“Serve Others so that you can better serve Yourself” – WAIT!!   Does this even make any sense?  please read on… Do you realize that others see your faith (Islam) through what THEY SEE IN YOUR BEHAVIOR?  Others see it mostly through your charity, through your good deeds, through your noble actions, through your ethics & values system,  through your service to others AS WELL as through your prayers and worship.? Dearest Community ASA WRB: Please  strive to be  better in your service to all of Gods creation; …as we strive to be more better in our understanding of being vicegerents (custodians (Gods mission for us on this Earth)) through a more moderate approach to our Faith;…as we strive be more righteous and good in all that we do; …as we strive be more moderate and remain more balanced in all that we do; …as we strive to be more welcoming to each of you (us) especially to our Youth & Ladies; …as we strive to show more of our appreciation to GOD for all that we have been individually been blessed with (and tested with) such as our wealth, our wisdom, our intellect, our skills, our position, even our fingers,…

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Do you really know what we (Muslims) say in daily prayer? Do you (Muslims) know the MEANING of all of that you say in daily prayers ??? Here you can  review & test yourself .You can learn all this 6 weeks with help from Gisla.org Allahu Akbar – GOD is great  … …   A’uzu billahi min ash shaitani r rajimi – I seek refuge with GOD from Satan the accursed…   … .Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim In the name of GOD, most Gracious, most Compassionate … … Subhana Kallah humma Glory be to you, O GOD,… … wa bihamdika and all praises are due unto YOU, wa tabara kasmuka and Blessed is YOUR name wa ta’ala jadduka and Exalted is YOUR majesty wa la ilaha ghairuk. and none is worthy of worship but YOU. ============ SURAH FATIHA Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahieem In the name of GOD, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy! Alhamdu liLLaahi Rabbil aalameen Praise belongs to GOD, Lord of the Worlds, Ar Rahmanir raheem Most Gracious Most Merciful, Maaliki Yow middeen MASTER of the Day of Judgement. eeyaakana mudoo wa eeyaa kanasta een YOU we pray to & YOU alone we ask for help. Ihdinas siraat tal mustakeem…

PBS interview on Ramadan & Quran recital (Dr. Farooq & Sheikh ArRaee )   This piece was broadcast on PBS TV in the USA on July 22, 2012 (WETA- TV) in the DC area – You can also watch other PBS items on Islam by clicking here  

We are LIVE 24/7 365 days We invite you to “join us” as we pray and congregate. Please email us with date and time if you are having an issue with the picture or audio – email icnvtshirleygate at gmail dot com (We also hve an AUDIO ONLY option that works fine ebven when the video is down. The audio is sometimes faster than the video. This is a syncing issue that we are aware of. Please be patient as we try to figure out and solve this problem.) =========== Click here for Taraweeh (Quran) Summaries IN ENGLISH organized by Date & by Imams & by Surah(coming soon) such as Mufti Elias , Mufi Menk , Dr.Ahmed Sakr , Moulana Lachporia, Imam Magid, Dr. Jasser Auda, Prof. Yusuf Dadoo & more. (or go to www.SalaamNewZ.org) This is a VERY EASY way for you and your children to become familiar with the major themes of the Quran. We suggest that you try to do this (all year around) on a regular fixed schedule basis e.g. after dinner one night a week or every Sunday Morning, etc. ============= ENGLISH ISLAMIC RADIO 24/7 You can also click below to listen to any of…

Ponder on these Quranic Verses – “GOD may try you in the gifts GOD has given you”…. VICEGERANCY: “It is GOD Who has made you (GOD’s ) vicegerents, inheritors of the earth: GOD has raised you in ranks, some above others: that GOD may try you in the gifts GOD has given you: …(Qur’an, 6:165) DIVINE GUIDANCE: “Get ye down both of you― all together from the Garden, with enmity one to another; but if, as is sure there comes to you guidance from ME, whosoever follows My guidance, will not lose his way nor fall into misery.”(Surah Taha) JUSTICE: A major mission of all Prophets (peace be upon them) was the “establishment of justice among people” Quran Surah 57 Verse 25 Q 57:25 Stand for Justice even if it against a close relative 4:135; 5:8; 16:90; 42:15 “GOD commands justice and goodness in everything” Quran Chapter 16 Verse 90 Q 16:90 KILLING & SAVING LIVES:“..Take not life, which GOD hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus does GOD command you, that ye may learn wisdom.” (al-An’am 6:151) “If anyone saved a life,it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people” (Quran…

Islam’s Five Pillars will help you better fulfill your divine mandate to be a Caretaker to ALL creatures on Earth. This is acheived by trying to Live your life based on Divine (Faith Based) Values and developing GOD AWARENESS 24/7 through your actions. This “caretaker” goal will be will be GREATLY enhanced through the regular practice of the prescribed Five Pillars of the Islamic Faith. These 5 pillars *which support the mandate to take care of all on Earth are: 1. PILLAR ONE Affirming by words and action our belief 1) there is no GOD but GOD… … We believe that GOD created the Universe and that we (mankind) are best served if we submit to GOD’s divine orders.We (Muslims) strive to remember that GOD is as close to us as the artery is to our neck. We always strive to conducts ourselves with the full knowledge and appreciation of the fact that GOD is with us all the time and everywhere and that as such we will strive not do anything that GOD does not want us to do and that we will strive do only those things that GOD would like us to do. To us, GOD’s guidance embodies…