Shalom aleikum. You: "...The Quran is its own dictionary... so you do not have to look outside of the Quran for answers, meanings, definitions and interpretations...." Answer: I strongly disagree with your statement on this matter. One point I will make is that I can think of two words which appear only once in The Qur'an. How then can you be sure of the context without a direct point of comparison? True to say that one is clearly a synonym given two related ayat but the other appears to be without any relation whatsoever and the range of translations for this word is symptomatic of conjecture. I'm sure that there are other words too which appear only once. There are also foreign loan words in The Qur'an. And there is other guesswork going on when The Qur'an uses known Hebrew words like taghut. Note: Even in English we are using Hebrew words and very occasionally Arabic.

@@nickmansfield1 You theorize too much! Provide the example of those 2 words that _"you can think of"_ and stop fabricating lies to support your misunderstanding of the Quran. _peace_ *the Quran is proof that God exists.*

@@shukriyusof2104 What lies? What misunderstanding? It is not right to accuse me of lies if I am in error but you must also prove that I am in clear error and we are not simply differing on opinions. Nor would you be correct to make assumptions if knowledge has come to me from real world events. Here are two examples of words occurring only once in The Qur'an: S7:171:2, nataqnā, نَتَقْنَا S4:51:10, jib'ti, لْجِبْتِ

@@nickmansfield1 Yes... you are in CLEAR ERROR! You hypothesized, _"One point I will make is that I can think of two words which appear only once in The Qur'an. How then can you be sure of the context without a direct point of comparison?"_ So, by your reckoning/misunderstanding, if a word appears only once in the Quran, then you are NOT able to get the context without a direct point of comparison. Firstly, I would like to ask you, "what do you mean by *"by a direct point of comparison?"* Let us use the example you quoted, i.e. 4:51 _Do not you see [towards] those who were given a portion of the Book? They believe _*_bil-jib'ti_*_ and the false deities, and they say for those who disbelieve[d] "These (are) better guided than those who believe[d] (as to the) way._ Okay... assuming you Cannot understand what is *"bil-jib'ti"* because, as you hypothesized, there is no direct point of comparison. But, I say you are in error because THERE ARE multiple directs points of comparison IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR! Please note the verse says... THEY SAY... Then, please go to the verse BEFORE it where it says, _4:50__ Look how they invent a lie about God! That is enough in itself as a clear offence._ The verse says *LOOK how they invent a lie about God!* Now, ask yourself, _"how can you SEE a lie that someone has invented about God?"_ Clearly, it is something someone had SAID & WRITTEN/sculptured about that lie! And, then the verse AFTER it, where it says, _4:52__ Those are the ones whom God has cursed; anyone God has cursed will never find a supporter for himself_ Ask yourself, WHO is cursed? From 4:50... the one who invent a lie against God From 4:51... the one who say to believe *"bil-jib'ti wal-ṭāghūti"* From 4:52... they are the one cursed! So, whatever or however you wish to *mistranslate & misinterprate* _"bil-jib'ti wal-ṭāghūti"_ it does not matter because BOTH are nothing but lies invented against God! There you go! _peace_ *the Quran explains everything in detail if you understand what the Quran says!*

@@shukriyusof2104 Your claim that The Qur'an is a complete dictionary in itself has just been clearly refuted by your own arguments, I hereby rest your case.

Yes... but it is only your religion that orders you to take into account the _"opinion of Sheikh Imram Hosein."_ But, as far as Islam or Muslim goes... opinions, gossips, hearsays of ALL HUMANS are SHIRK. _peace_ *The Quran Alone is proof that God exists.*

@@shukriyusof2104 It is not practical to build knowledge without active discourse proving and testing opinions and sharing information. No sect has a hotline to heaven and we are all in a process of learning else we wouldn't be presented with Qur'anic statements like, Allah will judge between you in what you differed. Then there are those to whom you present information of firm meaning or value and they still respond in the negative so that claiming The Qur'an is proof becomes irrelevant and an argument defective in logic against those who actively detract from it and from its messenger.

