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Submitters Perspective, June 2014
Honesty as a trait of the righteous leads this issue, with guidance on avoiding white lies and speaking truth without cruelty, drawing on sura 109 and 2:177. Further pieces reflect on Arizona forest fires that killed 19 firefighters as a reminder of Hell, gratitude to God for rain, wind, sun and plants, and the Quran's definition of the greatest triumph as Paradise and closeness to God.
June 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, May 2014
The conduct expected of a Submitter, drawn from the Quran: devotion to God alone, family duties, charity, humility, honesty in trade, and fairness as a witness. The concluding part of Marvels of God pairs Quranic verses with findings on animal communities, bird migration, honey bees, and ants. A closing piece urges praying for all believers and offering the greeting of peace to everyone.
May 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, April 2014
How God builds faith by testing it through difficulties, commands, money and delays, with lessons to rejoice, obey, give and wait patiently. Also covers coping with the death of a loved one, since only God controls life and death, and continues a series on scientific marvels in the Quran: the barrier between seas, life from water, and plants created in pairs.
April 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, March 2014
Submission as the path to world peace leads the issue, arguing that following God's laws from the scripture alone, not Hadith and Sunna, forbids killing in God's name. Part 2 of Marvels of God links Quran verses to atoms, fingerprints, embryology and pain receptors. A prisoner's letter appears with Dr. Khalifa's 1985 reprint on incarceration as a blessing, plus a poem on kindness and notice of the 2014 Washington DC conference.
March 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, February 2014
Knowledge as a gift from God, from Adam learning the names to the command to read, with the Quran urging people to verify information, observe nature, and reflect. A second article, the first of a series, presents marvels in the Quran on astronomy, the egg shape of the earth, the water cycle, and its literary challenge. An announcement gives the 29th annual United Submitters conference near Washington DC.
February 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, January 2014
A verse by verse reflection on Sura 1, The Key, asks who God is and why we should glorify Him and seek His guidance, drawing on His mercy, sovereignty, judgment and answered prayers of Job and Zachariah. A second article likens removing toxic souls from Heaven to removing toxic people from life, with the Contact Prayers as detox. An index of 2013 articles and a weekly reminder invitation follow.
January 1, 2014
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Submitters Perspective, December 2013
Striving in the cause of God as a daily holy war against one's own weakness, sustained through steadfastness and the contact prayer, opens this issue. Further essays show that Submission's practices began with Abraham, not Muhammad, and recount a former Christian's realization that worshiping Jesus and praying to saints is idolatry. A closing piece asks whether disputes are material to salvation, drawing on David and Solomon.
December 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, November 2013
God's warnings, likened to storm and tornado alerts, carry eternal stakes, from Solomon and the three who stayed behind to 'Ad, Thamud, and Midyan. A mathematical article links Adam's redemption in 2:37 and 7:23 to Sura Al-Fatehah through the number 19, arguing it must be recited unchanged in the contact prayer. A closing piece urges keeping thoughts positive and centered on God.
November 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, October 2013
Gratitude to God in hardship anchors this issue, which draws on Solomon's prayers and repetition of the Basmalah to trust that God provides ease after difficulty. A second essay explains righteous works and the contact prayer as means to salvation, made urgent because no one knows the hour of death. A tribute thanks Submitter parents for raising a second generation devoted to God alone.
October 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, September 2013
The role and responsibilities of men in Islam lead the issue, setting God's rules on communication, clothing, illegal prohibitions on women, divorce and gender equality in religion against cultural traditions. A second essay argues from the Quran that God is in full control rather than a distant first cause. Also a report on the 2013 Tucson conference, readers' letters, and a call to join the weekly reminder list.
September 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, August 2013
Belonging to God leads this issue, drawing on Quran verses, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and the words of Joseph, Abraham, and Jesus. A submitter recounts overcoming fear after losing a job, another tells how God answered a prayer for contact with his wife, and a serviceman writes of being drawn to worshiping God alone. Verses on the mountains as God's signs are also included.
August 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, July 2013
Submission as God's one religion, given to Adam and all the prophets, and the worship of God alone without idols lead this issue. Further articles show God as our advocate through the persecution of Abraham and the angels' objection to humanity, and read Sura 93 as assurance that God never abandons us between the contact prayers. Notices cover the Night of Destiny in Ramadan 2013 and the August conference in Tucson.
