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Quran Talk Blog
The Bliss of Heaven (22:23 – 22:25)
The reward of Heaven for those who believe and lead a righteous life, as described in verses 22:23 to 22:25, with gardens, gold, pearls, and silk. The passage contrasts this with the painful retribution for those who repulse people from the path of God and the Sacred Masjid. A footnote explains that Heaven and Hell are almost always mentioned together in the Quran, in graphic but symbolic terms.
January 19, 2018
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Where Did We Come From? (22:5 – 22:7)
Verses 22:5 to 22:7 present human creation from dust, embryonic development, and the revival of dead land as proof that God resurrects the dead. The article asks what the worst age is and links it to limits on human knowledge, notes the number 19 in bones and pregnancy length, and touches on closed minds, Quranic embryology, and order as evidence of design.
January 19, 2018
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Mary and Jesus (21:91)
Mary's virginity and the birth of Jesus, presented through Quran verses 21:91 and 19:23. God blew into Mary from His spirit, making her and her son a portent for the whole world, and Mary, giving birth by the trunk of a palm tree, wishes she had died and been forgotten.
January 10, 2018
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One God / One Religion (21:92 – 21:95)
Verses from the Quran on one God and one religion, gathered around 21:92 to 21:95: all messengers brought the same message to worship God alone, yet people divided into disputing factions. The article covers the invitation to followers of the scripture, the unity of all submitters, and the minimum requirements for salvation: belief in God, belief in the Last Day, and a righteous life.
January 10, 2018
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The Day of Resurrection (21:104 – 21:112)
Verses 21:104 to 21:112 on the Day of Resurrection, when God folds the heaven like a book and repeats the first creation. Cross references identify the you sent as mercy to the whole world in 21:107 as Rashad, and connect the inheritance of the earth by God's righteous worshipers to a new earth. Verses on the Big Bang and the expanding universe are set beside theories of the universe's end.
January 10, 2018
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The End of the World (21:96 – 21:97)
Gog and Magog as the final sign before the end of the world, drawing on 21:96 and 18:83 to 18:100 with Dr. Khalifa's notes dating their reappearance to 2270 AD. Zul-Qarnain and his dam are read alongside Daniel 8, Ezekiel 38 and 39, and Revelation 20. The article closes by suggesting parallels between Gog and Magog and future cyber attacks, artificial intelligence, firewalls, and bots.
January 10, 2018
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The Hereafter (21:98 – 21:101)
Quran verses 21:98 through 21:101 describe the fate of idol worshipers and their idols in the Hereafter. Those who worship idols besides God become fuel for Hell, where they abide forever, sighing and groaning without access to any news, while those who deserve God's rewards are protected from it.
January 10, 2018
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The Righteous (21:102 – 21:103)
The fate of the righteous on the Day of Judgment, as described in verses 21:102 and 21:103 of the Quran. They will not hear the hissing of Hell, will dwell forever where they have everything they desire, and will feel no worry at the great horror as the angels joyfully receive them on their promised day.
January 10, 2018
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Zachariah and John (21:89 – 21:90)
Zachariah's prayer for an heir and God's answer in granting him John, read through 21:89 to 21:90 and 3:38 to 3:41, with a note on the plural tense signaling the angels' participation. Zachariah and Abraham waiting into old age are contrasted with Mary receiving Jesus young, to show that everything happens on God's timing and that believers should accept what God decides.
January 10, 2018
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Abraham: Delivered All Religious Duties of Islam (21:73)
Abraham received all the religious duties of Islam before the Quran was revealed, as 21:73 and its footnote state. The article explains that an imam is simply a religious leader, citing Pharaoh as one who led his people to Hell. It traces the Contact Prayers from Abraham through Moses, Jesus, and the Children of Israel, notes generations who lost them, and recalls Abraham building the Ka'bah.
December 18, 2017
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David and Solomon (21:78 – 21:82)
David and Solomon's judgment over a crop destroyed by sheep opens a study of Quran 21:78 to 21:82, which asks how the correct understanding granted to Solomon differs from the wisdom and knowledge given to both. Related verses on Abraham's understanding and on submitters and compromisers among the jinns appear alongside 1 Kings 4 on Solomon's wisdom, and the post also touches on the devils who dove for Solomon.
December 18, 2017
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Job (21:83 – 21:86)
Job's plea to God and the restoration of his family twice as much, with a look at how the Quran uses restore, substitute, and revive. The study links the theme of double portions to Abraham, Isaac, Elisha, and Ismail, and to Zal-Kifl, whose name means possessor of double portion and who is often identified with Ezekiel, noting that Sura 38 equals 19 times 2.
December 18, 2017
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Jonah (21:87 – 21:88)
Study notes on Jonah in 21:87 to 21:88, read alongside 37:139 to 37:148 and 68:48, on his abandoning his mission, imploring God from the fish, and being saved. The notes set Jonah beside Joseph, Mary, Muhammad, Daniel and Moses as messengers buried or planted in dark places. They ask whether Zan-Noon connects to NuN in 68:1, since nun means fish in Aramaic, and describe Assyrian Nineveh.
December 18, 2017
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Lot (21:74 – 21:75)
Lot, as described in 21:74 and 21:75, is granted wisdom and knowledge and saved from a wicked community. The article asks how wisdom differs from knowledge, drawing on 2:269 and the account of David and Solomon in 21:79 and 38:23.
December 18, 2017
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Noah (21:76 – 21:77)
Noah calls on God, and God responds by saving him and his family from the great disaster, as told in verses 21:76 and 21:77 of the Quran. God supports Noah against the evil people who rejected His revelations and drowns them all.
December 18, 2017
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Abraham (21:51 – 21:62)
Abraham's challenge to his people's statues in Quran 21:51 to 21:62 is read verse by verse, with God granting him guidance because He knew Abraham deserved redemption. The study notes that 21:60 calls the youth Abraham, against Genesis 17's account of a name change at 99. It also draws on 21:61 for what bearing witness requires and cites verses on the messenger of the covenant.
December 11, 2017
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Abraham Proves His Point (21:63 – 21:67)
Abraham confronts his people over their idols in Quran 21:63 to 21:67, asking why they worship besides God what cannot speak, benefit, or harm them. The reflection reads their brief admission of transgression and quick return to old ideas as cognitive dissonance, and points to a psychology lecture by Carol Tavris on self-justification in everyday life.
December 11, 2017
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Priorities Confused (21:42 – 21:47)
Verses 21:42 through 21:47 warn that no idol can protect people from God and that every deed will be weighed on the Day of Resurrection. The main question is how to tell trust in God from testing God by taking reckless risks. It draws on Jacob's advice to his sons, Abraham and the idols, verse 2:195, and the temptation of Jesus in Luke and Matthew.
December 11, 2017
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Profound Miracle (21:68 – 21:72)
Abraham's rescue from the fire in Quran 21:68 to 21:72, where God commands the fire to be cool and safe, with the footnote that cool alone would have frozen him. The lesson is that no harm touches those under God's protection, drawing on 3:174 and 21:42, alongside the people of the canyon who burned believers in 85:4 to 85:8 and a link to a Book of Daniel film.
December 11, 2017
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Prophets Moses and Aaron (21:48 – 21:50)
Moses and Aaron receive the Statute Book from God as a beacon and a reminder for the righteous, according to verses 21:48 through 21:50 of the Quran. The verses describe the righteous as those who reverence their Lord even in privacy and worry about the Hour. They present the Quran as another blessed reminder sent down and ask whether people will deny it.
December 11, 2017
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All Messengers Ridiculed (21:36 – 21:41)
Verses 21:36 to 21:41 tell how every messenger is ridiculed and how the ridiculers incur retribution, with parallels in 13:32 and 46:35. The study turns to human impatience, citing 70:19 to 70:25 on the worshipers who observe the contact prayers, Pharaoh's hurried rejection of Moses, and 16:1, and traces the English word patience to its Latin roots of endurance and submission.
December 4, 2017
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The Big Bang Theory Confirmed (21:30 – 21:35)
Verses 21:30 to 21:35 describe the heaven and earth exploding from one solid mass, life from water, mountains as stabilizers, and orbiting sun and moon, read as confirmation of the Big Bang. Related verses on an expanding sky, heavens without visible pillars, and dark matter follow, along with notes on why unbelievers cannot understand the Quran and God's law for befriending peaceful unbelievers.
December 4, 2017
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The Myth of Intercession (21:28 – 21:29)
Intercession is presented as a myth and Satan's most effective bait, with verses such as 21:28, 2:48, and 20:109 and Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 8 arguing that belief in Jesus or Muhammad interceding is idolatry. The study asks why people seek intercession, treats idols as mediators, and teaches that no soul bears another's sins, citing 35:18 alongside Ezekiel 18.
December 4, 2017
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Never Question God’s Wisdom (21:23 – 21:24)
God is never to be asked about what He does, a principle drawn from 21:23 and supported by verses on Moses and his teacher, God's choice of messengers, and arguing against God's revelations without proof. Hostility toward the message is presented as a sign of disbelief, with verses warning against befriending hypocrites and a note on how anger inhibits reason.
November 27, 2017
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One God (21:21 – 21:22)
Verses 21:21 and 21:22 of the Quran argue that no gods on earth can create, and that other gods beside God would bring chaos to the heavens and the earth. A philosophical case for one God from logic alone follows, with a joke about a scientist who claims to make life from dirt until God tells him to get his own dirt. Verse 8:74 on the true believers also appears.
November 27, 2017
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One God / One Message / One Religion (21:25 – 21:27)
Verses from the Quran showing that every messenger brought one message: there is no god except God, so worship Him alone. The article sets out the one congregation that later divided into disputing religions, the rejection of idolizing prophets and angels, and Jesus disowning his worship on the Day of Resurrection, then turns to a major error committed by Muhammad the man.
November 27, 2017
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Opposition to the New Evidence (21:2 – 21:20)
Verses 21:2 to 21:20 frame how every new proof from God meets heedlessness and opposition, applied here to the messenger of the covenant and the Quran's miracle. The study holds that messengers are mortal humans, refuting the hidden 12th imam and Jesus in hiding, and that the Quran alone is the message. It also covers believers' responsibilities, communities' predetermined life spans, and the purpose of creation.
November 27, 2017
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Sura 21: The Prophets (Al-Anbyã’)
Sura 21 of the Quran, The Prophets, opens in the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, and warns that the reckoning is fast approaching while people remain oblivious and averse. The Quran Talk Blog presents the sura's text in Dr. Rashad Khalifa's translation, verse by verse.
November 27, 2017
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For the Disbelievers: Miserable Life Unavoidable (20:124 – 131)
A study of verses 20:124 to 131 on the miserable life awaiting those who disregard God's message, read alongside related Quran verses. It asks whether the blindness at resurrection is physical or spiritual, what forgetting God means, and why the contact prayer brings happiness. It also covers the prayer times, the annihilated generations as signs, preoccupation with this life, and not coveting what others are given.
November 20, 2017
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The Parent’s Responsibility (20:132)
Parents' duty under 20:132 to enjoin their families to observe the contact prayers and to keep reminding their children of God's law. Drawing on Appendix 34 of Dr. Khalifa's translation, it stresses chastity: staying virgin until marriage and then staying loyal to one's spouse. It ties society's moral breakdown, with its illicit pregnancies, abortions and diseases, to violations of God's law.
November 20, 2017
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Why Messengers (20:133 – 20:135)
God sends messengers so that no one can claim they would have followed His revelations had a messenger come, as 20:133 through 20:135 state. Verses from Suras 17 and 10 show disbelievers demanding miracles and rejecting a human messenger, which makes messengership an essential test. They also point to the miracle of the Quran being unveiled after Muhammad.
November 20, 2017
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Humans Fail to Make a Firm Stand* (20:115 – 20:123)
Adam's test and fall in 20:115 to 20:123 stand for every human's failure to make a firm stand against Satan, and for the chance on earth to redeem ourselves by upholding God's absolute authority. The discussion covers human fickleness, wanting what we have not earned, doubt and trust in God, and God's redemption of Adam. It also asks why the Quran, unlike the Bible, does not blame Eve.
November 13, 2017
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On the Day of Resurrection (20:105 – 20:114)
Verses 20:105 through 20:114 describe the Day of Resurrection, when the mountains are wiped out and intercession is useless except as the Most Gracious permits. The study, with Dr. Khalifa's appendix on the myth of intercession, weighs that teaching and asks how 20:114 applies today. It also takes up whether earlier scriptures, including the Gospel of Truth, prophesied the Quran before its revelation.
November 13, 2017
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You Have But One God (20:98 – 20:104)
Verses 20:98 through 20:104 affirm that GOD alone is god and warn of the load borne by those who disregard His message. The article asks why the guilty are summoned blue on the Day of Resurrection, linking it to faces darkened in 10:27, angels beating disbelievers at death, and lack of oxygen. It also compares the horn in 39:68 and the brief stay on earth in 23:112 to 23:114.
November 13, 2017
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The Children of Israel Rebel (20:83 – 20:97)
The golden calf episode of 20:83 to 20:97 serves as a study of how the Children of Israel chose the wrong path despite every proof they witnessed. Reflections cover self justification, wealth leading to sin, sinning now while planning righteousness later, Aaron's fear of dividing the people, and Moses' patience. The Samarian's trick is compared to false messengers who string numbers together to claim the mathematical miracle proves them.
November 6, 2017
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The Experts Recognize The Truth (20:70 – 20:82)
Study notes on Quran 20:70 to 20:82, where Pharaoh's magicians submit to God and defy his threats. Topics include why Pharaoh's words differ from 7:124, how his threat compares with God's law of capital punishment in 5:33 and its exemption for repentance, the magicians' claim they were forced, and arrogance joined with authority making a tyrant. The notes also cover the significance of the right side and Moses' staff.
