Islam and Muslims today 2. 

Updated.

12 September 2021 (1443 AH).



What is Islam? 

How I found Islam.

Welcome to Islam and the Quran. 

Sam Voron.

May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah (Adonai Allaah Elohim God G-d Jehovah Yahweh YHWH) be on you.

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

قد رحمة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله يكون معك

Every human can help promote world peace and understanding and I enjoy doing my part. Allah (Adonai Allaah Elohim God G-d Hashem Jehovah Yahweh YHWH) willing. Inshallah.  إن شاء الله


Quran 4:114 Verse 4:114 There is no good in most of their (the people’s) private conversation except in the person who calls for charity, kindness and peace making between humans, he (the person) who does this (charity, kindness and peacemaking between humans) and seeks the approval of Allah, We (Allah) shall give them a great reward (in Paradise in the Hereafter).


Today I am interested in Islam, Judaism, Christianity, The Koran, Quran, The Torah, Taurat, The Gospel, Injil, The Bible, Atheism, Agnosticism, World peace, The Origin of Life, Science, Astronomy, Cosmology, Meteorites, Paleontology, Palaeontology, Extinct life, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Early Plant Life, Early Animal Life, Early Microscopic Life, Archaeology, Archeology, Anthropology, Early human life, Geology, Manned Space Exploration, Remote Space Exploration, Planetary Space Exploration, Rockets, Space Satellites, Psychology, Conflict Resolution, Humanitarianism, International Disaster Relief, Emergency service, Education, Tourism, Research, Amateur Radio, CB radio, Radio broadcasting, Community Radio, Short Wave Radio, AM Radio, FM Radio, Star Trek movies about life on other worlds in the Universe. 


I became interested in Islam and the Quran after visiting Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland ten times from 1993 to 2007 while helping to establish community radio stations on Short Wave Radio in Somalia and FM Radio in Somalia. 


I have concluded that: 

a. If Jewish and Christian belief is true then what is in the Quran shows that Islam is also true. 

I have concluded that if God Allah is real and if Prophet Moses Musa is real and if Prophet Jesus Isa is real then what is written in the Quran is proof that Prophet Muhammad is also real.

The proof that the Koran Quran is inspired by God (Adonai, Allaah, Allah, Elohim, G-d, Jehovah, Yahweh, YHWH) is that the Koran Quran confirms what is in the Torah Taurat today and explains the Gospel Injil of Jesus Isa by Mark, Matthew, Luke and John today.

When I came to Somalia in 1993 I did not known the Koran Quran or the Gospel Injil.

In 1993 I only knew the Torah Taurat.

From 1993 to 2007 I found that the Koran Quran confirms what is in the Torah Taurat today and I became Muslim thanks to the teachings of the people in Galkayo Somalia.

In 2007 I did not know the Gospel Injil but I had faith that if the Torah Taurat is confirmed in the Koran Quran then the Gospel Injil will be explained by the Koran Quran.

In 2011 I put all 114 chapters of the Koran Quran on this Islam and the Quran website.

In 2013 I looked at all the verses of the four Gospels Injils for the first time.

I found my faith was correct because the story in the Gospel Injil is explained by the Koran Quran.

On the websites listed below I have put the Koran Quran and the four Gospels Injils showing how they are explained by God (Adonai, Allaah, Allah, Elohim, G-d, Jehovah, Yahweh, YHWH) in the Quran. 

Quran 26:196 Verse 26:196 It (the revelations from God in the Quran) is (also) in the Scriptures of the people of the past (in the Torah Taurat and the Gospel Injil). 

Quran 41:43 Verse 41:43 Nothing is said (by God) to you (Prophet Muhammad) except what has already been said to the messengers before you. Your Lord (God) is the possessor of forgiveness and severe punishment.


b. Today the world is one Jewish-Christian-Islamic tradition because Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in the same God (Adonai Allaah Allah Elohim G-d Jehovah Yahweh YHWH)

I have also concluded that if Judaism and Christianity and Islam are all real then the world is not one Jewish tradition or one Jewish-Christian tradition but today the world is one Jewish-Christian-Muslim tradition where the Jewish-Christian-Islamic tradition is based on a common belief that there is one creator of all the creation.


c. When peace returns the Somalia Government can promote tourism by inviting foreign visitors to see Somalia and learn about Islam by welcoming foreigners to see the country and its people by visiting the many mosques in Somalia. 

