7 Kind of Quranic Recitation

Hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas who narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Jibreel taught me one style and I reviewed it until he taught me more, and I kept asking him for more and he gave me more until finally there were seven styles.”

(narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3047; Muslim, 819) 

Hadeeth of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab who said: “I heard Hishaam ibn Hakeem reciting Soorat al-Furqaan in a manner different from that in which I used to recite it and the way in which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught me to recite it.  I was about to argue with him whilst he was praying, but I waited until he finished his prayer, and then I tied his garment around his neck and seized him by it and brought him to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, I heard this man reciting Soorat-al-Furqaan in a way different to the way you taught it to me.’ The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, ‘Recite it,’ and he recited it as I had heard him recite it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then he said to me, ‘Recite it,’ so I recited it and he said, ‘It was revealed like this.’ This Qur'aan has been revealed in seven different ways, so recite it in the way that is easiest for you.’”

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2287; Muslim, 818) 

Note:When ‘Uthmaan made copies of the Qur’aan, he did so according to one style (harf), but he omitted the dots and vowel points so that some other styles could also be accommodated.  So the Mus-haf that was copied in his time could be read according to other styles, and whatever styles were accommodated by the Mus-haf of ‘Uthmaan remained in use, and the styles that could not be accommodated fell into disuse. The people had started to criticize one another for reciting differently, so ‘Uthmaan united them by giving them one style of the Qur’aan. 

The seven readers or reciters were: 

1-     Naafi’ al-Madani

2-     Ibn Katheer al-Makki

3-     ‘Aasim al-Kufi

4-     Hamzah al-Zayaat al-Kufi

5-     Al-Kisaa’i al-Kufi

6-     Abu ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ala’ al-Basri

7-     ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Aamir al-Shaami 

The ones who have the strongest isnaad in recitation are Naafi’ and ‘Aasim. 

The most eloquent are Abu ‘Amr and al-Kisaa’i. 

Warsh and Qaaloon narrated from Naafi’.

Hafs and Shu’bah narrated from ‘Aasim. 

More info:https://islamqa.info/en/5142

The Seven Readers and their transmitters

Qari (Reader)					Rawi (Transmitters)
Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Present region of use
Nafi‘ al-Madani	70 AH	169 AH - 785 CE[10]	Ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Abi Na‘im, Abu Ruwaym al-Laythi	Roots from Isfahan; commonly confused with the other Nafi', mawla of Ibn Umar	Qalun	120 AH	220 AH - 835 CE[10]	Abu Musa, ‘Isa Ibn Mina al-Zarqi	Client of Bani Zuhrah	Libya, Tunisia, and parts of Al-Andalus and Qatar[11]
					Warsh	110 AH	197 AH - 812 CE[10]	‘Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi	Egyptian; client of Quraysh	Al-Andalus, Algeria, Morocco, parts of Tunisia, West Africa and Sudan[11]and parts of Libya.
Ibn Kathir al-Makki	45 AH	120 AH - 738 CE[10]	‘Abdullah, Abu Ma‘bad al-‘Attar al-Dari	Persian	Al-Bazzi	170 AH	250 AH - 864 CE[10]	Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdillah, Abu al-Hasan al-Buzzi	Persian
					Qunbul	195 AH	291 AH - 904 CE[10]	Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman, al-Makhzumi, Abu ‘Amr	Meccan and Makhzumi (by loyalty)
Abu ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ala'	68 AH	154 AH - 770 CE[10]	Zuban Ibn al-‘Ala' at-Tamimi al-Mazini, al-Basri		Al-Duri	150 AH	246 AH - 860 CE[10]	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi	Grammarian. Blind.	Parts of Sudan and West Africa.[11]
					Al-Susi	?	261 AH - 874 CE[10]	Abu Shu‘ayb, Salih Ibn Ziyad Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Isma‘il Ibn al-Jarud ar-Riqqi
Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi	8 AH	118 AH - 736 CE[10]	‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amir Ibn Yazid Ibn Tamim Ibn Rabi‘ah al-Yahsibi		Hisham	153 AH	245 AH - 859 CE[10]	Abu al-Walid, Hisham ibn ‘Ammar Ibn Nusayr Ibn Maysarah al-Salami al-Dimashqi		Parts of Yemen.[11]
					Ibn Dhakwan	173 AH	242 AH - 856 E[10]	Abu ‘Amr, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ahmad al-Qurayshi al-Dimashqi
Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud	? AH	127 AH - 745 CE[10]	Abu Bakr, ‘Aasim Ibn Abi al-Najud al-'Asadi	'Asadi (by loyalty)	Shu‘bah	95 AH	193 AH - 809 CE[10]	Abu Bakr, Shu‘bah Ibn ‘Ayyash Ibn Salim al-Kufi an-Nahshali	Nahshali (by loyalty)
					Hafs	90 AH	180 AH - 796 CE[10]	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn Sulayman Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Abi Dawud al-Asadi al-Kufi		Muslim world in general.[11]
Hamzah az-Zaiyyat	80 AH	156 AH - 773 CE[10]	Abu ‘Imarah, Hamzah Ibn Habib al-Zayyat al-Taymi	Taymi (by loyalty)	Khalaf	150 AH	229 AH - 844 CE[10]	Abu Muhammad al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi
					Khallad	?	220 AH - 835 CE[10]	Abu ‘Isa, Khallad Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi
Al-Kisa'i	119 AH	189 AH - 804 CE[10]	Abu al-Hasan, ‘Ali Ibn Hamzah al-Asadi	Asadi (by loyalty). Persian.	Al-Layth	? AH	240 AH - 854 CE[10]	Abu al-Harith, al-Layth Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi
					Al-Duri	?	246 AH - 860 CE	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi	Transmitter of Abu 'Amr (See Above)

