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Exegesis of Genesis’ foundational doctrines: creation, covenant, humanity, and early biblical history.

Abraham and Solomon Members Public

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 585: Narrated Abu Dhar: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was first built on the surface of the earth?" He said, "Al-Masjid-ul-Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built next?" He replied "The

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Abraham's name Members Public

In the Torah, Genesis 17:1,3,5 we read: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty, walk before me and be blameless. ... Abram fell facedown, and God said to him ... No longer will you be called Abram, your

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Qur'an Contradiction : Pharaoh, Haman, and the Tower of Babel Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction: Pharaoh, Haman, and the tower of Babel Pharaoh and Haman, and their hosts were sinners ... And Pharaoh said, "Council, I know not that you have any god but me. Kindle me, Haman, a fire upon the clay, and make me a tower, that I may

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Abraham's Progeny Members Public

The below arrangement might look strange at first, but it is written that way to make the structure of the text clearer. Surah 6:83-89 states: 83  That was the reasoning about Us,     which We gave to Abraham (to use) against his people:     We raise whom We will, degree after

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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

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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

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Qur'an Error: Did Joseph's parents go to Egypt? Members Public

Qur'an Error Did Joseph's parents go to Egypt? The Bible states clearly that Joseph's mother Rachel (Genesis 30:22-24) died at the birth of Joseph's younger brother, Benjamin: Then they [Jacob and his household] moved on from Bethel. While they were still

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Quick or Slow Creation? Members Public

We find in the Qur'an 7:54 Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days, ... Many Muslims in recent days try to become modern in their interpretation and bring the six days into line with cosmology and its currently proposed 15

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