What is considered to be the most authentic translation of Quran in English and is available online?
I am not a Muslim. I cannot read Arabic. I understand that the proper way to read Quran is to read it as it was written. For me, it would mean learning a new language. Before I put lots of time and effort into that, I would like to read Quran's translation in English. Is there an English version that is considered to be most authentic by majority of Muslims? It would be helpful if it is available online.
Hello all, I am interested in reading Sahih Bukhari to learn more about the Muslim faith. (Full disclosure - I am not a Muslim, but am nonetheless interested in learning about its beliefs and history). I’m particularly interested in reading through Volume 6, as it appears to provide the most commentary on the early history of the recitation of the Quran. My dilemma: so far the only English translations that I’ve found online (sahih-bukhari.com and sunnah.com) are a bit confusing to read. Are there other translations available online that one would recommend?
I understand some may find it ironic posting this here but it is no doubt necessary to understand the theology before one starts to criticise it. Anyway, I’m looking for a ‘non-cherry-picked’ translation of the Quran. I’ve searched online but apparently many translations into English dumb down or even omit violent verses so it’s been hard to decipher between the authentic and ‘sterilised’ ones. Has anyone got any good suggestions/recommendations?
(Sorry if this post seems a little off in terms of target audience, I tried posting it to islam but my posts got removed immediately by the mods, and I don't have a lot of time before I have to get to sleep.) Hi all, please excuse my ignorance, I am trying to learn. To give a bit of background, I am somewhat in between faiths at the moment, and I am wanting to get a Quran (or Qu'ran?) in order to read it and just learn about your religion. I don't trust getting a random one from Amazon or anything without having asked you guys, the experts ;), first. So my question is, where would I get one, what version would be most unchanged (in christianity there are alot of versions of the bible that have come about due to people trying to translate/clear things up), and what version would be best in English? If this is the wrong place to ask this, or if I have overlooked a rule about posting or anything, please let me know, and I will try to fix it. Also this is a temp account since I don't use Reddit often, so I am sorry if my replies are late. EDIT: Wow! I am amazed and grateful to you all for your responses! They are all very helpful, thanks a bunch!
Feeling Positive About The Future Ahead! :D *Long Read*
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh sisters and brothers, So, the other day I made a post- I was venting because I just needed to get it off my chest, in fact I think that's what I literally called the post lol. I was super upset about the sort of relationship I have with my father, and today, I got really really upset. I'm talking I said some awful things, mostly about myself astaghfirullah, I was texting my best friend saying some horrid things about myself and when she tried to assure me I wasn't how I described myself to be, I told her that she was just being nice and that what I was saying was true, astaghfirullah. And you know surprise surprise, I cried a lot again today. And you know what I find really funny? My mum was in the room, as I was crying and she didn't even notice! I really must be good at hiding it, what I did, was I pulled my hat over my face and I told her I was wearing my hat like a Spider-Man mask (I really love Spider-Man he's my favourite😂) and I can see through my hat, so I was crying while texting my best friend and just overthinking about everything. A mistake I always made after I have had one of my "lows" is I tell myself "right no more lows, no more tears, no more sadness" and I act like I'll never have another low again. And then when I do, it hits harder because I feel like even more of a failure because I told myself I wouldn't end up feeling like this again. So will I have anymore lows? Yes, I will it's impossible for someone to be just happy for the rest of their life, bumps in the road will come along, but when I do get sad, when I do have another low, when I do get upset again, initially I may react a certain way like crying, or degrading myself a lot, or other things, but I have trust in Allah that He won't leave me behind. I trust that Allah will guide me to happiness again, that Allah will guide me to be stronger again, that Allah will guide me to feel okay again, and Allah will help me overcome whatever struggle I am facing. Right now, the struggle and test is a lot of things. My unsupportive father. My education. Falling in love with someone and it being complicated for many reasons. Having family members who are clinically vulnerable to the coronavirus. Being raised in a (kinda) non-practicing family, and reconnecting with my faith but finding it difficult to practice because of judgmental attitudes. Not seeing any of my friends in almost a year now. It isn't limited to this, but these are just a few brief things. But I trust that Allah will get me through each and every one of these things. And even though today I woke up to hearing not very pleasant things being said about me, I'm going to learn to block them out. I know Allah doesn't think those things about me, other people in my life don't think those things about me, deep down not even I think those things about me- I'm just an insecure person, so when I hear such words being said it's like a trigger for all my insecurities to come out and I'll start belittling myself. What I find so ironic, is some of the things I've said to myself, I'd never say to anyone else. If I heard somebody saying those things to somebody else, I'd defend the person receiving those awful words, and insist they are not those words, and I'd probably say that whoever is saying those words to that person, is being unkind to them, is verbally abusing them, and if it was continuous I'd say they're a bully. So why do I say those words to myself? When I wouldn't tolerate them being said to anyone else? Why can I tolerate such behaviour towards myself by myself? But if someone else did it someone else I'd be there standing up for the victim? Why am I verbally abusive to myself? Why am I unkind to myself? Why am I a bully to myself? Why do I make myself a victim? I'd never say some of the stuff I said to myself today, to anybody else, so why to me? Why do I think it's okay to be unkind to myself? I honestly don't know the answer to any of those questions. But I need to start treating myself better. By simply not saying these awful words to me. I don't tolerate anyone else saying them to anyone else, so I shouldn't tolerate me saying them words to me. And I watched an Islamic video, which encouraged me to create goals in everything I do in life, from my personal life, to my deen, my education, my career goals, small business goals, and family life goals so I'm going to list a few I can think so far here, you can skip them if you want lol. Goals For My Deen (Because Allah comes first :P)
I want to learn more about the Prophet Muhammad (saw), other Prophets of Islam, and the women of Islam. (I'll make a post dedicated to this one because I have so much to say it'd make this post too long lol)
I want to learn my salah off by heart - Yes, I don't know my salah off by heart, astaghfirullah. I got an app on my phone so right now I'm learning salah from there, and when salah time comes, I read the prayers from the phone and do the actions. I'm getting better, and I'm remembering more, but one day Inshallah, I won't even need to phone to pray salah.
