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Quran Talk Blog
The Disbelieves (9:123)
Verse 9:123 of the Quran commands the believers to fight the disbelievers who attack them and to let those attackers find them stern. The verse closes by reminding the believers that God is with the righteous, which places the command in the setting of defense against aggression.
August 7, 2016
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The Hypocrites (9:124 – 9:126)
Verses 9:124 through 9:126 describe how each revealed sura strengthens the faith of believers, who rejoice in revelation, while adding unholiness to those who harbor doubts until they die as disbelievers. The passage also notes that hypocrites face exacting trials once or twice every year yet fail to repent or take heed.
August 7, 2016
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The Importance of Religious Education (9:122)
Verse 9:122, which tells the believers that a few from each group should devote their time to studying the religion and pass that knowledge on to their people, is the starting point. The article asks whether the command applies only to the time of the messenger and argues that religious education aims at understanding universal morality, alongside talks on whether money should buy everything and on teaching values in schools.
August 7, 2016
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The Believers (9:112)
Verse 9:112 of the Quran lists the qualities of the believers: repenting, worshiping, praising, meditating, bowing and prostrating, advocating righteousness, forbidding evil, and keeping God's laws. The verse closes with God's command to give good news to such believers.
July 24, 2016
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The Most Profitable Investment (9:111)
Verse 9:111, where God buys the believers' lives and money in exchange for Paradise, is read against those who abuse it to justify violence. The article pairs it with 61:10 to 13 on the best deal, 3:154 on death being destined, and the rules of war in 2:190 to 193, arguing that the Quran upholds the non-aggression principle and permits fighting only against aggressors.
July 24, 2016
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You Shall Disown God’s Enemies Abraham Disowned His Father (9:113 – 9:117)
Disowning God's enemies is explored through 9:113 to 9:117 and Abraham's renouncing of his father, weighed against the command to honor and treat parents amicably in 31:14 and 31:15. Further questions cover judging who is an idol worshiper in friendship and marriage, whether a mistake equals a sin, how God warns people before sending them astray, and hardship versus adversity.
July 24, 2016
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Do Not Pray in Those Masjids (9:108 – 9:110)
Quran 9:108 to 9:110 forbids praying in a masjid not founded on righteousness and contrasts building on reverence for God with building on a crumbling cliff. The article asks whether a masjid can change its way and why the verses speak of a physical structure. It draws on research linking addiction to social environment, the parable of the wise and foolish builders, and a story about a dishonest house builder.
July 11, 2016
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Hard Times Serve to Expose the Hypocrites (9:94 – 9:96)
Verses 9:94 to 9:96 describe hypocrites who swear oaths and apologize to the messenger after battle, and God refuses to pardon them. The article contrasts their oaths with the serious matters believers swear about, then asks whether easy times expose hypocrites too. It answers with 29:10 to 29:13 on fair weather friends and 17:67 to 17:69 on those who turn to God only in danger.
July 11, 2016
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Masjids that Oppose God and His Messenger (9:107)
Verse 9:107 and its footnote describe masjids that serve idol worship, divide believers, and comfort those who oppose God and His messenger, such as by adding the names of Abraham, Muhammad, or Ali to the Azan and the contact prayers. The article asks how a masjid gives such comfort and points to a 60 Minutes report on Saudi Arabia financing the 9/11 attacks.
July 11, 2016
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Retribution Doubled for the Hypocrites (9:101 – 9:106)
Verses 9:101 through 9:106 on hypocrites who receive double retribution, those who confess mixed deeds, and charity that purifies. Being accustomed to hypocrisy is compared to the people of Lot, with bribery in Islamic societies as an example. Questions taken up include whether hypocrites know they are hypocrites, what causes hypocrisy, what taking from their money means in 9:103, and who the others awaiting GOD's decision are.
July 11, 2016
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The Arabs (9:97 – 9:100)
Verses 9:97 through 9:100 describe the Arabs as the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, contrast those who resent spending in the cause of God with believers who spend to draw nearer to Him, and praise the early immigrants and their supporters. Links follow to videos on Saudi Arabia's history and abuses and on corruption in Arab countries.
July 11, 2016
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Satan’s Most Effective Bait: The Myth of Intercession (9:80 – 9:84)
Verses 9:80 through 9:84 serve to refute the belief in intercession, noting that Muhammad could not save his own kin, nor Abraham his father, nor Noah his son. The article distinguishes intercession from asking God's forgiveness, which leaves the decision entirely to God, and cites Jesus' words on the Day of Resurrection. It closes with a note on the funeral prayer.
July 4, 2016
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True Believers are Eager to Strive (9:88 – 9:93)
Verses 9:88 through 9:93 contrast believers who eagerly strive with their money and lives against those who invent excuses to stay behind, while excusing the weak, the ill, and the poor who remain devoted to God. The article asks how to tell whether we are sedentary, citing verses on racing toward righteous works, and points to Quranic study groups through 18:28 along with videos on overcoming excuses.
July 4, 2016
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Worldly Materials Are Nil (9:85 – 9:87)
Quran 9:85 through 9:87 warns believers not to be impressed by the money and children of disbelievers, which God makes sources of misery for them, and describes those who stay behind when called to strive with His messenger until their hearts are sealed. The verses are paired with videos on an extravagant Arab billionaire sheikh's lifestyle and on happiness and money.
July 4, 2016
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You Shall Be Stern With the Disbelievers (9:73 – 9:79)
Verses 9:73 to 9:79 on striving against the disbelievers and hypocrites, with stern defined as action so firm it cannot be opposed. The study shows how God lets people confirm what is already in their hearts, plaguing promise breakers with hypocrisy, and notes that people rarely keep up their charity as wealth grows. It asks why anyone would criticize believers for giving too much or too little.
July 4, 2016
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Distribution System for Charities (9:60 – 9:62)
Verses 9:60 to 9:62 list the recipients of charity, with notes on why a comma matters in 9:60, why new converts receive support, and who the traveling alien is. Zakat as given in 2:215 and Appendix 15 is set apart from general charity. The study also covers why the prophet's listening is a mercy and how hypocrites swear to gain credibility.
June 27, 2016
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God’s System Does Not Change (9:69)
Verse 9:69 of the Quran warns that people today, like stronger and wealthier generations before them, become preoccupied with money, children, and material possessions. Such heedlessness nullifies their works in this world and in the Hereafter, showing that God's system does not change. The article pairs the verse with a video on choosing God before possessions.
June 27, 2016
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Retribution for Opposing God and His Messenger (9:63)
Opposing God and His messenger, which 9:63 says incurs Hell forever, is explained through dictionary definitions and a chain of Quranic verses. Topics include refusing to befriend opponents, Abraham's monotheism, no distinction among God's messengers, repentance with the contact prayer and charity, and which unbelievers one may befriend. Dr. Khalifa's introduction closes it, on unity among all believers devoted to God alone.
June 27, 2016
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The Hypocrites (9:64 – 9:68)
Hypocrites in Quran 9:64 through 9:68 fear a sura that exposes what is in their hearts, excuse their mockery of God and His messenger as kidding, and are promised Hell. The article explains that hypocrites believe they have found a loophole in God's religion. It sets these verses beside 2:8 through 2:16, where hypocrites claim belief while deceiving only themselves.
June 27, 2016
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The Losers (9:70)
Verse 9:70 asks whether people have learned from the fate of earlier generations who rejected their messengers. Drawing on the heifer story of 2:67 to 71, where Moses' people kept demanding details before obeying, the article argues that people tend to complicate God's religion. It also links talks by Joseph Tainter on the collapse of complex civilizations.
June 27, 2016
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The Winners (9:71 – 9:72)
Verses 9:71 and 9:72 describe the believing men and women as allies who advocate righteousness, observe the contact prayers, give the obligatory charity, and obey God and His messenger. The article asks what God's approval is and whether it comes in this life or the next, drawing on 3:173 and 3:174, where believers who trust God attain His approval and no harm touches them.
June 27, 2016
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Apparent Worldly Success (9:55 – 9:59)
Verses 9:55 through 9:59 of the Quran warn believers not to be impressed by the money and children of hypocrites, which God turns into sources of retribution in this life. The passage describes divisive people who criticize the distribution of charities and urges contentment with what God provides. A linked talk by Petrea King asks whether the pursuit of happiness is making us miserable.
June 20, 2016
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The Contact Prayer Existed Before Muhammad (9:54)
Verse 9:54 and its footnote serve as proof that the Contact Prayers (Salat) existed before the Quran and were handed down from Abraham, citing 21:73. The footnote answers those who challenge the Quran's completeness by asking where the details of the Contact Prayers appear in it. A link to a recording of the Jewish Amida prayer, translated and transliterated, accompanies the verse.
June 20, 2016
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The Sedentary (9:42 – 9:53)
Verses 9:42 to 9:53 on those who make excuses to stay behind from striving in the cause of God, and whether their predicament applies today outside of war. The discussion turns to the predetermined moment of death (3:154), the ego as the root of hidden evil, and its link to the freedom of choice humans accepted (33:72).
June 20, 2016
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“Submission” Destined to Prevail (9:33)
Verse 9:33 promises that God's messenger brings the guidance and the religion of truth, and that God will make it dominate all religions in spite of the idol worshipers. A footnote on 9:36 notes that the word month occurs in the Quran 12 times and the word day 365 times.
June 13, 2016
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Altering the Sacred Months (9:37 – 9:39)
The Sacred Months of 9:37 are Zul-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and Rabi I, not the four months the Muslim world observes, and altering them is a sign of excessive disbelief. Verses 9:2 and 9:5 show the four months are consecutive, and the name Rabi points to the fourth sacred month. Other translations of 9:37 are compared and shown to mistranslate the verse.
June 13, 2016
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Beware of Professional Religionists (9:34 – 9:35)
Verses 9:34 and 9:35 warn against religious leaders and preachers who take people's money illicitly and hoard gold and silver, illustrated with a segment on televangelists. The article reconciles this warning with 4:59 and 4:83 on obeying those in charge, and stresses through 17:36 that each person is responsible for verifying information and for their own salvation.
June 13, 2016
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Blasphemies (9:30)
Verse 9:30 of the Quran, which calls the claims that Ezra and Jesus are sons of God blasphemies matching those of earlier disbelievers. Short notes and links on Ezra and the biblical book of Ezra accompany the verse, along with the observation that such claims show a human tendency to humanize God.
June 13, 2016
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God’s Invisible Soldiers (9:40)
God's support for those who stand with Him, beginning with verse 9:40, where the messenger in the cave receives contentment and invisible soldiers. The article links stories of rescues from a shark, a bike accident and a dog attack to this protection, then asks how God made the disbelievers' word lowly, answering with the Quran's analogies of truth and falsehood and the flimsy idols of 53:19 to 53:23.
June 13, 2016
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God’s System: Twelve Months Per Year (9:36)
Verse 9:36 states that the count of months is twelve by GOD's law since creation, with four Sacred Months during which fighting is forbidden unless idol worshipers declare war. The footnote argues that a careful study of the Quran places the Sacred Months at Zul-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and Rabi I, rather than the months the corrupted Muslim world observes.
June 13, 2016
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Upholding the Teachings of Religious Leaders Instead of God’s Teachings (9:31 – 9:32)
Verses 9:31 and 9:32 warn against setting up religious leaders and scholars as lords instead of God, with the footnote applying this to Muslim scholars who oppose upholding the Quran alone and to papal teaching on the trinity. The changed Sacred Months serve as an example, and the piece suggests religious teachers seek power and that loss aversion keeps followers from accepting the truth.
June 13, 2016
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Good News (9:20 – 9:22)
Verses 9:20 through 9:22 promise mercy, approval, and eternal gardens to believers who emigrate and strive in the cause of GOD with their money and lives. The article asks whether leaving a land with religious freedom for a more righteous one still counts as emigrating for God, whether closing borders is unrighteous, and whether illegal immigration is wrong in light of 24:27 on entering homes without permission.
June 7, 2016
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If You Have to Make a Choice (9:23)
Verse 9:23 forbids allying with even parents and siblings who prefer disbelief, and the article reads it alongside 3:28 on choosing friends. It asks how this fits with honoring parents, answering from 29:8 and 9:24 that parents are always honored but allegiance and greatest love belong to God. Submitters ally with no political party, only with God alone.
June 7, 2016
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Important Criterion (9:24 – 9:29)
Verses 9:24 to 9:29 set the criterion of loving God and His messenger above parents, spouses, children, wealth and homes, a test most believers face when family demands they choose. The footnotes tie 9:24 to the messenger of the covenant through Rashad Khalifa's gematrical value. The article also covers the day of Hunayn and asks, through 14:28, whether disbelievers bring disaster on their own families.
June 7, 2016
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No Basmalah (9:1 – 9:10)
Verses 9:1 to 9:10 of the Quran, with the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 read as a sign of tampering and a miracle. The article argues that the four Sacred Months are consecutive, Zul-Hijjah through Rabi I, and that 9:5 applies only in the context of war. It also addresses whether captives must become believers and what traditional Muslims lost by abandoning the Quran.
May 30, 2016
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Question to the Arabs (9:19)
Verse 9:19 asks whether watering the pilgrims and caring for the Sacred Masjid can substitute for believing in God and the Last Day and striving in His cause. The post sets this question to the Arabs beside video links on Saudi Arabia: a defecting Saudi prince on government brutality and oppression, camel jockeys in the sport of sheikhs, a look inside Mecca, and a documentary on the kingdom.
