666 mark of the beast translated

[z.monkey]

How about a literal translation?
Let him who hath understanding recon the number of the beast, for it is a human number...
Humans are carbon based lifeforms...
Carbon's atomic number is 6, 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons...
Does thou hath understanding?  Thou art The Beast...
Although I do appreciate Iron Maiden's interpretation also...

[z.monkey]

LOL!

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Interesting how one human is able to successfully attribute some written words to a deity, and then use those words to divide and conquer huge numbers of humans gullible enough to accept those 'words' as divine in origin, solely based on someone's say so.

The Quran is one of them:

Sura:

002.007
YUSUFALI: Allah hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).
PICKTHAL: Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom.
SHAKIR: Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing and there is a covering over their eyes, and there is a great punishment for them.

Quoted from:
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/002.qmt.html

Mostly they imply: "If you don't believe what I say, I kill you!"

Muslim fanatics are holding Muslim moderates hostage to the fanatic's personal beliefs, as it says above in the quoted Sura ("Chapter" in Arabic).

--Lee