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Published: 2011-08-12 05:48:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 8149; Favourites: 122; Downloads: 147
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Alsalam Alaikum /Peace be upon you.This is my entry for Interfaith tolerance contest held by *Nayzak
In the past few years ..The Christian holiday season coincided with the Islamic Eidul-Adha .. So here are two girls helping each other in picking cards they want to send to their families and friends .
I hope that you'll like it
All comments are very appreciated
ARTIST USUAL BABBLING : (i.e. You may neglect
)Finally ..It's finished ..I've been working on this piece for weeks
I was determined to make this the best drawing I've drawn so far ..That's why I studied a lot of tutorials about coloring ,drawing hair ,drawing clothes and folds ..etc .
I studied many eye coloring tutorials that when I came to color the eyes I get confused
.. And I couldn't decide which way to follow so I ended up inventing my own way ..with the experience I gained from the tutorials I studied I must say I'm 95% satisfied with the result ..The Christian girl is not like I imagined her …and there are some stuffs that I'm not very pleased with .
A funny fact about this ..I used myself as a reference to make this drawing . I held two cards and posed before my brother who took me some pictures with the cell-phone . I then moved them to the PC and studied them and based the characters' poses on them
It was a long but a fun task to design all those cards . I'm glad that *Nayzak had extended the deadline ,otherwise I wouldn't be able to make it .
Now ..to the Credits …
Credits :
Brushes :
Oriental floral brush set by ~withwhipcream (for the christian girl's blouse ) Christmas handmade brushes by ~D-u-D Flowers 15 brushes by ~crazy-alice Yanagi Love brushes by *yanagi-san Arabic Calligraphy brushes from laza.wordpress.comPatterns : pattern part1 by ~crazy-alice Vector Resources Ramadan Coming by ~ademmm Christmas Special Vector Pack by ~123freevectors Birthday Bash pack from Tantrum scraps The download link doesn't work ..If you wanted to download it click here [link] Others : Generic Room and Doors by ~screentones (for the background windows ) The interfaith tolerance contest logo by *Nayzak Sketch was made with pencil on paper ..Inking and coloring done by Adobe Photoshop CS3 The size of the PSD on my PC is 73 Mb 
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Comments: 126
This is wonderful! It makes me upset about all the muslum terrorism going on like this, I'm just praying to Jesus for peace over this.
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I really wish everyone could just get along like this. This is also a lovely piece to work by the way. Draw on my friend~!
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I love the message of this picture! 
The Muslim girl's hijab is lovely, too. I'm about to buy one for myself from AdorableMuslimah.com to wear when I have migraines (I get those often >.<'') or as a scarf for my neck.
P.S: Just had to watch you :3
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Aww...Thank you very much for your sweet comment
I'd just say "Amen" to your prayer ,we do need more understanding in this world
Oh ,I wish you good health 
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Aww 
I always try to look at differences among people as an asset of humankind, not a weakness. 
Thank you for the wish. I wish you strength in your job, because helping people heal is a beautiful thing to do, but it can also be very painful for you when you're a sensitive person. (My mom is an assistant surgeon and I admire her strength, because I think I would lose my mind if I were in the same situation)
Many sweet hugs.
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Those are wise words
Thanks for your wish too .
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oh yeah i remember that!! it was really amazing!
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Thank you .
I appreciate your comment
P.S. : Sorry for the late reply .
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Your welcome.
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This is lovely! If only more of the world could be like this.
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Thank you very much .
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I really like this one
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I'm glad that you do .
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Qur'an (5:51) - "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people."
Qur'an (5:80) - "You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide."
Qur'an (3:118) - "O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among others than your own people, they do not fall short of inflicting loss upon you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already appeared from out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater still; indeed, We have made the communications clear to you, if you will understand."
Is the girl a muslim? Or is she lying about her friendship with a nonmuslim?
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What Spring sky says is true.Arabic is a very rich language. It's easy to learn even more easy than english!
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Oh no ,She's a true Muslim and they're true friends .They're inspired from me and my friend . I went to the church to attend her wedding even though I'm a Muslim .
As for your examples ,There's a misunderstanding and mis-transaltion of these verses of the Quran .
I'm not so good with English ,so I'll give you this [link] where ~Nayzak explains it very clearly .
Peace be upon you
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YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.
PICKTHAL: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.
SHAKIR: O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
So bad translations are they? How come the three prominent translators (one of them a muslim convert - Pickthal) translate it the same way? The misunderstanding/mistranslation only works on people too lazy to do their homework. I follow a simple guidline if a muslim tells me some offensive verse is misunderstood or mistranslated, I do further research, because it is clear sign that I am on to something and they are trying to hide it.
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Well ,It is a good thing to do further research ,because this might lead you closer to the right path .I respect you for that .
You'll have to know Arabic to be able to understand Quran .Since each word has a delicate meaning .
In Arabic the word صديق "sadeeq" means a friend .and حامي Hami ,نصير Naseer means protector .
The word ولي wali means "guardian, protector, custodian"
Try typing it in the google.translate . If you don't have Arabic keyboard ,these are the buttons ,gd to type ولي ,or you can copy it from my reply .
Oh and ,...I wonder if you have read the link I gave you ??
