Praise be to God! There is no other god except God. There are three main apparent contradictions between Alban and Rashad which the disbelievers use as excuses to discredit Alban. Alban address each of them in three separate Friday Sermons. This is one of them: In this sermon, we deal with the issue of Prayer Times; what Rashad said and what Alban says. They claim that Alban contradicts Rashad in this issue. Well, let’s see if it’s true:
First, it is true that in his English translation of the Quran, Rashad did say that there are five daily Contact Prayers. However, he also signed that book for a specific time and location. Look at this, it says Tucson, Ramadan 26, 1409, which is the 2nd of May 1989. So, his statement about the five daily prayers is true, if you apply it on the 2nd of May, 1989 in Tucson. Someone might wonder, “Doesn’t his statement extend to all times and all locations?” Well, not necessarily. Let’s take another example to show you what we mean: In footnote 13:15, of that same translation, Rashad said that the peculiar shape of the planet earth causes the FOUR seasons. So, he said that there are FOUR seasons. Well, that’s true in Tucson, but it’s not necessarily true for all locations. Check out this map.
It shows that certain regions on earth have four seasons (summer, autumn, winter spring), but other regions on earth have only two seasons. For example, the arctic has only two seasons (Polar night and polar day), and the tropics also have only two seasons (the wet and the dry season). So, as you can see, when Rashad in Tucson said that there are four seasons, his statement does not necessarily extend to every location on Earth. In some other locations, there are only two seasons. In the same way, when Rashad in Tucson in the month of May said that there are five daily prayers, that does not necessarily extend to all locations on earth, and all times of the year.
Nevertheless, the question is, “Regardless of what Rashad said in May in Tucson, had he traveled to Sweden during winter for example, would he still say that there are five prayers per day? In other words, if we talk about all locations and all times, could we still say that there are five Contact Prayers per day? And the answer is, “It depends what you mean by the word “day”.” And this is where it gets confusing, so let’s explain the issue:
There are many definitions of the word “day”, but we are going to mention only the three relevant ones here.
Definition 1: Quranic Day (There are actually two definitions of the day in the Quran (nahar and yawm), but here we are only using one of them.) When we say “Quranic Day”, we mean “the time period from the beginning of Dawn until the end of Evening”; anything which does not include full darkness.
Definition 2: Skylight Cycle Day. This is Rashad’s definition, which is mix of definition 1 and 3. He sort of understood it like the Quranic Day, but he also included the night in the English definition. So, when he said “day”, he meant from full darkness to full light and back to full darkness, that sky light cycle.
Definition 3: Calendar Day. This definition is a time period of 24-hours, regardless of what happened with the brightness of the sky. So, basically, every time the date in the calendar changes, we count it as one day. January 1 is one day, January 2 is the second day and so on – calendar day.
So, these are the three definitions of the word day, and for each of these definitions the answer is different when we want to describe how many prayers per day should be done.
Let’s start with Definition 1 – The Quranic Day, which is from Dawn to Evening. In the Equator, there are four prayers in a Quranic Day: Dawn, Noon, Afternoon, and Evening. But it does not include the Night Prayer. However, that does not mean that there is only one prayer during the Quranic Night, because the Quranic Night again includes Evening and Dawn. The night and the day merge according to the Quran. So, Dawn and Evening are both part of the night and part of the day. So, during the Quranic Night, there are three prayers: Evening, Night, and Dawn. So, if we use the Quranic Definitions for Night and Day, the correct way to say it is that there are 3 prayers during the night, and 4 prayers during the day, which is 7, but two of them are duplicates (Dawn and Evening), so 7 – 2 = 5. So, the correct way to express it is to say that there are 5 prayers during a Quranic Night and Day cycle. And this is the correct way of saying it, but this does not mean that there are five prayer times during a calendar day, because the calendar day and the Quranic Night and Day Cycle do not always match exactly in length and depth, which we will explain later.
But now let’s continue with Definition 2. Rashad’s English definition which is a hybrid between the Quranic Day and the Calendar Day. Rashad’s definition of the word “day” is simply the same as a Quranic Day plus Quranic Night. So, the understanding of it comes from the Quran, but the length is more similar to the Calendar Day, in most cases. In most cases, it’s 24 hours, but not always in some regions of the earth. We can call Rashad’s English definition a “Skylight Cycle Day”. Basically, every time the sky goes from full darkness, to full light, and back to full darkness, you count it as one day, regardless of how much clock time has passed. So, if we use this definition of the word day, then there are five Contact Prayers per day, as Rashad said. This is correct. However, most people do not use this definition of the word day. That’s his definition. When people today ask “How many prayers per day there are?” they want to know how many prayers during each calendar day, during each 24-hours, and the answer for a calendar day is different, because it is not true that there are always five prayers during each calendar day. So, there are five prayers during a Quranic Day and Night, and there are five prayers during a Skylight Cycle Day, Rashad’s definition of day, but this does not automatically translate into five prayers during a calendar day, because the calendar day is not always the same length as a Quranic Day and Night and it is not always the same length as the Skylight Cycle Day.
So, now let’s continue with Definition 3: The Calendar Day. The calendar day is a period of 24 hours, regardless if the sky has turned dark or not. So, how many prayers should there be during a calendar day? Well, the answer depends on the location and the time of the year. And all we have to do is to see for that location and that time of the year, how long does the Quranic Day and Night last within those calendar days. So, that period of time of the Quranic Day and Night must include all the five prayers, but if that Quranic Day and Night lasts for several calendar days, that’s fine. God designed it like that for good reasons. We are still including all the five prayers in that Quranic Day and Night, or Rashad’s day, but if that means that there are four or three prayers during 24-hours, it doesn’t matter, because the Quranic Day and Night is not a period of 24 hours, it is a period from full darkness to full light and back to full darkness. Let’s take an example.
Let’ say you live in Frankfurt for example which is 50 degrees north of the Equator. On the 30th of May for example, a full Quranic Day and Night happens within 24 hours, so you have to implement all the five prayers within that 24 hours, within the 30th of May. However, then the 1st of June comes, and it does not get completely dark on that day. So, now even though the first calendar day of June passes, the full Quranic Day and night does not happen. Only portions of it happened, but it does not complete the cycle. This means that you can only implement a portion of that five daily prayer. In that case, the Dawn comes, and the Noon comes, and the Afternoon comes, and the Evening comes, but the full Night does not come. So, you only do the Dawn Prayer, and the Noon Prayer, and the Afternoon Prayer and the Evening Prayer, but it’s not possible for you to do the Night Prayer. So, it’s not Alban who is stopping you from doing the night prayer. It’s simply impossible to do the night prayer. The night did not come. And this does not contradict the Quran, because if you believe that there must be five prayers in a Quranic day and night, or Rashad’s definition of the word day, they just didn’t happen. The full Quranic day and night did not happen, and Rashad’s definition of the word day did not happen, meaning they didn’t complete yet, they take longer, or several calendar days to complete. And remember, his definition was from full darkness to full light and back to full darkness, but full darkness did not happen, so you can not say that we are not doing five prayers in a Quranic day and night, because it is simply taking the Quranic day and night longer to complete, and when the night finally comes on the 12th of July in Frankfurt, only then do we count it as one Quranic day and night, and then we do the fifth prayer. So, this Quranic day and night lasted from the beginning of June until the 12th of July, and during that period, we implemented all the five prayers. So, you can not say that we are not doing five prayers within Rashad’s day which is a Quranic day and night. We do all the five prayers within a Quranic day and night, but it’s not our fault if that Quranic day and night lasts longer than 24 hours. So, there is no contradiction here. We are implementing exactly the five prayers which should happen within Rashad’s definition of the word day, but it’s not Alban’s fault that Rashad’s definition of day length does not always match the calendar day. So, it’s wrong to say that we do not do five prayers per day. We do exactly five prayers every day, if by “day” you mean Rashad’s definition of day. And again, we do exactly five prayers every day and night, if by “day and night” you mean the Quranic day and night. So, we completely agree with Rashad and the Quran. However, if you are going to define the day as a calendar day, which most people do, then we sometimes do four prayers, or even three prayers only in certain norther locations of the world, only during certain times of the year, which we clearly explain when and where they happen. So, all we are doing is telling you how to implement the five prayers per Rashad’s day into calendar days, and to help you with that implementation, Alban published a video clarification titled “Times of Contact Prayer” where he tell us during each calendar day, for every location on earth, how many of the five prayers apply, and that all depends on how much of Rashad’s day applies in that situation, or on how much of the Quranic night and day applies in that situation. So, all Alban is doing in that video is presenting the five prayers in a calendar day situation, which is how people today want to know them, because most people understand the day as a calendar day, a 24-hour period, and not as a Quranic day and night, or as Rashad’s English definition of the word day. So, there is no contradiction here. We are simply speaking about three different types of days. The Quran in Arabic was using the definition of the day to match it to the Arab understanding, Rashad expressed it into semi Quranic and semi English understanding, and Alban expressed it for us in a calendar day understanding which is how the modern world speaks about it. So, there is no contradiction here because we are talking about three different time periods. In some locations on earth near the Equator, they are the same length, but in other location, during deeper winters, they are just not the same length. In fact, it would be a contradiction, if we all said that we should do five prayers every day, and then our definitions of the word day was different. Then it would be a contradiction. But it’s not. So, if you took Alban to Tucson in the month of May, he would do exactly five prayers, at the exact times when Rashad did them. There is no contradiction there. And, if you took Rashad to Frankfurt in June for example, he would take some time to think about it, but after analyzing it, he would end up doing four prayers in each calendar day, but that would still mean that he did five prayers per Rashad’s day, which in that case simply takes longer than a calendar day. And because Rashad never lived in Frankfurt, or in Sweden, or in any of those northern regions, then he did not have to implement this situation. But, Alban happened to have traveled in these northern regions like Germany, Sweden, UK, Netherlands, and this meant that he had sufficient reason to think about it more carefully, and eventually realized that it’s ok if the calendar day and the Quranic day and night do not always match. We should stick to five prayers per Quranic day and night, and if that does not match with the calendar day, no big deal. We implement the Quran, not people’s calendars. Alban express it in calendar days, so people can understand in English, but ultimately Alban made the decision based on Quranic day and nights, and in each Quranic day and night, every single time, in every location, we are responsible for doing all the five prayers.
By the way, God knew that people will use many different definitions of the word “day” in different languages and in different eras, so he completely circumvented this problem by not mentioning the number of prayers per day at all in the Quran. God solved this confusion by simply telling us the specific prayer times, and when they happen, and he did not mention the total number of prayer per day at all. And if we just implement the prayer times, as specified in the Quran, and as Rashad himself believed, then we will be in total agreement. For example, Rashad said that the Night Prayer should be done when the twilight disappears. If we just implement this, then we will always get it right. Whenever the twilight disappears, we do the Night Prayer, but if it doesn’t disappear, then we don’t do the Night Prayer. And that’s exactly what Alban and the believers with him are doing. They are simply not changing anything which Rashad said, and implementing it in all circumstances without any modification. In fact, people who insist on doing a night prayer even when the twilight does not disappear, they are the ones who are going against Rashad and against the Quran. They think that they are preserving the number of prayers, but they forget that even when you don’t do the night prayer because the twilight did not disappear, you are still preserving the number of prayers per day; It’s just that the Quranic day and night cycle took longer, and you do the fifth prayer when it’s time comes. So, you would still be doing five prayers per day, per Rashad’s day, or per Quranic day and night; five prayers per Quranic day and night, every time. This is the true preservation.
So, if you took Alban and Rashad, and Muhammad, and Abraham and took them everywhere on earth at each time of the year, they would always end up doing the prayers at exactly the same time, without any disagreement. So, there is no contradiction between their prayer times. The illusion of contradiction emerges from the fact that Alban simply clarified for the modern people how the Quranic days and nights fit within the calendar days, which is what the modern people use when they talk about days. So, Alban was simply translating from Quranic to modern English. But there is no difference in what we actually do in practice. Without even talking about it, if Muhammad, Abraham, Rashad, and Alban were sent to Oslo for example, without talking to one another, we would end up doing all the prayers at the same time, simply by looking at the sky, checking if the Quran criteria for that specific prayer time is fulfilled, and then implementing each prayer in its own time period, without talking about five, four, three, two, and things like that. So, even without understanding how the calendar days and the Quranic days and nights correlate with one another, we would still get the correct answer, all of us, if we simply know the definition of each prayer time, without focusing on their number. And Alban gave the definition of each prayer time in the end of his other video titled “Times of Contact Prayer”, and let’s present that table again here. So, here it is:
So, we have the Dawn prayer, the Noon prayer, the Afternoon prayer, the Evening Prayer, and the Night Prayer, and they each have a specific time when they start and end, and we don’t see any contradiction here between Alban and Rashad, because these are the five prayer times in which Alban and Rashad believed in, and these are the five prayer times in which the Muslims traditionally believed in, and exactly the five prayer times which are described in the Quran, when you take all the verses of the Quran into consideration. There is nothing new here. God has guaranteed to preserve the Contact Prayers, and their times, to keep the religion of Abraham intact and He has done that. If Alban introduced something new about this issue, that would be wrong, because this is a traditionally preserved issue. It’s all old stuff. Alban only told us how that old stuff fits in the new modern calendars which use the calendar day as a definition of the day and not the Quranic day as the definition of the day.
Praise be to God! There is no other god except God. There are three main apparent contradictions between Alban and Rashad which the disbelievers use as excuses to discredit Alban. Alban addresses each of them in three separate Friday Sermons, and this is one of them: In this video we deal with the issue of Zakat – what Rashad said and what Alban says. People claim that Alban contradicts Rashad about Zakat. Well, let’s see if it’s true. Let’s first present to you what Rashad himself actually said about this issue, and by the end of this video, you will see that there is no contradiction between Alban and Rashad the messenger, but actually there is only an apparent contradiction between Rashad the messenger and Rashad the Tucson imam, which is resolved in this sermon.
