He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
But the Qur'an promises that this Day will come "At length, when the sight is dazed, and the moon is buried in darkness and the sun and moon are joined together" - a preordained solar eclipse with Sure Signs absolutely beyond human manipulation that commences the Resurrection.
Surah 75:5-6
1. I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
2. And I do call to witness the self-reproaching Spirit.
3. Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones?
4. Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order, the very tip of his fingers.
5. But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
6. He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
7. At length, when the sight is dazed
8. And the moon is buried in darkness
9. And the sun and moon are joined together that Day will Man say;
10. "Where is the refuge?"
11. By no means! No place of safety!"
12. Before the Lord (alone), that Day will be the place of rest.
13. That Day will Man be told (all) that he put forward, and all that he put back.
14. Nay, man will be evidence against himself,
15. Even though he were to make excuses.
16. Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an), to make haste therewith.
17. It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
18. But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital:
19. Nay more, it is for Us to explain it:
20. Nay, (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life,
21. And leave alone the Hereafter.
22. Some faces, that Day, will beam (in brightness and beauty) -
23. Looking towards their Lord;
24. And some faces, that Day, will be sad and dismal,
25. In the thought that some backbreaking calamity was about to be inflicted on them;
26. Yea, when (the soul) reaches to the collarbone (in its exit),
27. And there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore him)?"
28. And he will conclude that it was (the Time) of Parting;
29. And one leg will be joined with another:
30. The Day the Drive will be (all) to thy Lord!
31. So he gave nothing in charity, nor did he pray! -
32. But on the contrary, he rejected Truth and turned away!
33. Then did he stalk to his family in full conceit!
34. Woe to thee, (O man!), yea, woe!
35. Again, woe to thee, (O man!), yea, woe!
36. Does Man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?
37. Was he not a drop of sperm emitted (in lowly form)?
38. Then did he become a clinging clot; then did (Allah) make and fashion (him) in due proportion.
39. And of him He made two sexes, male and female.
40. Has not he, (the same), the power to give life to the dead?
surah 75:1-40 Al Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
Bal yureedu al-insanu liyafjura amamahu
Yas-alu ayyana yawmu alqiyamati
But man wishes to do wrong (even) in the time in front of him.
He questions: "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
surah 75:5-6 Al Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
In spite of dire warnings 14 centuries ago that the Day of Resurrection and Judgment will come humans slowly strayed from the straight path, oblivious to the approaching perilous times ahead. Over the centuries the People of the Book grow increasingly skeptical of this promised age and begin to doubt and question each other, "When is the Day of Resurrection?"
The reasoning of denying the Resurrection is based on the disbelief in the Power of Allah and that is why the Holy Qur'an gives many examples of the Divine Power as for instance it says that Almighty All-Powerful Lord Who first created us would again bring back to life after we have been reduced to dust particles. It is easier to reduce something to dust than to create in the first instance. It is He Who first creates and then reverts it. This is easy for Him. (Surah ar-Rum, 30:27) There is nothing which Allah is not able to do. Allah has Power to do all things. Another pretext of those who do not believe in the Resurrection was the question as to when the Resurrection day will happen? In the following Qur'anic verse it is mentioned that after hearing the explanation given by the Holy Prophet the unbelievers scoffed in surprise and asked when it would happen. The Holy Qur'an says: Or some other created things which may seem to you most difficult to create. They will then say. 'Who will revert us back?' Say: 'He Who created you in the beginning'. Still they will shake their heads at you and say: 'When will it be? Say: 'In the near future'. (Surah Bani Isra'il, 17:51) 1
Jews and Christians have the same problem of the Resurrection happening in the near future."The most important shift between the NT point of view and that of the fathers of the second century was occasioned by the fact that time, rather than coming to a rapid end in the generation of the apostles, was observed to continue. Though the end of the world was still believed to be about to happen at any moment, the longer it delayed, the more vague was its date in the future. Bernard McGinn has argued that there was a shift from "predictive" historical imminence to psychological imminence. Each person continued to expect judgment at any moment, but the historical time of the judgment faded into an indefinite future. Indeed, it is a common principle that the longer an event that is not certain to occur is postponed, the less likely it becomes. Though Christians still affirm imminence psychologically, the delay of the end-time by now commands little historical credence indeed.
