Koran

KORAN

(Topics are Listed Alphabetically)

ABRAHAM
ADULTERY
ARABS
CHANGE
CHRISTIANS
DAY'S LENGTH TO THE LORD
DEBATE
DIVORCE
EXCLUSIVISM
FALSEHOOD
FAVORITISM
FIGHTING
GOD
HEAVEN
HELL
HEREAFTER
JESUS
JEWS
JUDGMENT DAY
KORAN
MARRIAGE
MARTYRS
MUHAMMAD
NOAH'S SON
POLYGAMY
PREDESTINATION
PUNISHMENT
RESURRECTION
SABBATH
SALVATION
SATAN
"SCIENCE"
SEXISM
SINNERS
SLAVERY
TRINITY
UNBELIEVERS
VIRGIN BIRTH
ZODIAC
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ABRAHAM

3:67 "Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian...."

ADULTERY

* 24:2-4 "The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,--flog each of them with a hundred stripes: let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by God,.... Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry any but a woman similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever:...to the Believer such a thing is forbidden. And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations),--flog them with 80 stripes and reject their evidence ever after...."

ARABS
(Denigration of the very group most associated with Islam)

9:97 "The Arabs of the desert are the worst in unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which God hath sent down to His Apostle...."

CHANGE

13:11 "Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change it themselves...."

CHRISTIANS

5:14 "From those, too, who call themselves Christians, we did take a Covenant, But they forgot a good part of the Message that was sent them.... And soon will God show them what it is they have done."

* 5:82 "Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the Believers wilt thou find those who say, 'We are Christians'."

DAY'S LENGTH TO THE LORD

22:47 "Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning."

32:5 "...in the end will (all affairs) go up to Him, on a Day, the space whereof will be (as) a thousand years of your reckoning."

DEBATE

* 16:125 "Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path...."

18:56 "But the Unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth...."

DIVORCE

** 2:229 "A divorce is only permissible twice...."

4:128 "If a wife fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part, there is no blame on them if they arrange an amicable settlement between themselves; and such settlement is best...."

4:130 "But if they disagree (and must part), God will provide...."

33:49 "O ye who believe! When ye marry believing women, and then divorce them...so give them a present, and set them free in a handsome manner."

65:1 "O Prophet. When ye do divorce women, divorce them at their prescribed periods...and turn them not out of their houses, nor shall they (themselves) leave, except in case they are guilty of some open lewdness,...."

EXCLUSIVISM

2:111-13 "And they say: 'None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.' Those are their (vain) desires. Say: 'Produce your proof if ye are truthful.' Nay,--whoever submits his whole self to God and is a doer of good,--he will get his reward with his Lord.... The Jews say: 'Christians have naught (to stand) upon; and the Christians say: 'The Jews have naught (to stand) upon.' Yet they (profess to) study the (same) Book.... But God will judge between them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment."

2:120 "Never will the Jews or the Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of religion. Say: 'The Guidance of God,--that is the (only) Guidance.' Wert thou to follow their desires after the knowledge which hath reached thee, then wouldst thou find neither Protector nor Helper against God."

** 2:122 "Children of Israel! call to mind the special favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others (for My Message)."

* 2:135 "They say: 'Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (to salvation).' Say thou: 'Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with God."

3:118 "O ye who believe! Take not into your intimacy those outside your ranks: They will not fail to corrupt you."

* 5:3 "This day have I perfected your religion...and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."

** 5:18 "Both the Jews and the Christians say: 'We are sons of God, and His beloved.' Say: 'Why then doth He punish you for your sins?"
(A) Abysmal conditions exist in nearly every region dominated by Muslims and they are accusing others of being punished for their sins?

*** 5:51 "Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other."

6:165 "He hath raised you in ranks, some above others...."

7:40 "To those who reject our Signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the Garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle."

FALSEHOOD

17:81 "For Falsehood is (by its nature) bound to perish."

FAVORITISM

* 16:71 "God has bestowed His gifts of sustenance more freely on some of you than on others...."

FIGHTING

* 2:217 "They ask thee concerning fighting in the prohibited Month. Say: 'Fighting therein is a grave (offence)."

4:74 "Let those fight in the cause of God who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter."

4:76 "Those who believe fight in the cause of God, and those who reject Faith fight in the cause of Evil."

4:95 "Believers who...fight in the cause of God with their goods and their persons. God hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight...."

8:15-17 "O ye who believe! When ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. If any do turn his back to them on such a day--unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own)--He draws on himself the wrath of God, and his abode is Hell,--And evil refuge (indeed)! It is not ye who slew them; it was God...."

* 8:38-39 "Say to the Unbelievers...and fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression,...."

8:59-60 "Let not the Unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly)....against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of God and your enemies...."

8:74 "Those who believe, and adopt exile, and fight for the Faith...for them is the forgiveness of sins and a provision most generous."

** 9:29 "Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day...nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth...."

** 9:36 "...fight the Pagans...."

9:111 "God hath purchased of the Believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the Garden (of Paradise): they fight in His Cause, and slay and are slain...."

** 9:123 "O ye who believe! Fight the Unbelievers who gird you about and let them find firmness in you...."

GOD

2:116 "They say: 'God hath begotten a son': Glory be to Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; everything renders worship to Him."

4:26 "God is All-knowing, All-wise."

4:92 "...for God hath all knowledge and all wisdom."

HEAVEN

4:13 "...those who obey God and His Apostle will be admitted to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath, to abide therein (for ever) and that will be the Supreme achievement."

4:57 "We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath--their eternal home."

4:77 "Short is the enjoyment of this world: The Hereafter is the best for those who do right: never will ye be dealt with justly in the very least!"

4:124 "If any do deeds of righteousness--Be they male or female--and have faith, they will enter Heaven...."

5:12 "And admit you to Gardens with rivers flowing beneath."

5:85 "God rewarded them with Gardens, with rivers flowing underneath...."

5:119 "...theirs are Gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,...."

6:32 "But best is the Home in the Hereafter,...."

7:42 "They will be Companions of the Garden, therein to dwell (for ever).

7:44 "The Companions of the Garden will call out to the Companions of the Fire."

9:38 "Ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the Hereafter."

9:72 "God hath promised to Believers, men and women, Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in Gardens of everlasting bliss."

9:89 "God hath prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow...."

9:100 "For them hath He prepared Gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein for ever...."

10:9 "Beneath them will flow rivers in Gardens of Bliss."

10:26 "They are Companions of the Garden...."

11:23 "They will be Companions of the Garden...."

11:108 "And those who are blessed shall be in the Garden: they will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure...."

12:57 "But verily the reward of the Hereafter is the best, for those who believe...."

12:109 "But the home of the Hereafter is best...."

13:22-23 "...for such there is the final attainment of the (Eternal) Home,--Gardens of perpetual bliss...."

14:23 "But those who believe and work righteousness will be admitted to Gardens beneath which rivers flow...."

15:45 "The righteous (will be) amid Gardens and fountains (of clear-flowing water)."

16:30-32 "To those who do good, there is good in this world, and the Home of the Hereafter is even better.... Gardens of Eternity which they will enter: beneath them flow (pleasant) rivers: they will have therein all that they wish.... enter ye the Garden, because of (the good) which ye did (in the world)."

16:41 "But truly the reward of the Hereafter will be greater."

18:2-3 "...they shall have a goodly Reward, wherein they shall remain for ever."

20:76 "Gardens of Eternity, beneath which flow rivers: They will dwell therein for aye...."

22:9 "Verily God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to Gardens, beneath which rivers flow...."

22:23 "God will admit those who believe and work righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow...."

23:11 "Who will inherit Paradise: they will dwell therein (for ever)."

25:75 "Those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven,...."

35:33 "Gardens of Eternity will they enter."

40:8 "The Gardens of Eternity...."

47:12 "God will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow...."

54:54 "As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers...."

66:8 "And admit you to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow...."

85:11 "For those who believe and do righteous deeds, will be Gardens, beneath which Rivers flow: That is the great Salvation...."

98:8 "Their reward is with God: Gardens of Eternity, beneath which rivers flow; they will dwell therein for ever...."

HELL
(The following list exposes the degree to which Islam relies upon pure terror to obtain compliance)

4:14 "But those who disobey God and His Apostle and transgress His limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: and they shall have a humiliating punishment."

4:37 "We have prepared for those who resist Faith, a Punishment that steeps them in contempt...."

4:115 "We shall leave him in the path he has chosen and land him in Hell."

* 4:121 "They (his dupes) will have their dwelling in Hell, and from it they will find not way of escape."

4:145 " The Hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire...."

* 5:86 "But those who reject Faith and belie Our signs,--They shall be Companions of Hell-fire."

6:27 "When they are confronted with the Fire."

* 6:128 "The Fire be your dwelling-place: You will dwell therein for ever."

7:18 "Hell will fill with you all."

* 7:36 "Are Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein (for ever)."

7:47 "Companions of the Fire...."

7:50 "The Companions of the Fire will call to the Companions of the Garden...."

8:14 "For those who resist God, is the penalty of the Fire."

8:50 "Taste the Penalty of the blazing Fire."

9:17 "In Fire shall they dwell."

9:35 "...in the Fire of Hell...."

9:49 "...Hell surrounds the Unbelievers (on all sides)."

9:63 "...for those who oppose God and His Apostle, is the Fire of Hell?"

9:68 "God hath promised the Hypocrites men and women, and the rejecters, of Faith, the fire of Hell.... For them is the curse of God, and an enduring punishment."

9:81 "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat...."

9:109 "...into the fire of Hell."

9:113 "...are companions of the Fire."

10:27 "...they are Companions of the Fire...."

* 11:16 "They are those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter but the Fire...."

11:17 "...the Fire will be their promised meeting-place."

11:106-107 "Those who are wretched shall be in the Fire.... They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the earth endure...."

11:113 "And incline not to those who do wrong, or the Fire will seize you...."

11:119 "I will fill Hell with jinns and men all together."

13:5 "They will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell therein...."

13:18 "Their abode will be Hell...."

13:34 "But harder, truly, is the Penalty of the Hereafter...."

