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Abo Haida Giazab—in which comets (r recovers) entail explain hi very special way to the very spec reign. How sono Iwas when realized th his bok was of marge ceaimpor vey well ea (atone ight ot expect om sa eae) te well reser, Ys, war vd deserpen of tow ey Lan, lot tom apt in he proces. Fe esis awn fo sam. But he tok also effedaso well eased plato forall chr Anericas i,k i, equie considerable dep a atonal guy before sue. ring t Alas cal ‘ven Angels At Dr. Lang’ second book ot wiht spines, writen aera years say in Sah Arabia~sbows the very same vies ‘Total hon, commen ese, a gnous evel of eolgil investigation, sda ling acon between ed story ling next ee {ene Agsin, the aor demons ht oly a = tralia) be «an ony belive in religion tae fds compeing—eatnally intel Sectly spray tht he eighn i am thing an ‘sth ‘When the autor alleges that (Chris eligi dopmas in modem Limes are ely deepening te rio ah and reign, e ches pe: ison made by Maarmad As (or of fslam athe Crores ‘lading Ml inlet of he 2h century) in 1934 when he forest Tha he dob alsed by the Nicene Cros especilly the mons of ns tation nd tity. would nt only amie ising people roe th ‘Gurche but fro the elit in Go a sch De La a inne with sn cheatin mae by Karen Armstrong (uo of Or Gad) according ‘which Jos Steed rom closing slo (by conse a he “Chosen Pople wile Cistaniy sured om fe opps, ts univera en gl sayy absorbing a mute of radions io se. am, ccrding ‘ox. Langs poston avoid bth pals and | ape wh bi. In Soul Ari the att came to realize tht fo i "ee was mo scope fom being an American” fe an jvesigative Masi,” hone ayo ingiry imo the bass of am was considered dangerous rtd of eadng t“imnoraon” an even rey (Fo Bese, ot Single stance in which the ahr’ apc eds o event slghest. “evton rom the toes of la) The conservative ata ha Dr Lang ‘encountered oresas, had yeas carer ao feted Mutunid Aad (lis Leopold Weis). rom my asoclaton i hia Lm ora hat he ‘ould ue enol bth ofthe au’ Boks winched ‘Givens backrond, Ke boos ile no js am opcing smb bata prog: According tf Qu, saat al Baparoh a Mev be sangl (hose never els) were avo oquston Gs wom af ‘cing ma his rebeows and mischievous) Tas Mins too most ‘never p asking pertinent questions abot Cod th werd and hermes ‘Nevers in lew ofthe ppaste ead view, takes ane cours for Dr. Lan to propose tht every geaion of Mains eee ein- ‘estat the foundations of at "since Kaowksge grows wih te” [Ava mater offic he holds tht wuld bea give ended or bind on ast dames nd "dope opinion” ues one sw ing acy "atrophy and day ‘This of couse th aor cain dos mo sep. On he sory, ‘ne tckles head-on many rater dle es, ike quo abot pe Adan!” and they ‘rowed dows ot Ils; he ise be of thse who ‘ow down (11) And whin your Lod dew fe fom the cre of ‘Ada fron thle, esd, and mde ther ey ‘ct themseve tying) “Arm Ln your Lord” They sid, "TY ty weet.” (Tat ws) est you should say 00 the Day of Resurectio: “La of hs we ere nsw. am Noe the tras aE fra you" (pal Arabi) in he fst 0 ‘Smee to “Adam” fhe thie If maki i being iene with ‘Adan. These venes soem o demand symbolic nteetsens,aherwise from te fit we woud have to conclude hat we were cet hen tree glen ship, fea te command war given concerning the fs ant [As oe 1172. Tea ot even Ko bow hepa treet is Verse gem On.