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Contradictions in the Qur'an: Sexy Fruits? Paid Members Public
Sexy Fruits? It needs a miracle to believe in this ... Recently, I discoved another "scientific miracle" in the Qur'an. At least that is what Khalid Baig claims it to be in an article titled "Quran: Witness the Miracle": Science found that fruit has sexual
The Qur'an, Muhammad and the Seven Earths Paid Members Public
Qur'an & Science Problem: The Seven Earths Their Existence and their Location It may come as a surprise to some of our readers to find that the Qur'an teaches that Allah created seven earths. "It is Allah Who has created seven heavens, and earths as
The Quran on Semen Production Paid Members Public
The Quran on Semen Production Sam Shamoun "Now let man but think from what he is created! He is created from a drop emitted - Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs:" S. 86:5-7 Dr. William Campbell explains why this passage is incompatible with modern medical
The Satanic Verses and the Miracle of the Qur'an Paid Members Public
The Satanic Verses and their implications for the Miracle of the Qur'an For the historical background on the satanic verses, please read the article by Ernest Hahn. Here I only want to reflect on the implications of this event on the claimed miracle of eloquence which propsed as
Qur'an Contradiction: Did All Prophets Receive the Same Book? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction Did All Prophets Receive the Same Book? Jochen Katz Sura 6:74-90 is a passage full of factual errors, logical contradictions and other problems. The first part, S. 6:74-82, narrates how Abraham became a believer. The article, Abraham and the Sun, discusses a
Qur'an Difficulty: Ants Cannot Talk Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: Ants Cannot Talk At length, when they came to a valley of ants, one of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into your habitations, lest Solomon and his hosts crush you (under foot) without knowing it." So he smiled, amused at her speech;
The Qur'an and the Oily Red Rose Nebula Paid Members Public
There are many Muslim webpages propagating one particular example of the miraculous scientific knowledge of the Qur'an, supposedly proven by a picture from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope on January 11, 1995, but having reached the attention of the Muslims apparently when it was the featured image at
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Will Allah reward or reject the good deeds of Unbelievers? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Will Allah reward the good deeds of Unbelievers? All religions exhort their followers to do good deeds, i.e. to help the weak and the poor.[1] Even people who do not believe in God at all, i.e. who do not believe that there will