Christ Teachings

Are there Sons of God in the Bible?

Yes there are Sons of God in the Bible!

In Genesis 6:2, 4, the Bible declares that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married them; and they had children by them.

How many they the Sons of God are?

Are the children of those Sons of God half Gods?

Are those Sons of God equal to the Lord Jesus?

What were the names of those Sons of God?

The smart reader could come out with many questions like that e.g., what those Sons of God look like, were they white or black, what were their heights, weights etc.

The Bible does not say anything about that and hence I have no comment.

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Genesis 6:2, 4 in different versions of the Bible:

New International Version

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

King James Version

2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

American Standard Version

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

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Are there Sons of God in the Quran?

Absolutely No

No Son or Sons

No Partner

None is equal to him, none is like him and there is none comparable unto him.

It should be very clear that anyone says or believes that the Lord, the Creator has son or sons, daughter, wife, partner will dwell in the Eternal Fire in the hereafter.

If you want to know what the Quran says about this very important issue, I suggest you read the following verses of the Noble Quran

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Verse 19:35

It is not for Allah to take a son! Exaltations to him! When he decrees a thing he only says: ‘be and it is.

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Surah 112:1-4

1] Say: he is Allah, the one and only;

2] Allah is he on whom all depend, the called upon, the absolute; the eternally besought of all!

3] He begets not, nor is he begotten; He has not given birth, and has not been born,

4] And there is none equal to him, none is like him and there is none comparable unto him

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Verse 6:101

He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. How can he have a son when he had no female companion? He created all things and has knowledge of all things.

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Verse 23:91

Allah has not taken to himself any son; there is no other god with him. Were this otherwise each god would have taken that which he created, and some of them would have risen above others. Exalted is Allah beyond that they describe!

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Verse 17:111

Say: “praise is to Allah, who begets no son, and has no partner in (his) dominion: nor (needs) he any to protect him from humiliation: yea, magnify him for his greatness and glory!”

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Surah 25:1-2

1] Blessed is He who has sent down the criterion to his worshiper (Prophet Muhammad), that he is a Warner to all mankind;

2] to whom the kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs, who has not taken a son, nor does he have an associate in the kingdom, and he created everything, then he ordained it very precisely.

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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: “Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?”

Jews, Christians and Muslims, all admire Moses as a great prophet. He is considered the greatest prophet in Judaism and he is the most frequently cited Prophet in the Quran.

In the Bible,

The Lord’s anger burned against Moses.
The Lord God made Moses like God to Pharaoh. 
The Lord God said unto Moses, you shall be as God to Aaron.
Aaron is Moses’ Prophet.

In the Quran,

Allah’s never ever get angry of Moses.
It is Pharaoh who proclaimed that he is the highest lord!
Moses asked Allah to appoint for him a minister, Aaron, his brother, Moses said: “confirm my strength with him and let him share my task” (verses 20: 29-32).

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In the Bible, the verses of Exodus (4:14-16 and 7:1) say:

The anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, is there not Aaron your brother? I know that he can speak well. And you shall speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will teach you what you shall do. And he shall be your spokesman unto the people. And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh and Aaron; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

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In the Quran, Verses 79:15-26 say

Have you, O Muhammad received the story of Moses?

How his Lord called him in the holy valley of “Tuwa”; it is Holy because of its goodness and grace. And Allah said unto Moses:

Go to Pharaoh; he has indeed become rebellious, he is arrogant and too proud and has refused to believe in Allah; he has exceeded all bounds with his disbelief,

And say unto him: Would you purify yourself by bearing witness that there is no god but Allah; O Pharaoh would you become righteous, surrender and believe in Allah’s divine Oneness?

And then I will guide you to your Lord, to show you how to know Him by way of proofs, so that you may have fear of Him

So Moses showed him the tremendous token, the hand and the staff.

But Pharaoh denied Moses and disobeyed Allah.

Then he turned his back, to faith, to think what to do about Moses, going about in haste, throughout the land causing corruption.

Then he gathered the sorcerers and his armies and proclaimed,

And Pharaoh said, ‘I am your most high lord!’ above whom is no other lord.

So Allah seized him and punished him and made him an example for the after life and for the former.  The punishment that he suffered in the life of the world is drowning and the punishment of the Hereafter will be in the Eternal Fire.

It is also said that this means: Allah has punished him because of his former and latter pronouncements. His first pronouncement being: “I do not know of any other god for you except Me” [verse. 28:38] and the second being “I am your Lord the Highest” in these verses.

It is said that there is an interval of 40 years between the first and second pronouncements.

Assuredly in that, which Allah did to Pharaoh and his host, is a lesson and is a moral for the one who fears Allah, exalted be He.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Exodus 4:14-16

14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

Exodus 7:1

1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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Verses 79:15-26 (Yusuf Ali translation)

15. Has the story of Moses reached thee?

16. Behold, thy lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

17. Go thou to pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

18. And say to him, ‘wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-

19. And that I guide thee to thy lord, so thou shouldst fear him?

20. Then did (Moses) show him the great sign.

21. But (pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

22. Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

23. Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

24. Saying, “I am your lord, most high”.

25. But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, – in the hereafter, as in this life.

26. Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Flies in Bible versus Quran (2)

The Bible says that The LORD God hiss for the fly and Dead flies give perfume a stinking odor. The Quran says that Man is as feeble as a fly and he will never ever be able to create a fly

(1) The LORD God hiss for the fly

Isaiah 7:18

King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day that the LORD (Jehovah) shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Hiss is to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.

The verb Hiss is used with an object to express disapproval of by hissing.

In certain occasions, Hissing is considered as an offensive behavior and as a sign of Vulgarity.  In some places like court, hissing is prohibited.

The Bible says that Jehovah, the LORD God, the Almighty Creator hiss for the fly and for the bee. In the Quran, anyone says or believes that the Almighty Creator does anything like that is insulting His Creator and will dwell in the Eternal Fire in the Hereafter. In the Quran, When the Almighty Creator wants to do anything, He just says: “Be” and it is in no time.

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(2) Dead flies give perfume a stinking odor.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 (New International Version)

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

In three Biblical commentaries that are Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition), Wesley’s Explanatory Notes and Geneva Study Bible, there is no comment(s) for this verse.

The Bible says that a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. The Bible makes similarity and shows a relationship between this statement and the evil effect of the dead flies on the perfumes.  The Quran does not say that but it shows a relationship between the flies and the modern scientists.

In addition, the Bible says that Dead flies cause the perfume to send forth an evil odor and to give off a stench, a stinking savor.

Perfumes are extracts or essences that contain a percentage of oil distilled in 60-90% alcohol, usually ethyl alcohol.

From the scientific point of view, Dead flies do not cause the perfume to send forth a stinking odor.

This is because,

1) The stinking odor comes from metabolic byproducts due to bacterial growth,

2) It is well known that the alcohol that is present in the perfume would kill the bacteria.

Hence, this Biblical verse contradicts the basic scientific knowledge.

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(3) Man is as feeble as a fly and he will never ever be able to create a fly

On the other, we will leave the basic scientific knowledge and we will jump over to the most sophisticated and advanced fields of biology, genetics and nanotechnology, Entomology etc. Why? This is because the Quran is challenging the scientists in all of such fields and the alike.

The Quran says: O mankind (wherever you are, whenever you are, whoever you are)

1) You will never be able to create a fly

2) And if a fly robs anything from you, would not be able to recover that from it

Verses 22:73-74 (Pickthal Translation)

73) O mankind! A similitude is coined, so pay ye heed to it: lo! Those on whom ye call beside Allah will never create a fly though they combine together for the purpose. And if the fly took something from them, they could not rescue it from it. So weak are (both) the seeker and the sought!

74) They measure not Allah his rightful measure. Lo! Allah is strong, almighty.

The meanings of the Verses 22: 73-74

O mankind, a similitude is being struck to explain the likeness of your deities,

So listen to it, pay heed to it and respond; and it is that:

Truly those on whom you call, whom you worship, besides Allah will never be able to create a fly even if they rallied together to create it.

Though they the worshipped and the worshippers combine together for that purpose, they will not be able to create a fly. 

And if a fly should take away something from them, [such as a drop] of the scents or the saffron in which they drench themselves, they would not be able to recover that from it, because of their [complete] incapacity.

In other words, and if the fly took something like honey with which are sullied for example (from them) from the deities, they could not rescue it from it, the deities would not be able to take it back from the fly.

So weak are (both) the seeker i.e. the deity (and the sought) and the fly!

Or it means, Feeble is the seeker, the worshipper, and the [thing] sought, the [thing] worshipped!

It is also said that this means: so weak are both that which is worshipped and the worshipper.

So how can they worship any divine being other than Allah, exalted is He?

They do not esteem Allah, exalt Him, with the esteem He deserves, with the exaltedness He deserves, for they ascribe to Him partners who can neither protect themselves from a fly, nor retaliate against it. Truly Allah is Strong, Mighty, Victor.

It follows that the Quran challenges the mankind by two scientific issues:

1) Mankind will never ever create a fly and

2) If the fly should snatch away anything from them, they would have no power to release it from the fly (they can never take it back from the fly)

Then, what is the conclusion?

Not only the fly is weak but man also is as weak as a fly.

It is said that:” The first step to know the truth is by knowing yourself”

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is a new series (1-31) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament says: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Verse No. 31 in the New Testament says ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran says: but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers; those who reject faith.

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The verse No. 31 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:31

The verse says: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Now, it is the sixth day of the creation of the heavens and the earth.

It seems likely that this sixth day was the longest day and it was full of activity.

Statistical study of the days of creation:

The sixth day of creation is described in seven verses of Genesis 1, from verse 24 to verse 31; and it took 285 words (10159 characters) to be described.

Verse-wise, word-wise and character-wise, the sixth day is the longest day ever in the process of the creation of the heavens and the earth.

The shortest days of the creation were the first day then the second day.

The first day is described in three verses (Genesis 1:3-5); and it took 51 words (216 characters) to be described.

The second day is described in three verses (Genesis 1:6-8); and it took 56 words (237 characters) to be described.

The third day is described in five verses (Genesis 1:9-13); and it took 120 words (518 characters) to be described.

The fourth day is described in six verses (Genesis 1:14-19); and it took 131 words (499 characters) to be described.

The fifth day is described in four verses (Genesis 1:24-31); and it took 103 words (439 characters) to be described.

It follows that the order of the days of the creation are the first, the second, the fifth, the third, the fourth then the sixth.

In other words, the first and the second days are the shortest days, then the fifth, the third and the fourth days are moderate days; and the sixth day is the longest one.  This statistics is done according to the count of the verses, words and characters of every day in NIV of the Bible.

Summary of the activity done in the sixth day of creation (Genesis 24-31)

24] And God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures …

25] God made the wild animals, the livestock according and all the creatures that move along the ground.

26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing…

27] God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish and over the birds and over every living creature.

29] Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

30] And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Hence, the activities of the sixth day include:

1) The Earth Produced living Creatures

2) Man was Created the Same Day that the Wild Animals Were

3) Man was made last of all the creatures.

4) Three domination: Be fruitful, Fill the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish and over the birds and over every living thing.

5) The food of man and also the food of all the animals and all the birds is determined; it seems likely that the Bible is in favor of the vegetarians and even the wild animals’ food is the green plant (Are all the Beasts Vegetarians?).  Also, the Food of all Birds is Green Plant.

6) Man the Image of God. Has the Female Too the Image of God?

All of the above points are discussed in the articles 24-30

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The verse No. 31 in the New Testament is Matthew 2:6

In the articles 26-30, Matthew 2:1-5 say:

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. He asked the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, where the Christ was to be born.

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel. This is our topic, Matthew 2:6.

This is the second prophecy of Matthew about the Lord Jesus.

Who is this nameless prophet?  He is Micah who said:

Micah 5:2 (New International Version)

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Upon reading Micah 5, the smart reader will find that Micah is talking about:

1) The city of troops, we never have such city in the New Testament.

2) A ruler over Israel, and Jesus was never a ruler over Israel

3) she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers return, and who were the rest of Jesus brothers which return?

4) he will be their peace, when the Assyrian invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise against him seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men; and this never happened to Jesus

5) etc.; read the whole passage and take your time.

For these reasons, the second prophecy of Matthew about the Lord Jesus is not valid..

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Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran is 2:24,

Chapter 2 is Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

Verses 2:1-5 are talking about the believers. (articles 8-12)

Verses 2:6-7 are talking about the disbelievers. (articles 13-14)

Verses 2:8-20 are talking about the hypocrites. (articles 15-27)

The address of verses 2:21-24 is general to mankind.

In articles 28, verse 2:21 says:

O mankind! worship your guardian-lord, who created you and those who came before you, that you may have the chance to learn righteousness(so that you will be cautious)

In articles 29, verse 2:22 says:

Who (Allah) made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

In articles 30, verse 2:23 says:

and if ye are in doubt concerning that which we reveal unto our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.

In this article, Verse 2:24 says:

but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers; those who reject faith.

The meaning of verse 2:24:

And if you do not, do what was mentioned because you are incapable, and you will not (a parenthetical statement), that is, never [will you be able to], because of its inimitability, then fear, through belief in God and [belief] that this is not the words of a human, the Fire, whose fuel is men, disbelievers, and stones, like their very idols, indicating that its heat is extreme, since it burns with the [stones] mentioned, unlike the fires of this world that burn with wood and similar materials; prepared, and made ready, for disbelievers, so that they are punished in it

In other words, the verse means: And if ye do it not-and you can never do it-) this you can never do and if you try you will never succeed (then guard yourselves against the Fire) if you are bent on not believing, for you should fear hell (whose fuel is men) the unbelievers, (and stones), (prepared) created, prepared and preordained (for disbelievers).

This designates that the verse is very confident that Mankind can never beat Allah’s challenge because the Quran is unique, incomparable , peerless and inimitable. 

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Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament, the New Testament in four different versions of the Bible; and in the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:31

New International Version:

31] God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

New American Standard Version:

31] God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very (A)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

English Standard Version:

31] And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

King James Version:

31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Verse No. 31 in the New Testament

Matthew 2:6

New International Version:

6] ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

New American Standard Version:

6] AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”

English Standard Version:

6] ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

King James Version:

6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

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Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2:24

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: but if you fail, as you are sure to fail, then guard yourselves against the fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the unbelievers.

SHAKIR: but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers

PICKTHAL: and if ye do it not – and ye can never do it – then guard yourselves against the fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.

YUSUFALI: but if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject faith.

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

The Bible says that Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

And the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

Upon referring to some Biblical commentaries like John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible, Geneva Study Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, one could not find any comment(s) on the verse in which the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

The verses 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24 give the Lord God some characters; they are:

1)     God sits above the cherubim

2)     God has ear

3)     God has eyes

4)     God has dug wells

5)     God drank strange waters

6)     God has foot

7)     God dried up with the sole of his foot the Egyptian rivers

According to the Quran, (Verse 42:11), there is nothing like Allah, nothing like a likeness of Allah, naught is as his likeness, there is nothing whatever like unto him. He is the hearing, the seeing; he is the one who hears and sees (all things).

Faith-wise, it is very important to declare that anyone who says or believes that the Almighty Creator regardless of his name (the Lord, God, Jehovah or Allah) has ear, eyes, foot or He dug wells and drinks etc. is categorized as disbeliever and will dwell in the Eternal fire in the Hereafter.

On the other hand, Verse 21:30 of the Quran, says:

Have not those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, were aligned with each other then Allah has parted them and separated them from each other. Also, have not they known that Allah made every living thing of water?

Will they not then believe by affirming Allah’s Oneness and Muhammad Prophethood?

The verse 21:30 of the Quran gives two scientific miracles that have been known after the revelation of the Quran by more than 1300 years.

The first scientific miracle is the recent cosmological theory of Big Bang and the subsequent development of the Universe. The Quran simply declares this theory by saying that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, and then Allah parted them.

The second scientific miracle is that water is the essential component of any living creature; water comprises more than 75% of the weight of any living creature regardless of his type, man or microbe, animal or plant etc.

Was the Prophet Muhammad pioneer in biology, physics and Astronomy?

Will the Quran-deniers not then believe that the Quran is the Word of the Almighty Creator?

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The Bible, 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24, American Standard Version

15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

16 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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The Quran, Verse 21:30 (Pickthal translation)

“Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then we parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?”

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Bible (Job 25:4-6) says that

Man is but a worm.
The son of man is a worm
Is he pure the born of a woman?
How can a man be justified with God?
The moon is not bright, it does not shine
The stars are not pure

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On the other hand, the Noble Quran talk about 1) who is justified with God, 2) is the man worm or what and 3) the great oath of the setting places of the stars (In the verses 53:31 and/or 18:107, the verse 95: 4 and 56:75-76 respectively).

