In the Bible, God the Almighty Creator has a shadow; also, the Angels, the Death, the evening etc. have shadows.
On the other hand, the Quran talks about two Historical Shadows and the Shadow at the Day of Judgment for the believers and the unbelievers; also, the Quran gives some scientific facts about the Shadow.
The Bible talks about:
1) The Lord God has a shadow
2) What is in heaven has Shadow
3) The Shadow of death, its valley and its land
4) The Evening Shadows that grow long
5) The Deep shadow that ring the eyes
6) The Shadow goes forward or backward ten steps
7) Our Life is shadow
8) Some other Biblical facts about the Shadow
The Quran talks about:
1) Two Historical Shadows
2) Scientific facts about the Shadow
3) The Shadow at the Day of Judgment
4) The Shadow for the believers and the unbelievers in the Afterlife
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The Shadow in the Bible:
The Shadow is mentioned 51 in the Bible and 19 times in the Quran.
Upon talking about the Shadow, the Bible declares that:
- God has a shadow,
- God’s hand has a shadow,
- God’s wings have shadow, and
- God does not change like shifting shadows.
In addition, the Bible says that “What is in heaven has Shadow”. It is known that the Angels are in the heaven; have they shadows too like their Creator.
Moreover, the Bible talks about the death has shadow and there are the valley of the shadow of death and the land of the shadow of the death.
In addition, the Bible talks about the evening has shadows, there are deep shadows, the Shadow and the ten steps etc.
In fact, most of the above especially God, Angels and death have no shadow(s) at all!
If God has a shadow, then He is a body like us!
The Angels are created from light, has the light a shadow?
In addition, does anyone see the shadow of the death?
1) The Lord God has a shadow, His hand has a shadow, His wings have shadow, and He does not change like shifting shadows
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Isaiah 49:2
In the shadow of His Hand, he hid me;
Isaiah 51:16
I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of My Hand
Psalm 17:8
Hide me in the shadow of your wings
Psalm 36:7
How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psalm 57:1
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.
Psalm 63:7
Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
James 1:17
The Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows,
2) What is in heaven has Shadow
Hebrews 8:5
They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.
3) The Shadow of death, the valley and the land of the shadow of the death
The Bible states that the death has shadow and there are the valley of the shadow of death and the land of the shadow of the death.
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death ?
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16
The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
Luke 1:79
to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
4) The Evening Shadows that grow long
Job 7:2
Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
Nehemiah 13:19
When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Psalm 102:11
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
Psalm 109:23
I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Jeremiah 6:4
“Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.
5) The Deep shadow that ring the eyes
Job 10:21
Before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
Job 10:22
To the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Job 12:22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
Job 3:5
May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light.
Job 16:16
My face is red with weeping; deep shadows ring my eyes;
Job 34:22
There is no dark place, no deep shadow, where evildoers can hide.
Isaiah 59:9
So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
6) The Shadow goes forward or backward ten steps
2 Kings 20:9
“This is the Lord’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”
2 Kings 20:10
It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”
2 Kings 20:11
The LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
Isaiah 38:8
I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’ “So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.
7) Our Life is shadow
Our days on earth (few and meaningless) are like a fleeting shadow, without hope
1 Chronicles 29:15
Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Job 8:9
For we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man in life, during the few and meaningless days he passes through like a shadow? Who can tell him what will happen under the sun after he is gone?
Ecclesiastes 8:13
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
8) Some other Biblical facts about the Shadow
You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men
Judges 9:36
“You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men.”
Job 14:2
He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow,
Job 17:7
My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
Job 40:22
The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
Psalm 11:2
They (the wicked) set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle
Song of Solomon 4:6
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain…
Isaiah 16:3
Make your shadow like night
Isaiah 25:5
Heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud
Isaiah 32:2
Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.
Isaiah 34:15
The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate.
Jeremiah 48:45
“In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless
Lamentations 4:20
We thought that under his shadow we would live among the nations.
Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things that were to come
Acts 5:15
At least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
Hebrews 10:1
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming
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The Shadow in the Quran:
The Quran talks about:
1) Two Historical Shadows
2) Scientific facts about the Shadow
3) The Shadow at the Day of Judgment
4) The Shadow for the believers and the unbelievers in the Afterlife
1) Two Historical Shadows
The Quran mentions two important Historical Shadows;
One of them is the Shadow for Moses and the Israelites and
The other is the Shadow for the deniers of the Prophet “Shu’aib” and their grievous day of punishment.
