Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(AS) Said:

Imam Ali heard someone abusing and blaming the world and said to
him, "O you, who are blaming the world, who have been allured and
enticed by it, and have been tempted by its false pretenses. You
allowed yourself to be enamored of, to be captivated by it and then
you accuse and blame it. Have you any reason or right to accuse it
and to call it a sinner and seducer? Or is the world not justified in
calling you a wicked knave and a sinning hypocrite? When did it make
you lose your intelligence and reasoning? And how did it cheat you or
snake false pretenses to you? Did it conceal from you the fact of the
ultimate end of everything that it holds, the fact of the sway of
death, decay and destruction in its domain? Did it keep you in the
dark about the fate of your fore- fathers and their final abode under
the earth? Did it keep the resting-place of your mothers a secret
from you? Do you not know that they have returned to dust? Many a
time you must have attended the sick persons and many of them you
must have seen beyond the scope of medicine. Neither the science of
healing nor could your nursing and attendance nor your prayers and
weeping prolonged the span of their lives, and they died. You were
anxious for them, you procured the best medical aid, you gathered
famous physicians and provided best - medicines for them. Death could
not be held back and life could not be pro- longed. In this drama and
in this tragedy did the world not present you with a lesson and a
moral? Certainly, this world is a house of truth for those who look
into it carefully, an abode of peace and rest for those who
understand its ways and moods and it is the best working ground for
those who want to procure rewards for life in the Hereafter. It is a
place of acquiring knowledge and wisdom for those who want to acquire
them, a place of worship for the friends of Allah and for Angels. It
is the place where prophets received revelations of Allah. It is the
place for virtuous people and saints to do good deeds and to be
assigned with rewards for the same. Only in this world they could
trade with Allah's Favors and Blessings and only while living here
they could barter their good deeds with His Blessings and Rewards.
Where else could all this be done? Who are you to abuse the world
when it has openly declared its mortality and mortality of everything
connected with it, when it has given everyone of its inhabitants to
understand that all of them are to face death, when through its ways
it has given them all an idea of calamities they have to face here,
and through the sight of its temporary and fading pleasures it has
given them glimpses of eternal pleasures of Paradise and suggested
them to wish and work for the same. If you study it properly you will
find that simply to warn and frighten you of the consequences of evil
deeds and to persuade you towards good actions, every night it raises
new hopes of peace and prosperity in you and every morning it places
new anxieties and new worries before you. Those who passed such lives
are ashamed of and repent the time so passed abuse this world. But
there are people who will praise this world on the Day of Judgment
that it reminded them of the Hereafter and they took advantage of
these reminders. It informed them of the effects of good deeds and
they made correct use of the information it advised them and they
were benefited by its advice".

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(AS) Said:
Submission to Allah's Will is the best companion; wisdom is the
noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best
signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture
of every problem.

A Poem for Women in Islam - Be Proud of Hijab

By Anonymous

You look at me and call me oppressed,
Simply because of the way I'm dressed,
You know me not for what's inside,
You judge the clothing I wear with pride,
My body's not for your eyes to hold,
You must speak to my mind, not my feminine mold,
I'm an individual, I'm no mans slave,
It's Allahs pleasure that I only crave,
I have a voice so I will be heard,
For in my heart I carry His word,
" O ye women, wrap close your cloak, So you won't be bothered by
ignorant folk",
Man doesn't tell me to dress this way,
It's a Law from God that I obey,
Oppressed is something I'm truly NOT,
For liberation is what I've got,
It was given to me many years ago,
With the right to prosper, the right to grow,
I can climb moutains or cross the seas,
Expand my mind in all degrees,
For God Himself gave us LIB-ER-TY,
When He sent Islam,
To You and Me!

"(we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all
journeys."

الموقع:
تقع شيراز الآن في دولة إيران الحالية، جنوبي طهران بحوالي 935 كم
سميت شيراز بهذا الاسم نسبة إلى شيراز بن طَهْمُورْث.
وشيراز مدينة تقع في سهل خصب مترامي الأطراف جنوبي أصفهان يكسوه العشب.
وتحتضنه تلال قائمة، يكاد يخفى هذا الوادي عن الأنظار الحدائق العامرة
بأشجار السرو الداكنة، وفيها تتنافس الورود وأشجار الأرجوان الكثيفة مع
جموع الزهور.
وتعتبر شيراز من ألطف مدن إيران مناخا واعتدالا وطيب هواء وكثرة جنائن
ودور وعمارة وغلال وفواكه وخضار وكروم وورود، وعيون ويزيد عدد سكانها على
نصف مليون.


الفتح الإسلامي:
وشيراز مدينة إسلامية قديمة كانت قصبة بلاد فارس، وهي من المدن التي
استجدت عمارتها واختطاطها في الإسلام، وأول من تولى عمارتها محمد بن
القاسم بن أبي عقيل الثقفي ابن عم الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي.
وبعد الفتح الإسلامي ظلت شيراز المركز العسكري والإداري لإقليم فارس منذ عام
650 م.
وقد غزاها أبو موسى الأشعري وعثمان بن أبي العاص في أواخر خلافة عمر بن
الخطاب رضي الله عنه.
وفي القرون الأولى للإسلام كان لا يزال فيها هيكلان من هياكل النار التي كان
يعبدها الفرس قبل الإسلام، يسمى أحدهما كارنبان والآخر هرمز.
وفي زمن خلافة عمر بن عبد العزيز أظهر رغبة شديدة في توسيع المؤسسات
الخيرية، كما بنى كثيرا من المساجد.
واهتم الخلفاء جميعا بشيراز

أحداث تاريخية :
تعرضت شيراز فيما بعد لاضطرابات وحروب وتعكر صفوها لاسيما عندما دخلها
تيمورلنك فتحول إقليم فارس كله إلى مقاطعة مهملة في الإمبراطورية
التيمورية.
وفي عام 1668 م هطلت الأمطار بغزارة، ووافق ذلك وقت ذوبان الثلوج على
الجبال مما سبب فيضانا عارما تضررت منه شيراز ضررا شديدا، فقد تبعه وباء
جعل المدينة في حالة سيئة.
وفي عام 1137 هـ / 1725 م دخلها الأفغانيون ثم طردهم الصفويون عنها فيما
بعد.
ثم أصبحت شيراز عاصمة بلاد فارس في عهد كريم خان زند، وعند موته عام 1193
هـ / 1779 م كانت المدينة قد استعادت كثيرا من مجدها السابق، وبعد 15
عاما تولى الحكم أغا محمد شاه مؤسس العائلة القاجارية أعداء بني زند،
واتخذ طهران عاصمة له بدلا من شيراز.

معالمها:
حفلت شيراز بمجموعة من المعالم الحضارية كالمساجد الفخمة والبيمارستانات
والحدائق والقصور والقناطر، كما عرفت ببعض الصناعات التقليدية كصناعة
السجاد الذي يعد من أجود أنواع السجاد في العالم.

أشهر أعلام شيراز:
ولشيراز مكانة علمية وثقافية وينسب إليها جماعة من أهل العلم والفضل
والأدب والشعر والفقه والرياسة منهم القاضي أبو العباس ابن سريج، وابو
إسحاق الشيرازي والحسن بن عثمان الزِّيَادِي الشيرازي وابن خفيف الشيرازي
وأحمد بن عبد الرحمن الشيرازي والحافظ الشيرازي ومُشْرِف بن مُصْلِح الشيرازي
والِاصْطَخْرِي الشيرازي وابن ضياء الشيرازي وقطب الدين بن مسعود الشيرازي
وغَيَّاث الدين بن منصور الشيرازي وغيرهم كثير..

Salam Alaikum
That duaa is not made by me,
Thank you
Read it please


>
> >Please take a moment to relax your mind and humble your heart to
> >focus on Allah. Allow Allah, to occupy your mind while you read
this
> >dua.
> Friends that pray together, stay together.
> >Let's pray...
> >
> >***********************************************************
> >
> >Oh Allah, I thank You for this day.
> >I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning.
> >I'm blessed because You are forgiving and understanding.
> >Oh Allah, You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing
me.
> >Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought
> >that was not pleasing to You. I ask You now for Your forgiveness.
> >
> >Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to Start
this
> >day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make The
> >best of
> >each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.
> >Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
> >Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.
> >Let me continue to see sin through Your eyes and acknowledge it as
> >evil, and when I sin, let me repent, and receive Your forgiveness.
> >
> >And when this world closes in on me, let me remember You, to slip
> >away and find a quiet place to make dua. It's the best response
when
> >I'm
> >pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't make dua, You
> >listen
> >to my heart.
> >
> >Continue to use me to do Your will.
> >Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others.
> >Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I
> >may have words of encouragement for others.
> >I make dua for those that are lost and can't find their way.
> >I make Dua for those that are misjudged and misunderstood.
> >I make dua for those who don't know You intimately.
> >I make dua for those that will delete this without sharing it with
> >others.
> >I make dua for those that don't believe. But I thank you that I
> >believe. I believe that Allah changes people and Allah changes
> >things.
> >I make dua for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every
> >Family member in their households.
> >I make dua for peace, love and joy in their homes, that they are
> >out of debt and all their needs are met.
> >I make dua that every eye that reads this knows there is no
> >problem, circumstance, or situation greater than Allah. Every
battle
> >is in Your hands for You to fight.
> >I make dua that these words be received into the hearts of every
> >eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly.
> >And shower our blessings on our Nabi (S.A.W) and his kinsmen and
> >companions.
> >This is my dua. Aameen.
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------
> >If you read this dua, change the number in the subject box
> >before forwarding the message so people can SEE how many people
have
> >done so.

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قضية الامام المهدي(عليه السلام)
سماحة السيّد محمد باقر الحكيم

تناولت الدراسة في الحلقة السابقة الجانب الوجداني والعاطفي، ودور أهل
البيت(عليهم السلام) في التأكيد على هذا الجانب الحيوي والحساس في بناء
شخصيّة أتباعهم من خلال الاهتمام بأبعاده، وتقديم أفضل التصورات والاسس التي
يبتني عليها.

وفي هذه الحلقة يتناول البحث قضية الامام المهدي عجل اللّه تعالى فرجه
ودورها الفعال في الجانب الوجداني والعاطفي، وفي معالجة الواقع و إرساء
قواعد الامل في نفوس أتباع أهل البيت من خلال الطرح الواسع الذي اعتمده
الائمة(عليهم السلام) لها.

إن قضية الامام المهدي كقضية الامام الحسين(عليه السلام) لها أبعاد كثيرة ـ
في بناءالجماعة الصالحة ـ عقائدية وأخلاقية وثقافية ومعنوية. والحديث
فيها واسع، حيث إنها تمثّل تفسيراً للتأريخ يتطابق مع النظرية القرآنية
التي ترى وراثة الارض للصالحين من عباد اللّه[1].

قال تعالى: (وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنا فِي الزّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الذكْرِ أنّ الارْضَ
يَرِثُها عباديَ
الصّالِحُون)[2].

وقال: (وَعَدَ اللّهُ الّذينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ
لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنّهُمْ في الارْض ِ
كَما اسْتَخْلَفَ الّذينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَيُمَكّنَنّ لَهُم دِينَهُمُ الّذي
ارْتَضى لَهُمْ وَلَيُبَدّلَنّهُمْ
مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أمْناً يَعْبُدونَنِي لا يُشْرِكُونَ بي شَيْئاً)[3].

والذي يعنينا في هذا المقطع من الحديث هو الاشارة إلى الجانب المعنوي
والروحي فيها، بالقدر الذي يساهم في فهم منهج الائمة(عليهم السلام) في
بناء الجانب المعنوي للكتلة الصالحة من خلال قضية الامام المهدي(عليه
السلام).

فإن قضية الامام المهدي(عليه السلام) من وجهة نظر أتباع أهل البيت وشيعتهم
تمثّل تجسيداً حيّاً للحقيقة التأريخية سالفة الذكر، ليس على مستوى المستقبل
غير المنظور فحسب، بل على مستوى الحاضر المعاش الذي بدأ يجسّد هذا
المستقبل من خلال وجوده الشريف. لانهم يعتقدون بحياته وبولادته، وأنه يعيش
الان جميع ظروف الحاضر الصعبة التي يواجهها المسلمون، ويشاهد كل التجارب
الانسانية والاجتماعية التي تمر بها البشرية ويتفاعل معها، ليحقق حكومة
العدل الالهي المطلق في مستقبل مسيرتها.