The meaning of verse 53:31

And Unto Allah belonged whatsoever is in the heavens of creation and whatsoever is in the earth of created beings; they are all slaves of Allah.

Allah will reward those who do evil deeds according to that which they have done

And Allah will reward those who do good deeds; those who believe in Allah’s divine Oneness with the best reward, namely, Paradise.

The meaning of verse 18:107

Surely, as for those who believe in and perform righteous deeds shall be the gardens of paradise; they will dwell for their entertainment, in the highest rank of Paradise.

The meaning of verse 95: 4

 Verily Allah created man in the best of forms, in the best proportioning of his shape, in the best stature.

The meaning of verses 56:75-76

Nay, I (Allah) swear by the setting-places of the stars!

And indeed it is a tremendous oath, if you know — if you have deep knowledge, you would realize the magnitude of this oath.

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Herein, there are some points,

1)     The Bible, in the New Testament mentions the son of man more than 80 times; the son of God in the NT represents the Lord Jesus. In other word, the son of man which is a worm in the Old Testament is the symbol of the Lord Jesus in the NT as for example [Matthew 12:8, For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.]

2)     How come then that God (the Lord Jesus as the Christians believe) is a worm?

3)     Man and the son of man are not worms. Worms are hermaphrodites; their bodies contain both male and female reproductive organs; also, they are invertebrates. Worms do not have backbones, lungs, teeth, etc. The circulatory system of worms is different than our.

4)     Are there pure stars and impure ones? This question is to those who are interested in Astronomy.

5)     The Bible says that the stars are not pure in his (God) eyes.  In the Quran, Allah says, I swear by the setting-places of the stars! And indeed it is a tremendous oath, if you know; if you have deep knowledge, you would realize the magnitude of this oath.

6)     The Quran says that Allah created man in the best of forms, in the best proportioning of his shape, in the best stature.

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The Bible

Job 25:4-6 (American Standard Version)

4 How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight:

6 How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

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The Quran

Verse 53:31(Shakir translation):

and Allah’s is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, that he may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) he may reward those who do good with goodness

Verse 18:107(Shakir translation):

Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds, their place of entertainment shall be the gardens of paradise,

Verse 95:4 (Shakir translation):

Certainly we created man in the best make

Verses 56:75-76 (Pickthal translation):

75. Nay, I swear by the places (the settings) of the stars -

76. And lo! That verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew –

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Bible talks about the Pre-Flood Era and the Increasing Corruption on Earth which provoked God’s wrath so that He flooded the earth.  The Bible says:

When man began to multiply on the face of the Earth and daughters were born to them, the Sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they married them.

Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, his days shall be 120 years. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the Sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I will wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”  But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Herein, there are some points; they are:

Why only daughters were born unto man?
Who are the Sons of God and how many they were?
Also, nothing can or could, will or would grieve Allah.  Also, Allah has no heart; He is not like us or like anything else.
Is man’s age 120 years as the Lord God has decided?
Allah never ever repents of anything He did, He does and/or He will do.
Moreover, although the Biblical God has Spirit, Allah has no Spirit; He is not like us.
In addition, although the Biblical God has heart (and blood vessels and blood consequently), Allah has no heart; He is not like us or like anything else.

On the other hand, the Quran does not talk about the Increasing Corruption on Earth in the Pre-Flood Era, but it talks about the corruption on mankind from the time of creation of man up till now.  After Adam’s fall, Allah gave him and his offspring consequently an advice (Verses 20:121-123 and verses 2:38-39); hereupon, Allah sent Prophets to every nation on the Earth and He ends the Prophethood with the last Prophet, Muhammad (Verses 43:6-7 and verses 35:24-25).

After Adam’s fall, Allah gave him and his offspring consequently an advice

The meanings of the verses 20:121-123

And Adam disobeyed his Lord and so he erred, by [his] eating from the tree.

Then his Lord chose him, He brought him close [to Him], and relent to him,

Then Allah chose him, He accepted his repentance, overlooked his sin and guided him to seek repentance regularly.

[N.B., In the Bible, the Lord has not accepted Adam's repentance; that is why He sent his son to the Earth.] 

And Allah said, ‘Go down both of you, that is, Adam and Eve, including all of your progeny, from it, from the Garden, all together, some of you, some of the progeny, being enemies of others, because of some wronging others. Yet if there should come to you guidance (a Scripture, a Messenger, and/ or a Prophet) from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, shall not go astray in the life of this world nor come to grief in the Hereafter.

The meanings of the verses 2:38-39

Allah said to Adam, Eve, and Satan, ‘Go down from the Heaven, all together. Then Allah mentioned Adam’s progeny, from hence; when and whenever it comes to you, from Me a guidance, whoever follows My guidance, believing in me and performing deeds in obedience of Me, no fear shall befall them, neither shall they grieve, in the Hereafter, since they will be admitted into Paradise.

But those who disbelieve, and deny our guidance, they will be the rightful owners of the Eternal Fire; they will abide therein forever, they will remain perpetually in hell: never to die or be released from it.

Allah sent Prophets to every nation on the Earth and He ends the Prophethood with the last Prophet, Muhammad

The meanings of the verses 43:6-7

Allah asks the Historian this Question  

And how many a prophet did Allah send among the ancients!  O Muhammad, Allah knew that they would not believe, but Allah nonetheless did not leave the bygone nations without messengers and Scriptures!  And never came to these past nations a Prophet but they used to mock their Prophets, in the same way that your people deride you O Muhammad.

It follows that, in contrary to the Bible which states that all the Prophets were Israelites, every ancient nation had its own Prophet; the historians and researchers have to dig through the history to explore the prophets sent to America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. 

It should be emphasized that Allah sent a Prophet (Idris); the scholar said that he was an Egyptian Prophet sent to the Ancient Egypt before the Flood (Verses 19:56-57). Idris is not mentioned in the Bible.

The meanings of the verses 35:24-25

Lo! Allah has sent you O Muhammad with the Truth, with the Quran, as a bearer of glad tidings, announcing Paradise for whoever believes in Allah, and as a Warner from the Fire for whoever disbelieves in Allah; and there is not a nation except that they had a warning messenger. In other words, there is not a nation or a community before you O Muhammad but a Warner has passed among them to warn them.

And if they deny you O Muhammad, those before them also denied their messengers who brought them manifest signs, miracles and with scriptures.  In other words, the messengers before Muhammad came unto their nations with clear proofs of Allah’s Sovereignty; they came to them with commands, prohibitions and signs, and with the Scripture expositing the lawful and the unlawful.

It is interesting that the Bible which is a historical book declares that all the Prophets sent by the Lord God were Israelites who were in the area of Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.  On the other hand, the Quran which is not a historical book challenges the Historians and declares that Allah sent a Prophet to every ancient nation.  Hence, the Historian have to find out who are the prophets sent to America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. 

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The Bible (King James Version)

Genesis 6:1-7

1) And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2) That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4) There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5) And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6) And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7) And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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The Quran (Pickthal translation)

Verses 43:6-7 

6) How many a prophet did we send among the men of old (the ancients)!

7) And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.

Verses 35:24-25

24) Lo! We have sent thee with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner; and there is not a nation but a Warner hath passed among them.

25) And if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah’s sovereignty), and with the psalms and the scripture giving light.

Verses 20:121-123

121) … and Adam disobeyed his lord, so went astray.

122)  Then his lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.

123)  He said: go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from me guidance, then whoso followeth my guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.

Verses 2:38-39

38) We said: go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from me guidance; and whoso followeth my guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

39) But they who disbelieve, and deny our revelations, such are rightful peoples of the fire. They will abide therein.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, the Lord God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, then it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in abscesses on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”   So they did and it became abscesses on man and beast.  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the abscesses that came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Herein, there are some notes

1. One may wonder how come, two handfuls of ashes could cover all the land of Egypt.  Is the Biblical Egypt too small to be covered by two handfuls of ashes?

2. This story is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; but it is said therein (in the verses 2:117, 3:47, 3:59, 6:73, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82, 40:68) that when Allah wants to do anything He just says to it:” Be” and it is in no time without the need of ashes that become small dust, and turned out to be abscesses affecting both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

3. Also, if God love has to punish the Pharaoh of the Oppression, it is okay to punish him because he was disbeliever, disobedient and arrogant; but what was the fault of the beasts?

4. It is well known that the boils and the abscesses are due to microorganisms, mainly Staphylococci, and they are not due to ashes or fine dust.

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Exodus 9:8-11 (American Standard Version)

8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, the Lord God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, then it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in abscesses on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”   So they did and it became abscesses on man and beast.  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the abscesses that came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Herein, there are some notes

1. One may wonder how come, two handfuls of ashes could cover all the land of Egypt.  Is the Biblical Egypt too small to be covered by two handfuls of ashes?

2. This story is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; but it is said therein (in the verses 2:117, 3:47, 3:59, 6:73, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82, 40:68) that when Allah wants to do anything He just says to it:” Be” and it is in no time without the need of ashes that become small dust, and turned out to be abscesses affecting both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

3. Also, if God love has to punish the Pharaoh of the Oppression, it is okay to punish him because he was disbeliever, disobedient and arrogant; but what was the fault of the beasts?

4. It is well known that the boils and the abscesses are due to microorganisms, mainly Staphylococci, and they are not due to ashes or fine dust.

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Exodus 9:8-11 (American Standard Version)

8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In Bible, King Solomon talks about the Wisdom and Knowledge and says:

1)     I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

2)     What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

3)     I thought to myself, “Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 

4)     Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

5)     For with much wisdom comes much sorrow.

6)     And with the more knowledge, comes the more grief.

On the other hand, the verses 2:269 and 20:114 of the Quran talk about the Wisdom and Knowledge.

The meaning of verse 2:269

Allah mentioned His favors, saying: He gives wisdom to whomever He will, and he who is given wisdom, has been given much good, because he will end up in perpetual bliss.  Yet, none remembers Allah’s favors except people of understanding, those who have minds from among people.

It is said that the wisdom is the profitable knowledge that leads to righteous action; it is the right in speech, action and opinion.

The meaning of verse 20:114

Allah is the: highly exalted True King; He is above what they say; no one is similar to Him. He exonerated Himself from having a wife, a son, children and/or partners!

And do not hasten, O Muhammad, to recite the Quran before the Angel Gabriel finishes reading the Quran to you.

This is because when the Angel Gabriel used to bring new revelations, the Prophet Muhammad would start to repeat them after him even before Gabriel finished his reading, for fear of forgetting what was recited to him.

Allah therefore told him to stop doing this, saying: and say O Muhammad: O My Lord! Increase me in knowledge, memorization and understanding.

Moreover, in Hadith, it is narrated that the Prophet Muhammad said:

1. “The Quran is God’s wisdom among His servants. Whoever learns the Quran and acts according to it, it is as if Prophethood were incorporated within him, except that he does not receive revelation. He is called to account in the same way as the prophets except in the matter of conveying the message.’
2. ‘The Quran is wisdom, and whoever learns the Quran in his youth, it mingles with his flesh and blood. And surely the Fire cannot touch a heart which contains the Quran, nor a body which avoids that which it prohibits, and keeps to  what it permits, believes in that which is clear in it, refrains from judgment in that which is ambiguous in it, and does not make innovations regarding it.’

Herein, there are some points:

1)     Are all creatures under the sun meaningless?

2)     Does the Lord God create something meaningless?

3)     Should the researchers stop searching in the different fields of sciences because the Bible says that everything is meaningless?

4)     Is not such a statement insulting the wisdom of the Almighty Creator?

5)     Does the Bible discourage the scientific progress?

6)     Is the understanding of wisdom worthless?

7)     In the Quran, King Solomon has a great wisdom and kingdom; then how come he said the above statements in Ecclesiastes 1:14-18.

8)     The Quran says: who is given wisdom, has been given much good, because he will end up in perpetual bliss.

9)     In the Quran, Allah commands the believer to say: O My Lord! Increase me in knowledge, memorization and understanding.

10) And as a matter of fact, in contrary to the Bible, we can straighten the twisted and count the lacking.

Hence, the Bible discourage gaining more wisdom and knowledge while the Quran encourages gaining more wisdom and knowledge.

The Puzzled Paradox is the fact that seems contradictory but is actually valid; it is that when the Western countries left the Bible they became at the top of the scale of knowledge.  Yet, when the Islamic countries left the Quran they became at the bottom of the scale of knowledge.

It should be emphasized that the top of knowledge is to know your Creator; then when you go deep in any branch of science, it will ultimately lead you more and more to know your Almighty Creator.

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The Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:14-18 (New International Version)

14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

15 What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

16 I thought to myself, “Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

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The Quran, (Pickthal translation)

Verse 2:269

“He (Allah) gives wisdom unto whom he will, and he unto whom wisdom is given, he truly hath received abundant good. But none remember except men of understanding.”

Verse 20:114

 ”Then exalted be Allah, the true king! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Quran ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: “O my lord! Increase me in knowledge.”

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, the Lord God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, then it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in abscesses on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”   So they did and it became abscesses on man and beast.  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the abscesses that came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Herein, there are some notes

1. One may wonder how come, two handfuls of ashes could cover all the land of Egypt.  Is the Biblical Egypt too small to be covered by two handfuls of ashes?

2. This story is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; but it is said therein (in the verses 2:117, 3:47, 3:59, 6:73, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82, 40:68) that when Allah wants to do anything He just says to it:” Be” and it is in no time without the need of ashes that become small dust, and turned out to be abscesses affecting both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

3. Also, if God love has to punish the Pharaoh of the Oppression, it is okay to punish him because he was disbeliever, disobedient and arrogant; but what was the fault of the beasts?

4. It is well known that the boils and the abscesses are due to microorganisms, mainly Staphylococci, and they are not due to ashes or fine dust.

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Exodus 9:8-11 (American Standard Version)

8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This article throws some light on what the Bible and the Quran say about some hot women issues that demand some concerns; they are:

Who was the first sinner, Adam or Eve?

And the impact of Eve’ sin that negatively affected every woman

A woman should learn in quietness

A woman is not allowed to be a teachers and

A woman is not permitted to have authority over a man

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In the Bible, Women are to walk in modesty, adorned with good works, and to learn in silence. A woman was forbidden to teach or to exercise authority over men; she was to abide in quietness and silence.

Saint Paul appoints women to learn in the public assemblies with silence and modesty, being dressed pleasantly, without any overindulgence or excess in their clothing.

Why, it is not lawful for women to teach in the congregation, because by this means they would be placed above men, for they would be their masters: and this is against Gods ordinance.  For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Saint Paul proves this ordinance of God, by which the woman is subject to man, first because God made the woman after man, for, mans sake.

And Adam was not g deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Then, because after her sin, the Lord God punished the woman, because she made Adam deceived by her, and therefore she is worthily for this reason subject to her husband, and ought to be.

As woman was last in the creation, which is one reason for her subjection, so she was first in the transgression.

However, the women’ subjection does not hinder them from being saved; they will be saved through childbearing; if they behave themselves in those duties of marriage in a holy and modest manner; if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety and sanctification with sobriety. Good women may and ought to teach their children at home the principles of true religion.

In conclusion, Women who continue in sobriety, shall be saved in child-bearing

Herein, some question may arouse:

1) What if the woman is not married and has no childbearing, would not she be saved according to Saint Paul teachings?

2) What about women who have authority like the queens, princesses, prime-minister, ministers, bosses, supervisors, managers, chiefs etc. who disobeyed Saint Paul teachings, are they all sinners and will not she be saved according to Saint Paul teachings?

3) According to Saint Paul teachings, most if not all the Western women are sinners and would not be saved.

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The Quran

1) Adam erred first, Not Eve

Verses 20:115-122 of the Quran give the details of the story of Adam, Eve and Satan.

Verse 20: 121 says that Adam erred and disobeyed his lord by eating from the tree, and allowed himself to be seduced; so went astray.

2) In the Hereafter, male and female is Equal; any female shall be admitted into Paradise by her faith and righteous deeds regardless of a) childbearing, b) her color, c) her race, d) her location, etc.

This meaning is repeated many times in the Quran, as for example, in verses 4:124, 16:97, 40:40 etc.

Verse 4:124 says:

And whoever does, any, righteous deeds, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall be admitted into Paradise, and not be wronged, by as much as, the dint in a date-stone.

Verse 16:97 says:

Whoever acts righteously, whether male or female, and is a believer, him verily Allah shall revive with a goodly life. This is said to be life in Paradise.

And Allah shall surely pay them their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

Verse 40:40 says:

Whoever does an evil deed shall not be requited except with the like of it; but whoever acts righteously, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall be admitted into Paradise wherein they will be provided without any reckoning, an abundant provision is given to them unconditionally.

