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Part2

ToClearSomeoftheMisconceptions

ABOUT:

1. THEISLAM--AL-ISLAM;

2. TheHolyQUR'AN;

3. ANDTHEAGAKHAN;



mustread-115%QUR'ANbasedreplywithaveryimportantandtimely
fulfillmentofa2-part-QUR'ANICprophecy--seedetailsbelow.

SPECIALNOTE

theeventsdepictedbelow,showwithoutadoubtthataveryimportantand
timely2-part-QUR'ANICprophecyhadbeenfulfilledinNOORMawlana
HazarImam[1]WHENHERECEIVEDHisRoyalHighnessthe
Prince[2]ofWalesandhisentourage[2],attheIsmailiCentre,London
NOVEMBER18,2010.

recentlyupdated

Monday,January24,2011

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Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

inthenameofAllah,ir-Rahman,
ir-Rahim

‘Bismillah–786’

786whatitis?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNraVirlP8U


AnyonewhoknowsSanskritcantryreadingthesymbolfor“OM”
backwardsintheArabicwayandmagicallythenumbers786willappear!

INDIAANDARABIA--

AND/OR

HINDUISMANDISLAM

UNDER

THEQUR'ANICPLURALISM

irrefutable&collaborativeevidence

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PLURALISMINTHEISLAMRELIGION--Al-'IslāmaDīnāa

TransitionFromtheprimalandprimordialHindureligioninits
pristinepurity,ToIslamAnd/orContinuationThereofIn
ContextOfONLYTHEISLAMRELIGION--ULISLAAMA
DIYNAA*

Abduar-Rahman,

As-salaam-o-aleikum


pleaseallowmetoclearsomeoftheremainingmisconceptionsyouhave
erroneouslyentertainedandpropagated:

AGAINST:

1. THEISLAM--AL-ISLAM;

2. TheHolyQUR'AN;

3. ANDTHEAGAKHAN;

itmustbenotedrightoffthebatthattheauthorofthefollowingarticle
namely,'HistoryofImamatDayJuly11'-ResponsesBy:Abdu
ar-RahmanonJune30,2008,hadcontradictedtheHolyQUR'ANinmore
waysthanone.

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excerpts

BY:Abduar-Rahman
abu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com

CC:

WELCOMETOHUNZATIMES
VOICEOFGILGITBALTISTAN

hunzatimes@live.com;

sherafzalhunzai@aol.com;

sherafzalhunzai@hunzavalley.com;

sherafzal@live.com;

sherafzalhamiya@gmail.com;

sa_hunzai@yahoo.com;

webmaster@hunzamodelacademy.20m.com;

iqbalburcha@yahoo.com;

hunzai@wanadoo.fr;

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at10:32PM
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[snip]

Thetranslationoftheword‘muslim’isasfollows:onewho
submitshis/herwilltoAllah(swt).Bearingthisinmind,ifone
callshim/herselfaMuslim,onehastoabidebythelawsand
commandsofAllah(swt).

SowhatarethesecommandsofAllah(swt).

Inshort,theyaretoworshipnonebutAllah(swt),[1]

topray5timesaday

1. #1.(asNARRATEDbytheProphet(p.b.u.h.),

2. #2.andtheCOMPANIONSoftheProphet,

3. #3.andasCOMMANDEDbyAllah(swt)



tofastthemonthofRamadhan,

topaythezakat(2.5%ofone’stotalwealth),

andtomakeHajjifoneisfinanciallycapableofit.

“ThemonthofRamadhanisthatinwhich

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1. theQur’anwasrevealed,aguidancetomen

2. ==>andclearclearproofsoftheguidance

3. andthedistinction;

4. thereforewhoeverofyouispresentinthemonth,

5. heshallfasttherein,

[snip]2:185

“AndproclaimamongmenthePILGRIMAGE:

theywillCOMETO

YOUonfoot;

andoneveryleancamel,"

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,ali
kenadian ]

continued

“AndproclaimamongmenthePILGRIMAGE:theywill
COMETOYOUonfootandoneverylean
camel,comingfromeveryremotepath,thattheymay
witnessadvantagesforthemandmentionthenameof
AllahduringstateddaysoverwhatHehasgiventhemof
thecattlequadrupeds,theneatofthemandfeedthe
distressedone,theneedy.Thenletthemaccomplishtheir
needfulactsofshavingandcleansing,andletthemfulfil

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theirvowsandletthemgoroundtheAncientHouse.That
shallbeso);andwhoeverrespectsthesacredordinances
ofAllah,itisbetterforhimwithhisLord;andthecattle
aremadelawfulforyou,exceptthatwhichisrecitedto
you,thereforeavoidtheuncleannessoftheidolsand
avoidfalsewords”22:27-30

[SNIP]

IURGEthereaderofthistoFOLLOWTHAT
WHICH--[Mā--HEWHO,emphasisadded,ali
kenadian],Allah(swt)hasordained,

andstayawayfromthatwhichAllah(swt)has
forbidden.

i. WorshipAllah(swt)ALONE,[I1]

ii. DONOTascribepartnerstoHim,

iii. ifyoudoIFEARthePUNISHMENTofAllah
(swt)foryou.

KnowthatyourLordisOne,

Heisnothuman,

nordoesHehavehumanattributes.

AgaKhanisnotAllah(swt)norishereceiving
guidancefromAllah(swt).Ifhewas,hewouldurge

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youtoobeyAllah(swt).

a. TheQur’anisthebestguidance,

b. thisistheguidanceofAllah(swt),

c. YOUDONOTNEEDsomeonetointerpretit
foryou.

d. Readitandbecomeofthesuccessful.

1. IextendmyhandandINVITEyoutoIslam,

2. tothewayoftheProphet(p.b.u.h.),

3. IINVITEyoutotheworshipofAllah(swt)
ALONE.[II1]

4. Ifyouacceptyouwillbesuccessful,

5. youwillenterPARADISEinshAllah.

SaveyourselvesfromaFire(Hellfire),whosefeulis
menandstones.AcceptIslambeforeadaycomes
whenyouwillonlyhave2OPTIONS,Hellor
Paradise(theDayofJudgement).

IpraythatthereaderswillacceptTHIS
INVITATIONandlearnmoreaboutthetrueIslam
–

thereligionof==>Allah(p.b.u.h.)[i]

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==>AND

theIslamof==>theProphet(p.b.u.h.)[ii]

andhiscompanions.

Abduar-Rahman

Feelfreetocontactmeat
abu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com

http://hunzatimes.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/history-of-imamat-
day-july-11/

http://www.hunzatimes.com/

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,alikenadian
]

andjustfortherecord,Abduar-Rahmanabu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com,
youhavenotasyetrepliedtopart1ofthisQUR'ANbasedreply/article.

anyhow,allowmetocontinuewithpart2ofthisQUR'ANbased
reply/articleaswell.

QUESTION

firstof,whydidAllahhavetotakeadistant3rdpositionin
yourformofIslam,Abduar-Rahman?

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topray5timesaday

#1.(asNARRATEDbytheProphet
(p.b.u.h.),

#2.andtheCOMPANIONSoftheProphet,

==>#3.andasCOMMANDEDbyAllah
(swt)

likewise,whydidtheHolyProphet(p.b.u.h.)andhis
companions;

takeprecedentOVERALLAH,inyourformofIslam,
Abduar-Rahman???

andwhydidthereligionoftheHolyProphet(p.b.u.h.)
andhiscompanions;

SUPERSEDEthereligionofAllah,inyourformofIslam,
Abduar-Rahman??

andalsowhydidsomeoftheadulterated/contradictory
SUNNIAĥādīthi[plural];

takeprecedenceOVERTHEHOLYQUR'AN,inyour
formofIslam,Abduar-Rahman??

onwhatbasisorauthoritydidyoujudgeAND/OR
condemntheshiaimamiismailimuslims?

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inshort,WEREYOUPLAYINGGODbyanychance,
Abduar-Rahman??

explainthemeaningof:

a. thereligionofAllah(p.b.u.h.)[i]

b. WHYAllah(p.b.u.h.)[i]

c. WHYwereyoutryingtoreformthepureandpristine
religionofAllahwithyourinnovations?

restassured,thehumanhistoryisrepletewithsuchexamples:

(Matthew15:3KJV)

Buthe[JesusChrist]answeredandsaiduntothem,
WhydoyealsotransgressthecommandmentofGod
byyourtradition?

(Mark7:13KJV)

MakingthewordofGodofnoneeffectthrough
yourtradition,whichyehavedelivered:andmany
suchlikethingsdoye.

andonlyafewcenturieslater,theHolyProphetandMessenger[SAS],
criedouttoRabbihi--HISLORDinstead,likeso:

treatedthisQUR'ANasaforsakenthing.

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1.Surah25.Al-Furqan

25:30waqaalarrasuuluyaarab-biin-naqawmit
takhadhuuhaadhalqur'aanamahjuuraa

25:30.AndtheMessengercriedout:OmyLord!
surelymypeoplehavetreatedthisQuranasa
forsakenthing.
Shakir'sQuranTranslation

25:31.

1. AndthushaveWemadeforeveryprophet

2. anenemyfromamongthesinners

3. wakafaabirab-bikahaadiyawwanaSiyraa

4. andsufficientisyourLordasaGuideanda
Helper.

afolkwhobelievenot.

2.Surah43.Az-Zukhruf

88.Andhesaith:OmyLord!Lo!thoseareafolk
whobelievenot.

89.Thenbearwiththem(OMuhammad)andsay:
Peace.Buttheywillcometoknow.

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TheirTalkGrievethThee

3.Surah6.Al-An'am(CATTLE)

6:33.

a. Weknowwellhowtheirtalkgrieveththee,

b. thoughintruththeydenynotthee
(Muhammad)

WHYELSEDidTheirTalkGrievethHim?

biaayaatil-laahiyajHaduun
SCORNTheRevelationsOfAllah

a. walaakin-naZZaalimiyna

b. biaayaatil-laahiyajHaduun

c. butevil-doers

d. SCORNTheRevelationsOfAllah.

i. /itisTHESIGNSOFALLAH,

ii. whichthewickedcontemn
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation/YusufAli's
QuranTranslation

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,
alikenadian ]

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AllahHimselfhadusedverystronglanguagetocondemntheevil-doers--
Zaalimiyn.andthereisnoshortageofthem--Zaalimiyn,evennow.

COMPARE

18)SūratAl-Kahf

iftheybelievenotinthis--BihadhāAl-Ĥadīthi,

thatthou(Muhammad)wilttorment/KILLthysoulwithgrief

Al-ĤamduLillāhiAl-Ladhī
PraisebetoAllahWhohath
'Anzala`Alaá`AbdihiAl-Kitāba
revealedtheScriptureuntoHis
WaLamYaj`alLlahu`Iwajā
slave,andhathnotplacedtherein
(1). anycrookedness,

Fala`allakaBākhi`unNafsaka Yetitmaybe,iftheybelievenotin
`Alaá'Āthārihim'InLam this--BihadhāAl-Ĥadīthi,that
Yu'uminūBihadhāAl-Ĥadīthi thou(Muhammad)wilt
'Asafāan torment/KILLthysoulwithgrief

(6). overtheirfootsteps.

restassured,nohuman-beingcouldevercomprehendtheextantofhis
anguishand/ordofulljusticetothesame,whichstandstrueeventoday.

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unfortunately,theHolyProphetandMessenger's[SAS]heartwrenching
grievingcontinuednon-stopeversince.

believeme,notmuchhadchangedinspiteofit.

THEDIVINEPLURALISM

RejectingTheDivineĤadīthin

1. Ba`da--AFTER

2. AllāhiWa'ĀyātihiandHis'Āyāt

JathiyaSurah(45)

045:006

1. Theseare'Āyātullāhi--RevelationsofAllah;

2. Werecitetothee

3. WITHTHETRUTH--BIL-Ĥaqq.

4. InwhichĤadīthin

5. Ba`da--AFTER

6. AllāhiWa'Āyātihi--andHis'Āyāt

7. dotheybelieve?

[QuranTranslation&[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringthe
originaltext,alikenadian ]

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THEDIVINEPLURALISM

QUESTION:

REFLECTIONANDCONTEMPLATION:

a. doyouknowwhatisthemeaningandsignificanceof:

b. 'Werecitetothee'WITHTHETRUTH--BIL-Ĥaqq'?

c. WHOIS'AL-Ĥaqq'?

d. WHEREIS'AL-Ĥaqq'in2010?

e. thatsaid,whatisthesignificanceof'AL-Ĥaqq',

f. inamuslim'sdailylifeandthepracticeofIslam?

g. alsodoyouknowwhatisthemeaningof:

h. THEDIVINEPLURALISMin045:006?

i. andinamuslim'sdailylifeandthepracticeofIslam?

perhapsnot,asitseemstobethecasehere.

inotherwords,thiswastheprimalandprimordialevidence&proofof:

i. ==>THEIR--JOINTDIVINEĤadīth;

ii. ==>WHICHWASONEANDTHESAME;

iii. ==>FURTHER,ONLYALLAHhadactuallyJOINED;

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iv. ==>andEXALTEDTHEM;

v. ==>untoHimself

vi. ==>&HISWORSHIP.

excerpt

"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies"
butinALLENCOMPASSINGUNITY
(AgaKhanIV,SpeechtotheAsiaSociety,NewYork,
USA,September251979)

MAKETHECONNECTION

Surah2.002.027
a.ThosewhobreakthecovenantofAllah
b.afterratifyingit,

c.ANDSEVER

d.*MAA--HEWHO/THAT*which--

e.COMMANDEDALLAH

*BIHII--UNTOHIMBEJOINED*

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[SeealsoHQ:13:19-25]

INSHA'ALLAHtheaforesaidwillbecomeMOREapparentaswe
progressherein.

VIOLATIONOFTHEHOLYQUR'AN

wasnotAbduar-Rahmanacting;

asajudgeinplaceofALLAH;

aswell,anewprophetandtheimam,inthisdayandage?

and/orwashenottryingtoguide/INVITE;

thecurrentmuslimstosomethingotherthanthetrueislam,

despitehisbombasticclaim?

pleasenotethatwherevertheterm'ISLAM'hadbeenusedhereinwithout
theparticle'al-the'-thereferencewasstilltoTHEISLAMRELIGION
--Al-'IslāmaDīnāa*,asrevealedanddefinedONLYintheHolyQUR'AN
andbyHisHighnesstheAgaKhan,respectively.

ASCRIPTURAL-BASEDINTRODUCTION

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alsopleasereadthefollowingscripture-basedintrobeforeyourushto
uninformedormisinformedjudgmentandtherebyincurthedispleasure
orwrathofAllah.

rememberthatonlyAllahistheJUDGE.MālikiYawmid-Dīn(4).--
MasteroftheDayofJudgment;

andeveryfaithful&piousmuslimprayslikeso:

1)SūratAl-Fātiĥah

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-
ir-Rahim

inthenameof
Allah,ir-Rahman,ir-Rahim

Al-Ĥamdu ALLTHE
Lillāhi- Praiseisdue

Rabbil- toAllah,

`Ālamīn Lordofthe

(2). Worlds

Ar-Raĥmānir
Ar-Raĥmānir Raĥīm;
Raĥīm


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(3).

Māliki Masterofthe
Yawmid-Dīn Dayof

(4). Judgment;

'Īyāka TheeWE
Na`budu- worship;

Wa'Īyāka andTheeWE
Nasta`īn askforhelp.


(5).

ihdinâs-sirât Showusthe
al-mustaqîm straightpath,
(6).

Thepathof
sirâtal-ladhîna
those
an`amta
whomThou
`alayhim
hastfavoured;
(7).

ghayr Notthe
il-maghdûbi (path)of
`alayhim- thosewho

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earnThine
walad-dâlîn angernorof
thosewhogo
(7).
astray.

http://wahiduddin.net/quran/fatiha.htm

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,alikenadian
]

soletustryNOTtoplayGodourselves.

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AgaKhanisnotAllah(swt)norishereceivingguidancefrom
Allah(swt).Ifhewas,hewouldurgeyoutoobeyAllah(swt).

firstof,wishyoucouldhavetoldusalittlebitmoreaboutAllah-AS
REVEALEDONLYintheHolyQUR'AN,andnotaboutyourfaith
basedperceptionofHim.andsinceyouhavenotatthistime,itisdifficult
toascertainwhatexactlywasgoingoninyourinmindthen.

pleasenotethatitisveryimportanttoknowandunderstandwhatELSE
theHolyQUR'ANandotherscripturessayinthisregard,beforerushing
tojudgmentorbeforeprejudgingsomebodyduetolackof

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understanding/knowledge,etc.

SUBJECT

theHOLY-H6918

(Proverbs9:10RNKJV)

1. ThefearoftheLORD--YHVH
2. isthebeginningofwisdom:

andtheknowledge

oftheHOLY-H6918

isunderstanding.

saiththeHOLYONE.

(Isaiah40:25RNKJV)

Towhomthenwillyelikenme,
orshallIbeequal?
saiththeHOLYH6918ONE.

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

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kaw-doshe',kaw-doshe'

FromH6942;sacred(ceremoniallyormorally);(as
noun)God(byeminence),anangel,asaint,a
sanctuary:-holy(One),saint.

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1. AgaKhanisnotAllah(swt)[1]
2. norishereceivingguidancefromAllah(swt).[2]
3. Ifhewas,hewouldurgeyoutoobeyAllah(swt).[3]

QUESTION

doyouknowthemeaningof(swt),[1-3]

perhapsyoudon't.

anyway,allowmetopresentthemeaningof:(swt)[1-3],shortfor-

SubĥānahuWaTa`ālaá--HOLYH6918isHe,andHighExalted....

16)SūratAn-Naĥl

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'Ataá'AmrullāhiFalāTasta`jilūhuSubĥānahuWa
Ta`ālaá`AmmāYushrikūn

(1).

016:001Sherali

ThedecreeofALLAHisathand,soseekyenotto
hastenit.

HolyisHEandexaltedfaraboveall

thatwhichtheyassociatewithHIM.

[DiscoveringIslamhttp://www.discoveringislam.org
/quran-in-english/quran_16.htm]

andtheHolyH6918One

(Habakkuk3:3ERRB)

a. GodElohah[ilahvis-à-visAllah]
b. camefromTeman,
c. andtheHolyH6918One
d. frommountParan.[ISHMAEL]
e. Selah.
f. Hisglorymajestycoveredtheheavens,
g. andtheearthwasfulloffilledwithhispraisehalal.

i. fromTeman—thecountrysouthofJudeaandnear
Edom,
ii. inwhichlattercountryMountParanwassituated

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[Henderson].
iii. “Paran”isthedesertregion,extendingfromthesouthof
JudahtoSinai.
iv. Seir,Sinai,andParanareadjacenttooneanother,
v. andarehenceassociatedtogether,
vi. inrespecttoGod’sgivingofthelaw(Deu_33:2).
vii. TemanissoidentifiedwithSeirorEdom,
viii. asheretobesubstitutedforit.

Habakkuk

A. appealstoGod’sgloriousmanifestations
B. toHispeopleatSinai,asthegroundforpraying
C. thatGodwill“reviveHiswork”(Hab_3:2)now.
D. ForHeisthesameGodnowasever.

(Habakkuk3:3Translit)

1. `elOhamiTaymaN
2. yaVO`v'kadO$H6918mahar´pa`raN
3. selah
4. cisah$amayiMhovdOuT'hilaTO
5. mal'`ahha`aretz

Hab3:3

God—singularintheHebrew,“Eloah,”

insteadof“Elohim,”plural,usuallyemployed.

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Thesingularisnotfoundinanyotheroftheminorprophets,or
Jeremiah,orEzekiel;

butitisinIsaiah,Daniel,Job,andthe5thBookofTorah/of
Moses,calledDeuteronomyChapter32:15,17];

[&thenewtestament-TheFirstEpistleofPaultothe
CorinthiansChapter10:20,21].

GODELOHAH--

ILAH–ALLAH??



HebrewNamesofGod

EloahandEloahConstructsgiveninTanakh

·theSAMEDIVINENAME

ISFOUNDINARABIC(ILAHassingular"agod",

 Introduction

ThewordEloahisthesingular

·(ordual)ofElohim

·andappearsmorethan70timesintheTanakh,

·primarilyinmorepoeticpassages.

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·Theroot-meaningofthewordisunknown.

