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Submitters Perspective, June 2010
Mistakes of the messengers recorded in the Quran, from Adam and Noah to Moses, David, and Muhammad, show they were human and that believers must follow scripture rather than any human sunnah. A writer recounts Friday sermons and mosque behavior in traditional Islam, and another article argues the prophet's true shahadah was no god beside God. Notices offer free Quran copies and announce the 2010 Tucson conference.
June 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, May 2010
Free will and the absence of compulsion in religion lead this issue, which argues from the Quran that God gave humans freedom of choice, that messengers only deliver the message, and that only God guides. Readers' letters follow, including a new convert facing hadith based dress codes and a lapsed Muslim returning to the Quran alone, along with a reflection on forms of idol worship.
May 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, April 2010
Dealing with regret through the Quran leads this issue, contrasting lingering remorse with learning from mistakes and trusting God's forgiveness, with Moses and Jonah as examples. A reprinted article urges parents to teach children chastity by example. Also included are a new weekly email reminder list, a calendar observation totaling 19 x 100, and notice of the 25th annual conference in Tucson.
April 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, March 2010
The true shahadah, argued from the Quran: every messenger and believer proclaimed that there is no god but God, and only the hypocrites of Sura 63 add Muhammad's name. An Iranian physician describes leaving Shia beliefs, Bahai books, and the Sunni sects to become a submitter amid danger and isolation. Notices announce weekly email reminders and copies of Dr. Khalifa's Quran translation.
March 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, February 2010
Geese and their flocking, migration, navigation and V formation serve as lessons for submitters on unity, emigration for God's cause, mutual support and reminding one another, each tied to Quranic verses. A second article defines the steadfast through the Quran as those who accept God's role in their destiny, observe the contact prayers and persevere. Letters from incarcerated brothers and notice of the 2010 Tucson conference follow.
February 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, January 2010
Responding to Deepak Chopra's The Third Jesus, the lead article sets out the Quran's account of Jesus: born to Mary without a father, God's servant and messenger rather than His son, performing miracles by God's leave, and not crucified, since God raised his soul first. It also rejects the idea that Jesus died for our sins. The issue closes with an index of 2009 articles and a reader's letter.
January 1, 2010
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Submitters Perspective, December 2009
A new Submitter in Malaysia recounts her path from Christianity to worshiping God alone, from childhood answered prayers to rejecting the mention of Muhammad's name in prayer. A reader compares Tobit's counsel to his son with Luqman in the Quran. Quran verses on the traits of believers follow, along with an offer of Dr. Khalifa's English translation of the Quran for the cost of shipping.
December 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, November 2009
Gratitude to God for blessings we overlook, and knowing God through His attributes described in the Quran so we value Him as He should be valued. Letters follow from a Malaysian reader who rejected hadith after questioning a teacher, and from a new reader asking whether any ritual makes one a Submitter. A summary of the Quran's mathematical composition based on the number 19 closes the issue.
November 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, October 2009
Competing in righteousness, read from the Quran as a striving against one's own ego rather than a race to outdo fellow believers, leads this October 2009 issue. A report follows on the 24th annual conference in Sacramento, focused on appreciating God's blessings. Closing pieces define Submission as devotion to God alone, open to righteous Jews and Christians, and offer a submitter's prayer.
October 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, September 2009
Ramadan and fasting as blessings from God, with reflections on gratitude, the Quran's revelation on the Night of Power, allowances for the ill and traveling, physical benefits, and the lunar calendar. It gives calculated new moon times setting Ramadan 2009 dates without moon sighting. A second essay draws on Quranic verses to define righteousness and its rewards, followed by reader letters and an offer of Khalifa's Quran translation.
September 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, August 2009
Happiness as a state of the soul, attained by submission to God alone and a Godcentric life, drawing on the Quran, Torah, and Gospel and weighing it against money and material success. A former Christian recounts finding the Quran, being pressed toward hadith, and later reaching submission. News reports cover the April 2009 Calgary arrest of a suspect in the 1990 Tucson murder of Dr. Rashad Khalifa.
August 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, July 2009
An essay reprinted from July 1995 tells of a found dollar that burned in the writer's pocket, urging believers to trust the clarity that comes from worshiping God alone and to leave fruitless debates behind. A longer article reads Quranic verses on mountains as stabilizers alongside plate tectonics, the carbon dioxide cycle, and Earth's magnetic field as a guarded ceiling.
