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An insightful and personal account of why a Western teenage girl would reject the ‘wonders’ of fashion, and want to cover herself in the hijab (veil).

I probably do not fit into the preconceived notion of a “rebel”. I have no visible tattoos and minimal piercing. I do not possess a leather jacket. In fact, when most people look at me, their first thought usually is something along the lines of “oppressed female”. The brave individuals who have mustered the courage to ask me about the way I dress usually have questions like: “Do your parents make you wear that?” or “Don’t you find that really unfair?”

A while back, a couple of girls in Montreal were kicked out of school for dressing like I do. It seems strange that a little piece of cloth would make for such a controversy. Perhaps the fear is that I am harboring an Uzi machine gun underneath it! Of course, the issue at hand is more than a mere piece of cloth. I am a Muslim woman who, like millions of other Muslim women across the globe, chooses to wear a hijab. And the concept of the hijab, contrary to popular opinion, is actually one of the most fundamental aspects of female empowerment. When I cover myself, I make it virtually impossible for people to judge me according to the way I look. I cannot be categorized because of my attractiveness or lack thereof. Compare this to life in today’s society: We are constantly sizing one another up on the basis of our clothing, jewelry, hair and makeup. What kind of depth can there be in a world like this?

Yes, I have a body, a physical manifestation upon this Earth. But it is the vessel of an intelligent mind and a strong spirit. It is not for the beholder to leer at or to use in advertisements to sell everything from beer to cars. Because of the superficiality of the world in which we live, external appearances are so stressed that the value of the individual counts for almost nothing. It is a myth that women in today’s society are liberated. What kind of freedom can there be when a woman cannot walk down the street without every aspect of her physical self being “checked out”? When I wear the hijab I feel safe from all of this. I can rest assured that no one is looking at me and making assumptions about my character from the length of my skirt. There is a barrier between me and those who would exploit me.

I am first and foremost a human being, one of the saddest truths of our time is the question of the beauty myth and female self-image. Reading popular teenage magazines, you can instantly find out what kind of body image is “in” or “out” . And if you have the “wrong” body type, well, then, you’re just going to change it, aren’t you? After all, there is no way you can be overweight and still be beautiful. Look at any advertisement. Is a woman being used to sell the product? How old is she? How attractive is she? What is she wearing? More often than not, that woman will be no older than her early 20s, taller, slimmer, and more attractive than average, and dressed in skimpy clothing. Why do we allow ourselves to be manipulated like this? Whether the 90s woman wishes to believe it or not, she is being forced into a mould. She is being coerced into selling herself, into compromising herself. This is why we have 13-year-old girls sticking their fingers down their throats to vomit and overweight adolescents hanging themselves.

When people ask me if I feel oppressed, I can honestly say no. I made this decision of my own free will. I like the fact that I am taking control of the way other people perceive me. I enjoy the fact that I don’t give anyone anything to look at and that I have released myself from the bondage of the swinging pendulum of the fashion industry and other institutions that exploit females. My body is my own business. Nobody can tell me how I should look or whether or not I am beautiful. I know that there is more to me than that. I am also able to say no comfortably when people ask me if I feel as if my sexuality is being repressed. I have taken control of my sexuality. I am thankful I will never have to suffer the fate of trying to lose / gain weight or trying to find the exact lipstick shade that will go with my skin colour. I have made choices about what my priorities are and these are not among them.

So next time you see me, don’t look at me sympathetically. I am not under duress or a male-worshiping female captive from those barbarous Arab deserts. I’ve been liberated!

It happened soon after Muslims conquered Egypt in 20 A.H. A delegation of the local Copts approached the governor Umro bin al-a’as, Radi-Allahu unhu, with a pressing matter. While life in Egypt depended upon the Nile, the river itself demanded an yearly human sacrifice. To satisfy this requirement, on the 12^th night of June a virgin girl was dressed as a bride then thrown into the river. Otherwise the river would drop to a trickle. His response was immediate. The river would have to do without the human sacrifice. Islam destroys all superstitions and rites of Ignorance.

Deceitful Translations of the Holy Qur’an into Foreign Languages

Submitted by Anonymous

Introduction/Objective

In the ongoing effort to ensure people are depending on Reliable Qur’an translations, research has been undertaken into the various translations of the Holy Qur’an in different languages. This research involves locating translations in a given language, followed by looking into the background of the translator, authority, or group behind the translation. This is necessary in order to ascertain whether there is any sectarial bias or motive in mis-translating for the benefit of a specific group or sect.

Qur’an translations which are to be avoided are the ones which pose a threat to the integrity of the Holy Qur’an as revealed from the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

Since the Qur’an is intended as a message of truth to mankind, it is imperitive that we do our best to avoid mis-translations or alterations (even in translations), which alter and detract from the true meaning.

Mis-translations in foreign languages are an extremely serious concern since the reader will be learning in their native language, in most cases unaware of the original Arabic content. This places the reader in a vulnerable position as they will be exposed to false pre-conceptions of Islam. It is therefore essential that translations convey the true meaning of God’s message to mankind rather than serve the interest of gaining a particular sect more members.As research continues any translations that show signs of mis-translation or being affiliated with or undertaken by any sect/group known to mis-translate the Holy Book, are listed herein. As a result, this document is likely increase in size over time.

Qur’an Translations that should be avoidedDutch

Nasir Ahmad (Mirza, Rabwah [19931 p. ii+180+638 Rabwah: The Oriental and Religious Publishing Corp. 1969.Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

[Anonym], (pub. under the auspices of Mirza Bashiruddin Ahmad, Qadiyani) [n.p.]: Zuid-Hollandsche U. M. Gravenhage1953, p. iii+xii+3+638. 
Qadiani/AhmadiyyaDe Heilige Qoer-an, In het Nederlandsgh Vertaald Door, Soedewo, Hoofdcomite Qoer-anfonds, Batavia-C, 30 Juli 1934 
Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

English

Dr. Rashad Khalifa – “International Submitters” 
- Masjid Tucson, Arizona USAThis group focuses on the mathematic significance of the Number 19 in the Holy Qur’an. Whilst this is already evident (and recorded in the Holy Qur’an), they mischeviously use this to support their misguided campaign, mixing truth with falsehood in order to achieve their objectives.

