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Qur'an Difficulty: Ezra, the Son of God? Members Public

Ezra, the Son of God? In Surah at-Taubah, 9:30, we find the astonishing statement: And the Jews say, "Ezra is the Son of God;" and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the Son of God." ... While the statement about the Christian doctrine is correct, the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Contradictions in the Qur'an : Creation of Man, and Adam giving names to the Animals Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction: Creation of Man, and Adam giving names to the Animals The following is a response to a newsgroup posting. | Salam all, | | A point that intrigues me. | | Names and the human necessity to give things names... | | Here I am right now trying to find exact words to

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Contradictions between Bible and Qur'an Members Public

This list has the purpose just to document the differences between Bible and Qur'an and that is "in itself" no indication which one is the truth. The most important question of how to discern which Book is the true word of God will have to be

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Mistakes of the Quran regarding the Biblical Patriarchs Members Public

The Quran’s Mistakes regarding the Biblical Patriarchs One formula that is used in the Scriptures to identify the specific God worshiped by Israel, highlighting their unique relationship to their covenant making God, is the expression, "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob": "And behold, the LORD

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Who are those messengers that were rejected by Noah's people? Members Public

Examining some Muslim responses Jochen Katz Since the Bible does not know of any other messengers contemporary to Noah, and the Qur'an also speaks only in the singular in all other passages dealing with the time and story of Noah (cf. this list), I had asked nearly fifteen

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Qur'an Contradiction: Who Adopted Moses: Pharaohs Daughter or Pharaohs Wife? Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction Who Adopted Moses: Pharaohs Daughter or Pharaohs Wife? According to the Holy Bible, when Pharaoh sought to slay all the Hebrew male babies God saved Moses by having Pharaohs daughter adopt the baby as her own child: "Now a man from the house of Levi

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Were they utterly destroyed? Members Public

Surah al-Furqan 25:35-38 (Shakir's translation): And certainly We gave Musa the Book and We appointed with him his brother Haroun an aider. Then We said: Go you both to the people who rejected Our communications; so We destroyed them with utter destruction. And the people of Nuh,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Two Pharaohs who crucified? Members Public

Various passages tell the story that Pharaoh's sorcerers believe in the signs and message of Moses, and then Pharaoh tries to threaten them with these words (Shakir's translation): I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, then will I crucify you

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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