But, first let’s show to you what Rashad himself said. He spoke about it in two videos:
Video 1: Essentials of Islam
Video 2: A Friday Sermon on 17.03.89
He says something else about Zakat in Video 1 and something else in Video 2.
In Video 1 he says: “The fourth pillar of Islam is Charity; in Arabic, Zakat. There is an Obligatory Charity where you sit down and you calculate exactly what you possess, what your possessions are, and you give away a portion, a fixed portion of your net-worth. You do this once a year, and then you give away 2.5% of that. See, it’s a small percentage, and you do it once a year.”
In Video 2 he says: “2.5% of your net income must go to the poor immediately which means a continuous flow of money from people to the relatives, their parents, and their cousins, and their sisters and brothers, and so on. That’s the correct way of doing Zakat.”
So, in Video 1, Rashad preached Obligatory Charity based on wealth which is done once a year, but in Video 2 he preached Obligatory Charity based on income done every time you receive income.
So, in reality, there is no contradiction between Alban and Rashad, as we will show in this sermon, but if anything, there is a contradiction between Rashad and himself – between Rashad in Vidwo 1 and Rashad in video 2.
Now, the question is, in which video was Rashad right? Well, let’s actually evaluate the authority of these two videos according to Rashad himself.
First, as you can see he did not put a date on Video 1, which means that he meant it for all times, but he showed the date in Video 2. You can see the date as 17.03.1989, which means that what he said in Video 2, he intended it for that specific time.
Second, in Video 1, he is facing the camera speaking to the whole world, and in Video 2, he is facing the local congregation in Tucson, speaking to the Tucson congregation.
Third: In Video 1, Rashad introduces the video as a presentation from the Quran by saying, “The Quran tells us exactly what the Essentials of Islam are – and they are very quickly – I’m going to go into details of these later on…” So, Video 1 is based on the Quran. But, in Video 2, Rashad introduces the sermon as a presentation of a pamphlet which he wrote as an Editor of a Bulletin by saying, “I have no idea what I am going to talk about – but I put down – this will help me a lot. This is something that I distributed last week, and I will just go through it with you. It is the May issue of the Muslim Perspective:” So, Video 2 is based on a pamphlet meant for May 1989.
Now the fourth point: Rashad starts Video 1 with the statement, “In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful”, which means that he is speaking on behalf of God in that video, which means that he was speaking as God’s messenger, but in Video 2, he introduces the preaching with an admittance that he is doing it as a substitute for someone else, and he also admits that he has no idea what he will talk about, by saying, “I was hoping today that the sermon today will be given by General Spooler, but he didn’t make it yet. He’ll be here tonight. Meanwhile, I’m stuck. So, “I’m stuck to give this khutba, and I have no idea what I’m going to talk about,” So, since Rashad had no idea what he was going to talk about, he was not doing this preaching as God’s messenger. A messenger knows what he talks about. So, actually, Rashad was just freestyling as the leader of the congregation in Video 2. So, Video 2 is not preached by Rashad the messenger, but it is preached by Rashad the Tucson imam.
So, now we have the four credentials of each of these two videos, according to Rashad himself, which help us decide which video to go with, because these two videos contradict one another today when it comes to the issue of Zakat.
And here is the list of those four credentials side by side for each video so you can compare them:
And especially the last credential shows that Rashad spoke as God’s messenger in Video 1 and simply as a local imam in Tucson in Video 2.
So, Alban is simply going with the messenger fully, with whatever Rashad says in Video 1. So, there is no contradiction between what Alban says and what Rashad, the messenger said. If anything, there is a contradiction between what Rashad, the messenger said, and what Rashad, the Tucson imam said. So, the problem here is the imam, and not the messenger.
And people think that because Video 2 was made later than Video 1, then it is a correction of Video 1. Well, this argument would be valid if the person in Video 2 had the authority to correct the person on Video 1, but he doesn’t. An imam does not have the authority to correct a messenger. An imam can not correct a messenger. He thought that he did, but it doesn’t ultimately matter what the imam thought. It matters what the messenger thought, and what the messenger thought is in Video 1, and not in Video 2. And Alban completely agree with Video 1, and Alban was forced to declare parts of Video 2 as outdated, for our circumstances, a mistake. So, we go with the messenger in Video 1, regardless of what the imam in Video 2 might have thought about Video 1. And by the way, Rashad, the messenger, never corrected Video 1. He kept it published just like that, until he died. He did not change any bit of it. He had the time and the authority to change it, and edit it, but he didn’t, because God knew that Video 1 is correct, and it is actually some parts in Video 2 which are the mistakes.
However, let’s actually try to save the face of Rashad in Video 2 by trying to justify his mistake. When you look at it, the mistake of Rashad the imam was actually harmless in his situation. It’s harmful for our situation today if we insist on that mistake, but it was harmless for his situation, because when Rashad talked about Zakat in Video 2, he said it in a very specific situation, and in that same video, about one minute before he starts talking about Zakat, he does in passing mention that situation, by saying that “There is not a single mosque in the Muslim world that follows this commandment, that the mosque belongs to God; you shall mention only God’s name.”
Now, this is a key issue. What does this mean? This means that because traditionally the Muslims have organized around mosques, given that during the time of Rashad there was no single mosque where the call for prayer was done correctly, that means that there were no organized aspects of religion in the world which were authorized by God. And Zakat, as it should be performed, as it is said in Video 1 is an organized religious duty. So, when Rashad made that mistake in Video 2, the mistake was harmless, because it was actually better to do less of the Zakat than to do the correct Zakat under the wrong organized religious structures. Let’s take an example, and show you how an unintentional mistake can actually be beneficial instead of harmful.
Let’s say that you ask someone when the month of Ramadan starts, and he makes a mistake and tells you that it will start one week earlier than it truly starts. Now, that’s harmful. However, let’s say that on that mistaken day when that person said that Ramadan will start, the whole food of the world is actually poisoned, and by fasting on the wrong day, that person actually unintentionally saved your life, because during that day, you did not eat the food, and then by the time you had to eat it, the others who got poisoned informed you that the food is poisoned. So, in the same way, if all the organized Zakat around the world was poisoned, which it was when Rashad made that statement, then he actually unintentionally saved you from idol worship, by making a mistake about Zakat. And we know whether organized Zakat, the correct way of Zakat is poisoned or not by checking if the people who organize it are doing their call to prayer dedicated to God alone or not. So, during Rashad’s time, all the mosques made the call to prayer in the wrong way, but today, there are mosques, including our mosque, including our online mosque where we do not use the wrong way of the call to prayer. So, there are organized people today, who actually do organize the Zakat in the correct way, which means that doing the Zakat as preached in Video 1 will not be harmful at all anymore, and because it is the correct way, that is what we should do.
So, to put it shortly. Video 1 is the correct way, and Video 2 is a mistake. However, during Rashad’s time, Video 1 was harmful, while Video 2 was harmless. However, today, in our situation, Video 1 is both harmless and correct, and the change of situation is reflected by the fact that now we do have mosques where the call to prayer (which represents the organized religion) is done correctly.
So, this is how we justify Rashad’s mistake, even though it was a mistake, but it was harmless in his times, but it is harmful for our times, and now that we have mosques where the correct call to prayer is made, we should not insist on that old mistake. We have the means to do better now, especially because of the internet which enables us to organize without idol-worship, if that is what we choose.
So, to conclude, Alban does not contradict Rashad. In today’s situation, Rashad, the imam, has ended up contradicting Rashad, the messenger, and Alban simply told us how to resolve that situation, by simply telling us to follow Rashad the global messenger, instead of Rashad the local imam.
Now, even if we ignore these two videos completely, and don’t even think about how these two videos contradict each other today, if we focus on what the Quran actually says about Zakat, we can still get the correct answer from there. And according to the Quran, we should give Zakat from 2.5% of our loanable wealth each year. And we can find this answer, if we choose to take into account all the verses of the Quran, everything that the Quran has to say about Obligatory Charity, and if we take all those verses, which are hundreds, and analyze them carefully, without ignoring any verses, then we will reach the same conclusion. And to save our time, Alban did that for us, and it is presented Alban’s video clarification titled “Obligatory Charity (Zakat)”. So, in that video, Alban restarted from scratch, completely ignoring what anyone thinks about Zakat, and after years of analysis, after finding, listing, arranging all the verses of the Quran about this issues, a clear picture emerged with God’s permission, that Zakat is basically given from 2.5% of the loanable wealth every year, which is what Rashad the messenger preaches in Video 1, and what Alban preaches in his video clarification titled “Obligatory Charity (Zakat)”, which means that there is absolutely full agreement between Rashad the messenger and Alban, between Alban and Video 1. It is actually those who are not doing Zakat like us who are contradicting Rashad the messenger, by going with Rashad the local imam, outside of his intended time, outside of his intended place, outside of his intended permission, and outside of his intended authority, an abuse of the imam’s local mistake of his time to contradict the global Messenger of the Covenant for our time.
Praise be to God! There is no other god except God. Some haters from among the people who have not joined the submitters yet claim that they do not believe in Alban’s messengership because, according to them, Rashad had proof while Alban does not have proof, which is not true. Alban never said that he doesn’t have proof. He said that he does not bring proof, and he doesn’t bring proof because the proof about his messengership is already in the Quran. And the Quran has mathematical proof, logical proof, and empirical proof about Alban Fejza’s messengership, but to keep this Friday Sermon within the allowed length limits, let’s only present the mathematical proof, and the other two proofs are in other sermons.
But, first let’s clearly define what Rashad’s proof of messengership was. What did Rashad Khalifa present as his proof of messengership, according to Rashad Khalifa himself? Was the mathematical miracle of the Quran, Rashad’s proof of messengership? Let’s see what Rashad Khalifa himself said when he was asked about it?
So, according to Rashad Khalifa himself, he did not claim to be a messenger of God because he discovered the mathematical miracle of the Quran.
So, the question is what did the mathematical miracle of the Quran prove then, if it did not prove his messengership? Well, according to Rashad himself, it proved the Quran itself. Here is what Rashad Khalifa said in the conclusion of the book where he presented visually the mathematical miracle of the Quran:
So, again, according to Rashad himself, the mathematical miracle of the Quran was mathematical proof about the Quran, not about Rashad’s messengership.
And Rashad said this many times. Here for example, he says:
So, again here Rashad presented from the Quran the five functions of the mathematical miracle of the Quran, and none of those functions was to prove Rashad’s messengership.
And Rashad said the same thing again in his Appendix 1 where he presented the mathematical miracle of the Quran and nowhere there does he claim that Appendix 1 is proof of his messengership. Instead, he says here below that Appendix 1 is proof of the divine authorship of the scripture (not his messengership):
And he also says herein below in Appendix 2 that Appendix 1 is his duty as a messenger, but not his proof of messengership:
So, Appendix 1(the mathematical miracle) was Rashad’s main duty as a messenger to present to the world, but not his proof of messengership.
So, then if Appendix 1 was not Rashad’s proof of messengership, what was his proof of messengership? It’s Appendix 2.According to Rashad himself, Appendix 2 is where he presents the proof of his messengership. Herein below, in the beginning of the Appendix 2, Rashad says that this Appendix, Appendix 2, presents physical examinable, verifiable and irrefutable evidence that Rashad Khalifa is God’s Messenger of the Covenant.
And then, here further below in Appendix 2, he presents, “the Proof” about his messengership.
So, according to Rashad himself, here in Appendix 2, he is presenting the proof of his messengership.
And what does Appendix 2 contain? Appendix 2 contains 40 different cases of multiples of 19 which are connected with Rashad’s name, or the year of his discovery, and similar things, which show that there is a mathematical connection between Rashad and the predicted Messenger of the Covenant in the Quran. And in total, he presented 40 facts in this Appendix which together mathematically prove his messengership. Herein below, you can see that the last fact is number 40:
So, the conclusion from what Rashad Khalifa said hismelf is that if you want mathematical proof about the Quran, it’s in Appendix 1, and if you want mathematical proof about Rashad’s messengership, then it’s in Appendix 2. So, Appendix 2 is Rashad’s mathematical proof of messeangerhip. And this appendix has 40 facts, or 40 cases with multiples of 19 which are connected to Rashad.
So, if Alban Fejza should present proof of his messengership, it should look like Appendix 2, not like Appendix 1, because Appendix 1 proved the Quran, and the Quran is still proven, Alban’s duty is not to prove the Quran again. That was Rashad’s duty. Alban’s duty is to explain it. The Quran is proven now through Appendix 1, but Appendix 2 presents proof of Rashad’s messengership.
So, if Alban Fejza is to present proof of his messengership, it should match Appendix 2. And, what will be presented to you herein below is proof about Alban Fejza’s messengership which is twice as strong (with 80 facts instead of 40) as the one which Rashad Khalifa presented in Appendix 2 about his messengership: And those facts will not only be twice stronger in quantity, but also in quality, which means that the counts which are presented to you herein below show more meaningful mathematical connections between Alban and his messengership compared to what Rashad presented about his messengership. So, a proof which is better in quality, and double in quantity. And those facts will keep getting stronger and stronger as you read them below, so please read this article until the end. It’s a life changing proof. Her it is:
THE PROOF
1.
The name “Alban” is found in the Quran and it means “the son” or “the daughter” or “the children”. It’s root word “Bani”, where it means “son” is found in the Arabic Quran 76 times, 19x4. Here below for verification:
But, “Bani” is just how Alban’s family and relatives call him. His official full name is “Alban Fejza” and that is the name which will be used in the calculations in this video:
2.
The name “Alban” in that specific form is found in the Quran 9 times and the word “Fejza” (which means “achiever”) is found 29 times, and the total is 38, which is 19x2. Herein below for verification:
And here 19×2 symbolizes that Alban Fejza is messenger 2 after the discovery of the 19 based miracle.
3.
