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Wa Alaikum As'salam dear brother Farhan,

Thank you, akhi.  I will insha'Allah update my above post with a detailed article and references.  I'll try to finish it this weekend, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers and sisters in Islam,

I have uploaded a new zip file that contains the scanned processed images up to page 155.  The book is 653 pages.  There are 150 scanned images in the zip file.  However, looking at the volume of images in the directory, I think I am between 1/3 to 1/2 way done.  Anyway, here is the zip file:

http://www.answering-christianity.com/scans_up_to_page_155.zip

This is all of course in Arabic.  My numbers are all in English.  Insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing), once I upload all of the scanned images of all of the processed Noble Verses from the book, then I'll write an equivalent to a translation for the entire book all in English, and I will explain all of the cases in great details all in English, Insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum Beloveds,

Here is a Noble Verse for the Quranie brothers and sisters that works for them and against them:

[003:007]  He it is Who hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture wherein are clear revelations - they are the substance of the Book - and others (which are) allegorical. But those in whose hearts is doubt pursue, forsooth, that which is allegorical seeking (to cause) dissension by seeking to explain it. None knoweth its explanation save Allah. And those who are of sound instruction say: We believe therein; the whole is from our Lord; but only men of understanding really heed.

‏3:7 هو الذي انزل عليك الكتاب منه ايات محكمات هن ام الكتاب واخر متشابهات فاما الذين في قلوبهم زيغ فيتبعون ماتشابه منه ابتغاء الفتنة وابتغاء تاويله ومايعلم تاويله الا الله والراسخون في العلم يقولون امنا به كل من عند ربنا ومايذكر الا اولوا الالباب

There are Noble Verses that are crystal clear.  They're so clear that you don't need Hadiths to further explain them, unless they require detailed explanations, such as Praying and Fasting, etc....  But the Moral Code in the Holy Quran is very rich.  I myself was able to extract 195 of them.  Yes, 195 of them.  These are the Do and Do Not Do Commands in the Holy Quran.  I am one of those Muslims who use the Holy Quran very heavily, and use the Hadiths to the minimum.  This is not because I don't believe in the Hadiths, but rather because I know that the Holy Quran is rich and is filled with Great Commands that are so Rich that they are more than sufficient to keep a True Believer True with Allah Almighty.



Here is the problem for the Quranie Brothers and Sisters:

When you use only the Holy Quran, then you run into the confusion of the allegorical Noble Verses.  Those Noble Verses aren't for just anyone to interpret them.  Otherwise, you'd be guessing and living in conjecture, and conjecture is an evil thing:

[053:028]  But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against Truth.

This is where you need the Guidance of the Hadiths, dear brother Mclinkin94.  You can't just dismiss all of them as falsehood.  And most certainly, no sane person could say that all of them are True and authentic either, especially when they have conspiracies and lies in them against the Prophet, his wives, and the Holy Quran.

Now, one important point to make is that many of those allegorical Noble Verses consist of what we call today the Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran.  So they were purposefully made unclear to the first generation Muslims, because these Noble Verses are for us today to discover their True Meanings, and for the generations to come to further discover more from the Holy Quran.

I hope this helps, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

Frist of all, I don't want to resume the debate about the validity of hadiths and I don't want to prove that your approach toward hadiths is wrong through this question.
I'm curious to know how do you consider the Quran more reliable than hadiths?

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother,

Sorry to answer first when the question wasn't directed to me, but let me share with you my stand on the Hadiths:

1-  I am not a Quran-only.  Visit: www.answering-christianity.com/ac11.htm#links.

2-  I do, however, believe that the Hadiths volumes, ESPECIALLY THE SAHIH ONES, are filled with lies and consipiracies against:

(a)-  Prophet Muhammad (ex: the Prophet got bewtiched by a Jew who supposedly stole a piece of his hair, put it in a comb and hid it under a rock).
(b)-  The daughters of Abu Bakr, especially our mother Aisha.
(c)-  The Caliphs.
(d)-  The Companions.
(e)-  The Holy Quran - having false narrations about so-called missing verses and chapters that were not included in the Holy Quran, when no texts were provided.  Just empty assertions.
(f)-  Islam in general.

For ample more details and examples, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/warning.htm.

3-  I do also believe that our Hadiths narrations about how the Holy Quran was compiled are FALSE!  Here is why:

(a)-  The very complex Text of the Holy Quran clearly shows that it was Divinely Designed, especially when the Holy Text is both Consistent and Miraculous in Its Numerical values even to a vowel level.  Visit: www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#links.

4-  I believe that there was an ORIGINAL copy that was kept in secret during Prophet Muhammad's days, and that Caliph Uthman's committee only took that ORIGINAL copy and duplicated it.  This is also why the Caliph burnt all other false copies.

5-  I don't believe that the Holy Quran was fully compiled only during Caliph Uthman's time.  I believe it was fully compiled during Prophet Muhammad's days.  Again, the Miraculous Complexity of the Holy Quran's Text testifies that there is clearly a Divine Intervention and Design in It.

I hope this helps, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

I wanted to get your views on this.

I also wanted to show 2 articles that suggest hell isn't eternal:

http://www.angelfire.com/bug/answering/hell.htm

http://quransmessage.com/articles/is%20the%20punishment%20of%20hell%20eternal%20FM3.htm

What is very odd is that the first article claims it is written by Osama at the end..But it is not in answering Christianity.

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother Mclinkin94,

Thank you for bringing back this article .  I've written it during the early years of this website.  Now that I read it years later, I see that I've made some very solid arguments.  But I removed the article for two reasons:

1-  This is a topic that is very big to Allah Almighty.  Writing shallow articles about it could be very misleading.

