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In Quran: What the Prophet Muhammad's wives asked him for?

This is the sixth article of the series:

"The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran"

In the previous articles of this series, we have seen that Language-wise, the "foreign" woman or the "strange" woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman.  However, the Bible has another opinion. As determined by the Bible: the "foreign" woman or the "strange" woman is the non-Israelite woman or the non-Jewish woman.

As a result, all non-Israelite or the non-Jewish women are "foreign" women or "strange" women.

This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate (genuine) or Foreign (strange).

 

According to the inspired word of God (Nehemiah 10 and Nehemiah 13), the Bible asserts that Nehemiah said: 

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, and every one who had knowledge, and understanding; They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the lands, nor take their daughters for our sons;

On that day they read in Torah that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the congregation of God.  In those days, I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak in the Jews' language, but only the language of each people. And I confronted them and cursed them and smote some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such Foreign Women? Among the many nations there was no king like him. Nevertheless, Foreign Women made even him to sin. Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?"   And one of the sons of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite (i.e. married a foreign woman). Therefore I chased him from me.  Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.  Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work.

 

In addition, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible says: "Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with other nations."

 

It should be emphasized that although the Bible says that no Ammonite or Moabite should forever enter the congregation of God; however, the righteous "Ruth", the grandmother of King David and the ancestor of the Lord Jesus was Moabite!!

 

On the other hand, the Quran says that all women are equal.

 In the whole Quran, the idiom: "foreign woman" or the "strange" woman is not mentioned therein; all women are equal in their rights and duty regardless of race, color, location etc.  For details, read the previous articles of this series.

However, the exception in the Quran is only for Muhammad's wives who were peculiar women.

 

Muhammad's wives were peculiar women

Verses 33:28-31 of the Quran talk about how peculiar were the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

Although Muhammad was a very rich man, he had a lot of money, and he could live a very luxury life with all of the life adornments and splendors; however, he lived a tough life, a life of asceticism; and he used to give all of his money to the poor people. His wives asked him, one day, for some of the adornments of this world like the other women who lived around. Then, Allah gave them in the Quran two options to choose one of them.

The first option: O Prophet Muhammad! Say to your wives: ‘If you desire what is in the life of this world (and its adornment) and its splendors; come! I will content you with divorce and will release you in a gracious manner; I will divorce you and will not coerce you to stay. This was the first proposed option.

The second option: But any of you that is devout in the service of Allah and his messenger, and works righteousness, - to her shall we grant her reward twice: and we have prepared for her a generous sustenance. This was the second proposed option; and Muhammad's wives have got it.

Not only that, but the Quran continues:

O you wives of the Prophet! Whosoever of you commits manifest lewdness; whoever of you commits manifest indecency, the punishment for her will be doubled. In other words, twice the chastisement for other women; and that is easy for Allah.

And whosoever of you is submissive, obedient unto Allah and His messenger and does right between herself and her Lord, Allah shall give her reward twice over a double reward, and Allah has prepared a noble provision for her, in Paradise, in addition to the twofold reward.

Hence, Muhammad's wives were peculiar women; their punishment is twice and their reward is twice too; and both are easy for Allah.

 

Moreover, the Quran (Verse 38:30) talks about Kings Solomon and says: What an excellent servant is, Solomon! Truly he was a penitent soul, always returning [to Allah] with glorification and remembrance at all times. He was ever turning in repentance (towards Allah) he is ever betaking himself to Allah and engaged in His obedience.

Herein there are two important ethical issues.

1) If the Quran is Anti-Israelite, and since King Solomon is an Israelite king, then the Quran would have exaggerated all the negative attributes of him that are mentioned in the Bible and would say: this is the behavior of the Israelite kings!  But, the truth is the truth.

2) According to the Islamic teachings (Quran and Hadith), anyone says or believes that King Solomon (or any other Prophet) did evil, did not follow his Lord, built high places for other gods because of his 700 foreign wives is categorized as disbeliever  and he or she will dwell in the Eternal Hell in the Afterlife.

For more details, you can read on the internet my series of 25 articles about King Solomon in the Quran; just type on Google search engine: "Not in Bible But in Quran" + King Solomon + my name.

