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Believe it or not in Bible Vs Quran (4)
The trees insisted to have a king (B)
The Fig Tree refused to be the King saying
In the Bible, there are some stories, sketches and things that are hard to believe; they may be classified into scientific things, historical stories, fiction sketches etc.
This series present some of these stuffs as examples.
In the previous article, there was a fictional dialogue between the trees and the Olive Tree.
For more details read the article:
[Believe it or not in Bible Vs Quran (3) the trees decided to elect a king (A)].
This article presents the Biblical fictional dialogue between the trees and the fig.
The Bible (Judges 9:10-11) says:
After the Olive Tree has refused to be the Governor of the trees,
The trees insisted to have a king.
The trees went to the Fig Tree and said: "Be our king!"
But the Fig Tree said:
"Shall I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be the king over the trees?"
And the Fig Tree refused the trees' proposal.
I wonder what the significant religious teaching of this Biblical fictional dialogue between the trees and the fig is.
On the other hand, this Biblical fictional dialogue between the trees and the fig is not found therein in the entire Quran.
In the Quran, every verse in the Quran has an essential religious teaching as for example the following two verses (103:2-3):
Verse 103:2-3
QARIB: surely, the human is in a (state of) loss, except those who believe and do good works and charge one another with the truth and charge one another with patience.
SHAKIR: most surely man is in loss, except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
PICKTHAL: lo! Man is a state of loss, save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.
YUSUFALI: verily man is in loss, except such as have faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of truth, and of patience and constancy.
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The Bible, Judges 9:10-11:
New International Version, 2010
10 "Next, the trees said to the fig tree, Come and be our king.'
11 "But the Fig Tree replied, Should I give up my fruit, so good and sweet, to hold sway over the trees?'
English Standard Version
10And the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.' 11But the Fig Tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?'
Darby Translation
10And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.
11But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?
Young's Literal Translation
10And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.
11And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
King James Version
10And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
11But the Fig Tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Now, we have two big issues:
1) The Biblical scholars claim that the Quran is quoted from the Bible.
