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Quran Talk BlogAbraham and Lot (11:69 – 11:76)Abraham's welcome of the angels in 11:69 to 11:76, with the news of Isaac and Jacob and his plea for Lot's people. A central question is why Abraham argued for the guilty but not for his son, and Sarah's words are compared across translations as strange rather than wonderful. Further notes cover angels appearing as men, Moses and his teacher, Abraham's kindness, and the Quran's references to three days.October 31, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Disbelievers Always Losers (10:63 – 10:68)The messenger Sãleh, the camel God sent to Thamûd as proof, and their destruction after they slaughtered her, read through Sura 11:63 to 11:68. The piece asks how Thamûd were annihilated, setting the quake of 7:78 beside the lightning of 51:44, and explains from 17:59 why such miracles were discontinued after earlier generations rejected them.October 31, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHud: One and the Same Message (11:50 – 11:60)Verses 11:50 through 11:60 tell how Hûd called the people of ʿĀd to worship God alone, asked no wage, disowned their idols, and was saved by mercy when they perished. Discussion questions ask why 11:58 says the believers were saved by mercy, what 7:156 to 157 require for attaining God's mercy, including Zakat, and why so few believe if worshiping God is instinctive.October 24, 2016

Quran Talk BlogSaleh: One and the Same Message (11:61 – 11:62)Sãleh's call to Thamûd in 11:61 and 11:62 carries the same message as every messenger: worship God alone, seek His forgiveness, and repent. His people answer by clinging to the worship of their parents, and the article ties their doubt to social conformity and the warning of 6:116 that following the majority diverts people from the path of God.October 24, 2016

Quran Talk BlogAll Power Belongs to God (11:31 – 11:37)Noah's exchange with his disbelieving people in verses 11:31 to 11:37, where he disclaims any power over God's treasures, the future, or the doom they demand, and affirms that all power belongs to God. God inspires him that no more of his people will believe and commands him to build the ark. Links to an NPR podcast with Suroosh Alvi and a short documentary on Malcolm X follow.October 17, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHe Who Laughs Last Laughs Best (11:38 – 11:43)Noah's people mock him as he builds the ark, and verses 11:38 to 11:43 show that those who believe have the last laugh when God's judgment comes. The footnote explains the ark was built of logs tied with ropes, the flood was limited to the area around the Dead Sea, and only Noah's livestock were carried. Noah's son refuses to board and drowns. A Joel Osteen video is linked.October 17, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Myth of Intercession (11:46 – 11:49)Noah's plea for his son in 11:46 to 11:49 frames a case against intercession, compared with Abraham arguing for Lot's people and failing to help his father. Reproducing Appendix 8, the article calls belief in intercession by Jesus or Muhammad idolatry and Satan's bait. It explains why Muhammad knew nothing of Noah, and closes with verses on total submission and imploring God directly.October 17, 2016

Quran Talk BlogWhere Did the Ark Land (11:44 – 11:49)Noah's plea for his son in verses 11:44 through 11:49 raises the question of whether the son had already perished when Noah implored God, given that the transgressors were declared dead and Noah had asked that no disbeliever be left. The article also asks who proclaimed the commands to the earth and sky, comparing God's command to the fire for Abraham, and notes the ark resting on the hills of Judea.October 17, 2016

Quran Talk BlogNoah (11:25 – 11:30)Noah's mission as a clear warner calling his people to worship GOD alone, set out in verses 11:25 to 11:30. The disbelieving leaders scorn him as merely human and despise his humble followers, and he refuses to dismiss the believers or ask for any wage. Related verses from Suras 38, 26, 11, 10, and 6 show that judging the believers belongs to God alone.October 10, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Believers (11:23 – 11:24)Verses 11:23 and 11:24 contrast the righteous believers who devote themselves to their Lord, the dwellers of Paradise, with the disbelievers, likened to the blind and deaf beside the seer and hearer. Verse 8:22 adds that the worst creatures in the sight of God are the deaf and dumb who do not understand. Links to videos on Plato's Allegory of the Cave and simulated reality accompany the verses.October 10, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Disbelievers (11:20 – 11:22)Verses 11:20 through 11:22 describe the disbelievers, who cannot escape GOD, find no lords or masters to help them, and face doubled retribution because they failed to hear and see. Their idols disown them and they become the worst losers in the Hereafter. Related verses 8:22 and 22:46 identify the real blindness as blindness of the heart.October 10, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran’s Mathematical Code (11:17 – 11:19)Verses 11:17 to 11:19 and their footnotes present the Quran's 19-based mathematical code as built-in proof of divine authorship, noting that the word for proof appears 19 times. Verse 46:10 identifies Rabbi Judah the Pious as a witness from the Children of Israel who found the same code in the scripture, quoted from Appendix 1, alongside verses condemning those who fabricate lies about God.October 10, 2016

