Have no fear for the Lord is always with thee

the other day, i wrote i was afraid and today i am inspired - all by Gods grace.

i stumbled on a post http://free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9602898.0 from someone who like me is searching on his journey to god alone and i am inspired.

i have not posted it all but taken that which i find inspiring

on submission.org and learned about the mathematical miracle of the number 19 in the Quran!

however, I branched off from submission.org, because i believed in the message of Rashad, which was to follow the Quran alone. - this has always been the message of Rashad - i believe - (since the Quran only states 3 names of prayer, and the 2.5% is totally not in the Quran but from tradition. Not to mention that it is illogical since most people did not even know simple math back then in the dark ages!!! how would they fair then with 1/40) i would have to agree with him as i can only find 3 salat mentioned in Quran too - and this 2.5 tax thing - i have never understood it - how we came at 2.5 which is not in the quran is amazing - i dont understand how in some parts we are asked to follow Quran alone - the Quran is complete and in some parts we take from hadith. (Another thing is the deletion of the two verse at the end of sura 9, which is hypocritical to God's decree of "no falsehood can enter into it!!!..." (41:42) (I like the free-minds explanation of sura 9 being a Law-decreeing sura (Muhkim) = featuring fighting)
*This is when it hits me when God tells us that he allows the devil to put falsehood in EVERY prophet/messenger he sends. God then leaves what the devil fabricated to be a test, and then rules with his Revelations/Words! - i have not even thought about this at all - so have nocomments on it

*Another good point for the submitters out there is that Rashad even stated in his great debate video something like ' if i tell you to do something that's not in the Quran, do NOT do it'. Thus again, confirming the message from God (Quran Alone), and debasing the errors of the human messenger, (even the Prophet Muhammed erred when he forbid something that was lawful to him in sura 66, thus human messengers do err!).

This is when i had to re-change my beliefs - i would not say this is a change in belief but rather a change in approach to prayer - belief is all about God - prayer is a worship requirement - again, from doing 5 salats to 3 salats.
During the 2yr period of my renaissance and cleaving to God, i became zealous and started to research my way into the Torah/Tanakh and the entire bible. This is when by God's grace, I found out that God's chosen religion (Submission/Abrahamic Monothiesm) has really been the same; the salat and zakat being the main components for the rememberance of God. While the laws and commandments differ (by God's leave) - i wholly agree with this rationale - as i have said so many times - belief in God salat and zakat are the three main tennents - why we want to forget that i dont know.
I even started to learn to read biblical Hebrew, and just found it absolutely fantastic to see the similarities between the Biblical Hebrew and the Quranic Arabic words.
Such an instance is when God calls moses out of the burning bush and tells him to take off his shoes, in Arabic "ya mosa inani ana allahu" and "f'Ekhla3 na3laik" and in Hebrew God states it as "moshe moshe h'inani..." and " Shel n3lekha m3l reglekha!" (Exodus 3:4 and Quran 27:9 & 20:12) (Such instances taken with great appreciation!)

By God's grace, i also found out the roots of the Salat and the Zakat fro the previous scriptures.
First to mention is Abraham prayed to God to make him one of those who do their Salats (Quran 14:40) and to show him the rights of his religion (Quran 2:128). Second, God tells the children of Israel in the Quran of his conditional support, "I am with you if you establish Salat, and Give the zakat....." (5:12), thus the children of Israel must have known how to do the salat and give the zakat! God then tells us that generations came by and LOST their salat! Quran 19:59) Hence:

Salat is equivilant of the Aramaic 'sloota' (Prayer) and the Hebrew Tfillah (prayer) or Amidah (standing prayer) Which is basically the 3 daily prayers: evening, morning, and noon (see psalm 55:17, Daniel 6:10, and the New Testament's times for prayer 3rth, 6th, and 9th hours, all of which shadow the Quran's 3 names of prayer (Dawn, evening, and middle prayer Quran 24:58 and 2:238)

Watch the Original Jewish Amidah (Standing Prayer)
salat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aHWASyMjwg i have just viewed this and it is awfully inspiring.
*Notice the similarities between the motions and the standard muslim movements,
see laws of the Amidah, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, 18:12 at http://www.yonanewman.org/kizzur/kizzur18.html#12
*Also see Abraham's explanation of prayer http://www.torah.org/learning/rambam/tf.html#
*it is also noteworthy to mention that the Amidah (standing prayer/Salat) has 19 Blessings to be recited! (can be found at http://www.hebrew4christians.com/) -


Zakat is equivilant to the Aebrew 'tzadakha' (charity) which is the 10% tithe throughout the Old testament AND the New testament). (i.e Abraham gives the priest MelechZedek 10%, Jacob vows a vow to give God 10%, God reprimands the children of Israel for not giving the 10% tithe). God changes this 10% tithe to the "the extra/Awf" that we have in 2:219 Quran)

i researched this before and i came across 10% too which is mentioned as tithe which is zakat i think - but i am inclined towards the excess rather than 10% and rather than 2.5 of which i can find no evidence other than some people saying it is in hadith - there is no 2.5 on what to give as charity that i can find in quran - and i have to agree at his logic to - how would those days would anyone know what 2.5% is to be??

Rememberence:
Most importantly however, is to Remember God always, because almost everything we do: (salat/zakat/pray/glorify/praise/thank/ask for forgivness/submit by following commandments) is to REMEMBER GOD!
As he stated " so Remember me, that i remember you..." (Quran 2:148)