At least 70 people have been killed and dozens injured in twin suicide bombings outside Pakistan's main munitions factory in the town of Wah, police say.

The attack is the deadliest on a military site in Pakistan's history.

Police say one man is in custody for the attack, which occurred some 30km (18 miles) north-west of Islamabad.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taleban said they had carried out the attacks, which he said were a response to army violence in the country's north-west.

Speaking to the BBC, Maulvi Umar of the Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan said the bombings in Wah were in retaliation for the deaths of "innocent women and children" in the tribal area of Bajaur.

He said more attacks would take place in Pakistan's major urban conurbations unless the army withdrew from the tribal areas.

Pakistani Prime Minister Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani promised to punish the perpetrators.

The leaders "reaffirmed their mutual support for going after these extremists that are a threat to Pakistan, the United States and the entire world," a White House spokesman said.

Wah is a strategically important town normally under heavy security as it is home to a large industrial complex producing conventional arms and ammunition, correspondents say.

'Great suffering'

The first blast took place outside the gate of the factory as workers were leaving work during a shift change.

Minutes later, another blast took place at a market nearby another gate of the same factory.

There was smoke, bodies and blood. Those who were left alive were in great suffering

Mohid Ahmed, eyewitness

Pakistan's spiral of violence

Local police chief Nasir Khan Durrani told the BBC: "Many others have been injured and we expect casualties to rise."

Mohid Ahmed, a student from Wah, was on a tour of the ordnance factories and witnessed the immediate aftermath of the blast from his bus.

"There was smoke, bodies and blood," he told the BBC.

"Those who were left alive were in great suffering. I saw a man clutching his leg and crying in pain and asking for help."

PLease Spread it to the Mouth of World, please STOP this terrorist attacks, bomb attacks. This is Totally inhuman to kill each other. They killed innocent people they are not human they are Animal. Pakistan is no more safe to live, Peace is a Dream in Pakistan. it makes me cry when i hear about terrorist attacks.
For GOD Sack please Stop it who ever it is. Just Stop it Don't kill humanity. Please Pray for all who were died in these terrorist attacks.

Un salut chaleureux à tous les délégués qui ont participé au 4e Congrès Mondial des Jeunes à la ville de Québec,
Un grand salut aussi à ceux qui ont participé au congrès virtuel,

Tout d'abord, le congrès a représenté, pour moi, une occasion formidable de faire de nouveaux amis qui viennent de différents horizons mais ont en commun la passion pour l'engagement communautaire, le développement de projets novateurs, bref le désir de changer le monde pour un monde plus juste et plus inclusif notamment à l'égard de nous (les jeunes) qui représentent non seulement le futur mais surtout le présent, un présent d'actions dans nos communautés que ce soit en lançant des projets de lutte contre la pauvreté, de lutte contre les changements climatiques, de lutte contre l'analphabétisme ou de projets en ligne qui visent à atteindre les fameux Objectifs du Millénaire pour le Développement.

En ce qui me concerne, depuis un presque an, j'ai lancé sur la plate-forme de TIG et sur mes sites web un projet éducatif (http://projects.takingitglobal.org/elouarzadi/about/)
qui s'intitule Vivement la poésie !
Vivement la poésie ! est un poème sans fin en cinq versions : Français, Arabe, Anglais, Espagnol et Portugais. Les objectifs sont nobles et variés: promouvoir l'éducation constructive à travers la poésie, inciter les jeunes à exprimer leurs idées, mettre en valeur leurs réalisations et inspirer leurs collègues par la poésie. Un autre but est éducatif: enrichir le vocabulaire des étudiants ou élèves en lançant cette initiative dans les écoles, cégeps, lycées et universités dans plusieurs régions du monde. Ceci sera fait dans les mois à venir grâce au soutien de tous les membres de TIG passionnés de poésie et surtout d'éducation constructive (enseignants, élèves poètes, étudiants universitaires, chanteurs et musiciens joueront un rôle clé dans la promotion de ce projet).

Dans ma communauté, je suis présentateur bénévole du Projet Climatique Canada, une initiative du Prix Nobel et vice-président des États-Unis Al Gore. Dans ce cadre, je fais des présentations à Montréal concernant les actions qu'on peut entreprendre pour diminuer les effets du réchauffement planétaire.

J'ai été aussi bénévole avec Héma-Québec, participant à Shad Valley, un programme d'excellence au Canada.

Je sais que vous aussi, vous entreprenez des actions formidables dans vos communautés respectives. En parlant avec plusieurs d'entre vous, j'ai fait le point sur cette réalité. Je sais aussi qu'il y a certains délégués qui trouvent des problèmes de financement pour leurs projets, j'espère que les ateliers du CMJ 08 vont vous aider à surmonter cet obstacle.

Toujours concernant le CMJ 08, j'ai surtout apprécié le volet ACTION du congrès qui m'a donné l'opportunité de bien comprendre la démarche du compostage pour pouvoir l'appliquer dans ma communauté, j'ai aussi eu l'opportunité de travailler en équipe avec les membres de mon groupe, ce qui était merveilleux également ! On a fait aussi du vélo et on a découvert un parc touristique à Québec.

Finalement, le Congrès virtuel (développé par TakingITGlobal) a été un portail varié et intéressant pour les délégués qui n'ont pas pu participer au congrès.

Merci à Peace Child, TakingITGlobal et à tous les organisateurs, partenaires, chefs de clan et coordinateurs de cette rencontre exceptionnelle de la jeunesse du globe !

At least 25 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a hospital in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

The attack happened at midday as Shia Muslims gathered at the hospital in Dera Ismail Khan district to mourn a local leader who had been shot dead.

There was also more fighting between militants and soldiers in the Bajaur district on the Afghan border.

The violence comes a day after Pervez Musharraf resigned as president.

Two police officers were believed to be among the dead and at least 24 other people were injured, police said.

The attack took place outside the hospital's emergency centre, where mourners had gathered after the body of local Shia leader Zaffar Jajjee was brought in.

Police officials say the suicide bomber blew himself up in a dense crowd.

An emergency was declared at the hospital and a tight security cordon thrown around the compound.

Maulvi Omar, a spokesman for the militant group Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan, told the BBC Urdu service that it had carried out the attack.

"We have carried out the attack in retaliation for the government's actions in Bajaur," he said.

"Musharraf may be gone but his policies remain."

Over the last three weeks, 15 people have been killed in Dera Ismail Khan in drive-by sectarian shootings.

Almost all are blamed on the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Pakistan's deadliest militant group, which is known to have close links to al-Qaeda and the Taleban.

The current situation in Pakistan needs solid steps towards Peace Activities & stress upon the Government of Pakistan to Control Extremist Islamic militants. Its the duty of Pakistani Government to provide Peace & safty to General public.

By Dina Rabie, IOL Staff


“They came in as guests. They were given Muslim names, they were living with Muslim families,” Gershman told IOL.

CAIRO — Norman Gershman has become accustomed to the reactions from people who see his photos and read his stories about Muslims sheltering Jews and saving their lives during the Holocaust.

“I had people say ‘Muslims save Jews! How is that?’” the American Jewish fine art photographer told IslamOnline.net in a telephone interview.

Gershman has been engaged in a 5-year project that honors stories of Albanian Muslims’ heroism in saving thousands of Jews, who either lived in Albania or sought refugee there, during World War II.

The “BESA… a code of honor” project began when he was seeking out photographs of righteous, non-Jews who helped Jews during the Holocaust, in New York.

