To Shakeel: Satanic law II

Submitted by Plato (United Arab Emirates), May 20, 2007 at 05:19

Sahkeel you claim "God does not destruct anyone; it is people who destruct themselves. When Rasool comes, he shows God's signs, he also proclaims that those who believe will get reward of God and all those who reject will get punishment of God."

Shakeel then what do you have to say about verse, 17:16. Yusuf Ali and Shakir have made it appear that those who led easy lives transgressed but then what was the commandment all about? Reading Pikthal's version it transpires that Allah sends a commandment and then they commit abomination and so god's word is proved true giving Him the excuse to annihilate the town. All three begin with 'when we wish to destroy' meaning it is Allah's wish to destroy that makes him send the commandment to commit abomination.

So your claim that God does not destroy anyone is untrue, it is Allah who annihilates people by first making them commit abomination (remember He has Himself let loose Shaitan just for this purpose!) and declaring that since they committed abomination he destroyed them. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. It is truly a satanic law.

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YUSUFALI: When We decide to destroy a population, We (first) send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.
PICKTHAL: And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation.
17:16 SHAKIR: And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the people of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.

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