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The word "Reign of God" may be closer to the meaning, because "kingdom" may be understood as the (limited) territory where the king rules, whereas the Reign of God is not limited in space. But "kingdom" is a valid metaphor, and it suits well e.g. for John 8:33-36 (BLB)

Isaiah 14 (Literal Bible) The "shining one" is the king of Babylon. There's no link to Lucifer, whose name which is taken from the Roman mythology which was unknown to the author, not even a direct identification with the devil.

What is scriptural? I don't speak the Christian creed, but for me, the Quan and the Bible are scripture. I put in italics what is not scriptural according to the Bible in my opinion, and in bold what is explicitly denied in the Quran You will not bother about the passages set in straight bold...

You are right, it's no proof. I'm not claiming that my assumption is proven. I never experienced an Angel of God to speak to me. When I was in primary school, a teacher of mine once entered the classroom with a shine in her face, and instead of the morning greeting, she said, "Écoutez, j'ai vu...

There can't be any revelation to humans without our minds. There are a few ahadith how Muhammad (p.b.u.h) received revelation , among them the following: It seems that he had very intense and clear visions. But only Muhammad (p.b.u.h) saw and heard it, Aisha, his wife was sometimes present, but...

I had a discussion with "A Freeman" in the Islam board. Today, this discussion has disappeared, probably by intervention of an admin. I would appreciate it if such measures were announced and justified in advance so that participants can react.

I personally don't believe that spirits or djinn are entities that have an independent mind, plan or will, rather, they are archetypes of our own mindsets. I even understand the Holy Spirit, our inner Voice of God, as part of our mind, the part that is guiding us.

Do you believe in an other god?

There won't be any elephant in your cupboard unless you have the space for it and leave it in.

There are two things, education and intelligence. Education is about - social conventions (manners) - information, knowledge of facts and arguments - skills of all kind - to find peace with one's own emotions transferred from the pool of human knowledge to the individual. Intelligence is...

No, it's clear. The morning dawn is the beginning of the day. For us Muslim it's the time of the first day prayer (الفجر). Jews pray שחרית after sunrise, but it's also natural for them and others to say that the daybreak is at the first dawn.

It's always explained like that, but that's of course actually the view of the experimental physicist. In fact, it needs an interaction to be observed, and if any interaction took place the particle as well as it's sibling behave in a determined way, whereas it seems to have a behaviour that can...

Fire or candles have no religious meaning in Islam. We are not supposed to use it as a part of spiritual practice, but we can use it wherever it is useful, for giving light or for heating also during prayer.

It's the subscript of your identity here. Not everybody would use extended Latin glyphs.

Numbers may have a symbolic meaning in the Jewish and Christian context, not so much in properly Islamic literature. If the number is part of the text, it's worth while considering that there may be a hidden meaning behind it (but it needn't be the case). I don't think that you get any...

I have a better one, which does not depend on a particular Bible edition and is not only valid for Christians: Count the number of sacred books you have studied. Divide it by the number of sacred books you have studied. You will get 1 for the One God. Except you haven't read any sacred books...

Engineers are not (yet) able to make a mitge. It doesn't work with electromagnetic energy conversion, we are unable to make structures fine enough to use electrostatic principles alone for the movement. Microsensorics and a brain with the intelligence of a mitge are out of scope. The present...

Wasn't this writing once new, then oral tradition, then became a scripture? What word was translated to "Experts" and what were those people?

It doesn't anwer the explicit question of the original post, but the reason why this question was raised. The answer to the original question would be that no, a day is a day and a night is a night, and it is common to count them separately Dt 10:10 And I have stood in the mountain, as the...