Al-Quran - The Miracle of Miracles [ deedat]

"Whatever intoxicants if taken in greater quantity is also forbidden in smaller
quantity."
There is no excuse in the House of Islam for a nip or a tot, unlike Paul's advice to
Timothy -
"Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine
often infirmities.
1 Timothy 5:23 (HOLY BIBLE)
Or Solomon's sanguine yet humorous recommendation for enslaving and subjugating a
conquered people:
"Give strong drink 55 unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those
that be of heavy hearts."
"Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more."
Proverbs 31:6-7 (HOLY BIBLE)
Lest we forget, please look again at the Qur'anic diction and the words of the Prophet
(pubh) above, and you cannot help agreeing that the two are worlds apart in style,
structure, and sublimity though articulated by the same lips.
Another example of replying telegraphically to a question regarding the -
2. NEW MOONS
They ask thee concerning the new
moons.
Say: they are but signs
to mark fixed periods of time
in (the affairs of) men, and for
pilgrimage.
(HOLY QUR'AN 2:189)
"There were many superstitions connected with the New Moon, as there are to the present
day. We are told to disregard such superstitions. As a measure of time, where the lunar
calendar is used, the New Moon is one great sign, for which people watch with eagerness.
Muslim festivals, including the Pilgrimage are fixed by the appearance of the New
Moon."
A. Yusuf Ali 56
55 "Hard liquor is for sick men at the brink of death and wine for those in deep
depression." Is the alternative rendering of the verse in the "living bible," not a sure death
to the dying?
56 The comment on the verse is by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Obtain his monumental
translation and commentary from the IPCI at a highly subsidised price. A veritable
encyclopaedia of over 1800 pages with over 6000 footnotes.
http://www.islambasics.com 39