Praying Tree

From WikiIslam

The praying tree in Sydney is so ridiculous that it takes the cake:

A variation of the original tree image

The Islamic sites write:

This tree has been artificially carved over time to give that impression.

Notice the following:

1. The “head” is carved out and looks as if it has been stuck/glued onto the trunk.
2. The hands are strangely shaped at their junction with the trunk. At this junction, the hand looks to be made up of a few branches. Naturally, the solid trunk of a tree divides into branches and not vice versa. This “hand“ is not a natural outgrowth, but has been stuck to it manually.
3. The lower half of the trunk in the background behind the bent trunk: is obscured, Why? Is this due to the heap of branches and leaves supporting the “miracle” tree from toppling over?
   In the black and white photo: it is obvious that the man in white is holding the bent trunk. The man on the extreme right of the photo, besides holding that side of the banner, is seemingly helping to hold the trunk.
   In the coloured photo: there are these branches and leaves that are seemingly keeping the bent trunk from falling.
4. Related to point 3: if they will claim that this bent trunk is actually a part of the tree in the background and hence you can not see its lower part, then look carefully at the junction in-between the bent trunk and that tree. This junction is blurry and obscured, blotted by a large white area in the picture, Why would this be? Is this possibly the doctored part of the picture?
5. There is no proof whatsoever provided in this photo that would suggest this bent trunk does indeed face Mecca.
6. If it were a genuine miracle, why have the national independent newspapers in Australia not published this remarkable story?. Are those who discovered/doctored this image afraid of being exposed?

Conclusion

Trees do not have heads and arms to stand in prayer as these naive Muslims claim. Trees (like clouds) are limitless in variety and shape. Using a little imagination I could convince myself that another tree in this very image looks like a man with a very long neck (the head is out of frame) standing in front of the "praying" tree or maybe its walking towards the camera. Maybe the “miracle” tree is in fact a Christian tree bowing/praying to the tree in front of it which happens to be a wooden likeness of Jesus? Muslims scholars have different opinions about this picture based on their beliefs. Some opine that the tree is watching the Australian ants walking under its feet, others say that the tree is bowing out of respect of the other tree but the majority and the most credible scholars of Al Azhar affirm that the tree is praying. My personal view is that they are all wrong and the tree is simply bending under the pressure of the huge hump that has grown on its back. Ouch! That must be excruciatingly painful! However, I guess we shall never know the truth unless we go to Australia and ask the tree.

The fact that the miracle of the Trees Saying Shahadah actually turned out to be a painting, leads me to believe that this too may simply be a painting or another hoax. Also, the pictures in the galleries below indicate that nature forms all types of random shapes. None of these are proof of the existence of Allah.

[edit] Further developments (Satire)

P.S. After the above picture was released many Muslims were attracted to go to Australia and take a close look at this pious tree. Unfortunately what a friend of mine found shocked him. This is the picture that he took. He was dismayed to see that a dog and a pig had gathered around the tree thus annulling its prayer. Now the tree has to perform Qosl and vodoo before it can continue with its salat, but because it cannot walk, the poor thing has to wait until the next rain.

Upon investigation my friend found that the dog and the pig pilgrims had gone to Australia to ask the tree to plead Allah on their behalf to remove them from the list of najis (filthy) creatures.

A few Muslims have written to say this picture is fake. I wonder why! Just because the pig and the dog are sharper than the background does not mean the picture is fake. It is just another miracle. You have to see this through the eyes of a believer. If you start doubting everything then the whole universe falls apart.

[edit] Other Tree Related Images

Here are some more miraculous signs from Allah:

Al'ham'dulillah	Subhan'Allah, another proof of Allah's existence	Tree in the shape of a ballet dancer. Ballet originated from Islam?	A woman. Maybe this is Aisha?
A praying tree. This one may be facing Bodh Gaya or Amarnath or Vatican?	Is this a Male swimmer or a Muslim praying exposing body?	The original "Muslim praying" image	Female swimmer or Muslim praying while exposing body?
A baby	A tree showing the same gesture

[edit] External Links

• Is the praying tree a miracle? - Video by user on Youtube
• Islamic video: Miracle of Allah - Praying Tree Facing Makkah - video of the tree in question
• More pictures of Trees of a sexual nature (warning: adult site)
• Islamic miraculous photos debunked