Details of interpreting verses from the Qur'an and obvious blunders

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Re: Details of interpreting verses from the Qur’an and obvious blunders

@kchughtai

“Many Messengers have passed away” means that “some” of them have not passed away. For example, out of 100 Messengers, many may mean 40, 50, 60 or 70. If this is the case what about others who have not passed away? Where are those Messengers: on earth or in the heavens? What is going to be their fate? Are all of them coming back to earth if they are in the heavens? Do not forget that you believe in physical ascension of ONE and only ONE Messenger. Passing away of 99 out of 100 does not mean “MANY”. It is presented as “ALL BUT ONE” and in Arabic it is said **“ILLA”

**“Alif Laam” used with the word “Al-Rusul” is of the same kind as used with “Al-Nabieen” in the words “Khatam-an-Nabieen”. If Al-Rusul in “Qad Khalat min qablehi al-rusul” can mean “many Messengers before him have passed away” why can’t it mean in the words “Khatam-an-Nabieen” Seal of many of the Prophets and not all of the Prophets?

Peace kchughtai

Qad Khalat in this ayat is asking us to look at the “messengers that have passed on” it does not go out to explain how they passed on … Linguisitcally Grammatically it does not infer all prophets have passed on and it does not tell how they passed on - i.e. ascension or death …

This is simple … so understand …

And your reasoning is absurd … If I say “Many people were killed in that massacre” how can that infer “some people were not killed in that massacre” ???

You are unable to think in pure logic … The statement “many people” is not bound … many just means a high number … a plurality or 3+ … This does not provide a logical ‘NOT’ that you are producing.

And the fuller meaning is not “many messengers have passed away” but “many messengers have passed away that ate” or “many messengers have passed away that were killed or slain” it is not to say that all of were killed or slain and it is also not the case to say that “some did not eat” - these are all linguistic and grammatical possibilities but not logically mandated to be the case.