A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ One of the reports states that Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ) passed by a sleeping man while the people were worshipping.  Jesus ( a.s. ) said to him, “Rise and worship with the people.”   He replied, “I have worshipped, Spirit of Allah.”   He asked him, “And what was your worship?”   He replied, “I left this world to its people.”   He told him, “Sleep.  This is an excellent worship!”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   As the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said, Islam came as a stranger and it will come again as a stranger.   So be with those who are strange for they are the friends of God.   This is especially important in this age, where those who claim to speak for the religion and wear the trappings of the pious desecrate it, and people give more credence to titles than their conscience, even though the Prophet (s.a.w.) told us, “ Istafti qalbak ”, “Consult your heart”, the seat of fithrah .   It is not mere letter of the law that matters, but the Divine Intent.   The foundation of shari’ah can be best summed up in the words of Jesus ( a.s. ) in the Gospel:   Matthew 5:17-19 17 “Do not think that I have come to set aside the law and the prophets; I have not come to set them aside, but to bring them to perfection.   18 Believe me, Heaven and Earth must disappear sooner than one jot, one flourish should disappear from the law;...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ Why did they change the Name of God to “Allah” if it was the same prophet as in the Old Testament? ”   You have forgotten that the Old Testament was not written in English.   It was not even written in a Germanic or Romance language.   That means the Name, “God”, does not actually appear in the text.   The word “god” is Germanic in origin, “ gott ”, meaning “to invoke”.   It came into the English language in the 6 th century, from the Codex Argenteus.   In Aramaic, the language of much of the earlier gospels, and the language Jesus ( a.s. ) likely spoke, the word for “God”, depending on the sentence structure and tense, was “ Ilaha ”, or “ Alaha ”.   Arabic, being the related language, used “ Allah ”.   In Hebrew, it is “ Elohim ”, which is the pluralised form of “ Eloh ”, or “ Eloha ”.   This means the Qur’an’s use of “Allah” is very close t...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The Prophet ( s.a.w. ) said, “I am the best of people in kinship to Jesus, son of Mary, both in this world and in the Hereafter.   There is no prophet between myself and him.   The prophets are the sons of many wives, their mothers are different, but their religion is the same.”   He also said, “Those of you who reach Jesus, son of Mary, give him the greeting of peace from me.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following question was asked by Sister Aaminah Shiah , on The Sharing Group, on the 20 th November 2016: “ If Jesus ( a.s. ) did not die, as the Bible states, why did Judas kill himself? ”   Brother Marquis Dawkins : While Islam does not even acknowledge Judas, some of the scholars who take the substitution theory, say that it was Judas who was crucified instead.   So the “killing himself” had to be explained elsewhere.   Even in the Gospels, there is a discrepancy with it, as one story says he threw the 30 pieces of silver back at the Jews and immediately hanged himself afterwards:   Matthew 27:3-5 3 And now Judas, his betrayer, was full of remorse at seeing him condemned, so that he brought back to the chief priests and elders their thirty pieces of silver; 4 “I have sinned,” he told them, “in betraying the blood of an innocent man.”   “What is that to us?” they said.   “It concerns thee only.”  ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that it was asked of Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), “Which is the best of good works?”   He replied, “'To accept whatever Allah (s .w.t. ) Does with pleasure, and to love Him.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “Woe to the lover of this world, how soon he shall die and leave it and all that is in it.   The world deceives him and he trusts it and has confidence in it.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “Blessed is the eye which sleeps and does not regard transgression but is wide awake for that which is not sinful.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that the Apostles asked of Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), “What is the best of good works?”   He replied, “That which is done for Allah (s .w.t. ), and in which you seek the praise of no one else.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “Beware of the evil look, for when it is in the heart, it produces lust and evil desire.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “The greatest sin with Allah (s .w.t. ) is that his servant should say, ‘Allah (s .w.t. ) Knows,’ concerning something which he knows is untrue, or that he tell lies concerning what he has seen in his dreams.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said to his Apostles, “How would you act if you saw one of your brothers sleeping, and the wind had taken off his garment?”   They replied, “We would cover him.”   Jesus ( a.s. ) said, “No, you would expose him.”   They said, “Allah (s .w.t. ) Forbid.   Who would do such a thing?”   Jesus ( a.s. ) replied, “When one of you hears a word against his brother, he exaggerates it, and spreads the report to others.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “Do not look upon the property of the people of this world, for its glory is as nothing in the light of your faith.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ) recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that it was said to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), “If you allow us, we will build a house, and worship Allah (s .w.t. ) in it.”   He replied, “Go and build a house upon the water.”   They said, “How can we build upon such a foundation?”   He replied, “How can your worship exist together with your love of the world?”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “My food is hunger; all my thoughts are fear of Allah (s .w.t. ); my dress is wool; my warming-place in winter is the rays of the Sun; my candle is the Moon; my steed is my legs; my food is fruit that springs from the ground; I go to bed and have nothing and arise without anything, and yet there is no one richer than I am.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “Whosoever shall ask for forgiveness of him who praises him, has driven away the devil.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “O you who seek the world for the sake of pure gold, the forsaking of the world is a greater treasure.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “O my disciples, be satisfied with the least of the world as long as your religion is at peace, even as the people of the world are satisfied with the least of religion and their possessions are at peace.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that it was said to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), “Teach us the secret of the Love of Allah (s .w.t. ).”   He replied, “Hate the world, and Allah (s .w.t. ) will Love you.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali ( r.a. ), recorded, from earlier Aramaic texts, that to Jesus ( a.s. ), son of Mary ( a.s. ), said, “What ails you that you come in the garments of monks and your hearts are the hearts of ravening wolves?   Wear the garments of monks if you wish, but humble your hearts with godly fear.”