Gershman was amazed to find among them Muslim names that he was told belongs to Albanians.

His quest then took him to Yad Vashem, the holocaust museum in Jerusalem, where he found more Albanian names.

“I traveled all through Albania and Kosovo where I met the rescuers’ children, who are in their sixties or even older, the rescuers’ widows, and in some cases the rescuer himself.”

After more than four years of collecting stories and shooting black and white photos, Gershman’s first exhibition was held last November at Yad Vashem.

The exhibition then went the UN headquarter in New York before starting a world tour.

A full length documentary is in progress along with a fine art book of the heroic profiles of Muslims saving Jews in Albania and Kosovo.

The premier of the film worldwide is expected in 2009.

“I am proud and happy to show this story to the world,” Gershman says



Qur’anic BESA


Albanian Muslims saved Jews from the Nazis “to go to paradise.”

People usually ask Gershman about the title he chose for the fruit of his painstaking five-year efforts.

“BESA is a tribal Albanian culture that goes back to thousands of years,” he explains.

“What BESA says is that if some one knocks on your door you have an absolute obligation – no matter who that person is – to save their lives.”

There is no any evidence that any Jew was turned over to Nazis in Muslim-majority Albania.

There were ten times more Jews in Albania after WWII than before.

“In fact, Albania is the only Nazi occupied country that sheltered Jews,” says Gershman.

“They came in as guests. They were given Muslim names, they were living with Muslim families.”

From the saviors’ tales, Gershman found that Albanian Muslims considered BESA a manifestation of the Islamic teachings of keeping the promise and protecting the weak.

“I remember that some of them said ‘there is no BESA without the Qur’an.’”

Gershman believes that to Muslim Albanians, the idea of not saving Jews from the Nazis was inconceivable.

“They did this in the name of their religion. They absolutely had no prejudice what so ever.

“I asked them ‘why did you do this? What was in the Qur’an that you did this?’ They would only smile.

“Some of them said ‘we have saved lives to go to paradise.’”

Message to West

Gershman believes the Albanian Muslim heroism is of extraordinary significance.

“In one way it’s a small story because we are not talking about hundreds of thousands of people being saved. But it’s an important story,” he insists.

“It says that there are good people in the world, and they come from every religion.”

Gershman says believes that the stories of Albanian religious tolerance left a legacy that runs in the face of stereotyped portrayal of Muslims.

“My message to the Western world is that there are so many good people in the world and so many of them are Muslims,” he maintains.

“If you see my pictures and the stories, there is no question that these are good people.

“I defy if anybody sees my pictures, especially in the West, and say that these people are militants or supporters of violence.”

The Jewish American, who has studied Sufism, says Islam is not what many Westerners think.

“To me Islam is poetry, is science, is to be with the divine. Islam is beauty.”

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1218650239931&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Saluuuuuut chers jeunes délégués francophones,

J'aimerais échanger et parler avec plusieurs d'entre vous. En fait, je suis impressionné par le dynamisme des jeunes du monde entier, les projets qu'ils entreprennent soit en lutte contre les changements climatiques, en développement durable ou en contribuant à l'atteinte des Objectifs du développement du Millénaire.

Concrètement, j'ai échangé avec plusieurs délégués francophones et membres du personnel de TIG tels Kabiné Doumbia, Adama Diop, Justine Castonguay-Payant, Sessi Hounkarin et Simon Gargogne et la liste continue.

J'ai apprécié aussi le fait que les délégués francophones viennnent de pays très différents comme le Madagascar, le Mali, la France, le Maroc, mais qu'ils sont unis par la passion pour l'engagement dans leurs communautés locale et globale, et c'est la raison pour laquelle ils viennent à ce 4e Congrès Mondial des Jeunes.

En terminant, je salue également tous les jeunes qui n'ont pas pu venir au congrès soit à cause de manque de financement ou de difficultés à obtenir le VISA, et je les encourage à se rendre régulièrement au site virtuel du congrès où ils peuvent regarder en direct plusieurs événements marquants de ce congrès, partager leurs projets et idées avec les autres délégués, ajouter des photos des actions qu'ils entreprennent dans leurs pays, ...

Au plaisir de vous rencontrer au Congrès ou en ligne !!
Yassir

Un grand salut a tous les jeunes delegues participant au congres et surtout a ceux qui n ont pas pu venir a cause de problemes d obtention de VISA ou de financement,

Je peux vous dire que ce Congres demeurera une experience gravee dans ma memoire. Les activites sont tres bien organisees et vraiment diversifiees: ateliers, tables rondes, conferences, concerts, discussions avec delegues ...

Bref, une atmosphere festive, magique et dynamique !

Ce qui m a marque le plus est que les jeunes sont tres ouverts, prets a partager leurs experiences et sont motives a continuer a ameliorer leurs communautes locales pour un changement global dans le monde.

En terminant, j invite tous ceux et toutes celles qui n ont pas pu etre presents a Quebec de participer au Congres virtuel, rendez-vous sur www.wyc2008.qc.ca et partagez vos ides, suivez en direct ce qui se passe au congres et engagez-vous dans les discussions.

N.B. : Depuis le debut du congres, j ai rencontre et discute avec de nombreux delegues venant de toutes les regions du monde, du Madagascar au Canada, du Maroc a Hawai et de la Belgique a l Australie. Mais il reste encore plusieurs delegues avec lesquels je n ai pas encore parle, j espere les rencontrer dans les prochains jours.

Yassir

New scanned-in book on DRC:

God's Created Speech; essay on Mu'tazilli AbdJabbar by professor J. Peters from Nijmegen University.

http://deenrc.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gods-created-speech-mutazili-by-prof-jpeters.pdf

A Scientific Approach to Akhira, the Hereafter-by AY Mol

Note: Footnotes are numbered.

This is an excerpt taken from the essay http://deenrc.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/quranic-cosmology-a-short-introduction-by-ay-mol-f.pdf.

I strongly believe that eventually mankind will have learned and pursuit the goals and values of peace and progress and will explore the Universe and be successful as a species. But as all species, Man will die out due to the ever changing environment of the Universe which is slowly working to its next phase called “Akhira” in the Qur'an, meaning future and the other existence1. The Universe will collapse and is formed again using the same process, but as with any evolution, it will be on a higher scale of development and so will have more possibilities and features then the first Universe. It is an upgraded version. As the whole Universe is based on an energy-blue print scientists call the Quantum Field, which stores all information of the Universe, every person, every molecule is stored in there and the new Universe will follow this blue print again as the first Universe did, but now containing also the information of all what occurred in the first Universe. Just as the Big Bang in reality is an unwinding of the Universe, in the same way it will roll up again.

1 Page 14-15 under the root Akhara. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. He gives: “Go backwards, retreat/recede/retire, hold back/delay/postpone/defer, last/back part of a thing . Another, other, second.” Page 37 under the root Awala. He gives: “To return, be before, come back to. To resort to; namely [a thing of any kind; the thing or place whence he or it originated, or came. His or its origin or source; his or its original state, condition, quantity, weight; any place. A former action, saying, or the like]. To return or restore to [ a thing, place, or disposition], former generations.” Also Page 68-69 & 162-165 Volume 1. Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. As Awalla means former generations and is the opposite word of Akhara, then Akhara also conveys the meaning of future generations. In the Qur'an the word is both used for the future in the present life, as well as life after death. In religious terms this is mainly conveyed as the Hereafter or Afterlife, a terminology I have avoided here because it has its own mythological baggage which would be confused with the Qur'anic and scientific explanation of the Hereafter I try to explain in this paper.

