You didn't understand the statement. It is not talking about the period of time it takes to send down the affairs. It says that the interval is 1 000 years, meaning that every millenium the affairs are sent down at the start of the millenium to govern the remainder of the millenium until the next affairs are sent down. Nevertheless, keep in mind this is one interpretation.
Errors in the Quran
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Jokerman said:
There are no errors in the Qur'an because there are no facts in the Qur'an.
So, really, both sides are right and wrong at the same time. Just think about it. The Qur'an is not a book of science; it's not a book of history; it's not a book of astronomy; it's not a book of math; it's not a cookbook; it's not a book on the history of cruci-fiction or non-fiction; and etc. That's not the intentions of it. So there's no point in holding anything in it up to those standards. Just as there's no point in defending things in it by those standards. To even say there are facts in the Qur'an is to reduce it to a mere textbook. And to say there are errors in it is to misunderstand it.
I think the Qur'an is profoundly true, but not factual. This doesn't take anything away from it. It's true as metaphorical or symbolic narrative.
Buddhists often speak of the teaching of the Buddha as "a finger pointing to the moon." The metaphor helps guard against the mistake of thinking that being a Buddhist means believing in Buddhist teaching--that is, believing in the finger. As the metaphor implies, one is to see (and pay attention to) that to which the finger points.
To apply the metaphor to the Qur'an, the Qur'an is like a finger pointing to the moon. Muslims sometimes make the mistake of thinking that being Muslim is about believing in the finger rather than seeing the Muslim life as a relationship to that which the finger points.
To use another metaphor, the Qur'an is like a lens. There's a crucial difference between believing in the lens and using the lens as a way of seeing that which is beyond the lens.
So, really, both sides are right and wrong at the same time. Just think about it. The Qur'an is not a book of science; it's not a book of history; it's not a book of astronomy; it's not a book of math; it's not a cookbook; it's not a book on the history of cruci-fiction or non-fiction; and etc. That's not the intentions of it. So there's no point in holding anything in it up to those standards. Just as there's no point in defending things in it by those standards. To even say there are facts in the Qur'an is to reduce it to a mere textbook. And to say there are errors in it is to misunderstand it.
I think the Qur'an is profoundly true, but not factual. This doesn't take anything away from it. It's true as metaphorical or symbolic narrative.
Buddhists often speak of the teaching of the Buddha as "a finger pointing to the moon." The metaphor helps guard against the mistake of thinking that being a Buddhist means believing in Buddhist teaching--that is, believing in the finger. As the metaphor implies, one is to see (and pay attention to) that to which the finger points.
To apply the metaphor to the Qur'an, the Qur'an is like a finger pointing to the moon. Muslims sometimes make the mistake of thinking that being Muslim is about believing in the finger rather than seeing the Muslim life as a relationship to that which the finger points.
To use another metaphor, the Qur'an is like a lens. There's a crucial difference between believing in the lens and using the lens as a way of seeing that which is beyond the lens.
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Nowhere in this verse does it denote that it is talking about God 'sending down affairs'.
He has power over all things, celestial and terrestial!
in the end refers to the end of time (judgement day) when all affairs with ascend to him
and the time taken for the ascension of everything (this could include many things, ascension of all affairs) will feel likea thousand years to us. We will comprhend it like its taking a thousand years. Time we knows is relative, so to say 'of which your reckoning' is a scientifically correct term to use rather than, it will be a thousand years long.
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Nowhere in this verse does it denote that it is talking about God 'sending down affairs'.
He has power over all things, celestial and terrestial!
in the end refers to the end of time (judgement day) when all affairs with ascend to him
and the time taken for the ascension of everything (this could include many things, ascension of all affairs) will feel likea thousand years to us. We will comprhend it like its taking a thousand years. Time we knows is relative, so to say 'of which your reckoning' is a scientifically correct term to use rather than, it will be a thousand years long.
I don't know if this has been pointed out already, but in the Story of (having to reference the Bible) Genesis, many of the people like Noah and his family, lived well over 500 years a piece. This being the case, I could see it quite possible that Mary was Moses sister, for I have no indication as to when they were born, or how old when passing away.
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i never heard about noah or anyone surviving for 500 years. And I/m pretty sure that's not the Quran's point of view.
however, it's not noah, but his counterpart in Babylonian legends (in the Epic of Gilgamesh), Uta Napishti, who was granted eternmal life by the gods for surviving the Deluge.
i never heard about noah or anyone surviving for 500 years. And I/m pretty sure that's not the Quran's point of view.
however, it's not noah, but his counterpart in Babylonian legends (in the Epic of Gilgamesh), Uta Napishti, who was granted eternmal life by the gods for surviving the Deluge.
It says so in Genesis, and in that period humans lived a Looooooooooong time.
The specific age at which Noah and his relatives died, is stated, and all contain at least 3 digits. Not having the exact ones here with me now, but I remember reading it.
Check out this I found:
http://www.thesignpost.org/noah-txt.html
It seems logical to say that because of this, there is more chance of the relation between Mary - Moses.
The specific age at which Noah and his relatives died, is stated, and all contain at least 3 digits. Not having the exact ones here with me now, but I remember reading it.
Check out this I found:
http://www.thesignpost.org/noah-txt.html
It seems logical to say that because of this, there is more chance of the relation between Mary - Moses.
gg everyone
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