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امیرالمؤمنین علیه السّلام در خطبه اى پس از حمد و ثناى الهى سه بار فرمود:(سلونى ایها الناس قبل ان تفقدونى ؛ بپرسید از من قبل از آنکه مرا نیابید( صعصعة بن صوحان (از یاران حضرت ) برخاست و گفت : اى امیرالمؤمنین دجال چه وقت خروج مى کند؟ حضرت فرمود: خداوند کلام تو را شنید و فهمید آنچه اراده کرده اى ، به خدا قسم مسئول (یعنى حضرت على علیه السّلام ) در این مسئله از سؤ ال کننده عالمتر نیست (زمان ظهور حضرت مهدى یا قیامت از نادر اسرارى است که در اختیار کسى نیست ) ولى براى آن علاماتى و شکلهایى است که یکى پس از دیگرى مو به مو اجرا خواهد شد، اگر مى خواهى به توخبردهم؟صعصعة گفت : آرى امیرالمؤمنین ، حضرت فرمود:حفظ کن (آنچه مى گویم ) علامت خروج دجال این است : زمانى که مردم نماز را از بین ببرند و امانت را ضایع گردانند، دروغ را حلال شمرند و ربا بخورند و رشوه بگیرند، ساختمانهاى محکم بسازند! دین را به دنیا بفروشند، نادانان را رئیس گردانند و با زنها مشورت نمایند، از فامیل و بستگان خود بریده به دنبال هوى و هوس مى روند، خونریزى را آسان شمرند، حلم و بردبارى را علامت ناتوانى دانند، ظلم و ستم افتخار شود، امیران فاجر باشند و وزیران ظالم و رؤ سا خیانتکار، قاریان قرآن فاسق گردند، شهادتهاى دروغ ظاهر گردد و فجور و تهمت و گناه و سرکشى آشکار شود. قرآنها زینت شود و مساجد طلا کارى گردد و منبرها (یا مناره ها) طولانى و بلند گردد، آنگاه که اشرار احترام شوند و صفها شلوغ شود و خواسته هاى افراد، گوناگون شود و اختلاف پدید آید، عهدها شکسته گردد و موعود نزدیک شود.زنها با شوهرهایشان در تجارت و کسب براى حرص دنیا شریک شوند، صداهاى فاسقان بلند شود و شونده پیدا کنند، رئیس گروه پست ترین آنها باشد، از فاجر به خاطر ترس از شر او اجتناب کنند، دروغگو را تصدیق کرده خائن را امین شمرند.ساز و آواز وسائل آوازه خوانى را بکار برند، آخر این امت اول آن را لعنت کند، زنها سوار بر زینها شوند و زنان به مردان و مردان به زنان شبیه گردند. شاهد بدون اینکه از او بخواهند شهادت دهد، آن دیگرى براى تلافى و خالى کردن عقده خود به ناحق شهادت دهد، براى چیزى غیر از دین یادگیرى کنند، کار دنیا را بر آخرت ترجیح دهند، پوستهاى میش را بر دلهاى گرگ بپوشانند (گرگهائى هستند به لباس میش ، به ظاهر خیرخواه و مظلوم و در باطن دشمن خونخوار هستند).قلبهاى آنها از مردار گندیده تر و از (گیاه تلخ ) صبر تلخ تر است .

1. توماس کارلایل (خاور شناس مشهور انگلیسی) :
بهترین درسی که از تراژدی کربلا می‌گیریم این است که حسین و یارانش ایمان استوار به خدا داشتند . آنها با عمل خود روشن کردند که تفوق عددی در جایی که حق با باطل روبرو می‌شود اهمیتی ندارد . پیروزی حسین با وجود اقلیتی که داشت موجب شگفتی من است .

2. واشینگتن ایروینگ (مورخ آمریکایی) :
برای‌ امام حسین ممکن بود که زندگی‌ خود را با تسلیم شدن به اراده یزید نجات بخشد لیکن مسوولیت پیشوای نهضت حیات بخش اسلام اجازه نمی‌داد که او یزید را به عنوان خلیفه بشناسد . او بزودی خود را برای قبول هر ناراحتی و فشاری به منظور رها ساختن اسلام از چنگال بنی امیه آماده ساخ
ت . در زیر آفتاب سوزان سرزمین خشک و در روی ریگهای نفتیده عربستان ، روح حسین فنا ناپذیر برپاست . ای پهلوان و ای نمونه شجاعت و ای شهسوار من ، ای حسین !

3. محمد علی جناح (قائد اعظم کشور پاکستان) :
هیچ نمونه‌ای از شجاعت بهتر از آنکه امام حسین از لحاظ فداکاری و تهور نشان داد در ‌عالم پیدا نمی‌شود به‌ عقیده من تمام مسلمین باید از شهیدی که خود را در سرزمین عراق قربانی کرد سرمشق بگیرند و در مسیر او گام بگذارند .