July 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, June 2009
Finding God through reflection on creation, scripture, and science, with Quranic verses on God's oneness, the mathematical proof based on 19, evolution within species, the Big Bang, and freedom of religion. A former Christian named Kevin recounts finding contradictions in the Bible and the Hadith and turning to the Quran alone. A notice announces the 24th annual conference in Sacramento.
June 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, May 2009
How the parent and child bond shapes our habits and our first ideas about God, why blindly following parents is idol worship, and how to honor parents and raise children without making them idols. A second article explains lunar and solar calendars from the Quran and science, the history of calendars, the Islamic calendar, and the 300 and 309 years of verse 18:25.
May 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, April 2009
The ego is treated as a mind-altering drug, with the Quran, study meetings, the contact prayer, charity and fasting as the tools for killing it. A review of Saving Paradise reports that early Christian art never showed a dead Jesus, matching the Quran's account. Also included are an anecdote on controlling anger, the library Quran placement project, and the 24th annual conference in Sacramento.
April 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, March 2009
Moral relativity is weighed against God's laws, tracing how ignoring God and the soul since Nietzsche and Freud has eroded the family and society. A Canadian convert from Catholicism describes reaching the Quran alone, and Quranic verses explain the first and second deaths of the righteous and the unrighteous. A closing piece lists whom God loves and does not love.
March 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, February 2009
Jihad as the Quran defines it, prompted by the Mumbai attacks of November 2008: striving in the cause of God against Satan and one's own inclinations, with war permitted only in self-defense and against oppression. Verses on ceasing fire when enemies seek peace, deterrence, and no compulsion in religion are cited, along with a call to read the Quran in full context. An announcement of the 24th United Submitters Annual Conference in Sacramento follows.
February 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, January 2009
Overcrowding at Mecca during Hajj, blamed on the Saudi Government restricting the pilgrimage to a few days when the Quran allows any time in the four sacred months, and on following hadith over God's law. A reader describes finding the Quran alone amid family and marital trials, a Canadian convert seeks fellow Submitters in Ottawa, and an index lists the 2008 articles.
January 1, 2009
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Submitters Perspective, December 2008
Christmas and its pagan origins, through excerpts from Herbert W. Armstrong tracing December 25th, the Christmas tree, mistletoe, Santa Claus and gift exchange to Babylon and the Roman Saturnalia. Quran verses on Mary and the virgin birth of Jesus follow, with the footnote placing his birth in late September or early October, when dates ripen. An announcement invites submitters to the 2009 annual conference in Sacramento.
December 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, November 2008
A reprinted 1988 prayer of thanks by Dr. Khalifa lists the corruptions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and the blessings God revealed through His messenger. The issue also reprints George Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving proclamation and explains the immune system as God's design for protecting us, with Quranic verses on sickness and tests. Readers in Canada and France send comments.
November 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, October 2008
The Quranic prophecy of a creature made of earthly materials (27:82) is read as the computer, which uncovered the Quran's mathematical code based on 19 and led to rejecting traditions for the Quran alone. A fabricated hadith by Ibn Kathir about the beast is set against the Quran as the best Hadith. A second essay explores faith as believing in the unseen and seeing God's proofs in return.
October 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, September 2008
Ramadan and fasting as a blessing from God, with Quranic allowances for the ill and traveling, health benefits, and calculating the 2008 start, end, and Night of Power from new moon times rather than sighting. Also includes a report on the 23rd annual Tucson conference, a Malaysian submitter's letter from Pakistan asking to join the Tucson community, and a reflection on a first Ramadan as a submitter.
September 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, August 2008
An essay argues that Allah is not a God of Muslims only: God's beautiful names may be called in any language, and the real offense is associating idols with Him, as in the corrupted shahadah. Also included are reader comments, a poem on true happiness, a reflection on eating gratefully rather than like animals, and simple facts of the Quran's mathematical code based on 19.
August 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, July 2008
Paradise as the greatest triumph in the Quran, promised to those who worship God alone, obey His messenger, and persevere against disbelieving friends. A second essay answers a petition to remove historical illustrations of the Prophet Muhammad from Wikipedia, arguing the Quran prohibits idolizing him, not depicting him. Also included are song lyrics on trusting God, a Christian reader's letter, and a notice for the 2008 Tucson conference.
