• Professor Kroner said:  thinking about many of these questions and thinking where muhammad came from, he was after all a bedouin...
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Does the belief in Jesus (peace be upon him) as a ‘son of God’ really make sense?, What exactly does 'son of God' mean?
  • He was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms,

A Christian wants to become Muslim and is asking about the prayer Q: I have not read about the prayers anywhere yet, at least how they are performed.

Q: I have not read about the prayers anywhere yet, at least how they are performed.(movements,speach ie: what is said if anything specific) How can one convert not knowing arabic? Isn't this the only language the Qu'ran should be read and recitted from? .


A: Praise be to Allaah.

Prayer is the greatest of the pillars of Islam after the Shahaadatayn (twin declaration of faith). What is obligatory is five prayers during the day and night. This establishes a relationship between a person and his Lord, in which a person finds peace, happiness and contentment, as he stands before his Lord and speaks to Him, and calls upon Him and converses with Him, and prostrates before Him, complains to Him of his worries and sorrows, and turns to Him at times of calamity.

Whatever has been said to you about the prayer, nothing can really describe how great and important it is, and no one can appreciate it except the one who tastes its joy and spends his nights in prayer and fills his days with it. It is the delight of those who believe in the Oneness of God and the joy of the believers.

Allaah has prescribed purification before the prayer, so that the body is cleansed of impurities and sins are washed away. For the Muslim does not wash any of his limbs but sins are washed away with the water, or with the last drop of water, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us.

With regard to how the prayer is done, it involves standing, saying “Allaahu akbar (Allaah is Most Great)”, reciting Qur’aan, bowing and prostrating. All you have to do is go to an Islamic Centre in your country to see how the Muslims pray and learn about it.

The fact that a person does not know Arabic does not affect his Islam, and it is not deprive him of the honour of belonging to the faith. How many people’s hearts are opened to Islam every day, who do not know even one letter of Arabic.

There are thousands of Muslims in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and elsewhere who have memorized the Qur’aan by heart, but not one of them can hold a lengthy conversation in Arabic. That is because Allaah has made the Qur’aan easy, and has made it easy for people to memorize it, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And We have indeed made the Qur’aan easy to understand and remember; then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition)?” [al-Qamar 54:17].
{وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ}
Transliteration: Wa Laqad Yassarnā Al-Qur'āna Lildhdhikri Fahal Min Muddakirin

In the prayer the Muslim must recite Soorat al-Faatihah in Arabic, so he has to learn it. If he is unable to do so but he knows one verse of it, he should repeat it seven times, which is the number of verses in Soorat al-Faatihah. If he is unable to do that then he should say: “Subhaan Allaah, wa’l-hamdu Lillaah, wa laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar, wa laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (Glory be to Allaah, praise be to Allaah, there is no god except Allaah, Allaah is Most Great, there is no god but Allaah, and there is no power and no strength except with Allaah).” See question no. 5410.

The matter is easy, praise be to Allaah. How many people have learned to speak a language other than their own very well, even two or three languages, so how can they be unable to learn thirty or forty words that they need in their prayers?

If the language was really an obstacle, you would not find millions of Muslims who are not Arabs, who perform the acts of worship with ease, praise be to Allaah.

So hasten to enter Islam, for no one knows when his appointed time (i.e. death) will come. May Allaah save you and keep you safe from His wrath and punishment.

All you have to do to enter this great religion is to say, “Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasooluhu (I bear witness that there is no god except Allaah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger),” and you will find people among your Muslim brothers who will help you to learn the prayer and other matters of Islam.

Please also see the following questions: 219, 12376, 6389, 6706, 378, 2585, 20239, 10590, 4319

And Allaah knows best.


Islam Q&A

Geology & The Origin of the Earth

Professor Alfred Kroner, who is one of the world’s most famous geologists. He is a Professor of Geology and the Chairman of the Department of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenburg University, Mainz, Germany studied and commented on several Qur'aanic verses and Ahadeeth of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.

