Archive for February, 2010

In the Bible: the Secret Meeting of King Herod With the Magi

This is a new series (1-32) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament says: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Verse No. 32 in the New Testament says: Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star (of Jesus) had appeared.

Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran says: and give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

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The verse No. 32 in the Old Testament is Genesis 2:1

The verse says: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Host in Bible versus Host in English Dictionary

The question is: What are these hosts?

The linguistics meanings of “Host”:

1- An army.

2- A great number; a multitude.

3- One who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.

4- A person who manages an inn or hotel.

5- One that furnishes facilities and resources for a function or event:

6- The emcee or interviewer on a radio or television program.

7- In Biology: The animal or plant on which or in which another organism lives.

8- In Medicine: The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

9- In Computer Science: A computer containing data or programs that another computer can access by means of a network or modem.

10- Internet: To serve as host to or at;  web Hosting.

Which one (or more) of these meanings of “host” is applied to the verse to give a logic meaning for it?

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The verse No. 32 in the New Testament is Matthew 2:7

In the articles 26-31, Matthew 2:1-6 say:

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. He asked the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, where the Christ was to be born.

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

Then the verse, Matthew 2:7, says:

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star (of Jesus) had appeared.

But why Herod called the Magi secretly? Was he afraid of something?

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Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran is 2:25,

Chapter 2 is Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

The verse says: and give glad tidings (O Muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

The meaning of verse 2:25:

Then Allah mentioned the favors enjoyed by the believers in Paradise, saying:

And give glad tidings unto those who believe in Muhammad and in the Quran and do good works of obedience that bind to their Lord; and it is also that this refers to doing any righteous deeds;

that theirs are Gardens beneath which, trees and habitations, rivers flow, rivers of wine, milk, honey and water; as often as they are provided with food, whenever they are fed in Paradise of the fruit thereof, with different kinds of fruit, they say: This is what was given us before, this is what we ate before, and it is given to them i.e. the food in resemblance, as far as the color is concerned but not the taste which is different. There for them in Paradise are pure spouses, pure from menses or any kind of filth, therein, in Paradise, forever they abide, dwelling forever: never to die or be banished from it.

In other words, the verse means:

And give good tidings to, inform, those who believe, who have faith in Allah, and perform righteous deeds, such as the obligatory and supererogatory rituals, that theirs shall be Gardens, of trees, and habitations, underneath which, that is, underneath these trees and palaces, rivers flow. Whensoever they are provided with fruits therefrom, that is, whenever they are given to eat from these gardens, they shall say, ‘This is what, that is, the like of what we were provided with before’, that is, before this, in Paradise, since its fruits are similar (and this is evidenced by [the following statement]): they shall be given it, the provision, in perfect semblance, that is, resembling one another in color, but different in taste; and there for them shall be spouses, of houris (one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims) and others, purified, from menstruation and impurities; therein they shall abide: dwelling therein forever, neither perishing nor departing therefrom.

It is said that there is no menstruation, filth and impurities in Paradise.  

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Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament, the New Testament in four different versions of the Bible; and in the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 32 in the Old Testament

Genesis 2:1

New International Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

New American Standard Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.

English Standard Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

King James Version:

1] Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

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Verse No. 32 in the New Testament

Matthew 2:7

New International Version:

7] Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

New American Standard Version:

7] Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.  

English Standard Version:

7] Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.

King James Version:

7] Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.  

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Verse No. 32 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2:25

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: bear glad tidings to those who believe and do good works. they shall live in gardens underneath which rivers flow. whenever they are given fruit as provision they will say: ‘this is what we were given before, ‘ for they shall be given in resemblance. therein they shall have pure spouses, and shall live there for ever.

SHAKIR: and convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they shall be given a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: this is what was given to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide

PICKTHAL: and give glad tidings (o muhammad) unto those who believe and do good works; that theirs are gardens underneath which rivers flow; as often as they are regaled with food of the fruit thereof, they say: this is what was given us aforetime; and it is given to them in resemblance. there for them are pure companions; there for ever they abide.

YUSUFALI: but give glad tidings to those who believe and work righteousness, that their portion is gardens, beneath which rivers flow. every time they are fed with fruits therefrom, they say: “why, this is what we were fed with before,” for they are given things in similitude; and they have therein companions pure (and holy); and they abide therein (for ever).

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/in-the-bible-the-secret-meeting-of-king-herod-with-the-magi-686544.html

Bible Versus Quran Versus Sciences, (26) the Locusts

The Locusts are mentioned in the Bible 36 times and in the Quran two times, i.e., the Bible cites the Locusts 18 times more than the Quran does.

Furthermore, the total words of the Bible are 788,280 while the total words of the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the Bible has the likely of more than 10 times than the Quran word-wise to talk about the Locusts. In addition, the Bible has the prospective of more than 35 times than the Quran topic-wise to utter about the Locusts.

The Locusts in the Bible:

The LORD punished Pharaoh and Egypt with Locusts:

Exodus 10:1

[The Plague of Locusts] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these miraculous signs of mine among them

Exodus 10:4

If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.

Exodus 10:12

And the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”

Exodus 10:13

So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;

Exodus 10:14

They invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.

Exodus 10:19

And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt.

Locusts as food:

Leviticus 11:22

Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

Matthew 3:4

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:6

John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Locusts devour, 12 verses tell that Locusts devour the fields which is a common knowledge that anyone knows:

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

Deuteronomy 28:42

Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.

2 Chronicles 7:13

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

Psalm 78:46

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust.

Isaiah 33:4

Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts; like a swarm of locusts men pounce on it.

Jeremiah 51:14

The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with men, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.

Joel 1:2

[An Invasion of Locusts] Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers?

Joel 2:1

[An Army of Locusts] Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand-

Amos 4:9

“Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards; I struck them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the LORD.

Amos 7:1

[Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line] This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the second crop was coming up.

Nahum 3:15

There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and, like grasshoppers, consume you. Multiply like grasshoppers, multiply like locusts!

Lift up this banner in the land

Jeremiah 51:27

“Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.

The Bible says that Locusts are countless; however, we can count the bacteria nowadays!

Judges 6:5

They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.

Judges 7:12

The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

Psalm 105:34

He spoke, and the locusts came, grasshoppers without number;

Jeremiah 46:23

They will chop down her forest,” declares the LORD, “dense though it be. They are more numerous than locusts, they cannot be counted.

