The holy valley of Tawa

unknownuser

p.s. if you could provide a use of the term "fa" that DID NOT connect two sentences or phrases, then you would have an argument.

Peace bro

haven;t i done this already?

i posted three x 2 verses, in each case the two verses are not connected

cheers

Tay

Peace Ahmed,

You stated

frankly they may have not used any language at all and used a totally differnt method of communication

I respect your opinion, but understand that this suggestion of yours indicates a symbolic understanding of the text. The text clearly states that God spoke to the heavens(as gas) and the earth. The text clearly states that they both responded by saying, "We come willingly". If they didn't actually say these words, then the text is symbolic of something else entirely.

What is symbolism?
1 the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations as a artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states b the use of conventional or traditional signs in the representation of divine beings and spirits

for me, i can't really know that the case was "If so" or "If not so", it is a mere record told to me by Allah and I will take what He said without adding/removing anything to what He said

OK

Just for your knoweldge and I stated this many times already, I take many verses in the Quran as metaphores, but only if any of the following exists

Allah said in advance "Here is a parable"
The verse has enough logic and common sense to conclusively confirm that it is a metaphor

Excellent. I approach it the same way. I guess we just have different versions of logic and common sense. And there's nothing wrong with that.

i posted three x 2 verses, in each case the two verses are not connected

Actually, all your examples show "fa" connected one sentence to the next. Look

9010 And shown him the two highways?
9011 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

See, there is a connection. He was shown 2 ways, BUT he avoided the harder path. 9011 cannot stand on it's own because it is referencing 9010.

9010 = he was shown 2 paths
9011 = he quickly chose the easy one

The same with your other examples. The "fa" connects one sentence to the other.

Peace,
Tay

unknownuser

Peace Ahmed,

Peace Mate,

You stated

frankly they may have not used any language at all and used a totally differnt method of communication

I respect your opinion, but understand that this suggestion of yours indicates a symbolic understanding of the text.

Thanks, but again please don?t try to play with I said, if you notice that I said at the end ? and used a totally different method of communication?, now for you to consider that the only way of talking is pushing the air through the throats, then you have limited the ability of Allah and the way He can talk and the ways He can make His creatures talk, for me anything is possible when it comes to the Creator, i.e. He can produce talks without having throats from the first place.

The text clearly states that God spoke to the heavens(as gas) and the earth.

Excuse me bro, did the verse said that Allah has a throat and He talked via pushing the air through it?, please confirm to me first how Allah talked and after that we will move to the heaven and earth and how they can talk, thank you

The text clearly states that they both responded by saying, "We come willingly". If they didn't actually say these words, then the text is symbolic of something else entirely.

Excuse again bro, you assumed two things that someone like me must consider a lie, sorry

you assumed that they didn?t actually say that, while the verse said they said that
you assumed then the verse is symbolic while Allah never told us ?here is a parable? in advance

now you need to tell us, do you expect that the heaven and earth have throats like us and talk the same way like us?

What is symbolism?
1 the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations as a artistic imitation or invention that is a method of revealing or suggesting immaterial, ideal, or otherwise intangible truth or states b the use of conventional or traditional signs in the representation of divine beings and spirits

bro, I really careless about the definition you posted above, I know very well what is symbolism as Allah showed me zillions of examples in the Quran

Excellent. I approach it the same way.

But I don?t think it is the same way really, you assume many things as metaphors while the following never happened

the verse said it is a metaphor
the verse have a hint that conclusively and beyond an atom weight of doubt that it has to be a metaphor

the above action by you is nothing but conjecture as will it is a clear cut act of inventing metaphors and associating it to Allah, while I never do that and surely both actions were warned against in the Quran so how come you say our approach is the same way?

I guess we just have different versions of logic and common sense.

Good this will definitely make our approaches very different, I guess we need to not to worry about our logics and just concentrate on the common sense and see which approach of ours is more commonly sensible

And there's nothing wrong with that.

I think there is bro, it is either I?m wrong or you are wrong

i posted three x 2 verses, in each case the two verses are not connected

Actually, all your examples show "fa" connected one sentence to the next. Look

9010 And shown him the two highways?
9011 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

See, there is a connection. He was shown 2 ways, BUT he avoided the harder path. 9011 cannot stand on it's own because it is referencing 9010.

9010 = he was shown 2 paths
9011 = he quickly chose the easy one

The same with your other examples. The "fa" connects one sentence to the other.