In Addition to the above there are three more readers whose reading is collected separately from the Seven. These are:

The Three Readers and their transmitters

Qari (Reader)					Rawi (Transmitters)
Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info
Abu Ja‘far	?	130 AH	Yazid Ibn al-Qa‘qa‘ al-Makhzumi al-Madani		‘Isa Ibn Wirdan	?	160 AH	Abu al-Harith al-Madani	Madani by style
					Ibn Jummaz	?	170 AH	Abu ar-Rabi‘, Sulayman Ibn Muslim Ibn Jummaz al-Madani
Ya‘qub al-Yamani	117 AH	205 AH	Abu Muhammad, Ya‘qub Ibn Ishaq Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hadrami al-Basri	Client of the Hadramis	Ruways	?	238 AH	Abu ‘Abdillah, Muhammad Ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Basri
					Rawh	?	234 AH	Abu al-Hasan, Rawh Ibn ‘Abd al-Mu'min, al-Basri al-Hudhali	Hudhali by loyalty
Khalaf	150 AH	229 AH	Abu Muhammad al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi	Transmitter of Hamza (see above)	Ishaq	?	286 AH	Abu Ya‘qub, Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim Ibn ‘Uthman al-Maruzi al-Baghdadi
					Idris	189 AH	292 AH	Abu al-Hasan, Idris Ibn ‘Abd al-Karim al-Haddad al-Baghdadi

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qira%27at

1. Quranic Recitation Warsh

Surah Qiyaamah Mishary Rashid Warsh Recitation

2. Quranic Recitation Qalun

Al-Fatihah Qiraat Imam Nafi Madani Rawi Qalun dan Warsy

Qalun from Nafi'

3. Quranic Recitation Al-Bazzi

4. Quranic Recitation Qunbul

Surat Al-Ma-aarij - سورة المعارج - RIWAYAH QUNBUL - QURAN SERIES

Muhammad's ex-wives can't be married??

O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when you are permitted for a meal, without awaiting its readiness. But when you are invited, then enter; and when you have eaten, disperse without seeking to remain for conversation. Indeed, that [behavior] was troubling the Prophet, and he is shy of [dismissing] you. But Allah is not shy of the truth. And when you ask [his wives] for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts. And it is not [conceivable or lawful] for you to harm the Messenger of Allah or to marry his wives after him, ever. Indeed, that would be in the sight of Allah an enormity.

(Quran-33:53)

Why???

The Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers. And those of [blood] relationship are more entitled [to inheritance] in the decree of Allah than the [other] believers and the emigrants, except that you may do to your close associates a kindness [through bequest]. That was in the Book inscribed.

(Quran-33:6)

Note: There's a spesific individuals or groups cant do something just like others does...

For example just like priest does...

Leviticus 21:5-7  Revised Standard Version (RSV)

5 They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 

6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

 7 They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:13-14 New International Version (NIV)

 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin. 

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

Ezekiel 44:21-23  King James Version (KJV)

Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Why was Aisha (ra) not allowed to remarry after Prophet Muhammad's death? 