(Above): The Qur’an already states the significance of the Number 19.

Rashad DELETES TWO VERSES (Verses 9:128-129 in Surat At-Tawbah [Repentance, Dispensation]) and yet the counts of selected words do multiply by number 19, as they did before!

They refute both the Hadith and Sunnah referring to them as “Satanic Innovations”. Also note that they reject the Sunnah, which is the teaching of the Prophet passed down from generation to generation (such as how to perform Ablution, Prayer), and that they refute the Hadith in entirety not taking into account the “Mutawatir” (authentic hadith) with proven Isnad (Chain of narration) directly to the Prophet (pbuh).On reading material that they propagate they support their false argument for the removal of the two above-mentioned verses using the Hadith which they refute! They refer to the Hadith which on one hand they refer to as “Satanic Innovations”.

Rashad alters the single alphabet Muqatta’at (the Qur’anic initial) “nun”  into “nun waw nun”  to tally his count for Number 19. In verse 21 of Surah 30, Rashad counts the alphabet “Lam”  7 times instead of 8 to tally the count

Kamal ud-Din & Nazir Ahmad, A Running Commentary of the Holy Qur’an, London [n.d.]. Khwajah Kamal al-Dan’s work was completed by his son Khwajah Nazir Ahmad)Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Malik Ghulam Farid, 1st ed. Rabwah: Oriental and Religious Pub. Corp. 1969, p. (a)-p+1461 Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Muhammad Ali, Woking: Islamic Review Office 1917, p. cxv+1275 Lahore: Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e Isha’at-e Islam 1951, p. cxvi+631. Qadiani/AhmadiyyaSher ‘Ali, Rabwah 1955, p. 169+643 2nd ed. Rabwah: Quran Publications 1972, p. 635+37. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Sher ‘Ali, Rabwah 1955, p. 169+643\ 2nd ed. Rabwah: Quran Publications 1972, p. 635+37. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Farsi

A Farsi translation of Dr. Rashad Khalifa’s English translation, also present on their website. Rashad Khalifa – “International Submitters”

German

Sadr’ud-din, Berlin 1939, p. xiv+1022\ 2nd ed. Berlin: Wilmerrdorf die Moschee, die Muslim-Mission 1964, p. xi+1022. (Der Koran (Arabish Deutsch) Maulana Sadr-ud-din Berlin Verlag Der Modlemischen Revue Ausgabe 1964).Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

[Anonym] (a Qadiyani team work), London 1985, p. 14+463+666.Qadiani/Ahmadiyya[Anonym] Der Heilige Qur’an, lst ed. Ahmadiyyah Mission, Wiesbaden 1954, p. 164+639. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Indonesian

An Indonesian translation of Dr. Rashad Khalifa’s English translation, also present on their website. Rashad Khalifa – “International Submitters”

Japanese

Sei Kuruan (The Holy Qur’an, translation into Japanese for publication by Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam, Lahor), 1984 – by Dr. Rosan Yoshida (A Japanese Buddhist writer).Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Luganda

Bulwadda, Zakariya Kizito, Kampala: Uganda Ahmadiya Muslim Mission 1973, p. xvi+1001. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Russian

Dr. Alexander Sadetsky – The Russian version of Maulana Muhammad Ali’s English Translation of the Holy Quran with commentary and Introduction has now been published at the close of July 1997. The Russian rendering is by Dr. Alexander Sadetsky, (Director of Russian Studies at Laval University), Quebec, Canada. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Sansikrit

Muhammad Yusuf, Qadiyan and Amritsar 1932, p. 724.Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Serbo Croatian

Muhammad Pandza & Dzemaluddin Causevic, (from Turkish trans. by Omer Riza Dogrul based on the English trans. by Muhammad ‘Ali Qadiani, Lahore 1920), Sarajevo 1937, p.lxviii+978\ Zagreb: Stvarnost 1978, p. xii+896. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Swahili

Mubarak Ahmad Ahmadi, Nairobi: East African Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission 1953, p. xx+l062 Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Swedish

A swedish translation of Dr. Rashad Khalifa’s English translation, also present on their website. Rashad Khalifa – “International Submitters”

Thai

Ibrahim Qurayshi, (based on Urdu & English Works), 3 vol. Bangkok 1390/1970, p. 1997. 
The fallacies found in the translations of Tuan Suwannasart, Ibrahim Quraishi, Marwan 
Sama-on and Zainul ‘Abidin Fendi involve the Divine Attributes [Sifat Ilahiyah]. The 
vital fallacies on the prophecy verses [ayat nubuwah] about Isa al-Masih ‘alaihi al-salam 
and his mother Mariam, also the mircles, karamat, jinni and shayatin are explicitly found 
in Bayan Qur’an and Qur’an Majid of Ibrahim Quraishi. The verses on the Hereafter [ma’aad], 
the Heaven and Hell have no exeption. The above mentioned fallacies are discovered in Bayan 
Qu’an and Quran Majid by Ibrahim Quraishi, known as Direck Kullasirisawat. 
  
The fallacies observed in the translations are due to the notions and methods of the Khalaf 
Mutakallimun. The sources of the fallacies in the translations about the prophecy and ma’aad 
are taken from the concept of Muhammad Ali al-Lahori, the head of Jama’ah al-Muhammadiyah 
[Qadyaniah] at Lahor. 
  
These fallacies are because the translator, Ibrahim Quraishi used the two books namely 
Bayanul Qur’an and Qur’an Majid by Muhammad Ali al-Lahori, as the guidline references 
in rendering and interpreting his version, This, in fact, has been clearly confirmed 
by Ibrahim Quraishi himself in his ‘Introduction’ and also during conducting his works. 
  
References: 
College of Islamic Studies, Prince of Songkla University.

Urdu

Ahmad .Ali Mirza, al-Qur’an al-hakim mutarjam ma’a hawiashi tafsir Lawani’ al-bayan , Lahore: Kutubkhanah Husayniyyah 1955. Qadiani/AhmadiyyaBashir al-Din Mahmud Ahmad. Tafsir-e saghir. Rabwah 1957, p. 1466\ 2nd ed. Lahore 1966. p. 954. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Ghulam Ahmad Ahmadi, Mawlawi, [n.p. n.d.] Qadiani/Ahmadiyya.