Peace,
Tay

mate, you totally missed what I?m talking about, I meant GRAMATICALLY CONNECTED, nor the way different people understand it, and also I see the verses I posted not connected the way you described it

NOW PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION

DO YOU THINK THAT 1674 is connected to 1675 and 1676?

Let me remind you with the start of each before you give an answer

1674 ?Fa La Taddribo Lillah Alamtha?..?

1675 ?Daraba Allahu Mathalan???

1676 ?Wa Daraba Allahu Mathalan???

Cheers

warner

Peace All

Just because we want to stay and argue do we have to come up with the most childish
Of arguments. AB I do not know why you even care to reply other than say salam and put your efforts in another discussion.

Pahroah spoke to moses . Did he speak in Arabic. Did Adam, Noah , Abraham, Jesus, and many other figures from the past and different regions and countries speak in Arabic. C?mon Tay this is the Arabic translation of the conversations.

If some one says a computer speaks/communicates with another computer/equipment/modem today, it is no big deal. All these stuff made of
Metals and plastic communicating with each other and also with man ,
if you say this couple of hundred years back they will call you stupid or imbecile . The church might burn you in a stake . Metal talking to metal. Is it not possible for God if He wants to ?

C?mon I thought this forum is about intelligence

unknownuser

peace AB,

welcome back.

http//www.free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=5984.0
please answer this young man's question.

sorry mate, he does not have a serious question, just the old confusing shaitan calls, for him, if he does not believe that soliman existed then how come he believes that Allah exists?, using his own flawed logic that has nothing to do with belief, he needs to prove Allah existrance before he believes in Him

Salam

Tay

Peace Ahmed,

but again please don?t try to play with I said, if you notice that I said at the end ? and used a totally different method of communication?, now for you to consider that the only way of talking is pushing the air through the throats, then you have limited the ability of Allah and the way He can talk and the ways He can make His creatures talk, for me anything is possible when it comes to the Creator, i.e. He can produce talks without having throats from the first place.

I work with what you give me. And what you gave me was, in your words, "and used a totally different method of communication". The reality is, the qur'an does not tell you that they used a totally different method. This is what you extracted from the text by using your mind.

So, the text says "they talked".
Ahmed says, "they used a totally different method of communication".

Therefore, Ahmed takes the text as symbolic of something else.

Case closed.

Peace,
Tay

Tay

Peace Warner,

Pahroah spoke to moses . Did he speak in Arabic. Did Adam, Noah , Abraham, Jesus, and many other figures from the past and different regions and countries speak in Arabic. C?mon Tay this is the Arabic translation of the conversations.

Correct. These were people, and people speak. But do gases speak? Does the earth speak?

If some one says a computer speaks/communicates with another computer/equipment/modem today, it is no big deal. All these stuff made of
Metals and plastic communicating with each other and also with man

Exactly. The word "speak" is symbolic of another form of communication. I'm just illustrating to Ahmed that "symbolism" isn't some curse word. We use it all the time. And he uses it all the time. Yet somehow, he blocks this out and insults everyone who is capable of seeing that symbolism is in fact a major part of the Qur'an.

Frankly, I'm tired of it.

C?mon I thought this forum is about intelligence

peace

Peace,
Tay

phoenix1

peace

i agree with Tay.

Also, a "parable" is any story with a moral or lesson. It doesn't have to be symbolic (but the fact is that to learn any kind of lesson from something, we have to look at it symbolically.)
So it'll be helpful if someone could give me the arabic word for parable in the quran and it's literal meanings. Or at least the word.

unknownuser

Peace Ahmed,

but again please dont try to play with I said, if you notice that I said at the end and used a totally different method of communication, now for you to consider that the only way of talking is pushing the air through the throats, then you have limited the ability of Allah and the way He can talk and the ways He can make His creatures talk, for me anything is possible when it comes to the Creator, i.e. He can produce talks without having throats from the first place.

I work with what you give me. And what you gave me was, in your words, "and used a totally different method of communication". The reality is, the qur'an does not tell you that they used a totally different method. This is what you extracted from the text by using your mind.

So, the text says "they talked".
Ahmed says, "they used a totally different method of communication".

Therefore, Ahmed takes the text as symbolic of something else.

Case closed.

Peace,
Tay

Peace bro

For the second time I see that you try to manipulate what I said, here it is again for the record

frankly they may have not used any language at all and used a totally differnt method of communication

now if you can see "frankly they may", then good

"Case is closed"

cheers

unknownuser

Brother Tay

Are you going to answer my question or not?, it seems that it is me who answers questions all the time, here is my querstion again for the record

please, do you think 1674 is connected to 1675 & 1676?

before you give an answer, let me remind you with the start of each one

1674 "Fa La Taddribo Lillah Alamathal..."

1675 "Daraba Allahu Mathalan..."

1676 "Wa Daraba Allahu Mathalan..."

Cheers

phoenix1

peace

the definition of speak
To utter words or articulate sounds with ordinary speech modulation; talk.

frankly they may have not used any language at all and used a totally differnt method of communication

now if you can see "frankly they may", then good

"Case is closed"

So Ahmed,
you can either believe that they actually talked using human words, or it is a symbol for a method of communication humans don't understand or cannot be explained in simple words.

unknownuser

peace

the definition of speak
To utter words or articulate sounds with ordinary speech modulation; talk.

This definition apply to humans and animals, and possibly other creatures on earth, it does not apply to Allah if you don't mind

unless you prove to me that it does apply to Allah

frankly they may have not used any language at all and used a totally differnt method of communication

So Ahmed,
you can either believe that they actually talked using human words, or it is a symbol for a method of communication humans don't understand or cannot be explained in simple words.

yep and I won't speculate or promote any conjectures regarding what method of communication they used, simply I don't know, but you guys seems to know a lot of things, oh yeh 1736 made you know a alot, Haha

cheers

Tay

Peace Ahmed,

I'm not trying to manipulate anything. Here is your quote, verbatim

Thanks, but again please don?t try to play with I said, if you notice that I said at the end ? and used a totally different method of communication?, ...

Ok. So, you say "they may have", or maybe you mean "they definitely do", or maybe you mean, "more often than not", whatever. It's irrelevant. You're focusing on the wrong things bro.

The bottom line... do you believe that gases speak in any spoken language, ie, with words, yes or no?

If yes, then more power to you.
If no, then the ayah is symbolic, by the very definition of the word "symbolic".

As for your question, I answered it the first time you asked me.

Peace,
Tay

unknownuser

Peace Ahmed,

Peace man

I'm not trying to manipulate anything. Here is your quote, verbatim

Thanks, but again please dont try to play with I said, if you notice that I said at the end and used a totally different method of communication, ...

Ok. So, you say "they may have", or maybe you mean "they definitely do", or maybe you mean, "more often than not", whatever. It's irrelevant. You're focusing on the wrong things bro.

am i the one who is focusing on the wrong things, or it is you who is suggesting that the story is a symbol?, and ironically your suggestion is based that Allah told Moses to take off his shoes, who is focusing on non sense here bro?

The bottom line... do you believe that gases speak in any spoken language, ie, with words, yes or no?

i believe that anything that is created by Allah can speak however I can confirm that the bheaven and earth speak 100% because Allah talked to them as He told us, how they speak?, anything I say or anything you say is conjecture, but this does not make the story a symbol as you are pushing hard to do so

If yes, then more power to you.

I'm 100% sure about the heaven and earth but I only believe that anything that is created can speak the way it was designed to do so

If no, then the ayah is symbolic, by the very definition of the word "symbolic".

I didn't answer "Yes or "No", any answer is nothing but conjecture because Allah didn't specifically say that He talked to the gases, He only said that He talked to the heaven and earth in the verse, if you want to break the heaven down to its celestical objects then fine you can do that, I won't because I don't try to prove Allah words, I take it for granted

As for your question, I answered it the first time you asked me.

Ok, it seems OI missed it, i will try to find it

Peace,
Tay

Salam

Tay

Peace Ahmed,

am i the one who is focusing on the wrong things, or it is you who is suggesting that the story is a symbol?, and ironically your suggestion is based that Allah told Moses to take off his shoes, who is focusing on non sense here bro?

I never mentioned anything about Moses or his shoes.

i believe that anything that is created by Allah can speak however I can confirm that the bheaven and earth speak 100% because Allah talked to them as He told us, how they speak?, anything I say or anything you say is conjecture, but this does not make the story a symbol as you are pushing hard to do so

God gave you eyes and ears and a brain. Have you ever seen a rock speak? Does a rock speaking make any sense to you? I'm sorry bro, but I am not trying to make this symbolic. It is symbolic. It seems that to you, if you admit that it is symbolic, it's equivalent to something terrible. I respect that and will carry this dialogue no further.

