Posted on : 08-12-2009 | By : admin
The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran (1)
In language, the foreigner woman or the stranger woman is the alien woman or the exotic woman or the outsider woman. However, as determined by the Bible (e.g. 1 Kings 11:1 and Ezra 10:2), the foreigner woman or the stranger woman is the non-Israelite woman.
1 Kings 11:1
American Standard Version
1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
King James Version
1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
Ezra 10:2
…foreign women from the peoples around us… (New International Version)
…foreign women of the peoples of the land… (American Standard Version)
…strange wives of the people of the land… (King James Version)
Subsequently, any non-Israelite woman is foreigner or stranger women.
This indicates that the women in the Bible are but one of two categories; they are either Legitimate or Foreigner.
According to the inspired word of God (Proverbs 2:16-19), the Bible says that the Wisdom will save you from the foreigner women, from the strange (women) who has made smooth her sayings with seductive words,
She (the foreigner women) is forsaking the guide of her youth, and she forgot the covenant of her God. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. None going in unto her neither turn back, nor do they reach the paths of life.
These Biblical verses morally insult and put down all the non-Israelite women, the Foreigner ones.
Does this mean that the Lord God authorizes racial discrimination among the women on the earth?
In the entire Quran, there is No foreigner woman or the stranger woman.
Also, there is No foreigner man or stranger man
The Quran (Verse 4:124) says:
Whoever does any righteous deeds whether of male or female while being a believer who is genuine in his or her faith, (such will enter Paradise and they will not be wronged the dint in a date stone) their rewards will not be diminished even if it be by the size of the dint in a date stone.
Herein, the Quran does not determine the race, the color, the location, the tribe etc. of such male or such female. Unlike the Bible, the Quran does show any racial interest.
According to the Islamic teachings (Quran and Hadith), all human beings are created by Allah; and the best of them is the one (he or she) who believe in His Creator and obey His Law irrespective of his or her race, color, location etc.
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The Bible
Proverbs 2:16-19 (American Standard Version)
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God:
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
19 None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life:
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The Quran
Verse 4:124 (QARIB)
“But whosoever does good works of righteousness, whether they be a believing male or female, shall enter paradise, and not be wronged a pit mark of a date stone”.
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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/free-articles/is-the-quran-interested-in-womens-race-or-color-1556575.html
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Head (ex-) of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit, Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors, Honorary President of SPIC-Egypt (The Society of Practitioners of Infection Control – Egypt), Co-Chief Editor of the Egyptian Journal of Lab. Medicine
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers, Published 5 Books and some 60 Medical Articles, Supervisors for 79 PhD theses and111 Master Degree theses.
