| The Shadow in the Bible: | | | | Isaiah 32:2 |
| The Lord has a shadow, His hand has a shadow, His | | | | Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a |
| wings have shadow, and He does not change like | | | | refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the |
| shifting shadows | | | | desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty |
| Psalm 91:1 | | | | land. |
| He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will | | | | Isaiah 34:15 |
| rest in the shadow of the Almighty. | | | | The owl will nest there and lay eggs, she will hatch |
| Isaiah 49:2 | | | | them, and care for her young under the shadow of |
| In the shadow of his hand he hid me; | | | | her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each |
| Isaiah 51:16 | | | | with its mate. |
| I have put my words in your mouth and covered | | | | Jeremiah 48:45 |
| you with the shadow of my hand | | | | "In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand |
| Psalm 17:8 | | | | helpless |
| Hide me in the shadow of your wings | | | | Lamentations 4:20 |
| Psalm 36:7 | | | | We thought that under his shadow we would live |
| How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low | | | | among the nations. |
| among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings. | | | | Colossians 2:17 |
| Psalm 57:1 | | | | These are a shadow of the things that were to |
| I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until | | | | come |
| the disaster has passed. | | | | Acts 5:15at least Peter's shadow might fall on some |
| Psalm 63:7 | | | | of them as he passed by. |
| Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of | | | | Hebrews 10:1 |
| your wings. | | | | The law is only a shadow of the good things that are |
| James 1:17 | | | | coming |
| The Father of the heavenly lights, who does not | | | | The Shadow in the Quran: |
| change like shifting shadows. | | | | Two Historical Shadows |
| What is in heaven has Shadow | | | | The Quran mentions two important Historical |
| Hebrews 8:5 | | | | Shadows; one of them is the Shadow for Moses and |
| They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and | | | | the Israelites and the other is the Shadow for The |
| shadow of what is in heaven. | | | | people of the Prophet "Shu'aib" and their grievous |
| The Shadow of death | | | | day of punishment. |
| The Bible states that the death has shadow and | | | | These two events are not found in the Bible. |
| there are the valley of the shadow of death and the | | | | The Shadow for Moses and the Israelites |
| land of the shadow of the death. | | | | Israelites |
| Job 38:17 | | | | Surah 28:24 |
| Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have | | | | So he (Moses) watered (their flock) for them. then |
| you seen the gates of the shadow of death ? | | | | he turned aside into the shade, and said: my lord! i am |
| Psalm 23:4 | | | | needy of whatever good thou sendest down for me. |
| Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow | | | | Surah 7:160 |
| of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; | | | | We divided them into twelve tribes, nations; and we |
| your rod and your staff, they comfort me. | | | | inspired Moses, when his people asked him for water, |
| Isaiah 9:2 | | | | saying: smite with thy staff the rock! and there |
| The people walking in darkness have seen a great | | | | gushed forth therefrom twelve springs, so that each |
| light; on those living in the land of the shadow of | | | | tribe knew their drinking-place. and we caused the |
| death a light has dawned. | | | | white cloud to overshadow them and sent down for |
| Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen | | | | them the manna and the quails (saying): eat of the |
| a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow | | | | good things wherewith we have provided you. they |
| of death a light has dawned." | | | | wronged us not, but they were wont to wrong |
| Luke 1:79to shine on those living in darkness and in | | | | themselves. |
| the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path | | | | Surah 7:171and when we shook the mountain over |
| of peace." | | | | them as if it were a covering overhead, and they |
| The Evening Shadows | | | | thought that it was going to fall down upon them: |
| Job 7:2 | | | | take hold of what we have given you with firmness, |
| Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a | | | | and be mindful of what is in it, so that you may |
| hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, | | | | guard (against evil) |
| Nehemiah 13:19 | | | | Surah 2:57 |
| When evening shadows fell on the gates of | | | | And We gave you the shade of clouds and sent |
| Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors | | | | down to you Manna and quails, saying: "Eat of the |
| to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was | | | | good things We have provided for you:" (but they |
| over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates | | | | rebelled); to Us they did no harm, but they harmed |
| so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath | | | | their own selves. |
| day. | | | | The Shadow furnished for people of the Prophet |
| Psalm 102:11 | | | | "Shu'aib" who denied him and their grievous day of |
| My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away | | | | punishment. The Prophet "Shu'aib" is never mentioned |
| like grass. | | | | in the Bible. Is that because He was Arabic? |
| Psalm 109:23 | | | | Surah 26:189 |
| I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken | | | | But they rejected and denied him (Shu'aib) and called |
| off like a locust. | | | | him a liar (Shu'aib) then the punishment of the day of |
| Jeremiah 6:4 | | | | overshadowing gloom seized them, surely it was the |
| "Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at | | | | punishment of a grievous day |
| noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the | | | | Some facts about the Shadow: |
| shadows of evening grow long. | | | | Allah extends the shade; if He pleases He would |
| The Deep shadow | | | | certainly have made it stationary and then have |
| Job 10:21 | | | | made the sun an indication of it. Scientifically speaking, |
| Before I go to the place of no return, to the land of | | | | the shade will be stationary when the Earth stops its |
| gloom and deep shadow, | | | | circular movement about itself. In such case, half of |
| Job 10:22 | | | | the Earth will be day and the other will be night. |
| To the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and | | | | So, the sun is the indicator for such event. Who |
