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Submitters Perspective, June 2022
Reflections after Ramadan on food and water as God's provisions, with world hunger and water shortage figures and a reminder that Zakat is due on the day of harvest. A second article argues the Feast of Sacrifice is an innovation, since animal offerings belong to Hajj, and that God never commanded Abraham to kill his son. Also announces the 2022 charity water campaign and the 37th annual conference in Tucson.
June 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, May 2022
God's tests and how to meet them with steadfastness and a positive mindset, drawing on Quranic examples from Abraham, Saul, and the Children of Israel and on attending Friday prayer. A second article addresses distraction in the modern attention economy, urging readers to stay mindful of the record God keeps of every deed, the weighing on the Day of Judgment, and the rewards of Paradise.
May 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, April 2022
Ramadan fasting is the theme of this issue: why God decrees it, how to observe it from dawn to sunset, and the exemptions for illness and travel. Members reflect on fasting as training and purification of the soul, remembering God through thirst and the blessing of water, the Night of Destiny, and the contact prayers. A reprinted piece traces fasting to Abraham and explains why moon sighting is unnecessary.
April 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, March 2022
Imploring God as a form of worship leads the issue, gathering Quranic prayers for forgiveness, guidance, protection and worldly needs, and contrasting those who never implore with those who pray only in hardship. Two anecdotes and an essay address atheism and the call to worship God alone, followed by a sister's letter on covid and Ramadan 2022 new moon times and dates.
March 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, February 2022
God's grace and mercy, from the second chance given to humans after the great feud to the forty-year grace period, repentance, and sins transformed into credits, lead this February 2022 issue. An essay condemns sectarianism and calls believers to one congregation and one Qiblah. A freed prisoner recounts finding himself through God's mercy, and a closing selection of verses addresses God's forgiveness.
February 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, January 2022
The contact prayer is the subject of two reflections. Lydia walks through the meaning of Al-Fãtehah and the bowing, prostration, and testimony of Salat, stressing worship of God alone. Faiz gathers Quranic verses on the contact prayer as a commandment, its role in remembering God and growing the soul, and its place among the traits of believers and the prophets.
January 1, 2022
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Submitters Perspective, December 2021
Gratitude to God fills this Thanksgiving issue, with community members giving thanks for guidance, the Quran's mathematical code, family, and the death of a mother witnessed in faith. A reflection on creation and a family's financial hardship in Tucson urges appreciating present blessings, followed by Quran and Bible verses on appreciation and a reprinted piece on gratitude's benefits for body and mind.
December 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, November 2021
Thanksgiving opens with the proclamations of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, then gathers Submitters' accounts of the blessings they thank God for: guidance, the Quran, the contact prayers, Quran studies, their spiritual family, technology that kept them connected through the pandemic, health, nature, and beloved pets. One writer recounts surviving an Iranian death sentence and recovering from MS.
November 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, October 2021
Marriage according to the Quran: consent and maturity, which rule out child marriage, the dowry, arbitration and divorce, the husband as captain of the ship, and the equality of men and women, including condemnation of forced sex within marriage. A second article reflects on eyesight as a gift from God, its complexity, and the eyes bearing witness on the Day of Judgment. An invitation to join the weekly reminder email list follows.
October 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, September 2021
Remembering God at all times, through the contact prayer dedicated to God alone, with its rewards and the consequences of forgetting Him. A member living far from her community during the COVID-19 pandemic asks whether listening to the Friday Prayer by phone counts as attending, and why she still prays the four units of the noon prayer. A closing piece urges listening, self-examination, and the Quran to resolve disputes.
September 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, August 2021
Steadfast perseverance as the Quran describes it: repenting and reforming after failure, seeking God's help, observing the contact prayers, spending provisions, and countering evil with good. A second essay treats happiness as a choice that follows from worshiping God alone. Also included are reflections on what God will ask us about and notice of the 36th annual United Submitters conference in Chicago, September 3 to 5, 2021.
August 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, July 2021
Belief in God, the Last Day, and righteousness is presented as the common ground of submission, with Dr. Bruce Lipton's epigenetics and the placebo effect used to argue that perception and belief shape the body and that forgiveness frees us from the past. A second essay holds that God gave humans hearing, eyesight, and brains to verify His message, and that misusing them leads to Hell.
