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July 14 Video CollectionCheck my Youtube homepage: http://www.youtube.com/user/IbrahimLee take your time and inspire yourself! peace and love May 18 Native Amercan Wisdom - The NatureThe earth is your grandmother, she is holy. You should respect her, for the sustance and the luck of life. If you dont see any reason to be thankful, the fault is within yourself. Learn to observe. every morning mother nature teaches you the return of life. Uplift yourself early in the morning, wash yourself with cold water and give a silent prayer towards creation with the feeling of morning dawn within your heart. Creation restarts with you. There was a time, when nature strenghtend man, when she teached him, healed his wounds and gived him lifepower. He was full of compassion and loved the earth just like his mother. He knowed that a humanheart which estranges itself to nature will dry out and get hard. That time didnt perrished, it lies within yourself, is undestroyable. you just have to change your view, make the worlds noise silent and rediscover the language of the heart. The daybreak is a holy event, and with it, every day get holy. You dont have to pick one of the 7 days of a week and make it holy, cause alle days are Days of God. You are not divided from the others, not caught in a deadly lonliness, with fears and sickness that concern only you. Turn yourself towards the others, learn to see the world that surrounds you with other eyes. If you want to find fortune, then nurture harmonic thoughts for all forms of life, cause you are the Brother and sister of all creatures. Simplicity is never banal or boring. Its fortune is neverending. It offers again and again something completly new for everybody who sees the world with new eyes. Prayer to the Great Spirit: " Oh great spirit, whos voice i hear in the winds and the breath, give life to all things - hear me!... Grant me wisdom, that i may understand what you teached my people and that i may learn the lesson that you've hidden in every leaf and in every stone. I ask you for power and wisdom, not to be supreme above my brothers, but to finally overmaster my greatest enemy - myself." The nativeamericans who live near to the nature and near to the master of the nature, they dont live in the darkness. Do you know that the trees talk? They talk with each other and they will also talk to you if you understand to listen to them. To know the world - that means to know yourself. The nature regenerates ceaslessly - the tousand days that pass by come again in another shape. learn to capture the eternity within every moment. Eternity of the moment is like a clear unchangeable jewel in the heart of the world. Who doesnt respekts the birds, who doesnt respects the mountains and the rivers, who wounds the earth and di air which hes breathing, disregard the wonderful life. He cyant see the simple beauty of everything that comes with every gesture of life and that guide and protect human beeings from the childhood like a bird with golden wings. have no fear to oppositness and contradiction and disaccord, that divids the world and summon the illusion of interindependt events. This sight of view is the source of conflicts, suffering and harm and eternal fight. The Night is not the enemy of the day, no more then death is the enemy of life. It need the meeting of fire and water, of sun and haze to create a rainbow. Every tree deserves your respect. give thanks by singing and dancing just like the sun and the stars. When you stroke a animal, you take up contact with its spirit and adivse your own to it. The Love permitts this mysterious contact of souls. The whole nature is contained within the spirit of a single human beeing. attached from the mirror image of appearances, we look in the wrong direction. Learn to guide your eyes to the inward. Prayer to the great spirit: " I turn to you as own of your numerous children. I am wak... i am small... i need your wisdom and your power. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes always see the red and crimsonskied sunsets. You are like a tree, that roots in the earth an whose crown touches the sky. That is the picture of total balance, that unions the heaven and the earth within one body. The sense of yourself attracts a troop of lucky thoughts which will lower themselves like birds on your branches. Otto von Bismarck über Muhammad (pbuh)
"The eye of contentment is blind for all mistakes; but the eye of anger reveal all mistakes." Otto Fürst von Bismarck-Schönhausen
Darum hat die Menschheit ein besonders mächtiges Genie wie Dich, einmal erlebt und wird es nie wieder erleben können. Ich beuge mich, bar Deiner würdevollen Gegenwart in vollkommener Ehrfurcht April 04 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe über Islam»Ob der Qur’an von Ewigkeit sei? Danach frag' ich nicht! Dass er das Buch der Bücher sei Glaub ich aus Mosleminen-Pflicht.« »Närrisch, dass jeder in seinem Falle Seine besondere Meinung preist! Wenn Islam Gottergeben heißt, Im Islam leben und sterben wir alle.« »Jesus fühlte rein und dachte Nur den Einen Gott im Stillen; Wer ihn selbst zum Gotte machte Kränkte seinen heiligen Willen. Und so muss das Rechte scheinen Was auch Mahomet gelungen; Nur durch den Begriff des Einen Hat er alle Welt bezwungen.« «Er sei
Prophet und nicht Poet und daher auch sein Koran als göttliches Gesetz und nicht etwa als menschliches Buch, zum Unterricht oder zum Vergnügen, anzusehen.» "[es] darf sich über die große Wirksamkeit des Buches niemand verwundern. Weshalb es denn auch von den echten Verehrern für unerschaffen und mit Gott gleich ewig erklärt wurde." und fügte hinzu: "so wird doch dieses Buch für ewige Zeiten höchst wirksam verbleiben" In seinem "Mahomet" verfaßte Goethe seinen berühmten Lobgesang "Mahomets Gesang". Die Bedeutung des Propheten - möge Allah ihn segnen und ihm Frieden geben! - wird in der Metapher des Stromes gefaßt, der, beginnend als kleines Rinnsal, immer breiter wird, sich ausdehnt und nach und nach zu einer gewaltigen geistigen Kraft anwächst, um schließlich glorreich in den Ozean, das Symbol der Göttlichkeit, zu münden. Er beschreibt den religiösen Genius, wie er, dem Strome gleich, die anderen Menschen, wie Bäche und Flüsse, mit sich fort zieht auf seinem Weg zum Meer. "Oberhaupt der Geschöpfe - Muhammed." "Sie sehen, daß dieser Lehre nichts fehlt und daß wir mit allen unsern Systemen nicht weiter sind und daß überhaupt niemand weiter gelangen kann. ... Jenes philosophische System der Mohammedaner ist ein artiger Maßstab, den man an sich und an andere anlegen kann, um zu erfahren, auf welcher Stufe geistiger Tugend man denn eigentlich stehe." Link zu Goethes „West-östlichen Divan“ (Auszüge) 
March 21 Mahatma Gandhi about Muhammad pbuhMahatma Gandhi spricht im jungem Indien über den Charakter Muhammads (pbuh), :
" Ich wollte das Beste von demjenigen wissen, der heute einen unbestrittenen Einfluss auf die Herzen von Millionen von Menschen hat. Ich wurde mehr als überzeugt, das es nicht das Schwert war, welches damals dem Islam einen Platz im Plan des Lebens gewonnen hatte. Es war the strikte Einfachcheit, die totale Selbst-Ausloschung des Propheten, die Gewissenhaftigkeit seiner Gelübde, seine intensive Hingabe zu seinen Freunden und Nachfolgern, seine Unerschrockenheit, seine Furchtlosigkeit, sein absolutes Vertrauen in Gott und seine eigenen Auftrag. Diese Dinge und nicht das Schwert trugen ihnen alles voran und überwunden alle Hindernisse. Als ich den 2. Band (der Prophetenbiographie) abschloss, war ich traurig, das es nicht mehr für mich zu lesen gab von dem großartigem Leben dieses Mannes."
