Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Running totals from Sura 2 to 53:
Total number of verses from Sura 2 to
53: 4781
Total number of verses in 2-53, which
preach violence against non-Moslems: 1133
Violent verses as a % of total from Sura 2
to 53: 23 %
Sura 2 to 53 as a % of the 6346 verses
in the Koran: 76%
[meaning still lots more violence to
go....]
The 'Star' conveys the majesty of the
Allah idol in the brilliance of the brightest stars in the sky, namely the moon
and Venus 'the morning star'. The pagan Arabs worshipped both and also the Sun
as the keepers of their time, the harbingers of rain and harvest; and of
security in a world of brigandage and plunder. Allah was of course the male
moon idol [Hub'Allah] who had a consort named Allat who was the Sun goddess
[though there is some scholarly debate that the masculine and feminine for the
idols might be reversed]. Associated with Allah and Allat were 2 'daughters',
'Uzza and Manat. Both were also venerated as minor idols of power in their own
right. This Sura confirms this historical pagan fact and then declares that the
pre-Islamic veneration of Allat, 'Uzza and Manat was unauthorized and perforce
illegal:
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Indeed he
(Muhammad SAW) did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord (Allah). |
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Have you
then considered Al-Lat, and Al-'Uzza (two idols of the pagan Arabs) |
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And Manat
(another idol of the pagan Arabs), the other third? |
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Is it for
you the males and for Him the females? |
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That
indeed is a division most unfair! |
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They are
but names which you have named, you and your fathers, for which Allah has
sent down no authority. They follow but a guess and that which they themselves desire,
whereas there has surely come to them the Guidance from their Lord! |
There can be no association of Allah
with any object, idol or person. This is paganism and a sin in Koranic theology
punished by death.
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And that
it is He (Allah) Who destroyed the former 'Ad (people), |
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And Thamud
(people). He spared none of them. |
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And the
people of Nuh (Noah) aforetime, verily, they were more unjust and
more rebellious and transgressing [in disobeying Allah and His Messenger Nuh
(Noah)]. |
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And He
destroyed the overthrown cities [of Sodom to which Prophet Lout
(Lot) was sent]. |
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So there
covered them that which did cover (i.e. torment with stones). |
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Then which
of the Graces of your Lord (O man!) will you doubt. |
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This
(Muhammad SAW) is a warner (Messenger) of the (series of) warners (Messengers) of
old. |
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The Day
of Resurrection draws near, |
On the Day of Resurrection those who
did not follow Muhammad and Allah, namely the sinners, criminals, polytheists,
pagans and the 'rebellious' will be destroyed. Evil must be eradicated, and
evil in the Koran is not following all of the details of the 'path' or Sharia
as laid out by Muhammad:
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And to
Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that
He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish
them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise). |
Simple theme isn't it? The pious Moslem wins. The
impious and the Infidel will go to Hell. No need for complex metaphysics, nor
of a detailed rational moral program. Obey, follow, shut up and submit. Easy.