The gematrical value of “Alban” as it is written in the Quran is 83. And the gematrical value of the root word “Fejza” as it is written in the Quran is 88. So, the total gematrical value of “Alban Fejza” is 171, which is 19x9. Herein below for verification:
4.
From the first instance where the word “Alban” occurs (3:14) in the Quran, to the first instance where the word “Fejza” occurs (3:185) in the Quran, which happens within the same sura, there are exactly 171 verses, which is exactly the gematrical value of “Alban Fejza”, 171, 19x9.
5.
From the last instance where the word “Alban” occurs (52:39) to the last instance where the word “Fejza” occurs (85:11), there are 1146 verses and 32 Suras. 1146+32=1178, 19x62.
6.
From the first instance where “Alban” occurs (3:14), to the last instance where “Alban” occurs (52:39), there are 4465 verses, 19x235.
7.
“Alban” (83) plus all the Sura numbers where the specific word “Alban” occurs (3+16+18+37+52) gives us 209, 19x11.
8.
Alban Fejza became a submitter at the age of 19.
9.
That was Hijri year 1425, which is 19x75.
10.
Adding the gematrical value of “Alban Fejza” (171) to the Hijri year 1425, we get 19x84, and 1984 is the year of birth of Alban Fejza.
11.
When fully grown, Alban Fejza became 190 centimeters tall, which is 19x10.
(Note: This is only relevant because Alban was born and chosen a messenger in the continent where the centimeters were invented. Other messengers don’t have to be of equal height.)
A CLARIFYING MESSENGER HAS COME (44:13)
12.
Alban Fejza is predicted as the Clarifying Messenger in verse 44:13. Adding “Alban Fejza” (171) to this sura and verse number (44+13) gives us 228, which is 19x12. (Notice that if you add “Rashad Khalifa”, instead of “Alban Fejza”, you can not get a multiple of 19. So, the verse which mentions the Clarifying Messenger is talking about Alban Fejza and not Rashad Khalifa, because Rashad Khlifa was the Messenger of the Covenant who is mentioned in verse 3:81).
13.
“Alban Fejza” (171), plus the sura and verse numbers from the beginning of the Quran up to verse 44:13, where the Clarifying Messenger is predicted gives us 19x294. (Again, this does not work with “Rashad Khalifa” or just “Rashad”, because Alban Fejza is the Clarifying Messenger).
14.
The first name “Alban” is first mentioned in Sura 3, while the Clarifying Messenger is first mentioned in Sura 43. Adding all the Sura numbers from Sura 3 to Sura 43 (943) plus “Alban” (83) gives us 1026, 19x54.
IT IS WE WHO WILL EXPLAIN IT (75:19)
15.
In verse 75:19, God promised Muhammad that He through his angels and Alban Fejza will explain the Quran. This promise has now been fulfilled. This verse number (19), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), gives us 190, 19x10.
16.
From the first verse where the Clarifying Messenger is mentioned (43:29) until this verse (75:19) which predicts the explaining of the Quran, there are 1387 verses, plus “Alban Fejza” (171) gives us 19x73. This connects the Clarifying Messenger with the fact that he will explain the Quran, and with the fact that he is Alban Fejza.
17.
From the first verse where the Clarifying Messenger is mentioned (43:29) until this verse (75:19), there are 1418 verses and suras, plus “Alban” (83), we get 19x70
18.
From the first instance where the first name “Alban” occurs in the Quran (3:14) to this verse (75:19), there are 5332 verses and suras, plus the first name “Alban” (83), we get 19x285. This confirms that the first name of the person through whom the prophecy in verse 75:19 is fulfilled is “Alban”.
19.
From the last instance where the last name “Fejza” occurs in the Quran (85:11) until this verse (75:19), there are 349 verses in between, plus the last name “Fejza” (88), we get 19x23. This confirms that the last name of the person through whom the prophecy of explaining the Quran is fulfilled is “Fejza”.
THE SMOKE PROPHECY
In the main Sura where the Clarifying Messenger is mentioned, in Sura 44, titled “the Smoke”, the Sura informs us that the Clarifying Messenger warns his generation about the Smoke. And Alban Fejza does that in this video titled “The Smoke Prophecy”.
20.
There Alban Fejza unveiled that the Smoke will happen in 2052. 2052 plus “Alban Fejza” (171) is 19x117.
21.
The year 2052 corresponds to the Hijri year 1475. 1475 plus “Alban” (83) is 19x82.
22.
Alban Fejza used the seven H.M. initials to predict the Clear Smoke. Adding the total number of occurrences of the initials H (292) and M (1855) in their Suras to “Alban Fejza” (171) gives us 2318, which is 19x122.
23.
“Alban Fejza” (171) plus the gematrical value of the Clear Smoke “BiDukhani Mubeene” (759) as it is mentioned in the Quran, plus Sura 44, where it is mentioned, plus the occurrence of H.M. initials (166) in that sura gives us 1140, which is 19x60.
24.
Sura 44, plus verse 10 where the Clear Smoke is predicted, plus the gematrical value of the verse (2542) plus “Alban” (83), give us 2679 which is 19x141. This confirms again that Alban was destined to predict the Clear Smoke.
25.
To discover the smoke, Alban also used the digits mentioned in connection with the Seven Sleepers of the Cave (18:9-25). Those digits are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, which total to 44, plus Sura 44 where the Smoke is predicted, plus “Alban” (83), we get 171, which is 19x9. This confirms again that Alban was destined to unveil when the Smoke will come. It is noteworthy that Alban unveiled the year of the Smoke 44 years before it comes, and the Sura titled “the Smoke” is Sura 44.
A Messenger to CLARIFY for People of the Scripture (5:19)
“O people of the scripture, our messenger has come to you, to CLARIFY things for you, after a fixed period (19 Hijri years) without messengers…”
(5:19)
26.
This verse mentions a fixed period of time between messengers, and the number of this verse is 19, which is exactly the number of Hijri years since the end of Rashad Khalifa’s messengership (in 1410) until the year when God chose Alban Fejza as the next messenger (in 1429). Adding the verse number (19) to “Alban Fejza” (171) gives us 190, which is 19x2x5. So, 19 years between 2 messengers prophesied in Sura 5, verse 19.
27.
Also, since this verse talks about the time between two messengers (Rashad Khalifa and Alban Fejza), let’s add “Rashad Khalifa” (1230) and “Alban Fejza” (171), to the sura and verse number (5+19), and we get 1425, which is 19x75.
28.
Also, since Rashad Khalifa was last a messenger in 1990, and Alban Fejza first went public with his messengership in 2009, let’s add those years to the last name “Khalifa” (725) and the first name “Alban” (83), and we get 4807, which is 19x253.
29.
From the last verse where Khalifa is mentioned as the Messenger of the Covenant (3:81) to the last verse where Fejza is mentioned as the Clarifying Messenger (44:13), there are 4051 verses, plus the last name “Khalifa” (725), plus the last name Fejza (88), we get 4864, which is 19x256.
30.
The verse mentions a messenger who CLARIFIES (Alban Fejza). Adding the sura numbers and the number of verses from the beginning of the Quran to this verse (5:19), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), gives us 874, which is 19x46. This does not work, if we used Rashad Khalifa’s name only instead of Alban Fejza’s name, because Alban Fejza is the messenger who CLARIFIES.
FUTURE PREDICTIONS
God is the only knower of the future, of course, but we learn from verse 72:27 that God reveals certain aspects of the future only to His chosen messengers. Through the previous chosen messengers, He unveiled only glimpses from the future, but the messenger whom God chose to unveiled all the important global future events is the Clarifying Messenger, Alban Fejza. The Quranic proofs about those future predictions are given in other videos but here we are only focusing on how those proofs are mathematically connected with Alban Fejza to show that he is the Clarifying Messenger who was destined to unveil those future events.
31.
Verse 72:27 mentions the messenger who is given accurate future news. Adding the number of verses from the beginning of the Quran up to this verse (5472), plus “Alban Fejza” (171) gives us 5643, which is 19x297.
32.
After God mentions in verse 72:27 the messenger who is given future news, He immediately in the next verse mentions that He has counted the numbers of all things in order to prove that the messenger has delivered God’s message. Adding all the different numbers mentioned in the Quran (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 19 + 20 + 30 + 40 + 50 + 60 + 70 + 80 + 99 + 100 + 200 + 300 + 1000 + 2000 + 3000 + 5000 + 50000 + 100000), plus “Alban Fejza” gives us 162317, which is 19x8543.
33.
Verse 72:27 begins with the statement (Only to a Messenger that He chooses). Adding the gematrical values of this statement (1919), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), gives us 2090, which is 19x110.
THE SEVEN PAIRS
One of the main tools and milestones which the Clarifying Messenger, Alban Fejza, used to unveil the future events are the seven pairs of Quranic Initials. These 14 secret letters have seven meanings. One of them, the mathematical significance was discovered back in 1974, and now recently God unveiled through the Clarifying Messenger (Alban Fejza) all the other meanings, at the root of which is their linguistic meaning, what they really mean. The fact that the Clarifying Messenger was destined to unveil all the seven meanings of the Quranic Initials is predicted in Sura 15, verses 87 through 89, where God tells Alban Fejza “We have given you the seven pairs”, and also orders him to say that he is a Clarifying Warner. (A clarifying warner is simply a clarifying messenger when he speaks to disbelievers, and when he speaks to believers, he is a good news giver. This is the definition according to verse 18:56. Now, here is the mathematical confirmation that Alban Fejza is the predicted Clarifying Warner who is blessed with unveiling the seven meanings of the 14 Quranic Initials:
34.
The gematrical value of “the seven pairs – saba meena althany” (855), as it is spelled in the Quran (15:87) and “Alban Fejza” (171), as it is spelled in the Quran, they total to 1026, which is 19x54.
35.
Adding the total gematrical values of the 14 Quranic Initials (1709), to “Alban Fejza” (171), and to the sura and verse numbers where the words “Alban” and “Fejza” are mentioned, we get 5567, which is 19x293.
36.
Adding the total gematrical value of the Quranic Initials (1709), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), plus all the suras and verses which mention the phrase “clarifying warner” (1103), we get 2983, which is 19x157.
37.
Adding the total gematrical values of the 14 Quranic Initials (1709), plus “Alban” (83), plus all sura and verse numbers where the Clarifying Messenger and Warner is mentioned (830), we get 2622, which is 19x138.
38.
Adding the gematrical value of each of Quranic Initials (693), plus the number of suras where these initials are found (29), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 893, which is 19x47.
39.
Adding the number of occurrences of each of the 14 letters in the initials (79), plus the number of suras where it occurs as an initial (1954), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 2375, which is 19x125.
40.
The total of the 29 sura numbers where the Quranic Initials occur (822), plus the total number of occurrences of Alban (9) + Fejza (29) + the 14 sets of initials equal 874, which is 19x46.
41.
The 14 different sets of Quranic Initials which are made of 14 different letters, are found in 29 Suras. If we add the number of times “Alban” and “Fejza” occur in the Quran (9+29), to the 14 different sets of Quranic Initials, to the 14 different letters which they are made of, and to the 29 Suras where they are found, we get 95, 19x5.
42.
Alban Fejza unveiled the linguistic meanings of all the Quranic Initials by drawing back from what those letters meant during the times of the ancient clarifying messengers. The ancient clarifying messengers are Noah, Moses, Aaron, and Muhammad, which are explained in the following section, and the final clarifying messenger is Alban Fejza. By adding the gematrical values of all the clarifying messengers of all times (704), plus the gematrical values of the Quranic Initials (1709), we get 2413, which is 19x127.
THE CONNECTION WITH OTHER CLARIFYING AUTHORITIES
43.
The word Mubeen (Clarifying) in that specific grammatical form is found in the Quran 38 times, 19x2.
Here are the verses of all those 38 cases:
The dark red ones refer to Noah as a clarifying warner; the medium red ones refer to Moses as clarifying authority (and two of those medium red ones also refer to Aaron as a clarifying authority); the light red ones order Muhammad to deliver the message clearly; the lightest green one refers to light (noor), as simply a clarifier, which indirectly includes videos of Alban, which are made of light; the medium green ones refer to the Quran as a clarifying scripture; and the dark green ones refers to Alban Fejza as a clarifying messenger or clarifying warner. See, the classification below:
So, these are all the clarifying authorities mentioned in the Quran; and here are their gematrical values:
44.
Adding together all their gematrical values gives us 1311, which is 19x69.
And from these seven clarifying authorities, the red ones are in the past now, and the green ones are still active in our present: So, the Quran, Alban Fejza, and Light are still clarifying authorities in our present. This means that Alban Fejza is not a clarifying messenger independent from the Quran and Light (which includes the clarifying videos). So, Alban is a Clarifying Messenger only in combination with the Quran and the Clarifying Videos. Alban is never a messenger when he is not based on the Quran, and Alban is never a messenger when he is not in the clarifying videos, which ultimately will include only 100 of his published videos. The rest of his videos are just Friday Sermons like this one, and you can tell the difference, because Alban always starts his Friday Sermons with the phrase, “Praise be to God,” but not in his Clarifying Videos, but the Clarifying Videos always include subtitles with references from the Quran, because Alban Fejza is the Clarifying Messenger only when his videos are fully subtitled with verse references from the Quran.
So, in the following section let’s use the gematrical values of the Quran and Light to support mathematically Alban’s clarifying authority. And this mathematically, not only does it pinpoint who is the Clarifying Messenger, but also when that person exactly is a Clarifying Messenger, which is only when Alban Fejza speaks in clarifying video format (light), in the videos where he puts subtitles with references from the Quran.
ALBAN FEJZA ∩ CLARIFYING VIDEOS (LIGHT) ∩ QURAN = CLARIFYING MESSENGER
45.
God appointed Alban to be the Clarifying Messenger in 2008. Adding 2008 to the gematrical values of Alban (83), Quran (351), and light (256), we get 2698, which is 19x142.
46.
