Are meteors really missiles thrown at jinns by angels?
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Salam,
Are meteors really missiles thrown at jinns by angels?
In Surah Mulk, verse 5, Allah says
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا بِمَصَابِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا رُجُومًا لِلشَّيَاطِينِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ السَّعِيرِ
And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.
How do we understand the highlighted phrase? Does it refer to meteorites falling to earth? If yes, since they also fall on other planets, what do we make of their purpose?
Thanks.
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Salam NK
Please see 1822
.........سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ۬ رَّابِعُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمۡسَةٌ۬ سَادِسُہُمۡ كَلۡبُہُمۡ رَجۡمَۢا بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ
They would say they were three, the dog being the fourth among them; and they say they were five, the dog being the sixth― doubtfully guessing at the unknown;
675
وَلَقَدۡ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِمَصَـٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهَا رُجُومً۬ا لِّلشَّيَـٰطِينِۖ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِAnd We have adorned the lowest heaven with Lamps, and We have made them Rujuman , and have prepared for them the Penalty of the Blazing Fire.
The evil ones use stars and planets to guess future.
2435
...........ٱللَّهُ نُورُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِۦ كَمِشۡكَوٰةٍ۬ فِيہَا مِصۡبَاحٌۖ ٱلۡمِصۡبَاحُ فِى زُجَاجَةٍۖAllah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The Parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche and within it a Lamp the Lamp enclosed in Glass ..........
You can see that مِصۡبَاحٌۖ = Lamp in 2435 مَصَـٰبِيحَ is plural of مِصۡبَاحٌۖ
Rujuman allegorically means guessing doubtfully.
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Salam NK
Surah 37 starts with Allah making few things witness to emphasis that all creation is following the commands of its Rabb. His laws are working all around us. Humans have a physical body that follows the commands of the Rabb, like functions of our body parts. In addition to that they have been given the ability to choose between right and wrong which has also been communicated through messengers who received revelations.
From 374 emphasis is on one creator whose laws are everywhere. He appointed the celestial bodies above us as a decoration as well as a protection. Some humans take these celestial bodies as a source to find out future and destiny of people. These evil ones are pushed away from every side because they are following their conjectures and are far away from the truth. Sometimes their guesses become true accidentally and they claim they have knowledge of unseen. It was happening before the revelation of the final message which acts as a source of knowledge against the guess work. This source of true knowledge is like a bright light شِہَابٌ۬ ثَاقِبٌ۬ that pierces through the darkness of ignorance.
2257
ٱللَّهُ وَلِىُّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ يُخۡرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَوۡلِيَآؤُهُمُ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُ يُخۡرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِۗ أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِۖ هُمۡ فِيہَا خَـٰلِدُونَ
Allah is the protecting friend of those who have Imaan He takes them out of darkness into light ....374-10
إِنَّ إِلَـٰهَكُمۡ لَوَٲحِدٌ۬ (٤) رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَہُمَا وَرَبُّ ٱلۡمَشَـٰرِقِ (٥) إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا بِزِينَةٍ ٱلۡكَوَاكِبِ (٦) وَحِفۡظً۬ا مِّن كُلِّ شَيۡطَـٰنٍ۬ مَّارِدٍ۬ (٧) لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ وَيُقۡذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ۬ (٨) دُحُورً۬اۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ۬ وَاصِبٌ (٩) إِلَّا مَنۡ خَطِفَ ٱلۡخَطۡفَةَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُ ۥ شِہَابٌ۬ ثَاقِبٌ۬When I read these verses in context and broader picture of Qur'an this is what I get. Hope it helps.
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Salam.
I would say, yes.
Jinn to my understanding are beings made of energy - which means they could travel outside the atmosphere with no need for vehicles. However, they are restricted and are shot down with fiery projectiles that contain copper.
Salam Layth
How can energy be shot down with fiery projectiles that contain copper? Is energy an object flying in the space?
