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The Origin of Disputes and Jealousy! (SO KIYAPAKAPOON O MGA RIDO-RIDO) The First Crime and The First Burial.

Disputes and Conflicts are inborn. It was clearly mentioned in the Quran when Allah has revealed to His angels about the Creation of Adam;

Allah the Almighty revealed: And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth." They said: 'Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that which you do not know." Surah 2: 30 

It was mentioned about the natural inborn of mankind that they will make mischief and shed blood. However, Allah said that He know which they do not know. Allah knows everything but it does not matter. His kingdom will not diminish if the disbelievers do not believe in Him, nor will it be extended if many people believe in Him. Besides, Allah (S.W.T) gave Adam a complete free will, a choice of what he wants. The truth is that Allah knew what was going to happen. as he always knows the outcome of events before they take place. However, Allah does not force things to happen. He grants free will to His human creatures. On that He bases His supreme wisdom in populating the earth, establishing the vicegerents, and so on. He forbids Adam to come near on the tree, but it was the consequences. Allah knew that it will happen and that will be the reason Adam was dismissed from Paradise. But his disobedience does not negate his freedom.

Disputes and Conflicts are common in human societies. As we can see, the whole world has been suffering of different conflicts. Some of them are violent, some non-violent. These unending conflicts was started during the first four children of Adam.

The First Four Children of Adam and Hawa (Eve)

Allah the All-High said:

"And recite to them the true story of the two sons of Adam, when they offered a sacrifice. It was accepted from one of them and not accepted from the other. The latter said, 'I will kill you.' The former said,' Allah accepts only from those who are pious. Yet, if you stretch out your hand against me to kill me, I shall not stretch out my hand to kill you, for I fear Allah, the Lord of the worlds. I prefer that you bear the burdens of my sin and your sin, and so become an inhabitant of the Fire, that is the recompense of the transgressors.' His soul then prompted him to kill his brother and he killed him, and become one of the losers. Then Allah sent a raven scratching into the earth  to show him how to bury the corpse of his brother. He said, 'Woe to me, was I not even able to do as this raven thus  burying my brother?' He become full of remorse." (Qur'an 5:27-31) 

In other narration from some companions, it was narrated that Adam married the son from one delivery to the daughter from another delivery. Habel (Abel) wanted to marry the sister of Qabel (Cain). Cain was older than him and his twin sister was more beautiful. So Cain wanted to keep his twin sister for himself. Adam (A.S.) ordered Cain to marry her with Abel, but he refused to do so. Them he ordered them both to offer a sacrifice, and left for Makkah to perform hajj.

After Adam had left, both offered their sacrifices. Abel, who was a shepherd, offered a fat lamb. Cain offered a bundle of the worst crops he had grown. A fire came down and destroyed the sacrifice of Cain, leaving the sacrifice of Abel untouched. Cain became angry and threatened Abel, "I will kill you so that you do not marry my sister." Abel replied, "Allah accepts only from those who fear him."

Abu Ja'far al-Baqir mentioned that Adam was present and saw each of them offer their sacrifices and also saw the acceptance from Abel. Cain said to Adam, "Abel's offering was accepted only because you prayed for him and did not pray for me." Then he threatened his brother regarding the matter they had a dispute in.

One night, Abel was late after tending his flock. So Adam sent Cain to see what happened to him. When Cain went looking for him, he found him and there he said, "Your offering was accepted, but mine was not." Abel replied, "Allah accepts only from those who fear Him." This made Cain angry and hit his brother with the iron he held in his hand thus killing him. There is another opinion that suggests that Cain killed Abel by throwing a rock on his head while he was sleeping. In a third version of the incident, it is said that he strangled him to death and bit him like a beast. This was the First Crime in History.


Jealousy is the only reason why Abel was killed by his brother (Cain). Cain was not really a bad one,  but because of the fact that he has to marry his brother's sister, knowing that she is not beautiful for him. He refused it, He was overcome by his Nafs (ego). he got even more angry after seeing that his offering was not accepted and Abel offering was accepted. 


Nabi (S.A.W.) said: Jealousy destroys the good deeds like how the fire burns wood. He also said that Jealousy is the work of the hypocrites.




"As for whoever exceeded the limits and preferred the life of this world, surely his abode will be the Fire; and as for whoever feared to stand before his Lord and restrained the desires of his self, surely his abode will be the Garden"  Surah 79:39-40
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References:


The Book Title Stories of the Prophets (Kasasul Anbiya) Chapter of Prophet Adam (Ibn Kather), SunniPath The Online Islamic Academy, Alim Qur'an and Hadith.