Adding all the sura numbers and the verse numbers every time “Alban” and “Fejza” occur in the Quran, plus the gematrical values of Alban Fejza (171), Quran (351), and light (videos) (256), we get 4465 which is 19x235.
47.
The phrase “clarifying warner” is mentioned 12 times in the Quran. If we add all the verses and suras where the phrase “clarifying warner” occurs (1103), plus the gematrical values of Alban Fejza (171), Quran (351), and light (256), which are the only clarifiers of our generation mentioned in the Quran, we get 1881, which is 19x99.
48.
Adding the gematrical values of the three clarifiers of today, Alban Fejza (171), Quran (351), and light (256) – and Sura 44 where the Clear Smoke is mentioned, and the occurrence of H.M. initials (166) in that Sura which predict the Smoke, we get 988, which is 19x52. This confirms that we can know about the Smoke before it happens by using Alban Fejza, the Quran, and the Clarifying Videos (light) as clarifiers.
49.
The word “future” does not directly exist in the Quran. The Quran has the concept of “the hidden – Alghayb” and “time – Ajl”. Time has the hidden direction which is the future, and the less hidden direction which is the past. So the future is the hidden time. The gematrical value of “the hidden” “Alghayb” (1043), plus the gematrical value of “time” “Ajl” (34), plus the gematrical values of Alban Fejza (171), Quran (351), and light (256) give us 1767, which is 19x93. This again confirms that God blessed Alban Fejza to unveil everything that the global community of believers need to know about the future (the hidden time) by using the Quran to find it, and the Clarifying Videos which use light to publish it.
50.
There are only two verses in the Quran (72:27, 3:179) where God informs us that He tells specific news from the future only to a messenger that He chooses. Adding these sura and verse numbers (72+27+3+179) to the gematrical values of these two verses (10216 + 3462), “Alban” (83), “Quran” (351), and “light” (256), gives us 19x771. This confirms that Alban predicts the future reliably only when using the Quran, and only when he publishes the Clarifying Videos, which contain light.
“Surely, You Are One of the Messengers” (36:3)
51.
Verse 36:3 says, “Surely, you are one of the messengers”. This is directed towards each messenger when present since the revelation of the Quran. Those messengers are: “Gabriel” (245), “Muhammad” (92), “Rashad” (505), “Alban” (83), “Alhak” (139), “Ahmad” (53), “Quran” (351), and “light-noor” (256) (which includes videos of messengers). Adding the gematrical values of all these messengers to the sura and verse number (36+3), which tells them that they are messengers, and the gematrical value of the verse (612), we get 2375, 19x125.
52.
Also, if we simply add the gematrical values of all human and non-human messengers of all the post-Quranic times to which this verse applies, we again get a multiple of 19. Here: “Gabriel” (245) + “Muhammad” (92) + “Rashad” (505) + “Alban Fejza” (171) + “Alhak Fejza” (227) + “Ahmad” (53), + Quran (351) + light (256) = 1900, 19x100.
53.
Also, let’s confirm that verse 36:3 especially talks to the Clarifying Messenger today. If we add the sura and verse number (36+3), plus Alban Fejza (171), Quran (351), and light (256), we get 817, 19x43.
54.
The number of verses from the beginning of the Quran to verse 36:3 plus the gematrical value of “Alban Fejza” (171), is 3876, which is 19x204.
55.
Rashad Khalifa is mentioned in verse 3:81, while Sura 36 is talking to Alban Fejza. Adding “Rashad Khalifa” (1230) on one side, plus all the number of verses from 3:81 up to Sura 36 (3330), and then finally on the other side adding “Alban Fejza” (171), because Sura 36 talks to him, we get 1230+3300+171, which is 19x249. This confirms that verse the 3:81 refers to Rashad Khalifa, while Sura 36 is talking to Alban Fejza today.
56.
The sum of verse numbers of every sura from 1:1 to 36:3 is 257925, plus “Alban Fejza” (171) equals 258096, which is 19x13584. If we try the same thing with Rashad Khalifa’s name, we will not get a multiple of 19. This confirms that verse 36:3 today only talks to Alban Fejza, and it says “Surely, you are one of the messenger”.
57.
Sura 36 is the 19th initialed Sura, plus “Alban Fejza” (171) equals 190, which is 19x10. This confirms that today, the whole Sura also specifically talks to Alban Fejza.
THE FOUR MODERN MESSENGERS
In the video clarification titled “Three Messengers, One Mahdi”, Alban identifies, proves, and predicts the fates of all the four human messengers of the modern world to come after Prophet Muhammad. These messengers are Rashad, Alban, Alhak, and Ahmad (root word – “hmd”). All these four messengers are proven conclusively through a logical way in that clarification, but here, let’s present the mathematical confirmation about them.
58.
The names of these four messengers are mentioned in the Quran a specific number of times: Rashad (19 times), Alban (9 times), Alhak (114 times), and Ahmad (48 times). The total is 190, which is 19x10.
59.
The gematrical values of their names are: Rashad (505), Alban (83), Alhak (139), Ahmad (53). Adding their gematrical values to the gematrical values of “Quran” (351) and “light” (256), we get, 1387, 19x73. This confirms that they are messengers only when with the Quran and light.
60.
These four modern messengers have their main verses where they are mentioned. The table below, shows those verses, and the gematrical values of each messenger. And adding the the verse and sura number where each one of the four messengers is mentioned to the gematrical value of the name of that corresponding messenger,, we get a multiple of 19 in each of those four cases. So, 19x31; 19x12, 19x23, and 19x9, respectively. This can not be a coincidence anymore, especially in light of all the previous multiples of 19 which were presented.
61.
And there is more. Each of these four messengers is meant to lead the believers of the modern world with an example how to correctly observe one of the four religious rituals. The four religious rituals are: the Contact Prayer “AlSalat”, the Obligatory Charity “AlZakat”, the Fasting “AlSiyam”, and the Pilgrimage “AlHajj”, listed in the table below, which also lists the gematrical values of each of these religious rituals. Since the discovery of the 19 based mathematical proof until the End of the World, the best example of how to observe the AlSalat is Rashad Khalifa. The best example on how to observe AlZakat is Alban. The best example on how to observe AlSyam (Fasting) is Alhak Fejza. You will see his videos in the future, and the best example on how to observe AlHajj is “Ahmad”, and people will see his videos in the future. The table below also presents the gematrical values of each of those four best examples for our generation. Adding each of their gematrical values to the gematrical values of each of their corresponding religious ritual give us totals which are multiples of 19 in each case. So, 19x73, 19x8, 19x21, and 19x5 (See Table below). And even more, these four people are chosen messengers for our modern generation because they are the best of modern humans at the “AlShahadah” “bearing witness” – bearing witness that there is no other god except God. The gematrical value of “AlShahadah” is 345, plus the gematrical value of all the four messengers together gives us 19x102. And the total of all the five Pillars of Islam, when added to the gematrical values of all the four modern messengers gives us 3971, which is 19x19x11.
THE CONNECTION WITH MESSENGERS OF SUBMISSION (ISLAM)
62.
The Quran specifies three messengers of Submission (Islam):
Abraham (whose duty was to deliver the practices of Islam),
Muhammad (whose duty was to deliver the Quran), and
Rashad (whose duty was to deliver Islam’s proof of authenticity).
The total gematrical value of their three names is 855, which is 19×45.
Adding Alban Fejza’s name to this list, which has a gematrical value of 171 brings the total to 1026, which is again a multiple of 19 (19x54). This shows that Alban Fejza’s preaching does not remove or add anything to the religion of Submission (Islam) as preached by Abraham, Muhammad, and Rashad. Alban Fejza’s mission is only to explain it, and clarify the issues which feel difficult to understand.
CLARIFYING THE RELIGIOUS ISSUES
63.
After centuries of debates and confusions about the decreed times of prayer, Alban, as the Clarifying Messenger, finally clarifies this issue in the clarifying video below. The only verse in the Quran where the phrase “decreed times” of prayer is mentioned is verse 103 in Sura 4. Adding this sura and verse number (4+103) to “Alban” (83), we get 190, which is 19x10.
64.
The phrase “Kitaba Mawqwta” (the decreed times) has a gematrical value of (976), plus the sura and verse number where it is mentioned (4+103), plus “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 19x66.
65.
After centuries of debates and confusion about the exact timing of the beginning and end of Ramadan, Alban, as the Clarifying Messenger, finally clarifies this issue in the video below. The only verse which mentions Ramadan in the Quran is verse 2:185. Adding this sura and verse number (2+185) to the gematrical values of the verse (12479), and “Alban” (83), we get 12749, or 19x671.
66.
Also, the expression, “the month of Ramadan” (Shahru Ramadan), as mentioned in the Quran has the gematrical value of 1596. Adding this gematrical value to “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 1767, which is 19x93.
67.
After centuries of debates and confusion about how to fast in the Extreme Northern and Southern regions of the Earth, in certain times of the year, when it is impossible to fast due to permanent night or day or twilight, Alban Fejza, as the Clarifying Messenger, finally clarifies this issue in the video below. This situation of permanent twilight is mentioned in the Quran with the word “Asfr” (Brightness) (74:34), which is the same root word also used in the verse of fasting (Alsyam). Adding the gematrical values of “Asfr – Brightness” (341) and “Alsayam – the fasting” (172) and “Alban Fejza” (171), gives us 684, which is 19x36.
68.
After centuries of attempts to prove the amount of Zakat, the process, and everything else about Zakat (Obligatory Charity) from the Quran, Alban, as the Clarifying Messenger, finally proves this issue from the Quran in the video below. Adding the gematrical values of the word “Zakat” (69), and “Alban” (83), we get 152, which is 19x8.
69.
To help correct the organizational chaos and waste of energy which is caused by disoriented opportunists among half-submitters, where they have turned Rashad’s practical preaching methods as a non-messenger, like Quranic studies, and annual conferences into religious rituals, Alban Fejza, as the Clarifying Messenger, clarifies from the Quran that the only two official religious meetings in submission are the Day of Jumah (Friday) and Hajj in the video below. Adding the gematrical values of “the Day of Jumah (Yewm AlJumah)” (56+149), “Hajj (AlHajj)” (42), and “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 19x22.
70.
After centuries of prohibitions of allowed masjids, or allowances of prohibited masjids, and arbitrary financing of masjids through non-Quranic methods which lead to disputes between believers, finally, Alban, as the Clarifying Messenger, clarifies everything about masjids from the Quran in the video below. Adding the gematrical value of the word “masjid” (107), and “Alban” (83), gives us 190, which is 19x10.
71.
After many confusions and disputes about the Qiblah direction from America, due to the spherical shape of the Earth, Alban, as the Clarifying Messenger, finally clarified this issue from the Quran in the video below. Adding all the Sura numbers and verse numbers where “Qiblah” is mentioned (2+142+143+144+145+10+87) plus the gematrical value of the word “Qiblah” (137), and “Alban” (83), we get 893, which is 19x47.
72.
Alban clarifies from the Quran what is the only permissible way to engage in “jihad” in our modern democratic circumstances in the video clarification below. Adding the gematrical value of “jihad” (12) and “Alban” (83), gives us 95, 19x5.
73.
The Quran informs us that those who go to Hell are “the majority”, while those who go to Heaven are “the minority”, but people never knew exactly what the percentage is. In the clarifying video below titled “Demographics of Heaven and Hell”, Alban Fejza unveiled from the Quran exactly what percentage is the majority who will go to Hell and what percentage is the minority who will go to Heaven. Adding the gematrical value of the “minority – qlyla” (171) and “Alban Fejza” (171), gives us 342, which is 19x18. But, if we add the gematrical value of “the majority – akthr” (721) to “Alban Fejza” (171), we do not get a multiple of 19. This puts Alban Fjeza with the group of the minority who will go to Heaven.
74.
Alban Fejza unveils all you need to know about prayer (dua) from the Quran in the video below. Adding the gematrical value of “prayer – dua” (76) to “Alban Fejza” (171) gives us 247, which is 19×13. Note that “dua” means “prayer” while “aldua” means “the prayer”. This second form with the definite article has the gematrical value of 107. Adding that to “Alban” (83) again gives us a multiple of 19. 190 = 19x10. Since, “Alban” is the Arabic tradition of naming, while “Alban Fejza” is often the tradition of other nations, and both versions give us a multiple of 19, this confirms that “prayer – dua” is acceptable in any language.
75.
Alban explains everything the people need to know about proofs “ayat”, what types of proofs are there, at what time during their messengership messengers are supported with them, for what reason, when should they bring new proofs, and what counts as proofs. The video below is one of those videos. The Arabic word for proofs is “ayat”. Adding the gematric value of “proofs – ayat” (411) and “Alban” (83), gives us 494, 19x26. (Note: The word “ayat” is spelled correctly in all the older texts of the Quran, Uthmani texts, with only one “Alef”, while the modern texts have added one more to help the modern non-Arab readers with proper pronunciation, but that is not the correct way to write it.)
So, for all the clarifying videos which Alban Fejza published so far with different topics, the gematrical values of those topics mentioned in the Quran all lead to multiples of 19 when added to the gematrical values of Alban Fejza. This confirms mathematically that Alban Fejza was destined to clarify those issues.
THE TIME OF DISCOVERY
76.
Alban Fejza discovered the mathematical proof of his messengership 19 years after he became a submitter.
77.
At the age of 38, 19x2.
78.
Verse 38 of Sura 13 in Arabic says that it is not for a messenger to come with proof, except when God wills it. FOR EVERYTHING A TIME which is predetermined. The phrase “FOR EVERYTHIG A TIME – LKL AJL” has the gematrical value of 114, plus “Alban Fejza” (171), we get 19x15. And the 15 here is not a coincidence. God supported Alban Fejza with the mathematical proof of his messengership 15 years after he chose him a messenger, which is why verse 10:20, says that the disbelievers said, “How come no proof came down to him from his Lord?” Say, “The future belongs to GOD; so wait, and I am waiting along with you.” And this is exactly what happened. Alban Fejza was challenged to bring proof, which they presupposed that it should be mathematical, and Alban told them that in the future is his proof. And, in the Hijri year 1444 (2023 in Gregorian Calendar), God supported Alban with the mathematical proof of his messengership.
