Chosenness of the Jews in the Qur'an with Dr Louay Fatoohi

Dr Louay Fatoohi's personal KZbin channel / @louay.fatoohi his blog www.louayfatoohi.com/
The Hebrew Bible presents the Israelites as God’s perpetually chosen people. Historically, Christians claimed that the Church replaced the Jews as God’s chosen people, but in the last two centuries, a strong movement has developed that considers Israel to still be chosen, in addition to the Church. Christianity inherited from Judaism its misunderstanding of “chosen” as meaning “best”, which is irreconcilable with the history of both faiths. On the other hand, discussions of this concept in the Qur’an consistently conflate different terms and concepts. This video brings new insights to show the Qur’an’s clear, consistent, and compelling explanation of the chosenness of the Israelites. It reveals the misrepresentation of this concept in Judaism, which Christianity inherited. It concludes that the chosenness of Israel ended when the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was sent by Allah as the last Prophet.
00:00 Introduction
02:34 Challenges of studying “chosenness”
07:55 The Abrahamic covenant in the Bible
13:24 Chosen People without merit
19:40 The Abrahamic Covenant in the Qur’an
23:55 Concepts and terms in the Qur’an
26:40 The Covenant with the Israelites
33:13 Choosing and preferring Israel
36:43 Chosen for hosting Prophets
41:49 Custodians of the prophetic message
47:10 Qur’anic subtilty
53:20 Muslim prophets
59:29 The killing of prophets
01:05:50 The end of Israel’s chosenness
01:18:30 Abraham’s prayer for an Ishmaelite messenger
01:20:15 Misunderstanding “chosen” as “best”
01:20:47 Christian misunderstanding of “chosenness”
01:22:04 Replacement theology or supersessionism
01:27:49 “Replacement of Scripture” theology
01:33:20 Dispensationalism
01:37:23 Mistaking “Chosen People” for “Best Nation”
01:41:42 The “Best Nation” is all pious people
01:45:59 The “Best Nation” throughout history
01:49:29 Are Muslims the “Best Nation”?
01:53:12 Israel’s chosenness and covenant
01:54:45 Summary

[@xmarksthespot4916]

What an amazing duo representing Muslims, 2 former Christians ❤️elhamdullila ❤

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

Respectfully, I found the scholarly knowledge of Louay Fatoohi as thought-provoking. I'm a simple Christian believer. I like when Dr. Fatoohi mentioned individuality, because our perception of "chosenness" should have a strong correlation with the concept of God's "gift". That's my own view. Respectfully...

[@shahram6869]

​@@Shimra8888The difference is that Muslims can sleep well at night knowing they don't have to solve enigmas such as 3 = 1 or that God needs a human sacrifice in order to forgive.

[@ghazyalsharif9675]

The secret about converts being special in Dawah: Surat Al hadeed O you who believe, have fear of displeasing God, and believe in His Prophet. He will give you twice as much of His bounty and place a light for you to walk in, and forgive you, for God is forgiving and kind; (28) So that the people of the Book may know that they have not the least power over the bounty of God, and that the bounty is wholly in the hands of God to give whosoever He please, for God is the master of infinite bounty. (29)

[@xmarksthespot4916]

What gives me energy is the fact that what was written in 1450 years ago rings true today. And with the Christians and Israelis especially Zionist clearly is a falsehood.

[@yassinem.elhadri883]

​@@Shimra8888 Aren't you tired following muslim channels?

[@samimas4343]

Sons of Israel were favored with many miracles and the responsibility to spread the light of truth. Despite the miracles they were favored with, they failed with carrying that responsibility. May Allah aid us in carrying the responsibility of Islam.

[@Fattamy13]

آمين

[@Moonlight-777]

Ameen🤲🏻

[@vjam139]

آمین ثمہ آمین

[@user-ht3jd6dw8t]

There has never been a miracle from Banu Israel. The only one who made miracles was Jesus.

[@auniiiiiii]

​@@user-ht3jd6dw8tYou heard the name of Musa (as)/ Moses?