Professor Kroner said: "Thinking about many of these questions and thinking where Muhammad came from, he was after all a bedouin. I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very complicated and advanced technological methods that this is the case."

Professor Kroner chose an example from the Qur'aan which proved to him why the Qur'aan could not have come from Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) himself. The example which Professor Kroner chose is a description in the Qur'aan of the fact that this universe had its beginnings in one single entity. Allah, may He be Exalted and Glorified said: {Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together [ratqan], before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing… } [Qur'aan 21:30]

The meaning of [ratqan] in this verse, is that the heavens and the earth were stuck together or blended together, and that they were later separated from each other. Professor Kroner used this as an example to prove that no human being during the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), could have known this.
Professor Kroner: "Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics 1400 years ago could not, I think, be in a position to find out from his own mind for instance that the earth and the heavens had the same origin, or many others of the questions that we have discussed here."
Professor Kroner, so it seemed to us, has a special talent of being evasive. For example, we asked him to describe the geological conditions of Arabia. ‘Was Arabia full of orchards and rivers?’ He said: "During the Snow Age." And it is further known that the North Polar icebergs are slowly moving southwards. When those polar icebergs become relatively close to the Arabian Peninsula, the weather will change and Arabia will become one of the greenest and wettest parts of the world. We asked him: ‘Will Arabia become the land of orchards and rivers?’ He said: "Yes, it is a scientific fact."
This astonished us, and we wondered how he could state this as a scientific fact while it was related to the future and we asked: ‘Why?’ He said: "Because the new Snow Age has actually started. And we can see the snow crawling once again from the North Pole southwards. In fact, the polar snow is now on the way to get closer to the Arabian Peninsula. We can see the signs of this in the snow blizzards striking the northern parts of Europe and America every winter. Scientists have other signs and information proving the actual beginning of another Snow Age. It is a scientific fact."
So we said to him: ‘What you have just mentioned has only been known to scientists after a long series of discoveries and with the help of specialized instruments. But we have already found this mentioned by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) 1400 years ago. He said in a hadith transmitted in Saheeh Muslim: "The Last Hour will not come upon us until the lands of the Arabs are once again pasture lands and filled with rivers."
At this point we asked Professor Kroner: ‘Who told the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), that the lands of the Arabs were once filled with orchards and rivers?’ He immediately replied: "The Romans." This reminded me of Professor Kroner’s evasive ability. We asked him another question, we said to him: ‘But who informed the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon hi), that the lands of the Arabs would once again become pasturelands and be filled with rivers?’. Professor Kroner becomes evasive if embarrassed. But whenever he was faced with the truth, he is courageous enough to state his opinion frankly and thus he replied: "This could have been known to him only through revelation from above."
Finally, after our discussions with him, he made the following comments: "If you combine all these and you combine all those statements that are being made in the Quran in terms that relate to the earth and the formation of the earth and science in general, you can basically say that statements made there in many ways are true. They can now be confirmed by scientific methods, and in a way you can say that the Quran is a simple science text book for the simple man, and that many of the statements made in there at that time could not be proven but that modern scientific methods are now in a position to prove what Muhammad said 1400 years ago."
Allah confirms in His Book that:
{This is no less than reminder to (all), the worlds. And you shall certainly know the truth of it all after a while} (Qur'aan 38:87-88)

Islam and Science


Geology & The Origin of the Earth

The Religion Of Truth

Can God have a son?

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Who was Muhammad? Was he a Messenger from God?