14:16 "In front of such a one is Hell, and he is given, for drink, boiling fetid water."

14:28-29 "...and caused their people to descend to the House of Perdition?--Into Hell? They will burn therein,--an evil place to stay in!"

14:30 "...ye are making straightway for Hell!"

15:43 "Hell is the promised abode for them all!"

16:62 "...without doubt for them is the Fire...."

16:109 "Without doubt, in the Hereafter they will perish."

17:18 "...in the end have We provided Hell for them: they will burn therein, disgraced and rejected."

17:39 "Lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell...."

17:63 "Hell will be the recompense of you (all)...."

17:97 "Their abode will be Hell: every time it shows abatement, we shall increase for them the fierceness of the Fire."

18:29 "For the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire...."

18:100 "We shall present Hell that day for Unbelievers to see...."

* 18:102 "Verily We have prepared Hell for the Unbelievers for (their) entertainment."

18:106 "That is their reward, Hell; because they rejected Faith and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest."

20:74 "Verily he who comes to his Lord as a sinner (at Judgment),--for him is Hell."

20:127 "...and the Penalty of the Hereafter is far more grievous and more enduring."

22:4 "To the Penalty of the Fire."

22:19-20 "For them will be cut out a garment of Fire: over their heads will be poured out boiling water. With it will be scalded what is within their bodies, as well as (their) skins."

22:22 "Every time they wish to get away therefrom, from anguish, they will be forced back therein, and (It will be said), 'Taste ye the Penalty of Burning'."

22:51 "...they will be Companions of the Fire."

22:72 "It is the Fire (of Hell)! God has promised it to the Unbelievers!"

24:57 "Their abode is the Fire"

25:11 "Nay, they deny the Hour (of the Judgment to come): but We have prepared a Blazing Fire for such as deny the Hour."

26:91 "And to those straying in Evil, the Fire will be placed in full view."

29:54 "Hell will encompass the rejecters of Faith."

29:68 "Is there not a home in Hell for those who reject Faith?"

32:20 "As to those who are rebellious and wicked, their abode will be the Fire....Taste ye the Penalty of the Fire."

35:36 "But those who reject (God)--for them will be the Fire of Hell...."

37:64 "Of the bottom of Hell-fire."

37:163 "Except such as are (themselves) going to the blazing Fire!"

38:55-56 "For the wrong-doers will be an evil place of (final) Return!--Hell!--they will burn therein...."

39:26 "So God gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life, but greater is the Punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew."

40:6, 58:17 "...truly they are companions of the Fire!"

41:28 "The Fire: therein will be for them the Eternal Home...."

47:15 "Be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?"

48:13 "We have prepared for those who reject God, a Blazing Fire!"

49:24 "(The sentence will be:) Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of God)...."

52:13 "That Day shall they be thrust down to the Fire of Hell, irresistibly."

54:48 "The Day they will dragged through the Fire on their faces (they will hear) taste ye the touch of Hell!"

56:42 "(They will be) in the midst of a fierce Blast of Fire and in Boiling Water."

56:93-94 "For him is Entertainment with Boiling Water, and burning in Hell-Fire."

59:3 "And in the Hereafter they shall (certainly) have the Punishment of the Fire."

59:15 "(In the Hereafter there is) for them a grievous Penalty."

59:20 "Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden...."

65:9 "...and the End of their conduct was Perdition."

66:6 "Save yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is Men and Stones, over which are (appointed) angels stern (and) severe, who flinch not (from executing) the Commands they receive from God, but do (precisely) what they are commanded."

68:33 "Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter."

72:15 "But those who swerve,--They are (but) fuel for Hell-fire."

* 72:23 "For any that disobey God and His Apostle,--for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever."

74:26 "Soon will I cast him into Hell-fire!"

78:21-25 "Truly Hell is a place of ambush,--for the transgressors a place of destination: they will dwell therein for ages. Nothing cool shall they taste therein, nor any drink, save a boiling fluid...."

79:36-39 "And Hell-Fire shall be placed in full view for (all) to see,--Then, for such as had transgressed all bounds, and had preferred the life of this world, the Abode will be Hell-Fire...."

87:12-13 "Who will enter the Great Fire, in which they will then neither die nor live...."

HEREAFTER

6:32 "But best is the Home in the Hereafter."

6:135 "Who it is who end will be (best) in the Hereafter."

29:64 "But verily the Home in the Hereafter,--that is Life indeed,...."

40:39 "This life of the present is nothing but (temporary) convenience: it is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last."

JESUS

2:253 "To Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit."

*** 4:157 "That they said (in boast), 'We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Apostle of God';--But they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them...for of a surety they killed him not."
(A) The Koran alleges Jesus never died and therefore is labeling the Resurrection a fraud.

4:171 "Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of God, and His Word, which he bestowed on Mary...."

5:110 "And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee [Jesus] when thou didst show them the Clear Signs,..." (A) FALSE. God did not protect Jesus from the Jews.

19:29-30, 34 "But she pointed to the babe. They said: 'How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?' He said: 'I am indeed a servant of God: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet.... Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth,...."
(A) Jesus talked while in the cradle after birth. This comes from a book whose supporters tout its alleged scientific precision and realism.