Or as explained by Edward Hardy:

“In some tens of times 10to the 9th years, the recession of the neighbouring galactic systems will cease, and the process will start to reverse.” 2

2 Origin and Evolution of the Universe by Edward Hardy.

21:104 On that Day We shall roll up the Sky as a written scroll is rolled up. Then, just as We initiated the first Creation, We shall create a new Universe. This is a Promise incumbent upon Us. Truly We shall fulfill it.

77:8-9 So when the stars are put out. And when the sky is riven asunder.

Prof. Seth Loyd:

“The Universe is made of bits. The way in which the Universe registers and processes information determines what it is and how it behaves. It has been known for more than a century that every piece of the Universe - every electron, atom, and molecule - registers bits of information. It is only in the last ten years, however, with the discovery and development of quantum computers, that scientists have gained a fundamental understanding of just how that information is registered and processed. Seth Lloyd calls this fundamental understanding of the Universe in terms of information processing 'the computational Universe'[..] Starting from basic concepts of physics, […] how all physical systems register information. […] account of how information is stored and processed at the level of electrons, atoms, and molecules. [...] the information processing power of the Universe can be harnessed to build quantum computers and explains how the Universe itself behaves like a gigantic computer, transforming and processing information. […] the history of information processing from the big bang to the present day, and reveals how the computational ability of the Universe promotes the evolution of complex structures such as life.” 3

3 Backcover. Programming the Universe by Seth Loyd, 2006.

In the Qur’an the same information is told about a universal record, a universal database. The Qur’an calls it the Umm Al-Kitab. The Arabic word Kitaab means: writing, scripture, book, something that contains written information, letter, recording 4. Umm means: Source, Principle, Origin, Prototype 5.

4 Page 478 under the root Kataba. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. He gives: “He wrote it, to dictate it, prescribe/appoint/ordain, judged / passed sentence / decreed, drew/brought together, collected, conjoined / bound, he sewed it, what is written (e.g. of law), mode/manner of writing, book, bookseller, a thing in which or on which one writes, record/register/writ, revealed scripture, a writer/scribe/secretary, an army/military force, troop.” Also Page 117-119 Volume 7. Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint.

5 Page 31-32 under the root Ummun. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition.

In verse 13:39 it says:

13:39 God blots out and establishes communities according to His laws. Nations rise and fall accordingly, and with Him is the Umm Al-Kitab, the Divine Database, the Origin of all information.

All of the information that controls the Universe is written in the Universe's Laws:

6:38 All creatures on Earth and all the birds that fly on two wings are communities like you. We did not omit any knowledge from this Book that was essential to be given through Revelation. All these creatures are part of the Divine Plan and they are together working the Plan of their Lord.

6:59 With Him are the keys of the Unseen. (None but He knows the subtle processes and their stages where actions culminate into their logical outcome). He knows everything in the land and in the sea. Not even a leaf falls without His knowledge. Neither is there a grain in the dark depths of the soil, nor anything fresh or withered, that He knows not. But all is written in the Open Book of the Universe around you.

11:6 There is not a creature in the Earth but its sustenance depends on Allah. He is Aware of its habitation and of the needs of His creation at every stage (6:99). He carries them from one station to another until the final destination. His Laws are preserved in the Clear Book of Decree, the Divine Database (55:29).

27:75 And there is nothing hidden in the heaven and the Earth but it is in a clear Record.

43:4 And, verily, in the Source of Decrees with Us, it is indeed sublime, decisive.

All of our deeds are recorded and archived inside the Universal database.

4:81 They express verbal allegiance to the System, “It is Obedience!” But when they go away from you a party of them spends the night in planning against the Belief System you preach. They discuss ways to corrupt the Message. Allah records what they plan by night.Ignore them, go ahead with your Program and trust in Allah (6:107). Allah is Sufficient as Guardian.

10:21 When We cause people to taste of Mercy after they have suffered a hardship, they start scheming to defy Our Commands. Say, “Allah is more Swift in planning. Our couriers write down what you plot.”

17:71 But one Day We shall summon all human beings with their records. One who is given his record in the right hand will read it in jubilation. This will be a symbol of success for them, and they will receive their rewards without the least reduction.

19:79 Nay, We shall record what he says, and prolong for him a span of torment.

36:12 Verily, We give life to the dead, and We record all they send before them and their footprints. And all things and events are recorded in a Clear Record. (What the humans do, the imprints of their actions on their “Self” and what they leave for posterity).

43:19 And they ‘make’ the Malikah [forces of the Universe] who are servants of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be called to account (for their false claims).

43:80 Or do they think that We do not hear their secret plans and private meetings? Yes indeed, We do, and Our envoys are with them, recording. (10:21).

45:29 “This Our Record tells the truth about you. Behold, We arranged for all your doings to be meticulously recorded.

50:4 (But) We know what the Earth takes of them. (It is only their physical body that becomes dust. Their “Self” lives on). And with Us is a Guarded Kitab, Recording.

50:18 Not even a word can he utter but there is an ever-vigilant watcher with him.

57:22 No disaster befalls the Earth, nor yourselves but according to the Laws that We have already recorded in the Book of Decrees. Verily, all this is easy for Allah.

69:18-20 On the Day you will be brought, not a single hidden deed of yours will remain hidden. Then he who is given his record in his right hand, will say, “Come all of you around! Read this my record. Behold, I always thought that my account would be given to me.”

69:25-26 But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I was never given my record. And knew not my account.

78:29 But We place on Record everything.

Scientist and philosopher Ervin Laszlo:

“Energy must be conveyed by something; it does not act in a vacuum. Rather, scientists are now coming to the insight that it does act in a vacuum, namely in the quantum vacuum[lowest dimension which our Universe exists in. That vacuum is far from empty: […], it is an active, physically real cosmic plenum. It conveys not only light, gravitation, and energy in its various forms, but also information; more exactly, “in-formation.”6


“There is no evident limit to the information that interfering vacuum wavefields could conserve. In the final count, they could carry information on the state of the whole Universe.”7

6 Page 68. Science and the Akashic Field by Ervin Laszlo, 2007 2nd edition. The vacuum is the basis in which the whole Universe lies, it is the foundation level. It was also presumed to be empty, but now science starts to understand the foundation level is on unending energy dimension which connects everything within the Universe with one another. This vacuum is also called the Zero Point Field or QuantumVacuum.

7 Page 71. Science and the Akashic Field by Ervin Laszlo, 2007 2nd edition.

The Qur’an explains the human consists of two things, the biological body and the human consciousness, which calls it “Nafs” 8. According to the Qur’an, the Nafs will exist beyond the biological body. The above quotation talks about every piece of information is stored within the universal database. This also accounts for the human Nafs, his consciousness. Our personality with all its deeds, thoughts, characters and beliefs is stored in the Umm Al-Kitaab, the universal database.

8 Page 572-573 under the root Nafasa. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. It means Self, ego or Psyche.

The Qur’an then claims a new Universe will be created wherein all humans will experience consciousness and where it is confronted with the level of development of their Nafs:

11:106-108 Those who, by their deeds, brought misery on themselves will be in the fire, marked by their deeds, sighing and wailing will be their portion. [Al-Nar=Fire, To be marked, war] Therein to abide, as long as the (New) Universe endures; that is time beyond count, unless your Developer of every stage of evolution decrees otherwise. Your Developer is Doer of what He wills in the World of command. [The current Universe will be dismantled for a new Universe. 5:44, 14:48, 21:104, 25:22, 39:37, 69:16, 70:9] The happy ones of that Era of evolution [Yauwme=Era=Period=Day] will enter Jannah, the state of constant growth, and live there as long as the (New) Universe endures, that is time beyond count; until your Developer opens for them the way to further evolution, a gift unfailing, uninterrupted.

