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the Old Testament

Cited in 6 segments across 6 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · book/book:old-testament

Citing segments

Newest first. Each opens the whole segment, not a bare quote.
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did Noah really live 950 years? Noah's 950 years refers to an ancient counting system like those of the Sumerian king lists, signalled by the verse's unusual wording, not to ordinary years; he never said the Quran copied an error from the Bible. Lessonguest speechNuh (Noah)Quran 29:14 (a thousand years less fifty)the Sumeriansthe Old Testament machine4 min 30 s3:15:33on YouTube
12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth A preacher's 'discoveries': Gog and Magog in Kyrgyzstan and Noah's ark at al-Judi Mockery of a preacher's claims to have located Gog and Magog in Kyrgyzstan and Noah's ark in Turkey. Otherguest speechYa'juj and Ma'juj (Gog and Magog)Nuh (Noah)Quran 11:44 (the ark came to rest on al-Judi)the Old Testament machine9 min 21 s3:02:00on YouTube
26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How does the guest's number 19 differ from Bible numerics, and how does he read 74:29-31? The guest says 19 is a test most people fail, distinguishes his system from Ivan Panin's Bible numerics, and retranslates 74:29-31 as describing a precise, obvious mathematical structure rather than scorching the skin in hell. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechEdip YukselQuran 74:29-31 (lawwaha lil-bashar, over it are nineteen)Ivan PaninRabbi Judah (11th century) [?] machine6 min 30 s1:38:44on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the Quran preserved exactly as it was revealed? The guest says the Quran is preserved absolutely, dot for dot and in the revealed order, and that the other readings need a separate explanation; preservation in its original language is what distinguishes it from the Bible. His view develops Farahi's thesis as transmitted through Islahi and Ghamidi. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)Yasir QadhiJay SmithSalafi machine6 min 33 s13:10on YouTube
11 Aug 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why do ancient texts say people lived for hundreds or thousands of years? The enormous reigns in the Sumerian king lists reflect a different counting system, likely based on sixty, and the numbers shorten after the flood. Mufti Abu Layth believes the Old Testament's long lifespans were inherited from this Babylonian material. Lessonposition checkedQuran 29:14Nuh (Noah)Gilgameshthe Old Testament machine5 min 16 s3:53on YouTube
9 Apr 2018Islamic Eschatology Does the Dajjal (Antichrist) exist in Islam? No: the Dajjal as the Antichrist is a myth that does not exist in Islam, since a God who tested people with a miracle-working devil child would contradict al-Rahman and al-Rahim. The Dajjal hadith refer either to Shaytan or, tentatively, to an age where the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real. Question from live chatposition checkedDajjalIsa (Jesus)MahdiShaytan machine6 min 12 s0:00on YouTube