hidup islami

Khasiat dari Surat Al – Anfal ayat 17 untuk Kekebalan

2009-05-15T17:15:00.002+07:00

Setiap orang mengharap agar dirinya, keluarganya selamat dari bahya yang mengancam. Untuk keperluan tersebut seseorang berusaha baik dzahir atau bathin agar dirinya mempunyai kekuatan tubuh sebab dengan hal itu tentunya tentunya akan lebih mudah untuk menolak bahaya.
Diantara usaha bathin yang berhubungan dengan kekebalan tersebut adalah mengamalkan keagungan ayat – ayat Allah dengan mengamalkan beberpa amalan. Di bawah ini akan diuraikan tentang ayat – ayat Allah dengan beberapa amalan yang sering dilakukan oleh para pendahulu kita.
Pertama yang akan saya jelaskan adalah khasiat dari Surat Al – Anfal ayat 17:

ففَلَمْ تَقْتُلُوهُمْ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ قَتَلَهُمْ وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْهُ بَلَاءً حَسَنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ (17
Artinya:
17. Maka (yang sebenarnya) bukan kamu yang membunuh mereka, akan tetapi Allahlah yang membunuh mereka, dan bukan kamu yang melempar ketika kamu melempar, tetapi Allah-lah yang melempar. (Allah berbuat demikian untuk membinasakan mereka) dan untuk memberi kemenangan kepada orang-orang mukmin, dengan kemenangan yang baik. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Mengetahui.
Ayat tersebut mempunyai khasiat yang sangat hebat yaitu untuk melumpuhkan musuh dengan cara membaca ayat tersebut pada segenggam debu dan kerikil dilempar kearah musuh, tepat didepannya insya Allah manusia hilang kekuatannya.

Khasiat Surat An Nisa ayat 147 dan Surat Ali Imran ayat 144 untuk penolak balak/menolak bahaya

2009-05-10T16:56:00.000+07:00

Kali ini saya akan menerngkan khasiat dari Surat An Nisa ayat 147 dan Surat Ali Imran ayat 144 untuk penolak balak/menolak bahaya.

Surat An Nisa ayat 147

مَا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ بِعَذَابِكُمْ إِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ وَآَمَنْتُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ شَاكِرًا عَلِيمًا (147)

Artinya:

Mengapa Allah akan menyiksamu, jika kamu bersyukur dan beriman ? Dan Allah adalah Maha Mensyukuri[370] lagi Maha Mengetahui.

Khasiat ayat tersebut jika ditulis atau digembol, maka ketika masuk pada orang dzalim denga membacanya sebanyak 3 kali, insya Allah dzalimnya akan hilang (sembuh).

Surat Ali Imran ayat 144

وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ (144)

Artinya:

Muhammad itu tidak lain hanyalah seorang rasul, sungguh telah berlalu sebelumnya beberapa orang rasul[234]. Apakah Jika dia wafat atau dibunuh kamu berbalik ke belakang (murtad)? Barangsiapa yang berbalik ke belakang, maka ia tidak dapat mendatangkan mudharat kepada Allah sedikitpun, dan Allah akan memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bersyukur.

Khasiat ayat tersebut jika ditulis atau digembol, maka Insya Allah selamat dari tipu daya kejahatan jin dan manusia dan terjaga dari marabahaya.
Dan sesudahnya supaya ditulis lafadh:

“MUHAMMAD SHOLALLOOHU ‘ALAIHI WASALLAM JIBRIIL MIKAIL ISRAAFIL ‘AJRAAIIL”

Khasiat Surat Yusuf ayat 4 dan Surat An Nisa ayat 84 untuk Pengasihan

2009-05-07T16:57:00.001+07:00

Pada bagian ketiga dari kategori pengasihan ini, saya akan menjelaskan khasiat dari Surat Yusuf ayat 4:

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ (4)
Artinya:

(Ingatlah), ketika Yusuf berkata kepada ayahnya: "Wahai ayahku, sesungguhnya aku bermimpi melihat sebelas bintang, matahari dan bulan; kulihat semuanya sujud kepadaku."

Ayat tersebut diatas mempunyai khasiat untuk menarik perhatian dan mendatangkan kecintaan pada orang yang melihat. Caranya adalah bacalah ayat diatas tiga kali sebelum bertemu orang yang dituju. Insya Allah yang akan ditemui mearuh kecintaan pada saudara.

Selanjutnya saya akan menerangkan khasiat dari Surat An Nisa ayat 84.

فَقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَحَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَسَى اللَّهُ أَنْ يَكُفَّ بَأْسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاللَّهُ أَشَدُّ بَأْسًا وَأَشَدُّ تَنْكِيلًا (84)

Artinya:

Maka berperanglah kamu pada jalan Allah, tidaklah kamu dibebani melainkan dengan kewajiban kamu sendiri. Kobarkanlah semangat para mukmin (untuk berperang). Mudah-mudahan Allah menolak serangan orang-orang yang kafir itu. Allah amat besar kekuatan dan amat keras siksaan(Nya).

Sesuai dengan nama suratnya yaitu An Nisa artinya wanita maka khasiat ayat ini adalah untuk menarik perhatian para wanita khususnya calon istri agar tetap setia. Caranya adalah bacalah ayat diatas sebanyak 41 kali dalam keadaan berwudhu lalu ditiupkan pada makanan tersebut dihidangkan pada wanita yang dituju. Insya Allah pada jiwa wanita tersebut timbulrasa cinta dan kasih sayang.

Surat Al Falaq dan An Naas untuk Menyembuhkan Berbagai Macam Penyakit

2009-05-05T19:55:00.001+07:00

Manusia diciptakan Allah swt terdiri dari dua unsur yaitu unsur jasmani dan unsure rohani. Kedua unsur tersebut merupakan satu kesatuan atau sistem struktur yang tidak dapat dipisahkan. Sebagai suatu kesatuan dan sistem maka masing – masing bagian dalam unsur tersebut saling berkaitan dan mempengaruhi, artinya jika salah satu dari anggota tubuh mengalami gangguan atau sakit maka akan mempengaruhi anggota tubuh yang lain. Dengan demikian masing – masing anggota tubuh harus dijaga dari sakit/gangguan.
Sebagaimana yang kita maklumi bahwa selama mengalami perjalanan hidup tidak ada manusia yang tidak pernah sakit, setiap manusia pasti pernah mengalami sakit baik ringan maupun berat. Apabila manusia mengalami sakit dia akan berusaha untuk mencari obat penyembuhan dengan berbagai macam cara baik dzahir seperti pergi ke dokter atau secara batin seperti wirid, dzikir, shalat, do’a, dll. Mengenai masalah penyembuhan dari penyakit ini Rasulullah saw pernah bersabda.

“LIKULLI DAA-IN DAWAAUN FAIDZAA USHIIBA DAWAAUDDAA BARO-A BIDZNILLAH”

Artinya: “Setiap penyakit ada obatnya, jika tepat obatnya maka penyakit itu akan sembuh dengan izin Allah”

Al Qur’an sebagai kalam Allah swt dapat digunakan sebagai penawar dan obat terhadap penyakit seseorang baik penyakit jasmani maupun rohani. Perhatikan ayat – ayat yang menegaskan tentang pernyataan tersebut diatas:

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآَنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا (82)

Artinya: Dan Kami turunkan dari Al Qur'an suatu yang menjadi penawar dan rahmat bagi orang-orang yang beriman dan Al Qur'an itu tidaklah menambah kepada orang-orang yang lalim selain kerugian.

Diantara surat, ayat, dan amalan yang dapat digunakan untuk penyembuhan adalah:

Surat Al Falaq dan An Naas untuk Menyembuhkan Berbagai Macam Penyakit.

Bacaan Surat Al Falaq :

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ (1) مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (2) وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ (3) وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ (4) وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ (5

Artinya : 1. Katakanlah: "Aku berlindung kepada Tuhan Yang Menguasai subuh,

2. dari kejahatan makhluk-Nya,

3. dan dari kejahatan malam apabila telah gelap gulita,

4. dan dari kejahatan wanita-wanita tukang sihir yang menghembus pada buhul-buhul,

5. dan dari kejahatan orang yang dengki apabila ia dengki".

Bacaan Surat An Naas :

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ (1) مَلِكِ النَّاسِ (2) إِلَهِ النَّاسِ (3) مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ (4) الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ (5) مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ (6)
Artinya : 1. Katakanlah: "Aku berlindung kepada Tuhan (yang memelihara dan menguasai) manusia.

2. Raja manusia.

3. Sembahan manusia.

4. dari kejahatan (bisikan) setan yang biasa bersembunyi,

5. yang membisikkan (kejahatan) ke dalam dada manusia.

6. dari (golongan) jin dan manusia.

Kedua surat di atas mempunyai khasiat sebagai berikut :
1. Penawar racun kala.
Caranya:
Ambillah air garam, lalu bacalah surat Al Falaq dan An Naas, air tersebut usapkanlah pada bagian yang terkena gigitan kala. Insya Allah dengan cara ini akan segera sembuh.
2. Agar terhindar dari penyakit yang diperbuat syetan atau manusia.
Caranya:
Bacalah surat Al Falaq dan An Naas sebanyak 41 kali selama 3 hari, 5 hari, atau 7 hari berturut – turut. Insya Allah akan terhindar dari penyakit tersebut.