This so-called delay of the parousia had the effect of causing a growing tension in the idea of judgment, a tension between the so-called particular judgment and the Last Judgment. So long as it was believed that no significant time would elapse between a person's physical death and the end of time, the tension itself was not significant. But it became clear by the middle of the second century that Christians were dying scores, even a hundred years, before the Last Judgment. The question whether they underwent a personal, "particular" judgment while awaiting the Last Judgment gradually became a significant problem, and though it was not a central concern until later, it appeared early in the second century. Those historians who have mistakenly argued that the particular judgment was a creation of the later Middle Ages have been refuted by Anton Gurevic's demonstration that it was found in the early Middle Ages as well. But Gurevic did not go far enough. The ideas of the individual judgment and of the Last Judgment both existed, although in unresolved tension, together from at least the second century." 2
But the Qur'an promises that this Day will come "At length, when the sight is dazed, and the moon is buried in darkness and the sun and moon are joined together" - a particular, preordained solar eclipse with Sure Signs absolutely beyond human manipulation commences the Resurrection."
And the sight was dazed, the moon buried in darkness, and the sun and moon joined together on October 24, 1995. As the entire world slept in ignorance that precise total solar eclipse took place.
But hundreds of solar eclipses have passed since the Qur'an was revealed 14 centuries earlier. So what made this the one that would mark the beginning of Qiyamah? What were the Sure Signs of Allah that the Resurrection would begin after a precise total solar eclipse that would eliminate all others and prevent subsequent chaos and pandemonium which would have resulted, had this surah been interpreted correctly for the last 1400 years.
This preordained solar eclipse of October 24, 1995 confirming the beginning of Qiyamah had the unquestionable Seal of Allah, as it appeared after the following divine manifestations had occurred:
1) Mighty Blast In Sky (Qaf), a preordained Sure Sign prophesied in the Qur'an that must occurred simultaneously with the total solar eclipse taking place. This Blast in the Sky occurred on October 23, 1995, at 9:35 p.m. in Montreal, Canada just as the total solar eclipse was taking place over the Middle-east. Both natural Sure Signs, beyond any human manipulation, must occur simultaneously.
2) Sun And Moon Joined Together (Al-Qiyamah) simultaneously for the first time ever:
i) on the (Hindu) Diwali or New Year;
ii) on the (Christian) birthday of Shri Jesus;
iii) and the (Muslim) Blast in the Sky;
3) The Good News (Al Naba) that will be disputed i.e., Declaration by His Ruh to all nations that Qiyamah has begun;
4) Winds Of Qiyamah Are Blowing (Fatir), a verifiable, daily experience within all Believers who heed the Call of Allah to begin the Resurrection;
5) Angels Sent Forth Have Arrived (Al Mursalat) to usher the beginning of Al-Qiyamah as prophesied in the Qur'an 1400 years ago;
6) Regions Within Revealed (Fussilat), so that humans will never again deny this Truth of the Qur'an;
7) Allah's Iron Has Been Delivered (Al Hadid), the Seal of His Authority;
7) Revelation Of Light Completed (Al Saf);
8) Children Of Israel Gathered (Al Isra);
9) Hidden Imam Mahdi Has Emerged (Qaf);
10) Mighty Blast of Truth (Qaf) about Qiyamah announced to all humankind;
These were to be the Sure Signs (Bayyinat) of Qiyamah. These were to be the Divine Signs of the Great Announcement, absolutely beyond the manipulation of any human, commences the Resurrection.
Concerning what are they disputing?
Concerning the Great News (5889) about which they cannot agree.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know! . . .
And (have We not) built over you the seven firmaments,
And placed (therein) a Light of Splendour . . .
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
But they (impudently) treated Our Signs as false.
surah 78:1-28 Al Naba' (The Great News)
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
"5889. Great News: Usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.)
Al-Qiyamah has begun! This is the Awful Tidings of the Qur'an to all humanity.
Al-Qiyamah has commenced! This is the Great Event of the Qur'an to the Believers.
Al-Qiyamah has started! This is the Great News of the Qur'an to all His faithful.
Al-Qiyamah has been announced! This is the Great Message of the Qur'an to all the nations.
Al-Qiyamah has been declared! This is the Great Announcement of the Qur'an to the Ummah.
However the Islamic Defrauders (Al-Mutaffin) have again taken a priceless parable literally, and are waiting for the time when sight is dazed, the moon buried in darkness, and the sun and moon joined together. They are all waiting for Doomsday! They think that the moon will crash into the sun when Judgment Day comes.
