Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 6 Apr 2021 › Segment 34 of 39
Did the parting of the sea have a natural explanation?
muftis sihr sihar jadu jadoo kala jadu sorcery koran quraan al-quranMiracles within nature: the parting of the sea and Moses and the magicians
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machinesummary, machine-writtenGod acts through the laws of nature, so the parting of the sea can have a natural explanation such as a strong wind, and Moses exposed the magicians' tricks rather than outdoing them with magic.
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The critics object to his view that miracles such as the parting of the sea could have a natural explanation; Mufti Abu Layth says God is behind such events but acts through the laws of nature, citing the report in which the Prophet questioned the cross-pollination of palms, the crop failed, and he told people to keep to their methods. He says almost all the detail of the Exodus comes from the Bible, where the Lord drives the sea back with a wind blowing all night, and that several researchers place the crossing at the Gulf of Aqaba, where strong winds are reported to push the water back. On Moses and the magicians, he says he argued that the magicians used tricks such as mercury to make their sticks move, that Moses exposed their magic, and that turning his staff into a snake would only have been topping magic with magic. He adds that he finds some strength in the theory that Moses was Akhenaten, in which case the staff was the royal sceptre with its serpent emblem, showing his rightful authority.
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Yeah. Just take pets to put them on the mountains and then to do this and then they come to him unbelievable. That's it, man. That's it. Unbelievable. Ah, you're unbelievable. I mean, seriously, like, why not just tackle my point? But okay. You know, that's what I do all the time. You know, when I'm when I'm pissed off at people, you know, I just freaking I I like summon things from the Sky, you know, when I'm upset. It's not it does like a wall.
Astonishing. Shut up, man. Says this is a natural phenomenon. And so they have an issue that I mentioned that the uh the miracles like the parting of the sea could have had a natural explanation. Now what does that mean? Now I mention in my videos I mentioned clearly that look it's not that Allah is not behind this. Obviously Allah is behind it but it has a natural explanation also.
So for example, if Allah is going to do something, it is done within the laws of nature. Allah doesn't just he's not, you know, just something's not just going to appear out of nothing. That's not how Allah operates in his creation. It's not, you know, so when you know a child is going to be born, there will be natural ways for it to be born. And when the prophet said to them, why do you cross-pollinate?
And they said, "Well, you know, this is how we practice." And the prophet said, "Well, that's strange." And they didn't. And the and and the crops were poor. And the prophet said, "Well, no, no, no. Stick to your methods that you are familiar with in this world." Allah is not just going to just give them crops. They need to kind of sew the seeds and do the farming and then it will happen. So, when a sea is parted, was there a natural explanation for the parting?
Or did God just say, "Well, you know, we don't we're just going to do it just like this." Or could there be a wind? Now, if they replied to my actual video, I explained that look, why don't you read the actual book of Exodus, which is a story you're going by, which is in the book of Exodus, right? Because the Quran does not mention much details about all of these. Most of the details, 90% 95% of all your details to this great Exodus are really just coming from the Bible, the book of Exodus.
The Quran mentions it, but very tiny verses. It just repeats the similar verses in different places. You get an idea of this story, but the real detail to that story has been handed down to you by the Judeo-Christian tradition. So if you watch that tradition, if you read their books, they mention that there was a wind. It mentions in in the Bible, if you go to Exodus, it mentions that the Lord blew with his nostril and the sea did not just part.
It mentions that it took the entire night that he blew and blew and blew and almost by morning the sea had withdrawn. It mentions now this Red Sea I did highlight according to several uh researchers is most likely the Gulf of Akaba that does have does face certain strong winds at times. They have been uh what is it witness accounts where people have said that with certain gale forces because at the Gulf of Akaba the way the Gulf is shaped it does push back.
Now, as you'll see, they'll say, "Well, you know, let's take [laughter] my bad documented. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS." Borat Borat goes, "But I've never seen the Gulf of Akaba retreating. [laughter] Does that mean it didn't happen? I've never seen it." Aa [laughter]
your confidence wall. These people, huh? That's said they kill it, man. They kill it. I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty sure if this is how dangerous this is. This what he's saying what he's saying is is very problematic because you're you're you're in front of a confrontation between Okay.
is throwing out whatever mercury or whatever he's saying. Okay. [laughter] All right. So this is they speak about this whole uh the Moses thing and once again they don't even tackle what I say in my video. I actually mention in my video that the magicians were using these things. I mean I don't get what what what the magicians were using tricks to make the make their sticks look like snakes like make them move.
And I mentioned that Mufasin mentioned that they may have been using things like zip and this kind of stuff because it reacts with the light. And I mentioned that that was what the were doing. And I mentioned that Moses exposes their magic that they it got exposed. And I actually mentioned in my clip that it would be absurd if Moses turned his thing into a snake.
It would have just been topping magic with magic to the to the perceiver to the to the person, you know, the the observer. They would just see them doing magic and they would just see Moses with a better magic. And that would be absurd because you're just reinforcing the message of magic. I've also said in later times I have since I do find some strength in the theory that Moses was Akenatan in which case him throwing that snake uh would be or him throwing his staff was the royal scepter because it had the the kind of
um it had the snake the snake at at its head the kind of the emblem and this was only carried by the royal pharaohs and it was symbolic. Not only did he expose their magic, but when he threw his scepter, it showed who he actually was. He was a rightful heir to this kingdom and he was a person of authority.
That's also a very fascinating take uh on this. But the point is they once again miss so okay [laughter] wants to freaking obliterate this bottle, right? like he's going to one up them with another magician trick. And you see that's actually my point and they're just using my point and and kind of mirroring it to me which doesn't even make any sense. [laughter] Right.
Right. That's the same trick. It's the same trick. Yeah. Nothing new. Like if I was the magician that there if I was the magician Yeah. you'd be like, "Oh, oh man. Like he he freaking got the Mercury." That's what Oh, man. He got the Mercury. No, man. If I if I was the You see, but that just proves my point that that's exactly what I'm saying that if he just pops one on them, it would just be the same magic.
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