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Death Drop by Sean Allen Death Drop by Sean Allen Oct. 15, 2011 197902 words Read a sample
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I was born in the U.K. to American military parents. I spent a majority of my childhood and early adult years in Colorado, where I earned a B.S. degree in Economics and a M.S. in Engineering and Technology Management from the Colorado School of Mines. I spent several years in the thriving Twin Cities arts community as a performing musician. I'm currently back in my home state of Colorado with my wife, indulging my love for writing and the great outdoors.
Under The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 1 by Josephine Dillon Under The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 1 by Josephine Dillon Sep. 18, 2011 196861 words Read a sample
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Josephine Dillon was born March 9th, 1969 in Kenitra, Morocco, to parents Patricia and Eugene Godfrey. She grew up in Oceanside, one of the northern suburbs of San Diego, California, graduating from Vista High School. She later attended San Diego State University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in nursing. She has been a registered nurse since graduating in 1995, working in the profession for the past sixteen years. As a novice writer, I wrote the first three books from The Blue Series during the years 2006 through 2009 and am currently writing the fourth and final book in the series. The story was created in the early 1980's, when I was a young teenager. These novels are my first work of fiction. Please note that all the characters and story are fictional and only a few isolated incidents paralleled my existence at the time. The Irish Setter Reuben, the high school, and the home address were all from my childhood and not fictional. I attended and graduated from Vista High School, (survived is more like it), and I lived and grew up in Oceanside. The failed attempt to drown was my experience, and I will admit to wanting desperately to be a boy when I was growing up. Along with that, I also had a very vivid imagination. My family, however, were not at all similiar to the Smiths - I had loving, caring, nonjudgemental parents who adored me. Hope you enjoy the book but most importantly for new writers like me, please write a review? Even if the book did not appeal to you, could you state why? I would really appreciate it. To those readers who braved a download of Beyond The Blue Part 1 and 2, please make sure to download the latest versions. I found a huge mistake in the sequencing of the chapters in the book and would appreciate it if my readers could download it again (it's free!) so that they can read it the way it should be read. This book was just too big to be a single work, which is why I spliced it, however in doing so, I made a mistake in the timing of the story. I hope you enjoy Beyond The Blue Part 1 and Part 2. Part 2 is for adult readers only and I've chosen to make it free because I want to write for the fun of it. If you catch grammatical errors, I apologize, but since I am my own editor, please forgive me. I am currently editing my third book, Black and Blue and it's another beast, 600 pages long. I'm editing slowly in my free time but it's tedious. If you would like me to split it up into two parts like I did the second book, then send me an email or write on my facebook page. I am also currently writing the fourth book, about 150 pages into it. Please write me reviews? I thrive on it and enjoy reading your thoughts. Or post a comment on my facebook page. This is my hobby and I will continue to allow downloads of my books for free to Smashword readers. If you want a printed copy, I am currently at Off The Book Shelf, but that will cost you because I only get a small percentage of the profit and can't set the price. I might look into Create A Space instead if it will save the reader money. We'll see what happens, til then, happy reading.
Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee Freedom Incorporated by Peter Tylee Nov. 23, 2009 196484 words Read a sample
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The Bible Is a Parable: A Middle Ground Between Science and Religion by Albert E. Gilding, Sr. The Bible Is a Parable: A Middle Ground Between Science and Religion by Albert E. Gilding, Sr. Sep. 03, 2011 194619 words Read a sample
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Mektûbât Tercemesi by Ahmed Fârûk Mektûbât Tercemesi by Ahmed Fârûk Nov. 26, 2011 194593 words Read a sample
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Ahmed Fârûk: İmam-ı Ahmed Rabbani hazretleri, Hindistan'da yetişen en büyük veli ve âlim. Ariflerin ışığı, velilerin önderi, İslam’ın bekçisi, müslümanların baş tacı, müceddid, müctehid ve İslam âlimlerinin gözbebeğidir. Silsile-i aliyyenin yirmi üçüncüsüdür. 1563 yılında Hindistan'ın Serhend (Sihrind) şehrinde doğdu. İmam-ı Rabbani ismiyle tanınmıştır. İmam-ı Rabbani, Rabbani âlim demek olup, kendisine ilim ve hikmet verilmiş, ilmi ile amel eden, ilim ve amel bakımından eksiksiz ve kâmil, olgun âlim demektir. Hicri ikinci bin yılının müceddidi (yenileyicisi) olmasından dolayı Müceddid-i elf-i sani, ahkam-ı İslamiye ile tasavvufu birleştirmesi sebebiyle, Sıla ismi verilmiştir. Hazret-i Ömer'in soyundan olduğu için, Faruki nesebiyle anılmış, Serhend şehrinden olduğu için de oraya nisbetle, Serhendi denilmiştir. Zamanının âlimleri, imam-ı Rabbani hazretlerine Sıla ismi ile hitap ettiler. Sıla, birleştirici demektir. Çünkü, o, tasavvufun İslamiyet’ten ayrı bir şey olmadığını İslamiyet’e uygun bir şey olduğunu ispat ederek, ahkam-ı İslamiye ile tasavvufu vasl etmiş, birleştirmiştir. Bir hadis-i şerifte; "Ümmetimden Sıla isminde biri gelir. Onun şefaati ile çok kimseler Cennete girer" buyurularak onun geleceği haber verilmiştir. Bu hadis-i şerif, imam-ı Süyuti'nin Cem'ül-Cevami kitabında vardır. İmam-ı Rabbani hazretleri bir mektubunda; "Beni iki derya arasında "Sıla" yapan Allahü teâlâya hamd olsun" diye dua etmiştir. Eshabı, talebeleri ve sevenleri arasında "Sıla" ismiyle meşhur olmuştur. Hadis-i şerifte müjdelenen "Sıla" ismini ondan evvel hiç kimse almamıştır. İmam-ı Rabbani hazretleri, Müceddid-i elf-i sanidir. Yani hicri ikinci binin müceddididir. Eski ümmetler zamanında, her bin senede yeni din getiren bir resul gönderilirdi, yeni din öncekini değiştirip, bazı hükümleri kaldırırdı. Her yüz senede de bir Nebi gelir, din sahibi peygamberin dinini değiştirmez, kuvvetlendirirdi. Hadis-i şerifte, bu ümmete ise, her yüz yıl başında İslam dinini kuvvetlendiren bir âlim geleceği haber verilmektedir. Peygamber efendimizden sonra peygamber gelmeyeceğine göre, kendisinden bin sene sonra, İslam dinini her bakımdan ihya edecek, dine sokulan bid’atleri temizleyip, asr-ı seadetteki temiz haline getirecek, zahiri ve batıni ilimlerde tam vâris, âlim ve arif bir zatın olması lazımdı. Hadis-i şerifler bunu bildirmektedir. Bu mühim hizmeti imam-ı Rabbani hazretleri yapmıştır. Bir gün, hâfızlardan biri, kendi minderlerinden aşağı bir minder koyup üzerine oturarak, Kur'an-ı kerim okumaya başladı. İmam-ı Rabbani hazretleri bu durumun farkına varıp, hemen üzerinde oturduğu yüksek minderi bir kenara çekip yere oturdu. Hiçbir zaman Kur'an-ı kerim okumakta olan hâfızdan yüksekte oturmazdı." İmam-ı Rabbani hazretlerinin fıkıh meselelerinde ilmi çoktu ve her meseleye anında cevap verebilecek bir derecedeydi. Usul-i fıkıhta da tam bir maharet sahibiydi. Fakat ihtiyatının çokluğundan, çoğu zaman kıymetli fıkıh kitaplarına başvururdu. Seferde ve hazarda bazı kıymetli fıkıh kitaplarını yanında bulundururdu. Onların bütün gayreti, müftabih yani fıkıh âlimlerinin üzerinde ittifak ettikleri fetvalara, daima uymaktı. Bazı fıkıh âlimlerinin caiz dediği, bazılarının mekruh dediği bir işte, o kerahet tarafını tercih eder ve o işi yapmazdı. "Bir meselenin yapılmasında ve yapılmamasında, helal ve haram olmasında ihtilaf olursa, yapılmaması ve haram tarafını tercih etmeyi mümkün olduğu kadar elden kaçırmamalıdır" buyururdu. İmam-ı Rabbani hazretlerinin nurlu bedeni yıkama tahtasının üzerine konulup, elbiseleri soyulunca, orada bulunanlar hazret-i İmamın namazda olduğu gibi ellerini bağladığını gördüler. Sağ elinin baş parmağı ve küçük parmağını, sol elin bileğinde halka yaptı. Halbuki, oğulları vefatından sonra, kollarını düzeltip uzatmışlardı. Yıkama tahtasına yatırırken, tebessüm etti ve bir müddet bu şekilde kaldı. Yıkayıcı, mübarek ellerini açıp düzeltti. Sol tarafa yatırdı, sağ tarafını yıkadı. Sağ tarafa yatırıp sol tarafını yıkayacağı zaman, orada bulunanlar, velilik kuvvetinin bir alameti olarak, zayıf bir hareketle ellerinin hareket ettiğini, bir araya geldiğini ve eskisi gibi tekrar sağ elinin baş ve küçük parmaklarının, sol elinin bileğinde halka yaptığını gördüler. Halbuki sağ tarafa yatınca, sağ elin sol el üzerine gelmemesi icap ederdi. Bununla beraber öyle bir kuvvetle sol elini tutmuştu ki, ayırmak ve çözmek mümkün değildi. Kefene sardıkları zaman, yine ellerinin bağlandığı görüldü. Bu hal iki-üç defa vaki oldu. Nihayet oradakiler, bunda derin bir mana ve gizli bir sır olduğunu anlayıp, bir daha ellerini açmaya uğraşmadılar ve oğulları Hace Muhammed Said; "Madem ki, muhterem babam böyle istiyor, böyle bırakalım" buyurdu. Peygamber efendimiz hadis-i şerifte; "Yaşadıkları gibi ölürler" buyurdu. Bu, Allahü teâlânın büyük bir ihsanıdır. Dilediğine ihsan eyler. Onun ihsanı boldur. İmam-ı Rabbani hazretlerinin cenaze namazını, oğlu Hace Muhammed Said kıldırdı. Vefatında 63 yaşında idi. Serhend'de evinin yanında defnedildi. Daha sonra Afganistan padişahı Şah-i Zaman, kabri üzerine büyük ve çok sanatlı bir türbe yaptırdı.
The War of Immensities by Barry Klemm The War of Immensities by Barry Klemm March 23, 2011 194240 words Read a sample
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The Converging by George Straatman The Converging by George Straatman Nov. 17, 2009 193289 words Read a sample
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George lives in Timmins, a small Northern Ontario city with his wife Louise and their collection of furry kids. He writes both horror and high fantasy. The Converging Trilogy is his first series and will be followed by the epic fantasy series entitled Journey Through the Land of Shades.
Tam Ä°lmihâl Seâdet-i Ebediyye Ä°kinci Kısm by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık Tam Ä°lmihâl Seâdet-i Ebediyye Ä°kinci Kısm by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık Nov. 30, 2011 190545 words Read a sample
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Din bilgilerinde derin âlim ve tasavvuf marifetlerinde kâmil ve mükemmil olan kerametler, harikalar sahibi Seyyid Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin yetiştirdiği yetkili bir âlimdir. Kitapları bütün ülkelerde okunmaktadır. Tam İlmihal Seadet-i Ebediyye başta olmak üzere, 14 Türkçe, 60 Arapça ve 25 Farsça ve bunlardan tercüme edilen, Fransızca, İngilizce, Almanca, Rusça ve diğer dillerdeki yüzlerce kitabın yazarıdır. 8 Mart 1911’de, Eyüp Sultan’da doğdu, 26 Ekim 2001’de vefat etti. Çok sayıda insanın katıldığı cenaze namazından sonra Eyüp Sultan’daki aile kabristanına defnedildi. Von Mises’den yüksek matematik, Prager’den mekanik, Dember’den fizik, Goss’dan teknik kimya okudu. Kimya profesörü Arndt’ın yanında çalıştı, takdirlerini kazandı. Arndt’ın yanında altı ay travay yaptı ve İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde çalışarak, Phenyl-cyan-nitromethan cisminin sentezini yaptı ve formülünü tespit etti. 1936 senesi sonunda 1/1 sayılı Kimya Yüksek Mühendisliği diplomasını aldı. Albaylığa kadar Türk ordusunda zehirli gazlar mütehassıslığı ve kimya öğretmenliği yapmıştır. Siyasete hiç karışmadı, hiçbir partiye bağlanmadı. Bölücülüğe ve kanunlara karşı gelmeye karşı idi. Bunu eserlerinde açıkça bildirmiştir. Dünyanın her yerine gönderdiği çeşitli dillerdeki kitaplarında, İslam dininin doğru olarak anlaşılması, İslam ahkâmının ve ahlakının yayılması için çalıştı. Bunun için, dini dünya çıkarlarına alet edenlerin ve mezhepsizlerin iftira oklarına hedef oldu. (Eczacı, kimyager, dinden ne anlar? O mesleğinde çalışsın, bizim işimize karışmasın) diyenler oldu. Evet, bu zat, eczacı ve kimya yüksek mühendisi olarak milletine 30 yıldan fazla hizmet etti. Fakat din tahsili de yaparak ve geceli gündüzlü çalışarak, büyük İslam âliminden icazet almakla da şereflendi. Hiçbir zaman kendi görüşünü, kendi fikrini yazmayıp, daima Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin, anlayabilenleri hayran eden kıymetli yazılarını Arapça ve Farsça’dan tercüme ederek kitaplarında yayınlamıştır. Seyyid Ahmet Mekki Efendi, Tam İlmihal Seadet-i Ebediyye kitabına yazdığı takrizde buyuruyor ki: (Asrımızın fadıllarından, zamanımızın bir tanesinin yazmış olduğu Seadet-i Ebediyye kitabına göz gezdirdim. Bu kitapta, kelâm, fıkıh ve tasavvuf bilgilerini buldum. Bunların hepsinin, bilgilerini nübüvvet kaynağından almış olanların kitaplarından toplanmış olduğunu gördüm. Bu kitapta, Ehl-i sünnet itikadına uygun olmayan hiçbir bilgi, hiçbir söz yoktur. Ey Temiz gençler, dini ve milli bilgilerinizi, bu latif, benzeri bulunmayan, belki de, ileride bir benzeri yazılamayacak olan, bu kitaptan alın!) Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarını okuyup anlayabilecek salih kimselerin azaldığını ve cahil kimselerin din adamları arasına karışarak, bozuk kitaplar yazıldığını görerek üzülmüş, (Fitne yayıldığı zaman, hakikati bilen, başkalarına bildirsin! Bildirmezse, Allah’ın ve bütün insanların laneti ona olsun) hadis-i şerifinde bildirilen tehditten dehşet duymuştur. İnsanlara olan şefkat ve merhameti de, O’nu hizmete zorlayarak, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarından seçtiği yazıları tercüme etmiş ve herkesin anlayabileceği şekilde açıklamaya çalışmıştır. Aldığı sayısız tebrik ve takdir yazılarının yanı sıra, tek tük cahilin serzeniş ve iftiralarına da hedef olmuştur. Rabbine ve vicdanına karşı ihlâsında ve sadakatinde bir şüphesi olmadığı için, Allahü teâlâya tevekkül ve Resulünün ve salih kullarının mübarek ruhlarına tevessül ederek, hizmete devam etmiştir. Bütün bu hizmetlerin, İslâm âlimlerine olan aşırı sevgi ve saygısının bereketi ile olduğunu söylerdi. Her sohbetinde İslâm âlimlerinin kitaplarından okur, İmam-ı Rabbani ve Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin sözlerini aktarırken gözleri yaşarır ve (Kelâm-ı kibâr, kibâr-ı kelâmest), yani büyüklerin sözü, sözlerin büyüğüdür buyururdu. Hüseyin Hilmi Efendi, maddî ve manevî, dünyevî, uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıp ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini, tecrübelerini dinin temel miyarlarıyla karşılaştırıp tartarak söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan yani her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha zor bulunabilecek, âlim bir zat idi. En kıymetli kitaplardan tercüme ve derlemelerle, telif eserler vücuda getirdi. Akaid hususunda, bilhassa Ehl-i sünnet vel-cemaat inancını sade bir dille açıklayıp, bu inancın yayılmasında, öncülük etti. Hanefi, Maliki, Şafii ve Hanbeli mezheplerinden birinde bulunmanın Ehl-i sünnetin alameti olduğunu, herkesin kendi mezhebine göre amel etmesinin şart olduğunu, zaruret ve ihtiyaç halindeyse, hak olan dört mezhepten birinin taklit edilebileceğini, Ehl-i sünnet kitaplarından alarak açıkladı. Seadet-i Ebediyye ve diğer kitaplarında, binlerce mesele yazdı. Unutulmuş ilimleri ihya etti. (Ümmetim bozulduğu zaman bir sünnetimi ihya edene yüz şehid sevâbı verilir) hadis-i şerifini hep göz önünde tutarak, farzları, vacibleri, sünnetleri, hatta müstehabları uzun uzun yazdı. Dünyanın her tarafındaki insanlara İslamiyet’i doğru olarak tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerince tasvip edilen ve övülen, yüzlerce Arabî ve Fârisî eseri, Hakîkat Kitabevi vasıtasıyla yedi iklim, dört bucağa yaydı. Vehhabi, Hurufi, Kadiyani gibi bozuk fırkaların doğru yoldan ayrıldıkları noktaları, bütün dünyaya vesikalarla tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet itikadı canlanmaya, kıpırdamaya ve yeşermeye başladı. Bu bakımdan yaptıkları işi, dini tecdid ile isimlendiren zatlar oldu. Tecdid, dini yenileyip kuvvetlendirmek demektir. Başarılarının sebeplerini soranlara, "(Helekel müsevvifun) yani (Sonra yaparım diyenler helak oldu), hadis-i şerifine uyarak bugünün işini yarına bırakmadım ve kendi işimi kendim gördüm, yapamadığım işi bir başkasına havale ettiğim zaman neticesini takip ettim" cevabını verirdi. (Bu zamanda İslamiyet'e hizmeti başarıyla yapabilmek için muhatabın anlayacağı gibi konuşmalı ve herkese tatlı dilli güler yüzlü olmalıdır) buyururdu. Gerçek bir tevazuya sahipti. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmezdi. Kendisinden büyüklerin yanında konuşmaz, kimseyle münakaşa etmez, edebi gözetir, ekseriya iki dizi üzerine otururdu. Bursa’da, eski müderrislerden Ali Haydar Efendiyi ziyaretinde, saatlerce iki dizi üzerinde oturunca, Ali Haydar Efendi talebelerine, (Hilmi Beyden edeb öğrenin, edeb!) demişti. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, ailesinden Osmanlı terbiyesi, Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinden de tasavvuf edebi almıştı... "En büyük keramet istikamet üzere olmaktır" buyururdu. Namazı ve diğer ibadetleri birinci vazife olarak görür, altını çize çize "Namaza mani olan işte hayır yoktur", derdi. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh" dine zararı olmayan şeylere üzülmezdi. Çocukların yaramazlıklarını tabii görürdü. Ama onlara dinlerini öğretmekte gevşek davranılmasını hoş görmezdi. Şahsî malı, serveti yoktu. Çok çalışkandı. Nesi varsa, kitaplara ve kitapların dünyaya yayılmasına harcadı. Hakikî bir tevazuya sahip idi. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmez, sevenlerine "Benim günahım hepinizden çoktur, çünkü ben hepinizden daha yaşlıyım" derdi. Evine gelen misafirlere lâyıkıyla hizmet ederdi. Evinin alış verişini bizzat yapar, odununu ve kömürünü kendi alır, fatura ve vergilerini kendisi yatırırdı. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, çok nazik ve kibardı. Mamak Maske fabrikasında vazife yaparken, orada Cemal adında bir genç çalışıyordu. Babası Diyanette heyet-i müşavere azası Konyalı Eyüb Necati Perhiz idi. Genç evde de efendimli konuşmaya ve ibadetlerini yapmaya başlayınca babası bu değişikliğin sebebini sordu. Bizim bir kumandanımız var, çok kibar birisidir. Efendimsiz konuşmaya alışırım da onun yanında da öyle konuşurum diye korkuyorum dedi. Babası şaşırdı. Oğlu ile, Hüseyin Hilmi Efendiye, kendisini ziyaret edip teşekkür etmek üzere haber gönderdi. Hilmi Efendi "babanız yaşlıdır. Buraya gelmesi de uygun olmaz, biz ona gidelim" dedi; ve ziyaret etti. Seâdet-i Ebediyye kitabını ilk çıkardığı sıralar, subaylara, senede bir kaç defa çift maaş verirlerdi. Çift maaşın tekini biriktirip, bu kitabı çıkarmak için harcardı. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık'ın "rahmetullahi aleyh", sabır ve tahammülleri çok idi. İnsanlardan, bir eziyet, sıkıntı gelse katlanır, mukabele etmezdi. Yerine göre pamuktan yumuşak, ama küfre, bid'atlere ve günâha karşı da çelik gibi sert idi. Dinimizin öngördüğü derecede cesûr idi. Kitaplarında doğruyu yazmaktan kaçınmaz, "Korkulacak yalnız Allahü teâlâdır" der, ama fitne çıkmamasına da çok dikkat ederdi. Devletin kanunlarına uymada çok titiz davranırdı. Müslüman dine uyar, günah işlemez; kanunlara uyar, suç işlemez derdi. Sık sık "Vatan sevgisi imandandır" hadis-i şerîfini okurdu. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh", maddî ve mânevî, dünyevî ve uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıb ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden olduğu için, gerçek bir âlim idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini ve tecrübelerini dinin temel ve asıl miyarları ile karşılaştırıp, tartarak, söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan, yâni her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha çok zor bulunabilecek olan bir zât idi. IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih’, publisher of the Waqf Ikhlas Publications, was born in Eyyub Sultan, Istanbul in 1329 (A.D. 1911). Of the one hundred and forty-four books he published, sixty are Arabic, twenty-five Persian, fourteen Turkish, and the remaining translated books consist of French, German, English, Russian and other languages. Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih' (guided by Sayyid Abdulhakim Arvasi, ‘Rahmat-allahi alaih’, a profound scholar of the religion and was perfect in virtues of tasawwuf and capable to direct disciples in a fully mature manner; possessor of glories and wisdom), was a competent, great Islamic scholar able to pave the way for attaining happiness, passed away during the night between October 25, 2001 (8 Shaban 1422) and October 26, 2001 (9 Shaban 1422). He was buried at Eyyub Sultan, where he was born.
For Rowdy Christians Everywhere by Dave Schultz For Rowdy Christians Everywhere by Dave Schultz May 06, 2012 189571 words Read a sample
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Proposals for Research by Gerry Stahl Proposals for Research by Gerry Stahl Nov. 01, 2010 189066 words Read a sample
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Gerry Stahl’s professional research area is the field of CSCL (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning). In 2006 Stahl published a book on CSCL in MIT Press entitled “Group Cognition: Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge” and launched the “International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning”. In 2009 he published a book in Springer’s CSCL book series entitled “Studying Virtual Math Teams” on the VMT Project that he directs. Gerry Stahl earned his BS in math and science at MIT. He earned a PhD in continental philosophy and social theory at Northwestern University, conducting his research at the Universities of Heidelberg and Frankfurt. He later earned a PhD in computer science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He now teaches at the College of Information Science & Technology at Drexel University in Philadelphia. His website--containing all his publications, materials on CSCL and further information about his work--is at http://GerryStahl.net.
The 2011 KJV Slaves' Edition New Testament by Rob Gerard The 2011 KJV Slaves' Edition New Testament by Rob Gerard April 16, 2011 188964 words Read a sample
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The 2011 KJV Revision Traditional Edition by Rob Gerard The 2011 KJV Revision Traditional Edition by Rob Gerard April 16, 2011 188954 words Read a sample
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The 2011 King James Traditional Revision New Testament by Rob Gerard The 2011 King James Traditional Revision New Testament by Rob Gerard April 16, 2011 188954 words Read a sample
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Beyond The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 2, Part 1 by Josephine Dillon Beyond The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 2, Part 1 by Josephine Dillon March 31, 2012 187340 words Read a sample
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Josephine Dillon was born March 9th, 1969 in Kenitra, Morocco, to parents Patricia and Eugene Godfrey. She grew up in Oceanside, one of the northern suburbs of San Diego, California, graduating from Vista High School. She later attended San Diego State University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in nursing. She has been a registered nurse since graduating in 1995, working in the profession for the past sixteen years. As a novice writer, I wrote the first three books from The Blue Series during the years 2006 through 2009 and am currently writing the fourth and final book in the series. The story was created in the early 1980's, when I was a young teenager. These novels are my first work of fiction. Please note that all the characters and story are fictional and only a few isolated incidents paralleled my existence at the time. The Irish Setter Reuben, the high school, and the home address were all from my childhood and not fictional. I attended and graduated from Vista High School, (survived is more like it), and I lived and grew up in Oceanside. The failed attempt to drown was my experience, and I will admit to wanting desperately to be a boy when I was growing up. Along with that, I also had a very vivid imagination. My family, however, were not at all similiar to the Smiths - I had loving, caring, nonjudgemental parents who adored me. Hope you enjoy the book but most importantly for new writers like me, please write a review? Even if the book did not appeal to you, could you state why? I would really appreciate it. To those readers who braved a download of Beyond The Blue Part 1 and 2, please make sure to download the latest versions. I found a huge mistake in the sequencing of the chapters in the book and would appreciate it if my readers could download it again (it's free!) so that they can read it the way it should be read. This book was just too big to be a single work, which is why I spliced it, however in doing so, I made a mistake in the timing of the story. I hope you enjoy Beyond The Blue Part 1 and Part 2. Part 2 is for adult readers only and I've chosen to make it free because I want to write for the fun of it. If you catch grammatical errors, I apologize, but since I am my own editor, please forgive me. I am currently editing my third book, Black and Blue and it's another beast, 600 pages long. I'm editing slowly in my free time but it's tedious. If you would like me to split it up into two parts like I did the second book, then send me an email or write on my facebook page. I am also currently writing the fourth book, about 150 pages into it. Please write me reviews? I thrive on it and enjoy reading your thoughts. Or post a comment on my facebook page. This is my hobby and I will continue to allow downloads of my books for free to Smashword readers. If you want a printed copy, I am currently at Off The Book Shelf, but that will cost you because I only get a small percentage of the profit and can't set the price. I might look into Create A Space instead if it will save the reader money. We'll see what happens, til then, happy reading.