I want to finish reading the Quran - My parents try to get me to hide that haven't read the full Quran yet, because they deem it to be "shameful", and to be honest, people can be quite judgmental. But in a sense, I'm glad I wasn't one of those children to finish it at an early age. Because where I live, when learning Arabic because most kids here speak English and if we do have a second language because most of us are Desi it's usually a Desi language- most of us reading the Quran in Arabic don't actually understand what we're reading. We just recite without understanding. We don't have the English translation, and we don't get anything explained to us. It's just such a rush to get the Quran read so then we can say "we've read the Quran" without even understanding it. Note that I have read a number of verses Quran in both Arabic and English I've never just finished it all completely. But I will one day, and when I do- I'll read the Arabic, and after I've read the Arabic I'll read the English and if something doesn't make sense I'll research it, Alhamdullilah for the internet these days.
Put on the Hijab one day - I'm a non-Hijabi as in I don't wear the headscarf. I have every intention to, and I have began being better at practicing hijab- I wear looser clothing now, and I no longer show my arms, one day Inshallah I will put on the hijab, I know this isn't the case for everyone, but for me, my hijab journey is pretty personal so I like to keep most of it between me and Allah
I want to continue making these posts - A brother actually told me today, I should do something else, put my time into something more valuable, that I could be reading and trying to memorise the Quran or reading opinions of scholars. Firstly, who says I don't read the Quran? Memorising it a little too ambitious yet but in the future Inshallah, I will try to do that too. And who says I don't read scholarly opinions? I love writing these posts, as an INFP I love writing lol, and when somebody can relate or my posts help strengthen someone's iman, or helps someone else going through a struggle- it makes me so happy, knowing that I could use my experiences to help someone else. Especially if it's a negative experience because that's turning a negative into a positive. So I don't think these posts are pointless or a waste of time. Alhamdullilah.
Goals For Me Personally
Treat myself better - Stop saying things to myself that I wouldn't say to anyone else or I wouldn't tolerate being said to anyone else.
Stop being so dependent on others for happiness - all I need is Allah.
Overcome my insecurities
Stop seeking approval from others - Mostly my father. I love my father and I respect my father, but it just feels like I'll never be able to please him no matter what I do. They'll always be something I haven't done, I just need to please Allah, and please myself.
STOP PROCRASTINATING - Lol every INFP's goal
Education/Career Goals
Finish College - College is Britain is the equivalent to juniour and senior year of HS, and I'm in Year 13 (senior year), it's been crazy with corona but I'll finish it Inshallah and then education will no longer be mandatory by law for me lol.
2. Ace my A-Levels - I'm not aiming for A* A* A*. I've had a lot of disruption in my education, for factors out of my control- I don't go to the best college, then on top with corona, I'm not some private school kid. But I mean with all the disruption I've had, Inshallah at a minimum I'll get an A, a B, and a C.
Start University - Inshallah, I will get a degree apprenticeship. My parents think, that I want a degree apprenticeship for the sake of the money, and that is a part of it- but the main reason why I want one is so I don't have to take out a student loan (riba), if I do- then I'll work my butt off to pay it off, because university is a way of bettering your financial situation. I want my children to grow up in a better financial situation than I have. And I know it's not my responsibility as a woman in Islam to provide for the family, but being realistic in this day and age, with everything being so expensive, it's better to have two breadwinners than one. And plus, if something were to happen to my future husband (Inshallah it won't) but let's say it did, then it is my responsibility to provide for my family given my husband cannot.
Small Business Goals
Inshallah I will be successful in my online tutoring business - I want to tutor young girls in a STEM subject, because the field is so male-dominated and more women in it, would certainly be beneficial- because why wouldn't striving for a more equal and diverse workplace be beneficial?
Create my online lessons
Market them on social media
(Future) Family Goals
Marry the man I love - You'd never catch me talking about this irl, and this is something super personal to me so I like to keep it private between Allah and me, but I am in love with someone. He's such a lovely person. And I shoot my shot, by making dua for him, for us. And Inshallah Allah will be Merciful upon my heart and grant all my prayers about him, for him, will come true, and Inshallah Allah has written for me to marry the him because I am in love with him and I love him for the sake of Allah. And it'll be difficult for several reasons, but as long as we have Allah by our side, that's all we need. Inshallah.
Be the kind of parent I wish mine were - I feel awful saying this because it sounds like I'm ungrateful and in many ways my parents have been lovely to me, and they have given me so so much Wallahi. But sometimes I just wish they were a little more supportive and understanding, and I just see it as a positive in a sense because it's taught me how I don't want to be (I feel awful lol).
Be the kind of family, I wish mine was.
So yeah, there's my goals wow if you read them, I'm sorry I wrote so much lol. From now on, all I need to focus on, is these goals and living my best life, and at times Allah will test me- but Inshallah I will always come out of these tests victorious. It's time to stop the tears (for now) lol and get my life back on track, fix myself, be my own hero, of course not without Allah, without Allah I am nothing. One thing Allah is helping me realise is that no person is coming to save me, not my father, not my mother, not my friends, not the guy I love. I often imagined, that I'll stay trapped here for all these years then one day the guy I love, will feel the same way back, and it'll be like we'll be together, and if our parents disapprove, we'll make dua for them to approve, and then we'll get married, and start our lives together and I'll be leaving the toxicity behind😂I'm laughing thinking about that now, I guess I've always been a sucker for a cute love story lol. But one thing I've learned is that, Inshallah if I do marry him (which I hope I do), that I shouldn't be wanting to run away from anything, I shouldn't be this broken and this damaged, and I shouldn't expect him to "fix me." That's not fair on him, at all. I need to fix me. Of course I still want to marry him, more than anything I love him so much, and because I love him, I don't want to make him feel like he has the responsibility of "fix." I don't want to put that kind of pressure on someone I love, where he could say one thing and I might take it the wrong way, and it'll trigger my insecurities. Like I said, I need to fix me. I need to work on me. I need to achieve my goals, focus on myself as a person, focus on growing from the insecure broken little girl I am right now, to a strong, confident and accomplished young woman. And please don't be mistake this isn't a "New Years Resolution", it's a goal in life. I don't know when I'll get there, but with Allah by my side with His Mercy, and perfect timing, and His Perfection, Inshallah one day I will. Alhamdullilah. Assalamualaikum :)
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I’ve been involved in the ex-Ahmadi space for a while now. In this time, I’ve seen two main types of criticism against the Jamaat: firstly, the soundness of its theological premises, and secondly, the way the Jamaat functions and its members behave. I will be focusing on the second of these categories in this post. When discussing these issues, I have noticed that both Ahmadis and those critical of Jamaat are often committed to the idea that the teachings or theology of Jamaat are a central and primary factor in explaining the way Jamaat functions and how Ahmadis behave. The idea is that the social norms and organizational priorities of Jamaat Ahmadiyya, can be simply explained with reference to the written or spoken teachings of Jamaat. This idea assumes that the Jamaat is a simple reflection of its own theology. Simply:
The Jamaat’s theology says X.
