MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE ublished Monthly MASJID TUCSON February 1985 **** WHO ARE WE? DURING THE PAST FOURTEEN INNOVATIONS HAVE CREPT INTO ISLAM. TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, SUPERSTITIONS. AND CENTURIES, TO BE GRADUALLY, THESE INNOVATIONS CAME VESTED WITH RELIGIOUS SOLEMNITY TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS THEM FIND HIMSELF REGARDED AS THE DANGEROUS INNOVATOR AND HERETIC. ISLAM TODAY IS LIKE A PRECIOUS JEWEL THAT IS BURIED UNDER PILES UPON PILES OF MAN-MADE INNOVATIONS. OUR AIM IS TO PURGE OUT THE INNOVATIONS, AND PRESENT THE JEWEL OF ISLAM TO THE WORLD. *************************** TO SAVE THE MUSLIM UMMAH WE MUST RETURN TO OBEYING THE PROPHET "ANYONE WHO DISOBEYS "SURELY, WE HAVE SENT DOWN AND, IF HE EVER UTTERED ANY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER HAS DE- OF SERVED THE RETRIBUTION ABIDE HELL, WHEREIN THEY FOREVER. " (72: 23) severe differences Despite that the plague Muslim Ummah - sectarian, tribal, economic po! itical and differences - even military conflicts and vicious wars - there is one thing that unan i mous ly Muslims agree upon: THAT THE QUR'AN IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT WAS UTTERED THE FINAL PROPHET MUHAMMAD. Every Muslim earth, on regardless of sect, race, language, color, and belleves that Qur'an was uttered by The honorable messenger, upon inspiration from God, has and that God guaranteed its preservation protection from and the slightest distortion, addi- tion, or loss. HAPPINESS IS SUBMISSION TO GOD ALOME THIS MESSAGE, AND SURELY, WILL PRESERVE IT." (15: WE 9) This fact - that the glori- ous Our 'an is God's message to the world which Prophet uttered by - Is affirmed In! 38-47) Muhammad Our'an by the strongest oath: "I SWEAR BY EVERYTHING YOU SEE, AND EVERYTHING YOU DO ton, NOT SEE, THIS IS THE UTTER- ANCE OF AN HONORABLE MES- SENGER. IT IS NOT THE UTTERANCE OF A POET, RARELY DO YOU BELIEVE. NOR IS IT THE UTTERANCE OF RESURRECT HIM BLIND. TAKE HEED. A REVELATION FROM THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE. For whom the Lord loves. He chastises, even as a father does to the son he loves. OTHER WORDS (I.e. rellgious instructions other than the Qur'an), WOULD HAVE WE PUNISHED • HIM SEVERELY IWE WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE FREVELATION TO HIM. NONE OF FROTECTED was YOU COULD HAVE ¿HIM FROM RETRIBUTION." (69: purlan affirms that disobeying and His incurs messenger defeat, misery, shame both in this !ife and in the Hereafter. "ANYONE WHO OISREGARDS MY SHALL SUFFER MESSAGE MISERABLE LIFE. THEN, ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, WE HE A SOOTHSAYER, RARELY DO YOU NIL RESURRECT ORD HIND RESURRECT WHEN I USED TO BE A SEER?' HE WILL BE TOLD, 'WHEN OUR REVELATIONS CAME see page GOD MADE THE SERVICE OF HIM OBLIGATOPY ON YOU, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT HE MADE PERFECT HAPPINESS OBLIGATORY FOR YOU.
