Comparative Study between the Bible versus the Quran (32)
Chapter by Chapter and Verse by Verse;
(Chapter 32:1-10)
The Old Testament Verses from 1-10 are talking about Jacob met the angels of God. Jacob said that he is a SERVANT of His Lord Esau (his brother). Jacob expected the evil and was greatly afraid of Esau (actually Esau was a brave kind and gentleman)
The New Testament Verses from 1-10 are talking about Jesus taught the multitude many things by parables. He said: a sower sowed, some fell here and there and gave no fruit; other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit. The disciples did not understand Jesus' parable.
The Noble Quran Verses from 1-10 are talking about eight ideas and they are: 1) The Quran is no doubt inspired from the Lord of the Worlds; 2) the disbelievers say Muhammad has invented it’? Nay, but it is the truth from the Lord, that you may warn, thereby, a people that perhaps they may find guidance, by your warning, 3) Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days. You do not have, O disbelievers, besides Him, any protector, 4) He directs the command from the heaven to the earth, in a day whose measure is a thousand years by your reckoning, 5) That, Creator and Director, is the Knower of the Unseen and the visible, that is, what is hidden from creatures and what is present before them, the Mighty, the Invincible in His kingdom, the Merciful, to those who are obedient to Him, 6) Who perfected everything that He created and He began the creation of man, Adam, from clay, and breathed into him of His spirit; then He made his progeny, his offspring, from the sperm-drop. And He made for you hearing (ears), and sight and hearts, 7) Those who give thanks to the Lord are little and 8) the deniers of resurrection, say, ‘When we died are lost beneath the earth, having become dust shall we be indeed created anew?’ Allah, exalted be He, says: Nay, but they disbelieve in the encounter with their Lord, through resurrection.
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Old Testament:
Chapter 32 in the Old Testament is Genesis 32; it is composed of 32 verses.
Verses from 1-10 are talking about Jacob met the angels of God. Jacob said that he is a SERVANT of His Lord Esau (his brother). Jacob expected the evil and was greatly afraid of Esau (actually Esau was a brave kind and gentleman)
Genesis 32 (King James Version)
1] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2] And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3] And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4] And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5] And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6] And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7] Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8] And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9] And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10] I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
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New Testament
Chapter 32 in the New Testament is Mark 4; it is composed of 41 verses.
Verses from 1-10 are talking about Jesus taught the multitude many things by parables. He said: a sower sowed, some fell here and there and gave no fruit; other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit.
The disciples did not understand Jesus' parable.
Mark 4 (King James Version)
1] And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2] And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3] Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4] And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5] And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6] But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7] And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8] And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9] And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10] And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
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The Noble Quran:
Chapter 32 in the Noble Quran is composed of 30 verses.
Verses from 1-10 are talking about eight ideas and they are: 1) The Quran is no doubt inspired from the Lord of the Worlds; 2) the disbelievers say Muhammad has invented it’? Nay, but it is the truth from the Lord, that you may warn, thereby, a people that perhaps they may find guidance, by your warning, 3) Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them in six days. You do not have, O disbelievers, besides Him, any protector, 4) He directs the command from the heaven to the earth, in a day whose measure is a thousand years by your reckoning, 5) That, Creator and Director, is the Knower of the Unseen and the visible, that is, what is hidden from creatures and what is present before them, the Mighty, the Invincible in His kingdom, the Merciful, to those who are obedient to Him, 6) Who perfected everything that He created and He began the creation of man, Adam, from clay, and breathed into him of His spirit; then He made his progeny, his offspring, from the sperm-drop. And He made for you hearing (ears), and sight and hearts, 7) Those who give thanks to the Lord are little and 8) the deniers of resurrection, say, ‘When we died are lost beneath the earth, having become dust shall we be indeed created anew?’ Allah, exalted be He, says: Nay, but they disbelieve in the encounter with their Lord, through resurrection.
[1] Alif Lam Mim.
[2] (This is) the revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt, from the Lord of the Worlds.
[3] Or do they say, "He has forged it?" Nay, it is the Truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest admonish a people to whom no warner has come before thee: in order that they may receive guidance.
[4] It is Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all between them, in six Days, and is firmly established on the Throne (of authority); ye have none, besides Him, to protect or intercede (for you): will ye not then receive admonition?
[5] He rules (all) affairs from the heavens to the earth: in the end will (all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning.
[6] Such is He, the Knower of all things, hidden and open, the Exalted (in power), the Merciful;
[7] He Who has made everything which He has created Most Good: He began the creation of man with (nothing more than) clay,
[8] And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised:
[9] But He fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!
[10] And they say: "What! when we lie, hidden and lost, in the earth, shall we indeed be in a Creation renewed?" Nay, they deny the Meeting with their Lord!
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