·

·ItisgenerallythoughtthattheSAMEDIVINENAME

·ISFOUNDINARABIC(ILAHassingular"agod",

·asopposedtoAllahmeaning"TheGod"or"God")

·andinAramaic(Elah).

·

·NotethatthefinalHeyusesaMappiq,andthesyllableusesthe
furtivepatach(e-lo-ah).

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/Eloha/eloha.html

59)SūratAl-Ĥashr

Huwal-Malikul-Quddūsus-Salāmu

HEIS,theSovereignLord,theHolyOne,Peace,

1. Huwallāhul-Ladhī 1. HeisAllah,WHO

2. Lā'Ilāha'Illā 2. noGodexcept

3. Huwal-Malikul-Quddūsus- 3. HEIS,theSovereignLord,
Salāmu theHolyOne,Peace,

4. Al-Mu'uminuAl-Muhayminu 4. theKeeperofFaith,the

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Guardian,theMajestic,the
Al-`AzīzuAl-Jabbāru
Compeller,theSuperb.
Al-Mutakabbiru
5. Glorifiedbe/HOLYIS
5. SubĥānaAllāhi
ALLAH
6. `AmmāYushrikūna
6. fromallthattheyascribeas
(23). partner(untoHim).

Al-Malikul-Quddūs

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

kaw-doshe',kaw-doshe'

62)SūratAl-Jum`ah

Al-MalikiAl-Quddūsi

theSovereignLord,theHolyOne,

YusabbiĥuLillāhi Allthatisintheheavensandall
thatisintheearthglorifiethAllah,
Mā--HEWHOFīAs-Samāwāti

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WaMā-HEWHOFīAl-'Arñi
theSovereignLord,theHoly
Al-MalikiAl-QuddūsiH6918
One,
Al-`Azīzil-Ĥakīm
theMighty,theWise.
(1).

Al-MalikiAl-Quddūsi

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

kaw-doshe',kaw-doshe'

FromH6942;sacred(ceremoniallyormorally);(asnoun)God(by
eminence),anangel,asaint,asanctuary:-holy(One),saint.

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

Surah33.Al-Ahzab

#A(33:33)--THEPURIFIED&HOLYAHLAL-BAYTI

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#B(33:34)--theRevelationsofAllahandwisdom

.....Wa (33:33)
'Aqimnaș-
ȘalāataWa Beregularin

'Ātīnaz-Zakāata prayer,andpay
Wa thepoor-due,

'Aţi`anallāha andobeyAllah

WaRasūlahu andHis
messenger.


'Innamā
verilythat
Yurīdullāhu
Allah'swish

Liyudh/hiba
isbuttoremove
`Ankum
uncleannessfar
Ar-Rijsa
fromyou,O
'Ahlal-Bayti
Folkofthe
Household,

Wa
Yuţahhirakum
andcleanseyou
Taţhīrāa
withathorough

(33:33) cleansing.

(33:34).
WaĀdhkurna
Andbearin
MāYutlaáFī
mindthatwhich
Buyūtikunna
isrecitedinyour
houses

Min'Āyātillāhi

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ofthe
Revelationsof

Wal-Ĥikmati Allah

'InnallāhaKāna andwisdom.
Laţīfāan
Khabīrāa
Lo!Allahis
(33:34). Subtile,Aware.

[Pooya/AliCommentary5:55]

ThewordinnamamakesthedecisionofAllahfinaland
decisive.

33.33:

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

Revised&EditedVERSION

3715-Ahlal-Baiti.e.thehouseholdoftheProphet(SAS)
which
includeshiswivesas

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wellashisdaughterFatima,
hisson-in-law'Ali
andhisgrandsonsHassanandHusain

generallyinaccordance
withthenarrativeofUmmSalama.

ThePresidencyofIslamicResearches,IFTA,Calland
Guidance,TheHolyQuran,EnglishTranslationofthe
MeaningsandCommentary.Al-Madinah,SaudiArabia:King
FahdHolyQuranPrintingComplex,1410AH.,pp.1251).

referencestoTHEMASCULINEGENDER(wordslike
An'kumandYu'tahirukum)

Tibari,thegreathistorian,

writesinhisinterpretationoftheHolyQur'anthat
ProphetMuhammad(p.b.u.h.)said,"ThisAyahwas
arevelationaboutme,Ali,Fatima,Al-Hasanand
Al-Husain.

ItistruethatthisAyahisrevealedamidstverses
referringtothewivesoftheProphet,

however,referencestoTHEMASCULINE
GENDER(wordslikeAn'kumandYu'tahirukum)

PREVENTSONEfromassumingthattheseverses
werereferringtothewivesofAllah'sMessenger,
too.

Onthecontrary,accordingtooft-repeated

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narrationsandtestimonials,noonebutthedaughter
oftheProphetandherhusbandandtheirtwo
belovedboys,meaningtheprogenyofthe
MessengerofGod,areintendedwhenreferences
aremadetoAhlul-Bayt.
<http://www.hadith.net/english/prophet
/household.htm>

YusufAli'sCommentary--

TheOriginalPublishedCommentary

33.33:

C3715pp.1066[amanacorporationisbn0-915957-033-5.
noticetheTRANSITIONinthisclausetoTHEMASCULINE
GENDER,whilebeforethistheverbsandpronounswerein
theFEMININEgenderasreferringtotheconsorts.

thestatementinthisclauseisnowmoregeneralincluding
(besidestheconsorts)thewholefamilynamelyfatimahthe
daughter;alitheson-in-law,andtheirsonshasanandhusayn,
thebelovedgrandsonsoftheprophet.
THEMASCULINEGENDER,isusedgenerally,inspeaking
ofamixedassemblyofmenandwomen.
=

YusufAli'sCommentary--

TheOriginalPublishedCommentary

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1. noticetheTRANSITIONinthisclauseto
THEMASCULINEGENDER,

2. THEMASCULINEGENDER

1stversion33.33:C3715pp.1066[amanacorporationisbn
0-915957-033-5.]

noticetheTRANSITIONinthisclauseto

THEMASCULINEGENDER,

whilebeforethistheverbsandpronouns

wereintheFEMININEgenderasreferringto
theconsorts.

thestatementinthisclauseisnowmore
generalincluding

(besidestheconsorts)

thewholefamilynamely

fatimahthedaughter;

alitheson-in-law,

andtheirsonshasanandhusayn,

thebelovedgrandsonsoftheprophet.

THEMASCULINEGENDER

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isusedgenerally,

inspeakingofamixedassembly

ofmenandwomen.

http://www.geocities.ws/kenadian2003
/salwat_hulusi_kmghouri.htm

[Pooya/AliCommentary2:39]

Theliteralmeaningofayatissign.EveryverseoftheQuranis
asign(ayat)becauseitdrawstheattentionofthereadertoits
meaning.

ButAllah'ssigns,intheperfectsense,arethosebeingswhose
holypersonalitiesdrawtheattentionofthehumanbeingstothe
gloryofAllah.

EveryprophetofAllah,duringhistime,wasasignofAllah,

andtheHolyProphet,the(?)ImamsandBibiFatimah
aretheconclusivesignsofAllah.

Thegrammaticalstructureofthewholeclause

[Pooya/AliCommentary33:33]

AqaMahdiPuyasays:
(i)Innama(verilyoronly)signifiesexclusivedistinction.

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Toemphasisethisexclusiveness,thesecondobjectoftheverb
yudh-hiba(keepoff)-thephraseankum(fromyou)-hasbeen
putbeforethefirstobjectrijs(uncleanness);andforfurther
emphasis,thephraseAhlulBaythasbeenmentionedto
explainthepronounankum(fromyou).

Thegrammaticalstructureofthewholeclauseindicatesthat
thisauniqueprivilegeordistinctiongrantedtotheAhlulBayt
only,excludingallothers.
(ii)
Theverbyuriduimpliesthatthecontinuouswillorintentionof
AllahisHiscreativewillorintention,notlegislative.

TointerpretthewillasthelegislativewillasinMa-idah:6,
distortsthewholefabricoftheverseandrendersmeaningless
theexclusiveparticleandtheconstructionalarrangement.

EventhenitmeansthatonlytheAhlulBaytexclusively
achievedthestandard.
(iii)

Thisverseisaprefacetoverses77to79ofalWaqi-ah:

i. "VERILYTHISISANHONOURABLE
(KARIM)QURAN,
ii. inahidden(preserved)book,
iii. whichnoonecantouchsavethepurified."
iv. (Refertopage3.)

(iv)

TheexcellencesofAhlulBaythavebeenopenlydemonstrated
intheeventofmubahilah(refertothecommentaryofAli
Imran:61).

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http://www.al-islam.org/quran/

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

EVENONE'SCHILDRENANDCHILDREN'S
CHILDREN.

*2353-TheexpressionAhlal-Baitapplies

principallyandprimarilytotheHolyProphet'swives.
.....

Initswidersense,however,itincludesallmembers
ofafamily

whoformone'shousehold,

EVENONE'SCHILDRENANDCHILDREN'S
CHILDREN.

[AhmadiQur'an,pp.908,publishedundertheauspicesHzt.
MirzaTahirAhmad].

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

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qakdokshqakdoksh

ahlal-bayt;ahlal-bait'
ASWELLASTHEIRPROGENY.

Lit.‘thepeopleofthehouse’,meaning

1. theProphetMuhammad;

2. andmembersofhishouseholdincluding
especially;

3. hiscousinandson–in–law‘Alib.AbiTalib;

4. hisdaughterFatima;

5. andhisgrandsonsal–Hasanandal–Husayn;

6. ASWELLASTHEIRPROGENY.

http://www.iis.ac.uk/glossary_list.asp?f=a&
t=c&l=en

COMPARE

THEHUMAN'Āyatan

19)SūratMaryam

#1.WaLinaj`alahu'ĀyatanLilnnāsiWaRaĥmatanMinnā;

And(itwillbe)thatWemaymakeofhimaREVELATION
formankindandaMERCYfromUs,

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19:36

1. wain-nal-laaharab-biywarab-bukum
2. fa’Åbuduuh*
3. haadhaaSiraaTummustaqiym

19:36.

1. AndsurelyAllahismyLordandyourLord,
2. thereforeserveHim;
3. this/thatistherightpath.
Shakir'sQuranTranslation

23)SūratAl-Mu'uminūna

#2WaJa`alnāAbnaMaryamaWa'Ummahu'Āyatan

AndWemadethesonofMaryandhismothera
REVELATION,

ThisistheONLYSURAHwhichbegins

withthese5-FIVEAbbreviatedLetters,

K.H.Y.A.S.

ANDINISLAM5-FIVEISALWAYSASSOCIATED

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WITHTHE5-FIVEHOLYONES--[PBUTH]

ahlal-bayt;ahlal-bait'
ASWELLASTHEIRPROGENY

Kāf-Hā-Yā-`Ayn-Șād Kaf.Ha.Ya.A'in.Sad.

(1).

19.1:
C2455.ThisistheonlySurawhichbeginswiththese5-FIVEAbbreviated
Letters,K.H.Y.A.S.ForAbbreviatedLettersgenerally,seeAppendix1.
YusufAli'sCommentaryfromQuranTrans

Hesaid:So(itwillbe).ThyLordsaith:
QālaKadhālikiQālaRabbuki ItiseasyforMe.
Huwa`AlayyaHayyinun
AndthatWemaymakeofhima
WaLinaj`alahu'Āyatan revelationformankindandamercy
LilnnāsiWaRaĥmatanMinnā fromUs,

WaKāna'AmrāanMaqñīyāan anditisathingordained.

(21). Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

23)SūratAl-Muminun AndWemadethesonofMaryand
hismotheraREVELATION,

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WaJa`alnāAbnaMaryamaWa
'Ummahu'Āyatan

andWegavethemrefugeona
Wa'Āwaynāhumā'IlaáRabwatin height,aplaceofflocksand
DhātiQarārinWaMa`īnin watersprings.

(50).

RECAP

oftheHOLY-H6918

(Proverbs9:10RNKJV)

1. ThefearoftheLORD--YHVH
2. isthebeginningofwisdom:

andtheknowledge

oftheHOLY-H6918

isunderstanding.

(Isaiah40:25RNKJV)

Towhomthenwillyelikenme,
orshallIbeequal?
saiththeHOLYONE.

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COMPARE

H6918

‫קדשׁקדושׁ‬

qakdokshqakdoksh

Surah33.Al-Ahzab

#A(33:33)--THEPURIFIED&HOLYAHLAL-BAYTI

#B(33:34)--theRevelationsofAllahandwisdom

excerpts

note:

1. temptedtoplayGodthemselves;
2. recognisingtheirhumilitybeforetheDivine;
3. see“THEOTHER”asanopportunityandablessing;

SpeechbyHisHighnesstheAgaKhanattheGraduation
CeremonyoftheMastersofPublicAffairs(MPA)Programme
attheInstitutd’EtudesPolitiquesdeParis(SciencesPo)

SourceAKDN.org

15June2007

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Oneofthegreatstumblingblockstotheadvanceof
pluralism,inmyview,issimplehumanarrogance.
Alloftheworld’sgreatreligionswarnagainstself
righteousness-yettoomanyarestilltemptedtoplay
Godthemselves-ratherthanrecognisingtheir
humilitybeforetheDivine.

Acentralelementinatrulyreligiousoutlook,it
seemstome,isarecognitionthatweallhaveagreat
dealtolearnfromoneanother.

TheHolyQuranspeaksofhowmankindhasbeen
createdbyasingleCreator“fromasinglesoul…”–
aprofoundaffirmationoftheunityofhumanity.

“THEOTHER”

Thespiritofpluralismisnotapallidreligious
compromise.

Itisasacredreligiousimperative.

Inthislight,ourdifferencescanbecomesourcesof
enrichment,

sothatwesee“THEOTHER”asanopportunity
andablessing-whether“THEOTHERlivesacross
thestreet-oracrosstheworld.

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,alikenadian ]




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excerpt

"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies"
butinALLENCOMPASSINGUNITY
(AgaKhanIV,SpeechtotheAsiaSociety,NewYork,
USA,September251979)

COMPARE---PLURALISM

2:136.Say:Webelievein

BillāhiWaMāandHEWHO--andthat-whichisrevealeduntous;

1. WaMāandHEWHO'Unzila'Ilaá'IbrāhīmaWa'Ismā`īla;

2. WaMāandHEWHO--andthatwhichwasrevealedUNTO
ABRAHAMANDISHMAEL;

andIsaac,andJacob,andthetribes;

WaMāandHEWHO--andthatwhichMosesandJesusreceived;

WaMāandHEWHO--andthatwhichtheprophetsreceivedfrom
theirLord.

noteveryclosely:

a. andUNTOHIMwehavesurrendered;[singular]

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THEPROFOUNDUNITYINDIVERSITY

1. LāNufarriquBayna'AĥadinMINHUM;[plural]

2. WaNaĥnuLAHUMuslimūn;[singular]

a. WemakeNODISTINCTIONbetweenANYOFTHEM;
[plural]

b. andUNTOHIMwehavesurrendered;[singular]

compare

[Pooya/AliCommentary5:55]

Theconstructionofthesentence

ANDTHEWORDWALI,

USEDINSINGULAR

FORALLTHETHREE;

http://quran.al-islam.org/

Surah5.Al-Maidah

THEPARTYOFALLAH

5:55in-namaaWALIY-yukumul-laahuwarasuuluhuuwal-ladhiyna
aamanul-ladhiynayuqiymuunaSSalaatawayu'tuunazzakaatawahum

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raaki'UUn

5:55.OnlyAllahisyourWALIY--ValiandHisMessengerandthosewho
believe,thosewhokeepupprayersandpaythepoor-ratewhiletheybow.

5:56wamayYATAWAL-LAL-LAAHAwarasuulahuuwal-ladhiyna
aamanuufain-naHizbal-laahihumulgaalibuun

5:56.AndwhoevertakesAllahandHismessengerandthosewhobelieve
foraFRIEND/GUARDIAN,thensurelyTHEPARTYOFALLAHare
theythatshallbetriumphant.

Shakir'sQuranTranslation

[Pooya/AliCommentary5:55]

ThewordinnamamakesthedecisionofAllah(thatHe,theHolyProphet
andAlialonearethemastersofthebelievers)finalanddecisive.

Theconstructionofthesentence

ANDTHEWORDWALI,

USEDINSINGULAR

FORALLTHETHREE;

meansthatwilayahofallthethreeisessentiallyoneinnatureaswellasin
effect.

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COMPARE

PLURALISM

[A]'UNITYINDIVERSITY'

66)SūratAt-Taĥrīm

1. Fa'innallāhaHuwaMawlāhu

2. THENVERILYAllah,

3. HEISHISMAULA--PROTECTOR

4. WaJibrīlu--ANDGabriel

5. WaȘāliĥul-ANDtherighteousONE

6. [ONLYONE--singular]

66:4and(--)righteousONEamongthose
YusufAli'sQuranTranslation

[B]UNITYINDIVERSITY

Then,lo!Allahisanenemytothedisbelievers.

Surah2.Al-Baqara:97,98;

[A]PLURALISM [A]PLURALISM

UNITYINDIVERSITY UNITYINDIVERSITY

1. Fa'innallāhaHuwaMawlāhu

66:4

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2. WaJibrīlu
Fa'innallāhaHuwaMawlāhu
3. WaSalihul[ONLYONE--

singular]
PLURALISM

UNITYINDIVERSITY
muminin[plural]-
1. THENVERILYALLAHHE
ISHISMAULA----Huwa

Mawlāhu--PROTECTOR
TheHolyQUR'ANSeparatesThe
2. ANDGabriel
OthersFrom--
3. ANDtherighteousSalihul
'HEISHISMAULA'----'Huwa
[ONLYONE--singular]
Mawlāhu'--PROTECTOR
muminin[plural]--amongthe
believers;


WaAl-Malā'ikatu

66:4and(--)righteousONE
Ba`Ada
amongthose
DhālikaŽahīr YusufAli'sQuranTranslation

(4).

[B]UNITYINDIVERSITY-- 

Then,lo!Allahisanenemy TheHolyQUR'ANSeparatesThe
OthersFrom--

Surah2.Al-Baqara 'HEISHISMAULA'----'Huwa
Mawlāhu'--PROTECTOR
97.Say(OMuhammad,to

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mankind):Whoisanenemyto
Gabriel!Forheitiswhobath
revealed(thisScripture)tothy
heartbyAllah'sleave,confirming
thatwhichwas(revealed)beforeit,
andaguidanceandgladtidingsto
andtheangels
believers;

Ba`Ada
98.WhoisanenemytoAllah,and
HisangelsandHismessengers, -AFTERTHAT
andGabrielandMichael!
arehishelpers.
Then,lo!Allahisanenemytothe
disbelievers.

ANALYZED

66)SūratAt-Taĥrīm

PLURALISM

UNITYINDIVERSITY

66:4

1. fain-nal-laaha

2. huwamawlaahu

3. wajibriylu

4. waSaaliHul

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66:4and(--)righteousONEamongthose
YusufAli'sQuranTranslation

Then,lo!Allahisanenemytothedisbelievers

[Pooya/AliCommentary66:1]

Salihulmuminin,

"the(most)righteousamongthebelievers"REFERSTO
IMAMALIaccordingtoTafsirDurralManthurbyJalalal
DinalSuyuti,TafsiralHusayni,KamaluddinHusaynKashifi
andHayatulAwliya.http://quran.al-islam.org/

http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/58955-
prophetsaw-is-not-flawless/

oneandthesamevideopresentationwith2differentheadings:

heading#1

Re:MoreIsmailiSHIRK:IsmailisthinkImamAli(as)is
Allah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLnH2FYzGV0&
feature=related

onlyshowshowfartheywillgotorejectthetruth.

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heading#2

Part2ShaneHazratMaulaAliMushkilQusha
KARAMALLAHWAJHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutLcH9wWnE&
feature=related

[emphasisaddedwithoutalteringtheoriginaltext,alikenadian
]

note

Surah5.5:55.OnlyAllahisyourWALIY--ValiandHis
Messengerandthosewhobelieve,thosewhokeep upprayers
andpaythepoor-ratewhiletheybow.

Shakir'sQuranTranslation

[Pooya/AliCommentary5:55]

ThewordinnamamakesthedecisionofAllah(thatHe,the
HolyProphetandAlialonearethemastersofthebelievers)
finalanddecisive.

Theconstructionofthesentence
ANDTHEWORDWALI,
USEDINSINGULAR
FORALLTHETHREE;

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compare

1. WEMAKENODISTINCTION

2. BETWEENANYOFHISMESSENGERS

Surah2.Al-Baqara

phase#1.