"I wanted to know the best of one who holds today's undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind....I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to this friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the 2nd volume (of the Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of the great life of this man." March 13 Kurze lange GedankenIm Namen Gottes, des Allerbarmers, des Allbarmherzigen, Wichtig ist die Liebe zu den kleinen, einfachen, unwichtig erscheinenden Dingen. Ohne diese Liebe zu leben, wirst du niemals echte, universale Liebe leben und erfahren. Niemals in der Geschichte der Menschheit ist ein Mann groß geworden, weil er sich für groß & mächtig gehalten hat. Alle großartigen Menschen dieser Welt, waren so großartig, da sie sich so klein machten wie ein Samenkorn. - Sei ein Samenkorn. Wer sind wir, so klein auf dieser riesigen Erde? Unser Universum besteht aus ca. 270 Milliarden bekannten Galaxien. Unsere Sonne, sie ist der kleinste Stern unsere Galaxie, der Milchstraße. Und unsere Erde, sie ist so winzig gegenüber unsere Erde. Wer sind wir, so klein in diesem riesigem Universum? Kleiner als ein Staubkorn, kleiner als eine Zelle, als ein Atom. Und doch ist dieses unendliche Universum aus einem Punkt entsprungen, der nichtmal ansatzweise so groß ist, wie ein Atom. Ähnlich wie bei den Pflanzen: Aus einem winzigem Samenkorn entspringt eine riesiger Mammutbaum. Oder bei uns Menschen. Aus einem Samentropfen entspringen wir - werden Fleisch, bekommen Knochen, Organe - unsere Augen, Ohren, Nase, Mund, Venen und Adern, Zellen, ein Nervensystem, ein wunderschönes Äußeres, Geist und Seele, und Verstand. Wer sind wir Menschen in dieser Unendlichkeit , das wir, vor allen anderen all dies geschenkt bekommen? In einer jeden unserer milliarden Zellen gibt es Kraftwerke, Raffinerien, Prozesse und eine Lebendigkeit, die unseren Körper regenerieren und heilen lässt. Wenn wir uns einen Knochen brechen, so heilt er und wächst in kürzester Zeit zusammen. Wenn wir eine Wunde haben, so heilt sie in kürzester Zeit, und verschließt sich Schicht für Schicht wieder. Ein gesunder Mensch bekommt alle 7 Tage eine neue Leber - ein Prozess, ohne den wir uns innerhalb kürzester Zeit vergiften würden. Was ist der Mensch nur für ein wunderliches Wesen? Ihm sind ände gegeben worden, um zu erschaffen zu erhalten und zu zerstören - Er erfindet Dinge, und findet Wege, sich das Leben noch schöner zu machen. Er besitzt Macht auf dieser Welt, kann den Planeten und alles was auf ihm ist, ob Mensch , Tier oder Natur absolut misshandeln, ausbeuten und plündern - er kann sich schlimmer aufführen wie der Teufel. Er kann genauso aber auch die Erde bewahren, bebauen, beschützen und bewahren, wie uns etliche andere Kulturen im großen, wie auch einzelne Menschen im kleinen bewiesen haben bzw. uns immer noch beweisen, und selbst besser sein, als ein Engel. Ihm ist ein brillianter Verstand und tiefe emotionale Empfindung, Seelentiefe gegeben worden. Ihm sind Frauen (bzw. Männer) Kinder, Tiere, Pflanzen, Wasser, Erde, Wind und Feuer gegeben worden. Wie wunderbar und wunderlich ist doch unsere Schöpfung und wie wenig erinnerin wir uns an das, was wir eigentlich sind. Wie groß ist die Liebe, Barmherzigkeit und die Huld an den Menschen von seinem Schöpfer! Demjenigem gestaltlosem, geschlechtslosem Schöpfer, der das erschaffen hat, was wir kennen, und das was wir nicht kennen. Wie groß sind wir Menschen, das wir solche Huld empfangen? Das mikroskopisch kleine Welten nur zu unserem Dienst exisiteren? Eine jede Zelle ist lebendig und dient der Gesundtheit unseres Körpers. Das in der Ernährungskette vom kleinstem Wesen wie der Ameise bis zum größtem Wesen auf dieser Welt, alles nur daraufhinausläuft, dem Menschen zu speisen und es ihm wohlgefällig zu machen? Hat unser Schöpfer unsere Schöpfung nicht wunderbar gemacht, auf dass wir ihn erkennen? Seine Liebe und Barmherzigkeit, seine Schönheit, seine Weisheit, seine Allmacht... alles finden wir in der Schöpfung Allahs, wenn wir nur unsere Augen aufmachen! Oh wie gering ist unsere Dankbarkeit mit dem was er uns in seiner Liebe schenkte! Sehen wir denn nicht wie er die Wolken befehligt Wasser zu einem Land zu bringen, um die verschiedensten Fruchtbäume zum Wohle des Menschen wachsen zu lassen, und seinen Durst zu stillen? Welche dieser Gnaden können wir verleugnen? Der Mensch ist echt ein wunderliches Wesen. Hat der Mensch den keine Verantwortumg? Gehe und verliebe dich mit Haut und Haaren, mit Leib und Seele in ein Mädchen (bzw. Mann) - dann widme dich Gott - und liebe ihn so sehr wie deinen Seelenpartner und noch mehr. Tauche ein in den Fluss der Liebe, vertraue auf Gott, dass er dich zum Ozean bringen wird. Nimm deine Zuflucht zu ihm, werde eins mit der Schöpfung Allahs und lass Allah durch dich wirken. Dann - plötzlich wirst du es erreichen - das Allah durch deine Hand wirkt, durch deine Augen sieht, durch deinen Mund spricht, durch deine Ohren hört und durch deine Füße voranschreitet. Und alle türen werden sich dir öffen und alles was du beabsichtigts, wird sich erfüllen. Liebe und küsse deinen Zweifel, deine Schwächen wie auch deinen wachen Verstand, der dich warnt vor Irrwegen. Lass sie erzählen, was sie auf dem Herzen haben, aufdass du sie besser verstehen lernst und an ihnen wachsen kannst. Gib dem schwarzem Fleck in deinem Herzen Raum zum atmen - denn nur so wird er sich reinigen können! Monsiour Ibrahim 13.3.06 February 11 LoveDont see the faults, nor the Shaitan and the bad attributes within your next one. but See the beauty, the Love of God and the good attributes within your next one. she want to teach you Patience, Love, Truth and Wisdom. and love her, nuture her and serve her Liebe Sehe nicht die Fehler, nicht den Satan und die schlechten Seiten in deinem Nächstem sondern Sehe die Schönheit, die Liebe Gottes und die guten Seiten in deinem Nächstem sie will dich Geduld, Liebe, Weisheit und Wahrheit lehren und liebe sie, hege und pflege sie und diene ihr Monsiour Ibrahim 11. 