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CONTINUED...
SURAH
AN-NABA': 78 (The Great Event)
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE BENEFICENT THE MOST MERCIFUL
They
will taste nothing cool in it, nor a drink, [24]
Except boiling water and pus, [25]
This being recompense in full accord (with their deeds). [26]
They did not expect (to face) accounting (of their deeds),
[27]
And they rejected Our signs totally. [28]
And everything (from their deeds) is thoroughly recorded by
Us in writing. [29]
COMMENTARY:
A group of commentators find a third interpretation of this
verse. A statement after this verse, namely, (They will taste
nothing cool in it, nor a drink, except boiling water and
pus...78:25) - is circumstantial clause to Ahqaub, in which
case the verse purports to say that for the countless aeons
of Ahqaub that they will be in Hell they will not be tasting
any coolness of air nor any food or drink excepting for boiling
water and [scalding] pus. When the Ahqaub is over, the condition
may change, and other kinds of punishment may be imposed.
The
word Hameem means 'intensely boiling water if brought near
the face, it would burn its flesh, and when put into the stomach
it would cut into pieces the internal organs'.
The
word ghassaq means 'blood and pus, and washings of wounds
that will ooze from the inmates of Hell'. (this being a recompense
in full accord [with their deeds] 78:26). The punishment given
to them in Hell will be based on justice and equity - a fitting
recompense - on account of their false beliefs and evil deeds.
They will not be wronged in the least.
TO
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| THE
MESSAGE |
VALENTINE
DAY, BIRTHDAYS, AND OTHER DAZE
What commercial and cultural propaganda presents as
beautiful is rooted in ugly paganism but most blind followers
do not know.
By Khalid Baig
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There
is a group of practices that we can consider as the twin
sister of bid'ah (innovation). Like bid'ah they flourish
on the twin foundations of ignorance and outside influence.
Like bid'ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid'ah the rituals
have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed because
they are considered an acceptable cultural practice or the
hottest imported "in" thing.
Most
of those who indulge in them do not know what they are doing.
They are just blind followers of their equally blind cultural
leaders. Little do they realize that what they consider
as innocent fun may in fact be rooted in paganism. That
the symbols they embrace may be symbols of unbelief. That
the ideas they borrow may be products of superstition. That
all of these may be a negation of what Islam stands for.
Consider
Valentine's Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved
death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United
States of America) has suddenly started to emerge across
a good swath of Muslim countries. Who was Valentine? Why
is this day observed? Legends abound, as they do in all
such cases, but this much is clear: Valentine's Day began
as a pagan ritual started by Romans in the 4th century BCE
to honour the god Lupercus. The main attraction of this
ritual was a lottery held to distribute young women to young
men for "entertainment and pleasure" - until the
next year's lottery. Among other equally despicable practices
associated with this day was the lashing of young women
by two young men, clad only in a bit of goatskin and wielding
goatskin thongs, who had been smeared with blood of sacrificial
goats and dogs. A lash of the "sacred" thongs
by these "holy men" was believed to make them
better able to bear children.
As
usual, Christianity tried, without success, to stop the
evil celebration of Lupercalia. It first replaced the lottery
of the names of women with a lottery of the names of the
saints. The idea was that during the following year the
young men would emulate the life of the saint whose name
they had drawn. (The idea that you can preserve the appearance
of a popular evil and yet somehow turn it to serve the purpose
of virtue, has survived. Look at all those people who are
still trying, helplessly, to use the formats of popular
television entertainments to promote good. They might learn
something from this bit of history. It failed miserably)
Christianity ended up doing in Rome, and elsewhere, as the
Romans did.
The
only success it had was in changing the name from Lupercalia
to St. Valentine's Day. It was done in CE 496 by Pope Gelasius,
in honour of some Saint Valentine. There are as many as
50 different Valentines in Christian legends. Two of them
are more famous, although their lives and characters are
also shrouded in mystery. According to one legend, and the
one more in line with the true nature of this celebration,
St. Valentine was a "lovers'" saint, who had himself
fallen in love with his jailer's daughter.
Due
to serious troubles that accompanied such lottery, French
government banned the practice in 1776. In Italy, Austria,
Hungry, and Germany also the ritual vanished over the years.
