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On Tower of Babel

Humanity attempts to build a tower reaching heaven to make a name for themselves. God confuses their languages and scatters them.

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◆ Held in common

What every account tells.

  • iHubris of builders
  • iiConfusion of tongues
◆ Where they part

How each tradition tells it.

Islam

The Quran does not explicitly mention the tower but discusses Nimrod's attempt to challenge God.


Side by side

Read the passages as one.

Each scripture’s own words, laid alongside the others.

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