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The Bible,

1Timothy 2:11-15 (American Standard Version)

11) Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

12) But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

13) For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

14) And Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

15) But she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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The Quran, Yusuf Ali Translation

Verse 4:124

If any do deeds of righteousness, – is they male or female – and have faith, they will enter heaven, and not the least injustice will be done to them.

Verse 16:97

Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith, verily, to him will we give a new life, a life that is good and pure and we will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.

Verse 40:40

“He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: and he that works a righteous deed – whether man or woman – and is a believer- such will enter the garden (of bliss): therein will they have abundance without measure.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Bible talks about the Pre-Flood Era and the Increasing Corruption on Earth which provoked God’s wrath so that He flooded the earth.  The Bible says:

When man began to multiply on the face of the Earth and daughters were born to them, the Sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they married them.

Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, his days shall be 120 years. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the Sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I will wipe off man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”  But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Herein, there are some points; they are:

Why only daughters were born unto man?
Who are the Sons of God and how many they were?
Also, nothing can or could, will or would grieve Allah.  Also, Allah has no heart; He is not like us or like anything else.
Is man’s age 120 years as the Lord God has decided?
Allah never ever repents of anything He did, He does and/or He will do.
Moreover, although the Biblical God has Spirit, Allah has no Spirit; He is not like us.
In addition, although the Biblical God has heart (and blood vessels and blood consequently), Allah has no heart; He is not like us or like anything else.

On the other hand, the Quran does not talk about the Increasing Corruption on Earth in the Pre-Flood Era, but it talks about the corruption on mankind from the time of creation of man up till now.  After Adam’s fall, Allah gave him and his offspring consequently an advice (Verses 20:121-123 and verses 2:38-39); hereupon, Allah sent Prophets to every nation on the Earth and He ends the Prophethood with the last Prophet, Muhammad (Verses 43:6-7 and verses 35:24-25).

After Adam’s fall, Allah gave him and his offspring consequently an advice

The meanings of the verses 20:121-123

And Adam disobeyed his Lord and so he erred, by [his] eating from the tree.

Then his Lord chose him, He brought him close [to Him], and relent to him,

Then Allah chose him, He accepted his repentance, overlooked his sin and guided him to seek repentance regularly.

[N.B., In the Bible, the Lord has not accepted Adam's repentance; that is why He sent his son to the Earth.] 

And Allah said, ‘Go down both of you, that is, Adam and Eve, including all of your progeny, from it, from the Garden, all together, some of you, some of the progeny, being enemies of others, because of some wronging others. Yet if there should come to you guidance (a Scripture, a Messenger, and/ or a Prophet) from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, shall not go astray in the life of this world nor come to grief in the Hereafter.

The meanings of the verses 2:38-39

Allah said to Adam, Eve, and Satan, ‘Go down from the Heaven, all together. Then Allah mentioned Adam’s progeny, from hence; when and whenever it comes to you, from Me a guidance, whoever follows My guidance, believing in me and performing deeds in obedience of Me, no fear shall befall them, neither shall they grieve, in the Hereafter, since they will be admitted into Paradise.

But those who disbelieve, and deny our guidance, they will be the rightful owners of the Eternal Fire; they will abide therein forever, they will remain perpetually in hell: never to die or be released from it.

Allah sent Prophets to every nation on the Earth and He ends the Prophethood with the last Prophet, Muhammad

The meanings of the verses 43:6-7

Allah asks the Historian this Question  

And how many a prophet did Allah send among the ancients!  O Muhammad, Allah knew that they would not believe, but Allah nonetheless did not leave the bygone nations without messengers and Scriptures!  And never came to these past nations a Prophet but they used to mock their Prophets, in the same way that your people deride you O Muhammad.

It follows that, in contrary to the Bible which states that all the Prophets were Israelites, every ancient nation had its own Prophet; the historians and researchers have to dig through the history to explore the prophets sent to America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. 

It should be emphasized that Allah sent a Prophet (Idris); the scholar said that he was an Egyptian Prophet sent to the Ancient Egypt before the Flood (Verses 19:56-57). Idris is not mentioned in the Bible.

The meanings of the verses 35:24-25

Lo! Allah has sent you O Muhammad with the Truth, with the Quran, as a bearer of glad tidings, announcing Paradise for whoever believes in Allah, and as a Warner from the Fire for whoever disbelieves in Allah; and there is not a nation except that they had a warning messenger. In other words, there is not a nation or a community before you O Muhammad but a Warner has passed among them to warn them.

And if they deny you O Muhammad, those before them also denied their messengers who brought them manifest signs, miracles and with scriptures.  In other words, the messengers before Muhammad came unto their nations with clear proofs of Allah’s Sovereignty; they came to them with commands, prohibitions and signs, and with the Scripture expositing the lawful and the unlawful.

It is interesting that the Bible which is a historical book declares that all the Prophets sent by the Lord God were Israelites who were in the area of Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.  On the other hand, the Quran which is not a historical book challenges the Historians and declares that Allah sent a Prophet to every ancient nation.  Hence, the Historian have to find out who are the prophets sent to America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. 

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The Bible (King James Version)

Genesis 6:1-7

1) And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2) That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3) And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4) There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5) And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6) And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7) And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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The Quran (Pickthal translation)

Verses 43:6-7 

6) How many a prophet did we send among the men of old (the ancients)!

7) And never came there unto them a prophet but they used to mock him.

Verses 35:24-25

24) Lo! We have sent thee with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner; and there is not a nation but a Warner hath passed among them.

25) And if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah’s sovereignty), and with the psalms and the scripture giving light.

Verses 20:121-123

121) … and Adam disobeyed his lord, so went astray.

122)  Then his lord chose him, and relented toward him, and guided him.

123)  He said: go down hence, both of you, one of you a foe unto the other. But when there come unto you from me guidance, then whoso followeth my guidance, he will not go astray nor come to grief.

Verses 2:38-39

38) We said: go down, all of you, from hence; but verily there cometh unto you from me guidance; and whoso followeth my guidance, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

39) But they who disbelieve, and deny our revelations, such are rightful peoples of the fire. They will abide therein.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Bible says that Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

And the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

Upon referring to some Biblical commentaries like John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible, Geneva Study Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, one could not find any comment(s) on the verse in which the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

The verses 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24 give the Lord God some characters; they are:

1)     God sits above the cherubim

2)     God has ear

3)     God has eyes

4)     God has dug wells

5)     God drank strange waters

6)     God has foot

7)     God dried up with the sole of his foot the Egyptian rivers

According to the Quran, (Verse 42:11), there is nothing like Allah, nothing like a likeness of Allah, naught is as his likeness, there is nothing whatever like unto him. He is the hearing, the seeing; he is the one who hears and sees (all things).

Faith-wise, it is very important to declare that anyone who says or believes that the Almighty Creator regardless of his name (the Lord, God, Jehovah or Allah) has ear, eyes, foot or He dug wells and drinks etc. is categorized as disbeliever and will dwell in the Eternal fire in the Hereafter.

On the other hand, Verse 21:30 of the Quran, says:

Have not those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, were aligned with each other then Allah has parted them and separated them from each other. Also, have not they known that Allah made every living thing of water?

Will they not then believe by affirming Allah’s Oneness and Muhammad Prophethood?

The verse 21:30 of the Quran gives two scientific miracles that have been known after the revelation of the Quran by more than 1300 years.

The first scientific miracle is the recent cosmological theory of Big Bang and the subsequent development of the Universe. The Quran simply declares this theory by saying that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, and then Allah parted them.

The second scientific miracle is that water is the essential component of any living creature; water comprises more than 75% of the weight of any living creature regardless of his type, man or microbe, animal or plant etc.

Was the Prophet Muhammad pioneer in biology, physics and Astronomy?

Will the Quran-deniers not then believe that the Quran is the Word of the Almighty Creator?

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The Bible, 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24, American Standard Version

15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

16 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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The Quran, Verse 21:30 (Pickthal translation)

“Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then we parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?”

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Jews, Christians and Muslims, all admire Moses as a great prophet. He is considered the greatest prophet in Judaism and he is the most frequently cited Prophet in the Quran.

In the Bible,

The Lord’s anger burned against Moses.
The Lord God made Moses like God to Pharaoh. 
The Lord God said unto Moses, you shall be as God to Aaron.
Aaron is Moses’ Prophet.

In the Quran,

Allah’s never ever get angry of Moses.
It is Pharaoh who proclaimed that he is the highest lord!
Moses asked Allah to appoint for him a minister, Aaron, his brother, Moses said: “confirm my strength with him and let him share my task” (verses 20: 29-32).

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In the Bible, the verses of Exodus (4:14-16 and 7:1) say:

The anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, is there not Aaron your brother? I know that he can speak well. And you shall speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will teach you what you shall do. And he shall be your spokesman unto the people. And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh and Aaron; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.

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In the Quran, Verses 79:15-26 say

Have you, O Muhammad received the story of Moses?

How his Lord called him in the holy valley of “Tuwa”; it is Holy because of its goodness and grace. And Allah said unto Moses:

Go to Pharaoh; he has indeed become rebellious, he is arrogant and too proud and has refused to believe in Allah; he has exceeded all bounds with his disbelief,

And say unto him: Would you purify yourself by bearing witness that there is no god but Allah; O Pharaoh would you become righteous, surrender and believe in Allah’s divine Oneness?

And then I will guide you to your Lord, to show you how to know Him by way of proofs, so that you may have fear of Him

So Moses showed him the tremendous token, the hand and the staff.

But Pharaoh denied Moses and disobeyed Allah.

Then he turned his back, to faith, to think what to do about Moses, going about in haste, throughout the land causing corruption.

Then he gathered the sorcerers and his armies and proclaimed,

And Pharaoh said, ‘I am your most high lord!’ above whom is no other lord.

So Allah seized him and punished him and made him an example for the after life and for the former.  The punishment that he suffered in the life of the world is drowning and the punishment of the Hereafter will be in the Eternal Fire.

It is also said that this means: Allah has punished him because of his former and latter pronouncements. His first pronouncement being: “I do not know of any other god for you except Me” [verse. 28:38] and the second being “I am your Lord the Highest” in these verses.

It is said that there is an interval of 40 years between the first and second pronouncements.

Assuredly in that, which Allah did to Pharaoh and his host, is a lesson and is a moral for the one who fears Allah, exalted be He.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Exodus 4:14-16

14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.

Exodus 7:1

1And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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Verses 79:15-26 (Yusuf Ali translation)

15. Has the story of Moses reached thee?

16. Behold, thy lord did call to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa:-

17. Go thou to pharaoh for he has indeed transgressed all bounds:

18. And say to him, ‘wouldst thou that thou shouldst be purified (from sin)?-

19. And that I guide thee to thy lord, so thou shouldst fear him?

20. Then did (Moses) show him the great sign.

21. But (pharaoh) rejected it and disobeyed (guidance);

22. Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

23. Then he collected (his men) and made a proclamation,

24. Saying, “I am your lord, most high”.

25. But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, – in the hereafter, as in this life.

26. Verily in this is an instructive warning for whosoever feareth (Allah).

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Bible says that Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah and said: “O Lord, the God of Israel, who sits above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

And the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

Upon referring to some Biblical commentaries like John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible, Geneva Study Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, one could not find any comment(s) on the verse in which the Lord God said: ‘I have dug wells and drank foreign (strange) waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers (streams) of Egypt.’

The verses 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24 give the Lord God some characters; they are:

1)     God sits above the cherubim

2)     God has ear

3)     God has eyes

4)     God has dug wells

5)     God drank strange waters

6)     God has foot

7)     God dried up with the sole of his foot the Egyptian rivers

According to the Quran, (Verse 42:11), there is nothing like Allah, nothing like a likeness of Allah, naught is as his likeness, there is nothing whatever like unto him. He is the hearing, the seeing; he is the one who hears and sees (all things).

Faith-wise, it is very important to declare that anyone who says or believes that the Almighty Creator regardless of his name (the Lord, God, Jehovah or Allah) has ear, eyes, foot or He dug wells and drinks etc. is categorized as disbeliever and will dwell in the Eternal fire in the Hereafter.

On the other hand, Verse 21:30 of the Quran, says:

Have not those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, were aligned with each other then Allah has parted them and separated them from each other. Also, have not they known that Allah made every living thing of water?

Will they not then believe by affirming Allah’s Oneness and Muhammad Prophethood?

The verse 21:30 of the Quran gives two scientific miracles that have been known after the revelation of the Quran by more than 1300 years.

The first scientific miracle is the recent cosmological theory of Big Bang and the subsequent development of the Universe. The Quran simply declares this theory by saying that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, and then Allah parted them.

The second scientific miracle is that water is the essential component of any living creature; water comprises more than 75% of the weight of any living creature regardless of his type, man or microbe, animal or plant etc.

Was the Prophet Muhammad pioneer in biology, physics and Astronomy?

Will the Quran-deniers not then believe that the Quran is the Word of the Almighty Creator?

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The Bible, 2 Kings 19:15-16, 24, American Standard Version

15 And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, that sittest above the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

16 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.

24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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The Quran, Verse 21:30 (Pickthal translation)

“Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then we parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?”

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, Deuteronomy 23:17-18, the Lord God commanded that there shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel; neither shall there be a homosexual among the sons of Israel.  Also, the Lord God commanded not to bring the hire of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of God because they both are abomination to the Lord God.

The verse uses the expression “sodomite”.

Sodomy is the act of anal sex

Sodomy is a term used to describe homosexuality.

The term “sodomite” is taken from the city of Sodom. The word refers to anyone who engages in homosexual or lesbian acts.

The sin was homosexuality. The sin was males with males. Then later in the New Testament God includes females with females.

But why the Lord God forbids prostitution and homosexuality only for the Israelites?

Is it a form of racial discriminations?

It is well known that the cost of owning a dog can be estimated at $700-3000 per year.

The price of a dog depends on its type, age, sex etc. and there are many markets for dogs’ sales and adoptions.

However, the Bible says that the price of a dog is an abomination.

In the Quran, prostitution and homosexuality are forbidden not only for the Israelites but for all human beings.

In addition, neither the hire of a prostitute nor the price of a dog is mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

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Deuteronomy 23:17-18

)King James Version)

17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, the Lord God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, then it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in abscesses on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”   So they did and it became abscesses on man and beast.  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the abscesses that came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Herein, there are some notes

1. One may wonder how come, two handfuls of ashes could cover all the land of Egypt.  Is the Biblical Egypt too small to be covered by two handfuls of ashes?

2. This story is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; but it is said therein (in the verses 2:117, 3:47, 3:59, 6:73, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82, 40:68) that when Allah wants to do anything He just says to it:” Be” and it is in no time without the need of ashes that become small dust, and turned out to be abscesses affecting both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

3. Also, if God love has to punish the Pharaoh of the Oppression, it is okay to punish him because he was disbeliever, disobedient and arrogant; but what was the fault of the beasts?

4. It is well known that the boils and the abscesses are due to microorganisms, mainly Staphylococci, and they are not due to ashes or fine dust.

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Exodus 9:8-11 (American Standard Version)

8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

In the Bible, the Lord God said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, then it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in abscesses on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”   So they did and it became abscesses on man and beast.  And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the abscesses that came upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.

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Herein, there are some notes

1. One may wonder how come, two handfuls of ashes could cover all the land of Egypt.  Is the Biblical Egypt too small to be covered by two handfuls of ashes?

2. This story is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; but it is said therein (in the verses 2:117, 3:47, 3:59, 6:73, 16:40, 19:35, 36:82, 40:68) that when Allah wants to do anything He just says to it:” Be” and it is in no time without the need of ashes that become small dust, and turned out to be abscesses affecting both man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

3. Also, if God love has to punish the Pharaoh of the Oppression, it is okay to punish him because he was disbeliever, disobedient and arrogant; but what was the fault of the beasts?

4. It is well known that the boils and the abscesses are due to microorganisms, mainly Staphylococci, and they are not due to ashes or fine dust.

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Exodus 9:8-11 (American Standard Version)

8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is a new series (1-11) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

In verse No. 11 in the Old Testament, God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

Verse No. 11 in the New Testament says that, and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon..

Verse No. 11 in the Noble Quran says: who believe in that which has been sent down to you (prophet Muhammad) and what has been sent down before you (to prophets Jesus and Moses) and firmly believe in the everlasting life.   

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The verse No. 11 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:11

The verse continues talking about the creation of the heavens and the earth, it says: Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

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The verse No. 11 in the New Testament is Matthew 1:11

The verse continues talking about the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, and Matthew lists Jesus’ ancestors, the verse says: and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

Here again, we have the intricacy in writing the names of the persons in the different four versions of the Bible studied.

Fundamentally, the names of the people have no translation, they have to be written as they are pronounced.

How come that a person’s name in one version of the Bible is Jeconiah and in another version of the Bible he is Jechoniah  and in a third version of the Bible, he is Jechonias?

Also, it is noteworthy the Babylon is written as it is pronounced in the four versions studied.