But it is a parable, for crying out loud. Allah admits that He has set many parables in the Qur'an (25:35.) A parable means an allegorical relation, a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning. Instead of looking it as such, the Islamic theologians translated it literally, for they believed that it was not possible for 'the sun and moon to join together' unless they become fused on Doomsday. None had the courage to claim that it is all about a preordained solar eclipse that will mark the beginning of Qiyamah!
However, to acknowledge that it is a solar eclipse really messes their scheme of things, a pervasive knowledgeable ignorance that now permeates all strata of the Ummah. All have deliberately chosen to misinterpret it vaguely, when the means and common sense that the Qur'an is absolutely referring to a solar eclipse were available.
So how on earth in the first place is it possible to spread the Great News of Resurrection all over the world if it's already Doomsday? What is the point of this absolute useless undertaking? Will just a single Muslim out of hundreds million fools be able to provide a logical answer? Nay! they shall soon be told in the Afterlife that "This is the Day of Resurrection, but ye used not to know." Nay! Nay! they shall soon come to know.
How unfortunate are those who forsakes the words of his Creator? And what excuse would be acceptable for doing so ? If the true value of the Holy Qur'an was understood, the Muslims and non-Muslims of the world would not be where they are today. Lifetimes can be spent in research about the meanings of what is contained in this divine book and yet nothing would be exhausted from it.
Still this great living miracle lies abandoned in our libraries, bookshelves, or even in a beautifully created casing; gathering dust from lack of use. All this while we digress in all spheres of our lives. This is why when we will be brought to account for our deeds and misdeeds on the Day of Judgment, we will have no reason to say that we were not adequately guided, because we are the ones who did not take the guidance when it really mattered i.e. at the commencement of Al-Qiyamah.
The difficulty with alternative comprehension is they begin with a change of mindset. This can only take place if we are (1) prepared to unlearn entrenched misinterpretations; (2) become self-critical and conscious of the false limitations we have taken for centuries-old authoritative knowledge that deform and divert our potential enlightenment; (3) make the most constructive use of our insight and abilities to delve intimately and surrender unconditionally to the preordained Resurrection. In short we have to humbly admit to have erred enormously and seek solemn remedy for what we have been led to believe by ignorant ulema (religious leaders). To do that we have to be able to understand Al-Qiyamah in depth, make our religious debates not only comprehensible to the Muslim Ummah but, perhaps more important, to all Believers - Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and the rest of humanity.
At this point it should be mentioned that one cannot interpret the Resurrection related verses of the Holy Qur'an using their own logical inference or reasoning. If we were to do this then we would easily stray from the correct path and again begin to justify our fallacies with our own interpretations of this divine Great Announcement. Many traditions have been narrated about this and grave punishments have been promised to those who misuse and hide certain revelations of the Holy Qur'an for selfish, narrow-minded gain. That is why Allah explicitly warned human beings never to interpret this one and only surah dealing exclusively with Al-Qiyamah, a task clearly and implicitly reserved for Him:
16. Move not thy tongue concerning the (revelation of Al-Qiyamah), to make haste therewith.
17. It is for Us to collect it and to promulgate it:
18. But when We have promulgated it, follow thou its recital:
19. Nay more, it is for Us to explain it:
Allah knew that the surah of Al-Qiyamah, the heart and soul of the Qur'an, will require a detailed explanation over a long period of time. That is why He unambiguously insisted no human to ever interfere in the most important surah of the holy Qur'an which was to be His sole prerogative - the collection, promulgation, recital and explanation of the Resurrection to all humankind. Despite this most clear warning it was repeatedly raped and defiled for centuries. May no soul deny this truth! May the Al-Mutaffin not move their tongues again to explain this surah, lest all forever "enter the Great Fire in which they will then neither die nor live." (The Holy Qur'an, Al-A'la 87:9-13)
Belief in Resurrection Ensures Perfection
And to all Believers of the Resurrection this assurance: "It is those who believe not in the Signs of Allah that forge falsehood: it is they who lie!" (The Holy Qur'an, 16:105 An-Nahl)
"Often virtues, moral qualities and spirit of self-sacrifice mean leading the life of deprivation with simplicity and suffering hardships and difficulties. We find some consolation in the belief that on the Resurrection day these will be duly rewarded. The belief in the sovereignty of Allah consoles man that the hardship and the difficulties in this world would be duly rewarded on the Resurrection day. What is that which causes man to lay down his life or spend his money on the poor and the needy or compels him to abdicate his inordinate desires?