July 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, June 2013
The soul's state as seen in the mirror of consciousness, with ego as the main obstacle and Salat, Zakat and striving for God as its nourishment. The issue also announces the 2013 Tucson conference with a call for submitters to treat each other kindly, recounts a community trip to a Baja orphanage, and argues that Submission is a personal way of life, not an organized religion.
June 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, May 2013
Godly behavior as taught alike in the Bible and the Quran: freedom of choice, honesty, justice, avoiding slander and arrogance, and the duty of submitters to set the best example. A former Christian describes coming to understand Ramadan fasting as a commandment rather than cultural tradition, with 2013 Ramadan dates. A reprinted essay weighs outer beauty against righteousness.
May 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, April 2013
The feud in the High Society, Satan's challenge to God's absolute authority, as the most important event in human history and a lesson against setting anything beside God. An answer to a prisoner explains why the contact prayer mentions God alone. Also a wildlife field trip as a glimpse of God's work, preparing the body for Ramadan by eating moderately, and the 2013 Tucson conference.
April 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, March 2013
Islam as submission to God and Muslim as one who submits, with Abraham as the founder of the religion and the worship of God alone as the unified message across the Bible, the Quran, and the Vedas. Further pieces explain why the Quran repeats its reminders, the purpose of creation and the contact prayer, and water as a sign of God, alongside an invitation to join a weekly reminder email list.
March 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, February 2013
Reverencing God, drawn from Quranic verses and dictionary definitions, as honoring, fearing and loving Him in worship, in obedience and in the contact prayers. Other pieces gather verses on animals as God's signs, argue through Einstein, Muir and other inventors that science and religion need each other and all knowledge comes from God, and reprint a Christian hymn. The issue announces the 2013 annual conference in Tucson.
February 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, January 2013
Sura 110's promised triumph and why Submitters should not rush it but work on redeeming themselves, trusting that God is running everything. Tips follow for reverence during the contact prayers, including keeping the lips touching 19 times in Al-Fatehah, along with a reprinted call for people of all religions to unite under the one God, an index of 2012 articles, and a weekly reminder email list.
January 1, 2013
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Submitters Perspective, December 2012
Making God the priority of life despite its distractions, and striving with money and life to seek Him and the higher ranks. A prisoner writes that hard times are guiding him back to God, and the editor answers that a seeming disaster can be a blessing. A closing essay compares restaurant reservations with securing a place in Paradise through worshiping God alone and righteous works.
December 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, November 2012
Gratitude to God opens the issue, with George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation and Quran verses on thankfulness. A longer article on resurrection compares beliefs about the afterlife, rejects the myth of intercession, and stresses that each soul answers for its own recorded deeds. Articles follow on the earth's speed, atmosphere, and design as signs of God, along with verses on the moon.
November 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, October 2012
Contentment and appreciation of God's blessings lead the issue, drawing on the Quran and the Bible to argue for making God and the Hereafter our priority without giving up our share in this world. A reprinted article shows from 3:18 and 63:1 that the common Muslim shahaada adding Muhammad violates the Quran. A reader reflects on God as the doer of everything, and an answer addresses celebrating birthdays, including those of prophets.
October 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, September 2012
The Quranic verses addressed to those who believe, gathered by theme: charity, fasting, the Friday prayer, justice, obeying God and the messenger, and warnings about Satan and distractions. A second essay pictures the Day of Judgment, where each soul holds only its own record written against the Quran, the fully detailed scripture. An anecdote urges verifying information rather than following tradition blindly.
September 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, August 2012
God's tests as a means of purifying the soul, with the examples of Moses and Abraham and a comparison between the race toward Paradise and winning an Olympic medal. A guide to Ramadan explains fasting, the lunar calendar, calculating start and end dates from the new moon, and the Night of Destiny for 2012. A report on the 2012 Anaheim conference and an invitation to the weekly reminder email list follow.
August 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, July 2012
The meaning of family in the Quran: God's assignment of souls to genetic families, disbelieving relatives like Noah's son, fellow submitters as our real family, honoring parents, and families as tests. A sixteen year old in Sydney tells how she came to submission, believing in the mathematical miracle and the messenger of the covenant despite her mother's devotion to hadith. Ramadan 2012 dates follow.
