From: A.Qadir@massey.ac.nz (A. Qadir)
Subject: Re: WhyIsSwineProhibited? Answer.
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 04:20:33 GMT

Dear Brs/ Sis.
                    There is a long long discussion on pig,
pig meat pig....etc, etc. Some one has come up saying that he
is biologist and.... pork is OK...
I would like to tell all non-muslim: look this is our religion
and we have been given these rule by the prophet (PUBH) of
ALLAH, so, we have to obey this.
Why you people bothering so much about our religious matter?
We have got plenty of good "HALAL" meat which we can eat. So,
why should we think about this dirty animal. 
I would like ask biologist, could you please tell me just a
single theory of biology which has been proven. Biologists
were saying some thing in 80's, now they are negating some of
those. Do you think that Biologists could understand only 10%
of basic human system.

" What I can understand, *NATURE* is huge huge book and so far
scientists has not been able to turn even a single page of
this book."  
When you guys finish reading this book then bother us, and if
you really want to criticise us please look at your own
religion first ( I'm not criticising any ones belief )
               
and for the MUSLIM br/Sis. there is a nice article Please read
it will answer your many questions.

Note:- I won't be able to answer any posting as I have lots of
good things to do.                  

Sincerely,
Altaf Qadir

>From: silatman@hls.com
>Date: 8 Oct 92 02:05:55 GMT

                   SOUL IS THE HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE

                         by Khalid Habib Khan


 >   The soul is the house of Knowledge. All the other
>components of a human 'body' are instruments thru which
>information is brought into this house. Knowledge can be o
>obtained in two ways:

>  1. Knowledge obtained thru personal efforts. This knowledge
>     may be based on the few logics that are available to
>     human experience. If the researcher of the knowledge
>denies God or any notion of Spirituality, then this knowledge
>is further diluted and one-dimensional, ultimately
>misleading.Thus, you must ascertain the belief values of any
>from whom you are obtaining any knowledge. Those who do not
>believe in God, or any responsibility towards God, and
>believe in individual willpower to create destiny and to make
>up personalized doctrines for life, in place of any shariat
>given by God, are in the habit of breaking up Truth into
>pieces and then specializing in individual pieces.
>If you take Truth as a whole, then you cannot make sense
>of it unless you submit yourself to God. Those who deny
>God believe in their own power, or in some cases, they
>say that God is very far off and does not care what
>the humans do.
>2. Knowledge obtained thru the Grace of God by Ilham.
>This type of knowledge is bestowed to the soul of a friend of
>God [wali Allah]. This is the same method of transfer of
>knowledge that brings the Divine Truth to the Prophets,
>although a Prophet or a Saint may be a total illiterate. The
>soul must be cleansed of any blemishes before it can receive
>knowledge thru this method. 

>In order to cleanse the soul, the following method is
>followed:

>   1. Fear God. Acknowlege the authority of Allah swt.
>      Submit completely, without fear from the world.
>      Then God will become your friend and guide you
>      thru the process of cleansing.

>   2. Abandon bad manners. Anything prohibited in Shariah
>      must be abandoned. 

>   3. Simplify your life. Pursuit of worldly illusions
>      will take up a lot of time that can be utilized
>      in prayer, Dhikr, Quran recitation, and helping
>      other humans. Simplify your wardrobe, simplify
>      your diet. Make the daily schedule so that you
>      organize everything around the timetable of
>      the 5 prayers. 

>   The soul is a mirror. If the mirror is turned towards
>an object, that object is reflected in the mirror. If the
>soul is turned towards Duniya [world], worldly schemes are
>reflected in that soul. But in order to cleanse the mirror
>of the soul, the soul must be wiped clean of worldly schemes.
>The mirror of the soul must turn 180 degrees away from
>the world and toward God. That is when God's Grace will
>be reflected in the mirror of the soul. In order for 
>the gifts of God to reflect as well as possible there
>is a cleansing process of that mirror as well. Thus,
>after it has turned towards God, the person must spend
>a lot of time in prayer and remembrance of God. When
>the mirror is becoming clean, the person is on
>the doorstep of Ilm-ul-Batin, and is welcomed into
>the world of the friends of God, as God permits. He becomes
>aware of some extra logics and sceinces on which 
>the universe operates, and sees thru the soul the majesty
>of Allah swt.

>   The hidden world is not seen thru the naked eye.
>It is seen thru the vision developed by a clean soul.
>It is a spiritual vision. 

>   There are three levels of progressing thru Islam:

>   1. Blind belief: this is usually the first stage.
>      Saying the Kalima, and believing all without
>      spiritual experience.

>   2. Knowledge of Laws of Outward Conduct [Shariah]:
>      This is the doorstep. You cannot violate Shariah
. >     and declare to be a practicing muslim. Yet, knowledge
 >     of this kind is just the intermediary stage. People
>      nowadays confuse an expert of this kind of knowledge
>      with one who is truly near God. An expert in Shariah
.>      may not be near God. It is just a knowledge of
>      rules and regulations. But it is the doorstep. 
>      A man of this kind of knowledge must be able to see
>      first, to have 'vision', before you can rely on
>      his decision in any matter. Nowadays, the process
.      for obtaining the necessary 'vision' is abandoned
>      and so we have scholars who are contradicting each
>      other, and leading people into different kinds of 
>      problems instead of guiding correctly. In order to
>      develop 'vision' you have to purify the essence
>      of your soul. That is a great challenge, and no
>      university can teach you, except a Wali Allah.

>   3. Knowledge of the Batin: this is the stage where
>      one who has cleansed him/herself has entered
>      into the fold of the friends of God [Awliya].
>      One may be illiterate, even without any detailed
>      scholarly knowledge of the regulations of Shariah.
>      But one is blessed, so now if you ask any complicated
>      question about life, or any rule of Shariah,
>      the Wali Allah will give the right answer, as
>      he/she has a spiritual connection to the other side.
>      When one becomes a scholar after this stage,
>      the scholarship is of the highest level. 
>      Usually, people of just outward knowledge of Shariah
>     and a blemished soul will do such things, unaware
>     that the soul must be polished before you can
>      understand Islam.


                        was salam, 

                                 Khalid Habib Khan
                                 [Silatman@hls.com]