{{{{ THE " THIRD ' BIG RELIGIOUS " GROUP " STARTED }}} = TAOSIAN and CONFUCIANISM = THE CURRENT NUMBER OF THEIR FOLLOWERS IN CHINA ARE AVAILABLE . TAOISM and CONFUCIANISM TOGETHER HAVE DOMINATED THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF NEARLY ONE QUARTER OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION FOR THE PAST 2,000 YEARS . TO UNDERSTAND WHY TAOISM ( pronounced DOW-ISM ; ryhymes with now ) and CONFUCIANISM CAME TO WIELD SUCH A DEEP and  LASTING INFLUENCE ON THE CHINESE PEOPLE , AS WELL AS ON THOSE OF JAPAN , KOREA , AND other surrounding nations , it is necessary to have some understanding of the nations , it is bnecesary to have some UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CHINESE CONCEPT OF TOA . THE WORD ITSELF MEANS ' WAY , ROAD , OR PATH . ' BY EXTENSION  IT CAN ALSO MEAN ' METHOD , PRINCIPLE , OR DOCTRINE .' TO THE CHINESE , THE HARMONY and  ORDERLINESS THEY PERCEIVED IN THE UNIVERSE WERE MANIFESTATIONS OF TOA , A SORT OF DIVINE WILL OR LEGISLATION EXISTING IN and REGULATING THE UNIVERSE . IN OTHER WORDS , INSTEAD OF BELIEVING IN A CREATOR GOD , WHO CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE , THEY BELIEVED IN A PROVIDENCE , A WILL OF HEAVEN , OR SIMPLY HEAVEN ITSELF AS THE CAUSE OF EVERYTHING . IN ITS EARLY STAGES , TAOISM WAS MORE A PHILOSOPHY THAN A RELIGION . ITS FOUNDER , LAO-TZU , WAS DISSATISFIED WITH THE CHAOS AND TURMOIL OF THE TIMES AND SOUGHT RELIEF BY SHUNNING SOCIETYAND RETURNING TO NATURE . NOT A GREAT DEAL IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS MAN , WHO IS SAID TO HAVE LIVED IN THE SIXTH CENTURY B.C.E , ALTHOUGH EVEN THAT IS UNCERTAIN . HE WAS COMMONLY CALLED LAO-TZU , WHICH MEANS " OLD MASTER " OR " OLD ONE " . BECAME , AS LEGEND HAS IT , HIS PREGNANT MOTHER CARRIED HIM FOR SO LONG THAT WHEN HE WAS BORN , HIS HAIR HAD ALREADY TURNED WHITE ( LOTS OF BABIES HAD VERY LIGHT BLOND HAIR WHEN THEY ARE BORN ) THE ONLY OFFICIAL RECORD ABOUT LAO-TZU IS IN SHIH CHI ( HISTORICAL RECORDS ) , BY SSO-MA CH'IEN , A RESPECT COURT HISTORIAN OF THE SECOND AND FIRST CENTURIES B.C.E. ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE , LAO-TZU'S REAL NAME WAS LI ERH . HE ERVED AS A CLERK IN THE IMPERIAL ARCHIVES AT LOYANG , CENTRAL CHINA , BUT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY , IT GIVES THIS ACCOUNT ABOUT LOA-TZU. LAO TZU RESIDED IN CHOU MOST OF HIS LIFE . WHEN HE FORE SAW THE DECAY OF CHOU , HE DEPARTED AND CAME TO THE FRONTIER . THE CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER YIN HSI SAID : " SIR , SINCE IT PLEASES YOU TO RETIRE , I REQUEST YOU FOR MY SAKE TO WRITE A BOOK ." LOA TZU WROTE A BOOK OF TWO PARTS CONSISTING OF FIVE THOUSAND AND ODD WORDS , IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED THE CONCEPTS OF THE WAY { TAO } AND THE POWER { TE } . THEN HE DEPARTED . NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE DIED . { THERE WAS } SOMETHING MYSTERIOUSLY FORMED , BORN BEFORE HEAVE AND EARTH .... PERHAPS IT IS THE MOTHER OF TEN THOUSAND THINGS . I DO NOT KNOW ITS NAME . CALL IT TAO ." " ALL THINGS ARISE FROM { TAO } THEY ARE NOURISHED BY VIRTUE { TE } . THY ARE FORMED FROM MATTER . THEY ARE SHAPED BY ENVIRONMENT . THUS THE TEN THOUSAD THINGS ALL RESPECT { TAO } AND HONOR VIRTUE { TE } ((( Chapter : 25 , 51 ))) THE OBJECTIVE OF TAOISM IS TO SEARCH OUT THE { TAO } , LEASE BEHIND THE WORLD , AND BECOME AT ONE WITH NATURE . THIS CONCEPT IS ALSO EFLECTED IN THE TAOISTS' VIEW ON HUMAN CONDUCT . HERE IS AN EXPRESSION OF THIS IDEAL IN { TAO TE CHING } " BETTER STOP SHORT THAN FILL TO THE BRIN , OVERSHARPEN THE BLADE , AND THE EDGE WILL SOON BLUNT . AMASS A STORE OF GOLD AND JADE , AND NO ONE CAN PROTECT IT . CLAIM WEALTH AND TITLES , AND DISASTER WILL FOLLOW . RETIRE WHEN THE WORK IS DONE . THIS IS THE WAY OF HEAVEN .' (( Chapter : 9 )) {{{ CHRISTIAN PEOPLE BELIEVE  ; WE SHOULD WORK HARD And SUFFER WITH LOTS OF  PAIN TO GO TO HEAVEN }}} THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAO-TZU WAS CARRIED ONE STEP FURTHER BY CHUANG CHOU , OR CHUANG - TZU , MEANING " MASTER CHUANG " ( 369-286 B.C.E . ) WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST EMINENT SUCCESSR TO LAO-TZU , IN HIS BOOK , CHUANG TZU , THE IDEA OF { YIN and YANG } ,  FIRST DEVELOPED IN THE 1 CHING , ABSOLUTE , BUT EVERYTHING IS IN A STATE OF FLUX BETWEEN TWO OPPOSITE . IN THE { Chapter : " AUTUMN FLOOD ," HE WROTE : " NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE IS PERMANENT , AS EVERYTHING LIVES ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO DIE . ONLY TAO , HAVING NO BEGINNING OR END , LASTS FOREVER . LIFE CAN BE LIKENED TO A FLEET HORSE GALLOPING AT FULL SPEED - IT CHANGES CONSTANTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY , IN EVERY FRACTION OF A SECOND . WHAT SHOULD YOU DO ? WHAT SHOULD YOU NOT DO? IT REALLY DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENT . ONCE CHUANG CHOU DREAMT HE WAS A BUTTERFLY , A BUTTERFLY FLITTING AND FLUTTERING ABOUT , HAPPY WITH HIMSELF AND DOING AS HE PLEASED . HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS CHUANG CHOU . SUDDENLY HE WOKE UP AND THERE HE WAS , SOLID AND UNMISTAKABLE CHUANG CHOU . BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS CHUANG CHOU WHO HAD DREAM HE WAS A BUTTERFLY . OR A BUTTERFLY DREAMING HE WAS CHUANG CHOU . . LIVING IN HARMONY WITH TOA , OR NATURE'S WAY , ONE COULD SOMEHOW TAP INTO THE SECRETS OF NATURE AND BECOME IMMUNE TO PHYSICAL HARM , DISEASES , AND EVEN DEATH . ALTHOUGH LOA-TZU DID NOT MAKE THIS AN ISSUE , PASSAGE IN TAO TE CHING SEEMED TO SUGGEST THIS IDEA . FOR EXAMPLE , { Chapter ; 16 ) SAYS " BEING AT ONE WITH THE TAOIS ETERNAL . AND THOUGH HE BODY DIES , THE TAO WILL NEVER PASS AWAY ((( CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CALLED