79.
So, the discovery of Alban Fejza’s mathematical proof of messengership happened during the Hijri year 1444, which is 19x19x2x2, which symbolizes double mathematical proof about the second modern messenger, Alban Fejza.
80.
1444 is also 19x76, and 76 is the number of times the word “son” (the root word of Alban) is mentioned in the Quran.
81.
1444 is also 38×38, and 38 is the number of occurrences of “Alban” + “Fejza” in the whole Quran. So, 38×38 symbolizes double proof about “Alban Fejza”.
CONCLUSION
You were presented with as much mathematical proof about Alban Fejza’s messengership as Rashad presented about his own messengership. So, anyone who accepts Rashad as a messenger has twice as much reason to accept Alban as a messenger. And it doesn’t stop there. Alban presents even more. Alban also present logical proof, which is enough proof on its own. And, you can see it in another Friday Sermon titled, “Logical Proof About Alban Fejza’s Messengership”. And that proof is just as strong as this double mathematical proof. And it doesn’t stop there. Even more is presented to you. You are presented with empirical proof through future predictions. The future predictions with which God blessed Alban Fejza will be witnessed by people before the End of the World, which is proof on its own, because it’s observable proof, and 3 times as much proof as Rashad’s proof of messengership.
So, twice as much proof mathematically, twice as much proof logically, and 3 times as much proof when the future predictions come true, and in total that is 7 times more proof. So, God has supported Alban with 7 times more proof about his messengership than he supported Rashad about his messengership (15:87). God is the ultimate supporter, and in accordance with his plan for our modern world, He distributes his support however He wishes.
Praise be to God! There is no other god except God. In another Friday’s Sermon, you can find the explanation how explicit idol worship is mostly over in this world. However, this does not mean that the majority of people in this world are not idol worshipers. In fact, it’s the opposite. Verse 12:106 says, “the majority of those who believe in GOD do not do so without committing idol worship.” So, how come explicit idol worship is almost over, while the majority of people in the world are still idol worshipers. Well, that’s because of implicit idol worship. So, what is the difference between explicit idol worship and implicit idol worship?
Explicit idol worship is idol worship about which idol worshipers are themselves aware about what they are worshiping. For example, most Hindus are explicit idol worshipers. They agree that they worship another god, which is not the God mentioned in the Bible and the Quran. A large percentage of them also agree and are fully aware that they worship more than one god. So, they know about it, they are aware about it, but they think it’s ok. This is explicit idol worship. Implicit idol worship is the worship of other than God while not being aware about it. For example, no Muslim will ever tell you that they worship Muhammad or Bukhari. No Catholic will tell you that they worship Mary. No Jew will tell you that they worship their own Rabbi or their own nation, but if you analyze carefully, you will see that a majority of them are actually worshiping God and someone else, while it never even crosses their mind that what they are doing is idol worship. So, they don’t explicitly admit it, but from their actions, beliefs, and behaviors, it can be implied – implicit – that they are actually doing implicit idol worship.
So, an easy way to distinguish between explicit and implicit idol worship is to define implicit idol worship as the idol worship which happens among Sunnis, Shias, Christians, and Jews while they are not aware of it. Because, the Jews, Christians, Sunnis, and Shias are explicitly monotheists. That’s what they say they are. What they openly say is the explicit part. But implicitly, most of them are ultimately idol worshipers. On the other hand, explicit idol worship, is basically the worship of gods which are not the God mentioned in the Bible and the Quran – the god of Abraham.
Of course, according to the Quran, both explicit idol worship, and implicit idol worship are evil, but how we react towards people who commit them is slightly different. But, first let me give you some verses which mention examples of both types of idol worship. For example, explicit idol worship is mentioned in verse 28:64. It says, “On the day of Resurrection, it will be said to them, “Call upon your idols (to help you).” They will call upon them (explicitly), but they will not respond.” So, on the day of Resurrection, the Hindus, the explicit idol worshipers, will say, “Shiva, please save us”, “Hanuman, please save us”, “Ganesha, please save us”, “Lakshmi, please save us”, “Krishna, please save us”, “Vishnu, please save us”, but none of these gods will respond, because they don’t exist. So, even on the day of Judgment the idol worshiping Hindus will agree that they were idol worshipers because they will call on their gods. The only Hindus who will be saved on that day will be the non-religious Hindus who suffered in this world, but not the devoted Hindus, but that’s another issue.
On the other hand, any idol worship among the Muslims, Christians, and Jews, is implicit idol worship. They are not aware that most of them are idol worshipers. This is mentioned in Sura 6, from verse 20 until verse 24. These verses tell us, that when the people of the scripture (which includes Christians, Jews, Sunnis, Shias), will be summoned before God, most of them, the idol worshipers among them, will be asked “Where are the idols you set up?” See, the same question is asked to them as to the Hindus, but they will respond differently. What will their response be? They will say, “By God, our Lord, we never were idol worshipers.” See, they did not know that they were idol worshipers. They will be totally surprised that they were idol worshipers. They didn’t think that they were worshiping other than God. They were only implicitly worshiping other gods.
So, the majority of the Christians, or Jews, or Sunnis, or Shias, on the day of judgement will be punished because they were not proper Christians, or proper Muslims, or proper Jews, but most Hindus will be punished exactly because they were proper Hindus. And this is the difference between explicit idol worship and implicit idol worship. For one of them the worshipers are aware of their worship, but for the other, they are not aware of their worship. They are aware about what they are doing, but they are not aware that it counts as idol worship.
So, implicit idol worship sneaks into the lives of the majority of the people while they don’t’ know it, and the Quran gives a few examples of how some things might not seem idol worship, but ultimately, they imply that a certain person is being an idol worshiper.
For example, if you obey an explicit idol worshiper, you also become implicitly an idol worshiper. Because the word “worship” in Arabic also means “serve”. So, if you serve an idol worshiper, you are also serving his idol. So, obeying explicit idol worshipers is implicitly idol worship. Verse 6:121 says, if you obey them, you will be idol worshipers. However, cooperating with implicit idol worshipers is fine, but implicit idol worshipers do not wish to cooperate with us. So, to sum it up for Alban Fejza’s personal case: Most Hindus will go to Hell because Alban Fejza disowns them, but most of the Christians, Jews, Sunnis, and Shias will go to Hell because they disown Alban Fejza.
So, what should be our reaction towards explicit idol worship and implicit idol worship? It’s slightly different. Towards explicit idol worship, we are openly proactively against it. So, we proactively say that we don’t believe in the Hindu gods, even if no one asks us, or even if no one provokes me. But when it comes to implicit idol worship, we only oppose it as a response, depending on our experiences with them, or as a reaction, because you can not be 100% sure that someone is implicitly an idol worshiper, because it’s mostly hidden, so you should not jump into conclusions immediately, unless they force you with their own actions. So, when it comes to Jews, Christians, Sunnis, or Shias, we do not call any individual among them an idol worshiper. The Quran prohibits us to do that in verse 4:94. However, we let the whole world know that the majority of Jews, Christians, Sunnis, or Shias are implicitly idol worshipers, because God says so, but we don’t know for sure which ones exactly. Each of them individually exposes themselves, if when we worship God with our Contact Prayer and Obligatory Charity, they will explicitly disagree to join us. So, if they actively divide themselves from the community of submitters, and this is in Sura 30, verses 31 and 32 which say, “You shall submit to God, reverence Him, observe the Contact Prayers, and – whatever you do – do not ever fall into idol worship, like those who divide their religion into sects; each party rejoicing with what they have.” Because, ultimately, if we are worshiping God alone, why should they not worship with us? There is no reason to divide, just because we might have different opinions. Of course, if we were all equally smart and equal believers, we would also all have the same opinions, but it just happens that we are not equally smart, and therefore we don’t have the same opinions. But different opinions are not a sufficient reason to divide from the community of submitters. So, the half-submitters who are dividing from us, because they are telling us that if we don’t share all the same opinions as theirs we must be in a different group, then they are dividing, and that is idol worship.
Now, if it was an issue of explicit idol worship, we should have divided from them. For example, in Sura 60, verse 4, we see that Abraham and those with him told their people “We disown you and the idols you worship besides GOD” But those people were explicit idol worshipers.
In our case, most Sunnis, Shias, Christians, and Jews are implicit idol worshipers, which means that we don’t separate ourselves from them, because we don’t know individually which one of them is an idol worshiper, until they separate themselves from us, until they divide. They are free to join us in our Contact Prayers and our Zakat, regardless if they have different opinions. We worship God alone, and if they join us in that, they are among us, and if they don’t join, then they are not among us. They are dividers. And don’t worry. They will not stay with us, if they are implicit idol worshipers. Of course, this is true, if we don’t hide our true thoughts. We express the truth about different religious things, and they are free to disagree and stay with us, in which case they are just not being smart, and that’s fine, but if they divide because we expressed our opinions, even though we worship God alone, then they are idol worshipers, according to verse 30:32. Of course, it takes courage to express your opinion, when you know that there is a 90% chance at least that they will divide from you, but that’s why we do the Friday Sermons and the Zakat together, so we can become a strong group of believers first, and as a group it is much easier to express our true opinions in an evil world.
Praise be to God. There is no other god except God. Praise be to Him, also because for centuries he has defeated the enemies of believers. And this is part of the cosmic experiment which is being unraveled and proven through the constant struggle between believers and disbelievers. This experiment is one of the proofs which shows that there is no other god except God. See, before this world was created, every living creature knew that there is a God. Our souls were created by Him, and we knew that God exists. Satan knew that God exists. That was not contested. The existence of God was never a hot debate between believers and disbelievers. Before we came to this world, the hot issue was whether there were also other gods. And practically, it is not possible to prove that there are no other gods without some kind of experiment, because the disbelievers in the previous life could always claim that there are other gods who maybe are not showing themselves to us. “We know about God, but could there be other hidden gods?” Well, if they have no effect on us at all, whatever is hidden out there, it’s not a god. A God is only someone who can control everything. So, to prove that there are no other gods except God, God let a continuous battle happen between believers and disbelievers, and if there are any other hidden gods, they would have some kind of effect on this experiment, and the results which God promised would not happen, or they would happen slightly differently from what God predicted. But, if only God exists, and no other god interferes, because they don’t exist, then the events will unravel exactly as God predicted, as God promised us. And God’s prediction or promise is that ultimately the believers will win, and ultimately at the end of the experiment the whole world will agree that there is no other god except God. There will still be disbelievers who will think that there is no God at all, but that is an easy issue to solve, once they reach the next world. The more problematic issue is to prove that there are no other gods beside God. So, basically, the battle against atheism is not our battle. The existence of God is proven and will be proven anyway in the next world. There was no need to create this world to prove that there is a God. That is known in the next world anyway. Our battle is the battle against idol worship. A battle which will prove that not only there is a God, which is easy to prove, but that there are also no other gods, which is the real battle. And this battle has been going on since the ancient times. And we are part of a matrix in a cosmic battle where our role is to show that no other gods existed, because we won while being on God’s side.
Now, this cosmic battle is supposed to prove two things:
1. That there is no other visible god, except God.
2. That there is no other invisible god, except God.
Again, the first part is easier to prove, because all the visible fake gods are pretty much proven to be fake gods, because they were destroyed. This battle has been won for quite some time. For example, when Abraham destroyed the idols, the visible fake gods, that proved that they are not gods.
However, the second battle, the battle which will prove that there are also no invisible gods except God lasts longer, because it requires more proof. And when we talk about invisible fake gods, we are talking about gods like Zeus, or Apollo or other imagined ancient gods, like the Greek ones, and Egyptian ones, and the Babylonian ones, those which they claimed are not seen, invisible to us, beyond this world. Now, again as we said, it’s easy to prove that idols (visible so called “gods”) are not gods because you can just destroy them, but once people claim that there are other gods beyond this world where we can not reach, then it becomes a problem to prove that they don’t exist, unless you let the people make those claims, and you also make your statement that there is only one God, and then we battle it out, and see who wins, and that will prove that we had our God’s support, while they lacked support from anything, from anything which they imagined, and therefore they don’t have a god. If our God is the true god, then he will help us win against our enemy, and if their gods exist, if their gods are the true gods, they will help them win against us. And this battle is what we call the cosmic battle. And this battle is almost over. All the people who clearly claimed false gods lost. They don’t exist anymore. For example, there are no people who believe in Zeus anymore, after centuries of claims. The claims for Zeus vanished, the claims for Apollo vanished, while the claim for God still keeps going on. And this battle against fake invisible gods is not completely over, because there are still claims of Hindu gods and small pockets of African god’s like voodoo types and ancestral worship and things like that, but this is only about 3% of the world GDP. So, only 3% of the strength of the world has remained with explicit open idol worshipers, while 97% of the world strength is now on the side of those who do not openly claim that there are other gods.
Implicitly, inside their heart, most of them are still evil anyway, but at least openly, they don’t claim it. Jews don’t claim that there are other gods except God. Christians don’t claim that there are other gods except God. Muslims don’t claim that there are other gods except God. They shut up, because the idea that there are other gods beside God is almost defeated by now, 97% done. In the past 99% of people claimed that there are other gods. Only 90% were on the evil side, but they killed the good ones, because the good ones did not have the religion to teach them how to protect themselves, so the main form of going to heaven for good people before Abraham was simply being killed by the bad people, who worshiped idols, and the world population was pretty much 99% explicit idol worshipers. But today, it’s only 3%.
