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To marry non believers or not.[Quran 2:221]
"Do not marry idolatresses, unless they have believed. A believing maid is better than an idolatress, even if you like her. And do not marry idolaters, unless they have believed. A believing servant is better than an idolater, even if you like him. These call to the Fire, but God calls to the Garden and to forgiveness, by His leave. He makes clear His communications to the people, that they may be mindful."
[Quran 9:28-33]
"O you who believe! The polytheists are polluted, so let them not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year of theirs. And if you fear poverty, God will enrich you from His grace, if He wills. God is Aware and Wise. Fight those who do not believe in God, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, nor abide by the religion of truth—from among those who received the Scripture—until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly. The Jews said, “Ezra is the son of God,” and the Christians said, “The Messiah is the son of God.” These are their statements, out of their mouths. They emulate the statements of those who blasphemed before. May God assail them! How deceived they are! They have taken their rabbis and their priests as lords instead of God, as well as the Messiah son of Mary. Although they were commanded to worship none but The One God. There is no god except He. Glory be to Him; High above what they associate with Him. They want to extinguish God’s light with their mouths, but God refuses except to complete His light, even though the disbelievers dislike it. It is He who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, in order to make it prevail over all religions, even though the idolaters dislike it."
[Quran 5:5]
"Today all good things are made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them. So are chaste believing women, and chaste women from the people who were given the Scripture before you, provided you give them their dowries, and take them in marriage, not in adultery, nor as mistresses. But whoever rejects faith, his work will be in vain, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers."
It's true that God forbade Muslims from marrying disbelievers, but then the verse that allowed them to marry women from The People of The Book [Quran 5:5] came down later, which gave the exception to marry Jewish and Christian women out of all disbelievers. If you read the beginning of the verse "
Today all good things are made lawful for you", you will find that there's an indication that Muslims were not allowed to marry women of other faiths until this verse came down. So it's a continuation of the rule.
It's worth mentioning though, that Muslims are allowed to marry Jewish and Christian women under certain conditions. They only can marry a woman who's chaste, which means someone who did not commit adultery or fornication, and she has to be a true follower of the Scripture.
Creation.[Quran 7:54]
"Your Lord is God; He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established Himself on the Throne. The night overtakes the day, as it pursues it persistently; and the sun, and the moon, and the stars are subservient by His command. His is the creation, and His is the command. Blessed is God, Lord of all beings."
[Quran 10:3]
"Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled over the Throne, governing all things. There is no intercessor except after His permission. Such is God, your Lord—so serve Him. Will you not reflect?"
[Quran 11:7]
"It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days—and His Throne was upon the waters—in order to test you—which of you is best in conduct. And if you were to say, “You will be resurrected after death,” those who disbelieve would say, “This is nothing but plain witchcraft.”"
[Quran 41:9-12]
"Say, “Do you reject the One who created the earth in two days? And you attribute equals to Him? That is the Lord of the Universe.” He placed stabilizers over it; and blessed it; and planned its provisions in four days, equally to the seekers. Then He turned to the sky, and it was smoke, and said to it and to the earth, “Come, willingly or unwillingly.” They said, “We come willingly.” So He completed them as seven universes in two days, and He assigned to each universe its laws. And We decorated the lower universe with lamps, and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, the All-Knowing."
God created heaven and earth in six days. The detailed description of [Quran 41:9-12] also says that God created them in six days. The four days in [41:10] include the two days in [41:9] because the processes descried [41:9-10] is one series. For instance, when I say that I bought the couch and the table in two days, and I finished decorating my living room in five days, how would you understand it? Did I decorated my living room in five days or seven days?
Allah will ever forgive shirk or not?The judgment comes on the day of resurrection. So, someone will know for sure if they are forgiven or not on the day of judgement. According to the Quran, God forgives all kinds of sins, except for shirk, God doesn't forgive someone who commits shirk, unless that person repents before they die. i.e. someone might commit different kinds of sins, and they died before repenting from those sins, there's a chance that God might forgive them. But if someone commits shirk, then died without repentance, God will never forgive them.
[Quran 4:48]
"God does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives anything less than that to whomever He wills. Whoever associates anything with God has devised a monstrous sin."
[Quran 4:116]
"God will not forgive that partners be associated with Him; but will forgive anything less than that, to whomever He wills. Anyone who ascribes partners to God has strayed into far error."
[Quran 4:153]
"The People of the Scripture challenge you to bring down to them a book from the sky. They had asked Moses for something even greater. They said, “Show us God plainly.” The thunderbolt struck them for their wickedness. Then they took the calf for worship, even after the clear proofs had come to them. Yet We pardoned that, and We gave Moses a clear authority."
Here, God forgave the children of Israel, because they have repented.
[Quran 7:148-149]
"In his absence, the people of Moses adopted a calf made from their ornaments—a body which lowed. Did they not see that it could not speak to them, nor guide them in any way? They took it for worship. They were in the wrong. Then, when they regretted, and realized that they had erred, they said, “Unless our Lord extends His mercy to us, and forgives us, we will be among the losers.”"
[Quran 25:68-71]
"And those who do not implore besides God any other god, and do not kill the soul which God has made sacred—except in the pursuit of justice—and do not commit adultery. Whoever does that will face penalties. The punishment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will dwell therein in humiliation forever. Except for those who repent, and believe, and do good deeds. These—God will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. God is ever Forgiving and Merciful. Whoever repents and acts righteously—has inclined towards God with repentance."
And Allah knows best.