Nahum 3:16

You have increased the number of your merchants till they are more than the stars of the sky, but like locusts they strip the land and then fly away.

Again, this verse says that the number of merchants are more than the stars of the sky; this statement is impossible from the scientific point of view.

One event that is repeated twice; Read and Compare:

1 Kings 8:37

“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

2 Chronicles 6:28

“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

Although the two verses talk about one event, however, in the first verse, there is one enemy; this enemy became many enemies in the second verse. Could one enemy multiply like that?

No rain if the heavens are shut up!

2 Chronicles 7:13

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

The scientific relation between the Horse and a locust:

Job 39:19

“Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?

Job 39:20

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

The locust shakes off:

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

The locust is one of the four smallest creatures on Earth, and has no king!

Proverbs 30:24-30

24 “Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

25 Ants…, 26 Coneys…

27 locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;

The Bible classifies of the Locusts into locust swarm, young locusts, great locusts and other locusts:

Joel 1:4

What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts have eaten.

Joel 2:25

“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm — my great army that I sent among you.

When the sun appears the locusts fly away, and no one knows where:

Nahum 3:17

Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day— but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where.

This verse is not appropriate scientifically.

Locusts came down out of the smoke:

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.

The locusts looked like horses:

Revelation 9:7

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

The Locusts in the Quran:

Five plagues in one verse versus one plague in six verses:

7:133

so we sent (plagues) against them the flood and the locusts and the Lice and the frogs and the blood – a succession of clear signs. but they were arrogant and became a guilty folk.

In one verse, the Quran says that Allah Punished Egypt with five different plagues that are the flood, the locusts, the Lice, the frogs and the blood.

Five plagues are mentioned in one verse in the Quran while one plague (the Locusts) is mentioned in six verses in the Bible.

At the Day of Judgment, the unbelievers will spread abroad out of their graves as if they are Locusts:

54:6-8

[6] Therefore, (O Prophet) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair (a painful thing).

[7] With downcast eyes, they come forth from the graves, spread abroad, as they were locusts

[8] Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller! “this is a hard day!” the Unbelievers will say.

This meaning is not found in the Bible.

I do not know why the Bible is not interested to tell us about the Day of Judgment which is a very important issue in the Quran.

Back to our main issue; this is my question to you smart readers: Is the Quran quoted from the Bible? And which book contradicts with the sciences? The book which says: the Locusts are countless, the merchants are more than the stars of the sky, the locust is one of the four smallest creatures on Earth and/or when the sun appears the locusts fly away, and no one knows where or what do you think?

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/bible-versus-quran-versus-sciences-26-the-locusts-121716.html

What is the religion of the democratic canditates for President?

I hear so much about the religion of the republican candidates but not the democratic candidates. Is Barak Obama muslim? What religion are they?

Who cares what religion they are? Electing a President should be about real issues, the character of the candidate, and what they can do for the U.S. as a whole.

What is the difference between Religion and Faith?

My understanding is that Faith is a personal trust in God, Religion is something you do to show others what tribe you belong to.
I read somewhere that there are 320 Religions around the world, each one claims to be the right one. It’s obvious they can’t all be the right, so is there such a thing as true and false religions.

Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1). In other words, through and by your personal relationship with God, you know that you know, that you know….your needs are met, and all things are possible to them that believe; this is because He loves you.

Religion…..is ritualistic. It is based on the premise that if we conduct ourselves and our lives in a certain manner, we will earn God’s love.

Most people do not see the difference between faith and religion; but, there is clearly a marked difference.

Yes…….there is a false religion. Any religion that preaches works above faith, is a false religion. Any religion that does not preach Jesus as being the Way, the Truth and the Life is a false religion.

Jesus IS the Messiah…..and there is no other way to Heaven, but through and by believing in Him, and in the gift He gave us all, when He died on the cross and resurrected from the dead.

LEADERSHIP

WAYNE FIELDS –“The best six doctors anywhere and no one can deny it are sunshine, water, rest, and air Exercise and diet. These six will gladly you attend If only you are willing your mind they’ll ease your will they’ll mend and charge you not a shilling.”

WB YEATS –“The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are Jull of passionate intensity.”

WC FIELDS –“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”

WCLEMENT STONE –“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.”

WELSH PROVERB –“Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.”

WEMHER VON BRAUN –“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”

WEN JLABAO –“Please just hold on, people are going to get you out of here.”

WENDELL BERRY –“Energy is superhuman in the sense that humans cannot create it. They can only refine or convert it. And they are bound to it by one of the paradoxes of religion: they cannot have it except by losing it; they cannot use it except by destroying it…”

WENDELL BERRY –“Men may dam it and say that they have made a lake, but it will still be a river. It will keep its nature and bide its time, like a caged animal alert for the slightest opening. In time, it will have its way; the dam, like the ancient cliffs, will be carried away piecemeal in the currents.”

WENDELL BERRY –“We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land.”

WENDELL PHILIPS –“Difference religion breeds more quarrels than difference of polities.”

WENDELL PHILLIPS- “Difference of religion breads more quarrels than difference of politics.”

WENDELL PHILUPS –“Low is nothing unless close behind it Stands a warm living public opinion.”

WENDY MARSTON –“Once you have the chance to be anything you want, you face the really tough question: What do you want?”

WERICK THE GREAT –“All religions must be tolerated. Every man must get to heaven in his own way.”

WERNER VON BRAUN –“Use the word “impossible” with the greatest caution.”

WERNHER VAN BRAUN –“Don’t tell me that man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go— and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.”

WES NISKER –“if you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own.”

WH AUDEN –“A poet is a person who is passionately in love with language.”

WH AUDEN –“No human being can make another one happy.”

WH AUDEN –“No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.”

WH AUDEN –“We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for; I don’t know.”

WH AUDEN –“We must love one another or die.”

WHITE –“In antiquity, every tree, every spring, every stream, every hill had its own genius loci, its guardian spirit… Before one cut a tree, mined a mountain, or a brook, it was important to placate the spirit in charge of that particular situation, and to keep it placated. By destroying animism, we have only ended up exploiting nature in a mood of indifference to the feelings of natural objects.”

WHITE HOUSE –“The sound of the Shafer heralds the beginning of a new year and a time of remembrance and renewal for the Jewish people. During these holy days, men and women are called to reflect on their faith and to honour the blessings of creation.”

WHITMAN –“The untold want, by life and land ne’er granted, Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.”

WHITNEY HOUSTON –“It’s about believin’ when you ain’t got anything to believe in.”

WHITTIER –“The smile of God is victory.”

WHOOPI GOLDBERG –“It never occurs to me that there are things I can’t do.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Researchers reason that all living humans descend from Africans, some of whom migrated out of Africa and populated the rest of the world. If the mitochondrial analysis is correct, then because mitochondrial Eve represents the root of the mitochondrial family tree, she must have predated the exodus and lived in Africa. Therefore many researchers take the mitochondrial evidence as support for the “single-origin” or Out-of-Africa model.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“As Mahalakshmi, the supreme Goddess of Love and Delight, she lends grace and charms everything divine or human. As Mahasaraswati, the Goddess of Divine skill and Knowledge, she is the firefighter and trouble-shooter for the entire universe.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Hypertextuality is the interconnectedness of all literary works and their interpretation. A woven fabric of cultural consciousness is imitated and, in fact, investigated.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Primordial Parashakti is the ultimate dynamic energy of transcendental Brahmn… Brahmn is attributeless whereas Parashakti has many attributes. While, Brahmn has only to be cognised, Parashakti can be worshipped with name and form. She is Divine Will personified. She isconscious power beyond everything. She is the invisible and constant presence that sustains the world, linking form and name, holding them in interdependence. There is nothing impossible for Her She is the Universal Goddess. She is all knowledge, all strength, all triumph and all victory she is the Goddess Supreme, Maheshvari, who brings to us the total state of illumination.”

WIKIPAEDIA “Shakti is Mother of the universe. She creates, preserves, dissolves. She is the sat and so creates. She is chit, so she is life. She is ananda or bliss. He is also possessor and controller of opposite qualities: Destruction, death and terror as Mahakali, Goddess of Supreme Strength.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“Space-time entails a new concept of distance. Whereas distances are always positive in Euclidean spaces, the distance between any two events in space-time — called an “interval” — may be real, zero, or even imaginary.”

WIKIPAEDIA –“The real purpose of the Paryushan is to purify our soul by staying closer to our own soul, to look at our faults, to ask for forgiveness for the mistakes we have committed, and take vows to minimise our faults. We try to forget about the needs of our body and our business so that we can concentrate on our-self. Swetambers celebrate eight days of Paryushan and the last day is called Samvastsari. In these eight days most of Jains keep fast in many ways and all Jains keep fast on Last day of Paryushan. The process of shedding our KARMAS really begins by asking for forgiveness with true feelings and to vow not to repeat mistakes. The quality of the forgiveness requires humility and suppression of anger.”

WILCOX AND MUMFORD –““I don’t care how poor a man is; if he has family, he’s rich.”

WILFRED B L TROTTER –“The dispassionate intellect, the open mind, the unprejudiced observer, exist in an exact sense only in a sort of intellectualist folklore; states even approaching them cannot be reached without a moral and emotional effort most of us cannot or will not make.”

WILFRED PETERSON –“The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.”

WILILAM JAMES –“There is only one thing a philosopher can be truly relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.”

WILL AND ARIEL DURANT –“The future never just happened. It was created.”

WILL DURANT- “Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”

WILL DURANT –“In my youth, I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”

WILL DURANT –“The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.”

WILL DURANT –“The trouble with most people is that they Think with their hopes or fears or, wishes rather than with their minds.”

WILL ROGERS –“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.”

WILL ROGERS –“Even you’re on the right track, you won’t get anywhere if you’re standing still.”

WILL ROGERS –“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”

WILL ROGERS –“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

WILL ROGERS –“One revolution is just like one cocktail, it just gets you organized or the next.”

WILL ROGERS –“Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.”

WILL ROGERS –“There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.”

WILL ROGERS –“We don’t give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give them plenty of publicity.”

WILL ROGERS –“We don’t know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”

WILL ROGERS –“You can’t say civilisation isn’t advancing, in every war they kill you in a new way.”

WILL SCHUTZ –“Man’s self-concept is enhanced when he takes responsibility for himself.”

WILLA CATHER –“That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great.”

WILLA CATHER –“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”

WILLA CATHER –“Where there is the greatest love, there are always miracles.”

WILLA GATHER –“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.”

WILLA GATHER –“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”

WILLA GATHER –“Where there is great love, there are always wishes.”

WILLARD MARRIOTT –“Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the tree.”

WILLIAM A WARD –“Another fresh new year is here…/ Another year to live!/To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and I give!/ This bright New Year is given me/to live each day with zest…/To daily grow and try to be/my highest and my best! I have the opportunity/ once more to right some wrongs,/ to pray for peace, to plant a tree,/ and sing more joyful songs.”

WILLIAM A WARD –“Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.”

WILLIAM A WART –“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”

WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD –“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.”

WILLIAM ASHWORTH –“Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment, we have never really learned how important water is to us. We understand it, but we do not respect it.”

WILLIAM BENNETT- “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”

WILLIAM BLACK- “A truth that’s told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“A dog starv’d at the master’s gate/ Predicts the ruin of the State./ A horse misus’d upon the road/ Calls to heaven for human blood./ Each outcry of the hunted hare/ A fibre from the brain does tear,/ A skylark wounded on the wing,/ A cherubim does cease to sing.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Ancient poets animated all sensible objects with gods or geniuses… choosing forms of worship from poetic tales. And at length they pronounced that the gods had ordered such things. Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“He who binds himself to a joy Doth the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in Eternity’s sun rise.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care/ Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness,/And put on intellect… Men are admitted into Heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings. The treasures of Heaven are not negations of passion, but realities of intellect, from which all the passions emanate uncurbed in their eternal glory. The fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so holy.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I’ve a wife that I love and that loves me; have all but riches bodily.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Man’s Desires are limited by his Perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“Scientists, in trying to decipher that which should remain indecipherable, would turn that which is soul and life into a mill or machine.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“The strongest poison ever known/ Came from Caesar’s laurel crown.”

WILLIAM BLAKE –“The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.”

William borah- “The marvel of the history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.”

WILLIAM BRAMWELL –“There is too much meat and drink, too little fasting and self-denial, too much taking part in the world… and too little self-examination and prayer.”

WILLIAM BUTLERYEATS –“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.”

WILLIAM CHANNING –“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.”

WILLIAM CLAYTON –“The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they’re going to be when you kill them.”

WILLIAM COFFIN –“Only reverence can restrain violence — reverence for human life and the environment.”

WILLIAM COWPER – “Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“But war’s a game, which, were their subject wise,/ Kings would not play at.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“God made the country, and man made the town.”

WILLIAM COWPER –“The bud may have a bitter taste,/But sweet will be the flower.”

WILLIAM COWPER:- “Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.”

WILLIAM DRUMMOND –“A man who cannot reason is a fool, a man who will not reason is a bigot, and a man who dare not reason is a slave.”

WILLIAM ERNEST HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIAM FAULKNER –“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

WILLIAM FAULKNER- “Facts and truth really don’t have much to do with each other.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.”

WILLIAM FEATHER –“We always admire the other person more after we’ve tried to do his job.”

WILLIAM FREDERICK HALSEY –“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”

WILLIAM GARTNER –“What separates the entrepreneur from others is that entrepreneurs act on what they see.”

WILLIAM GLADSTONE –“Duty is a power that arises with us in the morning, and goes to rest with us in the night. It is co-extensive with the action of our intelligence. It is the shadow that cleaves to us, go where we will.”

WILLIAM GLADSTONE- “Justice delayed is justice denied.”

WILLIAM HAVARD- “Our country welfare is our first concern, and who promotes that best, best proves his duty.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.”

WILLIAM HAZLITT –“There is heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING – “Error is the discipline through which we advance.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING –“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.”

WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING –“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.”

WILLIAM HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIAM HOMADY –“What I am inside determines the issue in the battle of life.”

WILLIAM J. BENNETT:- “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Believe life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“If you care enough for the result, you will almost always attain it.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“Then you have to make a choice and don’t make it, that is in itself a choice.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.”

WILLIAM JAMES –“This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime or creed.”

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN –“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved.”

WILLIAM JONES –“Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.”

WILLIAM L GARRISON –“Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?”

WILLIAM L. SHIRER –“Most true happiness comes from one’s inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.”

WILLIAM LANDBURG –“Modern portfolio theory allows for the fact that financial markets are by their nature unpredictable. An infinite array of events that are, impossible to foresee or control affect returns — currency meltdowns, earthquakes, terrorist attacks and 100-year storms (which have a way of occurring every five years!). Logic and rational thinking rarely factor into the mix. As was seen in the dot corn era, a company’s underlying strength, reflected by such variables as profitability, earning prospects and market share, may have far less effect on share price than mindless exuberance. How else can we account for the swings and gyrations in the stock market in recent years?”

WILLIAM LANGLAND –“We should be low and love like and lean each man to the other And patient as pilgrims, for pilgrims are we all.”

WILLIAM LANGLAND –“We should be low and love like and lean each man to the other And patient as pilgrims, for pilgrims are we all.”

WILLIAM LAW –“A life devoted to the interests and enjoyments of this world, spent and wasted in the slavery of earthly desires, may be truly called a dream, as having all the shortness, vanity, and delusion of a dream; only with this great difference, that when a dream is over nothing is lost but fictions and fancies; but when the dream of life is ended only by death, all that eternity is lost, for which we were brought into being.”

WILLIAM LAW –“All other sacrifices that we make whether of worldly goods, honours, or pleasures, are but small matters compared to that sacrifice and destruction of all selfishness, as well spiritual as natural, that must be made before our regeneration hath its perfect work.”

WILLIAM LAW –“For Heaven is as near to our souls as this world is to our bodies.”

WILLIAM LAW –“Love and pity and wish well to every soul in the world; dwell in love, and then you dwell in God; hate nothing but the evil that stirs in your own heart.”

WILLIAM LONDON –“To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.”

WILLIAM M THACKERAY –“Mother is the name of God in the lips and hearts of children.”

WILLIAM Mc FEE –“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”

WILLIAM MCDONOUGH –“Don’t get me wrong: love nuclear energy! It’s just that i prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there’s an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about eight minutes. And it’s wireless!”

WILLIAM MCGONAGALL –“Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean, Your stately mansions, and beautiful Green! Likewise your beautiful bridges across the river Clyde, And on your bonnie banks I would like to reside.”

WILLIAM MOMS –“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them to an art.”

WILLIAM MORRIS –“Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship’s sake that ye do them.”

WILLIAM MOTHERWELL –“Men say that in this midnight hour, the disembodied have power to wander as it liketh them, by wizard oak and fairy stream.”

WILLIAM ODOUGLAS –“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions.”

WILLIAM PENN –“Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of our sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.”

WILLIAM PENN –“He that does good for good’s sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at least.”

WILLIAM PENN –“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; r no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”

WILLIAM PHELPS –“We look backward too much and we look forward too much; thus we miss the only eternity of which we can be absolutely sure — the eternal present, for it is always now.”

WILLIAM PITT –“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants.”

WILLIAM PURKEY –“Dance like no one is watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like no one is listening and live like it’s heaven on earth.

WILLIAM R INGE –“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”

WILLIAM RANDOLPH –“A politician will do anything to his job –even become a patriot.”

William S. Burroughs- “Be just, and if can’t be just, be arbitrary.”

WILLIAM S. GILBERT- “And whether you’re an honest man, or whether you’re a thief, depends up on whose solicitor has given me my brief.”

WILLIAM SAFIRE –“Never assume the obvious is true.”

WILLIAM SAROYAN –“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”

WILLIAM SAROYAN –“No man’s guilt is not yours, nor is any man’s innocence a thing apart.”

