A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 15:4 And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree. 5 No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter. Koran 15:4-5 Here’s my improved version: 15:4 Mecca is still around, 1400 years later. 5 Muhammad and "We"… Continue reading Qur’an 15:4-5
Author: Andrew Martin
Qur’an 15:1-3
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 15:1 Alif, Lām, Rā. These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation]. 2 Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish that they had been Muslims. 3 Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going… Continue reading Qur’an 15:1-3
Qur’an 14:52
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: This [Qur’ān] is notification for the people that they may be warned thereby and that they may know that He is but one God and that those of understanding will be reminded. Koran 14:52 Here’s my improved version: Allah always was one idol. See how I… Continue reading Qur’an 14:52
Qur’an 14:47-51
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:47 So never think that Allāh will fail in His promise to His messengers. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Owner of Retribution. 48 [It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and they… Continue reading Qur’an 14:47-51
Qur’an 14:44-46
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:44 And, [O Muḥammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said],… Continue reading Qur’an 14:44-46
Qur’an 14:42-43
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:42 And never think that Allāh is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them [i.e., their account] for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror]. 43 Racing ahead, their heads raised up, their glance does not come back to them, and their… Continue reading Qur’an 14:42-43
Qur’an 14:35-41
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:35 And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this city [i.e., Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols. 36 My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is… Continue reading Qur’an 14:35-41
Qur’an 14:32-34
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:32 It is Allāh who created the heavens and the earth and sent down rain from the sky and produced thereby some fruits as provision for you and subjected for you the ships to sail through the sea by His command and subjected for you the… Continue reading Qur’an 14:32-34
Qur’an 14:31
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: [O Muḥammad], tell My servants who have believed to establish prayer and spend from what We have provided them, secretly and publicly, before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange [i.e., ransom], nor any friendships. Koran 14:31 Here’s my improved version: Is prayer… Continue reading Qur’an 14:31
Qur’an 14:28-30
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 14:28 Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allāh for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin? 29 [It is] Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the settlement. 30 And they have attributed to Allāh equals… Continue reading Qur’an 14:28-30










