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Choose Your Priorities Carefully This Life (17:18)
Choosing this fleeting life over the Hereafter, through a sequence of Quran verses beginning with 17:18, which warns that those who make worldly life their priority end in Gehenna. The verses describe this world as illusion, vanity, and play, call the Hereafter the real life, and close with the prayer for righteousness in both this world and the Hereafter.
June 5, 2017
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The Hereafter (17:19 – 17:21)
Verses 17:19 to 17:21 frame a study of making the Hereafter one's priority, God's inexhaustible bounties, and the ranking of people in this life and the next. Supporting verses show that bounty includes wisdom, intelligence, and patience, not only possessions, and that God raises some above others in rank as a test, with far greater differences awaiting in the Hereafter.
June 5, 2017
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The Video Tape (17:13 – 17:17)
Verses 17:13 to 17:17 describe each person's fate as already recorded, like a video tape of life from birth to death, made accessible on the Day of Resurrection. Using Appendix 14 and verses such as 57:22 and 12:24, the article asks whether a sin is recorded before or after it is committed and explains predestination as known to God while humans remain free to choose.
June 5, 2017
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Benefits of Fasting
Health benefits of fasting, presented through three linked talks and films: a BBC documentary on eating, fasting, and living longer, Mark Mattson's TEDx talk on why fasting strengthens brain power, and Phil Sanderson's TEDx talk on fasting as a path to mental and physical transcendence.
May 29, 2017
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Quran: Our Means to Salvation (17:9 – 17:12)
The Quran as guidance to the best path and good news for righteous believers, set against the retribution prepared for those who disbelieve in the Hereafter, drawn from verses 17:9 through 17:12. The verses also address human impatience in prayer and the night and day as signs that establish a timing system. Linked videos raise the question of whether the universe is fine tuned for life.
May 29, 2017
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Sura 17, The Children of Israel (Banî Israel)
Sura 17, The Children of Israel, with study notes on its opening verses: the night journey of Muhammad's soul to the farthest place of prostration to receive the Quran, read alongside 53:1 to 18, 44:3, 2:185, and 97:1. It also covers the prophecy of the Children of Israel's two transgressions and asks how Lord differs from Master in 17:2.
May 29, 2017
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Abraham (16:120 – 16:122)
Abraham's example in verses 16:120 to 16:122 shows happiness in this life as a reward God grants to true submitters who appreciate His blessings. Abraham, a monotheist who never worshiped idols, was chosen and guided because of his gratitude. Verse 14:7 supports the point: the more one thanks God, the more He gives, while ingratitude brings severe retribution.
May 22, 2017
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How to Spread God’s Message (16:125 – 16:128)
Inviting others to the path of God with wisdom, kind enlightenment, and debate in the best possible manner, as taught in Quran 16:125 to 16:128. The verses favor patience over revenge, note that patience comes only with God's help, and promise that God is with the righteous and the charitable. A link to the film 30 Days: Immigration accompanies the verses.
May 22, 2017
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Muhammad: A Follower of Abraham (16:123)
Muhammad's call to follow the religion of Abraham, the monotheist, as stated in 16:123, with the footnote that all religious practices from Abraham were intact in Muhammad's time. Verses gathered here present Abraham as the original messenger of Islam who named believers Submitters, link the contact prayers and obligatory charity to his religion, and warn against dividing into disputing religions.
May 22, 2017
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Only Four Foods Prohibited (16:115 – 16:119)
Verses 16:115 to 16:119 limit God's dietary prohibitions to four: carrion, blood, the meat of pigs, and food dedicated to other than God. Further verses condemn human-made prohibitions, and others explain the separate restrictions imposed on the Jews as retribution. Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 16 adds that upholding prohibitions not in the Quran amounts to idolatry, and that the fat of pigs is not prohibited.
May 22, 2017
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Prohibiting Lawful Food Brings Deprivation (16:112 – 16:114)
Verses 16:112 to 16:114 describe a secure, prosperous community that became unappreciative of God's blessings and rejected its messenger, then tasted starvation and insecurity. The article asks how prohibiting lawful food amounts to ingratitude, draws on 7:94 and 7:95 about hardship and prosperity, and points to the history of Iraq and the fall of Islam's Golden Age.
May 22, 2017
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The Sabbath Abrogated (16:124)
The Sabbath, read through 16:124 as decreed only for the Jews and Christians who came to dispute it, with God judging them on the Day of Resurrection. The article asks whether they once had the Friday Prayer, cites 19:59 on generations who lost the contact prayers, and draws on 7:163 to show that observing the commandments brings prosperity. It ends with a link on how the Sabbath moved to Sunday.
May 22, 2017
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An Important Commandment (16:98 – 16:102)
Quran 16:98 to 16:102 commands seeking refuge in God from Satan when reading the Quran, since salvation comes through knowing God's message and Satan works to prevent it. The verses limit Satan's power to those who choose him as master. The article then asks why, in 16:101, God substitutes one revelation in place of another.
May 15, 2017
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Guaranteed Happiness Now and Forever (16:97)
Happiness, according to the Quran, belongs to the soul rather than the body, so material success in money, power or fame often leaves a person unhappy. Drawing on 16:97 and 10:62 to 64, the article explains God's guarantee of a happy life in this world and in the Hereafter for those who believe and lead a righteous life, and ties happiness to the growth of the soul.
May 15, 2017
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Lip Service Does Not Count (16:106)
Verse 16:106 and its footnote explain that faith is judged by what the heart holds, not by what the tongue says. Those who disbelieve after acquiring faith and become content with disbelief incur God's wrath, while anyone forced to profess disbelief, such as at gunpoint, is excused if the heart remains full of faith.
May 15, 2017
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Preoccupation With This Life Leads to Exile From God (16:107 – 16:111)
Verses 16:107 to 16:111 describe those who give priority to this life over the Hereafter, whose hearts, hearing, and eyesight God seals, and the forgiveness promised to those who emigrate from persecution and persevere. Passages from 4:97 to 4:100 condemn apathy toward oppression and promise bounties to anyone who emigrates in the cause of God, and 65:2 adds that God creates an exit for those who reverence Him.
May 15, 2017
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The Quran Is Not Copied From The Bible (16:103 – 16:105)
The accusation that a human being taught the Quran to the prophet, and the reply God gives in verses 16:103 through 16:105. The source hinted at speaks a non-Arabic tongue, while the Quran comes in perfect Arabic. Those who disbelieve God's revelations receive no guidance, and they are the ones who fabricate false doctrines.
May 15, 2017
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Violating Your Oath: A Serious Offense (16:94 – 16:96)
Keeping oaths made before God is the subject, drawn from 16:94 through 16:96 with their warning that abused oaths cost a strong foothold and repel people from the path of GOD. The article asks what God possesses that lasts, answering from 55:27, and sets beside it a study finding that loan applicants who make promises or mention God are more likely to default.
May 15, 2017
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You Shall Keep Your Word (16:91 – 16:93)
Verses 16:91 through 16:93 command believers to fulfill their covenant with God and keep the oaths they swear, likening oath breakers to a knitter who unravels her own strong work. God tests people through their dealings, guides whoever wishes to be guided, and will ask about everything they have done. Two videos on Alex Sheen and keeping promises accompany the verses.
May 15, 2017
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On The Day of Resurrection (16:84 – 16:85)
The Day of Resurrection as described in verses 16:84 and 16:85, when God raises a witness from every community. The disbelievers are not permitted to speak or offer excuses, and once the transgressors see the retribution it is too late, with no commutation or respite.
May 8, 2017
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The Disbelievers Unappreciative (16:83)
Disbelievers who recognize God's blessings and then deny them, as described in 16:83, alongside 8:22 on those who do not understand. The prophecy of 41:53, that God will show His proofs in the horizons and within ourselves, is set against Francis Crick's claim that biologists must remember what they see was not designed but evolved.
May 8, 2017
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The Idols Disown Their Idolizers (16:85 – 16:90)
Verses 16:85 to 16:90 describe the Day of Judgment, when idols disown those who worshiped them and every community has a witness raised from among it. The article presents the Quran as fully detailed, explaining everything, and takes up what regarding the relatives means in 16:90, where God advocates justice and charity and forbids evil, vice, and transgression.
May 8, 2017
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This Life is Very Short (16:77 – 16:82)
A study of Quran 16:77 to 16:82 on the shortness of this life and God's control of the future, with the Hour a blink of an eye away. Related verses on human weakness and aging, birds held aloft by God, ships, homes, garments, and shade are read as blessings meant to lead us to submit. Links on nomadic and van life accompany the verses on portable homes.
May 8, 2017
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Idol Worship: Not Very Intelligent (16:73 – 16:74)
Idol worship is shown as unintelligent through verses 16:73 and 16:74, since idols provide nothing in the heavens or on earth and people should not cite examples for GOD. Related verses offer the alternative of racing toward God's forgiveness and Paradise and expose the absurdity of setting up rivals to God. Disbelievers are shown refusing the Quran's complete examples.
May 1, 2017
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No Partners With God (16:71 – 16:72)
Verses 16:71 and 16:72 of the Quran argue against setting up partners with God. Those given plenty would never share their wealth with subordinates as equal partners, so why expect God to share His power? The passage also recalls God's blessings of spouses, children, grandchildren, and good provisions, and asks why people would believe in falsehood and be unappreciative.
May 1, 2017
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The Bee (16:68 – 16:69)
Verses 16:68 to 16:70 on God inspiring the bee, with honey as healing for the people and a proof for those who reflect, set beside talks on beehive life and the growth mindset. Further verses present the Quran as healing and mercy for the believers whatever its language, along with night meditation and the limits of knowledge and strength in old age.
May 1, 2017
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The Rich Believer is Better than the Poor Believer (16:75 – 16:76)
Verses 16:75 and 16:76 contrast the powerless dependent with the believer who gives charity and rules with justice. Drawing on 4:95, 34:37 and 96:6, the article weighs God exalting the strivers with their money against the warning that wealth leads humans to transgress. It closes on initiative and ownership, noting the worker bee in the Chapter Bee and pointing to A Message to Garcia.
May 1, 2017
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Additional Proofs From God (16:65 – 16:67)
Verses 16:65 to 16:67 present rain reviving dead land, milk drawn from livestock, and the produce of date palms and grapes as proofs from God. The article notes that only God is absolutely good, while everything He creates can serve good or evil. It pairs the verses with videos on milk formation and an account of Saharan dust restoring phosphorus to the Amazon forest.
April 24, 2017
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Bigoted Bias Against Baby Girls (6:57 – 16:60)
Quran 16:57 to 16:60 condemns the grief and shame some feel at the birth of a daughter and the urge to bury her. Female infanticide, sex selective abortion, and honor killing appear alongside verses showing people fear others more than God. It also asks why the verses on daughters assigned to God can sound as if God prefers boys, answering with 17:40, 19:88 to 96, and 43:15 to 20.
April 24, 2017
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The Original Sin (16:61 – 16:64)
Verses 16:61 through 16:64 serve as the basis for a discussion of the original sin, which every creature on earth committed, including all prophets and messengers, as well as animals, plants, and stars. God respites people for a predetermined time rather than annihilating them. Verse 5:17 shows that God could annihilate even the Messiah and his mother.
April 24, 2017
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To Resurrect the Dead (16:40 – 16:56)
Verses 16:40 through 16:56 of the Quran cover God's power to create by saying Be, reward for those who emigrated for His sake, and the submission of every creature and the human body to God. A discussion follows on what counts as an innovation in religion under 16:56, how it differs from personal preference, and whether personal innovation can exist.
April 17, 2017
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Deep In Their Minds (16:38 – 16:39)
Disbelievers who deny the resurrection, swearing by God that the dead will not rise, and God's promise to show everyone what they disputed and expose them as liars. Related verses trace the same pattern of denial: doubting a new creation after death, reverting to old ideas, swearing false oaths, and idol worshipers confronted by their own idols on the Day of Judgment.
April 10, 2017
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Famous Excuse (16:35 – 16:37)
The idol worshipers' excuse that they worship idols only because God willed it, which the Quran calls baseless conjecture and which echoes Satan's own claim in 7:16. Verses from 16:35 to 16:37 and related passages stress that God guides only those who deserve guidance and that a messenger's sole mission is to deliver the message, including the messenger sent to all the people in 34:28.
April 10, 2017
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The Disbelievers (16:33 – 16:34)
Disbelievers who wait for angels or God's judgment wrong their own souls and incur the consequences of their evil works, as verses 16:33 and 16:34 state. Drawing on 6:7, 6:35, 6:111 and 8:23, the article shows that no physical book, miracle, or speaking dead would make them believe unless GOD wills it.
April 10, 2017
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Death for the Disbelievers (16:28 – 16:29)
The death of disbelievers, as the Quran describes it in 16:28 and 16:29: the angels take them while they wrong their souls, and only then do they submit and deny any wrongdoing before entering Hell. Related verses address those who fabricate lies about GOD or claim false inspiration, the abandonment by idolized intercessors at death, and the angel charged with each soul.
April 3, 2017
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The Believers Do Not Really Die (16:30 – 16:31)
The righteous who praise God's revelations as good, drawn from Quran 16:30 and 16:31, and the reward awaiting them. The verses promise happiness in this life, a better abode in the Hereafter, and the gardens of Eden with flowing rivers and anything they wish, tied to the theme that the believers do not really die.
April 3, 2017
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The Dead Prophets and Saints (16:20 – 16:27)
Verses 16:20 through 16:27 teach that the idols people set up beside God, including dead prophets and saints, create nothing and are unaware of their own resurrection. Related passages show idol worshipers disowning their idols on the Day of Resurrection, call Hadith a gross blasphemy, and warn that those who mislead carry others' sins. Matthew 7:15 to 7:23 on false prophets closes the article.
April 3, 2017
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They Go Straight to Paradise (16:32)
The fate of the righteous at death, drawn from verse 16:32, where the angels greet them with peace and invite them into Paradise as a reward for their works. The righteous taste only the first death, already experienced by all, and move on directly to the Paradise where Adam and Eve once lived, as supported by 44:56 and related verses.
April 3, 2017
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God’s Blessings (16:7 – 16:19)
Verses 16:7 through 16:19 list God's blessings in animals, rain, crops, the heavens, the sea, and the earth, with a noted progression from thinking to understanding, taking heed, and being guided. Questions follow on how God points out the wrong paths in 16:9 and whether not knowing deserves punishment, answered with verses on repenting from sins committed in ignorance. Links on color perception accompany the reading.
March 27, 2017
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Sura 16, The Bee (Al-Nahl) 16:0 – 16:6
A study of Sura 16, The Bee, verses 1 through 6, read alongside related verses on God's command already being recorded, human impatience, and the purpose of life and death. It asks whether all revelation besides God speaking with Moses comes through angels, citing 42:51, and touches on livestock as God's provision for warmth, food, and travel.
March 20, 2017
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Angels Visit Abraham (15:51 – 15:60)
Verses 15:51 through 15:60 tell of the angels who visit Abraham with news of an enlightened son in his old age and announce their mission against Lot's guilty people. Discussion questions follow: whether the messengers of 15:57 and 15:61 are the same, how Abraham's frankness compares with Mary's when she learned of Jesus, and whether serving a roasted calf was extravagant.
March 13, 2017
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End of the World Unveiled (15:85 – 15:99)
Verses 15:85 to 15:99 and Appendix 25 explain how the end of the world is unveiled through God's Messenger of the Covenant. The seven pairs of 15:87, the 14 Quranic Initials, total 1709 in gematrical value, placing the end in 1710 AH, or 2280 AD, both multiples of 19. Signs such as the splitting of the moon, the computer as the creature, and Gog and Magog are also discussed.
March 13, 2017
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Lot (15:61 – 15:84)
Lot's town in verses 15:61 to 15:84, with questions on why Lot tells his people to fear God, what they doubted, and why the destruction comes in the morning. Fearing God is explained as the start of wisdom that grows into love, and lust in 15:72 is linked to intoxication. Further verses address Lot's treatment of strangers, kindness to immigrants, and the meaning of annihilation.
March 13, 2017
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The Human Race – 15:26 – 15:50
A study of Sura 15:26 to 15:50 on the creation of the human from aged mud and the jinns from fire, Satan's refusal to prostrate, and his respite. The notes trace the order of events around the great feud, draw on Appendices 21 and 5 on Satan as a fallen angel and on Heaven and Hell, and ask why Hell has seven gates and what clay and fire signify.
March 6, 2017
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God’s Messenger of the Covenant (15:9 – 15:25)
Verses 15:9 through 15:25 present God's promise to preserve the Quran, with a footnote linking that preservation to the mathematical code and to God's Messenger of the Covenant, whose name's value plus 15 and 9 gives a multiple of 19. The passage then turns to the ridicule of past messengers and to Earth as a precisely supplied spaceship, and closes with a link to The Privileged Planet.
February 27, 2017
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Guaranteed Victory for God’s Messengers (14:47)
God's promise to His messengers, drawn from verse 14:47, which assures that God never breaks His word. Verses 48:22 and 48:23 present victory for the believers as part of God's unchangeable system throughout history, while 2:214 adds that believers are tested with hardship before God's victory comes.
February 27, 2017
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New Heavens and New Earth (14:48 – 14:52)
Verses 14:48 to 14:52 foretell the substitution of this earth and the heavens with new ones on the Day of Resurrection, with the guilty shackled and every soul paid for what it earned. Related verses on folding the heaven, the righteous inheriting the earth, and no soul carrying another's sins are set beside the matching prophecy in Isaiah and 2 Peter 3:13.
February 27, 2017
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Sura 15, Al-Hijr Valley (Al-Hijr) 15:0 – 15:8
Sura 15, verses 0 through 8, presents the letters A.L.R. as proofs of a profound Quran, with a footnote on the mathematical code and the role of God's Messenger of the Covenant in unveiling it. The verses address disbelievers' wishful thinking, the predetermined end of every community, and the demand for angels. A closing question asks how to tell a test from a consequence.
February 27, 2017
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