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Examples can be taken from the life of Arius, but with the caution that, with rare
exception, few books about Arius remain, other than those written by his enemies.
Consequently, most authors’ opinions betray an unkind prejudice, and the only objective
course is to examine his pure teachings.
Perhaps one of the earliest Arian arguments is that if Jesus was the “son of God,”
then there must have been a time when he did not exist. If Jesus was created...
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Whoever seeks Blessing through a tree,
a Stone, or the like
Allah the Most Exalted said: "Have you then considered AI-Lat and Al-'Uzza (the two idols of the pagan Arabs)." And Manat (another idol of the...
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And under this new decree, the executions certainly did not
slacken. Men in the highest and the humblest positions were daily and
hourly dragged to the stake. Alva, in a single letter to Phillip, coolly
estimated the number of executions which were to take place immediately
after the expiration of holy week, at “eight hundred heads.” Many a
citizen, convicted of a hundred thousand florins and of no other crime, saw
himself suddenly tied to a horse’s tail, with his hands fastened behind him,
and so dragged to the gallows. But although wealth was an unpardonable
sin, poverty proved rarely a protection. Reasons sufficient could always be
found for dooming the starveling labourer as well as the opulent...
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Ruqa (incantation), Talismans and Amulets
Narrated Abu Bashir Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him): He was in the company of Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon
him) on one of...
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Later examples include Lewis Hetzer (decapitated February 4, 1529), Michael
Servetus (burned at the stake October 27, 1553, using green branches still in leaf to
produce an agonizingly slow, smoldering fire), * Francis Davidis (died in prison in 1579),
Faustus Socinus (died in 1604), John Biddle (who suffered banishment to Sicily and
multiple imprisonments, the last of which hastened his death). Biddle, who considered
the terminology employed by Trinitarians “fitter for conjurers than Christians,” established a breastwork of arguments against the assault of Trinitarian theology of such
effectiveness that, at least on one occasion, debate opponents arranged his arrest in order
to avoid facing him in public...
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To wear a Ring, Twine, or anything similar to them for prevention or lifting of Harm or Affliction, is an act of Shirk
Allah the Almighty said: "Say: Tell me then, the things that you invoke...
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An Explanation of Tauhid and the Testimony: La ilaha illa-Allah
Allah the Almighty said:
"Those whom they call upon (like Jesus- son of Mary, Ezra, angels, etc.) desire (for
themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allah) as...
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The Call to testify that there is nothing deserving of Worship in truth except
Allah
Allah the Exalted said:
"Say you (O Muhammad (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) : 'This is my
way;...
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So, if not on the basis of the second commandment, why else should anyone object? Well, does the biblical passage stating that God created man “in Our image,
according to Our likeness” mean that God created man to look like Him, or to have
dominion over worldly creation, similar to how God has dominion over all Creation,
ourselves included? The latter is the context in which this verse was revealed, for the full
verse reads, “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps...
THE SOILED IMAGE OF 'ALFAS'
By
Sanni K. Yusuf
I once had something to do with one of the bigwigs in southwestern Nigeria. To perfect what bonded us, we needed to have a face-to-face encounter, which made him give me an invite...
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