Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Image Gallery
Playlist: All Images
Something You Should Know About Me
View All | Add Comment
Comments (6)
Arabic is the language used by all Muslims for their ritual prayers (we have two kinds of prayers, the five times a day ritual prayer meant to focus on God in the original language of the Qur'an, and also prayers like those of other people made throughout the day such as, oh God, please help me on this test, I really didn't study enough, and the like which can be made in any language... the first kind is called Salaah, and the second kind is called du'aa). As little as 12-18 % of Muslims, however are Arab. Most Muslims are Asians, with Indonesia and Malaysia having the highest Muslim populations of all Islamic countries. Most Muslims do not speak Arabic as their native language. Ok, so why do Muslims use these Arabic words if most of them aren't even Arab? Well, the Qur'an was revealed in Arabic, and since it is impossible to get a completely correct translation of anything to any other language, Muslims prefer to stay with the original language to protect it from corruption and errors. Arabic also binds Muslims together as a whole community across the world. I met a Moroccan Muslim in Germany while I was there, and we couldn't speak to eachother, but we could recite Qur'an there. It is somewhat like how in the business world even non-native speakers have to learn English in order to be understood by the other people of the busines community. Arabic is a kind of lingua-franca of the Muslims. Many Muslims do learn how to speak Arabic as a second language, and can communicate with other Arabic-speaking Muslims even if say maybe the native languages between them are German and Chinese.
Okay, now that I went through those words, I think I'll submit this and then try to post the basic beliefs and actions of belief in the next one, insha'Allah (God willing, in - if, sha - wills, Allah - God). If you have any questions, please post them on my page.
Okay, now that I went through those words, I think I'll submit this and then try to post the basic beliefs and actions of belief in the next one, insha'Allah (God willing, in - if, sha - wills, Allah - God). If you have any questions, please post them on my page.
A'ight, so Islam is another word, but in Arabic it is not a noun, it's a verb, and it means to submit, surrender with sincerity to the will of God and to be at peace with Him. Islam comes from the Arabic root letter siin laam miim. (Arabic is a semitic language like Hebrew and Aramaic and is based off of consonate root combinations). Salaam - Arabic for peace, also comes from the same root letters.
Muslim is a noun. It means one who submits to God's will. In English we add -er to the ends of verbs to make nouns like read-er and speak-er. In Arabic, one adds mu- to the start of verbs to make nouns. For example, saffir - to travel (from which we get the English Safari and a mu-saffir is someone who travels. The Islamic call to prayer is called an adthan in Arabic. A Mu-adthan or Muezzin is one who makes the call to prayer. Thus a mu-islam or a muslim is one who Islams/submits to God's will.
Muslim is a noun. It means one who submits to God's will. In English we add -er to the ends of verbs to make nouns like read-er and speak-er. In Arabic, one adds mu- to the start of verbs to make nouns. For example, saffir - to travel (from which we get the English Safari and a mu-saffir is someone who travels. The Islamic call to prayer is called an adthan in Arabic. A Mu-adthan or Muezzin is one who makes the call to prayer. Thus a mu-islam or a muslim is one who Islams/submits to God's will.
Asalaamu alaykum - peace be upon you... nice to see you're a 9/11 truth'er too... my dad's an engineer and airplane pilot for 9/11 truth too.
A'ight, so for the basics of Islam.... well this usually starts with the five pillars, but let me explain some of these Arabic words first.
Allah is an arabic word meaning the God. It is a perfected form, in English we might call it a contraction of al and ilah. Al means the and ilah means something which is worshipped... it could be a rock, a stone, a stick, a bone, a person, etc... When you combine Al with ilah making Allah you have a word which in its connotation refers to a single being worthy of worship. Muslims believe that Allah was the God of Adam, Abraham, Jesus Christ, and all the other prophets (peace be upon them all). At the time oh Muhammad (peace be upon) Allah was still worshipped by a small group of people called Hanifs (monotheists). However, Meccans at that time had become idol worshippers. They knew of Allah, but they permitted and engaged in idol worship of hundreds of other gods. Some believed that Allah had four daughter who acted as intercessors that they could pray to. Muslims believe that these Meccans had strayed from the religion brought to them by their ancestor Abraham (peace be upon him. So even though Allah in Arabic means the only God, the Meccans had diverged from this teaching, in preference for idol worship. Oh and one more point is that Christan and Jewish Arabs also use the name Allah for God in their speech and in their Arabic translations of the Bible (which existed before the English translation). Allah from al ilah is also a sister word to the Hebrew Eloh as both languages are semetic language. (I laugh whenever someone calls an Arab an anti-semite)
A'ight, so for the basics of Islam.... well this usually starts with the five pillars, but let me explain some of these Arabic words first.
Allah is an arabic word meaning the God. It is a perfected form, in English we might call it a contraction of al and ilah. Al means the and ilah means something which is worshipped... it could be a rock, a stone, a stick, a bone, a person, etc... When you combine Al with ilah making Allah you have a word which in its connotation refers to a single being worthy of worship. Muslims believe that Allah was the God of Adam, Abraham, Jesus Christ, and all the other prophets (peace be upon them all). At the time oh Muhammad (peace be upon) Allah was still worshipped by a small group of people called Hanifs (monotheists). However, Meccans at that time had become idol worshippers. They knew of Allah, but they permitted and engaged in idol worship of hundreds of other gods. Some believed that Allah had four daughter who acted as intercessors that they could pray to. Muslims believe that these Meccans had strayed from the religion brought to them by their ancestor Abraham (peace be upon him. So even though Allah in Arabic means the only God, the Meccans had diverged from this teaching, in preference for idol worship. Oh and one more point is that Christan and Jewish Arabs also use the name Allah for God in their speech and in their Arabic translations of the Bible (which existed before the English translation). Allah from al ilah is also a sister word to the Hebrew Eloh as both languages are semetic language. (I laugh whenever someone calls an Arab an anti-semite)