[@fidelcatsro6948]

May Allah guide them as well as all of us ameen!

[@RosewiththornsRWT]

Dr. Fatoohi is one of my absolute favorite recurring guests on your channel, Paul. What a detailed, insightful analysis of the "chosenness" concept as it is defined within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Keep up the great work 👍

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

I'm not Muslim but I tend to agree with your comments. Respectfully

[@RosewiththornsRWT]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 may Allah guide you 🌹

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@HackerPULSE90]

It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim. Sahih Muslim 1767a

[@joes3256]

According to a study published in June 2017 by Ranajit Das, Paul Wexler, Mehdi Pirooznia, and Eran Elhaik in Frontiers in Genetics, "in a principal component analysis (PCA) [of DNA], the ancient Levantines clustered predominantly with modern-day Palestinians and [levant] Bedouins..." and that Palestinians have a "predominant" ancient levantine origin.[15] In a study published in August 2017 by Marc Haber et al. in The American Journal of Human Genetics, the authors concluded that: "The overlap between the Bronze Age and present-day Levantines suggests a degree of genetic continuity in the region."[18]A 2021 study by the New York Genome Center found that the predominant component of the DNA of modern Palestinians matches that of Bronze Age Palestinians (Canaanites) from around 2500-1700 BCE.[17]. The Palestinians are the original jews and Israelites. Invading zionists, according to Israeli author Shlomo Sand in his book "The invention of the Jewish people are jewish converts alien to palestine. In the 8th century ad the Khazar kingdom in ukraine converted to judaism and would go on to make the ashkenazi jewish population in europe. Yemenis converted to judaism during the yemeni kindom o Himyar in the 5th century ad during the rule of Dul Nawas. There were jewish kingdoms in iraq and north africa as well. The palestinians are the eternal natives of the land. Free Palestine.

[@rihabelhaj7368]

So grateful for the scholarship of these two men, and their uncovering and sharing of sacred knowledge. Their life’s work is a light in very dark times. We praise God for this.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@jaleesmahumood2051]

May Almighty Allah bless and reward both of you in this world and in the hereafter. Maasha Allah. Jazaakallah khair brothers.

[@louay.fatoohi]

You are welcome.

[@alokdi1]

You guys look like brothers. A compliment.

[@louay.fatoohi]

In a certain way, we are.

[@user-uw4rq6tg1v]

رفع الله قدركم وأطال الله بقائكم

[@louay.fatoohi]

جراكم الله خيرا

[@husseinelnahas3133]

Very excited to see Dr. Louay Fatoohi again. I was just watching another BT video with him. Subhanallah

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. I hope you like the new video.

[@husseinelnahas3133]

@@louay.fatoohi I absolutely did. Especially since I was just watching you video about the story of Joseph in the Quran and the Bible.

[@abdurrazzak2970]

May Almighty Allah Bless and Reward Both of You in this World and in the Hereafter.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

ameen

[@louay.fatoohi]

You are welcome.

[@JacobW567]

Allah Bless you! This channel Blogging Theology is Mashaallah, the best on KZbin!

[@rida-18]

Dr. Fatoohi inspires me to go get another Bachelors but this time in comparative religion. Amazing video as always Sir👌🏻

[@louay.fatoohi]

Jazaka Allahu kharan. Glad you liked the video.

[@rida-18]

@@louay.fatoohi Wa iyyaki. Please keep the quality content coming Sir. You and Sir Paul are an inspiration.

[@ashine3]

Dr Fatoohi is my favourite guest on your channel. May Allah reward and bless you both in this life and the next. Mashallah and Alhamdullilah to have brothers like you.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you find my videos useful.

[@abuhanaaaan]

Dr Fatouhi explains things in great detail with clarity. Jaxakumullaahu khairan Sir. Monotheistic Brother Paul, Jaxakumullaahu khairan. May Allah preserve and elevate your rank.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you found it useful.

[@sultrys2291]

Brilliant lecture. Thank you Dr Looauy Fatoohi. 2 hrs well spent.

[@louay.fatoohi]

You are welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@Aisha_KW]

Alhumdulila, Dr. Fatoohi made it looks easy to patiently explain the verses from Bible and Al Quran so people from different background would understand and be able to follow the concepts of chosenness....I'm a non Arab muslim and I only study Al Quran at minimum requirement (...my own understanding), your channel inspires me to learn more. May Allah bless both gentlemen with good health.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad that you found it clear and useful.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad that you found it clear and useful.

[@NONNON-yp4zr]

Very very impressive presentation. I ask Allah to bless both of you. Both of you has been given an enlightened mind.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@ghg12374]

Very much awaited episode in this current situation. May Allah bless brother Paul and Louay. ❤ This will clear many doubts among muslims also. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@louay.fatoohi]

You are welcome.

[@CLBOO6]

I love Dr. Louay! One of my favourite guests!

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you like my presentations.

[@najamulghanikhan]

JazalAllahkhair Paul for an informed discussion perhaps this should be documented in a book form as a reference to inform the world at large

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@Friday..1.7]

Just for round to watching this in full. Incredibly educational, ty

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@BM-kk4dc]

Great video. Very informative !! Thank you brothers.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@125discipline2]

i think 'chosen by God' just means chosen to be guided by prophet, it's a huge honor but it doesnt mean they're above anybody cause every nation gets prophets of their time, the christians today is very obsessed with this idea and promoting it because the west want to get people's support for israel

[@letmetalk2240]

Bible states that God calls the Israelites hard-hearted and hard-headed who will not listen to Him. Not sure if the Jews understood it.

[@davidbenyahuda5190]

As an Israelite and an historian who has had the privilege to study history from primary sources available to serious academics I can assure you that our Torah starts with Genesis ie human origins IE Black people and that we are on a Black planet and that we are responsible for everything associated with civilization and culture throughout history wherever we find modernity. Socalled nonblack people have only been on the planet for six to ten thousand years and have no known origins IE they have yet to explain how they came into being and where they came from. They are not light skinned Black people as some would have us believe. Why are they concerned about our family history and our relationship with OUR G-d? They are basically saying we know we don't have a history or heritage apart from barbarism, so we will pretend that a book about a particular group of Black people is not about Black people but Caucasians. Really demonic savagery.

[@user-ne4mz2zd5j]

​@@davidbenyahuda5190as a black Muslim I would like to remind you that it's not good to become racist just because people were and are racist against you. What you are talking about is black supremacy and that's also racist and bad. What would people who believe in your theology and faith system do if they had power over other people? Racism is racism no matter how you cut it and slice it.

[@davidbenyahuda5190]

@@user-ne4mz2zd5j As an Israelite I can assure you that we are the literally the greatest people who have ever lived on the planet and that our family history is world history. I write as an historian who has had the privilege to study history from primary sources available to serious academics and therefore I am immune to white surpremacist scholarship on the subject. Please see Anacalypsis by G Higgins and Black Sambo documentary on KZbin. Ask yourself, why do socalled nonblack people concern themselves with a family history that has nothing to do with anyone else? Religion was created to usurp our divine authority. Our Father only loves Israelites and could care less about anyone else. This is in our records. We are the rightful rulers of the world. Actual history proves this fact. As someone who visits libraries and museums I am fascinated by the fact more people are not aware of the fact that socalled nonblack people have stolen everything they have from us wherever we find modernity throughout history. Google Black European Royalty and Heraldry. See Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese Expulsion from primary sources. See Ancient America By Herbert. See Anna Wilkes and John Ogilvy and John Mackey on ancient and modern British people. Shalom from the House of DAVID and Marlborough 👊🏿🕎⚔️🏹🪶🌽💜🙏🏿