285.

Themessengerbelievethinthatwhichhathbeenrevealedunto
himfromhisLordand(sodo)thebelievers.Eachone
believethinAllahandHisangelsandHisscripturesandHIS
MESSENGERS.

1. WEMAKENODISTINCTION

2. BETWEENANYOFHISMESSENGERS

byMarmadukePickthall

ALSONOTETHEDIVINEPLURALISMTHEREIN

Surah2.Al-Baqara

phase#2.

(2:285).

WaQālūSami`nāWa'Aţa`nā

andtheysay:Wehear,andweobey

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GhufrānakaRabbanā--

Thyforgiveness,ourLord.

Wa'Ilaykal-Mașīr--

ANDUntoTheeisthejourneying.

REMINDER---PLURALISM

THEPROFOUNDUNITYINDIVERSITY

2:136.Say:

1. LāNufarriquBayna'AĥadinMINHUM;[plural]

2. WaNaĥnuLAHUMuslimūn;[singular]

a. WemakeNODISTINCTIONbetweenANYOFTHEM;
[plural]

b. andUNTOHIMwehavesurrendered;[singular]

inthesamemanner,pleaselearntocorrectlyreview,decipherand/or
discerntheDIVINEpluralismintheverse(2:285).

veryimportant

theundermentionedphrasenamely,'Shī`atihi'--'hisshi-ah'-37)Sūrat
Aș-Șāffāt--wasanexplicitQUR'ANICterm&referenceONLY.

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therefore,itsprimalcontextandconnotationmustbeviewedpurelyin
andfromaDIVINEperspectiveONLY,justASALLAHhadrevealed
thephraseintheHolyQUR'AN.

37)SūratAș-Șāffāt

Min`Ibādināl-Mu'uminīn--ofOurbelievingslaves;

ofhis[Noah's]--MinShī`atihi--PARTY;

verilywasLa'ibrāhīma--THATAbraham;

[that--pronusedtorefertotheonedesignated];

Salamun(peace)
beuponNuh
Salāmun (Noah)among
`AlaáNūĥin the'Alamin/
Fīl-`Ālamīn
037:079Sarwar
(79). Peacebewith
Noahamongall
meninthe
worlds.

'In-nahuuMin
`Ibādināl-
Mu'uminīn Lo!heisofOur
believingslaves.
(81).

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037:083Maulana
Andsurely--Min
Shī`atihi--ofhis
partywas
Wa'Inna Abraham.

MinShī`atihi 

La'ibrāhīma
037:083Sherali
(83).
And,verily,-Min
Shī`atihi--ofhis
very partywas
important Abraham;

theabove
mentioned ofhis
phrase [Noah's]
namely, Min
'Shī`atihi'-- Shī`atihi--
'hisshi-ah'- PARTY;
wasan
verilywas
explicit
La'ibrāhīma
QUR'ANIC
--THAT
term&
Abraham
reference
[that--pron
ONLY.
usedto
refertothe
one
designated]

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noteagain:

Min`Ibādināl-Mu'uminīn--ofOurbelievingslaves;

ofhis[Noah's]--MinShī`atihi--PARTY;

verilywasLa'ibrāhīma--THATAbraham;

[that--pronusedtorefertotheonedesignated];

'La'ibrāhīma--THATAbraham',wasbothMin`Ibādināl-Mu'uminīnand
ofhis[Noah's]--MinShī`atihi--PARTY.thiswashisQUR'ANIC
designation,whichsingledhimoutinmorewaysthanone.

VERYIMPORTANT--goforthehighermeaning

THEUNIVERSALIMAM

IwillmaketheeanIMAM-
priest--cohaN--totheNations/MANKIND."

Surah2.Al-Baqara

2:124.

AndrememberthatIbrahim(Abraham)wastriedbyhisLord
withcommands--Bikalimātin,whichhefulfilled:

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1. Qāla'InnīJā`ilukaLilnnāsi
2. 'Imāmāa
3. Hesaid:"IwillmaketheetotheNations
4. anIMAM-
5. priest--cohaN."

Hepleaded:"Andfrommyoffspring--
WaMinDhurrīyatī!"

QālaLāYanālu
`Ahdī
Až-Žālimīn


Heanswered:isnotwithinthereach
"MyPromise
oftheevil-doers--Až-Žālimīn."
[QuranTranslation&emphasisadded,alikenadian ]

2.124:
C123.Kalimat:literally"words"hereusedinthemysticsenseof
God'sWillorDecreeorPurpose.Thisversemaybetakentobe
thesumoftheversesfollowing.IneverythingAbrahamfulfilled
God'swish:hepurifiedGod'shouse;hebuiltthesacredrefuge
oftheKaba;hesubmittedhiswilltoGod's,andthusbecame
thetypeofIslam.

Hewaspromisedtheleadershipoftheworld;
hepleadedforhisprogeny,
andhisprayerwasgranted,

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withthelimitationthatifhisprogenywasfalsetoGod,God's
promisedidnotreachthepeoplewhoprovedthemselvesfalse.
YusufAli'sCommentaryfromQuranTrans

kindlynotethatcertain'SPECIFICWORDS'inthescripturesrepresent
'SPECIFICCONCEPTS'.thereforeoften,itishardtoignorethose
'WORDS'andtheconceptstheyrepresent.

PLURALISM

OneHolyImam[SA]WasANation--'Um-Matan

&TheUniversalBLESSINGToAllFamiliesAndNationsOfTheEarth,

theHolyImamIbrahim(Abraham)[as],[HQ:2:124];
016:120KhanVerily,Ibrahim(Abraham)[as],wasanUmmah--.
andinthee,ImamIbrahim(Abraham)[as],
andTHYSEED[HQ:2:124];shallALLFAMILIESAND
NATIONS
oftheearthBEBLESSED.(Genesis12:3KJV);(Genesis22:18
KJV).

collaborativeevidence

UNIVERSALBLESSING

BEBLESSED/WASABLESSING:

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(Genesis12:3KJV)

ANDINTHEE
SHALLALLFAMILIES
OFTHEEARTH
BEBLESSED

andthoushaltbeABLESSING:

(Genesis12:2KJV)

AndIwillmakeoftheeagreatnation--UMMAH,
andIwillBLESSthee,
andmakethynamegreat;
andthoushaltbeABLESSING:

(Genesis12:3KJV)

AndIwillBLESSthemthatBLESSthee,
andcursehimthatcurseththee:
andintheeshallALLFAMILIES
oftheearthbeBLESSED.

(Genesis12:4KJV)

SoAbramdeparted,
astheLORDhadspokenuntohim;

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UNIVERSALBLESSING

(Genesis22:18KJV)

ANDINTHYSEED
SHALLALLNATIONS
OFTHEEARTH
beBLESSED.
becausethouhastobeyedmyvoice.

BEERSHEBA

(Genesis22:19KJV)

SoAbrahamreturneduntohisyoungmen,
andtheyroseupandwenttogethertoBEERSHEBA;
andAbrahamdweltatBEERSHEBA.

thewildernessofBEERSHEBA
Hagar
andthechild[ISHMAEL];

Genesis21:14KJV)

AndAbrahamroseupearlyinthemorning,
andtookbread,andabottleofwater,
andgaveituntoHagar,
puttingitonhershoulder,
andtheCHILD[ISHMAEL];
andsentheraway:andshedeparted,

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andwandered
inthewildernessofBEERSHEBA.

Gen16:1-16

-TheBirthofIshmael

1.‫הנר‬ha}ga}r,Hagar,“flight.”Hejrah,theflightofMuhammed.

11.‫ישׁמעאל‬yikshma}‛e}'l,Jishmael,“theMightywillhear.”

13.‫'ראיאל‬eklro„'iky,“Godofvisionorseeing.”

14.‫ראילחיבאר‬be'e}r-lachay-ro'iky,Beer-lachai-roi,“wellofvision
totheliving.”‫ברד‬bered,Bered,“hail.”

Gen_16:13-16

Godofmyvision-(El-roi).
HerewehavethesamedivinenameasinIshmael.
“HaveIevenstillseen”-
continuedtoliveandseethesun
afterhavingseenGod?
Beer-lahai-roi,thewellofvision(ofGod)totheliving.
ToseeGodandlive
wasanissuecontrarytoexpectationExo_33:20.

Gill'sExpositionoftheEntireBible

1. WhereforethewellwascalledBeerlahairoi,....
2. Thatis,thefountainwheretheangelfoundher,Genesis16:7;
3. this,fromtheappearanceofGodtoheratit,
4. wasafterwardscalledbyherandothersbythisname,

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5. whichsignifies"thewellofhimthatlivethandseethme";

thatis,ofthelivingandallseeingGod,
andwhohadtakenaspecialcareofher,
andfavouredherwithapeculiardiscoveryofhislovetoher:
orthismayhaverespecttoherself,andberendered,
"thewellofherthatlivethandseeth";
thathadhadasightofGod,
andyetwasalive;
livedthoughshehadseenhim,
andaftershehadseenhim,
andwasstillindulgedwithasightofhim.

RabbiAbrahambenMeiribnEzra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_ibn_Ezra

RabbiAbrahambenMeiribnEzra

(Hebrew:‫אברהםאבןעזרא‬or‫ראב"ע‬,alsoknownasAbenezra)
(1089—1164)wasbornatTudela,Spain[1]in1089[2],and
diedc.1164[citationneeded],apparentlyinCalahorra[3].He
wasoneofthemostdistinguishedJewishmenoflettersand
writersoftheMiddleAges.IbnEzraexcelledinphilosophy,
astronomy/astrology,poetry,linguistics,andexegesis;hewas
calledTheWise,TheGreatandTheAdmirableDoctor.

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Abraham-ben-MéirAben-Ezra

(OrIBN'EZRA).

AcelebratedSpanishRabbi,bornatToledoin1092;diedonhisjourney
fromRome,orRodez,tohisnativeland,23January,1167.

TheNewAdventTheCatholicEncyclopedia.Originallypublishedin
1914,

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01039c.htm

1.‫הנר‬ha}ga}r,Hagar,“flight.”Hejrah,theflightofMuhammed.

1. wascalledZemum,
2. hedoubtlessmeansZemzem,

AbenEzrasays,thenameofthiswell,
atthetimehelived,
wascalledZemum,
hedoubtlessmeansZemzem,
awellnearMecca,
whichtheArabssay(z)
isthewellbywhichHagar
satdownwithIshmael,
andwhereshewascomforted
bytheangel,Genesis21:19,

itiscalledbyOnkelosChagraorHagra,

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bywhichheinterpretsShur,Genesis16:7;

i. behold,itisbetweenKadeshandBered;
ii. KadeshisthesamewithKadeshBarneainthewilderness,Numbers
13:3.
iii. TheTargumsofOnkelosandJonathancallitRekam,
iv. thesamewithPetra,thechiefcityofArabiaPetraea,
v. inhabitedinlatertimesby
vi. theNabathaeans,theposterityofIshmael:
vii. andBeredisnowhereelsementioned,
viii. itiscalledbyOnkelosChagraorHagra,
ix. bywhichheinterpretsShur,Genesis16:7;
x. betweenKadeshandBarath,asJerom(b)callsit,
xi. Hagar'swellwasshowninhisdays.

(z)SeePitts'sAccountoftheMahometans,c.7.p.103.(a)InVita
Hilarionis,fol.84.1.((b)Deloc.Heb.fol.89.E.

http://gill.biblecommenter.com/genesis/16.htm

ChagraorHagra,afterherownname,

theJerusalemTargumcallsitChalaza;andboth
theTargumsofOnkelosandJonathannameitChagraorHagra,afterher
ownname,
asitshouldseem:

anditisremarkable,thatthisveryplace,andthe
wilderness,andpartsadjacent,

werethehabitationofherposterity,

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thesonsofIshmael,Ge25:18;

andmustbeinArabiaPetraea,whichtheyinhabited;

andPtolemy{q}speaksofacitycalledSuratta,inthatcountry.

{n}Commentinloc.{o}BereshitRabba,sect.45.fol.41.1.
{p}Moreh
Nevochim,par.2.c.42.p.311.{q}Geograph.l.5.c.17.

THEPROFOUNDMYSTERYISNOWSOLVED

note

i. itiscalledbyOnkelos
ii. ChagraorHagra,
iii. theTargumsofOnkelosandJonathannameit
iv. ChagraorHagra,afterherownname,
v. 1.‫הנר‬ha}ga}r,Hagar,“flight.”Hejrah,theflightofMuhammed.

WASITAFAMILYREUNION?

(Genesis20:1WEB)

Abrahamtraveledfromthere
towardthelandoftheSouth,
andlivedbetweenKadesh
andShur.
HelivedasaforeignerinGerar.

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a. OnkelosandJonathanparaphrase
b. thewordsbetweenRekamand
Chagra,orHagra,
c. thesameplacewheretheangelof
theLord
d. metwithHagaratthewell;
e. seeGillonGenesis16:7
f. andSeeGillonGenesis16:14,

http://biblecommenter.com/genesis/20-1.htm

compare

1.‫הנר‬ha}ga}r,Hagar,“flight.”Hejrah,theflightofMuhammed.

Abram

(Genesis16:6KJV)

1. ButAbramsaiduntoSarai,
2. Behold,thymaidisinthyhand;
3. dotoherasitpleaseththee.
4. AndwhenSaraidealthardlywithher,
5. shefledfromherface.

(Genesis16:7KJV)

AndtheangeloftheLORD

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foundherbyafountainofwater
inthewilderness,
bythefountaininthewaytoShur.

MAKETHECONNECTION

Abraham

(Genesis21:14KJV)

AndAbraham
roseupearlyinthemorning,
andtookbread,
andabottleofwater,
andgaveituntoHagar,
puttingitonhershoulder,
andthechild,
andsentheraway:
andshedeparted,
andwanderedinthewildernessof
BEERSHEBA.

RekamandChagra,orHagra,

anddweltbetweenKadeshandShur;twowildernesses,

asJeromsays(y),oneofwhichjoinedtoEgypt,

towhichthepeopleofIsraelwentwhentheypassedovertheRedsea,

andtheother,Kadesh,reachedtothedesertoftheSaracens.

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OnkelosandJonathanparaphrasethewordsbetween

RekamandChagra,orHagra,

thesameplacewheretheangeloftheLord

metwithHagaratthewell;

seeGillonGen_16:7andSeeGillonGen_16:14,

compare

NoticethesimilaritiesofGhaggar,HakraandHagar.

Abraham

Abrahamisunderstoodbysomeas,“ABrahma”-meaninga
Brahmin.

TheInfluenceontheMuslims

InIndia,atributaryoftheriverSaraswathiisGhaggar.Another
tributaryofthesameriverisHakra.

AccordingtoJewishtraditions,HagarwasSarai’smaidservant;the
MoslemssayshewasanEgyptianprincess.

NoticethesimilaritiesofGhaggar,HakraandHagar.

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TheBiblealsostatesthatIshmael,

sonofHagar,

andhisdescendants

livedinIndia.

Genesis25:17-18“...Ishmaelbreathedhislastanddied,andwasgatheredto
hiskin...

TheydweltfromHavilah(India),byShur,whichisclosetoEgypt,allthewayto
Asshur.”

AnotherinterestingfactisthatthenamesofIsaacandIshmaelalsoseemingly
derivefromSanskrit:(Hebrew)Ishaak=(Sanskrit)Ishakhu=“Friendof
Shiva.”

(Hebrew)Ishmael=(Sanskrit)Ish-Mahal=“GreatShiva.”

FAMILYREUNION?

ABRAHAMLIVEDINBEERSHEBA

1. inBEERSHEBA;
2. thenameoftheLORD;
3. theeverlastingGod;

ale[alH410--[asinALIYINISLAM]

(Genesis21:33KJV)

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AndAbrahamplantedagroveinBeersheba,
andcalledthereonthenameoftheLORD--b'$aMy'hvah,
theeverlastingGod.--`alH410,ovlaM

H410‫'אל‬ekl

ale[alH410--[asinALIYINISLAM]

ShortenedfromH352;strength;asadjectivemighty;

especiallytheAlmighty(butusedalsoofanydeity):-

God

(Genesis21:33ERRB)

AndAbrahamheplantedagrove
inBeershebaBeerSheba,
andcalledthereon
thenameoftheLORDYahVeh,
theeverlastingGodeternalEl.

(Genesis21:34ERRB)

AndAbrahamsojourned
inthePhilistines'land
ofthePeleshethiymmanydays.

NOTE

IRRECONCILABLEFACTS

a. AbrahamLivedInBeersheba;

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b. BEFOREHEWASDIVINELYCOMMANDED;
c. togetintothelandofMoriah;
d. ANDOFFERHISSON,
e. HISO_N_L_YSON,
f. ISAAC--
g. foraburntofferingupononeofthemountains.

Therealfactsdon'treallyjivewiththescripture

(Genesis22:4KJV)

ThenonthethirddayAbraham
lifteduphiseyes,
andsawtheplaceafaroff.

Beer-sheba,

whereAbrahamdwelt,
isabout42-forty-twomilesdistantfromJerusalem,
anditisnottobewonderedatthatAbraham,
Isaac,
thetwoservants,
andtheassladenwithwoodfortheburnt-offering,
didnotreachthisplacetillthethirdday;seeGen_22:4.

IRRECONCILABLEFACTS

i. AbrahamLivedInBeersheba;
ii. IfSoHowDidAbraham

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iii. AndHisOnlySon,Isaac
iv. GetBackTogether
v. AndTHENProceededForTheSaidSacrifice?
vi. BOTHABRAHAMANDISAAC;
vii. DIDNOTLIVETOGETHERATTHATTIME.
viii. letanyoneproveotherwisefromthebookofgenesis21&22only.

andAbrahamcametomournforSarah,

andtoweepforher;
==>AbenEzraobserves,
that,whenSarahdied,
Abrahamwasinanotherplace,
andthereforeissaidtocometomournforher;

Abrahamhadsettled

atBeer-sheba;
SarahdiedatHebron

AbrahamcametomournforSarah-
FromGen_22:19oftheprecedingchapter
itappearsthatAbrahamhadsettled
atBeer-sheba;
andherewefindthatSarahdiedatHebron,
whichwasabouttwenty-fourmilesdistant
fromBeersheba.

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OnTheOtherHandBothHagar

AndIshmaelLivedMUCHCloser

ToAbrahamAndViceVersa.

Therealfactsdon'treallyjivewiththescripture

[RETURNEDWITHOUTISAAC],
andAbrahamDWELTatBEERSHEBA

(Genesis22:19KJV)

SoAbrahamRETURNED
[WITHOUTISAAC],
untohisyoungmen,

[RETURNEDWITHOUTISAAC]

andtheyroseup
andwenttogether
toBEERSHEBA;
andAbraham
DWELTATBEERSHEBA.

NOTE

theunsolvedmystery

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a. strangelyIsaac,THELAD--CHILD
b. wasNOTmentionedORHEARDFROMagain
c. inthebookofgenesis;
d. afterthis--sacrificial[(Genesis22:19KJV)]
NARRATIVE.

theunsolvedmystery

a. however,ISAACREAPPEAREDASAGROWNMAN;
b. afterthedeathofhismotherSarah.
c. Isaacwassaidtobealmost40-fortyatthetime.
d. BUTNOEXPLANATIONwasevergivenforhis
mysteriousdisappearance.

Therealfactsdon'treallyjivewiththescripture.

ISAACREAPPEAREDsome3.5decadeslater.

(Genesis24:62KJ2000)

1. AndIsaaccamefromthewayofthewellLahairoi;
2. /Beer-lahai-roi/BeerLahaiRoi,....

(CEV)

AtthattimeIsaacwaslivinginthesouthernpartofCanaan
nearaplacecalled"TheWelloftheLivingOneWhoSeesMe."

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HagarwiththeangeloftheLord

Gen_24:62-67

Isaacreceiveshisbride.
HehadbeenatBeer-lahai-roi,
thesceneoftheinterviewofHagarwiththeangelofthe
Lord-

aspotcalculatedtoawakenthoughtsofanoverruling
Providence.

III.

Theywerebroughttogether(probablyaftersomefurther
acquaintance),
totheirmutualcomfort,Gen_24:67.Observehere,
1.Whatanaffectionatesonhewastohismother:
itwasaboutthreeyearssinceherdeath,
andyethewasnot,tillnow,

Therealfactsdon'treallyjivewiththescripture.