ويعطي الاعتقاد وضوحاً في الرؤية للتأريخ الانساني، وفهماً للسنن الالهية في
التأريخ التي تحدّث عنها القرآن الكريم.

فإن الانسان المؤمن الذي يمرّ بالالام والمعاناة والمحن قد يصيبه شيء من
الشكّ، أو الغموض والابهام في مصداقية الحقائق والسنن التاريخية التي تحدّث
عنها القرآن الكريم مثل: سنّة الغلبة للصالحين، أو سنّة غلبة الحق على
الباطل. قال تعالى: (وَقُلْ جاءَ الحَقّ وَزَهَقَ الباطِلُ إنَّ الباطِلَ كان
زَهُوقاً)[4].
وقال تعالى: (إنّا لَنَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنا وَالّذينَ آمَنُوا في الحَياةِ الدّنْيا
ويَوْمَ يَقُومُ
الاشْهادُ)[5]. وقال تعالى: (هُو الّذي أرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالهُدى وَدينِ الحَقّ
لِيُظْهِرَهُ
على الدينِ كُلّهِ)[6].

ومثل سنّة الاستبدال في الجماعات الانسانية. قال تعالى: (يا أيـّها الّذينَ
آمَنُوا مَنْ يَرْتَدَّ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأتي اللّهُ بِقَوْم
يُحِبّهُم وَيُحِبّونَهُ أذِلّة على
المُؤمِنينَ أعزّة على الكافِرينَ يُجاهِدُونَ فِي سَبيلِ اللّهِ ولا يَخافُونَ
لَوْمَةَ لائِم
ذَلكَ فَضْلُ اللّهِ يُؤتِيهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ واللّهُ واسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ)[7]، وقال تعالى:
(وَإنْ
تَتَوَلَّوا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْماً غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمّ لا يَكُونوا أمْثالَكُم)[8].

ومثل سنّة الارتباط بين مجتمع التقوى ونزول الخيرات والبركات، قال تعالى:
(ولو أنّ أهل القرى آمنوا واتقوا لفَتحنا عليهم بركات من السماء والارضِ
ولكنْ كذّبوا فأخذناهمْ بما كانوا يكسبونَ)[9].

ومثل سنّة اتجاه الفطرة الانسانية نحو التكامل والايمان بالله تعالى. ومثل
حقيقة خلافة الانسان لله تعالى، وتحدّي الملائكة في خلقة هذا الانسان. قال
تعالى: (وَإذْ قالَ رَبُّكَ لِلملائِكَةِ إنّي جاعِلٌ في الارْض ِ خَلِيفةً قالُوا
أتَجْعَلُ فِيها
مَنْ يُفسِدُ فِيها وَيَسْفِكُ الدّماءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدّسُ
لَكَ قالَ إنّي أعْلَمُ ما لا
تَعْلَمُون)[10].

وقضية تطور الرسالات والرسالة الخاتمة.

كل هذه السنن والحقائق قد تواجه هذا السؤال الكبير في ذهن الانسان
المؤمن، عندما يرى الالام والمحن والفحشاء قد عمّت الارض، وأن الحق والمعروف
لا يعمل به، وأن الباطل لايُتناهى عنه.

ولكن عندما يضع أمام عينيه حقيقة وجود الامام المهدي عجّل اللّه تعالى
فرجه، وأنه سوف يحقق كل هذه الامال ويجسّد مصداقية كلّ هذه الحقائق والسنن،
تصبح الرؤية لديه واضحة بيّنة.

و إلى جانب ذلك كلّه يمكن أن نجد الاُمور المعنوية التالية في هذه القضية
المركزية في بناء الجماعة والكتلة الصالحة:

أ ـ الوضوح في الاحساس بالواجب الالهي والتكليف الشرعي عند القيام بمختلف
النشاطات الاسلامية والدينية، حيث يشعر الانسان المؤمن بالامام المهدي(عليه
السلام) ووجوده أنه يؤدّي أعماله وخدمته، ويمارس جهاده وتضحياته تحت رايته
الشريفة ورعايته الخاصة.

ويعطي هذا الوضوح زخماً معنوياً كبيراً للتحرّك والعمل، يشبه الزخم المعنوي
الذي كان يحصل عليه اُولئك المجاهدون الذين كانوا يقاتلون تحت راية
الانبياء والمرسلين، والذين تمكّنوا أن يحققوا الانتصارات الكبرى، وعملية
التغيير الواسعة في المجتمع الانساني، اِذ كلّما ازداد الشعور بالقرب من
الحقيقة الربانية والرعاية الالهية والقوة الحقيقية المتمثلة باللّه
تعالى، كان شعور الانسان بتحقيق النصر وأداء الواجب أكبر، ولا شكّ أنّ
الاحساس برعاية الامام المعصوم والانتساب إليه في الحركة والنشاط، يجعل
الانسان يشعر بالقرب من اللّه ورعايته وامتثال أوامره بشكل أفضل.

ب ـ الاحتفاظ بالمبادئ والقيم والمثل الربانية في المسيرة، والسعي الدائم
إلى تحقيق الكمال الانساني بعيداً عن مفاهيم الربح والخسارة الدنيوية
والكسب المادّي، أو الوصول إلى القدرة والهيمنة.

و إن المسيرة التي تنتسب إلى الامام المهدي عجل اللّه تعالى فرجه الذي
يقوم بهذا الدور العظيم في التأريخ الانساني ـ وهو إقامة حكومة العدل
الالهي المطلق ـ سوف تستوحي منه ومن أهدافه ـ التي لابدّ أن تتحقق ـ كلّ هذه
المعاني. وبذلك يحتفظ الانسان في مسيرته بهذه الروح المبدئية العالية،
التي تتحرّك على أساس القيم والمثل الانسانية الرفيعة.

ج ـ روح الصبر والثبات والتكامل من خلال هذا الصبر والثبات، طوال
المعاناة والامتحان، لان الامام المهدي ـ بوجوده الشريف ـ يمثّل القدوة
الرائعة العظيمة في الصبر والثبات، حيث أنه يشاهد كلّ هذه الالام والمحن
ويتعرّض لها في حياته، ويتفاعل معها بطبيعة الحال، ومع ذلك فهو صابر
ممتحن في ذات اللّه، ومن أجل الاهداف العظيمة ينتظر الفرصة للقيام بدوره
العظيم، هذا من ناحية.

ومن ناحية اُخرى، فإن جانباً من تفسير طول الغيبة بعد وجوده الشريف هو أن
يتكامل وتتكامل المسيرة من خلال التجارب والمعاناة، بحيث يصبح مؤهّلاً
للقيام بهذا الدور، وتصبح الاوضاع السياسية والاجتماعية والفكرية والنفسية
للبشرية مؤهّلة لقيام مثل هذه الحكومة، بسبب هذه المعاناة والتجارب.

وكلّ ذلك يعطي زخماً عظيماً وروحاً معنوية عالية في الصبر والثبات،
والاستفادة منها في مسيرة التكامل الانساني.

د ـ شعور الانسان المؤمن بفكرة الامام المهدي عجل اللّه تعالى فرجه بأنّ
مجمل أعماله ونشاطاته هي مساهمة وأداء للدور التأريخي في التمهيد لقيام
حكومة العدل الالهي المطلق، التي يحققها الامام المهدي(عليه السلام).

فبدلاً من أن ينظر الانسان المؤمن إلى تقويم دوره وأعماله ونشاطاته من خلال
الاهداف المنظورة في حياته الشخصية القصيرة، أو من خلال ما يمكن أن يحققه
أو يتحقق من إصلاحات في المجتمع الانساني، وعندئذ قد يرى كلّ تلك الاعمال
والنشاطات محدودة التأثير والاهداف فيزهد فيها، نرى أن الانسان المؤمن
بفكرة الامام المهدي إنما يقوم بدوره في سلسلة المراحل والاهداف والاعمال
التي تنتهي إلى إقامة ذلك المجتمع الانساني الفاضل.

وهذا بطبيعة الحال يمنح الانسان مستوىً عالياً من الروح المعنوية في
التعامل مع نشاطاته وأعماله وتضحياته، حيث يصبح الهدف كبيراً وعظيماً يغطّي
كلّ هذه النشاطات والاعمال والجهود والتضحيات مهما كانت كبيرة وصعبة.

هـ ـ الامل الكبير الذي لا يتوقف ولا ينطفئ في تحقيق الانتصار مهما طال
الامد، والشعور بأن الشوط سوف يصل إلى نهايته، والتطلّع إلى المستقبل بشكل
مستمرّ ودائم.

ولا شكّ أن روح الامل هي من أعظم المعنويات التي تمدّ الانسان بالقدرة على
الاستمرار في الحركة والثبات والصبر والتضحية.

فالجندي الذي يشعر بأن مسيرته سوف يكملها جنود آخرون يحققون النصر
والفتح، يكون على استعداد للتضحية والفداء أكثر بكثير من ذلك الجندي
الذي يشعر بأنه بمجرد أن يسقط قد تتوقف المسيرة ويخسر المعركة.

وكذلك الجندي الذي يخوض المعركة ويشعر أن معارك اُخرى يمكن أن يخوضها
لتحقيق النصر، لا يتوقف عندما يخسر المعركة الاولى، بل يستمر في الحركة.
وهذا لا يتوفر إلاّ في اُولئك الذين يؤمنون بفكرة الامام المهدي(عليه السلام)
الذي يقود المعركة، وسوف يستمرّ في قيادتها حتى الوصول إلى نهايتها. وهذا
مما يجعل الامل حيّاً ومتوقّداً يدفع الانسان إلى الحركة والنشاط في كلّ
الظروف.

و ـ الشعور والاحساس بأن جميع المظالم والالام التي يتعرّض لها المؤمنون سوف
يتمكّنون في النهاية من أخذ الثأر لها، والانتقام من اُولئك المجرمين الذين
ارتكبوا كلّ هذه الجرائم والجنايات بحق البشرية.

ومع قطع النظر عن الجانب الشخصي في عملية الثأر والانتقام هذه ـ حيث إن
ذلك يرتبط بفكرة الرجعة ومدلولها السياسي والاجتماعي ـ فإن هذا الثأر
والانتقام يتحقق بالنسبة إلى اُولئك السائرين على خطّ أسلافهم من المجرمين،
حيث يشكّلون اُمة واحدة في التفكير والسلوك والاهداف والمصير.

وفكرة الانتقام والثأر ـ بالمعنى السليم لها الذي يعني الثأر للقيم
والمبادئ والحق والعدل ـ هي فكرة صحيحة و إسلامية تحدّث عنها القرآن
الكريم في أكثر من موضع مثل قوله تعالى: )قاتِلُوهُم يُعَذّبْهُمُ اللّهُ
بأيْدِيكُمْ
وَيُخْزِهِمْ وَيَنْصُرْكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَشْفِ صُدورَ قَوْم مُؤمِنينَ([11].

كما تحدّثت النصوص عن ذلك عندما وصفت الامام الحسين(عليه السلام) بأنه «ثار
اللّه»[12]، وأن الامام المهدي يثأر للحسين(عليه السلام)، ويكون أحد
شعاراته هو «يا لثارات الحسين»[13]، وكذلك ما ورد في زيارته الشريفة من
قوله: «واقرن ثأرنا بثأره».

وهذا الاحساس والشعور يمثّل قوة معنوية كبيرة في داخل الانسان لان اللّه
تعالى أودع في الانسان هذا اللون من الاحساس، ولذلك ينزع إليه الانسان بشكل
طبيعي في حياته ويمثّل أحد الدوافع لمسيرته وحركته ونشاطه.

