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Quran Talk Blog
Don’t Be Impressed by the Abundance of Bad (5:98-5:100)
Verses 5:98 to 5:100 teach that the bad and the good are not the same, even when the abundance of the bad impresses people. Qaaroon's wealth, arrogance, and destruction show how those who prefer this worldly life are misled. Abraham breaking the idols and surviving the fire illustrates that one who stands with God is the majority.
November 23, 2015
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Game Conservation (5:94 – 5:95)
Quran 5:94 and 5:95 forbid killing game during pilgrimage, set the fine of equivalent livestock judged by two equitable people, and allow feeding the poor or fasting as expiation. Reverencing God in privacy is presented as proof of worship done strictly to please God. Links follow on the tragedy of the commons and on birds circling the Ka`bah.
November 23, 2015
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Intoxicants and Gambling Prohibited (5:90 – 5:93)
Quran 5:90 to 5:93 commands believers to avoid intoxicants and gambling as tools of the devil that stir hatred and distract from remembering God and observing the contact prayers. The article explains how the obsession of gambling, as in casinos without clocks or windows, makes people forget their prayers. It also points to the economic cost of binge drinking in the United States.
November 23, 2015
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Statement of Fact (5:82 – 5:86)
Quran 5:82 through 5:86 describe Christians as the closest in friendship to the believers and the Jews and idol worshipers as their worst enemies. The discussion asks why priests and monks make Christians friendly, concludes that the absence of arrogance refers to the Christians themselves, and stresses humility in religion. It applies the verses to Christians of all times and asks how they relate to 5:14.
November 23, 2015
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Trust in God (5:101 – 5:103)
Trusting God and resisting the human tendency to invent laws He never authorized, drawn from Quran 5:101 to 5:103 and its warning against asking about matters God has deliberately overlooked. Livestock prohibitions invented by disbelievers serve as the example. Believers are urged to be patient, since God reveals information at the right time when it is best for us.
November 23, 2015
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Witnessing A Will and Being Trustworthy (5:106 – 5:108)
Witnessing a will under 5:106 to 5:108 is explained: two equitable people, of any gender, swear by God after the contact prayer to testify without bias, and are replaced if found biased. The article draws on 2:180 to 2:182 on the duty to write a will and 2:282 on recording loans, and notes that the contact prayer prohibits evil and vice.
November 23, 2015
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Minimum Requirement for Salvation (5:69 – 5:71)
Verses 5:69 to 5:71 name three requirements for salvation open to believers, Jews, Christians, and converts alike: belief in God, belief in the Last Day, and a righteous life. The study asks what freedom from fear and grief means, drawing on Jacob, Mary, and Moses' mother, and holds that bad things come from our own deeds though God is the doer of everything. It closes on God's repeated chances to redeem people.
November 10, 2015
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Salvation for Jews and Christians (5:65 – 5:66)
Salvation for the people of the scripture is presented through verses 5:65 and 5:66, which promise remission of sins and gardens of bliss to Jews and Christians who believe and lead a righteous life. The verses add that they must uphold the Torah, the Gospel, and what is sent down to them in the Quran, noting that some of them are righteous while many are evildoers.
November 10, 2015
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The Messenger Must Deliver (5:67 – 5:68)
Verses 5:67 and 5:68 command the messenger to deliver everything revealed to him, with God's promise of protection from the people. The article asks whether a messenger could fail to deliver the entire message, drawing on 5:101 and 20:114 about premature questions and not rushing the Quran before its revelation. It also addresses the people of the scripture and their need to uphold the Torah and the Gospel.
November 10, 2015
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Today’s Christianity Not Jesus’ Religion (5:72 – 5:76)
Verses 5:72 through 5:76 reject the deification of Jesus and the trinity, presenting the Messiah as a messenger like those before him who called people to worship God alone. The footnote cites John 20:17 and scholarship arguing that Paul, not Jesus, founded today's Christianity. Links to videos on Paul's role and the historical Jesus follow.
November 10, 2015
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God’s Hands Are Wide Open (5:64)
Verse 5:64 frames a rebuttal of the claim that God is limited, illustrated by Rabbi Harold Kushner's statements that God cannot prevent suffering. Citing 10:61, 4:78 and 4:79, the article holds that God is the doer of everything while bad things result from our own deeds. It also explains that our sole decision is whether to believe in God alone, and that God changes no people's condition unless they change.
November 2, 2015
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Recipients of the Scriptures Transgress – Knowing vs. Understanding (5:58 – 5:63)
Verses 5:58 to 5:63 describe recipients of the scriptures who mock the call to the contact prayer, profess belief while concealing disbelief, and live on illicit earnings unchecked by their rabbis and priests. The article asks whether God literally turned them into monkeys and pigs, citing 7:166, and contrasts knowing with understanding through two videos.
November 2, 2015
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People We Shouldn’t Befriend (5:51 – 5:57)
Which Jews and Christians believers may not take as allies, read through Quran 5:51 to 5:57 and the basic rule of 60:8 and 60:9. Only those who mock and ridicule the believers' religion, fight them because of religion, or evict them from their homes are excluded, while God and His messenger and those who observe the contact prayers remain the real allies.
October 26, 2015
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Quran: The Ultimate Reference / Compete on Righteousness (5:48 – 5:50)
Verses 5:48 to 5:50 present the Quran as confirming and superseding previous scriptures and as the law by which to rule, and they command believers to compete in righteousness. Competing in righteousness means striving to do better rather than competing for wealth or looks, illustrated through sportsmanship stories of Mitchell Marcus, Sara Tucholsky, and Shaya, alongside 42:40 on pardoning injustice.
October 26, 2015
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The Gospel of Jesus: Guidance and Light (5:46 – 5:47)
Verses 5:46 and 5:47 describe the Gospel given to Jesus as guidance and light confirming the Torah, and the article explains that people without the Quran should follow their own scripture. It cites 22:52 and 6:112 on the devil interfering with every prophet's message while GOD perfects His revelations, and notes the New Testament's mention of Jesus' brothers.
October 26, 2015
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Distorting God’s Words (5:41-5:43)
Verses 5:41 to 5:43 frame a study of people who distort God's words out of context, a pattern traced through Jesus, Muhammad's fabricated hadith, and now the messenger of the covenant. It links lies to illicit earnings and explains how God augments whatever belief a person chooses. Seeking judgment beyond one's own scripture is compared to people today looking past the Quran, and to David's careful judgment between two feuding men.
October 19, 2015
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Do Not Reverence Human Beings (5:44)
Verse 5:44 commands believers to reverence God rather than human beings and to rule by His revelations, with a note that the Torah comprises all scriptures given to the prophets of Israel before Jesus. Celebrity worship, Muhammad worship, and the veneration of popes, Mary, and saints serve as examples. Trading away God's revelations for a cheap price is explained as sinning for quick worldly gain.
October 19, 2015
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The Law of Equivalence (5:45)
The Quranic law of equivalence in 5:45, an eye for an eye with forgiveness as an atoning charity, is set beside the tit for tat strategy studied by social psychologists for reducing conflict. Links to a judge known for creative punishments and a Robert Sapolsky lecture accompany 8:58 and 8:59 on answering betrayal in the same manner.
October 19, 2015
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Capital Punishment: When is it Justified? (5:33 – 5:35)
Capital punishment in the Quran, read through 5:33 to 5:35, which reserves it for those who fight God and His messenger and exempts those who repent before being overcome. The article argues the Quran brings out true convictions, letting the cruel and the merciful each find justification. Related verses cover the rules of war, relations with unbelievers, spreading God's message with patience, and the unforgivable offense of killing a believer.
October 13, 2015
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Cost of Disbelief (5:36 – 5:37)
Verses 5:36 and 5:37 of the Quran on the fate of those who disbelieve. Even twice the wealth of the whole earth, offered as ransom on the Day of Resurrection, would not be accepted to spare them the retribution. They will want to exit Hell but never can, for their retribution is eternal.
October 13, 2015
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Grossness of Murder (5:32)
Verse 5:32 teaches that murdering one innocent person is like murdering all the people, and sparing one life is like sparing all. Linked videos on how mass shootings spread and on Sir Nicholas Winton saving children accompany the verse. Verses 2:178 and 2:179, with the footnote, show the Quran discouraging capital punishment through pardon by the victim's kin and equitable compensation.
October 13, 2015
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Punishment for Stealing (5:38 – 5:40)
The Quran's punishment for theft in 5:38 means marking the thief's hand, not cutting it off, a reading the article supports with a mathematical link to 12:31, where the women cut their hands on seeing Joseph. It treats the mark as public exposure, compares the symbolic lashes of 24:2, and notes that God sets marking as the limit while leaving its depth and kind to human judgment.
October 13, 2015
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The First Murder (5:27 – 5-31)
Quran 5:27 to 5:31 on Adam's two sons and the first murder, read alongside Genesis 4. The article asks why one offering was accepted, what bearing my sin and your sin means, how ego drove the killing, and why the righteous brother did not strike back, citing the traits of believers in 42:37 to 43. It closes on burial and cremation, arguing God did not prohibit cremation.
October 5, 2015
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Trust in God (5:24 – 5:26)
Trust in God before seeing the miracle is the theme of these study notes on Quran 5:24 to 5:26, where the Children of Israel refuse to enter the promised land despite the miracles they saw. The notes compare 2:58 and Numbers 13 and 14, use the story of Blondin as an illustration, and ask why Moses speaks of controlling his brother, citing 61:4 on standing like bricks in one wall.
October 5, 2015
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Christianity and Quran (5:14)
Christians, according to 5:14, made a covenant with God and are bound to obey His messenger, yet disregarded some commandments and were condemned to animosity among themselves. Verses 2:62 and 5:69 set belief in God, the Last Day, and righteous living as the criteria for salvation, and 2:146 and 6:20 say scripture holders recognize the Quran's truth like their own children. Etymologies of Christian and Christ follow.
September 28, 2015
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God Defends and Protects the Believers (5:11 – 5:12)
God's protection of the believers against those who aggress against them, drawn from verses 5:11 and 5:12. The conditions for remaining under that protection follow from the covenant with the Children of Israel: observing the contact prayers, giving the obligatory charity, believing in and respecting God's messengers, and lending God a loan of righteousness. Verses 3:173 and 3:174 show believers trusting God as the best Protector.
September 28, 2015
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God Gives the Holy Land to Israel (5:21 – 5:23)
Moses commands the Children of Israel to enter the holy land God decreed for them, and they refuse out of fear of its powerful people despite the miracles they witnessed. Verses from Sura 17 address whether the land is theirs forever, with prophecies of two transgressions and defeats. Their lack of trust is compared to leaving business for the Friday Prayer, trusting God as provider.
September 28, 2015
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God’s Blessings (5:20)
Verse 5:20, where Moses reminds his people of God's blessings, raises the question of how the Jews were made kings. Linked videos suggest that people today all live as kings and queens, urge remembering God's blessings through gratitude as the key to happiness, and show people in Kenya who live off trash.
September 28, 2015
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God’s Messenger to the Jews, Christians and Muslims (5:18 – 5:19)
Verses 5:18 and 5:19 answer the claim of Jews and Christians to be God's children and announce a messenger sent to the people of the scripture. Drawing on Appendix Two, the article presents Rashad Khalifa as God's Messenger of the Covenant, citing the gematrical total of his name with the verse numbers as a multiple of 19. It also explains his mission to unify all religions into Submission.
September 28, 2015
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Pagan Influence in Christianity (5:17)
Quran verse 5:17 declares pagan those who say God is the Messiah, son of Mary, affirming that God holds sovereignty over everything and could annihilate the Messiah, his mother, and everyone on earth. The post asks how Jesus became regarded as God if he never called himself God, pointing to outside videos and a book on that question and on the Sabbath.
September 28, 2015
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Quran: God’s Message to the Jews and Christians (5:15 – 5:16)
Verses 5:15 and 5:16 are studied as God's message to the Jews and Christians, with a focus on what it means to seek God's approval and how a believer knows it has been attained. Happiness is presented as a quality of the soul that comes from worshiping God alone. One concealed matter is examined: the Bible naming Isaac, not Ismail, as the son Abraham nearly sacrificed.
September 28, 2015
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Taking the Words out of Context (5:13)
Verse 5:13 links violating God's covenant to hardened hearts and to taking the words of scripture out of context, and notes that hearts harden through lack of appreciation. Distortion of the Bible, as discussed by Bart Ehrman, is contrasted with the Quran's preservation, shown by the oldest Quran manuscript found in Birmingham and by the Quran's mathematical miracle, which exposes any distortion of its text.
September 28, 2015
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Ablution (5:6 – 5:7)
Ablution before the contact prayer as commanded in 5:6, including bathing and the dry ablution, with God's wish not to make the religion difficult. The article answers related questions: whether prayers may be made up after their time window passes, using Solomon's example, where the five prayer times appear in the Quran, and why ablution is not required to read the Quran, citing 56:79 on sincerity.
September 22, 2015
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You Shall Not Bear False Witness – Do Not Be Bias (5:8 – 5:10)
Verses 5:8 to 5:10 ground a study of honest, unbiased witness, even against oneself or one's relatives, and of refusing to let conflict provoke injustice. Examples include Nelson Mandela, Barbara Lee's lone stand after September 11, and Joseph, imprisoned despite clear proofs. It also asks how to stay truthful when a lawyer presses for a certain answer, holding that our duty is honesty and God determines the outcome.
September 22, 2015
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Hunting Using Trained Animals (5:4)
Verse 5:4 of the Quran declares lawful all good things, including what trained dogs and falcons catch, provided they are trained according to God's teachings and God's name is mentioned. The article draws from the verse that dogs are not prohibited, so their saliva touching food is acceptable. A linked video shows a golden eagle hunting a fox.
September 15, 2015
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Only Four Meats Prohibited (5:3)
Verse 5:3 limits prohibited meats to four: animals that die of themselves, blood, the meat of pigs, and animals dedicated to other than God. Animals that die of themselves are defined as those not killed with the intent of being food, and dividing meat through a game of chance is shown to forbid the act, not the meat. Decomposition and pork parasites are offered as reasons behind the prohibitions.
September 15, 2015
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People of The Scripture (5:5)
Verse 5:5 permits the food of the people of the scripture and marriage to their chaste women, raising the question of who counts as a believer across religions. The answer given is anyone who worships God alone, with idol worship, including calling the Messiah God, as the dividing line. It also asks whether Jews and Christians must follow the Quran, citing 5:48 on the Quran as the ultimate reference.
September 15, 2015
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Sura 5: The Feast (5:1 – 5:2)
Verses 5:1 and 5:2 of the Quran command believers to fulfill their covenants, permit livestock for food, and forbid hunting during Hajj pilgrimage. They uphold the rites of God, the Sacred Months, and the offerings, and warn against aggression toward those who once barred access to the Sacred Masjid. A footnote explains the hunting ban as conservation of natural resources for converging pilgrims.
September 15, 2015
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God’s Messengers (4:163 – 4:170)
A study of verses 4:163 to 4:170 on God's messengers, asking why the prophets named in 4:163 do not appear in chronological order. It considers who the Patriarchs are, whether God spoke directly to anyone besides Moses, and Abraham's request in 2:260 to see how God revives the dead, drawing on 6:84 to 6:86 and 2:253.
September 12, 2015
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Quran’s Mathematical Code and Inheritance (4:174 – 4:176)
The Quran's mathematical code as tangible, irrefutable proof from God, presented through verses 4:174 and 4:175 on the profound beacon sent down to people and the mercy promised to those who hold fast to Him. Verse 4:176 then gives God's rules of inheritance for a person who dies without children, setting the shares due to sisters and brothers.
September 12, 2015
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Trinity (4:171 – 4:173)
The Quran's rejection of the Trinity in 4:171 to 4:173 opens a study affirming that GOD is only one god and that Jesus, the son of Mary, was His messenger and servant. The article then asks how God communicates with humans through inspiration, contrasts it with the inspiration of the devils, and closes with refuge from Satan and the teaching that good comes from GOD while bad comes from ourselves.
September 12, 2015
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Crucifying “the Body” of Jesus
Verses 4:157 to 4:162 of the Quran state that Jesus, son of Mary, was never killed or crucified, and that GOD raised him. Dr. Khalifa's footnote explains that the soul of Jesus was raised as in the death of any righteous person, while his enemies crucified his living but empty body. The passage also covers the prohibitions placed on the Jews and the reward for believers who observe the Contact Prayers.
September 6, 2015
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Lessons From Israel
The Children of Israel and the lessons their history holds, drawn from Sura 4:153 to 4:156. These verses recount the demand to see God physically, the worship of the calf despite Moses' miracles, the covenant taken at Mount Sinai, and the condemnation that followed for violating it, rejecting God's revelations, killing the prophets, and uttering a gross lie about Mary.
September 6, 2015
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Freedom of Speech (4:140)
Verse 4:140 instructs believers who hear God's revelations mocked to get up and leave rather than retaliate, a response that shows submission as a religion of peace. Related verses (6:68, 6:69, 88:21, 88:22) teach respect for the word of God, the duty only to remind, and that believers have no power over those who mock, linking the teaching to freedom of speech.
August 24, 2015
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God’s Psychology – Bad Language (4:148 – 4:149)
Verses 4:148 and 4:149 on God's dislike of bad language, except when one suffers gross injustice, open a study of what gross injustice means in the Quran, drawing on related verses about orphans, wills, idolatry, and standing up for one's rights. Whether negative comments count as bad language is raised, and righteous anger is rejected as a loss of control. God's anger is read as a human way of describing Him.
August 24, 2015
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Punishment (4:145 – 4:147)
Reflection on Quran 4:145 to 4:147 and whether God punishes believers who are appreciative. Drawing on Joseph's adversities and 42:37 to 42:43, it argues that hardship befalling believers is for their own good, while those who knowingly sin or turn from belief to disbelief incur retribution, citing Jesus's feast from the sky and the smaller retribution of this world.
August 24, 2015
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The Hypocrites (4:141 – 4:144)
The hypocrites of 4:141 to 4:144 waver between believers and disbelievers, show off at the Contact Prayer, and rarely think of GOD. Related verses command believers to be absolutely sure before striking, equitable as witnesses, and wary of outsiders who wish them harm. The basic law of 60:8 and 60:9 permits befriending unbelievers who do not fight believers over religion or evict them.
August 24, 2015
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Abraham – God’s Beloved Friend (4:125)
Abraham's standing as God's beloved friend in verse 4:125, explained as total devotion to God alone, including his willingness to sacrifice his son. Verses from the Quran present him as the original messenger of Submission who named the believers Submitters, and passages from 2 Chronicles, Isaiah, and James show the Bible also calling him God's friend.
August 17, 2015
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