QUESTION

1. WASisaaceverunitedwithhagarandishmaelatBeer-lahai-roi?
2. note:IsaachadbeenatBeer-lahai-roiaswell;

note:HAGARsaid:
ThouElroi(Elthatseeth)
H410‫'אל‬eklale--H7210‫ראי‬ro„'ikyro-ee'

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ale[`alro`iyalH410]

[asinALIYINISLAM]

compare

(Genesis16:13KJ2000)

AndshecalledthenameoftheLORD
thatspokeuntoher,
YouGod,seeme:forshesaid,
GodH410seestmeH7210:
ThouElroi(Elthatseeth)
ElRoi/ElSees:H410‫'אל‬eklale--H7210‫ראי‬ro„'ikyro-ee'
HaveIalsohereSEENHIM
[ElRoi/ElSees]thatseesme?

(Translit)

vaTik'ra`$aM´y'hvah
haDoVar`aleyha`aTah
`alro`iyciy
`am'rahhagaMhaloMra`iyTiy
`aHarayro`iy

H410‫'אל‬ekl

ale[`alro`iy-alH410--[asinALIYIN
ISLAM]

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ShortenedfromH352;strength;asadjectivemighty;

especiallytheAlmighty(butusedalsoofanydeity):
-

God

`aliy`aliy

(Psalms22:1Translit)

lam'natzaaH,al´`ayeleT
ha$aHarmiz'mOrl'david
`aliy`aliylamah
,azaV'TaniyraHOk
miy$u,aTiyDiV'ray
$a`agaTiy

alH410--[asinALIYIN
ISLAM]

H410

‫אל‬

al

http://www.freetranslation.com/

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(Psalms22:1Translit+)..
natsachH5329natsachH5329.
'ayelethH365shacharH7837.
mizmowrH4210.davidH1732.
'elH410.'elH410mahH4100..
'azabH5800.....
rachowqH7350.yasha'H3467.
...dabarH1697..
she'agahH7581

comparemistranslation

H410

‫אל‬

'ekl

ale

ShortenedfromH352;
strength;asadjectivemighty;
especiallytheAlmighty(but
usedalsoofanydeity):-God

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`elohay[ilah--vis-à-vis
Allah]

(Psalms22:2Translit)

`elohay[ilah--vis-à-vis
Allah]

`ek'ra`yOmaMv'lo`
Ta,anehv'lay'lahv'lo`´
dumiyahliy

(Genesis16:14ERRB)

1. Whereforethewellwascalled
2. BeerlahairoiBeerLachayRoi;
3. behold,itisbetweenKadeshQadeshandBered.

Beersheba

(Genesis21:33KJV)

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AndAbrahamplantedagroveinBeersheba,
andcalledthereonthenameoftheLORD--b'$aMy'hvah,
theeverlastingGod.--`alH410,ovlaM

H410‫'אל‬ekl

ale[alH410--[asinALIYINISLAM]

H410

‫אל‬

al

http://www.freetranslation.com/

Beerlahairoi;

(Genesis16:14KJ2000)

ThereforethewellwascalledBeerlahairoi;
behold,itisbetweenKadeshandBered.

NOTE

OnlyHagarWasGivenTheNameOfTheSonToBeBorn,By
TheAngelOfTheLord.

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(Genesis16:11KJV)

1. AndtheangeloftheLORDsaiduntoher,
2. Behold,THOU[HAGAR]artwithCHILD,
3. andshaltbearason,
4. ANDSHALTCALL
5. HISNAMEISHMAEL;
6. becausetheLORDhathheardthyaffliction.

QUESTION

1. DIDHagar,IshmaelANDAbramLIVETOGETHER
2. ATBEERSHEBAorBeerlahairoi?
3. howelsedidAbramcallhisson'sname,
4. whichHagarbore,Ishmael;
5. iftheylivedapartfromeachother?
6. Behold,THOU[HAGAR]artwithCHILD,
7. andshaltbearason,
8. ANDSHALTCALL
9. HISNAMEISHMAEL;

Therealfactsdon'treallyjivewiththescripture.

andAbramcalledhisson'sname,

(Genesis16:15KJ2000)

AndHagarboreAbramason:
andAbramcalledhisson'sname,

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whichHagarbore,Ishmael.

(Genesis16:16KJ2000)

AndAbramwasfourscoreandsixyearsold,
whenHagarboreIshmaeltoAbram.

UNIVERSALBLESSING

(Genesis12:3KJV)

ANDINTHEE[ABRAHAM]
SHALLALLFAMILIES
OFTHEEARTH
BEBLESSED.

ISHMAEL;
wasTHEONLYSEEDatthistime;
ANDFORTHENEXT14YEARS;

(Genesis16:16KJ2000)

1. AndAbramwasfourscoreandsixyearsold,
2. whenHagarboreIshmaeltoAbram.

BECAUSEHE[ISHMAEL]ISTHYSEED.

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(Genesis21:13RNKJV)

Andalsoof
THESONOFTHEBONDWOMAN
willImakeanation,
BECAUSEHEISTHYSEED.

ANOTHERUNIVERSALBLESSINGINTHYSEED

ANDINTHYSEED
SHALLALLNATIONS

(Genesis22:18KJV)

ANDINTHYSEED
SHALLALLNATIONS
oftheearth
beblessed.
becausethouhastobeyedmyvoice.

MAKETHECONNECTION

UNIVERSALCONCEPTINTHEHOLYQUR'AN

1. Ibrahim(Abraham)wasanUmmah--nation
2. 'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenation,

Chapter16:AN-NAHL(THEBEE).

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16:120

'Inna'IbrāhīmaKāna'Um-matan Verily,Ibrahim(Abraham)wasan

QānitāanLillāhiĤanīfāan Ummah--anation

WaLamYakuMinal-Mushrikīn obedienttoAllah,Hanifa--by
natureupright,
(16:120).
andhewasnotoftheidolaters--
Al-Mushrikun;

Surah2.Al-Baqara
Surah2.Al-Baqara

1. ThusWehaveappointedyou
amiddlenation,
1. WaKadhalikaJa`alnākum
2. thatyemaybewitnesses
'UmmatanWasaţāan
againstmankind,
2. LitakūnūShuhadā'a`Alaá
3. andthatthemessengermay
An-Nāsi
beawitnessagainstyou.
3. WaYakūnaAr-Rasūlu
`Alaykum 002:143

NOTE:

a. this'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenation,wasDIFFERENTfrom
bothmankindandtheMessenger[SAS];
b. this'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenation,was/were--witnesses
againstmankind--Shuhadā'a`AlaáAn-Nāsi;
c. andaboveall,Ibrahim(Abraham)[SA]wasanUM-MAH
vis-à-visUNIVERSALIMAMformankind;
d. this'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenationwasDIRECTLY

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CONNECTEDwiththeMessenger[SAS]&Islam;
e. likeTHEIRPREDECESSORIbrahim(Abraham)[AS];
f. soitfollows,thatthis'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenationwas
DIRECTLYDESCENDEDfromIbrahim(Abraham)[AS];
g. inthelikemanner,this'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenationwas
DIRECTLYCONNECTEDwithTHEDIVINEHOLY
IMAMATEaswell.
h. mostimportantly,this'UmmatanWasaţāan--middlenationwas
DIRECTLYAPPOINTEDBYALLAH.

Surah28.Al-Qasas

Theyhaveneveranychoice.

1. ThyLordbringethtopass
1. WaRabbukaYakhluqu whatHewillethand
MāYashā'uWaYakhtāru chooseth.

2. MāKānaLahumu 2. Theyhaveneverany
Al-Khiyaratu choice.

3. SubĥānaAllāhiWa 3. SubĥānaAllāhiWa
Ta`ālaá`Ammā Ta`ālaá--Glorifiedbe/
Yushrikūna HOLYISALLAHand
Exaltedaboveallthatthey
(68).
associate(withHim)!

ministeruntomeinthepriests[Imams]office

(Exodus28:41RNKJV)

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1. Andthoushaltputthem
2. uponAaronthybrother,
3. andhissonswithhim;
4. andshaltanointthem,
5. andconsecratethem,
6. andsanctifythem,
7. thattheymayministeruntome
8. inthepriests[Imams]office.

H3547‫Žהן‬kakhankaw-han'

Aprimitiveroot,apparentlymeaningtomediatein
religiousservices;butusedonlyasdenominative
fromH3548;toofficiateasapriest;...

H3548‫Žהן‬kokheknko-hane'

ActiveparticipleofH3547;literallyoneofficiating,
apriest;

(Exodus30:30KJV)

AndthoushaltanointAaron
andhissons,
andconsecratethem,
thattheymayministeruntome
inthepriest'soffice.

(Exodus30:31KJV)

AndthoushaltspeakuntothechildrenofIsrael,saying,

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Thisshallbeanholyanointingoil
untomethroughoutyourgenerations.

hisseed[singular/plural]throughouttheirgenerations[plural].

(Exodus30:21KJV)

Sotheyshallwashtheirhandsandtheirfeet,
thattheydienot:
anditshallbeastatuteforevertothem,
eventohim
andtohisseed[singular/plural]
throughouttheirgenerations[plural].

thyseed[singularplural]intheirgenerations[plural]

(Leviticus21:17KJV)

SpeakuntoAaron,saying,
Whosoeverhebeofthyseed[singular/plural]intheir
generations[plural]thathath
anyblemish,lethimnotapproach
toofferthebreadofhisGod--`elohayv.

Whosoeverhebeofallyourseed[plural]

amongyourgenerations[plural]

(Leviticus22:3KJV)

Sayuntothem,

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Whosoeverhebeofallyourseed
amongyourgenerations,
thatgoethuntotheholythings,
whichthechildrenofIsrael
hallowuntotheLORD,
havinghisuncleannessuponhim,
thatsoulshallbecutoff
frommypresence:
IamtheLORD.

(Genesis22:18KJV)

ANDINTHYSEED
SHALLALLNATIONS

THEUNIVERSALMESSAGEANDMESSENGER

Wehavesentthee(Muhammad)asamessengeruntomankind;

Omankind!Themessengerhathcomeuntoyou;

Surah4.An-Nisaa

79.Whateverofgoodbefalleththee(Oman)itisfromAllah,
andwhateverofillbefalleththeeitisfromthyself.Wehave
sentthee(Muhammad)asamessengeruntomankindand
Allahissufficientaswitness.

170.Omankind!Themessengerhathcomeuntoyouwiththe

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truthfromyourLord.Thereforbelieve;(itis)betterforyou.
Butifyedisbelieve,still,lo!untoAllahbelongethwhatsoeveris
intheheavensandtheearth.AllahiseverKnower,Wise.

"FollowthereligionofIbrahim(Abraham)Hanifa.....

Chapter16:AN-NAHL(THEBEE).

016:123

1. Then,Wehaveinspiredyou(OMuhammadSAWsaying):
2. "FollowthereligionofIbrahim(Abraham)Hanifa.....

andagain:

A. "FollowthereligionofIbrahim(Abraham)Hanifa.....
B. Ibrahim(Abraham)wasmadeanIMAM-
C. priest--cohaN--totheNations--MANKIND;
D. andthoushaltbeablessing:
E. ANDINTHEESHALLALLFAMILIES
F. oftheearthbeblessed.
G. ANDINTHYSEED
H. SHALLALLNATIONS
I. oftheearthbeblessed.
J. La'ibrāhīma--THATIbrahim(Abraham)wasan
Ummah;
K. moreover,hewasbothMin`Ibādināl-Mu'uminīn;
L. andofhis[Noah's]--MinShī`atihi--PARTY;
M. thiswashisBiblical&QUR'ANICdesignation,which
singledhimout.

pleasereadbetweenthelinesaswell,gobeyondthe

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QUR'ANICTEXTSCITEDherein.

compare

arecalledshi-ahs

[Pooya/AliCommentary37:83]

AqaMahdiPuyasays:

Assaidinverse83thosewhofollowthesamecreedarecalled
shi-ahs,andthishasbecomeatermtodistinguishthosewho
followAli.

pleasestudytheaboveversesverycloselyinordertounderstandwhat
ELSEwasrevealedinTHEHOLYQUR'AN&THEISLAM,
simultaneously.

emphasison'PLURALISM'

andthefact,thatAllahhadplacedsomuchemphasison'PLURALISM'
byrevealingandconfirmingitvariouslyintheHolyQUR'AN,onlyshowed
thatthe'DIVINEPLURALISM'&theTRADITIONALPLURALISM',
respectivelywasofthehighestimportinHisEyes.

kindlyalsoconsiderHisHighnesstheAgaKhan'sprofoundguidanceand
timelyexhortationonboththe'DIVINEPLURALISM'&the
TRADITIONALPLURALISM',respectively.

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MAKETHECONNECTION

i. andfolloweththemil-lataibraahiymaHaniyfaa*;
ii. traditionofAbraham,theupright;
iii. ALLAHCHOSEAbrahamforfriend.

Surah4.An-Nisaa

4:125wamanaHsanudiynammim-manaslamaWAJHAHUUlil-laahiwa
huwamuHsinuw

1. wat-taba'Amil-lataibraahiymaHANIYFAA**
2. wat-takhadhal-laahuibraahiymakhaliylaa

4:125.Whoisbetterinreligionthanhewho--aslamaWAJHAHUU
lil-laahi--surrenderethHISFACE--toAllahwhiledoinggood;

a. wat-taba'Amil-lataibraahiymaHANIYFAA*--
b. andfolloweththetraditionofAbraham,THEUPRIGHT?
c. ALLAHCHOSE
d. Abrahamforfriend.

pleaseaskyourself,inwhatphysicalorspiritualformdidAllahexistinorderto
choseand/orhaveaHUMAN-BEINGnamely,ABRAHAMasafriend?

COMPARE

AbrahamofIndia

http://www.the-truth-seekers.org/Abraham.htm

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AsmaniTambalWaajiya

OPPOSITIONTOIDOLATRY

Surah6.Al-An'am

74.(Remember)whenAbrahamsaiduntohisfatherAzar:
Takestthouidolsforgods?Lo!Iseetheeandthyfolkinerror
manifest.

Surah21.Al-Anbiyaa

57.And,byAllah,Ishallcircumventyouridolsafteryehave
goneawayandturnedyourbacks.

58.Thenhereducedthemtofragments,allsavethechiefof
them,thathaplytheymighthaverecoursetoit.

59.Theysaid:Whohathdonethistoourgods?Surelyitmust
besomeevildoer.

60.Theysaid:Weheardayouthmakementionofthem,whois
calledAbraham.

61.Theysaid:Thenbringhim(hither)beforethepeople'seyes
thattheymaytestify.

62.Theysaid:Isitthouwhohastdonethistoourgods,O
Abraham?

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63.Hesaid:Butthis,theirchiefhathdoneit.Soquestionthem,
iftheycanspeak.

COMPARE

FROMSERVINGIDOLS

IbrahimSurah(14)

14:35andpreservemeandmysonsFROMSERVINGIDOLS.

PRAYER#1

Wa'IdhQāla'IbrāhīmuRabbi 14:35
Aj`alHādhāl-Balada'ĀmināaW
AndwhenAbrahamsaid:MyLord!
WajnubnīWaBanīya'An Makesafethisterritory,
Na`budal-'Așnām
andpreservemeandmysons
(35). FROMSERVINGIDOLS.

PRAYER#2
Rabbanā'Innī'AskantuMin 14:37
DhurrīyatīBiwādinGhayriDhī
OurLord!Lo!Ihavesettledsome
Zar`in`IndaBaytikal-Muĥarrami
ofmyposterityinanuncultivable
Rabbanā
valleynearuntoThyholyHouse,
LiyuqīmūAș-Șalāata ourLord!

Fāj`al'Af'idatanMinan-Nāsi thattheymayestablishproper
Tahwī'Ilayhim worship;

WaĀrzuqhumMinath-Thamarāti soinclinesomeheartsofmenthat

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theymayyearntowardthem,
La`allahumYashkurūna
andprovideThouthemwithfruits
(37).
inorderthattheymaybethankful.

MAKETHECONNECTION

i. andfolloweththemil-lataibraahiymaHaniyfaa*;
ii. traditionofAbraham,theupright;
iii. ALLAHCHOSEAbrahamforfriend.

Surah4.An-Nisaa

pleaseaskyourself,inwhatphysicalorspiritualformdidAllahexistin
ordertochoseand/orhaveaHUMAN-BEINGnamely,ABRAHAMasa
friend?

COMPARE---THEREWASNOMENTIONOF:

IbrahimSurah(14)

14:35andpreservemeandmysons

FROMSERVINGIDOLS.

CLEARDISTINCTION--ABRAHAM&THEISLAMIC
DISPENSATION

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AFirstHOUSEWasAlreadyInExistence.

WhereWasIt?

Surah2.Al-Baqara

2:125.AndwhenWemadetheHOUSE[#i]

2:125.

AndwhenWemadetheHOUSE(atMakka)

ARESORTFORMANKINDAND
SANCTUARY

Takeasyourplaceof

worshiptheplace

whereAbrahamstood(topray).

AndWeimposedadutyupon

AbrahamandIshmael,[A](saying):

PurifyMyHOUSE

1. forthosewhogoaroundandthose
whomeditatetherein

2. andthosewhobowdownand
prostratethemselves(inworship).

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AbrahaminvokedaDIFFERENTPRAYER#1

2:126.AndwhenAbrahamprayed:MyLord!Make
thisaregionofsecurityandbestowuponitspeople
fruits,suchofthemasbelieveinAllahandtheLast
Day,Heanswered:Asforhimwhodisbelieveth,I
shallleavehimincontentmentforawhile,thenI
shallcompelhimtothedoomofFire-ahapless
journey'send!

RAISINGTHEFOUNDATIONSOFTHEHOUSE[2]

1. 2:127.AndwhenAbrahamandIshmael,[B]

2. wereraisingthefoundationsoftheHouse[#ii]

PRAYER#2

2:127.

a. AndwhenAbrahamandIshmael,[B]

b. WERERAISINGTHEFOUNDATIONSOF
THEHOUSE[#ii],

c. (Abrahamprayed):OurLord!Acceptfromus
(thisduty).

d. Lo!Thou,onlyThou,arttheHearer,the
Knower.
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

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CLEARDISTINCTION--ANISLAMICDISPENSATION

1. RabbanāWaĀj`alnāMuslimayniLaka

2. OurLord!AndmakeussubmissiveuntoThee

3. WaMinDhurrīyatinā'UmmatanMuslimatanLaka

4. andofourseedanationsubmissive--MuslimatanuntoThee,

a. OurLord!Andmakeus
submissive--Muslimayniunto
a. RabbanāWaĀj`alnā
Thee
MuslimayniLaka
b. andofourseedanation
b. WaMinDhurrīyatinā
submissive--'Ummatan
'UmmatanMuslimatanLaka
MuslimatanuntoThee,
c. Wa'ArināManāsikanā
c. andshowusourWAYSOF
d. WaTub`Alaynā worship--Wa'Arinā
Manāsikanā
e. 'Innaka'AntaAt-Tawwābu
Ar-Raĥīm d. andrelenttowardus.

(2:128). e. Lo!Thou,onlyThou,artthe
Relenting,theRaĥīm.

1. RabbanāWaĀb`athFīhim
1. OurLord!Andraiseupin
RasūlāanMinhumYatlū
theirmidstamessengerfrom
`Alayhim
amongthemwhoshallrecite
2. 'Āyātika untothem

3. WaYu`allimuhumAl-Kitāba 2. Thyrevelations,

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3. andshallinstructtheminthe

4. WalĤikmata Scripture

4. andinwisdom
5. WaYuzakkīhim

5. andshallmakePURIFY
6. 'Innaka'AntaAl-`Azīzu
Al-Ĥakīm THEM.

6. Lo!Thou,onlyThou,artthe
(129).
Mighty,Wise.

1. WaManYarghabu`An 1. Andwhoforsakeththe
Millati'Ibrāhīma religionofAbraham

2. 'IllāManSafihaNafsahu 2. savehimwhobefooleth
himself--HISSOUL?
3. WaLaqadAșţafaynāhuFī
Ad-Dunyā 3. VerilyWechosehiminthe
world,
4. Wa'InnahuFīAl-'Ākhirati
LaminaAș-Șāliĥīna 4. andlo!intheHereafterheis
amongtherighteous.
(130).