So, explicit idol worship, open idol worship, idol worship which people knew that it was idol worship, was 99% widespread in the past among disbelievers. Now it has decreased down to 3%. As you can see, we are winning. Even that remaining 3% will vanish before the End of the World. Hinduism will vanish before the end of the world. Atheism will still exist towards the end of the world, because that is not part of the battle, but Hinduism will vanish, or be updated to such a degree where it leaves idol worship behind, where it’s not idol worship anymore – explicit idol worship. Christianity will exist, because they claim basically the same God. Judaism will still exist because they claim basically the same God, and Islam will still exit because they basically claim the same God, and all the other religions which do not claim any kind of god, maybe like Buddhism, they can exist until the end of the world, because they are not really religions – they are just spirituality – but religions which claim another god beside God can not exist until the end of the world. So the battle is almost over, 97% done. Thousands of claims of invisible gods by the ancient people have already been defeated, and only a few more have remained to be defeated. So, unlike today, where most battles are battles for power, and nation, the battles of the past were done for gods. The ancient people fought so that their god can be the winner. They believed that the other party also has a god, according to them, and that they have their own god, so let’s fight and see who wins, and according to them, since our god is stronger, he will help us defeat them, and therefore we will show that our god is stronger, and this will be a way to honor him. Which is why verse 4:76 says, “Those who believe are fighting for the cause of God, the only true God, while those who disbelieve are fighting for the cause of other “gods”.” Now, it is important to notice that the word used here in this verse is “taghuti” which actually means superpower. Today, superpowers are usually considered to be the larger nations, but in the past, their fake gods were considered to be the superpowers. In ancient Greek mythology, for example, they are known as “Titans”, which means some strong ones beyond this world. So, essentially, the ancient disbelievers fought so that their fake gods, the superpowers, could win, while the believers, which in the very ancient times, as nations were basically just the Children of Israel, they also fought for their own god. And after thousands of years of battles, the God of Israel has won, almost completely won, and this battle for the God of Israel vs. for the other gods is captured in verse 10:90 which says, “We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. Pharaoh and his troops pursued them, aggressively and sinfully. When drowning became a reality for him, he said, “I believe that there is no other god except the One in whom the Children of Israel have believed; I am a submitter.” So, basically, the God of Israel defeated the fake gods of other nations. And the God of Israel is the God of Moses, the God of Muhammad, the God of Jesus, the God of all believers. So, our God is winning. He has won for thousands of years, and he is still winning. Our God is winning. We are winning. WE ARE WINNING. WE ARE WINNING. GOD IS WINNING. GOD IS WINNING. The devil hates it when we say it like this. Let us make him hate us even more. WE ARE WINNING. WE ARE WINNING. WE ARE WINNING. GOD IS WINNING. GOD IS WINNING. GOD IS WINNING. The devil hates us so much right now, because we say it like this. He hates us. His schemes are shortsighted. For example, he wanted to make the ancient Greeks believe in Apollo for example. Where is Apollo now? He does not exist. He never existed. Where is Zeus? Where is Prometheus? Where is Poseidon? Where are the Babylonian gods? Where is Enlil? Where is Enki? Where is Utu? Where are the Persian gods? Where is Mithra? Where is Atar? Where is Haoma? Where are the Scandinavian and German gods? Where are the Egyptian “gods”? Where is Horus? Where is Amun? Where are the Phoenician “gods”? Where is Baal? Where are the Arabian gods? Where is Allat, Al Uzzah, and Manat? If the Quran did not mention the Arabian false gods, we would never know that people ever believed in them? They don’t exist; the false beliefs don’t last.
So, the battle of monotheists against idol worshipers, which is actually the only battle that matters, is 97% done, and we are winning. God is winning. We are winning the cosmic battle of ideas. This is a marathon battle which lasted from the time of Adam until now, and just like in a marathon, the athletes, us, are terribly tiered towards the end. The will to fight this battle has become very week these days. We have slowed down compared to the ancient athletes, but once you see the finish line, the athletes are ready to give it one last push. We can see the finish line now. We know the End of the World now, so let’s try to push for one final sprint. The athletes of the past, the believers of the past, ran and ran and ran without seeing the finish line, and it takes great belief to keep on going when you don’t see the finish line, but we can see the finish line now, so let’s gather our strength and execute our final struggle in the battle of ideas. The idea that there are other gods besides God is about to be defeated forever, and never come back. And all the creatures in all of the universe, the angels, the humans, the jinns, the animals, they will know once and for all, and not only believe, but they will also know, that there is no other god except God.
Praise be to God. There is no other god except God. If we want to make our online Friday sermons more interactive, and to make our online community more closely connected to one another, so that you can also communicate with on another within what is righteous, this has to be done within God’s laws, without breaking any of God’s laws. And the obvious answer for ys to achieve that closer communication is to make the Friday Sermons live online, where you would also be connected live, sort of like a live Zoom meeting. However, that is sort of not possible, because we live in different Time Zones and when the Noon time comes in Europe for example, it is dawn time or night time in America and east Asia, and that would break the laws of the Quran which tell us that the Friday Sermon is done during the Noon Time on Friday. So, the question arises, “In order to have an online live Friday Sermon together, how big can the geographical region be before we break the laws of the Quran?” Now, before we answer that question, first we need to establish how much the Noon Prayer can be delayed after the sun reaches the highest point, and still be within what the Quran allows?
Well, first of all, we need to realize that the smallest unit of time mentioned in the Quran is the hour. There are no minutes or seconds mentioned in the Quran. What this means is that in the past people would consider measuring time periods shorter than one hour just unnecessary. They would not be able to determine when the sun reached the highest point more precisely than one hour. Even today, the people who are very good at using the sun for telling time, if they don’t use any tools, only using their eyes, they will not be able to tell time more precisely than within one hour. They can not tell you what minute it is, only what hour it is. This means that, in practice if the call for the Friday prayer is made within one hour of when the sun reaches its highest point, then it is still precise enough, which is why it is perfectly fine for us to start the Friday Sermon at 1 a clock for example, even if the sun reached its highest point at 12:25 for example. So, there is always one-hour flexibility at least, but is there more flexibility? Well, obviously the sermon during Friday has a certain length of time before the actual noon prayer is done on Friday. So, how much can that sermon last? Well, in practice we do it within 15 or 20 minutes, if possible, but what is the absolute limit, according to the Quran. Well, the best Friday Sermons are the ones which were spoken by prophet Muhammad, and the best of what he had to say was the Quran itself, and the Quran is split into Suras for a specific reason, so that the speeches would be within the length of the allowed time. So, the longest sermon in theory can be as long as the longest Sura. The longest Sura in the Quran is Sura 2 which lasts about 2 hours. So, the absolute limit of how long a sermon can be is 2 hours. Of course, we limit it to much shorter than that, because our speeches can never be as important as what God had to say, but even a perfect and important speech would be limited to 2 hours, and the noon prayer would come at the end of that.
So, the noon prayer can be done two hours after the sun reaches its highest point, and it would still be considered the noon prayer, plus the one hour inaccuracy which we mentioned earlier, that means that if we do the actual noon contact prayer within 3 hours of when the sun reaches the highest point, it is still perfectly considered the noon contact prayer. This means, that if we have to do the Friday sermon together live as an online meeting, we need to make sure that everyone in that meeting can do his noon contact prayer on time, within 3 hours of when the sun reached the highest point at his location. Now, if we are also going also to organize the online meeting at specific hours, for example, 12 a clock or 1 a clock, or 2 a clock, instead of 12:45 for example, because it is easier to remember full hours, then that would actually take care of the 1 hour inaccuracy which also existed anyway in the past before clocks existed, and this means that the time difference between the locations who want to hold the Friday sermon together can not be larger than 2 hours. This means that two merged Time Zones can do the Friday prayer together live online, and be able to talk to each other, but not more than that. So, for example, if the clock in Prishtina is 1 a clock, and in London, it is 12 a clock at that same time, then we can do the prayer online together, but people in the United States would not be able to join us at the same time in the online meeting, and still do it within their noon prayer allowance. So, if we wish to have live meetings during the Friday Prayer, we must necessarily split into different congregations which hold separate meetings, but because it is online, we should not split more than we need to.
So, basically, we need to keep the maximum unity which is possible without breaking the Quranic laws. And the maximum unity for Friday live online interactive sermons is two Time Zones merged together. This means that for the purposes of doing the Friday sermons online at the same time, we must split our global community into congregations which are in the same two conjoined time zones, not more, not less. So, because there are 24 basic Time Zones, this means that we must split our online community, into 12 congregations, not more, not less. Not more, because that would be unnecessary division, and division is prohibited in the Quran, and not less, because then we would not be able to do the noon contact prayer on time. So, this forces us to split the online community of submitters into exactly 12 online congregations. And you can see now the symbolic aspect of verse 7:160 which tells us how God split the Children of Israel into 12 tribes, where each tribe had their own spring of water. The water here symbolizes the spiritual food, the religious duties, which are the nourishment for the soul, just like the water is nourishment for the body. And by the way, this separated water comes from the ground which symbolizes organized religion. The water which falls as rain from the sky symbolizes the unorganized religion, which is harder to reach. While the water which comes from the ground is more reachable. Similarly, organized religion is more reachable. Anyway, so if we are going to do the Friday prayers live online together in the future, we will be forced to split into exactly 12 online congregations. So, let’s define those congregations now.
Here is a map of all the Time Zones of the world:
and we will need to merge them two by two – each online congregation consisting of two Time Zones. But before we do that, let us make a small correction to this map. Here in this map, Alaska and Hawaii are in the west, but that is only because this map was designed by people who considered London to be the center of the world, which is not true. The Quran says that the Quran was revealed to a central community, which is Mecca. Now, if we slide the map sideways to put Mecca in the center, then we will end up with Alaska and Hawaii in the east. See map below:
So, Hawaii and Alaska are to the east of Mecca, not to the west of Mecca. And do you know what this means? This means that the so called international date line, which is the left red line in the map below, should be pushed to the right red line, the edge of the map.
And this means that what the people of Alaska and Hawaii call Friday in Alaska, it is actually Saturday, if we use the Quranic definition. So, the true Friday in Hawaii and Alaska is what the Hawaii and Alaskan governments call Thursday. So, in Hawaii and Alaska, people have the day of the week wrong by one day, and we must do the Friday prayer, when it is truly Friday, not when the governments say that it is Friday. Anyway, other than those two places, the rest of the world have their days of the week correct. So, in the rest of the world, the true Friday is on Friday.
Anyway, now, let’s define the twelve online congregations simply by merging each of the two nearby Time Zones together. So, ok, here we did it in the map below:
So, now we have a map of the world which is split into twelve online congregations. Let’s give them approximate labels so we can remember them easier.
Obviously the names do not fit perfectly, but they are just labels for identification. But the colors on the map show which regions fit in which online congregation, and there are exactly 12 of them. And by the way, they do not have to come into existence all at the same time. It does not make sense to create congregations with insufficient numbers of people. One way to understand verse 8:65 in the Quran is that the congregations of the past needed to have at least 20 submitters to have any chance of success, and this was until the time of Prophet Muhammad. Nowadays, we are weaker believers, and according to verse 8:66, for a congregation to have any chance of success, it must have at least 100 submitters in it. This means, that it would be a waste of time for us to establish congregations with less than 100 submitters. So, God willing, what we will do, is that we will wait until there are 100 people online with us from any of these regions, and then establish a congregation for that region. So, whenever any of these regions reaches 100 people, that is when we establish the Congregation for that region. Establishing that congregations means that we will set up the objective criteria from the Quran about who is the best qualified to be the Online Congregation Director for that online region, and then appoint him to be the Online Congregation Director for that region. And he will only have administrative authority for the online aspects, not for the real life aspects. Those real life congregations are separate congregations. So, basically there can be exactly 12 online congregations of believers who do the Friday prayer together online, but in real life, there can be as many congregations as there are cities.Basically each city can have its own congregation, whenever the number of submitters reaches 100 people in that city, and they will also have their Congregation Directors, which do not fall under the authority of the Online Congregation Directors, and neither do the Online Congregation Directors fall under the authority of the real life Congregation Directors. Each congregation is independent from one another, and people can be part of the online congregation in their region only for as long as they do not have a real life congregation in their city. So, in the future, there will be 12 online congregations, and thousands of real life congregations, all of them independent from one another. They will not have a common so called religious leader, besides God’s messengers. Let’s get reminded again about our hierarchy:
and you can see here that the congregation directors are all on the same hierarchical level and independent from one another. So, each of these congregations can be online or in real life, but for example just because one Online Congregation might call itself the Australian Online Congregation, it does not have authority over the Sydney real life congregation. So, when there are 100 submitters in Sydney, for example, we establish a Congregation there, and they stop attending the online Friday sermons. The authority of the Australian Online Congregation is only online, and it does not extend in real life. They can cooperate freely if they wish, but they do not have authority over one another. And by the way, this division for practical or geographical purposes, will help to keep the unity of religious issues.
See, one of the reasons for the creation of religious sects is that people did not divide the congregations correctly, or usually they tried to keep the unity by force. The dominant people for example insisted that the rest of the people should be with them forcefully united, which was often unfair, and then the weaker side found a religious excuse to separate from them, and then created their own religious ideas and so on. So, basically, this administrative division which is proposed here according to the Quran, will help keep the unity in religious aspects. Anyway, regarding the non-online congregations, they extend only within one city, because of travel limitations, which God willing, is explained in another sermon how far that can be. But, online, you don’t have to travel, and the limitation is caused only by the length of time during which the noon prayer is allowed to be done, and that limitation leads to exactly 12 Online Congregations worldwide, but those Online Congregations will come into existence one by one in the future, whenever the number of submitters reaches 100 people in any of those regions, but for now let’s get back to our current situation. We do not have 100 people in any of these 12 regions yet. We only have one global online congregation for now, so we are forced to prerecord Friday sermons, and send them earlier to be opened during the noon time on Friday. However, for the purposes of getting to know each other, we can have temporary once or twice a year live Introductory Friday Sermons, where we will be connected through a live video chat, all of us at the same time. However, we have to be aware, that for some of us it will be the Friday Prayer, and for others it is just going to be a meeting.