Quran Talk BlogGod’s Revelations is Heavy (11:12)Verse 11:12 tells the messenger he may wish to disregard some of what is revealed to him and be annoyed by it, while disbelievers demand treasure or an angel. The article reflects on why God's revelation feels heavy, the warner's limited role, and God's control of all things, using the Karate Kid's wax on, wax off lesson as an illustration.October 3, 2016

Quran Talk BlogProvisions Guaranteed (11:6 – 11:11)God guarantees the provision of every creature, so believers should keep their priorities straight and not trust in wealth, as Quran 11:6 through 11:11 teaches. Jesus' teaching on treasures in heaven and not worrying appears beside the Quranic parables of the garden owners, the two men with gardens, the rich believer who gives to charity, and Solomon tested with vast wealth.October 3, 2016

Quran Talk BlogSura 11, Hûd (Hûd)Sura 11, Hûd, opens with the claim that the Quran's verses are perfected, then elucidated, and comes from a Most Wise, Most Cognizant. The footnote to 11:1 points to two phenomena in the Quran, its mathematical code and its literary excellence. A note defines elucidate and suggests fortunate as a more accurate word than lucky.October 3, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran: Impossible to Imitate (11:13 – 11:16)God challenges those who claim the Quran is fabricated to produce ten suras like it, with a footnote tying its inimitability to the Quran's mathematical miracle. Failure to meet the challenge shows the Quran is revealed with God's knowledge and calls people to submit. Verses 11:15 and 11:16 then warn that those pursuing only worldly life receive their pay here and forfeit the Hereafter.October 3, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran: Messenger of God (11:2 – 11:5)Verses 11:2 through 11:5 frame a reflection on the Quran as a messenger from God, supported by 14:1 and 65:10 to 11, where the message sent down is identified as the messenger leading believers from darkness into the light. Drawing on Appendix 20, the article describes the Quran as taught and guarded by God. It also offers a test for moral decisions based on God knowing our innermost thoughts.October 3, 2016

Quran Talk BlogAll Power Belongs To God (10:107 – 10:109)God alone holds power over hardship and blessing, as verses 10:107 to 10:109 declare, while idols, intercessors, and even the messenger possess no power to harm or benefit. The Quran stands as the ultimate reference, and worship counts only when done with right understanding rather than ego. An excerpt from Appendix 7 explains the original sin as failing to uphold God's absolute authority during the Great Feud.September 26, 2016

Quran Talk BlogGuaranteed Victory (10:103 – 10:106)God's promise in 10:103 to save His messengers and the believers, and what full submission requires: recognizing that only God can benefit or harm us and overcoming the ego as the last idol. Drawing on Jonah, the three who stayed behind, and Solomon, it asks why the messenger says he was commanded to believe, and whether the saving belongs to this world or the Hereafter.September 26, 2016

