Allah is the Noor of Heavens and Earth

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Quranic Verses

[24. Surah Noor : Ayah 35-37,40]

"Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not-- light upon light-- Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things."

"In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them; there glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings"

"Men whom neither merchandise nor selling diverts from the remembrance of Allah and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of poor-rate; they fear a day in which the hearts and eyes shall turn about."

"And to whomsoever Allah does not give light, he has no light."
                                        

                                                  

Allah Increases Guidance Who go Aright

Allah Increases Guidance Who go Aright

 

[19. Surah Maryam : Ayah 75-76]

"Say: As for him who remains in error, the Beneficent God will surely prolong his length of days, until they see what they were threatened with, either the punishment or the hour; then they shall know who is in more evil plight and weaker in forces."

"And Allah increases in guidance those who go aright; and ever-abiding good works are with your Lord best in recompense and best in yielding fruit."

    

Allah doesn't Shy in Exemplifying + Intention for a Good or Bad Deed + Whoever Tells a False Dream + I am only a Man Like You

Allah doesn't Shy in Exemplifying

[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 26]
"Surely Allah is not ashamed to set forth any parable-- (that of) a gnat or any thing above that; then as for those who believe, they know that it is the truth from their Lord, and as for those who disbelieve, they say: What is it that Allah means by this parable: He causes many to err by it and many He leads aright by it! but He does not cause to err by it (any) except the transgressors."  
[18.Surah Al-Kahf : Ayah 1-2]  
"(All) praise is due to Allah, Who revealed the Book to His servant and did not make in it any crookedness. Rightly directing, that he might give warning of severe punishment from Him and give good news to the believers who do good that they shall have a goodly reward."       
       

Intention for a Good or Bad Deed

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 8, Book 76, Number 498]

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet Muhammad (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) narrating about His Lord I'm and said, "Allah ordered (the appointed angels over you) that the good and the bad deeds be written, and He then showed (the way) how (to write). If somebody intends to do a good deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write for him a full good deed (in his account with Him); and if he intends to do a good deed and actually did it, then Allah will write for him (in his account) with Him (its reward equal) from ten to seven hundred times to many more times: and if somebody intended to do a bad deed and he does not do it, then Allah will write a full good deed (in his account) with Him, and if he intended to do it (a bad deed) and actually did it, then Allah will write one bad deed (in his account)."

Whoever Tells a False Dream

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 9, Book 87, Number 165]

Narrated Ibn Abbas  (Radi Allah Anhu):  The Prophet Muhammad (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)  said, "Whoever claims to have seen a dream which he did not see, will be ordered to make a knot between two barley grains which he will not be able to do; and if somebody listens to the talk of some people who do not like him (to listen) or they run away from him, then molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever makes a picture, will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be ordered to put a soul in that picture, which he will not be able to do."

  

I am only a Man Like You

[18. Surah Al-Kahf : Ayah 110]

"Say: I am only a mortal like you; it is revealed to me that your god is one God, therefore whoever hopes to meet his Lord, he should do good deeds, and not join any one in the service of his Lord."

[21. Surah Al-Anbiyaa : Ayah 34]

"And We did not ordain abiding for any mortal before you. What! Then if you die, will they abide?"

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 5, Book 55, Number 654]

Narrated 'Umar (Radi Allah Anhu): I heard the Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle."

Event: Dr. Zakir Naik’s Public Talk in Riyadh (Updated)

You are most cordially invited with your family and friends to participate in a public talk. Separate seating is available for ladies.

Topic: Quran and Modern Science
Speaker: Dr. Zakir Naik ( President, Islamic Research Foundation Mumbai, India )

Date: 30 - 01 - 14
Time: 08:00 PM

Venue: King Fahad Cultural Centre, Riyadh, K.S.A
Coordinates: 24.638855,46.652621
Google Maps link: http://goo.gl/maps/cGATf

I will share my feedback after visiting it.

Update(2-2-14): We reached there around 7:05pm and it was already crowded. There were separate entrances for men and women, at the entrance there were some stalls on which Islamic books, DVDs and Toys were on sale. Some books were free as well. Also there was information available for an online Islamic University.

In the hall there was no water allowed, we were taken to upstairs, at around 8:05pm the doors were closed and the entrance for the lower portion of the hall was opened, it didnt seem fair that the people came earlier got the last seats and the people who came late got the front seats, anyway soon the doors of the lower portion were also closed and the hall was full. Remaining people stayed outside.

The lecture started around 8:35pm. The sound system was not good, it was difficult to understand words thus hardly after 20min people started to leave, those seats were filled by new people allowed to come inside and thus this kept on going till the whole event ended. Also the big screen was not showing the live video of this event and thus I could only tell that the person standing on the stage must be Zakir Naik, I couldn't see him close enough throughout the event.

The lecture was of around 1.5 hrs and then there was QA session, several questions and their answers were interesting and 10 people converted to Islam.

In women section things were pretty bad as they were shown the session on a small TV which was even smaller than the TVs available in homes and it was placed on floor and thus there was no visibility from far. Also the sound was also coming from the TV and thus it didn't reach back and thus soon women got busy in their own chatting.

So over all the arrangements were not good, specially this was not expected by such a well established organization. But the content of the lecture is very good and it can be an eye opener for a non-Muslim.

A video on Youtube from this event:


-urShadow