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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!" }} | ||
Four (see [[Satanic Verses]]) | Four (see [[Satanic Verses]]) | ||
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Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza and Manat, the third - the other one?}} | Have ye seen Lat. and 'Uzza and Manat, the third - the other one?}} | ||
===How long to wean?=== | ===How long does it take to wean?=== | ||
30 months | 30 months | ||
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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}} | ||
===Jihad | ===Whom is Jihad for?=== | ||
Allah | Allah | ||
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{{Quote| {{Quran-range|29|5|6}}|Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower. And whosoever striveth (''jahada''), striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures.<ref>Note: This is the only jihad verse (out of more than 50) which is rather unclear.</ref>}} | {{Quote| {{Quran-range|29|5|6}}|Whoso looketh forward to the meeting with Allah (let him know that) Allah's reckoning is surely nigh, and He is the Hearer, the Knower. And whosoever striveth (''jahada''), striveth only for himself, for lo! Allah is altogether Independent of (His) creatures.<ref>Note: This is the only jihad verse (out of more than 50) which is rather unclear.</ref>}} | ||
=== | ===A certain halal things, in fact, haram?=== | ||
Being good to your parents, phrased as a positive action, sits awkwardly in a list of prohibited things that | Being good to your parents, phrased as a positive action, sits awkwardly in a list of prohibited things that persons are instructed not do (the word ''haram'' is used in the Arabic). | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|6|151}}|Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, '''and to parents, good treatment''', and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|6|151}}|Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, '''and to parents, good treatment''', and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them. And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."}} | ||
As some critical scholars have pointed out, the verse seems to be based on similar lists of commandments where the word haram is not used, suggesting that the above verse experienced an unintentional interpolation at some point: | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|17|23}}|And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|17|23}}|And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.}} | ||