“ se gk ‘omeretly and it should come a susie hat many ancient commen twos also undestoe symbol. "Toe Qa’ ghee sarah of Kaif aes amber of bea sores nan alot urease Fe example, verse 86, rm he ke (oF Dhl Quran es, ‘ait wen he raced sting ote su, ane ou iting in «ny sing a founda pope ea We sid "0 Dil Qa! Er punish then or tet then wih Roose” 1886) “This veo fas put Muslim commetators, ny of wham serch ‘ny fragt pronetconqosrr tha ag compare to Dal Qari, Ino rtced te nds where the sans abd se. The mos pope ‘oie was Alexander the Grea, which i yey Tae since e swell now to hive Been 8 pagan. Since the sn does oot Hira se i 8 In sing with people nearby, lsschar-er iteration is {orci upon ‘Raton blab the point, etme summarize ny poston. On he basiof te se nd curactr ofthe Quran, Tei hl the mos peer- and rot cautious saferent one can ake The Quan eatery ais rons with whic he Arab ere prey sme fain, fot for Ge sake of tng hisory &sadsyingbutan cay, Bat 1 “Nw 2 mors pont sharpen tho fot of atenton, ano eo: fers the sc message” I would die agaist attempts « Fre of ‘iii the hsviy of eof ewe tres, Fst of all becase the ‘Qu/an evi stl lands and sine een pssgss i am a= ‘aver ley can tbe taken Hera, sch an sence ser ava Fant. Frome sping seh Kinison te Quan may tes csc to onal coils an bsetins dt sract th reader Frm the mor of iene. The Quran isl harshly iis thsi ‘mon in Suara Kal Some sy they were die, the dg being he our among ‘hem ths ay hey wee ive be dg being the Sich ‘ouwhlygusing te uknown. Yer bers say sven, ‘hedog tng the eighth. Say. "My Lord knows best ei Ser Tang wa ANTS A. Srp ce rin en Yr oo es te by el cl Ten pct regen ph Ang Ak s ame, a one kaos he, bu afew Therefore, 0 cir orroveres emceing Den, erp fart cle" (8-2) Morsover, it woul be many inpossible defintely Sse te zi oe symboie laracter of every fale o nes he requis eve ‘tied of his ad Arab orl waiion-—no © meston sgh {othe etn and won of the wthor—t make su a claim. aso lemornce stra be died bat shou ote allowed to place is nd bands onthe ways and means of eve, ‘As we sto ono uy, wl be poaching te Quan fan the std ein! elon ake verse of nd id prone in the ‘histor of Go mt an if. We ae now ray wo embark. We ave tne our preparations at ave broke camp With te Qn before, treet te fs pags ‘An Answer to a Prayer {nthe Nae of Go, Te Meri, Th Compasioste Pie bet Go, La ofthe wor 2. Te Meseul, The Compassion: 53. Mser ofthe day of Reta 44 You dow sre and You do we sec for eps 5 Gue ur he sag ph £6. The ah hoe who you have favored 4. Not those pan who i wah nd not Bose Wh are eau (ke Volumes upon volumes ave been writen on the Quran's opening sarah even tah consi of oly sete set ves, but we my FW ‘even ve ol ne enough pate fra ew very bie beacons “The fist veve inlets sym of pase, to God, “the La of B= woth" The divine ras, "he Mel, The Compassion” appear ing in the ond, ead every sarah bt ene (he and ae amon the tow leq econo was of od bth nthe Quran by ‘Muslims nth eeryy speech. The nod nga changsin ven t9o it eakon deep seed apse and confes. No sone re Goss ‘cry and compassion empire thn we are weateon withthe "Day [Of Real” Would tot ave bn me act wo Foxpone sch oni ‘ron to wal the reader lle moe corre with con Feo in he Quan? Asserans abou Go's mere. compasin, gew Ant A es, o lve ever drove ws fom region, but warnings af 3 Day of Thdgment, of Hel feel dauaton ht we found possible 1 ha ‘onie wih mercy sed compassion, "Te fourth verse goes even deeper the quant sit emis ws thaserice ended peas forelpae eed the ey ceaor of the predicamen frm which