Is it Allah and His Verses and His Messenger That You Were Mocking? #TribuneInsultsQuran
Express Tribune Mocks Holy Scriptures in an Attempt to Promote Valentine’s Day
“Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?” (Al Qur’an 9:65)
In a time when the life of a human has lesser value than money, the concept of faith, hope, belief and justice has lost meaning. For most of us, what is presented to the eye, is what is true, as our minds have given up the imperative act of judgment and fallen victim to false facts being fed to us coated in palatable flavors.
This comes with a rather sour pill to swallow, when belief; that is supposedly meant to strengthen a crumbling wall of hope, is instead mocked and jested with the aid of a media that already waits like a bald vulture ready to attack and pull it’s bits to shreds.
Islam, the faith that makes the liberal class of our country rather cringe in displeasure, is facing a direct attack this time:
It was only the 14th of February when the Tanzeem Organization thoughtfully came up with billboards highlighting the mere fact that Valentine’s is not only unIslamic, but also defies the concept of haya i.e. honor; for both, men and women; an element that plays a vital role in the Islamic society. The billboards only reflected solid verses from the Holy Qur’an and authentic Ahadith that in point of fact did not require any further argument.
But ETribune could not stand the sight of these simplistic banners, used by an organization to peacefully present its message pertaining the aspirations of a wide majority of the country. ETribune abetted a lady in her scheme to dishonor the very basis of sanity and civility of our nation, i.e. our faith and the Book that solidifies it, in her wild craving for a despicable form of love.
The lady resorted to a rather ineffective attempt to mock the words of Allah SWT and his Prophet by printing cheesy ”pyaar honey dey” remarks and standing right next to the billboards reflecting the verses, but in her misknowing she has by large committed an act of sacrilege to our faith, and a crime not to be allowed under any circumstances.
These are the iyah’s she posed in front of:
Al Qur’an:
And if you ask them, they will surely say, “We were only conversing and playing.” Say, “Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?”
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you – We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
[9:65-66]
Valentine’s is rather less important a mission to spread in the name of love; as what matters most is respect, which is being deliberately lost here; respect which has become hard to breed in a society that has already disintegrated to a level, such that it mocks it’s own Holy Book; thanks to the likes of the Express Tribune.
A rather disappointing stance that makes one wonder, what were the reasons for such infidelity? The answer that comes to me is, feeding the Desperation of a cheated-upon nation with false hope.
“Indeed, the Qur’an is a decisive statement, And it is not amusement.”[86:13-14]
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Sabeen Mehmood is not to blame, If the texts were so sacred then Tanzeem should have thought twice before displaying them in public
wow,” if the text were so sacred” do u have any doubt in it? secondly that lady is just doing exactly what the quran is saying that disbelievers will do, i.e mocking and making of fun of Allah’s verses.
And why do you right-wingers put up these banners if you are not mentaly prepared to hear a counter arguement??
we are prepared to hear the counter arguments, u can counter argue with the so called right wingers but standing right in front of quranic verse with the”counter argument” u r actually arguing with Allah.
Get a life sh*t-for-brains.
Were she really presenting the counter argument? Man! Get a life… Where that ‘logical’ argumentation was gone for her? What else is mocking if not this is… May be you’r only defending her to get some Lucifer’s brownie points
I’m just hoping that the Taliban take over Pakistan….. after all, more and more of you want to regress into Arabia circa 700 ad !!
Is there a social page of her we could reach her and reprimand?
This is insane. All the poster even says is to let Valentines Day happen. At least take her picture off, she’s not even on it, would you rather she get killed over this?
A valentine day is the most vulgar, dirty, despicable, degraded and napak paleed ideology of the west.
A valentine day asks women and men of all ages to form sexual relationships; it promote free sex among masses of ordinary people.
A valentine day promotes GAYS/LASBIANS to come out of the cupboards and display their sexual acts in public openly and freely, just like it is happening in Islamic county Pakistan, men holding other men’s hands, cuddling each other, displaying their prostitute behaviours on the streets, mohals and galias.