The Origin of PRIDE (Khibr) So Karata o kapangimporoan!

Pride (Khibr) : A Barrier to Paradise

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Before the creation of mankind, when Allah (S.W.T.) decided to create Adam (The origin of Mankind): He revealed to His angels that He is going to create mankind.

Allah the Almighty revealed: And (remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after generations on earth." They said: 'Will You place therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that which you do not know." Surah 2: 30.

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When the time drew near to breathe the spirit into Adam, as Allah the Almighty decreed, He commanded the angels:

'When I breathe My spirit into him prostrate before him." Allah breathed His spirit into Adam and when it reached his head Adam sneezed. The angels said: "Say all praise belongs to Allah." Adam repeated: "All praise belongs to Allah." Allah said to him: "Your Lord has granted you mercy." When the spirit reached his eyes, Adam looked at the fruits of Paradise. When it reached his abdomen Adam felt an appetite for food. He jumped hurriedly before the spirit could reach his legs, so that he could eat from the fruits of Paradise. Allah, therefore, said: Man is created of haste. Surah 21: 37

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And He taught Adam all the names (of everything), then He showed them to the angels and said: "Tell me the names of these if you are truthful. "They (angels) said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise."

He said: "O Adam! Inform the of their names, "and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?"

And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam."  And they prostrated except Iblis, he refused  and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah)."Surah 2:31-34.

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(Allah) said: 'what prevented you (O Iblis) that you do not prostrate, when I command you?"

(Iblis) said: "I am better that him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him you created from clay."

(Allah) said: "O Iblis, get down from this (Paradise), it is not for you to be arrogant here. Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced." Surah 7:11-13

(Iblis) said: "Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up (i.e. The Day of Resurrection)."

(Allah) said: "You are of those allowed respite."

(Iblis) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight path. Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You)."

(Allah) said: (to Iblis): "Get out from this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all." Surah 7:1418
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This means that Iblis tried to compare himself to Adam. He believed that he was more honorable than Adam. Therefore, he abstained from prostrating, even though Allah had commanded him to do so, just as He had commanded the angels. If an analogy is made, we see that Iblis is vain. For indeed, clay is better than fire because in it can be found the qualities of calmness, clemency, perseverance, and growth; whereas in fire can be found heedlessness, insignificance, haste, and incineration.

Iblis tried in vain to justify his refusal: "Shall I prostrate to one whom You created from clay?" (Iblis) said: "See? This one whom You have honored above me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a few!" Surah 17: 62 

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Allah knew that Iblis was not going to obey Him in prostrating before Adam. Allah could have totally annihilated him or turned him into a handful of dust or stifled the refusal in his mouth. Yet, Allah gives His commissioned creatures absolute freedom even to the extent that they can refuse Allah the Almighty's commands. He grants them the freedom of denial, disobedience, and even disagreement with Him.

His kingdom will not diminish if the disbelievers do not believe in Him, nor will it be extended if many people believe in Him. On the contrary, the disbelievers will lose, and the believers will gain, but Allah is above all of that.

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Almighty Allah says: "That abode of the Next World: We grant it to those who do not seek to exalt themselves in the earth or to cause corruption in it. The successful outcome is for the god-fearing," (28:83)

And the Almighty says,"Do not strut arrogantly about the earth." (1737)

The Almighty says,"Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the earth, Allah does not love anyone who is vain of boastful," (W31:17; H31:18)

Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter the garden."A man said,"And if the man likes his clothes to be good and his sandals to be good?" He said,"Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means to renounce the truth and abase people." (Muslim)

Allah (S.W.T.) inform us that the Hell fire is the abode of those who have khibr (pride and arrogance). and we learn from the above hadith that whoever has an atoms worth of khibr (pride) in his heart will not enter Paradise. So this is a proof that khibr (pride) necessitates entry to Hell fire and prevents entry into Paradise. And this comprehensive explanation that the Prophet mentioned has clarified the meaning of khibr(pride) in the clearest possible manner. So he divided khibr (pride) into two types:1) Pride Against the Truth:This is to reject the truth and not to accept it. Anyone who rejects the truth is proud and arrogant in accordance with what he rejects of the truth. 2) Pride towards people:This type of pride is to despise the people and to look down upon them. This attitude arises when a person is amazed with his own self, thinks that he is better that others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In conclusion, Iblis has been doing the best he can to destroy everyone's faith, only those who has strong faith in Allah will survive and gain the bounty (Paradise) of Allah. May Allah (S.W.T.) Guide us to the right path.

