woooooooo.
The 99 attributes of Allah have been personified by comicbook characters for young muslims (Arabic culture influences them, of course, since the creator of the comics is an Arab).
I’m pretty open-minded about these things, but there is something really sacreligious about personifying Allah’s names with humanoid characters.
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Kuwaities have done it once again...
when will they learn
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There’s nothing wrong…The attributes of Allah :swt: have meanings too…So like, one of the names of Allah :swt: is Al-Jabbar, Jabbar means the powerful…
Using Jabbar as a name for a superhero is not blasphemous at all…
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true, but i still find it disturbing what he is doing and the approval of Kuwaities Officials.
Attributing names of Allah to mythical characters is something i believe unacceptable. There are far better options on how to teach the kids. As far as i can see is that through this comic, kids will learn nothing or very little that has to do with islam;
side note: Gov’t of Kuwait, have many issues regarding Islam(PM me if you would like to know).
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true, but then there are many names of Allah which are exclusive for Him only. For eg, Al Manaan or Al Alim or Al Mutakabir etc.
Now if you’d give these names and attributes to other people that would be a case of Shirk in Al Asmaa wal Sifaat.
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Think of the thosands or so hindu gods each having their own attributes and functions. Wont be surprised if that started by something similar to this. Wont be surprised if 100 years down the lane you have a sect of muslims worshipping statues of these superheroes in their living rooms and mosques.
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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Jabbar, etc. attributes are for ALLAH only and if you market a superhero with jabbar as named after one of the 99 names of Allah, then you run a risk for people to start worshipping it like pre islamic people did. It all starts from a picture.... to a statue and on.
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I read a few lines here and there, but that's about it. Don't think it's a good idea and I agree with the reasoning of those negating the idea. Allah's (SWT) names are exclusive to Him (SWT) and there are far better methods of teaching/memorising them rather than turning it into a comic book. This could turn into something very serious and dangerous in the future (as mentioned by another member), God forbid.
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If you read the whole article, there are only 70 characters which the guy plans on making…So I doubt he’ll use names of Allah :swt: like Al-Mutakabbir (The Proud)…
As for names being used, Manaan and Alim were both friends of mine…So if we use these names for humans (who really might have bad characters) so why not for fictional heroes?
As for the 99 being mentioned, PCG has misquoted the whole article…The 99 mentioned are actually 99 gems hidden in Basra and Baghdad of which these guys are defenders…
And not all names of the characters are based on Allah :swt:'s names…Like Dr. Razem or Rughal…
Nah…I don’t think he’d do that…
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Lajawab, thanks for the clarification. I never read the article in detail. Therefore, my apologies to everyone.
In any case, I still feel there must be other methods out there to educate the Muslim kids about the names and attributes of Allah (SWT).
Also, if Manaan and Alim are the names of Allah (SWT). Then I believe 'Abdul' must be attached before the names in order to make them appropriate.
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so whats new!
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Bilkul sahih
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noora, rughal, mumita, razim etc r not the names of Allah....
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As for names being used, Manaan and Alim were both friends of mine...So if we use these names for humans (who really might have bad characters) so why not for fictional heroes?
Al Mannan means the One who recalls His favors on his subjects. No one else has the right to do this.
Al-Alim means The All Knowing.
These attributes are exclusive to Allah alone.
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^^
Al-Manaan and Manaan and Al-Alim and Alim have different connotations...
Like I can say, Sharaabi is an Alim, which would have different connotation as to where I say Sharaabi is Al-Alim...
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very much like captain planet getting a new shape, captain planet was based in the greek philisophy of the creation of earth with the four elements, and they are portraying the earth to be protected by the God's characteristics. Its from Arab region, so they are using Arab names.
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Yeah, I don't think the characters hold the names of Allah. Rather, in their personality, they embody a characteristic. Just like you or I might be a "guide" in nature, but Allah's name is ultimately Al-Hadi, or THE Guide.
I skimmed too fast through the article myself, so I am not sure if that's how it is.
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you are so friggin true about that!!!
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Laj, my friend! Why do you think there is always an ABDUL before using such names?
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abdul is not the right word....
the word is ABD-AL-____ , so when u use words with AL, u need to have ABD before it....
like u can have someone called nafe'a, but not al-nafe'a....
it has to be abd-al-nafe'a (commonly written as abdul nafe'a) but it cannot be abd nafe'a....