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Quranic imagery draws on the imagination of its listeners and is not a report of fact

Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2017 to 2018 · principle/principle:quran-addresses-the-imagination

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2 Jul 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Are the descriptions of paradise in the Quran meant literally? The afterlife is real, but he believes the Quran's imagery of paradise was an encouragement suited to its first audience rather than a literal description. Anyone who takes it literally is free to do so. Question source not recordedposition checkedjannah (Paradise)report: no human can ever conceptualise jannahQuran 3:7 (clear and ambiguous verses)mutashabihat (ambiguous texts) machine5 min 03 s0:00on YouTube
20 Sep 2017Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's verse about the touch of Shaytan prove that jinn possess people? No: the riba verse describes how usurers will rise on the Day of Judgement or pictures their greed, and the image of Shaytan's touch is drawn from human imagination, like the tree of Jahannam whose fruit is 'like the heads of devils'. It is a misused verse, not a proof. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (the tree of Jahannam, its fruit like the heads of devils)Ibn Atiyya [?]riba machine3 min 56 s58:35on YouTube