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In the Bible: God Blessed Every Winged Bird But Some are Detestable

This is a new series (1-22) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.

Verse No. 22 in the Old Testament says: God blessed them (the great sea monsters and every winged bird) and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase (multiply) on the earth.

Verse No. 22 in the New Testament says: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet.  

Verse No. 22 in the Noble Quran says: Allah shall pay them (the hypocrites) back their mockery, and he leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.    

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The verse No. 22 in the Old Testament is Genesis 1:22

Verse No. 21 in the Old Testament says: And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

And verse continues talking about the creation of the heavens and the earth, it says:

God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase (multiply) on the earth.

So, God blessed the great sea monsters and said: Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas.

And God blessed every winged bird and said: let the birds increase (multiply) on the earth. However, in Leviticus 11 God said that we are to detest many birds e.g., the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture etc because they are detestable.

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The verse No. 22 in the New Testament is Matthew 1:22

In the articles 18-20, Saint Mary 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 just 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!

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

In verse Matthew 1:21, the angel continues saying to Joseph:

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins

Verse No. 22 ( Matthew 1:22) says: All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet.

To be accurate, we have in this verse two important points:

" All this took place" and " the prophet".

" All this took place" means that all of this story took place.

Then what? to fulfill what the Lord had said through " the prophet".

But, who is that "prophet"? Matthew did not tell us. However, this "prophet" is well known; He is Isaiah (7:14).

One has to expect that some hints about this story is mentioned in the Old Testament and that "unknown" prophet prophesizes and foretells about it.

But this is not true and this story of Saint Mary and her marriage etc. is not found in the Old Testament.

However, if what is said by Matthew is true, then the possibility is that the story is removed from the Old Testament and eliminated by those who wrote it; on the basis that they (the Jews) deny both  Saint Mary and the Lord Jesus. 

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. 22 in the Noble Quran is 2:15,

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

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.

Verse 2:12 (See article 19) says: are not they indeed the mischief-makers? but they perceive not.

Verse 2:13 says: and when it is said to them: believe as the people believe they say: shall we believe as the fools believe? now surely they themselves are the fools, but they do not know

Verse 2:14 says: when they meet those who believe, they say, 'we, too believe. ' but when they are alone with their devils, they say to them: 'we follow none but you, we were only mocking

Verse 2:15 continues talking about the hypocrites; and says: Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and he leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on. 

The meaning of verse 2:15

Allah will mock the hypocrites in the Hereafter

Allah, Himself, will mock the hypocrites, in the Hereafter, i.e. He will open a gate of Paradise for them and then shut it before their eyes and so the believers will mock them. (Leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy) He will leave them in this world blind in their disbelief and error, unable to see either faith or guidance.

In other words, Allah mocks them, requiting them for their mockery, leaving them, that is, giving them respite, in their insolence, that is, in their transgressing the limits of unbelief; bewildered, wavering, in perplexity.

Who is mocking who? The Hypocrites or the Believers?

when the hypocrites meet the believers, they say, 'we too believe. But

they declare to their leaders: Lo! We are with you, we follow your religion in secret; surely we did but mock. So, they intended to mock the believers in the life of this world. Hence, it is fair enough that Allah will let the believers to mock them in the Hereafter.

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Verse No. 22 in the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Noble Quran in Four different Translations

Verse No. 22 in the Old Testament

Genesis 1:22

New International Version:

22] God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."

New American Standard Version:

22] God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

English Standard Version:

22] And God blessed them, saying,(A) "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

King James Version:

22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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Verse No. 22 in the New Testament

Matthew 1:22

New International Version:

22] All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

New American Standard Version:

22] Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

English Standard Version:

22] All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

King James Version:

22] Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

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Verse No. 21 in the Noble Quran is Chapter 2:15,

Surah AL-BAQARA (THE COW), 2:15

QARIB: Allah will mock at them and prolong them in sin, blundering blindly.

SHAKIR: Allah shall pay them back their mockery, and he leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on

PICKTHAL: Allah (himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.

YUSUFALI: Allah will throw back their mockery on them, and give them rope in their trespasses; so they will wander like blind ones (to and fro).

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It is very premature to ask this question:

Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?

Wait and you will see.

About the Author

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
And, President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers