ABC Radio National  The Philosopher's Zone      Date/Time 19 Dec
2013 3:23:21pm Hi Thor: part 2  The quran is the only scripture
which both explains itself and says how to be read. It says " it
are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they
are the fundation of the book: others are allegorical.."
(Q;3:7)That means, the allegorical verses need to be
interpreted. For an instance it says "Your guardian Lord is
Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days ..."
(Q;7:54). Then in another verse, it explains what a 'day' means:
"... a day the measure whereof is (as) fifty thousand of yours"
(Q;70:4). Or '... on a day the space whereof will be (as) a
thousand years of your reckonning" (Q:76:1).  From these verses
appeares that, a day must not be taken literally. It rather
means a period. Hence it says "has there not been over Man a
long period of time when he was nothing (not even) mentioned"
(76:1). Obviously, one day or six days, as described by the
judeochristian scholars, can't be very l