Peace be upon you brother,
Tay

unknownuser

Peace Ahmed,

peace mate

am i the one who is focusing on the wrong things, or it is you who is suggesting that the story is a symbol?, and ironically your suggestion is based that Allah told Moses to take off his shoes, who is focusing on non sense here bro?

I never mentioned anything about Moses or his shoes.

ok, i'm sorry, it seems i got mixed up between you and Arnold, however you are sort of on the same approach which is making the verses a symbol if it does not make sense to the human sense and totally ignoring that the one who is saying the story is Allah and He telling us about affairs that happened between Him and His messengers

regadless of the lessons learnt from the story told, as long as Allah didn't say that it was a metaphor then saying it is a metaphor on behalf of Allah is exactly what 1674 is warning us from doing

i believe that anything that is created by Allah can speak however I can confirm that the bheaven and earth speak 100% because Allah talked to them as He told us, how they speak?, anything I say or anything you say is conjecture, but this does not make the story a symbol as you are pushing hard to do so

God gave you eyes and ears and a brain. Have you ever seen a rock speak?

no i have not, but what is the relevence of your question?

do you mean the earth is a rock and can't talk?

Does a rock speaking make any sense to you?

if Allah wants the rock to speak for a specific circumsances then He told me about it later, for God sake yeh it will make great sense to me, Allah told me in the Quran numerous times "Ina Allah Ala Kul Shai Qadir", "Allah is able to do anything"

I'm sorry bro, but I am not trying to make this symbolic. It is symbolic.

I'm sorry bro what you are proposing is a CLEAR CUT LIE because Allah never said it is symbolic, you are only following and promoting conjecrtures and lies, sorry again

It seems that to you, if you admit that it is symbolic, it's equivalent to something terrible.

not really if I say it is symbolic that it will be terrible, what is terrible and clear cut blasphemy is to say things on Allah behalf without being authored to do as such and without Him suggesting that what He said is as such

I respect that and will carry this dialogue no further.

respect is mutual here, if my words are a bit harsh, then I'm sorry, I'm implementing the method of the Quran to warn all humanity

Peace be upon you brother,
Tay

Take care man

Tay

Peace Ahmed,

it seems i got mixed up between you and Arnold, however you are sort of on the same approach which is making the verses a symbol if it does not make sense to the human sense and totally ignoring that the one who is saying the story is Allah and He telling us about affairs that happened between Him and His messengers

Brother, for the last time, I am not limiting or ignoring Allah's all-mighty abilities by calling something symbolic. In fact, I am doing exactly the opposite. By understanding that rocks and gases do not have vocal chords or mouths, I readily admit that they do not speak, but that Allah chose these words to describe a form of communication that we cannot understand. This is called symbolic, and there's no negative association to it.

Peace be upon you,
Tay

unknownuser

Peace be upon you,

Musa removed his shoes because the journey is within "tawa".

"We see you looking about he skies....." but instead the qibla is WITHIN, where "al masjid al haraam" is located. We should "face" it at ALL TIMES.

unknownuser

Peace be also upon you Idolfree1,

I loved this interpretation of the story of Moses when you posted it along with the help of bro arnoldyasin explaining some parts I couldn't get around at first. May God increase you both in knowledge!

Since there has been enough heated debate as to whether this verse can be taken as an allegory, I'll just leave it aside so as not to offend anyone's strong convictions on this issue.

We see you looking about he skies....." but instead the qibla is WITHIN, where "al masjid al haraam" is located. We should "face" it at ALL TIMES.

If I'm not mistaken, I think you are referring to

Indeed We see the turning of your face to heaven, so We shall surely turn you to a qiblah which you shall like; turn then your face towards the Sacred Mosque, and wherever you are, turn your face towards it, and those who have been given the Book most surely know that it is the truth from their Lord; and Allah is not at all heedless of what they do.

This is a very perceptive interpretation of the issue of "qibla" but how does one turn one's face to "within"?

Peace all

arnoldyasin

Peace,

As the masjid al-haram means restriction place of prostration, which refers to any place where one bows to the laws of the Quran. So this also refers to the mind as this also has to do sujood for Allah's laws. Here i wrote a little thing on this concept

http//www.free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=6019.msg92488#msg92488

So this is also 'wrapped within', as also valley refers to a narrow space, as that you can only see what is inside the valley when you stand inside it.