July 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, June 2021
Practicing the presence of God, drawing on Brother Lawrence alongside the Quran and the Bible, as a way of offering every daily action to God through the heart. A second essay presents freedom as a responsibility: choosing God's laws over Satan's illusory freedom, with no compulsion in religion and believers upholding righteousness even as a minority. The issue closes with an invitation to join the weekly reminder email list.
June 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, May 2021
Moderation in Submission is drawn from the Quran: true fundamentalism as kindness rather than fanaticism, balance in charity, eating and drinking, consultation, no compulsion in religion, and equivalence tempered by forgiveness, alongside God's control of all events. A second essay examines how the ego, especially a know it all attitude, hinders appreciation of God, followed by verses on appreciation and a Memorial Day poem of remembrance.
May 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, April 2021
Ramadan and fasting as a path to salvation, drawing on 2:183 to 187 and verses on worship, charity, and striving in the cause of God. Members reflect on fasting as nourishment for the soul and on appreciating God's provisions through the Quran's accounts of food. The issue gives the Ramadan 2021 dates and the Night of Destiny, and sets fasting passages from Isaiah and Matthew alongside.
April 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, March 2021
Common misconceptions drawn from abuse of the Quran, read against its verses: jihad and the ban on aggression, Abraham rather than Muhammad as the source of Submission, polygamy, divorce and women's rights, marking rather than cutting off a thief's hand, the absence of stoning, and the dress code. A second article explains, from personal experience and Quranic verses, why a Submitter rejects Hadith and Sunnah.
March 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, February 2021
Kindness toward believers undergoing tests leads this issue, urging Submitters to offer support and encouraging reminders like those in sura 65 rather than blame. A second essay treats racism as an ego born with Satan's arrogance, affirming that all people descend from Adam and Eve. Parallel verses from the Quran and the Bible on God's sovereignty follow, along with letters of thanks from prisoners.
February 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, January 2021
Kindness as the difficult path of Sura 90 opens this newsletter, offered as an answer to the division culminating in the January 6 invasion of the Capitol. A collection of verses follows on treating one another in the best manner and disregarding opponents, then an index of 2020 articles and a parable of a king's four wives teaching that only the soul follows us beyond death.
January 1, 2021
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Submitters Perspective, December 2020
God as the Pardoner, explained through His names of mercy and forgiveness in the Quran, with guidance on sincere repentance, why it is never too late to turn to God, and forgiving others when wronged. A second article covers accountability in the Hereafter, the rewards of Paradise for the righteous, and the punishments of Hell for those who choose this worldly life.
December 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, November 2020
God's countless blessings and the duty to appreciate them, the theme of this Thanksgiving issue. A member traces his blessings of knowledge, faith, scripture and wisdom from childhood through the Bible to recognizing the messenger of the covenant. A reprinted 1995 essay urges daily thanks, and a biology student tells how the contact prayer helped him pass organic chemistry.
November 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, October 2020
Blindly following parents and the majority is the danger examined first, through Quranic verses and two parables, with advice on honoring parents while worshiping God alone. A second article surveys the gross sins in the Quran: idol worship as the unforgivable offense if maintained until death, murder, adultery, intoxicants, gambling, and lying about God, along with the door God leaves open for repentance.
October 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, September 2020
Focusing on one's own self in submission to God rather than on others' faults, illustrated by a story about dirty windows and verses on the self as an advocate of vice and being responsible only for one's own deeds. A second article examines why submitters resist feedback and reminders, how Satan uses the ego and misdirection, and how to weigh criticism against the Quran and respond kindly.
September 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, August 2020
Submission is likened to joining a gym, where the work begins after joining: rites as exercises, Friday prayer as accountability, discipline, and a community that exhorts one another to be steadfast. A second article treats keeping promises and oaths, with the Quran's atonement for broken oaths. Letters follow from a Christian seeker who found the Quran without Hadith and from submitters in Texas and California prisons.
August 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, July 2020
Patience and steadfastness lead the issue, drawing on the meanings of sabr, the examples of Job, Jacob and Abraham, and three kinds of patience in the Quran. A reflection on the pandemic treats hardship as God's test and urges trust in Him. An Independence Day essay describes leaving a Christian upbringing for the Quran and the Contact Prayers, followed by an invitation to join the weekly reminder email list.