A TALE OF THREE CITIES: NEW YORK, L.A. AND SAN FRANCISCO IN OCTOBER OF ‘62 by Steven Travers A TALE OF THREE CITIES: NEW YORK, L.A. AND SAN FRANCISCO IN OCTOBER OF ‘62 by Steven Travers May 31, 2011 184725 words Read a sample
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Steven Travers has always been entrepreneurial. “I was turned down by my high school newspaper because they didn’t allow freshmen,” says the sixth-generation Californian, “so I started my own!” Aside from journalism, Travers was a star pitcher, playing three years of varsity baseball for the same suburban California high school that USC football coach Pete Carroll graduated from years earlier. Travers helped lead his team to the mythical national championship of high school baseball, according to polls conducted by Collegiate Baseball magazine and the Easton Bat Company. Travers attended college on a baseball scholarship, where he was an all-conference pitcher, and played collegiate summer ball in Colorado, Nevada and Canada. The 6-6, 225-pound Travers played professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals' organization, where he was a teammate of Danny Cox. Travers once struck out 1989 National League Most Valuable Player Kevin Mitchell three times in one game (he K’d 14 that night). In the Oakland Athletics' system, he played alongside Jose Canseco. “Punching out K-Mitchell was great,” he recalls, “but the highlight of my career may have been when I was with the A’s against the Giants in a Major League exhibition game at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. I struck out the side and went nine-up, nine-down in three innings. Bill King and Lon Simmons announced it on the radio.” Steve later coached at USC, Cal-Berkeley and was recruited to manage a team in Berlin, Germany. After pro baseball, Travers returned to college. He studied in the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. At USC, he was a classmate of Mark McGwire and Randy Johnson. After graduation, he traveled extensively to New York City, Washington, D.C. and to Europe: London and Paris. “I almost went to work for Dean Witter in the World Trade Center,” he recalled. “After 9/11 I really started to think about ‘what might have been.’ ” Travers also went to Western State University College of Law, the Hollywood Film Institute, and was part of the UCLA Writers' Program. He served in the U.S. Army during the Persian Gulf War, and was a political consultant, speechwriter and campaign manager for a California Congressional candidate. Travers was also a sports agent, co-founding San Francisco Sports Management, Inc. The agency represented Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder Al Martin. Another client, ex-Angels' playboy pitcher Bo Belinsky, was at that time being approached by Hollywood producers about a movie depicting his tempestuous life. Travers wrote the screenplay. That script, Once He Was An Angel, was a quarterfinalist in the Quantum Leap screenwriting contest before getting optioned by a Hollywood producing group that included Frank Capra Jr. and Frank Capra III (son and grandson of the famed It's A Wonderful Life director). Thus began Travers' embarkation into a full-time professional writing career in 1994. “I’ve punched a lot of tickets,” Travers says of his background, “and I bring real-world experience to my writing.” A veteran of Hollywood, Steve has written 15 screenplays, teleplays and stageplays. His credits include The Lost Battalion (the true story of a World War I unit during the Argonne Offensive, the subject of a film starring Rick Schroder), Wicked and Baja California. His additional writing awards are for Bandit, an America’s Best quarterfinalist, and Rock 'n' Roll Heaven, a Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction quarterfinalist. He appeared in the film The Californians, starring Noah Wylie and Illeana Douglas. Travers worked closely with legendary Hollywood producer Edgar Scherick, the original producer of The Lost Battalion. Scherick started ABC’s Baseball Game of the Week and Monday Night Football with Roone Arledge. Travers also wrote for the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, and was a sports stringer on San Diego’s XTRA 690 AM radio station. Steve has freelanced for magazines, newspapers and web sites. He produced Steven Travers’ Journal on the Internet. Eventually, Travers became the number one columnist at StreetZebra, an L.A. sports magazine where he covered the USC beat and wrote a monthly "Distant Replay" of great events in the Southland's rich sports history. “I have encyclopedic knowledge of history,” Steve says. “I am truly versatile as a writer, able to use my knowledge of the past to understand the present. I have also survived as a freelancer; written extensively for the Internet and the so-called New Media; and have up-close knowledge of the ‘dot-bomb’ era that was the 1990s.” In 2001, Travers was hired as the lead sports columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. While writing for the Examiner, Travers was an eyewitness to Barry Bonds' historic 73-home run season of 2001. He got Bonds to agree to authorize the writing of his autobiography, but a business deal with the publishers was not worked out. Eventually, by 2002 Travers wrote the Best Seller Barry Bonds: Baseball’s Superman from Sports Publishing L.L.C. (www.sportspublishingllc.com). Actor Charlie Sheen wrote the foreword. It has gone through multiple re-prints, is now in paperback, and was nominated for a Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. A sequel, covering Bonds' alleged steroid use, additional MVP awards, and chase of Hank Aaron's career home run record, is in the works. In 2004, Travers wrote a proposal for the book that eventually became Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, who landed the deal he did not. An avid reader, Travers poured through books, at least one a month; classics, biographies, history, sports, novels, philosophy. He was also a Christian, but had never read The Holy Bible. "Sometime around March or April of 2004, I decided to read The Bible," he says. "Two pages a day. I started out with the New Testament. After a while I began to read out loud, which made a difference. Then the Old Testament. It took a little less than a year to read the entire book. As soon as I read it through, I started again. Two pages per day, out loud. At this point I have read it twice through. I am beginning to understand it. I am not an expert on it, but the Holy Spirit has come to me and inspires me each day that I read God’s Word. I will read that book until the day I die, God willing and I am able, until some day I will have read it so many times I will be an expert. . .” In 2006, Taylor Trade, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (www.RLPGTrade.com), published his book The USC Trojans: College Football's All-Time Greatest Dynasty, which argues that the University of Southern California has replaced Notre Dame as collegiate football's greatest tradition. USC legend Charles "Tree" Young graciously wrote the foreword, and the book ascended to Amazon.com “top seller” and National Book Network “top 100 seller” status. It was re-released in paperback in 2010. Taylor Trade released One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game That Changed A Nation in 2007 (foreword by Forrest Gump author Winston Groom). It was re-released in paperback in 2010. This is the true story of how the 1970 USC-Alabama football game ushered in desegregation of the American South. A film is in development. USC graduate Kerry McCluggage, a top Hollywood producer (Craftsman Films); former president of Universal and Paramount TV divisions; founder of UPN; with credits that include Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Miami Vice, has optioned it with plans for a major theatrical release. The co-producer is Barry Kemp (Coach, Patch Adams, Catch Me If You Can). Potential directors include Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Delores Claiborne, The Devil’s Advocate) and Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves), with Costner possibly starring as John McKay, Tommy Lee Jones as Bear Bryant. Travers is a member of a “producer team” that includes Trojan football legend Anthony Davis and USC graduate Jim Starr. The deal was masterfully put together by Lloyd Robinson (USC ’64) of Suite A Management in Beverly Hills; Steve’s former literary agent, Craig Wiley; and Rowman & Littlefield president Rick Rinehart. Davis is on board to promote the project along with other former Trojans. When the film is released, Travers, Davis and Starr will be executive producers. In the past, Steve was repped by Peter Miller of PMA Literary & Film Agency in New York City. His agent is now Ian Kleinert of Objective Entertainment in Manhattan (who negotiated the huge Jerry West autobiography and Michael Savage’s Trickle Up Poverty). In 2009, Taylor Trade published Pigskin Warriors: 140 Years of College Football’s Greatest Traditions, Games, and Stars. In 2009, major publishing house The Globe Pequot Press published Travers’s book The 1969 Miracle Mets (foreword by Buddy Harrelson). Also in 2009: Dodgers Past & Present, Voyageur Press and A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, L.A., and San Francisco. In 2011: The Poet: The Life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray, an authorized biography through Potomac Books. Triumph Books (www.triumphbooks.com), a division of New York publishing giant Random House, released five of Travers's books in 2007: A's Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be A Real Fan! (foreword by A’s GM Billy Beane), Dodgers Essential (foreword by the late, great Bud “The Steamer” Furillo), Angels Essential (foreword by ex-L.A. Times sportswriter Ross Newhan), Diamondbacks Essential (foreword by Phoenix radio personality Andy Dorf), and The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Los Angeles Lakers (foreword by longtime sports columnist Art Spander). In 2008 Triumph/Random House published Trojans Essential (foreword by ex-Coca-Cola/North American President Terry Marks) and The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Oakland Raiders (foreword by radio personality Bruce Macgowan). In 2009 from Triumph/Random House: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly San Francisco 49ers (foreword by 49er Hall of Famer Bob St. Clair) and What It Means to Be a Trojan: Southern Cal’s Greatest Players Talk About Trojans Football (foreword by Pete Carroll). Steve is the author of five unpublished books. These include From the Frat House to the White House to the Big House; God's Country, a three-volume conservative, Christian worldview of how history formed the U.S. Empire and America's manifest destiny for the 21st Century; Ambition: My Struggles to Fail and Succeed in Baseball, Politics, Hollywood, Writing . . . and The Rocky Path I’ve Walked With Christ (his autobiography); a novel, Angry White Male; and a compilation of his work over the years, The Writer’s Life. Travers contemplated an authorized autobiography of former New York Mets’ superstar Tom Seaver; a book about fascinating baseball pitching subjects; and a study of the modern nature of American politics and media manipulation, using the Whittaker Chambers case of the 1940s as its “Genesis.” The telegenic Travers has made numerous appearances on television and radio, being interviewed for the books, articles and screenplays he has written over the years. His national appearances have included "The Jim Rome Show", CNN, ESPN, and the Armed Forces Radio Network. He has appeared on TV and radio stations in major markets such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In September 2005, Steve was interviewed on College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), a division of CBS, as part of a program devoted to the 35th anniversary of the 1970 USC-Alabama game. In February 2006, CSTV featured Travers prominently in their documentary Tackling Segregation, which aired throughout Black History Month. His work was also the subject of a 2005 CSTV documentary on Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. In 2006, Travers was a guest speaker, leading a panel of distinguished former USC football players and coaches, for Professor Dan Durbin’s popular class “Sports, Culture & Society” at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communications. The subject was the 1970 USC-Alabama game, with Steve’s book a focal point. Out of this have come discussions with USC regarding Steve’s possible hiring as an adjunct professor. Travers made numerous other speaking and booksigning appearances through USC, which included appearances at the USC Bookstore, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and the USC Collections at the South Coast Plaza Shopping Center in Orange County. In 2007, he addressed the USC East Bay Trojan Club in Walnut Creek, California; the incoming freshmen and parents during Parent’s Weekend at USC; the USC Orange County Trojan Club; as well as more signings at the USC Bookstore and USC Collections; and an address of the Hollywood Congress of Republicans; and the annual banquet of the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Professor Durbin invited him back for a retrospective of the 1972 USC national champion football team at Annenberg School for Communications. In 2008 Travers addressed Republican political groups in support of U.S. Senator John McCain (R.-Arizona). During the 2008 football season, Travers was again a guest lecturer in Professor Durbin's class. The subject was his book Angels Essential, and focused on "the old Pacific Coast League and the early Angels). He was the November speaker at the prestigious Pasadena Quarterback's Club next to the Rose Bowl (past speakers have included Pete Carroll), and signed books at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the third consecutive year. In 2009 Travers again was a guest panelist in Professor Durbin’s class, centered around a re-union of the USC players interviewed in What It Means to Be a Trojan. Steve is the scion of a distinguished California family. The Travers’s came to colonial America, fought in the Revolutionary War, and settled into New York and Massachusetts. They founded the Travers Stakes horse race. One ancestor, a Captain Edgerly of the Union Army, was reputed to be President Abraham Lincoln’s “personal spy” during the Civil War. Steve’s side of the family came West during the time of the 1849 Gold Rush. His grandfather, Charles S. Travers, covered the 1906 Great Earthquake as a journalist, started a silent film magazine in Hollywood, and was President of the San Francisco Press Club. Steve’s great-uncle, Reginald Travers, was a noted Shakespearean actor. His father, Donald Travers, is a retired attorney and track coach who served as a Naval officer during World War II. His mother, Inge Travers, is a renowned artist. Steve’s brother, Donald Travers II, is a former Naval officer. Daughter Elizabeth Travers is a college student. Inside Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium is the Colonel Charles Travers Big Game Room (named after Steve’s late uncle, who served during World War II) to accommodate press conferences, and (named after Steve’s late aunt) is the Louise Travers Memorial Club Room. Colonel Travers also founded a wing of the university’s political science department, dedicated to fair and balanced analysis of public affairs. Members of the Travers family have served in the military during the Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War. His books and further information be found at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=steven+travers&x=11&y=12 or via http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q==STEVEN+TRAVERS+USC+METS+DODGERS&btnG==Search His web page is http://www.redroom.com/author/steven-robert-travers/ Steve is a board member of the USC NorCal Trojan Club, the Hollywood Congress of Republicans, and worships at Christ Lutheran Church. Steve tutored foreign students trying to learn English, as well as jail inmates, through the Marin Literacy Program. "I always wanted to give of my time," he explained, "but was too selfish to really do it. I found excuses. If at the beginning of 2006, if you had told me how busy I would be, I never would have signed up, but I did. I was assigned to a Korean divinity student named Kyung-Taek Hong. We became friends and shared Christian fellowship despite the language barrier. Almost as soon as I started tutoring Kyung, incredible good fortune began to reign down on me. Book deals, the movie deal, speaking engagements, ‘top seller’ sales, maybe a professorship at USC. As busy as I was writing, I met him every Wednesday for an hour and a half at the library. I consider him my ‘angel.’ After Kyung moved on to a Ph.D. program in Chicago, Travers taught a class at the Marin County Jail, then volunteered to work with high school kids. “As Jim Hill always says as his signature signoff on of his sports show, ‘Keep the faith.’”
