Thursday, February 18, 2010

"The background of the name of God called Yahweh or Jehovah"


Mostly Jews and Christians who know hebrew they use to call the God as Yehweh or Jehovah. This word is drived from Exodus 3:14 which says; ..

"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."

I am in hebrew called Yahweh. So according to this verse Jews assume that Yahweh (I am) is God's characteristic name. Another possible meaning of this verse is "HE". As encyclopedia say;

"The most likely meaning of the name may be “He Brings Into Existence Whatever Exists," but there are many theories and none is regarded as conclusive by scholars."

Now if we look Jehovah in arabic we got the word Ya HUWA possible meaning is "Oh! He". It is the same with Yahweh. Ya HUWA can be use for any one it is not the specific.

Now in the bible there is a story of a begger who was blind and then Jesus gave him eyes. When people know about this incident they started to search him. When people find him they were in doubt that he is the same or not; here the begger use the same word I am Jehovah (I am).

"8:The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9:Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.[John 9:8-9] "

Similarly when first time Moses A.S went on Mount of Tur and saw the fire. And God said to him Moses, Moses amd he also replied with the word Jehovah (I am)
in Exodus 3:4;

"And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I."

So Jehovah is God's characteristic name not His personal name.

Now if we analyse another name of God mentioned in bibele, Metthew 27:46;
"And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

The word for God used by Jesus was Eli;
If we just analyse is that Eli is seems like God the answer is NO but;
This Eli is similar with arabic word Allah. When Allah converted in hebrew it become Eli.

So this prove that the personal name of God (the creator) is Allah.


May Allah Increase our Knowledge and forgive my mistakes in this answer and enter us all in His Kingdom of Heaven. (ameen)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

BOTANY IN QURAN


PLANTS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE
Previously, humans did not know that plants too
have male and female gender distinctions. Botany
states that every plant has a male and female
gender. Even the plants that are unisexual have
distinct elements of both male and female.
“‘And has sent down
water from the sky.’
With it have We produced
diverse pairs of plants
each separate from the others.”
[Al-Qur’an 20:53]

FRUITS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE
“And fruit of every kind
He made
in pairs, two and two.”
[Al-Qur’an 13:3]
Fruit is the end product of reproduction of the
superior plants. The stage preceding fruit is the
flower, which has male and female organs (stamens
and ovules). Once pollen has been carried to the
flower, they bear fruit, which in turn matures and
frees its seed. All fruits therefore imply the
existence of male and female organs; a fact that is
mentioned in the Qur’an.
In certain species, fruit can come from non-fertilized
flowers (parthenocarpic fruit) e.g. bananas, certain
types of pineapple, fig, orange, vine, etc. They also
have definite sexual characteristics.

EVERYTHING MADE IN PAIRS
“And of everything
We have created pairs.”
[Al-Qur’an 51:49]
This verse lays emphasis on everything. Besides
humans, animals, plants and fruits, it may also be
referring to electricity in which the atoms consist of
negatively – and positively – charged electrons and
protons. And many more things!

“Glory to Allah, Who
created in pairs
all things that the
earth produces,
as well as their own
(human) kind
and (other) things of which
they have no knowledge.”
[Al-Qur’an 36:36]
The Qur’an here says that everything is created in
pairs, including things that the humans do not
know at present and may discover later

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Name of God?


In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful

By what name do we call God? The Muslims prefer calling the Supreme Creator, Allah, instead of by the English word ‘God’. The Arabic word, ‘Allah’, is pure and unique, unlike the English word ‘God’, which can be played around with.

If you add ‘s’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Gods’, that is the plural of God. Allah is one and singular, there is no plural of Allah. If you add ‘dess’ to the word God, it becomes ‘Goddess’ that is a female God. There is nothing like male Allah or female Allah. Allah has no gender. If you add the word ‘father’ to ‘God’ it becomes ‘God-father’. God-father means someone who is a guardian. There is no word like ‘Allah-Abba’ or ‘Allah-father’. If you add the word ‘mother’ to ‘God’, it becomes ‘God-mother’. There is nothing like ‘Allah-Ammi’, or ‘Allah-mother’ in Islam. Allah is a unique word. If you prefix tin before the word God, it becomes tin-God i.e., fake God. Allah is a unique word, which does not conjure up any mental picture nor can it be played around with. Therefore the Muslims prefer using the Arabic word ‘Allah’ for the Almighty. Sometimes, however, while speaking to the non-Muslims we may have to use the inappropriate word God, for Allah.

To Allah belong the most beautiful names:
The Qur’an says:
"Say: Call upon Allah, or
Call upon Rahman:
By whatever name you call
Upon Him, (it is well):
For to Him belong
The Most Beautiful Names."
[Al-Qur'an 17:110]