Would appreciate if you could explain it further.
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What is energy? In a very basic understanding.
In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed.
Source https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy
Salaam
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Salam.
I would say, yes.
Jinn to my understanding are beings made of energy - which means they could travel outside the atmosphere with no need for vehicles. However, they are restricted and are shot down with fiery projectiles that contain copper.
Superb... rotfl rotfl
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For arriving at what is actually conveyed in a text, it is essential to know or determine the type of text. Purpose, language and format differs in various types of text.
You are the wise one. Just imagine a wave of energy travelling in space being shot down with a comet.
https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind acting upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The coma may be up to 15 times the Earth's diameter, while the tail may stretch one astronomical unit. If sufficiently bright, a comet may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope and may subtend an arc of 30° (60 Moons) across the sky. Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures.
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You are the wise one. Just imagine a wave of energy travelling in space being shot down with a comet.
https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind acting upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The coma may be up to 15 times the Earth's diameter, while the tail may stretch one astronomical unit. If sufficiently bright, a comet may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope and may subtend an arc of 30° (60 Moons) across the sky. Comets have been observed and recorded since ancient times by many cultures.
It was mentioned in my link given
In old times, people observed certain objects appearing suddenly in the sky and behaving differently from planets. From their appearance they gave them the Greek name "Komet" meaning "hairy one, hair of the head". And today we call them "Comet", an astronomical object with long tail.
Man knows about "comets" for the last 2500 years and has observed and recorded about 2000 comets. At the time of revelation of Qur’ān, the appearance of large comets was regarded as atmospheric phenomenon and same was the perception of Aristotle. It was not regarded as celestial bodies
"Appearances of large comets were regarded as atmospheric phenomena until 1577, when Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe proved that they were celestial bodies. In the 17th century British scientist Isaac Newton demonstrated that the movements of comets are subject to the same laws that control the planets in their orbits.. Redmond, WA Microsoft Corporation, 2005".
Grand Qur’ān had clarified their misconception 1400 years back that it were celestial bodies like the planets.
http//haqeeqat.pk/English%20Tafsir%20e%20Haqeeqat/SEQ/2.%20Creation%20Physical%20Realm/9.%20Com1.jpg
إِنَّا زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِزِينَةٛ ٱلْـكَـوَاكِبِ .3706٦
It is a fact that Our Majesty have adorned the Sky of the Lowly World-Earth with the attraction-beauty of the Planets.
Planets
وَحِفْظٙا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٟنٛ مَّارِدٛ .3707٧
And Our Majesty have made her (the Sky of the Earth) secure from every Cursed and condemned shai'taan/satan—
لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَـىٰ ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلۡأَعْلَـىٰ
They cannot make themselves to fully listen the talk of Assembly of Exalted Chiefs —
وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٛ .3708٨
And they are hurled/darted from every side —
دُحُورٙاۖ
In the manner/for driving/expelling/banishing/pushing them away with violence —
وَلَـهُـمْ عَذابٚ وَاصِبٌ .3709٩
-- Know it, a perpetual torment is prepared - in wait for them --.
إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ
Except regard to safety the one who clandestinely picked a cut piece of the talk —
فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٚ ثَاقِبٚ .3710١٠
Thereupon, a piercing, shone and intensely glistened fire ball followed him
Another celestial body which is used for beautification and protection of the Sky of the Earthly world is
وَزَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٟبِيحَ وَحِفْظٙاۚ
And Our Majesty have adorned the lowest Sky of Lowly World-Earth with Comets, and have rendered it protected—
وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٟبِيحَ
And Our Majesty have indeed decorated the lowest Sky of Earth with Comets—
Comets
وَجَعَلْنَٟـهَا رُجُومٙا لِّلشَّيَٟطِيـنِۖ
And We have rendered them (comets) a source of stone-hurling for the Shai'teen
وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَـهُـمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيـرِ .6705٥
And Our Majesty have prepared for them (Satans) the punishment of the scorching heat - Hell-Prison.
