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Linguistic Miracle of the Qur’an (video)


The Qur’an is a literary masterpiece that has fascinated mankind since its initial revelation over 1,400 years ago. A unique quality of the Qur’an is the linguistic gems that are hidden within the surface-level meaning of the text, giving it an unparalleled depth. While ordinary books grow stale over time, when it comes to the Qur’an, the more one studies it, the more of these linguistic gems one discovers, which serves to increase its literary merit. In this video we will look at examples of linguistic gems which will help non-Arabic speakers to appreciate the Quran’s literary magnificence. To learn more about the linguistic miracle of the Qur’an please check out the book “Divine Speech: Exploring the Qur’an as Literature” published by Bayyinah Institute.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/@ManyProphetsOneMessage

Vision of Albion. They Call Jesus as Isa

Vision of Albion: The Key to the Holy Grail.

Eilean Isa (Island of Jesus). This small Island is located in Dunvegan Bay off the west coast of the Scottish Hebridean Isle of Skye. The gaelic name for Jesus is Iosa, whereas the original spelling for this Island Isa is the Middle Eastern Arabic spelling for Jesus.

There are no religious sites on Eilean Isa or anything to suggest that it’s name was conceived from a religious dedication. According to James Murray MacKinlay, M.A., “Eilean Isa in Dunvegan Bay, Skye, is said by the writer of the article on Durinish parish in the New Statistical Account of Scotland, to signify the island of Jesus. Were this the correct etymology, one would expect that a chapel dedicated to our Lord would have been discoverable on the island. There is, however, no indication that an ecclesiastical building of any kind ever existed there.” (“Ancient Church Dedications in Scotland: Scriptural Dedications”, 1910.) Incidentally, near Damascus in Syria is to be found the topographical placename Mayuam-i-Isa which translates from the Arabic as “the place where Jesus lived”.

In the New Statistical Account of Scotland, published in 1845, under the heading “Parish of Druinish”, the following information was provided by the local Minister, the Rev. Archibald Clerk, and was dated February, 1841: “There is a small number of small islands belonging to the parish, but none of them is habited except one, called Ailean Isa, ‘the island of Jesus’. Which is only a few miles in circumference; yet, from its fertility, fourteen or fifteen families in considerable comfort.”

This island is now spelt with a y, i.e. Isay, on current maps, perhaps suggesting a Norse origin rather than an original gaelic/arabic name. Why was the spelling of this name changed in recent times? Could it be to conceal the obvious implication of the original meaning, i.e. that Jesus (Isa) actually visited the Island, probably according to local tradition. It is known that during the early centuries A.D. that when a place was seen to be sanctified by the presence of a holy man or woman their name was often enshrined into the specific naming of the place itself.

Interestingly, in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland, we find the placename Tobar Iosa (well of Jesus). In light of the above could this support the legend that Jesus (Isa/Iosa) visited Ireland? https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/…/tobar-iosa…/


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No Contradiction Al-Qur’an 1: WHAT WAS MAN CREATED FROM, BLOOD, CLAY, DUST, OR NOTHING? (Answer 1)

Original Source:
https://www.understanding-islam.com/what-was-man-created-from/

December 20, 1998 by Admin (Understanding Islam)


Mr Katz, in one of his articles has stated that the Qur’an has given contradictory statements regarding the material from which man was created1. He states:

What was man created from? A blood clot [96:1-2], water [21:30, 24:45, 25:54], “sounding” (i.e. burned) clay [15:26], dust [3:59, 30:20, 35:11], nothing [19:67] and this is then denied in 52:35, earth [11:61], a drop of thickened fluid [16:4, 75:37]

Mr. Katz has also stated that the statement of the Qur’an regarding one of the stages in the development of the fetus is “scientifically wrong”. He writes:

The very first revelation starts out with providing an ingredient for contradiction:

Proclaim!
In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, who created –
created man, out of a mere clot of congealed blood.
— Sura 96:1-2

Apart from the fact that “a mere blood clot” is scientifically wrong…

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Specific Contradictions in the Books of the Jews

Source: https://www.islam101.com/religions/judaism/torah.html
Passages search engine: https://www.biblegateway.com/


The following are pairs of verses which contradict one another in
the books of the Jews:

2 Samuel 8:4 (7 HUNDRED horsemen)
1 Chronicles 18:4 (7 THOUSAND horsemen)

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2 Samuel 8:4 —King James Version
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

1 Chronicles 18:4 —King James Version
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.


1 Chronicles 21:12 (THREE years famine) 
2 Samuel 24:13 (SEVEN years famine)

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1 Chronicles 21:12 —King James Version
12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

2 Samuel 24:13 —King James Version
13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

The contradiction between versions.
New International Version vs King James Version

2 Samuel 24:13 — New International Version —3 years of famine
13 So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

2 Samuel 24:13 — King James Version —7 years of famine
13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.


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Isaiah 9:3 NIV vs KJV

Increased their joy or NOT increased their joy?