2-  During the times when I desperately needed authors and help to help me tackle the OCEAN of the anti-Islamic articles out there, some of the brothers got to the heads of many my authors, and I was forced to take a vote on whether to keep this article or remove it, and it was voted that I should remove it.  So I removed it to keep the unity.  I couldn't take on the infidels by myself.  So I sacrificed the article. 

But still, even after reading the article years later, I still don't feel comfortable about writing shallow articles about such a deep topic like this.  On a side note, this is what bothers me from false religions and cults like Christianity and Shiism.  They make very very serious and deep claims (Jesus is our Creator [1], His Mother is the Goddess of the Universe [1], Ahlul Bayt people are with GOD Almighty ON HIS THRONE, and His Throne is "under their feet" [2], and that we must seek them for Forgiveness, Mercy, Guidance, Aid [2], etc...) about GOD Almighty that are VERY SERIOUS yet based on very shallow opinions and arguments.  I don't want to be on the same boat as those deviant people, who are the lords of nonsense and noise.



Will a Camel really go through a Needle's Eye?

Let us look at the following Verses:

‏7:40 ان الذين كذبوا باياتنا واستكبروا عنها لاتفتح لهم ابواب السماء ولايدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط وكذلك نجزي المجرمين

"To those who reject Our signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: Such is Our reward for those in sin.  (The Noble Quran, 7:40)"

"Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.'  When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, 'Who then can be saved?'  Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'  (From the NIV Bible, Matthew 19:23-26)"   


Like I said, this article was written during the early years of the website.  I mean, I know well that the Verses that were mentioned (brother Haleem sent them to me) about the Camel going through the needle's eyes from both the Bible and the Holy Quran gave a very sound argument, and quite frankly I till this day love this argument, but I fear there is much to it than what appears on the surface.  We have to be very careful when we exegete the Holy Quran, akhi.  We can't just carelessly write articles.  I also don't want to be making claims such as these if they turn out to be false.  This is almost very personal with GOD Almighty.

Also, the camel going through the needle's eye argument isn't complete for the following reasons:

1-  Allah Almighty could've really meant that it is impossible for the disbelievers to leave Hell, and that Allah Almighty spoke about it in our limited logic and language.

2-  Prophet Jesus' (peace be upon him) Saying about the camel and the needle's eye in the Bible isn't 100% authentic, nor is it Quran.  Therefore, we can't base an entire belief on it.

But yet at the same time, nothing is impossible with Allah Almighty.  So:

1-  Will Allah Almighty really make a camel go through a needle's eye in the Life after and end all punishments in Hell?

2-  Will Allah Almighty eventually empty all Hell, because He is the Most Merciful?

3-  Did not Christ say in the verse above that nothing is impossible with GOD Almighty?

4-  I remember an old American Christian friend of mine told me once that "the needle's eye" also referred to fortresses' openings in the old days where they launched arrows against the incoming enemy from.  So if there is a big enough opening, then certainly a small camel could probably pass through it.

If you also google it, then you'll find that it could also mean a castle's gate.

5-  So will Allah Almighty have a fortress with some opening, or an opening (that would be called a needle's eye) be made in the Life After, and have a Camel pass through it to end all of Hell's punishments?

6-  Will or Would this "needle eye" be referring to an Entrance to Heaven, if Heaven were considered a "fortress"?  So would a Camel pass through one of Heaven's Gates?  Notice again in the Noble Verse above "....no opening will there be of the gates of heaven...."

I don't know, and I don't know if Hell will eventually become empty or not.  I can't make a claim that I am not 100% sure about regarding this, especially on topics like this.  I incline towards Hell will eventually become empty.  After all, Allah Almighty intended for all, including satan himself (who was in Heaven before), to be all in Heaven with GOD Almighty under His Eternal and Divine Love, Mercy, Generosity, Kindness, and most of all Under Him to Worship Him and to Glorify Him for Ever.  But then again, I don't know.  This is one of the mysteries of the unknown, and it was made unknown for us on purpose by Allah Almighty:

"They ask thee concerning the Spirit (of inspiration). Say: "The Spirit (cometh) by command of my Lord: of knowledge it is only a little that is communicated to you, (O men!)"  (The Noble Quran, 17:85)"

I hope this helps, Insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing).  May Allah Almighty bless you, akhi Mclinkin94.  Ameen.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers and sisters,

All Praise and Glory and Thanks are due to Allah Almighty Alone.  I have added the following domains to my list of Islam-defending domains:

www.AljazeeraPlus.org
www.AljazeeraPlus.net

I also want to remind you that I am also the owner of:

www.AljazeeraAmerica.net
www.AljazeeraAmerica.org
www.AljazeerAmerica.com (with a single A connecting the two words)

And like the rest of all of my domains, these domains all route the user to: www.answering-christianity.com.

More are coming, insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing)...

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers and sisters,

I have added some very important images and elaborations to the image: www.answering-christianity.com/main_table.png.  This will Insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing) make it abundantly clear about how when the Alif Vowel is considered an actual letter with a numerical value, and not just a vowel without any numerical value.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah

AsalamuAlaikum.

Ive added more resources to the blog.

Could this be added to the next update brother Osama?

As'salamu Alaikum dear brother,

I will get to it by this weekend, insha'Allah.  I am sorry for taking too long.  Please also feel free to post the updates under the "Open Defects" thread.  But either way, I will get to your posts and all other posts by this weekend, insha'Allah.

Take care,
Osama Abdallah