God, please guide us.
Greetings all,
I must say that I still have very little knowledge of many things here, please excuse me if my questions are too simple or obvious, and I know very little about Arabic.
After reading:
41:40 Surely, those who distort Our revelations are not hidden from Us. Is one who is thrown into Hell better, or one who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you wish; He is Seer of everything you do.
41:41 Surely, those who have rejected the Reminder when it came to them; and it is an Honorable Scripture.
41:42 No falsehood could enter it, presently or afterwards; a revelation from a Most Wise, Praiseworthy.
41:43 What is being said to you is the same that was said to the messengers before you. Your Lord has forgiveness, and a painful retribution.
and also
41:1 H.M.
41:2 A revelation from the Almighty, the Merciful.
41:3 A Scripture whose verses are detailed, a compilation in Arabic for a people who know.
41:4 A bearer of good news, and a warner. But most of them turn away; they do not hear.
I have been quite confused here... Please help clarify my numbered questions below:
1. What's the difference between "revelations" and "Reminder" and "Scripture"?
2. Since "Reminder" is a "Honorable Scripture" as in verse 42 and that "No falsehood could enter it, presently or afterwards..." in verse 43, then why are there many versions of the "Quran" as in the "Which Quran?" article (
www.free-minds.org/articles/science/WhichQuran.pdf)
3.
3.1 "What is being said to you is the same that was said to the messengers before you" - so "what is being said " is the "Reminder" since it was said to the messngers before and said again now - thus reminding - so it's called the "reminder" right?
3.2 If so, then falsehood could never enter "What is being said", right?
Having read "The True State of the Quran" article (
http://www.free-minds.org/articles/gods_system/quran.htm), then I came to think that perhaps my answer these questions would be like:
In my humble and know-little situation I think the following answers to myself, please help correct/clarify it to me:
Test Reply to 1.: Falsehood entered and can enter "Revelations", but it can't enter this special "Reminder" revelation.
Test Reply to 2.: Then the "Reminder" would be the initialed chapters of the "Quran". The "Revelations" would be the rest because:
See the "The True State of the Quran": ...By reviewing the different variations that exist now in the printed and recited Scripture (there are 10 accepted variations according to the Sunnis alone…I have not looked at what variations the Shia or others groups also carry), it became difficult to distinguish truth from falsehood in most of the chapters of the Scripture with one exception.That exception was the 29 initialed chapters which are all locked by a unique mathematical pattern (see ’19-Fact or Fiction?’).Test Reply to 3.: "What is being said", is the "Reminder" so it refers to the initialed chapters of the "Quran" (like chapter 41 - "marked"/initialed) - which is really "Quran"
I would then see from these verses that "What is being said" is a "revelation" and it is a "scripture" by its own from verses 2-3, so this "Reminder" is a special "revelation" that is saying about "the same that was said to the messengers before" but it differs that falsehood cannot enter it.
I now feel more clear about it but I think it surely needs more checking and clarification, please help!
However, if the "Quran" is the "Reminder" then would this conflict with "contains":
Quran contains the ‘Zikr’/Reminder (38:1) ?
Or would this "contain" simply mean that it keeps the "reminding" "revelation" intact.
What do you think? Please help clarify! Especially those of you who know Arabic.
Again, I must say that I still have very little knowledge of many things here, please excuse me if my thoughts go wrong or my questions are too simple or too obvious, and I know very little about Arabic.
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