, saying that the Qur'an describes the universe as seen from the highest observation point, everything is distinct and clear. "I say, I am very much impressed by finding true astronomical facts in Qur'an, and for us modern astronomers have been studying very small piece of the universe. We have concentrated our efforts for understanding of very small part. Because by using telescopes, we can see only very few parts of the sky without thinking about the whole universe. So by reading Qur'an and by answering to the questions, I think I can find my future way for investigation of the universe." [1]

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Professor Armstrong

Professor Armstrong works for NASA and is also Professor of Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

Prof. Armstrong was asked a number of questions about Qur'anic verses dealing with his field of specialisation. He was eventually asked, "You have seen and discovered for yourself the true nature of modern Astronomy by means of modern equipment, rockets, and satellites developed by man. You have also seen how the same facts were mentioned by the Qur'an fourteen centuries ago. So what is your opinion?" "That is a difficult question which I have been thinking about since our discussion here. I am impressed at how remarkably some of the ancient writings seem to correspond to modern and recent Astronomy. I am not a sufficient scholar of human history to project myself completely and reliably into the circumstances that 1400 years ago would have prevailed. Certainly, I would like to leave it at that, that what we have seen is remarkable, it may or may not admit of scientific explanation, there may well have to be something beyond what we understand as ordinary human experience to account for the writings that we have seen." [1]

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William Hay

Professor of Oceanogprahy, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Professor Hay is one of the best known marine scientist in the USA. Sheikh cAbdul-Majeed A. Zindani met with him and asked him many questions about the marine surface, the divider between upper and lower sea, and about the ocean floor and marine geology. "I find it very interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient scriptures of the Holy Qur'an, and I have no way of knowing where they would have come from. But I think it is extremely interesting that they are there and this work is going on to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages." And when he was asked about the source of the Qur'an, he replied, "Well, I would think it must be the divine being." [1]

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Durja Rao

Professor of Marine Geology teaching at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Zindani presented to Prof. Rao many verses dealing with his area of specialisation, and asked:"What do you think of the existence of the scientific information in the Qur'an? How could Prophet Muhammad have known about these facts fourteen centuries ago?" "It is difficult to imagine that this type of knowledge was existing at that time, around 1400 years back. May be some of the things they have simple idea about, but to describe those things in great detail is very difficult. So this is definitely not simple human knowledge. A normal human being cannot explain this phenomenon in that much detail. So, I thought the information must have come from a supernatural source." [1]

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Professor Siaveda

Professor of Marine Geology, Japan.

Sheikh Zindani asked him a number of questions in his area of specialisation, and then informed him of the Qur'anic verses and Hadith which mention the same phenomena he spoke of. One of the questions was concerning mountains. Sheikh Zindani asked him about the shape of mountains; and whether they were firmly rooted in the earth. "What is your opinion of what you have seen in the Qur'an and the Sunnah with regard to the secrets of the Universe, which scientists only discovered now?" "I think it seems to me very, very mysterious, almost unbelievable. I really think if what you have said is true, the book is really a very remarkable book, I agree." [1]

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Tejatat Tejasen

Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and is the former Dean of the faculty of Medicine, University of Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Professor Tejasen studied various articles concerning the Qur'an and modern embryology. He spent four days with several scholars, Muslims and non-Muslims, discussing this phenomenon in the Qur'an and Hadith. During the 8th Saudi Medical Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia he stood up and said: "In the last three years, I became interested in the Qur'an... From my studies and what I have learned throughout this conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Qur'an fourteen hundred years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means. Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the one who is eligible creator. This creator must be God, or Allah. I think this is the time to say La ilaha illa Allah, there is no god to worship except Allah (God), Muhammad rasoolu Allah, Muhammad is Messenger of Allah... The most precious thing I have gained from coming to this conference is La ilaha illa Allah, and to have become Muslim." [1]

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Dr. Maurice Bucaille

Born in 1920, former chief of the Surgical Clinic, University of Paris, has for a long time deeply interested in the correspondences between the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and modern secular knowledge.

He is the author of a best-seller, "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science" (1976). His classical studies of the scriptural languages, including Arabic, in association with his knowledge of hieroglyphics, have allowed him to hold a multidisciplinary inquiry, in which his personal contribution as a medical doctor has produced conclusive arguments. His work, "Mummies of the Pharaohs - Modern Medical Investigations"(St. Martins Press, 1990), won a History Prize from the Académie Française and another prize from the French National Academy of Medicine. His other works include: "What is the Origin of Man" (Seghers, 1988), "Moses and Pharaoh, the Hebrews in Egypt", (NTT Mediascope Inc, 1994); and "Réflexions sur le Coran" (Mohamed Talbi & Maurice Bucaille, Seghers, 1989) After a study which lasted ten years, Dr. Maurice Bucaille addressed the French Academy of Medicine in 1976 concerning the existence in the Qur'an of certain statements concerning physiology and reproduction. His reason for doing that was that : "...our knowledge of these disciplines is such, that it is impossible to explain how a text produced at the time of the Qur'an could have contained ideas that have only been discovered in modern times." "The above observation makes the hypothesis advanced by those who see Muhammad as the author of the Qur'an untenable. How could a man, from being illiterate, become the most important author, in terms of literary merits, in the whole of Arabic literature? How could he then pronounce truths of a scientific nature that no other human-being could possibly have developed at that time, and all this without once making the slightest error in his pronouncement on the subject?"

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Bibliography
[1] al-Zindani, Abdul-Majeed A, This is the Truth (video tape). Scientific Signs of the Qur'an and Sunnah containing interviews with various scientists. Available in Arabic, English, French, Urdu and Turkish. A full English transcript of this video with illustrations is also available: Al-Rehaili, Abdullah M., This is the Truth, Muslim World League, Makkah al-Mukarrammah, 1995. Also available on the web at: This Is The Truth!
[2] Moore, Keith L. and al-Zindani, Abdul-Majeed A., The Developing Human with Islamic Additions, Third Edition, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1982, with Dar Al-Qiblah for Islamic Literature, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1983, page viiic. Limited Edition.
[3] Moore, Keith L., al-Zindani, Abdul-Majeed A., Ahmed Mustafa A, The Qur'an and Modern Science - Correlation Studies, Islamic Academy for Scientific Research, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reprinted by World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), USA., 1990, ISBN 0-9627236-0-6. Collection of papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Muslim Students Association, University of Illinois, May 1990.
[4] Moore, Keith L.; Johnson, E. Marshall; Persaud, T.V.N.; Goeringer, Gerald C.; Zindani, Abdul-Majeed A.; and Ahmed Mustafa A, Human Development as Described in the Qur'an and Sunnah, Commission on Scientific Signs of the Qur'an and Sunnah, Muslim World League, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia, 1992, ISBN 0-9627236-1-4. Collection of papers that were originally presented in the First International Conference on Scientific Signs of the Qur'an and Sunnah, held in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1987, and after some modifications and development, presented in their present form in Dakar, Sengal in July 1991.




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