Small number of books published in Arabic

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   Assalamu alaika Matt Browne.

Indeed understanding the deeper spiritual meaning of our covenant with our creator is very important. Look at the story of Prophet Moses- a child thrown into the sea but saved by Allah, incident of the crossing of the Red sea, the drowning of Phroah, the provision of protein (quails), carbohydrate (manna) and clouds by Allah, the smoke and the shaking of mount sinai. Instead of understanding our common background and that we are brothers we prefer to kill, maim each other and make the living impoverished. Science and Allah cannot be separated. It was the Christian Roman Empire that brought all this problem in defining wrongly what Jesus came with.

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Friendship Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 August 2008 Status: Offline Points: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote Friendship Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Small number of books published in Arabic Posted: 09 December 2010 at 11:58am
	Assalamu alaika Matt Browne. Indeed understanding the deeper spiritual meaning of our covenant with our creator is very important. Look at the story of Prophet Moses- a child thrown into the sea but saved by Allah, incident of the crossing of the Red sea, the drowning of Phroah, the provision of protein (quails), carbohydrate (manna) and clouds by Allah, the smoke and the shaking of mount sinai. Instead of understanding our common background and that we are brothers we prefer to kill, maim each other and make the living impoverished. Science and Allah cannot be separated. It was the Christian Roman Empire that brought all this problem in defining wrongly what Jesus came with.

Matt Browne Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Joined: 19 April 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 937	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Browne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2010 at 10:25am
	Friendship, I think there is a spiritual understanding of the Universe and a scientific one. The latter talks about how. The first about why. Both the Quran and the Bible contain parables, myths and legends, such as Adam and Eve or the Night Journey. We should try to understand the deeper spiritual meanings.
	A religion that's intolerant of other religions can't be the world's best religion --Abdel Samad Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people--Eleanor Roosevelt

schmikbob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Joined: 27 June 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 526	Post Options Post Reply Quote schmikbob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2010 at 5:40pm
	rememberallah,I don't get it, what reply are you waiting for? As for agnosticism, you have yet to write anything compelling that would influence me in the slightest.

Friendship Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 August 2008 Status: Offline Points: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote Friendship Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2010 at 10:12am
	Assalamu alaika Matt browne. Well, we shall wait for Schmikbob's reply. Probably he has never traveled outside his county. Islam has the largest available literature. On the exegesis of the holy Qur'an alone there are over 13 different fields of specialization. I have come across only one good commentary of the holy Bible.

Friendship Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 August 2008 Status: Offline Points: 884	Post Options Post Reply Quote Friendship Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2010 at 10:04am
	Assalamu alaika Matt Browne. Assalamu alaika Matt Browne. If we could stop at what you said and differentiate between understanding the Universe as created by Allah and understanding our limitations in understanding what Allah created in its most beautiful and perfect form as explained and emphasized in the Book of Genesis Chapter 1 and in multiple verses of the Qur'an, we should congratulate the owners of this website. What is pertinent to us is to understand the harmony of the physical world under the control of Allah. Likewise we are suppose to reflect on this perfect harmony and that He cannot create us killing and oppressing one another. If we obey His Laws we shall also live in harmony. As regard the ultimate origin of natural laws we used to wonder with our Professor of Gynaecology the orign of uterine contractions and that immediately after delivery they cease. Yet despite all these evidences Schmikbob is yet to denounce his agnosticism.

Matt Browne Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Joined: 19 April 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 937	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Browne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2010 at 9:40am
	Amazon alone has over 4000 English books about the Quran. And almost 40,000 books about Islam. Amazon in Germany has almost 6000 German books about the Quran and 16,000 books about Islam. The numbers are similar for French, Spanish, Italian and other Western countries. It not true that few books are published about the Quran and Islam in languages other than Arabic.
	A religion that's intolerant of other religions can't be the world's best religion --Abdel Samad Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people--Eleanor Roosevelt

Matt Browne Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Joined: 19 April 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 937	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Browne Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2010 at 9:35am
	Science relies on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method The Quran relies on spiritual truth. These are different layers of understanding. The LHC in Geneva relies on scientific method. But there's one question science cannot answer: What is the ultimate origin of the natural laws? I think God is. Some scientists claim that GUT or ToE or the multiverse explain the natural laws. But there's no way around infinite regress. What is the ultimate origin of a super law explaining natural laws? I think God is.
	A religion that's intolerant of other religions can't be the world's best religion --Abdel Samad Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people--Eleanor Roosevelt

schmikbob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Joined: 27 June 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 526	Post Options Post Reply Quote schmikbob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 December 2010 at 7:06am
	Friendship, I understand that it is an excellent debating tool to throw someone argument back at them. However, what I have never seen before is someone do it in such a disjoint and utterly spacious manner. You need to get a handle on some basic debating tools before getting into a discussion on logic. Also, there are very few "unintelligent'' questions to ask. Matt has asked a very pertinent and well thought out question to which I do not have the answer. Just because you apperently don't have the answer either is no reason to call the question unintelligent. Colonialization and subjugation might have made good excuses in centuries past but it doesn't apply today as an answer (and he's not talking about only Nigeria). Try again.