Khasiat ayat Allah Untuk Derajat yang Luhur

2009-05-02T17:07:00.000+07:00

Manusia lahir ke dunia tanpa membawa jabatan, pangkat atau kedudukan, semuanya dalam keadaan sama dimata Allah swt. Dalam perjalanannya manusia berkumpul dengan manusia yang lain maka terjadilah komunikasi sampai pada terbentuknya organisasi.
Dengan terbentuknya suatu organisasi maka munculah orang yang memimpin dengan orang yang dipimpin atau dengan kata lain ada orang yang mempunyai kedudukan tinggi dan ada orang yang tidak mempunyai kedudukan sama sekali.
Setiap manusia ingin memperoleh jabatan, kedudukan dengan derajat yang tinggi baik dimata Allah maupun dimata sesama manusia. Untuk memperoleh jabatan dan derajat tersebut manusia berusaha baik secara dzahir atau batin sebab dengan kedudukan itulah manusia memperoleh jabatan antara lain berpendidikan tinggi, mempunyai keterampilan, keahlian, dll. Sedangkan usaha secara batin untuk memperoleh jabatan antara lain dengan shalat, membaca Al Qur’an, wirid, dzikir, do’a, dll.
Oleh karena Al Qur’an isinya sangat lengkap dan mempunyai berbagai macam khasiat diantaranya untuk memperoleh jabatan luhur, demikian juga pada bacaan salawat, shalat malam, dan amalan – amalan lain. Selanjutnya saya akan menjelaskan beberapa surat atau ayat Al Qur’an dari amalan yang berhubungan dengan perolehan jabatan yang luhur.

Surat pertama yang akan saya jelaskan yaitu Surat An-Najm 15 ayat pertama:

وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى (1) مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَى (2) وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى (3) إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى (4) عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوَى (5) ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوَى (6) وَهُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَى (7) ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى (8) فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى (9) فَأَوْحَى إِلَى عَبْدِهِ مَا أَوْحَى (10) مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى (11) أَفَتُمَارُونَهُ عَلَى مَا يَرَى (12) وَلَقَدْ رَآَهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَى (13) عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى (14) عِنْدَهَا جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوَى (15)

Artinya :

1. Demi bintang ketika terbenam,
2. kawanmu (Muhammad) tidak sesat dan tidak pula keliru,
3. dan tiadalah yang diucapkannya itu (Al Qur'an) menurut kemauan hawa nafsunya.
4. Ucapannya itu tiada lain hanyalah wahyu yang diwahyukan (kepadanya),
5. yang diajarkan kepadanya oleh (Jibril) yang sangat kuat,
6. Yang mempunyai akal yang cerdas; dan (Jibril itu) menampakkan diri dengan rupa yang asli.
7. sedang dia berada di ufuk yang tinggi.
8. Kemudian dia mendekat, lalu bertambah dekat lagi,
9. maka jadilah dia dekat (pada Muhammad sejarak) dua ujung busur panah atau lebih dekat (lagi).
10. Lalu dia menyampaikan kepada hamba-Nya (Muhammad) apa yang telah Allah wahyukan.
11. Hatinya tidak mendustakan apa yang telah dilihatnya.
12. Maka apakah kamu (musyrikin Mekah) hendak membantahnya tentang apa yang telah dilihatnya?
13. Dan sesungguhnya Muhammad telah melihat Jibril itu (dalam rupanya yang asli) pada waktu yang lain,
14. (yaitu) di Sidratil Muntaha.53:15. Di dekatnya ada surga tempat tinggal,

Surat An-Najm terdiri dari 62 ayat, termasuk golongan surat Makiyyah (diturunkan di Mekkah) sesudah surat Al Ikhlas. Sesuai dengan namanya “An Najm” yang artinya bintang, maka surat ini mempunyai khasiat yang berhubungan dengan kedududukan, jabatan atau pangkat yang senantiasa berada diatas sebagaimana keberadaan bintang.
Surat An Najm mempunyai khasiat untuk melanggengakan jabatan atau jabatan tidak gampang digeser orang dan untuk memperoleh jabatan yang lebih tinggi apabila dibaca rutin/istiqamah. Agar jabatan aman dari geseran dan gangguan orang lain hendaknya seluruh ayat dalam surat An Najm yang berjumlah 62 ayat tersebut ditulis pada kulit kijang lalu dipakai untuk kyat pinggang.

Khasiat ayat Allah untuk Menambah Rezeki

2009-04-15T08:31:00.000+07:00

Pertama yang akan saya jelaskan yaitu mengenai khasiat Surat Al-Waqi'ah 10 ayat pertama :

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ الْوَاقِعَةُ (1) لَيْسَ لِوَقْعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ (2) خَافِضَةٌ رَافِعَةٌ (3) إِذَا رُجَّتِ الْأَرْضُ رَجًّا (4) وَبُسَّتِ الْجِبَالُ بَسًّا (5) فَكَانَتْ هَبَاءً مُنْبَثًّا (6) وَكُنْتُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ثَلَاثَةً (7) فَأَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ (8) وَأَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ مَا أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ (9) وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ (10)

Artinya :
1. Apabila terjadi hari kiamat
2. Tidak seorangpun dapat berdusta tentang kejadiannya
3. (Kejadian itu) merendahkan (satu golongan) dan meninggalkan (golongan yang lain)
4. Apabila bumi digoncangkan sedahsyat – dahsyatnya
5. Dan gunung – gunung dihancurkan sehancur – hancurnya
6. Maka jadilah dia debu yang beterbangan
7. Dan kamu menjadi tiga golongan
8. yaitu golongan kanan. Alangkah mulianya golongan kanan itu
9. Dan golongan kiri. Alangkah sengsaranya golongan kiri itu.
10. Dan orang – orang yang paling dahulu beriman

Khasiatnya :

Surat Al-Waqi’ah termasuk salah satu diantara surat Madaniyah artinya diturunkan di Madinah terdiri dari 96 ayat. Surat Alwaqi’ah mempunyai beberapa khasiat diantaranya:
a. Barang siapa yang membiasakan membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah setiap malam maka ia akan mengalami kefakiran selamanya.
b. Barang siapa yang membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah sebanyak 40 kali selama 40 hari lamanya maka ia diberi kelapangan rizki tanpa kesulitan.
c. Barang siapa membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah dengan tujuan pahalanya dikirimkan si mayat maka akan meringankan siksa mayat tersebut. Jika dibacakan untuk orang yang sedang sakit maka sakitnya berkurang dan jika dibacakan untuk orang yang sakaratul maut maka akan mempermudah proses kematian
Surat Al-Waqi’ah sebenarnya lebih dikhususkan dalam hal rezeki oleh Karena itu hendaknya surat Al-Waqi’ah ini sering – sering dibaca bahkan kalau bisa dijadikan sebagai amalan rutin atau wirid sesudah shalat fardhu.

Amalan yang terkait dengan surat Al-Waqi’ah

Bagi mereka yang ingin rezekinya melimpah maka hendaklah surat Al-Waqi’ah tersebut dipadukan dengan surat – surat lain atau amalan – amalan lain. Contohnya: Jika seoran pedagang ingin dagangannya laris maka hendaklah mengamalkan:
a. Membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah sebanyak 4x dan surat yaasiin sebanyak 3x sesudah shalat Ashar.
b. Membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah sebanyak 3x dan surat yaasin 1x sesudah shalat maghrib.
c. Membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah 1x dan surat yaasin 1x sesudah shalat subuh.
Dalam kaitannya dengan menyempurnakan bacaan surat Al-Waqi’ah dan mempermudah datangnya rezeki maka sebelum bekerja hendaklah melakukan shalat dua rakaat (salat Dhuha) lalu disertai wirid sbb:
a. Tasawuf (kirim fatehah) kepada Rasulullah saw.
b. Tasawuf (kirim fatehah) kepada Syekh Abdul Qadir Jaelani
c. Tasawuf (kirim fatehah) kepada Syekh Hasan Sadjali
d. Tasawuf (kirim fatehah) kepada kedua orang tua
e. Tasawuf (kirim fatehah) kepada seluruh muslimin wal muslimat
f. Membaca 4 kalimat tarbiyah.

Yaa Kaafi – Yaa Ghanyyu – Yaa Fattah – Yaa Razzaqu 100x
Artinya: Wahai Dzat yang memberi kecukupan
Wahai Dzat yang memberi Kekayaan
Wahai Dzat yang memberi jalan luar
Wahai Dzat yang memberi rizki

g. Membaca surat Al-Waqi’ah sekali
h. Setelah mengamalkan tersebut diatas lalu berdo’a sesuai dengan hajat yang diinginkan.
Dalam memulai sesuatu pekerjaan atau usaha hendaklah usaha dengan usaha tersebut mendatangkan rezeki maka hendaklah membaca ayat di bawah ini:

WA MAN YATTAQILLAHA YAJ’ALLAHUU MAKHROJAN, WAYAR ZUQHUU MIN HAITSU LAA YAHTASIB WA MAN YATAKKAL’ALALLOOHI FAHUWA HASBUHU, INNALLOHA BALIGHUN AMRIHI QOD JA’ALA-LLOHULIKULLI SYAIIN QODRON LAA HAULA WALAA QUWWATA ILLAA BILLAAHIL ‘ALIYYIL ‘ADHIIM.

