Sharing Alleluya / Halelujah

Allahyarham Syeikh AHMAD DEEDAT (رحمه الله تعالى إلى الجنان إن شاء الله ) yang terkenal dan digeruni oleh pendokong Kristian ada menulis berkenaan kalimah dan nama Allah.   

Sedikit yang dipaparkan di sini buat kulit muka atau montaj :-

ALLELUYA!

Now ask your Christian friend, if he had heard the word - "ALLELUYA." No Christian worth the name will fail to recognise it. Whenever the Christian goes into ecstasy, he exclaims - "Alleluya! Alleluya!", just as we Muslims might exclaim the Takbir - "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" Ask him, what is Alleluya? Take him to the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament, Chapter 19; we are informed there that John the disciple of Jesus, saw a vision, in which he heard the angels in heaven singing, Alleluya, Alleluya. Ask him again, what is Alleluya! Is it "hip, hip, hooray; hip, hip, hooray!" Are angels in heaven singing - hip, hip, hoorays to God? Every time when God creates a new galaxy, do the angels exclaim - "hip, hip, hooray!" When He explodes a super-nova, do the angels say, "hip, hip, hooray!"? How absurd!

Then what is Alleluya! The last syllable "YA" is a vocative and an exclamatory particle in both Arabic and Hebrew meaning "OH!" In other words YA = OH, (the vocative); and YA = (!), a note of exclamation, or an exclamatory particle, or as is more commonly known an exclamation mark.

The Semite, both Arab and Jew, begins with the exclamatory particle or exclamation mark. The Westerner, in his language ends with the exclamatory particle or exclamation mark, eg. Stop! Go! Fire! Bang!

Let us repeat the above Tasbih (words of praise) as an Arab or a Jew: ALLE-LU-YA will be YA-ALLE-LU because, as explained above, YA is always at the beginning in both Arabic and Hebrew.

YA ALLE LU would be YA ALLA HU: Meaning, "OH ALLAH!" (You are the Only Being Who deserves worship and Praise) "OH ALLAH!" (You are the Only Being Who deserves worship and Praise).

Unbiased Christians will not fail to recognise Allah as none other than his - El, Eli, Alle, Elah, Alah, Allah. Call upon Him by any name, for His are the Most Beautiful names, as long as those names are not contaminated and as long as they do not conjure up in our minds the images of men or monkeys howsoever glorified they might have been. 

..... Ahmed Hussein Deedat (July 1, 1918–August 8, 2005)

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http://www.jamaat.net/name/name.html 

 

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Muzakarah IKIM & Sharing Article

KUALA LUMPUR: Muzakarah Pakar yang disertai tujuh ilmuwan Islam, anjuran Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (Ikim) hari ini bersetuju bahawa penggunaan kalimah Allah sebagai terjemahan atau ganti nama kepada "God" adalah tidak tepat.

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Tujuh pakar itu ialah Prof Madya Dr Kamar Oniah Kamaruzzaman dari Jabatan Usuluddin dan Perbandingan Agama, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa; Penasihat Agama kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Dr Abdullah Md Zin; Presiden Pas, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang; anggota Majlis Pimpinan Pusat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Dr Mohd Nur Manuty; bekas Mufti Perlis, Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin; Pengarah Pusat Kajian Ekonomi dan Kemasyarakatan Ikim, Dr Mohd Sani Badron; dan Felo Pusat Kajian Syariah, Undang-Undang dan Politik Ikim, Md Asham Ahmad.

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Sumber: Berita Harian Online & Utusan Malaysia Online

GOD In Pre-Islamic Period

- Dr.Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad

This article relates to the conception of God in three communities preceding the rise of Islam and Muslims in Arabia: the pagan Arabs, the Jews and the Christians. 

The discussion is primarily based on the verses available in the Noble Book of Islam, the Qur’an. A considerable number of Quranic verses not only allude to, but elaborate, the validity of the theological beliefs of those groups. 

The prevalent religion of the ancient pagan Arabs was polytheistic idolatry. It was an animistic religion of more than 360 gods and goddesses. Beside these innumerable deities, however, they also believed in a Supreme God called Allah, vaguely though. 

The Qur’an shows at least in four different places that the term ‘Allah’ had been perceived by the pagan Arabs as God the Creator, the Sustainer and Cherisher of the world. Allah to these people was hardly described as the Unique and the Only God to be worshipped without any rivals or partners. On the contrary, the Qur’an further records that this God had associates, namely al-Lat, al-Uzzah and al-Manat, specially venerated as Allah’s three daughters. 

Obviously, Allah in this pre-Islamic time, having associates, companions, daughters, and probably sons too, was not to be regarded as the sole divine superpower.

Due to the above, those pagan Arabs were also known as the Jahiliyyah people, those who were ignorant of divine guidance, or those who were in the state of ignorance of the guidance from God; that is ignorance of a revealed book, hence ignorance of the unity and oneness of God. 

Even after being told of what is right, they stubbornly refused to accept it. So the pagan Jahiliyyah Arabs were those who lived in the ‘time of ignorance’ and obstinately chose to reject the truth.

Now, Judaism and Christianity originally belong to the same group of the Abrahamic faiths, as Islam does, because of their common origin through Prophet Ibrahim who received guidance from Allah, the Unique and true God. The descendants of Ibrahim, Prophet Ismail, was the "Father of the Arabs", thus the ancestral father of Prophet Muhammad; while Prophet Ishaq, was the "Father of the Hebrews", thus the forefathers of Prophet Moses and Jesus. 

Muslims commonly refer to these original Jews and Christians as "People of the Book" as the former were blessed with the holy book known as Tawrah (Torah = Pentateuch) through Moses and the latter with Injil (Gospel) through Jesus. Apparently these people followed the same general teachings in relation to the worship of the One God as known by Ibrahim.

From the Quranic provisions, Muslims learnt that considerable parts of these similar teachings, though originally the inspired words of the true God, were eventually lost, distorted or corrupted over the centuries, to produce what is now known as the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament. 

Therefore, we can hardly say that the form of Judaism or Christianity at the advent of Islam brought by Muhammad, and continued to be embraced and practiced till today, were the same as they were before as originally propagated by Moses and Jesus respectively.

It is these distorted and corrupted versions of Judaism and Christianity that we are going to talk here.

As for Judaism, the religion came earlier than Christianity. Many consider the latter as an off-shoot of the former. A number of Quranic verses indicate that the Jews had applied the name ‘Allah’ to refer to their God. But they wrongly perceived this God as having son(s). 

A verse states that they claimed Uzayr (Ezra) as a son of Allah (9: 30-31). In fact, passages from the Old Testament prove how freely the expression ‘sons of God’ was used by the Jews. They in fact considered themselves as sons of God themselves, the most beloved and ones!

Christianity is a religion that believes, among others, in the trinity conception of God: God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God, or God the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

However, since early days of its inception, Islam introduced a vastly different conception of God. Quranic verses say that Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a messenger of God, not His son. 

One particular verse categorically asks people to desist trinity for Allah is the One and only God, and HE is above having a son (4: 171). Another verse reiterates the same but with more emphasis, to the effect that Allah is the one and only God, having neither a son nor a father (112: 1-4). Yet some others state that those who say that Jesus is God (5: 17 & 72) or Allah is one of three in a trinity (5: 73), all have indeed committed blasphemy, i.e. renounced Islam.   

Yet in both religions, the Qur’an indicates that the Christians and Jews were originally commanded to worship but One God, and there is no God but HE. This sole divinity refers to a God whose name is Allah. But due to the distortions and corruptions aforementioned, the unity and oneness of God had become obscured.

From the foregoing discussion we may conclude that the worship of God with other associates, companions, daughters and sons, was not confined only to the pagan Arabs. It also occurred to the Christians and Jews. It was this kind of association of subordinate deities with Allah, known as shirk, that is vehemently disapproved off by Islam.

So when the Quran records that the name ‘Allah’ has been applied by other religions, it does not necessarily mean that Islam acknowledges such employment as right and accurate. On the contrary, those verses merely states that such applications did take place in human religious history. 

