| This is the fourth article of the series: | | | | to worship, just as they have gods.’ He said, |
| "Is The Lord God Seen or Not in Bible versus Quran?" | | | | ‘Truly you are an ignorant folk, for repaying |
| In the previous three articles, the Bible says that many | | | | God’s grace to you with what you have said. |
| men have seen the Lord God like Abraham and Isaac, | | | | |
| Jacob. Not only has that, but Jacob Wrestles with God | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 139 |
| and Jacob defeated GOD. | | | | Truly as for these, their idolatry will be destroyed and |
| Read the articles "The Lord God is seen in Bible | | | | all that they are doing of idolatry is in vain. |
| versus Quran" (1-3). | | | | |
| In this article, Moses and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 140 |
| seventy elders saw the Lord God of Israel face to | | | | Then Moses said: Shall I seek for you a god other than |
| face. This indicates that in addition to Abraham, Isaac, | | | | Allah, shall I command you to worship another lord |
| and Jacob, there are 74 persons more who saw the | | | | when Allah has favored you above all the nations of |
| Lord God. | | | | your time through surrender unto Him? |
| Yet the Bible declares that No one has ever seen | | | | |
| God at any time. | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 141 |
| The Noble Quran says that No one can see the | | | | And remember when Allah delivered you from |
| Almighty Creator in the life of this world; yet, only the | | | | Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful |
| believers will see Him in the Hereafter. | | | | torment, slaughtering your little sons and sparing your |
| In addition, the Quran mentions the story when Moses | | | | girls. These events were tremendous trial as well as |
| said, ‘My Lord! Show me, Yourself and Allah told | | | | blessing from your Lord, so will you not heed the |
| him that he could not see him; and then Allah revealed | | | | admonition and desist from what you are saying? |
| Himself, to the mountain He leveled it to the ground and | | | | |
| Moses fell down senseless. | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 142 |
| | | | | And when Allah appointed for Moses to spend in the |
| ========== | | | | mountain thirty nights and added to them ten more |
| | | | | days and he completed the whole time appointed by |
| ?? In the Bible: The Lord God is Seen (4) | | | | his Lord of forty nights (thus was completed the term |
| | | | | of communion) with his lord, forty nights.; and Moses |
| The Lord God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob | | | | said unto his brother Aaron: Take my place, be my |
| and Moses; hence, Moses is the fourth man who saw | | | | deputy among the people. Do right, enjoin them to do |
| the Lord God | | | | right, and do not follow the way of mischief-makers by |
| The Lord God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am | | | | committing transgressions. |
| the LORD; I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to | | | | |
| Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 143 |
| did not make myself known to them. | | | | And when Moses came at Allah's appointed time, that |
| Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people | | | | is, the time at which Allah had promised to speak to |
| and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the | | | | him, and his Lord spoke with him, without any |
| LORD. | | | | intermediary, with speech which he heard from all |
| Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy | | | | directions, |
| elders saw the Lord God. | | | | Moses said, ‘My Lord! Show me, Yourself, that I |
| Under God's feet was something like a pavement | | | | may behold You!’ |
| made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself. God did not | | | | Allah Said, ‘You shall not see Me, that is to say, you |
| lay his hand on the chief men, the elders of Israel; they | | | | do not have the power to see me, but behold the |
| beheld God, and ate and drank. | | | | mountain, which is stronger than you are, and if it |
| | | | | remains, stays fixed, in its place, then you shall see |
| ? The Lord God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob | | | | Me’, that is, [then] you shall remain fixed and able to |
| and Moses | | | | see Me, otherwise, you will not have the capacity for it. |
| | | | | And when Allah revealed Himself, that is, [when] He |
| Exodus 3:15-16 (New International Version) | | | | manifested of His Light the equivalent of half a nail of a |
| | | | | little finger, (as stated in one Hadith), to the mountain He |
| 15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The | | | | leveled it to the ground and Moses fell down |
| LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of | | | | senseless, having lost consciousness at the |
| Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of | | | | awesomeness of what he had seen. |
| Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is my name | | | | And when he recovered his senses he said, ‘Glory |
| forever, the name by which I am to be remembered | | | | be to You!, in Your transcendence. I repent to You, for |
| from generation to generation. | | | | having asked You what I was not commanded [to |
| 16 "Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, | | | | ask], and I am the first of the believers’, of my time. |
| 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of | | | | It should be emphasized that the use of this |
| Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and | | | | expression [lan tar?n?, which means, ‘you shall not |
| said: I have watched over you and have seen what | | | | see Me’] instead of lan ur?, which means, ‘I shall |
| has been done to you in Egypt. | | | | not be seen’, implies that it is possible to see God, |
| | | | | exalted be He (but only the believers will see Him in |
| ? Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did not know the name | | | | the Afterlife) |
| Jehovah | | | | |
| | | | | The meanings of verse 7: 144 |
| Exodus 6:2-3 (New International Version) | | | | Hen Allah said, to him: ‘O Moses, I have elected |
| 2 God also said to Moses, "I am the LORD. | | | | you, chosen you, from among mankind, the people of |
| 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as | | | | your time, for My Messages and My Speech, that is, |
| God Almighty, but by my name the LORD (Jehovah) I | | | | [for] My having spoken to you. So take what I have |
| did not make myself known to them. | | | | given you, of bounty, and be of the thankful’, of My |
| | | | | favors. |
| | | | | |
| ? Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the | | | | |
| seventy elders saw the Lord God. | | | | Verses 7: 138-144 (Yusuf Ali translation) |
| This indicates that in addition to Abraham, Isaac, and | | | | |
| Jacob, there are 74 persons more who saw the Lord | | | | Verse 7: 138 |
| God. | | | | We took the children of Israel (with safety) across the |
| Under God's feet was something like a pavement | | | | sea. They came upon a people devoted entirely to |
| made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself. God did not | | | | some idols they had. They said: "o Moses! Fashion for |
| lay his hand on the chief men, the elders of Israel; they | | | | us a god like unto the gods they have." he said: "surely |
| beheld God, and ate and drank. | | | | ye are a people without knowledge. |
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| Exodus 24:8-11 (New International Version) | | | | Verse 7: 139 |
| | | | | As to these folk, - the cult they are in is (but) a |
| 8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people | | | | fragment of a ruin, and vain is the (worship) which they |
| and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the | | | | practice. |
| LORD has made with you in accordance with all these | | | | |
| words." | | | | Verse 7: 140 |
| 9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the | | | | He said: "shall I seek for you a god other than the |
| seventy elders of Israel went up | | | | (true) Allah, when it is Allah who hath endowed you |
| 10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was | | | | with gifts above the nations?" |
| something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear as | | | | |
| the sky itself. | | | | Verse 7: 141 |
| 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders | | | | And remember we rescued you from pharaoh's |
| of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and | | | | people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, |
| drank. | | | | who slew your male children and saved alive your |
| | | | | females: in that was a momentous trial from your lord. |
| ? Yet, No one have ever seen the Lord God in the | | | | |
| Bible! | | | | Verse 7: 142 |
| Read Exodus 33:20, John 1:18 and 1 John 4:12 and read | | | | We appointed for Moses thirty nights, and completed |
| the articles "The Lord God is Seen in Bible versus | | | | (the period) with ten (more): thus was completed the |
| Quran" (1) and (2). | | | | term (of communion) with his lord, forty nights. and |
| | | | | Moses had charged his brother Aaron (before he |
| ========== | | | | went up): "act for me amongst my people: do right, and |
| | | | | follow not the way of those who do mischief. |
| ?? In the Quran: The Lord God is NOT Seen (3) | | | | |
| | | | | Verse 7: 143 |
| In the previous articles "The Lord God is seen in Bible | | | | When Moses came to the place appointed by us, and |
| versus Quran" (1-3), the following three points are | | | | his lord addressed him, he said: "o my lord! Show |
| mentioned therein: | | | | (thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said: |
| 1) No man can see the Almighty Creator in the life of | | | | "by no means canst thou see me (direct); but look |
| this world (Verse 6:103) | | | | upon the mount; if it abides in its place, then shalt thou |
| 2) On the Day of Judgment, your sight will be acute, | | | | see Me." when his lord manifested his glory on the |
| very sharp and piercing. (Verse 50: 22) | | | | mount, he made it as dust. and Moses fell down in a |
| 3) Only the Believers will see their LORD in the | | | | swoon. When he recovered his senses he said: "glory |
| Hereafter (Verses 75: 22-23). | | | | be to thee! To thee I turn in repentance, and I am the |
| | | | | first to believe. |
| In this article, verses 7:138-144 tell the story when | | | | |
| Moses said, ‘My Lord! Show me, Yourself and | | | | Verse 7: 144 |
| Allah told him that he could not see him; and then Allah | | | | (Allah) said: "o Moses! I have chosen thee above |
| revealed Himself, to the mountain He leveled it to the | | | | (other) men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the |
| ground and Moses fell down senseless. | | | | words I (have spoken to thee): take then the |
| | | | | (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who |
| The meanings of verses 7:138-144 | | | | give thanks. |
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| The meanings of verse 7: 138 | | | | ========== |
| And Allah brought the Children of Israel across the sea, | | | | |
| and they came unto a people (who were given up to | | | | Back to my question to the smart and interested |
| idols which they had) who worshipped idols. They said: | | | | reader: |
| O Moses! Make for us a god, show us a god to | | | | Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the |
| worship, an idol for us to worship, just as they have | | | | Quran quoted from the Bible? |
| gods ‘O Moses, make for us a god, an idol for us | | | | |