6:73 And He it is Who has created the heavens and the Earth through a process of steps with a definite Purpose. Whenever He says Kun, Be it is (written into the Blue print of the Universe). [Khalaqa= creating something through a process that takes time. It does not mean instant creation.] His Word is the Truth. And He is responsible for the Laws that control infuses, shapes and finishes the Era of (the New Universe). [Malik= To control and rule a realm. Yauwme=Era=Timeperiod Sur=to shape/form, fashion mark, picture, adorn, prepare, make] Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, for, He is the Wise, the Aware. [3:191, 38:27]

21:104 …Then, just as We initiated the first Creation, We shall create a new Universe. This is a Promise incumbent upon Us. Truly We shall fulfill it.

Scientist and philosopher Ervin Laszlo:

“We begin by noting that the evolution of Universes within the Metaverse is cyclic but not repetitive. One Universe informs another; there is a progress from Universe to Universe. Each Universe is more evolved than the one before. The cycle itself evolves from a random and more tuned to the evolution of complexity. Thus cosmic evolution is towards Universes where complex and coherent structures emerge, including structures that harbor evolved forms of life-and the evolved forms of mind that are presumably always associated with evolved forms of life. “9

9 Page 93. Science and the Akashic Field by Ervin Laszlo, 2007 2nd edition. The Metaverse is a term used for the the level of the vacuum where Universes are created in. It is the foundation for the Universes that are created within the Quantum Vacuum. Our present Universe is a Universe existent within the Metaverse, probably together with several other Universes unknown to us. When our Universe stops existing, all the information generated by our Universe is present within the Quantum Vacuum, and this information will be the basis for the new Universe created within the Metaverse. So each new Universe will have more and more information until it reaches a form of completion and perfection. This is what the Quran calls Jannah, a state of growth and God is called Rabb, the Developer to perfection, and He has made the Universe in such a way that it will reach ultimate coherence and perfection.

“The whole picture is not limited to our own finite Universe; there is also a temporally (whether or not also spatially) infinite or quasi-infinite Metaverse. And life in the Metaverse need not end with the devolution of local Universes [such as our own]. While life in each local Universe must end, it can evolve again in the Universes that follow. If evolution in each local Universe starts with a clean slate, the evolution of life in local Universes is a Sisyphean effort; it breaks down and starts again from scratch, time after time. But local Universes are not subject to this ordeal. Each Universe in-forms the next Universe. Thus in each Universe life evolves further and further, toward coherence and complexity. Cosmic evolution is a cyclical process with a learning curve. Each Universe starts without life, evolves life when some planets become capable of supporting it, and wipes it out when planetary conditions pass beyond the life-supporting stage. But the vacuum shared by all the Universes is more and more informed, and it created more and more favorable conditions for the evolution of life. Cyclically progressive evolution in the Metaverse offers a positive prospect for the future of life: it can continue in one Universe after another. And it can evolve further and further, in Universe after Universe.” 10

10 Page 102. Science and the Akashic Field by Ervin Laszlo, 2007 2nd edition.

The universal law of evolution will allow the Nafs that were benefiting to their species and the whole Universe, develop further. The Nafs that were not benefiting, will not be part of further evolution and will remain in a state of stagnation, the state of Jahannam, the state of stagnation. In a sense they have been thrown out of the cosmic cycle and thrown into the cosmic garbage dump, Jahannam, which, as said before, was the name of the old garbage dump of Jerusalem.

Robert Briffault again:

“In the natural scale, that action is good which contributes to the process of human development, that act is evil which tends to impede, retard, oppose that process: that individual life is well deserving which is in the direct line of that evolution, that is futile which lies outside the course of its advance; that is Condemned which endeavours to oppose the current. That is the natural, the absolute and actual standard of moral values. Nature does not value the most saintly and charitable life which brings no contribution to human growth, as much as a single act which permanently promotes the evolution of the race. The only measure of worth of which nature takes any account– by perpetuating it–is the contribution offered towards the building tip of a higher humanity.”11

Page 352. The Making of Humanity by Robert Briffault, 1919.

21:47 We will set up the scales of justice on the Era of Resurrection, and no person will be wronged in the least. Though the good or evil be of the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. We are Sufficient for reckoning and none can take account as We do.

7:8-9 The scales on that Day will be truly equitable. Those whose constructive deeds are heavy, will prosper. And those whose scales are light, will be the ones who have put their own ‘self’ in loss. This is because they used to replace Our revelations with man-made dogmas.

23:102-103 Then those whose scales (of good deeds) are heavy, they are the successful. And those whose scales are light, it is those who have wasted their own ‘self’, and abide in Jahannam, the state where further development is no more possible.

As we can see in the above verses, and the points made in step 21 (of the essay), it is clear not one single deed will be ignored and forgotten. The Qur’an gives these laws which operate the judgment system which will determine if a person is fit for further evolution:

- Every human action affects his own Self (6:164). His deeds are recorded by the Universal Forces, Malikah, constantly into the Umm Al-Kitaab, the Divine datebase which is called the Quantum Field/Vacuum by scientists (21:47, 99:7-6, 78:29, 82:10-12).

- The Self is also affected by hidden and unfulfilled desires or intentions as these are the foundations for further actions not committed (40:19).

- Only Allah knows how much credit or discredit is to be given to a particular act. (53:32), but the benefiting deeds outweigh the harmful ones by 10 to 1 (6:160). And God’s Rahma, all the resources for further development, is the reason for our creation, and this will also weigh, He has created us for further development, this is His driving thought behind our creation, and this will decide how His law of judgment will work:
11:119 Save him on whom your Developer of all your stages of evolution has given His Rahma, His continuous nourishment; and for that He did create them.

- When the new Universe is created, to determine the level of evolution (Jannah), or non-evolution (Jahannam), all the actions will be weighed. Those whose balance of good and constructive deeds are in the majority (is heavier) will evolve further, but those whose balance goes against them (is lighter) are the ones who have harmed themselves by their willful rejection of Allah's Message and will be in a state of non-evolution (7:8-9).

- As the system is fair and based on your personal development, no one would be able to help any other, nor any intercession is allowed (2:123).

- No action would go un-recompensated (3:25).

- Everyone will get the consequence of his own deeds. (7:147, 52:16, 37:39, 45:28).

- Absolute and full justice will be done, and no one will be dealt with unjustly, as the selection is made by laws and not by emotions (16:111, 40:17, 39:70).

- No one will be able to transfer his good or bad deeds to others – every person will be judged on their own contributions or harm to one’s Self or others (2:286, 6:105, 6:165, 10:108, 13:17, 17:7, 17:15, 27:40, 27:92, 29:6, 31:12, 35:18, 39:41, 45:15).

Muslim scholar and philosopher Ghulam A. Parwez:

Will and action are of paramount importance for the development of the self and, therefore, for its survival too. Will and action are really aspects of the same process. Action is "will actualised" and will is latent action. It has been truly said "no will, no action," but the reverse is also true "no action, no will." Only a free self possesses "will" in this sense, and only such a self can perform actions which have relevance to survival. Animals act under the compulsion of instinctive urges and without foresight of the results of their actions. They, therefore, cannot be credited with will as we understand it. In the same way, the activities of the animal are not actions. An action is that which has been deliberately chosen by a free self and has been voluntarily performed by it. The free self expresses itself in action and holds itself responsible for it. Without freedom and responsibility, action, in this restricted sense, is not possible. These facts about "will and action" have a direct bearing on the question of survival. Man is the product of a long evolutionary process.

