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Quran Talk Blog
On the Day of Resurrection (14:21)
Verse 14:21 describes the Day of Resurrection, when followers ask their leaders to spare them some of God's retribution and the leaders answer that it is too late, with no exit for anyone. The accompanying footnote explains why the Quran often speaks of the Hereafter in the past tense: these future events are already witnessed by God and will surely come to pass.
February 6, 2017
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Satan Disowns His Followers (14:22 – 14:23)
Satan's disowning of his followers after the judgment in 14:22 to 14:23 opens a study of how little power the devil holds. Drawing on verses about seeking refuge in God when reading the Quran, Satan's whispering, and the jinns, it argues that his power reaches only those who choose him as their master. It also covers the commandment to acknowledge that no one possesses power except God.
February 6, 2017
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Worship Only the Omnipotent One (14:19 – 14:20)
God's creation of the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose, as stated in Quran 14:19 and 14:20. The verses affirm that God can remove people and substitute a new creation in their place, and that this is not difficult for Him, grounding the call to worship only the Omnipotent One.
February 6, 2017
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Appreciative vs Unappreciative (14:7 – 14:8)
Thanking God through respect for His gifts and their productive use, drawing on 14:7 and related verses on appreciation and ingratitude. Asks whether greater blessings and answered prayers bring greater responsibility, citing the feast sent to Jesus' disciples, and whether imploring God for material things is wrong, with Moses in Midyan and Solomon's request for kingship. Includes Clayton Christensen's story on holding to principles every time.
January 30, 2017
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Moses (14:5)
God sends Moses with miracles to lead his people out of darkness into the light and to remind them of the days of GOD, as stated in verse 14:5 of the Quran. The verse presents these events as lessons for every steadfast, appreciative person.
January 30, 2017
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Sura 14, Abraham (Ibrahîm) – 14:0 – 14:2
Opening verses of Sura 14, Abraham, from Dr. Khalifa's translation: a scripture revealed to lead people out of darkness into the light, on the path of God who possesses everything in the heavens and the earth. A footnote explains that the initials A. L. R. remained a divinely guarded secret until the Quran's mathematical code was discovered in 1974, and the passage warns disbelievers of terrible retribution.
January 30, 2017
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The Importance of Being Appreciative (14:6)
Appreciation for God's blessings, drawn from verse 14:6, where Moses reminds his people that God saved them from Pharaoh's persecution. The verse recalls the slaughter of their sons and the sparing of their daughters as an exacting trial from their Lord, and the article considers why remembering God's blessings matters.
January 30, 2017
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The Messenger’s Language (14:4)
Verse 14:4 teaches that God sends every messenger to preach in the tongue of his people so he can clarify things for them. The article considers what this means for the language of God's messengers, and that God then sends astray whomever He wills and guides whomever He wills.
January 30, 2017
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What is Your Priority? (14:3)
Pleasing God as a submitter's first priority, set against giving priority to this life over the Hereafter, as verse 14:3 warns. Drawing on the Quran, the article asks whether a believer should implore God for wealth, holding that a rich believer who gives can do more good. It covers charity in God's cause without insult or show, and wealth as the temporary material of this lowly life.
January 30, 2017
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(2) The Disbelievers (13:25)
Verse 13:25 describes the disbelievers as those who violate GOD's covenant after pledging to keep it, sever what GOD has commanded to be joined, and commit evil. The verse states that such people have incurred condemnation and the worst destiny.
January 23, 2017
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All Creation Has Submitted to God (13:15 – 13:16)
Verses 13:15 and 13:16 describe everyone in the heavens and the earth prostrating to God, willingly or unwillingly, along with their shadows. Dr. Khalifa's footnote explains that even disbelievers submit through bodily functions they cannot control, and that shadows follow God's precise design of solar and lunar orbits. The passage asks why people set up powerless masters besides God, the Creator of all things.
January 23, 2017
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All Messengers Must Be Ridiculed (13:32 – 13:34)
Verses 13:32 to 13:34 teach that every messenger is ridiculed, that GOD lets disbelievers carry on before punishing them, and that idols cannot rival the One who controls every soul. A companion passage, 3:137 to 3:141, promises believers ultimate victory and explains that GOD alternates days of victory and defeat to distinguish the true believers. Links to two outside videos follow.
January 23, 2017
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Back in Palestine (12:81 – 12:87)
Jacob's sons return to Palestine and report that his youngest son has committed a theft, citing the community and the caravan as witnesses. Jacob suspects a scheme, chooses quiet patience, grieves over Joseph until his eyes turn white, and complains only to God. He sends his sons to find Joseph and his brother, telling them never to despair of God's grace.
