None of my posts have been deleted. Why would they be? I am simply using the Quran to support my view without insults and what not while fox's last post, especially, was just a juvenile rant of petty insults. No harm done to me of course. That stuff doesn't bother me but maybe he calmed down and thought better of himself and deleted it himself or maybe one of the mods removed it for obvious reasons. Either way, it doesn't matter to me. From the forum rules; 2] Please note that this forum is primarily dedicated to God and the study and understanding of His Scripture (The Quran). Thus, mocking/ridiculing/insulting God and/or the Quran, and/or not being able to back-up claims against the Quran with specifics may result in deletion of such posts and/or removal of topic and/or disciplinary action being taken against the offending member. 3] Respect other users of the forum. Language and/or material of vulgarity, obscenity, harassment, profanity or insulting nature, whether it is direct or suggested, will NOT be tolerated. Any messages containing such language or material will be moved to the trash section or deleted, without notice and may result in disciplinary action being taken against the offending member. There was aheated two posts between you and him that has been deleted. It was right after my post about the Trinity doctrine. Both posts has been deleted. It was a heated. Anyways I think its important that we define what a Koranist is depending on how the adherents of the Koran understand it and not what we think it should be.

Another reason it probably shouldn't be understood as a metaphor is 279-12. There was only Moses and God and nobody to "debate" and no reason why Moses would run away in fear of "his argument". "O Moses, it is I God, the Noble, the Wise, and throw down your staff." So when he saw it vibrate as if it were a Jinn, he ran away and did not turn back. "O Moses, do not fear, for My messengers shall have no fear from Me, except one who transgresses, but then he replaces the evil deed with good, then I am Forgiving, Merciful, and place your hand into your pocket; it will come out white with no blemish, one of nine signs to Pharaoh and his people." (279-12)

I think there are several, but one that comes to mind is muDhallim Salaam

Download some talking English dictionary and then place mouce on any English version of Arabic to find how does it read.