4. ل. م. بوید :
در طی قرون افراد بشر همیشه جرات و پردلی و عظمت روح و بزرگی قلب و شهامت روانی را دوست داشته‌اند و در اثر همین‌ها است که آزادی و عدالت هرگز به نیروی ظلم و فساد تسلیم نمی‌شود . این بود شهامت و این بود عظمت امام حسین و من مسرورم که در چنین روزی با کسانی که این فداکاری عظیم را از جان و دل ثنا می‌گویند شرکت کرده‌ام . هر چند که قریب به 1400 سال از تاریخ آن گذشته است .

Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah”. For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since “Allah” is simply the Arabic word for “God” - and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus - peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims - like Jews - reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation. This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships .a different God - because, as we have already said, there is only One True God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be “Abrahamic Faiths”, and all of them are also classified as “monotheistic.” However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas.

First of all, it is important to note that “Allah” is the same word that Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use for God. If you pick up an Arabic Bible, you will see the word “Allah” being used where “God” is used in English. This is because “Allah” is a word in the Arabic language equivalent to the English word “God” with a capital “G”. Additionally, the word “Allah” cannot be made plural, a fact which goes hand-in-hand with the Islamic concept of God.

It is interesting to note that the Aramaic word “El”, which is the word for God in the language that Jesus spoke, is certainly more similar in sound to the word “Allah” than the English word “God.” This also holds true for the various Hebrew words for God, which are “El” and “Elah”, and the plural or glorified form “Elohim.” The reason for these similarities is that Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic are all Semitic languages with common origins. It should also be noted that in translating the Bible into English, the Hebrew word “El” is translated variously as “God”, “god” and “angel”! This imprecise language allows different translators, based on their preconceived notions, to translate the word to fit their own views. The Arabic word “Allah” presents no such difficulty or ambiguity, since it is only used for Almighty God alone. Additionally, in English, the only difference between “god”, meaning a false god, and “God”, meaning the One True God, is the capital “G”. Due to the above mentioned facts, a more accurate translation of the word “Allah” into English might be “The One -and-Only God” or “The One True God.”

More importantly, it should also be noted that the Arabic word “Allah” contains a deep religious message due to its root meaning and origin. This is because it stems from the Arabic verb ta’allaha (or alaha), which means “to be worshipped.” Thus in Arabic, the word “Allah” means “The One who deserves all worship.” This, in a nutshell, is the Pure Monotheistic message of Islam.

Suffice it to say that just because someone claims to be a “monotheistic” Jew, Christian or Muslim, that does not keep them from falling into corrupt beliefs and idolatrous practices. Many people, including some Muslims, claim belief in “One God” even though they’ve fallen into acts of idolatry. Certainly, many Protestants accuse Roman Catholics of idolatrous practices in regards to the saints and the Virgin Mary. Likewise, the Greek Orthodox Church is considered “idolatrous” by many other Christians because in much of their worship they use icons. However, if you ask a Roman Catholic or a Greek Orthodox person if God is “One”, they will invariably answer: “Yes!.” This claim, however, does not stop them from being “creature worshipping” idolaters. The same goes for Hindus, who just consider their gods to be “manifestations” or “incarnations” of the One Supreme God.

Before concluding… there are some people out there, who are obviously not on the side of truth, that want to get people to believe that “Allah” is just some Arabian “god” (Read more about: Is Allah the Moon-god? and Is Hubal The Same As Allah?), and that Islam is completely “other” - meaning that it has no common roots with the other Abrahamic religions (i.e. Christianity and Judaism). To say that Muslims worship a different “God” because they say “Allah” is just as illogical as saying that French people worship another God because they use the word “Dieu”, that Spanish-speaking people worship a different God because they say “Dios” or that the Hebrews worshipped a different God because they sometimes call Him “Yahweh.” Certainly, reasoning like this is quite ridiculous! It should also be mentioned, that claiming that any one language uses the only the correct word for God is tantamount to denying the universality of God’s message to mankind, which was to all nations, tribes and people through various prophets who spoke different languages.

We would like to ask our readers about the motives of these people? The reason is that the Ultimate Truth of Islam stands on solid ground and its unshakeable belief in the Unity of God is above reproach. Due to this, Christians can’t criticize its doctrines directly, but instead fabricate things about Islam that aren’t true so that people lose the desire to learn more. If Islam were presented in the proper way to the world, it surely might make many people reconsider and re-evaluate their own beliefs. It is quite likely that when they find out that there is a universal religion in the world that teaches people to worship and love God, while also practicing Pure Monotheism, would at least feel that they should re-examine the basis for their own beliefs and doctrines.