وقد اهتمّ الاسلام بتوجيه هذا الدافع والاحساس، لكي لا ينحرف فيتحول إلى مجرّد
تعبير عن الغريزة دون أن يصب في مسيرة الكمال الانساني، فوضع الثأر
والانتقام والتشفّي في طريق القيم والمبادئ ـ لا لمجرّد التعبير عن الاحساس
والنزعة ـ شأنه في ذلك شأن بقية الاحاسيس والغرائز التي اهتم بها الاسلام،
عاملاً محركاً باتجاه الكمال.

ومن الواضح أن مسألة الثأر والانتقام في قضية الامام المهدي(عليه السلام)
ليست انتقاماً وثأراً من الاشخاص، بل هي انتقام وثأر من الواقع الفاسد الذي
كان يعيشه الانسان، وذلك بتغييره وتحويله إلى واقع العدل والحق والخير.

معالجة الضغوط النفسية

العمل على معالجة الضغوط النفسية التي تتعرّض لها الجماعة الصالحة من
أعدائهم، ومواجهة تفاصيل الحرب النفسية، والهجمة السياسية والاعلامية التي
كان يتعرّض لها أتباع أهل البيت(عليهم السلام).

وتلاحظ في هذا المجال ـ بالاضافة إلى الاثارات والشكوك حول مصداقية مذهب
أهل البيت(عليهم السلام) والحصار السياسي والاقتصادي، والمطاردة القمعية
التي كان يتعرّض لها هؤلاء الاتباع ـ قضيّتان رئيسيتان لهما تأثير نفسي سلبي
قوي على الجماعة:

الاولى: هي قلّة عدد الجماعة في خضمّ العدد الكبير الذي كان يكوّن مجموع
الامة الاسلامية، خصوصاً في عصور الائمة أنفسهم، حيث كانت الجماعة الصالحة
تعيش ضمن المجتمعات الاسلامية الواسعة، دون أن يكون لها تواجد مستقل،
فكانوا يشعرون بالضيق الروحي والنفسي من هذه الناحية.

وهذه الظاهرة النفسية تواجهها عادة الجماعات القليلة المؤمنة كافّة عبر
تأريخ الرسالات الالهية، وقد عالجها القرآن الكريم في آيات عديدة عندما
تحدّث عن القلّة في مثل قوله تعالى: (وَقَليلٌ مِنْ عِبادِيَ الشَّكُور)[14]. وقوله
تعالى: (وَما كان أكْثَرُهُم مُؤمِنين)[15]. وقوله تعالى (وَقَليلٌ ما هُم)[16].

الثانية: الاتهام بالرفض وشقّ عصا المسلمين والخلاف مع الجماعة... إلى غير
ذلك من الاتهامات، التي تحاول محاصرة الجماعة وجعلها غريبة وبعيدة عن
المجتمع الاسلامي، حيث تطوّرت بعض هذه الاتهامات إلى الحكم بكفر الجماعة
وانحرافها وخروجها عن الاسلام، واستحقاقها للقتل أو النفي.

وكان أتباع أهل البيت يشعرون بالضيق النفسي الشديد بسبب هذا النوع من
الاتهامات والمحاصرة.

وقد حاول الائمة(عليهم السلام) معالجة هاتين القضيتين، تارة بشكل مباشر من
خلال معالجة هذين العنوانين، واُخرى بشكل غير مباشر، وذلك من خلال التأكيد
على أن الاختبار من قبل اللّه تعالى، والاشارة إلى ما يترتب على ذلك من
الاجر العظيم، أو من خلال التأكيد على وحدة مصيرهم مع أتباعهم، أو الاشارة
إلى ذكرهم في القرآن الكريم.

ونستعرض هنا بعض نماذج الروايات التي تتحدث عن ذلك:

عن محمد بن إسحاق الثعلبي قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد (الصادق)(عليهما
السلام) يقول: «نحن خيرة اللّه من خلقه، وشيعتنا خيرة اللّه من اُمّة نبيه»[
17].

وعن محمد بن قيس وعامر بن السمط، عن أبي جعفر (الباقر)(عليه السلام) قال:
قال رسول اللّه(صلى الله عليه وآله): «يأتي يوم القيامة قوم عليهم ثياب من
نور، على وجوهم نور، يعرفون بآثار السجود، يتخطّون صفّاً بعد صفّ، حتّى
يصيروا بين يدي ربّ العالمين، يغبطهم النبيّون والملائكة والشهداء
والصالحون، ثم قال: أولئك شيعتنا وعليٌّ إمامهم»[18].

وعن أبي بصير قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد (الصادق)(عليه السلام) وهو
يقول: «نحن أهل بيت الرحمة، وبيت النعمة، وبيت البركة، ونحن في الارض
بنيان، وشيعتنا عُرى الاسلام، وما كانت دعوة إبراهيم إلاّ لنا وشيعتنا، ولقد
استثنى اللّه إلى يوم القيامة إلى اِبليس فقال: (إن عبادي ليس لك عليهم
سلطان)»[19].


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([1]) تحتاج قضية الامام المهدي إلى دراسة من جوانب عديدة. منها، الجانب
العقائدي، ومعرفة التصوّر  =
=  والدليل على وجوده، وتفسير هذه الظاهرة الفريدة في الحياة الانسانية.

ومنها الجانب الثقافي الذي يرتبط بثقافة فكرة الامامة وتكاملها وانسجامها
النظري مع فكرة الامامة المعصومة واستمرارها والالتزام بأوامرها
وتوجيهاتها، وتدخل بذلك في صميم المؤسسات والمناهج الثقافية. ومنها
الجانب التأريخي الذي يرتبط بحياته وظروفه السياسية وعلامات الظهور
ومستقبل المسيرة البشرية على يده. ومنها الجانب الاخلاقي الذي يرتبط
بأخلاقية الانتظار. وهناك المئات من المؤلّفات التي تناولت هذا الموضوع
بالبحث يمكن مراجعتها.

ومنها الرسالة الصغيرة الرائعة التي كتبها سيدنا الاستاذ الشهيد السيّد
آية اللّه العظمى محمّد باقر الصدر(قدس سره)(بحث حول المهدي(عليه السلام)).

(1) الانبياء: 105.

(2) النور: 55 .



([4]) الاسراء: 81 .

([5]) المؤمن: 51.

([6]) التوبة: 33.

([7]) المائدة: 54.

([8]) محمّد: 38.

([9]) الاعراف: 96.

([10]) البقرة: 30.

([11]) التوبة: 14.

([12]) مفاتيح الجنان، زيارة وارث، وفيها: «السلام عليك يا ثار الله وابن
ثاره...».

([13]) المجلسي، بحار الانوار 44: 286.

([14]) سبأ: 13.

([15]) الشعراء: 67.

([16]) ص: 24.

([17]) المجلسي، بحار الانوار 68 : 43.

([18]) المصدر: 68.

([19]) المصدر: 36.

صفوَةَ الخلق معدن المكرماتِ
  * * * * *
  سابقَ السابقين بالخيراتِ

يا إمام الاحرار يا ذروة المجدِ
  * * * * *
  ويا نجدةَ السُّراةِ الكُفاة

يا ملاذ العُفاة في ضَنْكِ المحل
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  وغوثَ الملهوفِ في النائبات

قولُك الفصلُ حكمُك العدلُ يا من
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  لك عزم أمضى من المرهفات

لك ذاتٌ قدسيةٌ وصفاتٌ
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  قد تعالت على جميع الصّفات

لك مجد أدنى الذُّرى منه أوْفَتْ
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   في علاها على ذُرى النَّيِّرات

لا تَنال العقولُ أدنى مَداها
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  وبلوغُ الاقصى من المعجزات

قد تحدّرْت من أرومة عزّ
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   ومن الطاهرين والطاهرات

قد زكا محتِدٌ وطاب نجارٌ
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  وصفا العِرْق من هَناً وهَنات

كل ما في الوجود ما زال يتلو
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   بعضَ آيات فضلك البينات

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سيدي أنت رحمةٌ للبرايا
  * * * * *
  أنت رمزُ البقاء للكائنات

  أنت للمؤمنين واحةُ أمن
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  أنت سيفٌ على رقاب الطغاة

أنت في ظلمة الجهالات نورٌ
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  بل منار الهدى لكل الهداة

أنت أغنيت بل وأحييت دنيا
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   بالندى والهدى وبالمكرمات

أنت قدَّست كلَّ صاحب قدس
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  وغمرت الوجود بالبركات

أنت إمَّا بنا ادلهمّت خطوبٌ
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  ورمانا الزمان بالقاصمات

وإذا الكفر عاث في الارض بغياً
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  ودهى الكونَ حندسُ الظلمات

دفقة النور نهلة الماء للصادي
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  ربيع المنى وسرُّ الحياة

  سيدي أنت أنت عزِّي وذخري
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  فاستمع سيدي لبعض شكاتي

زهرة العمر إن تكن تتلاشى
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   بمرور الساعات واللحظات

فلماذا ـ يا حسرتا ـ نصب عيني
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  تتلاشى في إثرها أُمنياتي

ولماذا أرى الاناشيد ترْتدُّ
  * * * * *
  نياحاً يطفو على النغماتِ

وأرى الخصب والربيع فآتيـ
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  ه فألقى الربيعَ محضَ مواتِ

والضنى ماجَ في الازاهير حتى
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  صوَّحَت في شبابها زهراتي

وأرى الاُفقَ طافحاً زخرت في
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    فيض وكّاف غَيْثه واحاتي

فأحثُّ الخطى إليه، ولكن
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  أثقلت كظَّةُ الظَّما خُطواتي

ثم إذ جئْتُه ولم أرَ شيئاً
  * * * * *
  غيرَ لَمْع السَّراب في الفلوات

يتلاشى قلبي، وقد بُحَّ صوتي
  * * * * *
  ثم مات الصدى على لهَواتي

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سيدي عاثَتِ الهموم بقلبي
  * * * * *
  ورمتْني بأعظم النكبات

ودهتني دهيا الفراق فأصبحـ
  * * * * *
  ـت أسيرَ الهموم والكربات

مزَّقَتْني سيوفُه، وأحاطتْ
  * * * * *
  بي أفاعيه من جميع الجهات

عصَفَتْ بي رياحُه فَسَمُومٌ
  * * * * *
   لَفْحُ ما هبَّ من صَبا النّسمات

ورمتني في مَهْمَه التْيه يُلهيني
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  ضياعي أجْتَرُّ فَضْلَ شتاتي

أتلَظّى بالوجد أقْتاتُ دمعي
  * * * * *
   وكأنّي أسْتافُ بعض رُفاتي

وعلى الجمرِ رُحْتُ أمْشي ولكن
  * * * * *
  ذاك جمر الاهات والحسرات

تتوالى الاهات حَرَّى بَواك
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   آه ماذا تفيدني آهاتي

زَفرَة الوجد وهي تَلفَحُ قلبي
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   صَهَرَتْه بها لظى الزفرات

فالجحيم التي بها سوف يُجْزى
  * * * * *
    كل باغ وكل طاغ وعات

وَمْضَةٌ من لهيب وجدي وشوقي
  * * * * *
  أوقدتها فكيف بالوَمضات

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

  سَرْمَدِيّاً ـ يا سيدي ـ صار حُزني
  * * * * *
   غُصَصاً مُرَّةً غدت لذّاتي

بسمتي لوعةٌ، حنيني شجوٌ
  * * * * *
   ونشيدي ثَواكِلُ العَبَراتِ

أشَتاتي أم غُربتي لك أشكو
  * * * * *
   أنت أدرى بغربتي وشتاتي

ضاق صدري وعيلَ صبري وإني
  * * * * *
  خائفٌ من ذنوبي الموبقات

فلو اني أحظى بِنَظْرَةِ عطف
  * * * * *
   منك لم أخْشَ كل ما هو آت

ليس إلاّك من يداوي جراحي
  * * * * *
  فجراحي أعْيَتْ جميع الاساةِ

هب لقلبي حياته وتعاهد
  * * * * *
  بالندى كل زهرة في حياتي

وازرع الاُفق بالورود يغشِّي
  * * * * *
  فَوْحُ أطيابها جميع الجهات

وامسح البؤس عن عيوني وهَدْهِدْ
  * * * * *
  بالسنا خاطري وبالبسمات

  وبفيض الحنان والحب فلتُمـ
  * * * * *
  ـرعْ رحابي وليفعم الطّهرُ ذاتي

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

سيدي جئت أطلب الرِّفْدَ فاعطف
  * * * * *
  واستجب لي بحق ذي الثَّفنات

أتمنى رضاك فهو نجاة
  * * * * *
  لي، فأنتم ـ واللّه ـ فُلْكُ النجاة

أتراني أحظى بقربك يوماً
  * * * * *
  أتراني أراك قبل وفاتي

آه يا ليتني أراك وإني
  * * * * *
  منك قد نلت أعظم البركات

أُمنيات عزيزة وعذابٌ
  * * * * *
   حبذا لو تحقّقت أُمنياتي

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(AS) Said:
Only he who has the power to punish can pardon.

