Abdelrahman Badawy – The stories of the Qur’an
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The speaker discusses the multiple stories of Islam and highlights the importance of understanding the historical context of them. They mention various examples such as Ashabil Fil's story of the elephants, Moqud's story of the overwhelming army, Goliath's army of water, and Al Hazab's battle of Al Hazab. The speaker emphasizes the value of knowing the historical context of these stories for future learning.
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Why do you think Allah puts these stories
in the Quran in so many different forms?
The story of Ashabil Fil, the elephants who
came to destroy the Kaaba. The story of
Firaun. What destroyed him? It wasn't a bigger
army than his. It was a bunch of
water. What destroyed Goliath? The big huge army
that Dawood alaihis salam with the slingshot as
the big army and the and the tanks
and the and this and that, and it
was a rock that killed him. It shows
you some parallels today, doesn't it? What destroyed
a Nimrud? Mosquito. The battle of Al Hazab.
The biggest battle Arabia had ever seen. They
came and surrounded the Muslims. What destroyed them?
Wind. Wind and one soldier of the believers
who had just become Muslim. It was one
of the most beautiful stories from our prophet's
life, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. And this pattern
repeats and repeats and repeats and repeats. If
you are wise
and if you spend time with the book
of Allah, you say, wait a second. There's
gotta be a reason why Allah repeats this
type of story.
It's not just this bedtime story you tell
your kids. There's value in this. Right?