A. thisdistinctionbetweentheprimalandprimordial;

B. HINDURELIGION,initspristinepurity;

C. andLATER,

D. theISLAMICDISPENSATION;

E. BECAMEcrystal-clearandfocusedinSurah22.Al-Hajj
perse;

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F. inSurah22.Al-HajjTHE/THATPRIMAL
PLURALISM;

G. wasalsoextendedtopeopleoftheotherfaiths.

detailsgivenbelow.

COMPARE

(Genesis13:2KJV)

AndAbramwasveryrich

inCATTLE,

insilver,

andinGOLD.

makesHavilahequivalenttoIndia

JewishEncyclopedia.com-EDEN,
GARDENOF
Themostancienttradition,goingbackto
Josephusandfollowedbymostofthe
ChurchFathers,makesHavilah
equivalenttoIndia,andthePisononeof
its...
www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=39&
letter=

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"Havilah"by"Hindiki"("Hindustan,"orIndia),

TheTargumYerushalmitranslates
"Havilah"by"Hindiki"("Hindustan,"or
India),Readmore:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com
/view.jsp?artid=39&
letter=E#ixzz1AB0ShhlQ

India

thedescendantsofHavilahwereinIndia

AllJosephustellsusisthatHavilahgave
risetotheGetuli.Heisperhaps
confusingthemwiththeGothwhodwelt
intheCaucasusarea...FromtheColchis
theyjourneyedwithotherblackpeoples
intoIndia.

SpanishwriterColininhisNativeRaces
andtheirCustomssaidthatthe
descendantsofHavilahwereinIndia.
Pocokewrotethat:

“TheCaboolRiver...theIndus...Both
rivershavegoldintheirsands...[these]
compasseththewholelandofHavilah.”

TheJewishTargumalsomentionsthem
asdwellinginIndia.

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Fromtheretheymigratedtothe
south-eastAsianmainlandfromwhere
anthropologistspickupthestory.

TheyalltracetheMelanesiansbackto
south-eastAsia;someeventoIndia.

Finally,SirWalterRaleigh'sHistoryof
theWorldpublishedin1614includesa
mapofsouthernAsia

andtheIndianOceanshowingthe
passagesofHavilah,Nimrod,andOphir
intoIndiainancienttimes.

http://creationwiki.org
/Havilah_%28son_of_Cush%29

Gen10:26AndJoktanbegatAlmodad,....

Andtwelvemorementionedlater:the
Arabicwriters(o)saybehadthirtyone
sonsbyonewoman,

butall,exceptingtwo,left
ARABIA,
andsettledinINDIA;

thewholelandofHavilah[INDIA]

(Genesis25:17KJV)Andthesearethe

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yearsofthelifeofIshmael,.......

(Genesis25:18KJV)Andthey[sonsof
Ishmael],dweltfromHavilah[INDIA]
untoShur,

(Genesis24:34KJV)Andhesaid,Iam
Abraham'sservant.

(Genesis24:35KJV)AndtheLORD
hathblessedmymastergreatly;andheis
becomegreat:andhehathgivenhim
flocks,andherds,andsilver,andgold,
andmenservants,andmaidservants,and
camels,andasses.

(Genesis2:11KJV)

ThenameofthefirstisPison:
[FIRSTRIVER]
thatisitwhichcompasseth
thewholelandofHavilah
[INDIA],[INDIA]
wherethereis
gold;[GOLD]

(Genesis2:12KJV)

Andthegoldofthatlandisgood:
[GOLD][INDIA];

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thereisbdelliumandtheonyx
stone.

(Genesis13:2KJV)

AndAbramwasveryrich

inCATTLE,

insilver,

andinGOLD.

(thisisAhasueruswhichreigned,fromIndia...

(Esther1:1KJV)Nowitcametopassinthedaysof
Ahasuerus,(thisisAhasueruswhichreigned,from
IndiaevenuntoEthiopia,overanhundredand
sevenandtwentyprovinces:)

oftheprovinceswhicharefromIndia...

(Esther8:9KJV)Thenweretheking'sscribescalled
atthattimeinthethirdmonth,thatis,themonth
Sivan,onthethreeandtwentiethdaythereof;andit
waswrittenaccordingtoallthatMordecai
commandeduntotheJews,andtothelieutenants,
andthedeputiesandrulersoftheprovinceswhich

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arefromIndiauntoEthiopia,anhundredtwenty
andsevenprovinces,untoeveryprovinceaccording
tothewritingthereof,anduntoeverypeopleafter
theirlanguage,andtotheJewsaccordingtotheir
writing,andaccordingtotheirlanguage.

AndtheydweltfromHavilah[INDIA]

(Genesis25:12KJV)Nowthesearethegenerations
ofIshmael,Abraham'sson,whomHagarthe
Egyptian,Sarah'shandmaid,bareuntoAbraham:

(Genesis25:13KJV)Andthesearethenamesofthe
sonsofIshmael,bytheirnames,accordingtotheir
generations:thefirstbornofIshmael,Nebajoth;and
Kedar,andAdbeel,andMibsam,

(Genesis25:14KJV)AndMishma,andDumah,and
Massa,

(Genesis25:15KJV)Hadar,andTema,Jetur,
Naphish,andKedemah:

(Genesis25:16KJV)ThesearethesonsofIshmael,
andthesearetheirnames,bytheirtowns,andby
theircastles;twelveprincesaccordingtotheir
nations.

(Genesis25:17KJV)Andthesearetheyearsofthe
lifeofIshmael,anhundredandthirtyandseven
years:andhegaveuptheghostanddied;andwas
gathereduntohispeople.

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(Genesis25:18KJV)

i. AndtheydweltfromHavilah
[INDIA]untoShur,
ii. thatisbeforeEgypt,
iii. asthougoesttowardAssyria:
iv. andhediedinthepresenceofall
hisbrethren.

MAKETHECONNECTION

AbrahamofIndia

http://www.the-truth-seekers.org
/Abraham.htm

PLURALISMINTHEHOLYQUR'AN

QUESTION

RE:Al-Hajj(ThePilgrimage)

WhyDidAllahMentionBothTheCAMEL(22:27);

AndTheCATTLEtogether;

andalsoassociatethemlikewiseforalleternity(22:28,);

ONSUCHAGREATOCCASIONNAMELY,HAJJ
INISLAM?

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seeVerses22:27-30,citedinyourwrite-up.

By:Abduar-Rahman

““AndproclaimamongmenthePILGRIMAGE:

theywillCOMETOYOUonfootandon
everyleancamel;

Hehasgiventhemofthecattlequadrupeds,
theneatofthem;

andletthemgoroundtheAncientHouse;

andthecattlearemadelawfulforyou,

thereforeavoidtheuncleannessoftheidols

andavoidfalsewords”22:27-30

Surah22.Al-Hajj

25.Lo!thosewhodisbelieveandbar(men)fromthe
wayofAllahandfromtheInviolablePlaceof
Worship--Al-MasjidiAl-Ĥarāmi,

whichWehaveappointedforMANKINDtogether,
thedwellerthereinandthenomad;whosoever
seekethwrongfulpartialitytherein,himWeshall
causetotasteapainfuldoom.

26.And(remember)whenWepreparedfor
Abrahamtheplaceofthe(holy)House,saying:

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AscribethounothingaspartneruntoMe,andpurify
MyHouseforthosewhomaketheround(thereof)
andthosewhostandandthosewhobowandmake
prostration.

Andproclaimuntomankind:

a. thepilgrimage;

b. Theywillcome;

c. UNTOTHEE

d. onfoot;

22:27.

1. AndproclaimuntoMANKIND

2. thepilgrimage.

3. Theywillcome

4. UNTOTHEE

5. onfoot

6. andoneveryleanCAMEL;

7. theywillcomefromeverydeepravine,

22:28.

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Thattheymaywitnessthingsthatareofbenefit
tothem,

andmentionthenameofAllah

onappointeddaysover

thebeastofCATTLE

thatHehathbestoweduponthem.

Theneatthereofandfeedtherewiththepoor
unfortunate.


theancientHouse--Bil-BaytiAl-`Atīqi.

[A]22:29.

Thenletthemmakeanendoftheir
unkemptness

andpaytheirvows

andgoaround

theANCIENTHOUSE--Bil-BaytiAl-`Atīqi.
[A]

TheCATTLEarelawful;
thefilthofidols;
lyingspeech;

22:30.

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That(isthecommand).

Andwhosomagnifieththesacredthingsof
Allah,

itwillbewellforhiminthesightofhisLord.

TheCATTLEarelawfuluntoyou

savethatwhichhathbeentoldyou.

Soshunthefilthofidols,

andshunlyingspeech,

[B]33.

Thereinarebenefitsforyouforanappointed
term;

andafterwardtheyarebroughtforsacrifice

untotheANCIENTHOUSE--Bil-Bayti
Al-`Atīqi.[B]

Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

1.AndariverwentoutofEden

2.andbecameinto4-fourheads.

(Genesis2:10KJV)

AndariverwentoutofEden---[THEMAIN
RIVER]

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towaterthegarden;
andfromthenceitwasparted,
andbecameinto4-fourheads.[4]

MAKINGATOTALOF5RIVERS.

ThenameofthefirstisPison:
thewholelandofHavilah[INDIA],

(Genesis2:11KJV)

ThenameofthefirstisPison:[FIRST
RIVER]
thatisitwhichcompasseth
thewholelandofHavilah[INDIA],
[INDIA]
wherethereisgold;[GOLD]

COMPARE

Punjab

Thename"Punjab"means"landoffiverivers"

http://www.whereincity.com/india/punjab/

ThePunjabcoversanareaof50,362squarekilometres(19,445square
miles)andhasapopulationaround24,000,000in2000.

Thename"Punjab"means"landoffiverivers"

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andderivesfromthePersianwords'panj,'

meaningfive,and'aab,'meaningwater.

Therivers,tributariesoftheIndusRiver,aretheBeas,Chenab,Jhelum,
Ravi,andSutlej.

The  five  rivers,  now  divided  between  India  and  Pakistan.  Area  of
PunjabthatisbetweenriversofBeusandSatlujiscalledDoaba,

AndthenameofthesecondriverisGihon

(Genesis2:13KJV)

AndthenameofthesecondriverisGihon:
[SECONDRIVER]
thesameisitthatcompasseththewholelandofEthiopia.

AndthenameofthethirdriverisHiddekel

AndthefourthriverisEuphrates.

(Genesis2:14KJV)

AndthenameofthethirdriverisHiddekel:
[THIRDRIVER]
thatisitwhichgoethtowardtheeastofAssyria.
AndthefourthriverisEuphrates.
[FOURTHRIVER]

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COMPARE

thePANCH(FIVE)prayagsoftheGarhwalregion

OtherthemostreveredconfluencesarethePANCH(FIVE)
prayagsoftheGarhwalregion.InHindumythology,RIVERS
arepersonifiedasgoddessesandeventoday,Hindusholdthem
inhighveneration.

Thewaterofaholyriverissupposedtowashawaythesins.

Theconfluenceoftwoormoreriversmakethemmuchmore
sacred.

FIVEPrayagsare:

Deoprayag;
Rudraprayag
KarnaPrayag
NandPrayag
VishnuPrayag

http://www.badarikedar.org/content-kedar.aspx?id=47

thesonsofIshmael,

KEDAR[orLordShiva]

(Genesis25:13KJV)

Andthesearethenamesof

thesonsofISHMAEL

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bytheirnames,

accordingtotheirgenerations:

thefirstbornofIshmael,Nebajoth;

andKEDAR,[orLordShiva]

andAdbeel,andMibsam,

AndtheydweltfromHavilah[INDIA]untoShur,

(Genesis25:18KJV)

i. AndtheydweltfromHavilah[INDIA]untoShur,
ii. thatisbeforeEgypt,
iii. asthougoesttowardAssyria:
iv. andhediedinthepresenceofallhisbrethren.

(Isaiah42:10KJV)

SinguntotheLORDaNEWSONG,and
hispraisefromtheendoftheearth,
yethatgodowntothesea,
andallthatistherein;
theisles,
andtheinhabitantsthereof.

thevillagesthatKEDARdothinhabit:

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(Isaiah42:11KJV)

Letthewilderness/desert
andthecitiesthereofliftuptheirvoice,
thevillagesthatKEDARdothinhabit:
lettheinhabitantsoftherocksing,
letthemshoutfrom
thetopofthemountains.

(Isaiah42:12KJV)

LetthemgivegloryuntotheLORD,
anddeclarehispraiseintheislands.

asamightyMAN,
likeaMANofwar:
heshallcry,yea,
ROAR;

(Isaiah42:13KJV)

TheLORDshallgoforth
asamightyman,
heshallstirupjealousy
likeamanofwar:
heshallcry,yea,
roar;
heshallprevailagainsthisenemies.

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ISHMAEL

&12-twelveprincesshallhebeget

(Genesis17:20KJV)

AndasforIshmael,
Ihaveheardthee:
Behold,Ihaveblessedhim,
andwillmakehimfruitful,
andwillmultiplyhimexceedingly;
12-twelveprincesshallhebeget,
andIwillmakehimagreatnation.

12-twelveprinces

(Genesis25:16KJV)

ThesearethesonsofIshmael,
andthesearetheirnames,
bytheirtowns,
andbytheircastles;
12-twelveprinces
accordingtotheirnations.

thesonsofIshmael,

KEDAR[orLordShiva]

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(Genesis25:13KJV)

thefirstbornofIshmael,Nebajoth;

andKEDAR,[orLordShiva]

compare

excerpts

KEDARNATH

themajesticKEDARnath
rangestandsoneofthe12--twelve‘Jyotirlingas’
==>ofKEDARorLordShiva.

THECELESTIALJYOTIRLINGAM

Amidstthedramaticmountainscapesof
themajesticKEDARnath
rangestandsoneofthe12--twelve‘Jyotirlingas’
==>ofKEDARorLordShiva.
Lyingatanaltitudeof3584mts.
ontheheadofriverMandakini,
theshrineofKEDARnath
isamongsttheholiestpilgrimagesfortheHindus.

ThereareFourOtherKEDARs
•Madhyamaheshwar
•Tunganath
•Kalpeshwar

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•Rudranath

TheseFIVEKEDARsareworshippedasPanchKEDARs;

Kedarnathandthefourabovementionedshrinesaretreatedas
Panch[FIVE]KEDAR.

Animposingsight,standinginthemiddleofawideplateau
surroundedbyloftysnowcoveredpeaks.Thepresenttemple,
builtin8thcenturyA.D.byAdiShankaracharya,stands
adjacenttothesiteofanearliertemplebuiltbythePandavas.

http://www.patanjaliyogafoundation.com/pilgrimage-
kedarnath.php

KedarnathJyotirlinga

ThePandavasWorshipShivaatKEDAR

SetinthescenicHimalayas,KEDARnathisthenorthernmost
oftheDwadasaJyotirlingas.ItwasestablishedbythePandavas
aftertheMahabharataWar....Theuniquefeatureabout
KEDARnathisthatthelingamhereisconicalinformandnot
cylindrical.Thehillonwhichthetemplestandsisknownas
KEDAR,givingtheJyotirlingaitsname–KEDARnathor“the
LordofKEDAR”.

BadarinathDham&Kedarnath

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ogivenyouthevictoryatBadr,

KedarnathTempleinHimalayas

OneoftheholiestpilgrimagesfortheHindus,
KedarnathTempleJyotirlinga
islocatedinthepicturesquesurroundings
ofRudraHimalayaRangeataheightof12000
feetonamountainnamedKedar.
NearKedarnathisthesourceoftheriver
Mandakini
thatjoinsAlakanandaatRudraprayag.

SignificanceofKedarnathTemple

byprayingtoKedareshwar

LocatedintheloftyHimalayas,KedarnathTemple
isoneofthebestknownShivasthalamsinIndiaand
isconsideredtobeoneofthemostsacred
pilgrimagecentersofthecountry.Itisbelievedthat
byprayingtoKedareshwar,onecangetallhis
desiresfulfilled.

http://www.mahashivratri.org/kedarnath-temple-
himalayas.html

Significance

BADRinathwasre-establishedasamajor

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pilgrimagesitebyAdiShankaraintheninthcentury.

BADRinathhasbeenmentionedasaholyplacein
scripturesandlegendsforthousandsofyears.
AccordingtotheBhagavataPurana,"Therein
BADRikashramthePersonalityofGodhead
(Vishnu),inhisincarnationasthesagesNaraand
Narayana,hadbeenundergoinggreatpenancesince
timeimmemorialforthewelfareofallliving
entities."(BhagavataPurana3.4.22)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath

BADRinath–ThisholypilgrimageistheseatoftheLord
VishnuinhisaspectofBADRinarayan.BADRinathisthemost
importantandmostvisitedDhamamongall.

[BADR]BADRinathDhamisconsideredasoneofthemost
sacredcentresofpilgrimagesituatedintheloftyHimalayan
heightsintheGarhwalhilltracks(Uttarakhand).

compare

BADR8:5,8:12,8:17,8:42(March624,Ramadhan2AH)
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

Surah3.Al-Imran

TheBattleofBadr

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bibadriw/Bibadrin--at_Badr,

1.123.Allahhadalreadygiven
1. WaLaqadAllāhu
2.youthevictoryatBADR/bi
2. Nașarakumbibadriw/ badriw/Bibadrin,
Bibadrin
3.whenyewerecontemptible.
3. Wa'Antum'Adhillatun
4.Soobserveyourdutyto
4. Fāttaqūllāha Allah

5. La`allakumTashkurūn 5.inorderthatyemaybe

(123). thankful.

[Pooya/AliCommentary6:115]

3.Thefulfilmentofthepromiseofhelpgiventothe
HolyProphetonseveraloccasions-BADR,Uhad,
Khaybaretcetera-whentheHolyProphetandIslam
weresavedthroughImamAli,thehandofAllah
(Yadullah).

bringingthe2pluralisticvis-à-visQUR'ANICtraditionsinto
focus.

1]

22)SūratAl-Ĥaj

PRESENT--Al-MasjidiAl-Ĥarāmi

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1. Lo!thosewhodisbelieve
1. 'InnaAl-LadhīnaKafarū
andbar(men)fromthe
WaYașuddūna`An
wayofAllah
Sabīlillāhi
2. WaAl-MasjidiAl-Ĥarāmi
2. Wal-Masjidil-
--andfromtheInviolable
Ĥarāmil-Ladhī
PlaceofWorship,
3. Ja`alnāhuLilnnāsi
3. whichWehaveappointed
4. Sawā'anil-`ĀkifuFīhi formankindtogether,

5. WaAl-BādWaManYurid 4. thedwellerthereinandthe
Fīhi nomad:

6. Bi'ilĥādimBižulmin 5. whosoeverseeketh
NudhiqhuMin`Adhābin wrongfulpartialitytherein,
'Alīm
6. himWeshallcausetotaste
(25). apainfuldoom.

1. Wa'IdhBawwa'nā 1. And(remember)when
Li'ibrāhīma WepreparedforAbraham
[imam]
2. Makānal-Bayti
2. theplaceoftheHouse,
3. 'AnLāTushrikBī
Shay'āan 3. Ascribethounothingas
partneruntoMe,
4. WaŢahhirBaytiya
Lilţţā'ifīna 4. andpurifyMyHousefor
thosewhomaketheround
5. Wal-Qā'imīna
5. andstand
6. War-Rukka`i
6. andbow

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7. As-Sujūd
7. andtheprostration.
(26).


22:27
1. Wa'AdhdhinFīn-Nāsi
1. Andproclaimunto
Bil-Ĥajji
mankindthepilgrimage.
2. Ya'tūka
2. Theywillcomeunto
3. Rijālāaw THEE/YOU--Ya'tūka

4. Wa`AlaáKulliðāmirin 3. ONFOOT--Rijālāaw
Ya'tīnaMinKulliFajjin
4. andoneveryleancamel;
`Amīqin
theywillcomefromevery
(27). deepravine,

AND

2]

22)SūratAl-Ĥaj

PAST--Al-BaytiAl-`Atīq[1]&[2]

22:29
1. thum-malyaqDuutafathahum
walyuufuunudhuurahum 1. Thenletthemmakeanend
oftheirunkemptnessandpay
2. walyaT-Taw-wafuubilbaytil
theirvows
‘Atiyq[1]

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2. andgoaroundtheancient
(29). House.bilbaytil‘Atiyq[1]

22:33

1. lakumfiyhaamanaafi’Uilaa 1. Thereinarebenefitsforyou
ajalimmusam-man foranappointedterm;

2. hum-mamaHil-luhaat 2. andafterwardtheyare
broughtforsacrifice
3. ilalbaytil‘Atiyq[2]
3. untotheancientHouse.ilal
(33).
baytil‘Atiyq[2]

whatwasthePRIMALconnectionbetweenthetwoOR
MOREpluralistictraditions--pastandpresent,asrevealedin
theHolyQUR'AN?