Ghulam Hasan Niyazi Peshawari [Qadiyani] Peshawar, 1939, p. 656 Qadiani/Ahmadiyya.

Hayrat Dehlawi, Mirza Muhammad ‘Imraw, Qur’an Majid mutarjam. Delhi: Curzon Press 13219-1320/1902-1903.(2 Editions) Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Muhammad .Ali Lahori (Ahmadi), Bayan al-Qur’an, 3 vo1. 1st ed. Lahore 1921-23. (5 Editions) Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Muhammad Ishaq Mir (Ahmadi), Tarjamah-e Qur’an mukhtasar hawashi, Lahore: Photo Art press [n.d.l p. 776.Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Muhammad Sa'id Qadiri Hanafi Dakkani (Ahmadi), Tafsir-e Ahmadi. 2 vo1. Agra: Matba.-e Murtada'i 1915, p. 265+195.Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Mu'in a1-Din, Pir (Ahmadi), Makhzan-e ma'arif: Khulasah Tafsir-i kabir (summary of the commentary by Mirza Bashir a1-Din), 3 vo1. [n.p.] 1963. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Rawshan ‘Ali, Hafi’z (Ahmadi), Lahore [n.d.] p. 783\ 2nd ed. Sargodha [n.d.] p. 783\ 2nd ed. Rawalpindi: Kitab Ghar [n.d.] p. 783. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Salah al-Din, al-Hajj Pir (Ahmadi), Qur’an Majid tarjamah ma’a tafsir, 4 vol. 1st ed. Islamabad: Qur’an Publications 1974-1980, p. 2942. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Sarwar Shah, Mawlawi (Ahmadi), Tafsir-e Sarwari ma’a tarjamah, [n.p.] 1906-1912. (published in instalments in the journals Ta’lim al-Islam and Tafsir al-Qur’an between 1906 and 1912.) Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Umar Miyan Mi’raj Din (Ahmadi), Hama’il sharif mutarjam ma’a hawashi, [n.p. n.d,]Wahid al-Zaman b. Masih al-Zaman. Mawlana, Nawab Wiqar Jang. Tabwib al-Qur’an. 1st ed. Lahore [n.d,]. p. 704\ ma’a tafsir-e Wahidi, Lahore: Ahmadi [n.d.]\ Tafsir-e Wahidi ma’a tarjamah Mudihat al-furqan. Lahore 1323/1905, p. 910\ Tuhfat al-Qur’an. 1st ed. Lahore 1321/1903. p. 804\ Amritsar 132311905. Qadiani/Ahmadiyya

Qadiani translations are a serious threat, since many of their Qur’an publications are translated verbatim from Muhammad Ali’s English translation and NOT directly from the Original Arabic (as should be the case).

They often contract external writers, most of whom have no religious standing or knowledge and are not even Muslim. Examples of this are Rosan Yoshida’s Japanese translation (translated from Muhammad Ali’s English translation), Roshan Yoshida is a Buddhist writer. Another identical example is the Russian translation, again not translated directly from Arabic, by Dr. Sadetsky a Russian non-muslim with no Islamic teaching.

Islamic knowledge is important in translating the Holy Qur’an, due to the richness of Arabic and due to the context of certain verses in the Qur’an. Having no knowledge of Islamic history and the circumstances in which certain verses were revealed will most definitely be mis-interpreted and result in a non-accurate rendering of the meaning.

World Bibliography of Translations of the Meanings of the Holy Qur’an, Printed Translations 1515-1980, Ismet Binark and Halit Eren, edited with an introduction by Ekmaleddin Ihsanoglu, Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture.

A. R. Kidwai’s article English Translations of the Holy Qur’an

Israel is destroying America financially

By Khalid Amayreh in Jerusalem

When future Historians look into the factors that ultimately brought down the American empire, one of the main factors they will feature prominently is the “Israeli factor.”

It is well known that Israel, through the numerous Zionist lobbies and pressure groups, more or less controls America’s politics, media and financial institutions.

I am not going to provide statistical data showing the extent to which nearly every aspect of American life is infiltrated and penetrated by Zionism. Such data are readily available for those seeking the truth about Zionist dominance in America.

Instead, I suggest that skeptics speak to some of those senators or congressmen and women who dare to “tell it like it is,” or privately ask some people in the media and show-business about their respective experiences with regard to the “Lobby.”

Undoubtedly they will hear hair-raising stories they have never thought they will ever hear.

In the late 1970s, the American Jewish intellectual Alfred Lilienthal wrote an extremely important book on the Jewish lobby that controls contemporary America. The book is titled “The Zionist Connection: What Price Peace,” and is in my opinion one of the greatest books written in the twentieth century.

The reason I mentioned Lilienthal’s book is because the Zionist control of American political life and institutions is today deeper, tighter and more encompassing than ever before. And there is no doubt under the sun that America’s steady downfall is imputed first and foremost to this impenetrable Israel-worshiping lobby which utilizes America’s power and resources for the sake of serving and promoting Zionist goals both in the Middle East and at the global level.

Didn’t Israeli emissaries in the 1990s, following the collapse of the former Soviet Union, tell the rulers of Central Asia and Eastern Europe that “we control the US government, and the way to America’s mind and heart goes through Jerusalem?”!!!

Sounds anti-Semitic? Well, don’t be too sure, just listen to what Zionist leaders and rabbis in Israel are saying! Maybe you will change your views.

Some of the most strident and audacious acts Israel and her agents in America have taken to destroy America from within has been the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. That unnecessary and manifestly disastrous war was conceived in and planned by Israel through the mostly Jewish neocons in Washington, D.C.

Interestingly, not only has this criminal war killed more than a million Iraqis and several thousand American soldiers, but it has also ruined the United States financially and dealt the American currency, the US dollar, what seems to be an irreversible crushing blow.

Needless to say, the current mega crisis in America, on the one hand, and the ongoing Israeli-conceived wars America is fighting in many parts of the world, on the other, are inextricably entwined. American leaders and politicians won’t say that openly. But America doesn’t lack the brain power to know the facts and find out the truth about the umbilical connection between the Israeli factor and the ravaging financial crisis now facing the US.

