On 21 November 2015, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered the keynote address at a special reception held to mark the inauguration of theBaitul Ahad Mosque (Mosque of the One God) in Nagoya, Japan. Over 100 non-Ahmadi dignitaries and guests attended the evening reception.
The Mosque, which is the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s first Mosque in Japan, was officially opened the previous day when His Holiness delivered his weekly Friday Sermon.
http://www.khalifaofislam.com: During his keynote address, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad explained the true concept of Islamic worship and said the objectives of Ahmadi Muslim Mosques mirrored the objectives with which the Holy Kaabah was built.
His Holiness began by stating that all forms of terrorism and extremism were completely opposed to the teachings of Islam.
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“Let me make it crystal clear that Islam’s teachings and the purposes of true Mosques are entirely peaceful and a means of bringing society together. Indeed, the basic objectives underpinning Mosques are that they should be places for people to gather together to worship God and to spread love, compassion and goodwill throughout society.”
Explaining the nature of Islamic worship, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“In the Arabic lexicon, the worship in a Mosque and the prayers that are offered are known as ‘As-Salat’. In essence, this term means compassion, benevolence, prosperity and blessings.”
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad continued:
“Hence, those people who worship according to the true teachings of Islam will never be cruel nor merciless but instead will be compassionate, loving and those who desire the best for others and who prove to be a never ending source of blessings for mankind.”
The Khalifa outlined the objectives with which the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had been sent by Allah as the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi.
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“The Promised Messiah (peace be upon him) exhorted humanity to recognise their Creator and to submit before Him. He called on mankind to end all cruelties and injustices and to live in harmony with one another and to fulfill each other’s due rights. He affirmed that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a source of mercy for all humanity. And he declared that according to the Quran there should be no compulsion in matters of religion.”
Speaking about the efforts of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to propagate Islam, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“We seek to spread Islam not by force or compulsion but through love and compassion. Our Community and our Mosques fulfill those purposes for which the Holy Kaabah was built – to spread peace in the world. Our Mosques are beacons of light that illuminate their surroundings.”
The religious leader also spoke of the various humanitarian initiatives undertaken by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
For example, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had established schools and hospitals that were providing education and healthcare services in the most remote parts of the world to those in need, irrespective of religion or background.
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“Ahmadi Muslims seek to wipe away the tears of those who are in pain. We seek to remove their grief, desperation and heartache. We seek to fulfil their needs and to help them stand upon their own two feet.”
Addressing the concept of Jihad, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“We believe that in this era, true Jihad is not the Jihad of the sword but is the Jihad of self-struggle towards betterment. It is the Jihad of developing righteous changes within ourselves. And it is the Jihad of spreading the true and peaceful teachings of Islam to the corners of the world. This is also our purpose here in Japan to apprise the people of this esteemed nation of the true teachings of Islam.”
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad continued:
“We seek to inform the Japanese people that Islam is that religion which calls upon us to recognise our Creator, to attach ourselves to Him and to serve mankind. And so God willing, this Mosque, which is our first Mosque in Japan, will forever spread this message, both in this city and across the nation.”
Concluding, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:
“The minarets of this Mosque will proclaim that Islam is a religion of peace, security and love and a religion of fulfilling the rights of God and of one another.”
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad continued:
“The reality remains, and always will remain, that Islam is that religion whose teachings of peace are unmatched in the history of the world.”
Earlier, various faith leaders and dignitaries also addressed the audience. They congratulated the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community upon the opening of the Japan Mosque and welcomed Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad to the country.
They also reiterated their appreciation for the humanitarian services and help offered by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunamis in Japan.
The event concluded with a silent prayer led by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad and later His Holiness personally met with the non-Ahmadi guests individually.
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THESE ARE MY FIRST FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF LOVE,PEACE, AND mercy.
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Bismilahirrahmanirrahim
Assalamu’alaikum wr wb.
1.Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
2.Galatian 5:14. The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself. If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
3. Romans 12:20 On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.
4. Laviticus 19:33. Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner in living in your country, love them as you love self. Remember that you were foreigner in Egypt”.
5. John 2:10-11. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.
6. Luke 6:28 Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
7. John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
8. QS.3;31.Say: “If you do love Allah, follow Me : Allah will love you and forgive you your sins; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
9. QS 21:107. And We have not sent you ( Muhammad ) on earth, but as mercy for all the worlds. ( all mankind).
MY CONCLUSION.
As human being, we have to love each other regardless his race, nationality, religion, and gender.