WILLIAM SEWELL –“We shall be judged, not by what we might have been, but what we have been.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – “We are such stuff as dreams are made of; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety; other women cloy The appetites .they feed.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Alas! How should you govern any kingdom, That know not how to use ambassadors.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Fear no more the heat of the sun, Not the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hath done, Home art gone, and taken thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Have more than thou showest, / Speak less than thou knowest, /Lend less than thou owest, / Ride more than thou goest, / Learn more than thou trowest, / Set less than thou throwest; / Leave thy drink and thy whore, / And keep in-a-door, / And thou shalt have more / Than two tens to a score.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang And churiish chiding of the winter’s wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body. Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, “This is no flattery”.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“How poor are they that have not patience What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“If she be made of white and red,/ Her faults will ne’er be known,/ For blushing cheeks by faults are bred/ And fears by pale white shown:/ Then if she fear or be to blame,/ By this you shall not know,/ For still her cheeks possess the same/ Which native she doth owe.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Love all, trust a few: Do wrong to none.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE -“Love asks me no questions. And gives me endless support.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment. A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Poor and content is rich and rich enough.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembereth himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Some rise by sin, some by virtue fall.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The gods approve the depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“When icicles hang by the wall,/ And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,/ And Tom bears logs into the hall,/ And milk comes frozen home in pail,/When blood is nipp’d and ways be foul,/ Then nightly sings the staring owl,/ Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE –“You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments.”

WILLIAM SHEDD –“A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM –“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”

WILLIAM STYRON –“A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.”

WILLIAM THOMAS- “No statement can be profound once it has been repeated by others.”

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY- “Blindness we may forgive but baseness we will smite.”

WILLIAM WARD –“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain—he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem — he is challenged by it.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORHT –“Wisdom is often near when we stop than when we soar.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“I made no vows, but vows/ Were then made for me; bond unknown to me/ Was given, that i should be, else sinning greatly/ A dedicated spirit.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“The World is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; little we see in Nature that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not — Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; so might I, standing on this pleasant lea, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea, or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH –“Wisdom is often nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”

WILLIAN ERNEST HOCKING –“Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.”

WILLIS HARMAN –“By deliberately changing’ the internal image of reality people can change the world.”

WILLIS PLATER –“A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment.”

WILLIS WHITNEY –“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.”

WILLS DURANT –“India was the motherland of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. India was the mother of Our philosophy, of much of our mathematics, of the ideals embodied in Christianity.. of self-government and democracy In many ways, Mother India is the mother of us all.”

WILLS DURANT –“It is the function of the youth to defend liberty and innovation; of the old to defend order and tradition, and of middle age to find a middle way.”

WILMA ASKINAS –“A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“No one goes alone to the heights of excellence. Whether your business is building a loving family, a great idea, a meaningful career, a work of art, or a vast commercial empire, your success will depend on others, and theirs will depend on you.”

WILMA RUDOLPH –“When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God: Why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn’t just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.”

WILT ROGERS –“It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.”

WIN PE –“Monk-poet Shin Maha Thilawuntha wrote poems on the thoughts in the Dhamma like the deep tone of a palace drum heard in the far end of the realm. Shin Maharathathara wrote of the nature of kingship and of matters secular in poems like an ensemble for an anyein or like the warble of a karaweik. I marvel at their use of language and a vocabulary both precise and rich. From which deep intellect did they draw it. By which attrition are we losing it. I feel sad for our collective forgetfulness.”

WINNIE THE POOH –“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart I’ll stay there forever.”

WINNIE THE POOH –“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL – “There are a lot of lies going around … and half of them are true.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL – “There are a lot of lies going around … and half of them with out socialism is slavery and brutality.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Democracy is the worst form of government Except for all the others that have been tried.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“During my life, I have often had to eat my own words, and on the whole I have found them a wholesome diet.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I am ready to meet my maker, but whether He is prepared for the ordeal is another matter.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I do not resent criticism even if for the sake of emphasis it parts for the time with reality.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“If you are going through hell keep going.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL -“If you have an important point to make don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack”.

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again, Then hit it a third time, a tremendous whack.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“In war, you can only be killed once, but in polities, many times.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures…”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing happened.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“One voyage to India is enough; the others are merely repletion.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Play the game for more than you can afford to lose… only then will you learn the game.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The empires of the future are empire of the mind.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young grow wild oats, the old grow sage.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Without measureless and perpetual uncertainty the drama of human life would be destroyed.”

WINSTON CHUECHILL –“Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.”

WINWOOD READE –“And then, the earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the air is Saharas that separate, planet from planet, and sun from sun. The earth will become a Holy Land that will be visited by pilgrims from all quarters of the universe.”

WITHROP ALDRICH –“The price of power is responsibility for the public good.”

WM LEWIS –“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”

WOLF BLITZER –“You always give the aggrieved party the chance to respond before you publish or go to air.”

WOLFDYKE B KING –“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”

WOODROW T WILSON –“All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.”

WOODROW T WILSON –“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.”

WOODROW WILSON- “It is not an army that we must train for war, it is a nation.”

WOODROW WILSON- “There must be, not a balance of power, but community of power, not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.”

WOODROW WILSON –“You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.”

WOODY ALLEN – “How it is possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size.”

WOODY ALLEN – “Not only is there no god, but try getting a plumber on weekends.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Don’t let your mind go wandering, its too small to go out by itself.”

WOODY ALLEN- “Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.”

WOODY ALLEN –“If you’re not failing, you’re not trying anything.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.”

WOODY ALLEN –“I’m not afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

WOODY ALLEN –“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.”

WOODY ALLEN –“No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is not saying.”

WOODY ALLEN –“People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.”

WOODY ALLEN –“Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experience go, it’s one of the best.”

WOODY ALLEN –“The heart wants what it wants. There is no logic to those things.”

WOODY ALLEN –“The heart wants what it wants…. There’s no logic to those things.”

WOODY ALLEN –“To you I’m atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition.”

WOODY ALLEN –“You see me as an atheist. God see me as the loyal opposition.”

WORLD BANK –“If you are not reforming, another country will overtake you.”

WORLD BANK –“Reform is like repairing a car with the engine running— there is no time to strategise.”

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, 1948 –“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

WORLD SCRIPTURE –“In a family, parents are responsible for the welfare of children and offer children an embracing, unconditional love.”

WRITINGS OF BAHA WTAH –“No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth.”

WRITINGS OF BAHA’u’LLAH –“That seeker must at all times put his trust in God, must renounce the peoples of the earth, detach himself from the world of dust, and cleave unto Him Who is the Lord of Lords. If anyone revile you, or trouble touch you, in the path of God, be patient, and put your trust in Him Who heareth, who seeth. He, in truth, witnesseth, and perceiveth, and doeth what He pleaseth, through the power of His sovereignty.”