Ä°slâm Ahlâkı by Muhammed Hâdimî Ä°slâm Ahlâkı by Muhammed Hâdimî Nov. 15, 2011 184044 words Read a sample
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Muhammed Hâdimî hazretleri: Büyük velî, fıkıh ve tasavvuf âlimi. İsmi, Muhammed bin Mustafa, künyesi Mevlânâ Ebû Saîd'dir. Anadolu evliyalarındandır. 1701 (H.1113) senesinde Konya'nın Hâdim kasabasında doğdu. 1762 (H.1176) senesinde Hâdim'de vefat etti.
"...and Gulliver Returns" Book 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI Feb. 10, 2011 183999 words Sample 20%
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Professor emeritus in health education. I have been delighted to have been asked to help edit these books since the health of society and the health of the environment are primary concerns for me.
Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık Seâdet-i Ebediyye Endless Bliss Fourth Fascicle by Hüseyn Hilmi Işık Dec. 13, 2011 183709 words Read a sample
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Din bilgilerinde derin âlim ve tasavvuf marifetlerinde kâmil ve mükemmil olan kerametler, harikalar sahibi Seyyid Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin yetiştirdiği yetkili bir âlimdir. Kitapları bütün ülkelerde okunmaktadır. Tam İlmihal Seadet-i Ebediyye başta olmak üzere, 14 Türkçe, 60 Arapça ve 25 Farsça ve bunlardan tercüme edilen, Fransızca, İngilizce, Almanca, Rusça ve diğer dillerdeki yüzlerce kitabın yazarıdır. 8 Mart 1911’de, Eyüp Sultan’da doğdu, 26 Ekim 2001’de vefat etti. Çok sayıda insanın katıldığı cenaze namazından sonra Eyüp Sultan’daki aile kabristanına defnedildi. Von Mises’den yüksek matematik, Prager’den mekanik, Dember’den fizik, Goss’dan teknik kimya okudu. Kimya profesörü Arndt’ın yanında çalıştı, takdirlerini kazandı. Arndt’ın yanında altı ay travay yaptı ve İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde çalışarak, Phenyl-cyan-nitromethan cisminin sentezini yaptı ve formülünü tespit etti. 1936 senesi sonunda 1/1 sayılı Kimya Yüksek Mühendisliği diplomasını aldı. Albaylığa kadar Türk ordusunda zehirli gazlar mütehassıslığı ve kimya öğretmenliği yapmıştır. Siyasete hiç karışmadı, hiçbir partiye bağlanmadı. Bölücülüğe ve kanunlara karşı gelmeye karşı idi. Bunu eserlerinde açıkça bildirmiştir. Dünyanın her yerine gönderdiği çeşitli dillerdeki kitaplarında, İslam dininin doğru olarak anlaşılması, İslam ahkâmının ve ahlakının yayılması için çalıştı. Bunun için, dini dünya çıkarlarına alet edenlerin ve mezhepsizlerin iftira oklarına hedef oldu. (Eczacı, kimyager, dinden ne anlar? O mesleğinde çalışsın, bizim işimize karışmasın) diyenler oldu. Evet, bu zat, eczacı ve kimya yüksek mühendisi olarak milletine 30 yıldan fazla hizmet etti. Fakat din tahsili de yaparak ve geceli gündüzlü çalışarak, büyük İslam âliminden icazet almakla da şereflendi. Hiçbir zaman kendi görüşünü, kendi fikrini yazmayıp, daima Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin, anlayabilenleri hayran eden kıymetli yazılarını Arapça ve Farsça’dan tercüme ederek kitaplarında yayınlamıştır. Seyyid Ahmet Mekki Efendi, Tam İlmihal Seadet-i Ebediyye kitabına yazdığı takrizde buyuruyor ki: (Asrımızın fadıllarından, zamanımızın bir tanesinin yazmış olduğu Seadet-i Ebediyye kitabına göz gezdirdim. Bu kitapta, kelâm, fıkıh ve tasavvuf bilgilerini buldum. Bunların hepsinin, bilgilerini nübüvvet kaynağından almış olanların kitaplarından toplanmış olduğunu gördüm. Bu kitapta, Ehl-i sünnet itikadına uygun olmayan hiçbir bilgi, hiçbir söz yoktur. Ey Temiz gençler, dini ve milli bilgilerinizi, bu latif, benzeri bulunmayan, belki de, ileride bir benzeri yazılamayacak olan, bu kitaptan alın!) Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarını okuyup anlayabilecek salih kimselerin azaldığını ve cahil kimselerin din adamları arasına karışarak, bozuk kitaplar yazıldığını görerek üzülmüş, (Fitne yayıldığı zaman, hakikati bilen, başkalarına bildirsin! Bildirmezse, Allah’ın ve bütün insanların laneti ona olsun) hadis-i şerifinde bildirilen tehditten dehşet duymuştur. İnsanlara olan şefkat ve merhameti de, O’nu hizmete zorlayarak, Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerinin kitaplarından seçtiği yazıları tercüme etmiş ve herkesin anlayabileceği şekilde açıklamaya çalışmıştır. Aldığı sayısız tebrik ve takdir yazılarının yanı sıra, tek tük cahilin serzeniş ve iftiralarına da hedef olmuştur. Rabbine ve vicdanına karşı ihlâsında ve sadakatinde bir şüphesi olmadığı için, Allahü teâlâya tevekkül ve Resulünün ve salih kullarının mübarek ruhlarına tevessül ederek, hizmete devam etmiştir. Bütün bu hizmetlerin, İslâm âlimlerine olan aşırı sevgi ve saygısının bereketi ile olduğunu söylerdi. Her sohbetinde İslâm âlimlerinin kitaplarından okur, İmam-ı Rabbani ve Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinin sözlerini aktarırken gözleri yaşarır ve (Kelâm-ı kibâr, kibâr-ı kelâmest), yani büyüklerin sözü, sözlerin büyüğüdür buyururdu. Hüseyin Hilmi Efendi, maddî ve manevî, dünyevî, uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıp ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini, tecrübelerini dinin temel miyarlarıyla karşılaştırıp tartarak söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan yani her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha zor bulunabilecek, âlim bir zat idi. En kıymetli kitaplardan tercüme ve derlemelerle, telif eserler vücuda getirdi. Akaid hususunda, bilhassa Ehl-i sünnet vel-cemaat inancını sade bir dille açıklayıp, bu inancın yayılmasında, öncülük etti. Hanefi, Maliki, Şafii ve Hanbeli mezheplerinden birinde bulunmanın Ehl-i sünnetin alameti olduğunu, herkesin kendi mezhebine göre amel etmesinin şart olduğunu, zaruret ve ihtiyaç halindeyse, hak olan dört mezhepten birinin taklit edilebileceğini, Ehl-i sünnet kitaplarından alarak açıkladı. Seadet-i Ebediyye ve diğer kitaplarında, binlerce mesele yazdı. Unutulmuş ilimleri ihya etti. (Ümmetim bozulduğu zaman bir sünnetimi ihya edene yüz şehid sevâbı verilir) hadis-i şerifini hep göz önünde tutarak, farzları, vacibleri, sünnetleri, hatta müstehabları uzun uzun yazdı. Dünyanın her tarafındaki insanlara İslamiyet’i doğru olarak tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet âlimlerince tasvip edilen ve övülen, yüzlerce Arabî ve Fârisî eseri, Hakîkat Kitabevi vasıtasıyla yedi iklim, dört bucağa yaydı. Vehhabi, Hurufi, Kadiyani gibi bozuk fırkaların doğru yoldan ayrıldıkları noktaları, bütün dünyaya vesikalarla tanıttı. Ehl-i sünnet itikadı canlanmaya, kıpırdamaya ve yeşermeye başladı. Bu bakımdan yaptıkları işi, dini tecdid ile isimlendiren zatlar oldu. Tecdid, dini yenileyip kuvvetlendirmek demektir. Başarılarının sebeplerini soranlara, "(Helekel müsevvifun) yani (Sonra yaparım diyenler helak oldu), hadis-i şerifine uyarak bugünün işini yarına bırakmadım ve kendi işimi kendim gördüm, yapamadığım işi bir başkasına havale ettiğim zaman neticesini takip ettim" cevabını verirdi. (Bu zamanda İslamiyet'e hizmeti başarıyla yapabilmek için muhatabın anlayacağı gibi konuşmalı ve herkese tatlı dilli güler yüzlü olmalıdır) buyururdu. Gerçek bir tevazuya sahipti. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmezdi. Kendisinden büyüklerin yanında konuşmaz, kimseyle münakaşa etmez, edebi gözetir, ekseriya iki dizi üzerine otururdu. Bursa’da, eski müderrislerden Ali Haydar Efendiyi ziyaretinde, saatlerce iki dizi üzerinde oturunca, Ali Haydar Efendi talebelerine, (Hilmi Beyden edeb öğrenin, edeb!) demişti. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık Efendi, ailesinden Osmanlı terbiyesi, Abdülhakim Arvasi hazretlerinden de tasavvuf edebi almıştı... "En büyük keramet istikamet üzere olmaktır" buyururdu. Namazı ve diğer ibadetleri birinci vazife olarak görür, altını çize çize "Namaza mani olan işte hayır yoktur", derdi. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh" dine zararı olmayan şeylere üzülmezdi. Çocukların yaramazlıklarını tabii görürdü. Ama onlara dinlerini öğretmekte gevşek davranılmasını hoş görmezdi. Şahsî malı, serveti yoktu. Çok çalışkandı. Nesi varsa, kitaplara ve kitapların dünyaya yayılmasına harcadı. Hakikî bir tevazuya sahip idi. Kendisini asla başkalarından üstün görmez, sevenlerine "Benim günahım hepinizden çoktur, çünkü ben hepinizden daha yaşlıyım" derdi. Evine gelen misafirlere lâyıkıyla hizmet ederdi. Evinin alış verişini bizzat yapar, odununu ve kömürünü kendi alır, fatura ve vergilerini kendisi yatırırdı. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, çok nazik ve kibardı. Mamak Maske fabrikasında vazife yaparken, orada Cemal adında bir genç çalışıyordu. Babası Diyanette heyet-i müşavere azası Konyalı Eyüb Necati Perhiz idi. Genç evde de efendimli konuşmaya ve ibadetlerini yapmaya başlayınca babası bu değişikliğin sebebini sordu. Bizim bir kumandanımız var, çok kibar birisidir. Efendimsiz konuşmaya alışırım da onun yanında da öyle konuşurum diye korkuyorum dedi. Babası şaşırdı. Oğlu ile, Hüseyin Hilmi Efendiye, kendisini ziyaret edip teşekkür etmek üzere haber gönderdi. Hilmi Efendi "babanız yaşlıdır. Buraya gelmesi de uygun olmaz, biz ona gidelim" dedi; ve ziyaret etti. Seâdet-i Ebediyye kitabını ilk çıkardığı sıralar, subaylara, senede bir kaç defa çift maaş verirlerdi. Çift maaşın tekini biriktirip, bu kitabı çıkarmak için harcardı. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık'ın "rahmetullahi aleyh", sabır ve tahammülleri çok idi. İnsanlardan, bir eziyet, sıkıntı gelse katlanır, mukabele etmezdi. Yerine göre pamuktan yumuşak, ama küfre, bid'atlere ve günâha karşı da çelik gibi sert idi. Dinimizin öngördüğü derecede cesûr idi. Kitaplarında doğruyu yazmaktan kaçınmaz, "Korkulacak yalnız Allahü teâlâdır" der, ama fitne çıkmamasına da çok dikkat ederdi. Devletin kanunlarına uymada çok titiz davranırdı. Müslüman dine uyar, günah işlemez; kanunlara uyar, suç işlemez derdi. Sık sık "Vatan sevgisi imandandır" hadis-i şerîfini okurdu. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık "rahmetullahi aleyh", maddî ve mânevî, dünyevî ve uhrevî ve bilhassa fen, tıb ve eczacılık ilimlerinde zamanın ileri gelenlerinden olduğu için, gerçek bir âlim idi. Her sözü ilme, fenne ve tecrübeye dayanan ve bu bilgilerini ve tecrübelerini dinin temel ve asıl miyarları ile karşılaştırıp, tartarak, söylediğinden, hikmet konuşan, yâni her sözünde dünyevi veya uhrevî faydalar bulunan, belki eşi bir daha çok zor bulunabilecek olan bir zât idi. IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih’, publisher of the Waqf Ikhlas Publications, was born in Eyyub Sultan, Istanbul in 1329 (A.D. 1911). Of the one hundred and forty-four books he published, sixty are Arabic, twenty-five Persian, fourteen Turkish, and the remaining translated books consist of French, German, English, Russian and other languages. Hüseyn Hilmi Işık, 'Rahmat-allahi alaih' (guided by Sayyid Abdulhakim Arvasi, ‘Rahmat-allahi alaih’, a profound scholar of the religion and was perfect in virtues of tasawwuf and capable to direct disciples in a fully mature manner; possessor of glories and wisdom), was a competent, great Islamic scholar able to pave the way for attaining happiness, passed away during the night between October 25, 2001 (8 Shaban 1422) and October 26, 2001 (9 Shaban 1422). He was buried at Eyyub Sultan, where he was born.
Biblical Religion: The Great Lie by Michael Kalopoulos Biblical Religion: The Great Lie by Michael Kalopoulos Jan. 19, 2012 183569 words Read a sample
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Michael Kalopoulos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1949. He worked for several years with a major European firm, finding logical faults of production line designs. He then decided to return to Greece to pursue his lively interest in history of religion, working exclusively as an author. The result of his intense 12-year long research was a series of original best-selling books on biblical religion. He is a member of the Greek society of Historians, and often appears as a guest speaker in television talk shows. He has also written several articles and essays of historical, theological and social interest.
Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach by Jeff Inlo Delver Magic Book I: Sanctum's Breach by Jeff Inlo Aug. 20, 2010 182169 words Read a sample
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Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe Feb. 27, 2009 180907 words Read a sample
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I have been hooked on fantasy and science fiction since preschool when I watched Star Trek the Original Series with my family on TV. Then came Star Wars at the theater when I was 5, and a few years later, I discovered the joys of reading fantasy with the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. I quickly moved up to stronger stuff like Conan, and I currently like The Song of Ice and Fire. The elements I like most about the genres are the high stakes (save the world, overthrow the empire, etc.), the diversity of characters, and how magic or extraordinary technology allows plots to expand in interesting ways. The ability of fantasy and sci fi to include analysis and criticisms of social conditions like religion and politics is especially fascinating as well. When this is done in conventional humdrum fiction, people and readers descend into arguments about whether an opinion is valid or the historical information is accurate instead of assessing the concepts themselves. These interfering issues are not present in the purely metaphorical works that occur sometimes in fantasy and science fiction. Of course, fantasy and sci fi can just be fun as well. I love a good hero or heroine and villains can be the best of all. And there is something therapeutic about picking up a sword or blaster and solving the problems of the world. My taste in genre has inevitably married itself to my love of writing. For some reason I am a person capable of writing novels. The act of creating thousands of pages of fiction does not overwhelm me. Making it a good work of fiction is the hard part that requires countless hours of editing and rewriting and lots of daydreaming too. I have written a four-novel epic fantasy series entitled The Rys Chronicles. The individual novels of the series are: Union of Renegades, The Goddess Queen, Judgment Rising, and The Borderlands of Power. I produce my novels in paperback and ebooks, and readers all over the world have been kind enough to allow me to entertain them. Currently I am in the midst of writing another fantasy series. I expect this one to be 4 novels as well, and, as of February 2009, I am closing in on completing Book II. This series is still untitled and I won't be publishing it until it is complete. This process allows me to fine tune everything throughout the novels. When I'm not writing, my other passions include cooking, growing food, reducing my consumption of fossil fuels, and reading.
