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Qur'an Inconsistency: The 'Iddah rules for divorced and widowed women Paid Members Public
Qur'an Inconsistency The 'Iddah rules for divorced and widowed women As a general rule, when a marriage ends — whether by a divorce or by the death of the husband — Islam prescribes a waiting period ('iddah) for the woman before she can marry again. Divorced women shall
How Merciful Is Allah's Mercy? Paid Members Public
6:12 He [Allah] has inscribed [prescribed] for himself (the rule of) mercy. 6:35 ... If it were Allah's will, He could gather them together unto true guidance. ... If it is Allah's will that some perish, if it is his will that some are not guided
Qur'an Contradiction: Is Evil from Satan, Ourselves, or Allah? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Is Evil from Satan, Ourselves, or Allah? 4:78 Say: "All things are from Allah." 4:79 Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah; but whatever evil happens to thee, is from thyself. 4:82 Do they not ponder on the
Qur'an Difficulty: Where is Allah? Paid Members Public
Where is Allah? He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days; then He mounted the Throne. ... (Pickthall Translation) -- Sura 57:4 It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him
Contradictions in the Qur'an: What was man created from? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: What was man created from? The very first revelation starts out with providing an ingredient for contradiction: Proclaim! In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, who created - created man, out of a mere clot of congealed blood. -- Sura 96:1-2 Apart from the
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Six or eight days of creation? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Six or eight days of creation? Sura 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, and 25:59 clearly say that God created "the heavens and the earth" in six days. But then there is also the following passage: 2 Say: Is it that ye deny
Qur'an Difficulty: Inquiry in Paradise? Paid Members Public
Inquiry in Paradise? For when the trumpet is blown, that day there shall be no kinship any more between them, neither will they question one another. -- Sura 23:101 ... this is the Day of Judgement... Nay, but that day they shall submit (to Judgement); and they will turn to
Qur'an Contradiction: How many days did Allah need to destroy the people of Aad? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: How many days did Allah need to destroy the people of Aad? The Qur'an speaks in various passages about the people of Aad, and about their destruction by terrible tornado as punishment from Allah for their disobedience. The Qur'an, however, contradicts itself