WTPURKISER –“Not what we say about our blessings, but how he uses them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”

XENOCRATES –“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”

XHARYA MAHAPRAJNA –“The principle of anekanta symbolizes the fact that no element is either different or same as the total. It is both separate and integrated. A person is not entirely different from this universe; yet, he is not the same. We are undeniably connected — that is why we lead both dependent and independent lives.”

XUN ZI –“A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.”

Y V REDDY –“In India our mandate encompasses both growth and stability.”

Y.B.YEATS –“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of fire.”

YAMAMOTO TSUNETOMO –“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. Everyone lets the present moment slip by then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed this fact. But grasping this firmly one must pile experience upon experience. And once one has come to this understanding he will be a different person from that point on, though he may not always bear it in mind. When one understands this settling into single- mindedness well, his affairs will thin out.”

YAMANA ESKIMO –“Do not seek to benefit only yourself; think of other people also… If you were lucky in hunting, let others share it. Moreover, show them the favourable spots… let others, too, have their share. If you want to amass everything for yourself other people will stay way from you; no one will want to be with you. If you should fall ill one day no one will visit you because, for your part, you did not formerly concern yourself about others. Grant other people something also. The Yamana do not like a person who acts selfishly.”

YANN MARTEL –“To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.”

YASNA –“All these, indeed, gather unto Thee, 0 Mazda! They who have done Thy work, whose actions accord with the Truth, Whose words proceed from the Good-Mind, Whose Inspirer art Thou from the very beginning.”

YASNA –“At the last turning of life to the faithful making the right choice according to his norm doth Ahura Mazda, the Lord Judge, in His sovereign power Bestow an end better than good. But to him who shall not serve the cause of good, He giveth an end worse than bad, at the last turning of life.”

YASNA –“He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, he who Upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed, he, indeed, is thy most valued helper, 0 Ahura Mazda!”

YASNA –“I shall take the awakened soul to the exalted abode with the help of the Good-Mind, Knowing the blissful rewards of the Wise Lord for righteous deeds. As long as I have power and strength I shall teach all to seek for Truth and Right.”

YASNA –“May the true-spoken word triumph over the false-spoken word.”

YASNA –“Through Thy power, 0 Lord, Make life renovated, real at Thy will.”

YASNA –“With Truth moving my heart, With Best Thought inspiring my mind, with all the might of spiritual force within me, I venerate Thee, 0 Mazda, with songs of Thy praise. And at the last when I shall stand at Thy Gate I shall hear the echo of my prayers from Thy Abode of Songs.”

YASSER ARAFAT- “Choose your friend carefully. Your enemy will choose you.”

YASSER ARAFAT –“I extend my congratulations to the Israeli people towards the Jewish new year. I hope this holiday will be the beginning of a new era of peace and security between the two peoples — the Israelis and Palestinians and other people m the region.”

YASSER ARAFAT –“Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.”

YEHUDI MENUHIN –“Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.”

YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO –“Who never knew the price of happiness will not be happy.”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter.”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul?”

YIDDISH PROVERB –“With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well too.”

YITTA HALBERSTAM & JUDITH LEVENTHAL –“At times, all we have to do in life is show up, be present, and allow the magic to unfold.”

YOGA SUTRAS –“When one is established in non-injury, beings give up their mutual animosity in his presence.”

YOGI BERRA –“You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”

YOGIBERRA –“You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

YOHYA B. MU’AD AL RAZI- “Paradise is the prison of the sage, just as the world is the prison of the believers.”

YOKA DAISHI –“The Mind like a mirror is brightly illuminating and knows no obstructions, It penetrates the vast universe to its minutest crevices; All its contents, multitudinous in form, are reflected in the Mind, Which, shining like a perfect gem, has no surface, nor the inside.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Lack of respect to the constituted authority is the source of most conflicts in the world.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Lying does not mean that one could not be rich; Treachery does not mean you may not live to old age; But it is the day of death (judgment) about which one should be baffled.”

YORUBA PROVERB –“Offend me and I will question you — this is the medicine for friendship.”

YORUBA VERSE –“Only few people act in our interest in our absence, When we are not around. But in our presence, all display their love for us.”

YOSHIDA KENKO – “Ambition never comes to an end.”

YOSHIKO NOMURA –“The law of cause and effect without exception rules all events that take place in the phenomenal world. There is no effect without a cause and each effect becomes a new cause.”

YUL BRYNNER –“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.”

YURI GAGARIN –“To be the first to enter the cosmos, to engage, single-handed, in an unprecedented duel with nature—could one dream of anything more? When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is, Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!”

Z.A.BHUTTO- “Democracy is a flexible art. What appears impossible today is possible tomorrow.”

ZACHARY SCOTT –“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.”

ZADOK RABINWITZ –“A man’s dreams are an index to his greatness.”

ZAFARNAMA -“God is the Master of the earth and the sky: He is the Creator of all men, all places. He it is who creates all — from the feeble ant to the powerful elephant, and is the Embellisher of the meek and Destroyer of the reckless. His name is: “Protector of the meek”, And Himself He is dependent upon no one’s support or obligation. He has no twist in Him, no doubt. And, He shows man the Way to Redemption and Release, From the Guru’s.”

ZAHARIAS –“Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“Courage begets strength by struggle with hardships. Courage grows from fighting danger and overcoming obstacles. Develop the courage to act according to your convictions, to speak what is true, and to do what is Right.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“Seek your happiness in the happiness of all. Regard the sorrows and sufferings of others as yours and hasten to assuage them.”

ZARATHUSTRA –“These two Primordial Principles in One, Of Light and Darkness, Good and 111, that seem Apart from one another, yet are bound Inseparably together, each to each In Thought, in Word, in Action, everywhere. Are they in operation; and the wise Walk on the side of Light, while the unwise follow the other until they grow wise? These ancient Two, in mutual wrestle-play Give birth to Twin- Desires, high and low, that shape as Hate-Mentality in some, in others as the Better Mind of Love. 0 Mighty Lord of Wisdom, Mazada! Supreme, Infinite, Universal Mind!, Ahura! thou that givest Life to all!,/ Grant me the power to control this , mind,/ This Lower Mind i of mine, this egoism, And put an end to all Duality,/And gain the reign of One as is desired/ Unconsciously by even the graceless ones,/ The evil sinners, in their heart of hearts.”

ZARATHUSTRA-“Courage begets strength by struggle with hardships. Courage grows from fighting danger and overcoming obstacles. Develop the courage to act according to your convictions, to speak what is true, and to do what is right.”