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The Bible: Nehemiah 10:28-30 and Nehemiah 13:1and 13:23-30

 (King James Version)

 

Nehemiah 10:28-30

28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons:

 

Nehemiah 13:1

1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

 

Nehemiah 13:23-30

23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

24And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

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The Quran (Qarib Translation):

 

Verses 33:28-31

?28? O prophet, say to your wives: 'if you seek this life and its finery, come, I will release you with a fine release.

?29?  But if you seek Allah and his messenger and the everlasting residence, know that Allah has prepared for those of you who do good works a mighty wage. '

?30? O wives of the prophet! Whosoever among you commits a flagrant indecency, for her the punishment shall be doubled, that is easy for Allah.

?31? but she who obeys Allah and his messenger and does good works shall be doubly recompensed; for her we have made a generous provision.

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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:

Are the Scholars honest when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?

About the Author

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil,
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.

How do 18 versions of the Bible translate the word: women Strange-1?

This article is the eleventh in the series: "Women from abroad in the Bible against the Quran "

In previous articles, we have seen that in terms of language, "stranger" of women is foreign women and foreign or exotic. However, the Bible has another idea.

As confirmed by the Bible, the "foreign" woman is not Jewish woman or a non-Jewish woman.

Therefore, any non-Jewish woman and non-Jews is a "foreign" woman.

This indicates that women in the Bible are only one of two categories, but are either legitimate (true) or overseas (foreign).

In this article we will analyze and discuss the translation of a verse that speaks of the "foreign woman" in 18 different versions of the Bible. Well that this issue be a bit of patience and vigilance, however, which merit further study to show how some versions of the Bible translators did their work in reference to the Hebrew Scriptures.

Very simply, the verse 1 Kings 11:01 says, "and King Solomon loved many foreign women with the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites Sidon, and the Hittites. "

It is a statement very clear and simple and involves only one who knows Hebrew and English to translate it as it is.

However, the reader Intelligent'll see here what the translators of the Bible versions 18 have been made to translate this verse, 1 Kings 11:01.

Contemporary English Version translates 1 Kings 11 as follows:

"The Lord did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, then they were warned not to marry someone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his wife, daughter, king of Egypt. But he also said that some women of Moab, Edom and Ammon, Sidon and other land of the Hittites. "

Constraints declaration is not in the original Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh the Hebrew Bible =).

In addition, 17 other versions given in the Bible does not say that.

This sentence is not more than the opinions of scholars who translated Contemporary English Version.

This is an example to show that the scholars who translated Bible sometimes put their opinions, as if the word of God. In fact, there are hundreds of examples like this in the Bible.

In addition, he said that this sentence is not the word of God can not harm the Jewish woman. This means that if a man marries a woman Israel is not going to worship the gods? In other words, all women unfaithful Israelites?

Some versions place the following titles by the passing headers starting with 1 Kings 11:01: "Solomon turns away from God "or". Solomon's unfaithfulness to God "

In addition, English translations contemporary version "much foreign women "to" some women ", not" weird. "

Also the new century is reflected in the version "daughter of Pharaoh" to "daughter of the king of Egypt" in this paper, researchers lead by Pharaoh, king Egypt. While Pharaoh was the king of Egypt, however, translators have to translate the word of God as it is.

In addition, New Century Version translates "Many foreign women "to" many women who were not of Israel. "Again, it is an interpretation scholars who translated the New Century version. Of course they are right, because the strange or foreign women were identified as the Bible Women in Israel, but this is not the problem.

The fact is that you must be honest, if you translate the Word of God!

New Century Version says, "many women who were not of Israel," and not use the word strange or foreign words who are in the 15 other versions below in this article. In addition, New Century Version says: "Israel" while Israel is not mentioned in the original Hebrew verse.

In addition, the New International Reader's Version said. "Many women, also the daughter of Pharaoh were in other countries "do not use the word strange (or foreign word) in the other 15 versions. In addition," Other countries "is not in the original Hebrew verse.

