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    Mohammed_
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    That article was discussed over 262 pages
    https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9188.0

    And if you dont want to read 250+ pages, I did it for you, and gave my views here
    https//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9188.msg388725#msg388725

    Thanks for the links. Yeah, unlike with ashhur(consecutive fullmoons), it doesn't make sense with singular.

    — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
    "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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      I wonder how you come to conclusion that el-ehillet are the crescent moons?

      it occurs only once in the Qur'an, and Arabic lexicons give crescent moons or new moons. I think both the meanings fit here.

      And why would anybody ask (or better keep on asking, due to imperfect used) about the crescent moon or any moon?

      They were not familiar with islamic systems, here, islamic tyming system and which is based on Sun and Moon (105).
      Please see all other places/contexts where this phrase (yas-alunaka) is used.

      From what you said you have a problem with 2 crescent moon which last a few days every lunar month. So, "Hatta `aade" in 3639 for you should be the time when the moon is going to fully disappear (become invisible, ie. be a new moon)? If I understood what you wanted to say, the lunar month starts before new moon (from last quarter to new moon, which is crescent phase), not with new moon, right?

      No, lunar month starts with new moon.
      In short, as per 3639 God mentions Moon phases from new moon, not from full moon. i.e. islamic tyming system starts (e.g. for hajj) with newmoon itself (enter houses from the doors).

      — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
      "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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        Peace — pregnancy calculations and breastfeeding durations e.g., pregnancy 6 lunar cycles require 24 cycles breastfeeding (30 total) or 9 cycles pregnancy (average) require 21 cycles breastfeeding (30 total) etc., confirm that lunar cycle is exactly 29 days and year is solar exactly 365 days (dawn-to-dawn) see details in paper below

        https//www.academia.edu/60573093/Pregnancy_weaning_calculations_in_Qur_an

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          it occurs only once in the Qur'an, and Arabic lexicons give crescent moons or new moons. I think both the meanings fit here.
          They were not familiar with islamic systems, here, islamic tyming system and which is based on Sun and Moon (105).
          Please see all other places/contexts where this phrase (yas-alunaka) is used.
          No, lunar month starts with new moon.
          In short, as per 3639 God mentions Moon phases from new moon, not from full moon. i.e. islamic tyming system starts (e.g. for hajj) with newmoon itself (enter houses from the doors).

          You haven't seen a problem? There are 2 crescent moons in each lunar month

          1. new moon - CRESCENT - 1st quarter...
          2. full moon - 3/4 moon (gibbous, greater then a half moon) - half moon - CRESCENT

          If you think that moon should go back to be "like an old palm tree", then this should mean that the moon should go back to crescent, and this would mean that the new lunar month starts and will go like CRESCENT - new moon - CRESCENT - 1st quarter... but then there will be another problem, because crescent came back after just 2 phases and a new month should start from here to 1st quarter, etc. to another CRESCENT, then new moon, etc. Practically, there would be two months in what we currently count as one lunar month. This is why we should rethink about word el-'urjoon الْعُرْجُون in 3639, maybe it's not from the root 'ayn-ra-jim-noon, as the only word from this root, maybe it's from 'ayn-ra-jim and describes ascending, which has a lot connection with moon's phases and its motion, much more then some figurative word, which maybe never existed.


          I know that el-ehillet exists in only one aayet, but that should not be a reason for us to guess its meaning from lexicons, especially cuz they lack of explanation and examples for this word. We should notice that this word is very, very, very important, since it's something people keep on asking, and it's 2nd question mentioned in the Qur'an, just after asking about (nearness of) Allah.

          There's no "islamic timing system"; time is time. If you think something like "time for Hajj" then you should think about that Ibrahim set the Hajj and it was praxis of the people from Ibrahim to Muhammed, so el-ehillet as a reason (or time) for Hajj existed much before the Qur'an was revealed, for many of different people (generations).

