Katz's List of Quranic Errors (1) Part Two

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Katzs List of Quranic Errors (1)

Part Two
By Jalal Abualrub
Katzs List of Quranic Errors (1)

Part Two
By Jalal Abualrub
Only Two Possible Explanations
There are two rejected explanations and two acceptable

explanations for this clear discrepancy, as follows. First, there
is an explanation that is rejected outright, that is, the mysterious
disappearance of a zero, because the zero was not known at
the time of writing any of the numerous books contained in the
Bible. Another absurd explanation would be to suggest that ten
men operated the two-man chariots.
The men of seven hundred chariots, was most surely
written in words just like,
The men of seven thousand chariots
, and,
seven thousand men which fought in chariots.
There are only two acceptable possibilities for this error:
either the original copies of the numerous books contained in
the Bible contain errors in them, as is apparent and clear. Or, in
the absence of any original manuscript of the Torah in its
original language, the numerous translators and commentators
on the numerous books contained in the Bible changed and
corrupted their original texts.
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Either possibility carries with it the verdict that the Bible is

not The Literal Word of God, but instead, The Corrupted
Version of What Was Once the Word of God.
The Quran is Different
There is nothing in the Quran that is

remotely similar to the example from the
Bible given here. The Evangelicals know
this. This is why they bring Quranic Texts
that are not in conflict with each other and
intentionally provide their own
interpretation
on them, making them appear to be in
conflict with each other and thus attribute
contradiction to the Quran. The
contradiction is not in the Quranic
Texts
, but in the faulty
interpretation
of them given by non-Muslims who mainly
rely on hatred of Islam as their scientific
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evidence that the Quran did not come

from God.
Muslims hereby declare that every
interpretation that the Evangelicals
may give for the Quran and Prophetic
Tradition (Sunnah) is rejected and not
binding on Muslims or Islam and
should not be taken seriously.
Muslims take religious instructions
only from the Quran and Sunnah as
properly explained by Muslim Scholars.
This utter Evangelical nonsense has to
stop. Why would anyone ask deranged
enemies of Islam to explain Islams Holy
Book, Creed and Law, yet, ignore asking
Muslims
about
Islam
?
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Conflicting Texts, Not Conflicting

Interpretations, Constitute Error;
Number of Times the Quran
Repeats: A Day With Your Lord
Only one Verse in the entire

Quran, Verse 22:47, mentions
the length of a day with Allah.
The other two Verses quoted here
did not indicate that they are
discussing the same day or that
every day with Allah is both 1,000
and 50,000 years long. Using
whims and desires as their
scientific tool for research, Katz
and his authors first invented the
conclusion that all
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three
of these Verses are discussing
one
and the same topic, i.e. one day
that with Allah- is both 1,000
years long and 50,000 years long,
then decided that there is a
contradiction. Muslims can either
agree with their findings or else!
Yet, Katz protests my describing
the Evangelicals as liars.
Even if the Quran stated this,

A day with your Lord is 1,000
years long, then said, A day
with your Lord is 50,000 years
long, then, this could easily
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have been explained as

describing the length of a day
then the length of another
day. Or, it could easily have
been explained according to
the established Islamic method
of interpreting
Islamic
Quran and
Islamic
Sunnah, meaning, the
Àamm
(that which is general in
indication) and the
Makhsus
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(that which is excluded from a

general Text). There are many
examples that explain this
Islamic method of
understanding Islamic
Resources. In this example,
the
Àamm
(general rule) would be: A day
with your Lord is 1,000 human
years long, while the
Makhsus
(exclusion) would be, Except
for the Day that is 50,000
human years long. It is not
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necessary to use this method

here, though. The Quran only
mentioned one number, 1,000
years, in a sentence that says,
A day with your Lord The
fact is that these
three
Verses do not discuss the same
topic, but
three
different topics and
three
different days, as follows.
Verse 22:47 narrates a
challenge to Prophet
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Muhammad, peace be upon

him, posted by those who
disbelieved in him, demanding
that he hastens on the torment
promised to those who
disbelieve both in this life and
in the Hereafter,
{And they say: When will be

this promise (the torment or
the Day of Resurrection)
, if you speak the truth?
}; [10:48].
Allah rejected the challenge
and gave this Commandment
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to His Prophet [22:49],

