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The Qur'an states that hills and birds would sing the psalms with David.{{Quote|{{Quran|34|10}}| | The Qur'an states that hills and birds would sing the psalms with David.{{Quote|{{Quran|34|10}}| | ||
And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, (saying): O ye hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him}} | And assuredly We gave David grace from Us, (saying): O ye hills and birds, echo his psalms of praise! And We made the iron supple unto him}} | ||
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Certainly We gave David our grace: ‘O mountains and birds, chime in with him!’ And We made iron soft for him. | {{Quote|{{Quran|34|10}}|Certainly We gave David our grace: ‘O mountains and birds, chime in with him!’ And We made iron soft for him.}} | ||
=== Solomon ('''Sulaymān)''' === | === Solomon ('''Sulaymān)''' === | ||
==== Solomon's Army of jinn and birds (controlling them) ==== | ==== Solomon's Army of jinn and birds (controlling them) ==== | ||
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Luqman - a pre-Islamic sage - did he exist? Was he most likely pagan? Historical error? | Luqman - a pre-Islamic sage - did he exist? Was he most likely pagan? Historical error? | ||
And We had certainly given Luqman wisdom [and said], "Be grateful to Allah." And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] - then indeed, Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy. And [mention, O Muhammad], when Luqman said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allah. Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice." | {{Quote|{{Quran|31|12-13}}|And We had certainly given Luqman wisdom [and said], "Be grateful to Allah." And whoever is grateful is grateful for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever denies [His favor] - then indeed, Allah is Free of need and Praiseworthy. And [mention, O Muhammad], when Luqman said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allah. Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."}} | ||
=== Saleh (Ṣāliḥ) === | === Saleh (Ṣāliḥ) === | ||
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Talk of interpretation of words issue or not? Link to explanation of event such as tafsir.{{Quote|{{Quran|105|1-5}}|Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephants?<br> Did He not make their stratagems go awry,<br> and send against them flocks of birds <br> hurling against them stones of baked clay <br> Then He made them like straw eaten up.}} | Talk of interpretation of words issue or not? Link to explanation of event such as tafsir.{{Quote|{{Quran|105|1-5}}|Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with the army of the elephants?<br> Did He not make their stratagems go awry,<br> and send against them flocks of birds <br> hurling against them stones of baked clay <br> Then He made them like straw eaten up.}} | ||
==== Jews transformed into pigs and apes as a punishment ==== | ==== Jews transformed into pigs and apes as a punishment ==== | ||
The Qur'an records a miraculous event where Sabbath breakers are transformed into apes.{{Quote|{{Quran|2|65}}| | The Qur'an records a miraculous event where Sabbath breakers are transformed into apes.{{Quote|{{Quran|2|65}}| | ||
And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected." }} | And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected." }}{{Quote|{{Quran|7|166}}|When they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’}}{{Quote|{{Quran|5|60}}|Say, ‘Shall I inform you concerning something worse than that as a requital from Allah? Those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is wrathful, and turned some of whom into apes and swine, and worshippers of fake deities! Such are in a worse situation and more astray from the right way.’}} | ||
Vivifying Rainfall and Resurrection | |||
Rainfall is literally seen as bringing dead back to life [ref Some Cosmological Notions from Late Antiquity in Q 18:60–65: The Quran in Light of Its Cultural Context. Tommaso Tesei. Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 135, No. 1 (January-March 2015), pp. 19-32.. '''PP23 & 28''' Published By: American Oriental Society] | Rainfall is literally seen as bringing dead back to life [ref Some Cosmological Notions from Late Antiquity in Q 18:60–65: The Quran in Light of Its Cultural Context. Tommaso Tesei. Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 135, No. 1 (January-March 2015), pp. 19-32.. '''PP23 & 28''' Published By: American Oriental Society] | ||
''The author of the Qur'an claims several times that rainfall brings trees of a dead land to life, so in the same way, people will be brought back to life. This is a non-sequitur fallacy. One is a natural process; the other is not possible, hence it cannot be deduced from the first.'' | ''The author of the Qur'an claims several times that rainfall brings trees of a dead land to life, so in the same way, people will be brought back to life. This is a non-sequitur fallacy. One is a natural process; the other is not possible, hence it cannot be deduced from the first.'' | ||
It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection! | {{Quote|{{Quran|35|9}}|It is Allah Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!}}{{Quote|{{Quran|43|11}}|That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due measure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even so will ye be raised (from the dead);}}{{Quote|{{Quran|41|39}}|And among His Signs in this: thou seest the earth barren and desolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life and yields increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth can surely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all things.}} | ||
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That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due measure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead; even so will ye be raised (from the dead); | |||
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And among His Signs in this: thou seest the earth barren and desolate; but when We send down rain to it, it is stirred to life and yields increase. Truly, He Who gives life to the (dead) earth can surely give life to (men) who are dead. For He has power over all things. | |||
==== Punishment narrative miracles/destructions ==== | ==== Punishment narrative miracles/destructions ==== | ||
Historical errors page: In the Qur'an, the people of ''Thamud'' are killed instantly by an earthquake Quran 7:78 or thunderous blast Quran 11:67, Quran 41:13-17, Quran 51:44, Quran 69:5. The people of ''A'ad'' are killed by a fierce wind that blew for 7 days Quran 41:13-16,Quran 46:24-35,Quran 51:41, Quran 69:6-7. The people of Midian (''Midyan'') are killed overnight by an earthquake Quran 7:91, Quran 29:36. The towns of Lot (''Lut'') are destroyed by a storm of stones from the sky Quran 54:32, Quran 29:34. The actual locations of these towns or tribes is unknown. Midian in particular was a wide geographical desert region rather than a particular location or city, which makes archaeological investigation difficult. | Historical errors page: In the Qur'an, the people of ''Thamud'' are killed instantly by an earthquake Quran 7:78 or thunderous blast Quran 11:67, Quran 41:13-17, Quran 51:44, Quran 69:5. The people of ''A'ad'' are killed by a fierce wind that blew for 7 days Quran 41:13-16,Quran 46:24-35,Quran 51:41, Quran 69:6-7. The people of Midian (''Midyan'') are killed overnight by an earthquake Quran 7:91, Quran 29:36. The towns of Lot (''Lut'') are destroyed by a storm of stones from the sky Quran 54:32, Quran 29:34. The actual locations of these towns or tribes is unknown. Midian in particular was a wide geographical desert region rather than a particular location or city, which makes archaeological investigation difficult. | ||