January 23, 2017
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Belief in the Hereafter Required For Salvation (13:5 – 13:14)
Verses 13:5 through 13:14 of the Quran present belief in the Hereafter as required for salvation, answering those who doubt they will be recreated after turning to dust. The passage covers God's knowledge of every secret, the angels who guard each person, and the principle that God does not change a people's condition until they change themselves. It closes with imploring God alone as the only legitimate supplication.
January 23, 2017
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Believers Versus Disbelievers (1) The Believers (13:19 – 13:24)
Verses 13:19 through 13:24 of the Quran describe the believers, those who recognize God's revelations as the truth. They fulfill their pledge to God, keep the covenant, observe the contact prayers, give in secret and in public, and counter evil with good. Their reward is the gardens of Eden, shared with the righteous among their parents, spouses, and children, where angels greet them with peace.
January 23, 2017
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Divine Authorization of the Quran’s Mathematical Code* (13:37 – 13:43)
Verses 13:37 to 13:43 tie the miracle of the Quran's mathematical code to God's authorization and a predetermined time, with 42:24 and its footnote on the false verses at the end of Sura 9 and the gematrical value of Rashad Khalifa. Appendix 4 explains why God revealed the Quran in Arabic, citing the language's precision in stating laws and its pronouns that do not imply gender for God.
January 23, 2017
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God Controls All Provisions (13:26 – 13:29)
God alone increases or withholds provision, while people preoccupied with this life forget that it is nil compared to the Hereafter. Verses 13:26 to 13:29 answer disbelievers who demand a miracle: God guides to Him only those who obey, their hearts rejoice in remembering God, and believers who lead a righteous life deserve happiness and a joyous destiny.
January 23, 2017
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God’s Messenger of the Covenant (13:30)
Verse 13:30 is read as God's address to His messenger of the covenant, sent to recite revelation to a community that disbelieved in the Most Gracious. The gematrical values of Rashad (505) and Khalifa (725), added to the sura and verse numbers, total 1273, a multiple of 19, which the text presents as God specifying the messenger's name.
January 23, 2017
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Heaven Allegorically Described (13:35 – 13:36)
Verses 13:35 and 13:36 describe Heaven allegorically as flowing streams, inexhaustible provisions, and cool shade, the destiny of the righteous, while Hell awaits the disbelievers. They also note that those who received the scripture rejoice in the revelation while some reject parts of it, and affirm worshiping God alone without idols.
January 23, 2017
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In Egypt (12:99 – 12:102)
Joseph welcomes his parents to Egypt and raises them upon the throne as they fall prostrate, fulfilling his old dream. He praises God for delivering him from prison and reuniting his family after the devil divided him from his brothers, and prays to die as a submitter. God tells the Prophet this is news from the past he did not witness.
January 23, 2017
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Israel Goes to Egypt (12:88 – 12:98)
Joseph's brothers return to his quarters in hardship, and he reveals himself, forgives them, and sends his shirt to restore his father's sight. Jacob senses Joseph's smell before the caravan arrives, regains his vision, and agrees to implore God to forgive his sons. A footnote marks this as the beginning of the Children of Israel in Egypt, centuries before Moses led them out.
January 23, 2017
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Mathematical Miracle of the Quran (13:31)
Verse 13:31 of the Quran states that even a Quran that moved mountains, tore the earth, or made the dead speak would not bring disbelievers to believe. It is set under the heading of the mathematical miracle of the Quran, and it holds that GOD controls all things and could have guided all the people. Disbelievers keep suffering disasters from their own works until GOD's promise is fulfilled.
January 23, 2017
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Sura 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘ad) – 13:0 – 13:4
The opening verses of Sura 13, Thunder, present the Quranic initials A.L.M.R. as proofs of the scripture and part of its mathematical code. God's signs in creation follow: heavens raised without visible pillars, the sun and moon in their orbits, mountains, rivers, fruits made in pairs, and neighboring lots watered alike yet yielding differently, offered as proofs for people who think.
January 23, 2017
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The Majority of Believers Destined for Hell (12:106 – 12:109)
Verses 12:106 to 12:109 state that most who believe in God still commit idol worship, and they are warned that retribution or the Hour may come suddenly. The messenger's path is to invite to God on the basis of a clear proof. Messengers were men inspired from among their communities, and the Hereafter is better for the righteous.