Where are those so called molvies and mullahs and imams to stop this filth that is spread by those western slaves, the protectors of anglo-saxon constitutions, ideologies, judiciary and their courts???????
Where are those Muslimeen of Islamic Pakistan to protect our country from outsider’s filthy ways???
SHAME ON ALL OF US; WE HAVE ALLOWED SUCH FILTH AS SHIT VALENTINE SHIT DAY IN OUR VALUED SUM STATE KNOWN AS PAKISTAN.
….and you wonder why you will never get laid !!
[...] It took only a few minutes for Paknationalists to notice and become outraged. See details here. [...]
I think she is Qadiani
You have mistranslated the meaning of the word “Haya” which is not “honor” but “modesty”. Do not mislead your readers; this is a huge sin. Also, you are trying to smear a very upright member of society by insinuating that she has “gone against the Quran” with her actions. Have you forgotten the words of the Quran: “There is no compulsion in religion”? Shame on you for trying to stir up trouble and incite violence. I hope that legal action is taken against your attempts to slander and defame.
yes there is no compulsion in islam , but this lady is making fun of Allah’s verses she can stand anywhere else with all her posters andd she can promote the valentines day why to stand right infront of Quranic verses and denying them
You stupid Paki arselifters are all insane. Just look at how mad you are! LOL
azizon
islam mazhab e fitrat hai. islam east aur west donon ka mazhab hai. amn, insaniyat kii azmat, khalq e khuda se muhabbat, islam ki pehchaan hein.
achha akhlaaq tho zaroori hai hee, doosron se bartao mein muhabbat ka izhar hona hee chahiyye. is ke baad agar aap kahen Pyaar Honay De, tho is mein koi masla nahin hai, na Valentine’s Day mein koi masla hai
Agar kisi ko masla hai tho us mulla ko jo apni derh eenth ki masjid jamana chahta hai, aur hamari zindagi pe apna asar barhana chahta hai. In mein ab tho taliban jese barbariat bharay logon ka asar zyada ho raha hai.
Is liye ba adab tariqe seh in sab ko bhaga day. Aur apni zindagi aap jiyo. aur Pyaar Honay De.
Shukria
Democratic Country with full rights of speech. What happened to it??? Muslims cannot accept existence of others among them??? Is this what we are ?? If this is so, then it is better to not be a muslim country. Live and let live is the call of the day, not live how I want you to live your life. If this is the case then sooner than later, time is coming when some other force will rule Pakistan and these so called champions of islam will run for their life or be buried down under. We dont want that either, so let live and let others live. Do not interfere in others faith and others will not interfere in yours. This way you will be allowed to live to tell stories to your children and grandchildren. Your call, how you want your islam to behave.
Mr. Shahid
a simple word for your type of ppl is “Baffon”… here the point is not live or be lived… the point is “R” “E” “S” “P” “E” “C” “T”.. that is RESPECT… Chalo let me Misbehave with one of your most loved one… that must be your Mother or Father and then lets see how you will spare me or even let me live… get your facts right Mister… with out RESPECT no community can sustain… May Allah have mercy on you and Give you Eeman strong enough to Love atleast ALLAH and His Messenger (SAWW)…
It is spelt “Bafoon”, not baffon. Thanks for advice but these so called champions of islam must be eliminated and sooner the better. Islam is not some mentally diseased persons personal property whose self made distorted version of islam then can be imposed on any other person just because this mentally retarded diseased person wants it so. Respect is basic, and the magic word. Part with it to earn it. If one does not respect others and expects others to follow the guidelines dictated by them, then conflict with resolution after flow of blood is the outcome.Time has come for a headon collision, and initially it may look that these diseased bearded animals are progressing, but watch closely, resentment and will to protect life will overpower these mentally diseased individuals. Islam is not something which on whims and fancy of some will win or lose its dignity. Islam is way above all this. It is time for you to teach proper and correct Islam as written in the Holy Quran to your son Ammar before it is too late and he is kidnapped by these bearded animals and made into a mentally retarded zombie. Take care and read with meaning if you dont know arabic. you will be amazed of the results.
