David Given Schwarm

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Tag: Qur’an

  • Qur’an


    This book took me a very long time to read.

    I did not get all that much out of it–I read it so that I would have a more deep understanding of the beauty of Islam. I did not get that–I got a lot of hate. I really wanted to find the part that right wing anti muslims do not understand. Instead, I got bored with gardens with rivers flowing beneath them, all powerful god, examples of human intolerance, and just general old school religious weirdness.

    There are some ok quotes, some useful ideas for meditation, and basically it is a fairly easy to read, repetitve book, that repeats itself a lot.

    Also, when I talked to muslims about my issues with the book the response was always that the translation does not count. I hate that argument and was quickly frustrated by stories of how the original language has 10 words for the way in which a horse moves. Silly anti-intellectual argument.

  • Surah CXIII

    4. An from the evil of those who blow on knots

  • Surah CIX

    1. Say: O unbelievers!
    2. I do not serve that which you serve,
    3. Nor do you serve Him Whom I serve:
    4. Nor am I going to serve that which you server,
    5. Nor are you going to serve Him Whom I serve:
    6. You shall have your religion and I shall have my religion.

  • Surah LI 20-21

    And in the earth there are signs for those who are sure and in your own souls too, will you not there see.

  • Surah LI 5

    What you are threatened with is most surely true.

  • Surah XXXI 27

    And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

  • Surah XXXI 19

    And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hareful of voices is braying of the asses.

  • Surah XXX 21

    And one of His signs is that He created mates for you from yourselves that you may find rest in them, and He put between you love and compassion; most surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect

  • Surah XXVIII 56

    Surely you cannot guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He pleases, and He knows best the followers of the right way.

  • Surah XXVII 75

    And there is nothing concealed in the heaven and the earth but it is in a clear book.