I have also concluded that Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland can develop employment for their people in Islamic tourism where Jewish and Christian and other students who are both believers and non believers can enjoy a nice holiday in the Horn of Africa and learn about Islam at the same time thereby showing that the best examples of correctly guided Muslims today are those who spread the word of God (Allah) in peace and friendship to all the peoples of the world.


2.2% of the Australian population is Muslim so when I completed High School and University I did not know anything about Islam until I visited Somalia which is 99.9% Muslim.

 

1400 years ago the people in the town of Mecca Arabia believed in stone idol worship and no one would have listened to Prophet Muhammad unless he was a friendly person.

 

When I visited Somalia I met many friendly people on the streets of Somalia and I enjoyed talking with them in the same way people who were stone idol worshippers 1400 years ago enjoyed talking with Prophet Muhammad on the streets of Mecca because Prophet Muhammad was a friendly person and this is why the first Muslims were from his stone idol worshiping people.

 

On my first visit to Somalia I did not know anything about Islam or the Quran so I was surprised when during a conversation with people on the street in Galkayo North East Somalia in 1993 known today as Puntland Sate of Somalia an 11 year old Somali boy told me the names of prophets in Islam which I knew from the Torah Taurat and Gospel Injil.

 

During 14 years and nine visits to Somalia all my questions about Islam had been answered and on one night while sleeping in Somalia I said to myself “should I do something or do nothing?”

 

I decided I will do something and so the next day I become a Muslim in Somalia on my ninth visit which was 14 years after my first visit to Somalia.

 

The main reasons I became Muslim were:

A. The friendliness of the Somali people which was like the friendliness Prophet Muhammad showed 1400 years ago to all people.

 

B. Everything in Islam is like Judaism and Christianity.

 

C. I made this conclusion and decision without looking at the Quran which means everything that brought me to Islam came from Allah and from the excellent behaviour of the people in Somalia from 1993 to 2007.

 

Today I thank Allah and the Somali people for showing Islam to me like Prophet Muhammad showed to his people 1400 years ago.

 

Today on websites and on facebook and in the comments section of Youtube videos I enjoy sharing my understanding of how the Quran confirms the Jewish Bible and explains the Gospel injil so that Allah Adonai Allaah Elohim God G-d Jehovah Yahweh YHWH willing the world will come together in peace.


The Quran confirms the Torah Taurat and explains the story of Jesus in the Gospel Injil. 

A. Every prophet of Allah is “the Word of Allah made flesh” meaning the word of Allah comes out of the mouth of every prophet of Allah in Deuteronomy 18:18.

See Quran 5:116 comments in Quran chapter 5.

https://sites.google.com/view/islamandthequran/quran-chapter-5-surah-5

 

B. Prophet Muhammad in the Torah Taurat and Gospel Injil.

See Quran 7:157 comments in Quran chapter 7.

https://sites.google.com/view/islamandthequran/quran-chapter-7-surah-7

 

C. How did Allah save Jesus. 

See Quran 4:157 and Quran 4:158 comments in Quran chapter 4.

https://sites.google.com/view/islamandthequran/quran-chapter-4-surah-4

See Quran 29:57 comments in Quran chapter 29.

https://sites.google.com/view/islamandthequran/quran-chapter-29-surah-29 

 

D. Allah protects the Quran, Gospel Injil and the Torah Taurat as proof Allah is real.

https://sites.google.com/view/islamandthequran/allah-protects-the-taurat-injil-and-quran 


The Quran and the Gospel Injil of Jesus Isa by Mark, Matthew, Luke and John..

Video 1. The Torah and Gospel and Koran. 

The Taurat and Injil and Quran. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3o3ybc-KA

Video 2. Jews in the Quran 1400 years ago. Rabbi Tovia Singer Responds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REb8HNM1z6E

Video 3. The love between Muslims and Christians 1400 years ago 

https://www.facebook.com/LetsKnowOurGod/videos/767391953329238


1. Respect people who both believe and disbelieve because your belief is meaningless if you do not behave respectfully to people who have different beliefs to yours in Quran 6:158 and Quran 41:8.