This process does not stop at any point, but continues indefinitely. At a certain stage, man becomes an active participant in it and through his free will and purposeful activity determines, within certain limits, both the speed and the direction of evolutionary process. This process which has been at work in the world for untold aeons is now transformed into something far more rational and meaningful. It also becomes more dependent on its material, i.e., humanity through which it working. The primitive organisms were moulded and shaped by natural force, so as to be fit for the next stage in evolution. It was a long and painful process in which the unfit were ruthlessly weeded out and the fit were permitted to flourish. Man cannot now depend on natural forces to mould him and make him fit for the next stage. He must do the higher stage on which he is to enter. His self is not changed by natural forces nor even by random activity. It is changed only by his moral activity, his freely chosen and voluntarily performed actions. If, through right actions, he has rendered himself fit for the next stage in "the gradual ascent," he enters Jannah or paradise, as each plane of existence must appear to someone coming from a lower one.

On the other hand, a man who is unfit, feels anguish and misery at the sight of good things he cannot enjoy, of opportunities he cannot avail of, of a glorious life just beyond his reach. He is in Hell. As already stated, Heaven and Hell are not localities but states of mind. However, as a state of mind is transitory, it is not a suitable term. Heaven (Jannah) stands for fruition coupled with glowing home for the future. Hell (Jahannam) is the experience of frustration tinged with remorse and regret. The person who permits his self to weaken, stagnates and becomes perverted. He languishes in a state between life and death. He does not live because life consists of upward movement of which he is incapable: he cannot die because remorse and frustrated desire prevent him from relinquishing his hold on life. Both the pleasure of existence and the insensibility of non-existence are denied him. The Qur’an says about him, "Wherein he neither dies nor lives" (87: 13) All that he can do is to give expression to the remorse that gnaws at his vitals, "Oh! that I had sent something before hand for my life" (89 : 24). The inmates of Jannah, on the other hand, will give expression to their happiness in these words: "We shall not die any other than our first death" (37 : 57-58). They have successfully stood the test of death and they know that they will not be subjected to the same test again. Their eyes dwell on new vistas of self-development and the path which leads to them is illumines by the Divine light "running before them and on their right hand" (57: 12)., The materialists maintain : "There is no other than life in this world. We live and die and nothing destroys us but time" (45 : 24). The Qur’an, however tells us that we can rise much higher above the plane of Earth-rootedness and "pass out of the confines of the heavens and Earth" (55: 33), provided we develop the powers that are latent in us.” 12

12 Page 199-200. Islam: A Challenge to Religion by G.A. Parwez, 1996 3rd edition.

Every person, every species that will be selected to be part of this Universe is judged on their potential and contribution to their species and the Universal Evolution as a whole. Every person and species that did not fit the criteria will not be selected. This state of non-selection is also called Jahannam in the Qur’an. As you are literally thrown in the Universal garbage dump. The persons and species that are selected will emerge again in the new Universe through the process of Evolution (22:5) and will have far more abilities and potentials then in the first Universe. See how the verse clearly makes a connection between the creation in this Universe and the next. It makes clear that in the next Universe we will be created again through a developing system:

22:5 O mankind! If you are in doubt that humanity will one day stand on its feet, and that you will be resurrected back to life after death, consider the process of your own evolution. We have created you in stages: From dust, then from male and female gametes, then from a zygote, then from an embryo, shapely and first shapeless. We thus clearly explain things
for you. The embryo and then the fetus stay in the womb until an appointed term according to Our laws. Then We bring you forth as infants and carry you to maturity. While some of you die young, others live to the feeblest old age so that they know nothing after knowing
much. (Resurgence of humanity can take place just as) you, O Prophet, see a dry barren land, but when We send down water on it, it vibrates with life and grows all kinds of beautiful plants.

They will not fall back into war or misery as they have outgrown this learning phase, it is not possible for this newly evolved human to go against the harmony of the Universe. They will also not experience death as even if the Second Universe will collapse (11:107-108), they will move on to the next stage without pain or inconvenience, they are in a continues state of Jannah, everlasting growth and development. The persons that are in the state of Jahannam, several of these will maybe also move on to states of growth as in the state of Jahannam they have gained the status of being fit for further Evolution (11:107-108). But the rest will be lost and will burnout into non-existence when the second phase of the Universe has run its completion.

44:56-57 True immortality! They do not taste death again after the first death. Thus will He save them from getting stuck at Jaheem, the Insurmountable Barrier where no progress is made. A bounty from your Developer of all your stages of evolution! That is the Supreme Triumph. [Rabb=Nourisher= Developer=To foster a thing from one stage to the other until it has reached its goal of completion]

32:17 And no human being can imagine what blissful delights are kept hidden for them as a reward for what they used to do.

Scientist and philosopher Ervin Laszlo:

“What can we say about the super-evolved forms of life that would come about in the mature stages of mature Universes? Since the course of evolution is never predictable, we can actually say very little. All we can surmise is that mature organisms in mature Universes will be more coherent and complex than the forms of life familiar to us. In most other respects they could be as different from the organisms we know on Earth as humans are different from the protozoan slime that once populated the primeval seas of this planet.”13

13 Page 102-103. Science and the Akashic Field by Ervin Laszlo, 2007 2nd edition.

29:20 Say, “Travel in the earth and find out how He originated creation. And how afterward, Allah brings forth entirely new forms. Verily, Allah is the Designer of all things.”

1:2 All amazement and the resulting praise will be due to Allah, the Universal Force who has complete Authority, as He has given us the favor of Life and Freedom out of His own Choice. The Developer and Maintainer of the complete Creation, the Universes and all that they contain, and fosters these in their Development so they can reach its goal of Completion. The Determiner of the rules and Laws which will bring us into Perfection. The Sustainer of all Dimensions and the fabrics of Reality. 14

84:19 That you shall most certainly enter one state after another, from one stage to the other, Tabiq. 15

66:8...."Our Developer, keep perfecting our light for us, and protect us; You are able to do all things."

14 Exposition of Chapter 1, Surah Al-Fatiha by Arnold Yasin Mol, 2007. “Rabb thus has many meanings as Determiner, Provider, Sustainer, Perfecter, Rewarder, Ruler, Creator, Maintainer, Reposer, of Qualities, Developer, King of Nature, Former of Rules and Laws. And the best short definition in my eyes is: The Maintainer of Evolution. Alameen refers to worlds or Universes and refers to all dimensions in the Creation and all they contain of Life, matter, energy and things which we haven’t understood yet.It comes from Ilm, meaning knowledge and refers to all that is knowable.” See also Page 197-199 under the root Rabba. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. He gives: To be a lord and master, collect, possess/owner, rule, increase, complete, bring up, preserve, chief, determiner, provider, sustainer, perfecter, rewarder, creator, maintainer, reposer of properties, developer, former of rules and laws of the growth, foster a thing in such a manner as to make it attain one condition after another until it reaches its goal of completion.”

15 Page 337 under the root Tabaqa. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. It means Adapting, Layers, Stages, Series, State.

Jannah, Jahannam-2 stages of Mankind
by AY Mol

This is an excerpt taken from the essay http://deenrc.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/quranic-cosmology-a-short-introduction-by-ay-mol-f.pdf.