Islam is the only religion that propagates the oneness of God in the true sense of the word. It is Islam, as the youngest religion, that came to correct the mistakes, distortions and corruptions in the other two earlier religions and to lead people back to the right path. 

Therefore, if other religions, in their distorted form attempt to impose their corrupted doctrines and teachings upon Islam, Muslims must not allow that to happen. Let alone if it is done by borrowing and using any Islamic key concepts and terms like Allah, baitullah, kaabah, solat, imam, masjid, etc. Any compromise will only inflict confusion and misunderstanding not only among Muslims but the non-Muslims as well.  

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Cedok Ajim: "Keliru"

Antara bentuk dakyah yang MUNGKIN AKAN turut berleluasa di tanahair kita, bakal mengganggu-gugat kefahaman akidah anak-anak terutamanya....

Sumber gambar YB Zul4kulim

1. Anda keliru tatkala membaca petikan di atas? Adakah kefahaman akidah Islam anda telah terjejas?

2. Jika fahaman akidah Islam anda tidak terjejas walaupun sedikit, ini bermakna anda mempunyai kefahaman akidah Islam yang jelas dan utuh. Mungkin anda telah menghayati dengan penuh firman Allah dalam surah Al-Ikhlas.

3. Jika anda keliru, dan mula meragui akidah Islam anda, maka ada suatu kelemahan yang perlu diperbaiki. Isu akidah merupakan perkara fundamental yang perlu dipegang utuh oleh setiap orang Islam.

4. Penulis yakin, terdapat dua kelompok orang Islam di Malaysia yang mempunyai ciri seperti di atas. Kelompok yang merasakan akidah mereka tidak terjejas, pastinya tiada halangan terhadap isu penggunaan nama Allah oleh penganut Kristian. Manakala kelompok yang lain, mungkin beranggapan ia bermasalah.

5. Penulis masih tidak tahu, membenarkan nama Allah digunakan oleh penganut Kristian lebih membawa manfaat atau mudharat. Tetapi, Allah itu lebih tahu! 

(Penulis: Azim Roslan) 

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A is for Allah & Muslim Malaya Bersatu

A is for Allah is a song composed by Yusuf Islam, recorded for his baby daughter to teach her the arabic alphabet.

Now, referring to our One God - Allah.  Dari isu panas terkini kita boleh lihat keadaan yang memungkinkan Muslim terutama Melayu di "Malaya" ini bersatu tanpa mengira ideologi politik.  Walaupun jika dirujukkan terma Allah ini sudah wujud sekian lamanya dan diguna pakai atau diakui Allah sebagai Tuhan tapi bukan tuhan yang satu kerana suatu ketika masyarakat yang mengakui wujudnya Allah mungkin tidak menerima Keesaan Allah, dalam masa yang sama mereka menyekutukan Allah dan meninggalkan sebahagian besar syariat.  Penerimaan agama lain untuk menggunakan terma ini selain dari Islam setelah berjayanya dakwah nabi terakhir Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. dilihat hanya semata-mata untuk melebarkan dakyah mereka.

Walaupun masyarakat Arab Jahiliyyah tahu terma Allah itu tuhan, tetapi pada pemahaman mereka sudah tentu lain, mereka sebenarnya tidak kenal Allah.  Mereka hanya tahu nama Allah, seolah-olah Allah itu sebaris dengan tuhan-tuhan mereka yang lain.

Melihat kejayaan Islam yang sentiasa berkembang, walau ada yang terkakis akibat lemah iman dan terjerumus dengan pelbagai cara dakyah kafir ini terutamanya dari Kristian, ada kemungkinan besar satu cara memperhebatkan dan menambahkan lagi bilangan Muslim di Malaya jadi murtad adalah dengan penggunaan nama Allah, merujuk kepada makna Tuhan bagi mereka. Saya rasa niat mereka itu tidak lain hanya untuk memesongkan lagi akidah La Ilaha Illa Allah.

