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    unknownuser
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    Brailess argument as usual.

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    There is your argument in Braille, my apologies for not catering to the blind of sight.

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      Peace Hussein,

      Verse 37139 is a statement of fact..Here is the EXACT VERSE literally translated

      139 And That Truly Jonah (was) From The Messengers.

      From that point the god gives the story of JONAH and how he came to be one of the Messengers of the god..

      140 ITH= when he fled on the loaded ship
      142 so the whale/big fish swollowed him in a state of blameworthines.
      143 And had it not been that he was one of those who implored
      144 He would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection
      145 So We threw him on the shore while he was sick.
      146 And We caused seaweed to grow on him
      147 And We sent him to a hundred thousand, or more

      VERSE 147 was when Jonah became one of the Messengers.

      What was Jonah before he was a messenger? He was "blameworthy" or in his words, he was "unjust and oppressive".

      2187 And (owner of) the whale/fish when he went away angrily, so he thought/assumed that We will never/not become capable on him, so he called/cried in the darknesses "That (there is) no God except You, Your praise/glory, that I was from the unjust/oppressive

      Before Jonah was a messenger, he was from the unjust and oppressive, and in my book, that equates to a rejecter.

      Wrong. A messenger who attributes falsely something to God damages some of the message. A messenger who abandons his whole mission, damages the whole message.

      Z UMMMMMM....There was no message to damage.

      Peace

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        You are correct. "Prophet" is by inference and deduction and self-reference/explanation of the Quran. Yusuf Ali and others are notorious for this.

        Either way, it does not address either nabi or rasool directly in this section of the surah. Cross referencing as he did shows it to be addressed to Muhammad, not "prophet". One thig it certainly does not show is the messenger failing.

        Please use your common sense; The evidence is thus

        1.) Quran was revealed to Muhammad (472)

        2.) Muhammad is the last nabi (3340)

        2.) Allah commands us to obey the rasool in many verses (002285, 003032, 003132, 004013, 004059, 004069, 005092, 008001, 008020, 008024, 008046, 009071, 024047, 024051, 024052, 024054, 033033, 047033, 049007, 049014, 058013, 064012)

        3.) Muhammad is being reminded of his duty as a messenger in 479. It also makes distinct the words/people/roles of rasool and Muhammad- whatever good comes to Muhammad/us, it is from Allah, wherever he/we fails/fail, it is from himself/ourselves.

        Now, is Allah commanding us to obey one who erred (point 2), or is Allah commanding us to obey the scripture, which rebukes those who err? Give the Quran a chance to explain itself and it does so, very well.

        It is rebuking Muhammad, not the rasool, not the nabi. Rasool by its own virtue is a position that has no room for error. Nabi is rebuked in 601. Obey Allah and Obey the Messenger can only mean the message. It does not mean Muhammad who is being rebuked in this surah, nor can it mean the nabi who is being rebuked in surah 60.

        Precisely!

        Nun
        France is dead voodoo Yeah!
        But we still Support France, therefore we can support DEAD. ;D

        016.021
        YUSUFALI (They are things) dead, lifeless nor do they know when they will be raised up.
        PICKTHAL (They are) dead, not living. And they know not when they will be raised.
        SHAKIR Dead (are they), not living, and they know not when they shall be raised.

        hlatif wrote

        OK, here's proof for you that Muhamad the Messenger is NOT the same as Muhamad the Prophet (person)

        Open your eyes, for once in your life, and read the following

        { O you prophet, why do you prohibit what God has made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? God is Forgiver, Merciful.}.....

        Now tell me When the PROPHET MUhamad prohibited himself from something that was made lawful for him, did he receive revelation? (wahy) that commanded him to do so?

        Let me rephrase that by shedding some light on your fallacious dogma, which teaches you that every single word which ever came out of Muhamad's mouth was revelation

        Had God previously sent revelation to Muhamad inspiring him to prohibit something which was made lawful for him, then asked him, as per 661, why he made that prohibition?

