The Professor Thought The Bible’s Answer Deserves Full Marks, But…
Hypothetical approach
A professor was preparing his two students, “B” and “Q”, to be eminent teachers of ethics and morality. The professor would like to examine his two students.
The professor put this question for them:
“You are going to be a famous teacher, thus, ‘Give a brief account on the Flies’, with emphasis on the ethical and morality values in your teaching that are important to mankind.’
Student B answered this question in,
§ 25 Minutes
§ 283 Words
§ 1,173 Characters (with no spaces)
§ 1,456 Characters (with spaces)
§ Eight Paragraphs
§ 23 Lines
Student Q answered this question in,
§ Five Minutes
§ 56 Words
§ 231 Characters (with no spaces)
§ 287 Characters (with spaces)
§ One Paragraph
§ Five Lines
The professor thought that student “B” is smarter than student “Q”.
B stands for the Bible
Q stands for the Quran
The professor said that “B” had five times more chances than student “Q”. to give more fruitful answer.
Student “B” was five times chances in comparison to student Q, time wise, paragraphs wise, words wise, characters wise and lines wise to give more productive answer. For this reason, before he reads the two answers of both “B” and “Q”, the professor had a predetermined thought that “B” answer deserves full marks and “Q” answer deserves nothing; nevertheless, upon reading the two answers, the smart fair professor…
———————————
In this Hypothetical approach,
You smart reader is the fair professor.
Student B is the Bible, American Standard Version.
Student Q is the Quran, Pickthal translation.
The question again:
“You are going to be a famous teacher, hence, ‘Give a brief account on the Flies’, with emphasis on the ethical and morality values in your teaching that are important to mankind.’
————————————-
The Bible answered the question in eight verses.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
1 Dead Flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
Isaiah 7:18
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will 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.
Exodus 8:21
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of Flies upon thee, and upon they servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of Flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
Exodus 8:22
22 And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of Flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 8:24
24 And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of Flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of Flies.
Exodus 8:29
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of Flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
Exodus 8:31
31 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of Flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
Psalm 105:31
31 He spake, and there came swarms of Flies, and lice in all their borders.
———————————
The Quran answered the question in one verse.
Verse 22:73
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!
———————————
The result of the exam,
Upon reading the two answers,
You smart reader is the fair professor who will give the marks.
———————————
Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Are the Biblical Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?
Written by Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Articlebase.com
Safaafromcaeg's Blog 