'They will ask you about the spirit. Say, "The spirit is atthe behest of your Lord. You have been given only a little knowledge.

'The living go on and the dead do not.' ... Allah! What an extraordinary expression and what an even stranger position to take. When somebody dies, our sorrow and tears, our weeping and mourning soon cease. The funeral rites, the Thursday ceremony and fmally the forty-day ceremony are held and then all is forgotten. We say to ourselves, 'The living go on and the dead do not,' and put the dead person out of
mind on the premise that he is dead and at rest. We forget or pretend to forget that he is in fact in even greater need of us than the living. He faces the future all alone, hidden away in the domain of the earthworms, buried under the earth in a desolate grave. He was in the light and now he is in darkness. He was surrounded by beauty and spaciousness and now he is enclosed in narrowness and gloom. He was in bliss and he now is in tormen.

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The Journey of Death

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The lofty rank and high station eemaan possesses is not something obscure, as it in unquestionably, the most important duty as well as being the most imperative of all obgligations. It is also the greatest and most glorious of them. All the good in the world and the Hereafter is dependant upon the presence of eemaan and on its soundness and integrety. It is within this context, that those certain fold embarked upon and competed with each other in directing their attention to trying to actualise and fulfil eemaan. Since, the Muslim, to whom Allaah grants success, his concern for his eemaan is greater than any other concern he may have \u2013 and this must be so. When this became evident to the Pious Predecessors of this nation, the first and best of this ummah, their concern for their eemaan was very eminent and the attention they gave to it was enormous. They, (may Allaah be pleased and have mercy upon them) used to tend to their eemaan, inspect their actions, and give each other advice."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":2947,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"10":1,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":3355443}}">The lofty rank and high station eemaan possesses is not something obscure, as it in unquestionably, the most important duty as well as being the most imperative of all obligations. It is also the greatest and most glorious of them. All the good in the world and the Hereafter is dependant upon the presence of eemaan and on its soundness and integrity. It is within this context, that those certain fold embarked upon and competed with each other in directing their attention to trying to actualise and fulfil eemaan. Since, the Muslim, to whom Allaah grants success, his concern for his eemaan is greater than any other concern he may have and this must be so. When this became evident to the Pious Predecessors of this nation, the first and best of this ummah, their concern for their eemaan was very eminent and the attention they gave to it was enormous. They, (may Allaah be pleased and have mercy upon them) used to tend to their eemaan, inspect their actions, and give each other advice.</span></p>
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Causes Behind the Increase and Decrease of Eemaan (Faith)

Noor Islamic and Cultural Community Center was founded in 1990 by a group of Afghan immigrants of Contra Costa County of Northern California. The Noor Islamic and Cultural Community Center, which was initially called The Afghan Islamic Community Center, started operating in its current location, a commercial building at 1545 Monument Boulevard # 4 in Concord. One of the Afghan immigrants, Mr. Saleh Assad, who was a real estate agent, found this building and leased it to the center. Because there were not a lot of Afghan immigrants in the city of Concord and its neighboring cities at that time, the building, a two room office suite on the second floor of a commercial property, was large enough to perform daily prayers, offer language (Dari/Farsi courses), and Islamic teaching classes. Two Afghan immigrants, Mr. Mohammad Mujadidi and Mohammad Aref Pas Yusoufi, accepted the responsibility to lead the operation of the center; however, the day to day activities and operation of the center were run by a group of Afghan seniors and scholars that included Mr. Sayed Tajuddin Khan, Dr. Rawan Farhadi, Mr. Khodadad Karzai, Senator Abdul Qudus Khan, Dr. Fazel Ahmad Abdeyani, Mr. Mohammad Hashim Azizi, Haji Abdul Shukur Khan, and Haji Noor Mohammad Khan, and other respected Afghan community members. Haji Noor Mohammad Khan, in whose honor we have renamed the center, was the first priest (Imam) of the center. He consistently and continuous kept the center open for five daily prayers. In addition to performing daily prayers and holding language and Islamic teaching classes, the center also facilitated memorial ceremonies of deceased Afghans and recitation of the holy Quran during the month of Ramadan. The educational responsibilities of the center were handled by Mr. Mahmood Zekreya (principal), and the instructors such as Dr. Rawan Farhadi, Sayed Raqib Agha, Dr. Farid Yonus, and Mr. Nahem Shohab.
Since the number of Afghan and Moslem immigrants grew larger in the city of Concord and in Contra Costa County and the capacity and location of the center at 1545 Monument Boulevard in Concord was not very convenient for everyone, a group of the Afghan immigrants rented another place, close to where they lived, to perform their religious and cultural ceremonies.
After two years, Mr. Mohammad Mujadi and Mr. Mohammad Aref Pas Yusoufi released the responsibility of the center to Mr. Khodadad Karzai. Mr. Khodadad Karzai accepted the responsibility of the center because of the popular demand and collective vote of the center members. The center performed its ordinary functions such as the daily prayers, language and Islamic classes, etc. However, the center did not have any official recognition. The center did not have bylaws, board of directors, responsible officials, and state and federal non-profit organization status. As a result of these irregularities and lack of vision for the future generations of the Muslims in Concord and surrounding cities, the center lost members and the language classes and other cultural activities gradually ceased.
Because of health issues, Mr. Khodadad Karzai has not been able to run the center for the past several years. A group of Afghan community volunteers, such as Haji Mohammad Yusouf Khan, Mr. Mohammad Azam Khan, Haji Mohammad Nasim Khan, Mr. Mohammad Musa Azimi, Mr. Beryalai Shaghasi, and Dr. Fazel Ahmad Abdeyani have been able to keep the center open. In April of 2011, the center recruited Dr. Mohammad Sedique Popal to be the president of the center and to make the center once again active and useful to the Islamic communities in the Bay Area. Under Dr. Sedique Popal’s leadership, the center has drafted and approved bylaws, it has an executive board of directors who are elected every year, and it has a board of trustees who are elected every seven years. Furthermore, the center has once again been able to attract more members and offers Dari, Pashto, and Fundamentals of Islam classes. Currently, there are more than 30 students who come every Sunday and learn to read and write Dari/Farsi, Pashto, and attend principles of Islam classes in the center. The students end their lessons by performing the afternoon prayers in the center. In addition the Center is a California nonprofit tax exempt religious corporation in good standing under applicable Federal and California laws. Under Dr. Popal’s leadership and direction, the Center has retained a qualified professional accounting firm to support all of the Center’s operations, reporting and compliance needs. Donations to the Center are tax-deductible under United States and California law. The Center’s Federal Employee Identification Number is 27-334924, Noor Islamic and Cultural Community Center, Inc., 4035 Treat Boulevard, Concord, California 94518.

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