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The Earth: Flat or Round? Paid Members Public
An older version of the below article is also available in Arabic What does the Qur'an Say? Do they not look at the camels how they are made. And the sky how it is raised high. And the mountains how they are fixed firm. And the earth how
Qur'an and Science: Is the Earth Egg-Shaped? Paid Members Public
Is the Earth Egg-Shaped? Sura 79:30 reads Wal'arda ba'da dhalika dahaha and is usually translated as And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); (Yusuf Ali) And after that He spread the earth, (Pickthall) And the earth, He expanded it after
Will children go to Paradise? Paid Members Public
The Bible does not present an explicit teaching on this topic. However, the article What happens to babies when they die? in the eschatology section of this Questions & Answers page presents a good explanation of the indirect evidence found in the Bible. Some Muslims like to ask if Children
Hadith : The Muslim Traditions Paid Members Public
* Index of Hadith * The main Muslim Hadith database in English translation: Sunnah and Hadith * Discussions of weak and fabricated Hadith * Hadith Cosmology * The Stone That Took Off Running * Fly Wing Medicine Answering Islam Home Page
Discussions of fabricated Hadith Paid Members Public
Discussions of weak and fabricated Hadith These are links to Muslim sites: * Weak and fabricated Hadith (*, *) * Evaluation of some commonly quoted hadith * Greater and 'Lesser' Jihad?, Greater & lesser Jihaad * The Story of 'Umar Being Corrected by a Woman * On the Hadeeth Naming the 99 Names of
Aisha and her marriage to Muhammad Paid Members Public
We do not agree with the agressive language employed, but the below quoted newsgroup posting gives the facts in a concise form. From [email protected] (SVENHOLM) Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam Subject: Re: How old was Aicha? Date: Mon Sep 09 23:42:23 EDT 1996 In article
BIBLICAL MONOTHEISM EXAMINED Pt. 11 Paid Members Public
Trinitarian or Henotheistic in Nature? Pt. 11
BIBLICAL MONOTHEISM EXAMINED Pt. 10 Paid Members Public
Trinitarian or Henotheistic in Nature? Pt. 10