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Quran Talk Blog
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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The Contact Prayers (Salat) Existed Before the Quran* (8:35)
Verse 8:35 shows that the contact prayers at the Ka'bah were already practiced, though mocked and misused, before the Quran was revealed. Dr. Khalifa's footnote explains that all religious practices of Submission came through Abraham and were already in existence when the Quran came, citing 21:73 and 22:78.
May 8, 2016
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The Disbelievers Blocked Out (8:21 – 8:23)
Verses 8:21 through 8:23 of the Quran warn against claiming to hear while refusing to listen. God calls such people the worst creatures, deaf and dumb, who do not understand. Had God known any good in them He would have made them hearers, yet even then they would turn away in aversion.
May 8, 2016
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The Righteous Do Not Really Die*
The righteous do not really die, according to verse 8:24 and its footnote pointing to Appendix 17: when they exit their bodies, they go straight to Heaven. The article also quotes verse 8:25, which warns that God's retribution may not be limited to the evildoers, with a footnote noting that a community tolerating homosexuality may be hit by an earthquake.
May 8, 2016
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Poverty Inc.
April 27, 2016
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God’s Invisible Solders (8:9)
God supports the believers with invisible soldiers, as in 8:9, where He answers their plea with one thousand angels in succession. The article sets this against 83:29 to 83:33, where the wicked mock the believers and claim they have no invisible guards.
April 18, 2016
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Lessons from History (8:12 – 8:16)
Verses 8:12 through 8:16 on God supporting the believers in battle are studied alongside related passages on war. The article asks whether God is always with the angels, explains His presence everywhere though He is not physically in this universe, and shows God throwing terror into the hearts of disbelievers. It closes with the rules of war: fighting only those who attack, never aggressing, and the basic rule in 60:8 and 60:9.
April 18, 2016
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Sura 8, The Spoils of War (Al-Anfãl)
A verse by verse study of Sura 8 that opens with the spoils of war, which belong to God and the messenger and must be shared righteously. Drawing on 59:7, 8:41 and 3:161, it traces the one fifth given to relatives, orphans, the poor, and the traveling alien, and asks how believers exhort one another to be righteous.
April 18, 2016
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The True Believers (8:2 – 8:4)
Quran 8:2 to 8:4 describes the true believers: hearts that tremble at God's mention, faith strengthened by His revelations, trust in God, the contact prayer, and charity. Sincerity is what counts beyond the outward practices, with verses on reverence, the Quran as the best Hadith, and the heart rejoicing in remembering God. A closing question asks whether personal charity or giving to an organization earns more credit.
April 18, 2016
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The Weak Believers (8:5 – 8:8)
Reluctant believers in Quran 8:5 to 8:8 who wanted to face the weaker group because they did not trust God's support. The article asks why falsehood persists if the truth shall prevail, answering that God's victory comes when He wills and that falsehood exists so true believers can recognize the truth. It also covers how the hypocrites are exposed, God's control over events, and why we were created.
April 18, 2016
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Victory Guaranteed for the Believers (8:10 – 8:11)
God's promise that victory comes only from Him, drawn from verses 8:10 and 8:11, where He reassures the believers with peaceful slumber, cleansing water from the sky, and protection from the devil. Verse 3:13 adds the example of two armies, one fighting in the cause of God, as assurance that He supports with His victory whomever He wills.
April 18, 2016
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Messengers Are Powerless; They Do Not Know the Future. (7:188)
God's messengers have no power to benefit or harm themselves and no knowledge of the future, as verse 7:188 declares. The messenger is only a warner and a bearer of good news for believers, and only what God wills happens to him.
April 11, 2016
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Our Children Can be Idols (7:189 – 7:206)
Quran 7:189 to 7:206 warns that parents who pray for a good baby can turn the child into an idol rivaling God. The verses expose idols as powerless creatures and command pardon, refuge from the devil, listening when the Quran is recited, and constant remembrance of God, with the footnote that your god is whatever occupies your mind most. Psalms 135 and 76:1 appear alongside.
April 11, 2016
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Satan Hypnotizes His Constituents (7:179 – 7:18)
Verses 7:179 through 7:187 describe those committed to Hell who have minds, eyes and ears yet remain unaware, and Satan's hold over his followers is likened to hypnosis, illustrated with videos of a mentalist and a faith healer. The article also asks what 7:187 means by the Hour being heavy in the heavens and the earth, noting its time was revealed in 1980 through God's Messenger of the Covenant.
April 11, 2016
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We Are Born With Instinctive Knowledge About God* (7:172 – 7:178)
Verses 7:172 through 7:178 teach that every human being is born with instinctive knowledge about God, so no one can claim ignorance or blame idolatrous parents on the Day of Resurrection. The study links this to 30:30 on strict monotheism as natural instinct, asks what proof the man in 7:175 disregarded, and explains the purposes of God's proofs through 74:31.
April 11, 2016
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April 4, 2016
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Miracles in Sinai (7:159)
Verse 7:159 of the Quran speaks of the guided Jews, those among the followers of Moses who guide in accordance with the truth and are made righteous by it. The article opens its study of the miracles in Sinai with this verse.
April 4, 2016
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Miracles in Sinai (7:160)
God's miracles for the Children of Israel in Sinai, as told in verse 7:160. Moses strikes the rock with his staff and twelve springs gush out, one for each of the twelve tribal communities. God shades them with clouds and sends manna and quails, and the verse notes that those who transgressed wronged only their own souls.
April 4, 2016
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Mocking and Ridiculing God’s Message (7:164 – 7:171)
Verses 7:164 to 7:171 and the question of how a group's response to preaching amounts to mocking God's message. Two readings are weighed: scorn for a messenger preaching to people deemed unbelievers, drawing on 6:51 and 6:52, or sarcasm aimed at the messengers, answered with Apologize to your Lord. The passage's warnings about upholding the scripture and the contact prayers frame the discussion.
April 4, 2016
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Observing The Commandments Brings Prosperity (7:163)
Observing God's commandments brings prosperity, illustrated by the Sabbath community by the sea, whose fish came abundantly only while they kept the Sabbath (7:163). Further verses show a prosperous community starved for being unappreciative of God's blessings, and the people of Jonah made prosperous once they believed. The Sabbath is presented as decreed only for those who disputed it.
April 4, 2016
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Rebellion Despite the Miracles (7:161 – 7:162)
The Children of Israel's refusal to enter the holy land, read through 7:161 and 7:162 alongside 2:58 and 2:59 and 5:21 through 5:26. Despite the miracles they saw, they lacked confidence in God, substituted other commands for His, and were forbidden the land for forty years. The article asks what those other commands were and argues that disobeying God means following another source.
April 4, 2016
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Requirements For Attaining God’s Mercy: The Importance of Zakat (7:156 – 7:158)
A study of 7:156 through 7:158 and the four conditions God sets for His mercy, chiefly the obligatory charity (Zakat): paying it on net income, as a self-employed person, and why loans are exempt. It also asks whether God's mercy reaches disbelievers, what following the messenger means, who the gentile prophet Muhammad is, and how the Quran was his miracle.
April 4, 2016
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Above All Else
A short video by Live Unbound, hosted on Vimeo and shared on the Quran Talk Blog. The post consists of the embedded video and its credit, with no accompanying written commentary.
March 28, 2016
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After All the Miracles (7:138 – 7:140)
Verses 7:138 to 7:140 describe the Children of Israel, just delivered across the sea, asking Moses for a statue to worship like the gods of people they passed. The article asks why they would want an idol after such blessings and compares it with people today who chase sins they know harm them. It also cites ancient DNA research on the Canaanites, among whom a golden calf idol was found.
March 28, 2016
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After All the Miracles (7:141)
Verse 7:141 reminds the Children of Israel that God delivered them from Pharaoh's people, who persecuted them by killing their sons and sparing their daughters. The article reflects on that persecution as an exacting trial from their Lord and on the deliverance that followed.
March 28, 2016
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Blessings in Disguise (7:94 – 7:95)
Hardship and prosperity as tests from God, drawn from Quranic verses beginning with 7:94 and 7:95, where communities afflicted with adversity are meant to implore Him. The verses show believing nations such as the people of Jonah made prosperous, the good reasons behind seemingly harmful acts in the story of 18:78 to 18:82, and communities punished for turning unappreciative of God's blessings.
March 28, 2016
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Divine Intervention Keeps the Disbelievers in the Dark (7:146 – 7:147)
A study of Quran 7:146 and 7:147, on how God diverts the arrogant from His revelations so that no proof convinces them. It asks what without justification means, contrasts arrogance with confidence in God, and draws on the owners of the garden who failed to say God willing. Further verses show God sealing hearts as the consequence of a choice to disbelieve.
March 28, 2016
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Moses (7:103 – 7:117)
Moses comes to Pharaoh as a messenger from the Lord of the universe, asking him to let the Children of Israel go, as told in verses 7:103 through 7:117 of the Quran. His staff becomes a serpent and his hand turns white, Pharaoh's leaders call him a magician, and the magicians they summon are promised payment. God then inspires Moses to throw his staff, which swallows what they fabricated.
March 28, 2016
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Most People Make the Wrong Choice (7:96 – 7:102)
Verses 7:96 to 7:102 teach that past communities who rejected their messengers lost blessings and had their hearts sealed, and that most people disregard their covenant with God. The article pairs them with verses such as 12:103 to 12:105, which say most people will not believe despite the proofs around them, and with the footnote calling this life our last chance to redeem ourselves.
March 28, 2016
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