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Actually I dont have to learn Arabic to understand Quran. If I did have to, than Islam would be ONLY for Arabs and nobody else. Nobody else would understand it and they wouldnt be able to learn arabic properly because if you cant translate properly than you cant learn a different language properly. Meaning, if you learned that language your understanding would be still wrong, so there would be no point in learning the language. What kind of idiotic god would make his message untranslatable language if he really wanted to spread it? (or made different languages at all).
The nontranslability is the one of the most common excuses muslims use to hide the faults, mistakes and the really embarrasing bits of the Quran. Under critical thinking it just doesnt hold up, you either have a universal religion or you dont, take your pick.
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It's not untraslatable .But Arabic is a very "rich" language .
In order to translate a single word you might need few words from other languages to get the meaning right .
For example : You say "pray" to refer to "the actual movements of prayer" ,and to refer to "asking God verbally" .
In Arabic we have a different word for each of them . But when I want to talk about them in English ,I'll have to use the word "pray" as a replacement for both of them .
I'm an Arab ,and I gave you the exact meaning of the word mentioned in Quran, that as I told you wasn't translated properly .
God had praised Christians and Jews in his book ,usually referred to as "People of Scripture " ..Check the verse 199 of the 3rd chapter for example .
And since you seem that you forgot ,or ignored, to read the link I gave you ,I'll save you the effort and quote the part related to our subject :
"So many non-muslims take the following verse as their proof that the Qur'an forbids muslims to be friends with non-muslims:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ أَوْلِيَاءَ ۘ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَمَن يَتَوَلَّهُم مِّنكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
"O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends : They are but friends to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily God guideth not a people unjust."
[the Qur-an - translation of verse 5:51]
In the verse, the arabic word أولياء "Awliya" is used. It is a plural and its singular is ولي "wali". The correct translation of the word "wali" is not "friend" but it is guardian, protector, patron, lord and master
in the Qur'an, the word 'wali' is used for God, such as
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ
"Allah is the wali (Protector or Lord and Master) of those who believe. He takes them out from the depths of darkness to light…"
[the Qur'an - translation of verse 2:257]
There are many other references in the Qur'an that give this meaning. The same word is also sometimes used in the Qur'an for human beings, such as
وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا
"And whosoever is killed unjustly, We have granted his wali (next kin) the authority [to seek judgement or punishment in this case]…"
[The holy Qur'an - translation of 17:33]
The correct translation of the verse 5:51 is: "O you who believe! Do not take Jews and Christians as your patrons. They are patrons of their own people. He among you who will turn to them for patronage is one of them. Verily Allah guides not a people unjust."
the mistranslation of this verse is one of the causes of the misunderstanding here.
It is obvious that Jews patronize the Jews and Christians patronize the Christians, so why not Muslims patronize Muslims and support their own people. This verse is not telling us to be against Jews or Christians, but it is telling us that we should take care of our own people and we must support each other.
In a similar way, the Qur'an also tells Muslims that they should never patronize the non-Muslims against other Muslims. However, if some Muslims do wrong to some non-Muslims, it is Muslims' duty to help the non-Muslims and save them from oppression. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that he himself will defend the non-muslims living among Muslims to whom injustice is done by Muslims."
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It's so wonderful!! Hope the world enjoy many friendships like this one! No walls, no bans, just peace and love between persons and faith~!!! ヽ(；▽；)ノ
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Aww...Thanks a lot
I hope that too . Amen
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At one time I would have said this image described my best friend and I, but after recent events I feel this is not so any more. Still it is a lovely image. Speaks love in volumes.
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Oh ..sorry to hear about that
Anyway ,I hope that you'll make many new friends who will be true friends .
Thanks for the comment .
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It's ok. Our falling out was bound to happen any ways. She doesn't much respect me. And thank you. I am making new friends. And you are very welcome. Keep making such beautiful works.
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My pleasure .And Thanks ,I will ,God willing
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It'd be cool if we could all just celebrate EVERYTHING.
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Yeah ..I agree .
Thanks for the comment
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I mean, holidays are supposed to be special and it'd be great if people of all different faiths could come together and celebrate the same things.
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I appreciate your comment .
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It would be good if everything was good and peaceful as in this picture, let's pray for tollerance and peace in the whole world.
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Hey! I'm Christian and my best friend is Muslim
Thanks for spreading the love and tolerance!
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Oh ..Thank you very much .
I'm so happy that you see yourself ,and your friend ,in this .
I appreciate your sweet comment
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I'm a Muslim and while i was scrolling through pictures i cam upon this one so i clicked it, and i must say, its very nice. it really helped me understand that we all are people no matter what religion and it only redefines my point. I cant believe that people are pouring hatred toward Muslims and saying we are violent. If you think about it, America, which is dominate christian population, has been in all these wars and killed so many innocent lives and now,with one attack, they load all their grief on us. If these people would only read the true Qur'an they would understand that the terrorist attacks aren't by Muslims or afghans or Arabs at all. but they assumed because they just want it out of their hair. Osamma Bin laden isn't Muslim at all. If he was he would be a disgrace to Muslims all over the world. Further more i thank you for showing how this world can be a peaceful community for everyone of every race, religion, and color.
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We must not forget the massacres and the annihilation of the native americans that was made in order for the US to be there .
Thank you so much for the beautiful comment .
I didn't want to remove it from my inbox that's why I keep delaying replying it . 
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