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Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)

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Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2017 to 2020 · quran/quran:37:65

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21 Nov 2020video Does the riba verse prove that jinn can possess people? The riba verse 2:275 uses the image of being struck by the devil as a frame of reference the Arabs knew, like the heads of devils in 37:65; it does not establish possession. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (those who consume riba stand as one struck by Satan)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)Quran 14:22 (Satan: I had no power over you)riba machine3 min 53 s17:05on YouTube
15 Apr 2018Debunking Myths On: Jinns, Magic, the Evil Eye, and Superstitions Does the Quran's riba verse prove that Satan can possess people? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the verse is imagery, read by the commentators as describing how riba-takers rise on the Day of Judgement or as a picture of consuming greed, and the Quran uses such images, like the zaqqum tree's heads of devils, because humans have imagination. Lessonposition checkedQuran 2:275 (like one whom Shaytan has driven to madness by his touch)Quran 37:65 (its shoots are like the heads of devils)ribaShaytan machine5 min 16 s7:47on 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