eg al alak..tranlated as ’segumpal darah ” but a further arabic translation claimed that it is “the things that cling”. If muslim of earlier years were in pursue of knowledge and work on this ‘hypotheses of the thing that clings’ by trying to disprove it, he would be the first to discover embryonic clinging to the uterine wall….we lost that to the non muslims scholars.If the men was a muslim he would have sujud shukor and would have felt the greatness of Allah and how near He was to him….for those who just know about this …feel it …its was difirmankan 1400 years ago!!

Allah said the mountains were pegs to the earth …basically to stabilise it.To the mechanic who is balacing the wheel using a small metal counterweights, he understand the statement well as he would see how much the wheel wobble and remedied by just putting simple ‘pegs’ .To him the statement that the mountains are the pegs of the earth is proven by daily experiment that he conducted everyday.

Quraan and the creations must be viewed with knowledge of Quraan ,hadith and aqal….muslim were always been challenged by the Quraan …but we dare not take it fearing we become infidel…but Quraan has lasted the test tthe past 1400 years and i believe a few thousand more years it would still be able to stand the test…dont be afraid..seek knowledge as all would lead to HIM..amin

Heaven and hell is actually “a state of mind”. Perhaps, it is little wonder that from the ordinary man to Prophets, they have to “walk upon this earth”.

Regards.

You mean you tested all of them? Gosh, you must be a lucky devil after all. Anyway, I do support women on this. When man expects his woman (if he does expect) to be a virgin, then the woman, too, deserves the same observation. Cheers.

Wow! That is heaven for me.. ”

Heavenly piece of story … that’s enough to lift my despair for today …

Maybe Mr Baju should calm down a bit, and think deeper about different ways of using a word before firing off, which may lead to comical results.

I enjoyed this piece of yours. I for one believe that in todays day ‘akal’ (art of thinking) is the least used highest ‘gift’ that Allah has bestowed on us, the humankind. It is true, that it is this very gift, that separates us from the rest of His other creations, as you said.

We forget the mere fact that we went to school, we went to University, the prime objective of it all is to hone the ‘Art of Thinking’. We could graduate as doctors, architects, lawyers, engineers, religious teachers and what use are all of these esteemed degrees, if all that we get as end products are people who are only fueled by the tunnel vision attitude. People who do not apply what they learn to the best of their potential to achieve the highest glory humans can possibly achieve.

I think we forget when God said ‘go as far as China for knowledge’, God meant do not leave any stone unturned when it came to achievements in our lives. Some 1400 years ago, going to China was no mean feat. Therefore to achieve the highest level of the ‘Art of Thinking’ is no mean feat. It is a great challenge. It is difficult.

That is why it is easier to abdicate and just go with the flow, as do most of people do these days.

Many asked why the ‘Glory days’ of yore. Here’s the answer, people thought better then. The ‘Art of Thinking’, the application of the gift of our intelligence from God, was at its heights.

Therefore to my mind, the answer lies in our Education.

Thank you.

Ruby Ahmad.

Dr. Bakri meant figuratively, I belief. And, of course, I share similar sentiments with keropok and Fathol - someone told me when I was young that heaven and hell are here on earth - then what Jong says will make sense.