Actually it is spelt “buffoon”, but please go on..I agree with the rest of your post..
Then why don’t give same freedom to Talibans or Mumtaz Qadri to exercise their freedom by killing others?
Give same freedom to Mumtaz Qadri?
first thing ET staffers are muslims , so above lines are about their acts and words not non-muslim’s words / acts . . .
2ndly at the moment center leftist regime is ruling Pakistan not Mullahs or Talibans . . . during this tenure thousands of killings taken place but PPP shamelessly and continously keep on saying they will again come to Ruin rest of Pakistan completely . . .
3rd thing is that all ET and Dawn staff Safma jourons are alive yet (all are from elite class) but rest of innocents are being killed at Karachi , Quetta , Fata and at border , they should go for their safety first then after completion they can celebrate valentine day with every guy every day .
in the last Quranic verses are not for pasting at this type of filth , they should at least try to ask the meaning of Quran even from any liberal , secular scholar (Dr Hoodbhoy best option) because they themselves not familiar with arabic language. More on Quranic Language and context and content.
Thanks
So? What the author want us to do? Give her 1000 lashes, keep her as concubine for 10 years, amputate her, cut her throat or hang her in an Islamabad street?
The problem here is, the person who took the picture, the author who wrote this article, the persons who publish the same – it is they who are spreading the extremism by spreading a small (if at all a) mistake and stoke hatred among the general public!
If at all what that lady did is wrong, if no one bothered, it ends with her. But now these people by publishing it as if a big issue, make a mountain out of a mole and force the entire country boil and create death and destruction in the name of Islam.
Who is against Islam? That lady or these people?
She has committed blasphemy which is glorified by Express Tribune.
ET has past record of such indecencies, they mock beard, mumtaz qadri et cetera and now this. Liberal fascists should b treated with iron hand, and this madness against religion on slightest excuses should end. That’s what author want u to realise.
These filthy, lice filled, bacterial mentally diseased bearded persons in Pakistan must be eliminated at sight. People like these fanatical mind radicals need to be put under ground in bodybags, the sooner the better. Pakistan does not need this kind of religion which has been hijacked by these criminals with long and longer and longer dirty filthy worms infested beards. Time is coming to get rid of this diseased persons, and soon it will happen. Its matter of time.
INSHAALLAH
Dear Shahid Sahib,
It is really interesting to know your mentality when you put such an amazing combination of words against bearded people. It is extremely sad to know that you put every bearded man in such a category. You should have thought for a minute that it is the sunnah of the Prophet(sw) and solely for his love we follow this specific sunnah. We have nothing to do with violence or radicalism of any sort. We too are pakistanis with the same right to live peacefully like you do. Furthermore a muslim is someone who is known by his tongue, so before you share your frustration over a public forum think about what our Prophet (sw) taught us about how we should speak. Be careful you are representing Islam on an international forum.
There are radical elements no doubt but many many of these people were ordinary citizens like you till their houses started getting bombarded with drones and family members killed. I do not remember such an immense amount of radicalism / violence in our society pre-9/11. There are good and bad people in every society, rather than putting everyone in the same bandwagon you should rather open up your mind and accept the fact that Pakistan houses all sorts of people.
I hope you will treat this comment in a positive way and do some self reflection before spreading such hatred here.
May Allah (swt) guide us all.