July 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, June 2020
Listening as a commandment from God, drawn from Quranic examples of bad listening (heedless, false, biased, closed minded) and good listening (responsive, retentive, with the heart). A second essay ties listening to being silent, especially before the Quran. A mealtime story shows how the tongue reveals the heart, and a Contact Prayer timings app is announced.
June 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, May 2020
The COVID19 pandemic as a test from God and an opportunity to turn back to Him, with Quranic and biblical verses on trusting His protection, remembering Him day and night, and the contact prayer. A second essay draws on the messengers' responses to trials and on psychological reframing to choose a better response to hardship. A page of quarantine jokes closes the issue.
May 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, April 2020
Ramadan 1441 opens the issue, with Quranic verses on fasting, righteous works and the expected start dates and Night of Destiny for 2020. A long study traces human responsibility from accepting freedom of choice to accountability for our works, intentions, thoughts, family and blessings. A closing piece examines the six verses saying Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe, and their mathematical relationships based on the number 19.
April 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, March 2020
Human weaknesses named in the Quran, such as indecision, ego, arrogance, impatience, ingratitude and selfishness, and the difficult path of overcoming them to please God. A second article traces the soul's round trip from the feud in the High Society through this final chance to its return to God. Also a reflection on the train of life, the Quran app, and the 2020 Chicago conference.
March 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, February 2020
Happiness as Submission to God alone, contrasted with views from wealth, Aristotle, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, with Quranic verses promising joy now and in the Hereafter. A reprinted 1990 article urges making pleasing God the number one priority and reading problems as tests. Ramadan 2020 dates, new moon times and the Night of Destiny close the issue.
February 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, January 2020
God's attributes as the Quran describes them, and why knowing Him is the basis for trusting and obeying Him, open the issue, with a list of His names. A second article answers the charge that Islam promotes violence, explaining Submission as peace, justice, knowledge and no distinction among God's messengers. A poem on Submitters and an index of 2019 articles follow.
January 1, 2020
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Submitters Perspective, December 2019
Jesus as only begotten son is reexamined against biblical uses of sons of God and the Quran's verses calling such a claim blasphemy. The winter solstice is explained as God's design, with a warning against sun worship and Yule and Stonehenge rituals. Also included are a late sister's letter of thanks to God for her invitation to Submission and a parable on the blessing of giving to charity.
December 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, November 2019
Two essays from the November 2019 newsletter. Lory, overwhelmed by the chaos of the world, finds comfort in verses about holding fast to God and calls the Quran our life line to Him, sharing passages used to glorify God. Ubaid writes that this worldly life is an illusion, warns against idol worship and the chase for material success, and urges total submission, repentance, and reform.
November 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, October 2019
The Contact Prayers (Salat) as a Quranic commandment and basic requirement of Submission, traced through verses on righteousness, remembering God, losing the prayers, and attaining mercy. A report follows on the 34th annual United Submitters International conference in Tucson, with its khutba on the 1969 moon landing and 54:1. Verses on the earth as God's sign and notes on the Quran and Salat times apps close the issue.
October 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, September 2019
Resisting the crowd and peer pressure, with the Quran's warning that following the majority diverts people from God's path. Gladwell and Granovetter's idea of thresholds, illustrated by free throw shooters Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry, frames a call to worship God alone without waiting for others. Letters from prisoners describe receiving the Quran and accepting Rashad Khalifa as the messenger of the covenant.
September 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, August 2019
God as the only true guide, set against human guides like docents and counselors, with verses on wavering, steadfastness, free choice, and the Quran as the complete guidebook to salvation. A second article reflects on God's countless blessings, from the workings of the eye, brain, and ear to forgiveness, freedom of choice, the contact prayer, and the promise of Paradise.
August 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, July 2019
Striving in the cause of God with money and with one's life, drawn from Quranic verses: charity beyond Zakat, spreading the message, feeding the poor, emigrating, kind and equitable treatment of others, Quran studies, and avoiding suspicion and backbiting, all toward returning to God's kingdom. A second article treats nature as God's gift, urging gratitude for earth and water and responsible conservation for all creatures and future generations.
July 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, June 2019
Tests from God as a mandatory part of this life, including the admission test after accepting Submission, prosperity as a test, why tests come, and how to respond through imploring, appreciation, and meditation on God. A second essay tells of a young actor who leaves acting for early childhood education and learns that only God's knowledge of her work matters.
