Interesting formulation.
Who said that?
What do you as a Christian derive from it?
Do you base much of your understanding about God, the message of Jesus (upon him be peace) and how to live your life on this verse?
For me personally, it is a nice metaphor for not judging others...
Shaykh Hamzah Yusuf is one of the most prominent scholars of Islam.
He hails from a Christian background, and was baptised in the Greek Orthodox Church; he subsequently converted to Islam after what you may call “soul searching”.
Having read the letter, I can't fault it. A...
Assalaamoalaikum warahmatullah wabarakataho
Letter to president Obama by Shaykh Hamzah Yusuf:
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It is an extraordinary and momentous event to call you president. Your father was of the Luo clan and, as you know, it would be difficult for a Luo to be elected president in Kenya. In...
Take it easy dear brother:
(Surah Al-Maidah: 8)
“ O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. Deal justly, that is nearer to your duty. Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is Informed of what ye...
I sense much tension in you, seeker of truth.
I suggest you take it easy for a while. Contemplate from my perspective, and please avoid sentiments that allude to antagonism with regards to your postings. You dont know me that well.
I assure you that I am only interested in you verifying...
(PART 1 OF MY RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING POST:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/current-events-social-issues/29159-muslims-mob-attacks-christian-villagers-kasur-district-3.html#post415646 )
Greetings
In all sincerity, the whole article is the culmination of misinformation, bias and...
Disclaimer:
I fear that if I publish my response in one go much of it will be ignored, such is its volume.
For this very reason I deem it best to release my refutation in trilogy form and that way it will be easier to digest. Expect around 3 detailed posts....
- the first will deal...
Know you (all), that the life of this world is but play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting and multiplying (in rivalry) among yourselves, riches and children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth which it brings forth, delight (the hearts of) the tillers; soon it withers; you will...
We do not need permission from Hamid Karzi or Afghanistan for that matter.
In fact, we should start fencing post haste and grab some land in way of compensation and as payment for displaced Afghans causing us trouble.
Actually, scrap the fence. I propose a huge ditch, that way we do not...
Stop hyperventilating.
My assumptions are well grounded and are based on several instances in the past that tie in with what I assumed originally. I read a report recently commissioned by an American agency commenting on the Gujarat riots; the similarity between that report and what I saw...
Brother truth seeker
A link to your source of truth would have sufficed.
Nevertheless, I will go through your material and even the site from where you got it; you have only reproduced a fraction of the material here for me to read.
Expect a refutation within a few days (probably by...