[@murtinirarr767]

discipline 125%. Greetings, blessings to you I want to share something. The Children of Israel were descendants of Jacob, most of them lived in the Arabian peninsula at that time. Meanwhile, children of Ismail settled in Mecca and were honored to be the custodians of the Kaaba, the holiest of the holy. (Notice the situation above is the prefix why the future jews ( who were not Israelites) has to create their priesthood books to exagregated about children of Israil as the chosen people) Jacob and their tribes were living nomadic, at the time of Joseph, Jacob and his 12 sons and followers settled in a city in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula. Al Yahud or Jews in the plural form is different from the children of Israel, Yahudiya or Jews never come from the direct lineage of Israel. The truth is that the Jews were the tribes who carried out acts of resistance and ultimately fought against the prophets of the children of Israel, such as Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, the son of Mary and the believers among the children of Israel, many of these prophets were killed by the Jews (yahudiya), the Jews took the priesthood of the prophets of the Children of Israel, namely Zacharie, Yohanes (Yahya), but they failed to kill Isa, son of Maryam. The Jews said that they were the children of Judah, this claim was false because it was the jews themselves who corrupted the holy books of the prophets, they made their own priesthood books rather than the scrolls of Musa. Peace

[@soha150]

Thanks!

[@BloggingTheology]

Many thanks

[@md.mahmudulhasankanon3991]

Masha Allah. Alhamdulillah. I was thinking about this recently.

[@mustafatokhi8161]

Amazing presentation

[@baldawi2]

Masha Allah probably the best presentation and explanation regarding The chosen people well put together thank you Paul and Dr Louay .

[@louay.fatoohi]

Jazaka Allahu khayran. Glad you liked it.

[@unhingedconnoisseur164]

WOOO new Louay Fatoohi episode!! 🎉

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you.

[@isdaji]

This was the best thank you ❤❤❤

[@yusrialtamimi1570]

So eloquent and so rational and convincing (as always) thank you Dr. Louay and Paul

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

I'm not Muslim but I also appreciate the information from Dr Louay Fatoohi. Respectfully

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@louay.fatoohi]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 Thank you. Glad you found it useful.

[@thealster370]

Dr luoay fatoohi with another banger

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@smartchocolate6503]

Absolutely amazing thanks Paul I love this channel x bloody fantastic 😊

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@mariamwilmore9115]

Impressive such knowldge and eloquence. Very useful and helpful

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@abdulelah9726]

Brother Paul always brings the best 👌 actuality. This is for people who want to understand religion in depth and serious people who want to distinguish between truth and falsehood ! ❤

[@ZZ-ls5hv]

Alhamdulillah... Great discussion. May Allah SWT bless and reward you both

[@fidelcatsro6948]

ameen

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@jeanniefletcher9937]

In my upbringing As a Christian I was taught that they broke the covenant by worshipping Baal (gold/money) and that they were specifically told by God not to do this. Well they’re still betraying that covenant (as are their allies) - it is abundantly clear they all they worship is gold…. and they want all the worlds gold. Evil has entered through that desire. All consideration of humanity has been trampled underfoot as they pursue this

[@johnbrzykcy3076]

I appreciate your honesty and I understand your observations. However, I think human nature itself has the propensity to disobey God and to "worship" those things which destroy our relationship with God. Oftentimes we are not aware of what's happening. So I think your observation could apply to human nature itself. That's my own view. Respectfully...

[@letmetalk2240]

@@johnbrzykcy3076 Bible states that God calls the Israelites hard-hearted and hard-headed who will not listen to Him. Not sure if the Jews understood it.

[@TheHeinrichSymposium]

Shufty gold! All of it pure gold in easy-to-handle denominational nuggets. Not marked, not a mark on 'em, eh?