November 6, 2017
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End of the World is Not Hidden (20:15 – 20:69)
Sura 20:15 to 20:69 serves as a study of Moses' call, his prayer to cool his temper, and his contest with Pharaoh's magicians, alongside the claim that God reveals the end of the world. Notes link the temper verses to the twelve step program and Moses' hesitation to impostor syndrome. Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 25 follows, dating the end to 1710 AH from the Quranic Initials.
October 30, 2017
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Sura 20: T.H. (TãHã) (20:0 0 – 20:14)
Verses 20:1 to 20:14 open with the assurance that the Quran was not revealed to cause hardship, and the commentary asks what in it could feel hard and how God makes it easy, using Moses as the example. It explains that the purpose of the contact prayer is to remember God, and asks whether removing shoes for prayer comes from Moses removing his sandals in the sacred valley.
October 30, 2017
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Everyone Sees Hell (19:71 – 19:72)
Every soul seeing Hell under 19:71 and 19:72 is read as a temporary taste of Hell before God arrives, after which the righteous are rescued. The article gathers verses on the miserable life of disbelievers, the dwellers of Heaven visiting friends in Hell, and worldly riches as temporary ornaments. It closes with Appendix 11 on the Day of Resurrection and the ranks of Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.
October 23, 2017
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Gross Blasphemy (19:88 – 19:98)
Verses 19:88 to 19:98 condemn the claim that the Most Gracious has begotten a son as a gross blasphemy, with supporting verses on Jesus, the servitude of all creation, and God counting all things. The study asks what elucidated means in 19:97 and answers that language is irrelevant, since the Quran guides believers while disbelievers remain deaf and blind to it.
October 23, 2017
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The Idols Disown Their Worshipers (19:82 – 19:87)
Idols reject their worshipers on the Day of Judgment, as Sura 19:82 to 19:87 describes, and the righteous and the guilty part ways. The article asks why 19:83 speaks of devils in the plural, drawing on 2:14 and 6:112 for human and jinn devils. It then addresses intercession through 20:109 and Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 8, which calls belief in the intercession of Jesus or Muhammad idolatry.
October 23, 2017
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The Majority (19:73 – 19:81)
Quran 19:73 to 19:81, where disbelievers boast of prosperity and being the majority, is read alongside related verses on God leading on those who choose to go astray and augmenting the guidance of those who choose to be guided. The article asks why 19:73 says our revelations rather than My revelations, and stresses that God does not change any people's condition unless they decide to change.
October 23, 2017
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Losing the Contact Prayers (Salat) 19:59 – 19:67
A study of Sura 19:59 to 19:67 on generations who lost the contact prayers and pursued their lusts, framed as a choice between self-control and immediate gratification. It treats the contact prayers as a gift from God that ingratitude can forfeit, asks whether the we of 19:64 means angels or the Quran, and closes with Appendix 18 on the Quran alone as complete for salvation.
October 16, 2017
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Moses (19:51 – 19:58)
Verses 19:51 through 19:58 recall Moses, Ismail, and Idris as devoted messenger prophets blessed by God. A question on 19:58 asks why the descendants of Adam are named apart from those of Noah, Abraham, and Israel, answered as successive subsets. Another asks what makes a person a saint, drawing on 4:69, 57:19, and 5:75 to show that believers who obey God and His messengers are counted among the saints.
October 16, 2017
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Special Warning to the Leaders (19:68 – 19:70)
Verses 19:68 to 19:70 describe God summoning the disbelievers with the devils around Hell and picking out from each group the most ardent opponent of the Most Gracious. The article explains what 19:69 means and argues that leaders bear more responsibility than their constituents.
October 16, 2017
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Abraham (19:41 – 19:50)
Abraham's appeal to his idol worshiping father in Quran 19:41 to 19:50 is read alongside related verses, asking how old Abraham was, whether he was yet a prophet, and when he disowned his father. Notes cover praying for others' forgiveness and the limits of intercession, angels praying for believers, answering the ignorant with peace, and Abraham's phrase a straight path.
September 25, 2017
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Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines
September 25, 2017
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The Proven Truth (19:34 – 19:40)
Verses 19:34 to 19:40 of the Quran on the truth about Jesus, the son of Mary: God does not beget a son, and Jesus proclaimed worship of God alone. A footnote links 19:36 to John 20:17. The article notes that verse 19:34 holds the 19th occurrence of the name Jesus and the 34th occurrence of the name Mary.
September 25, 2017
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