        The verse begins with ' O YOU PROPHET' not ' O YOU MESSENGER' . If it had begun with ' O YOU MESSENGER' then the entire Koran would go straight to the trash can.

        According to your yellowed and deseased tradition books, invented by corrupted Persian clergy, the "ASBAB NUZOUL" for verse 661 was that Muhamad became upset with one of his wives becase of jealous gossip and rumors that had started to spread, so he prohibited humself from eating a kind of sweet honey liquid.

        Now answer this simple question WAS THIS PROHIBITION ALSO REVELATION??

        Once God removes the veil that your Holy Bearded Mullahs have placed over your eyes, you will notice that God NEVER says "Obey the Prophet" in the Koran, nor does He say "Obey Muhamad" (PERSONALLY).
        God says "OBEY THE MESENGER", irrespective of his personal life or habits. Obeying the Messenger is following the MESSAGE that was revealed to him. The message is the Koran, PERIOD.
        (NOt the way he dressed or ate or slept or drank or urinated. All these are not part of the message. By claiming that they are, you are disgarding the Koran and idolizing the person of Muhamad).

        Muhamad the human prophet died 14 centuries ago. The verses dealing with him, his homes, his wives, what he said to them, how he dressed and ate and slept, etc...are circumstancial and historic. They are bo longer applicable today. Otherwise, how would you apply the following verse TODAY?

        { O wives of the prophet, you are not like any other women. If you are righteous, then do not speak too softly, lest those with disease in their hearts will move with desire; you shall speak in an honorable manner}...

        Note God says "WIVES OF THE PROPHET" and never "WIVES OF THE MESSENGER".

        Therefore - And I could care less if you accept my cocnclusion or not - when Muhamad (THE PROPHET) prohibitted himself from eating what God had made lawful to him, he was acting of his own free will, as a HUMAN prone to error, and not as a Messenger receiving revelation.

        Until you understand the difference between the two concepts, you will be in the darkness of ignorance and stagnation for all eternity, and perhaps then you will understand why other nations of the world have progressed more than us.

        By confusing Prophet(circumstancial) with Messenger (eternal), and claiming that every single word that Muhamad ever uttered was revelation, a dogmatic belief brought about by a Satanic interpretation of the verses of chapter 53, you are

        1- Mixing the of Muhamad with the of God, which is tantamout to unpardonable SHIRK.
        2- You are idolizing Muhamad, but because of your blindness you will probably never see this truth.
        3- You are turning Muhamad, whom you claim to revere and respect, into an automaton, a robot incapable of speaking by his own free will.

        The idea the sectarians can't seem to get through their thick skulls is that when we reject Hadiths, we are not rejecting Muhamad. We are rejecting the LIES THAT WERE ATRIBUTED TO HIM.

        Verses 661 blows your argument completely out of the water.

        Have a nice day, and send my regards to your Mullah.

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        Excellent!

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        There is your argument in Braille, my apologies for not catering to the blind of sight.

        218 Deaf, dumb, and BLIND, they will not return (to the path).

        Peace Hussein,

        Verse 37139 is a statement of fact..Here is the EXACT VERSE literally translated

        139 And That Truly Jonah (was) From The Messengers.

        From that point the god gives the story of JONAH and how he came to be one of the Messengers of the god..

        140 ITH= when he fled on the loaded ship
        142 so the whale/big fish swollowed him in a state of blameworthines.
        143 And had it not been that he was one of those who implored
        144 He would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection
        145 So We threw him on the shore while he was sick.
        146 And We caused seaweed to grow on him
        147 And We sent him to a hundred thousand, or more

        VERSE 147 was when Jonah became one of the Messengers.

        What was Jonah before he was a messenger? He was "blameworthy" or in his words, he was "unjust and oppressive".

        2187 And (owner of) the whale/fish when he went away angrily, so he thought/assumed that We will never/not become capable on him, so he called/cried in the darknesses "That (there is) no God except You, Your praise/glory, that I was from the unjust/oppressive

        Before Jonah was a messenger, he was from the unjust and oppressive, and in my book, that equates to a rejecter.

        Z UMMMMMM....There was no message to damage.

        Peace

        Nice work! Amazing how Qur'an does not contradict!

        This is all to justify 250 year old hearsay that a man needs to grow a fist long beard and allowed to beat his wife along with other stupid stuff.

        Peace

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          Before Jonah was a messenger, he was from the unjust and oppressive, and in my book, that equates to a rejecter.

          That is your dream.

          1- You cannot assert that his sin was before he was messenger.
          3- You deduce what his sin was, without support in the Qur'an. People in the Qur'an have said the above statement for many things other than rejection. Adam said it when he ate from the tree. He was not a rejecter, but he made a sin. So, when Jonah said the above, then you need to find his sin only from the Qur'an, and not from your "logic" which seems to have many leaps and blind spots. The only thing associated with this statement is being messenger at the beginning of the passage and fleeing on the ship. If he fled his message to the ship, then that is a sin. If he went on the ship without being a messenger, then there is no sin, so what was the sin?

          Not answering his sin makes false all your theory that you are trying to jab on our throats.

          Hussein

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            That is your dream.

            1- You cannot assert that his sin was before he was messenger.
            3- You deduce what his sin was, without support in the Qur'an. People in the Qur'an have said the above statement for many things other than rejection. Adam said it when he ate from the tree. He was not a rejecter, but he made a sin. So, when Jonah said the above, then you need to find his sin only from the Qur'an, and not from your "logic" which seems to have many leaps and blind spots. The only thing associated with this statement is being messenger at the beginning of the passage and fleeing on the ship. If he fled his message to the ship, then that is a sin. If he went on the ship without being a messenger, then there is no sin, so what was the sin?

            Not answering his sin makes false all your theory that you are trying to jab on our throats.

            Hussein

            He was not in a state of messaging, that's for bloody well sure.

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              Peace Hussein,

              That is your dream.

              1- You cannot assert that his sin was before he was messenger.
              3- You deduce what his sin was, without support in the Qur'an. People in the Qur'an have said the above statement for many things other than rejection. Adam said it when he ate from the tree. He was not a rejecter, but he made a sin. So, when Jonah said the above, then you need to find his sin only from the Qur'an, and not from your "logic" which seems to have many leaps and blind spots. The only thing associated with this statement is being messenger at the beginning of the passage and fleeing on the ship. If he fled his message to the ship, then that is a sin. If he went on the ship without being a messenger, then there is no sin, so what was the sin?

              Not answering his sin makes false all your theory that you are trying to jab on our throats.
              Hussein

              Z In my dream? Read verse 2187 again...

              2187 And (owner of) the whale/fish when he went away angrily, so he thought/assumed that We will never/not become capable on him, so he called/cried in the darknesses "That (there is) no God except You, Your praise/glory, that I was from the unjust/oppressive.

              Jonah explicitly stated that he was from the "unjust/oppressive", it has nothing to do with my dreams, for the fact is, before Jonah had repented he was from the unjust and oppressive, thereafter, JOnah was forgiven and then given the messenger ROLE.

              And with regard to my quranically associating the oppresive/unjust with rejecters,well, thats a mistake, a mistake that has absolutely noithing to do with the fact that Jonah was not a messenger until after his repentance.

              Peace

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                prove it. What was he doing in the other Ayat 80 3-7? running his mouth I guess.

                Z 2187, try again. It starts with He went angry. His saying La ilaha ill anta is not a proof that was the point of believing in God. Many people say that in the Qur'an when they repent from sins. Also, how can you prove that tho nun was Jonah?

                Hussein

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                  prove it. What was he doing in the other Ayat 80 3-7? running his mouth I guess.

                  Z 2187, try again. It starts with He went angry. His saying La ilaha ill anta is not a proof that was the point of believing in God. Many people say that in the Qur'an when they repent from sins. Also, how can you prove that tho nun was Jonah?

                  Hussein

                  ZVerse 803-7? Your point...

                  Anyways,

                  1.Jonah OBVIOUSLY was NOT a messenger until after his repentance.
                  2. Jonah never attributed anything falsely to the the god as a messenger, thus your whole arguement is moot, even if we hypothetically assume he was a messenger before his repentance..
                  3. Prophets obey Messengers, Muhammad was a prophet and a messenger(two distinct roles), thus Muhammad the prophet obeyed the messenger muhammad(the god's message)

                  Peace.

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                    hlatif
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                    What is obvious to you is not that obvious. Here is 37 139-40

                    130 Jonah was of the messengers
                    140 When he fled to the ship

                    The Qur'an is very precise. It would not use "when" for someone who was not at that time, "messenger"

                    As for the rest of your post. It has no grounds on the business of the divisible trinity of person, prophet and messenger.

                    That is why you and your friends are dreaming with no proof from the Qur'an to support you.

                    Take care

                    Hussein

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                      What is obvious to you is not that obvious. Here is 37 139-40

                      130 Jonah was of the messengers
                      140 When he fled to the ship

                      The Qur'an is very precise. It would not use "when" for someone who was not at that time, "messenger"

                      Z So your position is that before Jonah repented he was an oppressive/unjust Messenger who never delivered a message?

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                        Every sin is an act of injustice and that is how the Qur'an describes them. Jonah was a messenger who fled his mission to the ship to travel away, as per that passage. His sin is leaving his job. That is why God reminds Muhammad in another passage not to be like the companion of the whale. He was telling him not to abandon the job as happened with Jonah.

                        Take care

                        Hussein

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                          Peace Hussein,

                          Some questions,

                          How can someone be a messenger when as you say they rejected the role of being a messenger?

                          I also see you mention he left his job, fact is, he never left his job beause he never accepted the job.

                          Moroever, how do you equate rejecting the job of being a messenger with sinning-being unjust/oppressive?

                          Then I'd like for you to show me where in the quran every sin is an act of injustice and oppression...

                          But more importantly, I would like for you to explain how you equate a messenger attributing something falsely to the god as being the same as someone rejecting the role of messenger, especially in light of the fact, that when Jonah did become a messenger, his message was effective, so effective his people were spared.( to my knowledge that is the only example of a whole people accepting/obeying the message).

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                            hlatif
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                            Salaam Z,

                            How can someone be a messenger when as you say they rejected the role of being a messenger?

                            I also see you mention he left his job, fact is, he never left his job beause he never accepted the job.

                            He was according to 37139-145 and then he fled it. So, he accepted it and then left it. Secondly, when God chooses one to be a messenger, this is not voluntary to take or leave, it becomes obligatory. Therefore leaving it is a sin.

                            Moroever, how do you equate rejecting the job of being a messenger with sinning-being unjust/oppressive?

                            Rejecting the role that God gave to them as messengers is a huge sin. The Qur'an is full of Ayat warning the prophet not to leave the message.

                            Then I'd like for you to show me where in the quran every sin is an act of injustice and oppression...

                            3133 And vie with one another to attain to your Sustainer's forgiveness and to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, which has been readied for the God-conscious
                            3134 who spend in time of plenty and in time of hardship, and hold in check their anger, and pardon their fellow-men because God loves the doers of good;

                            3135 and who, when they have committed a shameful deed or have sinned against themselves, remember God and pray that their sins be forgiven - for who but God could forgive sins? - and do not knowingly persist in doing whatever they may have done.

                            3136 These it is who shall have as their reward forgiveness from their Sustainer, and gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide and how excellent a reward for those who labour!

                            In this passage it tells you that the God conscious can Thalamoo anfusahum= trasngress against themselves, yet they were always believers. This tells you that all sin is a transgression and act of injustice. Transgression is not limited to rejection of God.

                            But more importantly, I would like for you to explain how you equate a messenger attributing something falsely to the god as being the same as someone rejecting the role of messenger, especially in light of the fact, that when Jonah did become a messenger, his message was effective, so effective his people were spared.( to my knowledge that is the only example of a whole people accepting/obeying the message).

