It turns out that you can’t buy a Q’uran. You can buy a book with the words of the Q’uran in it, but not the Q’uran itself. You see, the Q’uran is the word of God, it is the words. A mushaff is the book that contains the word of God. You can buy that of course… This makes sense from a theological standpoint, but it does make me wonder about the reactions people here have about abusing the mushaff. A little while ago, there was a riot in Shebwah province that started with the rumor that a Frenchman had drop kicked one. There were over 1400 people involved and they did millions of dollars worth of damage including burning a helicopter. it turns out that the drop kicking incident never happened. If the word of God is eternal, and the book itself is a work of humans, then why get so upset when someone does something to the book, like put something else on top of it? Once again, the theory and practice seem to be at odds here, at least as far as I see it…
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