Belief without good behaviour on the earth is a false belief in Allah so always be good. 


Quran 6:158 Verse 6:158 "... belief in it (Allah and the Day of Resurrection and Judgement) shall not help any soul …. if in belief (he or she) did not earn good (by doing righteous deeds in their life). ....” 


Quran 41:8 Verse 41:8 “For those who believe and do good deeds, for them is an everlasting reward (in Paradise Jannah).” 


2. The Quran explains why Allah created more than one “community of Allah” meaning the Jews and Christians and Muslims.

In Quran 5:48 Allah ordered the Jews and Christians and Muslims to do good deeds according to their Books as a way to test people meaning it does not matter which prophet you follow because all the prophets gave the same message (that “Allah is one with no partner” and “true belief in Allah is in the person who does good deeds”) and they (the righteous among the Jews, Christians, Muslims and others) will be rewarded in the hereafter.

 

a. Quran 5:48 And to you (Prophet Muhammad) We (Allah) revealed the Scripture (the Quran) with the truth that confirmed the Scripture that was before it (in the Gospel Injil and the Torah Taurat) and (for you Prophet Muhammad to be) a guardian over it (the Quran). So judge between them (the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims) by what Allah has revealed (to you Prophet Muhammad) and do not let their desires move you away from the truth that has come to you. …” (Continued below).

Note 1. Below is the truth that has come to Prophet Muhammad which Allah tells His prophet to deliver to the Jews and Christians and Muslims.


b. Quran 5:48 "... For each (community of Jews, Christians and Muslims) We (Allah) have appointed a divine law and a way (of religion) …” (Continued below).


c. Quran 5:48 “... If Allah willed He (Allah) could have made you (the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims) one community …” (Continued below).


d. Quran 5:48 “... But He (Allah) tests you (the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims) by what He (Allah) has given you (in the Torah Taurat and the Gospel Injil of Jesus Isa by Mark, Matthew, Luke and John and the Koran Quran to show who is best in behaviour) …”(Continued below).


e. Quran 5:48 “... So strive for all that is good …” (Continued below).


f. Quran 5:48 “... To Allah you shall all return and He (Allah) shall then inform you (in the Hereafter) about (the correctness of) the religious matters in which you (the Jews, the Christians and the Muslims) argue among each other.


Faith and Science.

Discussion with a reader  in Croatia in 1435 AH (between 12 January 2014 to 6 March 2014): 

No faith: Faith is stupid. It cannot be compared to Science. 

Faith: Faith is not stupid. When you go to sleep you have faith and hope that you will wake up.

People that have faith are humans who have faith and hope that they are living a good life. 

No faith: That is the explanation for the faith? Stupid comparison. 

Faith: 1. No comparison is stupid. 

2. It is not nice for one human to call another human or their ideas stupid. 

3. The word stupid is used as a way of humiliating humans. 

4. The word stupid is used as a way of stopping discussion. 

5. No human should say that other humans or their ideas are stupid. 

6. The word stupid is arrogance and arrogant. 

7. The word stupid is used to make one human feel superior to other humans. 

8. The biggest danger in religion and science comes when people use religion or science to prove that they and their ideas or beliefs are superior to all other humans. 

9. The belief of every human must be respected as can be seen in this example. 

Who is best in behaviour? The human who calls other humans or their ideas stupid or the human who respects all ideas and happily discusses all ideas without calling humans or their ideas stupid? 

No faith: The best behaviour is the person who shows respect and is happy to discuss all ideas. 


No faith: Religion is very primitive compared to science. 

Faith: Primitive means that religion came first and science came later. 


No faith: Faith is struggling against death. 

Faith: Faith is not struggling against death. Faith accepts death. 


No faith: You are only stuck to faith because someone has written that you have eternal life. 

Faith: Humans have had faith in times before anyone revealed the idea of eternal life. 

Humans have had faith with no knowledge of the idea of an eternal life. 

Human faith does not depend on science or religion or belief in eternal life. 