The Life of Shaykh Ahmed Deedat




Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) mentioned in the Bible by Name


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Jesus Christ in Christianity and in Islam

Is Jesus (pbuh) God


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Is Bible God's Word


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Crucifixion - Fact or Fiction


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Al Quran - A Miracle of Miracles

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11. Al-Qur'an a Miracle of Miracles
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13. Crucifixion or Cruci fiction
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14. Islam and Christianity
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15. Islam Christianity SABC Debate
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18. Man - God - Relationship in Islam
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19. Was Christ Crucified?
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21. First series Short Talks
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22. Pre-Khutbah talk at University of Natal
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23. Combat Kit Course Against Bible Thumpers
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24. Christianity and Islam
A lecture by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat in Geneva
25. Deedat's Message to Muslim Students
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26. Fosis 23rd Annual Gathering
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27. Is Jesus God?
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29. The Quran or The Bible Which is God's Word?
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30. Quran or the Bible Preview of U.K. Debate in South Africa
Preview of the debate between Shk. Deedat and Dr. Shorrosh
31. Jesus Christ in Christianity and Islam
A lecture by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat
32. Is the Bible God's Word? Preview of U.S.A. Debate in U.A.E.
Preview of the debate between Shk. Deedat and Dr. Swaggart
33. Is the Bible God's Word?
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34.Is the Bible God's Word Q&A
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35. Muhammad in the Bible in response to SwaggartA day after the great debate with Jimmy Swaggart at Louisiana University in the USA, Sheikh Ahmed Deedat in this lecture answer a question addressed to Jimmey Swaggart that “Is the bible says anything about Muhammad ?” and Jimmey's answer was "No!". Here is Sheikh Deedat's Answer.

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36. Jesus Beloved Prophet of Islam
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37. Dawah or Destruction
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38. Crucifixion Fact or Fiction
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39. Missionary Inroads
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40. Muhammad the Greatest
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41. Muhammad the Natural Successor to Christ
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42. Islam & Christianity
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43. Challenge of the Missionaries
The lecture in Sharjah U.A.E.
44. Was Christ Crucified?
A debate between Deedat VS Wakefeild
46. Popes Pious Pronouncement
A lecture presented by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat titled “Popes Pious Pronouncement”

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47. How Not To Do Dawah
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48. Quran or the Bible which is God’s Word? (main part)
One of the Greatest debates in the last century; Sheikh Ahmed Deedat accepted the challenge and debated Dr. Anis Shorrosh in this debate u can see how Anis dealt with the audience, how weak is his Arabic language though he is an Arab! And many other things, worth seeing ...

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48. Quran or the Bible which is God’s Word? (Q&A Session)
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49. Sequel to Quran or the Bible which is God's word
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50. Christian Missionaries at IPCI
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52. Jesus Man, Myth, or God?
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53. Jesus and Muhammad Comparative Study
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54. Challenge of Islam
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55. Dawah in the U.S.A
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56. Kuwait Series - 1
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64. Freely Speaking
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65. If the Lable Shows Your Intent Wear It
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66. A Dire Warning
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67. New Deceit in Christian Evangelism
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68. Is the Bible True Word Of God?
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69. Is Jesus God?
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70. Islam the Message of Truth
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71. Is Jesus God?
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76. Deedat's Kenyan Lecture Tour Masjid un-Nur
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77. Deedat's Kenyan Lecture Tour - Jamia Mosque
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78. Christ in Islam
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80. Deedat's Combat Kit Course
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81. Deedat's Kenyan Lecture Tour - Memon Villa Hall
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82. Student Missionaries visit the Centre
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83. Christianity, Hinduism or Islam
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84. Concept of God in Hinduism
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85. Easter - A Muslim View Point
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87. Debate With American Soldiers
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88. Justice & Equality
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89. Christian Missionaries in the World
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90. Message of the Quran
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182. Christ in Islam
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184. Al-Quran Miracle of Miracles
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185. Free Bible Course
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186. Muhammad the Prophet of Islam
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187. Is the Bible True the Word of God
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188. Muhammed the Greatest
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211. Health of Sheikh Deedat - Interview & Current Works of IPCI
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214. Daughters of Pakistan
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216. Tribute and Times of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat

How did Sheikh Ahmed live? How did he start the Dawah? Who were coming to his work place to practice? What were they practicing? How did he find the book? It sounds Arabic!

This Film talks about Sheikh Deedat's Story, the Great Muslim Scholar in Comparative religion in the 21th Century.

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