Each and everyday, I see the wonders of Allah's creation. When I saw these pictures it gav
Each and everyday, I see the wonders of Allah's creation. When I saw these pictures it gave me chills and made my eyes a little watery. When I imagine Paradise, it would look this way.
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Have You Ever Wondered?
By Widad Al-Shingiti, a dear sister in Islam
Have you ever wondered, when you look at the sky,
How those white cotton puffs change in shape and nature?
Have you ever wondered when this same sky,
Has the gray and black puffs,
and how they clash and cause thunder?
Have you ever wondered, was this all by chance?
Sometimes it just rains,
and sometimes it pours and sometimes there are
streaks of lightening and sounds of thunder.
Have you ever noticed the shape of snow how it differs?
Have you noticed the hail and why its there?
Have you ever wondered if all this happened by chance?
Have you ever wondered at the sky at night?
The beautiful little lights scattered everywhere,
The moon in its different stages,
And sometimes not there at all?
Have you ever wondered at the total eclipse of the sun or moon?
Couldn't he who has caused it make the sun rise from the West?
Couldn't he who caused all this resurrect
all that he has made in the first place?
Subhan-Allah, Subhan-Allah!!
Have you ever wondered at the seashore,
where all the different seashells came from?
Have you ever wondered at this calm and beautiful sea,
what it holds of wonders?
How many species of fish, of plants, of waterlife?
Have you seen the coral reefs, the seaweed, the starfish?
Have you seen the colonies of beings under the sea?
Have you seen the beautiful colors, the life?
Have you ever seen this same sea in its fury?
The waves are walls, that lash and carry everything in their way.
The beautiful serene blue color replaced by the ugly gray?
Can you tell if all this happened by chance?
Have you seen the beautiful green forest with all the trees,
and all the wildlife?
Have you seen the meek deer and the little rabbits,
Have you seen the butterflies, the bees and the ants?
Did you count the kinds of leaves you find on the ground?
Their variation in color, shape and size?
Can you tell me if all this could happen by chance?
Is it all by chance?Tell me, is it all by chance?
Did you look at your fingertips?
Everyone has a unique set...
They will be made again on the day of resurrection,
Who can do that but who has made them in the first place?
Couldn't he who has caused it make the sun rise from the West?
Couldn't he who caused all this resurrect
all that he has made in the first place?
Subhan-Allah, Subhan-Allah!!
"Huwa Allah allathi la-ilaha illa huwa"
Allah is He, than Whom there is no other god;-
"A'alimu alghayb wa-shahada,"
Who knows all things,
Both secret and open;
"Huwa Arrahman Arraheem."
He Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
"Huwa Allah allathi lailah illa huwa,"
Allah is He ,than whom there is no other god,
"Al-Malik, Al-Quddus, As-Salam,"
The Sovereign, the holy One ,The Source of Peace and Perfection,
"Al-Mu'min,"
The Guardian of Faith,
"Al-Muhaymin,"
The Persever of Safety,
"Al-Aziz,"
The Exalted in might,
"Al-Jabar,Al-Mutakabbir,"
The Irresistible,the Justly Proud
"Subhan Allah a'amma yushrikun,"
Glory to Allah!
He is high above the partners they attribute to Him.
"Huwa Allah, Al-Khaliq,"
He is Allah The Creator,
"Al-Bari'-ou," "Al-Musawir,"
The Originator, The Fashioner
"Lahu al-asma-ou lhussna,"
To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names:
"Yussabbihu lahu mafi assamawati wal-ardh,"
Whatever is in the heavens and on the earth,
Doth declare His Praises and Glory:
"Wa huwa Al-Azizu lhakeem."
