4/13/2008Of course most of the people who have never visited my country before or any other arab or muslim country in general, and have been fed the "women are not allowed to drive according to islam" bull, will be amazed when they know.
They'll be amazed when they know that 99% of the people who drive the Lexus RX models are women.
more than 80% of the people who drive the CLK Mercedes 200 Kompressor and above, are women.
Alot of BMW drivers are women.
It really makes my head ache and spin, just hearing them say those ignorant words, the first reason is what I see when I drive my Nissan Altima, seeing all of the girls who are driving these cars.
Let's not go too far away, my aunt drives a BMW 5 Series or something, and a nieghbor who work in the same company I work at drives a mercedes CLK.
Speaking of cars, I'm not a fan of american or european cars, I like Japanese cars better, I have set my eyes on the Toyota Land Cruiser for a while, but I always wonder when I am able to buy that piece of METAL.
Back to the subject, the second reason is that, there is nothing in any Islamic Sharia that prevents women from driving...it doesn't get any simpler you know?
But I wonder sometimes, how do you make those people understand? as for why Saudia Arabia forbids women from driving? well it's their countrie's rule, if England or the US decided to take away the driving license of women, for one reason or another, what're you going to do? protest?
Anyway, I leave it at that, I know I have shed some light over this subject. 3/10/2008The Name Allah is derived from the root word, Elah, in Arabic it is a 3 letter word, Alef, Lam, Ha', Allah is the name of the Almighty God, and beside it being his name, it has a meaning, which is, The only true god worthy of worship.
The name Allah has many special properties, first it cannot be multiple, it cannot be pluralized into two or more, and it cannot be made male or female, since Allah, the God has no gender.
Then the one thing which is truely amazing, in the arabic language, the language in which this name, and the Qur'an were revealed, the Word Allah, stands true to it's meaning even when removing letter by letter, leaving only the Ha'.
From the Qur'an:
Allah (الله) : Allahu La Elah Ella Howa (which means: Allah, There is no God but He)
Lellah (لله) : Lellahi ma fessamawati wal ard (which means: Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah)
Laho (له) : Laho molk assamawati wal ard (which means: to Him belongs the kingdom of earth and heaven)
Howa or Ha' (ه): Howa allathy khalaqa lakom ma fel ardi jamee'an (which means: It was he who created all what's in earth for you)
as you can see that every letter has a verse attached to it from the Qur'an, and it is one of the words which the lips never move when saying it, instead, it comes directly from the heart.
An amazing word, worthy of such mightiness and greatness of the holy creator, Allah. 3/3/2008
By the words of Jesus himself, the prayer of which he prayed to Allah when his people asked him to.
"Our Father, which art in Heave, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven, Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us, And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen"
These were the words of Jesus peace be upon him, and believe it or not, we the muslims, say almost the same prayer whenever we want.
Some Christians would say, yes well because the prophet Mohammad copied from christianity, but this is not the case, because neither the prophet Mohammad could read, nor there was any bible in his language.
This prayer and many others similar and different than what Jesus has prayed to Allah with, was Revealed by Allah to them, or inspired by Allah for them, because they are both, Mohammad and Eissa (Jesus) were, and are our prophets.
What inspired me to write about this was my brother Khalid's speech, he has some beautiful comments regarding this, here's the link. |
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