| As we knew, the Bible is more than 10 times the | | | | The Sciences and the Balance |
| Quran word-wise. The Balance is mentioned 19 times | | | | The Balance and the Day of Judgment |
| in the Bible and 10 times in the Quran. | | | | The Messengers had the Book and the Balance |
| Hence, the opportunity of the Bible to talk about the | | | | Surah 57:25 |
| Balance is more than that of the Quran. | | | | "We sent aforetime Our Messengers with Clear Signs |
| The Balance in the Bible: | | | | and sent down with them the Book and the Balance |
| The Lord says: Use honest scales and honest weights, | | | | (of Right and Wrong), that men may stand forth in |
| however they said: cheating with dishonest scales and | | | | justice; and We sent down Iron, in which is (material |
| the merchant uses dishonest scales. | | | | for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind, |
| Then the Bible talks about: | | | | that Allah may test who it is that will help, unseen, Him |
| - My misery be placed on the scales! | | | | and His Messengers: for Allah is Full of Strength, |
| - Let God weigh me in honest scales | | | | Exalted in Might (and able to enforce His Will)." |
| - If men weighed on a balance, they are nothing | | | | This verse gives the summary of the stories of |
| - Who weighed the mountains on the scales and the | | | | mankind with the Prophets (Messengers) sent by Allah. |
| hills in a balance? | | | | All the Prophets had their Book and recommended the |
| - The nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are | | | | use honest Balance. |
| regarded as dust on the scale | | | | "Shu'aib", the missed messenger! |
| - How do you weigh your hair? | | | | In the verses, 7:85, 11:84 and 11:85 the Quran tells us |
| - Weigh out silver on the scales | | | | about the story of the Prophet "Shu'aib" who, Allah |
| - The rider of the black horse was holding a pair of | | | | sent to the Madyan people. Those people used to use |
| scales in his hand. | | | | dishonest scales. |
| Use honest scales, said the Lord: | | | | "Shu'aib" told them to use honest scales and to give |
| Leviticus 19:36 | | | | just measure and weight; and do no mischief on the |
| Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest | | | | earth |
| ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, | | | | Surah 7:85 |
| who brought you out of Egypt. | | | | "To the Madyan people We sent Shu'aib, one of their |
| Proverbs 11:1 | | | | own brethren: he said: "O my people! worship Allah; ye |
| The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate | | | | have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you |
| weights are his delight. | | | | a Clear (Sign) from your Lord! give just measure and |
| Proverbs 16:11 | | | | weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are |
| Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all | | | | their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has |
| the weights in the bag are of his making. | | | | been set in order: that will be best for you, if ye have |
| Proverbs 20:23 | | | | Faith." |
| The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest | | | | 11:84 |
| scales do not please him. | | | | "To the Madyan people (We sent) Shu'aib, one of their |
| Ezekiel 45:10 | | | | own brethren: he said: "O my people! Worship Allah: ye |
| You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah | | | | have no other god but Him. And give not short |
| and an accurate bath. | | | | measure or weight: I see you in prosperity, but I fear |
| Micah 6:11 | | | | for you the Penalty of a Day that will compass (you) |
| Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag | | | | all round" |
| of false weights? | | | | Surah 11:85 |
| However they are saying? | | | | "And O my people! give just measure and weight, nor |
| Amos 8:5saying, "When will the New Moon be over | | | | withhold from the people the things that are their due: |
| that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that | | | | commit not evil in the land with intent to do mischief." |
| we may market wheat?"— skimping the measure, | | | | N.B.: The story of the Prophet "Shu'aib" is not found in |
| boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales, | | | | the Bible! |
| Hosea 12:7 | | | | A commandment: use honest balance and weigh with |
| The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to | | | | justice |
| defraud. | | | | Surah 55:7-9 |
| Daniel 5:27 | | | | [7] And the Firmament has He raised high, and He has |
| Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and | | | | set up the Balance (of Justice)," |
| found wanting. | | | | [8] In order that ye may not transgress (due) balance." |
| The misery on the scales! | | | | [9] So establish weight with justice and fall not short in |
| Job 6:2 | | | | the balance." |
| "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery | | | | Some other recommendations: |
| be placed on the scales! | | | | Surah 6:152 |
| How do you know that you are blameless? | | | | "And come not nigh to the orphan's property, except |
| Job 31:6let God weigh me in honest scales and he will | | | | to improve it, until he attains the age of full strength; |
| know that I am blameless- | | | | give measure and weight with (full) justice; no burden |
| Men are nothing if weighed on a balance | | | | do We place on any soul, but that which it can bear, |
| Psalm 62:9 | | | | whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near |
| Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a | | | | relative is concerned; and fulfill the Covenant of Allah: |
| lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together | | | | thus doth He command you, that ye may remember." |
| they are only a breath. | | | | Herein we have some social and behavioral |
| Who weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills | | | | recommendations: |
| in a balance? | | | | Come not nigh to the orphan's property, |
| Isaiah 40:12 | | | | Give measure and weight with full justice; |
| Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his | | | | Whenever ye speak, speak justly, even if a near |
| hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the | | | | relative is concerned; |
| heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a | | | | Fulfill the Covenant of Allah Who create you. |
| basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and | | | | The Sciences and the Balance |
| the hills in a balance? | | | | Surah 15:19 |
| The nations are like dust on the scales. | | | | "And the earth We have spread it forth; set thereon |
| Isaiah 40:15 | | | | mountains firm and immovable (placed therein firm hills |
| Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are | | | | or made in it firm mountains); and produced therein all |
| regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands | | | | kinds of things in due balance." |
| as though they were fine dust. | | | | In this verse, the Quran says that everything produced |
| How do you weigh your hair? | | | | in the Earth has a due balance. |
| Ezekiel 5:1 | | | | This verse preceded the sciences by more than 1300 |
| "Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a | | | | years. |
| barber's razor to shave your head and your beard. | | | | It is a fact that everything produced in the Earth has a |
| Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. | | | | due balance. |
| Weigh out silver on the scales | | | | Example of such "due balance": |
| Isaiah 46:6 | | | | The due balance between bacteria in the soil and the |
| Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out | | | | plants. |
| silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it | | | | The due balance of worms in the soil |
| into a god, and they bow down and worship it. | | | | The due balance of the Algae, fungi in the soil. |
| Jeremiah 32:10 | | | | The due balance of the different constituents of each |
| I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and | | | | plant. |
| weighed out the silver on the scales. | | | | Etc. |
| The rider of the black horse: | | | | One could write a book to interpret this verse. |
| Revelation 6:5 | | | | This scientific meaning is not present in the Bible. |
| When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third | | | | The Balance and the Day of Judgment |
| living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before | | | | Surah 42:17 |
| me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of | | | | "It is Allah Who has sent down the Book in truth, and |
| scales in his hand. | | | | the Balance (by which to weigh conduct). And what |
| The Balance in the Quran: | | | | will make thee realize that perhaps the Hour is close at |
| - Allah sent His Messengers and sent down with them | | | | hand?" |
| the Book and the Balance | | | | Herein, Allah reminds man by the Hour, the Day of |
| -the Quran tells us about the story of the Prophet | | | | Judgment and the afterlife. |
| "Shu'aib" who is not mentioned in the Bible. | | | | Now, after you smart reader have read about the |
| -come not nigh to the orphan's property, give measure | | | | Balance in the Bible and the Quran, I will leave you to |
| and weight with full justice ; whenever ye speak, | | | | answer the dogmatic question: |
| speak justly, even if a near relative is concerned; and | | | | "is the Quran quoted from the Bible"? |
| fulfill the Covenant of Allah: | | | | |