Mahkamah tidak akan menilai sensitiviti. Biar pun pergi ke peringkat rayuan kelak.  Inilah masanya Muslim Malaya tidak kira bangsa apa dan parti apa, bersatu menegakkan kalimah Allah.  Letakkan sempadan seumpama menahan air empangan, cegah sebelum parah.  Sambil menjaga kebebasan beragama, sedarlah wahai Kristian Malaya, jangan cucuh sumbu Muslim Malaya, bangkitlah Muslim Malaya, bangkitlah Raja Melayu, bangkitlah Perdana Menteri Muslim, kerana kita sudah menghidu bau busuk hati kamu..... JIHAD FI SABILILLAH

The Malaysian Insider:-

KOTA BARU, Jan 3 – PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat has come out in support of the Catholic weekly Herald use of ‘Allah’ to describe the Christian God in the national language, saying it was permissible for those following the Abrahamic faith.
But the popular cleric expressed worry that the word “Allah” could be abused by certain quarters, echoing growing sentiment of Muslim Malaysians aghast at the Dec 31 High Court ruling that permitted its use.
“Its just a fear it can be abused. That’s the worry,” the Kelantan mentri besar said today when commenting on the landmark ruling.

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Sharing 'Peace TV'

PEACE TV? 

Google it... you will find peace (?)... yes...perhaps...for those who are still searching ... and for those who really have the spirit of 'tablighan' and at least to be a Daei.

 About PeaceTV: -

1. Telecasting ‘Free to Air’ state-of-the-art TV Programmes in English and Urdu.
   
   
2. Backed by the Best available Media Technology, Creativity, Research, Programmes Softwares and Operational Management.
   
   
3. Quest for Promoting truth, Justice, Morality, Harmony and Wisdom for the whole of Humankind.
   
   
4. Now can be received in more than 125 countries… in Asia, Middle East, Europe, Africa and Australia. Shortly it would be telecast to the rest of the world too.

The most important Peace TV is not just another Islamic TV channel. Nor will it promote any particular Islamic sect or dogma.  It is a mission of peace, like its name, by giving vast understanding on religion of Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance, the forum for answering misconception on Islam by western influenced mass-media.

The speakers among others:-

DR. ZAKIR NAIK - PRESIDENT, IRF

A medical doctor by professional training, Dr. Zakir Naik is renowed as a dynamic international orator on Islam and Comparative Religion. Dr. Zakir Naik clarifies Islamic viewpoints and clears misconceptions about Islam, using the Qur'an, authentic Hadith and other religious Scriptures as a basis, in conjunction with reason, logic and scientific facts. He is 43 years old.

Dr. Zakir is popular for his critical analysis and convincing answers to challenging questions posed by audiences after his public talks. In the last 12 years (by the year 2008), Dr. Zakir Naik has delivered mo re than 1200 public talks in the U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, South Africa, Italy, Mauritius, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong, Thailand, Guyana (South America), Trinidad and many other countries, in addition to numerous public talks in India.

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He has successfully participated in several symposia and dialogues with prominent personalities of other faiths. His public dialogue with Dr. William Campbell (of USA), on the topic, “The Qur’an and the Bible in the light of Science” held in city of Chicago, U.S.A., on April 1, 2000 was a resounding success.

His Interfaith Dialogue with prominent Hindu Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on the topic ‘The Concept of God in Hinduism and Islam in the light of Sacred Scriptures’ held at Palace Grounds, Bangalore, on 21st Jan. 2006, was highly appreciated by people of both the faiths.

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ABDUR RAHIM GREEN

• Lanky, blonde, green-eyed, 33-years-old Abdur Rahim Green appears to be a character straight out of a Hollywood movie Ben Hur.

• He was born to British parents in Darussalam in Tanzania in 1964.

• He was educated at a famous Roman Catholic Monastic School called Ampleforth College and went on to study history in the London University. However, he left his education unfinished.

• He was dissatisfied with Christianity since the age of eight.

• He was practising Buddhism for nearly three years though he never formally embraced it.

