Question

Rashad Khalifa’s “Quran Code” led him to reject two verses from this chapter that tell of the Prophet’s anxiety for the believers, which Zaid ibn Thabit reported only being recalled by Khuzayma ibn Thabit. A verse of this surah that lists captives, debtors, and wayfarers is read as delineating the eight asnaf who should benefit from zakat. This chapter likely refers to the Biblical Ezra in its thirtieth verse’s repudiation of the notion that the (*) son of God is Uzair. This surah is often considered (-5[1])a direct continuation of al-Anfal, its immediate predecessor. The command, “When the sacred months are over,” to “slay the idolators (10[1])wherever you find them” appears in the fifth verse of this surah, the only one that does not begin with the Bismillah. For 10 points, identify this surah in which the “sword verse” is found, often named for its instructions about those who turn from idolatry. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Sūrat Al-Tawbah [or Sūrat Al-Bara’ah; or The Repentance; or The Repudiation; or surah 9; or the ninth surah; or The Ultimatum; or The Immunity; or The Dispensation; accept sura or surah in place of “surat”] (Verses clued are, in order, 9:129-130, 60, 30, and 5.)
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Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers84-5
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Kenas rational as the square root of two power bottoms10410
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1510
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1510
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country1510
Jason RohfritschRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1510

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