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<blockquote data-quote="muslim" data-source="post: 6731" data-attributes="member: 853"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Ok here begins my answers to the so called contradictions made in the quran, beginning with no. 4 (dont worry i will get back to no.s1-3)on the list which caramelchocolate so kindly pointed out.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/contra/day.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">How long is Allah's day?</span></a> </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>1. <u>Time of Allah is incomparable to earthly time</u></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">The Qur’an says in two verses, (22:47 and 32:5), that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 1,000 years of our reckoning. In another verse (70:4) it says that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 50,000 years of our reckoning.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">These verses generally mean that the time of Allah (swt) is incomparable to the earthly time. The examples given are of one thousand years and fifty thousand years of the earthly time. In other words thousands of years or a very, very long time of the earth a day in the sight of Allah is equal to:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2. </span><u><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Yaum</span></em> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">also means Period</span></u></strong> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">The Arabic word used in all these three verses is <em>yaum</em>, which, besides meaning a day also means a long period, or an epoch. If you translate the word <em>yaum</em> correctly as ‘period’ there will be no confusion.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">a) The verse from Surah Hajj reads as:</span></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">"Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! but Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning".</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">[Al-Qur’an 22:47]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">When the unbelievers asked to hasten the punishment the Qur’an says Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a period in the sight of Allah is like a thousand years of your reckoning.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">b) The verse from Surah Al-Sajdah says:</span></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">"He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up? To Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning".</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">[Al-Qur’an 32:5]</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">This verse indicates that a period required for all the affairs to go up to Allah (swt), is a thousand years of our reckoning.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">c) A verse from Surah Al-Maarij says:</span></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">"The angels and the spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">[Al-Qur’an 70:4]</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">This verse means that the period required for angels and the spirits to ascend unto Allah (swt) is fifty thousand years.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">d) The period for two different acts need not be the same. For example the period required for me to travel to destination ‘A’ say Vashi is one hour and the period required for me to travel to destination ‘B’ i.e. Kashmir is 50 hours. This does not indicate that I am making two contradictory statements.</span></span> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Thus the verses of the Qur’an not only do not contradict each other, they are also in perfect harmony with established modern scientific facts.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muslim, post: 6731, member: 853"] [font=Arial][b]Ok here begins my answers to the so called contradictions made in the quran, beginning with no. 4 (dont worry i will get back to no.s1-3)on the list which caramelchocolate so kindly pointed out.[/b][/font] [b][font=Arial][/font][/b] [font=Arial][url="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/contra/day.html"][color=#800080]How long is Allah's day?[/color][/url] [/font] [b][font=Arial][/font][/b] [font=Arial][b]1. [u]Time of Allah is incomparable to earthly time[/u][/b] [/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]The Qur’an says in two verses, (22:47 and 32:5), that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 1,000 years of our reckoning. In another verse (70:4) it says that the measure of one day in the sight of Allah is equal to 50,000 years of our reckoning.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]These verses generally mean that the time of Allah (swt) is incomparable to the earthly time. The examples given are of one thousand years and fifty thousand years of the earthly time. In other words thousands of years or a very, very long time of the earth a day in the sight of Allah is equal to:[/color][/font] [color=#000000][b][font=Arial]2. [/font][u][i][font=Arial]Yaum[/font][/i] [font=Arial]also means Period[/font][/u][/b] [/color] [font=Arial][color=#000000]The Arabic word used in all these three verses is [i]yaum[/i], which, besides meaning a day also means a long period, or an epoch. If you translate the word [i]yaum[/i] correctly as ‘period’ there will be no confusion.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]a) The verse from Surah Hajj reads as:[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]"Yet they ask thee to hasten on the Punishment! but Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning".[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000][Al-Qur’an 22:47][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]When the unbelievers asked to hasten the punishment the Qur’an says Allah will not fail in His promise. Verily a period in the sight of Allah is like a thousand years of your reckoning.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]b) The verse from Surah Al-Sajdah says:[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]"He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up? To Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning".[/color][/font] [left][font=Arial][color=#000000][Al-Qur’an 32:5][/color][/font] [/left] [font=Arial][color=#000000]This verse indicates that a period required for all the affairs to go up to Allah (swt), is a thousand years of our reckoning.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]c) A verse from Surah Al-Maarij says:[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]"The angels and the spirit ascend unto Him in a Day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand years". [Al-Qur’an 70:4][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]This verse means that the period required for angels and the spirits to ascend unto Allah (swt) is fifty thousand years.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]d) The period for two different acts need not be the same. For example the period required for me to travel to destination ‘A’ say Vashi is one hour and the period required for me to travel to destination ‘B’ i.e. Kashmir is 50 hours. This does not indicate that I am making two contradictory statements.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=#000000]Thus the verses of the Qur’an not only do not contradict each other, they are also in perfect harmony with established modern scientific facts.[/color][/font] [/QUOTE]
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