The Qur’an uses 2 distinct definitions that describe the state of Man. Jannah and Jahannam. Jannah means a Garden with so much growth, the ground is not seen 1 and thus it refers to being in a state of existence where Man has all it needs to survive and develop, it is in a state of growth and development. The word Jahannam derives from an old valley south-east of Jerusalem. Jahannam comes from the Hebrew "gi-hinnom" which means "Valley of Hinnom." People, especially children, used to be sacrificed there to idols. Later, the valley was used as an execution ground for criminals. Bodies and clothing of those dying of a contagious disease, were burned there. In Jesus' time it was still used for burning the rubbish and garbage of Jerusalem 2. This in itself gives the idea that Jahannam is a metaphor for a state of a stagnant existence with no development. It describes the state of existence where no means for survival and development are present and thus Man is in a state of stagnation, its potentials are burned up and wasted just as the garbage in the old valley.

1 Page 104-105 under the root Janna. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. Page 35, Exposition of the Holy Qur’an, Mafhum Al-Qur’an by G.A. Parwez. 1990. He quotes 2 dictionaries: “A garden of dates and grapes was called "Jannah"; if a garden had other fruit-trees, but not those of dates and grapes, then it was called Hadeeqa (Taj). Raghib says that every garden whose ground could not be seen because of under-growth of bushes was called Jannah.”

2 Page 32. Exposition of the Holy Qur’an, Mafhum Al-Qur’an by G.A. Parwez. 1990. See also page 72 explanation on Jahannam. Al-Qur’an, A Contemporary Translation by Ahmed Ali, 2001 9th edition. Page 114 Volume 2. Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. Page 116 Biblical Dictionary by prof. Snijders, 2nd edition 2005. "Gehenna is taken from the Hebrew gee hinnoom, valley of Hinnom, a sinister area south of Jerusalem, where children and other things were burn-offerings to the god Moloch (2 Chron; Jer 7:31)." Page 476 under Gehenna Encyclopedie van de wereldreligies, deel I, 2006. Translated from Dutch into English: “Greek name of Gehinnom, the dwelling of the damned, south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Jeremia in 2 Chronicles 23:10 as the valley where children-sacrifices were given to Molech. After the destruction of Jerusalem (587 BCE), the valley was also named “Murdervalley”. After which the word also gained next to its topographic meaning, also an eschatological meaning as place of punishment.”

This is caused by war, poverty, illiteracy and so on. A garden is always the result of the work of Man, just as a garbage dump is also the result of Man. In this way the Qur'an presents Jannah as a state of evolution of the individual and society, and Jahannam as a state of non-evolution wherein both individual and society do not develop.

3:133 Move forward eagerly to the tranquil security that comes from your Lord, and to the Paradise that transcends spatial boundaries, encompassing the Heavens and the Earth. It has already been prepared for those who live upright. (Paradise is not confined to the Heavens. Like Hell, it begins right here in this worldly life).

16:97 Whoever, whether male or female, does works that help others and is a believer, We shall certainly cause them to live a good life, and We shall grant them the rewards considering the best of their actions.

41:31 We are close to you in the life of the world and in the Hereafter. In it (in your paradise on the Earth and in the Hereafter) you shall have all that you may desire and in it you shall have all that you ever prayed for.

These 2 descriptions are used to describe the state of Man in this phase and the next phase of the Universe. In this phase Jannah describes Man when it has complete freedom and has enough nourishment to live, it has housing, food, lives in peace and has access to explore the workings of nature. It is always in a state of struggle to maintain this state of existence as this is part of the law of Evolution (Jihad means: to struggle).

22:78 And strive hard (jahidu) for Allah with the endeavour which is right….

In the Qur’an, a perfect society is explained as having running water:

7:43 There will be no such feelings amongst the dwellers of Earthly and heavenly Paradise wherein streams will flow.

Today, a level a society is in is judged on its sewage system and its offering of fresh water to every household. All of mankind has housing and substance and people can travel the world freely and is welcomed everywhere with peace:

19:62 There they will not hear any vain discourse, but only salutations of Peace. And therein they will have their sustenance day and night.

76:14 Pleasant shades close upon them and clusters of fruits reach them low.

39:20 But those who are mindful of their Lord, for them are lofty and honorable mansions built for them with rivers flowing beneath. This is God’s promise. Never does God fail His promise.

In this state of a perfect world society, Man can fully realize all its potentials and explore and spread out over the Universe.

Umrah = Visit to a place on Earth or other planets which is uninhabited, to colonize it, develop it, populate it and to build a sustaining system in such a way so it can survive till the end of time. 3

3 Page 387 under the root Amara. Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an by Abdul Mannar Omar, 2006 4th edition. Page 438-442 Volume 5. Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. They give: To inhabit, dwell, mend, repair/revive, tend, build, promote, cultivate, make habitable, to make better, to develop, populate, to serve/uphold/observe/regard, to visit, to colonize, aimed at it, frequently visit, a visit in which is the cultivation of love/affection, repairing to an inhabited place. Perform a sacred visitation, minor pilgrimage, pilgrimage with fewer rites. to remain alive (save life), to live, life, age, long-life, old-age.

It is realizing its reason for existence. It is not always possible for every person to live under these circumstances, and so the Law of Evolution judges you only on how you have used the possibilities you have gotten and how you have used your potentials with those limited possibilities. It judges you on your potential of beneficence to mankind as a species.

23:61-62 It is those who race with one another to improve the quality of life for humanity, and it is those who are worthy of winning good things. We do not burden any human being with more than he or she is able to bear. And with Us is a Record that speaks the truth (about what you can and cannot do). And so, none shall be wronged. [2:286, 6:153, 7:42. Burden: Challenges come your way to let you expand your potential. One is only accountable for one’s capacity]

Mankind on its time on Earth has developed several different understandings of Nature and the nature of Allah as it has complete free will (18:29, 27:92). As most of these beliefs are not based on evidence but on conjecture or man-made lies by the priesthood to sustain the ruling classes, almost every group on Earth has different beliefs. This creates divisions among themselves, plus it makes them follow man-made understandings which will not help them in their development, and many times these belief-systems will clash. This was one of the reasons to teach Man about the true nature of Allah and the Universe, to unite Man and to make them approach reality in the correct way. To believe in a trinity or a multitude of gods or powers, or to believe in mythical creatures means you base your beliefs not on proof as demanded (3:191, 17:36), but on man-made books and legends. Thus you follow your ancestors blindly. This also means you will not go beyond your ancestors, thus you do not develop, you are in Jahim.
Jahim means: fire, barrier, to stop something from acting or journeying 4, and explains a state of human existence which does not progress as a person or society.

17:36 And you shall not follow blindly any information of which you have no direct knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception) you must verify it for yourself. In the Court of your Lord, you will be held accountable for your hearing, Sight, and the faculty of reasoning. (And so, the insane and the disabled will have their incapacities taken into account in a court of law) [The Qur’an introduced the concept of testing and verifying any theory before upholding it. This created the scientific rules that are still used today.]