July 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, June 2012
Submission to God alone as strict monotheism, a lifelong devotion of soul and body rather than a ritual religion, drawn from Quranic verses. Also an argument that the Quran's night and day verses imply the earth's orbit around the sun, Psalm 62, Ramadan 2012 dates, and a reflection on why big cats roar while small cats purr as God gives every creature what it needs.
June 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, May 2012
A former Christian examines familiar church phrases that humanize God, such as God resting on the seventh day or begetting a son, and answers them with Quranic verses like 2:255 and 59:22 to 24. The issue then explains the obligatory charity (Zakat) with a compilation of its verses, answers a reader's question on how and when to meditate on God, and offers free copies of the Quran translation.
May 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, April 2012
The human being as the Quran describes it: the perfect body in prostration to God, the flawed nature we are warned about, and the virtues God guides us toward through the contact prayer, zakat and repentance. A second article weighs guidance from the messenger of the covenant against God as its only source, urging verification in the Quran. A Titanic anecdote and notice of the 2012 Annual Conference follow.
April 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, March 2012
Justice and basic human rights as the Quran commands them, including fairness toward enemies and the duties of those in authority, lead this issue, drawn from a Friday khutbah in Mumbai. A reprinted article explains why people use drugs and argues that worshiping God alone overcomes addiction. Letters from Russian and English submitters follow, with notice of weekly email reminders and the 27th Annual Submitters Conference.
March 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, February 2012
The first commandment, to worship God alone, as the universal message of all scriptures, with Submission as the one religion and human-made teachings such as Hadith blamed for sectarian division. A Jewish reader studying the Quran writes in, and the Charity Water drive's results are reported with a mathematical pattern of 19. A leap year reflection proposes four minutes a day commemorating God.
February 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, January 2012
Satan's pull toward idol worship and the myth of intercession lead this issue, with Quranic verses showing that Abraham, Noah, and Muhammad could not intercede for their own kin, and a call to return to God alone. Also included are verses on God's greatness, research on the magnetic sense in homing pigeons' beaks, and a note on the weekly email reminders with reader comments on predestination.
January 1, 2012
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Submitters Perspective, December 2011
Conscience is presented as a gift from God that leads people to realize mistakes, repent, and reform, illustrated through Adam, Sheba, Solomon, David, Jonah, and the governor's wife. A reprinted essay argues that freedom of choice carries the responsibility to verify one's religion rather than follow parents blindly. Quranic verses on instinctive knowledge of God and an offer of the Quran translation follow.
December 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, November 2011
Thankfulness to God at Thanksgiving, counting His obvious and hidden blessings: guidance, the contact prayer, awareness of the Hereafter, the messengers including Dr. Khalifa, and His protection. A second article asks whether new submitters should read the footnotes and appendices of Dr. Khalifa's translation, urging each person's individual responsibility to God and the Quran alone as law. Also defines Submission as a universal religion.
November 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, October 2011
Water as part of God's perfect design leads the issue, pairing Quran verses with science on life, the water cycle, and climate, and urging appreciation and charity for those without clean water. A reader writes about leaving Hadith teachings and finding comfort in the age of 40 and the 2280 end of the world. A reprinted piece reflects on the camel's creation as 88:17 instructs.
October 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, September 2011
Gambling and the lottery as a harmful habit that God prohibits in the Quran, with its toll on health, marriage, and state budgets, and spending in the cause of God offered as the true winning investment. A reprinted essay ties human intelligence to worshiping God alone and to the Quran's mathematical code. Also covers who Submitters are and a weekly email reminder list.
September 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, August 2011
Ramadan as both a fast and a spiritual feast, read through verses 2:183 to 187, with a call to meditate on God at night rather than socialize and overeat. A report on the 2011 United Submitters International conference in Herndon, Virginia, stresses unity and tolerance among submitters. Readers' letters follow, including a question about reciting the contact prayer in English.
August 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, July 2011
Happiness as the consequence of choosing submission to God alone, drawn from the Quran and the Bible, leads this issue. A second article argues from the Quran that Muhammad could read and write, reading ummy as gentile rather than illiterate and linking the Quranic initials to its mathematical system. Also included are an incarcerated brother's request for a Quran, sayings on reaping what we plant, and weekly email reminders.