Jamaat/Ahmadis behaves in X way.
There are of course some important differences between how Ahmadis and ex-Ahmadis respectively assert this. For example, certain behaviors of Ahmadis both Ahmadis and ex-Ahmadis agree are negative. Ahmadis believe that issues that we see in Jamaat and among Ahmadis today, for example gossip culture, can be explained by a lack of sufficient obedience to scripture. Ahmadis are not perfect models of their teachings and through tarbiyyat such problems will be resolved. Contrastingly, ex-Ahmadis will say that the behavior of Ahmadis reflects teachings and attitudes contained within Ahmadi writings. We will show quotes of MGA and the Khalifas to show that such a toxic culture of gossip is a consequence of the scriptures of Ahmadiyyat. This is essential work, as Ahmadis are clearly not interested in recognizing the naturally occurring consequences of their teachings on their own community. However, we must reject any claim that scripture is a central factor explaining the way Jamaat operates and Ahmadis behave. The central question is: why do Ahmadis/Jamaat behave as they do? I believe that this question cannot be limited to an analysis of Jamaati theology. For ex-Ahmadis to develop a deeper criticism of Jamaat, we must recognize that the theology of the Jamaat does not dictate Ahmadi society in a linear way. Just because we see Ahmadi society as it is today, does not mean that this society is theonlypossible society which could have arisen from Ahmadi teachings.
The Problem: Purda
The problem with this linear understanding is that Ahmadi theology and teachings cannot account for the complex ways in which Jamaat functions and Ahmadis behave. Lets take an example. Jamaat theology emphasizes the following verses of the Quran: Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Surely, Allah is well aware of what they do. (24:31)
And say to the believing women that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts, and that they disclose not their natural and artificial beauty except that which is apparent thereof, and that they draw their head-coverings over their bosoms, and that they disclose not their beauty save to their husbands, or to their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands or their sons or the sons of their husbands or their brothers, or the sons of their brothers, or the sons of their sisters, or their women, or what their right hands possess, or such of male attendants as have no sexual appetite, or young children who have no knowledge of the hidden parts of women. And they strike not their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may become known. And turn ye to Allah all together, O believers, that you may succeed. (24:32)
The Jamaat’s interpretation of these verses are: Men and women should both restrain their eyes, and women should observe a strict form of physical purda. How does this map out onto the norms of Ahmadi society? In the case of women’s purda, we can see quite a direct line from theology to society. The Jamaat has undeniably strict rules on purda and “public exposure” for women. In the age of social media, Jamaat categorically restricts women from posting their photos online publicly. This is reflected in the culture of Ahmadis online, where if women post photos they will be told to cover up. The most extreme example of this is Ahmadi men ranting about Ahmadi women showing some hand cleavage. As a result of this strong social norm, most Ahmadi women have pictures of their children, their family or their younger selves as their profile photos on social media. Similarly, women seen in public without purda will often be subjected to the Jamaat’s toxic gossip and shaming culture. This then seems like a clear case where the Jamaat’s functioning is a direct result of its teachings. Now lets take another example: watching films and going to cinema. According to the above interpretation of the verse on purda, Ahmadis should avert their eyes from the opposite sex. We see this reflected in Ahmadi culture, where men and women cannot bare to make eye contact and must look at the ground if they pass each other. But watching films with men and women on screen without any form of purda, often wearing less-than-halal clothing, is normalized within Ahmadi society. Ahmadis, including prominent Imams, regularly tweet about films which do not allow one to fulfill this important aspect of purda. The Jamaat does nothing in an official capacity to stop Ahmadis from commenting about films in public. https://preview.redd.it/5nle8tsdthw51.png?width=753&format=png&auto=webp&s=63074db6379dfba88fae91183c924a3d5fea2160 This normalization has happened despite Khalifa II explicitly forbidding Ahmadis from going to the cinema: https://preview.redd.it/vb82ym5dthw51.png?width=1531&format=png&auto=webp&s=a95a8c4da8bc75d1361ad9a90cdc4847751090d9 There is evidence that this fatwa against cinema used to be reflected as a social norm among Ahmadis. Professor Abdus Salam did not go to a cinema due to his father warning him against it (although he did drink alcohol and marry a white non-Ahmadi later in his life). But nowadays, we see on social media and in Jamaat culture, movies and tv shows are completely normalized. Ahmadi Imams are talking about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, while an Ahmadi Oscar-winner hosts Jamaat events. Clearly, this is a case of a gap between Jamaat’s teaching and its enforcement and practice. Ahmadis are not getting scolded for tweeting about movies, so why are Ahmadi women who dare to post selfies?. What explains the difference between these two examples? An Ahmadi can respond to this proliferation of film culture with the statement: “they are not following Jamaat teaching”. But why? Why are certain behaviors so strongly censured by Ahmadi society while similar behaviors aren’t? What factors explain the prioritization of purda of women’s clothing over the purda of the eyes when it comes to movies? There is nothing in the content of these teachings which can explain this difference: both of these activities are seemingly equally forbidden by the text. As we can see then, there is no inevitability that Ahmadi teachings necessarily lead to the Ahmadi society that we see today. That there used to be a social norm against cinema-going clearly points to this complicated relationship between doctrine and practice.
Purda vs beards?