Again, if you are in doubt, ask those who dare to speak in Washington and they will tell you what you can’t count on the Zionist-controlled media to tell. After all, Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Time and Newsweek, to mention a few of the so-called “agenda setters,” are not really answerable to the American people. They are answerable to the lobby, because if and when officials at these outlets don’t go with the flow, they get fired immediately. Have you ever thought why it is easier to criticize Israel in Tel Aviv than in New York? Have you every figured out why it is easier for an Israeli politician to lambaste his own government for its misdeeds than it is for an American official to do so? There are Israeli academics and intellectuals who have called Israel “a Nazi state.” Can an American professor or intellectual call Israel a Nazi state and retain his job?

Now Israel has got America deeply sinking in the futile war on terror, which is actually another meaningless war on Israel’s enemies, namely the Muslims, for supporting the just Palestinian cause and demanding Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab land.

Like the Iraq war and the Afghan war, the apparently nihilistic war on terror is being waged on Israel’s behalf because, in the final analysis, there is really no conflict between Muslims and America.

Yes, “9/11″, we are told, was carried out by a few terrorists who held Muslim names and who wrongly thought that they were serving the Palestinian cause and the cause of Islam by killing innocent people.

But these misguided individuals, if indeed they were the real villains (because there is a growing mass of evidence prompting honest people to doubt and question the authenticity of the official American narrative in this regard) only represent a tiny part of the Muslim world. Muslims generally don’t hate America and the American people. Most people don’t hate other people, regardless of religion and culture. It is only due to deep and grievances that oppressed people harbor ill feelings toward their oppressors.

Otherwise, I am sure a hundred percent that Palestinians and Muslims in general have no inherent ill-feelings toward the American people.

Of course, Zionist Jews, some of who are now distributing anti-Islamic DVDs in America to instill hatred and fear of Islam and Muslims in the hearts of Americans in order to serve Israeli interests, dread the day Americans will know the truth about Israel, e.g. that Israel is nothing less than a crime against humanity and that it represents the ultimate antithesis of everything the American people hold dear and stand for.

Yesterday, America had to allocate 700 billion dollars to bail out another ramshackle American financial institution.

I am afraid there will be more bad news in this regard if America doesn’t reclaim its liberty from the Zionist Rober Barons who have come to tightly control the American financial establishment.

Moreover, should the US decide to act on Israel’s instructions (or orders) and go to war against another Muslim country, this time Iran, one could imagine the magnitude of the financial and therefore economic disaster that would befall America and the world.

A few years ago, it was rumored that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, that certified war criminal, told Shimon Peres, then Israel’s foreign minister, during an acrimonious cabinet meeting “that we control America from California to New York and the stupid Americans know it.”

And while I am not completely sure about the authenticity of the statement, it is amply clear that the disgraceful pandering to Zionism by American politicians, including Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain and their running mates, vindicates the veracity of that statement, uttered or unuttered.

Today, Israel is trying to consummate its hateful enterprise of ethnic cleansing in the Middle East, using American money and American power. Israel will fight the Muslim world to the last American dollar and the last American soldier.

Hence, it is time ordinary Americans wake up from their slumber to reclaim their country from rapacious Zionism. Because their very future is at stake.

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TV & YOU:
The Uneven Contest

Sometime back a row erupted between France and the US over television programming. “Too many American made programs are being shown on French television,” protested the French. To a casual observer this may sound strange. After all, what is the difference between French and American values ? True, the French consider the Americans uncultured but the matter goes beyond culture.

The French argued that American television series were undermining their values; that American programs depicted and glorified violence whose effect would be felt on French society as well. Even when sharing common societal roots, people are concerned about preserving their own values. Imagine the situation when we, as Muslims approach life from altogether a different perspective.

Muslims believe in One God, Allah; they believe the Quran is the revealed Book of Allah through Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace; and they believe in family values. This means no pre-martial sex; abhorrence of violence and waste; no drugs nor alcohol, and respect for elders and love for the young ones. The western value system stands at the completely opposite role. Yet, are Muslim parents in North America aware of the challenge facing them ?

It is of paramount importance to know how Muslim children are subliminally being assimilated into the greater North American society. One of the most powerful tools which influences them is television.

Already, Muslim children are used to processed foods and automated living. They are now being trained for ‘processed thinking’ and ‘automated culture’, as well, through television.

A parent’s worst nightmare is a six to 13-year-old television addict who watches television in the morning before going to school; fixing himself/herself in front of the set as soon as he gets home in the afternoon and gets another dose before going to bed at night. VCRs have turned favorite shows and movies into an endlessly repeatable pastime. Video games have added to the home box’s allure.

Children are in love with Barney today which is nothing more than a jumping doll, filled with cute critters and special effects. A child may learn how to force a smile upon himself but that will be the end of learning. Because of indoctrination by the television, children have little patience to pursue anything that requires a steady stream of thought or the linking of one thought with another. It is potentially addictive to undermine a child’s imagination. Even these electronic amusements take a backseat in comparison with the kind of passive activity they induce.

This passive experience crowds out other, more active endeavors, such as congregational prayers at home, playing indoors and outdoors with family members, reading, etc. These traditional forms of interaction with children are most definitely not passive. They are all physically, mentally and spiritually active. A child watching television cannot build a model at the same time or let his/her imagination soar in a good book. Instead, they are cut off from participation, imagination, even from the rest of the family. The child’s facial expression is transformed. The jaw is relaxed and hangs open slightly; the tongue rests on the front teeth (if there are any) and eyes develop a glazed, vacuous look ?

Television reveals to children all of the ‘backstage’ activity of adults. It exposes children to behavior that the adults have spent centuries trying to hide from children. The average child watching television sees adults hitting or killing each other or breaking down and crying. It teaches them that adults do not always know what they are doing. Revealing the ’secrets’ of adulthood has virtually destroyed the notion of childhood as a discrete period of innocence. There are now more adult-like children and more childlike adults !

An average child will have watched 5,000 hours of television by the time he/she enters first grade and 19,000 hours by the end of high school – more time than he will spend in classroom. They spend 28 hours a week watching television – more than doing any other single activity except sleeping. Those 28 hours do not include the time spent watching videotapes, playing video games, or listening to records, audio tapes or CDs.