[@Truth-Is-a-Hard-Pill]

​@@johnbrzykcy3076 Is your worship of Jesus as your "God", destroying your relationship with The Only True God - The Father while you're in d3n1al and d3lus10n? Yes *OR* No Jesus of the Gospels preached and practiced: Who alone to be worshipped? ✅ The Father Whose name be hallowed? ✅ The Father Whose kingdom come? ✅ The Father Whose will be done on earth as it is in heaven? ✅ The Father Whom to ask for daily bread? ✅ The Father Whom to ask for forgiveness? ✅ The Father Whom to pray to for guidance? ✅ The Father Who delivers from the evil one? ✅ The Father Who is THE ONLY TRUE GOD? ✅ The Father Who is the God of Jesus? ✅ The Father

[@saidhashi2856]

Worshipping of Baal and the gold calf are just some of their misdeeds. But the Quran points to the following reasons as the deal breaker. 1: killing of Prophets 2: disbelieving them and calling them liars 3: attempting to kill jesus and accusing mary of adultery 4:breaking their covenant with God. 5: practicing parts of the law and neglecting or rejecting some other parts. 6: e.t.c

[@mohammedghander9243]

God bless you both for your sincere efforts

[@asifsurti9154]

Alhamdulillah it is very informative. Have known many things but not from a learned scholar and in such details. Jazak Allahu khayran

[@louay.fatoohi]

Alhamdluli Allah. Glad you liked it.

[@arbitScaleModels]

Dr Louay ❤❤❤❤❤

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you.

[@leonlevy468]

In the spirit of fairness and curiosity wouldn't it be best to also have somebody on to offer a different perspective on religious zionism in Judaism?

[@nadasamman7590]

Excellent analysis and explanation, many thanks to both honorable scholars

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you for watching. Glad you found it useful.

[@lovepeace4065]

Great channel as usual. Great show very informative.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked the video.

[@DebPercy]

very interesting. thank you. Dr Louay Fatoohi is very good at presenting the information

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you found the video useful.

[@ghazyalsharif9675]

And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly, (32) And granted them Signs in which there was a manifest trial (33) Choosing them was the test, they failed because they saw the choosing was because they are better.

[@Kafkaesque786]

Thank you

[@mohammedghander9243]

Please Paul keep hosting the likes of Dr louay to enlighten us, thanks

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you, brother. Glad you found the video useful.

[@mohammedghander9243]

@@louay.fatoohi very useful for me as l have no significant knowledge of Tora or Gospel , and Dr Fatooh (and you) has left no space for me to add during his explanation of the Quranic verses about the claim that Israelites are chosen people by God to be at the top over all other mankind ; on the contrary the people who now claim they are the best people because they have been loved by God , they are bunches of zionist gangs have nothing to do with the true Judaism!!!( , but they are being encouraged by masters of the businesses and the tycoons who control the world!!! ) Thank you both

[@mohammedghander9243]

@@louay.fatoohi thank you Dr Fatooh you are very very intelligent and you really have exerted a huge effort to clear the misconception , l know well the difficulty of the Quranic words which have a lot of meanings to accord the variables of each age and generation because Quran has been revealed to address all different generations not the earlier first or second generation!! So that the Quran word evolves through generations to be consistent with the new discoveries!! God bless you and fix you on the straight path

[@dewaarheidgeopenbaard]

Hello Paul Williams, you said in an interview that reading books has been a part of your life, so i have the following questions: -How many books have you read so far? Approximately? -How long do you read per day? -Do you read books onetime or in different sets? -How many years have you been reading books? -How many books do you have left to read? -Which Islamic topic has your most interest wether it is miracle of quran, laws, history etc? Hopefully you'll answer and thankyou.

[@r_elyaqub8214]

I hope he answers these questions too. Looking forward to his response.

[@faizanulhaqawaab4198]

These questions are NOT up to the subject discussed.

[@ahmaduahmed8760]

I don't know if there is anyone who has a record of all the books he has read, as you aged you even tend to forget. Probably there are, but I think they are rare.

[@haveaniceday365.]

​@@ahmaduahmed8760what do you mean by a record of books? Are we doing accounting for tax collection? Think about yourself. Educate yourself and move on.😂

[@ramlafatima-ql4rs]

and way good is that going to do to u??

[@caylia9989]

Great show ❤ so informative

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you found it useful.

[@Msaid-ys3gn]

Dr Louay, very impressive lecture as always I have benefited immensely.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked the video.

