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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say there are no stars in the heavens during the day? O man because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God. Sri Ramakrishna Even in the valley of the shadow of death two and two do not make six. Leo Tolstoy |
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How much of the Quran is Muhammad's? 20%? 30%? I mean because the huge confusion was edited in times of the third caliph so little is left from what Muhammad really dictated.
The Muslim world seems to lack its Thomas Jefferson to write "The Faith and Moral Teachings of Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh of Mecca" as he did with Jesus of Nazareth. Those books are all the holly they can be, describing the lives of Saint Jesus and Saint Muhammad. |
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Wow. Glue-sniffing madman. And a well-respected judge in his community. Egads. They ought to vacate every single judgment ever made by this woomaster, especially all those he's certainly convicted "because black/liberal/has-a-working-brain/showed tits."
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ACCORDING TO THE QURAN , ALCOHOL IS NOT HARAM, IT IS "CONDITIONAL HALAL"
As the followers of the Quran know, only God can determine what is halal (lawful) or haram (forbidden). 16/116*And do not say, as to what your tongues falsely describe: "This is lawful, and that is forbidden;" that you seek to invent lies about God. Those who invent lies about God will not succeed. 16/35*And those who were polytheists said: "If God had wished, we would not have served a thing other than Him; neither us nor our fathers; nor would we have made unlawful anything other than from Him." Those before them did exactly the same thing; so are the messengers required to do anything except deliver with clarity? And the forbidden/haram food and drink (the blood) are announced explicitly by our Lord in His book: 5/3*Forbidden to you is that which is already dead, and the blood, and the meat of pig, and what was dedicated to other than God, and that which has been strangled, and that which has been beaten to death, and that which has fallen from a height, and that which has been gored, and that which the wild animals have eaten from except what you managed to rescue, and what has been slaughtered on altars, and what you divide through arrows of chance. This is vile. Today the rejecters have given up from your system, so do not be concerned by them, but be concerned by Me. Today I have perfected your system for you, and completed My blessings upon you, and I have approved submission as the system for you. So, whoever is forced by severe hunger and not seeking sin, then God is Forgiving, Merciful. However, interpreters of the Quran hide our Lord's message by distorting the meaning of a verse (5/93), thus they can add other harams to the God's list. There is a passage in surah Al-Ma'idah about "hamr" which is translated as either alcohol, intoxicants or wine. This passage is between the verses 90-93 and the next verse 94 starts a new topic. 5/90*O you who believe, alcohol, and gambling, and altars, and arrows of chance are tainted - by the work of the devil. You shall avoid him so that you may be successful. 5/91*The devil only wants to cause strife between you through alcohol and gambling, and to repel you away from remembering God and from the contact prayer. Will you be deterred? 5/92*And obey God and obey the messenger, and be aware. If you turn away then know that it is the duty of Our messenger to deliver clearly. 5/93*There is no sin upon those who believe and do good works for what they eat* if they are aware and believe and do good works, then they are aware and believe, then they are aware and do good; God loves the good doers. *The verb "ta'ima" (translated as what they eat above) applies to eating and drinking (taste) in Arabic and the 93rd verse of surah 5 shows that the drinking hamr (alcohol or wine) or eating beef marinated in wine is NOT haram for "believers" as long as they avoid the work of Satan. To be more specific, (illicit) sex is forbidden, but the exception is lawful sex. Having lawful sex with spouses is halal for believers. Just like sex is "conditional halal" for believers, drinking alcohol is conditional halal for believers as long as they meet the criteria stated in 5/93 and are able to avoid the work of Satan. Some interpretors distort the true meaning of this verse (5/93) and dare to make some additions to the God's words in brackets. They translate the sentence in past tense (what they have tasted/ they tasted) and claim that the word "taste" refers to a time period before the prohibition of alcohol. However, this is obviously mistranslation because what is haram (shirk) for believers is describing something as haram before the God prohibits it. In other words, mistranslating this verse referring to the past leads to logical fallacy in the Quran. To summarize, as is stated in 16/67 the alcohol, the substance itself, is good and lawful provision: 16/67*And from the fruits of the palm trees and the grapes you make strong drink and a good provision. In that is a sign for a people who comprehend. 16/114*So eat from what God has provided you, that which is good and lawful, and be thankful for the blessing of God, if it is indeed He whom you serve. 16/115*He has only forbidden for you what is already dead, and the blood, and the meat of pig, and what was dedicated to other than God. But whoever is forced to, without seeking disobedience or transgression, then God is Forgiver, Merciful. What is illicit in "hamr" (alcohol or wine) for believers (2/219) is explained in 5/91 and it is not forbidden as long as one can meet the criteria in 5/93. 7/32*Say: "Who has made unlawful the nice things that God has brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?" Say: "They are meant for those who believe during this worldly life, and they will be exclusive for them on the Day of Resurrection." It is such that We explain the revelations for those who know. Because "hamr" is a nice provision in here, the public of paradise will be served hamr in the hereafter. (47/15) Peace |
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Who really gives a ****?
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Why is your god so obsessed with what one eats, yet does not explain how antibiotics work?
Besides, if it is bad for humans, why not just make it poison? The taste of bacon alone is enough to invalidate any religion forbidding eating pigs. |
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One has to wonder how many countries in the World would tolerate this kind of behaviour of a judge.
I imagine Emre would be quite cool with it, and if the country in question observed Sharia Law, then the divine messages related by the judge would be welcomed. Has anyone heard of something like this happening in countries like Saudi Arabia for example? |
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Quran 21:43 Or do they have gods that will protect them from Us? They cannot help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.
The verse tells one of the reasons for the to attribute a partner to (God) of the villains; To seek refuge in the imaginary gods to protect themselves from God... For example, seeing Jesus as a partner in God is a kind of. Bad people seek refuge in the partners to escape from God. |
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The yolks on you.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say there are no stars in the heavens during the day? O man because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God. Sri Ramakrishna Even in the valley of the shadow of death two and two do not make six. Leo Tolstoy |
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It could be like a fried egg. Sunny-side up.
Except at night, of course. |
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Quran says the world is egg-shaped.
Not only the world, but the universes are geoidal. 33- O society of jinns and men, cross the diameters of the heavens and the earth, if you have the ability, then pass beyond them. But you cannot, unless you acquire an authorization. (55- Gracious, 33) http://www.quranmiracles.com/2011/03...rth-and-space/ One day science will confirm it. |
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No it bloody well isn't. The only English translation I know of that says the earth is egg shaped is the Rashad Khalifa translation, which is know to be fabricated. All the other translations I know of say the earth is spread out like a carpet. Meaning Muhammad thought the earth was flat.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say there are no stars in the heavens during the day? O man because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God. Sri Ramakrishna Even in the valley of the shadow of death two and two do not make six. Leo Tolstoy |
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It doesn't matter if there's no English translation.
The original of the verse says the world is shaped like an egg. Besides, the translation I gave is not Rashad's. At least three English translations say that. The Qur'an clearly says that the world is shaped as an egg, as well as in many verses. |
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All the main translations say at surah 79.30 that the earth is spread out.
There are only a few obscure translations that say the earth is egg shaped. http://www.islamawakened.com/quran/79/30/default.htm |
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say there are no stars in the heavens during the day? O man because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God. Sri Ramakrishna Even in the valley of the shadow of death two and two do not make six. Leo Tolstoy |
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God may be perfect but the humans who worship him sure do make him sound like an imperfect fool.
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Wouldn't it depend on the shape of the egg??
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To be fair, Eratosthenes might have measured the big end, which is roughly spherical. The southern hemisphere might be the pointy end.
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Edip- 79:30 The land after that, He made it like an egg. Shabbir Ahmed (Quran As It Explains Itself) 79:30 And after that, He made the earth shoot out from the Cosmic Nebula and spread it out oval (flattened at the poles – an oblate spheroid). Rashad Khalifa (The Final Testament) 79:30 He made the earth egg-shaped., .................... Meanwhile, think of the eggs lying on the side, not the upright. Especially think about ostrich eggs. |
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Is miracle!
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Okay. I read that a typical ostrich egg is 13cm wide and 15 cm long.
If the earth had similar proportions to an ostrich egg then one side of the planet would have a bulge that stuck out almost 1,000km into space. Does the Quran provide any clues about where on the earth we might find this colossal mountain continent because I don't think anyone's spotted it yet. |
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Maybe he means a fried egg? Flat with a lump in the middle.
Excellent with bacon. |
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