If there happens to be no recompense of the deeds and actions, man would not be prepared to bear hardship.
If there happens to be no punishment which thing can prevent man from oppression and tyrannies.
If today the believers bear the mocking remarks and scoffings of the unbelievers, it is due to those assurances which we find in the Holy Qur'an. It says: So today (on Resurrection day) those who believe shall laugh at the unbelievers. (Surah al-Mutaffifin, 83:34) 3
But few Muslims will laugh if they knew what is actually taking place.
"I met a Russian who asked Me why the U.N. was helping the Muslims in Bosnia....
I was shocked at his perception of Muslims. I have such respect for so many of them. I wish they could accept that this is not Jihad time anymore but Qiyamah
Time, the Resurrection Time, the Blossom Time. Are they going to miss it?" (Shri Mataji)
So the question remains: Are they going to miss the blessed Al Qadr (Night of Power) that is better than a thousand months of prayers, fasting and righteous living?
WA-LAA UQSIM BI-AN-NAFSAL-LAWWAAMAH
I do call to witness the Resurrection Day;
And I do call to witness the self-reproaching Spirit.
Concerning what are they disputing?
Concerning the Great News. [5889]
About which they cannot agree.
Verily, they shall soon (come to) know!
Verily, verily they shall soon (come to) know!
surah 78:1-5 Al Naba' (The Great News)
"5889. Great News: usually understood to mean the News or Message of the Resurrection."
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an, Amana Corporation, 1989.
Types of Kufr (Disbelief) — Adapted from 'Tafseer ibn Katheer'
1. Kufrul-'Inaad: Disbelief out of stubbornness;
2. Kufrul-Inkaar: Disbelief out of denial;
3. Kufrul-Kibr: Disbelief out of arrogance and pride;
4. Kufrul-Juhood: Disbelief out of rejection;
5. Kufrul-Nifaaq: Disbelief out of hypocrisy;
6. Kufrul-Kurh: Disbelief out of detesting any of Allah's commands;
7. Kufrul-Istihzaha: Disbelief due to mockery and derision;
8. Kufrul-I'raadh: Disbelief due to avoidance;
In Abdullah Yusuf Ali's commentary Kufr, Kafara, Kafir, and
derivative forms of the word imply a deliberate rejection of faith, revelation and truth of the Holy Qur'an:
"The culmination of Allah's Revelation is in the Qur'an, which confirms
previous scriptures, corrects the errors which men introduced into
them, and explains many points in detail for all who seek right
worship and service to Allah—whether they inherit the previous Books
or not. It is a universal Message ... The worst and most hardened
sinner is the man to whom Allah's Signs are actually brought home and
who yet prefers Evil and turns away from the Light of Allah. The
Signs may be in the words and guidance of a great Teacher or in some
sorrow or warning, but from which he deliberately refuses to profit.
The penalty—the Nemesis—must necessary come eventually."
According to Ibn Taymiyah (1263 - 1328) "kufr is
the attribute of everyone who rejects something that God has
commanded us to believe in, after news of that has reached him,
whether he rejects it in his heart without uttering it, or he speaks
those words of rejection without believing it in his heart, or he
does both; or he does an action which is described in the texts as
putting one beyond the pale of faith."
However, this explanation of kufr is most lucid and applicable to the sheer gravity, importance, and dire consequences of this universal Message of Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection):
"Just as faith for Muslims has to do not with believing but with knowing, so
kufr, rejection, is not a lack of belief, not an intellectual position that holds that something is
otherwise than is the case, and certainly it is not mere ignorance. Rather it, too, like its correlative iman, presupposes knowledge; for it is an active
repudiation of what one knows to be true. This is why it is a sin, and indeed a (the)
monstrous sin. It is the one final, cosmic (or some would say, the one final human) wrong;
the deliberate saying of 'no' to what one knows to be right." (Wilfred Cantwell Smith, On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies, 1981, page 154)
Therefore most of the Al-Kufr ul Akbar (major disbeliefs) are applicable to
those rejecting or disbelieving Allah's (SWT) Signs and surahs
upholding the collection, promulgation, recital, explanation and
warning of the following:
i) His Call to witness Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection);
ii) His Call to witness His Ruh (self-reproaching Spirit);
iii) His Call to heed Al Naba (The Great News);
iv) His Call to participate in Al Qadr (The Night of Power and Destiny);
v) His Call to confirm His Revelations, Signs, and Warnings (of i-iv).