Artinya: Barangsiapa yang bertaqwa kepada Allah niscaya Dia akan memberikan kepadanya jalan keluar. Dan memberikan rizki dari arah yang tiada disangka-sangka. Dan barang siapa yang bertawakal kepada Allah niscaya Allah melaksanakan urusan (yang dikehendaki)Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah telah mengadakan ketentuan bagi tiap – tiap sesuatu. Tiada daya dan kekuatan melainkan datangnya dari Allah Yang Maha Tinggi dan Maha Agung

Kemudian dilanjutkan dengan membaca do’a dibawah sebanyak tiga kali:

ALLOHUMMA YAA MUSABBIBAL ASBAABI SABBIB
Artinya: Ya Allah, Tuhan yang mengadakan sebab. Jadikanlah lepada Kami yang memudahkan datangnya rezeki.

Menaklukan Orang yang Kita Cintai dengan Surat Yasiin ayat 72

2009-04-10T05:38:00.004+07:00

Tips cinta kali ini akan menerangkan tentang khasiat Surat Yasiin ayat 72, setelah sebelumnya saya telah menerangka khasiat dari Surat At-Taubah ayat 128 – 129. Nah ini dia Surat Yasiin ayat 72 :

وَذَلَّلْنَاهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

72. dan Kami tundukkan binatang-binatang itu untuk mereka; Maka sebahagiannya menjadi tunggangan mereka dan sebahagiannya mereka makan.
Khasiatnya :
Khasiat ayat tersebut apabila dibaca sebanyak 72 (tujuh puluh dua) kali pada air atau minuman lalu diminumkan kepada orang yang kita cintai. Maka orang yang minum itu hatinya dapat tunduk dan ta’at serta menurut serta kasih saying terhadap orang yang membaca ayat tadi. Tapi syaratnya ketika mengucap dlamir “HAA” hatinya ditujukan kepada orang yang dituju, ketika mengucap dlamir “HUM” ditujukan kepada orang yang hendak ditunduki dan dikasihi.
SELAMAT MENCOBA!!!

Cara Mendapatkan Kasih Sayang dari Orang Lain dengan Surat At-Taubah

2009-04-09T05:09:00.003+07:00

Pada prinsipnya setiap kita ingin dicintai dan dihormati orang lain maka banyak yang kita usahakan mulai dari usaha dzahir seperti bertutur kata yang lembut, tingkah laku yang sopan, berakhlak yang baik dan lain - lain sampai kepada usaha batin dalam bentuk berdzikir dan berdo'a kepada Allah swt.
Untuk usaha yang kedua inilah yang akan diuraikan dalam pembahasan ini yaitu beberapa usaha melalui keagungan ayat – ayat Allah dari berbagai macam amalan untuk mendapatkan pengasihan dari semua manusia.
Untuk pembahasan kali ini saya akan menerangkan khasiat At-Taubah Ayat 129:

فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

129. jika mereka berpaling (dari keimanan), Maka Katakanlah: "Cukuplah Allah bagiku; tidak ada Tuhan selain Dia. hanya kepada-Nya aku bertawakkal dan Dia adalah Tuhan yang memiliki 'Arsy yang agung".

Khasiatnya :
Khasiat ayat tersebut dapat dipergunakan untuk mahabbah khusus dan boleh untuk umum. Caranya : ayat tersebut ditulis pada malam jum’at di tengah malam. Sesudah ayat itu lalu menulis do’a ini.

“Allahumma ‘aththif Quluuba ra’yati qaryati kadzaa au ra’yati qaryati wakadzaa ‘alaa fulan bin fulaanah”

Kemudian ayat dan do’a tersebut dibaca sebanyak 30 (tiga puluh) kali. Selanjutnya tulisan itu diikatkan pada bahu kanan yang dimaksud Fulan … bin … Fulanah … itu.

Selanjutnya yaitu Surat At-Taubah ayat 128 :

لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ

128. sungguh telah datang kepadamu seorang Rasul dari kaummu sendiri, berat terasa olehnya penderitaanmu, sangat menginginkan (keimanan dan keselamatan) bagimu, Amat belas kasihan lagi Penyayang terhadap orang-orang mukmin.

Khasiat ayat tersebut antara lain untuk menarik kecintaan orang lain, caranya adalah :
“Melakukan salat dua raka’at ditengah malam jum’at lalu sesudah salat membaca salawat 100 kali, dan membaca ayat tersebut 300 kali. Kemudian membaca do’a ini :

“Allahumma habbini qolba fulanah binti hatta ta-tiia ilayya kholidlii’an dzaililan mmin ghoiri muhlatin wasyghulhaa bimahabbatii innaka ‘alaa kulli syai-in qadiir”

Pangandaran Beach, Tempat yang Paling Indah Buat Rekreasi

2009-04-02T19:50:00.000+07:00

Pangandaran Beach, Tempat yang Paling Indah Buat Rekreasi

Hmmm…… Hari libur enaknya ngapain ya?? Bagi kalangan kawula muda biasanya mereka ingin berlibur, bertamasya, rekreasi, etc.. Memang itulah darah muda yang inginnya menanng sendiri ( ech kok jadi nyanyi lagunya Bang H. Rhoma irama ). Neh, aku punya pilihan tempat rekreasi, tapi khusus di Kabupaten Ciamis

.. Huusss, jangan sewot dulu, tempat wisata di Kabupaten Ciamis juga tidak kalah menariknya dengan tempat wisata di bali, atau tempat - tempat wisata lainnya di Indonesia… Perlu pembuktian, neh aku tunjukin photonya

Indah sekali kan???

Nah kalau yang ini adalah pantai batuhiu

Tidak kalah menariknya dengan Pantai Pangandaran…

Neh ada lagi pantai yang tidak kalah menariknya

Kalau yang ini adalah Green Canyon, orang – orang disana biasa menyebutnya Cukang Taneuh

Indah bukan???

Sama cantiknya kan dengan tempat wisata di Bali?? Ayo silahkan kunjungi saja tempat tempat tersebut di Kabupaten Ciamis bagian selatan.

WHY AN AUTHORITARIAN RULE IS AGAINST ISLAM

2009-03-15T13:58:00.000+07:00

Forcing people to believe in a religion or to adopt its forms of belief is completely contrary to the essence and spirit of Islam. That is because according to Islam, true faith is only possible with free will and freedom of conscience.

In the contemporary world, there are people who envisage or support authoritarianism in the name of Islam. However this is a great misconception. Islam is a religion which provides and guarantees freedom of ideas, thought and life. It has issued commands to prevent and forbid tension, disputes, slander and even negative thinking among people. In the same way that it is determinedly opposed to terrorism and all acts of violence, it has also forbidden even the slightest ideological pressure to be put on them:

There is no compulsion in religion. True guidance has become clearly distinct from error. (Surat al-Baqara: 256)

So remind them! You are only a reminder. You are not in control of them. (Surat al -Ghashiyya: 21-22)

Forcing people to believe in a religion or to adopt its forms of belief is completely contrary to the essence and spirit of Islam. That is because according to Islam, true faith is only possible with free will and freedom of conscience. Of course, Muslims can advise and encourage each other about the features of Qur'anic morality. All believers are charged with explaining Qur'anic morality to people in the nicest manner possible. They will explain the beauties of religion in the light of the verse, "Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition..." (Surat an-Nahl: 125), however, they must also bear in mind the verse, "You are not responsible for their guidance, but God guides whoever He wills." (Surat al-Baqara: 272)

Thus true Muslims will never resort to compulsion, nor any kind of physical or psychological pressure. Neither will they use any worldly privilege to turn someone towards religion. When they receive a negative response to what they say, Muslims will reply along the lines of: "To you your religion, and to me, mine" (Surat al- Al-Kafirun: 6)

The world we live in contains societies with all kinds of beliefs: Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, deist and even pagan. Muslims living in such a world must be tolerant of all beliefs they come up against, no matter what they may be, and behave forgivingly, justly and humanely. This responsibility placed on believers invites people to the beauty of the religion of God by means of peace and tolerance. The decision whether or not to implement these truths, whether or not to believe, lies with the other party. Forcing that person to believe, or trying to impose anything on him, is a violation of Qur'anic morality. In fact, God issues a reminder to believers in the Qur'an:

If your Lord had willed, all the people on the earth would have believed. Do you think you can force people to be believers? (Surat Yunus: 99)

We know best what they say and you [O Muhammad] are not a compeller over them. But warn by the Qur'an whoever fears My warning. (Surat Qaf: 45)

A model of society in which people are forced to worship is a complete contradiction to Islam. Belief and worship are only of any value when they are directed to God by the free will of the individual. If a system imposes belief and worship on people, then they will become religious out of fear of that system. From the religious point of view, what really counts is that religion should be lived for God's good pleasure in an environment where peoples' consciences are totally free.

When we look at the history of Islam, the way that Muslims have translated this important feature of Qur'anic morality into the life of society can be seen quite clearly. Since the Prophet Muhammed, true Muslims have always brought with them an atmosphere of freedom and tolerance wherever they have gone. They have enabled people whose religions, languages and cultures are completely different from one another to live together in peace and harmony under one roof, and provided peace and harmony for its own members. One of the most important reasons for the centuries-long existence of the Ottoman Empire, which spread over an enormous region, was the atmosphere of tolerance and understanding that Islam brought with it. Within this multi-national structure, all ethnic and religious groups have been free to live according to their own religions, and their own rules.