U.S. Christians denounce Muslim child marriages, yet 28 states support it !!

Dinosaur & Monster in the Bible??

Behemoth

Job 40:15-24  Revised Standard Version (RSV)
15 “Behold, Be′hemoth,[a]
    which I made as I made you;
    he eats grass like an ox.
16 Behold, his strength in his loins,
    and his power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
    the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze his limbs like bars of iron.
19 “He is the first of the works[b] of God;
    let him who made him bring near his sword!
20 For the mountains yield food for him
    where all the wild beasts play.
21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
22 For his shade the lotus trees cover him;
    the willows of the brook surround him.
23 Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
    he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mouth.
24 Can one take him with hooks,[c]
    or pierce his nose with a snare?

The way the "behemoth" is described, doesn't it almost sound like a dinosaur? Perhaps one of the sauropods? Some will argue these verses are referring to the hippopotamus or elephant. However, they run into the problem of explaning vs 17, since the tails of both animals are...well, far from looking like a cedar tree (let along moving like one). Their tails more resemble switches.

Leviathan

Job 41:1-2 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 [a] “Can you draw out Levi′athan[b] with a fishhook,

    or press down his tongue with a cord?

2 Can you put a rope in his nose,

    or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Job 41:7 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Can you fill his skin with harpoons,

    or his head with fishing spears?

Job 41:12-32 NIV

12 “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. 13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor ? 14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? 15 Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; 16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. 17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. 18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn. 19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. 21 Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth. 22 Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. 23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. 24 Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. 25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing. 26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. 27 Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. 28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. 29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance. 30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair.

Psalm 74:14 New International Version (NIV)

It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan

    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

Psalm 104:25-26  Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Yonder is the sea, great and wide,

    which teems with things innumerable,

    living things both small and great.

There go the ships,

    and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it.

Zombies in the Bible

Matthew 27:51-53 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; 

52 the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, 

53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

Family Relations

Luke 14:26 King James Version (KJV)

If any man come to me (Jesus), and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21  King James Version (KJV)

 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Moses

Stutter Lips

Exodus 6:11-12  New International Version (NIV)

 “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”

 But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips[a]?”

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]

And ease for me my task

And untie the knot from my tongue

That they may understand my speech.

And appoint for me a minister from my family -

Aaron, my brother.

Increase through him my strength

And let him share my task

That we may exalt You much

And remember You much.

Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

[ Allah ] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

(Quran-20:25-36)

Muslim from the very Beginning

And strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has chosen you and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty. [It is] the religion of your father, Abraham. Allah named you "Muslims" before [in former scriptures] and in this [revelation] that the Messenger may be a witness over you and you may be witnesses over the people. So establish prayer and give zakah and hold fast to Allah . He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper.

(Quran-22:78)

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah ]. And he was not of the polytheists.
(Quran-3:67)

And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allah has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."

(Quran-2:132)

Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah, then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account.

(Quran-3:19)


The Religion of the Prophets

He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and that which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what We enjoined upon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and not be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah is that to which you invite them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him].
(Quran-42:13)

Servant Of God

Angles

Revelation 19:9-10 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

And the angel said[a] to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are true words of God.” 

 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Colossians 2:18-19 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,  and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

Dream Conversion

Hebrews 1:1-3 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; 
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 
3 He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Note: God spoken to us through christ as the last and latest way for that. God spoke through dreams (by the prophets) are over

Christian tv host Todd Friel debunks claims that Muslims having Jesus dreams

Romans 10: 1-4  Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 

2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. 

3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 

4 For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.

Romans 10:14-17  Revised Standard Version (RSV)

14 But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? 

15 And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” 

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 

17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.

Note: Faith came through hearing. Hearing came from the preacher and the preacher bring us the word of God (Books).

Submit to God

Romans 10:3 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 

Dreams about Christ

Hebrews 1:1-3 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; 

2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 

3 He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Note: God had spoken to us through Jesus as the last way for that so there's no another kind of ways after that including dreams or vision which is unacceptable as the way to speak to our God.

Romans 10 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 

2 I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. 

3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. 

4 For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.

Christian tv host Todd Friel debunks claims that Muslims having Jesus dreams

Abraham: the Progenitor

Romans 4:9-11 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

9 Is this blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised? We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness. 

10 How then was it reckoned to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with commands and he fulfilled them. [ Allah ] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [ Allah ] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."