On the other hand, the Bible mentioned many names of Jesus’ ancestors without saying “and his brothers” e.g. Abraham Isaac, Jacob, Perez, Hezron, Ram etc. But when it came to  Judah, the Bible says “Judah and his brothers”. Is Judah a unique among Jesus’ ancestors?  The same is true with Jechoniah (or Jeconiah  or Jechonias), is he distinctive?

Furthermore, it should be emphasized that some women are mentioned in Jesus’ genealogy as wives of Jesus’ ancestors. They are Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah.

Nevertheless, Tamar and the wife of Uriah have committed adultery, Tamar was willing to do it and the wife of Uriah was abused by King David as the Bible claim!

However, None of the Muslims believes in that story about King David!.

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Verse No. 11 in the Noble Quran is Chapter 2:1, Surah Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW), 2:4

In the previous article (10), verse 2:3, determines who are the believers, it says:

Those who believe in the unseen, that which is hidden from them such as the Angels, Paradise, hell, the Bridge over hell, the Scale, the Resurrection, the Reckoning, the Eternal Fire etc. It is also said that this means: that they believe in the unseen which is revealed in the Quran and also in that which is not revealed therein.

It is also said that the unseen is Allah Himself.

And establish worship, they perform to completion the five prescribed prayers, including the ablution that precedes them, the bowing and prostrations which are parts of them and also what is obligated in these prayers in terms of appointed timing.

And spend of that Allah has bestowed upon them, and of that which Allah has given them of wealth they give to charity. It is also said that this means: they give the poor-due from their wealth.

Verse 2:4, continues the determination of who are the believers, it says:

And those who believe in:

1)      that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) of the Quran and

2)      that which was revealed before you of scriptures i.e.  in the Torah, the Gospel and other scriptures given to all the prophets,  and

3)      the Hereafter, they believe in resurrection after death and are certain of the bliss of Paradise; they know it is real.

It follows that Muslims believe in the Quran, Torah and Gospel in addition to the scriptures given to all the prophets e.g. Abraham, David etc.

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Verse No. 11 in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Noble Quran in Four different Translation

Verse No. 11 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:11

New International Version:

11] Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

New American Standard Version:

11] Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so. English Standard Version:

11] And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so.

King James Version:

11] And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.————————

Verse No. 11 in the New Testament

Matthew 1:11

New International Version:

and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

New American Standard Version:

Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

English Standard Version:

and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

King James Version:

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

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Verse No. 11 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2: 4

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: who believe in that which has been sent down to you (prophet Muhammad) and what has been sent down before you (to prophets Jesus and Moses) and firmly believe in the everlasting life.

SHAKIR: and who believe in that which has been revealed to you and that which was revealed before you and they are sure of the hereafter

PICKTHAL: and who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the hereafter.

YUSUFALI: and who believe in the revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the hereafter.

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

This article throws some light on what the Bible and the Quran say about some hot women issues that demand some concerns; they are:

Who was the first sinner, Adam or Eve?

And the impact of Eve’ sin that negatively affected every woman

A woman should learn in quietness

A woman is not allowed to be a teachers and

A woman is not permitted to have authority over a man

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In the Bible, Women are to walk in modesty, adorned with good works, and to learn in silence. A woman was forbidden to teach or to exercise authority over men; she was to abide in quietness and silence.

Saint Paul appoints women to learn in the public assemblies with silence and modesty, being dressed pleasantly, without any overindulgence or excess in their clothing.

Why, it is not lawful for women to teach in the congregation, because by this means they would be placed above men, for they would be their masters: and this is against Gods ordinance.  For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Saint Paul proves this ordinance of God, by which the woman is subject to man, first because God made the woman after man, for, mans sake.

And Adam was not g deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Then, because after her sin, the Lord God punished the woman, because she made Adam deceived by her, and therefore she is worthily for this reason subject to her husband, and ought to be.

As woman was last in the creation, which is one reason for her subjection, so she was first in the transgression.

However, the women’ subjection does not hinder them from being saved; they will be saved through childbearing; if they behave themselves in those duties of marriage in a holy and modest manner; if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety and sanctification with sobriety. Good women may and ought to teach their children at home the principles of true religion.

In conclusion, Women who continue in sobriety, shall be saved in child-bearing

Herein, some question may arouse:

1) What if the woman is not married and has no childbearing, would not she be saved according to Saint Paul teachings?

2) What about women who have authority like the queens, princesses, prime-minister, ministers, bosses, supervisors, managers, chiefs etc. who disobeyed Saint Paul teachings, are they all sinners and will not she be saved according to Saint Paul teachings?

3) According to Saint Paul teachings, most if not all the Western women are sinners and would not be saved.

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The Quran

1) Adam erred first, Not Eve

Verses 20:115-122 of the Quran give the details of the story of Adam, Eve and Satan.

Verse 20: 121 says that Adam erred and disobeyed his lord by eating from the tree, and allowed himself to be seduced; so went astray.

2) In the Hereafter, male and female is Equal; any female shall be admitted into Paradise by her faith and righteous deeds regardless of a) childbearing, b) her color, c) her race, d) her location, etc.

This meaning is repeated many times in the Quran, as for example, in verses 4:124, 16:97, 40:40 etc.

Verse 4:124 says:

And whoever does, any, righteous deeds, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall be admitted into Paradise, and not be wronged, by as much as, the dint in a date-stone.

Verse 16:97 says:

Whoever acts righteously, whether male or female, and is a believer, him verily Allah shall revive with a goodly life. This is said to be life in Paradise.

And Allah shall surely pay them their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

Verse 40:40 says:

Whoever does an evil deed shall not be requited except with the like of it; but whoever acts righteously, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall be admitted into Paradise wherein they will be provided without any reckoning, an abundant provision is given to them unconditionally.

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The Bible,

1Timothy 2:11-15 (American Standard Version)

11) Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

12) But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

13) For Adam was first formed, then Eve;

14) And Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

15) But she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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The Quran, Yusuf Ali Translation

Verse 4:124

If any do deeds of righteousness, – is they male or female – and have faith, they will enter heaven, and not the least injustice will be done to them.

Verse 16:97

Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has faith, verily, to him will we give a new life, a life that is good and pure and we will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.

Verse 40:40

“He that works evil will not be requited but by the like thereof: and he that works a righteous deed – whether man or woman – and is a believer- such will enter the garden (of bliss): therein will they have abundance without measure.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Before dealing with the topic of the “Nose” in Quran versus Bible versus sciences, it is mandatory to remember that the total words in the Bible are 788,280 while the total words in the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the Bible is more than 10 times the Quran word-wise.

The Nose is mentioned 19 times in the Bible and only once in the Quran, i.e. the Bible mentions the Nose 19 times more than the Quran

In other words, the Bible has the potential of more than 10 times (word-wise) and 19 times (subject-wise) than the Quran to talk about the Nose.

The Nose in the Bible:

The Lord will put his hook in your nose and his bit in your mouth

I wonder, does the Lord have a hook and a bit?

2 Kings 19:28

Because you rage against me and your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’

Isaiah 37:29

Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.

The rights of the blemish and handicapped!

The rights of the blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose: Do not approach

Leviticus 21:18

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

The king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose.

It is Biblical method to catch and arrest people.

It is by putting a hook in the arrested one.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

Can anyone capture him and pierce his nose?

It seems likely that the Bible considers it as an impossible thing!

Job 40:24

Can anyone capture him by the eyes, or trap him and pierce his nose?

Can you put a cord through his nose?

Job 41:2

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook.

They have noses but they cannot smell;

This may occurs in the course of many diseases of the nose

Psalm 115:6

They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell;

Twisting the nose produces blood!

Proverbs 30:33

For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

Song of Solomon 7:8

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose

Isaiah 65:5

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

Ezekiel 8:17

He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

The outcome of the jealous anger of the Lord!

They will cut off your noses and your ears. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword and consumed by fire.

Ezekiel 23:25

I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.

Stop the noses of the passengers

Ezekiel 39:11

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

The Nose ring

The Bible talks about Nose ring in five verses.

Genesis 24:22

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.

Genesis 24:30

As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.

Genesis 24:47

“I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ “She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ “Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,

Isaiah 3:21

the signet rings and nose rings,

Ezekiel 16:12

And I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

The Nose in the Quran:

Allah has written in Torah that a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds equal retaliation, but whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, it will be expiation for him. Whoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down are the wrong-doers.

The Bible does not talk about whosoever forgoes the Law a freewill offering and its reward in the afterlife!

Surah 5:45

QARIB: we have written for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds equal retaliation, but whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, it will be an expiation for him. whoever does not judge according to what allah has sent down are the harmdoers.

SHAKIR: and we prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust

PICKTHAL: and we prescribed for them therein: the life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds retaliation. but whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be expiation for him. whoso judgeth not by that which allah hath revealed: such are wrong-doers.

YUSUFALI: we ordained therein for them: “life for life, eye for eye, nose or nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal.” but if any one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for himself. and if any fail to judge by (the light of) what allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) wrong-doers.

It should be emphasized that the Torah’s law that is mentioned in four verses never says “Nose for Nose”.

The law says: Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, wound for wound BUT never says Nose for Nose.

However, in the Quran Allah has written in Torah that a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose etc.

Back to the main topic of my series of articles (1- 65); this is my question to you smart readers: “Is the Quran quoted from the Bible “? And which book contradicts with sciences?

The Copper in the Bible

(Verses Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23 and Numbers 21:9)

In the Bible, the Lord God says:

I will break the pride of your power
I will make your heaven as iron; the sky over your head will be copper.
I will make your earth as copper, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.

In addition, the Bible suggests a noble method to treat a snake bite

Looking at a copper serpent will save the life of the one who has been bitten b a snake.  The Bible says that Moses made a copper serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

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The Copper in the Quran,

Verses 55: 33-35 says,

O assembly of jinn and men, if you have power) if you are able to penetrate all the extremities of the heavens and the earth, if you are able to break free from regions  of the heavens and the earth; then penetrate them, then break free and flee!

You will never penetrate them; you will not be able to break free except with power.

It should be emphasized that flying in air was man’s dream and science fiction; many attempts of man to fly were failed until the Wright brothers in 1903, have invented the first powered, controlled, air airplane.

Space exploration, space invasion, is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space, the first Moon landing was attempted by the American Apollo 11 craft on 1969.

However, the Quran is the first book ever which prophesized not only that man would be able to fly but he would be able to explore or invade the space and penetrate the deep layers of the earth.

Then the Quran says: So which of your Lord’s favors will you deny?

Against you O humans and jinn, will be unleashed a heat of fire, of smokeless fire, and a flash of brass (copper), without any flame, and you will not be able to seek help, you will not be able to defend yourselves against this, nay, it will drive you to the site of the Gathering.

It is said that this will occur when we emerge from our graves, in the Hereafter.

However, the verse may talk about what could happen when man would have invaded the space or penetrated the deeper layers of the earth; in such cases, it is possible, from the scientific point of view, to be subjected to the flame of fire and flashes of copper. So, the Quran is telling the NASA, take care!

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The Bible,

Leviticus 26:19

King James Version

19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass (copper):

Deuteronomy 28:23

King James Version

23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass(copper):, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Numbers 21:9

King James Version

9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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The Quran,

Verses 55: 33-35 (Yusuf Ali translation)

33) O ye assembly of jinn and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass you! Not without authority (power) shall ye be able to pass!

34) Then which of the favors of your lord will ye deny?

35) On you will be sent (o ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke): no defense will ye have:

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Homosexuality can refer to sexual behavior between organisms of the same sex.

The word homosexual is a Greek and Latin hybrid from of the Greek prefix homo- (“same”), and the Latin root sex, thus connoting sexual acts and affections between members of the same sex, including lesbianism.

Gay refers to male homosexuality and Lesbian denotes female homosexuality. Gay and lesbian are the most common alternatives of homosexual.

In religious cultures, the law established sodomy as a transgression against divine law, a “crime against nature” and subject to severe penalties, including capital punishment—often inflicted by means of fire so as to purify the unholy action.

In the 1950s, at the height of the red scare in the United States, hundreds of federal and state employees were fired because of their homosexuality in the so-called lavender scare.

Homosexual acts are punishable by death in some present-day countries including Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Yemen etc.

Reform Judaism, the largest branch of Judaism outside Israel has begun to facilitate religious weddings for gay adherents in their synagogues. Jewish Theological Seminary, considered to be the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism, decided in March 2007 to begin accepting gay and lesbian applicants, after scholars who guide the movement lifted the ban on gay ordination.

In 2005, the United Church of Christ became the largest Christian denomination in the United States to formally endorse same-sex marriage.

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The Gay in the Bible:

Do not be a Gay, the LORD Commands:

In Leviticus 18:22, the LORD commands not to be a gay.

1- New International Version

“‘Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.

2- New American Standard Bible

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination

3- King James Version

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

4- The Message

“Don’t have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.

According to these four different versions of the Bible, to be a gay is detestable, abomination and abhorrent.

However, the sin of the gay is greater than that, that is why:

In Leviticus 20:13, the LORD commands to kill the gay! Look at these four different versions of the Bible:

1- New International Version

If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

2- New American Standard Bible

If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood guiltiness is upon them.

3- King James Version

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

4- The Message

“If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is abhorrent. They must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.

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The Gay in the Quran:

The Noble Quran considers the gay act as a big sin that deserves punishment in the afterlife.

But the Quran does not command to kill the Gay!

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What if the Quran was the Book which commands to kill the uncircumcised, to kill the one who curses his parents and or to kill the Gay? What the western media would have said? What names they have given the Quran in such case?

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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: “Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?”

In the Bible, the Lord God sent two bears to kill and rip to pieces 42 little children because they mocked the Prophet Elisha. 

In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.

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In the Bible, God destroyed 42 little children because they mocked Elisha; they said unto him, Go up, thou bald head.

In the commentaries on this occasion, John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible says:

1- And he (Elisha) turned back, and looked on them

With a stern countenance, thereby reproving them, and in order to intimidate them, and make them ashamed, and cause them to leave off, but to no purpose; they repeated their mockeries with great vehemence:

2- And cursed them in the name of the Lord;

Moved thereunto, not from passion and a spirit of revenge, but by an impulse of the Spirit of God:

3- And there came forth two she bears out of the wood;

Which are fiercest, and especially when bereaved of their whelps, as these might be; the wood seems to be near to Bethel, though the Jews, to increase the miracle, say there was no wood at all, and, if there was, that there were no bears in it.

4- And tare forty and two children of them;

It seems there were more than these; but such a number of them they tore to pieces and destroyed; which was very extraordinary, and was an awful punishment for their wickedness, which they knowingly and willingly committed.

Conclusion: this awful deadly punishment of 42 little children does not go with the essential Idiom that “God is Love”.

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In the Quran, Allah did not kill hundreds of adult disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad.

In the first 5-7 years of prophethood, hundreds of the ignorant Arabs mocked the Prophet Muhammad severely. They were the Arabs’ media at that time; they used to say (the same way as the western media today) that Muhammad is a mad man, he is soccer; and the Quran is fabricated and it is a manifest lie.  Nevertheless, Allah, unlike the Biblical God, did not kill those ignorant disbelievers in the life of this world but He told them what will be their outcome in the Hereafter.

In the Quran, (verses 37:11-26) Allah discloses the unseen and told the disbelievers who mocked the Prophet Muhammad how they will be at the Day of Judgment.

The meanings of Verses 37:11-26:

- Then ask them, O Muhammad: Are they stronger as a creation or those other creatures which Allah has created) of angels, jinn, heavens, stars, planets etc.?

Lo! Allah created man of sticking viscous clay.

The meaning is that their physical make-up is fragile so let them not behave arrogantly by rejecting the Prophet and the Quran, a Idiom which will result in their easily accomplished destruction.

- Nay, but you (O Muhammad) marvel that they deny you, while they engage in ridicule and mock you.

- And when they are reminded, when they are admonished with the Quran, they are not mindful; they do not heed the admonition,

- And when they see a sign, they make it an object of ridicule, they mock it.

- And they say, regarding the Quran: ‘This is mere magic, a manifest lie;

and they say in denial of the Resurrection —

- When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we indeed be resurrected?

Say to them, O Muhammad: indeed you shall.

- They asked: And our forefathers shall they will be raised also?

- Say O Muhammad: ‘Yes, you will be resurrected, and you will be brought utterly abased and humiliated!’

- For it will be one Shout, one single blow, which is the blowing of the Resurrection and, lo! They, all human beings, emerge from the graves, alive, looking for what will be done with them.

- And the disbelievers, will say, ‘O woe to us!’

And the angels will say to them: ‘This is the Day of Retribution’, the Day of Reckoning and Requital.

- ‘This is the Day of Judgment, between you and the believers, which you used to deny in the life of this world.

