Al-Mu'min, not to change the subject any, but there is something you can help me with as I spend sometime going back through the thread.
Where in the Bible does the punishment of maiming come in? You know the one about cutting hands and feet off.
Biblicaly speaking what verses does that come from?
Thanks
Nimrod
Sorry for jumping in, but to answer your question:
[Leviticus 24:19-20] "And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again."
[Matthew 18:8-9] "Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire."
Judges 19:24-29] "Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his [a visitor's] concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. And when he [visitor] was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel."
I know this last verse is graphic. I apologize if I have offended anyone. :rollseyes
Peace,
Hana
). Because we pray 5 times a day and the Qur'an is recited during every prayer, the Qur'an is being recited somewhere in the world at any given time. In the lifetime of Prophet Muhammed, hundreds of people memorized the verses, word for word. Today, that number is in the THOUSANDS, ranging in age from 5 to 99+, and is recited the same way it was delivered to us by Prophet Muhammed, pbuh.