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Analytical studies examining the Qur’anic concept of Allah, textual issues, and theological comparisons with biblical revelation.
Islam’s Other god Paid Members Public
[Part 2] Analyzing the Quran’s Implicit Deification of Muhammad Sam Shamoun and Jochen Katz Despite the Quran’s explicit and emphatic position that Muhammad was a weak mortal, testifying of his frailty, fallibility and sinfulness (see Part 1), there are other verses which laid the foundation for the later
Islam’s Other god – The Muslim Deification of Muhammad Paid Members Public
Islam’s Other god The Muslim Deification of Muhammad [Part 1] Sam Shamoun Purpose of this series Many Muslims have been taught, and sincerely believe, that they belong to the most purely monotheistic religion on earth. We have scrutinized Muslim source materials (Quran, ahadith, and Muslim "devotional literature"
The Quran As A Divine Conscious Agent Paid Members Public
More Evidence That Islam Does Not Affirm Unitarianism Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Introduction In this article we are going to examine specific traditions attributed to Muhammad which clearly depict the Quran as a personal agent that speaks and even disputes. These narrations will show that the Quran is more
Christ – The Life-Giver Paid Members Public
More Quranic Proof that Jesus is Equal to Allah Sam Shamoun The Quran repeatedly affirms that Allah is the one who is able to heal and give life to the dead: And when you slew a soul and cast the blame upon one another regarding it–and God is the
Christ as the Just Ruler and Judge – Paid Members Public
More Islamic Evidence that Jesus is like Allah Sam Shamoun In some of our previous discussions (1, 2, 3) we saw how both the Quran and the Islamic sources ascribe to Jesus specific characteristics and functions which end up likening him to Allah, even going as far as to make
The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We arrive at the final part of our analysis of Muhammad’s teaching regarding the issue of supplication. As we saw, the Islamic sources transmit two different and contradictory teachings from Muhammad concerning the permissibility of invoking someone other than Allah for help. On the one hand, there
The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. The same exact hadith corpus claim that Muhammad informed his followers that supplications/invocations are the very essence of worship: 296. The excellence of supplication 712. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet said, "Nothing is dearer to Allah than supplication.
The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun One of the criteria that the Quran gives to test whether it is from God is to see if it contains any contradictions: Do they not then consider the Quran carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. S. 4: