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Analytical studies examining the Qur’anic concept of Allah, textual issues, and theological comparisons with biblical revelation.

The Allah of the Arabic Bible Members Public

In this short post I will be citing biblical verses where refer to the Father and Son as being God, which the Arabic Bible translates as Allah. “In the sixth month, God (Allahi) sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Gregory Palamas on the Muslim God Members Public

St. Gregory mentions a dialogue he had with a group of Turkish Muslims. What makes his comments rather amazing is that he affirms that both the Muslims and himself are calling upon one and the same God, even though these Turks are ignorant of the fact that this God whom

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islam’s Agenda to Conquer the World Members Public

Muhammad is reported to have taught that the whole earth was given to him by his god: (6) Chapter: The expelling of the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, “Let us go to the Jews.” We

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Dog of Allah Revealed Members Public

The Quran in S. 53 mentions a star which sets: By the star when it goes down, (or vanishes). Your companion (Muhammad) has neither gone astray nor has erred. Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is only an Inspiration that is inspired. S. 53:1-4 Hilali-Khan According

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ALLAH IMPROVES OVER TIME Members Public

The Quran depicts Allah as a finite being who improves and gets better over time. As an example of this point, Allah states that his recreating or resurrecting the creation is easier for him to handle than having first created all things. And He it is Who originates the creation,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MEDIATION IN ISLAM Members Public

There are certain narrations that are deemed to be authentic according to Sunni Islam, which plainly show Muhammad’s followers using either him or someone close to him as a means of mediating between the Islamic god and his followers. Take, for instance, the following hadiths which speak of gazing

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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IBN HANBAL ON SEEING HIS lord Members Public

According to specific traditions, the hadith scholar and early exponent of the uncreated nature of the Quran, who even has a school of Islamic jurisprudence named after him, Ahmad ibn Hanbal supposedly saw his lord in dreams. This has caused specific Muslim scholars to address the issue of whether a

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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UNCREATED RECITATION OF THE QURAN Members Public

The references in this post are taken from Kitab As-Sunnah, written by Abu ‘Abdir-Rahman ‘Adbullah ibn Al-Imam Ahmad (d. 290H), translated by Abu Hajar, published by Al-Aqeedah, 2022. All emphasis will be mine. Since the Quran is supposed to be Allah’s Word, Muslims must therefore deny that it is

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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