Muslim against music

[Rayaan]

"and We decked the nether heaven with lamps, and rendered it inviolable"

Rayaan, you say it's the stars that are inviolable but that sentence says he renders the heaven inviolable. Not the stars/lamps whatever. Because it says "it" and not "them" it is clearly talking about the heaven being Inviolable. So the sky.

Then it seems that I was wrong in referring to the stars instead of the heaven/sky.

But still, the main idea is that the beauty of the heaven cannot be changed or altered because it is safely guarded. The word "inviolable" (used by some translators of the Quran) is the the word "wahifthan" in Arabic. Others have used the words "firmly secured" or "protected" instead of "inviolable." So, they are all correct because they have pretty much the same meanings. Now lets go to the question below:

So the sky cannot be transgressed? We can't get into space?

No, because the verse doesn't say that we can't go into space. Rather, the heaven is kept inviolable from the devil (and I should've said this earlier).

How do we know this? It's because there is another verse (earlier in the Quran) which says:
We have indeed decked the lower heaven with an adornment in the stars; and have secured it from every rebellious Satan (Chapter 37, Verses 6-7).

Also, the context of the word "inviolable" in that verse does not mean "unable to travel."

The word "wahifthan" in Arabic means to be "guarded" or "protected" while some of the translators use the word "inviolable." But they all have a synonymous meaning. So, sometimes it is more helpful to refer to the Arabic text instead of the English because it's not that easy to translate the Quran word-by-word while keeping the exact meanings.

For instance you can make fun of Jesus in front of a Christian and live to see another day. But do that to Muhammad and you would wish to not live to see another day.

But of course not all Muslims are like that.

I personally don't care if someone draws a picture of Muhammad or not. It's not a big deal to me. I've seen cartoons of Muhammad in the forum as well but they don't get under my skin.

And believe me when I say it's exactly like what you said, a Disneyland for Muslims.

To non-Muslims, it might seem like we are going to Hajj only as a place for tourist attraction but actually that's not the main reason for going there.