23:50 "And We made the son of Mary and his mother as a Sign...."

33:7 "From Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary...."

* 43:57, 59, 61, 63-64 "When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example...He was no more than a servant.... And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment).... When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said,...For God, He is my Lord and your Lord...."

57:27 "We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel...."

61:6 "And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said, 'O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of God (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Apostle to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad."

JEWS
(Anti-Jewish tones are in evidence)

4:46 "But God hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe."

16:118 "To the Jews We prohibited such things as We have mentioned to thee before...."

26:55, 58-59 "These (Israelites) are but a small band.... So we expelled them from gardens, springs, treasures, and every kind of honourable position...."

62:6 "Say: O ye that stand on Judaism! If ye think that ye are friends to God, to the exclusion of (other) men, then express your desire for Death, if ye are truthful."

JUDGMENT DAY

* 4:87 "He will gather you together against the Day of Judgment, about which there is no doubt."

4:109 "...who will contend with God on their behalf on the Day of Judgment...."

6:12 "That He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment, there is no doubt whatever."

7:32, 10:93, 11:60, 11:98-99, 16:92, 20:100, 124, 25:69, 35:14, 39:47, 60, 67, 60:3 "On the Day of Judgment."

10:60 "And what think those who invent lies against God, of the Day of Judgment?"

14:41 "On the Day that the Reckoning will be established!"

14:44 "So warn mankind of the Day when the Wrath will reach them...."

15:35 "And the Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

16:25, 27 "Let them bear, on the Day of Judgment...."

16:124 "But God will judge between them on the Day of Judgment...."

17:13 "On the Day of Judgment we shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open."

17:34, 36 "On the Day of Reckoning."

17:58, 61 "Before the Day of Judgment...."

18:21 "...there can be no doubt about the Hour of Judgment."

18:105 "Nor shall We, on the Day of Judgment, give them any weight."

22:1 "Fear your Lord! For the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing terrible!"

38:53 "For the Day of Account."

38:78 "My Curse shall be on thee till the Day of Judgment."

45:26 "He will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt...."

70:26 "To the truth of the Day of Judgment...."

KORAN

2:177 "But it is righteousness--to believe in God and the Last Day, and the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers."

2:212 "The life of this world is alluring to those who reject faith, and they scoff at those who believe. But the righteous will be above them on the Day of Resurrection."

3:3 "It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind...."

* 3:7 "He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: in it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical.... We believe in the Book; the whole of it is from our Lord: and none will grasp the Message except men of understanding."

** 4:82 "Do they not consider the Quran (with care)? Had it been from other than God, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy."
(A) The reduced amount of discrepancy in the Quran arises far more from a notable lack of specifics regarding names, dates, places, and events than any adherence to consistency. It abounds in glittering generalities and nebulous allusions.

4:136 "Any who denieth God, His angels, His Books, His Apostles, and the Day of Judgment, hath gone far, far astray."

2:62 "Those who believe (in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians,--Any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord...."
And
5:69 "Those who believe (in the Quran), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,--any who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness,--on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve."
Versus
22:17 "Those who believe (in the Quran), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,--God will judge between them on the Day of Judgment...."
(A) Are those who follow the Jewish scriptures to have no fear on the Day of Judgment or should they fear God judging between them and those who believe in the Quran?

* 6:19 "This Quran hath been revealed to me by inspiration."

* 6:92 "Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in this (Book)."
(A) False. Many non-Muslims believe in the Hereafter but don't believe in the Quran.

6:114 "Shall I seek for judge other than God?--When He it is who hath sent unto you the Book, explained in detail. They know full well, to whom We have given the Book, that it hath been sent down from thy Lord in truth."
(A) Details are not something with which the Quran abounds.

6:155 "And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous, that ye may receive mercy."

7:2-3 "A Book revealed unto thee,...that with it thou mightest warn (the erring) and teach the Believers. Follow the revelation given unto you from your Lord,...."

* 10:37 "This Quran is not such as can be produced by other than God; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book...."

* 10:64 "In the life of the Present and in the Hereafter: no change can there be in the Words of God."

10:90 "I am of those who submit (to God in Islam)."

11:1 "(This is) a Book with verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning), further explained in detail--from one Who is Wise and Well-acquainted (with all things)."

11:14 "Will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"

* 11:91 "They said: 'O Shu'aib! Much of what thou sayest we do not understand!"

13:31 "If there were a Quran with which mountains were moved, or the earth were cloven asunder, or the dead were made to speak. (This would be the one!)."

14:1 "A Book which we have revealed unto thee, in order that thou mightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light--by the leave of their Lord--to the Way of (Him) the Exalted in Heaven,...."

14:27 "God will establish in strength those who believe, with the Word that stands firm, in this world and in the Hereafter...."

15:2 "Again and again will those who disbelieve, wish that they had bowed (to God's Will) in Islam."

16:102 "Say, the Holy Spirit has brought the revelation from thy Lord in Truth, in order to strengthen those who believe, and as a Guide and Glad Tidings to Muslims."