Thus kaffir (non-believer) here is applied to all humankind,
both Muslim and non-Muslim, who reject the Call that God has commanded us
to believe in after His Revelations, Signs and Warnings have reached us.
The Qur'an clearly warns that many will disbelief, even mock, the
Great News and Sure Signs of Al-Qiyamah.
So be forewarned, and in the Hereafter never deny deliverance of this clear Warning:
"O ye assembly of Jinns and men! came there not unto you
messengers from amongst you, setting forth unto you My signs, and
warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?" Qur'an 6.130
And those still rejecting, hesitant or unable to make up their minds even after hearing the Great News and shown the Signs,
Allah (SWT) questions: "Are they waiting until the Hour comes to them
suddenly? All the Signs thereof have already come. Once the Hour
comes to them, how will they benefit from their message?" "Why do
they not study the Quran carefully? Do they have locks on their
minds?" Qur'an 47:18-24
The last paragraph is yet another warning from Allah (SWT) that
prior to the Wrath of the End (Al Qariah) humans are offered the
Mercy of the Resurrection (Al Qadr). And once the Hour of Al Qariah
comes to them, how will they benefit from their contemporary message of Al Qadr i.e., from the Great News of the messengers from amongst you? How will those reading these lines benefit if they continue to doubt and wait, and the Striking Day comes suddenly?
What use then will be the Mercy and Compassion of Al Qadr (Night of Destiny) if the morn of the Al Qariah (Striking Day) ends His Peace?
Why doesn't the Ummah then not study the Quran with painstaking effort to avoid the errors, mistranslation and ignorance of the ulema that have presently paralyzed their minds from believing the Great News? Why don't they use their own mental faculties and intelligence to understand Al- Qiyamah, the heart and soul of the living, breathing Quran? Living and breathing because God Almighty is now talking directly to you through His Holy Book! After all, it is Allah (SWT) who has now called out to all Believers with this Decree: "I do call to witness the Resurrection Day; And I do call to witness the self-reproaching Spirit." He is specifically addressing you in particular (and Believers is general) to do so!
Only now in this modern age of universal education, mass media and publishing technology—after 14 centuries and unlike the illiterate past—is it possible to own and be sufficiently
literate to "study the Quran carefully" in languages they understand
best.* And just in case the Believers start studying the entire Qur'an, it
must be stressed that Allah (SWT) is referring specifically to those
eschatological Signs and surahs upholding His Call to bear witness of the
Resurrection! They must thoroughly examine and understand the Signs that have already manifested, and
set forth by messengers from amongst themselves.
Without question, to "study the Quran carefully" means using one's own mental faculties, not those of the ulema (Muslim clergy) who have
for centuries put "locks on their minds" and are the very reason for
the Ummah's present predicament i.e., their unprecedented kaffir-like mindset,
reaction, rejection and mocking of His Call, Signs and Great News of the Resurrection. They must know that during Al Qadr no 'graves are going to open up'
as this is His Night of Compassion and Mercy. So "Peace!... This until the rise of the morn!" (Quran 97:5)
"There is so much blind faith, there is so much of wrong ideas, so much of organizational fortresses they have built. All kinds of nonsensical things are going on in this world, but they'll all be finished."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Vienna, Austria, 8 June 1988
"We are now in the Blossom Time, as I call it, because many flowers are born and they are to become the fruits. This is the Resurrection Time, which is described in all the scriptures. But it's not like this, the way they had described us. Something wrong with them that all the dead bodies who are in the graves will come out of the graves. I mean, how much is left out of them, God knows. Must be some bones or maybe some skulls there. So they'll come out of the graves and they will get their Resurrection!!!? This is a very wrong idea.
Once I happened to meet a fellow, a Muslim from Bosnia and he told Me, "I want to die for my religion, for God's sake." I said, "But why? Who told you to die?" He said, "Now, if I die in the name of God, I'll be resurrected." I said, "It's all wrong. That's not the way it is going to work out. Resurrection is going to work out this way that at this time, all these souls will take their birth. All these souls will take their birth and they will be resurrected. As human beings they'll have to come."
That's why we find all kinds of funny people these days, all kinds of cruel, criminal, all kinds of idiotic, stupid, I mean very queer, weird, funny ideas which find such, such a variety of people and such a tremendous population that we should understand they have to have their chance of Resurrection. But how many will come? That's the point. How many are going to come?"