In fact, another example makes this yet more clear. As we all know, keeping a beard is sunnah. Furthermore, Ahmadi men have the example of Muhammad, as well as all the Ahmadi caliph’s for the length of their beard. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad famously said: “O brave young people! May Allah’s mercy be upon you. You are witnessing a great revolution in the world and watching a variety of Signs. The most unfortunate people in this age are the Muslims; their dominion has been snatched away from them and many of them are alienating themselves from the Faith. No calamity descends except upon them, and no misfortune befalls except upon their people; nor is there any innovation but is introduced among them. The world does not present its treasures to them except to dazzle their eyes. We see their youth—they have discarded the lifestyle of the Islamic nation and have obliterated the marks of the sunnah of the Prophet. They shave their beards, take pride in their moustaches and let them grow, along with dressing like the Christians. They are the unluckiest people under the canopy of the heavens, for whom the earth provides a shelter in this age.” (Page 828 Haqiqatul Wahi English Translation) Despite this, Ahmadis are famously known for not keeping such long beards in accordance with sunnah. In fact, even clean shaven men walk around with their chins naked to the world. Mirza Masroor Ahmad before his Khilafat, for example: cool shades The example of the beard is analogous to the physical purda women are required to do. Why then, do we not see a similar social pressure to grow beards, as we do see for women to wear hijab? I don’t see any difficulty in imagining an alternative Ahmadi society, on the basis of its scripture, in which having a beard is just as socially mandated as wearing a hijab. In fact, if you look at the teachings on their own, the requirement of growing a beard is much less burdensome than observing purda in the Ahmadi style. So why don’t we see equality of enforcement and practice of these teachings? An analysis of the way in which Jamaat functions should not be impoverished by a singular focus on scripture. If you truly disagree with how Jamaat functions, you should want to understand why Jamaat operates the way it does. That is not to excuse the theology, but to build a more complete understanding of how it works in the real world. In fact, delinking theology from the practices of Jamaat is a more radical criticism of Jamaat. As mentioned earlier, the Jamaat’s entire worldview is based upon seeing the world, and especially itself, as a place where things happen because people do or do not following the Jamaat’s teachings. By narrowly focusing on the teachings of Jamaat, we play into this framework. The Jamaat is not some exceptional organization insulated from the issues which plague the rest of the world. Just as sexism and patriarchy operate within the world, and are criticized, so do similar factors and structures affect Jamaat. Similarly, while Jamaat claims to offer a solution to racism in the age of BlackLivesMatter (iNnOcEnT liVeS mAtTeR), it has not been able to historically deal with its own issues with integrating black Ahmadis. The Jamaat in this way tries to proclaim itself as a divine, perfect solution to a world plagued with issues. We should examine Jamaat within these broader structures to understand its selectiveness with which teachings it emphasizes and enforces. This is a crucial step to normalize and understand Jamaat not as a divine institution, but as a regular, faulty, man-made organization just like any other.
What are your thoughts on the following argument for the Qur'an?
I saw this comment on DebateReligion. I am cutting out the first part since it is not relevant. Here goes:
Just like the universe itself, the Qur'an displays (in its perfectly preserved Arabic) a phenomenal transcendent timeless nature which could have only been designed by the same Creator. This is a huge claim but it is substantiated by the following main points. Even if you think religion is stupid, you can't deny the following facts are either fascinating, cool or dumbfounding. I see you are a Christian brother. Just like we believe in the books sent down to you, I'd like to just tell you a few amazing things about what I believe about the Qur'an which anyone with curiosity should at least be open to.
The Qur'anic chapters, and the whole book itself, follows a ring structure, despite the Prophet (pbuh) revealing the verses circumstantially and not chronologically
The Qur'an has within it philosophical questions which lead one to logically conclude there is a Creator
The Qur'an was brought to the Arabian peninsula at a time when poetry was the life-blood of the inhabitants, Arabic Linguistics Ph.D Nervid Kermani states "one had to study the Arabic language for 10 years to just be called poet, let alone good poet or master poet", and its poetic prose was so strong that the best poets of the time either converted on hearing a few verses, or they would call it 'dark magic from an ancient time'
The Qur'an has ever since been memorised and preserved cover-to-cover in a cultural memory despite it being 77,797 words long, even children at the age of 4 who do not understand a word of Arabic have been able to memorise it completely. This means you can delete every virtual and physical version of the Qur'an in the universe and kill a billion Muslims and the whole Qur'an would be reproduced in under a few hours. The Qur'an itself has within it "Indeed, it is We (this is the royal 'we', meaning God) who brought down the 'Zhikr' (RemindeQuran) and We will surely preserve it." 15:9
The Qur'an was revealed by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) 1400+ years ago to 'reaffirm the truths between the Abrahamic texts that have been corrupted and guide believers of God to the end of time' and despite him being unlettered (he was very intelligent but couldn't read or write) and having no known poetic ability and had no lineage who were leaders or kings and grew up being known as an honest an reputable person (as a merchant he was known for being an extremely honest salesman and was well known and respected), at the age of 40 he began reciting the Qur'an as revelations from his Creator which to this day is used as the basis of Arabic literacy and is referred to as the most beautifully complex Arabic text of all time. It was written by trusted associates of him (scribes) and all the information we have on the Prophet is determined in the field of Hadiths studies. All of it has a rhyming prose with a climactic push-and-pull effect to it and it has such a dramatic effect on people that it is as if the Creator of the universe built our love for the Qur'an within us.
Hadiths studies is a very complex and beautiful field of knowledge which uses a simple system: the authenticity of a saying or narration of the Prophet (pbuh) is determined by the strength of the direct chain link of scholars leading back to the companions of Muhammad (pbuh). The most authentic hadith book we have is by Sahih Bukhari but we also have books before him, he is one of the authentic compilers.
The Qur'an contains many prophesies, likewise do the sayings of the prophet Muhammad pbuh, which are continuing to be fulfilled to this day. I will leave the reader to find these himself as there are simply too many to list. One fascinating topic is the subject of the end of times and what kind of signs of the end of times are. This is a vast subject with a lot of content online. For more info contact me I'll do my best.
The Qur'an has a mathematical consistency. Certain polar opposites or words which are meant to have parallels drawn between them are mentioned the same exact number of times throughout the Qur'an. Books have been written on this subject and the information is not difficult to find, though one should take the information with a pinch of salt as at times people have gone too far with this one.