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(AS) Said:
One who struggles for the cause of Allah secures victory over His
enemies.

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(AS) Said:
She world is like a serpent, so soft to touch, but so full of lethal
poison. Unwise people are allured by it and drawn towards it, and
wise men avoid it and keep away from its poisonous effects.

Islam and Muslims Under Attack
As the drak clouds of dust and rubble begin to clear away, the
consequences of such horrific catastrophe that has changed the
skylines of New York and the lives of thousands of innocent
civilians, are beginning to be realized. Indeed, the Young Muslims of
Canada, along with the whole Muslim community of North America, joins
their fellow Americans today in condemning and abhoring these acts of
terrorism and sympathizes with the victims of this tragedy.

Name: Muhammad
Titles: Al-Mahdi (The Guided one), Al-Qa'im (The Present one), Sahib-
uz-Zamaan (Master of the age), Al-Hujjut (The Token of Allah), Al-
Mantazar (The Awaited one)
Kunyat: Abul Qasim
Father's Name: Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.)
Mother's Name: Janab-e-Nargis Khatoon
Place of Birth: Samarra (Iraq. About 60 miles from Baghdad), on the
15th day of Shaban 255 A.H. (869 A.D.)
He is still living, and will appear before the end of the world.
First Heavenly Concealment (Ghaibat-e-Sughra): 8th Rabi-ul-Awwal 260
A.H.(871 A.D.)
Final Heavenly Concealment (Ghaibat-e-Kubra): 10th Shawwal 328 A.H.
(939 A.D.)
The twelfth Holy Imam Muhammad Mahdi Alaihis Salaam is the son of the
eleventh Holy Imam Hasan al-Askari Alaihis Salaam. He was born at
Samarra on the 15th Shaban. His mother's name was Janab-e-Nargis
Khatoon, and she was a Roman Princess who had embraced Islam. She was
a descendant of Simon Peter, the disciple of Jesus Christ.

BIRTH

Halima Khatoon, sister of Imam Ali an-Naqi (A.S.) relates that on the
14th of Shaban, her nephew, Imam Hasan al-Askari invited her to stay
at his house for the night, and so she stayed at the Imam's house,
and when the sun had set she broke her fast and recited some chapters
of the Holy Qur'an, according to her usual practice. She relates that
up to the last moments she observed that Nargis Khatoon did not show
any signs of pregnancy. At last, when Halima Khatoon was about to
fall asleep she saw that Nargis Khatoon was undergoing the pain, of
childbirth. On seeing this, she rendered necessary assistance, and
towards the early hours of the morning a son was born, who was
destined to fulfill the divine prophecies concerning the future
establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth.

Immediately after his birth, our Twelfth Imam (A.S.) offered the
prostration (sajdah) adoring God. He was born circumcised and with
the navel cord detached. On his right arm was the inscription: "And
say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely
falsehood is a vanishing (thing)." (17:81).

Then Halima Khatoon took the baby to Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.), who
kissed him and said, "Speak, my son". And the child exclaimed, 'I
testify that there is no God but Allah, and that Muhammad is the
Apostle of Allah". Then he counted the Imams one by one until he came
to himself and said, 'O' Allah, fulfill my covenants, perfect my
service, vindicate my authority, and fill the earth with
righteousness and justice".

Halima Khatoon goes on to relate that when she visited the baby on
the next day, she saw him and heard him reciting the following verse
of the Holy Qur'an: -

"And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in
the land, and to make them the Imams, and to make them the heirs,"
(28:5).

After a few days, when Halima Khatoon went to see the baby again, she
found that he had disappeared. She asked Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.),
and was told, "He has been entrusted to God in the same way as Moses
was entrusted to God by his mother".

Shaikh Saduq relates that a few days after the birth of the Twelfth
Imam (A.S.), some white winged creatures came, and one of them
carried the Imam up to heaven. At this Nargis Khatoon began to cry,
but Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) consoled her, saying, "Do not be
unhappy. Your baby will come back to you, and he will not take
anyone's milk but yours, just as Moses was nourished by his own
mother". Then Halima Khatoon asked, "Who was the winged creature?"
and Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) told her that it was the Holy Spirit,
who has been deputed to guard and protect the Imams.

According to the same tradition, some forty days later, the Holy
Spirit was seen by Halima Khatoon, bringing the infant back from
heaven, and Halima Khatoon was surprised to see the child running
about, as if he had been two years old. When she asked Imam Hasan al-
Askari (A.S.) how it was possible, he answered, "This is the Will and
Grace of God".

The twelfth Imam thus grew up under the cherishing care of his
father, till the 8th of Rabi ul Awwal, 260 A.H. when the Abbaside
tyrant, Mo'tamad Billah poisoned the Eleventh Imam (A.S.), and the
twelfth Imam retired into seclusion by the command of God.

At the time of his death, Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.) asked his
servant Akid to prepare for him a brew of Gum-Mastic (Abi-Mastaki),
and soon the mother of the Master of the Age brought the bowl and put
it into the hands of the Imam. But when he tried to drink, his hands
trembled. He set it aside and said to Akid, 'go into that room and
have the child who is praying there come to me'. When Akid entered
the room, the child was saying his prayers. When he finished his
prayers, he was informed about his father's request. Then his mother
came and took his hand and brought him to his father. When he came
before his father, the noble child's face was luminous. The dying
Imam (A.S.) looked upon him and wept and said, 'O Master of your own
household, give me a drink, for I go to my Preserver'. The child took
the bowl, touched it to his lips in prayers, and gave it to his
father. When he drank it, he said, 'Make me ready for prayer!' So the
Master of the Age took a towel and gave his father the ceremonial
ablution, and anointed his head and his feet. The dying Imam (A.S.)
then declared, 'O my dear child, you are the Master of the Age, you
are the Mahdi, you are the Proof of Allah on earth, my child, my Wasi
(representative), and, as my offspring, you are Muhammad, my good son
a child of the Apostle, the last of the Imams, pure and virtuous. The
Apostle of Allah has informed the people about you. He has mentioned
your name and your patronymic. This is the covenant of my father that
has come down to me'. And at that moment the Imam (A.S.) died (Shaikh
Tusi).

Dear brother,
Walaikum U Salam
I am in good health, and hope to find you in the same. Yes these horror
filled images are shocking, and are enough to put a person into a severe
case of trauma. The Muslim ummah is in a terrible state, no one knows which
Muslim country will be the next victim, of the so-called anti-terrorist
onslaught. It could be me, you or any other Muslim or country.
Inorder to succeed we must unite. And pray. We need to support the oppressed
Muslims around the globe by all means. Morally, financially, literally, etc.
so that they may succeed against the state-terrorists. Please spread these
pictures, and spread the message.
May Allah bless us with victory, and those who sacrifice their respective
lives in this noble cause, a high place in Jannah.

Sincerely,
Hamza
From Pakistan


----+_+_+_+_+----
From: Hassan Tabatabai [mailto:h_tabatabai20@...]
Subject:Re: FW: Fw: Afghanistan Images!-= See attached
photos=- Next target is Azad Kashmir..


Salam Alaikum Brother:
How r u?
Thank you for sharing these pictures with us, but it is really bad, I
know there are bad things and death happened in Afghanistan but I did
not saw the pictures, only 1 picture my friend send it, but these
pictures are bad and terreble, Inshallah God will help the Muslims in
the world.

         Hassan Tabatabai



--- In ahlilbait5@y..., "Hamza" <hamza_al@s...> wrote:
>
>
> Dear friends,
> Assalam O Aleikum
> Retaliation is typical human nature, it is not terrorism!
> America, India, Russia, Britain, Israel are the biggest terrorists,
they
> must mend their ways before pointing fingers at others.
> Please forward this email at will. We must mobilize support for
these poor
> Afghanis, and those who are fighting against, Yahood, Hanood,
Nasaara and
> stoogies coalition, terrorism.
> The US will use nuclear weopens, and then leave the ever suffering
Afghans.
> Please pray for the sufferers of state terrorism, in Kashmir,
Chechenya,
> Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
> May Allah grant us victory over the enemies of Islam.
>
> Hamza
>
> P.S. For those who consider these pictures shocking, wait till you
see what
> the nuclear bomb does, and it's aftermath.
>
>
>
> +++++++++++++++
>
> Our Islamic nation has been tasting for more than 80 years,
humiliation and
> disgrace, its sons killed and their blood spilled, its sanctities
> desecrated. God has blessed a group of vanguard Muslims, the
forefront of
> Islam.
> A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak,
killed in
> Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict
from the
> hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across
Palestine, in
> Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of
Islam, and
> we do not hear anyone raising voice or reacting.
> -+-+-+-+-+-
>
>
> The Qur'an says (3:118):O you who believe! do not take for intimate
friends
> from among others than your own people; they do not fall short of
inflicting
> loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has
already
> appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal
is greater
> still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you
will
> understand.
>
> -----=====-----
> From: Muhammad Sharif Bajwa [mailto:pakbe.....@]
> _______________
>
>
> Forwarded by Muhammad Sharif bajwa
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> From: ABD MZWA [shou-w@....]
>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:15 PM
> Subject: Afghanistan Images
>
>
> >
> > Dearfriends,
> > sorry for forwarding these Pics,  it is  just to look how US is
combating
> > with the terrorists.
> > Yours in Islam
> > Abdullah member shoorah, Islamic Circle Of Japan
>
>
> =================================================

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib said:

Anyone who has been granted four attributes will not be deprived of
their (four) effects; one who prays to Allah and implores to Him will
not be deprived of granting of his prayers; one who repents for his
thoughts and deeds will not be refused acceptance of the repentance;
one who has atoned for his sins will not be debarred from salvation
and one who thanks Allah for the Blessings and Bounties will not be
denied the increase in them. The truth of these facts is attested by
the Holy Qur'an As far as prayers are concerned He says Pray to Me
and I shall accept your prayers. About repentance He says: Whoever
has done a bad deed or has indulged in sin and then repents and asks
for His forgiveness will find Allah most Forgiving and Merciful.
About being thankful He says if you are thankful for what you are
given, I shall increase My Bounties and Blessings. About atonement of
sin He says Allah accepts the repentance of those who have ignorantly
committed vice and then soon repent for it, Allah accepts such
repentance's, He is Wise and Omniscient.

Salam Alaikum Brother:
How r u?
Thank you for sharing these pictures with us, but it is really bad, I
know there are bad things and death happened in Afghanistan but I did
not saw the pictures, only 1 picture my friend send it, but these
pictures are bad and terreble, Inshallah God will help the Muslims in
the world.

