Jianyang Zhang History 2351 5/11/2014 Karen Armstrong‚ Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (San Francisco: Harper‚ 1992) Pp.240 The author of the book Muhammad: A Prophet of Our Time‚ Karen Armstrong‚ born on 14 November 1944 is a well-known British author and commentator for her books on comparative religion. She is a provocative‚ original thinker on the role of religion in the contemporary world. Being a religious thinker‚ she has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions
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for both Muslim male and female. يَرْفَعْ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْعِلْمَ دَرَجَاتٍo Knowledge is of two types‚ revealed knowledge and acquired knowledge. Revealed knowledge has been given to human beings‚ through prophets by Allah. Acquired knowledge is that which is being acquired by the human beings though the study of natural phenomena‚ attitude of man and through the study of society. Quran says that for the prosperous life on earth both kinds of knowledge‚ revealed
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PARDA (VEIL) IN THE LIGHT OF QURAN AND SUNNAH ABSTRACT The cold war began between the religions and the best subject for west is women to create uncertainty between religions. They are continuously hitting Muslim women with the weapon of Human Rights. From last couple of years the big issue is revolving in west and it create many mess is Parda(veil). The say that parda is human rights violation and Parda humiliates the women dignity. But the Noble Quran says Parda (veil) creates respectful environment
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SALAH History has it recorded that Salah began with Prophet Muhammad performing his first fard Salah (obligatory prayer) in the cave of Hira in 610 in the night when the first wahy (revelation) was revealed (U.N‚ U.D). Salah‚ a common practice among Islam especially Muslims‚ is known to be the means of worshipping Allah through certain known and prescribed sayings and actions starting with Takbeer (saying Allaahu AkbarAllaah is the Greater)‚ and ending with Tasleem (saying: as-salaamu
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also called the "Weeping prophet" was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. Jeremiah is traditionally credited with authoring the Book of Jeremiah‚1 Kings‚ 2 Kings and the Book of Lamentations‚ with the assistance and under the editorship of Baruch been Neriah‚ his scribe and disciple. Judaism considers the Book of Jeremiah part of its canon‚ and regards Jeremiah as the second of the Major Prophets. Islam considers Jeremiah a prophet‚ and is listed as a prophet in all the collections of
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Top five religious persuasions: 1. Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints (Mormons) 2. Orthodox Quaker Religious society of friends 3. Mainline Conservative Christian protestant 4. Mainline Liberal Christian Protestant 5. Christian Science Church of Christ‚ Scientist. Did any of your top five religions match your real religious beliefs? Yes and no. I say yes because Catholics believe in Christ and God just like Quakers and Mormons. All three religions believe that Christ came to teach his
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http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesofmajorthinkers/p/piaget.htm Jean Piaget’s Early Life: Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland in 1896 and began showing an interest in the natural sciences at a very early age. By age 11‚ he had already started his career as a researcher by writing a short paper on an albino sparrow. He continued to study the natural sciences and received his Ph.D. in Zoology from University of Neuchâtel in 1918. Theory: Piaget identified himself as a genetic epistemologist
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"Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burdened air; . ." (Plate 2.1). Rintrah is Blake’s name for a prophet or poet of the Old Testament. According to the ideas of romanticism‚ the role of the poet is to either become the prophet‚ or to illustrate the prophetic mode. Blake repeats this line in the last stanza of the first plate. Another example of the prophetic mode or "the poet as prophet" is when he says‚ "As a new heaven is begun‚ and it is not thirty-three years since its advent: the Eternal
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Mercy for Orphans Prophet Muhammad (saw) was kind to all people and asked his followers to be the same. He was especially kind to orphans and asked his companions to be kind to them. Thauban (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "Only supplication averts the decree (of fate)‚ only kindness prolongs life‚ and a man is deprived of provision for a fault he has committed." Ibn Umar (ra) reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying‚ "A Muslim is a Muslim’s brother; he does not wrong him. If
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Faolan that survives with a friend of his‚ Edme. There is another wolf called the Prophet that tries to send out wolves to kill Faolan and Edme. They try to find a shelter to try to hide but end up getting spotted by a wolf. They run away and escape from the wolf. After getting away they go out and find the Prophet. They confront him ask ask him why he wants to kill them and he jumps at them and they finally kill the Prophet. The book is associated with the other five Wolves of the Beyond books Lone
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