May 30, 2016
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Repentance: Cleaning the Slate (9:11 – 9:15)
Repentance wipes the slate clean, as verses 9:11 through 9:15 show: those who repent, observe the contact prayers, and give the obligatory charity become brethren in religion. The verses also permit fighting leaders of paganism who break their oaths and attack the religion. The article observes that most people still refuse to say sorry or admit wrongdoing against others or their own souls.
May 30, 2016
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The Inevitable Test (9:16 – 9:18)
Verses 9:16 through 9:18 teach that God tests believers to distinguish those who strive and never ally with His enemies. The article reads 9:18 as setting the criteria for who may frequent God's masjids: belief in God and the Last Day, the contact prayers, and the obligatory charity. It cautions submitters against expanding these criteria and notes the Saudi use of 9:17 to bar non-Muslims from Mecca.
May 30, 2016
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God Suffices the Believers (8:62 – 8:75)
A study of Quran 8:62 to 8:75, on God sufficing the believers and the believers supporting one another. It asks why the believers became weaker as their numbers grew, tracing it to diluted faith through Hunayn, Badr, and Saul's army against Goliath. It also covers captives, research on the human reluctance to kill, and the commandment that relatives take care of one another.
May 23, 2016
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You Shall Be Prepared: A Divine Commandment (8:60 – 8:61)
Verses 8:60 and 8:61 on preparing all the power one can muster, and on accepting peace when the enemy resorts to peace, are read alongside 4:77. The article addresses whether submitters should join the US military, holding that fighting is allowed only in self-defense and against oppression. It also urges submitters to be educated and prepared to answer lies with the truth.
May 23, 2016
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Retribution: A Consequence of Sin (8:53 – 8:59)
Verses 8:53 to 8:59 teach that GOD does not change a blessing on any people unless they themselves decide to change, with Pharaoh's people as the example. Related verses on Adam's indecision, disbelievers bringing disaster on their families, and the miserable life of those who disregard God's message follow. Believers must do their part and respond to betrayal in kind, illustrated with videos on tit for tat and the prisoner's dilemma.
May 21, 2016
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The Devil Sees God’s Invisible Soldiers (8:48 – 8:52)
Verses 8:48 to 8:52 show the devil urging the disbelievers on, then fleeing when he sees God's invisible soldiers at the battle. Drawing on 17:61 to 17:65, the article asks why Satan dupes people and argues he wants to show he is not as bad as others. It compares his empty promises to the life insurance industry abandoning people when disaster strikes.
May 21, 2016
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God Controls Everything and Plans for the Believers (8:42 – 8:47)
God's control of everything and His planning for the believers, drawn from verses 8:42 to 8:47 on the battle where God made each army appear fewer to the other. Certainty that God runs everything brings peace and full submission, ending the habit of blaming others, while 4:79 affirms nothing bad comes from God. It asks whether the command not to dispute applies only in war or always.
May 9, 2016
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God Is Doing Everything (8:17 – 8:20)
Quran 8:17 to 8:20 and its footnote on believing that God is doing everything, while bad things are incurred by us and executed by Satan according to God's laws. Verses 10:61 to 10:64 follow on God's complete control and the happiness of His allies, alongside the account of King Ahab's death by a chance arrow in 1 Kings 22 and a Kung Fu Panda clip on the illusion of control.
May 8, 2016
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God Protects His Messenger (8:30 – 8:34)
God's protection of His messengers, read through 8:30 to 8:34 and Dr. Khalifa's footnote linking Muhammad's tribe to the move of the messenger of the covenant to the U.S.A. It asks how this protection fits with God allowing some messengers and prophets to be killed, citing 3:183 and 2:91 and predetermined lifespans. It also explains what seeking forgiveness in 8:33 means while life offers a chance to repent.
May 8, 2016
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God Supports the Believers (8:26 – 8:27)
Verses 8:26 and 8:27 of the Quran remind the believers that they were once few and oppressed, until God granted them a secure sanctuary, supported them with His victory, and gave them good provisions so they may be appreciative. The passage then commands the believers not to betray God, the messenger, or those who trust them.
May 8, 2016
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Money & Children Are Tests (8:28 – 8:29)
Money and children as a test from God, set out in verses 8:28 and 8:29 of the Quran. The passage reminds believers that God possesses a great recompense and promises that those who reverence God will be enlightened, have their sins remitted, and be forgiven by Him, who possesses infinite grace.
May 8, 2016
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Spending Their Money to Fight God*
Verses 8:36 to 8:41 warn that disbelievers who spend money to repel others from the way of God will end in sorrow and defeat. Dr. Khalifa's footnote tells how the Saudis bought and destroyed the 1983 Arabic edition of The Miracle of the Quran. The article also links the Atheist Bus Campaign and pairs 8:37 with 3:179 on God separating the bad from the good.
May 8, 2016
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