Jazak’Allah,
you’d be cursed INSHAALLAH. just wait and keep on talking like this. i wouldn’t want for a guy like you to be forgiven whereas it’s not in my hands , certainly ALLAH has the power but light is for those who seek for it. we know who you guys are, just wait and see. you are a damn fool coz you don’t realize that this world is ending soon IA , and who would you bring forth to speak to ALLAH? you think ur valentine’d be there for you. if u kept on doing this than i can guarantee INSHAALLAH , you’d end up in hell, along with your valentines and obscene INSHAALLAH. and i’d be happy to see that happening coz u didn’t believe in the words of ALLAH so u deserve it sure
At this time what we can clearly see and ALHUMDULILLAH i do believe it myself with all my heart , is that sign of resurrection days are certainly and by no doubt , to be fulfilled. one of those signs is that a time would come when your very own people would put ISLAM, the religion chosen by the CREATOR,ALLAH SWT behind on things that are just going to be in existence till this world is , making them just temporary and you don’t even take a moment to think that u are going against the ONE and ONLY ALLAH, who has created you and can take your life whenever ALLAH Wills. ALLAH is the creator of every thing and yet you all know that. but still i wonder how could you even think or try to fight for a day that actually spreads nothing but obscene, with the Words of our CREATOR, ALLAH. just do one thing, think for a second that we wouldn’t be here if ALLAH swt Didn’t want us to be. that makes us obliged to thank ALLAH for creating us and we cant thank ALLAH if we did it for our whole life for what ALLAH swt did for us or have for us in JANNAH. lemme tell u one thing, these guys against islam, are just part of a lobby who is there to confuse readers and spread chaos. Would you like valentines days for your sister or your daughter?. A Muslim wont for sure but we have a lot of them around us who wouldn’t mind it , showing us ALHUMDULILLAH that with no doubt are the words of ALLAH HAQQ(true) Guys just pray that ALLAH keeps you in HIS good book, ALLAH can take care of guys like these. they wont stop doing or being so. We can refer to SURAH KAFIROON in this case. they won’t listen to you but we still pray that they do, Ameen.
P:S : The world Will end INSHAALLAH , they will know what they said and they won’t have a chance INSHAALLAH.
I think everyone completely missed the point of the article. its not so much concerned with the woman wuth the sign but the fact that EXPRESS TRIBUNE is mocking the Quran by publishing the story.
@shahid
i dont know if uve ever even stepped foot in pakistan not all bearded people with long beards are evil -_- just like not all shaved ppl are good.
321, you are a good person, polite and decent. I respect you for that as you are one of the few whom we can communicate with. Ready to listen and debate their point of view, not scream rape under the banner of blasphemy everytime somebody even makes an honest mistake. I am a Pakistani and yes, in Pakistan, and yes very highly educated with double masters from overseas. I am not emotional young blood, but almost the age of my country. I love it too much and am seeing it being destroyed by these champions of so called islam, not my ISLAM, their hijacked twisted and torn apart religion called islam, which I do not accept and neither will allow to be imposed on me and my people. My ISLAM is not so weak that one occasion of valentines day will damage it beyond repair. Thinking of such nature show tremendous insecurity, illiterate approach, mullah mindset and ignorance of the teachings of my ISALM. I am sure there may be some bearded fellows who may listen to arguments and may not be fully converted into zombies yet. Most of these bearded fellows have their brains transferred to between their legs and cannot think beyond that. Newspapers are there to project public doings and happenings, which are called news. Blaming a newspaper for bringing good or bad news, you may not like it or you may like it, to you. It is up to the readers to judge and learn from it, not destroy it.
ure actually missing the whole point. its not that one day of valentines day will destroy ur islam. its the fact that traitorous news organizations are trying to REMOVE islam from pakistan. they want us to give up islam. if u say “oh let them do it, its not harming anyone” then it will be ur downfall and that of ur descendants as well. today we allow valentines day to occur. tomorrow it will be alcohol. eventually islam will be gone. if u love islam and ur country u would be well advised to take action and stop this nonsense b4 its too late.
It’s hilarious to see how retarded people can get. It’s a mockery to the verse. Freedom of speech today is a piss poor excuse to go about saying anything. I Don’t know which ‘wing I am on, or which left, right, in between side this is, but tribune shame on your ignorance. Be civilized and not scoop to a new low everyday.
shame on you express turbine… this newspaper is only promoting secularism
Freedom Of Speech
When u attack Black people, they call it racism.
When u attack Jewish people, they call it anti-semetism.
When u attack women, they call it sexism.
When u attack homosexuality, they call it intolerance.
When u attack ur Country, they call it treason.
When u attack a religious sect, they call it hate.
But when u attack the Quran or Any Islamic Point of View, they call it FREEDOM of SPEECH ?
Sahem on This
Shame on them.
Isn’t that liberal extremism?