Questions (Week: 12th October To 18th October 2020)
Question : Surah Hajj, verse 31, there is a metaphor used to describe the menace of Shirk. However, some scholars have made a claim that “ fell from the sky “, “ Bird picked at him ” and “ Wind blew him away ” were examples well known in Arab custom of that time and it mainly indicates the extreme embarrassment faced by a tribe who lost to another tribe in a war despite holding a higher ground in a fight. The losing tribe’s dead bodies were thrown away for the vultures and remaining bones were blew away by the wind. This was presented in response to critique presented by some orientalists that Quran uses unrelatable and absurd examples. Original Thread : Discussion 32978
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