Barbarism in the name of religion, that is so preoccupying the world at present, is the work of ignorant and fanatical people, completely estranged from Qur'anic morality, and who have absolutely nothing to do with religion. The solution to these people and groups who try to carry out their savagery under the mask of religion is the teaching of true Qur'anic morality.

Islam and Qur'anic morality are solutions to the scourge of bigotry, barbarism and terrorism, not supporters of it.

HOW THE DAJJAL DIED

2009-03-03T17:35:00.000+07:00

Let us consider a scientific theory, the Big Bang for instance. This theory was first proposed on the basis of a suspicion and a hypothesis based on Einstein's theory of relativity. Following that, the search began for the evidence needed to prove that this huge explosion happened. This evidence did really exist. The cosmic microwave background radiation confirming the explosion in question was found and the isotopic nature of the universe (the fact that all space is at -270oC) was discovered. It was also scientifically proved that the universe is constantly expanding, and this was another important and definitive piece of evidence confirming the theory in question. Therefore, the Big Bang theory became one whose every claim had been tested, confirmed and thus proved.

Darwin's theory of evolution was also launched under the name of a "hypothesis." (In fact, the reason for the launching of the theory of evolution was entirely ideological, but it was presented under the guise of a scientific theory.) In order for this theory to be regarded as valid, its claims would have to be proved, just like those of the Big Bang. For that it would have to be observed whether or not the imaginary mechanisms of evolution did in fact cause evolution. The progress of 20th-century science proved that "natural selection," Darwin's illusory evolutionary mechanism, played no evolutionary role. The science of genetics also inflicted a disappointment on neo-Darwinists, who had lost hope in natural selection and sought to depict mutation as an evolutionary mechanism instead. Following the realization that mutations had no evolutionary effect either, it was now the turn of the fossil record—Darwin and Darwinists' greatest hope. The conclusion demonstrated by the fossil record, however, came as a terrible shock to Darwinists! None of the imaginary intermediate form fossils that had been sought for so many years existed anywhere on Earth. Deeper research changed nothing. Not one single intermediate form fossil has ever been found as a result of all the research that has been conducted to date.

Unwilling to abandon the false religion they adhered to, Darwinists for years continued to hope that evidence for Darwinism would be forthcoming. But none of the anticipated but illusory evidence ever appeared. Despite this however, Darwinist lies never ended, and pro-Darwinist demagoguery was stubbornly kept up. The interesting thing is that despite the passage of 150 years, the failure to obtain a single piece of evidence, and despite the fact that the conclusion produced by genetics and the fossil record proved the fact of Creation, Darwinists still imagine this false religion can survive. But they are making a terrible error, of course. In fact, even the proponents of the theory are aware that evolution never happened in the history of life. They have clearly seen this as the result of countless pieces of scientific evidence.

Despite all the foregoing, since the theory of evolution is an ideology, a false religion needing to be propped up by its adherents no matter what, Darwinists still need to maintain this false image of their theory having a scientific nature. That is the reason why Darwinists have resorted to fraud, speculation and countless propaganda techniques to keep this false religion alive for the last 150 years. As a requirement of their false religion, Darwinists have no other option to inculcate people with the idea that their theory is "true." Because there is no scientific evidence for the truth of the theory, they try to give the impression that "scientific evidence does exist."

In his book Creative Defense, Nicholas Comninellis from the University of Missouri-Kansas City describes the position in which this terrible deception will find itself in the future:

Philosophically, the dogma of evolution is a dream, a theory without a vestige of truth. Within fifty years, children in school will read of extraordinary popular delusions, and this will be mentioned as one of the most absurd. Many a merry jest will be uttered bearing upon the follies of nineteenth century science.[1]

Comninellis's analysis is an accurate one. The theory of evolution consists of a false claim and the history of the theory is filled with countless examples of fraud. Every claim and piece of evidence produced by evolution is a fraud. The true nature, the true face of all these frauds has been exposed. But the supporters of the religion of Darwinism try to gloss over this or make people forget it. But no matter how much they squirm, the whole world has begun to realize that Darwinist propaganda rests on rotten foundations. As Comninellis says, future generations will be amazed at the global effect of this terrible deception and how it was supported by world-renowned professors and scientists, and will ridicule this enormous irrationality for quite a while.

The Dajjal tried to turn people away from Allah (God) through such false methods. But all his plans have now been thwarted. The method he employed, that is Darwinism, has now begun becoming a subject of ridicule, even for children. The whole world will soon remember the nonsense of Darwinism with horror and shame. This is very certainly a snare from our Almighty Lord, a response to those who would rebel against Him. As He reveals in one verse:

The evil actions they did assailed them. They were engulfed by what they mocked. (Surat an-Nahl, 34)

ALLAH HAS CREATED THE WORLD PEOPLE WATCH IN A SPACE NO BIGGER THAN A LENTIL

2009-03-01T17:30:00.000+07:00

The cover story of the 7 February, 2009, issue of New Scientist magazine appeared under the caption “Born Believers.” The article, which attempted to correlate belief in Allah (God) with the theory of evolution, which claimed that human beings possess the attribute of belief in Allah through a characteristic inherited from their supposed forebears, and that listed countless Darwinist accounts in order to back that claim up, in fact represented another despairing effort on the part of Darwinists, who have already been comprehensively defeated. The text, which soon received local press coverage as well, attempted to portray the predisposition to believe in Allah from birth as a result of natural selection and, furthermore, made the hollow and irrational claim, on the basis of these accounts, that it developed belief in Allah in the human brain. (Allah is beyond this)
The fact is that this article, shaped by false Darwinist descriptions, is nothing more than a last desperate attempt to resuscitate their failed theory.
Our Lord says in one verse:

We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We made him hearing and seeing. We guided him on the Way, whether he is thankful or unthankful. (Surat al-Insan, 2-3)

Everyone, Believers and Unbelievers, Is Tested in This World

The life of this world has been created as a test of people’s good and bad deeds, and in which the good are distinguished from the wicked. All people at all periods of history have been warned by true scriptures and true prophets, and have come to know the Sublime Power that created them. Everyone with a sound mind is responsible for his actions from the moment he grasps the concept of Allah. And everyone has a responsibility to believe in Allah, Who created them, and to give thanks to and serve the Creator, and everyone is therefore tested throughout the course of their lives.

Therefore, choice in this environment of test is down to the individual’s own conscience. There is evident proof of the existence of a Creator when one looks at the world. All created things make it clear that this sublime Creator is very great and mighty, and capable of doing anything. One’s conscience reveals the truth of this. Everyone who heeds the voice of his conscience therefore submits to Allah, without a moment’s doubt. They understand the secret of the test in this world and live solely in order to earn Allah’s approval.
A child can easily see, of course, that the things he sees around him cannot have come into being by chance and that they were all created by a Sublime and Almighty Creator for a deliberate purpose. Because with a pure mind unpolluted by perverted ideas they quickly realize, despite their youth, that the cats, flowers, sky and friends they see around them could never come into existence by chance. This stems from their looking at the world in an honest manner, free from preconceptions, not as claimed in the article because “they have been conditioned by way of natural selection,” as evolutionists put it, or because they are “searching to believe in supernatural forces.” People who refuse to see this truth that even children can immediately grasp are denying the existence of Allah on the basis of no evidence whatsoever.

The Facts That Deniers Are Aware of But Refuse to Admit

Those who deny the existence of Allah are in fact well aware that belief in Allah is not a form of belief manufactured in the brain (Allah is beyond this). All these people know perfectly well that they do not inhabit a random world created by chance, and that such a thing is impossible. They are well aware of the perfect creation in the world, that this cannot be explained in terms of chance, that there is a purpose behind life and death and that the idea of coming from nothing and heading toward oblivion and of a world formed by chance is a truly terrifying one. They are also conscious of the fact that Allah has warned people by true scriptures and true prophets and that they have not been created haphazardly, but are responsible for all their actions in this world.
Moreover, these people have realized that the bright, vivid and lively world around them exists in a space inside their brains no larger than a lentil; that cars, people, countries, the sky and everything are created in this lentil-sized area. Twenty-first century science has proven that they can never have direct experience of the originals on the outside and that they perceive a world that forms in that space the size of a single lentil. They know that it is the SOUL, independent of their bodies, that sees, hears, understands, perceives, speaks, laughs, rejoices and misses. The existence of the soul, an entirely metaphysical entity and under the total control of our Lord, demolishes all accounts based on the idea of absolute matter. AND THIS REVEALS THE ABSOLUTE, DEFINITIVE AND SUBLIME EXISTENCE OF ALLAH, OUR ALMIGHTY LORD.

For that reason, (Allah is beyond this) all suggestions to the effect that belief in Allah is a belief produced by the mind are entirely false and perverted.

The intention behind such articles is this; those who are fighting against belief in Allah are actually well aware of our Almighty Lord’s greatness, might and sublimity. But in order to oppose the increasing turning toward religion across the world they try to give the impression that sacred values are some kind of natural phenomenon. In this way, they attempt to give the impression that there is some validity to the theory of evolution and to the idea that faith consists of information arising in the mind. But in doing this, they are being tested in the same environment as everyone else is being tested.
Our Lord sees and watches them. They will inevitably be faced with the fact of the Hereafter, while claiming that people manufacture belief in Allah in their own minds. At that time, those who deny the existence of Allah and who doubted the existence of the Hereafter, those who thought that “the truth consists solely of the life of this world,” will suddenly realize that their true abode is in the Hereafter. Almighty Allah reveals in another verse:

Allah will judge with truth; and those you call upon apart from Him will not judge with anything at all. It is Allah Who is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. (Surah Ghafir, 20)

ROMANTIC NATIONALISM

2009-02-28T19:41:00.000+07:00

Nationalism as an idea spread throughout Europe in the 18th century. Prior to that, people lived under the power of many feudal lords. Then, they came together under a single nation-state governed by a central administration. European countries such as France and England were among the first to espouse the notion of nationalism and to become a nation-state. By the 19th century, most of the nations of Europe had achieved national unity.