2. '06 January 29 Glances of LightOn the question, why the Universe had been created, God answered: I was a hidden treasure, that longed to be found! Remark Muhammads (Hadith Kudsi) Judge no one, then God wont judge you. Damn no one, then God wont damn you. Forgive, and God will forgive you. Give, and God will Give you. yeah, and he give you in such an overflow, that you even cannot realize it. For this reasen, Use rich measures towards others, and God will use the same measure towards you. Jesus, Evangelium, Lukas 6, 7 Abraham was mild, sensitive and penitence. Qu'ran Sura 11: 75 Who searches for Peace, will search the other one will leran to listen will learn to forgive will give up the damning will leave behind preconcieved opinions will enter the adventure will believe in the change of humanity will awake hope will come towards others will stand for his own mistakes will stay in patience will live himself by the peace of god Do we search Peace? Shalom Ben Corim, jewish scholar (1913-2000) Above everthing spiritual & intellectual, Above philosophy & theology stands the cooperativeness from man to man - The task of beeing a brother. Albert Schweitzer, christian Nobel-Peaceprice Winner Lord make me a tool of thy peace, that I love, where people hate each other that I forgive, where people offend each other, that I connect, where people fight each other, that i say the Truth, where excists the mistake that i bring Faith, where are doubts that i bring hope, where despair troils that i spark a light, where Darkness rules that i bring Joy, where lives the sorrow. Franz von Assisi, chrisitan saint and founder of an order. He had the task to jail me... i took with me a loincloth, two robes & 5 books: the Bhagavad Gita, the Songbook of the Ashram, the Ramayana, Rodwell's Qu'ran translation and an issue of the sermon on the mount. Mahatma Ghandi, hinduistic Peace - and Freedomfighter. Abrahams House was open for all children of humankind, to the traveller and to the homecoming and Day for Day, poeple came to Abraham to eat and to drink who was hungry, he gave him bread who came naked, he draped him into clothes and let him experience the Love of God, creator of all things. M.J. Ben Gorion "Legends of he Jews" Berlin 1935 In the Qu'ran, Abraham is described again & again as example of the first and best muslim. Also Moses, Jesus and his apostles were muslims in this sense. This also pass for all those, who worship the one God and devote themselves in that meaning. Prof. Abdoldjavad Falaturi, „The Islam in dialogue“, p.80 Who would have a better religion, then who surrenders to God and is righteouss and follows the religion of Abraham, a sincere one? God has took Abraham as a friend. And to God beongs what is in the heavens and the earth, and God comprises everything. Quran, Sura 4 (An-Nisa), Verses 124-125 God the embossed will say at the Day of Ressurection: Where are those who loved me for my glory? Today, i will take them into my shadow, at this day where there is no shadow, except my shadow. Remark Muhammads (according to Muslim) Each of you, we've destined a clear direction and an obvious path. And if God had wanted it, he would have maked all of you to one community. But he wanted to test you with what he had give to each of you. Contest for this reson in best deeds! To God you will all return; and he will illuminate you about what you were divided. Quran, Sure 5 (Al-Maida), Vers 49 Judge not about Things, of which you only know echo and shadows. (from Japan) It is tousand times better to spark a light, then to mourn eternal about di Darkness. (from China) Sokrates shouted in the Supermarket: How numerous are those things which i dont need! Kurt Mati January 28 Lichtblicke„Auf die Frage, warum Er das Universum geschaffen habe, antwortete Gott: „Ich war ein verborgener Schatz und wollte entdeckt werden.““ Ausspruch Muhammeds (Hadis-kudsi) „Richtet niemanden, dann wird Gott euch auch nicht richten. Verurteilt niemanden, dann wird Gott euch auch nicht verurteilen. Verzeiht, dann wird Gott euch verzeihen. Schenkt, dann wird Gott euch schenken; ja, er beschenkt euch so überreich, dass Ihr gar nicht alles fassen könnt. Darum gebraucht anderen gegenüber ein reichliches Maß; Gott wird bei euch dasselbe Maß verwenden.“ Jesus, Evangelium, Lukas 6,7 „Abraham war mild, empfindsam und bußfertig.