17:9-10 "Verily this Quran doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the glad tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward. And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty grievous (indeed)."

* 17:105 "We sent down the (Quran) in Truth, and in Truth has it descended...."

* 18:1-2 "Praise be to God, who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed therein no Crookedness. (He hath made it) straight (and clear) in order that He may warn (the godless)...."

* 19:97 "So have We made the (Quran) easy in thine own tongue,...." (A) The Koran is not easy in any tongue.

* 20:2-4 "We have not sent down the Quran to thee to be (an occasion) for thy distress, but only as an admonition to those who fear (God),--A revelation from Him Who created the earth and the heavens on high."

20:113 "Thus have We sent this down--an Arabic Quran...."

21:106 "Verily in this (Quran) is a Message for people who would (truly) worship God."

22:9 "...on the Day of Judgment We shall make him taste the Penalty of burning (Fire)."

* 22:54 "That the (Quran) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they may believe therein...."

* 23:67-68 "...talking nonsense about the (Quran), like one telling fables by night. Do they not ponder over the Word (of God)...."

25:6 "The (Quran) was sent down by Him Who knows the Mystery (that is) in the heavens...."

** 25:30 "Truly my people took this Quran for just foolish nonsense."
(A) That's understandable in light of much of that contained therein.

* 25:52 "Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Quran)."

* 26:192-193 "Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds: with it came down the Spirit of Faith and Truth...."

27:1-2 "These are verses of the Quran,--a Book that makes (things) clear; a Guide; and Glad Tidings for the Believers,...."
(A) The Quran certainly does not make things clear.

* 27:6 "As to thee, the Quran is bestowed upon thee from the presence of One Who is Wise and All-Knowing."

* 28:2 "These are Verses of the Book that makes (things) clear."

29:46-47 "We believe in the Revelation which has come down to us.... And thus (it is) that We have sent down the Book to thee."

31:2 "These are Verses of the Wise Book."

31:20 "Those who dispute about God, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!"

* 32:2 "(This is) the revelation of the Book in which there is no doubt,--from the Lord of the Worlds."

34:6 "That the (Revelation) sent down to thee from thy Lord--That is the truth,...."

34:31 "The Unbelievers say: 'We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it."

* 36:2, 5 "By the Quran, full of Wisdom.... It is a Revelation sent down by (Him), the Exalted in Might,...."

37:170 "But (now that the Quran has come)...."

38:1 "By the Quran, full of admonition: (This is the Truth)...."

* 39:1 "The revelation of this Book is from God, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom."

39:18 "Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best (meaning) in it: those are the ones whom God has guided...."

** 39:23 "God has revealed (from time to time) the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself, (Yet) repeating (its teaching in various aspects...."

* 39:28 "(It is) a Quran in Arabic, without any crookedness (therein): in order that they may guard against Evil."

39:41 "Verily we have revealed the Book to thee in Truth for (instructing) mankind."

* 40:2 "The revelation of this Book is from God, exalted in Power, full of Knowledge."

41:2-4 "A revelation from (God),...a Book, whereof the verses are explained in detail;--a Quran in Arabic, for people who understand;--giving Good News and Admonition: yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not."

* 41:41-42, 44 "...And indeed it is a Book of exalted power. No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it. It is sent down by one Full of Wisdom, worthy of all Praise.... Had We sent this as a Quran (in a language) other than Arabic, they would have said: 'Why are not its verses explained in detail? What! (a Book) not in Arabic and (a Messenger) an Arab?"

42:7 "Thus have We sent by inspiration to thee an Arabic Quran: that thou mayest warn the Mother of Cities and all around her,--and warn (them) of the Day of Assembly of which there is no doubt: (When) some will be in the Garden, and some in the Blazing Fire."

* 42:15 "I believe in the Book which God has sent down."

* 42:17-18 "It is God Who has sent down the Book in truth,.... those who believe hold it in awe, and know that it is the Truth."

42:52 "...but We have made the (Quran) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will...."

* 43:2 "By the Book that makes things clear."

43:43-44 "So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee: verily thou art on a Straight Way. The (Quran) is indeed the Message for thee and for thy people."

** 44:58 "We have made this (Quran) easy, in thy tongue, in order that they may give heed."
(A) In no sense can the Quran be considered easy.

** 45:2, 46:2 "The revelation of the Book is from God the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom."

46:30 "We have heard a Book revealed after Moses, confirming what came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path."

* 47:2 "But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, and believe in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad--for it is the Truth from their Lord,...."

** 49:15 "Only those are Believers who have believed in God and His Apostle,...."

* 54:17, 22, 32, 40 "And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember...."
(A) Again, it is neither.

* 55:1-2 "(God) most gracious! It is He Who has taught the Quran."

* 56:77-80 "That this is indeed a Quran most honourable, in a Book well-guarded, which none shall touch but those who are clean; a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds."

61:8-10 "But God will complete (the revelation of) His Light, even though the Unbelievers may detest (it). It is He Who has sent His Apostle with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it). O ye who believe! Shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty?--that you believe in God and His Apostle...."

64:10 "But those who reject Faith and treat Our Signs as falsehoods, they will be Companions of the Fire...."