IT = A SOUL = CHRISTIAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THE SAME THING " YOUR BODY DIES ; BUT YOUR SOUL LIVE ON )))) = (( REMEMBER AMERICAN INDIAN BELIEVED INTHIS = CANADIAN INDIANS BELIEVED IN THIS = ESKIMOS PEOPLE BELIVED IN THIS - AFRICAN PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THIS HARMONIZE WITH NATURE )))  = {{{ TAOSIAN " PRAYER " }}} IF THERE IS TO BE PEACE IN THE WORLD , THE MUST BE PEACE IN THE NATIONS , IF THERE IS TO BE PEACE IN THE NATION , THERE MUST BE PEACE IN THE CITIES , IF THERE IS TO BE PEACE IN THE CITIES , THERE MUST BE PEACE BETWEEN NEIGHBORS . IF THERE IS TO BE PEACE IN THE HOME , THERE MUST BE PEACE IN THE " HEART ", (  COPY ) -  by - Pastor Henry George , Sask. Canada ( i believe in Harmonize with Nature )

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(((( ' FIFTH " Big Religious Group called " SHINTO " ))) SHINTO IS PREDOMINANTLY A { JAPANESE } RELIGION . ACCORDING TO THE { NIHON SHUKYO JITEN } = ENCYLOPEDIA OF JAPANEE RELIGIONS = . " THE FORMATION OF { SHINTOISM } IS ALMOST INDENTICAL WITH THE JAPANESE ETHNIC CULTURE , AND IT IS A RELIGIOUS CULTURE THAT WAS NEVER PRACTICED APART FROM THIS ETHNIC SOCIETY ." BUT JAPANESE BUSINESS AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ARE NOW SO WIDESPREAD THAT IT SHOULD INTEREST US TO KNOW WAT RELIGIOUS FACTORS HAVE SHAPED JAPAN'S HISTORY AND THE JAPANESE PERSONALITY . ALTHOUGH SHINTO CLAIMS A MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 91,000,000 IN JAPAN , WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF ITS POPULATION . THE DESIGNATION { SHINTO } SPRANG UP IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY C.E . TO DISTINGUISH THE LOCAL RELIGION FROM BUDHISM , WHICH WAS BEING INTRODUCED INTO JAPAN ." OF COURSE , " THE RELIGION OF THE JAPANESE . IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT A DATE WHEN THE ORIGINAL { SINTO } , OR { RELIGION } OF THE JAPANESE ," EMERGED . WITH THE ADVENT OF THE WETLAND CULTIVATION OF RICE , " WETLAND AGRICULTURE NECESSITATED WELL-ORGANIZED AND STABLE COMMUNITIES ," EXPLAINS THE { KODANSHA ENYCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPAN , " AND AGRICULTURAL RITES -WHICH LATER PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN { SHINTO } - WERE DEVELOPED ." THOSE EARLY PEOPLE CONCEIVED OF AND REVERED NUMEROUS { GODS } OF NATURE . { SHINTO } BELIEF , A " DEPARTED " SOUL STILL HAS ITS PERSONALITY AND IS STAINED WITH DEATH POLLUTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEATH . WHEN THE BEREAVED PERFORM MEMORIAL RITES , THE SOUL ITS PURIFIED TO THE POINT OF REMOVING ALL MALICE , AND IT TAKES ON A PEACEFUL AND BENEVOLENT CHARACTER , IN TIME THE ANCESTRAL SPIRIT RISES TO THE POSITION OF AN ANCESTRAL , OR GUARDIAN , DEITY . GODS OF NATURE AND ANCESTRAL GODS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SPIRITS { FLOATING } IN