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Quran Talk BlogMoses’ Crime Exposed (28:19 – 28:21)Quran 28:19 to 28:21 recounts how Moses' killing of an Egyptian was exposed the next day, a warning that his life was in danger, and his flight from the city with a prayer to his Lord for safety. The account is set beside Acts 7, where the same story appears with Moses at forty years old defending a mistreated Israelite.August 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogPharaoh’s Arrogance (28:36 – 28:42)Pharaoh's arrogance in Quran 28:36 to 28:42, where he dismisses Moses' proofs as fabricated magic and claims to be the only god his elders know. The article asks why he calls the proofs fabricated, then turns to people upholding religious leaders instead of God, citing 9:31, 40:46 to 40:48 and 20:79 on leaders who mislead their followers into Hell.August 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSura 28: History (Al-Qasas)Sura 28 opens with the history of Moses and Pharaoh, and the commentary asks whether anyone could turn into a tyrant under the right conditions, as Pharaoh did. It gathers verses on the temporary materials of this world given to disbelievers, on God measuring provision so people do not transgress, and the Quranic Initials T. S. M. and the mathematical code.August 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Infant Returned to His Mother (28:12-28:14)God returns the infant Moses to his mother by making him refuse every nursing mother, a plan that also depends on his sister being present to suggest a family, fulfilling God's promise in 28:12 to 28:14. The article then lays out parallels between the acts of Moses' teacher in sura 18 and events in Moses' own early life.August 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogAbraham (26:69 – 26:91)Abraham's challenge to his people's idol worship and his prayer to the Lord of the universe in 26:69 to 26:91 are read alongside related verses. Topics include whether destroying the idols was wrong given 6:108, the difference between saying God willing and hopefully, wisdom as a great bounty, the myth of intercession, and coming to God wholeheartedly on the Day of Judgment.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogBack in Sheba (27:29 – 27:37)The Queen of Sheba receives Solomon's letter calling her people to come as submitters, consults her advisers, and sends a gift that Solomon rejects. Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 29 explains how the Basmalah in 27:30 compensates for the one missing from Sura 9 within the Quran's 19-based code. Related verses on bribery and kingship accompany Bible passages on Israel asking for a king and Solomon's wisdom.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogDavid and Solomon (27:15 – 27:28)Verses 27:15 to 27:28 tell of David and Solomon, Solomon's command of jinns, humans, and birds, the ant's warning, and the hoopoe's report on the sun worshiping queen of Sheba. Related passages cover their judgment over the crop, David's repentance, and verifying information, with Proverbs 6 and studies of ant and bird communication. A closing question asks whether Solomon's subjects obeyed him personally or God taught him how to rule.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogFalse Messengers Incapable of Preaching the Worship of God ALONE* (26:210-26:213)A false messenger, as a messenger of Satan, can never denounce idolatry or preach the worship of God ALONE, according to 26:210 and its footnote. Quran verses on Saleh show the message itself as proof of messengership, condemn those who claim false inspiration, and affirm that only God could author the Quran.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogFaster Than the Speed of Light (27:38 – 27:44)Solomon's request to bring the Queen of Sheba's mansion, as told in Sura 27:38 to 27:44, and the one with knowledge from the book who moves it in the blink of an eye. The passage closes with her submission to God alongside Solomon. Related verses link God's revealing of specific news to chosen messengers (72:27), and honesty to strength and power (28:26).August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogGod Protects The Believers (27:50)God's protection of the believers against those who plot and scheme, drawn from verses 27:50 through 27:53 of the Quran. The verses tell how God counters the plotters, annihilates them and their people, and saves those who believe and lead a righteous life. The piece accompanies a Quran Talk podcast episode titled Coyote & the Road Runner.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogGod’s Messenger of the Covenant* (26:214 – 26:227)Verses 26:214 to 26:227 and their footnote link God's messenger of the covenant to the gematrical value of Rashad Khalifa, using sums that are multiples of 19. The discussion asks who the poets of 26:224 are, likening them to modern politicians whose loyalty shifts with circumstance. Related verses address devilish companions, saying what one does not do, and standing up for one's rights.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogHud (26:123 – 26:140)Hûd's mission to ʻÃd as told in 26:123 to 26:140, where he urges his people to reverence God, rebukes their vain mansions and merciless striking, and warns of retribution they deny until they are annihilated. Related verses follow on revelation as the source of all knowledge (17:85 to 17:86) and on being absolutely sure before striking in the cause of God (4:94).August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogLot ( 27:54 – 27:58)Lot's warning to his people about practicing sex with men instead of women, drawn from 27:54 to 27:58 alongside parallel passages in suras 7, 26 and 29. The verses cover their threat to banish his family for wishing to be pure, his family's rescue except his wife, and the shower that struck the warned people. The article then discusses homosexuality as a choice and a temptation.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogLot (26:160 – 26:175)Lot's warning to his people gathers from 26:160 to 26:175 alongside parallel passages in suras 27, 7, 15 and 29: their sex with men instead of women, their threats to banish his family, and their destruction while Lot and his family are saved, except the old woman. It closes with 8:25 and its footnote that retribution may strike a whole community that tolerates such vice.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogMoses (27:7 – 27:14)Moses at the burning fire in verses 27:7 through 27:14, where God speaks to him, turns his staff into a moving serpent, and makes his hand come out white. Exodus 4:6 to 7 is set beside the Quran to explain the white hand, and verse 17:101 with a list of the nine miracles shown to Pharaoh. Pharaoh's arrogant rejection leads into a link on why incompetent people overrate themselves.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogNoah (26:105 – 26:122)Noah's mission to his people in Sura 26 is read alongside related verses. The article notes that disbelieving one messenger means disbelieving all of them, names the idols Noah's people worshiped, and shows that in the Quran only disbelievers threaten stoning. It also covers Noah's refusal to dismiss lowly believers and the command that believers stay united rather than divided.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSaleh (26:141 – 26:159)Sãleh's mission to Thamûd, told through 26:141 to 26:159 and 11:61 to 11:65: his call to worship GOD alone, the people's demand for a miracle, and their slaughter of GOD's camel and the retribution that followed. The article asks why a camel served as the miracle, citing 2:106 and a note on how camels eat cacti, and links the rejection to people's hatred of the truth.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSãleh (27:45 – 27:49)Verses 27:45 to 27:49 on the messenger Sãleh and the people of Thamûd, read alongside 7:73 to 7:79 and 51:43 to 51:45. The study asks whether the two feuding factions were both disbelievers or believers against disbelievers, and whether Thamûd perished by lightning or a quake, citing earthquake light. It compares the nine gangsters' plot with that of Joseph's brothers.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogShu’aib (26:176 – 26:191)The messenger Shu'aib's call to the People of the Woods and to Midyan is gathered from the Quran, chiefly 26:176 to 26:191 with parallels in suras 7, 11 and 29. He urges them to worship GOD alone, give full measure and weight, and stop cheating and corrupting the earth. They mock and threaten him, and the quake destroys them while he and the believers are saved.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSura 27: The Ant (Al-Naml)Sura 27 of the Quran, The Ant, in Rashad Khalifa's translation, opening with the initials T. S. as proofs of the Quran, a beacon and good news for believers who observe the contact prayers, give the obligatory charity, and are certain of the Hereafter. It warns that those who disbelieve in the Hereafter blunder on and become the worst losers. A footnote points to Appendix 1 on the Quranic initials.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran (26:192 – 26:197)Verses 26:192 to 26:197 describe the Quran as a revelation brought down by the Honest Spirit, Gabriel. The article asks why Gabriel is called honest and whether he is an angel, citing 2:98, 66:4, and Appendix 2 on Gabriel informing Dr. Khalifa of 36:3. It then shows the Quran consummating all scriptures, prophesied in previous books and known to the scholars of the Children of Israel.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran Must Be Translated (26:198-26:209)The Quran must be translated, the article argues from 26:198 to 26:209, because people who do not know Arabic could not believe it recited only in Arabic. Verses such as 41:44 and 14:4 show that language is irrelevant, since the Quran guides believers in any tongue. It links the vast resources of 26:207 to Middle Eastern oil and presents Rashad as a warner before retribution.August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThey Will Disown Their Idols (26:92 – 26:104)Idol worshipers on the Day of Judgment face the question of where their idols are, and they disown them, confessing they were far astray and wishing for another chance. The passage, Quran 26:92 to 26:104, notes they have no intercessors or close friends. Abraham appears as the contrast, an exemplary monotheist in submission to God who never worshiped idols (16:120 to 16:122).August 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogMoses (26:10 – 26:45)Moses is sent by God with his brother Aaron to Pharaoh, told to speak to him nicely and demand that he let the Children of Israel go. Verses 26:10 to 26:45 trace Pharaoh's challenge about the Lord of the universe, the staff and the white hand, and the contest with the magicians. Related verses on reminding, God's support of His messengers, and profound miracles accompany the passage.May 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSura 26: The Poets (Al-Shu‘arã’) (26:00 – 26:4)Notes on the opening verses of Sura 26, The Poets, covering the letters T. S. M. as proofs of the scripture and the word ayat as both verse and miracle, with reference to Moses' nine miracles. It explains the sura's name through 26:221 to 226, links the sign of 26:4 to the smoke of sura 44, and touches on why Jewish men cover their heads.May 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Experts See the Truth (26:46 – 26:52)Pharaoh's magicians fall prostrate and believe in the Lord of Moses and Aaron, holding firm under threat of crucifixion, and the piece asks why these experts saw the truth so quickly while the Children of Israel, despite many miracles, produced only two believers who would enter the holy land. It also turns to 5:33 on when capital punishment is justified.May 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Inevitable Retribution (26:57 – 26:68)Pharaoh's downfall in Sura 26:57 to 68, where God strips him of his gardens and treasures, parts the sea for Moses, and drowns the pursuers. The article sets Pharaoh's claim to godhood against his mortality, links Moses' trust that God is with him to the messenger in the cave supported by invisible soldiers (9:40), and compares the account with the plagues and departure in Exodus 9, 10, and 12.May 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Quran’s Mathematical Code (26:5 – 26:9)Verses 26:5 through 26:9 frame the Quran's mathematical code as a new reminder from the Most Gracious that most people turn away from in aversion. Drawing on 6:111, disbelief is presented as a consequence of people's own decision, since no miracle, angel, or proof can make them believe unless God wills it.May 14, 2018

Quran Talk BlogGod’s Evidence is Overwhelming (25:33 – 25:40)God answers every argument of the disbelievers with the truth and a better understanding, as verses 25:33 through 25:40 show. The passage recalls Moses and Aaron, Noah, ʻÃd, Thamûd, the people of Al-Russ and Sodom, each given sufficient examples before annihilation. Related verses add that God possesses the most powerful argument and that the rejectors never believed in resurrection.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogGod’s Messenger of the Covenant (25:27 – 25:32)Verses 25:27 to 25:32 and their footnote, which reads Rashad Khalifa's name, coded mathematically as a multiple of 19, into the messenger who says his people deserted this Quran. Further verses address God's Messenger of the Covenant, social pressure and harmful friendships, hadith and sunna as fabrications by the prophet's enemies, and the Quran as the only source.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogInfinite Blessings From God (25:45 – 25:57)Verses 25:45 to 25:57 present God's blessings in the shadow and sun, night and day, wind, rain, the barrier between fresh and salty seas, and human creation from water, with notes on the sun, the moon, and solar eclipses. The 19 based value of Rashad Khalifa in 25:56 is shown, and cross references cover daily death and resurrection, the Big Bang, and the origin of man.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogMessengers Ridiculed (25:41 – 25:42)Verses 25:41 and 25:42 describe disbelievers ridiculing a messenger and boasting that they steadfastly persevered with their gods. Related verses show that every messenger before has been ridiculed, that messengers are human beings who eat food and walk in the markets, and that God tests people through each other and punishes those who challenge His revelations.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Ego as a god (25:43 – 25:44)Following one's own ego or opinion as a god is presented as a common form of idolatry, drawn from 25:43 and 25:44 and related verses. The article sets this against divine revelation as the source of all knowledge, delivered through God's messengers, and compares those who follow their own opinions to animals, or worse, led astray by Satan and bound for Hell.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Prophets and the Saints Are Dead (25:58 – 25:59)Trust belongs to God, the One who is Alive and never dies, while prophets and saints are dead and unaware of their resurrection. Drawing on 25:58 and 16:20, the article argues that idolizing them sets up gods beside God. Citing 39:30 and 3:144 on Muhammad's death, it rejects as blasphemy the hadith claims that he lives on.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogTraits of the Righteous (25:63 – 25:77)The traits of the righteous described in Sura 25:63 to 77, gathered with related Quran verses on the qualities of believers and submitters. Topics include gentleness, night meditation, moderate giving, forgiveness and standing up for rights, humility, responding to the devil's whispers, what to give in charity, the major commandments of Sura 6, and repentance that wipes the slate clean.May 13, 2018

Quran Talk BlogGrowth Requires SacrificeApril 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogMessengers Are Just Human Beings (25:20 – 25:26)Messengers as ordinary human beings who eat food and walk in the markets, read through Quran 25:20 to 25:26 alongside related verses. Rejecting a human messenger and demanding angels is presented as arrogance and a test from God, followed by the Day when angels descend and the disbelievers' works are nullified. The Quran stands as the ultimate reference, confirming and superseding previous scriptures.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogRetribution for the Disbelievers (25:12 – 25:14)Hell's rage and fuming as it sees the disbelievers from afar, and their many remorses when they are thrown into it shackled through a narrow place, as described in 25:12 to 25:14. Verse 3:91 adds that those who die as disbelievers cannot ransom themselves even with an earthful of gold, and they will have no helpers.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogReward for the Righteous (25:15 – 25:19)Verses 25:15 through 25:19 contrast eternal Paradise, promised to the righteous as their well deserved reward, with the fate of those who set up idols beside God. The commentary notes that 25:18 shows the idols themselves are righteous servants who deny misleading anyone, while their worshipers, having enjoyed life and disregarded the message, incur severe retribution.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogSura 25: The Statute Book (Al-Furqãn)Sura 25 opens with God revealing the Statute Book to His servant as a warning to the whole world, and with His sole sovereignty over creation. The post asks what a Statute Book is, citing the one given to Moses and Aaron, and reflects on God creating everything in exact measure, from renewable provisions on spaceship Earth to the counting of all things.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Disbelievers Rebutted by the Quran’s Mathematical Code (25:4 – 25:6)Verses 25:4 through 25:6 record the disbelievers' claim that Muhammad fabricated the Quran with outside help, and God's reply that the Quran's mathematical code, a secret guarded for 1400 years and unveiled by God's Messenger of the Covenant, answers them. The article also notes Muhammad's literacy and uses 16:103 to rebut the claim that the Quran was copied from the Bible.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogThe Real Reason (25:11)Disbelief in the Hour, the Day of Resurrection, is the real reason people reject the message, according to verses 25:11 and 25:40 of the Quran. Those who pass by the ruins of Sodom without taking heed, the verses say, never believed in resurrection, and God has prepared a flaming Hell for those who disbelieve in the Hour.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogTypical Utterances of Disbelievers (25:7 – 25:10)Disbelievers' objections in 25:7 to 25:10 to a messenger who eats food, walks in the markets, and has no angel or treasure are compared with similar demands in 17:90 to 17:95 and 6:8. The verses set beside them teach that messengers are human, that revelation comes from God, and that mocking belief in God leads people astray, closing with God's messenger of the covenant.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogWas Prophet Muhammad Infallible?Quranic verses show that God's messengers, Muhammad included, are humans who are tested and make mistakes, and that believers make no distinction among them. Muhammad's errors appear in the Quran's own account: frowning at the blind man, excusing those who stayed behind from war, prohibiting what God made lawful, and hiding God's command about Zeid's wife. The article warns that idolizing the prophet attributes lies to God.April 25, 2018

Quran Talk BlogBe Sure Your Meal is Lawful (24:61 – 24:64)A study of Quran 24:61 to 24:64, on eating in the homes of relatives and friends, greeting one another with God's greeting, and asking the messenger's permission before leaving a community meeting. It asks why the messenger seeks forgiveness for those who leave and why the meeting matters, drawing on 40:7, 24:27 to 29, 48:17, 6:54, and 9:90, and on the note linking 24:62 to the messenger of the covenant.April 17, 2018

Quran Talk BlogBelievers Unhesitatingly Obey God and His Messenger (24:51 – 24:54)Verses 24:51 to 24:54 frame a compilation of Quranic passages on obeying God and His messenger without hesitation, with total submission as the mark of true believers. Further verses show that God's tests are never unreasonable, that the messenger's sole duty is to deliver the message, and that hypocrites in Muhammad's era were exposed when mobilization was called for.April 17, 2018

Quran Talk BlogEtiquette Two Prayers Mentioned by Name (24:58 – 24:59)Verses 24:58 and 24:59 set the etiquette of asking permission before entering private rooms: servants and children ask at three private times, while children who reach puberty ask as adults do. The passage notes that the Dawn Prayer and the Night Prayer are the two prayers mentioned by name, and it links these verses to the divine etiquette of entering homes in 24:27 to 24:29.April 17, 2018

Quran Talk BlogFormula for Success (24:56 – 24:57)Verses 24:56 and 24:57 set out a formula for attaining God's mercy: observing the contact prayers, giving the obligatory charity, and obeying the messenger, while those who disbelieve do not escape Hell. Related verses add patience, praising and glorifying God throughout the day and night, and upholding the scripture rather than choosing the worldly life.April 17, 2018

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