A Simple Question

Submitted by Austin Kuder (United States), Nov 17, 2010 at 15:42

I am reading the Koran (Qur'an) by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.

>> There are many references to We and Us and Our. Such as "We did not
>> create the heavens and the earth and everything between them
>> playfully." and "If any of them were to claim, 'I am a god
>> beside Him,' We would reward them with Hell: this is how We
>> reward evildoers." and "We test you all through the bad and
>> the good, and to Us you will all return." It seems to me
>> that the Koran is referring to God. If it is referring to

>> God why is it using the plural?
>>
>> Please reply

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