tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953676946230459603.post6536936244943193018..comments2023-07-01T15:57:56.966+08:00Comments on T-O-A-D-J-I-T-S-U: Time Travel in the Quran?Cikgu Fonikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000608241367607594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953676946230459603.post-66927845187537478032012-10-14T14:41:18.584+08:002012-10-14T14:41:18.584+08:00This is a Qur’anic narrative of a few, perhaps sev...This is a Qur’anic narrative of a few, perhaps seven young men who decided to betake to the mountains, rather than submit to the “authorities” demanding that they abandon their faith in One true God. As they lay in a cave, with their dog at the entrance, Allah sent a 309-year sleep on them. They were discovered when, after waking up, believing that they had slept for a few hours, they sent one of them to the town to buy bread; (perhaps his old-fashioned attire, his classic tongue, his ancient coin, led to suspicion and discovery. But when he led them to the cave, perhaps entering in first, he fell dead, as others too). They built a place of worship there, in remembrance.<br /><br />The Qur’an or Hadith do not mention the time and place, nor identify the young men of faith. Several investigation and research teams and individuals have arrived at different results, none contributing to certainty. The episode finds no mention in Judaic Encyclopedias, although Hadith literature suggests that the question about them was raised by the Jews as a test. In Christianity, they are identified as the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (near Izimr, Turkey), who slept off for 200 years. Other details are also different from those stated by the Qur’an. During the Crusades “bones from the sepulchres near Ephesus, identified as relics of the Seven Sleepers, were transported to Marseille, France in a large stone coffin, which remained a trophy of the church of Saint Victoire, Marseille” (Wikipedia). However, Baronius, in the sixteenth century, challenged the authenticity of the story, which, as recorded by Jacob of Serugh and Gregory of Tours, had enjoyed great popularity in the East and the West. H. Thurston and D. Attwater describe it as a Christianization of a pagan or Jewish legend closely akin to the tale of Rip Van Winkle” (The New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Seven Sleepers of Ephesus).<br /><br />As illustrated by the Qur’an (18: 9-27), succinctly, but in clarity, the episode is full of lessons. A lesson drawn is: if your faith is threatened, it is preferable to live on mountain tops, or in depths of caves than risk it. Allah will find a way out for you.<br /><br />Some people wince at the idea of some people going into sleep for as long as 309 years. But this is because they do not use reason and logic. Are they not aware that animals go into hibernation for as long as six months? Some animals, like frogs, go into hibernation with their heart-beat coming to a complete halt. When it gets warm, by some miracle they come awake, back to life. If it is possible for six months, why not six years, or six thousand years?<br /><br />Source : http://islamicencyclopedia.org/public/vanilla/index.php?p=/discussion/161/as-hab-al-kahf-أصحاب-الكهف/p1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953676946230459603.post-51466262339489966602012-09-07T11:45:53.130+08:002012-09-07T11:45:53.130+08:00there's always some mysteries in this world :D...there's always some mysteries in this world :DAsrul "iLham" Sanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123393664644801775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953676946230459603.post-25925136118275728042012-09-07T06:30:37.190+08:002012-09-07T06:30:37.190+08:00Ada sesapa boleh bagitau macam mana mimpi2 kita te...Ada sesapa boleh bagitau macam mana mimpi2 kita tercipta? Semalam saya mimpi belajar buat pembedahan lasik dgn dr muhaya...ha ha hanorhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575458920855569603noreply@blogger.com