4 Exposition of the Holy Qur’an, Mafhum Al-Qur’an by G.A. Parwez. 1990. It quotes the dictionaries: “Aj-Hama 'Anhu means he got stopped. Al-Jahh-Amo means a miser who stops all the wealth from circulating (Taj). Jahama means: the fire bursts into flames. The Holy Qur’an has used Al-Jaheem in the meaning of Jahannam (44/47, 37/55-64-68). The Holy Qur’an has also described the result of misdeeds as the torturing fire. As the fire burns everything, so the bad deeds burn the human personality and stop its growth.” Page 20 Volume 2, Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. It gives: “To kindle a fire, make to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercly, open the eye, to abstain/refrain/desist/forbear, advance or go forward, recede or draw back [This verb bears contradictory significations], near to destroying or killing, burn with vehemence of desire/covetousness and niggardliness, straitened in disposition, tenacious or stingy, blazing or flaming, vehemently hot.”

21:22 If there were other powers besides God, there would have been chaos in both, the heavens and Earth. Glorified is God, the Lord of Supreme Control, above all that they contrive.

50:6 Do they not look at the sky above them how We have built it and beautified it, and there are no flaws therein?

2:119 Lo! We have sent you, O Prophet, with the Decisive Truth, a herald of glad tiding and a Warner. And you will not be held accountable for those who choose to stay behind in Jahim. [The thickest part of their struggle= Insurmountable Barrier = Bar to progress = Obstruction that halts = Halting of evolution = Mere survival , and hence, dwell there.]

The whole Universe is based on evolution, not the law of the fittest, but the law on what will make your own species develop further (13:17). Many biologists have in my eyes misunderstood evolution as the law of the strongest, but the Qur’an displays it is the law of the most beneficial to the species.

A mushrikeen 5, meaning those that uphold partners in authority next to God, are people that base most of their beliefs on traditions that do not contribute to mankind as a whole and give a distorted view on reality. They make their forefathers, priests and rulers authorities that run their daily affairs. The universal law of evolution judges people on their deeds (11:117), as long as a people contributes to society, their beliefs and traditions are no obstacles, but in the long run they will as we have seen throughout history. An example, most Christians uphold capitalism as their economic system, a completely man-made economic system, the Gospel does not provide a guide on economics, so they have to turn to other sources. Capitalism in its present form is an unfair system that does not help mankind as it abuses the majority for the good of a minority. This is how their beliefs creates obstacles in the development of mankind as a whole.

5 Page 265-267 Volume 4, Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. It gives under Shirk: “Making associate/partner with Allah, to make a sharer or associate.”

As long as mankind, doesn’t matter if the person is Buddhist, Sectarian Muslim (almost all Muslim sects mix the Qur'anic message with man-made sources and thus distort the Qur'anic goals in most cases), Christian, Hindu, Agnostic or Atheist, base their system completely on man-made beliefs and systems, it will contain flaws as most of these beliefs and systems are discriminating to other beliefs or races, limited in its scope and vision and it goals mostly create short term benefits for a specific group, while the rest is left out. Thus they are not beneficial to mankind and its development as no man-made system provides the answers and solutions to Man’s problems in a way which will provide mankind as a whole. This is why the Qur'an says Shirk is the only thing God cannot give you any protection over, Ghafara (4:116). As accepting authorities next to the Qur'an means you will follow ideas and beliefs which will not make you successful as a species and society, and as we have free will (18:29), we must decide ourselves if we accept God's protection which we can attain by following His guidelines in the Qur'an. Thus God cannot protect us against the harmful consequences of Shirk since this falls under our own free will.

Mankind can only develop into one world nation when it allows diversity of belief and thinking, thus a secular democratic system. Where every person is equal and where a fair economic and social system is present and where people are addressed according to their deeds and potential, not on their beliefs, race or family. Secularism doesn't necessarily mean a government not based on religion, it is a government that does not discriminate between its people, whatever their beliefs, race and so on. Also its law system must be practical and fair. As no religion contains these neutral values in its entirety and in a practical, usable in the modern age form, secularism is seen as not based on a religion or Divine scripture. But the Qur'an does contain these neutral, progressive, secular values in its entirety as it doesn't prefer one group above the other. It urges mankind to accept another and work together towards justice and fairness for all:

11:116-117 But, Alas! Among the generations before your time, only a few were virtuous enough to discourage disorder in the land. We saved those few, whereas those who continued to violate human rights only pursued material riches. And they were guilty of stealing the fruit of others’ labor (and they were requited). Your Developer, Rabb, never destroys a community for wrong beliefs alone as long as its people are Muslihoon, reformers, setting right their own, and one another’s condition. 6

6 Page 438-439 Volume 4, Arabic-English Lexicon by Edward William Lane, based on Taj-Ul-Roos, 2003 2nd reprint. It gives under Salaha: “To make whole sound, set things right, amendment, reformation, reformer, one who is upright, righteous, a person of integrity, peacemaker, suitable.” As the commentary shows, this verse completely destroys the concept of religion as the law of God judges deeds not beliefs. What is an important note, is that beliefs create deeds. So without the correct vision on reality, eventually a people will fall into wrong deeds. This is why God sends Revelation. QXP Commentary: As we have seen, Islam is not a ‘religion’ consisting merely of a set of some dogmas, rites and rituals. It is Ad-Deen, the Divinely Prescribed Collective Way of Life. Allama Muhammad Asad, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-Mashriqi et al are in complete agreement with the meaning of this verse 11:117 as translated here.

Dr. Shabbir gives an important comment on the above verses:

The Qur’an is consistent in its theme that people will be rewarded for what they do (Ya’maloon), and not for what they know (Ya’lamoon). The Book stresses on the right belief system, for, people are strongly influenced in their behavior by what they think and believe. This is one of the most revolutionary verses in the Qur’an. It throws out all dogmatic assertions that are the hallmark of a ‘religion’.

2:256 There is absolutely no compulsion or coercion in Religion.

95:4 Indeed, We have created the human being in the best design. [Meaning all races, all humans, both sexes are equally perfect and all have the same potential. No race or sex is better then the other.]

17:70 Surely, We have conferred dignity, and have honoured all the descendants of Man (as a birth right, regardless of where the child is born), and provided them with transport on land and sea and given them decent things of life. And We have favored the humans far above a great many of Our creation.

20:118-119 “Indeed, you are living the life of Paradise (on this very Earth) where you are guaranteed never to go hungry, nor go unsheltered.” “Neither do you go thirsty, nor are you exposed to the burning sun.” [Well-provided with food, clothing, shelter, the basic needs for all]

6:132 The ranks of all individuals and nations are determined solely by their deeds, and your Lord is not unaware of what they do. [Calling yourselves ‘believers’ will not help. 2:8]

2:177 But righteousness is that: [..] And that he gives of his cherished wealth to:
- Family and relatives, Orphans, Widows, Those left helpless in the society, And those whose hard-earned income fails to meet their basic needs, Those whose running businesses have stalled, The ones who have lost their jobs, Whose life has stalled for any reason, The disabled, The needy wayfarer, son of the street, the homeless, the one who travels to you for assistance, Those who ask for help, and Those whose necks are burdened with any kind of bondage, oppression, crushing debts and extreme hardship of labor.

51:19 And in their wealth was the Divinely ordained right of those who ask and those who are deprived.

2:275 On the other hand those who eat Riba (usury), in greed of money, run around like someone who has been bitten by a snake. They claim that trade is like usury. But God has permitted trade and forbidden usury. One to whom the clear Admonition has come from his Sustainer, must abstain from taking usury forthwith. What he has taken in the past, he may keep and his judgment rests with God. As for him who returns to usury, such are the companions of the fire wherein they shall abide.

If people want real beneficence for mankind, they should look for something that truly benefited mankind as a whole. But most are only busy with personal salvation or gain as this is what their current beliefs tell them to pursue.

