"About Christmas-Happy Christmas"

[sajeeva rao]

Nenu Christians andariki christmas panduga sandarbhanga christmas shubaakankshalani thelupu thunnanu. Christmas anedi yesu kristhu yokka janma dinamugaa prapanchamantha jarupu kontaru. Aithe Dec-25 th na jesus puttadu anadaniki saraina shakshalu levu. Aayana chalikalamlo puttadu anthe kaani dec-25th ne puttadu anadaniki saraina shakshyalu levu. Christmas oka manchi panduga. Naaku konni doubts unnayi kabbati christian sodarulandarini nenu yi message boardlo aahwanisthunnanu. Christian sodarulekaaka, Hindu, Muslim sodarulukuda christmas gurinchi thelisunte yi message boardlo palugonagalaru. Naa Questions wati answers mee nunchi ashisthunnanu..
<br>1. Christians Yenni rakalu (roman catholic, baptist etc). ? purthi vivaralu thelisina vallu maaku yi message boardlo thelupa galaru?
<br>2. Prapancham Christians maathrame unna country yedi?
<br>Maroka saari christians kandariki naa yokka christmas subhakankshalu. Happy Christmas, Merry Christmas. Enjoy the festival

[sajeeva rao]

Nenadigina pai prashnalaki samadhanalu yevariki theliyada. Christians please help us.

[sajeevarao]

If anybody of you are christians and if you are interested to get gifts from maa t.v Channels (christmas Grandfather) then please send your address to the below address prog@maat.v.com. Christmas thata swayamuga mee yintiki vachi gifts isthadu. Mee addresslu pampadam marachi pokandi.

[tipu]

Hi,Sajeev,U better type in English or Hyderabadi bcos cannot understand even a single word,I think thats case with most of us.

[RatTrap]

dei...ippidi othurukkun puriyama edhavudhu ezhidina enne badil kadekkun? ellarukkun puriyara maari edhvidhu ezhudhu.
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<br>merry christmas to u too...! and take tipu\'s advise!
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[AP]

Sanjeev,
<br>These may be of some help to you. (I got these from the web)
<br>1). The exact day of the Christ\'s birth has never been pinpointed. Traditions say that it has been celebrated since the year 98 AD. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome(pope) ordered the birthday of the Christ Child celebrated as a solemn feast. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas
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<br>2). According to the 1994 \"Britannica Book of the Year,\" there are 1.8 billion Christians in a total world population of 5.5 billion, making it the largest religion worldwide. In America, 241 million out of a total population of 281 million people are Christians -- that\'s 85 percent.
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[Momin]