Research has shown that prolonged television viewing by children is associated with more aggressive behavior, lack of creativity, patience, imagination, participation, and physical, mental and spiritual development. So who will correct it and how ?

No institution plays a bigger role in shaping the attitude of children than the family. The ultimate responsibility rests with the parents. It is imperative to strictly limit TV watching time and other electronic amusements, and continually monitor children’s behavior. At the same time, the influence and impact of the short time they spend watching television should be counterbalanced with other healthy activities such as reading, Islamic quiz or general knowledge competitions within the family and/or friends, games which require thinking, congregational prayers and indoor/outdoor activities with the family. In this way, TV can at least be put into proper focus, if not completely out of the picture, inshaAllah.

Talking with children also helps. ‘Not to them, but with them.’ Encourage them to share their thoughts and ideas, and to think things through. Let them know that both logical reasoning and creative thought are wonderful accomplishments. Encourage children to read books and to consider their significance in the larger scheme of things.

Avoid ‘drilling’ your children or forcing them to ‘listen’ to you. Rather, ‘you’ should listen to them !

By Shakeel Syed

In the year 1981, Punjab and Sikhism were the hottest topics in the Indian subcontinent. A Sikh gentleman, by the name Jarnail Singh Bhrindanwale was turning into a celebrity for his notoriety. What he did was, perhaps more interesting than the Lal Masjid operation recently becoming famous in Pakistan.

Bhrindanwale, and his group of militant friends took over the Golden Temple, they did nothing more than occupy it and hold the Temple hostage, rather than the people. The then PM of India, Indira Gandhi was famous for a lot of things, mostly for her iron will – she sought to solve the problem herself.

Thus, India witnessed with open eyes, the birth of it’s relationship with terrorism(yet to gain the Muslim tag). She ordered a military operation, famously known as Operation Bluestar.

Of course it didn’t end here, in the land of the Vedas, it never does. Indira Gandhi, one good morning was assasinated by two Sikh bodyguards(who weren’t removed after the Operation, IG was fiercely secular).The assasination was followed by a lot of things, but the most immediate affect was on the Sikhs of Delhi, most of them weren’t blessed with the morning sun – Some call it the anti-Sikh riots in actuality it was a full fledged genocide by Indira Gandhi’s party workers. It is interesting to read it up, here.

The Genocide’s preparators are still free, they roam around with pride, some even hold cabinet posts in the Indian National Congress’ rule.

One might also throw in the Action-Reaction theory, but it never works. Sikh youth, were picked up, shot down and detained with no respect for their personal integrity – all goes to the story of the Khalistan Movement.

The Sikhs of India, were treated as Muslims of the world were treated. Even then, Muslims were not a very respected nation amongst themselves – riots were common. 

Islamic Terrorism never took it’s birth, until the free Kashmir movement gained strength, simultaneously with the rise of Al-Qaida and Taliban. Muslims in India weren’t branded as terrorists. Arabic, Mullahs and Madrassas were respected  among the majority(read sensible) Hindus.

History of Riots

One might blame the Muslims for separatist tendencies whether in Palestine, Kashmir or India. The partition was no joke, it resulted in widespread killings, rape, arson and loot. Mostly done by Muslims. The partition has a lesser known history too – that of Hindu “nationalism” in other words the creation of Pakistan didn’t happen because Jinnah(a scotch drinker, who loved Muslims) wanted a separate nation of Muslims, it happened because there were few Hindus who themselves wanted two separate nations – One for Hindus and another for Muslims. The two nation theory was put up by Jinnah and vociferously supported by a “freedom fighter” and a “nationalist” known as “Veer” Saravarkar.

For more, read Abdaal Akhtar’s “Pakistan, Who’s Child is it?”

The Partition remained a blot on the Indian subcontinent. A sense of hostility remained between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims for a long time. Pakistan was seen as an agressor over Indian lands, and the word Pakistan  was reason enough for riots in India.

Riots were commonplace in India, and remain so even now. These small skirmishes usually turn into hostilities. Small reasons, such as a Muslim shooing a Hindu owned cow could lead to widespread arson. Sometimes there are reasons like a Hindu girl converting to Islam, so that she can marry her lover. The rich father doesn’t like compromising on his social status, he sends some thugs to fix the “pakistani” the Muslim kid doesn’t take it kindly he beats the thugs black and blue. This, is seen as an attack on the community which results in the killings of around 2000 people on both sides.

So, is it the Indian Muslim who is to be blamed?Is it the Hindu? Actually, neither. Politicians in India remain crooked, they have associate thugs who work under names like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , the Vishwa Hindu Parishad & the Muslim Ittehadul Muslimeen. They claim that they are the torchbearers of Hinduism and Islam, they are neither. Both have their political obligations to fulfill and thus we have them polarising two peaceful communities.

Every riot that took place, is usually in an RSS, VHP, SS or other like organisation’s stronghold. These aren’t normal Hindus or Muslims who flare up communal sentiments, these are usually planned attacks. There is hardly anything spontaneous. The Congress Party, which ruled India for most of it’s 60 years, is no sarcosanct party, it’s administrators at the grassroots level usually were apthetic to minor skirmishes which later transferred into huge riots. Here, a good one will be the rios in 1964 Calcutta and Jamshedpur caused because of business rivalry between the Hindus and the Muslims, particularly in The liquor trade in Rourkela 2000 people ,mostly Muslims were killed The reason? Reaction to the atrocities committed against Hindus in East Pakistan(Now Bangladesh). The police, local administration and the government were either inefficient or turned a blind eye.

One should here, remember the father of majority of riots in India – The Bhartiya Janata Party, it’s Hindutva ideology and hypocritical acts. A good observation here, about the birth of the orignal BJP, earlier known as Janata Party 

It was around 1964-65 that communal disturbances began to occur in Aurangabad. The Jamait-e-Islami did not have any active branches till about 1964. The Jan Sangh in the fourth general elections found the first  opportunity to approach the masses on a purely communal platform since opposing Congress candidate in Aurangabad was a Muslim.

And for the Congress: 

The Congress was not far behind in spreading communal feelings. Most Congressmen participated directly or indirectly in the riots and called the Muslims anti-national. The Hindu Dharma Rakshak Samiti was formed at this time. Its members were largely middle class Hindus. 

