All of us are aware of what life insurance is. Life insurance is a particularly peculiar type of insurance principally because the policyholder doesn't have an immediate concern with the payout of the policy. That is not to say that the policyholder doesn't care about the policy, otherwise there would have been little point in taking out the insurance in the first place, but merely that the individual concerned doesn't have too much interest in recouping the money themselves.
As such there are a large number of people out there who do not have life insurance. Recent studies suggest in some areas of the country less than 10% of the elderly population may have life insurance policies. Whether this is because people do not have relatives to whom they feel like the policy should pay out or any other reason I could not say.
The point that I am driving at is this: the value of life insurance to the policyholder is somewhat akin to the importance that the money will have for the beneficiary of the policy. No amount of money can make up for the death of a loved one, it is merely intended to ease some of the financial difficulties that can come with someone dying, whether that be inability to work, the difficulty of dealing with the mortgage or outstanding loans, or any other situation that might arise.
One suggestion is that with the increasingly aged nature of our population, a lot of life insurance policies are being cashed in early in return for financial assistance. It is sometimes difficult to find appropriate care for elderly relatives and nursing home fees can be incredibly expensive and a huge drain. Therefore, in order to afford the best quality of life possible in what few years are remaining, many people cash in their life insurance policies and use the money from the policy to pay the bills.
This is something of a tragic situation and one that is largely unavoidable. As I mentioned before people wouldn't have life insurance policies if they didn't care for the well-being and comfort of those who followed, that this care has to be overlooked in order to achieve a comfortable standard of living in those last few years is not a pleasant thought.
In other cases people are struggling to make ends meet, and thus we find that many people who perhaps should have life insurance do not in return for paying into their pension, or paying other forms of bills or insurance. That is the risk that has to be taken when people are struggling to make ends meet, and at the end of the day humanity has a habit of backing its own survival.
Despite the numbers, though, life insurance is incredibly important, particularly for those who have a young family and children that are not of the age to earn for themselves. As with any situation it is a case of balancing the various demands and deciding which are most important, but life insurance policies are not often very expensive, and may end up being the best money that you ever spent, even if you don't recoup it yourself.
Kill the Ox Kill the Owner of the Ox The price of the life of male or female slave is 12 ounces of silver
If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, •The ox shall surely be stoned to death •And its flesh shall not be eaten; •But the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.
If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, •The ox shall be stoned to death •And its owner also shall be put to death.
If the ox gores a male or female slave, •The owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, •And the ox shall be stoned to death.
Thirty shekels of silver equal about 12 ounces or 342 grams in weight This means that the price of the life of male or female slave is 12 ounces of silver! ========= The three verses of the Law of the Ox in different versions of the Bible
Exodus 21:28, 29 and 32
New American Standard Bible
28] "If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. 29] "If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. 32] "If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
King James Version
28] If an ox gores a man or a woman that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29] But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 32] If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. =========
The law of the Ox (Bull) in the Noble Quran
There is no specific Law for the Ox and/or the Owner of the Ox in the Noble Quran!
However, the two verses 2:178-179 give a general Law in cases of murder
Verse 2:178 says: O you who believe, the Law of retaliation is prescribed for you on equal terms, regarding the slain, both in the attributes [of the one slain] and in the action involved; In the matter of the murdered ones; a free man, is killed, for a free man, and a slave for a slave, and a female for a female a life for a life The freeman for the freeman, a freeman who premeditatedly kills another freeman And the slave for the slave, a slave who premeditatedly kills another, And the female for the female, a female who premeditatedly kills another A life for a life, this is the Law And for him who is forgiven somewhat by his brother, Whoever forgives the killing and takes instead blood money, Allah commands the person who asks for blood money to claim this money according to practiced usage: three years if it is full blood money, two years if it is half of the blood money, or one year if it is a third (and payment unto him) The person who is required to pay blood money is commanded to give the custodians of the murdered person what is due to them (in kindness) without the need to go to court or making it difficult for them. This pardon is alleviation, appeasement and a mercy from your Lord towards the killer such that he is not killed. He who transgresses after this, after taking the blood money and kills the murderer will have a painful doom; he shall be killed and will not be forgiven or allowed to pay blood money. And verse 2:179 says: And there is a life for you in the law of retaliation a continuation of existence and a lesson, O men of understanding, those who possess sound minds among people, that you may ward off (evil)) that you may ward off killing one another for fear of retaliation
Chapter 2: AL-BAQARA 178 and 179
?178? o ye who believe! the law of retaliation (equality) is prescribed to you in cases of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the woman for the woman. but if any remissions are made by the brother of the slain, then grant any reasonable demand, and compensate him with handsome gratitude, this is a concession and a mercy from your lord. after this whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave penalty. ?179? in the law of retaliation (equality) there is (saving of) life to you, o ye men of understanding; that ye may restrain yourselves.
---------------------------------------------------- What if the Quran was the Book which commands to kill 1) the Uncircumcised, 2) who curses his parents, 3) the gay, 4) the Zoosexual and the Beast, 5) who works in the Sabbath! 6) Your brother, your son, etc. if they try to turn you away from the LORD and 7) all who live in that town, 8) the prophet and 9) all the Midianites, men, women and boys and 10) the Ox, and the owner. What if the Quran says that the Price of the Life of a human being is 12 Ounces of Silver? What the Western Media would have said? What names they have given the Quran in such case? =========
Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"
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