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Quran Difficulty: Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? Members Public

Quran Difficulty Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? The Quran exhorts believers, in fact mankind in general, to be kind to parents: Say: Come, I will tell you what your Lord has made binding on you: that you shall serve no other gods besides Him; that you shall show kindness

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The descent of the Quran -- Verses in conflict with the piecemeal theory Members Public

Is half the Qur'an already fully detailed? Verses in conflict with the theory of a piecemeal descent of the Qur'an The Qur'an contains contradictory statements about how the Qur'an was supposedly revealed: Was it at one time as one complete book or

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The Qur'an and the Flight of Birds Members Public

How Birds Fly It has become a major tool in Muslim dawah ("invitation", i.e. efforts to convince others of the truth of Islam) to claim that the divine origin of the Qur'an is proven by its amazing scientific accuracy that can only be from God,

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Quran Error and Contradiction: Can one be a believer in God and oppose Muhammad at the same time? Members Public

Quran Error and Contradiction Can One Be A Believer in God And Oppose Muhammad At The Same Time? The Quran makes the following claim: Thou wilt not find any people who believe in God and the Last Day, loving those who resist God and His Apostle, even though they were

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Qur'an Contradiction: Who suffers loss if Muhammad was wrong? Members Public

A Plain Error and Contradiction in the Qur'an: Who suffers loss if Muhammad was wrong? In Sura 34:50, Muhammad is commanded to say the following: Say: ‘If I go astray, I go astray only to my own loss; if I am guided, it is by what my

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Qur'an Contradiction and Error: Are they all obedient and prostrating? Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction Everything and Everyone is Obedient to God? Are they all prostrating to Allah? The Quran claims that all living creatures are prostrating to and obey Allah: And unto Allah maketh prostration whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth of living creatures (dabbatin)

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Qur'an Problem: Abraham and the Sun Members Public

Abraham and the Sun Another Credibility Problem for the Qur'an Jochen Katz The Qur'an narrates the following story in order to inform us how Abraham became a true believer: And when Abraham said to his father Azar, 'Takest thou idols for gods? I see thee,

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Qur'an Problem: Abraham's Progeny? How Muhammad messed up Abraham's family tree Members Public

Abraham's Progeny? How the author of the Qur'an messed up Abraham's family tree After recounting how Abraham became a believer and a prophet to his own people (S. 6:74-82; cf. this article), the Qur'an states how Allah rewarded Abraham by giving

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