69:50-51 "But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers. But verily it is Truth of assured certainty."

73:20 "...read ye, therefore, of the Quran as much as may be easy for you....Read ye therefore, as much of the Quran as may be easy (for you)...."

76:23 "It is We Who have sent down the Quran to thee by stages."

MARRIAGE

2:221 "Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe."

MARTYRS

3:195 "Those who have left their homes, or been driven out therefrom or suffered harm in My Cause, or fought or been slain--verily, I will blot out from them their iniquities, and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing beneath...."

MUHAMMAD

** 3:144 "Muhammad is no more than an Apostle: many were the Apostles that passed away before him."

33:40 "Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Apostle of God, and the seal of the Prophets...."

33:57 "Those who annoy God and His Apostle--God has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment."

* 48:29 "Muhammad is the Apostle of God...."

NOAH'S SON

11:42-43 "So the Ark floated...and Noah called out to his son, who had separated himself (from the rest).... The son replied: 'I will betake myself to some mountain; it will save from the water.'.... and the son was among those overwhelmed in the Flood."

POLYGAMY

*** 4:3 "...Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four;...."

PREDESTINATION

7:34, 10:49 "To every People is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation)."

PUNISHMENT

** 5:38 "As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands...."

10:70 "A little enjoyment in this world!--And then, to Us will be their return. Then shall We make them taste the severest Penalty for their blasphemies."

* 35:45 "If God were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature...."

RESURRECTION

2:174 "God will not address them on the Day of Resurrection."

6:36 "As to the dead, God will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him."

15:36 "O my Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

20:55 "From the (earth) did We create you, and into it shall We return you, and from it shall We bring you out once again."

* 22:7 "And verily the Hour will come: There can be no doubt about it, or about (the fact) that God will raise up all who are in the graves."

22:66 "It is He Who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will again give you Life...."

23:16 "Again, on the Day of Judgment, will ye be raised up."

* 23:37 "There is nothing but our life in this world! We shall die and we live! But we shall never be raised up again!"
(A) This statement conflicts with the others because it is decidedly anti-Resurrection.

23:100 "Before them is a Partition till the Day they are raised up."

26:87 "...on the Day when (men) will be raised up."

30:8 "...yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)!"

30:56, 37:144 "To the Day of Resurrection."

38:79 "Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are raised."

43:11 "...even so will ye be raised (from the dead)...."

53:47 "That He hath promised a Second Creation (Raising of the Dead)...."

58:6 "On the Day that God will raise them all up (again) and show them the truth (and meaning) of their conduct."

58:18 "One Day will God raise them all up (for Judgment)...."

71:18 "And raise you forth (Again at the Resurrection)?"

80:21-22 "Then He caused him to die, and putteth him in his Grave; Then, when it is His Will, He will raise him up (again)."

SABBATH

2:65 "Those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the sabbath."

SALVATION

* 23:102-104 "Then those whose balance (of good deeds) is heavy,--they will attain salvation. But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls; in Hell will they abide. The Fire will burn their faces...."

* 29:58 "But those who believe and work deeds of righteousness--to them shall We give a Home in Heaven...."

30:44 "And those who work righteousness will spread their couch (of repose) for themselves (in heaven)."

SATAN

4:60 "To the Evil One, though they were ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to lead them astray...."

6:142 "The footsteps of Satan: for he is to you an avowed enemy."

16:98 "When thou dost read the Quran, seek God's protection from Satan the Rejected One."

17:53 "For Satan doth sow dissensions among them: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy."

17:64 "But Satan promises them nothing but deceit."

19:44 "O my father! serve not Satan: for Satan is a rebel against (God)...."

35:6 "Verily Satan is an enemy to you: so treat him as an enemy. He only invites his adherents, that they may become Companions of the Blazing Fire."

"SCIENCE"

7:54 "Your guardian-Lord is God, Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days,...."

10:3 "Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six Days...."

11:7 "He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days...."

21:30 "We made from water every living thing."
(A) Every living thing came from water?

25:59 "He Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between, in six days,...."

* 29:41 "The flimsiest of houses is the Spider's house."
(A) Utterly false. Pound for pound, the Spider's house is one of the strongest.

32:4 "It is God Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all between them, in six Days,...."

35:1 "Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth."

35:11 "And God did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop...."

35:77 "Doth not man see that it is We Who created him from sperm?"

40:67 "It is He Who has created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop...."

50:38 "We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days...."

SEXISM

** 2:228 "And women shall have rights similar to the rights against them, according to what is equitable; But men have a degree (Of advantage) over them."

*** 4:11 "God directs you as regards your children's (inheritance): to the male, a portion equal to that of two females...."

4:15 "If any of your women are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witnesses...and confine them to houses until death do claim them or God ordain for them some other way."

** 4:19 "O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will."
(A) Apparent you can inherit women with their consent.

*** 4:24-25 "Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess:.... Girls from among those whom your right hands possess...wed them with the leave of their owners.... If they fall into shame, their punishment is half that for free women."
(A) This is not only supportive of male supremacy but slavery as well. Ownership of women is not prohibited or condemned but only regulated.

* 4:34 "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God has given the one more (strength) than the other...."