And for the Muslims:

Three months before the riots(Malur, Karnataka, 1984) a Harijan woman was raped by three Muslim youths and it was the communal, rather than the criminal aspect of the problem, that received much importance. Soon, another incident of molestation of a Hindu girl by a Muslim boy took place. The RSS took full advantage of the situation, and instigated some militant Hindus to take revenge. Soon after, trouble erupted leading to large-scale damage to Muslim property. Communal disturbances in Malur were unknown before the advent of the RSS.

Most riots, in the riots database trace their origins to silly  reasons or reasons that could be used as political agendas. Muslims, Christians and Sikhs were usually the one’s who were targetted, of course the Muslims have had their own history of starting of riots, but it will never match the history the “nationalistic” Sangh Parivar(as it is known today).

The more famous riots, specially clashes between Hindus and Muslims began after the congenital Communals took presence in the national scene, and how they do it? They demolished a mosque, for more on the information  - do search with the keywords “ayodhya” “babri” “masjid” “hindu” “muslim”.

The riots that followed were neither controlled nor controllable. 

The mobilization campaign for Kar Sevaks to construct the proposed Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple at Ayodhya on 30th October 1990 aggravated thecommunal atmosphere in the country. Communal riots occurred in the wake of L.K.Advani’s Rath Yatra wherever it went.. These riots were led by RSS-BJP men to consolidate the‘Hindu’ vote bank. They were widespread over almost all the states from Assam to West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi.

The April to December 1990  January and April 1991 period witnessed nothing more than a blood bath. The nation wasn’t divided between blacks and whites, burgeiose and poor or slaves and slave owners. These divisions were superficial, the  hindu-muslim cleavage was at it’s zenith. A BJP leader, Lal Krishna Advani went on a rath yatra  from Somnath to a lot of places. And where ever the devil went, the nation witnessed riots between Hindus and Muslims. The BJP in an election mood, went on a rioting spree the smallest of the incidents(such as an Auto hitting a Hindu boy) were turned into a full time riot. There were around 80 full fledged riots and some 1400 small “incidents” with casualties in single digits.

LK Advani (also known as AdolfVani). From 1989-92, Advani and his cohorts started more than 80 riots throughout India that claimed more than 30,000 lives, 12,000 in Bhagalpur alone where victims of mass murder were buried in shallow cauliflower fields. It then demolished the 400 year old Babri Masjid, claiming it to be the Ram Janambhoomi Temple in the absence of any archaeological evidence

                                        - Abdaal Akhtar

The Birth of Islamic Terrorism in India

Bombay(now Mumbai) is the commercial capital of the country, the most developed city with the best infrastructure and houses the largest slum in the world. It is also always on the target of “Islamists”. 

From December 1992 to January 1993 the city witnessed riots, The microphone systems in Mosques were used to call Muslims for Jehad after attacks on Muslim workplaces and localities. The riots were fueled by the Babri Masjid demolition, and the anger that was in the Muslim community. The Shiv Sena, a Hindu-Maratha ethno centric party played the role of a vent. A Temple was attacked by a Muslim mob, the Shiv Sena grabbed the moment, they had been waiting already. The deaths were somewhere around 600. Muslims were searched for, and killed ruthlessly of course Muslims had their share of murders too.

This riot known as Bombay 1993 was the semen for what followed, if this was Bombay 1993 what followed would be remembered as the new born. The Bombay 1993 serial blasts, that ripped the city apart there were the deadliest in Indian history. The bomb blasts killed 250 civillians, injured 700 and brought the country to a stand still. The damage was done, and the revenge taken. Muslims, who were being killed routinely  like New  Yorkers eat Hot Dogs breathed a sigh of relief. This blast put an end to attacks on both the sides for sometime at least. 

Muslims, hailed the blasts. Widows, Orphaned children and mothers who lost their children – all thanked God, even if their mind didn’t want to. Thus, India knew the meaning of bomb blasts and them being synonmous with Muslims.

Blasts, since then have become routine to the Indian nation, they’ve always followed, with duty after riots.

Terrorism, and how much of it is Muslim

India like Iraq has adapted itself to casualties, people read it in the newspapers and turn the page. Terrorism, in India can be divided into 4 groups.

1.Separatist Attacks

2.Unclaimed Attacks(Always end up with a Muslim suspect or a forgotten case or a suspected foreign hand)

3.Left Wing Terrorism

4.Communal Riots(A Monopoly of the Sangh Parivar)

1.Separatism

The major players are in the North Eastern part of the country, and Kashmir. The The United Liberation Front of Asom is one of the oldest terrorist organization known. It has successfully conducted 749 blasts, and a lot of killings on the non-Assamese residents. They are proud people who kill and after which call press conferences and often issue press releases. Click Here for a detailed table of incidents involving the organization. Another famous one

Assam has been a theatre of massacre for a long time, riots between native Bodos and immigrant Bangladeshis have escalated taking the toll to 54. This isn’t a Bodo-Muslim riot, it is more of a Bodo-Bangla riot. Inaction over the sealing of border between India and Bangladesh is the biggest reason for this, native Muslims were killed by Bangla Muslims here.

There are other small players like the National Liberation Front of Tripura a truly Christian terrorist organization. For more on the NLFT’s contribution to the industry of murder – Click Here.

Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura form the North East of the country, this part of the nation has been neglected for years, separatist tendencies would be natural here. The links take you to an un-glamorlized world of death, killing and terrorism.

Kashmir is a disputed area, between India and Pakistan. Kashmiris are an indigenous nation among themselves, the separatist forces are divided into two types a)Armed b)Peaceful, democratic.

The Armed struggle, funded by the Pakistani government has gained a lot of publicity, their track record is no better than their North Eastern counterparts. The number of casualties has decreased in recent times, yet the situation in Kashmir remains volatile year round.

2.Unknown Bomb Explosions

If you are an Indian, you know that you might die in a bomb blast – anywhere. Bombs blow up in major Indian cities at places where the population density is higher than in other areas. These places include places of worship, bazaars, railways and Hindu/Muslim majority residential areas.