ZAUQ- “An increase in love increases the light in the world.”

ZELDA FITZGERALD- ‘I don’t want to live – I want to love first, and live incidentally.”

ZELDA FITZGERALD –“I don’t want to live- I want to love first and live incidentally.”

ZEN –“Life is the only thing worth living for.”

ZEN BUDDHISM –“A University Professor went to see Nan-in, a Zen Master, to find out more about Zen. As their meeting continued Nan-in was pouring Tea and continued to pour even though the cup was overflowing. The Professor cried. “Enough! No more will go in!” Nan-in replied, “Like this cup you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?”

ZEN BUDDHISM –“The world is like a mirror, you see? Smile and it smiles back.”

ZEN MASTER KYONG HO –“Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life … Attain deliverance in disturbance.”

ZEN SAYING –“To know and not to do is not yet to know.”

ZEN STORY –“One day it was announced by Master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state. Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him. “We have heard that you are enlightened. Is this true?” they inquired. “It is”, Kyogen answered. “Tell us”, said a friend, “how do you feel?” “As miserable as ever”, replied the enlightened Kyogen.”

ZEN THOUGHT –“Before enlightenment —chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood and carry water.”

ZHUANG ZI –“Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite.”

ZIG ZIGLAR – “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them every where.”

ZIG ZIGLAR – “Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“A lot of people have gone farther than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we’re doing what we have been told or asked to do.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.”

ZIG ZIGLAR –“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR- “Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“Husbands are like fires. They go out if unattended.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I know nothing about sex because I was always married.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire.”

ZSA ZSA GABOR –“I’m an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the home.”

Mr. Ashok Sharma

In the Bible: When Joseph Decided to Divorce Saint Mary

This is a new series (1-19) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 19 in the Old Testament says: And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Verse No. 19 in the New Testament says Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

Verse No. 19 in the Noble Quran says: are not they indeed the mischief-makers? but they perceive not.

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The verse No.19 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:19

The verse continues talking about the creation of the heavens and the earth, it says: And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

Now, in the process of the creation of the heavens and the earth, We are in the fourth day after God has created the sun and the moon in that fourth day.

Hence, we have three days passed with three evenings and three mornings.  These first three days with their three evenings and three mornings happened before the creation of the sun and the moon (See articles 9-18 of this series).

How would or could that happened?

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The verse No.19 in the New Testament is Matthew 1:19

The verse continues talking about the Genealogy of Jesus Christ, and Matthew lists Jesus’ ancestors, the verse says: Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly or it says: And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly

Here again, the Bible deals with Saint Mary as if she was an ordinary woman. She was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant and because he was a righteous and a jut man and unwilling to put her to shame, he did not want to expose her to public disgrace. So, he decided to divorce Saint Mary!

On the other hand, the Muslims’ faith about Saint Mary, peace be upon her; is that

She lived and died as a “Pure, Untouched, and an Outstanding Virgin Woman”. although the Bible  insists that she was pledged to be married to Joseph, then she married him and then she had babies from him and then those babies are the brothers of God!

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Verse No.19 in the Noble Quran is Chapter 2:12,

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW), 2:12

The verse says:

Verses 2:8-20 are talking about the hypocrites

Verse 2:8 (See article 15) states that the hypocrites say: ‘we believe in Allah and the last day, ‘ yet they are not believers.

Verse 2:9 (See article 16) says: They think to beguile Allah and those who believe, and they beguile none save themselves; but they perceive not.

Verse 2:10 (See article 17) says: “There is a sickness in their (the hypocrites) hearts which Allah has increased; for them there is a painful punishment because they lie.”

Verse 2:11 (See article 18) says: when it is said to them: Do not corrupt in the land;  they (the hypocrites) say: we are only reformers.

The verse 2:12 continues talking about the hypocrites; it says: are not they indeed the mischief-makers? but they perceive not.

The meaning of verse 2:12

They are indeed the mischief mongers by being a hindrance.

Truly they are the agents of corruption, but they perceive, this, not.

but they do not perceive; They herein refers to both the hypocrites and their followers. The hypocrites do not sense that they are the agents of corruption. their followers do not know that their leaders mislead them.

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Verse No. 19 in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Noble Quran in Four different Translation

Verse No. 19 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:19

New International Version:

19] And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

New American Standard Version:

19] There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.  

English Standard Version:

19] And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

King James Version:

19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

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Verse No. 19 in the New Testament

Matthew 1:19

New International Version:

19] Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

New American Standard Version:

19] And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.

English Standard Version:

19] And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

King James Version:

19] 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

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Verse No. 19 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2: 12

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: but it is they who are the evildoers, though they do not sense it.

SHAKIR: now surely they themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not perceive

PICKTHAL: are not they indeed the mischief-makers? but they perceive not.

YUSUFALI: of a surety, they are the ones who make mischief, but they realise (it) not.

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/women’s-issues-articles/in-the-bible-when-joseph-decided-to-divorce-saint-mary-669645.html

In the Bible: What are the Shortest Two Days of Creation?

This is a new series (1-31) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament says: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Verse No. 31 in the New Testament says ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran says: but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers; those who reject faith.

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The verse No. 31 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:31

The verse says: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Now, it is the sixth day of the creation of the heavens and the earth.

It seems likely that this sixth day was the longest day and it was full of activity.

Statistical study of the days of creation:

The sixth day of creation is described in seven verses of Genesis 1, from verse 24 to verse 31; and it took 285 words (10159 characters) to be described.

Verse-wise, word-wise and character-wise, the sixth day is the longest day ever in the process of the creation of the heavens and the earth.

The shortest days of the creation were the first day then the second day.

The first day is described in three verses (Genesis 1:3-5); and it took 51 words (216 characters) to be described.

The second day is described in three verses (Genesis 1:6-8); and it took 56 words (237 characters) to be described.

The third day is described in five verses (Genesis 1:9-13); and it took 120 words (518 characters) to be described.

The fourth day is described in six verses (Genesis 1:14-19); and it took 131 words (499 characters) to be described.

The fifth day is described in four verses (Genesis 1:24-31); and it took 103 words (439 characters) to be described.

It follows that the order of the days of the creation are the first, the second, the fifth, the third, the fourth then the sixth.