January 23, 2017
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The Majority of People Do Not Believe (12:103 – 12:105)
Verses 12:103 through 12:105 state that most people will not believe no matter what the messenger does. The messenger asks no money and simply delivers the reminder for all the people, while countless proofs in the heavens and the earth go unheeded as people pass them by.
January 23, 2017
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The Quran is All We Need (12:111)
Verse 12:111 serves as evidence that the Quran alone is sufficient guidance for believers. The verse presents the Quran as no fabricated Hadith, as confirming all previous scriptures, as providing the details of everything, and as a beacon and mercy for those who believe.
January 23, 2017
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The Truth vs Falsehood (13:17 – 13:18)
God's analogy for truth and falsehood in verses 13:17 and 13:18: foam rising on floodwaters and on smelted metal goes to waste, while what benefits the people stays on the ground. The passage contrasts the good rewards for those who respond to their Lord with the fate of those who refuse, who would give up twice the earth as ransom and end in Hell.
January 23, 2017
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Victory, Ultimately, Belongs to the Believers (12:110)
God's promise that victory comes to His messengers at the very moment they despair and think they have been rejected, as stated in verse 12:110. The article reflects on God saving whomever He chooses and on the unavoidable retribution awaiting the guilty, presenting ultimate victory as belonging to the believers.
January 23, 2017
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Back in Egypt (12:69)
Verse 12:69 of the Quran, where Joseph's brothers arrive at his place in Egypt and Joseph draws his brother close to reveal himself. He tells his brother not to be saddened by what the other brothers have done.
December 19, 2016
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Jacob Senses Joseph (12:68)
Jacob's instruction to his sons to enter Egypt through separate doors, as told in verse 12:68 of the Quran. A possible reason is offered, that eleven brothers arriving together might draw notice. The article then cautions that God calls Jacob's reason private, so readers should not build assumptions about what they do not know, citing 3:66.
December 19, 2016
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Joseph Attains Prominence (12:54 – 12:67)
Joseph's rise to treasurer of Egypt and his brothers' return in Sura 12:54 to 12:67, with study notes linking 12:21 and 12:56, where God establishes Joseph on earth. The notes urge submitters to work for God rather than a worldly boss and to work hard through adversity. They also ask where Joseph gained his experience and whether 12:59 describes welfare or trade.
December 19, 2016
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Joseph Keeps His Brother (12:70 – 12:81)
Joseph places the king's cup in his brother's bag so he can keep him, as told in Sura 12:70 to 12:81. The post asks whether Joseph was wrong or lying, compares the plan to Abraham destroying the idols, and weighs a Kite Runner quote calling theft the ultimate sin. It reads Joseph's scheme as strategy several levels deep, drawing on game theory puzzles.
December 19, 2016
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Joseph Interprets the King’s Dream (12:46 – 12:53)
Joseph's interpretation of the king's dream of seven fat and seven skinny cows, read from 12:46 to 12:53, with his call to investigate the women and the governor's wife's confession. Study notes ask why the Quran emphasizes dreams, citing 8:43 and 52:32, and see Joseph's refusal to bargain for release as trust that God decides. They weigh selflessness against ego and pleasing God.
December 12, 2016
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The King’s Dream (12:43 – 12:45)
The king's dream of seven fat cows devoured by seven skinny cows, and of green and shriveled spikes of wheat, as told in Quran 12:43 to 12:45. The king's elders dismiss it as nonsense, and the freed prisoner remembers Joseph. The numbers in the king's dream and in Joseph's dream about his brothers stand for real numbers, with eleven planets for eleven brothers and seven cows for seven years.
December 12, 2016
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God Protects the Believers from Sin (12:23 – 12:42)
Joseph's resistance to the governor's wife, his choice of prison over sin, and his preaching of God alone to his prison mates, read through Sura 12:23 to 12:42. The main lesson is his slip in asking the butler to remember him, which cost him years in prison. It asks whether forgetting is the devil's work and whether asking people for help, as with a recruiter, betrays reliance on God.
December 5, 2016
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Joseph is Taken to Egypt (12:19 – 12:22)
Joseph's sale to a passing caravan and his arrival in a household in Egypt, read through verses 12:19 to 12:22 alongside related verses. Parallels with Moses in Pharaoh's house, the trading of God's revelations for a cheap price, and the seduction attempt are drawn out. Wisdom and knowledge appear as God's reward for the righteous.
December 5, 2016
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Believers are Blessed with God’s Assurances (12:15 – 12:18)
Verses 12:15 to 12:18 tell how Joseph's brothers throw him into the well, God inspires him with an assurance, and they bring their father a shirt with fake blood. Drawing on 12:86, the article asks whether Jacob was suspicious and argues he knew Joseph was alive and in God's care. It also asks why the brothers never confessed, pointing to 12:97 and 12:98.
November 28, 2016
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Joseph’s Fate Already Decided by God (12:9 – 12:14)
Joseph's brothers plot to kill or banish him and then persuade their father to send him with them, while God has already decided his fate, as everything is done by God and already recorded. Their jealousy is the belief that God's provisions are lacking, though God's provisions are infinite and need not be a zero sum game. Verse 17:100 on human stinginess closes the reflection.
November 28, 2016
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Sura 12, Joseph (Yousuf) (12:1 – 12:8)
Study notes on Sura 12:1 to 12:8 ask why the Quran came in Arabic and argue that only the sincere can understand it. They explain Joseph's dream and the meaning of prostration, and say this history of the Great Feud was unknown before the Quran. Lessons follow on patience, scheming, lying, fate, and jealousy, with a call to treat all children, including adopted ones, fairly.
November 28, 2016
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Following Our Parents Blindly A Great Human Tragedy 11:109 – 11:113
Quran verses 11:109 through 11:113 warn against worshiping as one's parents did and against leaning toward transgressors. The reflection extends blind following beyond parents to any leader or peer whose information is accepted without question, holding that only God is beyond questioning. A link to a video on death and dynasties, a follow-up to Rules for Rulers, is included.
November 14, 2016
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Lessons to be Learned 11:100 – 11:108
Verses 11:100 through 11:108 recount the fate of past communities who wronged their own souls and whose idols could not save them when God's judgment came. Their retribution stands as a lesson for those who fear the Hereafter, the appointed day when all people are summoned and divided into the miserable, who abide in Hell, and the fortunate, who abide eternally in Paradise.
November 14, 2016
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Moses 11:96 – 11:99
Quran verses 11:96 to 11:99 on Moses and Pharaoh, discussed through questions and answers. It asks why Moses' signs came as escalating plagues, what Pharaoh's command to his people was, and which Pharaoh drowned pursuing Moses, pointing to Ramses II and 10:92. It also weighs whether believing in multiple gods is worse than believing in a wrong god, with Exodus 7 compared alongside.
November 14, 2016
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Three of the Five Prayers (11:114 – 11:117)
Study notes on Quran 11:114 to 11:117 explain how the contact prayers at both ends of the day and during the night bring us closer to God, and how righteous works wipe out evil works while idol worship nullifies all good works. Excerpts from Appendix 15 give the times and units of the five daily contact prayers, the Friday congregational prayer, and their origin through Abraham.
November 14, 2016
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Why Were We Created 11:118-11:123
Verses 11:118 to 11:123 explain why God created us: to show whether we uphold or dispute the truth, and to give us another chance to be redeemed. The discussion covers freedom of choice, how Hell surrounds anyone apart from God, and the messengers' human shortcomings as a source of strength. It closes with advice to stay devoted to God even when no signs appear.
November 14, 2016
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Homosexuality Condemned (11:77 – 11:81)
Lot's people and their condemnation for homosexuality, read through 11:77 to 11:81 alongside parallel verses from Suras 15, 7 and 29. The study asks why Lot offered his daughters, likening it to Abraham's argument with the idol worshipers, and links his people's growing accustomed to sin with media conditioning today. It also cites 4:32 on the distinct qualities God gives men and women.
November 7, 2016
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Republic vs Democracy What Is The Real Form of the U S Government
Whether the United States government is a republic or a democracy, and what its real form is. The article weighs the two terms against each other to answer how the U.S. system should properly be described.
November 7, 2016
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Shu’aib: One and the Same Message (11:84 – 11:95)
Shu'aib's message to Midyan and the People of the Woods: worship God alone and give full measure and weight without cheating. Verses from Suras 11, 26, and 83 trace their rejection and destruction, alongside Psalm 9. Linked material on modern cheating, inflation, the Federal Reserve, and a slack fill lawsuit over pepper tins applies the lesson today, with references identifying Shu'aib with the biblical Jethro.
November 7, 2016
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Sodom & Gomorrah Destroyed (11:82 – 11:83)
Verses 11:82 and 11:83 of the Quran describe how God's judgment turned Sodom and Gomorrah upside down and showered them with hard, devastating rocks designated to strike the transgressors. The verses are paired with a link to a video claiming the ruins of the two cities have been found.
November 7, 2016
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