- Allah would then say to the angels: ‘Assemble those who did wrong, those who associated partners or son (s) with Allah, to their own souls through idolatry, together with their mates, their associates from among the devils, and what they used to worship besides Allah, and lead them, to the path of Hell, the way to the Fire.

- Allah would also say to the angels: And stop them, detain them on the path, for they must be questioned, about all their sayings and deeds, and it will be said to them in rebuke.

It is also said that this means: they will be questioned about their rejection of “there is no deity except Allah”.

- And it will be said to them: “What is wrong with you that you do not help one another?”, as was the case with you in this world. And it will be said to them:

How is it that you do not save yourselves from Allah’s chastisement, or help one another to avoid Allah’s chastisement?

- Nay, but today they make full submission; they are compliant, abased because they knew that the Truth is with Allah.

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The Bible

2 Kings 2:23-24, King James Version

23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

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The Quran

Verses 37:11-26, Yusuf Ali translation

11) Just ask their opinion: are they the more difficult to create, or the (other) beings we have created? Them have we created out of a sticky clay!

12) Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,

13) And, when they are admonished, pay no heed,-

14) And, when they see a sign, turn it to mockery,

15) And say, “This is nothing but evident sorcery!

16) “What! When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we (then) be raised up (again?)

17) “And also our fathers of old?”

18) Say thou: “yea and ye shall then be humiliated (on account of your evil).”

19) Then it will be a single (compelling) cry; and behold, they will begin to see!

20) They will say, “Ah! Woe to us! This is the day of judgment!”

21) (A voice will say,) “this is the day of sorting out, whose truth ye (once) denied!”

22) “Bring ye up”, it shall be said, “the wrong-doers and their wives, and the things they worshipped-

23) “Besides Allah, and lead them to the way to the (fierce) fire!

24) “But stop them, for they must be asked:

25) “‘what is the matter with you that ye help not each other?’”

26) Nay, but that day they shall submit (to judgment).

The Navel, also called a belly button, umbilicus is a scar on the abdomen, caused when the umbilical cord is removed from a newborn baby.

In humans, the scar can appear as a depression (“innie”) or as a protrusion (“outie”).

About 90% of people have a depression, or an innie, with the other 10% have a protruding belly button, or an outie. Navels vary in size, shape, depth, and overall look.

Fashion especially in Western countries exploits the Navel through clothing that leaves part of the lower abdomen bare. The acceptance the phenomenon of Navel display the phenomenon in Western society is becoming common among young women. However, Barbara Eden in the 1960s was not allowed to show her Navel on the TV show “I Dream of Jeannie”

The Navel in the Bible:

Jerusalem ID:

Jerusalem is Canaanite her father was an Amorite, and her mother was a Hittite. Jerusalem’s Navel was not cut, not washed, not salted and not swaddled.

Ezekiel 16:4

1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy Navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

Who is He?

Who is behemoth, which eats grass and his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the Navel of his belly?

His bones are like bars of iron. He is very important because “He” is the chief of the ways of God. I really do not know who this creature is. And I like to know.

Job 40

15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the Navel of his belly.

17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

You have to fear the LORD if you are looking for a healthy Navel.

Proverbs 3:7-8

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 It shall be health to thy Navel, and marrow to thy bones.

No comment:

You better read what the Bible says about the Navel in Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 7:1-13

1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

2 Thy Navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

10 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

The Navel in the Quran:

The Quran does not mention the Navel.

Both the Bible and the Quran discussed an important social problem, when a man accuses his wife of committing adultery and he has no witnesses. The two Books command the Divine solution of this problem. In the Bible, the solution is 100 shekels of silver for as a penalty for the man if he lies or kill the wife if she is guilty.  In the Quran, the solution is the five testimonies for both the man and the wife.

In the Bible, Deuteronomy 22:13-21 says:

If a man married a woman and accuses her that she is not a virgin, the father of the woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

The wife’s father will say to the elders, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, “I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity.” And yet this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.  If there is no proof of the wife’s virginity and the elders of the city found out the charge is true; they will kill her in Public. The elders of the city shall bring her to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

In the Quran, Verse 24:6-10 says:

As for those who accuse their wives of committing adultery but have no witnesses for their accusation except themselves; then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify, swearing by Allah five times, four times that he is indeed being truthful, in accusing his wife of committing adultery; and on the fifth, the man should invoke Allah’s curse on himself if he was lying about his wife having committed adultery. This will spare him the prescribed legal punishment for false accusation.

And the punishment, namely, the prescribed legal punishment for fornication that is established upon his testimony, shall be averted from her if she testify [swearing] by Allah five times too, four times that he is indeed lying, in accusing her of having fornicated; and a fifth oath that the wrath of Allah be upon her if her husband is true in what he says about her.

And were it not for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, in shielding you from being exposed in such situations, and that Allah is the Relenting, in His acceptance of repentance in such situations and otherwise.  Allah is the Wise, in the rulings, He has given for this and other matters that He might make clear the truth therein and hasten punishment for those deserving it.

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The Bible, Deuteronomy 22:13-21 (American Standard Version)

13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

14 and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

15 then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

16 and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

17 and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

18 And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

21 then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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The Quran, Verse 24:6-10 (Yusuf Ali translation)

6 and for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own, – their solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth;

7 and the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly invoke the curse of Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.

8 but it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) by Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;

9 and the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.

10 if it were not for Allah’s grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is oft-returning, full of wisdom,- (ye would be ruined indeed).

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The ostrich in the Bible versus the Quran (2)

The ostrich is mentioned 10 times in the Bible.  In Micah 1:8, the Lord God says: I will make lamentation like the ostriches, mourning like the ostriches.

On the other hand, the ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran. Yet, the Quran says that the birds in general live in societies like human beings.

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The ostrich in the Bible (2)

In the Bible, Micah 1:8, the Lord God says that because of this (the sin of Samaria and Jerusalem), I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

In the verse Micah 1:8, the Lord God will perform many different amazing acts; also, the Lord God is like two animals and two birds.

The Lord God will make these amazing acts; He will:

Be naked
Be stripped
Be spoiled
Go barefoot
Make lamentation
Mourn
Weep
Wail
Howl
Moan

The Lord God is like to two animals and two birds; He is like:

Dragon
Jackal
Ostrich
Owl

In reference to five different Biblical versions which are given in this article, the smart reader may observe that these five versions give different translation for the ostrich and the jackal.  The ostrich is translated to the owl; and the jackal is translated to the dragon!

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The ostrich in the Quran (2)

Let us first discuss the point of the attributes of the Lord God, the Almighty Creator in the Quran.

Is there anything like Him?

Verse 42:11 says:

Naught is as Allah likeness in attribute, knowledge, power and providence, exalted is He. He is the Hearer, of what is said, the Seer, of what is done.

Verse 37:159 says:

Exaltations to Allah above what they describe.

Glory to Allah! He is free from what they describe and/or from the things they ascribe (to him)!  Allah exonerates Himself from that which they attribute unto Him.

According to Quranic teachings, anyone who believes that the Lord God, the Almighty Creator will perform such acts that are mentioned in the Bible (in Micah 1:8) and He is like to two animals and two birds is categorized as disbeliever and he will dwell Eternally in the Hell. This is because he is insulting his Almighty Creator.

Back to the ostrich,

The ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran; yet the birds in general are mentioned 12 times in the Quran.  The Quran says that the Birds as well as the Animals and are but societies like human beings.

Verse 6:38 says:  

There is not an animal in the earth, or a flying creature flying on two wings between the earth and sky, but they are societies like unto you.  They resemble you in eating, copulation, understanding one another, just as you understand one another: this is a sign for you.  Allah has neglected nothing in the Quran. Allah has mentioned everything in the Quran. And unto their Lord, all the created beings will be gathered on the Day of Judgment.

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The Bible, Micah 1:8 in five different Biblical versions

New International Version

Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

American Standard Version

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

English Standard Version

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

King James Version

Therefore I will wail and howl I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Young’s Literal Translation

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, and mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

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The Quran, Pickthal Translation:

Verse 42:11 … Naught is as his likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.

Verse 37:159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto him),

Verse 6:38 “there is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the book (of our decrees). Then unto their lord they will be gathered”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Who is cursed in Bible vs. Quran-1?

This is the first article of the series: “Who is cursed in Bible versus Quran”

In the Bible the Lord God says that the earth and the serpent are cursed.

The Earth is Cursed because of Adam; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for Adam to eat; the serpent is cursed because of Eve and it will eat dust.

In the Quran, Allah has cursed Iblis (Satan or the Devil).

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Who is cursed in the Bible? (1)

The following verses, Genesis 3: 1, 11-18, which talks about Adam and Eve, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     God has cursed the Earth and the serpent                    

2-     The serpent is the craftiest animal and is the cause of Eve’s fall

3-     Eve is the cause of Adam’s fall

4-     Man rules over woman

5-     The serpent eats dust

6-     Adam was essentially vegetarian.

The verses Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 say:

The serpent is deceitful and skillful in evil schemes; it is craftier than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. The serpent said to Eve, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

God said unto Adam, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I have commanded you not to eat from?”

Adam said unto the Lord God, “The woman (Eve) whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

The Lord God said to Eve, “What is this you have done?” Eve said, “The serpent deceived and beguiled me, and I ate.”

God said unto the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

God said unto Eve, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

The Lord God said unto Adam, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground (the Earth) because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it (the Earth) all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.”

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Who is cursed in the Quran? (1)

The following verses, 15:26-44, which talks about Adam’s creation, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam

2-     Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks; this indicates that the Bacteria (stinks) were mixed with the clay-Adam. These bacteria would form later on the normal body flora in the living-Adam.  This normal body flora comprises 60-70% of the immunity of any human being including Adam.

3-     Allah celebrated the creation of Adam by commanding the Angels to prostrate once the clay-Adam turns out to be the living Adam when Allah places the spirit into him. This prostration is the Angel’s greeting for Adam and it is a great honor for mankind.

4-     The Angels prostrated save the too proud Iblis (Satan) who was standing among the angels, watching Adam’s creation.

      5- Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan.

The verses 15:26-44 say:

Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam of smokeless fire, of permeative fire that can escape through openings.

Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks.

Allah said to the angels, “Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of clay of black stinking mud”. “So, when I have proportioned him, when I created his hands, legs, eyes and the rest of him and I have breathed into him of My Spirit, so that he becomes a living thing, fall down in prostration before him!’

And so, the angels fell prostrate to Adam, all of them together. Except Iblis (Satan or the Devil), he was [standing] among the angels: he felt too proud and refused to be among those prostrating to Adam.

Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan (Iblis):

Allah said: O Iblis! Why you are not among those prostrating? Why do you not prostrate to Adam?

Satan said: Why should I prostrate myself before a mortal whom you have created out of clay of black stinking mud; it is not becoming of me to prostrate to black stinking mud.

Allah said: ‘Then be gone from hence, that is, from standing among the angels — but it is also said, from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast, and banished from My mercy.  And indeed My curse and the curse of the angels and all created beings shall be upon you until the Day of Judgment, the Day of Requital.

Satan said: My Lord! Reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, shall be resurrected and are raised from the grave; the accursed did not wish to taste death.

Allah said: you are reprieved, you will be given respite. Till an appointed time, the time of the first blast of the Trumpet.

Satan said: ‘My Lord, because You have lead me astray I shall adorn for them all the evil acts in the earth and I shall lead all of them astray. Except those servants of Yours who are protected from me, who are sincerely devoted to You.

Allah said: The straight path leading to Me is the right and honored course.  Lo! As for My servants, the devoted believers, you shall have nether warrant nor power over them; except those who follow you from among the wicked, the disbelievers. And truly Hell shall be their destination; all those who follow and obey you shall be with you in Hell.

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The Bible: Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 (English Standard Version)

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

17And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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The Quran: Verses 15:26-44 (Pickthal translation)

﴿26﴾ verily we created man of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿27﴾and the jinn did we create aforetime of essential fire.

﴿28﴾ and (remember) when thy lord said unto the angels: lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿29﴾ so, when I have made him and have breathed into him of my spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

﴿30﴾ so the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

﴿31﴾ save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

﴿32﴾ he said: o Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

﴿33﴾ he said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom thou hast created out of potter’s clay of black mud altered!

﴿34﴾ he (Allah)  said: then go thou forth from hence, for lo! Thou art outcast.

﴿35﴾ and lo! The curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

﴿36﴾ he said: my lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

﴿37﴾ he said: then lo! Thou art of those reprieved

﴿38﴾ till the day of appointed time.

﴿39﴾ he said: my lord! Because thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,

 ﴿40﴾﴾ save such of them as are thy perfectly devoted slaves.

﴿41﴾ he said: this is a right course incumbent upon me:

﴿42﴾ lo! As for my slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

﴿43﴾ and lo! For all such, hell will be the promised place.

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The wisdom of Adam’ story in the Quran:

1) Before Allah has given Adam the spirit to live, the clay-Adam was stinking; and after the spirit leaves the man when he dies, he will stink again.

2) So, the man’s beginning was stinking and the man’s end is eventually stinking too.  The spirit provided by Allah is between the two man’ stink.

3) Our body is material + spirit.  We almost always give our material part its proper nourishment.  Also, our spirit part needs sustenance too by being connected to its Creator.  Unfortunately, most of us do not give their spirit part its proper nourishment; and that is why most us are not happy and will never ever be satisfied. Hence, the secret of happiness is in our spirit part.

4) It is Satan, not the serpent, who is our essential enemy.

5) In other verses of the Quran, both Adam and Eve ate from the tree at the same time; so Eve was not the cause of Adam’s fall.

Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Who is cursed in Bible vs. Quran-1?

This is the first article of the series: “Who is cursed in Bible versus Quran”

In the Bible the Lord God says that the earth and the serpent are cursed.

The Earth is Cursed because of Adam; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for Adam to eat; the serpent is cursed because of Eve and it will eat dust.

In the Quran, Allah has cursed Iblis (Satan or the Devil).

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Who is cursed in the Bible? (1)

The following verses, Genesis 3: 1, 11-18, which talks about Adam and Eve, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     God has cursed the Earth and the serpent                   

2-     The serpent is the craftiest animal and is the cause of Eve’s fall

3-     Eve is the cause of Adam’s fall

4-     Man rules over woman

5-     The serpent eats dust

6-     Adam was essentially vegetarian.

The verses Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 say:

The serpent is deceitful and skillful in evil schemes; it is craftier than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. The serpent said to Eve, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

God said unto Adam, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I have commanded you not to eat from?”

Adam said unto the Lord God, “The woman (Eve) whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

The Lord God said to Eve, “What is this you have done?” Eve said, “The serpent deceived and beguiled me, and I ate.”

God said unto the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

God said unto Eve, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

The Lord God said unto Adam, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground (the Earth) because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it (the Earth) all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.”

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Who is cursed in the Quran? (1)

The following verses, 15:26-44, which talks about Adam’s creation, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam

2-     Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks; this indicates that the Bacteria (stinks) were mixed with the clay-Adam. These bacteria would form later on the normal body flora in the living-Adam.  This normal body flora comprises 60-70% of the immunity of any human being including Adam.

3-     Allah celebrated the creation of Adam by commanding the Angels to prostrate once the clay-Adam turns out to be the living Adam when Allah places the spirit into him. This prostration is the Angel’s greeting for Adam and it is a great honor for mankind.

4-     The Angels prostrated save the too proud Iblis (Satan) who was standing among the angels, watching Adam’s creation.

      5- Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan.

The verses 15:26-44 say:

Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam of smokeless fire, of permeative fire that can escape through openings.

Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks.

Allah said to the angels, “Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of clay of black stinking mud”. “So, when I have proportioned him, when I created his hands, legs, eyes and the rest of him and I have breathed into him of My Spirit, so that he becomes a living thing, fall down in prostration before him!’

And so, the angels fell prostrate to Adam, all of them together. Except Iblis (Satan or the Devil), he was [standing] among the angels: he felt too proud and refused to be among those prostrating to Adam.

Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan (Iblis):

Allah said: O Iblis! Why you are not among those prostrating? Why do you not prostrate to Adam?

Satan said: Why should I prostrate myself before a mortal whom you have created out of clay of black stinking mud; it is not becoming of me to prostrate to black stinking mud.

Allah said: ‘Then be gone from hence, that is, from standing among the angels — but it is also said, from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast, and banished from My mercy.  And indeed My curse and the curse of the angels and all created beings shall be upon you until the Day of Judgment, the Day of Requital.

Satan said: My Lord! Reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, shall be resurrected and are raised from the grave; the accursed did not wish to taste death.

Allah said: you are reprieved, you will be given respite. Till an appointed time, the time of the first blast of the Trumpet.