The Qur'an alludes to never have any contradictions within it, as it states within itself, if it came from other than our Creator it would contain many contradictions. Many scientific developments of the most prolific period in history (the Spanish-Islamic era) were drawn from the Qur'an itself. Again, these things are not too hard to find online.
I would recommend anyone who is keen to simply watch some debates on Islam vs Atheism, or simply start reading the following
The Oxford World Classics English translation of the Holy Qur'an (Abdel Haleem)
The Sealed Nectar (life of the Prophet (pbuh))
The Divine Reality (philosophical argument for Islam as posed verses atheism)
...as a good start. I know I've just bombarded you with a lot of information and this post will surely get buried. Thank you for this fascinating information and if you want to talk more, please do PM me I'd love to have a chat with you, whether it's about mathematics or Islam or anything inbetween. Thanks!
Fellow new brother, just a few questions that I couldn't find answered on FAQ
Hello guys, I was never really religious before, but always had faith in our God (swt) in the many ways I see Him in nature and in life and even science. Growing up I went to many different denominations of Christian churches with all my different sides of the family, but would increasingly feel more out of touch with our Creator the more these denominations would interpret His word. For awhile I thought to worship our Lord (swt) in ways that made sense to me, but at the same time doing so didn't limit me to doing things that a Muslim would consider haram. My father's side of the family were devout Sunnis from Palestine/Lebanon however, and so I experienced going to the mosque a few times as well. Even though I don't speak Arabic (I am trying to learn the phrases and some prayers), I never felt in my heart such a connection from speaking proper Arabic and prayers of the Quran, and in the sermons and advice from imams and sheikhs. For awhile I've always wanted to be a Muslim, but I never felt like I was worthy enough to God to consider myself one. I would like to start now though, so here are my questions: Salah is the main pillar of Islam that has kept me from calling myself a Muslim. I find it very difficult to be able pray 5 times a day, but now as I learn how to do it the way Muhammad (saww) has taught us, I find that I want to do it more.
How can I perform Salah in places where others will find it inappropriate? Or if I cannot perform Wudu before? Where I live it is very conservative and many will probably be very intolerant towards Islam.
Are we forgiven if we miss a prayer?
What marks the end of Isha and the beginning of Fajr? Where I live Fajr right now begins at 5:41, but I often wake up at 5 and have to be at work by 6. I cannot pray when I wake up before I go to work in this case?
When researching online how to perform Salah, I see a lot of videos of people doing it in slightly different ways (different prayers for instance during the movements). Anyone have a good video of THE proper way to pray?
Is it ok if I perform Salah in a way that I feel makes me the most in touch with God (swt)? Such as speaking my own words in English, and not from the Quran, or speaking prayers from Christianity, or even crossing myself after saying amin like a Christian?
I do not know verses by memory, but I'd like to read all of the Quran eventually and take the time to read it bit by bit when I pray. At what point of salah would be best to read a bit of the Quran? Also does anyone know where I can find a Holy Quran translation by Yusuf Ali that has the Arabic phonetics as well? I want to speak the Arabic but I can only find English, and then Arabic writing, but no phonetics.
Thank you for reading and/or answering any of my questions. Jazakallahu khayran :)
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Buckle up guys, this is going to be a ride of atleast 30-40mph. About me: I have, for the last year, been suffering from Existential OCD (which is basically existential crisis + 1000 intrusive thoughts every day about literally everything). In 2018, I started having bad blasphemous thoughts about Islam, right before an important exam of mine. I was shocked to my very core about the type and intensity of thoughts... thoughts which I now read as posts on exmuslim everyday, thoughts including: 1) Mo married a child, what if he was a, a ... no don't think of it! 2) If I pray to God, I will do really well in exams ---- I just gotta kiss some metaphorical butt. M The thoughts started when I had less sleep and prayed more (all nafl prayers, so basically 35 rakayats a day) for my exams. The thoughts often struck during my sujood and was followed by heavy tension headaches and brain zaps. I became really sad, (but not depressed) that Satan was now controlling my thoughts. Keep in mind that i had no idea about the concept of intrusive thoughts and Pure ocd (PureO) then, so I blamed it all completely on myself. To compensate, I started reading quran also 5 times a day. (Yes, my exam preparation time got subsidized substantially, but I had prepared the previous year pretty well so all good there.) Then, in March(during college exams), I came upon the article of intrusive thoughts and I was so, so relieved and grateful to oh-so-dope-Allah for showing me the article and relieving me of guilt. Fast forward to August 2019, I started having having intrusive thoughts about life and death and my purpose and all of that. I got major depression and I started looking for answers everywhere. Nothing helped. Then in this Quarantine, 1 month ago, I decided to read the Quran's english translation to try to actually understand what I had parroted so incessantly and wholeheartedly my whole life. From the Quran (by asking my family elders and watching online muslim influencers), I couldn't wait to decipher what the purpose of life was and how beautiful life would be and how magical Quran would be. Yeah, no. The Quran turned out to be only magical stories and misogynistic crap and constant 'Oh allah my allah you the best' and The Life and Times of the prophet. Also, the purpose I figured from the quran and hadiths was : Worship Allah and him alone, for a dope eternal heaven of 72 houris, wine(juice, cuz it won't get you drunk lol) and rivers of milk and honey. The more I read and learnt about the thinking of Carl Sagan, George Carlin and the more I saw about natural child born diseases and evil and rapes and other cruel stuff, I lost faith slowly and now, complete atheist. Hope you all enjoyed and thanks for taking the time to read. Tbh I prolly wouldn't read such a long post so I feel those if y'all who didnt :)
My brother (21) decided to research Islam more is now scarred, suffers from severe anxiety, and is debating suicide. Help?
