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Eventthe golden calf of the Israelites
Cited in 4 segments across 4 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · event/event:golden-calf
Citing segments
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11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Why does the Quran tell the same story in different ways?
The guest says the Quran's stories are set in sacred, not historical, time and follow archetypes that speak to the Prophet's own circumstances, which is why the same story, such as Lot's or the golden calf, is told differently.
machine4 min 29 s1:20:23on YouTube
24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh!
Have men historically worn earrings, or is it a recent fashion?
Men have worn earrings for thousands of years, in Assyria, Egypt, among the Israelites, in Persia, India and Europe, usually as a mark of nobility or soldiery. Only the European church restricted them to women, which is why defiant groups such as pirates kept wearing them.
machine7 min 45 s2:37on YouTube
14 Jan 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Is al-Khidr a real person who is still alive?
No: he reads al-Khidr as part of a vision shown to Musa, whose three events mirrored Musa's own life and mission. The boy was not really killed, and al-Khidr does not roam the earth.
machine6 min 19 s22:48on YouTube
24 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Why did Khidr kill the boy in Surah al-Kahf?
Mufti Abu Layth reads the ship, the boy and the wall as a vision mirroring Musa's mission; no child was really killed, since God would never allow that.
machine5 min 18 s11:22on YouTube