Praise be to God. There is no other god except God. Throughout my whole life, I (Alban Fejza) have never heard about any famous person in books or on TV, or anyone in history who has achieved a lot, with whom I would like to switch places. Even people for whom I have a lot of respect, like Niels Bohr, Paul Dirac, Edward Witten, I never felt like I would switch places with them, if I was offered a chance. Ironically, even with people who are more spiritually fulfilled than me, spiritually happier people, I never felt like I want to switch places with them, like with Muhammad, or Jesus, or Moses, or David, and I feel like I would not want to switch places with this last group mostly because I am afraid that if I was in their place, and had to go through what they went, I would quit halfway. So, even though, I can relate to specific stories from the biography of Muhammad or Moses or David and their struggles, as I am sure you can also relate to a lot of those stories, it is very hard for me to relate to their whole life. I don’t think we really can appreciate what they went through, if we didn’t go through the whole thing, which is why I don’t think that I can relate to them enough to want to switch places. But, recently, when I was reading the Bible for some research I was doing, I read about someone and said, “You know what? I would agree to switch places with this guy”. I am talking about Apostle Peter, Messenger Peter, who was one of the Disciples of Jesus. When I read about his life, it just feels like better enough than mine to make me want his life, but at the same time within reach to make me feel like I can relate to it. And Peter is a very good example of an active believer who made mistakes, but he did it again and again and failure never stopped him. He was not afraid of humiliation. He saw it as an honor. He did the right thing with the wrong outcomes so many times. He tries to walk on water when Jesus invites him, started sinking when his faith wavered, but the next day he does not become passive just so that he can avoid the mistakes and the humiliation. No. He keeps being active. When Jesus offers to wash his feet, Peter refuses first. And actually this is the right thing to do, except in that case it did not produce the right results. Jesus ends up washing his feet anyway. When they come to arrest Jesus, what does Peter do, he takes his sword and hits one of the solders in his ear, and cuts his ear, which was actually the right thing to do, to protect God’s messenger, except in that case it did not produce the correct results. Jesus heals the ear of the soldier, by God’s leave, because he was meant to be arrested anyway. When Peter is put under pressure after Jesus is arrested, he denies Jesus three times, and yet he repents and becomes even more active after Jesus is gone. He starts preaching, and they threaten him with jail, and put him in jail, and when he gets out, he does not stop preaching. Then there are internal disputes between believers because Paul turned the religion into a philosophy so that he can preach it to the Greeks, which was the official language of the Roman Empire at that time, and the Greeks were more accepting of philosophy. So, Paul transforms the religion into a philosophy, and accuses Peter for doing the wrong thing, when it was Paul who was doing the wrong thing, and Paul becomes more dominant eventually, and did Peter stop being active? He did not get discouraged by Paul’s success in the wrong direction.
So, if I have criticized any of you at any time, please don’t stop being active. I am happy that you did whatever you did. I wasn’t trying to stop you or discourage you. I was just trying to improve a small portion from the whole thing which you were doing. So, if we could go back in time, and you asked me whether you should not do something at all so that you can avoid the portion which was a mistake, or whether you should do it again with the mistake included as a portion in it. I would say ‘Do it again’. I am satisfied with all of you (submitters) so far, all of you who are listening to this Friday Sermon today. Whenever any of you comes to my mind, it’s always in a positive light. I am happy with what you have done so far. We can always do more, of course, but I am happy with our current spiritual achievements. God has really guided us, despite very confusing times with so much information and so many pitfalls, and so many tricks, and twists and turns. Now, let me tell you why I am happier with active people with more mistakes, rather than people who are not so active but with much fewer mistakes. Let’s do a calculation.
Let’s say that you are not very active. Let’s say that you try to do 10 good deeds, and two of them are mistakes. So, let’s say that 20% of your deeds are mistakes. So, you have 8 good deeds, and 2 mistakes. Now, according to verse 6:160, you get rewarded tenfold for each good deed, and you get punished only once for every sin. So, in total, you will have 80 good deeds and 2 sins. That equals to 78 good deeds.
Let’s say that now you become twice as active. Let’s say that you do 20 good deeds. Now, in this case the percentage of mistakes increases because you can not be as careful with 20 deeds as you were with 10 deeds. You will have less time to be careful. So, now your mistake percentage increases. If it was 20% then, now it will be 30%. But let’s calculate how many credits you will earn if you do 20 good deeds, and 30% of them are mistakes. So, from 20 deeds, 6 of them are mistakes. The 14 good deeds are rewarded tenfold. So, now you have 140 good deeds minus 6 mistakes. That is 134 good deeds. So, even though in the eyes of the people you will appear like a person who makes more mistakes, in fact you are earning more credits than before. Now you are earning the credits for 134 good deeds, while your less active version of yourself earned only 78 good deeds. So, let’s not be afraid of mistakes. Let’s be more active. Our credits will increase much more, even though our percentage of mistakes for each good deed will increase. And what matters in the end is how many credits you have, not your mistake percentage, so let’s maximize the number of good deeds, by choosing to be active submitters, rather than a passive submitter. This is why the Quran says in verse [4:95] “Not equal are the sedentary among the believers who are not handicapped, and those who strive in the cause of GOD with their money and their lives. GOD exalts the active submitters with their money and their lives above the passive submitters. For both, GOD promises salvation, but GOD exalts the active submitters over the passive submitters with a great recompense.”
Now, as you can see the verse says that we can be active with our money or with our lives, with our time. Some people are very busy with work or things like that, then you can be active with your money. Others might have time, but not much money, then you can be active with your time. So, try to use your strengths to be active. One thing I know for sure: Sitting on the couch and watching TV is not being active. Scrolling on your phone up and down is not being active. Typing and sharing links might be active, but not scrolling up and down. And each of us have our strengths, which God has gifted us. We can use God’s gifts to be active.
Praise be to God. There is no other god except God. As you know there is a difference between “the Shahadah” the witnessing which is proclaimed by the Sunni Muslims and the Shahadah which is found in the Quran. The witnessing according to the Sunnis goes “La ilahe ila Allah. Muhammad resulullah”. We do not find this witnessing anywhere in the Quran. Instead the witnessing in the Quran in verse 3:18 is found to only be “La ilahe ila Allah.” The question is historically where did this difference come from? Well, the difference comes from the fact that accepting God is mandatory at all times, and accepting a certain messenger from God is mandatory under certain circumstances only.
For example, it was not mandatory for people who lived before Muhammad to accept that he was God’s messenger, because they did not know who the next messenger will be. They can go to Heaven without ever having said that Muhammad will be God’s messenger. So, as you can see accepting God’s messenger comes with certain conditions, especially because we have the Quran now. So, what are the circumstances in which a person has to definitely accept God’s messenger, or otherwise he will go to hell?
The first condition is if he rejected him (the messenger) before. So, if a person said that prophet Muhammad was not God’s messenger, or maybe he said that Muhammad was a fake messenger, in that case it is mandatory for that person to accept Muhammad as God’s messenger. Otherwise he will go to Hell. He can not just say that I am just going to do the Contact Prayer and the Obligatory Charity, and this is a sign that I repent. Well, you have to correct the earlier mistake. So, if someone has said before that Muhammad is a fake messenger, he can join the believers without publicly stating now that Muhammad is God’s messenger. And this is where the misunderstanding in the difference of Shahada comes from. When people came to join the believers in the past and they met Muhammad, he would ask them to say the Shahada first which was, “La ilahe ila Allah.” However, there were groups of people in Arabia who had said that Muhammad is a fake messenger, and they fought, and Muhammad won, and so they were humbled and had to accept Islam with their tails under their legs, after having been defeated. In this case, when they brought them to Muhammad, he would ask them to say “La ilaha ila Allah, Muhammad resulullah.” in order to join. This is to correct their mistake. You can not go around telling people that Muhamamd or Alban is a fake messenger, and then want to join without correcting your mistake. So, whether people are required to accept Alban Fejza as God’s messenger, first depends on whether they have rejected him before, so it depends on the person’s personal circumstances. If he never rejected Alban Fejza, he only needs to give the Obligatory Charity and do the Contact Prayer and he has joined us (the submitters). However, if he rejected Alban Fejza before, he has to repent first for his mistake, as we are told in verse 9:11. Of course, repentance for crimes which can not be fixed is accepted, but repentance for crimes which can be fixed is not accepted unless the person fixes that crime. So, if you said before that Alban Fejza is not God’s messenger, this is a crime which can be fixed. All you have to do is publicly say now that Alban Fejza is God’s messenger, and the crime is fixed, and only then your repentance is accepted.
So, again when people join us, their only decision which they need to make is to do the Contact Prayer and give the Obligatory Charity correctly, and they don’t have to accept Alban Fejza’s messengership. However, if they rejected Alban Fejza before, they must decide to accept him now, in order to be allowed to join. When we say “rejected, we mean, if they said that Alban is a fake messenger, Alban is not God’s messenger, or Alban is trying to fool you, or things like that.” If that is the case, they can not join us, without correcting this mistake publicly. The arrogant ones must eat the humble pie before they join. You can not join while maintaining your old arrogance.
The second case when it becomes mandatory for a person to accept Alban Fejza as God’s messenger is if he is a religious leader. So, if anyone is a religious leader, he can not go to Heaven without accepting Alban Fejza as God’s messenger. Now, whether someone is a religious leader or not is debatable, because someone might claim that he is not, but he might be, or someone might say that he is, but he is not. So, who is truly a religious leader is debatable but there are signs which show that, like for example:
Who has registered a religious organization?
Who has the right to make modifications to the mosque?
Who owns the keys to the masjid?
Is the masjid open, or do people have to depend on someone to open it for them?
Do they speak only for themselves, or for the whole group?
Do they maintain webpages?
And other similar signs.
Someone might say. What do the keys of the mosque for example have to do with being a religious leader? Well, they show a person’s internal belief about who he thinks he is. Let us inform you of one of Alban Fejza’s personal stories. The government in his state and the religious leaders in his state had a legal dispute about the oldest mosque in his country, which is in the center of the capital, which is a preserved artistic masterpiece. They disputed who has the right to repair the artistic works inside, and so they locked it, and it went unused for several years, and the drug addicts broke the door of the mosque, and for years they would stay there doing drugs and prostitution and so on, and they would sleep there, and Alban Fejza heard about this from the news. That is God’s mosque and the believers should protect it, and no one should have the right to do that. So, during Ramadan nights Alban Fejza went and slept there while the door was broken. So, every night whenever the drug addicts would come, Alban Fejza would turn the lights on. They would go away. He would do that for several nights, and they (the drug addicts) realized that someone is staying at the mosque, and they stopped coming there. Alban Fejza fixed a new door, sent the key to the authorities, and they told him that they do not intend to use it. So, Alban Fejza invited all the submitters to do the Friday prayer there. On the first day when the submitters went there, because Alban Fejza did not consider himself a leader then (before Organized Religion was established), he made a copy of the key for everyone, and he gave everyone a copy of the key. So, anyone of the submitters could go there at any time, without Alban Fejza’s permission. Why would they need Alban Fejza to open God’s mosque for them? It’s not Alban Fejza’s own house. It’s God’s house. Masjids should be open for every submitter at all times. Now, if you have to lock it to protect it from thieves, you should guarantee that every submitter gets a copy of the key.
So, if someone is a leader, he is required to decide whether someone is God’s messenger or not. He can not stay undecided like the other people. Now, here is the irony. God has guaranteed it in the Quran that no religious leader ever will accept God’s messenger.
Verse 34:34 says, Everytime we sent a warner to a community, the LEADERS of that community said, “We reject the message you are sent with.”
It says “every time”. So, all leaders are locked by God into a position which prevents them to accept God’s messenger. There has never been a religious leader who accepted God’s messenger, and there will never be. And it makes sense. If they were worthy to be chosen, God would have chosen them. But because there was something wrong with them, God chose someone else. Otherwise, the best thing to do would be to choose the leaders as God’s messengers. That would be more effective. They would spread the message more quickly. But because there is something wrong with them, God skipped them, and chose someone else. But not all hope is lost. If someone wants to be unlocked from this curse of not being able to accept God’s messenger, they can unlock themselves from this curse, by giving up their leadership. Which means that they make everyone else equal to them in the decision making, and the keys of the mosque, and the things like that. Only after they do that, they are unlocked from the curse. Then they can discuss and evaluate whether someone is God’s messenger or not. And if they do that, God will restore them to their position of honor, and even better, except if they are dumb or weak. Dumb or weak people should not be leaders, as it is said in verse 247 of chapter 2.
So, to conclude people do not need to make a decision about who is God’s messenger and who is not, except if they have rejected him already, or if they are religious leaders.
Let us also address the argument of some people who find it strange when we tell them that they do not have to make a definite decision about Alban Fejza’s messengership to be able to go to Heaven. Well, Alban Fejza was not the first messenger who says this. He is the third messenger who says this.
First, Muhammad himself said it. Verse 2:62 tells us that surely those who believe in God, and believe in the last day, and lead a righteous life, they have nothing to fear and nor will they grieve. So, these are the three minimum requirements for belief.