“ Quran, Sure 11 : 75 Wer Frieden sucht, wird den anderen suchen, wird Zuhören lernen, wird das Vergeben üben, wird das Verdammen aufgeben, wird vorgefasste Meinungen zurücklassen, wird das Wagnis eingehen, wird an die Änderung des Menschen glauben, wird Hoffnung wecken, wird dem anderen entgegengehen, wird zu seiner eigenen Schuld stehen, wird geduldig dranbleiben, wird selber vom Frieden Gottes leben – 2 Suchen wir den Frieden? Shalom Ben Corim, jüdischer Gelehrter (1913 – 2000) „Herr, mach mich zu einem Werkzeug Deines Friedens, dass ich liebe, wo man hasst, dass ich verzeihe, wo man beleidigt, dass ich verbinde, wo Streit ist, dass ich die Wahrheit sage, wo Irrtum ist, dass ich Glauben bringe, wo Zweifel droht, dass ich Hoffnung bringe, wo Verzweiflung quält, dass ich Licht entzünde, wo Finsternis regiert, dass ich Freude bringe, wo der Kummer wohnt.“ Franz von Assisi, christlicher Heiliger & Ordensgründer „Über alles Geistige und Intellektuelle, über Philosophie und Theologie erhaben ist die Hilfsbereitschaft von Mensch zu Mensch - die Aufgabe, Bruder zu sein.“ Albert Schweitzer, christlicher Friedensnobelpreisträger „Er hatte den Auftrag, mich zu verhaften... Ich nahm ein Lendentuch mit, zwei Decken und fünf Bücher: die Bhagavad Gita, das Liederbuch des Ashrams, das Ramayana, Rodwells Qur’an-Übersetzung und eine Ausgabe der Bergpredigt.“ Mahatma Ghandi, hinduistischer Friedens- und Freiheitskämpfer „Abrahams Haus stand allen Menschenkindern offen, den Vorbeiziehenden und Heimkehrenden, und Tag für Tag kamen welche, um bei Abraham zu essen und zu trinken. Wer hungrig war, dem gab er Brot. Wer nackend in sein Haus kam, den hüllte er in Kleider und ließ ihn von Gott erfahren, dem Schöpfer aller Dinge.“ M.J. Bin-Gorion, „Die Sagen der Juden“, Berlin 1935 „Abraham wird im Quran wiederholt als erster und bester Muslim exemplarisch hervorgehoben. Auch Moses und seine Anhänger und Jesus und seine Jünger waren alle in diesem Sinne Muslime. Das gilt auch für all diejenigen, die den einzigen Gott anbeten und sich in diesem Sinne ihm ergeben.“ Prof. Abdoldjavad Falaturi, „Der Islam im Dialog“, S.80 „Wer hätte eine bessere Religion, als wer sich Gott ergibt und dabei rechtschaffen ist und der Religion Abrahams folgt, eines Aufrichtigen? Gott hast sich Abraham zum Freund genommen. Und Gott gehört, was im Himmel und auf der Erde ist. Und Gott umfasst alle Dinge." Quran, Sure 4 (An-Nisa), Verse 124-125 „Gott, der Erhabene, wird am Tag der Auferstehung sagen: Wo sind diejenigen, die sich um meiner Herrlichkeit willen liebten? Heute will ich sie unter meinen Schatten nehmen, an diesem Tag, an dem es keinen Schatten gibt, außer meinem Schatten.“ Ausspruch Muhammeds (Hadith nach Muslim) „Einem jeden von euch haben Wir eine klare Richtung und einen deutlichen Weg bestimmt. Und wenn Gott gewollt hätte, hätte Er euch alle zu einer einzigen Gemeinde gemacht, doch Er wollte Euch durch das, was Er euch (jeweils) gegeben hat, auf die Probe stellen. Wetteifert darum in guten Werken! Zu Gott werdet ihr alle zurückkehren; dann wird Er euch aufklären über das, worüber ihr uneinig wart.“ Quran, Sure 5 (Al-Maida), Vers 49 „Urteile nicht über Dinge von denen du nur Echo und Schatten kennst.“ (aus Japan) "Es ist tausendmal besser, ein Licht anzuzünden, als Ewig über die Dunkelheit zu klagen." (aus China) Im Supermarkt rief Sokrates aus: „Wie zahlreich sind doch die Dinge, derer ich nicht bedarf!“ Kurt Marti January 19 Skype - Phone People via Internet for Free!YES it is TRUE! mit diesem Proggi könnt ihr weltweit, soviel und solange ihr wollt, umsonst miteinander telefonieren! Ihr braucht nur noch ein Mikrophon, einen Gesprächspartner, und es kann losgehen! Skype hat ne Menge Features, z.B. Konferenzschaltung, skypout (aufs Festnetz oder Handy telefonieren), oder Chatoptionen. Zudem wird es immer wieder geupdated und bekommt zusatzoptionen. Das Proggi ist umsonst runterzuladen unter: http://www.skype.com/ Des Ding hat wirklich keinen Haken, wie verrückt es auch klingt! Keine verstecken Dialer oder Telefongebühren! Wer mich in Skype kontaktieren will, sagt mir bitte Bescheid, ich gebe ihm dann meinen Nickname. YES it is TRUE! with this program you can phone people worldwide as long and as much as you want - for free! All you need is a Microphone, a phone-partner and you can start! Skype has a lot of Features f.e. Conference-phoning, Skypeout (to phone to fixed-line network or cellular phones) and Chatoptions. Also, Skype is updated again & again with new Features! here you can download the program for free: http://www.skype.com/ There really is no trick behind it, as crazy it may seem to you! No hiden Dialers or telephone-dues! Whoever wants to contact me via Skype, please tell me, and i will give him my Nickname. January 16 Bunny Wailer LyricsRastaman Them kill Limumba for his own-a-rights, But them can't kill the Rasta Man at all, 'tall, 'tall. Them can't kill the Rasta Man at all. That's the strangest man I've seen. (That's because he's a Rasta Man) Having the mark of a Nazarine. (That's because he's a Rasta Man) He carries a prophetical message. (That's because he's a Rasta Man) Borning out of time and out of age. (That's because he's a Rasta Man) The Rasta come from Zion. Rasta Man a Lion. (Oh what a Rasta Man) (repeat) Remember Jeremiah children. (He was a Rasta Man) Or even Iziah. (He was a Rasta Man) Moses in the pit of mud. (He was a Rasta Man) Trodding from Buzrak with his garments dipped in blood. (He was a Rasta Man) Oh what a dread, dread whola one, The Rasta Man come from Zion. What a strange, what a dread, but a righteous man, The Rasta Man, him come from Zion. What a dread, dread up-full one, The Rasta Man come from Zion. What a dread-black, dread-lock one, The Rasta Man come from Zion. Lightening! Seven years years of famine for seven years of plenty Is like two grains of wheat for one bale of barley. A hand-full of corn shall be on the hillside And with that you've got to be satisfied. It was Elijha who prayed that it did not rain. (He was a Rasta Man) He prayed and the rains came again. (He was a Rasta Man) It was Joshua who commanded the sun stand still. (He was a Rasta Man) He did that according to his Master's will. (Who was a Rasta Man) What a dread, dread whola one, The Rasta Man come from Zion. What a strange, what a dread, but a up-full one. The Rasta Man come Armagiddeon War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in iration, in iration. War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place inna iration. In the beginning, there was but one concept, And that's the concept of I. Then arose Apollyon, the Devil - Satan! Satan! - claiming that it's you and I. And from that day on, There was trouble in the world, And the world goin' astray. From that day on, Trouble in the world, And the world goin' astray. We've got wars, and rumours of wars. Trouble in the world, And the world goin' astray... [repeated] Nations rising up against nations, Mother against daughter, Father 'gainst son, Little children having children, In dis ya war, di war, di war. It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in iration, in iration. War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place inna iration. I see light fighting against darkness, Righteousness against evil, Right battling against wrong, Here comes bondage, struggling for freedom, But have patience! I Idren, have patience! Don't be burdened by reasons of tribulations. Have patience! Idren, have patience! Remember the call of redemption. It says: Blessed art the poor, They shall inherit the earth. Blessed art the meek, They shall have a birth. Them that hunger and thirst after righteousness Them alone shall be called blessed, In dis ya war, di war, di war. It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in iration, in iration. War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place inna iration. War belong to di pastors That lead my sheep astray, Everyone, everyone shall get his pay, yeah. All the gates of Hell Just coulda never prevail. I'd like to say, Babylon fail. There is one like unto a place of fire, His name I can tell. He is conquering and to conquer The gates of Doom and Hell. And life, long life, is His reward To them that are good. As for di heathen, as for di heathen In their hearts, His name is terrible and dreadful. In dis ya war, di war, di war. It's di Armagiddeon. Taking place in iration, in iration. War, di war, di war! It's di Armagiddeon. Taking place inna iration. In dis ya war, di war, di war. It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place in iration, in iration. War, di war, di war! It's the Armagiddeon. Taking place inna iration. The night is passed, the day is come I see Jah shining in the shining sun. The night is passed, the day is come I see Jah shining... December 26 Check this - Nasheed TV & m0re!!!Einige von euch werden den Begleiter wahrscheinlich schon kennen -
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Islam Has Brought Peace and Harmony to the Middle East All Through History
Palestine, and particularly Jerusalem at its heart, has been holy for
Muslims since the beginning of the history of Islam. Muslims' seeing Palestine
as holy has enabled them to bring peace and harmony to the region. We
shall be considering some historical instances of this in this article.
There are two fundamental reasons why Jerusalem is holy for Muslims: It is the first direction to which Muslims used to turn to pray. Furthermore, what can be seen as one of Prophet Mohammed's greatest miracles, his ascent to heaven, was from Masjid al-Haram to Masjid al-Aqsa, in other words from Mecca to Jerusalem. This fact is revealed in the Koran in these terms:
Glory be to Him who took His slave on a journey by night from the Masjid al-Haram to the Masjid al-Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, in order to show him some of Our Signs. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. (Surat al-Isra: 1)
In stories about the Prophets in the Koran, those holy verses that discuss Palestinian lands refer to them as 'blessed lands' and 'holy lands.' In the above verse about the ascent to heaven, Masjid al-Aqsa is described as a land 'whose surroundings We have blessed.' In Surat al-Anbiya, in which the migration of the prophets Abraham and Lot is recounted, the same territory is described as 'a land We have blessed.' All Palestinian soil, where many prophets from the tribe of Israel have lived, fought in the path of God, and been martyred or died and buried, is holy for Muslims.