AND FILLING THE AIR . DURING FESTIVALS , PEOPLE CALLED UPON THE GODS TO DESCEND TO THE SPECIFIC SITES SANCTIFIED FOR THE OCCASION . GODS WERE SAID TO TAKE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE IF { SHINTAI } OBJECTS OF WORSHIP SUCH AS TREES , STONES , MIRRORS , AND SWORDS . { SHAMANS } , OR SPIRIT MEDIUMS , PRESIDED OVER RITUALS TO CALL DOWN THE GODS . THE JAPANESE DEVELOPED THE EXPRESSION { YAOYOROZU-NO-KAMI } , WHICH LITERALLY MEANS { EIGHT MILLION GODS } ( " KAMI " MEANS " GODS " OR " DEITIES ) . NOW THE EXPRESSION IS USED TO SIGNIFY { COUNTLESS GODS } SINCE THE NUMBER OF DEITIES IN THE SHINTO RELIGION IS EVER INCREASING . {{{ SHINTO MYTH }}} SHINTO MYTH SAYS THAT FAR BACK IN TIME , THE GOD { IZANAGL } WASHED HIS LIFT EYE , AND SO GAVE BIRTH TO TE GREAT GODDESS { AMATRE-RASU , GODDESS OF THE { SUN } ." LATER ON , { SUSANOO } , THE GOD OF THE SEA PLAINS , SO FRIGHTENED AMATERASU THAT SHE . " HID IN A ROCKY CAVE OF { HEAVEN } , BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE WITH A BOULDER . THE { WORLD } WAS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS ." SO THE { GODS } DEVISED A PLAN TO GET { AMATERASU } OUT OF THE CAVE . THEY COLLECTED CROWING COCKS WHO HERALD THE DAWN AND MADE A LARGE MIRROR . ON THE { SAKAKI TREES } , THEY HUNG JEWELS AND CLOTH STREAMERS . THEN THE GODDESS { AMA NO UZUME } BEGAN TO DANCE AND DRUM ON A TUB WITH HER FEET / IN HER FRENNZIED DANCE , SHE STRIPPED OFF HER CLOTHES , AND THE GODS BURST OUT LAUGHTING . ALL THIS ACTIVITY AROUSED THE CURIOUSLY OF { AMATERASU } , WHO LOOKED OUT AND SAW HERSELF IN THE MIRROR . THE REFLECTION DREW HER OUT OF THE CAVE , WHERE UPON THE GOD OF { FORCE } GRABBED HER BY THE HAND AND BROUGHT HER OUT INTO THE OPEN . " ONCE MORE THE { WORLD } WAS LIT UP BY THE RAYS OF THE { SUN } GODDESS ," IN TIME THE MYTH WAS PROPOUNDED THAT THE EMPEROR WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE { SUN GODDESS } TO FORIFY THAT BELIEF , TWO MAJOR SHINTO WRITINGS , { KPJIKI and NIHON SHOKI } , WERE COPMPILED IN THE EIGHT CENTURY C/E . . USING MYTHS THAT EXALTED THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AS THE DESCENDANTS OF GODS , THESE BOOKS HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE SUPREMACY OF THE EMPERORS . ((( A RELIGION OF FESTIVALS ))) SHO-GATSU , OR THE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL { JANUARY 1-3 )  ( 2 )  { SETSUBUN } BEAN THROWING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HOMES , WHILE SHOUTING ," DEVILS OUT , GOOD LUCK IN ( FEBRUARY 3 } ( 3 ) { HINA MATSURI } OR DOLL FESTIVAL FOR GIRLS , HELD { MARCH 3 } APLAT FORM OF DOLLS , DEPICTONG AN ANCIENT IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD , IS DISPLAYED . ( 4 ) { BOY'S FESTIVAL } ON ( MAY 5 ) ; KOLNOBORI ( CARP STREAMERS SYMBOLIZING STRENGTH ) ARE FLOWS FROM POLES . ( 5  ) { TSUKIMI } ADMIRING MID - AUTUMN FULL MOON , WHILE OFFERING SMALL ROUND RISE CAKES AND FIRSTFRUITS OF CROPS ( 6 )  { KANNAME -SAI } OR THE OFFERING OF THE FIRST NEW RICE BY THE EMPEROR , IN ( OCTOBER ) ( 7 ) { NIINAME-SAI } IS CELEBRATED BY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY IN ( NOVEMBER ) , WHEN THE NEW RICE IS TASTED BY THE EMPEROR , WHO PRESIDES AS CHIEF PRIEST OF THE IMPERIAL SHINTO ( 8 ) { SHICHI-GO-SAN } . WHICH MEANS " SEVEN -FIVE - THREE ," CELEBRATED BY SHINTO FAMILIES ON ( NOVEMBER 15 ) . SEVEN , FIVE , AND THREE ARE VIEWED AS IMPORTANT TRANSITION YEARS ; CHILDREN IS COLORFUL KIMONO VISIT THE FAMILY SHRINE . ( 9 ) MANY ( BUDDHIST FESTIVALS ARE ALSO CELEBRATED , INCLUDING THE ( BUDDHA'S BIRDAY , ON APRIL 8 . AND THE OBON FESTIVAL , JULY 15 , WHICH ENDS WITH LANTERNS FLOATING OUT ON SEA OR STREAM " TO GUIDE THE ANCESTRIAL SPIRITS BACK TO THE OTHER WORLD . (( CHRISTIAN AS SAINT DAYS - CHRISTMAS - EASTER - 10 DAYS BEFORE EASTER - 10 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS  - HOLIDAY  CALLED CHRIST DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS - THANKSGIVING DAY - THANK -GOD - FOR YOUR FALL HARVEST )) MAJOR FESTIVALS WERE AND STILL ARE RELATED TO RICE CULTIVATION . IN THE SPRING , VILLAGE PEOPLE CALL UPON THE {{  GODS FOR THE PADDIES  }} TO COME DOWN TO THEIR VILLAGE , AND THEY PRAY FOR A GOOD CROP .  = (( CHRISTIAN PEOPLE THE SAME THING ON SEEDING TIME AND HARVEST TIME WE THANK JAHWEH - GOD - and JESUS CHRIST WITH  PRAYERS AND SONGS AND CANDLES  )) IN THE FALL , THEY THANK THEIR GODS FOR THE HARVEST . DURING FESTIVALS , THEY CARRY THIR GODS AROUND ON A MIKOSHI , OR PORYABLE SHRINE , AND HAVE COMMUNION OF RICE WINE { SAKE } , AND FOOD WITH THE GODS . TO BE IN UNION WITH THE GODS , HOWEVER , { SHINTOISTS } BELIEVE THAT THEY MUST BE CLEANSED and PURIFIEDFROM ALL THEIR { MORAL IMPURITY and SIN } . THIS IS WHERE RITUALS COME IN . THERE ARE { TWO } WAYS TO PURTFY A PERSON OR AN OBJECT . {{ ONE }} IS { OHARAI  } and  THE OTHER IS { MISOGI } . IN { OHARAI } , A SHINTO PRIEST SWINGS A BRANCH OF THE EVERGREEN SAKAKI TREE WITH PAPER OR FLAX TIED TO ITS TIP TO PURITY AN =ITEM OR A PERSON , WHEREAS IN { MISOGI } , WATER IS USED . THESE PURIFICATION RITUALS ARE SO VITAL TO THE { SHINTO } RELIGION . FOR { SHINTOISTS } IN GENERAL , THE IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THEIR RELIGION WAS NOT THE SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION OF ONE GOD ." FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE ," SAYS { HIDENORI TSUJI } , AN INSTRUCTOR OF JAPANESE RELIGIOUS HISTORY , " GODS OR BUDDHAS DID NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENT . BE THEY GODS OR BUDDHAS , AS LONG AS THEY HEARD SUPPLICATIONS FOR A GOOD CROP , ERADICATION OF DISEASE , AND FAMILY SAFELY , THAT WAS SUFFICIENT FOR THE PEOPLE ((( CHRISTIAN PEOPLE PRAY TO JAHWEH - GOD - AND JESUS CHRIST AND VIRGIN MOTHER FOR SAME KIND OF  BLESSING )))  = {{{{ SHINTO - PRAYER - }}}} SPIRIT OF PURIFICATION CREATED FOR ORDER OF and  THE MOTHER THAT THEY INHABIT THE SKY EXACTLY AS WHEN . THE GOD { IZANAG } ; NO MIKODO BATHED IN THE NARROW ESTUARY OF A COVERED RIVER WITH TREES PERMANENTLY LEAFY , IN THE SOUTH REGION . WITH ALL THE REPECT FROM DEPTH OF OUR HEARTS . WE ASK THAT THEY HEAR US , SUCH AS THE SPIRIT THAT HEARS OUR INTENT , WITH SHARPENED EARS , TOGETHER WITH SPIRIT OF THE SKY and  THE LORD , TAKE THE BADNESSES , DISASTERS and  SING and  PURITY ALL ; MIROKU Oomikami ; YOU BLESS US and  PROTECT US ; MESISHU SAMA ; YOU BLESS US and PROTECT US ; FOR EXPANSION OF OUR SOUL and THE FULLFILLMENT OF YOUR WILL .  ( copy by )  - Pastor Henry George , sask.canada

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((( Seventh = group = of - RELIGION = ))) CHRISTIAN  ((( EIGHT = group = RELIGION = ) APOSTASY ((( NINE = GROUP = RELIGION = ) = ISLAM = IN THE NAME OF { ALLAH } , THE BENEFICENT , THE MERCIFUL ." THIS SENTENCE TRANSLATES THE ARABIC TEXT , ABOVE , FROM THE { QUR'AN } . IT CONTINUES : " PRAISE BE TO { ALLAH , LORD OF THE WORLDS / THE BENEFICENT , THE MERCIFUL : OWNER OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT . THEE { ALONE } WE WORSHIP ; THEE { ALONE } WE ASK FOR HELP . SHOW US THE STRENGHT PATH . THE PATH OF THOSE WHOM THOU HAST FAVOURED . NOT { THE PATH } OF THOSE WHO EARN THINE ANGER OR OF THOSE WHO GO ASTRAY ."( THE QUR'AN SURAH : 1:1-7 , MMP . THESE WORDS FORM { AL-FATHAH  } = ( " THE OPENING " ) , THE FIRST CHAPTER , OR SURAH , OF THE { MUSLIM } HOLY BOOK , THE HOLY { QUR'AN }  OR { KORAN } . SINCE MORETHAN 3 TO 6 OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS { MUSLIM } AND DEVOUT { MUSLIMS } REPEAT THESE VERSES AT LEAST FIVE TIMES IN THEIR DAILY PRAYERS , THESE MUST BE AMONG THE MOST RECITED WORDS ON EARTH . THERE ARE OVER 900 MILLION MUSLIMS IN THIS WORLD AND IT IS INCREASING EACH DAY , MAKING { ISLAM } SECOND ONLY TO THE { ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NUMBERS . IT IS PERHAPS THE FASTEST GROWING MAJOR RELIGION IN THE WORLD , WITH AN EXPANDING { MUSLIM } MOVEMENT IN AFRICA AND THE WESTERN WORLD . THE NAME { ISLAM } IS SIGNIFICANT TO A { MUSLIM } FOR IT MEANS " SUBMISSION ," SURRENDER ," OR " COMMITMENT " TO { ALLAH } . IT EXPRESSES THE INNERMOST ATTITUDE OF THOSE WHO HAVE HEARTENED TO THE PREACHING OF { MOHAMMED  } ."  { MUSLIM } MEANS ' ONE WHO MAKES OR DOES { ISLAM } = {{{ THE QUR'AN and THE BIBLE }}} " HE HAS REVEALED TO YOU THE BOOK WITH THE TRUTH , COFIRMING THE SCRIPTURE WHICH PRECEDED IT ; FOR HE HAS ALREADY REVEALED THE { TORAH and THE GOSPEL } FOR THE GUIDANCE OF MEN and WOMEN , AND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN {{ RIGHT and WRONG }} ." ((( SURAH : 3:2 , NNJD ))) " ALMOST ALL THE HISTORICAL NARRTIVES OF THE { KORAN } HAVE THEIR BIBLICAL PARAALLELS , AMONG THE (( OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS , {{ ADAM , NOAH , ABRAHAM MENTIONED ABOUT SEVENTLY TIMES IN TWENTY-FIVE DIFFERENT SURAHS AND HAVING HIS { NAME } AS THE TITLE FOR SURAH 14 } , {{ ISHMAEL , LOT , JOSEPH { TO WHOM - SURAH 12 - IS DEDICATED } , ((( MOSES ))) { WHOSE NAME OCCURS IN THIRTY -FOUR DIFFERENT SURAHS } , SAUL , DAVID , SOLOMON , ELIJAH , JOB and JONAH {{  WHOSE NAME SURAH 10 BEARS }} FIGURE PROMINENTLY . THE STORY OF THE CREATION and FALL OF {{ ADAM }} IS CITED FIVE TIMES , THE FLOOD EIGHT and SODOM EIGHT . IN FACT THE {{ KORAN }} SHOWS MORE PARALLEIISM TO THE PENTATEUCH THAN TO ANY OTHER PART OF THE HOLY BIBLE . " OF THE (( NEW TESTAMENT )) CHARACTERS {{ ZACHARIAH , JOHN , THE BAPTIST , JESUS ( 'ISA ) and MARY ARE ONLY ONES {{ EMPHASIZED }} / " A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE {{ KORANIC and BIBLICAL NARRATIVES . REVEALS (( NO )) VERBAL DEPENDENCE (( NO DIRECT QUOTATION )) - {{ HISTORY OF THE ARABS }} = ((( ISLAMIC ))) AUTHORITIES GENEERALLY AGREE THAT IT WAS THE FIRST FIVE VERSES OF {{ SURAH 96 , ENTITLED {{ AL'ALAQ }} , " THE {{ CLOT ( OF BLOOD }} WHICH READS : " IN THE NAME OF { ALLAH } , THE BENEFICENT , THE MERCIFUL . ( READ ) : IN THE NAM OF THE LORD WHO CREATED . CREATED MANFROM A CLOT . ( READ ) : AND THY LORD IS THE MOST BOUNTEOUS , WHO TAUGHT BY THE PEN , TAUGH MAN THAT WHICH HE KNOW NOT ." MMP . {{{{ THE THREE " SOURCES " OF TEACHING and GUIDANCE }}} = THE ((( HOLYQUR'AN ))) , SAID TO HAVE BEEN REVEALED TO MUHAMMAD BY THE ANGEL {{ GABRIEL }} . THE {{ OUR'AN'S }} MEANING and WORDS IN ARABIC ARE VIEWED AS INSPIRED . {{{ THE HADITH , or SUNNAH }}} ," THE DEEDS , UTTERANCES and SILENT APPROVAL ( TAQRIR ) OF THE PROLHET FIXED DURING THE SECOND CENTURY { A.H. } IN THE FORM OF WRITTEN HADITHS , A HADITH , THEREFORE , IS A RECORD OF AN ACTION or  SAYING OF THE PROPHET ." IT CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO THE ACTIONS or SAYINGS OF ANY OF { MUHAMMAD'S " COMPANIONS or THEIR SUCCESSORS ." }  IN A VIEWED AS INSPIRED - HISTORY OF THE ARABS . {{{{ THE SHARI'AH }}}} , or CANON ( LAW ) , BASED ON PRINCIPLES OF THT { QUR'AN } , REGULARDS A { MUSLIM'S } ENTIRE LIFE IN THE RELIGIOUS , POLITITICAL and SOCIAL SENSE . " ALL MAN'S ACTS ARE CLASSIFIED UNDER ( FIVE ) LEGAL CATEGORIES : ( 1 ) WHAT IS CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE DUTY { FARD } INVOLVING REWARD FOR ACTING or PUNISHMENT FOR FAILING TO ACT ( 2 ) COMMENDABLE or  MERITORIOUS ACTIONS { MUSTAHABB } INVOLVING A REWARD BUT NO PUNISHMENT FOR OMISSION : ( 3 ) PERMISSIBLE ACTIONS { JA'IZ , MUBAH } , WHICH ARE LEGALLY INDIFFERENT , ( 4 ) REPREHENSIBLE ACTIONS { MAKRUH } , WHICH ARE LEGALLY INDIFFERENT : ( 5 ) FORBIDDEN ACTIONS { HARAM } , THE DOING OF WHICH CALLS FOR PUNISMENT - HISTORY OF THE ARABS - ( COPY BY - ) Pastor Henry George , sask . canada ( something to THINK ABOUT )

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