July 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, June 2008
The First Commandment, There is no god beside God, as the true statement of faith, arguing that adding Muhammad's name to the Shahadah sets him up as an idol beside God. The issue shows the statement's Arabic letters forming a multiple of 19 and explains why 19 proves the Quran's divine authorship. A poem voices the neglected Quran, and Nick, born without limbs, tells how God turned his struggles into a blessing.
June 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, May 2008
Religious fanaticism, sectarianism, and terrorism committed in the name of Islam, traced to Hadith, false Sunnas, and madressahs, with a call to return to the Quran alone and Quranic education. An explainer defines Submitters and submission, holds that Submitters exist within every religion, and gives the minimum criteria from 2:62. Also includes Quran verses calling it a beacon and notice of the 2008 Tucson conference.
May 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, April 2008
Most people who call themselves Muslims fail to qualify as true Submitters, the lead article argues, by adding Muhammad to the proclamation of faith, idolizing him, distorting the contact prayer, zakat, fasting, and Hajj, and following Hadith and Sunna instead of the Quran alone. An Australian reader describes turning to the Quran after witnessing the September 11 attacks on his nineteenth birthday.
April 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, March 2008
A tribute to sister Nora, who has returned to God, reprints her 2006 Tucson conference speech on facing cancer as a test from God, with patience, trust and thankfulness for His blessings. Quranic verses follow on the righteous going straight to Heaven, a survey of gross sins from idolatry to false accusation, readers' letters, a poem on counting blessings, and notice of the 2008 Tucson conference.
March 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, February 2008
The Quran's dress code for women is righteousness and modesty, not the veil, argued from the meanings of khimar and hijab, with a reader's question about covering her hair. Sectarian Muslims expel a submitter for citing the Quran alone, prompting verses that condemn Hadith and sects. The leap year's extra day suggests four added minutes daily of devotion to God.
February 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, January 2008
Jesus is shown from Bible verses alone to be neither God nor the Savior, setting what the Bible says of God, all powerful, all knowing, not a man and never tempted, against what it says of Jesus. Since only God is the Savior, Jesus emerges as a human prophet sent to the Children of Israel. The issue also indexes the 2007 Submitters Perspective articles.
January 1, 2008
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Submitters Perspective, December 2007
Three pieces on God's signs and submission: a reflection on the human eye, light and color as God's design, citing the Quran, Genesis and Zoroaster; an argument from the Quran that salvation rests on submission to God alone and a righteous life, whatever the religion's name; and a Canadian woman's journey from Catholicism through atheism to the Quran alone, prompted by Life of Pi.
December 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, November 2007
Gratitude to God as a trait of believers opens this issue, with a Thanksgiving reflection on counting daily blessings through verses such as 14:7 and 2:152. An article traces religious sects back to Satan's rebellion and the Quran's command not to divide the one religion, and another shows God's total control over death, marriage and protection in war. Readers' letters praise the community and the mathematical code.
November 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, October 2007
The one God at the root of Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, drawn from the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, the Bible, and the Quran, with submission as the only religion. A note confirms the Night of Destiny as the 27th night of Ramadan. A young Sunni in Pakistan tells how the mathematical miracle led him to the Quran alone.
October 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, September 2007
Ramadan as a blessing opens this issue, with fasting as control over the body, a reminder of God, and a time to read the Quran, plus the 2007 dates and the Night of Destiny. A report and reflections on the 22nd annual conference in Ontario, California, follow, along with a parable on repentance and God's forgiveness and Quranic verses showing that what goes around comes around.
September 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, August 2007
Meditation on God's traits and blessings through an alphabet method opens this issue, followed by letters from former Christians and a Jehovah's Witness who left hadith for the Quran alone. A review of Dr. Douglass Brown's book on spirituality and psychological health, Dr. Khalifa's habits for remembering God, including the contact prayers, and news of the June 2007 UK Submitters conference follow.
August 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, July 2007
Happiness as the fruit of submission to God alone, drawing on the Quran and the Bible to show how tests of wealth, status and motive reveal whether God is truly our priority. Submitters in Mauritius report a debate with traditionalist Muslims who called following the Quran alone disbelief. A closing piece gathers verses showing the Quran is the best and only genuine Hadith.