Only two countries did not participate in this development: Germany and Italy. In both these countries, the power of principalities or of small city-states lasted much longer. Italy achieved nationhood only in 1870, and Germany only a year later, in 1871. In other words, both these countries were later than other European countries in adopting and implementing the ideas of nationalism.

However, this particular situation was the cause of the development of a more radical brand of nationalism in these two countries than in the other countries of Europe. According to the widespread opinion of social scientists, the reason for the birth and accession to power in these two countries of the extreme forms of nationalism, Nazism and fascism, was the spread of fanatic nationalistic sentiments linked with the late formation of national unity.

In these two countries, and especially in Germany, those who promoted the idea of fanatic nationalism were known as "romantic nationalists." The basic features that characterise romantic nationalists are their exaltation of feeling to the detriment of reason, their belief that their nation is endowed with a mystical and mysterious "spirit," and that this spirit makes their nation superior to others. Towards the end of the 19th century, romantic nationalism was influenced by racist theories that were then gaining wide acceptance, and which led to the claim that European races were superior to the other races of the world, and therefore, had the right to rule them.

Romantic nationalism spread quickly, again, especially in Germany, during the first two decades of the 19th century. Writers such as Paul Lagarde and Julius Langbehn supported the idea of a kind of hierarchical world-order which Germans were to administer. They claimed this could be achieved due to the natural superiority of the "German spirit" and "German blood," and that, to this end, Germans must turn their backs on monotheistic religions, such as Christianity, and return to their pagan past.

Indeed, romantic nationalism's only contribution to humanity has been to have prepared the foundation for Nazism, one of history's most brutal and bloody regimes.

Because romantic nationalists believed they were to find truth through "feeling and intuition," and not through reason, they came to adopt a most confused view of the world, one which reflected their poor spiritual condition. The foundation of romantic nationalism was based on "feeling." This fanciful ideology produced individuals who were cut off from reality, lost in the confusion of their own minds. Romanticism, by enslaving people to their feelings, leads them to lose touch with reality, and in this manner, can be compared to the psychological disease of schizophrenia. (Those who suffer from schizophrenia are completely cut off from reality and live in a world created by their own imaginations.)
The disease of schizophrenia provides a poignant analogy of the spiritual condition of romantic nationalism, which is based on a number of errant ideas, chief among them being the notion of "blood" and "fatherland," which it then idolizes and turns into obsessions to be pursued blindly. In Germany, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the idea of "Blut and Boden" (Blood and Fatherland) gained momentum.

ccording to this notion, German blood and the German fatherland were holy, and those minorities within the country that did not belong to the German race, were seen as polluting German blood and sullying the German fatherland.

The type of attitude that regards blood and bloodshed as holy has been the cause of the bloodiest conflicts seen in human history. The first and second World Wars were but clashes between romantic nationalists. The current of romantic nationalism was most clearly seen in Germany, but it also had its influence at the same period in English, French and Russian societies, where it was also responsible for drawing those countries into war. It fanned into flames those problems that could otherwise have been solved through diplomacy, and ultimately inflicted the world with the massacre of millions of human lives.

To understand the outcomes of romantic nationalism, it is useful to study the developments of First World War. Although many countries participated in that war, only few of them played a pivotal part. On one side were England, France and Russia; on the other, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the outset of the war, all generals shared a common strategy: through a forceful attack, the enemy lines could be divided and routed and within a few weeks, victory would be attained. However, the war brought victory to no one.

In 1914, Germany suddenly invaded France and Belgium. After an initial advance, forces were engaged in battle, the front-lines of assault were drawn up, and for almost three and a half years, no further ground was gained. Each side attacked the other repeatedly in the hope of dividing the opposing front, but the situation remained unchanged. In the famous Battle of Verdun, initiated by a German attack, a total of 315,000 French and 280,000 German soldiers died, but the front was moved back only a few kilometres. Months later, the English and French launched a counter-attack at the Battle of the Somme and, as a result of the bloody engagement, 600,000 Germans, more than 400,000 English, and about 200,000 French soldiers died. Nevertheless, the German front was driven back only 11 kilometres. With their enthusiasm enflamed by romantic marching songs, and through moving poetry extolling the "German spirit," "English honour" and "French valour," military strategists and tacticians finally made unwise decisions, causing the slaughter of their own people. Most of those soldiers who survived the three and a half years in the muddy trenches, without being able to even raise their heads because of the continual bombardment, also suffered psychologically as a result of their experiences.

The same blood-lust mentality came to the fore again in World War II, but this time with even greater casualties. A total of 55 million people died as a result of the overweening ambition of psychopathic romantics such as Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin.

It is not only in global conflicts that romanticism plays a role; it also lies at the root of war and aggression between various countries, tribes and organisations. Without a clear understanding of the factors involved in the situation in which they were living, millions, influenced by emotional slogans, tales of heroism, stirring marching songs and poems, have taken up arms and shed, not only their own blood, but also the blood of those they considered to be the enemy, plunging with them the world into confusion and strife.

Sentimentality is a weapon used by Satan to divert humanity from the way of Allah (God), and to lead them into misery. This trap that Satan has set for humanity is clearly evidenced in romantic nationalism. In the Qu'ran, Allah relates how Satan submits those under his influence to a state of terror, confusion and hostility:

He (Allah) said, "Go! And as for any who follow you, your repayment is Hell, repayment in full! Stir up any of them you can with your voice and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with them in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The promise of Satan is nothing but delusion." (Surat al-Isra’: 63-64)

The above verse relates how Satan, using those individuals under his control, will "entice any of them whom he can with his voice" and "rally against them his cavalry and his infantry"-the means to provoke romantic nationalism. (For further reading, see Romanticism: A Weapon of Satan by Harun Yahya)

FOLLOWING THE SUNNAH

2009-02-27T19:38:00.000+07:00

The Qur'an is the last divine book, which was revealed from Allah as a declaration and guidance to mankind. It is an explanation of all things and means for men to be rightly guided. In many verses of the Qur'an, it is commanded to obey the prophet of Allah. This is quite a significant point because understanding the Qur'an fully can only be possible with following the Sunnah of the prophet.

The Sunnah is the explanation of the Qur'an. It is the creed of ahl-i Sunnah, which has been constituted with collecting true hadiths of the prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), and interpretation of these hadiths by great scholars in later times.

It's worth dwelling upon a point here. The Sunnah is not a concept that can be dealt with separately from the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, it has been mentioned that the prophet removes heavy burdens, makes rules, teaches the ummah (society) the open and hidden meanings of the Qur'an.
As a matter of fact, when we look at the practices of Sunnah, we see that the prophet of Allah gave His companions a lot of information about numerous subjects. This information was then interpreted by scholars of the time, continued to be practised in daily lives and has passed on to us generations to generations.

Allah has informed in the surah Al-e Imran that the Prophet had the characteristic of teaching the Qur'an and purifying mankind:

Certainly Allah conferred a benefit upon the believers when He raised among them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting to them His communications and purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the wisdom, although before that they were surely in manifest error. (Surah Al-e Imran, 164)

It would be useful to attract attention to the phrase "teaching the book and the wisdom". Because, It is not possible to understand the Qur'an fully and practise its commands without following the sunnah of the prophet of Allah. Our religion is a whole only with the Qur'an and the Sunnah. At that times when the Qur'an was revealed, the people around the prophet learned and practised the commands of our religion as required by looking at the examples of the prophet. Indeed, the prophet has been an important example with His life, where he practised the commands of the religion, for us to understand the Qur'an.

We can give "salat" (ritual prayers) as a clear example to understanding the commands of the religion. As well known, in Islam, performing salat 5 times a day is an obligation and there are verses giving general information about how to perform it, how to perform ablution (wash).
However, we can understand how exactly we should perform prayers only by looking at sunnah. Because there is no detailed information in the verses about the way of praying, what to say in prayer, the way of man and woman's performing the prayer, the degree of importance of the prayers, the details of ablution, what nullifies ablution. We can learn such details only by looking at Sunnah of the prophet.

As another example, we can mention the suggestions of the prophet about Friday and the things He said about Friday prayer. Beside the subjects such as speaking that which is best, cleanness, foods, modesty, there are verses in the Qur'an about obligations such as fasting, ablution and hajj (pilgrimage). However, there is no detailed information about those worships in the verses. We learn the detail information about how to perform these worships from the interpretations of the scholars about the words and habits of the prophet.