| disorder, where even the light is like darkness." | | | | could do that? It is Allah the Creator of the Sun. |
| Job 12:22 | | | | Surah 25:45 |
| He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings | | | | Have you not considered (the work of) your lord, |
| deep shadows into the light. | | | | how he extends the shade? And if he had pleased |
| Job 3:5 | | | | he would certainly have made it stationary; then we |
| May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; | | | | have made the sun an indication of it |
| may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm | | | | All things that Allah has created have their shadows |
| its light. | | | | and prostrate unto Him. |
| Job 16:16 | | | | Surah 16:48 |
| My face is red with weeping; deep shadows ring my | | | | Have they not observed all things that Allah hath |
| eyes; | | | | created, how their shadows incline to the right and to |
| Job 34:22 | | | | the left, making prostration unto Allah, and they are |
| There is no dark place, no deep shadow, where | | | | lowly? |
| evildoers can hide. | | | | Surah 16:81it is Allah who made out of the things he |
| Isaiah 59:9 | | | | created, some things to give you shade; of the hills |
| So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not | | | | he made some for your shelter; he made you |
| reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for | | | | garments to protect you from heat, and coats of |
| brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. | | | | mail to protect you from your (mutual) violence. thus |
| The Shadow and the ten steps | | | | does he complete his favors on you, that ye may |
| 2 Kings 20:9 | | | | bow to his will (in Islam). |
| "This is the Lord's sign to you that the LORD will do | | | | Surah 35:21 |
| what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward | | | | 19 and the blind and the seeing are not alike |
| ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?" | | | | 20 nor the darkness and the light, |
| 2 Kings 20:10 | | | | 21 nor is the shadow equal with the sun's full heat; |
| It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward | | | | The Shadow at the Day of Judgment |
| ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back | | | | At that horrible day, everything is already judged in |
| ten steps." | | | | justice. |
| 2 Kings 20:11the LORD made the shadow go back | | | | Man is one of two, believer or unbeliever; each one |
| the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of | | | | has his own Shadow. |
| Ahaz. | | | | The Coming of Allah: |
| Isaiah 38:8 | | | | Surah 2:210 |
| I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the | | | | Wait they for naught else than that Allah should |
| ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.' | | | | come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with |
| "So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone | | | | the angels? Then the case would be already judged. |
| down. | | | | All cases go back to Allah (for judgment). |
| Our days on earth (few and meaningless) are like a | | | | The Shadow for those who believe; this meaning is |
| fleeting shadow, without hope | | | | not mentioned in the Bible. |
| 1 Chronicles 29:15 | | | | Surah 4:57 |
| Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. | | | | And as for those who believe and do good works, |
| Job 8:9for we were born only yesterday and know | | | | we shall make them enter gardens underneath which |
| nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. | | | | rivers flow - to dwell therein for ever; there for them |
| Psalm 144:4 | | | | are pure companions - and we shall make them enter |
| Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting | | | | plenteous shadow. |
| shadow. | | | | Surah 36:56 |
| Ecclesiastes 6:12 | | | | They and their associates will be in a pleasant |
| For who knows what is good for a man in life, during | | | | shadow, reclining on thrones (of dignity); |
| the few and meaningless days he passes through like | | | | Surah 76:14 |
| a shadow? Who can tell him what will happen under | | | | And the shades of the (garden) will come low over |
| the sun after he is gone? | | | | them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low |
| Ecclesiastes 8:13 | | | | in humility (being easy to reach). |
| Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not | | | | Surah 56:30 |
| go well with them, and their days will not lengthen | | | | In shade long-extended, |
| like a shadow. | | | | Surah 77:41as to the righteous, they shall be amidst |
| Some other facts about the Shadow | | | | (cool) shades and springs (of water). |
| You mistake the shadows of the mountains for men | | | | The Shadow for those who do not believe; this |
| Judges 9:36 | | | | implication is not cited in the Bible |
| "You mistake the shadows of the mountains for | | | | Surah 56:43 |
| men." | | | | And the shade of black smoke |
| Job 14:2 | | | | Surah 77: 28-31 |
| He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a | | | | 28 ah woe, that day, to the rejecters of truth! |
| fleeting shadow, | | | | 29 (it will be said :) "Depart ye to that which ye used |
| Job 17:7 | | | | to reject as false! |
| My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame | | | | 30 "depart ye to a shadow (of smoke ascending) in |
| is but a shadow. | | | | three branches, |
| Job 40:22 | | | | 31 "(which yields) no shade of coolness, and is of no |
| The lotuses conceal him in their shadow; | | | | use against the fierce blaze. |
| Psalm 11:2 | | | | 32 indeed it throws about sparks (huge) as palaces, |
| They (the wicked) set their arrows against the | | | | Surah 56:43 |
| strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in | | | | And the shade of black smoke |
| heart. | | | | The following verse summarizes the Shadow for the |
| Song of Solomon 2:17 | | | | believers and the unbelievers. |
| Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my | | | | Surah 13:35a likeness of the garden which the |
| lover, and be like a gazelle | | | | righteous are promised; there now beneath it rivers, |
| Song of Solomon 4:6 | | | | its food and shades are perpetual; this is the requital |
| Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go | | | | of those who guarded (against evil), and the requital |
| to the mountain… | | | | of the unbelievers is the fire |
| Isaiah 16:3 | | | | Back to the main issue of my series of articles (1-38); |
| Make your shadow like night | | | | this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the |
| Isaiah 25:5 | | | | Quran quoted from the Bible "? |
| Heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud | | | | |