seekeroftruth
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Quran 7:94. We did not send any prophet to any town but We afflicted its people with misery and adversity, so that they may humble themselves.
95. Then We substituted prosperity in place of hardship. Until they increased in number, and said, “Adversity and prosperity has touched our ancestors.” Then We seized them suddenly, while they were unaware.
96. Had the people of the towns believed and turned righteous, We would have opened for them the blessings of the heaven and the earth; but they rejected the truth, so We seized them by what they were doing.
97. Do the people of the towns feel secure that Our might will not come upon them by night, while they sleep?
98. Do the people of the towns feel secure that Our might will not come upon them by day, while they play?
99. Do they feel safe from God’s plan? None feel safe from God’s plan except the losing people.
100. Is it not guidance for those who inherit the land after its inhabitants, that if We willed, We could strike them for their sins? And seal up their hearts, so that they would not hear?
101. These towns—We narrate to you some of their tales. Their messengers came to them with the clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had rejected previously. Thus God seals the hearts of the disbelievers.
102. We found most of them untrue to their covenants; We found most of them corrupt.
103. Then, after them, We sent Moses with Our miracles to Pharaoh and his establishment, but they denounced them. So consider the end of the evildoers.
104. Moses said, “O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.”
105. “It is only proper that I should not say about God anything other than the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so let the Children of Israel go with me.”
106. He said, “If you brought a miracle, then present it, if you are truthful.”
107. So he threw his staff, and it was an apparent serpent.
108. And He pulled out his hand, and it was white to the onlookers
The commentary is long winded this morning.
Óuƒ-an, which is here translated as morning, begins after sunrise, according to some when the sun is yet low, and according to others when it is somewhat high (LL). The playing may be taken either literally or it may indicate the worldly engagements in which they were occupied to the utter neglect of higher aspirations.
The history of Moses has already been briefly referred to in connection with the stubbornness of the Israelites, but here it is taken up in greater detail, and is continued from here to the end of the 21st section. The reason for this enlargement is to be found in the fact that the Holy Prophet had more in common with Moses than with any other prophet, and he is called the like of Moses in the Mosaic prophecies
Here again we have an instance of the correctness of the Quranic statement where it differs with the Bible, showing the incompleteness of the Bible narrative. In the fourth chapter of Exodus it is clearly stated that two signs were given to Moses — that of his rod turning into a serpent and that of his hand becoming white when put into his bosom; and Exod. 4:8 clearly states that Moses was commanded to show both these signs to Pharaoh. But when we read ch. 7, where the performance of those miracles before Pharaoh is recorded, we find mention only of the miracle of the rod. Another question worth considering here is as to the nature of these miracles. As is stated elsewhere in the Holy Qur’an, Moses’ rod was an ordinary staff: “I lean on it, and I beat the leaves with it for my sheep, and I have other uses for it” (20:18). It is nowhere stated that whenever he threw it down his rod turned into a serpent. Even when the Israelites were in the greatest danger, Moses made no use of it. Only on two occasions the rod is stated to have turned into a serpent, viz. (1) when Moses held communion with God before going to Pharaoh; (2) when he first came before Pharaoh, or when Pharaoh summoned the enchanters to his help. Now on the first of these occasions it is certain that the rod was seen turning into a serpent by Moses alone, when he was in a state of vision — a state in which a person is temporarily transported to a spiritual sphere. This is the state in which the prophets and other righteous men receive Divine revelation; and while it is certainly not a state of sleep, it is equally certain that it is a state in which the mind rises above the limitations of physical environment, beholding things which are invisible to the physical eye, and hearing things which the physical ear cannot hear. It is therefore certain that on the first occasion Moses observed the change whilst in the same state of temporary transportation in which he received revelation. The miracle took place on the latter occasion when others besides Moses witnessed the change. But it is a fact that the effect of inspired vision is sometimes so strong that others besides the seer partake in it. Yet, whatever their real nature, these miracles of Moses were not mere play. The great truth underlying the ‘a©å or the rod turning into a serpent, was that the followers of Moses, as represented by his rod, would prevail over their enemies; and the significance underlying the whitening of Moses’ hand was that his arguments would shine forth with clearness.
Exodus 4:8 Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first sign, they may believe the second.
Sorry... this isn't screaming at me this morning. The white hand got me.
According to the Quran, the Bible isn't the whole story. Ok then.... humans rarely tell the whole story the first time around.
I think we are going to get a new version of the Moses story. Oh Moses! Moses! Moses!.... let's see where this version of the story takes us.
So far.... Moses kept his spot as a guy God talked to. Moses kept his spot as a guy who talked to Pharaoh. Moses kept his verse that says "Let my People Go!"
I wonder... what do Muslims think of the movie "The Ten Commandments?
Aside from what the commentary tells me, I see the words "elite" and "looser" again this morning. Check out verses 97 & 98.... There are a lot of people spouting "He will come like a thief in the night". They are sure, because they took that verse alone, Jesus will come at night. Fact is, everyone on earth will know that Jesus has come. It will be dark on part of the earth and day on part of the earth that day.... just like every other day. For some He will come at Sundown.... for some it might be Midnight.... for some He will come at Daybreak and for some it will be High Noon. He may come for us at 2:05 PM.... it depends where you are as to whether He will come at night while we sleep or during the bright daylight. He will return..... He said so.... He is God.... so He'll be Back.
When He came to earth the first time, it was at night.... with a star. When He comes again.... will good little Christians deny His Return if it's daylight on their half of the earth when He arrives? Are the good Christians who keep God in the proper verses of the proper book going to miss the arrival because the sun is shining on their part of the planet when the Son returns?
There is a consistent claim here, in the Bible and the Quran..... God is in control.
Disbelievers and Unbelievers are the losers.
Maybe I'm distracted this morning.... yesterday I got the announcement..... two of my nieces are pregnant! One is pregnant with identical twins!
So please put my nieces, Sarah and Nichole and those little miracles on our prayer list, TIA
