Sura 18, or the Cave, reviewed here and here, is a dank, dismal, mess of anti-Christian and anti-Jewish hate speech. Christians are polytheist devils in Mein Koran, allied with Shaitun or Satan. They are to be punished in this life and the next for associating 'false idols' with the Al Lah or Lord of Mecca [Baal]:
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And to warn those (Christians) who say, "Allah has begotten a son (or offspring or children)." |
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No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths [i.e. He begot (took) sons and daughters]. They utter nothing but a lie. |
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And (remember) the Day He will say:"Call those (so-called) partners of Mine whom you pretended." Then they will cry unto them, but they will not answer them, and We shall put Maubiqa (a barrier, or enmity, or destruction, or a valley in Hell) between them. |
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And the Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists, sinners), shall see the Fire and apprehend that they have to fall therein. And they will find no way of escape from there. |
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Do then those who disbelieve think that they can take My slaves [i.e., the angels, Allah's Messengers, 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), etc.] as Auliya' (lords, gods, protectors, etc.) besides Me? Verily, We have prepared Hell as an entertainment for the disbelievers (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism). |
For Christians, Hell is prepared as entertainment, since Jesus Christi is a slave of the Al Lah or male moon idol of Mecca. He is not co-equal and not begotten of God the Father. He is simply a chattering prophet of the Baal cult of Mecca. Christians who worship the Trinity are thus damned. No 'partners' can be associated with Muhammad's family's deity, nor any idol or image. How tolerant.
Verse 29, “...We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof of a tent, will hem them in: if they implore relief they will be granted water like melted brass, that will scald their faces. How dreadful the drink !”
Verse 31, “For them [Muslims of course] will be Gardens of Eternity;....'
Verse 56, “..but the Unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth, and they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned!”
Verse 59, “Such were the populations We destroyed when they committed iniquities; but We fixed an appointed time for their destruction.”
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102, “Verily we shall prepare Hell for the Unbelievers for (their)
entertainment.”
Verse 106, “That is their reward,
Hell; because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My
Messengers by way of jest.”
'They' are non Moslems, the Jews and Christians, who rejected Muhammad's demands that they obey him as another prophet. Once rebuffed, Muhammad and his cult identify the Jews and Christians as the enemy to be destroyed. By 632 AD most of the once thriving and sophisticated Jewish and Christian centers in Arabia were depopulated by war, forced exile, or sex slavery.
Sura 18 also contains the famous Moslem scientific claim that the Sun sets in a muddy marsh in the West. Even given the illiteracy and barbarism of 7th century Arabia, this ode to ignorance is still shocking.
The Sun sets in a marsh. This is what the infallible 'scientific Koran' states:
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Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of black muddy (or hot) water. And he found near it a people. We (Allah) said (by inspiration): "O Dhul-Qarnain! Either you punish them, or treat them with kindness." |
It is not a surprise after reading such a Sura as 'The Cave' to know that Islam has not produced anything over 1400 years. Moslems who believe that the Koran contains all knowledge, apparently support the idea of a muddy marsh being the home of the Sun. An educated five year old knows better. Then again most Moslems are likely more interested in the tasty tidbits of Christian and Jew hate so effulgent and prominent in this chapter.