Quran Talk BlogBelieving Nations Prosper ( 10:98 – 10:102)Verses 10:98 to 10:102 teach that any community that believes is rewarded, as the people of Jonah were relieved of humiliating retribution and made prosperous. The post asks whether humiliation is a form of retribution, citing 2:90, and offers Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi as examples. It also notes that no soul believes except by God's will and that believers cannot force others to believe.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHumans Insist on Their Original Sin (10:74)Verse 10:74 is read alongside Appendix 7 to explain why humans keep rejecting God's messengers and clear proofs. The original sin is not Adam's eating from the tree but our failure to uphold God's absolute authority during the Great Feud. Verses 15:9 to 15:15 are tied to God's messenger of the covenant, and idol worship is shown as the one unforgivable offense.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogMoses and Aaron (10:75 – 10:78)Moses and Aaron bring God's proofs to Pharaoh and his group, who arrogantly dismiss the truth as magic. Verses 10:75 through 10:78 of the Quran record Moses asking whether this is how they describe the truth, and the reply that they will not abandon what their parents did. A linked video on intelligent design accompanies the passage.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogNoah (10:71 – 10:73)Noah's message to his people in 10:71 to 10:73 is read alongside 11:29, raising the question of whether he preached out of love or spite and noting that he asked no wage. The article ties his call to be a submitter to 22:78, where Abraham originally named believers Submitters, and closes with 50:23 to 50:29 on the fate of stubborn disbelievers.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogPharaoh’s Body Preserved (10:92 – 10:93)Verses 10:92 and 10:93 of the Quran, where God preserves Pharaoh's body as a lesson for future generations, with Dr. Khalifa's note that God gave the Egyptians exclusive knowledge of mummification and that Pharaoh's mummy is displayed at the Cairo Museum. It asks which era 10:93 means when the Children of Israel disputed the knowledge that came to them, and points to a video on the body of Ramesses II.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Gross Blasphemy (10:68 – 10:70)Verses 10:68 through 10:70 of the Quran and the claim that GOD has begotten a son, with 2:116 and 2:117 alongside. It explains why the verse ties this blasphemy to God being Most Rich, since many see children as a sign of wealth, and asks whether fabricators failing to succeed refers only to the Hereafter, given their temporary share in this world.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Messenger’s Doubt (10:94 – 10:97)Verses 10:94 to 10:97 tell the messenger to ask readers of the previous scripture if he has any doubt about what is revealed to him. The article asks what he could be doubting, since chapter 10 is the 51st revelation, well into his messengership. It reads the verses alongside 17:73 to 17:77 from the preceding revelation, where God strengthens him against pressure to fabricate something else.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Truth Prevails (10:79 – 10:91)Verses 10:79 to 10:91 recount Moses facing Pharaoh's magicians, the few who believed, and Pharaoh's belated declaration of submission while drowning. Study questions follow on increasing trust in God through worship, why a deathbed repentance comes too late, whether Moses' prayer against Pharaoh was wrong, and how God answers His servants. Verses from Sura 60 set out the basic law regulating relations with unbelievers.September 19, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHappiness: Now and Forever* (10:62 – 10:67)Perfect happiness in this world and the Hereafter, as promised to God's allies in verses 10:62 to 10:67, with a reading of the soul as the seat of happiness. Study questions ask how believers prove themselves God's allies through mandatory tests, how perfect happiness is defined, whether it survives hardship like a broken finger, and how contentment fits with striving. Abraham and Adam serve as examples.September 7, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHuman-made Dietary Prohibitions (10:59 – 10:60)Dietary prohibitions invented by people and attributed to God, set against the Quran's verses on lawful provisions. God prohibits only four foods: dead animals, blood, the meat of pigs, and food dedicated to other than God. The article ties this to Satan's push toward extremes, such as adding prohibitions, extra ablution steps, or more contact prayers than the five God decreed.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHumans Freely Choose Their Paths (10:43 – 10:48)Verses 10:43 to 10:48 frame human freedom of choice: God never wrongs people, who wrong their own souls, and each community receives a messenger before judgment. Related verses cover God diverting the arrogant, the responsibility accepted in 33:72, and patience for God's messenger of the covenant. It asks whether global communication raises believers' responsibility and why the first generations dominate High Heaven.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogJoy for the Believers (10:58)God's grace and mercy as the true source of joy for believers, far better than any wealth they can accumulate. Verses from the Quran contrast worldly riches with God's recompense for those who believe, lead a righteous life, and remain steadfast, and present wisdom as a great bounty He bestows on whomever He chooses.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogKnowing God (10:61)God witnesses every situation, every recitation of the Quran, and every deed, with nothing as small as an atom or smaller outside His control or His profound record. Verse 10:61 is presented alongside Dr. Rashad Khalifa's Friday sermon, God is doing everything Part I, as a reflection on knowing God.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogThe Messenger Possesses No Power (10:49 – 10:53)Verses 10:49 through 10:53 declare that the messenger has no power to harm or benefit himself, that only what God wills takes place, and that each community has a predetermined life span. The transgressors who challenge the retribution to come are answered, and 7:188 is set alongside to show that messengers are only warners who do not know the future.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogWhat Price Faith (10:54 – 10:57)No ransom, even all the wealth of the earth, can buy escape from retribution on the Day of Judgment, a theme traced through 10:54 to 10:57 and related verses. Remorse over following the wrong friend instead of God's Messenger of the Covenant, the value of keeping company with sincere worshipers, and the Quran as healing and mercy for the believers follow.August 29, 2016

Quran Talk BlogHeaven and Hell are Eternal (10:26 – 10:27)Verses 10:26 and 10:27 teach that both Heaven and Hell are eternal, with the righteous and the sinful each abiding forever. The righteous receive a reward multiplied manifold, while sinners are requited only for the equivalent of their sins, as 6:160 affirms. Humiliation and shame, the faces of the disbelievers on the Day of Judgment, are drawn from Sura 88.August 28, 2016

Quran Talk BlogIdols Disown Their Worshipers (10:28 – 10:33)Verses 10:28 through 10:33 describe the Day of Resurrection, when idols disown those who worshiped them, read alongside Jesus denying he ever told people to idolize him and his mother. Verses 23:84 to 89 contrast true belief with lip service, warning that most believers nullify their belief by idolizing prophets and saints. The Quran is presented as absolute truth, and belief or disbelief as our own choice.August 28, 2016