** 4:34 "As to women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct,...(and last) beat them (lightly);...."

** 4:176 "...if there are brothers and sisters, (they share), the male having twice the share of the female."

33:50 "O Prophet! We have made lawful to thee thy wives to whom thou hast paid their dowers and...the prisoners of war whom God has assigned to thee... To the Prophet if the Prophet wishes to wed her;--this only for thee, and not for the Believers (at large)...."

SINNERS

** 10:17 "But never will prosper those who sin."
(A) False! Many of those who prosper display the worst behavior.

14:49-50 "And thou wilt see the Sinners that day bound together in fetters.... their garments of liquid pitch, and their faces covered with Fire."

43:74-75 "The Sinners will be in the Punishment of Hell, to dwell therein (for aye): Nowise will the (punishment) be lightened for them...."

55:43 "This is the Hell which the Sinners deny."

59:17 "The end of both will be that they will go into the Fire, dwelling therein for ever. Such is the reward of the wrong-doers."

82:14-15 "And the Wicked--they will be in the Fire, which they will enter on the Day of Judgment...."

SLAVERY

* 4:92 "...If one kills a Believer, it is ordained that he should free a believing slave.... the freeing of a believing slave...and a believing slave be freed."

23:5-6 "Who abstain from sex, except with those joined to them in the marriage bond, or (the captives) whom their right hands possess,--for (in their case) they are free from blame."

** 24:32 "Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among your slaves, male or female...."

24:33 "And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed...."

58:3 "But those who divorce their wives by Zihar, then wish to go back on the words they uttered,--(It is ordained that such a one) should free a slave...."

TRINITY

*** 2:50 "And remember We divided the Sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people...."
(A) Muslims reject the Trinity; yet, God is repeatedly referred to in the Quran as "We" or "Us."

2:57 "We have provided for you...."

2:59 "We sent on the transgressors...."

2:60 "We said: Strike the rock with thy staff."

4:48 "...to set up partners with God is to devise a sin most heinous indeed."

* 4:116 "God forgiveth not (the sin of) joining other gods with Him."

** 4:171 "Say not 'Trinity': desist: It will be better for you: for God is One God: Glory be to Him: (Far Exalted is He) above having a son."

* 5:17 "In blasphemy indeed are those that say that God is Christ the son of Mary.

5:44 "It was We who revealed the Law (to Moses)...."

5:46 "And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him...."

5:48 "To thee We sent the Scripture...."

*** 5:72-75 "They do blaspheme who say: 'God is Christ the son of Mary'....Whoever joins other gods with God,--God will forbid him the Garden, and the Fire will be his abode.... They do blaspheme who say God is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One God. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them.... Christ the son of Mary was no more than an Apostle."

*** 5:116 "And behold! God will say: 'O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, Worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of God'? He will say: 'Glory to Thee! Never could I [Jesus--Ed.] say what I had no right (to say)."

6:14 "And be not thou of the company of those who join gods with God."

6:100 "...though God did create the Jinns; and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to Him sons and daughters. Praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they attribute to Him."

** 6:101 "How can He have a son when He hath no consort?"

6:106 "There is no god but He: and turn aside from those who join gods with God."

** 6:163 "No partner hath He...."

7:138 "We took the Children of Israel (with safety) across the sea."

*** 9:30-32 "...the Christians call Christ the son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!.... And (they take as their Lord) Christ the son of Mary; Yet they were commanded to worship but One God: There is no god but He. Praise and glory to Him: (Far is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). Fain would they extinguish God's Light with their mouths...."

10:23-24 "To Us is your return, and We shall show you the Truth.... the rain which We send down from the skies.... There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it...."

*** 10:66 "What do they follow who worship as His 'partners' other than God? They follow nothing but fancy, and they do nothing but lie."

*** 10:68-69 "They say, 'God hath begotten a son!'--Glory be to Him! He is Self-Sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant have ye for this! Say ye about God what ye know not? Say: "Those who invent a lie against God will never prosper'."

10:73 "While We overwhelmed in the Flood those who rejected Our Signs."

11:69 "There came Our Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings...."

16:2 "Warn (Man) that there is no god but I...."

16:22 "Your God is One God...."

16:51 "For He is just One God: then fear Me (and Me alone)."

*** 17:111 "Praise be to God, who begets no son, and has no partner in (His) dominion...."

*** 18:4-5 "Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, 'God hath begotten a son'. No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous thing that issues from their mouths as a saying. What they say is nothing but falsehood."

19:21 "We wish to appoint him as a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us."

** 19:35 "It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He should beget a son."

19:38, 40 "They will appear before Us...to Us will they all be returned."

** 19:88-92 "They say: (God) has begotten a son! Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder,...for it is not consonant with the majesty of (God)...that He should beget a son."

20:14 :There is no god but I...."

20:98 "But the God of you all is the One God: there is no god but He...."

21:98 "...And the (false) gods that ye worship besides God, are (but) fuel for Hell!"

21:108 "Your God is One God...."

23:91-92 "No son did God beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have Lorded it over others! Glory to God! (He is free) from the (sort of) things they attribute to Him! He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the partners they attribute to Him!"