Consequently, Muslims have brought "blessings", i.e. peace and security to Jerusalem and Palestine over the last 1,400 years.
The Peace and Justice brought to Palestine by Khalif Omar
Jerusalem was the capital of the Jews until A.D. 71. In that year, the Roman Army made a major assault on the Jews, and exiled them from the area after great savagery. As the time of the Jewish diaspora began, Jerusalem and its surrounding area was becoming an abandoned land.
However, Jerusalem once again became a center of interest with the acceptance of Christianity during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Roman Christians built churches in Jerusalem. The prohibitions on Jews settling in the region were lifted. Palestine remained Roman (Byzantine) territory up until the 7th century. The Persians conquered the region for a short time, but the Byzantines later reconquered it.
An important turning point in the history of Palestine came in the year 637, when it was conquered by the armies of Islam. This meant the genesis of a period of peace and harmony in Palestine, which had for centuries been the scene of wars, exiles, looting and massacre, and which saw new brutality every time it changed hands, a frequent occurrence. The coming of Islam was the beginning of an age when people of different beliefs in Palestine could live in peace and harmony.
Palestine was captured by Omar, the second caliph after the Prophet himself. The entry of Omar into Jerusalem, the incredible tolerance, maturity and kindness he showed towards people of different beliefs, introduced the beautiful age that was beginning. The British historian and Middle East expert Karen Armstrong describes the capture of Jerusalem by Omar in these terms in her book Holy War:
The Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem mounted on a white camel, escorted by the magistrate of the city, the Greek Patriarch Sophronius. The Caliph asked to be taken immediately to the Temple Mount and there he knelt in prayer on the spot where his friend Mohammed had made his Night Journey. The Patriarch watched in horror: this, he thought, must be the Abomination of Desolation that the Prophet Daniel had foretold would enter the Temple; this must be Antichrist who would herald the Last Days. Next Omar asked to see the Christian shrines and, while he was in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the time for Muslim prayer came round. Courteously the Patriarch invited him to pray where he was, but Omar as courteously refused. If he knelt to pray in the church, he explained, the Muslims would want to commemorate the event by erecting a mosque there, and that would mean that they would have to demolish the Holy Sepulchre. Instead Omar went to pray at a little distance from the church, and, sure enough, directly opposite the Holy Sepulchre there is still a small mosque dedicated to the Caliph Omar.
The other great mosque of Omar was erected on the Temple Mount to mark the Muslim conquest, together with the mosque al-Aqsa which commemorates Mohammed's Night Journey. For years, the Christians had used to the site of the ruined Jewish Temple as the city rubbish dump. The Caliph helped his Muslims to clear the garbage with his own hands and there Muslims raised their two shrines to establish Islam in the third most holy city in the Islamic world. [1]
In short, Muslims brought 'civilization' to Jerusalem and all of Palestine. Instead of barbaric beliefs that showed no respect for other peoples' sacred values, and which killed them simply out of differences of belief, there reigned the just, tolerant and moderate culture of Islam. After its capture by Omar, Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together in peace and harmony in Palestine. Muslims never tried to use force to make people convert, although some non-Muslims did so of their own free will.
The peace and harmony in Palestine lasted as long as Muslim rule in the region. However, at the end of the 11th century, an invader entered the region from abroad, and the civilized land of Jerusalem was barbarically and savagely plundered, in a way never before seen. These barbarians were the Crusaders.
The Savagery of the Crusaders
 Crusaders plundered Jerusalem and killed all its non-Christian inhabitants. |
While members of all three religions were living in peace and harmony in Palestine, the Christians in Europe decided to organize the 'Crusades.' Following a call by Pope Urban II on 25 November 1095 at the Council of Clermont, more than 100,000 people from all over Europe set out for Palestine to 'Free the Holy land from the Muslims' and find the fabled wealth of the East. After a long and wearying journey, and much plundering and slaughter of Muslims, they reached Jerusalem in 1099. The city fell after a siege of nearly five weeks, and the Crusaders moved in. And they carried out a savagery the like of which the world has seldom seen. All Muslims and Jews in the city were put to the sword. In the words of one historian, 'They killed all the Saracens and the Turks they found... whether male of female." [2] One of the Crusaders, Raymond of Aguiles, boasted of this violence:
Wonderful sights were to be seen. Some of our men (and this was more merciful) cut off the heads of their enemies; others shoot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the Temple of Solomon, a place where religious services are normally chanted ... in the temple and the porch of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins. [3]
In two days, the Crusader army killed some 40,000 Muslims in the barbaric ways just described. [4] The peace and harmony in Palestine, which had lasted since Omar, ended in terrible slaughter. The Crusaders violated all the ethical laws of Christianity, a religion of love and compassion, and spread terror, allegedly in the name of Christianity.
The Justice of Saladin
The barbaric Crusader army made Jerusalem their capital, and established a Latin Kingdom whose borders stretched from Palestine to Antioch. However, the Crusaders who brought savagery to Palestine did not last long. Saladin gathered all the Muslim kingdoms under his banner in a holy war, and defeated the Crusaders at the battle of Hattin in 1187. After the battle, the two leaders of the crusader army, Reynauld of Chatillon and King Guy, were brought in Saladin's presence. Saladin executed Reynauld of Chatillon, who had won fame with the terrible savagery he had committed against Muslims, but he let King Guy go, as he had not committed the same crimes. Palestine once again saw the true meaning of justice.