Sunnah has ected the lives of Muslims throughout the history, of all past scholars of Islam, shaping their worships. Since the era of our prophet, which has been hundreds of years, the Muslims have worshipped in compliance with the Sunnah. Worships like praying five times a day, fasting, giving charity and sacrificing have not changed until today as they have been always performed according to the Sunnah. For this reason, starting discussions upon the worships, which have been practised for hundreds of years without change, and speculating about the subjects like time of the prayers, the number of the rakaats (units) are completely unnecessary. All of them are obligatory worships, whose details are described in the Sunnah. As a matter of fact, when we look at the Qur'an, we see many verses in the Qur'an about following the Messenger. In a verse, for example, Allah commands us to obey the Messenger as follows:

Surely We have sent you as a witness and as a bearer of good news and as a warner, That you may believe in Allah and His Messenger and may aid him and revere him; and (that) you may declare His glory, morning and evening. Surely those who swear allegiance to you do but swear allegiance to Allah; the hand of Allah is above their hands. Therefore whoever breaks (his faith), he breaks it only to the injury of his own soul, and whoever fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah, He will grant him a mighty reward. (Surah Al-Fath, 8-10)

Whoever obeys the Messenger, he indeed obeys Allah, and whoever turns back, so We have not sent you as a keeper over them. (Surah An-Nisa, 80)

The point one needs to pay attention in the verses is that they emphasise on the concept of "obeying the Messenger". This point shows us that following the Messenger, in other words following His commands and rules is a worship that Allah brought as an obligation. When we look at the verses, we again see that our prophet has the authority to enjoin and forbid things. For example, the verse ".... and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah. (Surah Al-Hashr, 7) shows that the prophet may forbid certain things for His ummah, apart from those things that are forbidden in the Qur'an. Besides, it is again informed in the verses that the believers took the matters that they did not understand to the prophet and the prophet judged for them.

Those conducts, on the other hand, such as opposing the Messenger's being a judge, or disrespecting His judgements are described in the verses as "transgression". The certainty of the judgement of our prophet and the need for obeying His judgement is stressed in another verse as follows:

It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path. (Surah Al-Ahzab, 36)

As seen up to here, Allah commands in His verses a strict obedience to His prophet. For this reason, Islam can only be lived through practising the Sunnah along with the Qur'an. The explanations made in the verses related to this subject are certain. Therefore, putting forward a claim of turning away from the sunnah of the prophet is completely opposite to the essence of the Qur'an.

Imam Malik, one of the greatest Islam scholars, compared the Sunnah of the prophet to the ark of Noah and said : The Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) is like the Ark of Noah. Whoever embarks upon it reaches salvation and whoever refuses is drowned.". The true salvation will be realised only when the creed of ahl-i Sunnah is understood by everybody and prevails in the society.

TRUE ISLAMIC MORALS

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Some people who say they are acting in the name of religion may misunderstand their religion or practice it wrongly. For this reason, it is a mistake to form any idea of that religion from the activities of these people. The best way to understand Islam is through its holy source.

The holy source of Islam is the Qur'an; and the model of morality in the Qur'an is completely different from the image of it formed in the minds of some westerners. The Qur'an is based on the concepts of morality, love, compassion, mercy, modesty, self-sacrifice, tolerance and peace, and a Muslim who truly lives according to these moral precepts is highly refined, thoughtful, tolerant, trustworthy and accommodating. To those around him he gives love, respect, peace of mind and a sense of the joy of life.

Islam Is A Religion Of Peace And Well-Being

The word Islam has the same meaning as "peace" in Arabic. Islam is a religion that came down to offer humanity a life filled with the peace and well-being in which God's eternal mercy and compassion is manifested in the world. God invites all people to accept the moral teachings of the Qur'an as a model whereby mercy, compassion, tolerance and peace may be experienced in the world. In Surat al-Baqara verse 208, this command is given:

You who believe! Enter absolutely into peace (Islam). Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you.

As we see in this verse, people will experience well-being and happiness by living according to the moral teaching of the Qur'an.

God Condemns Mischief

God has commanded humanity to avoid evil; he has forbidden immorality, rebellion, cruelty, aggressiveness, murder and bloodshed. Those who do not obey this command of God are walking in the steps of Satan, as it says in the verse above, and have adopted an attitude that God has clearly declared unlawful. Of the many verses that bear on this subject, here are only two:

But as for those who break God's contract after it has been agreed and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and cause corruption in the earth, the curse will be upon them. They will have the Evil Abode. (Surat ar-Ra'd: 25)

Seek the abode of the hereafter with what God has given you, without forgetting your portion of the world. And do good as God has been good to you. And do not seek to cause mischief on earth. God does not love mischief makers.' (Surat al-Qasas: 77)

As we can see, God has forbidden every kind of mischievous acts in the religion of Islam including terrorism and violence, and condemned those who commit such deeds. A Muslim lends beauty to the world and improves it.

Islam Defends Tolerance And Freedom Of Speech

Islam is a religion which fosters freedom of life, ideas and thought. It has forbidden tension and conflict among people, calumny, suspicion and even having negative thoughts about another individual.

Islam has not only forbidden terror and violence, but also even the slightest imposition of any idea on another human being.

There is no compulsion in religion. Right guidance has become clearly distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false gods and believes in God has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will never give way. God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara: 256)

So remind, you need only to remind. You cannot compel them to believe. (Surat al-Ghashiyah: 22)

To force anyone to believe in a religion or to practice it, is against the spirit and essence of Islam. Because it is necessary that faith be accepted with free will and conscience. Of course, Muslims may urge one another to keep the moral precepts taught in the Qur'an, but they never use compulsion. In any case, an individual cannot be induced to the practice of religion by either threat or offering him a worldly privilege.

Let us imagine a completely opposite model of society. For example, a world in which people are forced by law to practice religion. Such a model of society is completely contrary to Islam because faith and worship have value only when they are directed toward God. If there were a system that forced people to believe and worship, people would be religious only out of fear of the system. What is acceptable from the point of view of religion is that religion be practiced in an environment where freedom of conscience is permitted, and that it be practiced only for the approval of God.

God Has Made The Killing Of Innocent People Unlawful

According to the Qur'an, one of the greatest sins is to kill a human being who has committed no fault:

...If someone kills another person - unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth - it is as if he had murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if he had given life to all mankind. Our Messengers came to them with Clear Signs but even after that many of them committed outrages in the earth. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 32)

Those who do not call on any other deity together with God and do not kill anyone God has made inviolate, except with the right to do so, and do not fornicate; anyone who does that will receive an evil punishment. (Surat al-Furqan: 68)

As we can see in the verses above, those who kill innocent human beings without a cause are threatened with evil punishment. God has revealed that killing one person is as great a sin as killing all mankind. Anyone who respected the prerogatives of God would not do harm to even one individual, let alone murdering thousands of innocent people. Those who think that they will escape justice and punishment in this world will never escape the account they must give in the Presence of God on the Last Day. So, those believers who know they will give an account to God after their death, will be very careful about respecting the limits God has established.

God Commands Believers To Be Compassionate And Merciful

In this verse, Muslim morality is explained:

...To be one of those who believe and urge each other to steadfastness and urge each other to compassion. Those are the Companions of the Right. (Surat al-Balad: 17-18)

As we see in this verse, one of the most important moral precepts that God has sent down to His servants so that they may receive salvation and mercy and attain Paradise, is to "urge each other to compassion".

Islam as described in the Qur'an is a modern, enlightened, progressive religion. A Muslim is above all a person of peace; he is tolerant with a democratic spirit, cultured, enlightened, honest, knowledgable about art and science and civilized.

A Muslim educated in the fine moral teaching of the Qur'an, approaches everyone with the love that Islam expects. He shows respect for every idea and he values art and aesthetics. He is conciliatory in the face of every event, diminishing tension and restoring amity. In societies composed of individuals such as this, there will be a higher civilization, a higher social morality, more joy, happiness, justice, security, abundance and blessings than in the most modern nations of the world today.

God Has Commanded Tolerance And Forgiveness

Surat al-A'raf, verse 199, which says "practice forgiveness", expresses the concept of forgiveness and tolerance which is one of the basic principles of the religion of Islam.

When we look at Islamic history, we can see clearly how Muslims established this important precept of the moral teaching of the Qur'an in their social life. At every point in their advance, Muslims destroyed unlawful practices and created a free and tolerant environment. In the areas of religion, language and culture, they made it possible for people totally opposite to each other to live under the same roof in freedom and peace, thereby giving to those subject to them the advantages of knowledge, wealth and position. Likewise, one of the most important reasons that the large and widespread Ottoman Empire was able to sustain its existence for so many centuries was that its way of life was directed by the tolerance and understanding brought by Islam. For centuries Muslims have been characterized by their tolerance and compassion. In every period of time they have been the most just and merciful of people. All ethnic groups within this multi-national community freely practiced the religions they have followed for years and enjoyed every opportunity to live in their own cultures and worship in their own way.

Indeed, the particular tolerance of Muslims, when practiced as commanded in the Qur'an, can alone bring peace and well-being to the whole world. The Qur'an refers to this particular kind of tolerance:

A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Surat al-Fussilat: 34)

Conclusion

All this shows that the moral teaching offered to humanity by Islam is one that will bring peace, happiness and justice to the world. The barbarism that is happening in the world today under the name of "Islamic Terrorism" is completely removed from the moral teachings of the Qur'an; it is the work of ignorant, bigoted people, criminals who have nothing to do with religion. The solution which will applied against these individuals and groups who are trying to commit their deeds of savagery under the guise of Islam, will be the instruction of people in the true moral teaching of Islam.

In other words, the religion of Islam and the moral teaching of the Qur'an are not the supporters of terrorism and the terrorists, but the remedy by which the world can be saved from the scourge of terrorism.

JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

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We are living in an era in which the world is desperately in need of peace, friendship, and solidarity. The tensions and conflicts that so defined the twentieth century continue in this new century, and innocent people all around the world continue to suffer from them.

Despite the urgent need for solidarity and cooperation, certain circles are inciting conflict, particularly conflict between the world's two greatest and deep-rooted civilizations. This issue needs to be scrutinized, as the war of civilizations that they envisage would have disastrous consequences for humanity. One of the best ways of preventing such a disaster is to strengthen the dialogue and cooperation between these civilizations. This is not a hard task, as there are no fundamental differences between Islam and the Judeo-Christian western world. To the contrary, there is much common ground between them. Considering the current situation and the nature of the world's problems, these shared values will make the cooperation necessary for solving them possible.

Today, ideological struggles continue to divide the world. However, Muslims are not at one pole and Jews and Christians are not at the opposing pole. In fact, one pole represents people who believe in God's existence and unity, and the other pole represents the unbelievers, who believe in such anti-religious ideologies as materialism and Darwinism. There is only one way to defeat the alliance of the various groups of unbelievers on an ideological level: eradicate the negative and destructive influences of anti-religious materialism and further the cause of a society dominated by morality, happiness, tranquility, security, and prosperity. This will be done by forming an alliance of all conscientious people, namely, sincere Christians, along with religious Jews and Muslims, who will come together and unite in this common cause.

There have been conflicts and disputes between members of these three religions in the past, but those were the result of the erroneous reasoning and evil motives of certain states, nations, and individuals who pursued their own economic and political gain instead of the central beliefs of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. One of the common aims of these divinely revealed religions is to ensure the happiness, security, peace, and tranquility of all people by opposing conflict.

Therefore, this dialogue and alliance will be based on the sincere believers' quest for justice, peace, and support for all people. The resulting dialogue will not be restricted to meetings and conferences, but will cement an alliance between people who advocate common values, fight for the same cause, and seek permanent solutions to common problems.

Muslims, Christians, and Jews have common principles of faith, worship, and moral values and face common dangers. Thus, the People of the Book (Christians and Jews) are called on to unite with Muslims as fellow believers opposed to atheism, anti-religiosity, and social as well as moral degeneration. All Jews, Christians, and Muslims who are sincere, conscientious, tolerant, helpful, conciliatory, reasonable, virtuous, peaceful, and fair to recognize that we believe in the same God and strive to live and extend the reach of God's morality, should spread this virtue around the world.

We Muslims love and respect Prophets Moses (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh), know that they are loved and dear people in God's presence, and believe in all His Prophets. Furthermore, we respect Jewish and Christian beliefs, values, and traditions, for God commands us to invite the People of the Book to "unite on a common premise":

Say: "O People of the Book! Come to a proposition that is the same for us and you-that we should worship none but God, not associate any partners with Him, and not take one another as lords besides God." If they turn away, say: "Bear witness that we are Muslims." (Qur'an, 3:64)

Muslims are people who believe in the Qur'an revealed to Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace) as well as in the earlier divinely revealed books: the Pages of Abraham (pbuh), the Torah revealed to Moses (pbuh), the Book of Psalms revealed to David (pbuh), and the Bible revealed to Jesus (pbuh). However, over time these books were tampered with and therefore contain both accurate (e.g., belief in God, virtue, the Day of Judgment, and the rejection of idolatry), and inaccurate information. Some of the verses read:

He has sent down the Book to you with truth, confirming what was there before it. And He sent down the Torah and the Gospel. (Qur'an, 3:3-4)

We sent down the Torah containing guidance and light, and the Prophets who had submitted themselves gave judgment by it for the Jews?as did their scholars and their rabbis?by what they had been allowed to preserve of God's Book, to which they were witnesses. (Qur'an, 5:44)

God states that the People of the Book are believers as thus:

They are not all the same. There is a community among the People of the Book who are upright. They recite God's Signs throughout the night, and they prostrate. They believe in God and the Last Day, enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and compete in doing good. They are among the righteous. You will not be denied the reward for any good thing you do. God knows those who guard against evil. (Qur'an, 3:113-15)

Among the People of the Book are some who believe in God and in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down to them, and who are humble before God. They do not sell God's Signs for a paltry price. Such people will have their reward with their Lord. And God is swift at reckoning. (Qur'an, 3:199)

Therefore, a Muslim's attitude toward the People of the Book reflects the probable existence of genuinely faithful people among them. Only God knows the hearts of people, and He reveals that some Jews and Christians have earned His good pleasure.

God reveals that He has created a way and a method for all nations. Throughout history, He has sent Prophets to people to inform them of His laws, commands, and prohibitions. Essentially, all Prophets have invited their nations to believe in and worship God and to abide by the limits
He has established for humanity. In other words, all true religions in their original state are based on the principles of not associating others with Him and of working to win His good pleasure, compassion, and Paradise. All nations are expected to follow God's will without fail and to do good deeds in order to earn His reward:

We have appointed a law and a practice for every one of you. Had God willed, He would have made you a single community, but He wanted to test you regarding what has come to you. So, compete with each other in doing good. Every one of you will return to God, and He will inform you regarding the things about which you differed. (Qur'an, 5:48)

THE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH BELIEVERS

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Let’s Act All Together for Love, Peace and Brotherhood and Respect the Faiths.

All prophets are very beautiful people.

Their disposition, morals and attitudes are excellent. They are exemplary people, who are most respected and loved.

Any inappropriate language directed towards them disturbs all believers. It is unreasonable to explain away any such contrary attitudes by the excuses of “democracy” or “tolerance.”

From the Qur’an, as well as the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, we know that throughout history, unbelievers seemed to mock and slander God’s blessed messengers. However, the Qur’an foretells the miserable end of those who try to ridicule God’s messengers, with these words: “Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who jeered were engulfed by what they mocked.” (Qur’an, 6: 10)

Jesus (peace be upon him) is also one of the Islamic prophets highly praised in the Qur’an. In one verse, the Qur’an states that people also attempted to mock Jesus (pbuh) in the time of our Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace):

When an example is made of the son of Mary [Jesus], your people laugh uproariously. (Qur’an, 43: 57)

From the Hebrew Bible, the holy book of the Jews, we learn that Prophets Elijah, Moses, Job and many other prophets (peace be upon them all) met similar attitudes from the people they addressed. As it is stated:

But they mocked God's messengers, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against His people and there was no remedy. (2 Chronicles 36: 16)

Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue?

. . . In the light of these things, should I relent? (Isaiah 57: 4, 6)

Likewise, the hostile manner of the unbelievers to God's blessed messenger Jesus (pbuh) is related in the New Testament in these terms:

He [Jesus] will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him... (Luke 18: 32)

THE MONOPOLY OF THE DARWINIST DICTATORSHIP

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This defeat being carried in the headlines was unacceptable to the Darwinist dictatorship. For that reason, the headline to the report carried in the publications in question was swiftly changed in a matter of hours. The new report did not repeat that the level of belief in Darwinism was very low. The poll findings were distorted. The genuine report, which was carried for a brief period of time, was suddenly changed. Once again, people had been deceived under the influence of the Darwinist dictatorship.

The incident did not end there. The results of this poll in Britain must have been particularly unwelcome, for Darwinists lost no time in resorting to another method in order to cover them up. “We have conducted a new poll,” they said. They gave the result of the poll they claimed to have conducted among 2000 people to the press. Under the influence of the Darwinist dictatorship the captions in the British press were swiftly altered. The British people were announced to be “evolutionist” by this false poll based on the opinions of 2000 persons.

The fact is that this was a dirty trick by the Darwinist dictatorship that has taken the whole world under its sway and deceived people for many years.

These intrigues have long been an effective technique for this sinister dictatorship that strives to spread Darwinist propaganda. Formerly, Darwinists used to draw pictures of imaginary ape ancestors, discover perfectly complex fossils of extinct life forms and claim that these were transitional fossils and maintain that a whole country was evolutionist, and people would duly believe them. That was because Darwinists kept the real scientific evidence carefully hidden away and nobody knew that Darwinism was a lie. They imagined that the equine series they saw in museums and the peppered moths they read about in school books were true, and were duly convinced because they knew nothing more. Whatever the Darwinist dictatorship said, went.

But then something happened that Darwinists never expected.

THE DARWINIST DICTATORSHIP WAS DEALT A BODY BLOW: BY ATLAS OF CREATION.

The fossils so carefully hidden away were suddenly revealed. THERE WERE 100 MILLION FOSSILS THAT PROVED CREATION. These all belonged to perfect, flawless and complex life forms, and many were living fossils. People realized that a tiger is the same today as it was 50 million years ago. A squid is the same today as it was 100 million years ago. And people also realized THAT NOT A SINGLE TRANSITIONAL FORM FOSSIL EXISTED. Most important of all, they realized THEY HAD BEEN DECEIVED. The scientific facts were before their eyes. There was now no way of deceiving people by holding back the scientific proofs. Unable to produce any scientific evidence, and thus forced to rely on propaganda alone, Darwinism was abandoned.

Demagoguery and propaganda are old Darwinist techniques. But that age is now over. It has no more influence over people who are now aware and have seen the scientific evidence. People are abandoning evolution in droves and turning to belief in Allah (God). This is now showing itself very clearly and with powerful evidence in all countries. That is why Darwinists are in such a panic and such despair.

