Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders
Peace Mr.Popat
The verse does not say “they used to eat” - you are making this up … this is what I mean by interpretation blunders …
Now listen carefully:
a) If Allah (SWT) so Wills He can keep any living creature alive without food
b) The Qur’an does not say “they used to eat” and therefore you cannot conclude “they, either or both are not eating now”
c) The Qur’an specifically says “they were eating” - now if you understood grammar you will understand the difference between “they were eating” and “they used to eat” … one is past tense, the other is past-perfect tense … these are very different in Arabic just like in English … you cannot confuse the two … One means something happened in the past, but may or may not be happening now, the other means it happened then and is not happening now.
d) This verse could have spoken about death, but it didn’t it spoke about eating …
e) Eating itself is a non-Divine Attribute - you don’t need anything else to say … if anything eats it is not Divine … and certainly cannot conclude further they are both dead …
I am currently alive - but I eat .. now I am mortal not because I am dead, it can be argued because I will eventually die, but the reason enough is that I eat … It is not befitting for God to eat … nor does He require it.