Amanda Ackers and The Realm Of The Witches by GlennAndSasha Gabriel Amanda Ackers and The Realm Of The Witches by GlennAndSasha Gabriel March 28, 2012 180810 words Read a sample
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Update Notice: Hello everyone, and thank you for visiting our Authors Page. We have now published for FREE, Book Two of our Amanda Ackers Novels, "Amanda Ackers and The Realm Of The Witches"! Having published Book One, "Amanda Ackers and The Deep Forest Elves" for FREE on January 3rd, 2012, and having that Novel downloaded just over 3,165 times by March 29th, 2012, we are blown away! Sasha and I are working on Book Three of the series, "Amanda Ackers and The Thirteen Shards Of Legend." It should be available sometime in 2013, as we are both working on other novels as well. Several people have requested reading Book Three, prior to its publication. Should any like a pre-release version when we get to the editing stage, please let us know. As you may know, we do require you to sign a non-disclosure agreement and fax it back to us... it’s just good business practice after all. Adding up the downloads from our novel and all our short stories, the first short published on November 14, 2011, our total downloads have now reached over 11,443 as of March 29th, 2012! We are very thankful to you all, for supporting our work, which we do for the enjoyment of it. Our thanks also, to the many of you who have emailed us with kind comments on our stories and the first two books of our novel series, and those who have requested receiving a pre-release version of Book Three. We had never thought of doing a pre-release, but what a great idea! It gave many a chance to read the novels before we actually published them. Thanks to all of you! We are most humbled by the response we have received, and thank you from the top, middle and bottom of our hearts! If anyone would like to correspond with us, please shoot us an email when you get the chance, we would love to hear from you. Email us at: GlennAndSasha@gmail.com -------------------------------------------- Hello and thank you for visiting our Smashwords.com page. My name is Sasha Gabriel, and I would like to take a few moments to say a little about Glenn and myself. They say that creativity belongs to the young. Well, not always. Young at heart, I’ll buy, but nothing else. Writing is relatively new for me. I’ve been an avid reader for most of my 60+ years. But writing seemed daunting. How do you write an idea to get over to other people without boring them to death? How do you write conversations that sound like the people who are speaking them? Once I studied the “how to’s” a bit, and with the encouragement from Glenn, my wonderful husband and best friend, I started writing. And I love it. So does Glenn. Writing has opened a door for me that nothing else has – my imagination has soared and I’m absolutely thrilled and thankful, from the bottom of my heart, that others like my writing, as well. Both Glenn and I have been submitting very, very short stories (no more than 600 word stories) because these are also being entered into a writing contest with that directive. At the same time, both Glenn and I are writing novels (Glenn’s is awesome!!!! Think the depth of Lord of the Rings with the immediacy of Harry Potter and you’ve got it!). But I want to share something with you all… Glenn has battled Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia almost his entire life. That’s a mouthful, for sure, but try living with them on a daily basis! Even so, Glenn has worked to overcome the more serious side effects and his talent in writing, painting, and all over creativity is nothing short of staggering. Honestly… I’m running to keep up with him but I’m mostly just out of breath! So… the bottom line is… we’re all just human with all our challenges and it’s those challenges that make what we create that much better. Please… If you like to read… then write. If you like to paint… then paint. Pick up that paintbrush and start. For writing, get to your keyboard and begin. We think you’ll surprise yourself at your talents. And, again… Thank You all for your kind and generous words of appreciation for our stories! It means the world to us! ----------------------------- Glenn here. Just wanted to add that we never thought anyone would even read our work, let alone have downloaded our little stories thousands of times in such a short time. Because of the kind words from you all, I will continue to write. I have, as Sasha had mentioned, been writing the Amanda Ackers novel series, with Sasha contributing several chapters to each book. I had only begun writing the novel for fun, for our grandson Logan. I was not going to publish it, just print it out to give to him. However, with all the encouragement I have received via email, from those reading our little short stories, I have decided to publish the first two books of the Amanda Ackers series for FREE. Everyone keeps telling us we need to charge for them, so, should we decide to do so, they will be no more than $0.99 cents in U.S. Dollars :) My many thanks to all of you, for your continued support. Please feel free to contact Sasha and I at the following email address. We would love to hear from you, even to just say hi: GlennAndSasha@gmail.com
Paths of the Chosen by Kenneth McDonald Paths of the Chosen by Kenneth McDonald Oct. 24, 2010 180261 words Read a sample
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I am an education consultant who works for state government in the area of curriculum. Prior to my current job, I taught American and world history at a number of colleges and universities in California, Georgia, and South Carolina. I started writing fiction in graduate school. In addition to my novels and short works, I have written a lot of serialized fantasy fiction that has been posted on the Story Hour forum at the Dungeons & Dragons fan site EnWorld.org, including stories placed in the Forgotten Realms, Shackled City, and Rappan Athuk settings. These stories have collectively received over two thousand reader posts and three hundred thousand page views. I am also an active member of the player community for the multiplayer computer game Neverwinter Nights, and have released over two dozen modules for that game on the Neverwinter Vault Web site. My doctorate is in European history, and I live with my wife, who is an attorney, in Sacramento, California.
Moon Dreams by M.A. Harris Moon Dreams by M.A. Harris Aug. 19, 2011 180031 words Read a sample
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Born in England in the mid years of the socialist experiment I moved to the US with my parents (economic refugees of a sort with three boys in a country where 1+ was more the norm) I have lived in the US ever since. I am a third generation engineer, a mechanical engineer who has worked for the government, myself, a tech start up and a foreign owned defense middle weight. I have experience in manufacturing, detail design, concept design, product development, and research in both government and corporate environments (in other words I've lived in Dilbert’s world). I usually love my job, (when its not driving me nuts) and have had the luck to work on a broad range of programs, developing concepts and proposals for systems from electromagnetic guns to nuclear electric space probes and remote monitoring systems for long term hospitalized children. Reading came late for a child who had some issues with a form of Dyslexia, but when I got the hang of it I went from having a hard time with Dick and Jane to reading Zane Grey, G.Heyer, Heinlein and Clark with the book hidden in my desk during class in less than six months. As soon as I learnt the wonders of reading and the wonders of the inner mind I wanted to write. In high school and college Arthur C. Clark was my muse (I still re read Rendezvous with Rama every few years) along with L.L’amour, J.Pournelle and L.Niven plus dozens of authors writing on the history of weapons and warfare like Ian Hogg and Keegan. Favorite contemporary authors are, Clancy, Weber, Francis, Ringo, Flint, Correia, etc. I started writing in high school, I was one of the few guys to take typing, convinced that it was a skill I would need for both computers and writing (though my early computer projects were on punch cards or tape.) In several advanced English courses in High School I wrote short stories that got me through on pure bravado if not technical skill. Then life and a career got in the way, I continued to see computers as the wave of the future for writing, and was almost always tinkering with something but time passed and all I did was tinker. Then a bit more than a decade ago I decided that I wanted to write professionally and took the advice of J.Pournelle and S.King on writing, both advising that in the end its about work and some luck, but mostly its about writing lots of words getting lots of critiques and doing more edits. But timing has never been my best skill and I got to the point of actually trying to sell my work just as the old publishing model began to implode. After more than five years of frustration (and having several full length novels at the point of at least being ready for a professional scrub) I discovered Smashwords. I bought my wife a Nook and then we began to acquire and read free and low cost eBooks, many of which were published by this strangely named company, Smashwords. And that’s how we come to meet....I hope you like the stuff I write, I actually enjoy writing it though like all jobs it has its down side (edits and critques) and it bad days (I really need to grow up and stop dreaming.) As I get into this I hope to be able to get to know more of you and get your opinions on the job I’m doing.
Call of Descent by Brandi M. Polier Call of Descent by Brandi M. Polier Feb. 23, 2012 179881 words Read a sample
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Brandi Polier lives in Cranbrook, BC, Canada. She has been writing since she learned how to write properly at the age of 8. She started writing seriously when she was in high school and finished her first novel, Call of Descent, in 2005. During a 3 Day Novel Writing Contest she completed her entry, Dyllys. She lives with her cat Oona, and her sister and niece.
TrendSiters - Digital Content and Web Technologies by Sam Vaknin TrendSiters - Digital Content and Web Technologies by Sam Vaknin Jan. 03, 2010 179869 words Read a sample
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Sam Vaknin ( http://samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East as well as many other books and ebooks about topics in psychology, relationships, philosophy, economics, and international affairs. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He was the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde Spinward Fringe Broadcast 0: Origins by Randolph Lalonde Aug. 02, 2009 178930 words Read a sample
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Born in 1974, Randolph Lalonde has worked in customer service, sales, played drums for several heavy metal bands you've never heard of, dealt blackjack in a traveling casino, and serviced countless computers. He's also owned businesses in the design, printing, collectible and custom computer fields. He completed writing his first novel in the fantasy adventure genre at the age of fifteen and has been writing ever since. He self published his first novel; Fate Cycle: Sins of the Past in 2004 and after taking a break has begun to release his work again starting with the First Light Chronicles series. Randolph Lalonde has sold thousands of eBooks to date, enough to keep writing full time. He is deeply grateful for his following of readers and strives to improve his skills to better entertain them. The Spinward Fringe Space Opera series has proven to be his most popular offering. He currently resides in Sudbury Ontario with his roommate, a tattoo artist. In his diminishing spare time he reads voraciously, tinkers with design, video editing and reviews the occasional film or television show. A science fiction and fantasy fan, he often comments on the state of the entertainment industry on his website, www.randolphlalonde.com.
Janet: The First 25 years by Christopher S Cooper Janet: The First 25 years by Christopher S Cooper Dec. 10, 2010 178886 words Read a sample
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The Ghosts of Earth by Paul Dore The Ghosts of Earth by Paul Dore Aug. 17, 2009 178780 words Read a sample
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Botekuptımı Islam by Kadir Misirogllu Botekuptımı Islam by Kadir Misirogllu April 17, 2011 178657 words Read a sample
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Menâkıb-ı Çihâr Yâr-i Güzîn by Seyyid Eyyûb Bin Sıddîk Menâkıb-ı Çihâr Yâr-i Güzîn by Seyyid Eyyûb Bin Sıddîk Nov. 24, 2011 177643 words Read a sample
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Dört halifenin ve Eshab-ı kiramın büyüklüğünü çok güzel anlatan bu kitabı Seyyid Eyyûb bin Sıddık hazretleri yazmıştır. Dört halife başta olmak üzere, Ehl-i beytin, cennetle müjdelenmiş olan Aşere-i mübeşerrenin ve diğer Eshab-ı kiramın menkıbeleri ve bu ümmetin üstünlükleri anlatılmaktadır. Kitabın önsözünde deniyor ki: “Bütün hamd ve senalar, sağlam dinin esasının dört duvarını, Seyyid-il mürselinin dört halifesiyle sağlam ve kuvvetli kılan Allahü teâlâya mahsustur. Bu dört halifenin her biri, Peygamberimizin tebliğ ettiği dinin birer rüknüdür. Ömrü Onların sevgisiyle geçirmemek uygun değildir. Onların sevgisi olmadan, kurtuluş mümkün değildir. İslam dininde gayretli olan ve sünnet-i seniyyeye bağlı olan, yakîn sahibi din kardeşlerimiz açıkça bilirler ki, bu zamanda yazılacak ve öğrenilecek en mühim şey, Hulefa-i raşidinin yani Peygamberimiz Muhammed aleyhisselamın dört büyük halifesinin güzel menkıbelerinin beyanıdır. O hidayet imamlarının üstün makamlarını açıklamaktır. Böylece, dostların kalblerine sefa, gözlerine sürme ve cila olup, düşmanların kalblerine cefa ve kötü gözlere bela dikeni olur. Allahü teâlânın lütfu, sevdiklerine gölgelik ve yardım olsun. Onun lütuf gölgesinde sıkıntı çekmesinler!”
De ogen van de Wolf by W.M. Caers De ogen van de Wolf by W.M. Caers Feb. 23, 2012 176766 words Read a sample
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W.M. Caers werd geboren in Absurdistan op 30 februari 1999. Deze persoonlijke informatie werd u bezorgd omdat de interface hierom bleef zagen.