ADITOR AL i revolutionary restor. ation of Islam is now caking place. :. the daming of the 15th islamic Century, (1400 PM: 1990PD), THE MIRACLE OF CURAN has been unveiled. There is a secret in that provides Quran indisputable evidence that the Quran is the finai message from God to the world. See 25:4. We discover that this Secret was to be hidden with this historical during the Prophet's lifetime and revealed at a specific time in the future. See 10:20. After 15 years of met- iculous computer anal- ysis and decoding of the Quran, the MIRACLE OF QURAN has emerged from Masjid Tucson. Along revelation, a wealthof divine information has been unveiled that is sure to restore Islam to it's pristine purity just as it was taught by God's final prophet, Muhammad. On these pages you will see for yourself the unveiling of these Quranic treasures. THE MUSLIM FRISONER Blessing in Disguise? "You may dislike something which is actually good for you, and you may like some- thing which is actually bad for you." (Qur'an 2: 216). to be a real What appears disaster may actually te a disguise. great blessing in Cur incarcerated brothers perfect provide may jexample. Discovering God and joining his kinadem is the greatest any human being achievement ican achieve. If incarcera- tion is it takes what for this.pre- to attain anyone it is a smail icious goal, for such indeed price a great treasure. The Qur'an teaches us that if a disbeliever possesses treasures of all the the twice as much, would readily give it up in exchange all believer's achievement (10: 54, 13: 18, & 39: 47). If you are a prisoner who path to discovered the true decided to Cod, have and tallow God's true religion, far more fortunate you are billionaire who has Than a failed to discover God. Islam in If you discovered incarceration then prison, was the greatest blessing that ever happened to you. It is established that this life is insignificant, when compared to the life real of Hereafter. the eternal Mathematically, when you divide any number by infin- the product is ZERO. ity, So, thousand even a years in this world equal a ZERO when compared to the infin- ite Hereafter. this Qur'anic With under- standing, we realize that doesn't matter really we are poor or rich whether in this world, fat or thin, or tail or short, black female: male white, or beautiful or ugly. This life, no matter long, passes like the blink of an eye (1b:11). loves someone, He God When may afflict him or her with a temporary problem just to attention. her get his or This is what Qur'an teaches in Sura 3, Verse 42 and ir 7: 94. Incarceration blessing you, of way getting your means that God you. If you pos i-i respond and tively to God's care, to join His kingdom, decide up to you then he makes it manyfold. will appointi KING ON EARTH. This! you is God's inviolable promise as we see in Qur'an 24: 55. important is There one absol- must be catch: you positive that utely you the pure have found Is lam, that is not the Is l am distorted by traditions and superstitions. this in fu- More details in ture issues IN SHAA ALLAH. **·**¢≥********·*≥ ****** Dear Muslim Prisoner: Assalamu Alaikum. - + We want to hear from you. write to Please and US, us informed about the keep Muslim community in your institution. We will publish the news of Muslim brothers who are if you wish incarcerated. stay anonymous, let us to know. inall interested kinds of news: who is transferred, who is where, and is new, to where, who who is Let us leaving. time is left know how much we will freedom, and to start a countdown for you. Let us know what you need, and what we can do to help you. be glad to answer We will any questions you have. PAGE 2
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QUENTLY PARDED. :FUSES VELATIONS DIT CHALLY 12-127› 1: DIE-EGARDED THEY. T0U ARE WE THE TRANS TASERS, BELIEVE CF HIS LOPD. RETRIBU- THE HEREAFTER THE EVERLASTING. Satan in mis- he ped leading the Muslims is that the blatant disobedience of PUNI SH the Prophet takes the shape THE PROPHET VERY INE o÷LOVING anything MUC'T. As a rule, its limits, tha: exceeds becomes the exact opposite. iS exceeds iove the when it becones hatred. limits, THE BELIEVERS. ALL OF THEM AND HIS BELIEVE IN GOD, ANGELS, AND HIS SCRIPTURES, AND HIS MESSENGERS; *WE DO NOT MAKE ANY DISTINCTION AMONG HIS MESSENGERS,' AND SAY, "NE AND THEY HEAR HE OBEY. FORGIVE US, OUR LORD. YOU IS ULTIMATE TO OUR RETURN. '" love of the Prophet has the limits, until exceeded WAGE VER OBEYS THE MESSENG- AS FOR | It turned into real hatred PREYING SOD. is HOSE WHO TURN This the form of love. SEND VOU is of course what Satan did T0 EE THEIR JARDIAN. " (4: 80) they to Christians; the love Jesus so much that he them on the Day of OPPOSES THE disowns ANYONE JESSENGER, AFTER GUIDANCE | Judgment 5: 11/ and the Gospel of Matthews 7: 21- FORTED OUT SCR AS EEEN IM, AND FOLLOWS OTHER THAN (E3). FATH OF EEL!EVERS, SHE DIRECTION One of the most flagrant : FECT FIS IN ENDS UP IN exaiples of our 0-005. excessive of the Prophet iove ¡A BE.ALLE DESTINY." :: 15 turned into direct which disobedience ... can be studying Illustrated by ..son rid cur minds of Verse 285 of Sura 2. innova- traditions, superstitions, and 1555, were jEetore 1 cite this verse, i innerited ideas that remind the reader "jected into our religlun, frish to these words came out return *o God and his! that of the Prophet's mouth. essenger, ve rculd realize the present decline of nat the "THE MESSENGER BELIEVES IN is -e Muslim Ummeh • WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO HIM ja brannet RASJID TUCSON JU 739 E. Sih Si., Tucson, Ai. 35719 Is this the Muslims what say or do today? the Muslims obey this Do in junction that powerful MAKE ANY "''WE SHALL NOT DISTINCTION AMONG GOD'S that "WE MESSENGERS" and HEAR AND WE OBEY"? Do the Muslims obey God and His messenger? ‹To be continued in ihe next issue iN SHAA ALLAH> COMING IN THE NEXT ISSUE.. •THE MUSLIM WOMAN OTHE MUSLIM CHILD •LETTERS TO THE EDITOR •INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM NEWS •AND MUCH MUCH MORE SUBSCRIBE y: 35200EOR 12 ISSUES DO ONLY $12.00 MAIL TO:
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