Satan said: ‘My Lord, because You have lead me astray I shall adorn for them all the evil acts in the earth and I shall lead all of them astray. Except those servants of Yours who are protected from me, who are sincerely devoted to You.

Allah said: The straight path leading to Me is the right and honored course.  Lo! As for My servants, the devoted believers, you shall have nether warrant nor power over them; except those who follow you from among the wicked, the disbelievers. And truly Hell shall be their destination; all those who follow and obey you shall be with you in Hell.

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The Bible: Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 (English Standard Version)

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

17And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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The Quran: Verses 15:26-44 (Pickthal translation)

﴿26﴾ verily we created man of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿27﴾and the jinn did we create aforetime of essential fire.

﴿28﴾ and (remember) when thy lord said unto the angels: lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿29﴾ so, when I have made him and have breathed into him of my spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

﴿30﴾ so the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

﴿31﴾ save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

﴿32﴾ he said: o Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

﴿33﴾ he said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom thou hast created out of potter’s clay of black mud altered!

﴿34﴾ he (Allah)  said: then go thou forth from hence, for lo! Thou art outcast.

﴿35﴾ and lo! The curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

﴿36﴾ he said: my lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

﴿37﴾ he said: then lo! Thou art of those reprieved

﴿38﴾ till the day of appointed time.

﴿39﴾ he said: my lord! Because thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,

 ﴿40﴾﴾ save such of them as are thy perfectly devoted slaves.

﴿41﴾ he said: this is a right course incumbent upon me:

﴿42﴾ lo! As for my slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

﴿43﴾ and lo! For all such, hell will be the promised place.

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The wisdom of Adam’ story in the Quran:

1) Before Allah has given Adam the spirit to live, the clay-Adam was stinking; and after the spirit leaves the man when he dies, he will stink again.

2) So, the man’s beginning was stinking and the man’s end is eventually stinking too.  The spirit provided by Allah is between the two man’ stink.

3) Our body is material + spirit.  We almost always give our material part its proper nourishment.  Also, our spirit part needs sustenance too by being connected to its Creator.  Unfortunately, most of us do not give their spirit part its proper nourishment; and that is why most us are not happy and will never ever be satisfied. Hence, the secret of happiness is in our spirit part.

4) It is Satan, not the serpent, who is our essential enemy.

5) In other verses of the Quran, both Adam and Eve ate from the tree at the same time; so Eve was not the cause of Adam’s fall.

Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The ostrich in the Bible versus the Quran (2)

The ostrich is mentioned 10 times in the Bible.  In Micah 1:8, the Lord God says: I will make lamentation like the ostriches, mourning like the ostriches.

On the other hand, the ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran. Yet, the Quran says that the birds in general live in societies like human beings.

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The ostrich in the Bible (2)

In the Bible, Micah 1:8, the Lord God says that because of this (the sin of Samaria and Jerusalem), I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

In the verse Micah 1:8, the Lord God will perform many different amazing acts; also, the Lord God is like two animals and two birds.

The Lord God will make these amazing acts; He will:

Be naked
Be stripped
Be spoiled
Go barefoot
Make lamentation
Mourn
Weep
Wail
Howl
Moan

The Lord God is like to two animals and two birds; He is like:

Dragon
Jackal
Ostrich
Owl

In reference to five different Biblical versions which are given in this article, the smart reader may observe that these five versions give different translation for the ostrich and the jackal.  The ostrich is translated to the owl; and the jackal is translated to the dragon!

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The ostrich in the Quran (2)

Let us first discuss the point of the attributes of the Lord God, the Almighty Creator in the Quran.

Is there anything like Him?

Verse 42:11 says:

Naught is as Allah likeness in attribute, knowledge, power and providence, exalted is He. He is the Hearer, of what is said, the Seer, of what is done.

Verse 37:159 says:

Exaltations to Allah above what they describe.

Glory to Allah! He is free from what they describe and/or from the things they ascribe (to him)!  Allah exonerates Himself from that which they attribute unto Him.

According to Quranic teachings, anyone who believes that the Lord God, the Almighty Creator will perform such acts that are mentioned in the Bible (in Micah 1:8) and He is like to two animals and two birds is categorized as disbeliever and he will dwell Eternally in the Hell. This is because he is insulting his Almighty Creator.

Back to the ostrich,

The ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran; yet the birds in general are mentioned 12 times in the Quran.  The Quran says that the Birds as well as the Animals and are but societies like human beings.

Verse 6:38 says:  

There is not an animal in the earth, or a flying creature flying on two wings between the earth and sky, but they are societies like unto you.  They resemble you in eating, copulation, understanding one another, just as you understand one another: this is a sign for you.  Allah has neglected nothing in the Quran. Allah has mentioned everything in the Quran. And unto their Lord, all the created beings will be gathered on the Day of Judgment.

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The Bible, Micah 1:8 in five different Biblical versions

New International Version

Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

American Standard Version

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

English Standard Version

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

King James Version

Therefore I will wail and howl I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Young’s Literal Translation

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, and mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

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The Quran, Pickthal Translation:

Verse 42:11 … Naught is as his likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.

Verse 37:159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto him),

Verse 6:38 “there is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the book (of our decrees). Then unto their lord they will be gathered”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Who is cursed in Bible vs. Quran-1?

This is the first article of the series: “Who is cursed in Bible versus Quran”

In the Bible the Lord God says that the earth and the serpent are cursed.

The Earth is Cursed because of Adam; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for Adam to eat; the serpent is cursed because of Eve and it will eat dust.

In the Quran, Allah has cursed Iblis (Satan or the Devil).

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Who is cursed in the Bible? (1)

The following verses, Genesis 3: 1, 11-18, which talks about Adam and Eve, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     God has cursed the Earth and the serpent                   

2-     The serpent is the craftiest animal and is the cause of Eve’s fall

3-     Eve is the cause of Adam’s fall

4-     Man rules over woman

5-     The serpent eats dust

6-     Adam was essentially vegetarian.

The verses Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 say:

The serpent is deceitful and skillful in evil schemes; it is craftier than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. The serpent said to Eve, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

God said unto Adam, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I have commanded you not to eat from?”

Adam said unto the Lord God, “The woman (Eve) whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

The Lord God said to Eve, “What is this you have done?” Eve said, “The serpent deceived and beguiled me, and I ate.”

God said unto the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

God said unto Eve, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

The Lord God said unto Adam, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground (the Earth) because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it (the Earth) all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.”

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Who is cursed in the Quran? (1)

The following verses, 15:26-44, which talks about Adam’s creation, reveals some interesting facts; they are:

1-     Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam

2-     Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks; this indicates that the Bacteria (stinks) were mixed with the clay-Adam. These bacteria would form later on the normal body flora in the living-Adam.  This normal body flora comprises 60-70% of the immunity of any human being including Adam.

3-     Allah celebrated the creation of Adam by commanding the Angels to prostrate once the clay-Adam turns out to be the living Adam when Allah places the spirit into him. This prostration is the Angel’s greeting for Adam and it is a great honor for mankind.

4-     The Angels prostrated save the too proud Iblis (Satan) who was standing among the angels, watching Adam’s creation.

      5- Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan.

The verses 15:26-44 say:

Allah created the jinn before the creation of Adam of smokeless fire, of permeative fire that can escape through openings.

Allah created Adam of black mud that stinks.

Allah said to the angels, “Indeed I am going to create a mortal out of clay of black stinking mud”. “So, when I have proportioned him, when I created his hands, legs, eyes and the rest of him and I have breathed into him of My Spirit, so that he becomes a living thing, fall down in prostration before him!’

And so, the angels fell prostrate to Adam, all of them together. Except Iblis (Satan or the Devil), he was [standing] among the angels: he felt too proud and refused to be among those prostrating to Adam.

Then, there was a dialogue between Allah and Satan (Iblis):

Allah said: O Iblis! Why you are not among those prostrating? Why do you not prostrate to Adam?

Satan said: Why should I prostrate myself before a mortal whom you have created out of clay of black stinking mud; it is not becoming of me to prostrate to black stinking mud.

Allah said: ‘Then be gone from hence, that is, from standing among the angels — but it is also said, from the heavens — for you are indeed accursed, outcast, and banished from My mercy.  And indeed My curse and the curse of the angels and all created beings shall be upon you until the Day of Judgment, the Day of Requital.

Satan said: My Lord! Reprieve me until the day when they, mankind, shall be resurrected and are raised from the grave; the accursed did not wish to taste death.

Allah said: you are reprieved, you will be given respite. Till an appointed time, the time of the first blast of the Trumpet.

Satan said: ‘My Lord, because You have lead me astray I shall adorn for them all the evil acts in the earth and I shall lead all of them astray. Except those servants of Yours who are protected from me, who are sincerely devoted to You.

Allah said: The straight path leading to Me is the right and honored course.  Lo! As for My servants, the devoted believers, you shall have nether warrant nor power over them; except those who follow you from among the wicked, the disbelievers. And truly Hell shall be their destination; all those who follow and obey you shall be with you in Hell.

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The Bible: Genesis 3: 1, 11-18 (English Standard Version)

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”

11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

16To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

17And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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The Quran: Verses 15:26-44 (Pickthal translation)

﴿26﴾ verily we created man of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿27﴾and the jinn did we create aforetime of essential fire.

﴿28﴾ and (remember) when thy lord said unto the angels: lo! I am creating a mortal out of potter’s clay of black mud altered,

﴿29﴾ so, when I have made him and have breathed into him of my spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

﴿30﴾ so the angels fell prostrate, all of them together

﴿31﴾ save Iblis. He refused to be among the prostrate.

﴿32﴾ he said: o Iblis! What aileth thee that thou art not among the prostrate?

﴿33﴾ he said: I am not one to prostrate myself unto a mortal whom thou hast created out of potter’s clay of black mud altered!

﴿34﴾ he (Allah)  said: then go thou forth from hence, for lo! Thou art outcast.

﴿35﴾ and lo! The curse shall be upon thee till the Day of Judgment.

﴿36﴾ he said: my lord! Reprieve me till the day when they are raised.

﴿37﴾ he said: then lo! Thou art of those reprieved

﴿38﴾ till the day of appointed time.

﴿39﴾ he said: my lord! Because thou hast sent me astray, I verily shall adorn the path of error for them in the earth, and shall mislead them every one,

 ﴿40﴾﴾ save such of them as are thy perfectly devoted slaves.

﴿41﴾ he said: this is a right course incumbent upon me:

﴿42﴾ lo! As for my slaves, thou hast no power over any of them save such of the froward as follow thee,

﴿43﴾ and lo! For all such, hell will be the promised place.

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The wisdom of Adam’ story in the Quran:

1) Before Allah has given Adam the spirit to live, the clay-Adam was stinking; and after the spirit leaves the man when he dies, he will stink again.

2) So, the man’s beginning was stinking and the man’s end is eventually stinking too.  The spirit provided by Allah is between the two man’ stink.

3) Our body is material + spirit.  We almost always give our material part its proper nourishment.  Also, our spirit part needs sustenance too by being connected to its Creator.  Unfortunately, most of us do not give their spirit part its proper nourishment; and that is why most us are not happy and will never ever be satisfied. Hence, the secret of happiness is in our spirit part.

4) It is Satan, not the serpent, who is our essential enemy.

5) In other verses of the Quran, both Adam and Eve ate from the tree at the same time; so Eve was not the cause of Adam’s fall.

Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Both the Bible and the Quran discussed an important social problem, when a man accuses his wife of committing adultery and he has no witnesses. The two Books command the Divine solution of this problem. In the Bible, the solution is 100 shekels of silver for as a penalty for the man if he lies or kill the wife if she is guilty.  In the Quran, the solution is the five testimonies for both the man and the wife.

In the Bible, Deuteronomy 22:13-21 says:

If a man married a woman and accuses her that she is not a virgin, the father of the woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

The wife’s father will say to the elders, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, “I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity.” And yet this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.  If there is no proof of the wife’s virginity and the elders of the city found out the charge is true; they will kill her in Public. The elders of the city shall bring her to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

In the Quran, Verse 24:6-10 says:

As for those who accuse their wives of committing adultery but have no witnesses for their accusation except themselves; then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify, swearing by Allah five times, four times that he is indeed being truthful, in accusing his wife of committing adultery; and on the fifth, the man should invoke Allah’s curse on himself if he was lying about his wife having committed adultery. This will spare him the prescribed legal punishment for false accusation.

And the punishment, namely, the prescribed legal punishment for fornication that is established upon his testimony, shall be averted from her if she testify [swearing] by Allah five times too, four times that he is indeed lying, in accusing her of having fornicated; and a fifth oath that the wrath of Allah be upon her if her husband is true in what he says about her.

And were it not for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you, in shielding you from being exposed in such situations, and that Allah is the Relenting, in His acceptance of repentance in such situations and otherwise.  Allah is the Wise, in the rulings, He has given for this and other matters that He might make clear the truth therein and hasten punishment for those deserving it.

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The Bible, Deuteronomy 22:13-21 (American Standard Version)

13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

14 and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

15 then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

16 and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;

17 and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

18 And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

19 and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

21 then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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The Quran, Verse 24:6-10 (Yusuf Ali translation)

6 and for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own, – their solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth;

7 and the fifth (oath) (should be) that they solemnly invoke the curse of Allah on themselves if they tell a lie.

8 but it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) by Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;

9 and the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.

10 if it were not for Allah’s grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is oft-returning, full of wisdom,- (ye would be ruined indeed).

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Law of the Levirate Marriage in Bible versus Quran

In the Bible, the Lord God urges the Levirate Marriage that is the marriage by a man with his brother’s widow if the dead brother was childless. 

The Law of the Levirate Marriage is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

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The Law of the Levirate Marriage in the Bible

In the Bible, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, if you were a brother, your brother died without producing an offspring; the Biblical law in such case is that the widow, your sister in law should be your wife. However,

What if she does not seem good to you?
What if you do not like her?
What if she is malicious?
What if you do not have the money to support her?
What if you are already happily married?
How come that your son does not carry your name?

Then, if you persist in saying; I do not want to marry her; in this case, you got spit in the face and called the family of the Unsandaled!

The term, “The family of the Unsandaled” is a shameful term.

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The Law of Levirate Marriage in the Quran

The Law of the Levirate Marriage is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

In addition, Verse 33: 5 says: Name them to their true fathers. That is more equitable, that is more just, better, more correct and fairer in the sight of Allah in relation to lineage. The son should carry his true father’s name.

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The Bible, Deuteronomy 25:5-10 (King James Version)

5) If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

6) And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

7) And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;

9) Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.

10) And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.

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The Quran, verse 33:5,

Verse 33: 5

QARIB: name them after their fathers; that is more just with Allah…

SHAKIR: assert their relationship to their fathers; this is more equitable with Allah…

PICKTHAL: proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the sight of Allah…

YUSUFALI: call them by (the names of) their fathers: that is juster in the sight of Allah…

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The ostrich in the Bible versus the Quran (2)

The ostrich is mentioned 10 times in the Bible.  In Micah 1:8, the Lord God says: I will make lamentation like the ostriches, mourning like the ostriches.

On the other hand, the ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran. Yet, the Quran says that the birds in general live in societies like human beings.

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The ostrich in the Bible (2)

In the Bible, Micah 1:8, the Lord God says that because of this (the sin of Samaria and Jerusalem), I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

In the verse Micah 1:8, the Lord God will perform many different amazing acts; also, the Lord God is like two animals and two birds.

The Lord God will make these amazing acts; He will:

Be naked
Be stripped
Be spoiled
Go barefoot
Make lamentation
Mourn
Weep
Wail
Howl
Moan

The Lord God is like to two animals and two birds; He is like:

Dragon
Jackal
Ostrich
Owl

In reference to five different Biblical versions which are given in this article, the smart reader may observe that these five versions give different translation for the ostrich and the jackal.  The ostrich is translated to the owl; and the jackal is translated to the dragon!

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The ostrich in the Quran (2)

Let us first discuss the point of the attributes of the Lord God, the Almighty Creator in the Quran.

Is there anything like Him?

Verse 42:11 says:

Naught is as Allah likeness in attribute, knowledge, power and providence, exalted is He. He is the Hearer, of what is said, the Seer, of what is done.

Verse 37:159 says:

Exaltations to Allah above what they describe.

Glory to Allah! He is free from what they describe and/or from the things they ascribe (to him)!  Allah exonerates Himself from that which they attribute unto Him.

According to Quranic teachings, anyone who believes that the Lord God, the Almighty Creator will perform such acts that are mentioned in the Bible (in Micah 1:8) and He is like to two animals and two birds is categorized as disbeliever and he will dwell Eternally in the Hell. This is because he is insulting his Almighty Creator.

Back to the ostrich,

The ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran; yet the birds in general are mentioned 12 times in the Quran.  The Quran says that the Birds as well as the Animals and are but societies like human beings.