         Hassan Tabatabai



--- In ahlilbait5@y..., "Hamza" <hamza_al@s...> wrote:
>
>
> Dear friends,
> Assalam O Aleikum
> Retaliation is typical human nature, it is not terrorism!
> America, India, Russia, Britain, Israel are the biggest terrorists,
they
> must mend their ways before pointing fingers at others.
> Please forward this email at will. We must mobilize support for
these poor
> Afghanis, and those who are fighting against, Yahood, Hanood,
Nasaara and
> stoogies coalition, terrorism.
> The US will use nuclear weopens, and then leave the ever suffering
Afghans.
> Please pray for the sufferers of state terrorism, in Kashmir,
Chechenya,
> Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
> May Allah grant us victory over the enemies of Islam.
>
> Hamza
>
> P.S. For those who consider these pictures shocking, wait till you
see what
> the nuclear bomb does, and it's aftermath.
>
>
>
> +++++++++++++++
>
> Our Islamic nation has been tasting for more than 80 years,
humiliation and
> disgrace, its sons killed and their blood spilled, its sanctities
> desecrated. God has blessed a group of vanguard Muslims, the
forefront of
> Islam.
> A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak,
killed in
> Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict
from the
> hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across
Palestine, in
> Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of
Islam, and
> we do not hear anyone raising voice or reacting.
> -+-+-+-+-+-
>
>
> The Qur'an says (3:118):O you who believe! do not take for intimate
friends
> from among others than your own people; they do not fall short of
inflicting
> loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has
already
> appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal
is greater
> still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you
will
> understand.
>
> -----=====-----
> From: Muhammad Sharif Bajwa [mailto:pakbe.....@]
> _______________
>
>
> Forwarded by Muhammad Sharif bajwa
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> From: ABD MZWA [shou-w@....]
>
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:15 PM
> Subject: Afghanistan Images
>
>
> >
> > Dearfriends,
> > sorry for forwarding these Pics,  it is  just to look how US is
combating
> > with the terrorists.
> > Yours in Islam
> > Abdullah member shoorah, Islamic Circle Of Japan
>
>
> =================================================

Dear friends,
Assalam O Aleikum
Retaliation is typical human nature, it is not terrorism!
America, India, Russia, Britain, Israel are the biggest terrorists, they
must mend their ways before pointing fingers at others.
Please forward this email at will. We must mobilize support for these poor
Afghanis, and those who are fighting against, Yahood, Hanood, Nasaara and
stoogies coalition, terrorism.
The US will use nuclear weopens, and then leave the ever suffering Afghans.
Please pray for the sufferers of state terrorism, in Kashmir, Chechenya,
Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
May Allah grant us victory over the enemies of Islam.

Hamza

P.S. For those who consider these pictures shocking, wait till you see what
the nuclear bomb does, and it's aftermath.



+++++++++++++++

Our Islamic nation has been tasting for more than 80 years,  humiliation and
disgrace, its sons killed and their blood spilled, its sanctities
desecrated. God has blessed a group of vanguard Muslims, the forefront of
Islam.
A million innocent children are dying at this time as we speak, killed in
Iraq without any guilt. We hear no denunciation, we hear no edict from the
hereditary rulers. In these days, Israeli tanks rampage across Palestine, in
Ramallah, Rafah and Beit Jala and many other parts of the land of Islam, and
we do not hear anyone raising voice or reacting.
-+-+-+-+-+-


The Qur'an says (3:118):O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends
from among others than your own people; they do not fall short of inflicting
loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already
appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater
still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you will
understand.

-----=====-----
From: Muhammad Sharif Bajwa [mailto:pakbe.....@]
_______________


Forwarded by Muhammad Sharif bajwa

------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: ABD MZWA [shou-w@.....net]

Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:15 PM
Subject: Afghanistan Images


>
> Dearfriends,
> sorry for forwarding these Pics,  it is  just to look how US is combating
> with the terrorists.
> Yours in Islam
> Abdullah member shoorah, Islamic Circle Of Japan


=================================================

Name: Moosa
Title: Al-Kadhim
Nickname (Kunyat): Abu Ibraheem
Father: Imam Ja'far Al-Sadiq (AS)
Mother: Hamida Khatoon
Birth: at Abwa (between Maccah and Madeenah) on Sunday
           the 7th of Safar of the year 128 After Hijra.
Martyrdom: at the age of 55 years on Friday the 25th of Rajab
           183 After Hijra. He was poisoned by Harun Al-Rashid
           L. And was buried (AS) in Kadhemain - Baghdad.

Yes...couldnt have said better myself. In order to eliminate terrorism, we
must cut off it's roots. America, India, Russia, Britain, Israel are indeed
the biggest terrorists, and they must mend their ways before pointing
fingers at others.

-----Original Message-----
From: Hassan Tabatabai [mailto:h_tabatabai20@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:04 AM
To: ahlilbait5@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ahlilbait5] Islam Against Terrorism


In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful

God, the Almighty says in Holy Quran:
-And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just
cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his
heir authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying;
surely he is
aided.
Chapter17: verse33
According to the preceding glorious verse, Allah has forbidden
killing any innocent soul and it is deemed as a great sin unless whom
the legislation has ordered for the purpose of justice. There is no
mass murder in Islam. Even, suicide for any reason and purpose is
considered a major sin and the one who commits it will not be
forgiven and will abide in the hell forever.
Islam as the religion of justice and peace is the real defender of
human rights and is against terrorism in any kind of it. Muslims do
not support any terrorist actions all over the world. They themselves
are the victims of terrorism. For this, they have condemned the last
terrible attack to the innocent people in New York and Washington and
deeply sympathized with their families. However, the American Zionist
media, as before, has attempted to relate this genocide to the world
of Islam and Muslims. Only a few minutes after the occurrence of this
tragedy in NY, the American media aggressively connected it to the
Islamic countries with no proof. In order to deviate the public
opinion, the anti-Islamic media showed the scene in which some
Palestinian people were cheering up as if they were happy for this
tragedy. That scene actually refers to the time of Saddam's attacks
to Tel Aviv during the Persian Gulf war and does not have anything to
do with this tragedy.
If the US security agencies were so systematically alert to discover
the connection between this attack and the Islamic countries during
the first 6 minutes after its occurrence, why could not they prevent
it from being happened?! Even if there are authentic proofs to
clarify the relation between some Muslims and this terrorist attack,
it would not be fair to describe a great divine religion as the
religion of terror. Nonetheless, no one has condemned Christianity
and Judaism because of Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, Nixon,
Sharon and many other homicides for what they have committed in the
history.
From the military and political viewpoints, last terrorist action
could not be directed from outside USA, as it has been so complicated
operation that they have not found any clear signs yet to be related
to the alien groups except than some baseless claims. In addition, no
hijack had been announced by the pilots of those four airplanes,
which were hit to the Pentagon and world trade center in NY.
According to FBI and Washington post, 3 of the pilots were Vietnam
veterans and the fourth had lost his brother in Vietnam war. Also,
one of them was a dismissed officer of the army who had worked in
pentagon as a terrorist strategist.
Astonishingly enough, none of the 4100 Jewish Zionists went to their
works in the world trade center in that day and also the Israeli's
prime minister's flight to NY had been canceled the day before.
The matter of fact is that Osama bin Ladin- the former CIA spy- and
other Taliban troops have been trained in USA and gained the power in
the region with the support of USA.
Any terrorist action against any innocent human is condemned, no
matter who and where he is. Terrorism is condemned whether it is in
New York, Palestine or Afghanistan.
As its history witnesses, the US government is itself the greatest
supporter of terrorism and the root of any war in the world. The
largest stores of armaments, warships, arsenals, mass destructive
weapons, chemical and atomic bombs underneath the oceans, above the
sky, under the ground, in the seas and outside the atmosphere, which
is known as the star war, all are the vivid witnesses for its
terrorist policies.
US government's history is full of genocide and atrocities against
the nations and began with the killing the innocent native Indians
for centuries.
Killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki with the atomic bombs in 1945, which was ordered by Harry
Truman, the former president of USA, is a shameless disgrace and a
clear sign of terrorism.
History will not forget that anti human war in Vietnam in which
hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed by US army in
their own home for no guilt.
The US imperialist government invaded Panama and committed many
crimes as well as kidnapping its legal president, Daniel Noriega and
killing thousands of innocent people only to support its own benefits
in Central America.
US government, as a terrorist regime, supported Saddam militarily,
politically and economically during the imposed war against Iran in
which 1000,000 innocent Iranians were killed by American, Russian and
other western weapons for 8 years! US military troops destroyed the
industrial and oil installations in Iran and killed many innocent
people.
History will never forget that terrorist attack in which the US Navy
shot the Iranian airbus above the Persian Gulf in 1989 and murdered
290 innocent civilian passengers. Not only they did not apologize for
this brutality, but also the former US president Bush rewarded the
commander of that US airplane carrier for his bravery!
Have you ever been a Palestinian? If you were a Palestinian, you
would not forgive the US government for its unconditional supports of
the racist, Zionist, illegal terrorist regime of Israel which has
occupied Palestine for 50 years and committed the most shameless
atrocities against the unarmed people of Palestine in their own
home.
US government as a terrorist regime does not deserve to be the leader
of the world movement against terrorism. The attack against the
innocent people of Afghanistan who are dying from starvation is
itself a greater terrorist attack and no more than a political game.
This war is only targeted to provide the permanent presence of USA in
the Middle East and support the benefits of imperialists in the
region. In essence, terrorism is strictly condemned whether it is in
NY or in Afghanistan.
Mahdi is the author of htis article




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	 ***
زَهـراءَ نورُ الأ نوار
أنتِ يا سِـرَ الأسرار
أنتِ يا زَوجَ الكرار
أنتِ فاطِمة البَتول
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أِلهي زِد في عُمري
ما بَـقـيـتُ مِـن دَهري
حُـبٌ في قـَلبي يَجري
حُبُ فاطِمة البَـتـول

ابناء فاطم روح القدس عبدكم
وثابت حول عرش الله اسمكم
اقول والقلب لايهديه غيركم
وبعد ذكر اله الخلق ذكركم
المصطفى خير خلق الله جدكم
والمرتضى والد والطهر امكم
ياآل بيت رسول الله حبكم
فرض من الله في القرآن انزله
كفاكم من عظيم الشأن انكم
من لم يصلي عليكم لاصلاه له

لله قوم اذا في محفل ذكروا
فذكرهم طيب من نبعه عطر
فالله طهرهم والله شرفهم
والله صلى عليهم انهم غرر
هم البتول وابناءها نجوم هدى
محمد شمسهم والمرتضى قمر

كان هناك شاب خليجي يكمل دراسته بأمريكا وهذا الشاب أنعم الله عليهم
بتعاليم دينه بل وتفقه فيها وكان بجانب دراسته يعمل داعيه للإسلام ..
  وبينما هو في أمريكا تعرف على أحد المسيحيين وتوطدت علاقته به يرتجي
أخينا أن يهدي الله تعالى هذا المسيحي إلى الإسلام وذات يوم كان أخينا في الله
الخليجي ومعه المسيحي يتجولون في أحد أحياء أمريكا فمروا على كنيسة في
نفس الحي فطلب المسيحي من أخينا أن يدخل الكنيسة لكنه رفض وبعد إلحاح من
المسيحي لم يجد إلا القبول فدخل معه وجلس على أحد الطاولات وبقي ساكناً كما
هي عاداتهم وبعد دخول القسيس وقفوا جميعاً لتحيته وجلسوا وما كان من
القسيس إلا أن أبرق نظرة إلى الموجودين ورفع بصره عنهم وقال يوجد بيننا
مسلم فأريده أن يخرج ولم يتحرك أخينا الخليجي وكرر نداءه القسيس وكذلك
لم يتحرك وأخيراً قال القسيس أريده أن يخرج وعليه الأمان بأن لا يعترضه أحد
وعندها خرج الخليجي وعند الباب سأل القسيس كيف عرفت بأني مسلم ؟ فرد
القسيس ( سيماهم على وجوههم ) ،
  فأدار الأخ الفاضل وجهه للخروج ولكن القسيس أراد أن يستفيد من وجود
المسلم وذلك بطرح أسأله عليه بقصد إحراجه وتقوية مركزة فوافق أخينا
المسلم على هذه المناظرة
  فقال له القسيس سأسألك اثنان وعشرين سؤالاً ويجب عليك الإجابة عليها كاملة
  فابتسم أخونا المسلم وقال هات ما عندك .

