"Each verse is like a date: the more you chew it..." 1 - The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever wants to to love Allah and His Messenger, then let him read the Mushaf." ['Sahih al-Jami''; # 6289] 2 - Ibn 'Abbas narrated: "al-Walid bin al-Mughirah (a polytheist) came to the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah recited the Qur'an to him, and al-Walid seemed to become affected and softened by it. Abu Jahl came to know of this, so, he came to al-Walid and said: "Don't you see that your people are collecting charity for you?" He said: "And why is that?" Abu Jahl replied: "So that they can give it to you, as they see that you went to Muhammad to get some of his food." al-Walid said: "Quraysh knows that I am of the wealthiest of its sons." Abu Jahl said: "So, say to Muhammad something that would convince your people that you oppose him." al-Walid replied: "And what can I possibly say? There is not a single man who is more knowledgable of poetry or prose than I, or even that of the Jinn, and by Allah, what he says bears no resemblance to these things. By Allah, what he says has a sweetness to it, and a charm upon it; the highest part of it is fruitful and the lowest part of it is gushing forth with bounty; it dominates and cannot be dominated, and it crushes all that is under it."" [Reported by al-Hakim in 'al-Mustadrak' (2/506-507) and at-Tabari in 'Jami' al-Bayan' (29/156), and it is authentic] 3 - Jubayr bin Mut'im said: "I heard the Messeger of Allah recite 'at-Tur' in the Maghrib prayer, and when he got to the verses {"Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? No, but they have no firm Belief. Or are with them the treasures of your Lord? Or are they the tyrants with the authority to do as they like?"} [at-Tur; 35-37], my heart wanted to fly from my body out of awe." ['Tafsir Ibn Kathir'; 4/309] 4 - 'Uthman bin 'Affan said: "If our hearts were truly pure, we would never get enough of the Words of our Lord, and I hate that one day passes with me not looking in the Mushaf." ['al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah'; 7/215] 5 - Ibn Abi Mulaykah narrated: "'Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl used to press the Mushaf to his face and cry, saying: "The Book of my Lord! The Words of my Lord!"" [Reported by 'Abdullah bin al-Mubarak in 'al-Jihad'; # 56] 6 - Bishr bin as-Sirri said: "Verily, each verse is like a date: the more you chew it, the more of its sweetness is released." Abu Sulayman heard this and commented: "True. It is the case with one of you that if he begins one chapter of it, he wants to read it to the end." ['al-Hadith fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an'; p. 70] Translated by Abu Sabaayaa http://www.kalamullah.com/al-quran.html

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful By Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah Just as the heart may be described in terms of being alive or dead, it may also be regarded as belonging to one of three types; these are the healthy heart, the dead heart, and the sick heart. The Healthy Heart On the Day of Resurrection, only those who come to Allah with a healthy heart will be saved. Allah says: "The day on which neither wealth nor sons will be of any use, except for whoever brings to Allah a sound heart. (26:88-89)" In defining the healthy heart, the following has been said: "It is a heart cleansed from any passion that challenges what Allah commands, or disputes what He forbids. It is free from any impulses which contradict His good. As a result, it is safeguarded against the worship of anything other than Him, and seeks the judgement of no other except that of His Messenger . Its services are exclusively reserved for Allah, willingly and lovingly, with total reliance, relating all matters to Him, in fear, hope and sincere dedication. When it loves, its love is in the way of Allah. If it detests, it detests in the lght of what He detests. When it gives, it gives for Allah. If it witoholds, it withholds for Allah. Nevertheless, all this will not suffice for its salvation until it is free from following, or taking as its guide, anyone other than His Messenger ." A servant with a healthy heart must dedicate it to its journey's end and not base his actions and speech on those of any other person except Allah's Messenger . He must not give precedence to any other faith or words or deeds over those of Allah and His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Allah says: "Oh you who believe, do not put yourselves above Allah and His Messenger, but fear Allah, for Allah is Hearing, Knowing. (49:1)" The Dead Heart This is the opposite of the healthy heart. It does not know its Lord and does not worship Him as He commands, in the way which He likes, and with which He is pleased. It clings instead to its lusts and desires, even if these are likely to incur Allah's displeasure and wrath. It worships things other than Allah, and its loves and its hatreds, and its giving and its withholding, arise from its whims, which are of paramount importance to it and preferred above the pleasure of Allah. Its whims are its imam. Its lust is its guide. Its ignorance is its leader. Its crude impulses are its impetus. It is immersed in its concern with worldly objectives. It is drunk with its own fancies and its love for hasty, fleeting pleasures. It is called to Allah and the akhira from a distance but it does not respond to advice, and instead it follows any scheming, cunning shayton. Life angers and pleases it, and passion makes it deaf and blind (1) to anything except what is evil. To associate and keep company with the owner of such a heart is to tempt illness: living with him is like taking poison, and befriending him means utter destruction. The Sick Heart This is a heart with life in it, as well as illness. The former sustains it at one moment, the latter at another, and it follows whichever one of the two manages to dominate it. It has love for Allah, faith in Him, sincerity towards Him, and reliance upon Him, and these are what give it life. It also has a craving for lust and pleasure, and prefers them and strives to experience them. It is full of self-admiration, which can lead to its own destruction. It listens to two callers: one calling it to Allah and His Prophet and the akhira; and the other calling it to the fleeting pleasures of this world. It responds to whichever one of the two happens to have most influence over it at the time. The first heart is alive, submitted to Allah, humble, sensitive and aware; the second is brittle and dead; the third wavers between either its safety or its ruin.