5)SūratAl-Mā'idah

1. ThebeastofCATTLE

2. ismadeLAWFULuntoyou;

3. duringIhramforHajjor'Umrah(pilgrimage);

4. andhavechosenforyoual-Islamasreligion;

Yā'AyyuhāAl-Ladhīna'Āmanū Oyewhobelieve!Fulfilyour
'AwfūBil-`Uqūdi'UĥillatLakum indentures.
BahīmatuAl-'An`ām
1. ThebeastofCATTLE
'IllāMāYutlaá`Alaykum

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2. ismadeLAWFULuntoyou;

GhayraMuĥillīAș-ȘaydiWa exceptthatwhichisannouncedunto

'AntumĤurumun'InnaAllāha you(herein),gamebeingunlawful

YaĥkumuMāYurīdu(1). duringIhramforHajjor'Umrah
(pilgrimage)..Lo!Allahordaineth
thatwhichpleasethHim.

1. sofearthemnot,

1. FalāTakhshawhum
2. butfearMe!

2. WaĀkhshawnī
3. ThisdayhaveIperfectedyour

3. Al-Yawma'Akmaltu religionforyou
LakumDīnakum
4. andcompleteduntoyouMy

4. Wa'Atmamtu`Alaykum favour,
Ni`matī
5. andhavechosenforyou

WaRañītuLakumAl-'Islāma al-Islamasreligion
Dīnāan
andhavechosenforyoual-Islamas
religion

ThebeastofCATTLE

ismadeLAWFULuntoyou;

5)SūratAl-Mā'idah5:1

QUESTION

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WHYwasThebeastofCATTLEmadeUNLAWFUL
untoyouBEFORE?

WHOmadeThebeastofCATTLEUNLAWFULunto
youBEFORE?

WHENwasThebeastofCATTLEmadeUNLAWFUL
untoyou?

ConnectandCollaborate

NOTE:

mentiontheNameofAllahoverThe
beastofCATTLE:

[1]

Ĥurumātillāhi-thesacredthingsof
Allah,-

TheCATTLEarelawfultoyou(22:28,);

022:034KhanAndfor
EVERYNATIONWehave
appointedreligious
ceremonies,thattheymay
mentiontheNameofAllah
overthebeastofCATTLE
thatHehasgiventhemfor
food.

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[2]

SomentiontheNameofAllah

CAMEL

(22:27)--MinSha`ā'iriAllāhi--(22:36).

022:036KhanAndtheBudn
(cows,oxen,orcamelsdriven
tobeofferedassacrificesby
thepilgrimsatthesanctuaryof
Makkah.)Wehavemadefor
youasamongtheSymbolsof
Allah--minsha’AAiril-laahi,
thereinyouhavemuchgood.
SomentiontheNameofAllah
overthemwhentheyare
drawnupinlines(for
sacrifice).

universalguidance-TRANSITIONIN
PROGRESSORCONTINUATION

1. itisclearthatAllahbroughttogetherThePast
andthePresent-2pluralistictraditions.

2. hence,whatwasAllahtellingandreminding
thepresentmuslimsabout?

3. whereelsewasthepastpluralistictradition
prevalentBEFOREtheadventofIslamin

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610--623AD?

4. thereligioushistoryingeneralhadshownthat
these2pluralistictraditionshavecoexisted
eventothisday;

5. acompletereviewof22)SūratAl-Ĥaj,etc.,will
showthatregardlessofwhichtradition--past
orpresent,themankindfollowed:yourIlah
(God)isIlah(God)ONEthereforsurrender
untoHim'(22:34).

022:034

AndforEVERYNATIONhaveWe
appointedaritual,thattheymaymention
thenameofAllahoverthebeastof
CATTLEthatHehathgiventhemfor
food;

1. Fa'ilahukum-yourIlah
(God)

2. 'Ilahun--isIlah(God)

3. Wāĥidun--ONE

4. Falahu'Aslimū--
thereforsurrenderunto
Him',

5. Andgivegoodtidingsto
thehumble-Mukhbitin.

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note

022:034:.....thattheymaymentionthe
nameofAllah

overthe
beastof
CATTLE.

ConnectandCollaborate

revealedunderASTUPENDOUSchaptercalled:

6)SūratAl-'An`ām--6.CATTLE,
LIVESTOCK

1. HuwaKhāliquKulliShay'in

2. theCreatorofALLTHINGS,

3. Fā`budūhu

4. soWORSHIPHim;

5. QadJā'akumBașā'iru

6. NOWhavecomeuntoyou
VISIBLEProofs

7. MinRabbikum;

8. fromyourLord

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1. DhāliKUMAllāhu
1. SuchisYOURAllah,
2. RabbuKUM
2. YOURLord.

a. Lā'Ilāha'Illā
a. ThereisnoGodexcept
b. HUWAKhāliquKulli
b. HEIStheCreatorofall
Shay'in
things,
c. Fā`budūhu
c. soworshipHim.
d. WaHuwa`AlaáKulli
d. AndHeABOVEALL
Shay'in
THINGS.
e. WaKīlun
e. ANDGUARDIAN
(102).

Al-'Abșāru--Vision Al-'Abșāru--Vision

1. LāTudrikuhuAl-'Abșāru 1. VisioncomprehendethHim
not,
2. WaHuwaYudriku
2. butHecomprehendeth
Al-'Abșāra
vision.
3. WaHuwaAl-Laţīfu
3. HeistheSubtile,theAware.
Al-Khabīr

(103).

1. Bașā'iru--VISIBLEProofs
1. Bașā'iru--VISIBLEProofs
2. 'Abșaraseeth
2. 'Abșaraseeth

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3. Falinafsihi-soul'sbenefit
3. Falinafsihi---soul'sbenefit
4. `Amiya-blind
4. `Amiya-blind

a. VISIBLEProofshavecome
a. QadJā'akumBașā'iru
untoyou
b. MinRabbikumFaman
b. fromyourLord,
c. 'Abșara
c. sowhososeeth,
d. Falinafsihi
d. itisforforthebenefitofhis
e. WaMan`Amiya SOUL,

f. Fa``AlayhāWaMā'Anā e. andwhosoisblindis
`AlaykumBiĥafīžin
f. AndIamnotakeeperover
(104). you.

1. ThusdoWedisplayOur
revelations
1. WaKadhalikaNușarriful-
'Āyāti 2. thattheymaysay(untothee,
Muhammad):"Thouhast
2. WaLiyaqūlūDarasta
studied,"
3. WaLinubayyinahu
3. andthatWemaymake
4. LiqawminYa`lamūna it/HIM--nahu--clear

(105). 4. forpeoplewhohave
knowledge.

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text,context,connotationandconnection

AbrahamofIndia

http://www.davidicke.com/forum
/showthread.php?t=2497&page=5



Abram/Abraham/Brahma/Avram/Abu-Ramu/Ibrahim
Zeradust(@2000-1800BCE).

OneofthemostcentralfiguresofJudaismANDISLAM
andalsoreveredtosomeextentamongChristians.

[theoriginalinformativelinkisnowobsolete--
http://personalpages.tds.net/~theseeker/Abraham.htm]

Abraham

Abrahamisunderstoodbysomeas,“ABrahma”-
meaningaBrahmin.

TheInfluenceontheMuslims

InIndia,atributaryoftheriverSaraswathiisGhaggar.Another
tributaryofthesameriverisHakra.

AccordingtoJewishtraditions,HagarwasSarai’smaidservant;the
MoslemssayshewasanEgyptianprincess.

NoticethesimilaritiesofGhaggar,HakraandHagar.

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TheBiblealsostatesthatIshmael,

sonofHagar,

andhisdescendants

livedinIndia.

Genesis25:17-18“...Ishmaelbreathedhislastanddied,andwas
gatheredtohiskin...

TheydweltfromHavilah(India),byShur,whichisclosetoEgypt,
allthewaytoAsshur.”

AnotherinterestingfactisthatthenamesofIsaacandIshmaelalso
seeminglyderivefromSanskrit:(Hebrew)Ishaak=(Sanskrit)
Ishakhu=“FriendofShiva.”

(Hebrew)Ishmael=(Sanskrit)Ish-Mahal=“GreatShiva.”

text,context,connotationandconnection

"Thisismyway:IdoCALLuntoAllah"

12:108

qulhaadhihiisabiyliy

ad’UUilal-laah*

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specialnote

although,thiswas'myway-haadhihiisabiyliy'-wasitenough
tocalluponALLAHALONE?pleasefollowbelowAllah's
oft-repeatedguidance,ifyoubelieveotherwise.

anINVOCATION--PRAYERbasedonwhat?

12:108

‘AlaabaSiyratin

anawamanit-taba’Aniy*

wasubHaanal-laahi

wamaaanaminalmushrikiyn

12:108.

Saythou:"Thisismyway:

IdoCALLuntoAllah;

anINVOCATION--PRAYERbasedonwhat?

‘AlaabaSiyratin--onVISIBLE-MANIFEST
PROOF;

vis-à-vis

onthebasisofaCLEARPROOF/--Rashad

onevidenceCLEARASTHESEEINGwith
one'seyes/--YusufAli

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Iandwhoeverfollowsme.

wasubHaanal-laahi

ANDHolyisALLAH--/Sherali

GlorytoAllah!

andIamnotofthosewhoassociategodswith
ALLAH.--mushrikiyn
ref:YusufAli'sQuranTranslation/
Rashad/Sherali

conclusion

Saythou:"Thisismyway:

IdoCALLuntoAllah;

theHolyProphet's[SAS]stupendousINVOCATION--
PRAYERwasbasedONLY:

‘AlaabaSiyratin--onVISIBLE-MANIFEST
PROOF;

Iandwhoeverfollowsme.
^^^^^^^^

inotherwords,ifyoufollowtheHolyProphet's[SAS]

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WAY--MYWAY--sabiyliy,

1. thenfollowtheHOLYQUR'AN;

2. andbaSiyratin--VISIBLE-MANIFESTPROOF;

a. WHICHWASREVEALEDTOHIM--in
both

b. [theexternalVISIBLEform
--REVELATION--baSiyratin]

c. ANDTHEREIN,

d. [theinternalVISIBLEform--
REVELATION--baSiyratin]

e. UNTOHIMandwhoeverfollowedHIM.

maketheconnection

"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies"

COMPARE---PLURALISM

2:136.Say:Webelievein

BillāhiWaMāandHEWHO--andthat
-whichisrevealeduntous;

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1. WaMāandHEWHO--'Unzila'Ilaá
'IbrāhīmaWa'Ismā`īla;

2. WaMāandHEWHO--andthatwhichwas
revealedUNTOABRAHAMAND
ISHMAEL;

109)SūratAl-Kāfirūn--

NorwillyeworshipMā–HEWHO--
thatwhichIworship.

Untoyouyourreligion,

anduntomemyreligion--waliyadiyn.

connection

[waliyadiyn--ISSTILLTHERELIGION
OFMā–HEWHO:

13:19-25;2:27];

[.....AmaraAllāhuBihi'AnYūșala--......

commandedAllahUNTOHIMbeJOINED',
--

13)SūratAr-Ra`d--below];



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DECLARE--Mā–HEWHO:

MaedaSurah(5)

5:67

1. yaaay-yuharrasuulu

2. bal-ligMā–HEWHO

3. unzila

4. ilaykamirrab-bik*

wail-lamtaf'Alfamaabal-lagtarisaalatah*

wal-laahuya'ÅSimukaminannaas*

in-nal-laahalaayahdiylqawmalkaafiriyn

itissaidthattheabovecitedverse5:67,wasthe2ndLastDivineCommand
OfHis23-yearoldPropheticMission:

a. ifso,itwasmoreweightyandominousthantheWHOLEprophetic
missionputtogether.

b. further,ittookthatlongtopreparethefirstmuslimbelieversto

c. ACCEPTALLAH'SFINALPROCLAMATION.

d. thentoo,therewasnolackofopposition.

theabovesaidwasclearlydepictedinthefollowingtranslations
orinterpretationsthereof:

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005:067KhanOMessenger(MuhammadSAW)!
Proclaim(theMessage)which--[Mā–HEWHO];--
hasbeensentdowntoyoufromyourLord;

005:067MaulanaOMessenger,deliverthatwhich
--[Mā–HEWHO]--hasbeenrevealedtotheefrom
thyLord;

005:067PickthalOMessenger!Makeknownthat
which--[Mā–HEWHO]:--hathbeenrevealedunto
theefromthyLord,

005:067RashadOyoumessenger,deliver
what--[Mā–HEWHO]:--isrevealedtoyoufrom
yourLord

005:067SarwarMessenger,preachwhat--[Mā–HE
WHO]:--isrevealedtoyoufromyourLord.

005:067ShakirOMessenger!deliverwhat--[Mā–
HEWHO]:--basbeenrevealedtoyoufromyour
Lord;

005:067SheraliOMessenger!conveytothepeople
what--[Mā–HEWHO]:--hasbeenrevealedtothee
fromthyLord;

005:067YusufaliOMessenger!proclaimthe
(message)--[Mā–HEWHO]:--whichhathbeen
senttotheefromthyLord.

Thesaidverse[5:67],wasthe2ndLastCommandOFHIS
23-yearoldPropheticMission.asstated,itwasmoreweighty
andominousthantheWHOLEpropheticmissionitself.

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005:067Pickthal
thefinalproclamation:

1. OMessenger!

bal-ligMā–HEWHO

unzila

1. Makeknownthatwhich

2. --Mā–HEWHO

3. hathbeenrevealed

4. untotheefromthyLord,

005:067
ENSUINGdirewarning

forifthoudoitnot,

thouwiltnothaveconveyedHis
message.

005:067
protectionandguidance

AllahwillPROTECTtheefrom
mankind.

Lo!Allahguidethnotthe
disbelievingfolk.
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

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butiftheHolyProphet[SAS]didnotdoit,thenhis23-yearold
propheticmissionwouldhavebeendeemedincompleteand
failed.

AllahrepeatedtheCOMMANDAGAIN,aswellofferedto
PROTECTtheHolyMessenger[SAS]fromthepeople,
scoffersanddisbelievers.

compare

accordingtothebookoftorah,bothmosesandhisbrotheraaronwere
givendeathsentence,respectivelyfortrespassingagainsttheGodof
Israel.

MOSESDISOBEYED--INTHEBEGINNINGOFHISMISSION

theLORD--y'hvah

methim--[MOSES]
andsoughttokillhim--[MOSES]

(Exodus4:24KJV)

Anditcametopassbythewayintheinn,

thattheLORD--y'hvah

methim--[MOSES],

andsoughttokillhim--[MOSES].

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(Exodus4:25KJV)

ThenZipporahtookasharpstone,

andcutofftheforeskinofherson,

andcastitathis--[MOSES]feet,andsaid,

Surelyabloodyhusbandartthou--[MOSES]tome.

(Exodus4:26KJV)

Sohe--y'hvah

lethim--[MOSES]go:

thenshesaid,Abloodyhusbandthou--[MOSES]art,

becauseofthecircumcision.

MOSESALSODISOBEYED--ATTHEENDOFHISMISSION

1. Anddieinthemount
2. asAaronthybrotherdiedinmountHor

(Deuteronomy32:50KJV)

Anddieinthemountwhitherthougoestup,
andbegathereduntothypeople;
asAaronthybrotherdiedinmountHor,
andwasgathereduntohispeople:

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Becauseyetrespassedagainstme
becauseyesanctifiedmenot

(Deuteronomy32:51KJV)

Becauseyetrespassedagainstme

amongthechildrenofIsrael
atthewatersofMeribah-Kadesh,
inthewildernessofZin;
becauseyesanctifiedmenot
inthemidstofthechildrenofIsrael.

additionalPUNISHMENT

butthoushaltnotgothither;
becauseyesanctifiedmenot;

(Deuteronomy32:52KJV)

Yetthoushaltseethelandbeforethee;
butthoushaltnotgothither
untothelandwhichIgivethechildrenofIsrael.

compare

Surah15.Al-Hijr:

Fāșda`Bimā 

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Soproclaim
THAT
WHICH-
BimāHE
2.Tu'umaru
WHO/
3.Wa'A`riñ
2.thouart
`Ani
commanded,
Al-Mushrikīna

3.and
(94).
withdraw
 fromthe
idolaters.
'InnāKafaynāka
Al-Mustahzi'īna 

(95). Lo!Wedefend
theefrom
thescoffers,

Allah's2-twofoldDIVINECOMMANDspeaksforitself.

1. OMessenger!

2. Makeknownthatwhich--Mā/Bimā–HEWHO;

3. thouartcommanded--Tu'umaru

COMPARE

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91)SūratAsh-Shams

WaMā--andHimWho

WaAs-Samā'iWaMāBanāhā AndtheheavenandHimWho

(5). builther,

wal·arñiWaMāţaĥāhā AndtheearthandHimWho

(6). spreadher,

WaNafsinWaMāSawwāhā AndasoulandHimWho

(7). perfectedher

COMPARE

WaAs-Samā'iWaMāBanāhā

091:005

WaMā--andHimWho

091:005KhanAndbytheheavenandHimWhobuiltit;

091:005PickthalAndtheheavenandHimWhobuiltit,

091:005RashadTheskyandHimwhobuiltit.

091:005ShakirAndtheheavenandHimWhomadeit,

wal·arñiWaMāţaĥāhā

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091:006

WaMā--andHimWho

091:006KhanAndbytheearthandHimWhospreadit,

091:006PickthalAndtheearthandHimWhospreadit,

091:006RashadTheearthandHimwhosustainsit.

091:006ShakirAndtheearthandHimWhoextendedit,

WaNafsinWaMāSawwāhā

091:007

WaMā--andHimWho

091:007KhanAndbyNafs(Adamorapersonorasoul,etc.),andHim
Whoperfectedhiminproportion;

091:007PickthalAndasoulandHimWhoperfectedit

091:007RashadThesoulandHimwhocreatedit.

091:007ShakirAndthesoulandHimWhomadeitperfect,

92)SūratAl-Layl

WaMā 092:003KhanAndbyHimWho
createdmaleandfemale;
Khalaqa
092:003PickthalAndHimWho
Adh-Dhakara
hathcreatedmaleandfemale,

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WaAl-'Unthaá 092:003RashadAndHimwho
createdthemaleandthefemale.
(3).

notetheQUR’ANICPLURALISMasrevealedelsewhereaswell:

·WaMāMin'Ilahin

·whenthereisnoGOD

·'Illā'Ilahuw--SAVEGOD

LaqadKafaraAl-LadhīnaQālū
'InnallāhaThālithuThalāthatin; Theysurelydisbelievewhosay:
Lo!Allahisthethirdofthree;

·whenthereisnoilah
·WaMāMin'Ilahin
(god)
·'Illā'Ilahuw
·savetheIlah(God
·Wāĥid
·ONE.
(5:73).

restassured,thepoorlytranslatedphrase[whenthereisnoAllahsavethe
OneAllah,Pickthal'sQuranTranslation]andthelike,needprompt
revision,inordertocorrectlydiscern/depictpluralismintheoriginal
QUR'ANICVERSE005:073,[WaMāMin'Ilahin]perse.

ANDASWEIMPARTEDUNTODAVIDTHEPSALMS;

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4:163.Lo!WeinspiretheeasWeinspiredNoahandthe
prophetsafterhim,asWeinspiredAbrahamandIshmaeland
IsaacandJacobandthetribes,andJesusandJobandJonah
andAaronandSolomon,ANDASWEIMPARTEDUNTO
DAVIDTHEPSALMS;

ALLAHISAWRITERASWELL

WEWROTE

007:145WaKatabnāLahuFīl-'Alwāĥi

PickthalAndWewroteforhim[MOSES],upon
thetablets;

21:105walaqadkatabnaafiyzzabuurimim
ba’Ådidhdhikri

021:105PickthalAndverilywehavewritteninthe
Scripture,

afterthe
Reminder:

021:105AndverilywehavewritteninZabur
(Psalms--OFDAVID]),

aftertheReminder-
ADH-DHIKRI;

021:105YusufaliBeforethisWewroteinthe

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Psalms;

YA-SEEN(YA-SEEN)
WaNaktubu---Werecord

36:1Yā-Sīn(1)--YaSin.