June 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, May 2019
Joy and happiness as fruits of submission to God alone, traced through Quran verses on mindfulness, appreciation, and glorifying God at both ends of the day. Articles pair Quranic support with research on living in the present and nine science backed happiness behaviors such as kindness, relationships, and valuing time over money. An announcement for the 34th annual United Submitters conference in Tucson, August 2019, closes the issue.
May 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, April 2019
Ramadan fasting as a gift from God opens the issue, with its blessings, remission of sins, and the alternatives Sura 2:184 allows for those who fast with great difficulty. An essay pictures the mind as a garden of thoughts to weed by seeking refuge in God, and another argues from the Quran and the Bible that all praise and glory belong to God alone. The 2019 Tucson conference is announced.
April 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, March 2019
The ego as a false self and a god beside God leads this issue, traced through Satan's deception at the forbidden tree and the Children of Israel's calf worship, with the Quran's command to kill our egos. Further pieces reflect on night and day as signs of God's precise control, and a prisoner explains prostration as service and submission. Ramadan 2019 dates and new moon times close the issue.
March 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, February 2019
Being appreciative of God's countless blessings leads the issue, with Quranic examples from Solomon, Luqman, Lot and Abraham and a reflection on what it means that God Himself is Appreciative, calling believers to appreciate one another. A second essay treats worshiping God alone in many ways, resisting the devil's distractions, and the soul's battle against the ego after missed prayers. Ramadan 2019 dates are announced.
February 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, January 2019
Life after death leads the issue: how other faiths imagine the Hereafter, why there is no intercession, and the Quran's teaching that each soul is recorded and answerable for its own deeds. A second article, prompted by Olympic ice dancing, asks how to fine-tune the ego toward the High Heaven by forgiving and countering evil with good. An index of 2018 articles closes it.
January 1, 2019
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Submitters Perspective, December 2018
The 12 Steps and the Quran, in the closing article of a series that summarizes the earlier steps and relates prayer, meditation, and spreading the message of submission to God. Further articles warn against ego driven comparison with others in favor of appreciating God's blessings, and urge truthfulness through a story of a man whose promise to stop lying ends his other bad habits. Notices point to Quran and contact prayer apps.
December 1, 2018
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Submitters Perspective, November 2018
The devil's tools for diverting people from worshiping God alone, each matched with Quranic verses: idol worship, usury, rumors, intoxicants and gambling, extravagance, blind following of parents, and fear of other than God. A reprinted article answers with the tools God gives, such as remembering God, the contact prayer, charity, fasting and seeking forgiveness. Readers compare Alcoholics Anonymous principles and the Big Book with the Quran.
November 1, 2018
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Submitters Perspective, October 2018
Self-righteousness is examined through the final items of a self-check list: tolerance of differences, unity of all who worship God alone, admitting what we do not know, and remembering we are sinners saved only by God's mercy. A series article finds Quranic support for Steps 9 and 10 of the 12 Steps, making amends and daily personal inventory. Verses on the wind as God's sign follow.
October 1, 2018
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Submitters Perspective, September 2018
Self-righteousness is the main subject, explored as the ego's last trick against those who embrace Submission, with Satan as the prime example and a checklist drawn from the Quran on special knowledge, labeling fellow submitters, harsh delivery, guilt, judgment, and online conduct. Letters from prisoners who received the Quran follow, along with a report on the 2018 Submitters conference in Dallas, themed on kindness and thanking God.
September 1, 2018
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Submitters Perspective, August 2018
Appreciating God leads the issue, urging gratitude for His countless blessings, reflection on His creation, and patience in adversity, with the contact prayers, Ramadan and repentance as aids. A continuing series grounds steps 7 and 8 of the 12 steps in the Quran, drawing on Moses. Selected Psalms of David appear beside corresponding Quran verses, followed by a reader's letter.
August 1, 2018
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Submitters Perspective, July 2018
A submitter's twelve simple points for explaining Submission to coworkers and friends, covering one God, freedom of religion, self-responsibility, dietary prohibitions, the trinity, and evolution. Further articles treat fulfilling religious and personal obligations as a covenant with God, and how reminding others to worship God alone also benefits the reminder. Notices announce the Quran app, the weekly reminder email list, and the 2018 Dallas conference.
July 1, 2018
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