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We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein}} | We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein}} | ||
===Can Allah be seen?=== | ===Can Allah be seen?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|6|101}}|To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|6|101}}|To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.}} | ||
===Can only Allah see the unseen?=== | ===Can only Allah see the unseen?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|27|39}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|27|39}}| | ||
Said an 'Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and may be trusted." }} | Said an 'Ifrit, of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise from thy council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose, and may be trusted." }} | ||
===Is Allah kind and merciful?=== | ===Is Allah kind and merciful?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|4|56}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|4|56}}| | ||
Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.}} | Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.}} | ||
===Does Allah forgive everything?=== | ===Does Allah forgive everything?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|15|65}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|15|65}}| | ||
So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded. }} | So travel with thy household in a portion of the night, and follow thou their backs. Let none of you turn round, but go whither ye are commanded. }} | ||
===How many angels helped Muhammad at Badr?=== | ===How many angels helped Muhammad at Badr?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|8|9}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|8|9}}| | ||
Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks." }} | Remember ye implored the assistance of your Lord, and He answered you: "I will assist you with a thousand of the angels, ranks on ranks." }} | ||
Some claim that one of these could refer to the battle of Uhud, but that was a defeat for the Muslims. | |||
Allah does not send angels near disbelievers | Allah does not send angels near disbelievers | ||
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We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated. }} | We send not down the angels save with the Fact, and in that case (the disbelievers) would not be tolerated. }} | ||
==Creation== | ==Creation== | ||
===Which was created first; the Heaven or Earth?=== | |||
The Heaven | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|79|27|33}}|Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. And after that He spread the earth. He extracted from it its water and its pasture, And the mountains He set firmly As provision for you and your grazing livestock.}} | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|79|27}}| | |||
Are | |||
Earth | Earth | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|41| | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|41|9|12}}|Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds." And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask. Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly." And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.}} | ||
He placed | |||
Then | |||
Earth | Earth | ||
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Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each heaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knower}} | Then He ordained them seven heavens in two Days and inspired in each heaven its mandate; and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knower}} | ||
===What was man created from?=== | ===What was the first man created from?=== | ||
Dust | Dust | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|15|26}}|We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|15|26}}|We created man from sounding clay, from mud moulded into shape;}} | ||
===How long does it take Allah to create?=== | ===How long does it take Allah to create?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|78|20}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|78|20}}| | ||
And the mountains | And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.}} | ||
They will be lifted and levelled | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|69|14}}|And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow}} | |||
===Will disbelievers speak on ''Qiyamah''?=== | ===Will disbelievers speak on ''Qiyamah''?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|36|65}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|36|65}}| | ||
That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did. }}Several other verses describe dialogue taking place between believers and disbelievers in the hereafter. | That Day shall We set a seal on their mouths. But their hands will speak to us, and their feet bear witness, to all that they did. }} | ||
Several other verses describe dialogue taking place between believers and disbelievers in the hereafter. | |||
===Where do disbelievers receive their record book on Judgment day?=== | ===Where do disbelievers receive their record book on Judgment day?=== | ||
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On their back | On their back | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|84| | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|84|7|12}}| | ||
But he who is given his | Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand, He will be judged with an easy account And return to his people in happiness. But as for he who is given his record behind his back, He will cry out for destruction And [enter to] burn in a Blaze.}} | ||
On the left hand | On the left hand | ||
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Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah. But whatever evil happens to thee, is from thyself. But what has come to these people. That they fail to understand a single fact}} | Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah. But whatever evil happens to thee, is from thyself. But what has come to these people. That they fail to understand a single fact}} | ||
==Heaven and Hell== | ==Heaven and Hell== | ||
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Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition}} | Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority), regulating and governing all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His leave (hath been obtained). This is Allah your Lord; Him therefore serve ye: will ye not receive admonition}} | ||
=== | ===How wide is the garden?=== | ||
There is more than one Heaven (plural, ''samawaat'') | There is more than one Heaven (plural, ''samawaat'') | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|57|21}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|57|21}}| | ||
a Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah}} | a Garden (of Bliss), the width whereof is as the width of the heaven and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah}} | ||
===Do all experience hell for some time?=== | ===Do all experience hell for some time?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|41|28}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|41|28}}| | ||
Such is the requital of the enemies of Allah,- the Fire: therein will be for them the Eternal Home: a (fit) requital, for that they were wont to reject Our Signs}} | Such is the requital of the enemies of Allah,- the Fire: therein will be for them the Eternal Home: a (fit) requital, for that they were wont to reject Our Signs}} | ||
===What will be the food in hell?=== | ===What will be the food in hell?=== | ||
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==Mankind== | ==Mankind== | ||
===Are all races equal?=== | ===Are all races equal?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|81|28}}|For whoever wills among you to take a straight way.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|81|28}}|For whoever wills among you to take a straight way.}} | ||
===Who takes peoples souls?=== | ===Who takes peoples souls?=== | ||
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==Muslims== | ==Muslims== | ||
===How strong is a believer?=== | ===How strong is a believer?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|6|118}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|6|118}}| | ||
So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye have faith in His signs. }} | So eat of (meats) on which Allah's name hath been pronounced, if ye have faith in His signs. }} | ||
===Is drinking alcohol okay?=== | ===Is drinking alcohol okay?=== | ||
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O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. }} | O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends one to another. He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them. Lo! Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk. }} | ||
=== | ===Jews hate or love each other?=== | ||
They hate each other | They hate each other | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|5|51}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|5|51}}| | ||
O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.}} | O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust.}} | ||
===Will Jews and Christians be saved from hell?=== | ===Will Jews and Christians be saved from hell?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|2|253}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|2|253}}| | ||
Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan. }} | Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan. }} | ||
===Are all messengers descended from Abraham?=== | ===Are all messengers descended from Abraham?=== | ||
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And verily We have raised among every people a messenger, | And verily We have raised among every people a messenger, | ||
(proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. }} | (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. }} | ||
===Was Noah banished or exiled by his people?=== | ===Was Noah banished or exiled by his people?=== | ||
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The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood. }} | The son replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain: it will save me from the water." Noah said: "This day nothing can save, from the command of Allah, any but those on whom He hath mercy! "And the waves came between them, and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood. }} | ||
==Sex== | ==Sex== | ||
===Is incest okay?=== | |||
===Is incest | |||
No | No | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|7|172}}| And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware; }} | {{Quote|{{Quran|7|172}}| And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware; }} | ||
=== | ===Can multiple wives be dealt with justly?=== | ||
Both verses use the word "justly" (taʿdilū). | |||
Yes | Yes | ||
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Ye will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however much ye wish (to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one), leaving her as in suspense. If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful. }} | Ye will not be able to deal equally between (your) wives, however much ye wish (to do so). But turn not altogether away (from one), leaving her as in suspense. If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful. }} | ||
==Qur'an== | ==Qur'an== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|55|33}}|O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! Not without authority shall ye be able to pass! }} | {{Quote|{{Quran|55|33}}|O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye! Not without authority shall ye be able to pass! }} | ||
===Is the Quran clear?=== | ===Is the Quran clear?=== | ||
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Alif. Lam. Mim. }} | Alif. Lam. Mim. }} | ||
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
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When Moses was an infant | When Moses was an infant | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran| | {{Quote|{{Quran|28|4}}| | ||
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.}} | |||
===Was 'the Pharaoh' killed?=== | ===Was 'the Pharaoh' killed?=== | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|40|62}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|40|62}}| | ||
Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.}} | Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God save Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He taketh care of all things.}} | ||
Many | Many | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran-range|10|28|29}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|10|28|29}}| | ||
One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined as 'partners'" We shall separate them, and their '''Partners''' shall say: "It was not us that ye worshipped!" }} | One day shall We gather them all together. Then shall We say to those who joined gods (with Us): "To your place! ye and those ye joined as 'partners'" We shall separate them, and their '''Partners''' shall say: "It was not us that ye worshipped!" }} | ||
===How long does it take to wean?=== | ===How long does it take to wean?=== | ||
30 months | 30 months (perhaps including 9 months pregnancy) | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|46|15}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|46|15}}| | ||
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{{Quote|{{Quran|31|14}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|31|14}}| | ||
And We have enjoined upon man concerning his partners - His mother beareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years - Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying}} | And We have enjoined upon man concerning his partners - His mother beareth him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years - Give thanks unto Me and unto thy parents. Unto Me is the journeying}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |