Which came first the chicken or the egg? :-D My speculation.

The chicken. I will support my statement with the following verses:
1.) Allah created Adam (saws) from clay and not from any parents.
"Behold! thy Lord said to the angels: "I am about to create man, from sounding clay from mud moulded into shape;" ~ Surah Al Hijri Ayat 28.

Creating Abi Adam (infinite saws) from sperm would have required an egg. That did not happen, but, he was created from moulded sounding clay. To say that the egg came first would be like saying that Adam was created from sperm and an egg, which he wasn't.
2.) When the Messiah (infinite saws) created a bird by the leave of Allah, he formed it from clay and did not use stem cells (cloning); nor 2 parent chickens; nor does the scriptures say that Nabi Isa formed an egg from the clay.
"And (appoint him) an apostle to the Children of Israel, (with this message): "’I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by God’s leave: And I heal those born blind, and the lepers, and I quicken the dead, by God’s leave; and I declare to you what ye eat, and what ye store in your houses. Surely therein is a Sign for you if ye did believe;" ~ Surah Al Imran Ayat 49
3.) In the 6 days that Allah used to create the world...Allah did not use the clay to form an egg, as that would have required that an existing chicken sit on it to keep it warm. The animals were created on the 5th day. "20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind." 21 So God created great sea creatures and every sort of fish and every kind of bird. And God saw that it was good. 22 Then God blessed them, saying, "Let the fish multiply and fill the oceans. Let the birds increase and fill the earth." 23 This all happened on the fifth day. 24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth every kind of animal -- livestock, small animals, and wildlife." And so it was. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to reproduce more of its own kind. And God saw that it was good." ~ Genesis 1
It appears that they were animals first and not the seeds of the animals first. Allah created the animals first and then gave them the ability to reproduce more of its own kind. Allah gives us the answers to many (if not all) complex questions in the Divine Words from Himself.

The joyful laughter and singing of brides and bridegrooms...

When Allah intends to punish or destroy a people an interesting phenomenon (or Sunnah of the Lord), that typically went with that, seems to be:

Jeremiah 7:34: “34 I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.”
Isaiah 24:7: “7 All the joys of life will be gone. The grape harvest will fail, and there will be no wine. The merrymakers will sigh and mourn.”
Jeremiah 16:9: “For the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.”
Jeremiah 25:10: “I will take away your happy singing and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard. Your businesses will fail, and all your homes will stand silent and dark.”
Isaiah 16:10: “Gone now is the gladness; gone is the joy of harvest. The happy singing in the vineyards will be heard no more. The treading out of grapes in the winepresses has ceased forever. I have ended all their harvest joys.”

This was/is apparently a sunnah of Allah that is not limited just to the Israelites, but is something that Allah practiced with the neighboring nations, as well. The question becomes do I wish to see something like this...or, more accurately, do I wish to have this misfortune befall myself. The answer is an emphatic, “No.”. Thus, it becomes necessary to approach Allah (swt) for forgiveness and protection from such a day. The next question becomes, “Why is it that wine makes for merriment? And is it necessary any more to find merriment through wine?” What I have left out above are the wrongs that the Israelites had done to make themselves worthy of this misfortune. This loss of laughter and singing is, obviously, viewed in light of why the Prophets Jeremiah and Isaiah had been sent and the collective charges that were brought against the Israelites, by Allah through these Prophets. "The dhikr (singing or celebration of His Praises and the glorification of Him) of Allah is the Greatest thing in life." ~ Holy Quran. Some branches of Islam have placed a prohibition on music (they do not find joy through it anymore, but, they delight in the Word of God), however, some like myself take a moderate view on music...too much of it is hell, but, a measure of it is pleasureble, still yet, others listen to as much music as they want in Islam. There is an absolute prohibition on the consumption of alcohol and intoxicant-drugs in Al-Islam. The only wine that is permissable is the wine of Paradise. There is obviously more that can be said about excesses, over-indulgences, addictions, etc. in song and wine and laughter, which I did not mention here.

Contrast this with:

Isaiah 61:10: “10 I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels.”
Isaiah 62:5: “5 Your children will care for you with joy, O Jerusalem, just as a young man cares for his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.” (Keep in mind that Masjidul Aqsa which is one of Islam's holiest sites is in Jerusalem, also.)

To continue along the lines of the above mentioned about whether it is necessary, anymore, to find joy through wine...the same question can be asked as to whether it is necessary to derive joy through singing. I would deduce from this that they were singing the praises of Allah (swt) in the true form of this picture...but, just as with today there were poets and lyricists that may have taken the subject of song compositions away from the praises and glorification of Allah (swt). Joy is found in the Words of God and through the remembrance of Him and His (swt) many names.

Alcohol, Wine, Drug Intoxicants should not be consumed

1.) Isaiah 5:11 Destruction is certain for you who get up early to begin long drinking bouts that last late into the night.
2.) Proverbs 20:1 Wine produces mockers; liquor leads to brawls. Whoever is led astray by drink cannot be wise.
3.) Proverbs 23:29 Who has anguish? Who has sorrow? Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining? Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? 30 It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns, trying out new drinks. 31 Don't let the sparkle and smooth taste of wine deceive you. 32 For in the end it bites like a poisonous serpent; it stings like a viper. 33 You will see hallucinations, and you will say crazy things. 34 You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea, clinging to a swaying mast. 35 And you will say, "They hit me, but I didn't feel it. I didn't even know it when they beat me up. When will I wake up so I can have another drink?"
4.) Proverbs 31:6 Liquor is for the dying, and wine for those in deep depression.
5.) Alcohol and drug use even if used for a short period of time, like one year, could set a person back 30 yrs; 40 yrs and even a lifetime, in terms of academics, career, sports, friends, family, and self realization.
6.) It is not good to let your children see their parents engaging in drug and alcohol use in the home or in public. Thus, it is necessary to teach children not to use drugs and alcohol, from an early age, and supplement those lessons with the parents examples, of abstinence, in the home and in life.
7.) And one of the last reasons that I should not use alcohol is because I already have 16 years without a drop of alcohol use and only 1 beer in 20 years (I think it was 1 Becks Dark).
THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become
unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to
sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature
of our wrongs.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do
so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly
admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with
God, as we understood Him.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to
carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our
affairs.
CopyrightA.A. World Services, Inc.Rev.5/9/02
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"Verily Allah proves true Al Haqq (The Reality) be the Kalimat (The Word)." ~ Holy Quran 42:24

Pork, Swine, Hog, Pigs, Boars should not be eatten

1.) Isaiah 66:17 "Those who 'purify' themselves in a sacred garden, feasting on pork and rats and other forbidden meats, will come to a terrible end," says the LORD.
2.) Matthew 8:28 "When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the land of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so dangerous that no one could go through that area. 29 They began screaming at him, "Why are you bothering us, Son of God? You have no right to torture us before God's appointed time!" 30 A large herd of pigs was feeding in the distance, 31 so the demons begged, "If you cast us out, send us into that herd of pigs." 32 "All right, go!" Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water. 33 The herdsmen fled to the nearby city, telling everyone what happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 The entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone."
{And who is to say that when the Messiah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returns he (pbuh) won't do that legion of demons into herds of pigs thing again.}
3.) Always recommended by doctors to leave off pork in the diet when there is a chronic illness such as stroke; heart disease; etc.

"Verily Allah proves true Al Haqq (The Reality) by the Kalimat (The Word)." ~ Holy Quran 42:24

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