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NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, December 2016The obligatory charity (Zakat) is explained: what it is, why Submitters give it, and how, at 2.5% of net income on the day it is received, to parents, relatives, orphans, the poor, and the traveling alien in that order. A second article warns against showing off and extravagance in December giving. Also included are thanks for the Masjid Tucson food pantry, an index of 2016 articles, and a weekly reminder sign up.December 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, November 2016Prostration as God's invitation to kill the ego, drawn from Sura 32 and its physical and spiritual benefits, leads this newsletter issue. Further articles cover marriage as a solemn pledge and a tool for growing the soul, the design of the eyebrows, eyelids and eyelashes as protection for the eyes, a poem on holding a special place for God, and love for God and how to earn His love.November 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, October 2016Submission as the universal religion of God alone, with the Quran as His intact, mathematically proven word for all peoples, set against the idolatry that has crept into traditional Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Further pieces reflect on appreciating God through the design of the human body and gather Quranic verses on the contact prayer. A prisoner writes asking how to pray without mentioning Muhammad.October 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, September 2016Gambling, seen through a submitter's lessons in Las Vegas and a past life in horse racing, with the Quran's prohibition in 5:90 to 5:91 and a comparison between worldly gamblers and submitters who stake their souls on righteous works. A report follows on the 31st annual United Submitters International conference in Vancouver, covering its sermon, talks, zikr, and public seminar.September 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, August 2016Imploring God alone leads this issue, with a reading of 40:60 on arrogance, the contact prayers, and why some prayers seem unanswered. Further articles hold that the dead cannot hear or help, so help comes only from God, and give three Quranic reasons that so-called radical Islam is anti-Islamic: no suicide, no aggression, and no compulsion in religion. A closing piece reflects on God's design of hair.August 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, July 2016Striving in the cause of God anchors the issue: why strive, how it earns higher ranks in Paradise, keeps believers guided, and helps them through the test, with night meditation and reading the Quran as extra credit. A piece warns that criticizing others feeds the ego, and closing items offer a reflection on gratitude and a letter of support from someone helped by the food pantry.July 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, June 2016Ramadan fasting as decreed in 2:183 to 187, with reflections from Submitters around the world on its blessings for the soul, its flexibility for the ill and traveling, its health benefits, and plans for spiritual growth. Submitters also describe the Night of Destiny from Sura 97. New moon times set the 2016 Ramadan dates for each region.June 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, May 2016Protection comes only from God, illustrated by the preserved banana, natural calamities, guardian angels and the owner of the two gardens, with prayers for refuge from Satan. A second essay defines success through Qaroon's story, the contact prayer and the Hereafter. A Florida prisoner asks for help learning the contact prayer, followed by notice of the 2016 Vancouver conference.May 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, April 2016Human rights decreed by the Quran lead the issue, set out right by right with supporting verses, from life, equality and freedom of religion to the rights of women, orphans, the poor and slaves. An essay on accountability asks how we spend the time, money and energy God measures out to us. The story of Jonah closes the issue, alongside new moon times for Ramadan 2016.April 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, March 2016Intoxicants and drug abuse take up most of the issue: why people use drugs, the main drug classes and dependency rates, and the Quran's prohibition in 2:219 and 5:90 to 91, with worshiping God alone as the remedy. A second article sets US costs of alcohol and drugs beside the Quran's teaching. Also included are a year of the Masjid Tucson food pantry and plans for the 2016 Vancouver conference.March 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, February 2016Leading by the power of example rather than the example of power, contrasting Pharaoh and Hitler with Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela, and God's command to Moses to speak nicely. Further essays argue that God's love is conditional, listing whom He loves and abhors, and describe certainty as a lifelong striving through worship, the contact prayers, and devotion to God alone.February 1, 2016

NewslettersSubmitters Perspective, January 2016The believers' Shahadah takes center place, drawing on Quran verses showing that every messenger, from Noah and Abraham to Muhammad and Rashad, proclaimed there is no god except God, while only the hypocrites of 63:1 add another name beside His. A second article on ravens connects their black color, intelligence, and lifelong mating to the Quran and Bible as proof that God provides for all creatures.January 1, 2016

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