Earlier, it had been banned in England during the 17th century
when the Puritans were strong. However in 1660 Charles II
revived it. From there it also reached the New World, where
enterprising Yankees spotted a good means of making money.
Esther A. Howland, who produced one of the first commercial
American Valentine's Day cards called - what else - valentines,
in the 1840s, sold $5,000 worth - when $5,000 was a lot
of money - the first year. The valentine industry has been
booming ever since.
It
is the same story with Halloween, which has otherwise normal
human beings dressing like ghosts and goblins in a reenactment
of an ancient pagan ritual of demon worship. Five star hotels
in Muslim countries arrange Halloween parties so the rich
can celebrate the superstitions of a distant period of ignorance
that at one time even included the shameful practice of
human sacrifice. The pagan name for that event was Samhain
(pronounced sow-en). Just as in the case of Valentine's
Day, Christianity changed its name, but not the pagan moorings.
Christmas
is another story. Today Muslim shopkeepers sell and shoppers
buy Christmas symbols in Islamabad or Dubai or Cairo. To engage
in a known religious celebration of another religion is bad
enough. What is worse is the fact that here is another pagan
celebration (Saturnalia) that has been changed in name - and
in little else - by Christianity.
Even
the celebration considered most innocent might have pagan
foundations. According to one account, in pagan cultures,
people feared evil spirits - especially on their birthdays.
It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous
to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily
life, such as turning a year older. So family and friends
surrounded the person with laughter and joy on their birthdays
in order to protect them from evil.
How
can anyone in his right mind think that Islam would be indifferent
to practices seeped in anti-Islamic ideas and beliefs? Islam
came to destroy paganism in all its forms and it cannot tolerate
any trace of it in the lives of its followers.
Further,
Islam is very sensitive about maintaining its purity and the
unique identity of its followers. Islamic laws and teachings
go to extra lengths to ensure it. Salat (Prayers) is forbidden
at the precise times of sunrise, transition, and sunset to
eliminate the possibility of confusion with the practice of
sun worship. To the voluntary recommended fast on the tenth
of Muharram, Muslims are required to add another day (9th
or 11th) to differentiate it from the then prevalent Jewish
practice. Muslims are forbidden to emulate the appearance
of non-Muslims.
A
Muslim is a Muslim for life. During joys and sorrows, during
celebrations and sufferings, we must follow the one straight
path - not many divergent paths. It is a great tragedy that
under the constant barrage of commercial and cultural propaganda
from the forces of globalization and the relentless media
machine, Muslims have begun to embrace the Valentines, the
Halloween ghost, and even the Santa Claus. Given our terrible
and increasing surrender to paganism the only day we should
be observing is a day of mourning. Better yet it should be
a day of repentance that could liberate us from all these
days. And all this daze. |
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| SALAAH
TIMES |
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Johannesburg |
Durban |
Cape
Town |
| Zuhr |
12:22 |
12:11 |
01:01 |
| Asr Shaafi |
15:53 |
15:50 |
16:42 |
| Asr Hanafi |
16:59 |
16:51 |
17:45 |
| Maghrib |
18:55 |
18:48 |
19:44 |
| Esha |
20:13 |
20:10 |
21:11 |
| Sehri
Ends/Fajr begins |
4:31 am |
4:11 am |
4:51 am |
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Sunrise |
5:51 am |
5:35 am |
6:20 am |
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man described as Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon
him) with a ticking bomb in his turban.
The
US has ordered expanded sanctions against Syrian government
officials and their associates.
Hezbollah
has accused Israel of assassinating one of its senior military
commanders in a car bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
10 000 North Indians flee their homes in Maharastra State.
With violence against north Indians in the industrial town
of Patna showing no signs of abating on the second consecutive
day, the number of migrants fleeing for their homes has increased.
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REPENTANCE
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Allah spoke to Moosa AS, at the time he was asking aid in
prayer, "O Moosa! Desire protection of Me with a mouth
that thou hast not sinned withal." Moosa AS answered,
"I possess not such a mouth." Allah said, "Call
upon Me with another mouth! Act so that all thy mouths by
night and by day may be raising prayers. When thou hast sinned
with one mouth, with thy other mouth cry, 'O Allah!' Or else
cleanse thy own mouth, and make thy spirit alert and quick.
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