So, my brother and I decided we weren’t Muslim when we were 16/17. We didn’t really research it much, we just decided we didn’t agree with the basic principles etc and that we didn’t want to believe so we stopped. I’m now fully atheist and living my best life, whereas my brother became agnostic. Recently after arguments with my mother about religion, he decided to research the religion more to show my mum the verses about beating your wife, sex slaves, killing apostates, etc. He decided to read the Quran from scratch translated into English and my god - its traumatised him. He can’t stop thinking about how God is actually just this evil being, how he’s already chosen people that are going to be in hell, that no matter how good of a person you are you’re still doomed to eternal hell if you don’t believe in Allah. Every person he walks past, he thinks “they’re going to hell for eternity”. He has stopped playing games online with his friends because all of them are going to hell and he can’t bare to speak with them anymore without breaking down. It’s really messed him up to the point that he now lives in a constant state of anxiety. He also has OCD and this triggers his anxiety even more. He’s basically just suffering and constantly thinking about eternal damnation. He can no longer sleep peacefully at night, and last night it got to the point where he broke down and confided in me that if it doesn’t get better, he would like to kill himself so that he feels nothing rather than feeling constant adrenaline. I’m ringing the doctors in the morning to see if he can get medication and therapy, but living in the UK there’s a long waiting list for therapy. I’ve made him order magnesium tablets that are meant to help with anxiety, I’m going to get him vitamin C tablets that should help and I’m even looking into CBD products. My hope is that they work even a little bit, or that they work as a placebo and make him feel better whilst he waits to get therapy. I’ve made him watch multiple YouTube videos from the ex Muslim, apostate prophet, etc and in the short term these make him feel better, but as soon as the video ends his anxiety spikes again and he’s thinking about how evil Allah is. Does anyone have any advice at all? Any help would be extremely appreciated, I don’t want to lose my brother.
Buckle up guys, this is going to be a ride of atleast 30-40mph. About me: I have, for the last year, been suffering from Existential OCD (which is basically existential crisis + 1000 intrusive thoughts every day about literally everything). In 2018, I started having bad blasphemous thoughts about Islam, right before an important exam of mine. I was shocked to my very core about the type and intensity of thoughts... thoughts which I now read as posts on exmuslim everyday, thoughts including: 1) Mo married a child, what if he was a, a ... no don't think of it! 2) If I pray to God, I will do really well in exams ---- I just gotta kiss some metaphorical butt. The thoughts started when I had less sleep and prayed more (all nafl prayers, so basically 35 rakayats a day) for my exams. The thoughts often struck during my sujood and was followed by heavy tension headaches and brain zaps. I became really sad, (but not depressed) that Satan was now controlling my thoughts. Keep in mind that i had no idea about the concept of intrusive thoughts and Pure ocd (PureO) then, so I blamed it all completely on myself. To compensate, I started reading quran also 5 times a day. (Yes, my exam preparation time got subsidized substantially, but I had prepared the previous year pretty well so all good there.) Then, in March(during college exams), I came upon the article of intrusive thoughts and I was so, so relieved and grateful to oh-so-dope-Allah for showing me the article and relieving me of guilt. Fast forward to August 2019, I started having having intrusive thoughts about life and death and my purpose and all of that. I got major depression and I started looking for answers everywhere. Nothing helped. Then in this Quarantine, 1 month ago, I decided to read the Quran's english translation to try to actually understand what I had parroted so incessantly and wholeheartedly my whole life. From the Quran (by asking my family elders and watching online muslim influencers), I couldn't wait to decipher what the purpose of life was and how beautiful life would be and how magical Quran would be. Yeah, no. The Quran turned out to be only magical stories and misogynistic crap and constant 'Oh allah my allah you the best' and The Life and Times of the prophet. Also, the purpose I figured from the quran and hadiths was : Worship Allah and him alone, for a dope eternal heaven of 72 houris, wine(juice, cuz it won't get you drunk lol) and rivers of milk and honey. The more I read and learnt about the thinking of Carl Sagan, George Carlin and the more I saw about natural child born diseases and evil and rapes and other cruel stuff, I lost faith slowly and now, complete atheist. Hope you all enjoyed and thanks for taking the time to read. Tbh I prolly wouldn't read such a long post so I feel those if y'all who didnt :)
Buckle up guys, this is going to be a ride of atleast 30-40mph. About me: I have, for the last year, been suffering from Existential OCD (which is basically existential crisis + 1000 intrusive thoughts every day about literally everything). In 2018, I started having bad blasphemous thoughts about Islam, right before an important exam of mine. I was shocked to my very core about the type and intensity of thoughts... thoughts which I now read as posts on exmuslim everyday, thoughts including: 1) Mo married a child, what if he was a, a ... no don't think of it! 2) If I pray to God, I will do really well in exams ---- I just gotta kiss some metaphorical butt. The thoughts started when I had less sleep and prayed more (all nafl prayers, so basically 35 rakayats a day) for my exams. The thoughts often struck during my sujood and was followed by heavy tension headaches and brain zaps. I became really sad, (but not depressed) that Satan was now controlling my thoughts. Keep in mind that i had no idea about the concept of intrusive thoughts and Pure ocd (PureO) then, so I blamed it all completely on myself. To compensate, I started reading quran also 5 times a day. (Yes, my exam preparation time got subsidized substantially, but I had prepared the previous year pretty well so all good there.) Then, in March(during college exams), I came upon the article of intrusive thoughts and I was so, so relieved and grateful to oh-so-dope-Allah for showing me the article and relieving me of guilt. Fast forward to August 2019, I started having having intrusive thoughts about life and death and my purpose and all of that. I got major depression and I started looking for answers everywhere. Nothing helped. Then in this Quarantine, 1 month ago, I decided to read the Quran's english translation to try to actually understand what I had parroted so incessantly and wholeheartedly my whole life. From the Quran (by asking my family elders and watching online muslim influencers), I couldn't wait to decipher what the purpose of life was and how beautiful life would be and how magical Quran would be. Yeah, no. The Quran turned out to be only magical stories and misogynistic crap and constant 'Oh allah my allah you the best' and The Life and Times of the prophet. Also, the purpose I figured from the quran and hadiths was : Worship Allah and him alone, for a dope eternal heaven of 72 houris, wine(juice, cuz it won't get you drunk lol) and rivers of milk and honey. The more I read and learnt about the thinking of Carl Sagan, George Carlin and the more I saw about natural child born diseases and evil and rapes and other cruel stuff, I lost faith slowly and now, complete atheist. Hope you all enjoyed and thanks for taking the time to read. Tbh I prolly wouldn't read such a long post so I feel those if y'all who didnt :)
Discussing violence and bloodshed during time of Mahdi.