July 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, June 2007
Education in Muslim countries lags, one essay argues, because questioning authority is discouraged, while the Quran invites people to ponder, verify, and question, as Abraham did. A second essay gathers Quran verses on idolatry and the Trinity, showing that God is One, that Jesus was a messenger, and that the only religion approved by God is Submission to God alone.
June 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, May 2007
Guidance as God's greatest gift opens the issue, with a convert raised Episcopalian tracing through Quranic verses how God guides those who seek it. A reader shares his joy in worshiping God alone through the Quran, and a feature on working, rescue, service and therapy dogs challenges the traditional Islamic view of dogs as dirty. Notices announce the July 2007 United Submitters conference in Ontario, California.
May 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, April 2007
Whether Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God, prompted by President Bush's remark and the moon god claim, answered from the Quran's account of God's names and oneness. Further articles examine why Ezra was called the son of God and the danger of ranking God's messengers, and refute the idea that Islam spread by the sword. Notices announce the 2007 Submitters conferences in Ontario, California and London.
April 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, March 2007
Earth's fitness for life, compared to a spaceship designed by God, with its atmosphere, magnetic field, tilt, moon, protective gas giants and safe place in the galaxy each paired with verses from the Quran. The lead article, reprinted from Good News Magazine, argues the planet is no lucky accident. The issue also announces the 22nd Annual Conference of United Submitters in Ontario, California, July 2007.
March 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, February 2007
The correct shahadah, There is no god beside God, taught to Moses and Muhammad alike, and its corruption by scholars who added the prophet's name, drawn from a hadith of Abu Hurairah. Masjid Tucson appears in an Arizona Daily Star article on women praying without barriers and hosts women from Church Women United. A water bearer's cracked pot story closes the issue.
February 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, January 2007
Hardship and how submitters should respond to tests, drawing on the stories of Job and Jonah to distinguish admission tests, educational disasters, blessings in disguise, and retribution. The issue explains that disasters come from Satan, not God, and corrects misconceptions about illness, punishment, and reminding others. It closes with an index of 2006 articles.
January 1, 2007
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Submitters Perspective, December 2006
Faith, belief and action are inseparable, the lead essay argues from the Quran, so that belief without righteous deeds cannot save the soul and preaching what one does not practice is condemned. A reader asks whether following Hadith instead of the Quran has misguided today's Muslims. A short piece on empathy as a path to forgiveness follows, with notice of the 2007 annual conference in Ontario, California.
December 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, November 2006
A young woman facing cancer at 22 treats her illness as a test from God and learns to appreciate His blessings. A reader settles worries about cremation through Quranic verses on resurrection. Masjid Tucson reports its interfaith soup kitchen and study group, the Let the World Know project placing Qurans in libraries, and a forum on Islam and democracy, with readers' letters.
November 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, October 2006
Corruption and zulm, tyranny and transgression, are traced through the Quran, from Pharaoh's genocide to unjust killings and the Quranic balance of retribution with mercy and pardon. A former Mormon describes leaving his church, worshipping God alone, and finding the contact prayer foreshadowed in the Psalms. An anecdote about a donkey in a well closes with a call to submit to God alone.
October 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, September 2006
Ramadan fasting as ordained in the Quran, with its exemptions, spiritual purpose, and physical benefits such as detoxification and healing, plus the 2006 Ramadan dates and the Night of Destiny. A study of righteousness through Quranic verses shows it must be sought by praying to God for direction. A report covers the 21st annual Submitters conference in Tucson on the unity of all submitters.
September 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, August 2006
Islam as taught by the prophets and preserved in the Quran is set against the Islam of the theologians, Hadith, and Shariah across ten differences, from tolerance to democratic governance. A Quran study reads life as an open book test through the phrase you should know. An incarcerated reader writes of being rejected for removing Muhammad's name from the prayers and asks to join Masjid Tucson.
August 1, 2006
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Submitters Perspective, July 2006
Worshiping God alone as the universal faith shared by all messengers and scriptures, with guidance belonging only to God and no compulsion in religion. An essay on the domestication of goats, sheep, chickens, pigs and cattle reads it as God's gift, citing 36:72 and 16:66. A closing piece argues that Hadith and Sunnah carry no religious significance, examining Bukhari's collection.
July 1, 2006
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