The Islamic view of Jesus lies between two extremes. The Jews, who rejected Jesus as a Prophet of God, called him an impostor. The Christians1 on the other hand, consider him to be the Son of God and worship him as such. Islam considers Jesus as one of the great Prophets of God and respects him as much as Abraham, Moses and Muhammed. This is in conformity with the Islamic point of view of the oneness of God, the oneness of Divine guidance, and the complimentary role of the subsequent messages of God\'s messengers. The essence of Islam, which is the willing submission to the will of God, was revealed to Adam who passed it on to his children. All following revelations to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and finally Muhammed were in conformity with that message in addition to some elaboration to define the relation between Man and God, man and man, man and his environment, and to live according to God\'s instructions. Thus, any contradiction among revealed religions is viewed by Islam as a man-made element introduced into these religions. The position of Jesus in the three major religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, should not be an exception.
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<br>Although the Qur\'an does not present a detailed life-account of Jesus, it highlights the important aspects of his birth, his mission, and his ascension to heaven and passes judgements on the Christian beliefs concerning him.
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<br>Mary
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<br>The Qura\'nic account of Jesus starts with the conception of his mother, Mary. The wife of Imran, Mary\'s mother, vowed to dedicate her child to the service of God in the temple. Zacharia, who took charge of Mary, used to find food with Mary. When he asked her how she got it she answered that it was from God.
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<br>The Qur\'anic verses reads:
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<br> When the wife of Imran said, \'Lord; I have vowed to you, in dedication, what is within my womb. Please accept it from me, you are the Hearer and knower\'. And when she gave birth to her she said, \'Lord, I have given birth to her, a female... And I have named her Mary and commend her to you with her seed, to protect them from the accursed Satan\'. Her Lord received the child with gracious favour, and by His goodness she grew up comely, Zakariyya (Zachariya) taking charge of her. Whenever Zakariyya went to her in the Sanctuary, he found her provisioned. \'Mary\" he said, \'how comes this to you?\' \'From God\" she answered. Truly God provisions for whomsoever He will without reckoning.
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<br>(Qur\'an 3:35- 7)
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<br>Glad Tidings And Jesus\' Birth
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<br>When Mary became a woman, the Holy Spirit (the Archangel Gabriel) appeared to her as a man bringing her the news of a son. We read the following dialogue in the Qur\'an between Mary and the angels:
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<br> (Remember) When the angels said, \'O Mary, God gives you the glad tidings of a Word from Him whose name is Messiah Jesus, son of Mary; high honoured shall he be in this world and the next, near stationed to God. He shall speak to people in the cradle, and in manhood, and righteous he shall be. She said \"O Lord!, \'how shall I have a son when no men has touched me. \' He said: \"So (it will be) for God creates what He wills.\' When He decrees a thing, He says to it only: \"Be!\'\" and it is\'.
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<br>(Qur\'an 3:45- 7)
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<br>Mary conceived the child miraculously and retired to a distant place where she awaited her delivery. The Qur\'an in a chapter entitled \'Mary\' tells us how Mary felt and what the Jews told her when she brought the child home:
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<br> She conceived him and withdrew with him to a distant place (i.e. Bethlehem valley about 4-6 miles from Jerusalem). And the birth pangs surprised her by the trunk of the palm-tree. She said, \"would I had died before this, and become a thing forgotten.\" The one from below her called to her, \"Do not grieve; see, your Lord has set below you a rivulet. Shake also toward you the palm trunk, and there shall come tumbling upon you dates fresh and ripe. Eat therefore, and drink, and be comforted; and if you should see any mortal say, I have vowed to the All-Merciful a fast, and today I will not speak to any human being.\"
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<br>Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him; and they said, \"Mary, you have surely committed a monstrous thing. Sister of Aaron, your father was not a wicked man, nor was your mother a woman unchaste.\" Mary pointed to the child; but they said, \"How shall we speak to one who is still in the cradle, a little child?\" He (Jesus) said, \"Lo, I am God\'s servant; God has given me the Book and made me a Prophet. Blessed he has made me, wherever I may be; and he has enjoined me to pray, and to give the alms, so long as I live, and likewise to cherish my mother; he has not made me arrogant or wicked. Peace be upon me, the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I am raised up alive.\"
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<br>(Qur\'an 19:22-33)
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<br>Quotations from the Qur\'an
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<br> Say: \'O People of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but God (Alone); that we associate no partners with Him; and that none of us shall take others as Lords, besides God. Then, if they turn away, say: \'Bear witness that we are Muslims\'.
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<br>(Qur\'an 3:64)
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<br> They (Jews, Christians and Pagans) say: \'God has taken to Him a son.\' Glory be to Him. He is all-sufficient; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; you have no authority for this. Do you say against God what you do not know?
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<br>(Qur\'an 10:68)
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<br> People of the Book!
<br>\"O people of the Scripture! (Jews and Christians): Why do you disbelieve in God\'s signs, while you (yourselves) bear witness (to their truth)\"
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<br>(Qur\'an 3:70)
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<br> People of the Book!
<br>\"O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Why do you mix the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth knowingly?\"
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<br>(Qur\'an 3:71)
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[Joseph]

Oh,Islam also has discussion about Jesus,but u say he is prophet and not a son of GOD,as God is one who is one who doesnot have any Father,Mother or Child.Info in Quran is appealing.