Assaalamu 'Alikum. Long post warning! A couple of days ago I made a post discussing about the Mahdi. I didn't go in to the details because for Sunni Muslims we really don't have much narrations about the Mahdi and about his life. Imams are not the cornerstone of our religion as such there is not any focus on them. So I have been reading about the Mahdi from Shia Islam. The Mahdi or the 12th Imam is a vital part of the belief and the Shias pray for his return and revere him extremely and as such there is a lot of material regarding him in the Shia literature. Today I want to ask about some of the contents of this book called "The Ghayba" written by Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Nu'mani). I found some traditions in it that are extremely troublesome and disturbing. After reading these hadith I don't have a positive impression of the Shia's Mahdi as I feel he is portrayed as a merciless and violent and not the peaceful and loving Mahdi like what is shown by the Shias in public. Like I never see the Mahdi mentioned in this violent nature. Which means either these hadith are weak and fabricated or the scholars of Shias are hiding it from the laymen. I don't think a divinely appointed guide from Allah behaves in this way and the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم is the greatest example for us. Here is the link for كتاب الغيبة by محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني on the Shia Online Library in Arabic. I found the English translation of the book on Al-Islam too. It can be found on this link. I don't know how reliable the English translations are so that is why I will provide the hadith in English and the link for the original text in Arabic. I am taking all English translations from the Al-Islam book. To try and keep the post small I will not quote the chain of narrators. The chain of narrations will be found in the source link. I want your help to discuss some hadith in this book and tell me if they are authentic or not and if they are elaborate on them. What do scholars comment on them? I would also welcome your personal opinions regarding them. So Bismillah let's start: These hadith are all from Chapter 13 of the book titled "Door to what is narrated about attributes, biography, deeds, and what is revealed about him (Al Mahdi) in the Quran."
[Unrelated to topic] “The man of this matter has a likeness to Prophet Joseph (as). He is a son of a (black) bondmaid. Allah will make him succeed within a night.” (Hadith No. 8, Pg. 231) I found this hadith to be similar to one ofour Sunni hadith. The Arabic of the hadith is similar to ours. From our hadith we read, "الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ يُصْلِحُهُ اللَّهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ " and we read the hadith in your book, " يصلح الله عز وجل له أمره في ليلة واحدة "To my knowledge the Shias don't believe that Allah will make the Mahdi upright/rectify in a single night or in a short time because he is already upright as he is infallible. This gives me the impression that not all hadith which I am about to quote will be Sahih and authentic beliefs of the Shia.
“I want you to mention to me the name of one of the virtuous men-I meant al-Qa'im (as).” He said: “His name is like mine.”I said: “Will he act like Muhammad (as)?” He said: “O Zurara, how far! He will not act as the Prophet (S) has acted.”I asked: “May I die for you! Why not?” He said: “The Prophet (S) has acted leniently towards his umma. He has entreated people kindly whereas al-Qa'im (as) will use his sword with them. He has been ordered by the book, which is with him,to do so. He will kill (bad) people without forgiving anyone. Woe unto whoever opposes him then.” (Hadith No. 14 Pg. 234-235) My question is that since "He has been ordered by the book, which is with him,to do so," what book does he have? If it is the Quran why not just say so? Is it another book? And even in the Quran the violence that is there has historical context and violence is never encouraged and mercy and co-existence is the focus.
Once I was sitting with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when al-Mu’alla bin Khunays asked him: “Will al-Qa'im (as), when he appears, act unlike the way, in which Ali (as) has acted?” He said: “Yes, he will. Ali has acted with leniency and forgiving because he has known that his Shia are going to be controlled after him. But al-Qa'im (as), when appears, will kill and capture because he knows that his Shia will not be defeated after him forever.” (Hadith No. 16, Pg 235) Does Ali (RA) know the future? It is not true to begin with as during and after the Safavid Empire the Shias have land of their own now with proper Government and everything. No one controls them and the Qaim is not even here yet. I think this is false.
“If people know what al-Qa'im (as) will do when he appears, most of them will wish he would not appear. He kills great numbers of people. He begins with the people of Quraysh. He kills much many of them until many people say: He is not from Muhammad’s progeny. If he is from Muhammad’s progeny, he will be merciful!” (Hadith No. 18, Pg 236) This is so problematic and disturbing. I find it shocking.
“Al-Qa'im will rise with a new task, new principles and new judgements. He will be severe with the Arabs. He will do not but killing. He will not forgive anyone and he will not care for any blame because he acts for the sake of Allah.” (Hadith No. 19, Pg 236) Umm what is this? Is the Mahdi bringing a new Shariah other than Prophet Mohammad's صلى الله عليه و سلم? And again he is shown to be like a blood thirsty violent person.
“When al-Qa'im appears, there will be nothing between him and between the Arabs and Quraysh except the sword. There will be nothing save killing. So why do they urge on his appearance? By Allah, he wears rough cloths and eats coarse barley. It will be just the sword and killing under the shadow of the sword.” (Hadith No. 21, Pg 237) Again too much violence and barbarism. Where is all the love and justice and peace?
Al-Qa'im (as) will not appear unless his appearance is preceded by great terror, earthquakes, seditions, calamities, spread of plague, killing among the Arabs, great disagreements among people, separation in religion and bad conditions until one wishes to die day and night because of what madness he sees among people and their trying to eat each other. Al-Qa'im (as) will appear after people reach a very high extent of despair. Blessed is he, who sees al-Qa'im (as) and becomes one of his supporters, and woe unto whoever opposes him, disobeys his orders and becomes his enemy. (Hadith No. 22, Pg 238) This is the hadith I wanted to mention which contains signs that people link to coming of Mahdi. I can't help but see the events of the Syrian civil war, Yemen, and the whole of Levant and the heavy involvement of the Iranian regime in these events. What if it is backed by this hadith? I see it reflected in daily life as there is a tremendous hate/racism for Arabs. Actually from both sides. To be clear I am not taking sides of the Arabs. I am not an Arab myself. Far from it.