{Say (O Muhammad): O
mankind! I am
(sent)
to you only as a plain
Warner
}.
This Ayah means: I am only
human; deciding when the
torment will come is Allahs
exclusive Domain. Allah
also made this statement in
Verses 47-8, {And Allh fails
not His PromiseAnd many
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a township did I give respite

while it was given to
wrongdoing. Then
(in the end)
I seized it
(with punishment)}.
Thus, Allah reminded the
disbelievers, who challenged
Prophet Muhammad to
hasten on the torment, that
even though the term may
seem prolonged to them, it
also seemed prolonged to
earlier disbelievers who also
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asked for the torment, then

the punishment came to
them in the end, {And verily,
a day with your Lord is as a
thousand years of what you
reckon
}.
This Ayah discusses a
challenge made in this life to
Prophet Muhammad, peace
be upon him, to hasten on
the torment to which Allah
responded that even if it
seemed to the disbelievers
that the torment is slow to
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come, it is in fact prompt in

the Sight of Allah: a day with
Him is as long as a thousand
of mans years. Thus, the
topic here pertains to this life
and the length of a day of it
with Allah. Again, this is the
only Quranic Verse wherein
is mentioned the statement,
A day with your Lord.
Verse 32:5 is discussing an
entirely different topic, i.e. it
has a different context, and
context is the word that the
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Neos make a profession out

of ignoring, yet pretend to be
making research. This is the
Text of Quranic Sentences
32:3-6, {
Allh it is
He Who has created the
heavens and the earth, and
all that is between them in six
Days. Then He rose over
(Istaw)
the Throne
(in a manner that suits His
Majesty)
. You
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(mankind)
have none, besides Him, as
a Wal
(protector or helper)
or an intercessor. Will you
not then remember
(or receive admonition)
? He manages and regulates
(every)
affair from the heavens to the
earth; then it
(affair)
will go up to Him, in one Day,
the space whereof is a
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thousand years of your

reckoning
}.
These Verses discuss the

specific topic of creating
the universe in six days, n
ot eight as Katz falsely
claims on his website
(we will revisit this
incredible falsehood later
on, Allah willing), and
managing the affairs of the
life of this world wherein
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the affairs go up to Him,

while He is settled above
His Throne, {
The Most Gracious
(Allh)
rose over
(Istaw)
the
(Mighty)
Throne
}; [20:5].
In his explanation of the
meaning contained in the
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Quran, Imam Ibn Kathir

said that the angel crosses
this distance in the blink of
an eye; [The English
translation of,
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
, published by Darussalam,
Riyadh, Volume 7, Pg.,
608]. Therefore, here is
the news about Verse
32:5: it pertains to
distance
, i.e. the
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space
whereof between the
heavens and the earth,
including the thickness of
the heaven, that the affairs
of this life cross while
being ascended to Allah
with the angels, not a mere
time-frame as Quranic
Sentence 22:47. To
explain, even the English
transliteration of the Quran
said this, {
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the space whereof

}.
It is a complete mystery as
to how Katz understood
this Verse to discuss a day
with Allah when it
discusses the distance the
affairs of this life, including
the deeds of mankind,
travel to ascend to Him, a
journey of a thousand
years. In Arabic, Yaum,
does not only pertain to
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time, or a day, or a
twenty-four hour period.
Then again, I would not
expect Katz and his
authors to understand what
they are talking about,
since they do not have a
clue as how Arabs use
their own
Arabic
to express the linguistic
meanings they wish to
convey. This is why they,
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the Evangelicals, mention

as another claimed
Quranic contradiction the
topic of Allah punishing the
tribe of Àd during either a
day of torment or seven
nights and eight days of
torment; Katz is confused
as to which one it is.
Inshaallah, I will
un-confuse his confusion
soon. To these ignorant
people, Yaum means
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day and only means that.

To Arabs, Yaum has
different meanings as
designated and defined by
different contexts. To
Arabs, 'Katz and company'
are ignorant. They see the
word day in English and
act upon this discovery by
explaining it as they wish,
while Arabs, who will
challenge their sick
understanding, number in
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the hundreds of millions.

