Quran Talk

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   “Obey God and obey the messenger” or some rendition of this occurs in some 25 instances in the Quran.   Quran is the only legitimate Hadith [45:6] These are GOD's revelations that we recit...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Debating with an Atheist If you debate with an atheist one of the core arguments they try to make it to try to prove that God is not Most Gracious, Most Merciful, All Powerful or Most Just...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com The Quran has a lot of prophecies Sura 44 is about the prophecy of the smoke Sura 54 is about the prophecy of the splitting of the moon Prophecy for the end of the world etc. Muhammad prophesi...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Theorem: a general proposition not self-evident but proved by a chain of reasoning; a truth established by means of accepted truths.   In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem, relation of...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   [40:13] He is the One who continuously shows you His proofs, and sends down to you from the sky provisions. Only those who totally submit will be able to take heed. Process of you hearing...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   [4:48] GOD does not forgive idolatry, but He forgives lesser offenses for whomever He wills. Anyone who sets up idols beside GOD, has forged a horrendous offense. [4:146] Only those who r...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com God in the Quran puts a lot of emphasis on the rights of orphans. And this is representative of a Quranic society where the individuals with the least say the smallest voices and the least...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Why is it that despite in aggregate people’s economic situation has gotten better than it was years ago, people feel ever more disenfranchised than they have in the past? Children are kin...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   [2:183] O you who believe, fasting is decreed for you, as it was decreed for those before you, that you may attain salvation. [2:184] Specific days (are designated for fasting); if one is...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Has world poverty gotten worse or better in the last 30 years? (less than a $1/day adjusted to inflation in 1970 to $1.90/day) From 1990 to today there has been ~65% reduction in extreme...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Rolling Stones - Keith Richards & Mick Jagger - I can’t get no satisfaction  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VZ4mAfta3s Cow never asks am I satisfied with my life  two central questions...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com 4 Requirements for Marriage Mutual desire and intention that the a man and a women would like to get married to spend the rest of their lives as a strictly monogamous couple Man provides th...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   Evolution vs. De-evolution Sign of intelligence is that new information is created E. coli Long-term Experiment on Evolution - Started 24 February 1988.[2] 66,000 in November 2016.[3] No...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes:  https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS:  https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources:  http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com If I went back two hundred years and I explained to the people back then that life has gotten so easy in our time that we literally have to pay money to go to a facility to lift heavy objec...

Subscribe to the podcast and notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   What causes a nation to fail? There are lots of theories Maybe it is disease? When the Europeans arrived, carrying germs which thrived in dense, semi-urban populations, the indigenous people...

Subscribe to the podcast and show notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   What about when the right path is almost impossible to find? So I have been watching a Netflix series called Ozark and the premise of the show is how one family keeps getting further an...

Subscribe to the podcast and show notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com Mary [3:42] The angels said, "O Mary, GOD has chosen you and purified you. He has chosen you from all the women. [3:43] "O Mary, you shall submit to your Lord, and prostrate and bow down...

Subscribe to the podcast and show notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   F$%! the poor video Three kinds of people 1. the ones who are indifferent 2. The ones who only react when they are offended 3. The ones who give to charity in either situation [7:176] H...

Which friend would you value more? Friend #1 If you go out to eat they cover the bill If you are going to watch Netflix or go to a movie they let you pick what to watch They let you pick the music when you are driving They take care of you when you are sick They even cook and clean for you In short, they expect very little in return just some appreciation Friend #2 They always want to pick what to...

Animals and Birds: Submitting Creatures [6:38] All the creatures on earth, and all the birds that fly with wings, are communities like you. We did not leave anything out of this book. To their Lord, all these creatures will be summoned. List of animals mentioned in the Quran: Elephant, Zebra, Lion, Fly, Mosquito, Raven, Camel, Sheep, goats, cattle, birds, dog, pig, ape, monkey, Cow, fish, serpent,...

Subscribe to the podcast and show notes: https://qurantalk.podbean.com/ Quran translation on iOS: https://apple.co/2C1YGXj Additional Resources: http://www.masjidtucson.org Contact: qurantalk (at) gmail (dot) com   If you could have a super power what would it be? Would you want to fly like Superman - faster than a speeding bullet Or teleportation like Nightcrawler Would you want to be super smart...

What do you think the proper response should be for people who wish us ill? People who want to see us abandon God and our religion. People that want to see us disbelieve? [2:109] Many followers of the scripture would rather see you revert to disbelief, now that you have believed. This is due to jealousy on their part, after the truth has become evident to them. You shall pardon them, and leave the...

Don’t Turn God’s Blessing into Idols  God gave each of us so many blessings  [16:18] If you count God's blessings, you cannot possibly encompass them. God is Forgiver, Most Merciful. [14:34] And He gives you all kinds of things that you implore Him for. If you count God's blessings, you can never encompass them. Indeed, the human being is transgressing, unappreciative.   When God blesses us we hav...

[3:154] …They said, "If it was up to us, none of us would have been killed in this battle." Say, "Had you stayed in your homes, those destined to be killed would have crawled into their death beds." [3:156] O you who believe, do not be like those who disbelieved and said of their kinsmen who traveled or mobilized for war, "Had they stayed with us, they would not have died or gotten killed." GOD re...

[6:59] With Him are the keys to all secrets; none knows them except He.