@@nickmansfield1 Yes! _"Allah will judge between you in what you differed._ But the million dollar question is: How do you think Allah JUDGES between us in what we differed? If, like all adherents of every man-made religion, i.e. Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sunniism, Shiitism etc., you believe that God is a _"wise old man with a white beard sitting on His Throne up in the Heavens watching and Judging us humans, right?_ What say you? How does your One God Judge us humans in which we differed? _peace_

@@shukriyusof2104 Shalom aleikum. You: "Yes! "Allah will judge between you in what you differed. But the million dollar question is: How do you think Allah JUDGES between us in what we differed? If, like all adherents of every man-made religion, i.e. Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sunniism, Shiitism etc., you believe that God is a "wise old man with a white beard sitting on His Throne up in the Heavens watching and Judging us humans, right? What say you? How does your One God Judge us humans in which we differed? peace" Answer: Your comments seem to be well outside the scope of the video content and our present exchange. FYI, I was actually queried about my stance on God by a Sunni adherent just the other day. I reminded him of some things and then he knew he was on the wrong foot. Perhaps some other time.

@@nickmansfield1 Your poor attempt at answering a difficult question is clear to see... and that is by *deflection!* You cut & pasted my comments to make yourself appear _"scholarly!"_ but only to answer with... _"outside the scope?"_ Linguistically speaking... it that _"an anseer"_ or *a lame excuse?* _peace_ *there is only one book we must read before we die... The Quran. The Quran is the only proof that God exists.*

No. He is taking the meaning by comparing with other verses revealed by God in the Quran. Please do not take Bukhari as an authority besides God.

@@greengalaxy8873 Where else in The Qur'an does Allah say, the former teachers were wrong and a woman should use sex as a weapon? This is what Bukhari derides and he is 100% correct. Do I teach from conjecture? No, I know exactly what happened. And my guidance is from what you know not. Do I teach contrary to the former writings? No, I am in harmony with Paul and Mohammad through hadith. But I speak from firsthand experience so take it or leave it. As for your mate's interpretation of The Qur'an, he has nothing to support him, zero, nil, in this case. You just object because the hadith is correct in this specific case. If your mate had any common sense he would extend his teaching to encapsulate the Catholic perspective on contraception being contrary to God.

@@nickmansfield1 Your religion prompted you to write, _"Do I teach contrary to the former writings? No, I am in harmony with Paul and Mohammad through hadith. But I speak from firsthand experience so take it or leave it."_ Yes... this is your religion... i.e. a religion based on former writings attributed to Paul & Mohammad. Unto you, your religion... a religion based on the former writings attributed to Paul & Mohammad. Unto to me, my Way (religion)... a _"religion"_ based on the Quran Alone. You have your books and I have The Quran. _peace_ *The Quran is the only indisputable proof that God exists. It explains everything in detail. It is its own dictionary*

@@shukriyusof2104 Qur'an says no change in Sunnah from the former prophets hence it is absurd to make radical statements and ignore the previous verse 222 which pertains to Torah. Allah is explicitly clear that He designed us to procreate but it is also for our mutual good as former commentators have mentioned. And you must have missed the part where I stated that I have firsthand knowledge of the matter and the truth preserved through Bukhari; it is not an opinion that I developed, it is testimony of the manifest reality. But there is no compulsion in the religion and you have the right to disbelieve as much as you please.

@@nickmansfield1 You mistranslated & mis-interpreted when you surmised, _"Qur'an says no change in _*_Sunnah from the former prophets"_* Please provide the surah/verse that says *"Sunnah from the former prophets."* I know there is no such verse in the whole of the Quran... but if you mistranslate and mis-interpret the words... then you have the Sunni, Shiite & Sectarian religion. And there you are! You are free to go down any rabbit hole of your choosing. There is no compulsion! _peace_