In our own country, South Africa, the Zulus, a very virile and militant people - a nation akin to the Qureish of pre-Islamic Arabia - have given a name to God Almighty - uMvelinqangi. This word when properly articulated in its own dialect, sounds identical to the Arabic word Walla-hu-gani, meaning - And Allah is Rich (Bounteous). It also sounds like Allegany of the Red Indians of North America. The origin or real meaning of the word Allegany, is not commonly known to the American people. But ask any Zulu as to who is this uMvelinqangi is and he will surely explain to you in Zulu: Hawu Mnumzane! Uyena uMoya oyiNgcwele. Akazali Yena, futhi akazalwanga; futhi akukho lutho olufana Naye. Believe me, this is almost a word to word translation os Surah Iklas, Chapter 112 of the Holy Koran; Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal Absolute; He Begetteth not, nor is He begotten: And there is none unto Him And each and every African language group will take pains to explain the same pure and holy concept as the Zulu./ Not a single one of the tribes even stooped down to worshiping idols of images of either of men or animals, until the White man first introduced his religion and gave the African his anthropomorphic concept of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost, and brought the African down to bow before the statues of Jesus, Mary, St. Joseph, St. Christopher and so on. Out of the dozens of African tribes inhabiting this part of the world, not a single one of them ever made Umfanekiso (image) of their God. Yet they were capable of carving out of wood elephants and lions, and reproducing men and women also in clay. Besides, the Zulus also had some knowledge of metallurgy. When questioned an old Zulu as to the reason, why the Africans did not make Imifanekiso (images) of their Gods, he replied, How could we make images of Him (God Almighty) when we know that He is not a man, He is not a monkey, or an elephant or a snake: He is not like anything we can think of or imagine. He is a pure and Holy Spirit. #Sheikh_Ahmed_Deedat
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 09:58:47 +0000
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