The Buddha said, “Those who rejoice in seeing others observe the Way will obtain great blessing.” A Sramana asked the Buddha, “Would this blessing be destroyed?” The Buddha replied, “It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will…Read more Blessing Is Like A Lighted Torch
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Veiling the face originally meant Prostitute
By Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Veiling the face originally signified the woman or girl dressed in such a manner is a prostitute or slave, available for sex to anyone in the street or their master's bidding... I know this may sound shocking, considering it's not what we get told by mullahs, but it can be easily…Read more Veiling the face originally meant Prostitute
Why is the Qur’an in Arabic?
The Quran is a message; the original was revealed in Arabic to make it easy for it's first audience to receive and understand. People often forget that... The primary reason the Quran is in Arabic, was not to sound more beautiful, or because that language is more blessed, but because it was being read to…Read more Why is the Qur’an in Arabic?
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…
"One who truly has faith in Divine Providence, fears nothing; certainly not pastors, mullahs and other Southern Baptist types, with their dogma, fear-mongering, war-mongering, homophobia, islamophobia, anti-semitism and cultic conspiracy theories." ~ Paul Salahuddin Armstrong
At The Gates Of The Forest
"...who is it that has created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you [life-giving] water from the skies? For it is by this means that We cause gardens of shining beauty to grow - [whereas] it is not in your power to cause [even one single of] its trees to grow! Could…Read more At The Gates Of The Forest
Money may buy food, but it didn’t grow it.
"And We send down from the skies water rich in blessings, and cause thereby gardens to grow, and fields of grain," ~ Holy Qur'an 50:9 (M. Asad) "The photo in this post was reportedly taken 617m in the air over rice fields in Hanoi, Vietnam. A nation that produces an estimated 42.3 million tons of…Read more Money may buy food, but it didn’t grow it.
Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Exegesis on the Soul
Exegesis on the Soul Translated by Marvin Meyer The Female Soul (127,18-22) The sages who came before us gave the soul a feminine name. She is also feminine in nature, and she even has a womb. Fall of the Soul (127,22-129,5) While the soul was alone with the Father, she was a virgin and androgynous…Read more Nag Hammadi Scriptures – Exegesis on the Soul
Keep Calm it’s Sunnah
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem "Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded, who know that they will have to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they are returning." ~ Holy Quran 2:45-6 (M. M. Pickthall) http://www.KhilafahOnline.com http://www.facebook.com/KhilafahOnline
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