• His study of the Noble Qur’an immediately attracted him to Islam and he embraced Islam in 1988. He has been a Daw’ah practitioner in Britain since then.

• He wears a look that instantly evokes comparison with the popular portrayal of the Prophet Jesus (Pbuh) in the imagery of Christian Europe.

• He has two wives, both British-born Muslims of Indian origin and six children.

• Currently, he is working with an Islamic media company based in England and engages himself in da’wah activities including lectures on Islam in London’s famous Hyde Park. He is well known for his efforts at the renowned "Speaker’s Corner" in London’s Hyde Park.

• He also delivers talks and lectures for Muslims, and concentrates on the pure teaching to the say of Prophet Muhammad (May God’s peace and blessing be upon him), and the early Muslims.

YUSUF ISLAM

• He was born Steven Demetre Georgiou, in London, 21st July 1948. His mother was Swedish and his father was a Greek Cypriot restaurant owner, they lived in the centre of London and Steven went to Roman Catholic Primary School.
• Having left school at the age of 16 with an ‘A’ grade O-Level in Art, he entered Hammersmith Art Colleges and the following year, 1966, as ‘Cat Stevens’, he recorded his first single. From then right up to 1977 Cat Stevens composed and sang many hit records including ‘Mathew and Son’, ‘Here Comes My Baby’, ‘Wild World’, ‘Morning Has Broken and ‘Moonshadow’, selling approximately 40 million long playing records throughout the world.
• Following a bout of TB during his career, Cat Stevens undertook an ongoing search for peace and ultimate spiritual truth. This yearning often expressed in his songs and reflected through his investigations into eastern faiths such as Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and Astrology, resulted in this embracing the Islamic faith in December 1977. ‘Cat Stevens’ became Yusuf Islam. ... Read more here 

YUSUF ESTES

• He was raised as a strong Protestant Christian, born in Ohio, raised and educated in Texas and was a successful marketing entrepreneur and preacher of Christianity.

• At present he is the National Muslim Chaplain for American Muslims, sponsored by a number of organizations in Washington, DC and delegate to the United Nations Peace Summit for Religious Leaders.

• He has travelled around the entire world lecturing and sharing the message of the Christ of the Quran in Islam.

• He hold dialogs and discussion groups with all faiths and enjoy the opportunity to work alongside of rabbis, ministers, preachers and priests everywhere. Most of the work is in the institutional area, military, universities and prisons.

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JEFFREY LANG

• Dr. Lang is an associated professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States.

• He was was born in a Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and educated in a Catholic school. The first 18 years of his life were spent in Catholic schools, which left him with many unanswered questions about God and the Christian religion. He found that his religious beliefs could no longer provide satisfactory answers to his questions.

• He read the Noble Qur’an and thereafter embraced Islam in 1982, a year after receiving his Ph.D. from Purdue University.

• He married a Saudi Muslim woman, Raika, 12 years ago and has three daughters.

• Lang has written several Islamic books which are best sellers among the Muslim community in the US. One of his important books is Even Angels ask; A journey to Islam in America. In this book, Dr. Lang shares with his readers the many insights that have unfolded for him through his self discovery and progress within the religion of Islam.

HUSSAIN YE

Shaikh Hussain Ye is the President of Al Khadim Organization in Malaysia. He is a Malaysian national of Chinese descent. Although born into a Buddhist family, he embraced Islam at the age of 18 in 1968.

He pursued further studies at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia majoring in Hadith. After graduating in 1978, he joined the Muslim Welfare Organization, ‘Perkin', in Malaysia, which focuses on the well being of the new converts to Islam.  Later he seconded as director of Islamic centre in Hong Kong. With his vast experience in Islamic Social Welfare and Da'wah work, he founded Al Khadim with a group of volunteers in 1984.

He also studied under one of the great scholars on Hadith of his time, Shaikh Muhammad Nasiruddin Al Albani. Today, Ustaz Muhammad Hussain Ye is a well-known personality in the Islamic world. He gives regular lectures in the Asia Pacific region and conducts a lot of summer camps in UK and Europe by the invitation of local and international organizations.

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