(Quran-2:124)

And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

[Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

And I will leave you and those you invoke other than Allah and will invoke my Lord. I expect that I will not be in invocation to my Lord unhappy."

So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

(Quran-19:40-49)

Abrahamic Faith

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father Azar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."
And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith]
So when the night covered him [with darkness], he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "I like not those that disappear."
And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."
And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allah .
Indeed, I have turned my face toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allah ."
And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allah while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember?
And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allah that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?
They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.
And that was Our [conclusive] argument which We gave Abraham against his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing.
And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.
(Quran-6:74-82)

Angles the Best Friends of the Prophets

Luke 1:19 Revised Standard Version (RSV)
And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

Note: Angles were spoken on the behalf of God

Abraham & the Three Visitor

Genesis 18:1-5 King James Version (KJV)

1 And the Lord (angle) appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:8-10 New King James Version (NKJV)

8 So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.

9 Then they (three men) said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?”

So he said, “Here, in the tent.”

10 And He (one of the three men) said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”

(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

Note:There is a clear distinction between, “they said,” in Genesis 18:9 and, “he said,” in Genesis 18:10.  In 18:9 only two of the men ask Abraham where Sarah is, but in 18:10, only one of the men says, “I will return next year.”  This distinction means this is not the trinity in focus, otherwise the pronouns would not shift back and forth from singular to plural.

Genesis 18:13-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

13 The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ 

14 Is anything too hard[a] for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.” 

15 But Sarah denied it,[b] saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”

16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 
17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Note:Yahweh speaks to Abraham thru the angel (singular) of Yahweh using the singular pronoun, “I,” NOT the plural pronoun, “we.”  Yahweh is mentioned and uses only SINGULAR pronouns for the remainder of chapter 18

Genesis 22:11-18 King James Version (KJV)
 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:15-18King James Version (KJV)

 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

Genesis 18:20-26 New International Version (NIV)

20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[a] 

23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[b] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

26 The Lord (angle) said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

Note:The other two men that go down to Sodom are identified as, “angels,” whereas one man stays with Abraham, and speaks to him as, “Yahweh.”  This is concrete proof that only ONE man (angel) is speaking as Yahweh, and the other two are merely angels sent to accompany the singular angel of Yahweh in their visit to and with Abraham and his wife Sarah.

The role of the two angels changes when they go to Sodom to rescue Abraham’s nephew named Lot.  They are being directed on a different mission as agents acting directly on behalf of Yahweh to fulfil two purposes; first, to warn Lot and rescue him and any of his family that pays heed to the warning, and secondly, to act on behalf of and with the authority to use the power of Yahweh to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with brimstone and with fire.

Genesis 19:1-2 New International Version (NIV)
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
1- The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 
2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.”
“No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

These two “angels” were the same men that had earlier been with Abraham and Sarah; the third man stayed with Abraham.  These two angels come in the form of men, evidenced by the fact that Lot wanted to wash their feet.   Angels appearing in the form of men is not unheard of in scripture, because angels appear as men in numerous places throughout both Old & New Testaments.


When Lot greets these two angels, he addresses them by using the PLURAL noun, and saying, “My lords.” Because Lots calls them by the plural, “my lords,” this proves there is no such thing as the trinity in this context.   The Hebrew noun (adonay) that Lot uses to call these angelic visitors, “lords,” is the common plural form of the Hebrew title of respect. 

Genesis 19:12-29 King James Version (KJV)

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Genesis 18:33 King James Version (KJV)

 And the Lord (angle) went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Source:http://www.answering-christianity.com/q_god_not_man_rebuttal.htm

Jacob's New Name

Genesis 32:24-30 Revised Standard Version (RSV)

24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob’s thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” 27 And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel,[a] for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked him, “Tell me, I pray, your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peni′el,[b] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.”

Note:According to the Hebrew, it was an Angel speaking on behalf of GOD Almighty

Hosea 12:2-4 New International Version (NIV)
2 The Lord has a charge to bring against Judah;
    he will punish Jacob[a] according to his ways
    and repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;
    as a man he struggled with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel
    and talked with him there—

"And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with A HUMAN APPEARANCE. And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him. Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking… AND HE SAD TO ME, ‘Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.’ And as he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me. And he said to me, ‘Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants also are impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD." And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. And you shall speak my words to them, whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house. But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.’ And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.’" Ezekiel 1:26-28, 2:1-10