If we love each other is the core of peace, harmony and prosperity. So we can live together in peace in this beautiful world.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wrwb
With all my love.
THESE ARE MY SECOND FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF JUSTICE FOR ALL.
QS 4: 135.You who believe! be upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allah alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives. Whether they are rich or poor, Allah is well able to look after them. Do not follow your own desires and deviate from the truth. If you twist or turn away, Allah is aware of what you do.
QS 7:181. Among those We have created there is a community who guide by the Truth and act justly according to it.
QS 10;47.Every nation has a Messenger and when their Messenger comes everything is decided between them justly. They are not wronged.
QS 16;(90) Allah enjoins to do justice and to adopt good behavior and to give relatives (their due rights), and forbids shameful acts, evil deeds and oppressive attitude. He exhorts you, so that you may be mindful.
QS 5:8..O you who believe, be steadfast for (obeying the commands of) Allah, (and) witnesses for justice. Malice against a people should not prompt you to avoid doing justice. Do justice. That is nearer to Taqwa. Fear Allah. Surely, Allah is All-Aware of what you do.
QS 60;8.It is hoped that Allah will bring about love between you and those of them with whom you have enmity. 2 Allah is Powerful, and Allah is Most-forgiving, Very-Merciful. Allah does not forbid you as regards those who did not fight you on account of faith, and did not expel you from your homes, that you do good to them, and deal justly with them. Surely Allah loves those who maintain justice. .
QS 42:15. And say ( Muhammad ), “I believe in whatever book Allah has sent down. And I have been ordered to do justice among you(Christian, Jews, Quraish, etc ). Allah is our Lord and your Lord. For us are our deeds, and for you, your deeds. There is no argumentation between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and to Him is the final return.”.
MY CONCLUSION.
Islam is a religion of justice for all people regardless his race, nationality, religion, gender and age.
So justice is the core of Islamic teaching. So if People and Government obey God’s law, treat all people justly without discrimination on the basis of race, religion and gender, People can live in peace, harmony and prosperity.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wrwb
With all my love.
THESE ARE MY FOURTH FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF LIBERTY, AND FREEDOM
Freedom of religion and expression.
Deuteronomy 30; 1,15.Today I am giving you a choice between good and evil, or between a blessing and a curse, between live and death. .You were born with the freedom of choice.
QS 90:10.And showed him the two ways? One is God’s way, and second is Evil’s way. People free to choose his way.
QS 2:256.There is no compulsion in Faith. The correct way has become distinct from the erroneous. Now, whoever rejects the Taghut (the Rebel, the Satan) and believes in Allah has a firm grasp on the strongest ring that never breaks. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Freedom of Speech.
QS 25:63. The (faithful) slaves of the Beneficent are they who walk upon the earth modestly, and when the foolish ones address them answer: Peace;
MY CONCLUSION.
Everyone has the right of freedom to worship his religion, and has the right not to have religion. Also everyone has the right of expression and speech. There is no compulsion in Islamic teaching. Everyone free to join Islam and to leave Islam.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wrwb
With all my love.
THESE ARE MY FIFTH FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF HUMAN RIGHT.
Proverb 31:8. Speak up for people who can not speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.speak for them and be a righteous judge.protect the right of the poor and needy.
Psalm 103 ;6.
God judges favor of the oppressed and gives them their rights.He revealed His plans to Moses and let the people of Israel see His mighty deeds. God is merciful and loving.
QS 4:75. And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)? Men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help.
MY CONCLUSION.
Islamic teaching protect the right of the religious or non religious minority. There is no oppression in Islam. Islam is peaceful religion, mercy for all people and no compulsion to religious or non religious minority.
So Human Right is the core of Islamic teaching.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wrwb
With all my love.
THESE ARE MY SIXTH FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
Islam will bring the modernity to his followers.
Islamic teaching is not a dogma, static, but the progressive religion.
QS .13:11.Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves .
QS 29; (43) And such are the Parables We set forth for mankind, but only those understand them who have Knowledge.
Proverb of David. If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself. If you accept correction, you will become wiser.
Exodus.23;2 Do not follow the majority when they do wrong or when they give testimony that prevents justice. Do not show partiality to a poor man at this trial.
QS.6:116. If you obey the majority of people on earth, they will divert you from the path of God. They follow only conjecture; they only guess.