Human faith depends on the love of humans for each other and the desire of humans to make a better world which leads humans to marvel at the wonderful mystery of life. 

Faith and science are used for good when they are used to promote love between humans. 

Faith and science are used for bad when they are used to promote hatred between humans. 

Religion is what has been revealed from the evolving brain to the heart and is a treasure of human history. 

Science is what has been revealed from the evolving brain to the heart and is also a treasure that belongs to all humankind. 

Humans can recognise their differences in religion (in belief) as in Quran 109:6 For you is your religion (belief) and for me is my religion (belief).

In this way the people of faith and the people of science and the people of both faith and science can all work together to make the world better. 

No faith: A better world for all of us has a different perspective for different people because there are 7 billion people on the Earth. 

Faith: The 7 billion people on the Earth have one perspective at the United Nations when every nation discusses and votes on many things that can make our world a better place. 

No faith: You are quite naive in regard to this. 

Faith: I am not naive. I have faith. 

I have faith because of the good things that humans have done in the past. 

I have faith because of the good things that humans are doing today. 

I have faith in the good things that humans can do in the future. 


No faith (one comment from a Dutch reader): All the things you name aren't "faith", they are observations from past experience. That's the fundamental difference between religion and science. I don't have 'faith' I will wake up tomorrow, I have concluded I have woken up thousands of times before, and have no convincing reason to think tonight is going to be my last.

I appreciate your effort, but the great thing is the power of science. Not the power of assuming things without any proof. 

Faith: I love religion and science not because one is better than the other but because the study of both religion and science is the study of humankind in the past and in the present and with the knowledge I get from the study of both religion and science they give me faith in the future. 

This faith is not based on proofs but based on wonder and amazement in the existence of life, people, plants, animals and the Universe. 


No faith: If you want peace and tranquility in the soul then believe.

If you want the truth then inquire

Faith: I agree that religion gives peace and tranquility through belief.

I agree that science gives answers through inquiry.

I love the peace and tranquility of religious study and I love the new discoveries of scientific inquiry. 

My heart is happy when I seek to understand religious ideas.

My brain is happy when I seek to understand scientific ideas.

My heart and brain enjoy understanding religion and science. 


No faith (one comment from John): Atheists do not " know" either. We (Atheists) claim not to be convinced that there is sufficient evidence to hold any belief in any supernatural being (such as God). No more (do we believe in God) than we know there is no Loch Ness Monster (a creature people say is real) or Unicorns (a creature people say is real). 

Faith: Good morning John I respect the atheist belief not to be convinced in anything for which a person cannot find proof. I also respect the belief of every person when they use their belief for love and understanding and peace.


No faith: Religion and science are separate. They have completely different directions and nature. Religion claims that life has meaning when you are dying because you will have a second life. That is stupid because it is like saying that the mountains have meaning for existence.

Faith: Good morning Mislav. I agree that religion (faith) and science (investigation) are different in that religion is a way of life based on faith and science is a way of life based on investigation.

The person with faith uses faith to guide (or misguide) their daily life.

The person with faith also uses science to investigate (or make mistakes in their understanding of) the world.

Many people today use yoga without the theology of yoga.

I might suggest that atheists look again at religion and separate what they find good in religion from the theology that they cannot believe.

If people are not arrogant by thinking they are better than other humans then it is no problem if one person believes that a mountain and every creation thanks God for their existence and another person rejects such ideas or one person has faith they will wake up each day or not.

The important thing is for every human to respect every human with love and understanding and peace no matter if they are religious or atheist or agnostic.

When we die we will know (or not know) if our beliefs were true or false.


No faith: When we die we will know?

Faith: Good evening Mislav.

When I die I will know if my belief in God is true or false.

If my belief in God is false then when I die I will know nothing.

If my belief in God is true then when I die I will know this is true.

If I knew that God is a story and that this story is not true I still would not lose my faith.

If God is not true I would still have faith in my way of life where I respect all people and all religions and all science.

I want to learn from every person and every religion and every field of science.

I am interested in everything what humans have said in the past and in the present.

If God is not true I would still have faith in the stories of the humans of the past who used God to tell their stories.

My faith is based on humanity and the wonderful mystery of life.