                            A messenger who tampers with the message may distort part of the message but it will still be there. A messenger who leaves the message makes the message not arrive to it's intended audience. The second crime is bigger because it is total while the first one is partial.

                            Take care and have a great day.

                            Hussein

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                              Peace hlatif,

                              He was according to 37139-145 and then he fled it. So, he accepted it and then left it.

                              You deduce all that from an introduction?

                              Wainna ilyasa lamina almursaleena
                              37123 SO ALSO was Elias among those sent (by Us).

                              Wainna lootan lamina almursaleena
                              37133 SO ALSO was Lut among those sent (by Us).

                              Wainna yoonusa lamina almursaleena
                              37139 SO ALSO was Jonah among those sent (by Us).

                              When does one exactly become a messenger; isn't there something about a covenant?

                              Secondly, when God chooses one to be a messenger, this is not voluntary to take or leave, it becomes obligatory. Therefore leaving it is a sin.
                              Rejecting the role that God gave to them as messengers is a huge sin.

                              Are you sure; how do know all this God stuff?

                              A messenger who tampers with the message may distort part of the message but it will still be there. A messenger who leaves the message makes the message not arrive to it's intended audience. The second crime is bigger because it is total while the first one is partial.

                              How do you know what is a greater sin? What else do know about how God works?

                              Are you sure about may distort part of the message? Which part? How much distortion?

                              5678 In Book well-GUARDED,

                              159 We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from CORRUPTION).

                              37 He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book others are allegorical. But those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking discord, and searching for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. And those who are firmly grounded in knowledge say "We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord" and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding.

                              The above verses are also for all the 9128-129 rejectors and believers in slight distortions.

                              You have a great day too.

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                                Salaam Nun,

                                You deduce all that from an introduction?

                                Wainna ilyasa lamina almursaleena
                                37123 SO ALSO was Elias among those sent (by Us).

                                Wainna lootan lamina almursaleena
                                37133 SO ALSO was Lut among those sent (by Us).

                                Wainna yoonusa lamina almursaleena
                                37139 SO ALSO was Jonah among those sent (by Us).

                                When does one exactly become a messenger; isn't there something about a covenant?

                                You just beat yourself. It does not matter when they become messengers. Why? because in ALL of them, the recitation deals with them after having become messengers and not before. None of them has a story before his messengership and therefore, Jonah is no exception.

                                Hussein
                                Secondly, when God chooses one to be a messenger, this is not voluntary to take or leave, it becomes obligatory. Therefore leaving it is a sin.
                                Rejecting the role that God gave to them as messengers is a huge sin.

                                Nun
                                Are you sure; how do know all this God stuff?

                                Contemplate on this

                                Picktal
                                7175 Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.

                                7176 And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefore his likeness is as the likeness of a dog; if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.
                                The man received the revelation and sloughed off to follow his own desires. It tells you that when a person receives revelation, they have to abide by it as in delivering the message and be honest with it.

                                As for the last part. God protects his message through means of protection and makes sure that it arrives to the audience. Those means include messengers and other people. A messenger who does not deliver the message has a bigger failure than the one who delivers the message with changes in it, because he did not bring it to where it was intended.

                                Take care,

                                Hussein

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                                  Contemplate on this

                                  Picktal
                                  7175 Recite unto them the tale of him to whom We gave Our revelations, but he sloughed them off, so Satan overtook him and he became of those who lead astray.

                                  7176 And had We willed We could have raised him by their means, but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. Therefore his likeness is as the likeness of a dog; if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out, and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. Such is the likeness of the people who deny Our revelations. Narrate unto them the history (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.
                                  The man received the revelation and sloughed off to follow his own desires. It tells you that when a person receives revelation, they have to abide by it as in delivering the message and be honest with it.

                                  As for the last part. God protects his message through means of protection and makes sure that it arrives to the audience. Those means include messengers and other people. A messenger who does not deliver the message has a bigger failure than the one who delivers the message with changes in it, because he did not bring it to where it was intended.

