Guest guest Report post Posted October 1, 2005 http://www.saivaneri.org/saiva-velalla-or-saiva-pillai-food-culture.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted December 15, 2005 <table bgcolor="#ffffcc" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%"><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2">The Qur'an itself demonstrates the limitation of this particular description when the community of believers in Islam had increased in number and established itself at Madinah. After the Makkan period, the Qur'an never uses this term again to depict the companions in Paradise. After Madinah, it describes the companions of Paradise in generic terms, </font><font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana" size="2">'For those who keep from evil, with their Lord are Gardens underneath which rivers flow, and pure 'azwaj' and contentment from Allah.' (3:15)</font><font color="#000080" face="Verdana" size="2">. Keeping in mind my arguments about the generic use of certain terms, 'believers' here are either male or female, especially as the term 'azwaj' is used for both in the Quranic Arabic.</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
