Recent content by Jihad Mohammad Hyjazie

Sorry for the typos, typing fast and must go back to work. Always a pleasure though. be in God's Care,

Hi @airclean33! Just continuing about the last question: You name for GOD Allah. I believe means number one GOD" . Or best of many Gods". Is this wrong? Allah is the Arabic name for God. It is used by Arab Christians and Arab Jews also. Similar to Dieu (French) Khoda (Persian). Allah does not...

Mendalla you are right. I do not disagree with anything you said. This being said, I have more to learn about both the Islamic and Christian perspectives and would be happy to share as I learn more and have the chance. Why the crescent moon and star? In reality, they do not have any particular...

عبارتنا شتى و حسنك واحد - و كل الى ذاك الجمال يشير Our expressions vary, but Your Beauty is One, And all to that Supreme Beauty refer. Some call this reality God, some call it Allah (Arabic), some call it Khuda (Persian), but all these other expressions refer to the same reality. Even within...

"Peace to me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised alive.’ That is Jesus, son of Mary, a Word of the Real concerning whom they are in doubt." - Holy Quran - Surah Mariam (Mary), [19:33-34] -Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim- In the Name of God, the All-beneficent, the...

I am really sorry for not being able to keep up with your beautiful pursuit of knowledge. I want you to know that I have been thinking about you a lot. I need your prayers to be able to get on top of things in my own personal life and find more time to have these beautiful and rich (and frank...

RevJohn, you make a lot of beautiful points. But before moving forward, I would like to wish you and the 'online' congregation :) a happy Easter! I pray that it would be a blessed time of reflection, introspection and commitment to self-improvement and growth anchored in firm trust in God. I...

Unfortunately, I have to point to the admin that the alerts that used to come to my emails are not coming anymore for some reason. This is one of the important reasons for my delay. Lots of material here. I am glad I joined this post. Very glad. Inannawhimsey thanks for being very open and...

Inannawhimsey, can you explain more how you came to the conclusion that Prophet Muhammad (p) is, by objective standards, a monster, as you say? Please be as frank and transparent as possible, I have every trust that if this conversation is conducted with sincerity it will lead to the best. :)...

I would like to share an exert of a supplication called Dua Kumayl that we read on nights like this, meaning Thursday nights. It captures a lot of the Islamic conception of Grace/Law/Sin/Repentance to which I adhere. Naturally, I am not sharing it for us to agree. ;) Rather, it is for us to...

In my understanding, Divine Grace is not something that robs the human being from their free will to receive it or reject it. It would not be Grace anymore if it robs the human being of their free will to embrace it. Conversely, our free will is one of the greatest graces of God to us. It is the...

This is so moving. Do you think there are practical ways to nurture this in ourselves? Things that must be done and others that must be avoided?

It is in the same manner as rain water is polluted within the containers wherein it falls.