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Proceedings—Debate 3 June 1893 257 truth of Allah, to declare disbelief in Him will not lead to Divine wrath. And this is clearly worship of the fear of falsehood instead of worshipping the truth that is the right of the Omnipotent God. And then in S u rah al-Kahf, it is written that when Dhul- Qarnain arrived in Arabia, he found the sun setting in a stream of murky water. Now, although it states here that it was Dhul-Qarnain who found this to be so, this is not without the attestation of the words of the Quran—that is to say, the testimony of the Quran sup- ports this finding—but this is not actually correct. Thus, how can it be associated with the truth? 3) These are the limits to the timings of keeping fasts mentioned in the Quran, that it should be started before the manifesting of the white thread of the day and observed till the coming of the dark thread of the evening. The question here is that if the Quran is for all humanity then what will happen to Greenland and Iceland where the sun does not rise for six months? And if you say that there an estimate of timings should be made, then the answer to this is that the Quran itself estimates the time, and does not permit anybody else to estimate it. These are just some of the Quranic teachings by way of example, which go manifestly against the truth. 4) Apart from this, it is obvious that a junior can cite a senior in an oath; and the meaning of the oath is that if his statement is false, then the elder can reprimand him. But in the Quran there are oaths taken of high ceilings, boiling water, olive, and pen, etc. What damage can these things do to God? If these types of oaths are not a joke, what are they? Today’s Answer 1) You state that the Quran does not teach faith by compulsion. Nothing more need be said regarding this; the fair-minded people