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Qur’an Sura 68 (part 2) – God sees everything
This part of Sura 68 speaks to God’s awareness of everything going on. He knows who follows Him - and who doesn't. He also knows who encourages people to stray away from Him. And finally - He encourages believers to not follow those who want to transgress. Let's compare the ...
Intro to Sura 68 – The Pen. God’s promises to Abraham, revisited.
Among other things, Sura 68 is a response to Muhammad's sense / fear that his first revelation was from a Jinn (an evil spirit). It confirms to him that he is not crazy or hallucinating. This second Sura, in order of revelation, is quite long. Other topics in Sura ...
The Jonah Question of Sura 68 – Part 6
In the previous article, we saw that Muhammad was told not to be like Jonah. This is a complex, but critical issue. With God's command to Jonah - it was an outreach from the Hebrew people to the Ninevites (which is in modern day Iraq). It was unheard of. Jonah at ...
God Can Take Care Of Himself – In The Qur’an and The Bible – Sura 68 Part 4
[68:44] Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive. Ge 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” John 3:18 Whoever believes ...
Idols in the Qur’an and the Bible – Sura 68 – Part 3
[68:41] Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful. 1Ki 18:24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.” Both the Qur'an and the Bible warn ...
Don’t Be Like Jonah – Sura 68 Part 5
Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish. At the end of a very long and difficult revelation, Muhammad is told to not be like Jonah. What does this mean? Among other things, it obviously means that either Muhammad already knew the story of Jonah from the ...
Not a madman?
For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman; Quick - who said that in the midst of an end-time prophecy? And what's the significance of it? Here's a hint. Just before this, the prophecy includes these things: the sun goes dark the stars go dark mountains vanish the seas ...
Abrogation in the Qur’an
Abrogation. This is how a religion can talk about peace, incite violence, and claim no contradiction in what it teaches. Some in Islam say there is no such thing as abrogation. We'll shortly see that the Qur'an itself puts the lie to this statement. Others say abrogation is the key ...
Moses, Pharaoh, praying at night, more abrogation, and the assembling of the Qur’an
In the 3rd Sura of the Qur'an, we are again sent to the Old Testament to understand the background of these verses. This time - Moses and Pharaoh. There is also an interesting command to pray at night. Finally, we see 6 verses stricken and replaced by others. Once more, ...
Why Westerners don’t understand the Iran – Israel conflict
It's about strong religious beliefs
I heard someone on the news talking about the "decades old conflict between Iran and Israel". The current conflict between Israel and Iran may be only decades old, but the conflict between Islam and Judaism has been going on almost since Muhammad's visions. But lukewarm Westerners don't understand the Iran ...