2:25 And convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow; whenever they shall be given a portion of the fruit thereof, they shall say: This is what was given to us before; and they shall be given the like of it, and they shall have pure mates in them, and in them, they shall abide.

2:97 Say: Whoever is the enemy of Gabriel for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for the believers.

2:119 Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and as a warner, and you shall not be called upon to answer for the companions of the flaming fire.

2:155 And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient,

2:213 (All) people are a single nation; so Allah raised prophets as bearers of good news and as warners, and He revealed with them the Book with truth, that it might judge between people in that in which they differed; and none but the very people who were given it differed about it after clear arguments had come to them, revolting among themselves; so Allah has guided by His will those who believe to the truth about which they differed and Allah guides whom He pleases to the right path.

There's plenty more, I'll leave you with those few though.

Btw, the word for Good news is Bashira  in the Qur'an, and in the Bible Basara, both deriving from the same original Semitic root, and both meaning 'that news or glad tidings which make the face glow with happiness'.

I was hoping you would try and explain what 'you' think these verses mean, abu.
I merely used the word 'drivel', to convey the meaning that they make little, to no, sense to me, and was therefore wxpecting you to convince me that they are not, rather than just delete the word, it really is not an offensive word.

The misguidance as allah's will is the sticking point abu, that is the crux of the issue, that is what I always struggle to 'get'.

How is misguidance, or trickery, allah's will?

Why would he choose to enlighten some with his message, and not all?

Also of concern, is how a deity cannot seem to put forward a concise and universally understandable message.

Abu - the verses you quoted were difficult to understand.  Perhaps if you had learnt them from an early age it would be easier to decipher them.  They are not "beautiful" quotes in comparison to some passages from the bible and I'm not being disrespectful.  Just curious.

Mozzaok's comments were legitimate.   What did he say that was so disrespectful?

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Drivel?

Yes, that was what he deleted, but rather than getting too far off topic worrying about it, I would rather see the muslim posters putting up some verses that muslims valure from the koran, that we can all agree are good news.

I don't respect the bible, but I respect very many of the wonderful messages it contains, I think that the koran would also have many such messages that I have never heard, and to see those sorts of things posted, would at least give us a sense of balance in how we look at their teachings.

I think the radicals bring too much attention onto the negatives, and the positives get forgotten, meanwhile the in betweens start defending the radicals, even if they don't really agree, because they want to maintain respect for their book, no matter how badly the extremists pervert it's message.

Unless it is very different to the bible, which has heaps of offensive stuff in it, but still conveys an overall picture of hope and decency, then I think a little more focus on the hope and decency bits would be a good thing.

I think this is why sprint may have started this thread, as an opportunity to display some good muslim stuff, which is not about "ours is better than yours".

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What is there to get about it? He guides whom he wills and misguides whom he wills, but he misguides none except those who themselves go astray and reject good guidance.

2:26 By it He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path)

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It's perhaps the most universally understood message on the planet. Muslims come from the most diverse backgrounds. You don't want to understand it, and instead seek to mock it before even reading it.

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He asked about good news, i posted the first few passages that refer to good news. I didn't even actually read them to sort their content.