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2004-09-22T12:26:41Z

Jihad:

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.

I find this new website to be very well organized (So far in its young life) and comprehensive. Hopefully everyone can add good and accurate material to the site. My main expertise is in Sufism, Arabic, and Islam - and of course some things dealing with Thelema. Thanks for this great website Scarlet Women Lodge - your fruits are proof of your success.

Love is the law, love under will.

Frater Jihad

Islamic Godforms

2004-09-22T03:52:25Z

Jihad:

Islam has only one God, Allah.

But God has 100 names, one secret which is to be revealed in paradise.

To recite the 99 names of Allah is a core practice of some sufi sects.

In a note to column V of <i>777</i> Crowley lists these names, with the observation: "That these following are only titles of the One Ineffable Name is shown by Koran xvii. 110. But monotheism is not true for the normal consciousness, but only for that of the adept."

Koran xvii.110.:
Say: "Call upon God, or call upon Rahman: by whatever name ye call upon Him, (it is well): for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Neither speak thy Prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between."

Especially the name <i>Al Mumeetu</i> can be of a particular importance for mystics, being the "Death giver", the destroyer of the Ego.

Crowley remarked that the formula of Mohammed (AL LA, one god) really was LA AL (no god), and he considered Mohammed to be a 9=2 of A.'.A.'. (In Liber Aleph and The Heart of the Master).

Note:
An intresting aspect of the word "Allah" is that in Islam it does not imply an anthropormorphic God (A God with Human Attributes). As it says in Surat al-Ihklas (Chapter of Sincerity): Qul Hu Allahu Ahad, Allahu Samad, lam Yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam ya Qul ahu kufu wan ahad - "Say: He is One, upon whom all depend, he begets not, nore is he begotten, and there is nothing which can be compared unto him". The last Ayat or verse being the emphasis here, "There is nothing which can be compared unto Him", i.e. no being or Living thing. Allah really is LA AL (No God) , as god is understood in the western concept, as Allah is notthing that can be comprehended, Allah is the power that exist, nothing more nothing else. I found it intresting Crowley included this verse in as a mantra in his "Liber ABA: Magick: Book 4: Parts I-IV"

P.S. AL LA means "No God" , Allahu Ahad means "One God".

Qur'an

2004-09-22T03:40:35Z

Jihad:

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The Qur'an is the Holy book revealed to Muhammed in 610 e.v. by the angel Jibril (Gabriel)

It is believed that the scripture Muhammed got was a copy of the book of Allah have in paradise.

The content also have some of the stories from the Bible, but the stories are not exactly the same.

Note:
The Qur'an is considered the Living Miracle of Al-Islam, being the Revelation that the Prophet Muhammad recieved from the angel Jibril. The Qur'an is a revelation of Spoken form which cannot be fully comprehended since it is just letters and sounds, but which can be understand in its esoteric reality threw Gnosis of Allah. Arabic is the most pure form of getting off on understanding this Book, but Gnosis is the true way to attain knowledge of Qur'an, not threw words but threw Experience. The Copy of the Qur'an with Allah is not an actual book but the inner reality of what we have on paper.