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Term'am (year)
Cited in 3 segments across 1 recording · 2018 · term/term:am
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11 Aug 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Did the Prophet Nuh really live for 950 years?
Nuh did not literally live 950 years, Mufti Abu Layth says. The verse's use of two different words for year, sana and 'am, is deliberate and not just rhetorical variation.
machine3 min 53 s0:00on 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.
machine5 min 16 s3:53on YouTube
11 Aug 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran
Why does the Quran call the ruler in Yusuf's story a king but Musa's a Pharaoh?
The thousand sana follow the counting of Nuh's own people and the fifty 'am are years as we count them. The Quran relates narratives in the terms of their own time, as when Yusuf's ruler is a king and Musa's is Pharaoh.
machine3 min 08 s9:09on YouTube