These two Historical Shadows are not mentioned in the Bible.
a-The Shadow for Moses and the Israelites
Surah 28:24
So he (Moses) watered (their flock) for them. Then he turned aside into the shade, and said: my Lord! i am needy of whatever good thou sendest down for me.
Surah 7:160
We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and we inspired Moses, when his people asked him for water, saying: smite with thy staff the rock! And there gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each tribe knew their drinking-place. And we caused the white cloud to overshadow them and sent down for them the manna and the quails (saying): eat of the good things wherewith we have provided you. They wronged us not, but they were wont to wrong themselves.
Surah 7:171
and when we shook the mountain over them as if it were a covering overhead, and they thought that it was going to fall down upon them: take hold of what we have given you with firmness, and be mindful of what is in it, so that you may guard (against evil)
Surah 2:57
And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent down to you Manna and quails, saying: “Eat of the good things We have provided for you:” (but they rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed their own selves.
b-The Shadow for the deniers of the Prophet “Shu’aib”
The Shadow furnished for people of the Prophet “Shu’aib” who denied him and their grievous day of punishment.
The Prophet “Shu’aib” is never mentioned in the Bible.
Is that because He was Arabic?
Surah 26:189
But they rejected and denied him (Shu’aib) and called him a liar (Shu’aib) then the punishment of the day of overshadowing gloom seized them, surely it was the punishment of a grievous day
2) Scientific facts about the Shadow:
Allah extends the shade; if He pleases, He would certainly have made it stationary and then have made the sun an indication of it.
Scientifically speaking, the shade will be stationary when the Earth stops its circular movement about itself. In such case, half of the Earth will be day and the other will be night.
So, the sun is the indicator for such event. Who could do that? It is Allah the Creator of the Sun.
Surah 25:45
Have you not considered (the work of) your Lord, how he extends the shade? And if he had pleased he would certainly have made it stationary; then we have made the sun an indication of it
All things that Allah has created have their shadows and prostrate unto Him.
Surah 16:48
Have they not observed all things that Allah hath created, how their shadows incline to the right and to the left, making prostration unto Allah, and they are lowly?
Surah 16:81
it is Allah who made out of the things he created, some things to give you shade; of the hills he made some for your shelter; he made you garments to protect you from heat, and coats of mail to protect you from your (mutual) violence. thus does he complete his favors on you, that ye may bow to his will (in Islam).
Surah 35:19-21
19 and the blind and the seeing are not alike
20 nor the darkness and the light,
21 nor is the shadow equal with the sun’s full heat;
3) The Shadow at the Day of Judgment
At that horrible day, everything is already judged in justice.
Man is one of two, believer or unbeliever; each one has his own Shadow.
The Coming of Allah:
Surah 2:210
Wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels? Then the case would be already judged. All cases go back to Allah (for judgment).
4) The Shadow for the believers and the unbelievers in the Afterlife
The Shadow for those who believe; this meaning is not mentioned in the Bible.
Surah 4:57
And as for those who believe and do good works, we shall make them enter gardens underneath which rivers flow – to dwell therein forever; there for them are pure companions – and we shall make them enter plenteous shadow.
Surah 36:56
They and their associates will be in a pleasant shadow, reclining on thrones (of dignity);
Surah 76:14
And the shades of the (garden) will come low over them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility (being easy to reach).
Surah 56:30
In shade long-extended,
Surah 77:41
As to the righteous, they shall be amidst (cool) shades and springs (of water).
The Shadow for those who do not believe;
This implication is not cited in the Bible
Surah 56:43
And the shade of black smoke
Surah 77: 28-31
28 ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth!
29 (it will be said 🙂 “Depart ye to that which ye used to reject as false!
30 “depart ye to a shadow (of smoke ascending) in three branches,
31 “(which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no use against the fierce blaze.
32 indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as palaces,
Surah 56:43
And the shade of black smoke
The following verse summarizes the Shadow for the believers and the unbelievers.
Surah 13:35
a likeness of the garden which the righteous are promised; there now beneath it rivers, its food and shades are perpetual; this is the requital of those who guarded (against evil), and the requital of the unbelievers is the fire.
It is very important to declare that anyone believes that the Lord God, the Almighty Creator, has a shadow, hand and/or wings then he surely is unbeliever, he will dwell in the Eternal Hell in the Afterlife forever, and he made Paradise forbidden for him.
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil wrote this article
http://www.articlesbase.com/science-articles/the-shadow-in-bible-and-quran-127402.html
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