Second, Rashad Khalifa himself said that believing in a messenger is not required. He said: “I must mention here that the three minimum requirements in the Quran, in Sura 2, verse 62, and also the same thing is repeated in Sura 5, it says the minimum requirements are belief in God, belief in the Hereafter, lead a righteous life. These are the three minimum requirements, and you make it to Heaven. You believe in God alone, believe in the Hereafter, and lead a righteous life. There is nothing about Moses and Jesus, Muhammad. You don’t have to believe in them. There is nothing about the Quran or the Bible, or the Gospel. You don’t have to believe in them. There is nothing in there about anything, the angles. Do you believe in the angles? Of course, we believe in the angels, but it is not a requirement. It’s a piece of information. It’s an additional piece of information. There is a difference between the knowledgeable person and the ignorant person, and all of them if they satisfy these three requirements, they make it to Heaven. But to believe in the angles, the messengers, the scriptures, all these are additional pieces of information, valuable pieces of information…”
And, Alban Fejza is the third messenger who says this. He is the third messenger, because this is the situation after the Quran. It was slightly different before the Quran, but after the Quran, we have the Quran for all times, and therefore making a definite decision whether someone is a messenger or not is not a requirement, except in special circumstances, which is if you have rejected him already, or if you are a religious leader. In those two circumstances, it is a requirement to openly accept God’s messengers. Otherwise, it is optional. If you do accept the messenger, good for you. You are smart. By the way, if you make a decision, and you can if you want, because Alban Fejza gives sufficient proof, sufficient verses from the Quran about that, so if you are smart enough to understand that Alban Fejza is God’s messenger, and you want to tell the others, then please don’t tell Alban Fejza. Alban Fejza knows that he is God’s messenger. Tell the others. Alban Fejza does not need to hear that. Alban Fejza will consider you as one among us if you do the Contact Prayer correctly, and if you do the Obligatory Charity correctly. Because ultimately that is what matters. It’s not about whether you should accept God’s messenger. It’s about whether God accepts you in his purified congregation. If God accepts you, surely He is generous and will accept you with gifts waiting for you as soon as He accepts you. God’s gifts for us in this world are the Contact Prayer and the Obligatory Charity. So, the first things you should worry about is whether you are doing the Contact Prayer correctly, dedicated to God alone, and whether you are doing the Obligatory Charity correctly, according to how God prescribes it in the Quran, the whole Quran, not just one verse of the Quran.
And as it is partly indicated in verse 58:12, it is not God’s messenger who leads you to the correct obligatory charity, but it is the correct obligatory charity which leads you to God’s messenger, similar to the case of Joseph and his brothers. Did Joseph bring his brothers to poverty, or did poverty bring his brothers to Joseph? Did God talk to Moses, after Moses decided to bring some fire for warmth for his family, which is charity, or did Moses wait until God talked to him, and then decide to help his family? We don’t need to wait to decide about God’s messenger as a condition to do the right thing. Waiting to decide to do the right thing, only after you decide about God’s messenger, this idea has been said before by the Children of Israel when they disbelieved. Verse 91 in chapter 20, says that they said, “We will continue to worship the golden calf, until Moses comes back.”. See, they had a condition for that. When the two messengers went to Abraham, for example, to tell him about the future son, which he was going to have, did he serve them meat first, which is charity, or did he wait until his son is born, to see if that is true, and then call them back to serve them meat? See, doing the right thing, treating the guests correctly, should be done without waiting to decide whether someone is God’s messenger or not. Did the Obligatory Charity exist before Muhammad received the revelation or after Muhammad received the revelation?
Praise be to God! There is no other god except God. Many times when people get stuck into a dilemma, they try to find the answer about it, not realizing that there is no correct decision in that situation. Let’s take one imaginary example to show you what I mean. Let’s say that your work manager invites you at a party, and you don’t want them to think that you do not go along with them, and you do not wish to risk your job, so you go there. Once there you don’t want to leave the party early, because then your manager will notice it. You stay a little bit later and then there is no bus home. Your female coworker tells you that they can go home with the manager’s car all together, but only if you go along with her, because she does not feel comfortable to go alone with him. So, all three of you get in the car, and after your manager starts driving, only then does he tell you that he has to make a couple of quick stops along the way. He stops to buy a beer, and offers you one. Of course, you tell them that you don’t drink beer. He drinks his own beer, and is about to open the second one. Now, you are in a dilemma. What should you do? You tell him to stop drinking, but he insists that he is totally under control, and that he has done this before. If you tell him to stop the car and just leave you outside in the highway, you promised your female friend that you would go along with her all the way. Now what should you do? Well, every choice you make in this example is a bad choice. And this happens only because you have made an earlier bad choice? You probably made a bad choice when you decided to go to the party, and you were invited to the party, because your social circle at work insisted, and they insisted because they did not know who you really are and what you really believe, and they did not know, because you did not tell them. So, the bad decision was made months ago when you decided not to preach. So, now you have been trapped into dilemma, because days ago, or months ago, or years ago, you decided to hide the truth when a clear opportunity to preach the truth arose. Now, had you preached during that first lunch break you had at work, when your coworkers asked you what you believe, then the people who drink beer would probably not like you as much, and then they would not offer to give you a ride, and so on, and you would prevent yourself from being trapped into a dilemma.
Now, let’s take a slightly more extreme, but more clear-cut example. Let’s say that one of the people you know comes and tells you, perhaps braggingly that they had slept with someone with whom they are not married. And then 3 of their friends say that it’s true. Now, according to the Quran there is no such thing as police which enforce justice. Everyone is responsible for enforcing justice when they see it. They can consult smarter people, but ultimately, if you are dealing with a crime, and the state does not enforce justice for that type of crime, you have to enforce the justice yourself. So, now you are in a dilemma. You just heard four people claiming that someone has committed adultery, which means that you must beat him with 100 lashes. But if you do that, chances are that they will beat you back, or most likely they would report you to the police. So, now you are in a dilemma, should you do the right thing and go to prison, or should you not do the right thing. This is a big dilemma. Well, had you preached on time, you would never end up in this dilemma. Trust me, it would never come up. When the person started bragging about how handsome he is and how females like him, and so on, you should have immediately said that you would like to talk about something else, and start your own preaching, so that he does not get a chance to reveal his personal crime. Or actually, had you told them months ago that you believe that an adulterer should be punished, then they would not feel comfortable to brag about their crime in front of you. Even if a discussion comes up about someone else who is not there, you should try to stop the conversation by preaching what you believe first, and not let them share someone else’s crime with you. As you can see, if you preach beforehand, on time, this prevents you from being trapped into a dilemma, because once you get trapped, there is no right choice. Every choice is the wrong choice, for one reason or another. So to prevent ourselves from being trapped into dilemmas, we should preach. There is no alternative to that.
Here is another example from an article in Daily Mail, which is a British newspaper. Here is the title of the article, “Property millionaire who denied his wife a Jewish religious divorce faces jail after engaging in ‘coercive or controlling behaviour’ after SHE prosecutes him in landmark court case” I did not read the rest of the article, but the title is enough to get an idea what is going on. Her is a Jewish guy who does not believe that a woman has the right to divorce without a man’s permission, which is a Jewish belief, but he never preached that. He wanted to be a millionaire first, so he never preached what he believes about these things. Now, he is trapped. Had he preached those things from the beginning, he would not end up married with that exact wife. We are not talking about who is right here, the husband or the wife. That is another issue. We are talking about the fact that had this property millionaire preached during his life, he would not end up in that situation. The best way to prevent being married to the wrong person is not to investigate them, as most people do. The best way is to tell them who you are, and that will drive wrong people away, or bring them closer to you, if they are the right person. So, preaching the truth and not hiding it is the only solution to untrap you from all these situations.
Now, here is the most extreme but clear-cut example from the Quran: The case of Jonah. God ordered him to preach to his city, to the people closest to him. What did Jonah do? He was afraid of how they will respond, so he decided to escape to another city on a ship. And what happened? He Got trapped inside a whale? So, because Jonah did not preach, he Got trapped, literary trapped. Had he preached when he had a chance, he would not get trapped. If you don’t preach, there is no escape from being trapped.
The trapping is less extreme these days, because everything else is less extreme, but you can be sure that you will be trapped if you do not preach. You can be trapped in the wrong relationship, or in the wrong location, or in the wrong job, or without a mosque, or without friends, or with the wrong abusive friends or whatever, or in wrong small daily situations, and you will know that you have been trapped when you don’t know what to do. It’s not your knowledge now which is lacking, it’s the courage to preach years ago which was lacking
Now, here is another example: Let’s say that you don’t know whether some people in a masjid are believers or not. Well, who said that you should know? Who said that you should decide about who they are? God has made our hearts hidden inside our chest because it is not something we should know. Instead, you should preach to them, without hiding what you believe, and they will exclude you, if they are disbelievers, or keep you included if they are believers. You can not know otherwise. You say what you believe, and depending on how they treat you afterwards, you will know whether they believe. You should not make any decision about anyone belief. You preach what you believe, and let the problem solve itself without you ever making a decision about anything. Preaching the truth always untraps you from having to make any decision about anything. If you are afraid to preach, then you trap yourself into thinking that you have to make a decision whether some people are believers or not, whether you should do this or that. Don’t focus on that, just think what is it that I want these people to know about my beliefs, and then the situation will flow from there, and it actually gets easier and easier the more you do it. Don’t think about consequences or solutions. Just focus on preaching. Now, of course, that preaching will lead to the wrong results, if you do it incorrectly. Let’s take an example of bad preaching:
Alban Fejza knew an Albanian guy who came all the way from Greece to ask him how to count the Quranic initials. After Alban Fejza told him, he went into some popular blogs and youtube pages and started preaching there. But here is his mistake. He did it under a fake name, anonymously. Alban Fejza asked him, “why do you do it anonymously?’ He said, “I work as a butcher in a market, and if my Christian Greek manager finds out about this, he might fire me.” Alban asked him, “Do your children and wife know about what you are preaching.”, and his response was that he did not tell them because he is afraid that they will not believe him. This is how the situation seemed to him, but had we done a deep psychological analysis the situation would turn out to be different, as it was exposed several years later. Here is what happened with him. When he accepted the truth, he accepted it only with his mind but not with his heart. So, deep in his heart he did not believe it, and he could not decide in his heart whether it was true. So, he decided to preach to the others anonymously, to see whether the others will believe also, and then he would make a definite decision, if he saw that others also believe. So, he was desperately seeking other people’s approval about his own belief which in fact is his disbelief. If you need the approval of other people about your own belief, that is not true belief. So, what happened with him is that thousands of people read his anonymous blogs, and none of them believed him, and so he changed his mind. He “vanished”. All this because he never got the courage to do it properly.
Here is how it should be done properly. Preaching is an obligation, and it should never be done anonymously. Verse 4:108 says that the disbelievers care to hide from the people and do not care to hide from God. And the preaching should be done in order. You should not preach to your friends without preaching to your children first, for example. It will backfire, if you skip the closest people to you and go to strangers first. It will eventually turn into disbelief in your heart. Instead, what you should do is preach the truth to your children, then to your parents, then to your wife or husband, then to your siblings, then to your grandparents, then to your uncles and aunts, then to your friends, then to your colleagues, then to the people on internet. If people you know in real life don’t know about what you believe, don’t bother preaching on the internet. That is the last step, and if you do it anonymously, that is the wrong step. See, if you find these rules as extremely risky, or unacceptable, maybe you should start questioning whether you truly believe or not. If you truly believe what is true, you would want all your loved ones to know the truth, which can potentially save them. So, verse 26:214 tells us to preach from those who are closest to us to those who are further away, and the word closeness has many meanings in this verse. The first meaning is “closeness in relationships”. The second meaning is “closeness in faith”. So, you start preaching from those who are closest to your faith, and your strength of faith, to those who are farther away. So, first you preach to those who share most of the beliefs with you, then to others who share less beliefs with you, and so on.
The other meaning of “closeness” is “closeness in location”, simply preaching to people because they are close to you. Or closeness on internet. These days very often people on internet are closer to us than our own cousins for example. So how many of the articles from this website have you shared for example? Were you afraid of what others might think? If you don’t use social media, that’s ok. You don’t have to. But if you use them for other purposes, and don’t use it for sharing the truth, then you are hiding the truth, and when you hide the truth you get trapped, and when you get trapped, you have dilemmas, and when you have dilemmas, you have questions, and when you have questions it will slow you down, or you will slow the other submitters down with questions. So, preaching is the solution to our dilemmas. It takes courage, but it’s not as risky as it seems. We have preached for more than 14 years now, and no one has hit us, no one has fired us. The most they did was insult us, mostly behind our back.
And you know what? When you preach, it also removes your own doubts, and here is the best part, you lose your bad friends, and as a result God supports you with inspiration. So basically, if you had bad friends, you can not feel God’s inspiration. This is in verse 58:22. So, the condition to feel inspired, and to feel the truth, is to preach, which leads to losing all your bad friends, or some of your bad friends if you do it partially. If you are not a good preacher, if you are not very skillful with words, then support those who are good at it. You can share what others prepared. A combination of both is even better. It’s even better is if you know the Quran very well and tell the people what the Quran says directly. Verse 6:51 says, “preach with the Quran to those who reverence the summoning before their Lord. And some people will try to discourage you from preaching by pointing out at the results. According to verse 26:136, they might say, “It is the same whether you preach, or not preach” we will not believe you. Well, that should not stop you from preaching. Preach to the next person and then to the next one, and so on. And you might very likely preach to 100 people and only one of them will probably be converted. The reason for this is because some of them have already been partly saved through the preaching from other religious groups, but that is another issue. In the past, when people preached, every tenth person would believe, and in those circumstances where families would have about 20 members, the message would spread very quickly. So, when people would preach to their family, about two of them would believe, and then they would have marriage relationships with other families and then two others would believe them there, and this would spread very fast. These days, it spreads slower, because families only have about 5 members, and you need to preach to about 100 people to convince one. And you can see how this slows down everything, but for good reasons. The good news is that because of the gradual growth, we will always be the correct group until the end of the world. So, basically, people who followed other messengers of the past, the message spread quickly, reached its peak, and once it reaches the peak, it turns into a disbelieving group, since then after reaching the peak, it also suits the disbelievers to join, but our group will reach the peak when the end of the world comes, which makes us the correct group until the end.
So, the conclusion from what Rashad Khalifa said hismelf is that if you want mathematical proof about the Quran, it’s in Appendix 1, and if you want mathematical proof about Rashad’s messengership, then it’s in Appendix 2. So, Appendix 2 is Rashad’s mathematical proof of messeangerhip. And this appendix has 40 facts, or 40 cases with multiples of 19 which are connected to Rashad.