Until last year, no group claimed responsibility about the blasts, but after every blast names that crop up are – Lashkar-e-Toiba and Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami. A foreign hand is claimed by our politicians but never do we find much more than this.

But are we forgetting something? Temples and Market places aren’ the only paces that were blown up. Muslim localities and Mosques have had their share. I always wonder what would make a Muslim blow up more Muslims. The “initial investigations” usually pick up Muslim kids studying in Madrassas.

The Jehadi angle needs no explanation, now, let me give you an explanation about the “nationalist” angle.

The number of Muslims arrested with explosives in mainland India is rare, but here is something that didn’t make it to the front page.

Hiralal Ramchandra Rotre, 25, was arrested for illegal possession of explosives. He was working as a driver.

“Investigations are underway to determine the exact nature of the explosives recovered. Among the things found in Rotre’s house were six bottles of a suspicious-looking liquid, each weighing about 200 gm,” Police Commissioner K.L. Bishnoi said.

Oh common, now your going to base your argument on this? No, let’s anaylyse the bomb blasts that took place in not-so-common places:

Three bomb explosions at Malegaon town in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. The first explosion occurred outside the Bada Kabristan, a burial ground at the heart of the old city. The area near the burial ground was crowded with people who had gathered to offer prayers on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat (night of salvation). The second explosion occurred near a mosque while the third occurred at Mushawarat Chowk. The explosives reportedly had been rigged to bicycles.

Malegaon is a Muslim majority area, the suspects are of course LET and SIMI, but not many are convinced of this. Of course we don’t know, since there haven’t been any “breakthroughs” since 2006. Let’s read something more, shall we? Something more sinister and why a Muslim mighn’t have a reason to blow up fellow Muslims but someone else might have.

This is from the Nanded Blast Case:

The FIR recorded the injured activists’ claim that stored firecrackers had gone off inadvertently. But the investigation nailed this lie, revealing that bombs being assembled by the Bajrang Dal activists had exploded accidentally before they could be used to damage mosques. Moreover, the entire operation was being styled in a camouflage so as to resemble a Muslim terror operation. Soon, the police arrested 16 persons. The remand application said the accused had diagrams, maps and material related to the manufacture/storage of bombs. It said they had also identified terror targets across the country.

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‘We will be treated like hijras if we don’t take action. Counter-attacks are the only way of avenging terror attacks’

HIMANSHU PANSE(Blast Accused) Source

This was all, there was no more investigation and the charges were watered down. Read more(highly recommended).

• The Nanded accused were also responsible for blasts at the Mohammadiya Masjid in Parbhani (November 2003), the Quadriya Masjid in Jalna (August 2004) and the Meraj-ul-Uloom Madrassa/Masjid in Purna in Parbhani district (August 2004).
• The target of the bombs which killed the Bajrang Dal activists was actually a mosque in Aurangabad. Both H. Panse and M. Wagh had conducted a recce of the Aurangabad mosque in May 2004.
• Panse and Pande had started a gymnasium to attract Hindu youth and organised seminars. They also gave speeches to create an anti-Muslim atmosphere, alleging acts of injustice by Muslims against Hindus, inciting the latter to do “something for Hinduism.” They were also trained in bomb-making near Pune, Goa and at the Bhosla Military School at Nagpur. An RSS camp at the school trained 115 participants in karate, obstacle courses, and shooting. The trainers included two ex-servicemen and an ex-IB operative.
• Police discovered a false beard, moustache and shervani during a search of the house of H.V.Panse; a cellphone intercept revealed that Wagh was to visit Aurangabad on April 5, 2006.

The CBI chargesheet, which Teesta Setalvad procured on an RTI application, reveals that the agency simply diluted the ATS’s charges of criminal conspiracy involving terrorist acts. If the ATS investigation concluded that the accidental explosion in Nanded was only one episode in a terrorist plot involving the Bajrang Dal, supported by a network of the Sangh parivar, the CBI chargesheet treated the Nanded incident as an isolated case so that the trial does not even examine the possible existence of a terrorist network in Maharashtra. It also delinked the case from the Bajrang Dal or any other Sangh outfit.

In police raids on Bhupinder Singh’s Lajpat Nagar studio and his residence, the police found a diary and a hand-drawn map of Muslim-dominated Ferozabad. The police is also exploring the possibility that the grenades and other explosives were intended for use during the month of Ramzan, as the map has markings of at least five spots, which could be of possible targets.

The bomb, hidden in a motorcycle parked near a mosque, exploded three days before Eid, killing a 15-year-old boy and leaving several injured.

3. Left Wing Terrorism

4.Communal Riots

Hindu communal organisations have always maintained that it is always the Muslims who start riots, forcing “justifiable retaliatory acts by Hindus in self-defence”. But virtually every single officially appointed judicial commission to probe into the cause of riots in different parts of the country has found the RSS and other majoritarian communal outfits guilty. We reproduce some excerpts below:More

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Special Thanks to Chaitanya!

Sources:

1.South Asia Terrorism Portal

2.Outlook India

3.Communalism Combat

4.Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies -

5.Source of all riot statistics

6.Good ol’ Wiki

7.Economic Times

8.Tehelka

From an ‘Iraqi widow’ to an ‘American widow’
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Yesterday , my dear sister !,in my dream,
I saw a cascade of tears from your eyes;
When asked about the cause of your grief,
You showed me the image of your husband.
You hurled abuses at me,as he was killed,
By a brutal terrorist in my land.

I recognized him, because he was the one,
Who with his friend barged into my house;
Raped my teenage daughter before our eyes.
When we resisted, they, out of dignity,
Shot her dead, and also riddled,
The chest of my husband with bullets.

As a sign of greatness of a great nation,
They showed mercy to me and my only son;
Spared us, and left with a triumphant pace.
Alas! My son was ungrateful,
In return to their benevolent gesture;
One day, he,with himself, blew them apart.

I was under the siege of emotions,
The raging inferno in my mind and heart;
Could defy the power of all the oceans,
Its flames could burn the entire world.
But your tears, shimmering like pearls,
Extinguished it , and made me ashamed.

I was unable to share your pain,
With a few drops of tears in your lap;
In a downpour, they all had been shed,
Over the bodies of my husband and daughter,
And also in the memory of my only son.
Now my eyes are stony, pallid and dry.