36:2Wal-Qur'ānil-Ĥakīm(2)--ANDtheQUR'AN,Wise.

36:12

Lo!WeitisWhobringthedeadtolife.
WaNaktubu---Werecord
thatwhichtheysendbefore
(them,andtheirfootprints

.....'AĥșaynāHU
Fī'ImāmimMubīn
.....VESTEDWEHIM
intheIMAMMANIFEST]

Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

iamthePEN
anaqalmun
Ali,sonofAbuTalib

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BaofBismillah-
TheessenceoftheQura

[Pooya/Ali
Commentary1:1]
Itissaidthatal
Fatihahisthe
quintessenceofthe
Quran,and
bismillahirrahmanir
rahimistheessence
ofalFatihah,andthe
letterbaofbismillah
istheembodimentof
bismillahirrahmanir
rahim,andthedot
belowthefirstletter
baofbismillahisthe
spiritofthefirst
verse.

Ali,sonofAbuTalib,

thefirstoftheholyImams,

hadsaid:

"Iamthedotbelowthebaof
bismillah"

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1. 'ananuqtatuba-i-bismillah
2. anaqalmun
3. waanalauhunmahfuz
4. anaarshun
5. waanakursiun
6. waanasamawat'--

1. 'iamthepoint
oftheletterba
ofbismillah.
2. iamthePEN
3. andiamthe
preserved
tablet.
4. iamthe'arsh
[throne],
5. andiamthe
kursi,
6. andiamthe
firmaments'--

['thesecretofana'l-haqq,'pp.20
[ali--BaofBismillah],withnotes
andintroductionbykhansahib
khajakhanb.a.,--sh.
muhammadashraf,kashmiri
bazar-lahorepakistan].

http://www.islampub.com/books

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/sufism.html

pluralism

similarconceptsinthebiblical
times

Itoccurs49[7x7]timesinM

Thefirsthalfofthe
Tetragrammatonis
commonlyusedasan
abbreviationfor
God'snameandis
includedinthea
numberofbiblical
names.

Theshortenformof
YHWHisYah.The
NewWorld
Translation
referenceBible
states;

NewWorld
Translationofthe
HolyScriptures
FootnotetoPsalm
68:4

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"AsJah."
BHSftn(Heb.),ki
Yah;M(Heb.),
beYah´,"byJah."

Yahisthefirsthalfof
theTetragrammaton,
YHWH.

Itoccurs49
timesinM
distinguishedby
apoint
(mappik)inits
secondletter
andonce,inCa
8:6,withoutthe
mappik.
TLXXSyVg,
"Jehovah."See
Ex15:2ftn,
"Jah";App1A.

ExtraordinaryPoints

stillothersthinkthe
dotsareonlyadevice
toaidthereaderto
remembersome

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explanationthe
ancientHebrewshad
connectedwiththese
words

Concerningthe
extraordinarypoints,
gins,pp.320,321says
‘itwillthusbeseen
thatthepointswere
regardedbythe
ancientauthorities
….

Andthattheprophet
ELIAS[ELIJAH]
whoistosolveall
doubtsand
difficulties,willgive
hisdecisiononthem
WHENHE
APPEARS.[new
worldtranslationof
thescriptureswith
references,1984,pp.
735,1569]

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CULMINATION&CONCLUSION
OFA23-YEAROLDPROPHETICMISSION

5:3

alyawmaakmaltulakumdiynakumwaatmamtu'Alaykum
ni'ÅmatiywaraDiytulakumulislaamadiynaa*

005:003Pickthal

ThisdayhaveIperfectedyourreligionforyouand
completedMyfavouruntoyou,andhavechosenfor
youasreligional-Islam--theIslam.

"Islamdoesnotdealin
dichotomies"

Allah'sIrrefutable&
IrrevocableCommands;

namely:'......AllāhuBihi'AnYūșala--

.....AllahUNTOHIMbeJOINED';

[ref:13:19-25&2:27];

Surah2.002.027

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a.Thosewhobreakthe
covenantofAllah
b.afterratifyingit,

c.ANDSEVER

d.*MAA--HEWHO/THAT*
which--

e.COMMANDEDALLAH

*BIHII--UNTOHIMBE
JOINED*
[SeealsoHQ:13:19-25]

restassured,Allah'sexplicitcommandsgoevenfurtherforthefaithful,andevery
discerningmuslimbeliever:

text,context,connotationand
connection

MultipleDivineCommands
[ref:13:19-25&2:27],To

UNITE[1];

&

JOIN[2];

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1.UNITE[1]that–'Mā--He
Who;

2.CommandedAllahUnto
Him--Bihi;

1.Bihi-UntoHimBe
JOINED[2];

2.==>F_E_A_RTheirLord;

13)SūratAr-Ra`d

[b]21.SUCHAS
UNITE[1]THAT–

'Mā--HEWHO[II]--
which

'AmaraAllāhuBihi--
commandedAllah
UNTOHIM

AllāhuBihi'AnYūșala
--AllahUNTOHIMbe
JOINED[2]',

andANDF_E_A_R
THEIRLORD

Surah13.Ar-Ra'd13:19-25

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&2:27

WaRabbukaYakhluquMā ThyLordbringethtopasswhatHe
Yashā'uWaYakhtāruMāKāna willethandchooseth.Theyhave
LahumuAl-Khiyaratu neveranychoice.

SubĥānallāhiWaTa`ālaá`Ammā Glorifiedbe--HOLYISAllahand
Yushrikūn Exaltedaboveallthatthey

(28:68). associate(withHim)!

QUESTION

withoutgoingintootheradditionaldetailsfornow;

whatwillhappentotheVIOLATORSoftheseINVIOLABLE
COMMANDSofAllah'asis'?

allowmetoexplain,ifimay.

excerpt

·"ISLAMdoesnotdealindichotomies

·butinALLENCOMPASSINGUNITY.

·SPIRITandBODYareONE,

·MANandNATUREareONE.

·Whatismore,MANisanswerabletoGod

·forwhatMANhascreated"

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(AgaKhanIV,SpeechtotheAsiaSociety,NewYork,USA,September25
1979)

ALLAH'SINVIOLABLE&IRREVOCABLECOMMAND:

maketheconnection

Surah13.Ar-Ra'd13:19-25&2:27

......AllāhuBihi'AnYūșala--.....AllahUNTOHIMbeJOINED',

andANDF_E_A_RTHEIRLORD

13:22wal-ladhiynaSabarubtigaa'a

1. WAJHIRAB-BIHIM

2. WAAQAAMUSSALAATA....

22.Suchaspersevereinseeking

1. WAJHI-RABBIHIM--FACEOFTHEIRLORD--

2. ANDAREREGULARINPRAYER.....

note

notonlywerethemuslimscommandedto'JOINBihiuntoAllah',buttheverynext
commandwas,'ANDF_E_A_RTHEIRLORD';

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followedimmediatelyby:

1. seeking,'WAJHI-RABBIHIM--THEFACEOFTHEIRLORD'--

2. 'ANDAREREGULARINPRAYER'..

[Surah13.Ar-Ra'd13:19-25&2:27]...

QUESTION

whatdidtheabovemean?

simplyput,itNEGATESanyandallfalsenotionsof,'worshipAllah
ALONE'.

maketheconnection

Surah4.An-Nisaa

HewhoOBEYStheMessenger

4:80.

1. HewhoOBEYStheMessenger,

2. OBEYSAllah:

3. Butifanyturnaway,

4. Wehavenotsenttheetowatchovertheir(evildeeds).
YusufAli'sQuranTranslation

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"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies";

Lo!thosewhogiveBai'a--allegianceuntoTHEE;

giveBai'a--allegianceuntoALLAH.

48:10.

1.Lo!those
whogive
Bai'a--
allegiance
untoTHEE;
48:10
2.in-namaa--
1.in-nal-ladhiyna VERILY
yubaayi’UUnaka THAT--
(see
2.in-namaa--(see
Commentary
Commentary5:55*)
5:55*)
3.
3.giveBai'a--
yubaayi’UUnal-laah*
allegiance
4.yadul-laahifawqa unto
aydiyhim* ALLAH.

4.THE
HANDOF
ALLAHis
abovetheir
hands.

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firstof,itisoftensaidthatthePRAYER--DU'AAorthedailyprayers
(salat)isoneoftheMAINpillarsoffaithinIslam.nomuslimwillever
questionthat.

however,whatdidthenotionofthatPRAYER--DU'AAorsalatentail?

lettheHolyQUR'ANanswerthatquestionforus.

Surah40.Al-Mu'min

1. Rusulukum

2. Bil-Bayyināt

3. Du`ā'--prayer

versus

a. Du`ā'Al-Kāfirīn

b. thePRAYER--

c. DU'AAofdisbelievers

40:49.

AndthoseintheFiresayuntotheguardsofhell:Entreatyour
Lord--Rabbakum,thatHerelieveusofadayofthetorment.

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40:50

A. qaaluuawalamtakuta'tiykumrusulukum

B. bilbay-yinaat*

C. qaaluubalaa*

D. qaaluu

E. fad'UU*wamaaDu`ā'

F. ul-kaafiriynail-laafiyDalaal

40:50.

A. Theysay:Camenotyourmessengersuntoyou

B. withMANIFESTPROOFS?

C. Theysay:Yea,verily.

D. They[theguardsofhell]say:

E. ThendoyePRAY,

F. althoughthePRAYER--DU'AA

G. OFDISBELIEVERSISINVAIN.

Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

again,maketheconnection

Surah13.Ar-Ra'd13:19-25&2:27

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......AllāhuBihi'AnYūșala--.....AllahUNTOHIMbeJOINED',

andANDF_E_A_RTHEIRLORD

13:22wal-ladhiynaSabarubtigaa'a

WAJHIRAB-BIHIM

WAAQAAMUSSALAATA....

22.Suchaspersevereinseeking

WAJHI-RABBIHIM--FACEOFTHEIRLORD--

ANDAREREGULARINPRAYER.....

pleasekeeptheaboveQUR'AN-basedintroinviewatalltimes,especially
whenreadingtheremainingportionofthisarticle,astheyareinseparable
&intrinsicallyinterconnected.

fulfillmentofa2part-QUR'ANICprophecy-

NOVEMBER18,2010

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"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies";

INTHEHOLYQUR'ANANDISLAM

[36:12.vestedhuFī--HIM/itintheIMAMMANIFEST]

Lo!WeitisWhobringthedeadtolife.
Werecordthatwhichtheysendbefore
(them,andtheirfootprints.

1. wakul-lashay'in
2. 'Aĥșaynāhu
3. Fī'ImāmimMubīn
4. ANDALLTHINGS
5. haveWevested--
6. huFī--HIM/it
7. intheIMAMMANIFEST
8. [PRIEST--SPIRITUALLEADER].

SURAHYA-SEEN(YA-SEEN)
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation36:12

compare

ThewordImamal-MubinisalsousedintheKoran(15:79):

15:79fantaqamnaaminhum*wain-nahumaalabiimaamim
mubiyn

"Verilyboth(ShuaibandSaleh)areonanapparentpath
(Imamal-Mubin)(15:79).

15:79.Sowetookvengeanceonthem;andlo!theybothareon

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ahigh-roadplaintosee--[biimaamimmubiyn]
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

15:79.SoWeexactedretributionfromthem.Theywerebothon
anopenhighway,plaintosee.[biimaamimmubiyn]
YusufAli'sQuranTranslation

compare

"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies";

again,INTHEHOLYQUR'ANANDISLAM

[vested[-]aBook[-]

Surah78.An-Nabaa

WaKadhdhabūBi'āyātināKidhdhābāan(28).

28.TheycalledOurrevelationsfalsewithstrongdenial.

29.

1. wakul-lashay'in
2. 'Aĥșaynāhu
3. [-]Kitābāa[-]
4. ANDALLTHINGS
5. haveWe
6. hu--HIM/it

7. vested[-]aBook[-]

SURAH78.AN-NABA(THETIDINGS,THE
ANNOUNCEMENT)

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QUESTION

WHEREwasthestupendousBOOKinquestion?

ref:Surah78.An-Nabaa:29.

WASitevermadeMANIFEST--mubiyn?

wedon'tknowthat.

1. have'Wevested--huFī--HIM/it[-]aBook[-].
2. the2importantwords'Fī--IN'-&'MANIFEST--
mubiyn'werealsomissinginthisverse.

explanation

NON-ISMAILISHIASOURCE:

36:12--"Wakullashai'inashainahufeeImamim-mubeen".

a.EverythinghaveWeaccommodatedINTHEMANIFEST
IMAM(Guide)--pp.6

b.AndeverythinghaveWeconfinedintoa*MANIFESTing
IMAM*(Guide)--
bi.Marginnote:

SaidtheHolyProphet--Hewhodiedwhilehe
recognizednottheImamofhisage,certainlydied
hethedeathofignorance--Hadith.--pp.1318.

[TheHolyQur’anText,TranslationandCommentary,byS.V.

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MirAhmedAli,ISBN:(case)0-940368-84-6.

AREONEANDTHESAMEENTITY

c.Vr.78:29.(2852)---ThisBookandtheIMAMEMUBEEN
IN36:12ANDTHEIMAMINRnv17:71AREONEAND
THESAMEENTITYortwoseparateentitiesasalready
pointedout--thustheyareconnectedwiththeGreatNews
here[ibid.pp.1802].

e.Wewouldlikeheretosummarizethegistofallthese
traditionsin
thewordingofAli:

‘InnallahTajallafiKitaabhile’ibadeh’
“GodMANIFESTEDHimselfinHisBookformankind’


[TheHolyQur’anText,TranslationandCommentary,byS.V.
MirAhmedAli,ISBN:(case)0-940368-84-6,pp.55a).

http://www.balagh.net/english/quran/articles/044-066.htm

IfGODMANIFESTEDHimselfINHISBOOK

CONCLUSION:

IfGODMANIFESTEDHimselfINHISBOOK--TAJALLA

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FIKITAABHI--andalsoif,therewasnodistinctionbetween
theBook(78:29)andtheImamimMubeen(36:12),asshown
above,thenwhatdidthatmakeHim,THEIMAMIM--
MUBIIN,accordingtotheHolyQUR'AN&thesaidShia
Ithna’asharisourceonly?

INSHA'ALLAHfulfillmentofa2part-QUR'ANICprophecy-
NOVEMBER18,2010,willlendcredencetotheaforesaid.detailsbelow.

Surah23.Al-Muminun

68.Havetheynot

PONDEREDTHEWORD--QAWLA,

orhaththat--Mā--comeuntothem

whichcamenotuntotheirfathersofold?

HisHighnesstheAgaKhan
TheIsmailiCentre,London,October19,2003

TheNobleQur’anextends

ITSPRINCIPLEOFPLURALISM

alsotoadherentsofotherfaiths.

http://iis.ac.uk
/text_only.php?s=ContentLink.asp%3Ftype%3Dcont.

currentlang%26amp%3Bid%3D101325

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SPECIALNOTE

thefollowingeventsshow,withoutadoubtthataveryimportantand
timely2-part-QUR'ANICprophecyhadbeenfulfilledinNOORMawlana
HazarImam[1]WHENHERECEIVEDHisRoyalHighnessthe
Prince[2]ofWalesandhisentourage[2],attheIsmailiCentre,London
NOVEMBER18,2010.

theoriginalquestionraisedpriortoNOVEMBER18,2010was:

WHOwasmeantbythepronoun,'YOU'intheverse22:27
citedbyyou,Abduar-Rahman:
abu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com?

note

[myabovequestionwasraised'asis'beforeNOVEMBER18,
2010.seethedetailsandcontextbelow];

[however,atthetimeiknewonlyabouttheoverallsignificance
andapplicationoftheversesHQ:22:27-30-citedbyAbdu
ar-Rahman.

buttheQUR'ANICfulfillmentofHQ:22:27citedabove,only
happenedalittlelaterbyALLAH'S,ANDMYMAWLA&
HOLYIMAM'S[SA]infiniteGRACE,MercyandBarakah.]

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offermydeepestgratitudeandprostrationtoALLAH,MYMAWLA&
HOLYIMAM[SA]ANDTHENOORANIFAMILY[PBUTH].

PENNEDBEFORENOVEMBER18--19,2010.

excerpt

·"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies

·butinALLENCOMPASSINGUNITY.

·SpiritandbodyareONE,

·manandnatureareONE.

·Whatismore,MANisanswerabletoGod

·forwhatMANhascreated"

(AgaKhanIV,SpeechtotheAsiaSociety,NewYork,USA,
September251979)

http://gonashgo.blogspot.com/2009/07/494animal-voyage-
by-prince-hussain-aga.html

1. THEY[plural]willcomeunto

2. THEE/YOU--Ya'tūka

3. ONFOOT--Rijālāaw

22:27
1. Wa'AdhdhinFīn-Nāsi

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Bil-Ĥajji
1. “Andproclaimamong
2. Ya'tūka
men/mankindthePilgrimage:
3. Rijālāaw
2. THEY[plural]willcome
Wa`AlaáKulliðāmirinYa'tīna untoTHEE/YOU--Ya'tūka
MinKulliFajjin`Amīqin
3. ONFOOT--Rijālāaw
(27).
andoneveryleancamel;theywill
comefromeverydeepravine,

again,WHOwasmeantbythepronoun,'YOU'intheverse22:27citedby
you,Abduar-Rahman:abu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com??seedetails
below.

therefore,WHOwastheREALOBJECT

oftheHAJJ-PilgrimageINISLAM?

DOYOUKNOWHIM?

PLEASENAMEHIM,IFYOUDO.

WHEREISHENOW-IN2010?

ontheotherhand,HISUNIVERSALEXISTENCE,isinandof
itselftheQUR'ANICfoundationandessence;

oftheprimal,primordialandeverlastingISLAM&PLURALISM,
asrevealedbyAllahhimself.

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itiseverpresentandcurrentinitseternalconcept.

theprimalpluralism

HisHighnesstheAgaKhan

TheNobleQur’anextends
ITSPRINCIPLEOFPLURALISM
alsotoadherentsofotherfaiths.

compare

==>andtheChristians

andthosewhoassociate(otherswithAllah)-
==>Wal-Ladhina'Ashraku
Shakir'sQuranTranslation

22:17.

Lo!thosewhobelieve

innaAl-Ladhīna'Āmanū,

andthosewhoareJews,

andtheSabaeans

==>andtheChristians

andtheMagians

andthosewhoassociate(otherswithAllah)-
==>Wal-Ladhina'Ashraku

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Shakir'sQuranTranslation

'Innallāha[a]--Lo!AllahwilldecidebetweenthemontheDayof
Resurrection.

Innallāha[b]Lo!AllahisWitnessoverallthings.
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation

pleasereadandstudytheaboveverse22:17verycloselyinorderto
understandthehighlightedportionthereinINSHA'ALLAH.

maketheconnection

NOORMawlanaHazarImamandPrinceCharlesvisittheIsmaili
Centre,Londonincommemorationofits25thanniversary

Introduction

MawlanaHazarImamreceivedHisRoyalHighnessthePrince
ofWalesattheIsmailiCentre,Londonon18November.The
Prince’svisitcommemoratedthe25thanniversaryofthe
Centre.

London,18November2010—Earliertoday,
MawlanaHazarImamreceivedHisRoyalHighnessthePrince
ofWalesattheIsmailiCentre,London.ThePrince’svisit
commemoratedthe25thanniversaryoftheCentre,whichwas
openedin1985.

LOOKATMOWLA'SIMMENSEBLESSINGSOFBARAKATIN

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THATVIDEO:

http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1116/Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-and-Prince-
Charles

-visit-the-Ismaili-Centre-London-in-commemoration-of-its-
25th-anniversary

[copyandpastethiscompletelink-therearenospacesin-between]

SPECIALNOTE

astepbystepprogressiontowardsfulfillmentofa1400-yearold
QUR'ANICPROPHECY.

noteagain,thefollowingeventsshow,withoutadoubtthata
veryimportantandtimely2-part-QUR'ANICprophecyhad
beenfulfilledinNOORMawlanaHazarImam[1]WHENHE
RECEIVEDHisRoyalHighnessthePrince[2]ofWalesand
hisentourage[2],attheIsmailiCentre,LondonNOVEMBER
18,2010.

`AlayhāTis`ata`Ashara

(74:30).