CAN WE REFORM THE LAW OF ALLAH AND THE SUNNAH WITH APPROPRIATE WAY ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE? YES.AS aLLAH SAYS IN AL QURAN;
(QS 3; 159). It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted they would have broken away from about thee; so pass over (their faults), and ask for (Allah’s) forgiveness for them; and consult them (Jews,Christian etc ) in affairs (of world). Then when thou hast taken a decision, put thy trust in Allah. For Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
QS 42; 38-39.Those who hearken to their Lord, and establish regular prayer; who (conduct) their affairs (Jews,Christian,others ) by mutual Consultation; who spend out of what We bestow on them for Sustenance; (38) And those who, when an oppressive wrong is inflicted on them, (are not cowed but) help and defend themselves.
QS .13:11.Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own soul)
MY CONCLUSION.
It is very clear that Allah allow us to improve His laws about worldly affairs. But the law of Shalat, Fasting, Hajji, and Kiblat (direction) can not be changed for ever.
Example;
The system of Government according to Al Quran is the form of Caliphate QS 2;30. This old system can be changed with the system of Democratic secular, after consulting with other groups like; Jews, Christians, and others.
The law of criminal execution; like flogging, beheading, cut off hand at front of crowded people, can be changed with the jail-sentence.
The laws of inheritance, dressing, trading, finance, health etc. can be changed too.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr wb.
With all my love
THESE ARE MY SEVENTH FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
Warning from Allah to the Parents & Children.
Proverb 19;18.Discipline your children while they are young enough to learn.If you do not you are helping them destroy them self. .
QS 64; 14-15. O you who believe, among your wives and your children there are some enemies for you, so beware of them. 2 And if you forgive and overlook and pardon, then Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful. Your riches and your children are but a trial. As for Allah, with Him is a great reward.
QS 4:9. Let those (disposing of an estate) have the same fear in their minds as they would have for their own if parents had left a helpless children behind: let them fear Allah, and speak appropriate (comfort).
QS. 25;74. And those who pray “Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.”
Proverb.15:5. A good parents leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.
How to teach our children to respect their parents according to Allah’s guidances.
Proverb. Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Let your father and mother be glad, let he who bore you rejoice.
Proverb.20;20.Who ever curse his father and mother, his lamp will put out in deep darkness.
Proverb 22. Listen to your father, without him you would not exist. When your mother is old, show her appreciation.
Let your father and mother be proud of you; give your mother that happiness.
QS.17:23. And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And that you are dutiful to your parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age in your life, say not to them a word of disrespect, underestimate, nor shout at them but address them in terms of honor..
QS 17;24 And, out kindness, lower to them the wing of humanity, and say: My lord bestow on them the Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.”
MY CONCLUSION.
The parents should teach and discipline your children while they are young enough to learn.
The children should love, respect your parents with all your heart, and make your parents proud of you,or make them happy.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr wb.
With all my love
THESE ARE MY EIGHTH FAVORITE VERSES OF GOD.
THE FAITH OF PROPHET IBRAHIIM PBUH
DEFINITION OF WHO IS ISLAM?
Surely, those who say, “Our Lord is Creator” and then stay firm, they will have no fear, nor shall they grieve. (13) Those are the people of Paradise, who will live there forever as a reward for what they used to do.
QS 46:13-14.
And remember that Ibrahiim was tried by his Lord with certain commands, which he fulfilled: he said: “I will make thee an Imam to the Nations.” He pleaded: “And also (Imams) from my offspring!” He answered: “But My Promise is not within the reach of evil-doers.”QS 2;124
And this was the Legacy that Ibrahiim left to his sons, and so did Ya’qub; “O my sons! Allah hath chosen the Faith for you; then die not except in the state of submission (to Allah).QS 2;132.
it is the religion of your father Ibrahim (Abraham) (Islâmic Monotheism). It is He (Allâh) Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Qur’ân), that the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) may be a witness over you and you be witness over mankind![] QS 22:78
One thing I agree with Dr Zakir Naik said that Islam is those who believe in Creator, they are Islam or Muslim.
Islam was exist since Prophet Adam. All Allah prophets were Islam, and all His books such as Taurat, Zabur,Injil and Al quran are Islamic teaching from Creator or Allah.
Prophet Muhammad pbuh was the last Prophet, al Quran is the last Book of Allah.
So those who believe in Creator are Islam or Muslim; such as Jews, Christians, Hindus, Muslim, etc. They are all Muslim brotherhood.
May Allah guide us all to the right path, ameen.
For You from My Heart.
All those who read shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; O Allah, be my witness, that I have conveyed your message to your people.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr wb.
With all my love.