قال القسيس
ما هو الواحد الذي لا ثاني له ؟
وما هما الاثنان اللذان لا ثالث لهما ؟
ومن هم الثلاثة الذين لا رابع لهم ؟
ومن هم الأربعة الذين لا خامس لهم ؟
ومن هم الخمسة الذين لا سادس لهم؟
ومن هم الستة الذين لا سابع لهم ؟
ومن هم السبعة الذين لا ثامن لهم ؟
ومن هم الثمانية الذين لا تاسع لهم ؟
ومن هم التسعة الذين لا عاشر لهم ؟
وما هي العشرة التي تقبل الزيادة ؟
وما هي الأحد عشر اللاتي لا ثاني عشر لهم ؟
وما هي الإثنا عشر اللاتي لا ثالث عشر لهم ؟
ومن هم الثلاثة عشر الذين لا رابع عشر لهم ؟
وما هو الشيء الذي يتنفس ولا روح فيه ؟
وما هو القبر الذي سار بصاحبه ؟
ومن هم الذين كذبوا ودخلوا الجنة ؟
وما هو الشيء الذي خلقة الله وأنكره ؟
وما هي الأشياء التي خلقها الله بدون أب وأم ؟
ومن هو المخلوق من نار ومن هلك بالنار ومن حفظ من النار ؟
ومن الذي خلق من الحجر وهلك بالحجر وحفظ بالحجر ؟
وما هو الشيء الذي خلقة الله واستعظمه ؟
وما هي الشجرة التي لها اثنا عشر غصناً وفي كل غصن ثلاثين ورقة وفي كل
ورقة خمس ثمرات ثلاث منها بالظل واثنان منها بالشمس ؟ .

فابتسم الشاب ابتسامة الواثق بالله تعالى وسمى بالله وقال :
الواحد الذي لا ثاني له هو الله سبحانه وتعالى .
والاثنان اللذان لا ثالث لهما الليل والنهار ( وجعلنا الليل والنهار
آيتين ) .
والثلاثة الذين لا رابع لهم أعذار موسى مع الخضر في إعطاب السفينة وقتل
الغلام وإقامة الجدار
والأربعة الذين لا خامس لهم التوراة والإنجيل والزبور والقرآن الكريم .
والخمسة الذين لا سادس لهم الصلوات المفروضة .
والستة التي لا سابع لهم فهي الأيام التي خلق الله تعالى بها الكون .
والسبعة التي لا ثامن لهم هي السبع سموات ( الذي خلق سبع سموات طباقا ما
ترى من خلق الرحمن من تفاوت
والثمانية التي لا تاسع لهم هم حملة عرش الرحمن ( ويحمل عرش ربك يومئذٍ
ثمانية ) .
والتسعة التي لا عاشر لها وهي معجزات سيدنا موسى عليه السلام ( العصى ،
اليد ، الطوفان , السنون , الضفادع ، الدم . القمل ، الجراد , القمل ) .
وأما العشرة التي تقبل الزيادة هي الحسنات ( من جاء بالحسنة فله عشرة
أمثالها والله يضاعف الأجر لمن يشاء ) والأحد عشر الذين لا ثاني عشر لهم هم
أخوة يوسف عليه السلام .
والاثنا عشر الذي لا ثالث عشر لهم هي معجزة موسى عليه السلام ( وإذ استسقى
موسى لقومه فقلنا اضرب عصاك  الحجر فانفجرت منه اثنا عشر عيناً ) .
والثلاثة عشرة الذين لا رابع عشر لهم هم اخوة يوسف عليه السلام وأمه
وأبيه .
وأما الذي يتنفس ولا روح فيه هو الصبح ( والصبح إذا  تنفس ) .
وأما القبر الذي سار بصاحبة هو الحوت الذي التقم سيدنا يونس عليه السلام .
وأما الذين كذبوا ودخلوا  الجنة هم اخوة يوسف عليه السلام عندما قالوا
لأبيهم ذهبنا لنستبق وتركنا يوسف عند متاعنا فأكله الذئب ، وعندما انكشف
كذبهم قال أخوهم لا تثريب عليكم وقال أبوهم  يعقوب سأستغفر لكم ربكم إنه
كان غفارا .
والشيء الذي خلقة  الله وأنكره هو صوت الحمير ( إن أنكر الأصوات لصوت
الحمير ) .
وأما الأشياء التي خلقها الله وليس لها أب أو أم هم آدم عليه السلام ،
الملائكة ، ناقة صالح ، وكبش إبراهيم عليهم السلام .
وأما من خلق من نار فهو إبليس ومن هلك بالنار فهو أبو جهل وجماعته وأما
من حفظ من النار فهو إبراهيم عليه السلام ( يا نار كوني برداً وسلاماً على
إبراهيم ) .
وأما من خلق من حجر فهي ناقة صالح وأما من هلك بالحجر فهم أصحاب الفيل
وأما من حفظ بالحجر فهم اصحاب الكهف.
أما الشيء الذي خلقه الله واستعظمه هو كيد النساء ( إن كيدكن عظيم ) .
وأما الشجرة التي بها اثنا عشر غصنا وفي كل غصن ثلاثين ورقة وفي كل ورقة
خمس ثمرات ثلاث منها بالظل واثنان منها بالشمس ، فالشجرة  هي السنة
والأغصان هي الأشهر والأوراق هي أيام الشهر والثمرات الخمس
هي الصلوات ثلاث منهن ليلاً واثنتان  منهن في النهار .

وهنا تعجب القسيس ومن كانوا في الكنيسة من نباهة أخونا المسلم وودعه وهم
أخينا بالذهاب ولكنه عاد وطلب أن
يسأل القسيس سؤالاً واحداً فقط فوافق القسيس فقال الشاب المسلم :
ما هو مفتاح الجنة ؟
وعندها ارتبك القسيس وتلعثم وتغيرت تعابير وجهة ولم يفلح في إخفاء رعبه ،
وطلبوا منه الحاضرين بالكنيسة أن يرد عليه ولكنه رفض
فقالوا له لقد سألته اثنان وعشرين سؤالاً وأجابك عليها وسألك سؤالاً واحداً
ولا تعرف الإجابة
فقال إني أعرف الإجابة ولكني أخاف منكم فقالوا له نعطيك الأمان فأجب عليه ،
فقال القسيس الإجابة هي : أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمد رسول الله .
وهنا أسلم القسيس وكل من كان بالكنيسة ، فقد من الله تعالى عليهم وحفظهم
بالإسلام على يد هذا الشاب التقي المسلم

لاإله الا الله وحده صدق وعده

In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful

God, the Almighty says in Holy Quran:
-And do not kill any one whom Allah has forbidden, except for a just
cause, and whoever is slain unjustly, We have indeed given to his
heir authority, so let him not exceed the just limits in slaying;
surely he is
aided.
Chapter17: verse33
According to the preceding glorious verse, Allah has forbidden
killing any innocent soul and it is deemed as a great sin unless whom
the legislation has ordered for the purpose of justice. There is no
mass murder in Islam. Even, suicide for any reason and purpose is
considered a major sin and the one who commits it will not be
forgiven and will abide in the hell forever.
Islam as the religion of justice and peace is the real defender of
human rights and is against terrorism in any kind of it. Muslims do
not support any terrorist actions all over the world. They themselves
are the victims of terrorism. For this, they have condemned the last
terrible attack to the innocent people in New York and Washington and
deeply sympathized with their families. However, the American Zionist
media, as before, has attempted to relate this genocide to the world
of Islam and Muslims. Only a few minutes after the occurrence of this
tragedy in NY, the American media aggressively connected it to the
Islamic countries with no proof. In order to deviate the public
opinion, the anti-Islamic media showed the scene in which some
Palestinian people were cheering up as if they were happy for this
tragedy. That scene actually refers to the time of Saddam's attacks
to Tel Aviv during the Persian Gulf war and does not have anything to
do with this tragedy.
If the US security agencies were so systematically alert to discover
the connection between this attack and the Islamic countries during
the first 6 minutes after its occurrence, why could not they prevent
it from being happened?! Even if there are authentic proofs to
clarify the relation between some Muslims and this terrorist attack,
it would not be fair to describe a great divine religion as the
religion of terror. Nonetheless, no one has condemned Christianity
and Judaism because of Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, Truman, Nixon,
Sharon and many other homicides for what they have committed in the
history.
From the military and political viewpoints, last terrorist action
could not be directed from outside USA, as it has been so complicated
operation that they have not found any clear signs yet to be related
to the alien groups except than some baseless claims. In addition, no
hijack had been announced by the pilots of those four airplanes,
which were hit to the Pentagon and world trade center in NY.
According to FBI and Washington post, 3 of the pilots were Vietnam
veterans and the fourth had lost his brother in Vietnam war. Also,
one of them was a dismissed officer of the army who had worked in
pentagon as a terrorist strategist.
Astonishingly enough, none of the 4100 Jewish Zionists went to their
works in the world trade center in that day and also the Israeli's
prime minister's flight to NY had been canceled the day before.
The matter of fact is that Osama bin Ladin- the former CIA spy- and
other Taliban troops have been trained in USA and gained the power in
the region with the support of USA.
Any terrorist action against any innocent human is condemned, no
matter who and where he is. Terrorism is condemned whether it is in
New York, Palestine or Afghanistan.
As its history witnesses, the US government is itself the greatest
supporter of terrorism and the root of any war in the world. The
largest stores of armaments, warships, arsenals, mass destructive
weapons, chemical and atomic bombs underneath the oceans, above the
sky, under the ground, in the seas and outside the atmosphere, which
is known as the star war, all are the vivid witnesses for its
terrorist policies.
US government's history is full of genocide and atrocities against
the nations and began with the killing the innocent native Indians
for centuries.
Killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki with the atomic bombs in 1945, which was ordered by Harry
Truman, the former president of USA, is a shameless disgrace and a
clear sign of terrorism.
History will not forget that anti human war in Vietnam in which
hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed by US army in
their own home for no guilt.
The US imperialist government invaded Panama and committed many
crimes as well as kidnapping its legal president, Daniel Noriega and
killing thousands of innocent people only to support its own benefits
in Central America.
US government, as a terrorist regime, supported Saddam militarily,
politically and economically during the imposed war against Iran in
which 1000,000 innocent Iranians were killed by American, Russian and
other western weapons for 8 years! US military troops destroyed the
industrial and oil installations in Iran and killed many innocent
people.
History will never forget that terrorist attack in which the US Navy
shot the Iranian airbus above the Persian Gulf in 1989 and murdered
290 innocent civilian passengers. Not only they did not apologize for
this brutality, but also the former US president Bush rewarded the
commander of that US airplane carrier for his bravery!
Have you ever been a Palestinian? If you were a Palestinian, you
would not forgive the US government for its unconditional supports of
the racist, Zionist, illegal terrorist regime of Israel which has
occupied Palestine for 50 years and committed the most shameless
atrocities against the unarmed people of Palestine in their own
home.
US government as a terrorist regime does not deserve to be the leader
of the world movement against terrorism. The attack against the
innocent people of Afghanistan who are dying from starvation is
itself a greater terrorist attack and no more than a political game.
This war is only targeted to provide the permanent presence of USA in
the Middle East and support the benefits of imperialists in the
region. In essence, terrorism is strictly condemned whether it is in
NY or in Afghanistan.
Mahdi is the author of htis article

Gravity of Earth in Holy Quran


Introduction
Undoubtedly, everyone before Newton had felt the existence of a
mysterious force inside the earth, which draws everything to itself,
but apparently, no one had a clue before him about the generality of
this law throughout the universe; among the heavens, planets, stars,
giant galaxies and even between two small particles.
Absolutely, Newton in 12th century, was the first man who perceived
this great law, by being inspired of dropping an apple. The discovery
of this law was so important that some scientists have named the 17th
century as "The century of Newton". He proved that every two bodies
attract each other in direct ratio of masses and reversed ratio of
squared distances".(1)
Does the Quran have anything to say about the existence of this
phenomenon, i.e. the tendency of earth to draw everything to itself
as the law of gravity? To find the answer, we should take the
following verse into consideration:
-Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself? (2)

             Chapter77: verse25
Is not this really wonderful?! We suppose that this Quranic
description of this phenomenon is so vivid for the readers that there
is seemingly no need for any particular scientific explanation.
However, to obtain a background on the concept of gravity and its
relation with the mentioned verse, we offer you an overview of what
Newton presented under the "laws of Mechanics", which have been
dominant till the present time, as the "principles of
Mechanics".