July 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, June 2011
Submission is presented as the one religion God gave Adam and all the prophets, with idol worship as the only unforgivable sin. The issue also reports a mathematical coding of the date Rashad Khalifa, the messenger of the covenant, was martyred, and gives Ramadan 2011 dates. Letters from incarcerated Submitters follow, along with notices for the 26th annual conference in Herndon, Virginia, and a free Quran offer.
June 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, May 2011
Water as a precious gift from God leads the issue, drawing on Quranic verses and the example of Cherrapunji, India, where deforestation leaves the wettest place on earth dry, with lessons on appreciation and charity. Letters from incarcerated brothers and a sister describe coming to the Quran alone and Dr. Khalifa as the messenger of the covenant. Notices cover weekly email reminders and the 26th annual conference in Herndon, Virginia.
May 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, April 2011
Fundamentalist terror is traced to Sharia laws built on hadith rather than the Quran alone, prompted by the January 2011 assassination of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer and the clerics who praised his killer. Further pieces compare treating the Quran to a cell phone, set Quran and Bible verses on one God side by side, excerpt Kassim Ahmad on Muslim disunity, and carry a Louisiana submitter's question about opening a masjid.
April 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, March 2011
Traligion, the mixing of cultural tradition into God's religion, is examined through Quranic examples such as man-made prohibitions, female infanticide, inherited idolatry, and hermitism, along with modern practices like Eid prayers and superstitions. Two questions are offered for telling tradition from religion. Letters from readers follow, including one who found the truth through a Quran placed in a Georgia library.
March 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, February 2011
God's tests through hardship and blessings, and why submitters should meet them with steadfastness rather than testiness, drawing on Job and Solomon. A history of the messengers Noah, Hud, Saleh, Lot, and Shu'aib traces each community's sins and retribution as lessons. Also included are a tip on casting Satan out of one's mind, letters from new submitters, and an offer of the Quran translation.
February 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, January 2011
Praising Muhammad is wrong, argues the lead article, which traces the tradition to a misreading of verse 33:56 and gives reasons from the Quran: all praise belongs to God alone, it leads to idol worship, it distinguishes among messengers, and intercession is a myth. The issue also indexes the 2010 articles and offers copies of Rashad Khalifa's English translation of the Quran.
January 1, 2011
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Submitters Perspective, December 2010
A Christmas reflection contrasts the Gospel nativity story with the Quran's account of the birth of Jesus in 19:22 to 33, finding in every morning a chance to repent and come closer to God. Readers' letters from the USA, Germany, France, South Africa, Australia and prison describe leaving Hadith and Sunna, ask about the contact prayer and verse 4:34, and seek fellow submitters nearby.
December 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, November 2010
Appreciating God's blessings rather than taking them for granted leads this issue, drawing on verses about the devil's aim to make people unappreciative. A reflection follows on God's proofs in the Quran and in nature, from languages and colors to crops, birds and livestock. Also included are a letter from a Malaysian reader who rejects Hadith and asks for the translation, plus weekly email reminders and a free Quran offer.
November 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, October 2010
Worshiping God alone, shown through the many ways the Quran repeats the command, from Sura 1 to Sura 112, and why adding Muhammad's name to the shahadah nullifies it. A collection of prayers from the Quran follows, then a report on the 25th annual conference of United Submitters International in Tucson, Arizona, with its Friday khutba on trusting in God, newcomers' stories, and evening zikr.
October 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, September 2010
Silent sins such as gossip, envy, unappreciativeness, impatience, anger, pride and self-reliance, each answered with verses from the Quran and Proverbs, and how giving them up brings the joy God promises submitters. Letters from new submitters in France and the United States describe finding the contact prayer and the Quran alone, alongside a reflection on animals as true submitters and a comment on the 2009 conference.
September 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, August 2010
Greed and material wealth set up as a god beside God, drawn from the 2010 BP oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and the financial crisis, with Quranic lessons on honesty, blame, and exploiting the weak. The issue also explains fasting in Ramadan, calculates its 2010 dates from new moon times rather than sighting, and reflects on the Night of Destiny.
August 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, July 2010
The Quran's verses on success, set against economic hardship and war, teach that belief, worship, steadfastness and charity lead to success while lying about God fails, and that true success is redeeming the soul. A second essay pairs lightning science with verses on thunder praising God to warn against idol worship. A new South African convert seeks fellow Submitters who uphold the Quran alone.
July 1, 2010
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