          As I understood, these people asking about el-ehillet didn't know what ehillet are, what's their use (since they were forbidden something, and figured out that they got something wrong about this word).

          It would be good if you can provide your translation of 2189 and 3639, or anybody else's you can accept, if you cannot translate it.

          And, most important for the end Your topic is about shehr, but shehr is not mentioned in 2189 nor in 3639.

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            There are 2 crescent moons in each lunar month

            Yeah, but there are several phases of crescent moons in a lunar cycle.

            Waxing crescent Moon - The intermediate Moon phase comes after New Moon and lasts until half of the Moon's visible surface is illuminated at First Quarter Moon.
            Waning crescent Moon - Starts just after the Third Quarter Moon and lasts until the following New Moon.
            https//www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/waxing-crescent.html

            There's no "islamic timing system"; time is time.

            islamic systems or islamic timing system = what the infinite creator has set for His human servants (or probably for all other creatures too) to accomplish their worldly life. God was teaching people the same system that Abraham followed, through Muhammad. But there could be time to time change/updation in Guidance.

            — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
            "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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              Waxing crescent Moon - The intermediate Moon phase comes after New Moon

              But I consider New Moon as a part of crescent Moon.

              — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
              "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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                Peace Noon,

                I read your article a bit late, interesting observation, & thanks for sharing.

                Could you tell why you say lunar cycle is exactly 29 days ? (Why not >29 or ~29.5).
                12 lunar cycles take around 354/355 days. So thalathuna shahr would be >870 days ?

                — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
                "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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                  God mentions Moon phases from new moon, not from full moon. i.e. islamic timing system starts (e.g. for hajj) with new moon itself (enter houses from the doors).

                  I hope it's not confusing. Time for hajj starts with the new moon of first month of the well known /inviolable /restricted months. i.e. unlike in the article, one can choose any set of days within these months.

                  — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
                  "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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                    Time for the Hajj is when its host announce it, as was told to Ibrahim.

                    There's also bogus understanding of 2197 when people think that ešhur means "months", so some take it as the Hajj is in a few months and some take it as the Hajj is these months.

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                      Peace Noon,

                      I read your article a bit late, interesting observation, & thanks for sharing.

                      Could you tell why you say lunar cycle is exactly 29 days ? (Why not >29 or ~29.5).
                      12 lunar cycles take around 354/355 days. So thalathuna shahr would be >870 days ?

                      peace Mohammed,

                      pregnancy time and breastfeeding calculations would contradict if natural birth occurs before cutoff time similar type of contradiction as with fingerprints i.e., each individual has unique prints even identical twins (see 753-4)

                      • contradicts If lunar cycle = 29.53059 days, and if year = lunar 354.36708 days
                      • contradicts If lunar cycle = 29.53059 days, and if year = solar 365.242199 days
                      • contradicts If lunar cycle = 29 days, and if year = lunar 354

                      math only works if lunar cycle = 29 days and if year = solar 365 days
                      (i.e., full days e.g., dawn-to-dawn or sunset-to-sunset)

                      341 قال said رب lord اجعل makes لى for me اىه sign قال said اىتك sign your (sing.) الا that not تكلم thou talk الناس the people ثلثه trio (group of three) اىام days الا except رمزا symbol (gesture) of واذكر and remembrance (mention) ربك lord your (sing.) كثىرا much of وسبح and glorify بالعشى in the evening والابكر and the early part

                      likewise, doesn’t say 12 lunar cycles in a year rather the count is twelve!

                      936 ان indeed عده iddata/count الشهور the lunar cycles (pl.) عند near/with الله the God اثنا dual عشر ten (twelve) شهرا lunar cycle of فى in كتب book (writ) الله the God

                      choose a marker e.g., summer solstice, full-moon, etc., count full days until next event

                      like many words when written with leading alif denotes plural

                      2185 شهر lunar cycle (sing.) رمضن ramadan
                      perf558 شهر lunar cycle (sing.) جمدى jumada الاولى the first من of سنه year اثنىن twosome وعشرىن and twenty (22)

                      https//i.postimg.cc/4yYGWTgz/PERF-558-April-25-643-CE.jpg

                      2197 الحج the hajj اشهر lunar cycles (pl.) معلومت well-known

                      2226 للذىن for the ones ىولون turning (forswearing) من from نساىهم womenfolk theirs (m/p) تربص wait اربعه quartet (i.e., group of four successive not any اربع arbaa/four) اشهر lunar cycles (pl.)

                      2234 والذىن and the ones ىتوفون taketh being (dying) منكم among you (m/p) وىذرون and leaving ازوجا spouses of ىتربصن waited they (f/p) بانفسهن in (by) souls theirs/themselves (f/p) اربعه quartet (group of four) اشهر lunar cycles (pl.) وعشرا and ten of

                      492,584 فمن so who لم not ىجد find فصىم so abstinence شهرىن lunar cycles two متتبعىن successive two

                      92 فسىحوا so move about فى in الارض the land اربعه quartet (group of four) اشهر lunar cycles (pl.)
                      95 فاذا so when of (i.e., future event) انسلخ withdraws الاشهر the lunar cycles (pl.)

                      654 والى and those (f/p) ىىسن despaired من from المحىض the menstruation من from نساىكم womenfolk yours ان if ارتبتم doubts you (pl.) فعدتهن so count theirs ثلثه trio (group of three) اشهر lunar cycles (pl.)

                      the meanings in context are obvious and pregnancy/breastfeeding calculations times clarify

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                        Same question goes How the Hajj can be lunar cycles? What does that mean?

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                          I also count year solar, but when you say 30 lunar cycles = 870 days (or lunar cycle is 29 days), it contradicts with what we observe in reality / what God has arranged.

                          — To the best of my current understanding (17:36). ​من الله كل خير ولله الحمد
                          "O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God ..." [2:208], [3:102]

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                            Same question goes How the Hajj can be lunar cycles? What does that mean?

                            it means the same as 2228 فى in اىام days معلومت well-known

                            I also count year solar, but when you say 30 lunar cycles = 870 days (or lunar cycle is 29 days), it contradicts with what we observe in reality / what God has arranged.

                            Not what I say what Qur’an says — what does it contradict?
                            Did you understand how to solve inequality equation given?

                            https//www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/inequality-solving.html

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                              We could use lunar cycle = 29.530575 days
                              Pregnancy = 2x365 - 30x29.53 = 156+ days

                              Hence cutoff = 156/7 = 22 weeks + 2 days
                              These two cases (suspect?) violate above?

                              "In 2014, Lyla Stensrud, born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. became the youngest premature baby in the world. She was born at 21 weeks 4 days and weighed 410 grams (less than a pound). Kaashif Ahmad resuscitated the baby after she was born."

                              "Amillia Taylor is also often cited as the most premature baby. She was born on 24 October 2006 in Miami, Florida, U.S. at 21 weeks and 6 days' (153 days) gestation. This report has created some confusion as her gestation was measured from the date of conception (through in vitro fertilization) rather than the date of her mother's last menstrual period, making her appear 2 weeks younger than if gestation was calculated by the more common method."

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                                it means the same as 2228 فى in اىام days معلومت well-known

                                It can't mean the same because there's no fee there.

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                                  It can't mean the same because there's no fee there.

                                  ??? timeframe is clearly there use context cross-reference

                                  2197 الحج the hajj اشهر lunar cycles معلومت well-known
                                  فمن so who فرض undertakes فىهن fīhinna/in them (reference 936) الحج the hajj

                                  936 ان indeed عده count الشهور the lunar cycles (pl.) عند near/with الله the God اثنا dual عشر ten (twelve) شهرا lunar cycle of فى in كتب book/writ الله the God ىوم day خلق creation السموت the skies والارض and the land
                                  منها of them اربعه quartet (group of four) حرم inviolable ذلك such الدىن the creed القىم the value
                                  فلا so not تظلموا thou wrong ye of فىهن fīhinna/in them (i.e., group of four) انفسكم souls yours

                                  https//corpuscoranicum.de/en/verse-navigator/sura/9/verse/36/manuscripts

                                  https//i.postimg.cc/SR9DcM7b/ch9v29-38.jpg

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                                    So, you claim that Allah forgot to put fee there and you have to put it to make that sentence to have some sense? Or, maybe, just maybe, you put some random meanings in words Allah revealed to us so we can ponder over them and those meanings have no sense, because el-Hajj cannot be any months, lunar cycles, phases of the Moon...

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                                      ^^^ you keep mindlessly ranting like before about spouses and can't read or understand a thing.

                                      describes an action in the hajj فى in اىام days معلومت well-known

                                      2228 لىشهدوا to witnessed they of منفع who benefit لهم for them وىذكروا and remembered they of اسم name الله the God فى in اىام days معلومت well-known

                                      likewise read what was posted prior describes action during group of four i.e., timeframe of hajj
                                      why so hard headed and total lack of basic cross-reference and reading comprehension skills?

                                      ??? timeframe is clearly there use context cross-reference

                                      2197 الحج the hajj اشهر lunar cycles معلومت well-known
                                      فمن so who فرض undertakes فىهن fīhinna/in them (reference 936) الحج the hajj

                                      936 ان indeed عده count الشهور the lunar cycles (pl.) عند near/with الله the God اثنا dual عشر ten (twelve) شهرا lunar cycle of فى in كتب book/writ الله the God ىوم day خلق creation السموت the skies والارض and the land
                                      منها of them اربعه quartet (group of four) حرم inviolable ذلك such الدىن the creed القىم the value
                                      فلا so not تظلموا thou wrong ye of فىهن fīhinna/in them (i.e., group of four) انفسكم souls yours

                                      https//corpuscoranicum.de/en/verse-navigator/sura/9/verse/36/manuscripts

                                      https//i.postimg.cc/SR9DcM7b/ch9v29-38.jpg

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                                        Fee in 2228 won't magically make fee in 2197. Why you're hard-headed and you won't even think that words can have many meanings and maybe, just maybe, ešhur here means something else?

                                        2228 is not saying about ešhur, but about days. It's your understanding that ešhur is set of days in 2197. Moreover, if time adverb is used, as eyyaam in 2184, it's in accusative, so we can clearly understand that Siyaam (for previous people) was during (not IN) a few days. Thus, if you think that ešhur in 2197 is a time adverb it would be clear. Since it's not clear and it doesn't make sense we should try to figure out its (other) meaning.

                                        If you think that you understand grammar of the Qur'an please explain and teach me how ešhur in 2197 is a time adverb. Thank you in advance.

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                                          If you think that you understand grammar of the Qur'an please explain and teach me how ešhur in 2197 is a time adverb. Thank you in advance.

                                          Already showed numerous times it pertains to timeframe “in them” ie group of four lunar cycles the hajj — how much clearer can this be? Otherwise translate exactly each word 2197 and 936 let’s see it and which word below is incorrectly translated by me?

                                          2197 الحج the hajj اشهر lunar cycles معلومت well-known
                                          فمن so who فرض undertakes فىهن fīhinna/in them (reference 936) الحج the hajj

                                          936 ان indeed عده count الشهور the lunar cycles (pl.) عند near/with الله the God اثنا dual عشر ten (twelve) شهرا lunar cycle of فى in كتب book/writ الله the God ىوم day خلق creation السموت the skies والارض and the land
                                          منها of them اربعه quartet (group of four) حرم inviolable ذلك such الدىن the creed القىم the value
                                          فلا so not تظلموا thou wrong ye of فىهن fīhinna/in them (i.e., group of four) انفسكم souls yours

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