Everywhere and all the time it is up to you to honour God in contentment with your present circumstance,
to treat the men who are your present company with justice
and to lavish thought on every present impression in your mind
so that nothing slips past your understanding
~ Marcus Aurelius,( Meditations)GEORGE GALLOWAY SPEAKS TO A ZIONIST: prt 1
GEORGE GALLOWAY SPEAKS TO A ZIONIST:prt 2
Deciphering Myspace for non muslims
SAAW-abbrev.appears after the name of specifically the Prophet Muhammad, in arabic Sal Allahu alayhe wa aalehee wa salam, English- Gods peace and Blessings be upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad. i may have put it in the english (pbuh&hp)- Peace be upon him and his Progeny, sometimes i may have written it out in full. =D
(AS)- abbrev. appears after the mention of the names of any other prophets e.g Moses(AS) and also after the names of the Prophets Progeny starting with his only child; Fatima (AS) and her husband Ali (AS)- the first Imam. in arabic - Alayhee/Alayha Salaam, English- Upon him/her(respectively) be peace
Allah- the arabic name for the one true God. it is not merely an islamic word' rather arab Christians and Jews call God, Allah. Arabic, being a semetic language in the same category as Hebrew and Syriac stemmed from Aramaic, whereby the word for God in Aramaic is 'illah' meaning THE God. therefore Jesus Christ(AS) and other prophets in fact called God 'Illah'.
Ummah the context in which i refer to it, Ummah is the arabic word meaning the community of Muslims worldwide, the followers of the Prophet Muhammad(SAAW)
Imam/s- the title given to the protectors and implementers of islamic knowledge after the passing of the final Prophet of God; Muhammad (SAW). this is the position of shia muslims; that there were 12 imams beginning with Imam Ali (AS) husband of the Prophets(SAW) daughter Fatima (AS). it is the shia position that those imams (all of whom blood descendants of the Holy Prophet-SAW), were the infallible rightful protectors of Islam. Ali(AS)was succeeded by his sons imam Hassan(AS) and imam Hussain(AS)and the remaining 9 imams were descendants of Hussain(AS)