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THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST – SCIENCE FOR THE HOUR

- Etymologically, in the Arabic language, Islâm (ملاسلإا) means
Pacification: the action of pacifying, establishing, re-establishing
and maintaining peace; the submission to God through peace. Islâm
is the activation of peace (al-silm, al-salâm, ملاّسلا ملّسلا): he who
submits to God gets pacified (yuslim, ملسي), he banishes troubles
from his mind, the rebellious streaks within him and around him;
he is pacified, Muslim (muslim, ملسم), and pacifist (mussâlim, ملاسم):
he yearns for peace, safety and tranquillity; he is not in favour or
involved in troubles and rebellion; as a result, he acquires a
peaceful (salîm, ميلس), healthy and saintly heart, in peace with God
and His Creation.

- In Arabic, the word "religion" (dîn, نيد) expresses the sense of
approximation, obligation, duty and debt; in this case, it is the
creance owed to God; therefore, I translate religion as creance.

- In Arabic, the words "assurance", "faith" and "belief" (îmân, ناميإ)
have the same root (A-M-N, ن م أ): assurance, safety, security. In the
Quranic language, faith is acquired through knowledge, by making
sure and assuring; it is far more than a vague and relative belief.
God Is Evident, rationally, one can only testify this; and this
testimony must be made with full knowledge of the facts, with full
science and consciousness. The believer, which I translate as the
assurer, makes sure and secures himself, by educating himself
about the Fact of God; this is how he becomes secure and securing,
assured and assuring (mu’min, نمؤم).

- In the Arabic language, the word al-ṣalâ (لاّصلا) permits one to
designate the middle of the back or the small of the back, or the
area between the buttock and the tail (which is residual in certain
species), or what is to the right and left of this tail. In horse-racing,
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the word al-muṣallî (يلصملا), which has the same root, is used to
qualify the second whose head meets and follows closely behind
the middle of the first. Again, with the same root, the word al-ṣalât
(ةلاّصلا) means the action of articulating by jointing, of tightly
assembling the following element, or event, to the middle of the
other; in this way we accomplish the prayer. It is by jointing that
Abraham built the foundations of the Building of God; in Mecca,
we joint around the Kaaba and between the Safâ and Marwah hills;

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