[@shaphyshaphy]

Very informative, thanks for sharing

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@Shabs2456]

Really enjoyed this, one of my favourite scholars ❤ but, tooo many ads😢

[@louay.fatoohi]

Jazaka Allahu khayran.

[@Abrahamos]

Mashallah, amazing video, Paul ❤

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@riazuddin6339]

Alhamdulillah, I have learned a great deal from this discussion. Knowledge is power and key to all disturbances in this world. May Allah grant us to pursue knowledge which is everlasting. Jazakallah to both brothers.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Jazaka Allahu kharayn. Glad you found it useful.

[@user-kj8yl6sn2z]

I strongly recommend hosting Dr. Sami Ameri. He has many books responding to suspicions and lies about the credibility of Islam, the Qur’an, and the Prophet Muhammad. He is a professor of comparative religions, as well as Dr. Abdullah Al-Ajiri, who has several books on atheism, and Ahmed Al-Sayed, the latter of whom I do not think speaks English, unlike Dr. Sami and Dr. Abdullah.

[@PenangNorthamRd.]

Salam Jumaat mubarakah, Brilliant again! Thanks for inviting Louay and giving us an in-depth insight on this. Warm regards from Penang

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[@ebs7321]

Excellent presentation.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@bushraahmed4045]

جزاكم الله خيرا

[@louay.fatoohi]

وجزاكم مثله

[@ahmadgazbeh8070]

حفظك الله أخ بول جزاك الله خيرا عن سائر المسلمين

[@vjam139]

آمین

[@mohammedghander9243]

God bless you Paul and bless Dr louay for the amazing information I have been personally enlightened with He is very well versed and well educated

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you.

[@jaweidishaque8389]

Jazaak Allah to both of you for bringing your knowledge & erudition to negate the very concept of "chosenness" that has bedeviled human relations and caused such bloodshed for over a century.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you found the video useful.

[@anoopchalil9539]

They thought they can continue the same disobediece and arrogance tacticts with rasoolullah as they have done with other prophets ...then.also they are in the position chosen people.. When verses of Qibla change came.......thet understood their position as spiritual leaders take away from them. ..they willnever get the position as spiritiul leaders. That is why they agigated hearing the Qibla change from Masjid Aqsa at jerusalem to .....masjul haram at mecca...... .

[@abdirashidahmed2725]

A great history lecture as always. Thank you !

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@Alihan18]

An Israelite can be Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, but not all Israelites are Jews. Therefore, the promise of the Holy Land to Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) is based on righteousness, not solely on being an Israelite. Being an Israelite does not guarantee immunity from punishment for sins, as seen in the case of the Israelites after their sin against Jesus (PBUH). They were punished by God and scattered around the world.

[@anouarbenmammari6707]

Thank you for this great work.

[@najamulghanikhan]

'Chosen' for the reception of revelation and office of Prohethood. This promise was made with Prophet Abraham and was honored up until the Prophet Muhammad

[@muhammadabdulsalam602]

Masha Allah

[@Nohate185]

Jazakallah mashallah

[@user-cj8qz3mh2t]

Great discussion. Baraka Allah fikom!

[@craighoover1495]

Thank you for this. Most helpful.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you found it useful.

[@phrama22]

Absolutely, this is exactly the kind of insight we appreciate. Please continue to arrange discussions with such distinguished scientist whenever possible. We truly value this level of expertise

[@aneespk5931]

Thank You

[@Bang_ALchannel]

Thank you , great talk !

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@ahmaduahmed8760]

"Ya Allah, on this blessed day of Friday, we seek Your mercy, forgiveness, and blessings. We ask You to accept our prayers, du'a and other good deeds. Grant us strength and guidance to continue on the path of righteousness. Help us to be better Muslims and to worship You with sincerity and devotion. Ya Allah, shower Your mercy upon us and grant us success in this life and the Hereafter." Ameen.

[@ishratmubarik6731]

Ameen

[@zijadtarakcija5611]

This is very helpful and educated explanation. Allah S.W bless you both thank you for this lecture

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad that you found it useful.