Qytetërimi i Virtyteve by Osman Nuri Topbas Qytetërimi i Virtyteve by Osman Nuri Topbas Jan. 25, 2011 174905 words Read a sample
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Could Not Answer by Is-haq Efendi Of Harput Could Not Answer by Is-haq Efendi Of Harput Dec. 19, 2011 173046 words Read a sample
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The Islamic scholars have answered all the views, ideas and philosophical thoughts contrary to the Islamic faith. Meanwhile they have exposed the errors of defiled Christianity. They have declared that it is not permissible to follow the changed and invalidated books. They have explained that, for living in comfort and peace in this world and attaining endless bliss in the next world, it is necessary to be Muslim. Priests have not been able to refute the books of Islamic scholars. The books written by the Islamic scholars to refute strayed religions are numerous. Among them, the following are renowned for replying to Christians: Tuhfat-ul-erîb, Arabic and Turkish; Diyâ-ul-qulûb, Turkish and English; Iz-hâr-ul-haqq, Arabic and Turkish; Es-sirât-ul-mustaqîm, Arabic; Izâh-ul-marâm, Turkish; Mîzân-ul-mawâzîn, Persian; Irshâd-ul-hiyârâ, Arabic; and Er-redd-ul-djemîl, Arabic and French. Of these, Diyâ-ul-qulûb, written by Is-haq Efendi of Harput, especially answers the wrongful writings and slanders written by Protestant priests against Islam. The book was first published in Istanbul in 1293 [A.D. 1876]. Simplifying the book, we published it in Turkish in 1987. Now we present the English edition. We used brackets for adding statements borrowed from a second book. As will be seen in various parts of the book, the priests could not answer the questions they were asked. We therefore considered the title Could not Answer appropriate for our book. The unscientific, unreasonable and immoral contents of today’s existing copies of the Holy Bible are obvious. On the other hand, the writings of Islamic scholars, shedding light on reason, knowledge, science and civilization, teem in the world’s libraries. Being unaware of this fact would therefore be no more than a flimsy pretext. Now, those who search for a religion other than the Islamic religion brought by Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ will not escape endless torment in the world to come. In our book, the meanings of âyat-i-kerîmas are explained in such terms as “It is purported that...”, “It purports that...”, “It is meant that...”, etc. The meaning of these expressions is “According to the explanation of the scholars of Quranic interpretation (Tafsîr)... .” For, the meanings of âyat-i kerîmas were understood only by Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’, who explained them to his As-hâb. The scholars of Quranic interpretation distinguished these hadîth-i-sherîfs (explaining the âyat-i-kerîmas) from those hadîth-i-sherîfs concocted by munâfiqs, mulhids and zindiqs, who could not find hadîth-i-sherîfs to suit their purposes and so made their own interpretations of âyat-i-kerîmas within the principles of the science of Tafsîr. The interpreations of those religiously ignorant people who know Arabic but who are unaware of the science of Tafsîr are not to be called Tafsîr of the Qur’ân. For this reason, it is stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf: “He who interprets Qur’ân al-kerîm according to his own inferences will become a kâfir.” May Allâhu ta’âlâ bestow on us all the fortune of obeying the master of this world and the next, Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’! May He protect us against believing the erroneous ideas and propagandas of missionaries, especially those heretics called Jehovah’s witnesses! Âmîn.
Noul Testament - varianta crestin-ortodoxa by Stoica Lucian Noul Testament - varianta crestin-ortodoxa by Stoica Lucian Feb. 26, 2012 172822 words Read a sample
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FALL LOVE by Anne Whitehouse FALL LOVE by Anne Whitehouse April 26, 2009 172700 words Read a sample
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Anne Whitehouse was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She graduated from Harvard College and Columbia University. She is the author of The Surveyor’s Hand (poems) and Fall Love (novel). Poems from her series, Blessings and Curses, have appeared widely in journals. Her second novel, Rosalind’s Ring, is set in Birmingham. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. www.annewhitehouse.com
Tasavvufi Ose Mistika Islame by Osman Nuri Topbas Tasavvufi Ose Mistika Islame by Osman Nuri Topbas Feb. 08, 2011 170575 words Read a sample
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Stargate: The Twins by Jon Layne Fisher Stargate: The Twins by Jon Layne Fisher April 02, 2012 169138 words Read a sample
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Brother Jon grew up in a cult in Box Canyon Los Angeles California, which was full of religious nuts, led by a man who claimed to be Christ. In December 1958, at the age of 7, two suicide bombers tried to kill him. Ten people died, including children. Ten years later, in the summer of 1968 Charles Manson joined the cult, and attempted to take control. Manson was evicted after it was learned that he was giving drugs to the kids, and the Manson Family then moved into a nearby canyon. Ten years later, in South America, the Rev. Jimmy Jones murdered 9 former cult members, including the 6 children of the Smith family. At the age of 18 Jon joined the Army, then spent 5 years in college, studying engineering, psychology and computer science. He then began a career in computer programming. Today he is a retired goof-off, with nothing better to do than write science fiction and rant about the incompetent fools in Washington DC.
MISTAH by Norman Savage MISTAH by Norman Savage July 19, 2009 168725 words Read a sample
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I was born into a crazed Jewish family, 1947, and raised in Coney Island. I became a diabetic in 1958 and insulin dependent two years later; five years after that I was to begin what would be a 45 year journey as a junkie, writer, lover, thief, scholar, asshole and idiot to myself and all those I came in contact with. I split from confines of my home early on and, when cutting school, found myself in Greenwich Village where I met and fell in with those also outside the rules of boredom and adopted a lifestyle that deceived me into thinking I could ever really escape myself.
Laird Barron (ology) by Blue Tyson Laird Barron (ology) by Blue Tyson May 16, 2010 166682 words Read a sample
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The Sea is Wide - New Celts from Old Horizons by Donald MacFarlane The Sea is Wide - New Celts from Old Horizons by Donald MacFarlane July 23, 2011 166655 words Read a sample
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From a background in Social Psychology, I took a Masters in Behavioural Research Methods, then a PhD with a focus on Identity Theory. My main interest within the field of genealogy has been to try to identify a way to help fifth generation emigrants to get in touch, through a better understanding of the social history of the early nineteenth century, with their present Atlantic Celt identity.
Dusk by Ashanti Luke Dusk by Ashanti Luke Jan. 06, 2011 166352 words Read a sample
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Ashanti Luke was born in Richmond, Virginia. He studied writing as well as world history and religions at the University of Southern California where he received his Masters degree in writing. For several years, he worked in advertising and the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. Ashanti currently lives in Richmond where he is a professor of English, a personal trainer, and an avid martial artist. Other novels by Ashanti luke: Dusk
Caribbee by Thomas Hoover Caribbee by Thomas Hoover Aug. 19, 2010 166186 words Read a sample
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Live in New York City. Have published nine books. All available from Smashwords or my web site.
Holophany, The Loop of Creation by Clara Szalai Holophany, The Loop of Creation by Clara Szalai Jan. 26, 2011 165030 words Read a sample
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Captivated by the greatest enigmas facing humanity, such as how something can be created from nothing, what is life, what is the mechanism that creates assumptions and beliefs, Clara Szalai was dissatisfied with all the available answers thereto, and consequently, she embarked on the adventure of exploring the structure of our thinking. Since any answer was a statement positing an alleged truth, not unlike any other belief, she decided to challenge the very foundations of scientific, religious and axiomatic beliefs, which led to the discovery of the mechanism of perception – a dynamic logical structure that not only describes, but creates any existence. In her book, Holophany, the Loop of Creation, Clara Szalai elucidates this process with its various tools and implications. Clara Szalai is also the author of The God Maker, a poetic philosophical prose. Besides philosophy and literature, she is passionate about all living creatures.
The Survivors: Book One by Angela White The Survivors: Book One by Angela White Feb. 28, 2012 164564 words Read a sample
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Hello, I'm Angie. Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, lets you and I take a little stroll. There's a story I need to let out of its cage and I think it's one you need to hear. It's about the end of the world as we know it... Little pleases me more than to explore the fantasy, horror, and romance stories that get stuck in my head. Knowing other people also like them is second only to the magic of this new career I've chosen. As a die-hard Cincinnatian, I much prefer writing to the stresses of being a city Taxicab dispatcher. Thank you for making my dreams possible.
The Finding by Nicky Charles The Finding by Nicky Charles Feb. 11, 2011 163269 words Read a sample
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Nicky Charles is an independent writer/publisher who creates stories in her spare time as a means of relaxation. She started writing fanfic for "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" in January of 2009 and wrote her first original, Forever In Time, in August of that year. The Mating and The Keeping and The Finding were her next books, forming a loose trilogy called The Law of the Lycans. She is currently expanding on the Lycan series and hopes to have a new novel out this fall. Nicky lives in Canada and tries to stick to Canadian spelling in her work, in support of her country. When writing, she loves to describe scenes as if she were 'playing a movie in her head." Ms. Charles loves reading, writing (of course), gardening, desserts, dark chocolate, her two cats and taking daytrips. You can contact Nicky Charles at her new website: https://sites.google.com/site/nickycharlesbooks/
Dracula Refanged by Brandy Stoker Dracula Refanged by Brandy Stoker July 24, 2010 162315 words Read a sample
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The Phoenix by Genie D The Phoenix by Genie D Jan. 17, 2010 162240 words Read a sample
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I have been writing for 17 years. I am a genre writer, an author who can write any subject, whether it's Romance, science Fiction, fantasy, thrillers, humor, crime, drama and poetry. I do extensive research to get my locations correct, and my subject matter perfect as I can. I love writing original Scifi the most. I hope you enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoyed writing them.
The Black Knight by SC Allen The Black Knight by SC Allen Jan. 04, 2012 161939 words Read a sample
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Writer of fictions, lover of fantasies... Currently locked away in Astolot Tower working on a number of projects. Most of them may actually be completed, one day! As far as who I am, what events conspired together to form the person I have become through the years of life... I really don't know, truth be told. I like to write - am compelled to write - so I do. Who I am behind the mask, so to speak, is of little consequence, I think.