Quran Talk BlogOnly God Can Author the Quran (10:37 – 10:42)Verses 10:37 to 10:42 declare that only God could author the Quran, challenge doubters to produce one sura like it, and note that many reject it without studying it. The article asks how to examine the Quran as 10:39 urges, answering that readers should study both its mathematical structure and the arguments of its words, following 39:18 on examining all words and following the best.August 28, 2016

Quran Talk BlogReflect on Your Idols (10:34 – 10:36)Quran verses 10:34 through 10:36 challenge idol worshipers to name any idol that initiates and repeats creation or guides to the truth, and warn that conjecture is no substitute for the truth. The passage is paired with Isaiah 44:9 to 23, which mocks the craftsman who burns half a block of wood for fuel and bows down to the rest.August 28, 2016

Quran Talk BlogEvery Letter Calculated and Divinely Designed (10:15 – 10:20)Verses 10:15 through 10:20 and the demand to bring a different Quran or change it, read alongside the Quran's mathematical code: This Quran appears 57 times, 19×3, and Becca is spelled to fit the count of M. Related verses address claims of fabrication, the challenge to imitate the Quran, distortion of scripture, and how jealousy split one congregation while God's predetermined word delays judgment.August 15, 2016

Quran Talk BlogLessons from the Past (10:13)Past generations that God annihilated when they transgressed and rejected their messengers' clear proofs serve as a lesson for later people, drawn from verses in Suras 10, 11, and 6. The idols they invoked beside God could not save them, and they wronged their own souls. The lesson points to the Day of Judgment, when the miserable abide in Hell and the fortunate in Paradise.August 15, 2016

Quran Talk BlogMiracle of the Quran to be Unveiled After Muhammad (10:20)Verse 10:20 and its footnote explain why the Quran's mathematical miracle was predestined to be unveiled 14 centuries after Muhammad, a miracle designed for the computer age. Had Muhammad received it, traditional Muslims already idolizing him beside God might have worshiped him as God incarnate. Verses show that Muhammad had no miracle and that the Quran itself is the miracle.August 15, 2016

Quran Talk BlogNow it is Your Turn (10:14)God compensates the oppressed by making them leaders and inheritors of the earth, as He did with the Children of Israel after Pharaoh, Hãmãn, and their troops. Drawing on 10:14 and 28:5 to 28:6, the article reminds believers that inheriting the earth is a test of how they will do once their own turn comes.August 15, 2016

Quran Talk BlogRebellious Humans (10:21 – 10:25)Humans who sincerely implore God alone in adversity, then forget Him and scheme against His revelations once saved, are the focus of verses 10:21 to 10:25. Related verses on such fair weather devotion follow, along with the Quran's analogy of worldly life as plants that flourish and then vanish, and a footnote on the end of the world coming by night or day.August 15, 2016

Quran Talk BlogGod Guides the Believers (10:9 – 10:12)Verses 10:9 through 10:12 teach that God guides those who choose to believe and lead a righteous life, with 17:84, 46:19, 6:132 and 21:90 showing that everyone attains a rank according to belief and works. The article reflects on people who demand provisions but would not want retribution hastened, and links videos on confirmation bias alongside 10:12 on transgressors whose works are adorned in their eyes.August 14, 2016

Quran Talk BlogPreoccupation With This World (10:7 – 10:8)Verses 10:7 and 10:8 warn that those preoccupied with this worldly life, content with it and heedless of God's proofs, incur Hell. The article asks how a submitter's contentment differs from theirs, and whether contentment is possible without God. It answers that worldly contentment comes from ignorance, like a well fed turkey unaware that Thanksgiving is near.August 14, 2016

Quran Talk BlogSura 10, Jonah (Younus)A verse by verse study of Sura 10, Jonah, opening with the initials A.L.R. as proofs of the Quran's mathematical code and the double meaning of ayat as proof and verse. It asks whom 10:2 refers to, what peace would follow from fully grasping that God controls all matters, and what specific purpose God had in creation, answering from related verses on worshiping God alone and redemption.August 14, 2016

Quran Talk BlogA Historical Crime Unveiled: Tampering With the Word of God.* God Provides Irrefutable Evidence (9:127)Sura 9 is the only sura without the Basmalah, and verse 9:127 together with its footnote explains why. The absence foretells that idol worshipers would add two false verses, 9:128 and 9:129, and shows God's mathematical code guarding the Quran against alteration. The word God occurs 1273 times (19×67) through the end of Sura 9, a count that vanishes if the false verses are included.August 7, 2016

Quran Talk BlogDo Not Abandon the Messenger (9:118 – 9:121)Verses 9:118 to 9:121 on the three who stayed behind and the duty not to abandon the messenger of God frame questions about who the three were and what it means that God redeemed them that they may repent. Repentance is a blessing from God, there is no escape except to Him, and every effort in His cause, however small, is credited. Striving today draws on 94:5 to 94:8.August 7, 2016

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