[@adamulabaran953]

Thank very much for the lecture Dr.

[@mohammedghander9243]

@louay.fatoohi thank you Dr Fatooh you are very very intelligent and you really have exerted a huge effort to clear the misconception , l know well the difficulty of the Quranic words which have a lot of meanings to accord the variables of each age and generation because Quran has been revealed to address all different generations not the earlier first or second generation!! So that the Quran word evolves through generations to be consistent with the new discoveries!! God bless you and fix you on the straight path

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you, brother.

[@SabahEKaram]

Thank you Paul our Muslim Blogging Theologian Host for having Dr. Fatoohi present his clear presentation on the Quranic terms related to CHOSENESS. I would only add that Quran 2:110 is actually a reference to BEST NATION: كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُمْ مِنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ ۝

[@SabahEKaram]

Sorry Bro. Ahmed and Dr. Fatoohi that was a typo. I meant Quran 3:110. كُنتُمۡخَيۡرَأُمَّةٍأُخۡرِجَتۡلِلنَّاسِتَأۡمُرُونَبِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِوَتَنۡهَوۡنَعَنِٱلۡمُنكَرِوَتُؤۡمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِۗوَلَوۡءَامَنَأَهۡلُٱلۡكِتَٰبِلَكَانَخَيۡرٗالَّهُمۚمِّنۡهُمُٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَوَأَكۡثَرُهُمُٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ١١٠

[@louay.fatoohi]

@@SabahEKaram Thank you. You may want to watch the video in full as I quote this verse.

[@DontGoToHell]

Scripture teaches that sin has broken the relationship between God and man such that man can do nothing to please God. Isaiah 64:6 shows that even the best deeds done by man outside of a state of salvation are as filthy rags before God.

[@user-nh8ev5te5x]

One of the wondrous hadiths about the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is that the Children of Israel had never ceased to have prophets. We can say that from the time of Moses, peace be upon him, until the time of Jesus, peace be upon him, approximately 1400 years, all of them full of prophets. We only know a few of them.

[@siddikurrahman8596]

Mash-Allah ,la kuata illa-billa.

[@brotheryosef3066]

I think the earliest convenant is the adam convenant. In that time god was well known so the only command was not to come near a certain tree. Then noah (a few more laws), then moses (more laws), the prophets, ..Jesus (clarification), and finally Muhammad convenant which concludes it all. { وَإِذۡ أَخَذۡنَا مِنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِيثَٰقَهُمۡ وَمِنكَ وَمِن نُّوحٖ وَإِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَى ٱبۡنِ مَرۡيَمَۖ وَأَخَذۡنَا مِنۡهُم مِّيثَٰقًا غَلِيظٗا } [Surah Al-Aḥzāb: 7] Yusuf Ali: And remember We took from the prophets their covenant: As (We did) from thee: from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the son of Mary: We took from them a solemn covenant:

[@saidhashi2856]

Not like that: Before Adam was created, Allah said to the Angels: am going to create a vicegerent on earth. That means Adam and his wife were meant to be on earth and Not in heaven. So the forbidding of the tree and appearance of satan to him, was not a covenant but a trial and a lesson to him. Adam learnt many important lessons from this episode including: 1: Learning his true enemy (satan). 2: Learning the consequence of disobeying Allah. 3: Forgiveness and return to Allah. The convent with Adam starts here: Quran 2:38 We said: “Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then whenever there comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve. From then on he was suppose to obey Allah, receive the guidance from Him and if he does that, he will see No fear or sorrow. Not only that but they will return to paradise again.

[@MerrilyMerrilyMerrily]

A covenant written by men for men which has been broken by men and by the God they had imagined. God doesn’t tie himself up in covenants and he certainly doesn’t break them. Why would he? Israelis were singled out-not chosen because of their tendency toward the profane. But some bloke made that up, not God.