And He is the Exalted
In Might the Wise. (59:22-24)
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Islam in Russia
Islam is the second largest religion in Russia, and is the religion of
Islam in Russia
Islam is the second largest religion in Russia, and is the religion of many ethnic minorities, as well as of many Slavic converts. Most of the ethnic Muslims are from the Middle Volga and Caucasus region. According to the last census in 2002, about 14.5 million, or 10% of Russia's 144 million population were ethnic Muslims, but some have claimed the number is closer to 20 million. Another approach to measure the number of Islam adherents in Russia is based on self-identification data of a specific ethnic group. The following table provides an overview of the number of Muslim-majority ethnic groups in Russia and what percentage of the population they make up, based on the 2002 Russian Census.
The largest Islamic community present resides in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan. A large number of Muslim communities are concentrated among the minority nationalities residing between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea: the Adyghes, Balkars, Nogais, Chechens, Circassians, Ingush, Kabardin, Karachay, and numerous Dagestani nationalities. In the middle of the Volga Basin are large populations of Tatars and Bashkirs, most of whom are Muslims. Many Muslims also reside in Perm Krai and Ulyanovsk, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Tyumen, and the Leningrad Oblasts (mostly ethnic Tatars). It is also projected that by the year 2050 half of the population of Russia would be Muslims due to the immigration of Muslims from the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The first Muslims within current Russian territory were the Dagestani people (region of Derbent) after the Arab conquests in the 8th century. The first Muslim state in Russia was Volga Bulgaria (922). The Tatars inherited the religion from that state. Later the most of European and Caucasian Turkic peoples also became followers of Islam. Islam in Russia has had a long presence, extending at least as far back as the conquest of the Khanate of Kazan in 1552, which brought the Tatars and Bashkirs on the Middle Volga into Russia. The lower Volga Muslim Astrakhan Khanate was conquered by the Russian empire in 1556. The Siberia Khanate was conquered by the Russian empire in 16th century by defeating the Siberian Tatars which opened Siberia for Russian conquest. The Crimean Khanate was conquered in 1739 by the Russian Empire. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Russian conquests in the North Caucasus brought the Muslim peoples of this region—Dagestanis, Chechens, Ingush, and others—into the Russian state. The conquest of the Circassians and the Ubykhs turned this peoples to muhajirs. Further afield, the independent states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan were brought into the Russian state as part of the same imperialist push that incorporated the North Caucasus. Most Muslims living in Russia were the indigenous people of lands long ago seized by the expanding Russian empire.
Just after the incorporation of the Tatar khanates, the Christianization of the Muslims took place until the reign of Catherine the Great.
The first printed Qur'an was published in Kazan, Russia in 1801.
Another event in the Islam history of Russia was Wäisi movement, which began in the turn of the 20th century. The Ittifaq al-Muslimin party represented the Muslim minority in the State Duma.
Under Communist rule, Islam was oppressed and suppressed, as was any other religion. Many mosques—much like their Christian counterparts, the churches—were closed at that time. For example, the Marcani mosque was the only one acting mosque in Kazan at that time.
There was much evidence of official conciliation toward Islam in Russia in the 1990s. The number of Muslims allowed to make pilgrimages to Mecca increased sharply after the embargo of the Soviet era ended in 1990. In 1995 the newly established Union of Muslims of Russia, led by Imam Khatyb Mukaddas of Tatarstan, began organizing a movement aimed at improving inter-ethnic understanding and ending Russians' lingering misconception of Islam. The Union of Muslims of Russia is the direct successor to the pre-World War I Union of Muslims, which had its own faction in the Russian Duma. The post-Communist union has formed a political party, the Nur All-Russia Muslim Public Movement, which acts in close coordination with Muslim clergy to defend the political, economic, and cultural rights of Muslims and other minorities. The Islamic Cultural Center of Russia, which includes a madrassa (religious school), opened in Moscow in 1991. In the 1990s, the number of Islamic publications has increased. Among them are two magazines in Russian, "Эхо Кавказа" (transliteration: Ekho Kavkaza) and "Исламский вестник" (Islamsky Vestnik), and the Russian-language newspaper "Исламские новости" (Islamskiye Novosti), which is published in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
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