Inshallah, every friday I will post 1 Islamic article. If you have any thoughts or some enlightenment you can share with us on yowmul Jumcah plase feel free to share it. It could be an insight into a Quranic Ayat, hadith or any general issues that sum 1 might have enlightened you on. But remember it has to be posted on Jumcah!

Akuna matata, wewe manene?

LX, What is this Arab iyo Palestine you are talking about? We to know about who captured our beloved wells and grazing lands from our noble subclan.

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: BarigaSanaag, there are a lot of games goin on ,,, don't wanna disclose everything here but ciyaartu way dheertahay and it is not as easy as you think. Ah, AH That one is a classic..... ciyaartu dheertay......

Anigu waxaan is idhi odaygu wax bu isku diraya....Allah knows........ he looks a bit jewish aswell.....he he...

I guess all the Somalis in New Zealand know each other? You never know, they might say Al Shabaab was behind this.......

Afghanistan's 'miracle' cemetery A few women who refused to give us their names told us the dead fighters have the ability to heal because they are martyrs. Some people who were blind can now see, they say, and women who were unable to give birth are now bearing children. :confused: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C0475BE8-7FAC-4ADA-BC80-5B26BA5201D1.htm

Now look at this mad man! Why did he do this? becuw they told him to get on his "bikey"?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7232390.stm ne thing 4 money eh?

Don't cry, Soomaalidu wa Carab baa la yidhi

more like the arcbishop of instigation....

I tend to find reer bakeyle yare and reer dhagaweyne more racist then asians... Johnny B, It's not the observation...... rather the "observations"... check out her previou observations on how Somalis eat.... etc.........

i was joking ppl Chris Rock coined the phrase, " I love Black people, but I hate niggers!

you sure do make a lot of observations ever considered a career as an investigative journalist?

quote:Do Arabs feel indebted to the Brits since they were the catalist for Arab 'freedom' ?(from Ankara) That's the whole point they didn't get any real freedom and that is what this programme is alluding to. The only Arabs who feel indebted to Britian are the desert chiefs who were made kings and protected by them and their allies till this day. The Sheffir who led the rebbelion was also betrayed,exiled and tribal chiefs today as Sauds were given kingship! So the question shouldn't be whether or not Arabs were betrayed as we already know that they were. It should be whether or Arabs leaders were ****** and naive to believe another nation( Europeans) would carve a 50 state Arab kingdon for them just like that or perhaps how they unite today and learn from that mistake? Germany was also betrayed after World War 1, but they took action and politically organised themselves. I am not saying Arabs should become Nazis or Hitler like, lakin waa in ay sida rag wax u qabsadaan or keep crying like babies on Aljazeera!

U mean the arabs? The whole Arab nationalism and Turkish superiority experiment was created and to a large extent promoted by Zionist agents and other Europeans, with the sole purpose of dismantling the caliphate, colonizing Arabs and taking over Jerusalem. Just go and research how importance the words, "arab" or "turk" were to the people before this period. History is not there for you to cry and keep on making the same mistakes! This is what Aljazeera is doing. They are crying that Arabs were betrayed, but click on the link and you will see them praising Lawrence of Arabia....a man who along knew that Arabs would be colonised by Europeans but encouraged them fight Ottomans and never told of them of the secret plans! b.t.w, i didn't get your question!

I hate Niggers and Black people! But I love African people!

Animal Rights!

Norther, waa ganacsi..... ratings up, more advertisements..some.white ppl feel good about themselves.......wa

Hilary will probablt win the nomination! but Soomaalidan baA ugu daran...waxay ka fakarayaan I.C.U, Abdullahi Yusuf iyo T.F.G. LOL

On Somalia, McConnell told the lawmakers that Ethiopia's Dec. 2006 invervention has provoked insurgency, stoked divisions and made it very difficult for the transitional government to govern. "The Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Governement is incapable of administering Somalia and probably would flee Mogadishu or collapse if the Ethiopians withdrew," he said.