6:116 (People will confront you with what the majority is doing.) Now if you pay heed to, or get intimidated by majority of those who live on Earth, they will lead you astray from God’s way. Most of the people follow nothing but conjecture and they only live by guesswork.

11:109 Be not in doubt about the end of those who worship idols in any Form [be it in religion or in man-made beliefs]. They only blindly follow their forefathers. They and their forefathers will get their due portion according to Our law.

This is also why many Muslims reject the Qur’anic System, as it doesn't support personal salvation as its goal, but universal development.

Mankind lives under man-made laws and systems and thus does not really develop and constantly end up in a state of Jahannam, a place of no growth, a place of destruction of the human Self.

4:115 One who opposes the messenger, dissents and treads contrary to the way of the believers, after the guidance has been made plain to him, We shall let him continue in his chosen direction, and expose him to Jahannam, the state of non-evolution, a miserable destination.

When we do not develop in this life, we will also not develop in the Next Life as this life will create the foundation for the next. You are judged on how benefiting you were to mankind and its development as a whole. Not just your good deeds to single persons here and there, but on your position and contribution to mankind as a whole. As the reason for our existence is to develop ourselves:

11:119 Save him on whom your Developer of all your stages of evolution has given His Rahma, His providing you with all the means to develop; and for that He did create them.

23:61-62 It is those who race with one another to improve the quality of life for humanity, and it is those who are worthy of winning good things. We do not burden any human being with more than he or she is able to bear. And with Us is a Record that speaks the truth (about what you can and cannot do). And so, none shall be wronged.

41:46 Whoever does good to others, does good to his own ‘self’, and whoever causes imbalance in the lives of others, hurts his own ‘self’. Your Lord is never unjust to His servants.

Just as we lost our tails during our evolution as it had lost its beneficence, people who do not contribute to the development of mankind will also be lost during the Universal Evolution and end up in the garbage dump of the Universe, Jahannam. Those that do contribute to the development of mankind as a whole are chosen to stay within the evolution of the Universe; they are in a state of Jannah, never-ending growth and development.

92:18 Who gives his wealth that he may grow in goodness.

9:111 God has bought from the believers their persons and their goods, for (in return) theirs is Jannah, the state of constant evolution. They shall fight in the cause of God, and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise that is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel, and the Qur’an. Who can fulfill a promise better than God? Rejoice then in the bargain you have made, for that is the Supreme Triumph.

Jahannam is thus made by Mankind and not by Allah, it is a direct result of our own actions. On Earth it is we who create states of existence that do not develop mankind as a whole. The earthly Jahannam is created by class-differences, non-social economic system, gathering of personal wealth, beliefs based on myths, legends, superstitions, man-made or man-altered scriptures, and gender and race discrimination (2:35). All the above are the basis for oppression, war, conflicts, slavery and people wasting their energy and their whole life on pursuing beliefs that are false and have nothing to do with the true workings of the Universe and its Developer. In this state mankind burns away their potentials and is not in an environment where it can grow and develop itself. It can only survive, not progress. The word Jahim is frequently used to describe mankind in this state, Man is literally in Jahim. The word Jahim has a large definition as explained above; it was used for fire, for the point of retreat in war, to stop something from acting. In a sense, there is no better word to be used to describe this state of Man. mankind is stopped from progressing and developing and is in a constant battle of survival without gaining any ground and in this state it can fully use its potentials and thus in a sense burns away any means for progress.

18:100 And We displayed Jahannam on this Era of mankind (yaumwe) to the rejectors of truth clear to see.

7:177-179 Evil as an example are the people who reject Our verses, since they hurt their own ‘self’. Whoever attains God’s guidance according to His laws is led right. And goes astray he who violates God’s law of guidance. [4:88] Our law has committed to Hell numerous people, rural and urban; they are living a life of Hell. They have hearts that they use not to understand. They have eyes with which they see not, and ears with which they hear not. They are like cattle. Nay, they are even worse. Such are the people who have chosen to live through life in total darkness of ignorance.

General William Tecumseh Sherman:

"War is hell," 7

7 Quote of General William Tecumseh Sherman to the Mayor and Councilmen of Atlanta, speech made on June 19, 1879.

There will be More Suicides in Pakistan in Coming Future:
I hope not, but I am predicting this because of the Increasing Prices of Oil, Gas & Grocery. It directly effect middle/lower income grade & it will make the poor people life’s miserable. I saw very high ratio of unemployment. This increase will be the very important factor of coming Suicides in PAKISTAN. The government is not facilitating the poor & lower class; they are fed up of their lives. This high increase in daily used stuff, grocery, Gas & oil will make the people die.
I hope it not happen but I saw a few cases in past so that’s why now when its crazy increase in daily used stuff & the unemployment ration is high so I am worrying about the results.
I think the Government of Pakistan should take pretty on their Nation & give them some relief. They want development but not increase in daily used stuff.

Hi Dear Friends,
we at HRSWS CANADA (Human Resource Social Welfare Society) are in establishment phase, our International Branch is in Pakistan. we work for Peace Operations & Peace Education for Kids especially in Two countries Pakistan & Afghanistan. we are willing to spread our services for Asia Pacific & also main activities here in CANADA. We need the support of our well wishers & Volunteers. We are in need of Financial Help, Office Support & technical help.
AT this point we can't promise to give any financial support or offer salary. we are in the stage of establishment & our sector is non profit, so we need help our Yours.
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Thanks
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CEO, HRSWS International
http://www.hrsws.org.pk

Salut chers membres francophones de TIG !

Je tiens à remercier et à saluer chaleureusement tous ceux qui ont participé au Chat en
ligne sur les changements climatiques qui a eu lieu hier, c'était sans nul doute un succès : plus
d'une dizaine de personnes ont participé au Chat et les participants venaient de plusieurs pays et de différentes origines, ce qui a contribué à la richesse des discussions.

Pour ceux qui n'ont pas pu nous rejoindre malheureusement à cause de problèmes techniques, Sessi, coordinatrice de l'engagement des francophones de TIG, et ilyes, agent de liaison en ligne de Québec, nous ont préparé des rapports intéressants à lire et qui résument très bien nos discussions durant le Chat.

Pour télécharger:
Rapport de Sessi: http://groups.takingitglobal.org/chclim/messages/?view=msg&id=209031
Rapport d'ilyes: http://groups.takingitglobal.org/chclim/messages/?view=msg&id=208751

Bonne lecture !
P.S.: à cause des difficultés techniques qui ont empêché un nombre non négligeable de participants enthousiastes à participer au Débat sur les changements climatiques, nous organiserons nos prochains Chats en ligne grâce au Forum de projet de CLC- Canada: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/clccanada/chat/
Suite à la proposition de plusieurs membres francophones de TIG, je vous promets qu'on (l'équipe francophone) fera tout notre possible pour organiser un autre Débat en ligne sur le développement durable, autre sujet environnemental, sinon, si tout le monde est intéressé, on pourra faire un 2e Débat sur les changements climatiques. Toutes les propositions sont les bienvenues !

Merci de partager vos suggestions avec le groupe: http://groups.takingitglobal.org/chclim

Au plaisir,
Yassir

32) Suivons les pas du Prix Nobel Al Gore,
33) Qui des changements climatiques est devenu le ténor
34) Grâce à son militantisme très fort
35) Pour cette cause qu'il adore !

36) Suivant les pas du Prix Nobel Al Gore,
37) Je m'informe, je découvre et j'explore,
38) J'agis, je change et je corrobore
39) L'opinion d