Immediately after Hattin, and on the very same day that Prophet Mohammed had been taken from Mecca to Jerusalem in one night, the day of the ascent, Saladin entered Jerusalem and freed it from 88 years of Crusader occupation. When the Crusaders had taken the city 88 years earlier, they had killed all the Muslims inside it, and for that reason they were afraid that Saladin would do the same thing to them. Whereas he did not touch even one Christian in the city. Furthermore, he merely ordered the Latin (Catholic) Christians to leave it. The Orthodox Christians, who were not Crusaders, were allowed to live in the city and live and worship as they chose. The British historian Karen Armstrong describes the second Islamic capture of Jerusalem in these words:
On 2 October 1187 Saladin and his army entered Jerusalem as conquerors and for the next 800 years Jerusalem would remain a Muslim city... Saladin kept his word, and conquered the city according to the highest Islamic ideals. He did not take revenge for the 1099 massacre, as the Koran advised (16:127), and now that hostilities had ceased he ended the killing (2:193-194). Not a single Christian was killed and there was no plunder. The ransoms were deliberately very low...
Saladin was moved to tears by the plight of families who were rent asunder and he released many of them freely, as the Koran urged, though to the despair of his long-suffering treasurers. His brother al-Adil was so distressed by the plight of the prisoners that he asked Saladin for a thousand of them for his own use and then released them on the spot...
When Imad ad-Din saw the Patriarch Heraclius leaving the city with chariots crammed with treasure, he urged Saladin to confiscate it. But Saladin refused. The Koran said that oaths and treaties must be kept to the letter and it was essential that the Muslims should observe the legalities... Heraclius paid his ten-dinar ransom like everybody else and was even provided with a special escort to keep his treasure safe during the journey to Tyre. [5]
In short, Saladin and the Muslims in his command treated the Christians with great mercy and justice, and even showed them more compassion than their own leaders had.
 Richard the Lionheart, was not very "noble" at all. |
After Jerusalem, the Crusaders continued their barbarity and the Muslims their justice in other cities in Palestine. In 1194, Richard the Lionheart, who is portrayed as a great hero in British history, had 3,000 Muslims, among whom were many women and children, basely executed in Acre Castle. Although the Muslims witnessed this savagery, they never resorted to the same methods. They abided by God's command "Do not let hatred for a people... incite you into going beyond the limits" (Surat al-Ma'ida) and never used violence against innocent civilians. They never employed unnecessary violence, not even against the Crusader armies they defeated.
The savagery of the crusaders and the justice of the Muslims once more revealed a historic truth: Only an administration built on the principles of Islam could allow people of different faiths to live together in Palestine. This fact continued to be demonstrated for 700 years after Saladin, particularly during the Ottoman period.
The Ottoman Empire's Just and Tolerant Rule
In 1514, Sultan Selim captured Jerusalem and the surrounding area, and some 400 years of Ottoman rule in Palestine began. As in other Ottoman states, this period would enable Palestine to enjoy peace, stability, and the living together of different faiths.
 The tolerance of Islam continued in the Ottoman Empire. Church, synagogue and the mosque coexisted peacefully. |
The Ottoman Empire was administered under what is known as the 'nation (millet) system,' the fundamental feature of which was that people of different faiths were allowed to live according to their own beliefs and even legal systems. Christians and Jews, described as the 'People of the Book' in the Koran, found toleration, security and freedom in Ottoman lands.
The most important reason for this was that although the Ottoman Empire was an Islamic state administered by Muslims, it had no desire to force its citizens to adopt Islam. On the contrary, the Ottoman state aimed at providing peace and security for non-Muslims, and to govern them in such a way that they would be pleased with Islamic rule and justice.
Other major states at the same time had a much cruder, oppressive and intolerant view of government. The Kingdom of Spain could not tolerate the existence of Muslims and Jews on the Spanish peninsula and inflicted great violence on both communities. In many other European countries, Jews were oppressed just for being Jews (for instance they were imprisoned in ghettoes), and were sometimes the victims of mass slaughter (pogroms). Christians could not even get on with one another: the fighting between Protestants and Catholics in the 16th and 17th centuries turned Europe into a lake of blood. The Thirty Years War between 1618 and 1648 was one result of this Catholic-Protestant conflict. As a result of that war, central Europe turned into a battleground, and in Germany alone, one-third of the population of 15 million perished.
In such an environment, it is an indisputably important truth that Ottoman rule was exceedingly humane.
Many historians and political scientists have drawn attention to this fact. One of these is Columbia University's world-famous Middle East expert Professor Edward Said. Himself from a Jerusalem Christian family, he continues his research in American universities. In an interview in the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz he recommended the 'Ottoman nation system' if a permanent peace is to be built in the Middle East. What he said was:
A Jewish minority can survive the way other minorities in the Arab world survived. …it worked rather well under the Ottoman Empire, with its millet system. What they had then seems a lot more humane than what we have now. [6]
Koranic Morality: The Source of Islamic Tolerance
The fundamental reason for the establishment of exceedingly tolerant, just and humane administrations in the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim states is that such government is commanded by the Koran. The reason for the justice and civilization displayed by Omar, Saladin, the Ottoman sultans and many Muslim rulers (and this is accepted by the West today), was their faithfulness to God's commands in the Koran. These are some of the commandments that make up the basis of the Islamic view of government:
God commands you to return to their owners the things you hold on trust and, when you judge between people, to judge with justice. How excellent is what God exhorts you to do! God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. (Surat an-Nisa : 58)
You who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for God alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives. Whether they are rich or poor, God is well able to look after them. Do not follow your own desires and deviate from the truth. If you twist or turn away, God is aware of what you do. (Surat an-Nisa: 135)
God does not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought you in the religion or driven you from your homes, or from being just towards them. God loves those who are just. (Surat al-Mumtahana: 8)
There is a phrase in politics that 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' This means that everyone who comes by political power becomes somewhat morally corrupted by the opportunities this power brings with it. This really does apply to most people, because they shape their morality in line with social pressure. To put it another way, they avoid immorality because they are afraid of society's disapproval or of punishment. Power gives them strength however, and decreases social pressure. As a result, they become corrupted, or come to easily make concessions regarding morality. If they possess real power, in other words if they rule a nation, they may try all means of satisfying their desires.
