The Flies in Bible vs. Quran-1

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…

 

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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.’

 

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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.

 

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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!

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The result of the exam,

Upon reading the two answers,

You smart reader is the fair professor who will give the marks.

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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

http://www.articlesbase.com/homeschooling-articles/the-professor-thought-the-bible039s-answer-deserves-full-marks-but-1891671.html

Chapter 6 of the Quran (3) Read the History of Mankind

Allah encourages man to read the History of mankind to see the dreadful outcome of the sinful nations which denied Allah. This dreadful outcome is but Allah’s punishment in the life of this world. However, their punishment in the Afterlife will be more severe and eternal.

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Ayah 6 says: Read the History of mankind

 

Have the disbelievers not seen how many community of past communities Allah has destroyed

Have the disbelievers not seen how many generations of past generations Allah has destroyed

Have the disbelievers not seen how many nation of past nations Allah has destroyed.

Read the History of mankind.

 

What about those destroyed communities, generations or nations? Allah established them and assigned them in the earth through strength and abundance.  Allah gave them sovereignty and respite than the sovereignty and respite Allah has given you, O people of Mecca.

 

Allah has unleashed the heaven, the rain, upon them in torrents, one torrent after another, and made the rivers to flow beneath them.  Allah gave them sovereignty and respite than the sovereignty and respite Allah has given you, O people of Mecca

Then what happened? Have they obeyed Allah and the Prophets sent to them? No. They were but sinful and disobedient.

 

Then Allah destroyed them because of their sins, because of their denial of the prophets; and Allah rose up after them another generation.

Allah destroyed them because of denying Him and His prophets; and He created after them another generation, a different people who were better than they.

 

Herein, Allah encourages man to read the History of Mankind to realize what happened to the sinful nations which denied Allah. They will see their dreadful outcome.

This dreadful outcome is but Allah’s punishment in the life of this world. However, their punishment in the Afterlife will be more severe and eternal.

As an example, think about what happened to the Pharoh of Moses and his Egyptians troops.

 

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The verses 6:6 in different translations

 

QARIB:

Have they not seen how many generations we have destroyed before them whom we had established in the land in a way we never established you, sending down for them abundant water from the sky and made the rivers to flow underneath them? Yet because they sinned, we destroyed them and raised up other generations after them.

 

SHAKIR:

Do they not consider how many a generation we have destroyed before them, whom we had established in the earth as we have not established you, and we sent the clouds pouring rain on them in abundance, and we made the rivers to flow beneath them, then we destroyed them on account of their faults and raised up after them another generation.

 

PICKTHAL:

See they not how many a generation we destroyed before them, whom we had established in the earth more firmly than we have established you, and we shed on them abundant showers from the sky, and made the rivers flow beneath them. Yet we destroyed them for their sins, and created after them another generation.

 

YUSUFALI:

See they not how many of those before them we did destroy? – generations we had established on the earth, in strength such as we have not given to you – for whom we poured out rain from the skies in abundance, and gave (fertile) streams flowing beneath their (feet): yet for their sins we destroyed them, and raised in their wake fresh generations (to succeed them).

Chapter 50 of the Quran (16) Definition of Intellect

And how many past generations has Allah destroyed before the disbelievers of Mecca.

Allah has destroyed many generations of disbelievers, who were mightier than the disbelievers of Mecca in in physical strength and in prowess,

 

So that they overran the lands! They moved about and travelled for their trade. Had they any place of refuge or escape from Allah chastisement? They searched throughout the land wondering: is there any escape? For them and others from death, but they found none.

Is there anyone of the past generations left?

 

Herein, the Quran makes studying the History of the past generations a leading proof to the truth.

Throughout the history of mankind Allah has destroyed:

The unbelievers among the people of the Prophet Noah

The unbelievers among the people of the Prophet Hud

The unbelievers among the people of the Prophet Saleh

The unbelievers among the people of the Prophet Lot

The unbelievers among the people of the Prophet Shu’aib

Pharaoh and his Egyptians unbelievers who chased the Prophet Moses

 

Is there anyone of them left?

 

The verse 50:37 says:

Assuredly there is in that, which is mentioned, a reminder for him who has a heart.

 

That is, whoever has an intellect by which he acquires knowledge of the sacred Allah’s law

One Muslim was asked about the intellect, he said: Intellect is having good judgment for yourself of the outcome of your affairs.

 

Lo! What was done with the past unbelievers is but a reminder for him who has ear and listens to the Quran while being attentive and witnessing his Lord, not absent from Him.

 

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The verses 50:36-37 in different translations

 

QARIB:

36) How many generations, stronger in might than they have we destroyed before them! they searched the land, could they find any asylum?

37) Surely, in this there is a reminder for he who has a heart or listens attentively while witnessing.

 

SHAKIR:

36) And how many a generation did we destroy before them who were mightier in prowess than they, so they went about and about in the lands. is there a place of refuge?

37) Most surely there is a reminder in this for him who has a heart or he gives ear and is a witness

 

PICKTHAL:

36) And how many a generation we destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?

37) Lo! Therein verily is a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence.

 

YUSUFALI:

36) But how many generations before them did we destroy (for their sins),- stronger in power than they? then did they wander through the land: was there any place of escape (for them)?

37) Verily in this is a message for any that has a heart and understanding or who gives ear and earnestly witnesses (the truth).