Hey Mr X

Submitted by tariq (United Arab Emirates), Dec 14, 2005 at 06:20

Your comments on these pages :http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/29717 and http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/28072 are deviating from Jihad.
Plz comment on Jihad.
You believe tht Quran is incompatible with modern science. You are wrong. i wont answer all your questions But i'll inform u tht Quran is written in Arabic and many mistakes are made while translating it. Plus many words are used figuritively and not literally. And many verses should be quoted with the verses before and/or after them to know fully and correctly wot God wants from Muslims. And yes many ppl muslims as well non-muslims misunderstand Islam. They dont know the history of Islam and wot it requires of muslims.
there are many ppl like u who misunderstand Islam. I myself once thought that Jihad means to fight war. so i can understand tht u have certain misunderstandings about Islam.

Islam is not being campatible with science. Once i saw on a TV program a non muslim quoting a verse in Holy Quran about heart and emotions. Apparently Quran tied heart with emotions but science says tht emotions are felt with our brains.(is the Quran Wrong?)
I also saw another person ask a question about Iblise(Lucifer?)(i put a '?' cuz im not sure wether Lucifer is satan or not)
In Quranic verses God told all the Angels to bow in front of Adam (A.S). According to the Quran all did except 1. Iblise(Satan). and in another verse Quran says tht Satan is a Jin(Genie).
after he got his answer another said that Quran has mentioned Hazrat Isah (A.S)(Jesus) more times than Muhammad (P.B.U.H). So Jesus (A.S) is more important.
U misunderstand many verses from Quran. i dont hav time to answer them. but you hav misunderstandings like many other ppl out there. one of the verse u quote is

"Embryology in Quran:
The Quran says in Arabic 23-13 and 14 "Thom khalaqna alnotfat alaqa, fakhalaqna alalaqat modegha, khalaqna almodghat azama, fakasawna alesazm lahma, thom anshanah khalqan akhr"

The way we could put it in English is "Hence we (god), created the sperm into (or made it turn into) clot (or whatever it is) then created from it a lump then we created out of it bones (plural) then we covered the bones with flesh"
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here are the answers:
about heart and emotions-the person asking this question said that Quran says tht our emotions are in our heart.Science says tht Emotion originates from the brain and AFFECTS our Heart. the answer: the word Quran used for heart also means center.Our Brain is the center of our Central Nervous System. our Heart is Also a center, of the circulatary cystem. so the Quran says, our brain and heart affect our emotion!
about satan-in the old arabic, there is a way of speaking in which if u r speaking to many ppl u only see the mojority and talk like u would talk to them. eg. there are many angels but fewer Jins. so can say: all angels sit down. and the Jin willl also sit down. if u dot want him to, then u have to tell him not to. so wen God told ANGELS to bow, all angels(and Jins) did except Satan. wen told again to do so, he didnt say tht he is not an angel,instead he said tht he wont cuz hes superior to humans
about no. of times Jesus'(A.S) name is mentioned. the Quran was revealed to Mahammad(PBUH) so god wont say his name all the time. words like 'you' will be use often(also other terms like Muzamil, Mudasir and O u who believe hav been used)

These are just examples of ppl who misunderstand Islam. You are 1 of them.
As i said before, i wont answer all ur Qs. but i will answer one of them:
Your translation of 23-13 and 14(Embryology in Quran) is wrong
U said:
"The way we could put it in English is "Hence we (god), created the sperm into (or made it turn into) clot (or whatever it is) then created from it a lump then we created out of it bones (plural) then we covered the bones with flesh"

This is the Correct Tanslation:
"Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump, bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another creature. So blessed be Allah, the best to create! (23-14 Surah AL-Mumenoon)
plz note tht the verse says "then we made out of that lump, bones and clothed the bones with flesh" and not "then created from it a lump then we created out of it bones (plural) then we covered the bones with flesh".

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