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[بِأَيَّامِ اللَّهِ]

What are بِأَيَّامِ اللَّهِ Days of Allah in 14:5?

[Birth control]

... may I humbly bring your kind attention in your next available time slot on this one:Birth control http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=2008.msg10436#msg10436 and also this:Hajj months http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=1888.msg9922#msg9922?

Student,

Although you are asking very politely our response is the same with everyone.  Please can we also ask you kindly not to badger or request others for responses. This is against forum policy. 
We note brother Joseph has responded to you in the past, but you simply cannot expect responses when you desire particularly for very long questions as in your first link.  Please let others respond if they feel they want or need to.

Thanks

I apologize for unintended hurt but by God I never meant it that way, my request is genuine and knowing and respecting fully well Sir Joseph's priorities and commitments my query may have very well escaped Sir Joseph's attention I humbly brought it up here in this thread with a redirection as you can see in that thread itself Sir Joseph himself asked me to list the questions in numbering bullet form so he can address each, time permitting. I know and I'm fully aware I can't expect answers to each and every query by Sir Joseph but whenever I do I feel lucky and my elation knows no bound. I keep my hopes alive  and pray that Allah swt bless Sir Joseph with long and healthy life so he can address all of us on subject not addressed by him at least in some length.

I'm sorry if somewhere/anywhere I implied or mention explicitly only Sir Joseph to respond and not others for I didn't mean that but full satisfaction comes to me when something comes from Sir Joseph directly simply because in his own words:

Given my own humble, yet ardent studies in this area and my work with the Quran over numerous years and a great portion of my life

I hope and trust you (and all respected members) don't disagree with my feeling.

Thanks and with unconditional apology (to you and all respected members in case anyone got hurt with my word unintentionally) once again,
Student

[skepticism on revelation order]

Salaam Dear Joseph Sir,

I'm so very glad seeing your invaluable wisdom whenever you share  - Jazak Allahu Khairan. If you notice I started this post with skepticism on revelation order and I completely concur with you on all 7 points about the Quran and 2 thoughts about unwarranted restriction placed on its interpretation.

A ray of hope Alhumdulillah when I see you become active now and then and address few discussions, may I humbly bring your kind attention in your next available time slot on this one:Birth control http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=2008.msg10436#msg10436 and also this:Hajj months http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=1888.msg9922#msg9922?

[hid]

Salaamun Alaykum,

I always have slight difficulty connecting end of 12:19 and the following 12:20 verses (Pickthall):

...And they hid him as a treasure, and Allah was Aware of what they did.
And they sold him for a low price, a number of silver coins; and they attached no value to him.

Most others rendered بِضَاعَةً as merchandise and almost all translated these verses conveying the meaning that the Caravan's intention was to hide Yusuf AS as valuable commodity until they sell him for a handsome price. Why hide and then sell for low price?

I did a search in the forum but couldn't find any thread discussing this difficulty. Hope to hear from enlightened folks, inshallah.

[The TWO GUIDES - The Quran and the Bible]

Subhan Allah! - after Zack's 1st response to my inquiry the thread got derailed and suddenly you brought the engine back on track  for that Jazak Allah Khair brother Wakas, I'm completely overwhelmed with the list (you're so right sister Amira) and it will inshallah benefit me in many ways - thank you so very much!

Brother Zack your last response with Quran vs Previous scriptures was indeed awesome and you may add to the list Sir Joseph's post on his FB with the title "The TWO GUIDES - The Quran and the Bible " is perfect fit: https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/300599863410481

Thank you all!

Thanks Zack and Jazak Allah khair for your insightful clarification. I know it's next to impossible to apply "reverse engineering" to know this branch of Quranic science which as you noted developed much later.

Br. Hamzeh, my question was not on compilation order and I've Alhumdulillah no doubt in my mind about preservation of the Quranic text but nevertheless I appreciate your help too, thanks! 

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Team,

Here is one such I just found:

http://quransmessage.com/articles/end%20of%20prophethood%20FM3.htm

058.021

"God has decreed (Arabic: Kataba l-lahu): "It is I and My messengers (Arabic: Warasuli) who must prevail": For God is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will"

Should be messengers (Arabic: Warusuli)

Thanks Zack, that's wonderful it's now in my bookmarks 

What is "Church Epistles" by the way, I see it as 3rd option in the drop down?

Salaam Zack,

Thank you very much for your clarification and apologies for not being clear in my request, I'm still KG student of Arabic so until I graduate and able to read and understand Arabic Inshallah I rely on English, which again is not my mother tongue either  (so keep over looking my mistakes, grammatical or otherwise)

Can you please provide me (English rendition) resources for all the divine scriptures of the past that Quran refers to? So when I need to research/lookup any topic in them alongside Quran I can go fetch it preferably from one place if one such is available. That is my immediate desire.

I only have this trusted resource so far: http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/

Thanks once again!

[Quran Revelation Order]

Salaam,

I would like to know if Joseph sir mentioned or discussed Quran Revelation Order, anywhere as I failed in my search to find one and how accurate/reliable this chronology order information where some sites claim it with confident such as: http://www.askquran.com/quran.html

Many people I saw based their opinion from this order information so was just wondering about this aspect of the Quran.

Thanks,
Student

[all]

Thanks Zack!

It's so overwhelming to say the least, and (May Allah pardon me for saying) sounds like it is more complex and chaotic than hadith corpus. I'm expecting a simple answer and perhaps it simply doesn't exist or so naive of me to ask one in the first place  While waiting for Joseph Sir, let me re-frame my query for anyone to answer:

• When Quran refers to Tawrat, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Injeel, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Zabur, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Zubur, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Suhuf, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Kitab, what does it mean?
• When Quran refers to Ahl al-Kitab, does it mean people of all the books (from above) or some of them or something totally different?

In other words, or simply put, I want to have all previous Divinely inspired scriptures (translation, of course) on my desk next to the Quran, which one(s) shall I buy?

Thanks,
Student

Salaam,
Wakas,

Are you part of the team who runs http://www.studyquran.org/ or owner? Just wondering 

Nevertheless, Mashallah it's extremely helpful and beneficial portal and the hub linking many Qruanic study sites. Keep up the excellent work. Jazak Allahu Khairan!

Salaam,

Just came across this science defying prolong meditation by a teenager from Nepal which captures the attention and cameras of Discovery Channel!

https://youtu.be/0ZqEo3hdP_U

Any thoughts from Quran perspective?

[the people of the book]

I don't know how/where to edit the posted message, so may I add:

19. What is the divine instruction/command to the people of the book on this subject in the previous scriptures?

Jazak Allahu Khairan!

Salamun Alayka,
Sir Joseph,

I read in bits and pieces about OT and NT and their various parts with different names. I see you kind of briefly defining and sometimes just giving references to these resources. It would be greatly appreciated if you could educate us about all the scriptures (their names, their roles, their preservation, and their reliability today etc) preceding Quran and the differences between them weight wise in sight of God if possible as you know Quran constantly refers to them and still hold them in high regards.

Some links I see:

https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/271720072965127

http://quransmessage.com/forum/index.php?topic=474.msg1490#msg1490

http://codexsinaiticus.org/en/

I hope you don't mind my addressing you with honorific "Sir" with deep respect for I feel more comfortable as I suspect you're of my father age if not more given your years of academic research and Mashallah deep and wide array of knowledge and command over all the holy scriptures.

Regards,
Student