The only human model where the 'law of corruption' does not apply is those who sincerely believe in God, who embrace religion out of fear and love of Him, and live according to that religion. Because their morals are not defined by society, not even the most absolute power can affect them. In the Koran, God gave the Prophet David as an example of this ideal ruler, with the way he governed even those who questioned his authority, and the way on the other hand that he prayed with complete submission to God. (Surah Sad: 24)
The fact that the history of Islam is full of just, merciful, humble and mature rulers stems from this morality that God teaches Muslims in the Koran. Since a Muslim ruler fears God, no opportunity that he may be given will make him corrupt, proud or cruel. (Of course rulers who became corrupt and departed from Islamic morality do crop up in the history of Islam, but their numbers and influence were very small).
Conclusion
History reveals that Islam is the only system of belief to offer a just, tolerant and compassionate way of government in the Middle East. The Pax Ottomana, which came to an end with the withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire from the region, has still not been replaced. After the Ottomans, the Middle East first passed into the hands of European colonialists, and then became the target of Israel's policies of occupation and aggression.
There is one fundamental reason for the current conflict in the Middle East: The fact that the sides do not want to make peace. What Israel must do is to abide by U.N. resolution 242 and withdraw to the pre-1967 borders, and recognize and grant the rights of the Palestinian people. What the Palestinians (and other Arabs) should do is to abandon such aims as "pouring Israelis into the sea" and accept living together with the Jews. The most important thing of all is not to dirty just causes with barbaric acts of terrorism against civilians.
In short, in order for there to be peace in the Middle East, both sides have to agree to be moderate and tolerant, and make a genuine effort to rid themselves of Jewish racism (Zionism) or Arab chauvinism. The vision that is needed for this is hidden in the virtues that Islamic morality has blessed the Middle East over the past centuries.
Notes
1- Karen Armstrong, Holy War, MacMillan, London, 1988, p. 30-31
2- Geste Francorum, or the Deeds of the Franks and the Other Pilgrims to Jerusalem, trans. Rosalind Hill, London, 1962, p. 91
3- August C. Krey, The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eye-Witnesses and Participants, Pinceton & London, 1921, p. 261
4- August C. Krey, The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eye-Witnesses and Participants, Pinceton & London, 1921, p. 262
5- Karen Armstrong, Holy War, p. 185
6- 18.8.2000, Ha'aretz Newspaper; MiddleEast.Org, August 2000
by Harun Yahya - all rights reserved. (youknowit)
The Lord's Prayer / Das Vaterunser
Aramaic - German - English
Abwûn d'bwaschmâja
Nethkâdasch schmachOh Du, atmendes Leben in allem, Ursprung des schimmernden Klanges. Du scheinst in uns und um uns, selbst die Dunkelheit leuchtet, wenn wir uns erinnern.
Oh you, breathing life in all, origin of the gleaming sound, you shine in us and around us, even the darkness glows when we remember
Hilf uns einen heiligen Atemzug zu atmen, bei dem wir nur Dich fühlen - und Dein Klang in uns erklinge und uns reinige.
Help us to draw a holy breath, in which we feel only you and may your sound ring in us and purify us.
Têtê malkuthach
Lass Deinen Rat unser Leben regieren und unsere Absicht klären für die gemeinsame Schöpfung.
May your counsel rule our lives and make our intentions clear for the common creation.
Nehwê tzevjânach aikâna d'bwaschmâja af b'arha
Möge der brennende Wunsch Deines Herzens Himmel und Erde vereinen durch unsere Harmonie.
May the burning wish of your heart unify heaven and earth through our harmony.
Hawvlân lachma d'sûnkanân jaomâna
Gewähre uns täglich, was wir an Brot und Einsicht brauchen: das Notwendige für den Ruf des wachsenden Lebens.
Grant us daily the bread and insight that we need: what is necessary for the call of growing life.
Waschboklân chaubên (wachtahên) aikâna daf chnân schvoken l'chaijabên
Löse die Stränge der Fehler, die uns binden, wie wir loslassen, was uns bindet an die Schuld anderer.
Release the cords of the errors that bind us, as we let go off that which binds us to the faults of others.
Wela tachlân l'nesjuna ela patzân min bischa
Lass oberflächliche Dinge uns nicht irreführen, sondern befreie uns von dem, was uns zurückhält.
Do not let superficial things lead us astray, but instead free us from that which holds us back.
Metol dilachie malkutha wahaila wateschbuchta l'ahlâm almîn. Amên
Aus Dir kommt der allwirksame Wille, die lebendige Kraft zu handeln, das Lied, das alles verschönert und sich von Zeitalter zu Zeitalter erneuert.
Wahrhaftige Lebenskraft diesen Aussagen! Mögen sie der Boden sein, aus dem alle meine Handlungen erwachsen. Besiegelt im Vertrauen und Glauben. Amen.From you comes the all-effective will, the living strength to act, the song that beautifies everything and which renews itself form age to age.
True vitality to these testimonies! May they be the ground out of which all my actions grow. Sealed in trust and faith. Amen
bless it
translated by Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz
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