[@ziauddin7948]

its universally clear that Quran says that the God's Covenant with Abraham was extremely conditional & all the wrong doers were excluded from that Covenant # Quran also universally declares that " U R Lord ( God ) has declared that he ( God ) will send people against the Israeli jews till Qiamah who will severely punish them # 🇵🇰

[@haliduhudu5905]

Mashallah, I didn't want this presentation to end but maybe another time.

[@farieddebruyns338]

Dr Louay Fatoohi. May Allah preserve you and Dr Paul. I really love you for Talking from The Quran, this Most Brilliant, Clear Book.

[@ZZ-ls5hv]

Watching for the 2nd time... So much to learn from this video...

[@BloggingTheology]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mukreminincedag5461]

I am proud of you

[@wiseguy9587]

the only issue i have is that current jews are not the real Jews of the Bible. they are from Khazar empire. In fact Palestinian are the real descendent of Issac who converted to Islam. there are even genetic studies of Palestinian to prove that.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

bibi left the chat...

[@Raks78]

But those are now Muslims so won’t count among the nation of Moses , those who convert are part of Muhammad pbuh ‘s ummah

[@khadijaahmed6934]

Just a little friendly reminder before some of you come and start shouting in the comment section just watch the video. All of you would’ve had your questions answered if you watched the full length of the video.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you for your note. It is a general human tendency, that has been made worse by social media, to conflate learning with teaching, listening with speaking…etc. This human behavioural flaw is at times expressed as mistaking “waiting to speak” for “listening”.

[@khadijaahmed6934]

@@louay.fatoohi 100% I couldn’t have said it better. I just wanted to thank you for dropping gems in these videos. May Allah increase you in ranks.

[@louay.fatoohi]

@@khadijaahmed6934 Jazaki Allahu kharan, sister.

[@samaryassine]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@louay.fatoohi]

Glad you liked it.

[@HackerPULSE90]

It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will not leave any but Muslim. Sahih Muslim 1767a

[@aron1oo186]

subhanaAllah ❤️❤️

[@LubnaMasoodlunicorainbow]

May Allah almighty reward you mr Paul. It’s disheartening to see some good Christian’s supporting Israel just because it’s written in their bible

[@chocolate_cake]

They rant about the covenant but don't want to talk about failing to fulfill their side of the covenant.

[@farieddebruyns338]

Really, Subhaanallaah, Consistent.

[@timetraveler434]

According to Genesis 17, Abraham and Ishmael entered the covenant on the same day that they were circumcised. Ishmael received the covenant before Isaac who had not been born. ... My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. Genesis 17:13. Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. Genesis 17:14 Not only did Ishmael receive the covenant first, before Isaac who had not been born, Ishmael was born in Caanan and lived in Caanan for about 14 years before Isaac was born. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

[@zaidsafadi1869]

Another subtlety is Allah's choice of the word للناس (FOR the people) instead of the phrase من الناس (FROM the people). This shows that the believers are not the best on virtue of being part of a nation. It shows instead that the best nation is one which will want people from other nations to join it, such that the 'nation' is defined as a spiritual one, as opposed to an ethnic one.

[@patrickf.325]

@1:49:20 listen to the Doctors description of the Quran MashAllah!

[@misriya4147]

Thank you for this very interesting discussion! One point: نعمة ne'ma in Arabic here is translated as 'favor' , but it does not have the added implication of 'better'. I think a better way to understand the word 'nei'ma' is blessing .

[@louay.fatoohi]

Thank you for the comment. I do mention in the video that ni'ma does not imply preference. The English term "favour" also does not intrinsically imply preference. "Blessing" is the usual translation of "baraka". The latter has different connotations from ni'ma.

[@misriya4147]

@@louay.fatoohi it's indeed difficult to convey the nuances of Arabic into English. Thank you for your great work. I do find it very enlightening

[@louay.fatoohi]

@@misriya4147 Jazaka Allahu khayran

[@shant2464]

This is a very clear explanation of the chosenness of the Jews, and what the Jews did to turn away from and squander the Favor of Allah upon them. Thank you.