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Interesting
quotes from the Qur'an
The Qur'an is the sacred book of Islam. It is supposed to
be a perfect book, inspired, and flawless. Would you expect
the following quotes from an inspired and flawless book?
All quotes from the Qur'an, unless
otherwise specified, are from Yusuf Ali and can be found at the Qur'an
online.
- It is not good to enter a house from the
back
- "They ask thee concerning the New Moons. Say:
They are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men,
and for Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter your houses from the back:
It is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses through the proper doors: And
fear Allah: That ye may prosper," (2:189).
- Cities (Sodom and Gomorrah) are
turned upside down - literally!
- "(The Messengers) said: "O Lut!
We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now
travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let
not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will
happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is
not the morning nigh?...When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities)
upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay,
spread, layer on layer," (11:81-82)
- "And We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them
brimstones hard as baked clay," (15:74).
- A boy and his dog sleep for 309 years in
a cave.
- "Such (being their state), we raised them up (from sleep), that
they might question each other. Said one of them, "How long have ye
stayed (here)?" They said, "We have stayed (perhaps) a day, or
part of a day." (At length) they (all) said, "Allah (alone)
knows best how long ye have stayed here...So they stayed in their Cave
three hundred years, and (some) add nine (more)," (18:19,25).
- The sun set in a pool of murky water
- "Until, when he reached the setting
of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found
a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to
punish them, or to treat them with kindness." (18:86, Yusuf Ali,
translation).
- Jesus spoke while in the cradle
- " But she pointed to the babe. They
said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the
cradle?" 30He said: "I am indeed a
servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a
prophet," (19:29-30).
- King Solomon learned the speech of birds
- "And Solomon was David's heir. He said: "O ye people! We
have been taught the speech of birds, and on us has been bestowed (a
little) of all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)"
(27:16).
- "And Solomon was David's heir. And he said: O mankind! Lo! we
have been taught the language of birds, and have been given (abundance)
of all things. This surely is evident favour," (27:16, Pickthall,
trans.).
- Ants can speak
- "At length, when they came to a (lowly) valley of ants, one of
the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon
and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it," (27:18).
- "Till, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant
exclaimed: O ants! Enter your dwellings lest Solomon and his armies
crush you, unperceiving," (27:18, Pickthal, trans.).
- Allah made seven heavens and seven earths
- "Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a
similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command:
that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah
comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge," (65:12)
- Shooting stars are for driving away evil
spirits
- And we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and
We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and
have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire, (67:5).
- The soul exits through the collar-bone
when leaving the body.
- "Yea, when (the soul)
reaches to the collar-bone (in its exit), 27And
there will be a cry, "Who is a magician (to restore
him)?" 28And he will conclude that it was (the
Time) of Parting,: (75:26-28).
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