The Origin of the Universe (SO KIYA ADNA O ALLAH SA GIYA-A DUNYA)

Every human being in this world has been offering his prayer to what he believe as his God. The question is have you ever ask your self who created you and why? who created the universe and how?. The history about the origin of the universe has been told and retold. Numberless scientists, philosophers, theologians, thinkers, brilliant people from different continent has studied the existence of God and how he created the universe.  The existence of God is an enduring and popular philosophical problem for those who are not Muslim. Many arguments claiming to prove the existence of God have been proposed throughout the centuries, often on the basis of some feature of the natural world. However, after a long time, the world has now equipped by modern science technology which can reexamine the outer space and even the stage of man's embryonic development. The most prominent theory of the origin of the universe is "The Big Bang Theory" but as the time goes by, it became senseless and absurd.  In conclusion, the science of modern cosmology, observational and theoretical, has finally concluded clearly that the whole universe was nothing but a cloud of 'smoke' (i.e. an opaque highly dense and hot gaseous composition) (see figures 1 and 2)

Figure 1: A new star forming out a cloud of gas and dust (nebula) which is one of the remnants of the 'smoke' that was the origin of the whole universe.

Figure 2: (Left) - A towering "mountain" of cold hydrogen gas laced with dust is the site of new star formation in the Carina Nebula. The great gas pillars is being eroded by the ultraviolet radiation form the hottest newborn stars in the nebula.

(Right) - A close-up look at the peak of one of these "pillars of creation" reveals unequivocal evidence that stars are being born inside the columns... (http://internal.hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/nebula/2007)

Almighty Allah (S.W.T) said in the Quran:

35. Were they created out of nothing? Or were they themselves the creator?
36. Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!
(Qur'an 52:35-36)


53. We (Allah) shall show them our signs on the horizons and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them it is the Truth. Is it not sufficient that the Lord is Witness over all things? (Qur'an 41:53)

Allah (S.W.T.) has already revealed to us in the Qur'an about the Origin of the Universe before modern science technology was built. Because the earth and the heavens above (the sun, the moons, the stars, the planets, the galaxies, etc.) have been formed from this same 'smoke'. we conclude that the Earth and Heavens were one connected entity. Then out of this homogeneous 'smoke' they formed and separated from each other. Allah has said in the Qur'an:

"Have not those who disbelieved known that the heavens and the earth were one connected entity, then We separated them?..." (Qur'an 21:30)

Dr. Alfred Kroner is one of the world's renowned geologists. He is Professor of Geology and the Chairman of the Department of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Germany. He said: "Thinking where Muhammad came from... I think it is amost 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, this is the case "(2) To view the comments. 

Also he said: "Somebody who did not know something about nuclear physics fourteen hundred 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.. (to see this comment) 

There are so many verses in the Qur'an which clearly revealed about signs of the origin of the universe. 


A question for Christians, Jews and Atheist. Supposed that your belief is right (i.e.  Jesus is the God for the Christians and Jews and there is no God for the Atheist). then what are we (who believe in Allah) going to lose after death? But on the other hand what will happen to you if we are right?. Nothing but hell, a severe punishment. Think deeper and make a choice wisely. A single person like Jesus can not create a thing without Allah's permission, use your mind and think again and again if Jesus can create this universe. What are you waiting for, scientists, theologians, philosophers, thinkers has already said that this Universe can not be created by Jesus and he is just a human being like us. A chosen prophet. It is your turn to choose. Nevertheless, its up to you,  either believe in Allah, or stay hopeless in this life without knowing where you came from, or where you will be in the hereafter or why are you here in this life. 


Be informed that Allah the Almighty has created you for one single purpose which is to worship Him. He said in the Qur'an:


"I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve me" (Qur'an 51:56)


"And they have been commanded no more than this: To worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being true (in faith); to establish regular prayer, and to give zakat (i.e. charity given to the needy), and that is the religion Right and Straight (Qur'an 98:5)


On the contrary, if you believe in Allah and do good, you will in return to Him and dwell in Paradise having whatsoever you wish. Whatever your decision, we have given you the clear signs but it is Allah has said also:


80. Behold! You can not make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they have turned to flee.
81. Nor can you guide the blind out of their straying. You can make none to hear, except those who believe in Our revelations, and who have surrendered. (Qur'an 27:80-81)


Note: All English verses are translated of the meanings of the Qur'an which was revealed in Arabic.