Aboveit/HERnineteen.

chronologicalanalysis

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intheeveningofNovember19,2010mymomandiwatched:

Friday,November19,2010

PrinceCharlestalksto‘DatelineNBC,’BrianWilliams
BrianWilliamscouldgetsomeinsightwhenheinterviews
PrinceCharlesfora“DatelineNBC”specialat9p.m.Friday,
November19,2010

Theprogramwillbecalled“TheManWhoWillBeKing.”
NBCanchorWilliamswillgotoScotlandforthechat.NBC
NewssaidthetopicswillincludeCharles’roleasPrinceof
Wales;coverageofhimbythemedia;hissonsWilliamand
Harry;andthereportsthatWilliamcouldsoonwed.

WhatcouldbemostimportanttoCharlesisdiscussing
NATURE.“Dateline”willbethelead-infor“Harmony,”a
specialaboutCharles’workinfightingclimatechangeand
seekingsolutionstoenvironmentalcrises.“Harmony”willairat
10p.m.Nov.19.Thespecial“Dateline”and“Harmony”willbe
partofNBCUniversal’sannualGreenWeek.

blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/11/prince...-

THEIRHIGHNESSESMEETING/S

Friday,November19,2010

1. aswewerewatchingtheNBCprogram;

2. followedbytheCBCNews-Canada-Musharraf;

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ijustrecalledaswell,relatedtomymomthatbothNOOR
MawlanaHazarImamandPrinceCharleshavehadmetseveraltimesin
London,EnglandandPakistan.

andalsoaboutTHEIRHIGHNESSESmeeting/swithPakistan'sformer
president,HEGeneralPervezMusharraf.

JUSTGooglesearchedandUPDATEDthefollowingmedia-accountsfor
yourperusalandverification.

Friday,November19,2010|11:19PMET
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/11/19/musharraf-
interview019.html#ixzz162c6Zswt

CBCNews-Canada-

MusharrafmightnothavehandedoverbinLaden19Nov2010
...Pakistan'sformerpresident,PervezMusharraf,spoketothe
CBC'sPeterMansbridgeinToronto.(RickBowmer/Associated
Press)...

AGAKHANINHUNZA,PAKISTANWITHPRINCE
CHARLES-2006-11-03...10Jul2007...Hunza,Pakistan:
PrinceCharles,theDuchessofCornwallandtheAgaKhan
visitedtheAltitareaofHunzatoseethedevelopmentwork
being...
ismaili.net/heritage/node/12363-Cached?2006-11
Pakistan-Hunza|Ismaili.NET-HeritageF.I.E.L.D.2006,

November3:Hunza,Pakistan-PrinceCharles,theDuchessof
Cornwall...

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HisHighnesstheAgaKhan

www.ismaili.net/heritage/node/1228/list-

18Nov2010...

HisHighnesstheAgaKhanandPrinceCharlesvisittheIsmaili
Centre,Londonincommemorationofits25thanniversary...
ismailimail.wordpress.com/.../his-highness-the-aga-khan-and-
prince-charles-visit-

the-ismaili-centre-london-in-commemoration-of-its-
25th-anniv...-Cached

PictureGallery

ThePakistanSociety-Multimedia-

50thAnnualDinneratLincoln’sInn(17June2004)
TheHon.PresidentoftheSociety,HEAbdulKaderJaffer
presidedoveralargeanddistinguishedcompanywhich
included:

ThePresidentofPakistan,HEGeneralPervez
Musharraf,

HRHThePrinceofWales,

HRHPrincessSarvathElHassanofJordan

andHHTheAgaKhan.

Photography-BellaWestPhotography.

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text,context,connotationandconnection

NOTE:

notonlydidnottheauthor,alikenadianhaveanypriorknowledgeofwhat
transpiredbetweenNOORMawlanaHazarImamandPrinceCharles,
respectivelyNOVEMBER18,2010--seedetailsbelow;

butalsohe,alikenadianwasproofreadingtheabovetitledarticlebetween
NOVEMBER18--19,2010.

"Islamdoesnotdealindichotomies"

1. wakul-lashay'in
2. 'Aĥșaynāhu
3. Fī'ImāmimMubīn
4. ANDALLTHINGS
5. haveWevested--
6. huFī--HIM/it
7. intheIMAMMANIFEST
8. [PRIEST--SPIRITUALLEADER].

SURAHYA-SEEN(YA-SEEN)
Pickthal'sQuranTranslation36:12

earlynextmorningNovember20,2010,my
sistersentmeaFWDemailwithsomePIC
fileattachments:

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Gallery:MawlanaHazarImam
andPrinceCharlesvisitthe
IsmailiCentre,Londonin
commemorationofits25th
anniversary

andthemorningafterthat,November21,
2010ireceivedanotherFWDemailfroma
friendwhichcontainedthesamepicfiles
andthefollowinglinks:

FormorephotoGalleryClickonthelink

http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1117
/Gallery-Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-and-
Prince-Charles

-visit-the-Ismaili-Centre-London-
in-commemoration-of-its-25th-anniversary

Alsowatchthevideos,

http://www.theismaili.org/cms/1116
/Mawlana-Hazar-Imam-and-Prince-
Charles

-visit-the-Ismaili-Centre-London-
in-commemoration-of-its-25th-anniversary

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INTERPRETATIONbasedonlyonthe
aboveevents:

alikenadian:

Surah22.Al-Hajj

“Andproclaim
amongmen/mankind
thePilgrimage:

theywill

COMETO
'YOU'

onfoot;

HQ:22:27

aggregation:[22+
27=49]

[fulfillment:the49th
HolyImam[SA]
and7x7--SEVEN
oftheoft-repeated-
HQ:15:87];

[emphasis added without


altering the original text, ali
kenadian ]

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note

THEHOLYIMAM'S
DIDAR--thatis,vision
vis-à-visaudience,etc.,

meansdoingtheHAJJ--
PILGRIMAGE;

intheplainandsimple
QUR'ANIClanguage--
[ref:HQ:2:124&
22:17,27];

ANDPRINCE
CHARLES&his
entourage---[THEY-
plural];[22:17,27];

CAMETOMOWLANA
HAZIRIMAM[SA]--
[ref:HQ:2:124&
22:17,27];

ONFOOT.[ref:
22:17,27];

NOVEMBER18,2010

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asaresult,iwassimplyoverwhelmedand
dumfoundedbecauseeverythingseemed
sointerconnectedandrelated,inspiteof
thetimedifferenceanddistanceinvolved.

theoriginalquestionraisedpriorto
NOVEMBER18,2010:

WHOwasmeantbythe
pronoun,'YOU'intheverse
HQ:22:27citedbyyou,Abdu
ar-Rahman:
abu.abdu.arrahman@gmail.com
?

reiteration:

1. November18,2010@london,
england,aQUR'ANICprophecywas
beingfulfilled;

2. Gallery:MawlanaHazarImamand
PrinceCharlesvisittheIsmaili
Centre,Londonincommemoration
ofits25thanniversary.

3. November19,2010severalTV
CHANNELSintheusaandcanada,
ranprogramswithinhoursofeach
other,andtherebyconnectedthekey
playersmentionedherein;

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4. duringthesaidperiodNovember
18--19,2010iwasalsoproofreading
myQUR'AN-basedreply/article
underdiscussion.

5. andwithin24hoursofeachother,
THEDIVINEPROPHECY,THE
HOLYQUR'ANanditsfulfillment
intheEASTandtheWESThad
takenplace,almostsimultaneously,

6. MawlanaHazarImamandPrince
CharlesvisittheIsmailiCentre,
London;

7. THETIME&SPACE;

8. imean--everythingjustcame
together,asifitwaspreordainedBY
ALLAHHIMSELFover1400plus
yearsago;

9. literallyeverythingwasswarming
togetherforafinaldesiredgoaland
itsstupendousfulfillment.

anotherperspective

2)SūratAl-Baqarah

‘Whereveryouturn;

thereistheFACEofAllah’

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--Wajhullah;

UntoAllah
belongtheEast
WaLillahil- andtheWest,
Mashriqu [i]
Wal-Maghribu


and
Fa'aynamā
whithersoeverye
Tuwallū
turn,thereisthe
Fathamma
FACEofAllah’
Wajhullāh
--Wajhullāh.
'Innallāha
Wāsi`un`Alīym
'Innallāha-Lo!
(115). Allahis
All-Embracing,
All-Knowing.

compare

excerpts

HisHighnesstheAgaKhanThe
IsmailiCentre,LondonOctober19,
2003

.......therecurringcallof
theQUR'ANtoponder
thecreationasawayto

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understandAllah's
benevolentmajesty.

AsSura
al-Baqara
proclaims:

1. ‘Wherever
youturn,

2. thereis
the
FACEof
Allah’.

DoesnottheQUR'AN
challengetheartist,as
muchasthemystic,togo
beyondthephysical-the
outward-soastoseekto
unveilthatwhichliesatthe
centrebutgiveslifetothe
periphery?

http://www.amaana.org/agakhan
/iis25annivspeech.htm

[emphasis added without altering the


original text, ali kenadian ]

amprofoundlygratefulandhumbledbythisDIVINEBLESSINGSOF
BARAKAT,afirsthandexperienceandparticipationtherein.

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HisHighnesstheAgaKhan
thisfreedomofINTERPRETATIONasa"generosity
whichtheHOLYQURANconfersuponALLBELIEVERS",

EXCERPTS

‘WordofGod,ArtofMan:TheQur’ananditsCreativeExpressions’

AnInternationalColloquiumorganisedbyTheInstituteof
IsmailiStudies

HisHighnesstheAgaKhan
TheIsmailiCentre,London,October19,2003

Bismillahal-Rahmanal-Rahim

Thisprogrammeisalsoanopportunityforachieving
insightsintohowthediscourseoftheQur’an-
e-Sharif,richinparableandallegory,metaphorand
symbol,hasbeenaninexhaustiblewell-springof
inspiration,lendingitselftoawidespectrumof
INTERPRETATIONS.

thisfreedomofINTERPRETATIONasa
"generositywhichtheHOLYQURANconfersupon
ALLBELIEVERS",unitingthemintheconviction
thatAll-MercifulAllahwillforgivethemiftheyerr
intheirsincereattemptstounderstandHisword.

Happily,asaresult,theHolyBookcontinuesto
guideandilluminatethethoughtandconductof

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Muslimsbelongingtodifferentcommunitiesof
INTERPRETATIONandspiritualaffiliation,from
centurytocentury,indiverseculturalenvironments.

TheNobleQur’anextends

ITSPRINCIPLEOFPLURALISM

alsotoadherentsofotherfaiths.

Itaffirmsthateachhasadirectionandpathto
whichtheyturnsothatallshouldstriveforgood
works,inthebeliefthat,wheresoevertheymaybe,
Allahwillbringthemtogether.

http://iis.ac.uk
/text_only.php?s=ContentLink.asp%3Ftype%3Dcont.

currentlang%26amp%3Bid%3D101325

[emphasis added without altering the original text, ali kenadian


]

compare

TheNobleQur’anextends

ITSPRINCIPLEOFPLURALISM

alsotoadherentsofotherfaiths.

BaqaraSurah(2)

WaMā--andthatwhichwasrevealeduntoAbraham,and

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Ishmael,

1. Qūlū
1. SayWe
'Āmannā
believein
Billāhi
Allah
2. WaMā
2. andthat
'Unzila
whichis
'Ilaynā
revealed
3. WaMā untous
'Unzila'Ilaá
3. andthat
'Ibrāhīma
whichwas
Wa
revealed
'Ismā`īla
unto
4. Wa'Isĥāqa Abraham,
Wa andIshmael,
Ya`qūba
4. andIsaac,
5. Wa andJacob,
Al-'Asbāţi
5. andthe
6. WaMā tribes,
'Ūtiya
6. andthat
MūsaáWa
whichMoses
`Īsaá
andJesus
7. WaMā received,
'Ūtiyan-
7. andthat
Nabīyūna
whichthe
Min
prophets
Rabbihim
received

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8. Lā fromtheir
Nufarriqu Lord.
Bayna
8. Wemakeno
'Aĥadin
distinction
Minhum
betweenany
9. WaNaĥnu ofthem,
Lahu
9. andunto
Muslimūn
Himwehave
(136). surrendered.

1. WaLi
1. ANDEACH
kulliw
ONE
2. Wijhatun
2. hathagoal
Huwa
towardwhich
Muwallīhā
heturneth;
3. Fāstabiqūl-
3. soviewith
Khayrāt
oneanother
4. 'AynaMā ingood
TakūnūYa'ti works.
Bikumullāhu
4. Wheresoever
Jamī`āa
yemaybe,
5. 'Innallāha Allahwill
`AlaáKulli bringyouall
Shay'in together.
Qadīyr
5. Lo!Allahis
(148). Abletodo

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allthings

Pickthal'sQuran
Translation

1. Therefore

1. Fādhkurūnī remember
Me,
2. 'Adhkurkum
2. andIwill
3. WaĀshkurū remember
Lī you.

4. WaLā 3. Givethanks
Takfurūnī toMe,

(152). 4. andreject
notMe.

compare

AgaKhanUrgesCorrectUseofK_O_R_A_NTeachings

"Thereareattemptsattransformingwhataremeanttobefluid,
progressive,open-ended,intellectuallyinformedandspiritually
inspiredtraditionsofthought,intohardened,monolithic,
absolutistandobscurantistpositions."

theagakhanattheweekendspokeaboutfreedomof

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INTERPRETATIONasa"generositywhichtheHOLY
Q_U_R_A_NconfersuponALLBELIEVERS".

http://www.islamfortoday.com/agakhan01.htm

islamfortoday@yahoo.com<islamfortoday@yahoo.com>

ThisarticlewasoriginallypublishedinTheNation,Nairobi,
Kenya,October23,2003

[emphasis added without altering the original text, ali kenadian


]

EXCERPT

IslamForToday.com
promotingthetheologyofIslam

ForWesternersseekingaknowledgeandunderstandingof
Islam.
AguidetothereligionofIslam,Muslimhistoryand
civilizations,

therightsofwomeninIslam,IslamintheWestandaroundthe
worldtoday

plusMuslimschoolsandfamilylife.

http://www.islamfortoday.com/agakhan01.htm

islamfortoday@yahoo.com<islamfortoday@yahoo.com>

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Surah49.Al-Hujurat

Lo!thenoblestofyou,inthesightofAllah......

49:13

yaaay-yuhannaasuin-naakhalaqnaakummin
dhakariwwaunthaa

waja’Alnaakumshu’UUbawwaqabaailali
ta’AArafuu*

in-naakramakum‘Indal-laahiatqaakum*

in-nal-laaha‘Aliymunkhabiyr

049:013Pickthal

Omankind!Lo!Wehavecreatedyoumaleand
female,

andhavemadeyounationsandtribesthatyemay
knowoneanother.

Lo!thenoblestofyou,inthesightofAllah,isthe
bestinconduct.

Lo!AllahisKnower,Aware.

compare

ProphetMuhammad(pbuh)hadsaidthebestamongyouis.......

ImamHazratAli(ra),--Thebestmanishewho.....

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WorldMuslimCongress

Saturday,July10,2010

HappyImamatdaytoHHAgaKhan

TheAgaKhanstronglybelievesandpracticesinservingthe
humanity,asitisastrongcomponentofIslamictraditioncalled
HuqooqulIbad,therightsoffellowbeings.

ProphetMuhammad(pbuh)hadsaidthebestamongyouisthe
onewhoseestoitthathisneighborisfedandcaredfor.

ImamHazratAli(ra),the4thrightlyguidedCaliph(Leader)
whosucceededProphetMuhammadinprovidingthe
leadershiptotheMuslimcommunitysays,"Thebestmanishe
whoismostserviceabletofellowhumans."

Dallas,Texas.Sunday,July11,2010.

53Yearsagotoday,HisHighnessPrinceKarimAgaKhanwas
appointedtobecomethe49thhereditaryImamoftheShia
ImamiIsmailiMuslimssucceedinghisgrandfather,SirSultan
MohamedShahAgaKhanIII.

AboutMikeGhouse
MikeGhouseisaSpeaker,ThinkerandaWriter.

Heisafrequentguestontalkradioandlocaltelevisionnetwork
discussingPluralism,interfaith,Islam,India,Multiculturism,
Terrorism,Peace,PoliticsandCivicissues.

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HepresidestheFoundationforPluralismaHeisthepresident
ofWorldMuslimCongressathinktankwithasimpletheme:
GoodforMuslimsandgoodfortheworldandvice-Versa.

http://worldmuslimcongress.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-imamat-day-to-
hh-aga-khan.html

excerpts

LecturebyHisHighnesstheAgaKhan:TheLaFontaine-
BaldwinLecture(Toronto,Canada)

15October2010

Bismillah-hir-Rahmanir-Rahim,

Meanwhile,thewaywecommunicatewithoneanotherhas
beenrevolutionized.

1. Butmorecommunicationhasnotmeantmore
cooperation.

2. Moreinformationhasalsomeantmore
MIS-information–

3. moresuperficialsnapshots,

4. moreshardsofstrayinformationtakenoutofcontext.

5. ==>Andithasalsomeantmorewillful
DIS-information–

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6. notonlydifferencesofopinion,

7. ==>butdistortionsoffact.

8. Awide-openinternetallowsDIVISIVEinformation

9. totravelasfarandasfastasreliableinformation.

10. Therearevirtuallynobarrierstoentry–

andanyone-responsibleorirresponsible-can
playthegame

Technologies,afterall,aremerelyinstruments–

theycanbeusedforgoodorill.

Howweusethemwilldepend–

ineveryageandineveryculture–

notonwhatsitsonourdesktops,

butonwhatisinourheads–

andinourhearts.

http://www.akdn.org/Content/1018

[emphasis added without altering the original text, ali kenadian


]

INSHA'ALLAHtheprofoundrelevanceoftheabovecitedEXCERPTS
FROMthetimelyguidance/lecture,byHisHighnesstheAgaKhan,my
HolyImam[SA];tomyremainingportionofthisarticlebelowwillbecome
apparent,asweprogresswiththeenormoustaskathand.

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1. moreshardsofstrayinformationtakenoutofcontext.

2. ==>Andithasalsomeantmorewillful
DIS-information–

3. notonlydifferencesofopinion,

4. ==>butdistortionsoffact.

5. Awide-openinternetallowsDIVISIVEinformation

LecturebyHisHighnesstheAgaKhan:The
LaFontaine-BaldwinLecture(Toronto,Canada)

15October2010

byAllah'sinfinitegraceandmyMowla'sinfintemercyatthetime,iwas
stillworkingonanotherarticle:PARAN--ISHMAEL[ARAB]

[Deuteronomy33:2ERRB]

·Andhesaid,theLORDYahVehcamefromSinaiSinay,

·androseupfromSeiruntothem;

[PARAN--ISHMAEL[ARAB]

heshinedforthfrommountParan,--Paran:6290
‫–ארן‬pak'rakn'...[1]

·andhecamewithtenthousandsmyriadsofsaintsholy:

·fromhisrighthand

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·wentafierylawdecreeoffireforthem.]

andmyownthoughtsandviewsnotedonthissubjectjustaboutthen,were
actuallyechoedinEASTERNCANADAbymyMowla,almost
simultaneously.

inthelikemanner,Hebroughttheeast[i[andwest[i]togetheronthat
occasionincanada.

andonly1monthlatera2partQUR'ANICprophecywasfulfilledin
london,england.

again,Hebroughttheeast[ii]andwest[ii]togetherineurope.

Surah55.Ar-Rahman

Rabbul-Mashriqayni[i-ii[ LordofthetwoEasts[i-ii[,

WaRabbul-Maghribayn[i-ii[ andLordofthetwoWests![i-ii[

(17). 055:017Pickthal

offermydeepestgratitudeandprostrationtomyHolyImam[SA]for
theseenormousblessingsofBARAKAT.

theabovefacts-namely,NOORMOWLANAHAZIRIMAM'S[SA]earlier
--october15,2010remarkswerealsoapplicabletomypart2ofthearticle

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underdiscussion.

andmoreimportantly,a2-part-QUR'ANICprophecywasfulfilledatthis
time,october18.2010.

shukarmowla,shukarmowla,shukarmowla,shukarmowla,shukar
mowla,

CONTINUED

Part2_i

ToClearSomeoftheMisconceptions

ABOUT:

1. ISLAM;

2. TheHolyQUR'AN;

3. ANDTHEAGAKHAN;

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