What's next for the
Evangelicals? Allah
knows, but they may wish
to count how many times
Allah mentioned the word
`day` in the Quran, then
claim that each one of
these days is a day with
Allah.
Yet, I should add, even if
Verse 32:5 is describing a
day with Allah, and it is
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clear that it is not, then the

number mentioned in it is
exactly the same as the
number mentioned in
Verse 22:47, and that is,
1,000 human years.
What Day that is 50,000

Years Long?
Verse 70:4 discusses

an entirely different
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topic. I will mention

here the Verses
immediately before,
after and including
Verse 4 (1-18), so that
the readers can
discover for themselves
why I call Katz and his
authors liars. I will
then draw a
comparison between
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Verses 22:47 and 70:4

in what used to be
called scientific
research.
Allah said, what

translated means, {A
questioner asked
concerning a torment
about to befall. Upon
the disbelievers,
which none can avert;
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from Allh, the Lord of

the ways of ascent.
The angels and the
Rh
[Jibrl (Gabriel)]
ascend to Him in a
Day the measure
whereof is fifty
thousand years. So
be patient
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(O Muhammad)
, with a good
patience. Verily, they
see it
(the torment)
afar off. But We see it
(quite)
near; the Day that the
sky will be like the
boiling filth of oil. And
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the mountains will be

like flakes of wool.
And no friend will ask
a friend
(about his condition)
; though they shall be
made to see one
another. The Mujrim,
(criminal, sinner,
disbeliever)
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would desire to
ransom himself from
the punishment of that
Day by his children;
and his wife and his
brother; and his
kindred who sheltered
him; and all that are in
the earth, so that it
might save him. By no
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means! Verily, it will

be the fire of Hell.
Taking away
(burning completely)
the head skin! Calling
(all)
such as turn their
backs and turn away
their faces
(from Faith) [picking
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and swallowing them

up from that great
gathering of mankind
on the Day of
Resurrection]
. And collect
(wealth)
and hide it
(from spending it in
the Cause of Allh)}.
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This Ayah
Discusses the Day
of Resurrection
Clearly, Verse 70:4

discusses the Day
of Resurrection, a
special Day, a
specific Day the
length of which will
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be 50,000 years, a
Day that has not
come yet, a Day
after which there
will be no night
[22:55], a Day that
will not come but aft
er
this universe is
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destroyed and
another universe is
created, {
On the Day when
the earth will be
changed to another
earth and so will be
the heavens
}; [14:48].
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How can this Verse,

which does not
mention the words,
A day with your
Lord is 50,000
years long,
contradict Verse
22:47, which states
that, A day with the
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Lord is 1,000 years

long?
Glad Tidings for

the Believers in
Muhammad,
peace be upon
him
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I should add here

that the entire
length of the Day
of Resurrection
will only be felt by
the disbelievers in
Allah [74:9-10]: {T
ruly, that Day will
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be a Hard Day;
Far from easy for
the disbelievers
}.
In contrast, Allah
will make the
stance on that
Day seem as brief
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as the time it
takes the sun to
set in the late
afternoon; [Sahih
at-Targheeb
, Hadeeth no.
3589]. This is
good news for the
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believers and a
befitting end to
their hard struggle
in this life to
preserve their
faith and practice
it. They endure
all types of
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trouble,
aggression and
oppression in this
life by the hands
of tyrants,
including those
who claim to
honor Jesus, yet,
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dishonor his
legacy by their
deviant dogma
and by acting
opposite to how
Jesus would have
acted had he
lived during their
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time.
Another point of
interest
regarding this
topic: Chapter
22, Verses 47-56,
mentioned two
types of days, a
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day with the Lord

and the Day of
Resurrection, {
And they ask you
to hasten on the
torment! And
Allh fails not His
Promise. And
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verily, a day with

your Lord is as a
thousand years of
what you reckon
And those who

disbelieved, will
not cease to be in
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doubt about it
(this Qurn)
until the Hour
comes suddenly
upon them, or
there comes to
them the torment
of the Day after
48 / 96

