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 78
Total number of verses from Sura 2 to 78: 5525
Total number of verses in 2-78, which preach violence against non-Moslems: 1430
Violent verses as a % of total from Sura 2 to 78: 26 %
Sura 2 to 78 as a % of the 6346 verses in the Koran: 87%
The 'Great News' from Sura 78, is bad news for humanity. The 'news' is the broadcast, of the cult of Baal's, the Lord of Mecca, the Meccan male moon deity and family idol of Muhammad's intolerance.
There is no 'news' within this Sura which extols the virtues and greatness of true religiosity, namely; the Golden Rule; humility, penitence, charity to all regardless of association; gratitude for life; rationality; faith through reason; free-will and the recognition that humans are individuals with special skills and aptitudes. The 'Great News' for Muslims is simply this – obey Allah; kill those who are not cult members; and use violence, coercion, and intolerance to achieve your objectives.
This Sura, which was written as Muslim power was growing in Medina during the 620s AD, is a warning to Arab Jews, Christians, and pagans, that Islam will never tolerate anyone who is not a moon-cult member:
“Verily, We have warned you of a Penalty near, - the Day when man will see (the Deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the Unbeliever will say, 'Woe onto me! Would that I were (mere) dust!'” [78:40]
Nice. The day of the penalty for all non-Muslims will be when the moon idol Al-lah, 'assembles' all of the worthless humans [created from sperm and meaningless material, see Suras 76 and 77]; and pronounces his judgement. How rational. Of course the Allah thing is the only 'creature' which can talk. Never talk to, or with, the Allah. Never dare to argue or question him or it, or whatever it is. No free-will and no rationality is tolerated within Islam. None. The crime for even thinking of querying the Allah object is Hellfire and torture.
“(Allah) Most Gracious: none shall have power to argue with Him. The Day that the Spirit and the angels will stand forth in ranks, none shall speak except any who is permitted by (Allah) Most Gracious, and he will say that is right.” [38]
Shut up and obey. If you are pious you will receive the benefices of heaven including 'full breasted maidens' [78:33]. Obviously heaven is a male Moslem refuge. The earnest female Moslem is not rewarded and as Muhammad said 99% of Hell's inhabitants are female. If however, you reject the cult of Muhammad you are to be destroyed. Out of 40 verses in this chapter, only 11 preach hate speech. They are:
Truly, Hell is a place of ambush, |
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A dwelling place for the Taghun (those who transgress the boundry limits set by Allah like polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah, hyprocrites, sinners, criminals, etc.), |
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They will abide therein for ages, |
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Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink. |
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Except boiling water, and dirty wound discharges. |
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An exact recompense (according to their evil crimes). |
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For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning. |
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But they belied Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, and that which Our Prophet (Peace be upon him) brought) completely. |
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And all things We have recorded in a Book. |
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So taste you (the results of your evil actions); no increase shall We give you, except in torment. |
Verily, We have warned you of a near torment, the Day when man will see that (the deeds) which his hands have sent forth, and the disbeliever will say: "Woe to me! Would that I were dust!" |
The rest of this Sura outlines the wonders of heaven given as a gift by the Al-Lah moon idol to the followers of the cult of Muhammad. No religiosity here. A clear division of the world between the chosen who will reap eternal pleasures as a reward for following the Koran; and the rest doomed to drinking boiling water and licking pus and 'dirty discharges' [78:25] from their wounds for eternity. Islam is named Submission for a good reason. You simply submit your worthless self to Muhammad's cult document named 'Recital' and if the Al-Lah thing is pleased enough with your piety to Koranic theology, he might reward you if you are a male. Or he might not. Only the moon idol knows, because only the moon idol has free-will.