                   Scientific Viewpoint
Gravitation is the mutual attraction of all masses in the universe.
While its effect decreases in proportion to distance squared, it
nonetheless applies, to some extent, regardless of the sizes of the
masses or their distance apart.
The concepts associated with planetary motions developed by Johannes
Kepler (1571-1630) describe the positions and motions of objects in
our solar system. Isaac Newton (1643-1727) later explained why
Kepler's laws worked, by showing they depend on gravitation. Albert
Einstein (1879-1955) posed an explanation of how gravitation works in
his general theory of relativity.
In our solar system, planetary motions are orbits gravitationally
bound to a star. Since orbits are ellipses, a review of ellipses
follows.(3)

Newton's Principles of Mechanics
Classical mechanics is governed by three basic principles, which were
first formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries by Isaac Newton.
These principles are known as Newton's laws. He realized that the
force that makes apples fall to the ground is the same force that
makes the planets "fall" around the sun. Newton had been asked to
address the question of why planets move as they do. He established
that a force of attraction toward the sun becomes weaker in
proportion to the square of the distance from the sun.
The first law describes a fundamental property of matter, called
inertia, as follows:
1. Every body remains in a state of rest or in a state of uniform
motion (constant speed in a straight line) unless it is compelled by
impressed forces to change that state.
Under this law a moving body is at rest, as far as its own inertia is
concerned, as long as its motion continues at the same speed and in
the same direction. Therefore, particles (or even worlds) of matter
will keep flying through empty space forever, without being driven by
any force, until something compels them to change their motion.
Newton's second law describes the manner in which a force compels a
change of motion, at a rate of change called acceleration. It can be
stated as follows:
2. Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes
place in the direction of the straight line in which that force is
impressed.
This law is often stated in a different manner: the net force acting
on a body is equal to the product of the body's mass times the
resulting acceleration. It can be stated much more simply as a
formula, using letters for force, mass, and acceleration: F=ma. The
wording of the law, however, makes clear how an impressed force acts.
It simply compels a change in the body's motion--its speed or
direction--toward the direction in which the force is acting.
Newton's third law may be stated as follows:
3. Action and reaction are equal and opposite.
This law is often expressed as "for every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction." The law states a fact that can upset many
calculations unless it is taken into account.
It explains, for example, the saying that a man cannot literally lift
himself by his own bootstraps. As he pulls up on his bootstraps, the
bootstraps pull down on him. Action and reaction are equal and
opposite. A striking modern example of action and reaction is jet
propulsion.(4)

Quranic Viewpoint
The word "Kefatan" in the verse is derived from the word " Kafata"
which in Arabic means: "(It) drew something to itself",(5) or "it
held it back".(6) Therefore, the mentioned word, as an adjective,
describes the earth as having the feature of drawing everything
toward itself. In the meantime, this word somehow implies the concept
of the mutual attraction between the two things too. This is why, the
word "together" is used in the translation to comment this concept by
Shakir, the famous translator of the Quran.
Needless to say, all these implications about this phenomenon are all
explicitly in accordance with scientific facts. However, 1000 years
before Newton this verse had been revealed in the Quran:
-Have We not made the earth to draw together to itself?

             Chapter77: verse25
This verse is indeed a wonderful miracle, which proves the divinity
of Holy Quran as a revelation from God Almighty.

Mehdi

References
1. The Quran and the Last Prophet (in Persian language), by
ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, Dar AL-Kotob Al-Islamiah, Qum, the Islamic
Republic of Iran, 1996.
2. Holy Quran translated by M.H. Shakir, Ansarian publication,
Qum, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1993.
3. http://www.ipl.nasa.com/.
4. Contributed by Verne C. Cutler, Professor of Engineering
Mechanics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
5. Monjed Al-Tollab (An Arabic-Arabic Encyclopedia), by Fu'aad
Afraum Al-Bostaani.
6. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, (Arabic-English) by
hans Wehr, McDonald and Evans Ltd., London.

101 clear contradictions in the bible
By: Shabir Ally
Al-Attique Int'l Islamic Publications


   Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?

  (a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)

  (b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)





   In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?

  (a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

  (b) One million, one hundred thousand (IChronicles 21:5)




   How many fighting men were found in Judah?

  (a)  Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)

  (b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)




   God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of
famine?

  (a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)

  (b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12)




   How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?

  (a)  Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)

  (b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)




   How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?

  (a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)

  (b)  Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)




   How long did he rule over Jerusalem?

  (a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8)

  (b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)




   The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed
how many men at one time?

  (a)  Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)

  (b)  Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)




   When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before
defeating the Philistines or after?

  (a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)

  (b)  Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)




   How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the
Ark?

  (a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)

  (b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two
pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)




   When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he
capture?

  (a)  One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)

  (b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)




    How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?

  (a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)

  (b)  Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)




   In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha,   King of Israel die?

  (a) Twenty-sixth year  (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)

  (b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)




   How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the
temple?

  (a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)

  (b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)




   Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?

  (a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)

  (b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)




  Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how
many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?

  (a)  Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)

  (b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)




   How many were the children of Zattu?

  (a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)

  (b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)




   How many were the children of Azgad?

  (a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)

  (b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)




   How many were the children of Adin?

  (a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)

  (b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)




   How many were the children of Hashum?

  (a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)

  (b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)




   How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?

  (a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)

  (b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)




   Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the
whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything
close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:

  (a) 29,818 (Ezra)

  (b) 31,089 (Nehemiah)




   How many singers accompanied the assembly?

  (a)  Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)

  (b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)




   What was the name of King Abijah's mother?

  (a) Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (2 Chronicles 13:2)

  (b) Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20) But Absalom
had only one daughter whose name was Tamar (2 Samuel 14:27)




   Did Joshua and the Israelites capture Jerusalem?

  (a) Yes (Joshua 10:23, 40)

  (b)  No (Joshua 15:63)




   Who was the father of Joseph, husband of Mary?

  (a) Jacob (Matthew 1:16)

  (b) Hell (Luke 3:23)




   Jesus descended from which son of David?

  (a) Solomon (Matthew 1:6)

  (b) Nathan(Luke3:31)




   Who was the father of Shealtiel?

  (a) Jechoniah (Matthew 1:12)

  (b) Neri' (Luke 3:27)




   Which son of Zerubbabel was an ancestor of Jesus Christ?

  (a) Abiud (Matthew 1: 13)

  (b) Rhesa (Luke 3:27) But the seven sons of Zerubbabel are as
follows: i.Meshullam, ii. Hananiah, iii. Hashubah, iv. Ohel,
v.Berechiah, vi. Hasadiah, viii. Jushabhesed (I Chronicles 3:19, 20).
The names Abiud and Rhesa do not fit in anyway.




   Who was the father of Uzziah?

  (a)   Joram (Matthew 1:8)

  (b)  Amaziah (2 Chronicles 26:1)




   Who as the father of Jechoniah?

  (a)   Josiah (Matthew 1:11)

  (b) Jeholakim (I Chronicles 3:16)




   How many generations were there from the Babylonian exile until
Christ?

  (a) Matthew says fourteen (Matthew 1:17)

  (b)  But a careful count of the generations reveals only thirteen
(see Matthew 1: 12-16)




   Who was the father of Shelah?

  (a)  Cainan (Luke 3:35-36)

  (b)  Arphaxad (Genesis II: 12)




   Was John the Baptist Elijah who was to come?

  (a)  Yes (Matthew II: 14, 17:10-13)

  (b)  No(John 1:19-21)




   Would Jesus inherit David's throne?

  (a) Yes. So said the angel (Luke 1:32)

  (b) No, since he is a descendant of Jehoiakim (see Matthew 1: I 1, I
Chronicles 3:16). And Jehoiakim was cursed by God so that none of his
descendants can sit upon David's throne (Jeremiah 36:30)




   Jesus rode into Jerusalem on how many animals?

  (a)  One - a colt (Mark 11:7; cf Luke 19:3 5). "And they brought the
colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it."

  (b)  Two - a colt and an ass (Matthew 21:7). "They brought the ass
and the colt and put their garments on them and he sat thereon."




   How did Simon Peter find out that Jesus was the Christ?

  (a)  By a revelation from heaven (Matthew 16:17)

  (b)  His brother Andrew told him (John 1:41)




   Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew?

  (a) By the sea of Galilee (Matthew 4:18-22)

  (b)  On the banks of river Jordan (John 1:42). After that, Jesus
decided to go to Galilee (John 1:43)




   When Jesus met Jairus was Jairus' daughter already dead?

  (a)  Yes. Matthew 9:18 quotes him as saying, "My daughter has just
died."

  (b)  No. Mark 5:23 quotes him as saying, "My little daughter is at
the point of death."




   Did Jesus allow his disciples to keep a staff on their journey?

  (a)  Yes(Mark6:8)

  (b)  No (Matthew 10:9; Luke 9:3)




   Did Herod think that Jesus was John the Baptist?

  (a)   Yes (Matthew 14:2; Mark 6:16)

  (b)  No (Luke 9:9)




   Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus before his baptism?

  (a)   Yes (Matthew 3:13-14)

  (b)  No (John 1:32,33)




   Did John the Baptist recognize Jesus after his baptism?

  (a)   Yes (John 1:32, 33)

  (b)  No (Matthew 11:2)




   According to the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing
his own witness?

  (a)   "If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true" (John
5:3 1)

  (b)  "Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true"
(John 8:14)




   When Jesus entered Jerusalem did he cleanse the temple that same
day?

  (a)   Yes (Matthew 21:12)

  (b)  No. He went into the temple and looked around, but since it was
very late he did nothing. Instead, he went to Bethany to spend the
night and returned the next morning to cleanse the temple (Mark I 1:1-
  17).




   The Gospels say that Jesus cursed a fig tree. Did the tree wither
at once?

  (a)   Yes. (Matthew 21:19)

  (b)    No. It withered overnight (Mark II: 20)




   Did Judas kiss Jesus?

  (a)   Yes (Matthew 26:48-50)

  (b)  No. Judas could not get close enough to Jesus to kiss him (John
18:3-12)




   What did Jesus say about Peter's denial?

  (a)   "The cock will not crow till you have denied me three times"
(John 13:38).

  (b)  "Before the cock crows twice you will deny me three times"
(Mark 14:30) . When the cock crowed once, the three denials were not
yet complete (see Mark 14:72). Therefore prediction (a) failed.




   Did Jesus bear his own cross?

  (a)   Yes (John 19:17)

  (b)  No (Matthew 27:31-32)




   Did Jesus die before the curtain of the temple was torn?

  (a)   Yes(Matthew27:50-5 1;MarklS:37-38)

  (b)  No. After the curtain was torn, then Jesus crying with a loud
voice, said, "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!" And having
said this he breathed his last (Luke 23:45-46)




   Did Jesus say anything secretly?

  (a)   No. "I have said nothing secretly" (John 18:20)

  (b)  Yes. "He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately
to his own disciples he explained everything" (Mark 4:34). The
disciples asked him "Why do you speak to them in parables?" He
said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of
heaven, but to them it has not been given" (Matthew 13: 1 0-11)




   Where was Jesus at the sixth hour on the day of the crucifixion?

  (a)   On the cross (Mark 15:23)

  (b)  In Pilate's court (John 19:14)




   The gospels say that two thieves were crucified along with Jesus.
Did both thieves mock Jesus?

  (a)   Yes (Mark 15:32)

  (b) No. One of them mocked Jesus, the other defended Jesus (Luke
23:43)




   Did Jesus ascend to Paradise the same day of the crucifixion?

  (a)   Yes. He said to the thief who defended him, "Today you will be
with me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43)

  (b)  No. He said to Mary Magdelene two days later, "I have not yet
ascended to the Father" (John 20:17)




   When Paul was on the road to Damascus he saw a light and heard a
voice. Did those who were with him hear the voice?

  (a)  Yes(Acts9:7)

  (b)  No(Acts22:9)





   When Paul saw the light he fell to the ground. Did his traveling
companions also fall to the ground?

  (a)  Yes (Acts 26:14)

  (b) No (Acts 9:7)





   Did the voice spell out on the spot what Paul's duties were to be?

  (a)  Yes (Acts 26:16-18)

  (b)  No. The voice commanded Paul to go into the city of Damascus
and there he will be told what he must do. (Acts9:7;22: 10)





   When the Israelites dwelt in Shittin they committed adultery with
the daughters of Moab. God struck them with a plague. How many people
died in that plague?

  (a)  Twenty-four thousand (Numbers 25:1 and 9)

  (b)  Twenty-three thousand (I Corinthians 10:8)





   How many members of the house of Jacob came to Egypt?

  (a)  Seventy souls (Genesis 4&27)

  (b)  Seventy-five souls (Acts 7:14)





   What did Judas do with the blood money he received for betraying
Jesus?

  (a)  He bought a field (Acts 1: 18)

  (b)  He threw all of it into the temple and went away. The priests
could not put the blood money into the temple treasury, so they used
it to buy a field to bury strangers (Matthew 27:5)





   How did Judas die?

  (a)  After he threw the money into the temple he went away and
hanged himself (Matthew 27:5)

  (b)  After he bought the field with the price of his evil deed he
fell headlong and burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed
out (Acts 1:18)





   Why is the field called "Field of Blood"?

  (a)  Because the priests bought it with the blood money (Matthew
27:8)

  (b)  Because of the bloody death of Judas therein (Acts 1:19)





   Who is a ransom for whom?

  (a)  "The Son of Man came...to give his life as a ransom for many"
(Mark 10:45). "Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for
all... "(I Timothy 2:5-6)

  (b)  "The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless
for the upright" (Proverbs 21:18)





   Is the law of Moses useful?

  (a)  Yes. "All scripture is... profitable..." (2 Timothy 3:16)

  (b)  No. ". . . A former commandment is set aside because of its
weakness and uselessness... "(Hebrews 7:18)





   What was the exact wording on the cross?

  (a)  "This is Jesus the King of the Jews" (Matthew 27:37)

  (b)   "The King of the Jews" (Mark 15:26)

  (c)   "This is the King of the Jews" (Luke 23:38)

  (d)   "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" (John 19:19)





   Did Herod want to kill John the Baptist?

  (a)  Yes (Matthew 14:5)

  (b)  No. It was Herodias, the wife of Herod who wanted to kill him.
But Herod knew that he was a righteous man and kept him safe (Mark
6:20)





   Who was the tenth disciple of Jesus in the list of twelve?

  (a)  Thaddaeus (Matthew 10: 1-4; Mark 3:13 -19)

  (b)  Judas son of James is the corresponding name in Luke's gospel
(Luke 6:12-16)





   Jesus saw a man sitat the tax collector's office and called him to
be his disciple. What was his name?

  (a)  Matthew (Matthew 9:9)

  (b)  Levi (Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27)





   Was Jesus crucified on the daytime before the Passover meal or the
daytime after?

  (a)  After (Mark 14:12-17)

  (b)  Before. Before the feast of the Passover (John 1) Judas went
out at night (John 13:30). The other disciples thought he was going
out to buy supplies to prepare for the Passover meal (John 13:29).
When Jesus was arrested, the Jews did not enter Pilate's judgment
hail because they wanted to stay clean to eat the Passover (John
18:28). When the judgment was pronounced against Jesus, it was about
the sixth hour on the day of Preparation for the Passover (John 19:14)





   Did Jesus pray to The Father to prevent the crucifixion?

  (a)  Yes. (Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42)

  (b)  No. (John 12:27)





   In the gospels which say that Jesus prayed to avoid the cross, how
many times did `he move away from his disciples to pray?

  (a)  Three (Matthew 26:36-46 and Mark 14:32-42)

  (b)  One. No opening is left for another two times. (Luke 22:39-46)





   Matthew and Mark agree that Jesus went away and prayed three times.
What were the words of the second prayer?

  (a)  Mark does not give the words but he says that the words were
the same as the first prayer (Mark 14:3 9)

  (b)  Matthew gives us the words, and we can see that they are not
the same as in the first (Matthew 26:42)





   What did the centurion say when Jesus dies?

  (a)   "Certainly this man was innocent" (Luke 23:47)

  (b)  "Truly this man was the Son of God" (Mark 15:39)





   When Jesus said "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me ? " in
what language did he speak?

  (a)   Hebrew: the words are "Eloi, Eloi ….."(Matthew 27:46)

  (b)  Aramaic: the words are "Eloi, Eloi ….. "(Mark   15:34)





   According to the gospels, what were the last words of Jesus before
he died?

  (a)   "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit!" (Luke 23:46)

  (b)  "It is finished" (John 19:30).





   When Jesus entered Capernaum he healed the slave of a centurion.
Did the centurion come personally to request Jesus for this?

  (a)   Yes (Matthew 8:5)

  (b)  No. He sent some elders of the Jews and his friends (Luke 7:3,6)





  (a)   Adam was told that if and when he eats the forbidden fruit he
would die the same day (Genesis 2:17)

  (b)  Adam ate the fruit and went on to live to a ripe old age of 930
years (Genesis 5:5)







  (a)   God decided that the life-span of humans will be limited to
120 years (Genesis 6:3)

  (b)  Many people born after that lived longer than 120. Arpachshad
lived 438 years. His son Shelah lived 433 years. His son Eber lived
464 years, etc. (Genesis 11:12-16)





   Apart from Jesus did anyone else ascend to heaven?

  (a)   No (John 3:13)

  (b)  Yes. "And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven" (2 Kings
2:11)





   Who was high priest when David went into the house of God and ate
the consecrated bread?

  (a)   Abiathar (Mark 2:26)

  (b)  Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar (I Samuel 1:1; 22:20)





   Was Jesus' body wrapped in spices before burial in accordance with
Jewish burial customs?

  (a)   Yes and his female disciples witnessed his burial (John 19:39-
40)

  (b)  No. Jesus was simply wrapped in a linen shroud. Then the women
bought and prepared spices "so that they may go and anoint him
[Jesus)" (Mark 16: 1)





   When did the women buy the spices?

  (a)   After "the Sabbath was past" (Mark 16:1)

  (b)  Before the Sabbath. The women "prepared spices and ointments."
Then, "on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment" (Luke
23:55 to 24:1)





   At what time of day did the women visit the tomb?

  (a)   "Toward the dawn" (Matthew 28: 1)

  (b)  "When the sun had risen" (Mark 16:2)





   What was the purpose for which the women went to the tomb?

  (a)   To anoint Jesus' body with spices (Mark 16: 1; Luke 23:55 to
24: 1)

  (b)   To see the tomb. Nothing about spices here (Matthew 28: 1)

  (c)  For no specified reason. In this gospel the wrapping with
spices had been done before the Sabbath (John 20: 1)





   A large stone was placed at the entrance of the tomb. Where was the
stone when the women arrived?

  (a)   They saw that the stone was "Rolled back" (Mark 16:4) They
found the stone "rolled away from the tomb" (Luke 24:2) They saw
that "the stone had been taken away from the tomb" (John 20:1)

  (b)  As the women approached, an angel descended from heaven, rolled
away the stone, and conversed with the women. Matthew made the women
witness the spectacular rolling away of the stone (Matthew 28:1-6)





   Did anyone tell the women what happened to Jesus' body?

  (a)   Yes. "A young man in a white robe" (Mark 16:5). "Two men ...
in dazzling apparel" later described as angels (Luke 24:4 and 24:23).
An angel - the one who rolled back the stone (Matthew 16:2). In each
case the women were told that Jesus had risen from the dead (Matthew
28:7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5 footnote)

  (b) No. Mary met no one and returned saying, "They have taken the
Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him"
(John 20:2)





   When did Mary Magdelene first meet the resurrected Jesus? And how
did she react?

  (a)   Mary and the other women met Jesus on their way back from
their first and only visit to the tomb. They took hold of his feet
and worshipped him (Matthew 28:9)

  (b)   On her second visit to the tomb Mary met Jesus just outside
the tomb. When she saw Jesus she did not recognize him. She mistook
him for the gardener. She still thinks that Jesus' body is laid to
rest somewhere and she demands to know where. But when Jesus said her
name she at once recognized him and called him "Teacher." Jesus said
to her, "Do not hold me..." (John 20:11 to 17)





   What was Jesus' instruction for his disciples?

  (a)  "Tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me"
(Matthew 2 8: 10)

  (b)   "Go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my
Father and your Father, to my God and your God" (John 20:17)





   When did the disciples return to Galilee?

  (a)   Immediately, because when they saw Jesus in Galilee "some
doubted" (Matthew 28:17). This period of uncertainty should not
persist

  (b)   After at least 40 days. That evening the disciples were still
in Jerusalem (Luke 24:3 3). Jesus appeared to them there and told
them, stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high"
(Luke 24:49). He was appearing to them "during forty days" (Acts
1:3), and "charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for
the promise ... "(Acts 1:4)





   To whom did the Midianites sell Joseph?

  (a)   "To the Ishmaelites" (Genesis 37:28)

  (b)   "To Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh" (Genesis 37:36)





   Who brought Joseph to Egypt?

  (a)   The Ishmaelites bought Joseph and then "took Joseph to Egypt"
(Genesis 37:28)

  (b)   "The Midianites had sold him in Egypt" (Genesis 37:36)

  (c)   Joseph said to his brothers "I am your brother, Joseph, whom
you sold into Egypt" (Genesis 45:4)





   Does God change his mind?

  (a)   Yes. "The word of the Lord came to Samuel: "I repent that I
have made Saul King..." (I Samuel 15:10 to 11)

  (b)   No. God "will not lie or repent; for he is not a man, that he
should repent" (I Samuel 15:29)

  (c)   Yes. "And the Lord repented that he had made Saul King over
Israel" (I Samuel 15:35). Notice that the above three quotes are all
from the same chapter of the same book! In addition, the Bible shows
that God repented on several other occasions:

i. "The Lord was sorry that he made man" (Genesis 6:6)

"I am sorry that I have made them" (Genesis 6:7)

ii. "And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his
people" (Exodus 32:14).

iii. (Lots of other such references).





   The Bible says that for each miracle Moses and Aaron demonstrated
the magicians did the same by their secret arts. Then comes the
following feat:

  (a)   Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood
(Exodus 7:20-21)

  (b)   The magicians did the same (Exodus 7:22). This is impossible,
since there would have been no water left to convert into blood.





   Who killed Goliath?

  (a)   David (I Samuel 17:23, 50)

  (b)   Elhanan (2 Samuel 21:19)





   Who killed Saul?

  (a)  "Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.... Thus Saul died...
(I Samuel 31:4-6)

  (b)   An Amalekite slew him (2 Samuel 1:1- 16)





   Does every man sin?

  (a)   Yes. "There is no man who does not sin" (I Kings 8:46; see
also 2 Chronicles 6:36; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; and I John
1:810)

  (b)   No. True Christians cannot possibly sin, because they are the
children of God. "Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is
a child of God.. (I John 5:1). "We should be called children of God;
and so we are" (I John 3: 1). "He who loves is born of God" (I John
4:7). "No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in
him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God" (I John 3:9). But,
then again, Yes! "If we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us" (I John 1:8)





  Who will bear whose burden?

  (a)   "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ"
(Galatians 6:2)

  (b)   "Each man will have to bear his own load" (Galatians 6:5)





   How many disciples did Jesus appear to after his resurrection?

  (a)   Twelve (I Corinthians 15:5)

  (b)   Eleven (Matthew 27:3-5 and Acts 1:9-26, see also Matthew
28:16; Mark 16:14 footnote; Luke 24:9; Luke 24:3 3)





   Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

  (a)   After his baptism, "the spirit immediately drove him out into
the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days ... (Mark
1:12-13)

  (b)   Next day after the baptism, Jesus selected two disciples.
Second day: Jesus went to Galilee - two more disciples. Third day:
Jesus was at a wedding feast in Cana in Galilee (see John 1:35; 1:43;
2:1-11)





   Was baby Jesus' life threatened in Jerusalem?

  (a)   Yes, so Joseph fled with him to Egypt and stayed there until
Herod died (Matthew 2:13 23)

  (b)   No. The family fled nowhere. They calmly presented the child
at the Jerusalem temple according to the Jewish customs and returned
to Galilee (Luke 2:21-40)





   When Jesus walked on water how did the disciples respond?

  (a)   They worshipped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God"
(Matthew 14:33)

  (b)   "They were utterly astounded, for they did not understand
about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened" (Mark 6:51-52)

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