we sok ston, Far frm allowing 1 trac up to ks message th cite wases no tine vecalig Ou co- Finns aint selgion. We wll cover tht hs a persist ace of {he Quran tht repel gia the sep by coating i wih Ns pesonal jeans We wil sn sce dat his Quran ena sof se or nl nels sel al aio ess han challenge, dae, o ight an are sgist this book. "We ean relate the la thee Yrs al to ready. Life a chaotic suze, «indo an coning neo pats and coies hat Fed ‘vbore but to broke deans empey accomplishments, nfl expt ‘ons on mirage fe anothers te igh pa ae alin he em ‘Shy meanings? Not the etn from penal ines in ‘eres sand seven aft sy tha cain he "Seal paths vine favor coaered on hoe who sek an hed vin guidance and hat hee tro doa follow divine pidans ae expos tal of Hes impersonal, Unfeting wa nd utr le nd ssn, This wrath ad lost we now ‘ell for we ve abwrbed Kf anger and wimsness ard made it our ‘wn sour argument forthe onextence ofa eset Godan the Fonda of eur espe. "We moved dough he seve ves ql. Thee was sb shi ln moo fom he it ou da lod God tothe st te dh asked for ‘dance, Moe tan fialy ou est eacing of tem wes 0 as ht we fi ce cere the change Iwas tu wef aod the pening Seah tine we seed tat we had jut involuntary apd somicnsiousty Inada saplicaton, We were mort ike eo before we tad chance {ors The begining of to ox sua wil inform ws tht wheter we ensciusly imied tor pay ou Faye reached ts destination sat tact abut 1 receive nt anu. That Is the Book Inthe ame of Ga the Maral, The Compassion Aion min 2 That the bok, whesin np doubt i uae those swore ez, en Ange » 23 Who tev inthe union atl ae seals in prayer he spent of wat We ave gen da, {1'apd wo ble i ht whch is eves to ou and ‘tat wich was reveled before ou ad are ertin o the caer. $5: These eo guidance fom heir Loran thes, they setbe sucess 21 Afton mins titration oftheir Arai eters hat open is sch. Twentynine sarah beg Wid sch eer combinations of the ‘ics Thy coins o bea sey 0 Quran comments, {opinions ders 1o heir meaning Mos seve thy ae abbreviations ‘of word or mys symbols tu we wl eave ach ecultion sie, "The second vege declrs fst ha Book, he Que att We Ive before uri mithou doe te answer to the prayer We had us Feit Te tenor ofthe Quran from bre on if fom tha of the ‘pening rah Int surah i was the reader bublypeioning (Ga for guidance wile the porepecsive ofthe remainder ofthe Qa, ‘itv ists, il Be Go sn all Hs supreme power and render, rocking tothe reader the puance that he sought. whether co eousy or enonsciouly, knowingly or unknowingly. Also observe ha lout and fer are ccefiate nth were. We shoud no exclude ow {elves asl from thee abuts, ven touph we do ot te fll scription contd in verses hoe dough fv. We dokave dou, ‘otonly aout God's existence bu ao about our denial oft. we were “olutely conan of our am, we would na be reading his serps ‘Asta ewe to ami we ae not quite se of ourselves there ‘xi nw a eta pimmer a oubt—and of es. The word mun, Srna tose whofe fear” comes fom the Arabic rot which Incas fo poet to ard, o defend, tbe caus pies am act erie oon’ patil weakness, person oo hs toes elt ial awurenes We may aot be believers, bot we ae dtl gard ‘kfensive and casour when comes o religion, terwise we would Ts pear ov he arn sk ef ema a cath Tee yn ee tc coe pe me ‘Scere ua ao To ay Quran To tn Pata ‘Setanta Pata Royo orn 7 Ao ‘Youd Ak Te amg of Hay avon ew Eon wih Kee Town ‘Scent MD: aa tan 189: Mave Pa Te Sec Crt Do ae Yar Mn We ee 7