25:2 "He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: no son has He begotten, nor has He a partner in His dominion...."

28:70, 88 "And He is God: there is no god but He."

** 27:151-152, 37:151 "Is it not that they say, from their own invention, 'God has begotten children'? But they are liars!"

38:65 "...no god is there but the One God, Supreme and Irresistible."

39:4 "Had God wished to take to Himself a son, He could have chosen whom he pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be to Him! (He is above such things.)"

39:6, 40:3 "There is no god but He...."

40:62 "Such is God, your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no god but He...."

40:64-65 "So Glory to God, the Lord of the Worlds! He is the Living (One): There is no god but He...."

47:19 "Know, therefore, that there is no god but God,...."

50:24-26 (The sentence will be:) 'Throw, throw into Hell every contumacious Rejecter (of God)'!--...Who set up another god beside God: throw him into a severe Penalty."

51:47 "With power and skill did We construct the firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of Space...."

73:9 "(He is) Lord of the East and the West: there is no god but He...."

112:1, 4 "He is God, the One and Only;...And there is none like unto Him."

UNBELIEVERS

Although threats of Hell-fire toward unbelievers are dismissible, threats of present injury, persecution, and death are not. The following quotes contain examples of both.

3:56 "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."

*** 4:89 "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing as they.... But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them...."

*** 4:91 "Seize them and slay them wherever ye get them...."

4:93 "If a man kills a Believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (for ever)."

*** 4:101 "For the Unbelievers are unto you open enemies.... The unbelievers wish...to assault you in a single rush.... For the Unbelievers God hath prepared a humiliating punishment."

4:137 "Those who believe, then reject Faith, then believe (again) and (again) reject Faith, and go on increasing in Unbelief,--God will not forgive them nor guide them on the Way."

4:140 "For God will collect the Hypocrites and those who defy Faith--all in Hell;--...and never will God grant to the Unbelievers a way (to triumph) over the Believers."

** 4:144 "O ye who believe take not for friends unbelievers rather than believers: do ye wish to offer God an open proof against yourselves?"

4:151 "We have prepared for Unbelievers a humiliating punishment."

4:161 "We have prepared for those among them who reject Faith a grievous punishment."

4:168-69 "Those who reject Faith and do wrong,--God will not forgive them nor guide them to any way--except the way of Hell, to dwell therein for ever."

5:5 "If any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good)."

5:10 "Those who reject faith and deny Our Signs will be Companions of Hell-fire."

* 5:33 "The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides....and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter."

6:116 "Wert thou to follow the common run of those on earth, they will lead thee away from the Way of God. They follow nothing but conjecture: they do nothing but lie."

6:150 "And such as believe not in the Hereafter...."

6:70 "Leave alone those who take their religion to be mere play and amusement, and are deceived by the life of this world."

7:51 "Such as took their religion to be mere amusement and play, and were deceived by the life of the world."

*** 8:12 "I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."

8:36 "And the Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell."

8:37 "In order that God may separate the impure from the pure, put the impure, one on another, heap them together, and cast them into Hell."

*** 9:5 "...then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)...."

9:73 "O Prophet! strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,--an evil refuge indeed."

9:74 "...They uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam.... God will punish them with a grievous penalty in this life and in the Hereafter...."

9:95 "For they are an abomination, and Hell is their dwelling-place...."

10:4 "But those who reject Him will have draughts of boiling fluids,...."

10:8 "Their abode is the Fire,...."

13:35 "...and the End of the Unbelievers is the Fire."

14:2 "Of God, to Whom do belong all things in the heavens and on earth! But alas for the Unbelievers for a terrible Penalty (their Unfaith will bring them)!"

17:8 "We have made Hell a prison for those who reject (all Faith)."

19:37 "...and woe to the Unbelievers because of the (coming) Judgment of a momentous Day!"

21:98 "Verily ye (Unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship besides God, are (but) fuel for Hell! For it will ye (surely) come!"

33:8 "He has prepared for the Unbelievers a grievous Penalty."

*** 33:61 "...wherever they are found, they shall be seized and slain (without mercy)."

33:64-65 "Verily God has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them a blazing Fire,--to dwell therein for ever."

38:27 "But woe to the Unbelievers because of the Fire (of Hell)!"

39:71 "The Unbelievers will be led to Hell in crowd...."

57:15 "Of those who rejected God, your abode is the Fire."

57:19 "But those who reject God and deny Our Signs,--they are the Companions of Hell-Fire."

64:7 "The Unbelievers think that they will not be raised up (for Judgment)...."

66:9 "O Prophet! Strive hard against the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,--an evil refuge (indeed)."

84:21-24 "And when the Quran is read to them, they fall not prostrate, but on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it)....So announce to them a Penalty Grievous except for those who believe and work righteous deeds...."

VIRGIN BIRTH

3:47 "She said: 'Oh my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me? He said: ...When He hath decreed a Plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!"

19:20 "She said: 'How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"

ZODIAC

* 15:16 "It is We Who have set out the zodiacal Signs in the Heavens,...."
(A) Signs of the Zodiac in a supposedly scientific book?