In other words, the first and the second days are the shortest days, then the fifth, the third and the fourth days are moderate days; and the sixth day is the longest one.  This statistics is done according to the count of the verses, words and characters of every day in NIV of the Bible.

Summary of the activity done in the sixth day of creation (Genesis 24-31)

24] And God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures …

25] God made the wild animals, the livestock according and all the creatures that move along the ground.

26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing…

27] God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish and over the birds and over every living creature.

29] Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

30] And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Hence, the activities of the sixth day include:

1) The Earth Produced living Creatures

2) Man was Created the Same Day that the Wild Animals Were

3) Man was made last of all the creatures.

4) Three domination: Be fruitful, Fill the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish and over the birds and over every living thing.

5) The food of man and also the food of all the animals and all the birds is determined; it seems likely that the Bible is in favor of the vegetarians and even the wild animals’ food is the green plant (Are all the Beasts Vegetarians?).  Also, the Food of all Birds is Green Plant.

6) Man the Image of God. Has the Female Too the Image of God?

All of the above points are discussed in the articles 24-30

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The verse No. 31 in the New Testament is Matthew 2:6

In the articles 26-30, Matthew 2:1-5 say:

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. He asked the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, where the Christ was to be born.

They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel. This is our topic, Matthew 2:6.

This is the second prophecy of Matthew about the Lord Jesus.

Who is this nameless prophet?  He is Micah who said:

Micah 5:2 (New International Version)

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.

Upon reading Micah 5, the smart reader will find that Micah is talking about:

1) The city of troops, we never have such city in the New Testament.

2) A ruler over Israel, and Jesus was never a ruler over Israel

3) she who is in labor gives birth and the rest of his brothers return, and who were the rest of Jesus brothers which return?

4) he will be their peace, when the Assyrian invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise against him seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men; and this never happened to Jesus

5) etc.; read the whole passage and take your time.

For these reasons, the second prophecy of Matthew about the Lord Jesus is not valid..

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Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran is 2:24,

Chapter 2 is Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW),

Verses 2:1-5 are talking about the believers. (articles 8-12)

Verses 2:6-7 are talking about the disbelievers. (articles 13-14)

Verses 2:8-20 are talking about the hypocrites. (articles 15-27)

The address of verses 2:21-24 is general to mankind.

In articles 28, verse 2:21 says:

O mankind! worship your guardian-lord, who created you and those who came before you, that you may have the chance to learn righteousness(so that you will be cautious)

In articles 29, verse 2:22 says:

Who (Allah) made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

In articles 30, verse 2:23 says:

and if ye are in doubt concerning that which we reveal unto our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.

In this article, Verse 2:24 says:

but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers; those who reject faith.

The meaning of verse 2:24:

And if you do not, do what was mentioned because you are incapable, and you will not (a parenthetical statement), that is, never [will you be able to], because of its inimitability, then fear, through belief in God and [belief] that this is not the words of a human, the Fire, whose fuel is men, disbelievers, and stones, like their very idols, indicating that its heat is extreme, since it burns with the [stones] mentioned, unlike the fires of this world that burn with wood and similar materials; prepared, and made ready, for disbelievers, so that they are punished in it

In other words, the verse means: And if ye do it not-and you can never do it-) this you can never do and if you try you will never succeed (then guard yourselves against the Fire) if you are bent on not believing, for you should fear hell (whose fuel is men) the unbelievers, (and stones), (prepared) created, prepared and preordained (for disbelievers).

This designates that the verse is very confident that Mankind can never beat Allah’s challenge because the Quran is unique, incomparable , peerless and inimitable. 

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Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament, the New Testament in four different versions of the Bible; and in the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 31 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:31

New International Version:

31] God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

New American Standard Version:

31] God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very (A)good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

English Standard Version:

31] And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

King James Version:

31] And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Verse No. 31 in the New Testament

Matthew 2:6

New International Version:

6] ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.

New American Standard Version:

6] AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’”

English Standard Version:

6] ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

King James Version:

6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

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Verse No. 31 in the Noble Quran

Chapter 2:24

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW)

QARIB: but if you fail, as you are sure to fail, then guard yourselves against the fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the unbelievers.

SHAKIR: but if you do (it) not and never shall you do (it), then be on your guard against the fire of which men and stones are the fuel; it is prepared for the unbelievers

PICKTHAL: and if ye do it not – and ye can never do it – then guard yourselves against the fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.

YUSUFALI: but if ye cannot- and of a surety ye cannot- then fear the fire whose fuel is men and stones,- which is prepared for those who reject faith.

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

Prof.dr. Ibrahim Khalil
http://www.articlesbase.com/history-articles/in-the-bible-what-are-the-shortest-two-days-of-creation-684668.html

What is the relation between spirituality and science?

I belive spirituality can be understood by self instropection. Then life’s aim turns to be being used for purpose higher than yourself. Infact Darwin’s theory of evolution tells us that aim of life is continuation of life as a whole and not that of a single individual. What ever one does which includes self development and struggle of any kind makes me feel the triumph of life and not a mere individual win.

there’s very little relation really. science is just starting to grow with its openness to different topics..
science is based on evidence and u need lots of it if u want money for research.
they’re almost complete opposites right now..
and really WHAT IS spirituality
i personally think darwin had a lot of spare time to think..
respect to him though.

How does spirituality help people understand the universe in which we live?

I don’t think it does at all; I think spirituality is really just a coping mechanism that people have invented and that is not based on any evidence or rational thought process. Spirituality is the sand in which people stick their heads like ostriches when the truth gets too hard for them to accept. But religious people (especially Catholics for some reason) keep telling me that science and spirituality are two methods of understanding the universe. How can imaginary nonsense help people understand the universe?

It won’t help you obviously but for those of us who believe it helps a lot. Knowing the creation teaches us about the Creator, and knowing the Creator tells us a lot about His creation. Maybe it is you who have your head stuck in the sand. Think about it.

How would one argue the theory that religion is cognitive and not volitional?

I’ve been trying to understand The Theory of Cognitive Religion. I’ve looked it up and read up what I can but I still dont understand it completley. I know it means with the process of thought, memory, judgment and reasoning contrasted by emotional but I still dont understand how that applies to religion. So In laymans terms what is cognitive religion and how would one argue that religion is cognitive and not volitional?

sorry to say this god dosnt exist stop wasting your time