Your tears have generated in my soul,
A turmoil which will never be set at rest;
Unless you forgive me, as I am the mother,
Of the person who killed your husband.
To atone for my sins, and show repentance,
I declare my son ‘ a condemned terrorist ’
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Dr. Mustafa Kamal Sherwani,LL.D.
President, All India Muslim Forum Lucknow, India
Email:sherwanimk@yahoo.com

“Allah puts no burden on any person beyond what He has given him.
Allah will grant after hardship, ease.”
Al- Quran [at-Talaaq, 65:7]

“Surely with every difficulty there is relief.
Surely with every difficulty there is relief.”
Al- Quran [Shrah, 94:5-6]

Assalamu ‘alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

Who would like to purchase the Paradise (al-Jannah)? Here is a way to it, as Allah says in Surah at-Taubah:

“Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties;
for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise.”

(Inna Allaha ishtara mina almumineena anfusahum waamwalahum
bianna lahumu aljannata…) [9:111]

Al-Mu’min (a Believer in Allah) is the one who believes in Allah al-Wahid, yet without seeing Him. A believer’s faith makes him sell himself to Allah and gets a generous reward. If anyone of us proclaims ‘I believe in Allah’ then he/she should be prepared for the tests from Allah. Allah says: 

Alif Lam M’im. ¤
Do the people think that they will be left alone on saying “We believe,”
and that they will not be tested? ¤
We did test those who have gone before them.
Allah has to see who are the truthful and who are the liars.
[Ankaboot, 29:1-3]

Allah has tested those who were before us, including the Prophets and those who were with them. Allah will make it clear about the one who has really sold himself to Allah and about the one who only says by his mouth ‘I believe, I believe’ and he lies with these words. Just hold your heart and see the tests through which Allah has tested the former people with:

“Do you think that you will enter Paradise without any trials
while you have known the examples of those who passed away before you?
They were afflicted with suffering and adversity
and were so violently shaken up that even
the Messenger and the believers with him cried out:
“When will Allah’s help come?”
Then they were comforted with the words,
Be aware! Allah’s help is ever close.
[Al-Baqarah - 2:214]

If a Muslim has really sold himself to Allah then let there be no worry about the trials and hardship because, once we have sold ourselves to Allah, we belong to Him (Inna lillah) and He may deal with us as He likes, He may take away from us anything or everything as He pleases. Such are the Sabireen (who endure with patience). Ar-Rahman says:

“We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine, with loss of property, life and produce.
Give good news to those who endure with patience; ¤
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: “We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return.” ¤
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy from Allah;
and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
[Al-Baqarah, 2:155-157]

Remember that Allah will not afflict anyone more than what he/she can bear. Allahu Ta’ala says “Allah does not burden any human being with more than he can bear.” [al-Baqarah, 2:286]. Therefore if anyone is tested with some severe severe tests then according to this ayah, Allah has given him more & more strength than other people! Allah says:

“… Those who endure with patience will be rewarded without measure.”
(Innama yuwaffa al-ssabiroona ajrahum bighayri hisabin)
[az-Zumar - 39:10]

Muhammadur Rasul Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa aalihi wa ashaabihi wa sallam) said that Allah uplifts the ranks of the people by testing them with tests. Allah says “… And give good news to those who endure with patience” (.. wabashshiri al-ssabireena, 2:155). Rasulullah (‘alaihi salato was-salam) said:

“When Allah has previously decreed for a servant a rank which he has not attained by his action,
He afflicts him in his body, or his property or his children.”
[ Abu Dawud]

” There is nothing (in the form of trouble) that comes to a believer
even if it is the pricking of a thorn that
there is decreed for him by Allah (something) good or his sins are obliterated.”
[Sahih Muslim]

Allah does not put believers in hardship for forever. Remember the story of Prophet Ayyub (‘alaihi salam), Quran says:

“Similarly We blessed Job (Ayyub), when he prayed to his Lord saying,
“Verily, distress has seized me, and You are the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy.” ¤
We accepted his prayer and relieved his affliction, and restored not only his family but
also as many more with them as a favour from Us
so that it may serve as a reminder to Our worshippers. ¤
[Anbiyaa, 21:83-84]

“Surely with every difficulty there is relief. ¤
Surely with every difficulty there is relief.”
(Fainna ma’a al-’usri yusran
Inna maAAa alAAusri yusran)
[Shrah, 94:5-6]

Allah says ”…Allah will ease the hardship of those who fear Him.” [65:4]. This world (dunya) and its tiny candies will end one day and this life is not for forever. Whereas, the reward in the Akhirah will never last. So who is prepared for the Paradise? So who is willing to forsake this life for a smile (happiness) of Allah?

“Indeed Allah has purchased from the believers their persons and
their wealth and in return has promised them paradise;
they fight in the cause of Allah and slay and are slain.
This is a true promise which is binding on Him mentioned in
Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’an;
and who is more true in fulfilling his promise than Allah?
Rejoice, therefore, in the bargain which you have made,
and that is a mighty achievement.
[at-Taubah 9:111]

No affliction can happen on earth nor to your souls,
which is not recorded in a Book, before We bring it into existence; surely that is easy for Allah.
[al-Hadeed, 57:22]

No affliction can ever befall except by the leave of Allah. He that believes in Allah,
his heart is guided to the Right Way. Allah has knowledge of all things.
[at-Taghaabun, 64:11]

If Allah afflicts you with a calamity, none can remove it but He;
and if He intends to bestow a favour, none can withhold His bounty.
He bestows it on whomsoever of His servants He pleases; He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
[Yunus, 10:107]

If Allah afflicts you with any harm, none can relieve you other than Him;
and if He blesses you with happiness, you should know that He has power over everything.
[An'aam, 6:17]

“Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honor, He is free from what they ascribe to Him!
Peace be on the Messengers, and praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.”
Al-Quran [37:180-182]

Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 87, Number 171: [Interpretation of Dreams ] : Narrated Samura bin Jundub:

Allah’s Apostle very often used to ask his companions, “Did anyone of you see a dream?” So dreams would be narrated to him by those whom Allah wished to tell.

One morning the Prophet said,