Dan Gibson’s Petra Qibla

Aisha (ra): The Case for an Older Age in Sunni Hadith Scholarship part 3.


Source: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/arnold-yasin-mol/aisha-ra-the-case-for-an-older-age-in-sunni-hadith-scholarship#ftnt_ref43

by: Arnold Yasin Mol



Summary of the research

Notes

1 This is a different, but overlapping list of liberal concerns with modern Sharīʿa governance in Muslim majority countries: (i) Supremacy of sharīʿa, (ii) Legal status of women, (iii) Cruel corporal punishments, (iv) Violations of human rights. See: Jan Michiel Otto, Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview Of The Legal Systems Of Twelve Muslim Countries In Past And Present (Leiden: Leiden University Press, 2010), 29.

2  These two issues are frequent in both liberal public discourse and Islamophobic discourse. One of the better known Islamophobic lobbyists, Robert Spencer, also uses these two main subjects as proof that Islam is the opposite of liberal modernity: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/11/finding-out-the-truth-about-muhammad. For a discussion of the term Islamophobia, see: http://crg.berkeley.edu/content/islamophobia/defining-islamophobia.

3 On war, see for example: Ahmed al-Dawoody’s The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001). On politics and law, see for example: Mashood A. Baderin, International Law And Islamic Law (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2008). M. H. Kamali, Citizenship And Accountability Of Government: An Islamic Perspective (United Kingdom: The Islamic Texts Society, 2011). Ahmed Akgündüz, Islamic Public Law (Documents On Practice From The Ottoman Archives)(Istanbul: IUR Press, 2011). Ahmad S. Moussalli, The Islamic Quest For Democracy, Pluralism, And Human Rights (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003).

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One COOL Mathematical Miracle Web

Slavery in Hinduism

By Avijit Roy

In response to : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/3993 (ALL THOSE SLAVES OF MUSLIMS)
I apologize for my late response to fatemolla’s erudite article. Yes, definitely “SLAVERY IS MANKIND’S MOST CRUEL INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM THIS PLANET HAS EVER SAW”. No doubt about it. I fully agree. But I do not agree with the following statement of fatemolla –
“Among religions it is only Islam that legalized slavery so loudly and clearly.”
No. I do not agree. Hinduism is more specific and louder in legalizing slavery, IMO. Hinduism is the one and only religion in this world which has a documented concept of “Occhut” (Untouchables). It is the only religion in this world which spread racism directly by scripture, and by preachers. Those ‘untouchable Dalits’ who has been considered as ‘slaves’ by Aryans, are, no doubt, the most pitiable victims of Hindu religion.
In ancient Rig-Veda, we find clear mention of slaves. From Aryan scripture, we get three types of slaves [Ref. Pracheen Bharotey Dash-protha : Devraj Channa] –

Since then the slaves are denoted as captivated purchasable product. It has been legalized to have intercourse with the women of defeated side after the war as the women were considered as the “spoil of war”. There are numerous examples in ancient Hindu scriptures where royal sages made relationship with slave-girls. One example may be the birth of Kaksmibaan as depicted in Rig-Veda (1|116) who was born because of the relationship between Dirghotomaa and a slave-girl of Angamhishi. Kobosh-Oilush was also a child of a slave girl.

  1. Slaves because of incurring debts
  2. Slaves because of loosing in gamble
  3. Slaves because of loosing in war.

Hindu scriptures intentionally described slaves as “black”, “black-vagina”, “inactive” or even “inhuman” etc. Aryans were different for the slaves and it is said that Indra, the soverign of the hindu gods, did this separation (Rig-Veda 2|20|7, 10|22|3, 86|19, Atharva veda 5|13|8). A Slave was considered nothing but as a property, and (s)he was even allowed to be destroyed for just the benefit of Aryans (Rig-Veda 1|19|8, 5|34|6, 6|25|2, 8|40|6). It was also an ancient tradition to provide a slave girl with a new bride just after the marriage for her convenience in new house. In Vedic literature of later ages, we get an incident of a paramount ruler who made presentation about thousand slave-girls to his clergy [Oitoreyo Brahmmon 39|8]. Ramayan and mahabharat also mentioned about slaves. In an incident of Ramayana, we once found Raja Ram meeting with slave community (Dhibor Das) who lived by the bay of Ganges. They used to live their life by fishing, hunting and collecting fruits in near by jungles. It is quite interesting to note that there is a lot of evidence that slaves were being kept in the palace of Ram and Kaikeyi. (BUT SURPRISINGLY THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE EVIDENCE OF KEEPING SLAVES in the royal mansion of Ravan in Lanka.) We also find a very clear indication of a well-established slave-based Hindu society in Mahabharat

Regards.
Avijit.

Have We Been Deceived About What Happened on 9/11? Christopher Bollyn (Video)