Darwinism has been totally routed. It has been demolished. The Darwinist system that regarded people as ignorant and insignificant has realized that it can no longer deceive them. Nobody falls into the traps of the Darwinist dictatorship any more. They can make as much propaganda as they like, but nobody in the world really believes in Darwinism any more.

Safe is Your Data?

2009-01-30T12:47:00.000+07:00

With internet crimes on the rise, many businesses have been left wondering if they are safe from an attack. Internet crimes could wreak serious havoc on your business, so you want to ensure that your business and your data are protected from outside threats, such as hackers or even disgruntled employees. Take a moment to review your business's current security procedures and ask yourself the following questions:

Question #1

What important data do you need to insure the integrity of your business?
What type of data is sensitive and needs to be secured? There are many forms of sensitive data, such as customer records, employee information, business trade secrets or sales statistics. Sensitive information is crucial to how your business runs and it is imperative that it is kept confidential and only accessed by authorized people.

Question #2

What are your risk factors?
Your data can be at risk in many different ways. Write a list of all the ways that your data could be impacted whether via hackers, acts of God or a simple mechanical failure. A completed list can help you determine if your current security procedures are enough to keep your data safe from every foreseeable threat.

Question #3

What security measures does your business currently have in place?
It is important to evaluate your current security measures to make sure they cover all of your risk factors. Plan a meeting with your IT professionals to review current policies and procedures, virus protection software, back-up implementation plans, firewall mechanisms, access permissions, encryption guidelines and password validation rules. Try to locate any potential gaps in security so they can be addressed and corrected.

Question #4

Will implementing additional security measures be too expensive?
First review your gaps in security to determine what additional security measures you will need to implement. You can determine what type of budget will be needed. There are various solutions that can be cost effective for your business.

Question #5

Are my employees properly trained in security rules & regulations?
If employees are not properly trained, they can inadvertently cause a security breach. Each time a new employee is hired, they should be required to attend a security briefing with IT personnel to go over company security policies and procedures. Also, it is not a bad idea to host refresher courses every so often for current employees. Refresher courses will help current employees to remember policies and make sure they are upholding proper procedure. In the event new security procedures are developed, mandatory training should be in effect for everyone to learn the new procedures.

Question #6

Do I have unanswered questions regarding security?
If you have unanswered questions regarding your security procedures, then it might be time it might be time to enlist outside assistance. Security professionals can teach you the ins and outs of security and review with you the latest technologies available to ensure your business is fully protected against outside threats.

Easy Steps

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1. Get your hair cut - regardless of how well you are dressed, unkempt and out of control hair will make you look untidy. 30 minutes and £10 well spent! Make sure you have any facial hair under control too.

2. Wear a suit - so many people these days go suit-less, and this gives you a great opportunity to stand out and look professional and more presentable. However just any old suit will not do. It must be 100% wool (please, no polyester) and preferably in dark navy or charcoal grey. You may even have something suitable in the wardrobe already; however if you bought it ready to wear IT DOES NOT FIT YOU!. A poor fitting suit is worse than no suit. Go to a good alterations tailor and get it fitted; It is not expensive! By the way, you really do need two suits so you can alternate each day. If you are really skint look on ebay or in a nearly new shop.

3. Wear a proper shirt, and one that fits - so many people wear casual shirts to work and usually with the wrong length arms and neck. Go to a store that sell shirts in various arm lengths and reasonably constructed to look good with a suit. If you are on a budget T.M. Lewin often do 4 shirts for £100 which are more than adequate, and will be enough to get you going - I suggest two each of white and light blue plain as a minimum.

4. Wear a tie - why, oh why do so few people wear a tie? A man is not completely dressed without one; a suit is not casual so why dress casually underneath it? The silk of he tie (and do ensure it is silk) offers a contrasting texture to the matt of the suit and shirt and is a great opportunity to express your personality through colour.

5. Shoes - So many people wear a suit and then finish it off with totally inappropriate shoes. Wear some black traditional, welted shoes in an oxford style. These will last a lifetime if looked after so don't skimp.

These five simple steps can make you look more professional and presentable.

Integrity

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It is true to say that most people have an inherent interest in integrity and ethics to a large degree. Much In the same way that the vast majority of road users have an inherent interest in road safety. We all want to be able to rely on certain things in life to remain safe, reliable, trustworthy and fair. After all, certainty is the first of our human needs. For Instance, if we were to take a scenario concerning food, we all rely on the butcher to sell us fresh and uncontaminated meat, we expect him to work hygienically and we also expect him to buy meat that has been humanely slaughtered in a legal establishment and to charge us a reasonable price for what we buy.

None of us want to buy from disreputable, dirty and underhanded businesses. We all rely on the integrity and ethics of those that supply our products and services and we would be disappointed and understandably annoyed if were to find out that we have been treated unfairly and dishonestly. Likewise, others rely on us to act similarly fair in areas for which we are responsible. This is one of the founding principles of social order and reciprocal existence.

People who disregard this inherent need of ours to safeguard certain basic principles and standards put both us and the rest of society at large, at risk. It would be blatant abuse of our trust to provide products or services of a lower standard than that for which we are paying our well earned cash. We are willing to readily give our loyalty to those businesses that take care of our interests with ethics and integrity. It is, therefore, in the long term financial interest of such businesses to keep us coming back by continuing to perform to our satisfaction. Such businesses will prosper much better in the long term than will those businesses who are simply out to make a quick buck.

SOLUTION: THE MORALS OF THE QUR'AN

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SOLUTION: THE MORALS OF THE QUR'AN
Around the globe, the majority of people are among the oppressed. They are tortured, butchered, and live in abject poverty, are homeless, are forced to live their lives unprotected from the elements and they suffer lack of medical care. There are those who cannot even afford a loaf of bread. There are the elderly, facing neglect, abandonment and denied medical care. Then there are those who face discrimination, expulsion from their homes and lands simply because of their ethnicity, language, race or tribe and even massacres. Helpless, malnourished, defenseless innocent children are forced to work for money or beg.

Countless people live in fear for their lives anxious about their survival, in a world in the midst of whose poverty and oppression, there is also immense extravagance, privilege and wealth. Those blessed with the "good life" pass by the homeless, see pictures, and watch scenes on television of those less fortunate than they. Sometimes they feel a brief moment of pity, but then change the channel, turn away from the image, and in a short time completely erase that fleeting prick of the conscience.

So many who enjoy the bounties and comforts with which they have been blessed, never think of expending effort to save those who can not afford these. They believe it is not up to them to save those people, when so many are richer and more powerful and in a better position to come to the aid of the less fortunate.

However, prosperity and power alone are not enough to save those people and to make this world a place of welfare in which justice, peace, confidence and well-being prevail. Despite the existence of developed countries around the world, there are still too many countries, such as Ethiopia, where people still die daily of starvation. It is apparent that the wealth and power of some nations are not enough in themselves to solve the afflictions of drought, poverty and civil warfare.

Only being conscientious will channel resources and power towards the welfare of the poor and desperate. The sole way of being conscientious is having faith. It is only the believers who constantly live by their consciences.

Eventually, there is only one solution to the injustice, chaos, terror, massacres, hunger, poverty, and oppression in the world: the values of the Qur'an.

Those adverse conditions were created in the first place by hatred, malice, self-interest, indifference and cruelty and therefore must be undone by love, compassion, mercy, generosity, unselfishness, sensitivity, tolerance, commonsense and wisdom. These traits of compassion are found only in those who fully live by the values taught in the Noble Qur'an, which is our guidance directly from our Creator. In one verse, Allah (swt) refers to the Qur'an's feature of leading mankind out of darkness into light.

... A light has come to you from Allah and a Clear Book. By it, Allah guides those who follow what pleases Him to the ways of peace. He will bring them from the darkness to the light by His permission, and guide them to a straight path. (Surat al Ma'ida: 15-16)

In another verse, Allah states that everything would be in corruption and confusion if the truth were to be according to human desires:

If the truth were to follow their whims and desires, the heavens and the earth and everything in them would have been brought to ruin. No indeed! We have given their Reminder, but they have turned away from it. (Surat al-Muminun: 71)

As you read this passage, millions of people are suffering, are cold and hungry, or facing expulsion from their homelands. For this reason, people who have consciences need to think about this, and act to solve those troubles as if they themselves or their loved ones were facing them. We need to act both spiritually and materially to alleviate the suffering and oppression. In one verse, Allah orders conscientious and faithful people to assume this responsibility:

What reason could you have for not fighting in the Way of Allah – for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, 'Our Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'? (Surat an-Nisa': 75)

When we consider the Qur'anic commands, it becomes obvious what are our obligations. The most important thing for Muslims is first, to struggle in the intellectual domain so that the values of the Qur'an and the Sunnah prevail over disbelief. The only salvation for the weak, helpless, homeless and destitute is the practice of the guidance of the Qur'an, which is directed to all humankind. Therefore, it is our duty to spread the word and communicate the message, and that is a vital component of worship for all Muslims.

Those who do not follow their consciences, who are indifferent to the suffering of others, who spend their wealth on frivolous and vain things, who fail to show concern for orphans, who look coldly at oppressed woman, children and the elderly, and who are happy only when there is immorality and ugliness in the world, will certainly have to give an account in the Hereafter.

Have you seen him who denies the deen (religion)? He is the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and does not urge the feeding of the poor. So woe to those who do salat (regular prayers), whose hearts from their salat are remote, those who show off and deny help to others. (Surat al-Ma'un: 1-7)