A spiritual Ishmaelite

Author: ishmaelabraham

  • Reconciling ignorant traditionalism and arrogant modernism about QXP translation through Scriptural traditionalism

    ISHMAEL ABRAHAM·FRIDAY, 19 JANUARY 2018
    Assalamu alaykum brothers and sisters. Divine peace be upon you. I came here because I wanted to ask someone to help me to get my official right so I opened Quran 4:85 and I liked the QXP translation on openburhan.net which had a word of caution about this translation. So, I was curious. So, do not be blind modernists like those who are ignorant of Arabic and the Uswah ( a Quranic concept) and I also urge my traditionalist brothers not to become blind traditionalists but become Scriptural traditionalists like Shawkani and Asad ( although he inclined to Mutazilah due to western upbringing) for example. Asad is the one who was inclined towards a rational interpretation of Elephantry in the recited Logos of Quran. So, QXP is not the first translation to do so.
    https://qxpexposed.blogspot.com/201…

  • How an orthodox Muslim understands Darwin better than non-scientist secularists?

    Click to access MIEL04.pdf

  • Mind body dualism and balanced sirat mustaqim

    It is Christian monasticism and the idea of a non-sensual heaven which are criticized by Quran which actually led to rise of mind body dualism in modern Christendom, while Muslim seminaries to this date teach ancient greek logic in seminaries. So, unless the churches and synagogues do not deal with Quranic criticism of their sacred texts, the mind body dualism will keep away humanity from the balanced sirat mustaqim.

  • Quran 55:46, Status anxiety and Alain de Botton

    Peace on truth seekers. I am an orthodox Muslim and I discovered you while researching the temporal aspect of Quran 55:46. There may be an element of fear involved when people look at people with high status.

    Status Anxiety

  • Quran 55:24, Titanics and Inselbergs

    Since, I was reciting Quran 55:24 this morning and this talks about ships like mountains so I was curious. They may also refer to Inselbergs. Thanks for this.

    https://www.themeshnews.com/top-10-biggest-and-largest-ships-in-the-world-2016/

  • Quran 55:4 and did Neanderthals speak?

    Divine peace be upon truth seekers. Today I found an agnostic listening to the Recited Logos of Quran for the first time and he chose Chapter 55 and its very 4th verse talks about learning and teaching of language, but as the word recitation tells us, oral expressions also fall in the category of bayan or self-expression. The title of this article is exactly the question that came up in my mind after I read verse 4. Thanks for writing. I was happy to read about Neanderthal funerals because our Scripture also talks about corvid mourning.

    Did Neanderthals Speak?

     

  • I accidentally hurt the feelings of a Vietnam veteran

    ISHMAEL ABRAHAM·THURSDAY, 11 JANUARY 2018
    Ishmael Abraham Was Vietnam war just according to Torah?
    Man I do not know. But do not disrespect the memory of our fallen heroes of Viet Nam. They were my brothers! I am a Viet Nam veteran. And it pisses me off that you take a piss shot at the expense of Our Fallen Viet Nam veterans. Man respect the memory of this man. I will block you if you continue with this self righteous bullshit
    Ishmael Abraham I apologize for hurting you and the soul of this human brother. I also apologize for appearing self righteous.
    Peter Bell I am not a veteran but I appreciate your sincere apology here. Thank you for your teachableness and humility! God bless you.

  • On Rosary with a Protestant

    Ishmael Abraham Although we invoke the First Person, we also use rosary although it is not Scriptural but since many disciples used date seeds to count the number of recitals, one can take that as a nomian precedent.
    Cee Nee Jesus said to pray to God in secret and never use repetition. Why Don’t People Listen?
    Ishmael Abraham The word about repetition actually means emptiness of heart. If your heart is not empty, then Paul said: Pray without ceasing.
    Cee Nee Your response is a materialistic point of view, Jesus was conveying a spiritual point of view. Lets not confuse humanity!
    Ishmael Abraham Emptiness of heart is a spiritual concept.
    Cee Nee  repetition is materialistic if it needs to be counted.
    Ishmael Abraham Praying without ceasing is not materialistic.
    Ishmael Abraham If you cannot repeat the prayer 100 times, how can you pray without ceasing, It is a trick of Satan to stop you from praying more.
    Cee Nee Pray without ceasing is not repetition IF you do not say the same verse over and over…OMG! NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE SO CONFUSED SHAME!
    Ishmael Abraham So, you deny the verse of Paul who said: Pray without ceasing? I also deny antinomianism of Paul.
    Ishmael Abraham Loving one verse is wrong, you mean.
    Cee Nee Don’t put words into my mouth! You lack spiritual understanding dear
    Ishmael Abraham I pray without ceasing, thanks to God, so I have spiritual understanding as well as humility.
    
    Cee Nee May God give you spiritual understanding as you are very attached to material mindset.
    Ishmael Abraham Isn’t American flag on your profile picture materialistic because US wages many wars killing millions.
    Cee Nee I don’t pray to the flag!
    Ishmael Abraham You pray to trinity which is like praying to saints.
    Cee Nee May God give you what you deserve…your behavior is very ….good bye .
    Ishmael Abraham May God give you humility and me as well.
    Cee Nee Inshallah

  • Sacred ink of the Recited Logos and the sacred tears of five prayers

    To an American sister marrying a Pakistani guy: I met the American converts in interfaith fb discussion groups. I think Pakistani men never cheat unless they are too secular. So, it is a good choice for a life partner. I have also offered Sufi counseling to couples in past so if you feel the need to understand traditional psychology, I will help. Islam is a life long journey in the ocean of sacred ink and sacred tears. Quran the Ishmaelite Logos is sacred ink and five daily prayers are the sacred tears. You can start from weekly Friday prayers or bi annual Eid prayers. In America, they have Sunday although Jesus prayed on Saturday. Then God changed it to Friday with easier rules. We take a bath before Friday prayers because the feeling of purity makes us feel holy.

     

    Great I like small steps. Cheating is a problem but my approach has been to address it with the individual rather than addressing the issue in general.
    What is Sufi counseling?

     

    Psychology is a modern invention by a secular but Abrahamic scholar Freud, but before psychology, Sufi saints used to give advice to couples in our cultures.

     

  • A Sufi saint from Prophetic family weeps on listening to poetry about divine love

    A Sufi Yemeni scholar from Prophetic descendants ( from children of Ali bin Jafar As-Sadiq, peace be upon them, ) weeps while listening to poetry about divine love. I think the tears threshold was the word ‘sirr’ or secret and private relationship between man and God.