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ali'Imran begins as an expansion on prophets like Mary/Jesus, correcting "knowingly conceal[ed] truth" (v.71), but descends into a ramble against the People of the Book who "reject revelation" (v.98) curiously received by one guy by himself. Talks a lot about "unremorsefully" demonstrating earthly supremacy over unbelievers (v.139), whom God does not love (v.32) and you shouldn't either (v.28). Unabashedly cultish.
— Mar 12, 2026 04:27PM
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"huh. always wondered why people never use their strongest attack first." ~Sans, Undertale.
No messing around as the second surah of the whole scripture is also the longest. Lots of thoughts on this but not as many - or as many positive, at least - as the length would have suggest. Nevertheless it's pretty clear that if you are to read *only one* surah to understand the Islamic framework, it should be al-Baqarah.
— Mar 11, 2026 09:25PM
No messing around as the second surah of the whole scripture is also the longest. Lots of thoughts on this but not as many - or as many positive, at least - as the length would have suggest. Nevertheless it's pretty clear that if you are to read *only one* surah to understand the Islamic framework, it should be al-Baqarah.
