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In-depth analysis of Islamic theology, scripture, tradition, and argumentation through rigorous scholarly critique.
Will all Muslims go to Hell? Paid Members Public
Are Martyrs Spared or Will all Muslims go to Hell? From the entry under Martyrs in The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam by Cyril Glass: Believers who die for their faith, in defense of it, or persecuted for it, are assured of Heaven. They are buried as they died, unwashed and
Qur'an Contradiction: Is Wine good or bad? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction Is Wine good or bad? Wine is forbidden for a Muslim here on earth: O you who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divine arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside that you may succeed. --
Qur'an Difficulty: When/how are the fates determined? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: When/how are the fates determined? Sura 97:3,4 says, "The night of power is better than a thousand months. The angels and the spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees." Sura 44:3 also says, "Lo!
Qur'an Difficulty: When Commanded Pharaoh the Killing of the Sons? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: When Commanded Pharaoh the Killing of the Sons? Sura 40:23-25 says, "And truly We sent Moses with our revelation and a clear warrant unto Pharaoh and Haman and Qarun, but they said, `A lying sorcerer!' And when he brought them the truth from
Qur'an Difficulty: Was Pharaoh Drowned or Saved? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty Was Pharaoh Drowned or Saved? In Sura 10:92, Allah speaks to Pharaoh who ferociously chased the Children of Israel, "But this day We save you in your body, that you may be a portent for those after you." Although this verse makes it
Qur'an Difficulty: Moses and the Injil? Paid Members Public
Many verses in the Qur'an make clear that the Injil is given to Jesus who was born several hundred years [about 1,400] after Moses. But in Sura 7:155-157 is the problem that Moses prays to Allah and in Allah's response to Moses we read
Qur'an Difficulty: God alone or also men? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: God alone or also men? Sura 16:103 states that the Qur'an is "clear Arabic speech." If it were really clear, why is this explanation even necessary? But it doesn't seem to be so clear after all when we read:
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Will Christians go to Paradise? Paid Members Public
Believers, Jews, Sabaeans and Christians - whoever believes in God and the Last Day and does what is right - shall have nothing to fear or regret. -- Sura 5:69 But just three verses further in the text it says Unbelievers are those that say: "God is the