My faith is based on a love for everything humans have strived to know in the past and in the present.

My faith has made me strive to avoid being arrogant.

My faith has taught me patience.

My faith makes me strive to be a good person.  

My faith makes me optimistic for humankind.

My faith shows me the importance of striving for peace among humans.

My faith makes me strive to protect life and nature.  

My faith is a never ending wonder at the mystery of life.

My faith has combined religion and science to understand humanity in the past and the present.


No faith (one comment from John): That is not "faith" that is rational expectation.

Faith: Good morning John.

My explanation is more than a rational expectation.

It is the emotion of a human.

It is the feeling of a human.

It is the belief of a human.

It is the desire of a human.

It is the faith of a human.

It is the hope of a human.

And yes it is also the rational explanation of a human.


No faith (one comment from Forever 21 March 2014): The video how the Earth was made has absolutely nothing to do with man-made superstitions and religions such as Islam so why have you made a comment on that video website thanking the people who made that video? 

The Quran doesn't explain science no matter how often Muslims try to hijack science, in order to give credibility to a man-made book that claims to be the word of a god. 

When did religions that you refer to have anything to do with world peace and or understanding? 

I'm curious what drew you to this video “how the Earth was made”, because everything about that video implies your holy book is a load of superstitious rubbish. 

Just look at how the Quran describes how the cosmos came into being in a simplistic 7th century explanation to satisfy 7th century desert dwellers who had a minimal of knowledge and understanding. 

I suggest you peddle your religion on Muslim websites and leave the science video websites to the more educated. 

Faith: Hello Forever, 

Good morning and thank you for your comments and mention of the Video: Earth, Making of a Planet  (Google youtube Earth, Making of a Planet).

The Quran is not a science book. 

The Koran Quran confirms the Torah Taurat and explains the Gospel Injil because God said nothing to Prophet Muhammad except what God said to the messengers before him such as Moses Musa and Jesus Isa. 

Moses and Jesus and Muhammad are not scientists but they revealed what is in the human heart. 

World peace and understanding is in the human heart not in books however science books and religious books can be used to study and to promote world peace and understanding. This is easier to understand if you are humble compared to arrogant. 

Religion promotes the humble and patient way of life above the arrogant way of life which is described as the human heart or human personality. 

Science promotes the search for evidence which is described as understanding in the human brain or human reasoning. 

A human life is the development of both your heart (compassion and mercy) and your brain (understanding by evidence). 

The Quran is not a science book so it is interpreted differently by each generation. 

For example instead of translating a verse as “the Moon is swimming” today we translate such verses to say that “the Moon is orbiting.” 

Every generation is happy with its understanding of the Quran and the Gospel and the Torah. 

1400 years ago the people of the Quran were happy with the idea that the Moon is swimming in a blue sky that had the colour of blue water. 

Today the people of the Quran are happy with the idea that the Moon is orbiting in space, 

The only thing that has changed in 1400 years is human understanding based on science. 

Religion accepts science and so the Quran like the Torah and the Gospel are understood differently today. 

Those that reject science are those who believe that the earth is 6000 years old. 

You can see why it is so important that science be included and promoted in religious study. 

Religion gives faith in things of the heart (feelings, emotion, beliefs) that we cannot know. 

Science gives understanding in those things about which we can know based on evidence. 

The study of faith (those things we do not know) and the study of science (those things we know) allow the student of the Quran and Gospel and Torah to keep their eye on both their heart (faith and religious knowledge) and their brain (facts and scientific knowledge). 

Today in the twenty first century all knowledge including faith based knowledge and scientific based knowledge can be used to promote understanding of people and world peace. 

Video 1: The story of Earth and Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57merteLsBc

Video 2: Down to the Earth’s core https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsKyEckDRbo


Questions and answers 1 https://sites.google.com/view/quran-tanakh-gospel  

Questions and answers 2 https://sites.google.com/view/quran-tanakh-gospel/questions-and-answers-2   

Questions and answers 3 https://sites.google.com/view/quran-tanakh-gospel/questions-and-answers-3  



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The meaning of verses in the Quran and Tanakh and Gospel are on these websites.

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Torah online.

Gospel online.

Injil online.

Free Quran with explanations online.

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