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Prophets of Allah, Page 14

Prophetic respect for Christians and Jews

By Ibrahim H Malabari
“Given that Prophet Muhammad’s followers believe in all of the earlier prophets (peace be upon all of them), they never defamed or degraded them. (Contemporary hostilities between Muslims and Jews are based not on anti-Semitic Islamic teachings, but on the politics of occupation and resistance in the Holy Land.)

The Power of Positive Islamic Thinking

By Dr Hossam Roushdi
“Cultivating a postive mental attitude not only helps improve our mental and emotional health. Research at the Mayo Clinic has found that it also improves our physical health. Positive people suffer less from heart disease, hypertension, strokes and diabetes…..”

A brief history of Jerusalem, and the struggle in Gaza

By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Prophet Muhammad (sws) mentions three mosques that hold a special status in the history of Islam: (1) The Haram al Shareef in Makka, (2) Masjid al Nabawi in Madinah, and (3) Masjid al Aqsa in Jerusalem. It was in Masjid al Aqsa that Prophet Muhammad sws led all the other Prophets in prayer, during his mysterious Night Journey (Al Isra wal Mi’raj)

Minimal and Maximal meaning in reading the Qur’an

“The minimal approach finds more meaning in less, thus find more meaning in the least, and this is the baraka and secret of zuhd. This may also affect how many adhkar we do, we may do much but in reality we budget our dhikr, and put less and less of ourselves into each of those dhikrs until it is not our egoes but the dhikr that is effaced. To find more meaning in little, even if its a single verse, is a fruit of zuhd and allows the heart to be more positively affected….”