On the other hand, the message says that King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh's daughter was that the first of many foreign women he loved. I do not know why he says that Pharaoh's daughter was the first, although the original Hebrew does not say that as the 17 other versions do not say that.

Compared to the King James Version King James Version a new century King James Version and 21, is that "foreign women" in the King James version became "foreign women" to New King James Version and 21-century King James version. In addition, Sidon Sidon changed.

However, when comparing the American Standard Version Bible the Americas, is unchanged between the two versions, except the use of "with" instead of "with".

Conclusion:

1) The Bible declares that King Solomon had a multi-enterprise-Nations Women's Affairs. And he loved many foreign women married daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonie and the Hittites. Despite their wives were 700 or 1000, However, the Bible does not say that he married a Jewish woman.

2) The translators of the 18 versions of the Bible 1 Kings 11:01 adds verse seven words and phrases not the Word of God. I wonder how translators can put words or phrases as the Word of God, have no fear of the Lord God?

3) This phenomenon of adding statements, phrases or words not the word of God is common in the Bible. Therefore, the Bible is not 100% the word of God.

4) The sentence added to the Contemporary English Version Bible is the Word of God can not harm the woman Jewish. Means that if a man marries a woman of Israel is not going to worship the gods? In other words, no women in Israel are infidels and take their husbands to worship foreign gods.

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On this issue in the Qur'an:

1) It should be noted that the Koran speaks of the wives of King Solomon.

2) In the translation of the Koran, no one dares say a word that is not the Word of God.

3) In the Qur'an, someone added a word or sentence of Scripture and said he is the Word of God, but remains in the eternal fire in the hereafter.

4) The Koran is 100% of total Word of the Lord, the Almighty Creator.

5) Throughout the Qur'an, the term "strange woman" is mentioned, all women are equal in their rights and responsibilities without regard to race, color, location, etc.

6) Last but not least, someone says or believes The Great Prophet King Solomon was living sinner or an unbeliever in eternal hell in the afterlife. Do not play with the prophets of Allah.

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Verse 1 Kings 11:1 at 18 different versions of the Bible

(1) The two best Reina-Valera translation and Young's Literal Translation

Rey Valera

But King Solomon loved many foreign women with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Hittites and Sidon:

Young's Literal Translation

And King Solomon loved many foreign women and the daughter of Pharaoh, women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, [and] Hittite

(2) The 13 following translations used by women rather than foreign women from abroad

Sower

King Solomon loved many foreign women with the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

The Message

King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh's daughter was the first of many foreign women that loved, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon, and Hittite.

Amplified Bible

But King Solomon [difficult] loved many foreign women - the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

New Revised Standard

The King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides the daughter of Pharaoh, who married women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and the Hittites.

Darby Translation

But King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter: the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon, Hittites;

Holman Bible Christians

King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonia, and Hittite

New International Version - UK

King Solomon loved many foreign women, also the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

Today's New International Version

King Solomon, not, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter, the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

English Standard Version

1Now King Solomon loved many foreign women with the daughter of Pharaoh, and Moabite, Ammonite women Edom, Sidon, and Hittite,

King James Version 21st Century

But King Solomon loved many foreign women with the daughter of Pharaoh, and Moabite, Ammonites, Edomites Sidon, and the Hittites,

Version

King Solomon loved many foreign women along the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites Sidon, and the Hittites;

Sower

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women the daughter of Pharaoh, and Moabite, Ammonite women Edomites, Sidonia, and the Hittite,

New King James Version

But King Solomon loved many foreign women and the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites Sidon, and the Hittites,

(3) The three translations used "many women", "some women" and "women" to bring "many foreign women besides the use of words or phrases added.

New Century Version

King Solomon loved many women who were not Israel. He loved the daughter of the king of Egypt, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

Reader's New International Version (NIV)

King Solomon loved many women besides Pharaoh's daughter. They have been in other countries. They were the Moabites Ammonites, Edomites, Sidon and the Hittites.

Contemporary English Version

"The Lord wanted the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so they had warned him not to marry someone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his woman, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But I also loved some women of Moab, Edom and Ammon, Sidon and other land of the Hittites. "

About the Author

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.