which there will

be no night
(i.e. the Day of
Resurrection)
.The sovereignty
on that Day will
be that of Allh
(the One Who
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has no partners)
. He will judge
between them
}.
Evidence
Establishing
the Day of
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Resurrection
as the Day That
is 50,000 Years
Long
Scientific
research
51 / 96

requires time
and effort. The
articles I have
seen that
criticize Islam
demonstrate
that neither of
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these
respectable
traits of valid
scientific
research was
used by the
Neos in their
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articles. Three
topics, one
about
distance, one
about the
length of a day
to Allah and
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one about the

length of the
Day of
Resurrection
were made
into one and
the same
55 / 96

topic.
Thus, we are
reminded of a
formula that
has confused
Christians, and
the rest of the
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world with
them, for 2,000
years:
1+1+1=1
. No, thanks!
We, Muslims,
are pleased
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and clearly
satisfied with
explaining
these
three
Texts as
discussing
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three
distinct topics:
1+1+1=3
.
Prophet
Muhammad,
peace be upon
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him, who
brought the
Quran from the
Lord of all that
exists, clearly
stated that the
Day that is fifty
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thousand years
long is the Day
of
Resurrection.
Imam Muslim
Ibn al-`Hajjaj
reported that
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Abu Hurairah,
the Prophets
companion,
said that Allah's
Messenger,
peace be upon
him, said, If
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any owner of
gold or silver
does not pay
what is due on
him
(obligatory
charity)
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, when the
Day of
Resurrection
would come,
plates of fire
would be
beaten out for
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him; these
would then be
heated in the
fire of Hell and
his sides,
forehead and
back would be
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cauterized with
them.
Whenever
these cool
down,
(the process is)
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repeated during
a Day the
extent of
which would
be fifty
thousand
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years
.
Further, the
Prophet of
Islam, peace be
upon him,
invoked Allah to
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grant his
paternal cousin,
Abdullah Ibn
Abbas,
knowledge in
the
interpretation of
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the Quran, [Sh

ar`h
at-Ta`hawiyya
h
,
Hadeeth No.
180]. When
Abdullah Ibn
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Abbas was
asked about
the Day that is
50,000 years
long, he said
that it is the
Day of
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Resurrection; [
Nihayatu
al-Bidayati
wan-Nihayah
, by Ibn Kathir
(3231)]. Thus,
the Quranic
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Verses before,
after and
including 70:4,
the Prophet of
Islam and his
devout student
Abdullah Ibn
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Àbbas all
stated that this
day is the Day
of
Resurrection.
Who
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Advocates a
Day With The
Lord That is
Both 1,000
Years Long
and 50,000
Years Long?
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Muslims do
not advocate
the idea that
every day or
one certain
day with Allah
is both 1,000
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and 50,000
years long.
Evangelicals
do. Thus, if
they wish to
keep and
preach this
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idea as a
Christian
dogma, they
are welcome
to do so,
especially
since they
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have changed
their religion
innumerable
times. But
when they
claim that this
is what Islam
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advocates,
Muslims say
to them in the
clearest
terms, THIS
IS A LIE.
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A Promise
and a
Challenge
I promise
Katz and his
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authors that I
will dismantle
the terrible
pack of lies
posted on
their website
82 / 96

and then
claimed by
them to
belong to
Islam. I also
challenge
83 / 96

them to
instead of
spending
time on
discussing
minor issues
84 / 96

about Islam
and
Christianityhave the
courage to
discuss the
85 / 96

core of their
religion as
compared to
the Islamic
Creed. In the
meantime,
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Islam still
wins more
converts to it
on a daily
basis than all
other
87 / 96

religions
combined,
thus,
testifying to
Islam being
the religion of
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Truth, {He it
is
(All
ah)
Who has
sent His
Messenger
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(Muhammad,
peace be
upon him)
with
guidance and
the religion of
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truth
(Islm)
, that He may
make it
(Islm)
superior to all
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religions. And
AllSufficient
is Allh as a
Witness
}; [48:28].
Peace be
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upon those
who follow
the true
guidance
that Allah,
the Creator
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of all that
exists, sent
down to His
Messenger
Muhammad,
peace be
94 / 96

upon him,
and to all of
His
Prophets
and
Messengers.
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Jalal
Abualrub
www.IslamL
ife.Com
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