Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00031)

Hi All,
I came across this book it may be of interest
its called 'Heart of the Koran by Lex Hixon

http://www.questbooks.net/title.cfm?bookid=244

Perry

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M. Sufilight" <global-
theosophy@s...> wrote:
> Hallo all,
> 
> My views are:
> 
> 
> A few more issues on the Quran - so to use in the quiet evenings at 
the 
> "pseudo-LCC group".
> :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Sura 24:35
> 
> 35 Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude 
of His 
> light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass. The 
glass is 
> as it were a shining star. (This lamp is) kindled from a blessed 
tree, an 
> olive neither of the East nor of the West, whose oil would almost 
glow forth 
> (of itself) though no fire touched it. Light upon light. Allah 
guideth unto 
> His light whom He will. And Allah speaketh to mankind in 
allegories, for 
> Allah is Knower of all things.
> (Version: Pickthall version - for easy copy pasting.)
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/htq/index.htm
> - - - Even Jesus Christ taught his disciples in ALLEGORIES. - - -
> 
> 
> 
> Sura 2:28-29
> 
> 28 How disbelieve ye in Allah when ye were dead and He gave life to 
you! 
> Then He will give you death, then life again, and then unto Him ye 
will 
> return.
> 
> 29 He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth. Then 
turned He to 
> the heaven, and fashioned it as seven heavens. And He is knower of 
all 
> things.
> (Version: Pickthall version - for easy copy pasting.)
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/htq/index.htm
> 
> 
> 
> Sura 50:6
> 
> 6 But we created man, and we know what his soul whispers; for we 
are nigher 
> to him than his jugular vein!
> (Version: Palmer)
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/htq/index.htm
> 
> 
> 
> Sura 56:77-80
> 77 That (this) is indeed a noble "Qur'an"
> 
> 78 In a Book kept hidden
> 
> 79 Which none toucheth save the purified,
> 
> 80 A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.
> 
> ( I did add the citation-, marks to the word Quran - because some 
authors - 
> among them - Dara Shikoh (eller Shukuh) ca. 1615-59 - considered 
this word 
> at this particular place to be the same as the Upanishads or Vedas. 
The word 
> Quran had a different meaning back in the oled days. It is 
wellknown that 
> Mohammad was part of a Sufi Circle, although the ignorants who 
can't read 
> the Akasha think different.)
> (Version: Pickthall version - for easy copy pasting.)
> http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/htq/index.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight with peace and love...and his friend El-Khidr...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erica Letzerich" <eletzerich@y...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Theosophy and Islam
> 
> 
> > Thank you for the link. I read this article one year ago, one of 
the few 
> > articles about theosophy and Islam online.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Erica
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> > prmoliveira <prmoliveira@y...> wrote:
> > Recently the view was aired here, I think by Erica and Morten, 
that
> > more effort should be done to disseminate theosophical teachings 
in the
> > Middle-East. Below is a small contribution. While the text was 
composed
> > in Australia, it was checked by two Quranic scholars in Karachi. 
It was
> > based on a number of articles from old issues of "The 
Theosophist". (PO)
> >
> > http://www.austheos.org.au/topics/theosophy-islam.htm
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