                                  Poor translation. I would have made some ridiculous generalisation about hadeethists here, but I know better. It does not mention divine inspiration/wahi but signs/ayat. Everybody has access to ayat, as the preceding verses and the rest of the Quran shows, but few recieve wahi. Messengers and prophets are made distinct by the revelation/wahi, not by signs/ayat.

                                  That story can be applied to anyone who rejects the signs of God and makes his desire his god. Moreover, 7178 reaffirms the point. Can it be said rasool/nabi are the most guided people on Earth? God does not misguide a person he has chosen to guide. Also in 7181, it makes it even clearer that it cannot be a messenger in error in 7175-176 but a common man. Unless of course, we say God failed to guide

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                                    Peace,

                                    At some point, there should be an agreement to disagree

                                    peace

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                                      Peace,

                                      Nah Tay, 27 pages aren't enough! ;D

                                      peace

                                      EDIT Make that 28

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                                        Peace hlatif,

                                        You just beat yourself. It does not matter when they become messengers. Why? because in ALL of them, the recitation deals with them after having become messengers and not before. None of them has a story before his messengership and therefore, Jonah is no exception.

                                        What; da-ra-ba myself? lol

                                        Sure it matters for Zun-nun could not be a messenger while confessing being wrong!

                                        2187 And remember Zun-nun, when he departed in wrath He imagined that We had no power over him! But he cried through the deptHs of darkness, "There is no god but thou glory to thee I was indeed wrong!"

                                        Also 7175-176 talks about those overtaken and never repenting; not the case here.

                                        As for the last part. God protects his message through means of protection and makes sure that it arrives to the audience. Those means include messengers and other people.

                                        Then you recant your last statement ?may distort part of the message??

                                        A messenger who does not deliver the message has a bigger failure than the one who delivers the message with changes in it, because he did not bring it to where it was intended.

                                        What changes in it? This contradicts your first statement above.

                                        The message was successfully delivered after repenting/accepting to be a messenger?

                                        1098 Why was there not a single township (among those We warned), which believed,- so its faith should have profited it,- except the people of JONAH? When they believed, We removed from them the penalty of ignominy in the life of the present, and permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.

                                        Take your time responding without contradicting yourself in the same paragraph to justify events according to hearsay such as this?

                                        http//ahlusunnah.org.au/articles/document.jsp?id=77

                                        The inhabitants of the town of Nineveh were idolators who lived a shameless life. Prophet Jonah was sent to teach them the worship of Allah. The people disliked his interference in their way of worship, so they argued "We and our forefathers have worshipped these gods for many years and no harm has come to us."
                                        Try as he might to convince them of the foolishness of idolatry and of the goodness of Allah's laws, they ignored him. He warned them that if they kept on with their foolishness, Allah's punishment would soon follow. Instead of fearing Allah, they told Jonah that they were not afraid of his threats. "Let it happen," they told him. Jonah was disheartened. "In that case I will leave you to your misery!" So saying, he left Nineveh, fearing that Allah's anger would soon follow.

                                        Where do they get the above quotes from; is this hadith or are they making stuff up?

                                        More inline with Qur?an?

                                        http//www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah%201-4;&version=31;

                                        Take care.

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                                          Peace "genteel",

                                          Hmmm, I see, JK. So then the "We" refering to God and His messenger (according to you) becomes a better explanation when they both band together from hastening to move the tongues of all others and that they both (God and messenger) will EXPLAIN them later what it is all about. But then this very God also warns the messenger from explaining anything and only to DELIVER, as per some believers though most disagree. Perhaps, in your better explanation, this God seems even weaker than I originally thought.

                                          Peace!

                                          JK- This is what id call "argument from ignorance". GOD has a systematic approach and of what we know this includes evolutionary processes everywhere around us. Thus certain Quranic verses can only be understood wehen a certain time comes and with the aid of an appropriate proven messenger of GOD. GOD Bless!

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