Verse 6:38 says:  

There is not an animal in the earth, or a flying creature flying on two wings between the earth and sky, but they are societies like unto you.  They resemble you in eating, copulation, understanding one another, just as you understand one another: this is a sign for you.  Allah has neglected nothing in the Quran. Allah has mentioned everything in the Quran. And unto their Lord, all the created beings will be gathered on the Day of Judgment.

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The Bible, Micah 1:8 in five different Biblical versions

New International Version

Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

American Standard Version

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

English Standard Version

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

King James Version

Therefore I will wail and howl I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Young’s Literal Translation

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, and mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

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The Quran, Pickthal Translation:

Verse 42:11 … Naught is as his likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.

Verse 37:159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto him),

Verse 6:38 “there is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the book (of our decrees). Then unto their lord they will be gathered”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Water in Bible versus Quran (1)

The exact translation of the Hebrew verse, Proverbs 9:17, is:

“Stolen waters are sweet, and hidden bread is delicious”

Herein, you will see how different five Bible’s versions translate this simple statement.

As a matter of fact, I could not find any comment(s) about this verse that may encourage stealing of water.

In addition, I do not believe that the Lord God said that the “stolen waters are sweet”.

Does the Lord God encourage stealing that He forbids in His Ten Commandments?

On the other hand, Mike Scott*, the minister, says: in his article, “What is the symbolism of water in the bible?”

“The Koran states, “From water we have made all things.” Water seems to play an elemental part in Islam. I should remind you that the Koran was written some 600 years after the writing of the Old and New Testaments, and is largely an answer to Christianity; therefore, we would expect to see a lot of similarity in the teaching of the Koran with regard to water.”

N.B. Mike Scott*, the minister is:

1) The Pulpit minister in Texas, Colorado, California and Arizona

2) The Pulpit minister for the Mt. Vernon Church in Prescott, Arizona, and

3) The commentator on the Television Program “What Do the Scriptures Say?”

Now, let us see if Mike’ statement about the Quran is true and valid.

Verse 21:30 of the Quran, says:

Have not those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, were aligned with each other then Allah has parted them and separated them from each other. Also, have not they known that Allah made every living thing of water?

Will they not then believe by affirming Allah’s Oneness and Muhammad Prophethood?

Now, you smart reader see the similarity in the teaching of the Koran with regard to water that is claimed by Mike Scott.

Nevertheless, we will talk later about the relation between the verse 21:30 of the Quran and 1) the water in Biological sciences and 2) the recent cosmological theory of Big Bang and the subsequent development of the Universe.

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The Bible, Proverbs 9:17 (five different versions)

New International Version: “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

American Standard Version: Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

English Standard Version: “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

King James Version: Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Young’s Literal Translation: Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.’

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The Quran, Verse 21:30 (four different translations)

QARIB: have the unbelievers not seen that the heavens and the earth were sewn up as one (solid) mass, then we unstitched them, and that we made every living thing of water? will they not believe!

SHAKIR: do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but we have opened them; and we have made of water everything living, will they not then believe?

PICKTHAL: have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then we parted them, and we made every living thing of water? will they not then believe?

YUSUFALI: do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? we made from water every living thing. will they not then believe?

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

The Water in Bible versus Quran (1)

The exact translation of the Hebrew verse, Proverbs 9:17, is:

“Stolen waters are sweet, and hidden bread is delicious”

Herein, you will see how different five Bible’s versions translate this simple statement.

As a matter of fact, I could not find any comment(s) about this verse that may encourage stealing of water.

In addition, I do not believe that the Lord God said that the “stolen waters are sweet”.

Does the Lord God encourage stealing that He forbids in His Ten Commandments?

On the other hand, Mike Scott*, the minister, says: in his article, “What is the symbolism of water in the bible?”

“The Koran states, “From water we have made all things.” Water seems to play an elemental part in Islam. I should remind you that the Koran was written some 600 years after the writing of the Old and New Testaments, and is largely an answer to Christianity; therefore, we would expect to see a lot of similarity in the teaching of the Koran with regard to water.”

N.B. Mike Scott*, the minister is:

1) The Pulpit minister in Texas, Colorado, California and Arizona

2) The Pulpit minister for the Mt. Vernon Church in Prescott, Arizona, and

3) The commentator on the Television Program “What Do the Scriptures Say?”

Now, let us see if Mike’ statement about the Quran is true and valid.

Verse 21:30 of the Quran, says:

Have not those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, were aligned with each other then Allah has parted them and separated them from each other. Also, have not they known that Allah made every living thing of water?

Will they not then believe by affirming Allah’s Oneness and Muhammad Prophethood?

Now, you smart reader see the similarity in the teaching of the Koran with regard to water that is claimed by Mike Scott.

Nevertheless, we will talk later about the relation between the verse 21:30 of the Quran and 1) the water in Biological sciences and 2) the recent cosmological theory of Big Bang and the subsequent development of the Universe.

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The Bible, Proverbs 9:17 (five different versions)

New International Version: “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

American Standard Version: Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

English Standard Version: “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

King James Version: Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Young’s Literal Translation: Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.’

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The Quran, Verse 21:30 (four different translations)

QARIB: have the unbelievers not seen that the heavens and the earth were sewn up as one (solid) mass, then we unstitched them, and that we made every living thing of water? will they not believe!

SHAKIR: do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but we have opened them; and we have made of water everything living, will they not then believe?

PICKTHAL: have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then we parted them, and we made every living thing of water? will they not then believe?

YUSUFALI: do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? we made from water every living thing. will they not then believe?

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is the twelfth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that from the Language point of view, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another notion. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the present article, we will analyze and discuss the translation of one verse that talks about the “strange women” in 18 different versions of the Bible.  Although this issue needs some patience and watchfulness; however, it deserves studying to prove how incorrectly the translators of some Biblical versions did their Job in reference to the original Hebrew Scripture.

Very simply, the verse, Ezra 10:2, says “…we had betrayed our God and we have taken strange women of the peoples of the land…”  This is the unembroidered translation of the original Hebrew verse

Herein, we will talk about the translation of the above 12 words.

These 12 words make up a very simple and easy phrase that is composed of four parts ” we had betrayed our God + we have taken + strange women + of the peoples of the land”.

Now, let us see how do 18 Biblical versions translate the above 12 words of the verse?

(1) How do 18 Biblical versions translate we had betrayed our God?

We betrayed our God in one version (The Message).

We have been unfaithful to our God (in seven versions).

We have trespassed against our God (in five versions).

We have broken faith with our God (in one version).

We have acted unfaithfully toward our God (in one version).

We haven’t been faithful to our God (in one version).

We have disobeyed God (in one version).

We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God (in one version).

(2) How do 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken?

Only four out of 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken correctly; while 13 versions translate we have taken to we have married or by marrying (in six and seven versions respectively). One version translates it to “we settle”. Literally, “we have taken” is quite different from “we have married”.

(3) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate strange women?

In Hebrew, the word pronounced as “No-kh-re-yoat” is the plural of the English word “stranger”.  Also, the word pronounced as “Za-roat” is the plural of the English word “Foreign”.  Both “No-kh-re-yoat” and “Za-roat” are used in the Hebrew version when talking about the strange women and the foreign women respectively.

The Hebrew verse of Ezra 10:2 used “No-kh-re-yoat” women, i.e. strange women. However, only two Biblical versions out of 18 Biblical versions translate it correctly.

In two Biblical versions, strange women are translated to pagan women!

Strange women is translated in the other 14 versions as foreign women (in Nine versions), foreign wives (in three versions) or “just” women (in two versions) etc.

I wonder why the translators of 15 Biblical versions could not translate such a simple word.

(4) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate the peoples of the land?

The peoples of the land in nine versions
The peoples around us in four versions
The nations that are around us, the surrounding peoples and the people around here in one version each.
However, the strangest translation was in two Biblical versions that translate it to “pagan women of the land”.  According to the original Hebrew verse, “pagan women” is not the Word of God.
In addition, Contemporary English Version does not translate it!

Upon Comparing King James Version with New King James Version and 21st Century King James Version, you find that “strange wives ” in King James Version became ” pagan wives ” in New King James Version and “foreign wives” in 21st Century King James Version. 

However, when comparing the American Standard Version with the New American Standard Bible, you find no changes between the two versions; they both used the term “foreign women”.

Conclusion:

1) The 18 Biblical versions studied could not translate 12 simple Hebrew words correctly.

2) In two Biblical versions (New King James Version and New Living Translation), “strange” women are translated to “pagan” women.

In Language, Pagan is an irreligious, uncultured, uncivilized or hedonistic person. Also, pagan is an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible.  Of course there is a very big difference between strange and Pagan!

Herein, we have two questions for the translators of New King James Version and New Living Translation:

Are strange women Pagan? Are all the non-Jewish women Pagan?
Is not your translation hurts the non-Jewish women?

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About this issue in the Quran:

In the whole Quran, the term “strange woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

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Verse Ezra 10:2 in 18 different versions of the Bible

New Living Translation (NLT)…We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land.

New King James Version (NKJV)…“We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land.

New International Version (NIV) …We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

New American Standard Bible (NASB) …We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land.

Amplified Bible (AMP) …We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land.

English Standard Version (ESV) …We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

…we have disobeyed God by marrying these foreign women.

American Standard Version (ASV) …We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) …We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples.

Today’s New International Version (TNIV)…We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

New International Version – UK (NIVUK)…We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

The Message (MSG)…We betrayed our God by marrying foreign wives from the people around here.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)…”We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land.

Darby Translation (DARBY)…We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land.

Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)…We have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land.

King James Version (KJV)…We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land.

New Century Version (NCV)…”We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying women from the peoples around us.

New International Reader’s Version (NIRV)…”We haven’t been faithful to our God. We’ve gotten married to women from the nations that are around us.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is the seventh article of the series:

“The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another opinion.

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, all non-Israelite or all the non-Jewish women are “foreign” women or “strange” women.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

According to the inspired word of God, the Bible gives three examples of the foreign women; all of them were prostitutes.

As a matter of fact, all the foreign women in the Old Testament save Ruth are prostitutes or evil or robbers and they are unfaithful and they lead to death.

The first foreign woman was Rahab, the prostitute, who welcomed the spies and helped them against her country. 

The second foreign woman, a prostitute, was the mother of Jephthah, a mighty man of valor who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites and judged Israel six years.

The third foreign woman was from Gaza. One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

The most important one of these foreign women is Rahab the prostitute as the Bible calls her. 

Rahab in the Old Testament (Joshua 2 and 6)

Joshua sent two spies to spy Jericho. They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.  This Biblical verse throws some light about the importance of the women especially the prostitutes in the “world of spies”.   The king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.

After invading Jericho, Joshua commanded: The city and all that is in it are to be totally destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies.

Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the prostitute‘s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she has, as you swore unto her.

And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her; because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho; and she lives among the Israelites.  And Joshua destroyed with the sword every living thing in Jericho, men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Rahab in the New Testament

1) Matthew puts Rahab the prostitute, in the Genealogy of the Lord Jesus, as being one of family tree of the Lord Jesus.

2) Paul says: By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

3) James says: even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them out by another way?

Rahab and Jericho; her citizenship was violated to the highest degree

Rahab was a Jericho citizen, she changed to the side of Jericho’s enemy and helped the spies; she did not listen to her king. She is a collaborator in the total destruction of her city.  Was she a turncoat to her country, was she an agent of the enemy and traitor to her homeland?

However, the Bible, especially the New Testament, honors Rahab very much!

It seems likely that helping the spies against your country is a relative issue; some believe that it is the top crime against your country although the others say that it is the sign of faith and righteousness!

Also, the cause of invasion of Jericho is not mentioned. Why did Joshua invade Jericho and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it, all men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

It was total destruction of all forms of life, every living thing, men and all the foreign women, babies, girls, kids, even all the animals were killed.

I really do not think that God Love would be happy with such acts.

Also, I am not sure if you smart reader know that the sword is mentioned more than 400 times in the Bible (a year is 365 days!); and the sword is never ever mentioned in the entire Quran.

On the other hand, Joshua, Rahab, Jephthah, Samson, Jericho and Gaza are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

Moreover, the idiom “Foreign woman” is not found in the Quran; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

Moreover, I wonder why Matthew and Mark insist that the splendid Saint Mary was an ordinary woman; she married Joseph who begot four children from her.

In the Quran, Saint Mary was one of the best four women ever walked on the earth. No man touched her; she was absolutely pure and virgin until she died. She was virgin all through her life from birth to death and no man has ever touched her. All respects, greetings and Peace are due to her and her son.

Nevertheless, both Matthew (13:55) and Mark (6:3) claim that Joseph begot four boys from Saint Mary; they were James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. These four boys are the four brothers of the Lord Jesus (four God’s brothers!).

Besides, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Bible is composed of 42 generations according to Matthew-1 while it is composed of 55 generations according to Mark-3, i.e., there are 13 missed generations. These 42 or 55 generations are from Abraham to Joseph who married Mary and had four children from her.  On the other hand, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Quran is only three words: “Jesus the Son of Mary!”  PERIOD

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The Bible (New International Version)

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go; look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Joshua 2:3

So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

Joshua 6:17

The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 6:21

They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Joshua 6:22

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute‘s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”

Joshua 6:25

But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

James 2:25

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?

Judges 11:1

Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.

Judges 16:1

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

Matthew 1:1, 5

1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:

5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse (the father of King David),

Matthew 13:55

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

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The Quran

In the entire Quran, the term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

To avoid repetition, the interested reader can read the previous six articles of this series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran is quoted from the Bible?

The parable of the 10 virgins found in Matt. 25:1-13 has more to say to us than we often realize. One of the things that troubles a person most, that nags and gnaws at our spirit, is when we mess up, make a bad mistake, and then have to pay for it when we realized from the get go what we needed to do which would have avoided the whole thing but simply failed to do it for one reason or another. We blame ourselves for the mess we got ourselves into and rightly so. There is much of that in the parable of the 10 virgins.

You probably know the parable but I will give a brief summary just in case. In ancient times in the Middle East when there was a wedding it was the Jewish custom for the bridegroom to go to the house of his father-in-law to receive his bride and then to return to either his own home or a designated location for the wedding and all that went with it. There would be appointed a company of virgins to meet him and his beloved with lanterns to accompany them upon their return to the place of the festivities and to enter therein with them and enjoy and take part in the celebration.

In the account found in Matthew the bridegroom tarried for whatever reason and did not arrive nearly as soon as expected. The 10 virgins fell asleep but were awakened by the cry of his imminent appearance and prepared immediately to go out and greet the couple and fulfill their duties to bring them in to commence the wedding. The problem was 5 of the 10 virgins found they were running out of oil for their lamps which were going out and had brought nothing with them to carry them over in such a contingency. The other 5 had prepared for such a thing but had not enough extra oil to give out lest they too run out. The 5 who lacked sufficient oil made a hasty trip to purchase from those who sold but upon their return found the

This is the seventh article of the series:

“The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another opinion.

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman or the “strange” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, all non-Israelite or all the non-Jewish women are “foreign” women or “strange” women.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

According to the inspired word of God, the Bible gives three examples of the foreign women; all of them were prostitutes.

As a matter of fact, all the foreign women in the Old Testament save Ruth are prostitutes or evil or robbers and they are unfaithful and they lead to death.

The first foreign woman was Rahab, the prostitute, who welcomed the spies and helped them against her country. 

The second foreign woman, a prostitute, was the mother of Jephthah, a mighty man of valor who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites and judged Israel six years.

The third foreign woman was from Gaza. One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

The most important one of these foreign women is Rahab the prostitute as the Bible calls her. 

Rahab in the Old Testament (Joshua 2 and 6)

Joshua sent two spies to spy Jericho. They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.  This Biblical verse throws some light about the importance of the women especially the prostitutes in the “world of spies”.   The king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.

After invading Jericho, Joshua commanded: The city and all that is in it are to be totally destroyed. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies.

Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the prostitute‘s house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she has, as you swore unto her.

And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her; because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho; and she lives among the Israelites.  And Joshua destroyed with the sword every living thing in Jericho, men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Rahab in the New Testament

1) Matthew puts Rahab the prostitute, in the Genealogy of the Lord Jesus, as being one of family tree of the Lord Jesus.

2) Paul says: By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

3) James says: even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them out by another way?

Rahab and Jericho; her citizenship was violated to the highest degree

Rahab was a Jericho citizen, she changed to the side of Jericho’s enemy and helped the spies; she did not listen to her king. She is a collaborator in the total destruction of her city.  Was she a turncoat to her country, was she an agent of the enemy and traitor to her homeland?

However, the Bible, especially the New Testament, honors Rahab very much!

It seems likely that helping the spies against your country is a relative issue; some believe that it is the top crime against your country although the others say that it is the sign of faith and righteousness!

Also, the cause of invasion of Jericho is not mentioned. Why did Joshua invade Jericho and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it, all men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

It was total destruction of all forms of life, every living thing, men and all the foreign women, babies, girls, kids, even all the animals were killed.

I really do not think that God Love would be happy with such acts.

Also, I am not sure if you smart reader know that the sword is mentioned more than 400 times in the Bible (a year is 365 days!); and the sword is never ever mentioned in the entire Quran.

On the other hand, Joshua, Rahab, Jephthah, Samson, Jericho and Gaza are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

Moreover, the idiom “Foreign woman” is not found in the Quran; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

Moreover, I wonder why Matthew and Mark insist that the splendid Saint Mary was an ordinary woman; she married Joseph who begot four children from her.

In the Quran, Saint Mary was one of the best four women ever walked on the earth. No man touched her; she was absolutely pure and virgin until she died. She was virgin all through her life from birth to death and no man has ever touched her. All respects, greetings and Peace are due to her and her son.

Nevertheless, both Matthew (13:55) and Mark (6:3) claim that Joseph begot four boys from Saint Mary; they were James, Joseph, Simon and Judas. These four boys are the four brothers of the Lord Jesus (four God’s brothers!).

Besides, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Bible is composed of 42 generations according to Matthew-1 while it is composed of 55 generations according to Mark-3, i.e., there are 13 missed generations. These 42 or 55 generations are from Abraham to Joseph who married Mary and had four children from her.  On the other hand, the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in the Quran is only three words: “Jesus the Son of Mary!”  PERIOD

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The Bible (New International Version)

Joshua 2:1

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go; look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Joshua 2:3

So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

Joshua 6:17

The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 6:21

They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

Joshua 6:22

Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute‘s house and bring her out and all who belong to her, in accordance with your oath to her.”

Joshua 6:25

But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day.

Hebrews 11:31

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.

James 2:25

In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction?

Judges 11:1

Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute.

Judges 16:1

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.

Matthew 1:1, 5

1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:

5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse (the father of King David),

Matthew 13:55

“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

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The Quran

In the entire Quran, the term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

To avoid repetition, the interested reader can read the previous six articles of this series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran is quoted from the Bible?

The ostrich in the Bible versus the Quran (1)

The ostrich is mentioned 10 times in the Bible.  In Micah 1:8, the Lord God says: I will make lamentation like the ostriches, mourning like the ostriches.

On the other hand, the ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran. Yet, the Quran says that the birds in general live in societies like human beings.

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The ostrich in the Bible (2)

In the Bible, Micah 1:8, the Lord God says that because of this (the sin of Samaria and Jerusalem), I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

In the verse Micah 1:8, the Lord God will perform many different amazing acts; also, the Lord God is like two animals and two birds.

The Lord God will make these amazing acts; He will:

Be naked
Be stripped
Be spoiled
Go barefoot
Make lamentation
Mourn
Weep
Wail
Howl
Moan

The Lord God is like to two animals and two birds; He is like:

Dragon
Jackal
Ostrich
Owl

In reference to five different Biblical versions which are given in this article, the smart reader may observe that these five versions give different translation for the ostrich and the jackal.  The ostrich is translated to the owl; and the jackal is translated to the dragon!

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The ostrich in the Quran (2)

Let us first discuss the point of the attributes of the Lord God, the Almighty Creator in the Quran.

Is there anything like Him?

Verse 42:11 says:

Naught is as Allah likeness in attribute, knowledge, power and providence, exalted is He. He is the Hearer, of what is said, the Seer, of what is done.

Verse 37:159 says:

Exaltations to Allah above what they describe.

Glory to Allah! He is free from what they describe and/or from the things they ascribe (to him)!  Allah exonerates Himself from that which they attribute unto Him.

According to Quranic teachings, anyone who believes that the Lord God, the Almighty Creator will perform such acts that are mentioned in the Bible (in Micah 1:8) and He is like to two animals and two birds is categorized as disbeliever and he will dwell Eternally in the Hell. This is because he is insulting his Almighty Creator.

Back to the ostrich,

The ostrich is not mentioned therein in the Quran; yet the birds in general are mentioned 12 times in the Quran.  The Quran says that the Birds as well as the Animals and are but societies like human beings.

Verse 6:38 says:  

There is not an animal in the earth, or a flying creature flying on two wings between the earth and sky, but they are societies like unto you.  They resemble you in eating, copulation, understanding one another, just as you understand one another: this is a sign for you.  Allah has neglected nothing in the Quran. Allah has mentioned everything in the Quran. And unto their Lord, all the created beings will be gathered on the Day of Judgment.

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The Bible, Micah 1:8 in five different Biblical versions

New International Version

Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

American Standard Version

For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

English Standard Version

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make lamentation like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.

King James Version

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Young’s Literal Translation

For this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.

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The Quran, Pickthal Translation:

Verse 42:11 … Naught is as his likeness; and He is the Hearer, the Seer.

Verse 37:159 Glorified be Allah from that which they attribute (unto him),

Verse 6:38 “there is not an animal in the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are peoples like unto you. We have neglected nothing in the book (of our decrees). Then unto their lord they will be gathered”.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is the twelfth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that from the Language point of view, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another notion. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the present article, we will analyze and discuss the translation of one verse that talks about the “strange women” in 18 different versions of the Bible.  Although this issue needs some patience and watchfulness; however, it deserves studying to prove how enormously the translators of some Biblical versions did their Job in reference to the original Hebrew Scripture.

Very simply, the verse, Ezra 10:2, says “…we had betrayed our God and we have taken strange women of the peoples of the land…”  This is the unembroidered translation of the original Hebrew verse

Herein, we will talk about the translation of the above 12 words.

These 12 words make up a very simple and easy phrase that is composed of four parts ” we had betrayed our God + we have taken + strange women + of the peoples of the land”.

Now, let us see how do 18 Biblical versions translate the above 12 words of the verse?

(1) How do 18 Biblical versions translate we had betrayed our God?

We betrayed our God in one version (The Message).

We have been unfaithful to our God (in seven versions).

We have trespassed against our God (in five versions).

We have broken faith with our God (in one version).

We have acted unfaithfully toward our God (in one version).

We haven’t been faithful to our God (in one version).

We have disobeyed God (in one version).

We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God (in one version).

(2) How do 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken?

Only four out of 18 Biblical versions translate we have taken correctly; while 13 versions translate we have taken to we have married or by marrying (in six and seven versions respectively). One version translates it to “we settle”. Literally, “we have taken” is quite different from “we have married”.

(3) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate strange women?

In Hebrew, the word pronounced as “No-kh-re-yoat” is the plural of the English word “stranger”.  Also, the word pronounced as “Za-roat” is the plural of the English word “Foreign”.  Both “No-kh-re-yoat” and “Za-roat” are used in the Hebrew version when talking about the strange women and the foreign women respectively.

The Hebrew verse of Ezra 10:2 used “No-kh-re-yoat” women, i.e. strange women. However, only two Biblical versions out of 18 Biblical versions translate it correctly.

In two Biblical versions, strange women are translated to pagan women!

Strange women is translated in the other 14 versions as foreign women (in Nine versions), foreign wives (in three versions) or “just” women (in two versions) etc.

I wonder why the translators of 15 Biblical versions could not translate such a simple word.

(4) How do the 18 Biblical versions translate the peoples of the land?

The peoples of the land in nine versions
The peoples around us in four versions
The nations that are around us, the surrounding peoples and the people around here in one version each.
However, the strangest translation was in two Biblical versions that translate it to “pagan women of the land”.  According to the original Hebrew verse, “pagan women” is not the Word of God.
In addition, Contemporary English Version does not translate it!

Upon Comparing King James Version with New King James Version and 21st Century King James Version, you find that “strange wives ” in King James Version became ” pagan wives ” in New King James Version and “foreign wives” in 21st Century King James Version. 

However, when comparing the American Standard Version with the New American Standard Bible, you find no changes between the two versions; they both used the term “foreign women”.

Conclusion:

1) The 18 Biblical versions studied could not translate 12 simple Hebrew words correctly.

2) In two Biblical versions (New King James Version and New Living Translation), “strange” women are translated to “pagan” women.

In Language, Pagan is an irreligious, uncultured, uncivilized or hedonistic person. Also, pagan is an unconverted individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible.  Of course there is a very big difference between strange and Pagan!

Herein, we have two questions for the translators of New King James Version and New Living Translation:

Are strange women Pagan? Are all the non-Jewish women Pagan?
Is not your translation hurts the non-Jewish women?

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About this issue in the Quran:

In the whole Quran, the term “strange woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc.

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Verse Ezra 10:2 in 18 different versions of the Bible

New Living Translation (NLT)…We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land.

New King James Version (NKJV)…“We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land.

New International Version (NIV) …We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

New American Standard Bible (NASB) …We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land.

Amplified Bible (AMP) …We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land.

English Standard Version (ESV) …We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

…we have disobeyed God by marrying these foreign women.

American Standard Version (ASV) …We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) …We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples.

Today’s New International Version (TNIV)…We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

New International Version – UK (NIVUK)…We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us.

The Message (MSG)…We betrayed our God by marrying foreign wives from the people around here.

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)…”We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land.

Darby Translation (DARBY)…We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land.

Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)…We have trespassed against our God, and we settle strange women of the peoples of the land.

King James Version (KJV)…We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land.

New Century Version (NCV)…”We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying women from the peoples around us.

New International Reader’s Version (NIRV)…”We haven’t been faithful to our God. We’ve gotten married to women from the nations that are around us.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

This is the tenth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles, we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view. 

As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” woman.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous two articles of this series (8-9), we discussed the Biblical concept and policy of treating the foreign women in war.

In the Bible, the Lord God recommends killing every woman who has slept with a man; but capturing and saving (for you) every girl who has never slept with a man.  Also, the Lord God recommends Killing the men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys etc.

In the present article, we will discuss the Biblical policy of dealing with and treating the foreign women: 1) Shortly after the war is done and 2) At time of peace.

(1) How to deal with the foreign women shortly after the war is done

How to deal with the captive foreign women?

1.  You can marry a Beautiful Captive Woman

The Bible says: When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

2. but, first, Shave her head and Trim her Nails

The Bible says: Bring the Captive Woman into your home and have her shave her head and trim her nails

3.  Before marrying her, let her Mourn for a Full Month

The Bible says: And put aside the clothes she (the Captive Woman) was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

4.  And do not sell her since you have dishonored her

The Bible says: If you are not pleased with her (your wife), let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

However, there are three outcomes of marrying foreign women.

If you marry foreign women then you will:

A. Do evil in the eyes of the Lord,

B. Forget the Lord and

C. Serve and worship idols

1. The Bible says:  And the sons of Israel have dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods; and the sons of Israel 1) did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, 2) forgot Jehovah their God and 3) served the Baalim and the Asheroth.

2. Also, He married Jezebel (foreign woman) and served and worshipped idol

The Bible says: He (Ahab son of Omri) not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal (an idol) and worship it. 

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(2) How to deal with a foreign woman at time of peace?

1. Play the harlot with her, commit adultery with her

The Bible says: While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (play the harlot) with the daughters of Moab:

2. Reproach her and all her neighbors all that are round about her

The Bible says: before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

3. Make her like a fluttering bird pushed from the nest

The Bible says: Like fluttering birds, wandering birds pushed from the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.

4. Do not let her rejoice and/or take pride

The Bible says: Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

An important question about the lamentation that should be taught to the people

The Bible says that David lamented with “this lamentation” over Saul and Jonathan his son, and he said it should be taught to the people of Judah.

In David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan, King David said: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.

But where is the book of Jashar? Why it is missed? Why it does not present among the Biblical books? Is that because the book of Jashar contains many frank prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad?

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How to deal with the foreign woman in the Quran and Hadith?

The term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein in the entire Quran; all women are equal in connection with their rights and responsibilities apart from their race, color, location etc.

On the other hand, the following names of persons and/or places are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran:

1. The Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites the Jebusites, Baalim, and Asheroth.

2. Ahab, Omri, Jeroboam, Nebat, Jezebel, Ethbaal, the Sidonians, Shittim, Moab, Syria and Philistines

3. Arnon, Gath, Ashkelon, Philistines, Saul, Jonathan and Jashar.

Moreover, the captives beautiful woman, shave her head and trim her nails, and her full month mourn is not present therein in the whole Quran.

In addition, the Bible says: “since you have dishonored her (your wife)”.

Nevertheless, in narrated Hadith, the Prophet Muhammad says:

“The best of you is the best to his wife (not to dishonor her)”.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

10When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,

11And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

12Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

13And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled (humiliated) her.

Judges 3:5-7

5And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

6And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

1 Kings 16:31

31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

Numbers 25:1

1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Ezekiel 16:57

57Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

Isaiah 16:2

2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

2 Samuel 1:17-20

17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

18(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran (9)

This is the ninth article of the series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran”

In the previous articles (1-8), we have seen that in Language, the “foreign” woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another view.  As confirmed by the Bible, the “foreign” woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, any non-Israelite or any non-Jewish woman is a “foreign” women.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

In the previous article (The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran-8), The Bible gives the policy of how to deal with the foreign women in the war, kill every woman who has slept with a man; but capture and save for you every girl who has never slept with a man.

In the present article, The Bible (Deuteronomy 2:31-35, Deuteronomy 3:3-7, Judges 21:10 1 and 1Samuel 15:2-3) gives four more examples in adopting a policy of targeted killings of the foreign women in the war.  The Bible says:

(1) And the Lord God said unto Moses, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his country before you: begin to conquer and possess his land. Then Sihon came out against us, him and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz. And the Lord God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and completely destroyed every inhabited city, and we killed all men, women and children; we left no survivor; we left no one alive.  Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured.

(2) So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. And we completely destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, totally destroying every inhabited city, and we killed all men, women and children. But all the cattle, all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

(3) And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valor, and command them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.

(4) In addition, the Bible says: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go and strike the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but kill men and women, children, infants and suckling, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” Herein, the Lord God Love commanded to kill the infants and suckling in addition.

Again, it may be productive to remind the smart reader that the sword is mentioned more than 400 times in the Bible; and the sword is never ever mentioned in the entire Quran.

In the entire Quran, the term “foreign woman” is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in respect to their rights and responsibilities regardless of race, color, location etc. To avoid repetition, the interested reader can read the previous seven articles of this series: “The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran 1-7″.

Moses’ Wars in the Quran:

On the other hand, these Biblical tales of the wars between the Israelites and Sihon the king of Heshbon, Og the king of Bashan, the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead and the Amalekites are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

Also, Sihon, Heshbon, Og, Bashan, Argob, Jabesh-Gilead, Jahaz, the 60 fortified cities, the unwalled towns, and the Amalekites are not mentioned therein in the entire Quran.

It should be emphasized that Moses is mentioned 124 times in the Quran while Muhammad is mentioned four times only in the whole Quran; i.e. for each 31 times Moses is mentioned in the Quran, Muhammad is mentioned once.  However, in these 124 times of Moses, the Quran does not say that Moses had wars with Sihon the king of Heshbon or Og the king of Bashan.

Is the Quran anti-Israelites? Once more,

Ethically speaking, if the Quran is anti-Israelites then such massacre wars and bloodbaths would have been magnified and exaggerated in the Quran and it would be said: look at these people how they behave in the wars!  But the Quran does not say anything like that.

Furthermore, do you smart reader believe that the Lord God Love is happy with the outcome of such reasonless wars?  

On the other hand, the Prophet Muhammad put strict Prohibition against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.  Muhammad commanded not to kill women and children.

Also, Abu Bakr (the Muslims’ leader after Muhammad’s death) put ten ethical Commandments in War starting with: Do not kill women and children.

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The Bible (King James Version)

Deuteronomy 2:31-35

31And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

33And the Lord our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.

34And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

35Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

Deuteronomy 3:3-7

3So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

4And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

5All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

6And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

7But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.

Judges 21:10

10And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

1 Samuel 15:2-3

2Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Muhammad Prohibition against Killing Women

The Prophet Muhammad put strict Prohibition against Killing Women and Children in Military Expeditions.  Muhammad commanded not to kill women and children.

In Hadith, Muhammad puts the Ethical law in war

In narrated Hadith, Muhammad says:

1) Allah’s Apostle disapproved the killing of women and children,

2) Allah’s Apostle forbade the killing of women and children,

3) Do not mutilate (the dead) bodies, and

4) Do not kill the children and the elders.

In addition, after Muhammad’s death, Abu Bakr became the Muslims’ leader.

Abu Bakr and the Ten Commandments in War

Abu Bakr gave Ten ethical Commandments to his military officers before sending them to a war against the disbelievers; Abu Bakr said: “I command you ten things. Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty, and do not be cowardly.”