[sajeeva rao]

Thankyou AP

[Anu]

hi,
<br>WISH U ALL THE FOLKS OF FULLHYD AMERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
<br>HAVE A NICE DAY N ENJOY!!!

[Tipu]

THE RETURN OF JESUS TO EARTH
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<br>An examination of the verses about Jesus in the Quran indicates that Jesus neither died nor was killed, but he was raised to the presence of Allah. In Surat an-Nisa, it is related that Jesus was not killed but raised to the presence of Allah. The related verse follows:
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<br>And (on account of) their saying, \"We killed the Messiah, \'Isa son of Maryam, Messenger of Allah.\" They did not kill him and they did not crucify him but it was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him. Allah raised him up to Himself. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat an-Nisa: 157-158)
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<br>From what has been related so far, it is clear that Jesus did not die but was raised to the presence of Allah. However, there is one more point that is underlined by the Quran: Jesus will come back to earth. That Jesus will come back to earth towards the end of time is related in another verse 43:61. [detailed references are available in the book related to other verses: 3:45-48; 3:55; 4:157-159].
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<br>Starting from Surat az-Zukhruf: 57, there is reference to Jesus :
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<br>When an example is made of the son of Maryam (\'Isa) your people laugh uproariously. They retort, \"Who is better then, our gods or him?\" They only say this to you for argument\'s sake. They are indeed a disputatious people.
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<br>He is only a slave on whom We bestowed Our blessing and whom We made an example for the tribe of Israel. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 43-59)
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<br>If We wished, We could appoint angels in exchange for you to succeed you on the earth. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 43-60)
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<br>Just after these verses, Allah declares that Jesus is a sign of the Day of Judgment.
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<br>He is a Sign of the Hour. Have no doubt about it. But follow me. This is a straight path. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 43:61)
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<br>Ibn Juzayy says that the first meaning of this verse is that Jesus is a sign or a precondition of the Last Hour. We can say that this verse is a clear indication that Jesus will come back to earth at the end times. That is because Jesus lived six centuries before the revelation of the Quran. Consequently, we cannot interpret his first coming as a sign of the Day of Judgment. What this verse actually indicates is that Jesus will come back to earth towards the end of time, that is to say, during the last period of time before the Day of Judgment and this will be a sign for the Day of Judgment. Allah surely knows the best.
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<br>The Arabic of the verse \"He is a Sign of the Hour\" is \"Innahu la \'ilmun li\'s-sa\'atiÉ\" Some people interpret the pronoun \"hu\" (he) in this verse as the Quran. However, the preceding verses explicitly indicate that Jesus is mentioned in the verse: \"He is only a slave on whom We bestowed Our blessing and whom We made an example for the tribe of Israel\" [1]
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<br>In Sahih Muslim, it is also stated that the Hadith in which it is said that the Prophet Jesus will descend amongst people at the end of time have reached the degree of being mutawatir, i.e. narrated by so many people in each generation that it is not possible to have any doubt of their authenticity, and that it is counted as one of the major signs of the Day of Rising. (Sahih Muslim, 2/58)
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<br>Hudhayfah ibn Usayd al-Ghifari said, \"The Messenger of Allah (saas) came to us all of a sudden as we were (busy in a discussion). He said: \'What are you discussing?\' We said: \'We are discussing the Last Hour.\' Thereupon he said: \'It will not come until you see ten signs before it\' - and (in this connection) he made mention of the smoke, the Dajjal, the beast, the rising of the sun from the west, the descent of \'Isa the son of Maryam, Yajuj and Majuj, and landslides in three places, one in the east, one in the west and one in Arabia at the end of which fire will burn forth from the Yemen, and drive people to the place of their assembly.\" (Sahih Muslim)
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[jammer]

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<br>thank you tipu ustaad, good job.
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