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Philadelphia, USA — October 15, 1993
So Peace to all Believers bearing witness to the Resurrection (Al-Qiyamah)! So Peace to all Believers bearing witness to His self-reproaching Spirit (Ruh)! So Peace to all Believers resurrecting themselves during this blessed Night of Power and Destiny (Al Qadr)! So Peace to all Believers of the Great News (Al Naba)! So Peace until the dreadful morn of the Great Calamity, the Striking Day (Al Qariah) against the Unbelievers (Al-Kafirun)!
Last, but not the least, the Qur'an insists that ample warning of impending calamity must be always delivered by His messengers:
"That is because thy Lord would never destroy the cities unjustly, while their inhabitants were heedless." (Quran 6.131);
"Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners - By way of reminder; and We never are unjust." (Quran 26:208-209);
"And never did Thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother-town a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations." (Quran 27:59);
This cardinal rule has been expressly complied with and Warning of the impending Great Calamity repeatedly announced and fearlessly upheld by the incarnation of His Ruh for more than three decades until Her retirement in 2008 at the age of 85. (Since Jesus is the mandatory Sign of the Hour [Quran 43:61], and as the Comforter promised and sent by God Almighty in Jesus' name, She has also ceaselessly glorified Christ and His Message of the Last Judgment.)
"I should do something to bring sense to these people (humanity). Something should happen to them otherwise what I see is a
complete disaster. It is going to happen. I do not want to frighten you
like Mrs Thatcher does about the Russians. That might be imaginary. But
this is real. I am warning you that the Disaster is going to come as destruction itself."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
London, UK, 6 June 1983
"The Last Judgment has started. We are facing the Last Judgment today. We are not aware of it. And all the satanic forces have come out like the wolves in sheep's clothes. And they are trying to attract you and you do not judge them. You only sit down and judge the Reality. It has started! It is a fact! It has started!"
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Kingston, UK, 6 November 1980
"I have such respect for so many of them (Muslims). I wish they could accept that this is not Jihad time anymore but
Qiyamah Time, the Resurrection Time, the Blossom Time. Are they going to miss it?"
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
*
— "Muslim illiteracy worldwide stands at about 51 percent for all age
groups over fifteen. Despite a rapid increase in primary school
enrollment, only 45 percent of Muslim children aged six to eleven
attend primary school. An even larger gap exists at higher levels of
research." - Martin S. Kramer, Arab awakening and Islamic revival,
1996, page 280;
— "The vast majority of Muslims do not speak Arabic as their native
tongue" - Christine Huda Dodge, The everything understanding Islam,
2003, page 21;
— "The degree of knowledge of Arabic determines a person's
understanding of the Islamic creed. The Quran, the Hadith and Sira
traditions (Prophetic sayings and actions), and the writings of the
early Islamic scholars and jurists were in Arabic. Imam Shafei (767-
820), the founder of the Shafei School of Sunni jurisprudence,
advocated that every Muslim should learn Arabic, at least to the
point of reciting the Quran (Hourani 1991, 68). Most non-Arab Muslims
do not understand Arabic." - Elie Elhadj, The Islamic Shield, 2006, page
22;
— "If your mother tongue is not Arabic, Satan (or his troops) will
encourage you to read the Quran in Arabic. Why does he do that?
Because he knows that you will not understand enough of it. The
majority of those who learn Arabic to study the Quran do not excel
enough to understand the implication or interpretation of certain
words when used in a special way in the Arabic language. They will
have a lot of shortcomings. Many Pakistani and Indian Muslims are
forced as children to read the Quran in Arabic and still as adults
read the Quran in Arabic but they do not understand a single word of
what they read... The Quran is a message, not just another beautiful
language book. If you cannot read it in Arabic do not wait until the
day you excel in your Arabic language, because this day may never
come. Trust God and know that He is the teacher of the Quran. He will
teach in any language and to any nationality, He created all things.
Read your Quran today, (do not wait any longer,) in any language that
you can understand and master and leave the rest to God." Dr. Rashad
Khalifa, Ph.d.
QUOTES OF ALLAH'S (SWT) RUH SHRI MATAJI NIRMALA DEVI
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
NOTES
1. www.al-islam.org/lessons/6.htm
2. Jeffry B. Russel (Professor of History, University of Califronia Santa Barbara), The Last Judgment,
3. www.al-islam.org/lessons/6.htm
Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection): Ayat 5-6