“O Bishr, when al-Qa'im al-Mahdi appears, he will bring five hundred men of those, who have remained of Quraysh (the Arabs), and kill them. Then he brings other five hundred men and kills them. Then he brings other five hundred and kills them.” Basheer bin Ghalib, the brother of Bishr, said: “I witness that al-Husayn bin Ali (as) has mentioned to my brother six times five hundreds.” (Hadith No. 23, Pg 238-239)
“Nothing remains between us and the Arabs except slaughter. (He pointed with his hand at his mouth).” (Hadith No 24, Pg 239) Again really disturbing. This narration is mistranslated though as he pointed with his hands at his throat not his mouth. The Arabic says وأومأ بيده إلى حلقه . Halq is throat. So you know kinda like the slitting throat action. This is hardly the kind of thing a pious man of God would narrate using this kind of rude gesture. It makes me doubt this hadith as evil and fabricated.
These were some of the hadith I had problem with. There were a lot more of similar nature. Too much death and destruction. The Mahdi for the Sunnis is supposed to avert the death and destruction that Al-Dajjal will cause not be the cause of it himself. Please explain to me are these authentic? Are they taken and believed by the Shia and scholars? How do they interpret them?
How to understand the Quran properly in a more profound way
salaam. I am looking to try and understand the Quran in a more profound way and really understand the meaning, context and background of the different chapters and verses. whenever I try to read a translation of the Quran, it doesn't really entirely make sense to me. the English translation is often confusing, I don't understand Arabic so there is a barrier there and I feel like I am missing out on the true meaning. obviously I understand the basic stuff like if the translation says "and your Lord is the most merciful" etc. but reading verse after verse I feel like I cannot fully grasp the flow of the verses and how one leads to another and the beauty of it is lost. as I get closer to religion, I feel it would be a tragedy to live your whole life and not really fully understand the word of Allah. I can pray and read the Quran but I feel that until I truly underata d the Quran, a big part of the faith will be missing from me. that being said, if anybody is aware of any resources that they think would be useful for this please let me know. I would be open to finding a specific translation with commentary, or even a resource that teaches the Arabic as used in the Quran and how to make sense of it, or some online course that I could take (would be willing to pay if necessary). any help would be appreciated. JAK.
I stopped listening to music altogether. I used to listen to explicit rap songs, R&B, pop, etc.
After quitting music, I got bored, and craved something to listen to in my free time, so I started to listen to the Quran instead.
Fell on love with some Surahs so I began to read the english translations.
I became intrigued by the message so I began reading the tafseers and watching lecture series about the meaning of the Quranic chapter. I also finished several seerahs on youtube about the prophet SAWS to learn about how the Quran was revealed.
Meanwhile, the messages in the Quran was so striking that I made changes in my daily life as a result (stopped eating nonhalal, started doing dhikr, waking up early for fajr, praying on time, jumaah on Fridays, etc).
It became easier to lower my gaze and avoid the haram online. The content in music normalizes being immodest and by avoiding it, I was able to have more taqwaa.
I enjoyed listening to the Quran so much that I began to binge watch youtube videos on how to read arabic.
Five months later, I learned to read arabic at a decent pace, and can recite last 3 juz really well. I am enrolled in daily Quranic classes and improving my reading skills daily. My next goal is fo learn basic arabic vocabulary.
Tldr; Quiting music has helped increase my iman. Now I understand why listening to music is not encouraged in Islam. I know its a controversial topic, but in my situation, I wasted so much time listening to those explicit songs, which did not benefit me at all, and harmed my iman in my opinion. Similar to the saying “you are what you eat”. I strongly believe that “you are what you listen to”. If you spend all your free time listening to explicit music about sinning, it may weaken your imaan. Thanks for reading my experience! Edit: I hate to be that guy but thanks for the Gold and silver kind strangers. May Allah reward you! Edit #2: I’m not a sheikh, and did not give any fatwas on music being haram or permissible. All I said was that in my own experience, abandoning music and instead listening to the Quran helped me increase my imaan. Of note, this doesn’t only apply to music, there are so many other things we do on a regular day basis that aren’t necessarily haram, but waste our time. For me, it happened to be music, but for someone else it could be angry birds, or reddit, or anything else that takes up all your spare time. Last edit: Here is the full tafseer podcast of the Quran: https://archive.org/details/FullQuranTranslationNoumanAliKhanFileSizesReduced Here is the seerah I listened too (One by Yasir Khadi and one Bilal Assad): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC89682017B43845Dhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOlaiHoIQfAgjZPZdk_RNUVFBlBSdzu4C Here is a nice series about the events that happen after death: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD64379EEB8BFBDBD
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Go the option control panel.
Click on “region and language.”
You will get the “Keyboards and Languages” tab. Open it.
Choose ‘Change Keyboard.’ You will get a list of available languages on your computer. You can click on the Arabic language and return to the top of the list. It will show different dialects in Arabic. You can choose the option appropriately.
Your system is now ready for you to type in Arabic.
2. Buy an Arabic keyboard You can buy a different keyboard that lets you type in Arabic and Latin characters. This keyboard will have Arabic letters printed on the keys. For a beginner learner, this could be a better option. It helps you become more familiar with the letters while you can type easily. Another option is to buy software for Windows devices that enable you to write in Arabic. You can download virtual keyboards from a reliable source and start typing on it. You don’t need to reconfigure your system to enable virtual Arabic keyboard. 3. Use a translator For people who want to communicate virtually in Arabic without typing, you can use this short cut method. You can use an English-Arabic translator. All you need is to copy-paste the result in the right space. You can use an online translator like Google Translate for the purpose. However, if you are trying to learn to type in Arabic, this may not be a good option. It takes a lot of effort to copy and paste. It is altogether a complex process. But if you want to type a single word or short Arabic expression, this is an easy way to do it. It works when you want to translate one or two words without typing in Arabic. 4. Using Arabic keyboard in Mac You can configure the Arabic Keyboard in Apple devices as well. Here is the procedure.
In the Apple menu, go to the option ‘System Preferences’
You will see a dialogue box which will have ‘Keyboard’ option.
Click on the option ‘Input Methods.’
Click on ‘+’ at the lower left.
You will see a list of foreign languages. Choose Arabic for the option.
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