IN THE NAME OF GOD THE ALL GRACIOUS THE
ALL MERCIFUL
JOURNAL OF SUBMISSION
Volume 4 No. 2, April-May-June
1996
Editor: Ali R. Fazely, Ph.D.
Associate Editors: Saied Andalib and
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By Hossein
Kowsari
We believe that the Quran is complete and fully detailed and only GOD explains the Quran. This is a continuous process and does not begin or end with a particular person or messenger. Whenever GOD sees fit, He uncovers for us, some previously, hidden information, already embedded in the Quran. It does not make any sense for GOD to tell us on one hand to study the Quran, use our brain, etc, yet only His human messengers are given new understanding or information of the Quran. This method of thinking dictates that once the messengers are dead, no new knowledge is possible and any new Quranic information must be prohibited and be considered as disbelief in the messenger!
Followers of the old Hadith (narration) do not believe that the Quran is
complete and fully detailed as it is asserted by GOD in the Quran. They believe
Muhammad knew all there is to know about Quran (except some scientific facts
that he knew but could not tell others because it was not time yet!), and all
they have to do is to study, what he said and did and they too will understand
the Quran. They believe they do not need to study the Quran, because they do
not know more or better than Muhammad and in any case the Quran is too
complicated for them. Of course, according to GOD's system, the Quran has
remained closed to them for 1400 years and still remains closed, it is only
natural. They do not study it; they do not really believe in it, therefore, how
could GOD give them any new information or understanding?
Unfortunately, following the
death of the messenger of the covenant, the same pattern developed and his
idolization by some of his "followers" has gotten so out of hand (and
much more quickly than idolization of Muhammad by his so called followers) that
now some of them even claim that his translation along with the Quran is THE
BOOK. They no longer believe that the Quran is complete; they no longer believe
that the Quran is the last book revealed and Muhammad was the last prophet as it
is asserted by GOD in the Quran. Others, supposedly more enlightened, may not
completely accept this radical view, but believe in some form of it. This
latter group, for example, believes that Rashad Khalifa's translation is error free and correct and will
remain so and nothing in it can be changed, and his understanding was GOD's
understanding, etc. and of course many more. Now with the addition of the
definite article "Al" and in reference to GOD, they all have the
meaning of all, the most, the absolute of the quality, therefore,
Al-Hakeem :The most Wise,
All Wise
Al-Qadeer :The Omnipotent, the all Powerful
Al-Raheem :The All merciful, the Most merciful
Al-A'leem :Omniscient, The all Knowing
Al-Kabeer :The Supreme, the Greatest, the All Great
Al-Khabeer :The Cognizant, the All Aware. etc.
Now as for "Al-Kabeer", the Supreme, the Greatest, GOD has called
Himself, The Supreme, the Greatest in 13:9, 22:62, 31:30, 34:23, 35:32 and 40:12.
GOD has not called Himself "akbar" or
greater anywhere in the Quran. The word greater is mentioned in the Quran 23
times, but every single time it is a comparison and reference to something
else. For example, 2:217 says, oppression is greater (in being evil, worse)
than murder, 32:21 says, punishment in the hereafter is greater than punishment
in this world, etc.
Yet, now this information has
come, they still continue to reject it and continue to say "our
messenger" is enough for us. Is this not what all rejecters of the truth
in previous generations said? If this not what followers of the old Hadith said when they were given new information by Rashad'? Those who idolize Rashad
think they have better hadith, they think they have good Hadith!
They do not even think it is hadith, they think it is
hadith only if it is a lie attributed to the
messenger! They think if the messenger said it, it can not be hadith. They ignore the Quranic fact that we obey the
messenger, because he only says "follow Quran alone". Is this not
what Rashad said all his life? Did he not give his
life for this principle? They say, very proudly, they have seen Rashad's video and he said "Allaho
akbar" and that is enough for them. They say
they have seen him say Allaho akbar
so that is good enough for them, and of course if somebody has not seen the
video or has not seen Rashad say it, no problem, he
can quote, "l heard so and so say that he/she
saw Rashad say Allaho akbar !!
Those who idolize Rashad, as is true of those who idolize Muhammad, have no
doubt that Rashad could not have made a mistake in
religious matters and so when he said Allaho akbar, this is correct and must not be changed Then based
on this opinion of theirs whenever new information comes they reject it first
and then try to justify their rejection. This is what followers of old hadith did and do. For example, when a clear verse of Quran
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Here is a summary of what I
have heard as to their reasons for rejection of using GOD's most beautiful
names in their prayer.
1. They say if GOD wanted us to
say Allaho Alkabeer, He
would have told his messenger of the Covenant. He only lived a few years ago.
Obviously, they do not believe that it is GOD who decides when to send new
information, through explaining more of the Quran. They want an all knowing
messenger besides GOD, they do not want to obey GOD
and the messenger by FOLLOWING QURAN ALONE. Could it be that they really mean
to say, GOD SHOULD have told "their" messenger (their favorite one),
rather than somebody else, some other messenger!
2. They claim Allaho akbar
or GOD is greater, is used in the Quran. False, as explained
previously.
A
Note from the Editor
You note that the date for this
issue covers three months (April, May and June 1996). This will continue until
we get caught up, InshaAllah. Some people have called
me a liar, just like Pharaoh called Moses a "liar". This is a
favorite word used by the disbelievers and the idol worshipers. They have
accused me of plagiarism, by saying that these revelations are not my ideas and
I have stolen them from Sign Magazine by claiming that the dates on this
journal and the actual date do not match. I leave the judgment of this matter
to GOD, He is All Seer over His servants.