The Arabic word بِمَصَٟبِيحَ is much more reflective with great precision to describe the object than the word "komet" assigned by the Greeks. It becomes visible only when it reaches near the Sun.
This word stems from Root ص ب ح means day break; it is the time when day becomes eminent and visible. It conveys the perception and meaning of the point of beginning. It reflects a visible position. And therefore it is used to call someone as beautiful, pretty or elegant peculiarly in the face, bright in the face. مُصبِج is the one who enters at the time of morning. اصبَجَ means hairy one with whiteness naturally intermixed in it with redness, shining hair.
The peculiar information about Comets is that His Majesty has rendered them رُجُومٙا stemming from Root ر ج م which signifies the throwing, or casting, of stones. Today we know about Meteoroid A small rocky or metal object, usually between the size of a grain of sand or a boulder, that orbits the sun; and Meteor A meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes. Also called a “shooting star.”. It originates from a comet or asteroid. And we know Meteor shower A collection of meteors visible when earth passes through a trail of debris left by a comet.
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The peculiar information about Comets is that His Majesty has rendered them رُجُومٙا stemming from Root ر ج م which signifies the throwing, or casting, of stones. Today we know about Meteoroid A small rocky or metal object, usually between the size of a grain of sand or a boulder, that orbits the sun; and Meteor A meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes. Also called a “shooting star.”. It originates from a comet or asteroid. And we know Meteor shower A collection of meteors visible when earth passes through a trail of debris left by a comet.
What about usage of root ر ج م at 1822?
........سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ۬ رَّابِعُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمۡسَةٌ۬ سَادِسُہُمۡ كَلۡبُہُمۡ رَجۡمَۢا بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ
Have you read the usage of this root in following link?
http//drvaniya.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Q59-Saba-aayah-53.pdf
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Peace Novice, all
What do you think of Muhammad Asad's Translation of 675?
And, indeed, We have adorned the skies nearest to the
earth with lights, and have made them the object of futile
guesses for the evil ones and for them have We readied
suffering through a blazing flame peace
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Peace Novice, all
What do you think of Muhammad Asad's Translation of 675?
And, indeed, We have adorned the skies nearest to the
earth with lights, and have made them the object of futile
guesses for the evil ones and for them have We readied
suffering through a blazing flame peace
Salaam hawk99
Thank you for the reference. That is what I was saying in my posts. Muhammad Asad was a sensible person.
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What about usage of root ر ج م at 1822?
........سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ۬ رَّابِعُهُمۡ كَلۡبُهُمۡ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمۡسَةٌ۬ سَادِسُہُمۡ كَلۡبُہُمۡ رَجۡمَۢا بِٱلۡغَيۡبِۖ
Have you read the usage of this root in following link?
http//drvaniya.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Q59-Saba-aayah-53.pdf
سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلٟثَةٚ رَّابِعُهُـمْ كَلْبُـهُـمْ
People will keep saying that they were three in number and fourth companion of them was their dog —
وَيَقُولُونَ خَـمْسَةٚ سَادِسُهُـمْ كَلْبُـهُـمْ رَجْـمَاۢبِٱلْغَيْبِۖ
And others will say that they were five in number and sixth companion of them was their dog, hurling imaginary thoughts —
وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٚ وَثَامِنُـهُـمْ كَلْبُـهُـمْۚ
And yet others will say that they were seven in number and eighth companion was their dog.
قُل رَّبِّـى أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِـهِـم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُـمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٚۗ
You the Messenger pronounce, "My Sustainer Lord knows most certainly the number of them; people do not know about them except a few ones
فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيـهِـمْ إِلَّا مِرَآءٙ ظَٟهِرٙا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيـهِـم مِّنْـهُـمْ أَحَدٙا .1822٢٢
Therefore, you should not enter into controversy about them except the evidently visible point and nor you should enquire about them from any one of them.
