Muslim youth volunteering for martyrdom

Submitted by Mamdouh M. (United States), Aug 11, 2006 at 12:16

One thing which has been reported about all the british born muslim youth who have been invoved either in past suicide bombing or arrested for volunteering for a future one, is that they had all lately become very religious, donning beards spending time in mosques and reading Quran. Apparently the following quranic guarantees of instant paradise with gorgeous virgins with swelling breasts (78.33: damsels with swelling breasts, their peers in age) for their martyrdom has something to do with their laying their lives in their young age:

Qur'an:3:169

"Think not of those who are slain in Allah's Cause as dead. Nay, they live, finding their provision from their Lord. Jubilant in the bounty provided by Allah:

Qur'an:3:156

"If you are slain, or die, in Allah's Cause [as a martyr], pardon from Allah and mercy are far better than all they could amass."

Qur'an:61:10

"Believers, shall I lead you to a bargain or trade that will save you from a painful torment? That you believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), and that you strive and fight in Allah's Cause with your property and your lives: That will be best for you!"

Qur'an:4:74

"Let those who fight in the Cause of Allah sell the life of this world for the hereafter. To him who fights in the Cause of Allah, whether he is slain or gets victory—soon shall We give him a great reward."

Qur'an:9:111

"Allah has purchased the believers, their lives and their goods. For them (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise). They fight in Allah's Cause, and slay others and are slain, they kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. It is the achievement supreme

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