24:34 What does this mean?
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Peace be upon you,
(2434) And We had descended to you clear signs, and an example/proverb(mathalan) from those who past/expired from before you, and an advice/warning to the fearing and obeying.
The God tells us in the above verse that He descends on us clear signs, but He also sends us MATHALAN from those who expired before us. What is this MATHALAN?
(226) That God does not (feel) shame that (He) gives/strikes an example/similitude/allegory...
(7177) Evil as an example/similitude/allegory are people...
(1124) The example/allegory of these two groups is like the blind and deaf, compared to the seer and hearer. Are they equal? Would you not take heed?
(1424) Do you not see/understand how The God gave an example/proverb, (of) a good/pure word/expression ,as a good/pure tree, its root (is) affirmed/established (fixed) and its
branch/top (is) in the sky?(1675) God gave an example/parable , an owned slave/human , he is not capable/able on (of) a thing, and whom what We provided for him from Us a good/beautiful provision , so he spends from it secretly and publicly , do they become equal/alike? The praise/gratitude (is) to God, but most of them do not know.
The rest of the verses are 1676,112 ; 1832 ; 3028 ; 3613 ; 3678 ; 3929 ; 4317 ; 4357 ; 4359 ; 6610 ; 6611 ; 7431 (Edip's Favorite wink )
Now that you have looked at the verses for "MATHALAN" and have witnesed that it is used to mean ALLEGORY?SIMILITUDE, basically SYMBOLISM, thenlets go to the verse in question once more
(2434) And We had descended to you clear signs, and an example/proverb(mathalan) from those who past/expired from before you, and an advice/warning to the fearing and obeying.
The God is telling us that the stories of those in the past are ALLEGORIES/SIMILITUDES/EXAMPLES, so why do we take them literally when we see no proof that sticks turn into snakes?