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Is there a Prediction of Muhammad in the Taurat? Paid Members Public
Qur’anic translation taken from Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Al A’raf 7:157 “Those who follow the apostle, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in the Taurat and the Injil…” Al Saff 61:6 “…Jesus, the son of Mary said: ‘O children of Israel! I am the apostle of
Are There Predictions of Muhammad in the Old Testament? Paid Members Public
Qur’anic translation taken from Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Muslims and Christians alike agree that Christ’s coming was predicted often in the Old Testament. Yet, if God had intended to send another prophet far greater than He, we should naturally find predictions concerning him there as well. None are to
An Explanation of the Unipersonality of Christ for Muslims Paid Members Public
Gerry Redman Introduction One of the great failures of Muslims in terms of their apologetic stance against Christianity, both with regard to the Qur’an and modern Islamic polemics is the absence of any detailed examination of the Christian doctrine of the Hypostatic Union – the dogma that Jesus is simultaneously
An Explanation of the Unipersonality of Christ for Muslims Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Gerry Redman This continuation from the previous post: An Explanation of the Unipersonality of Christ for Muslims. 7. The Necessity of the Hypostatic Union Why was it necessary for God to take human nature? What is the necessity of Christ having two natures? Firstly, it was necessary because the Covenant
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GABRIEL: ALLAH’S FELLOW ASSOCIATES Paid Members Public
Contrary to the repeated assertion of Muslims, the Quran does not proclaim an absolute pure form of monotheism (tauhid) since it does not depict Allah as a singular monad. Take, for instance, what the following verses teach in respect to the revelation and collection of the Islamic text: Stir not
ALLAH WORSHIPS WITH THE QURAN Paid Members Public
One of the major acts of worship for Muslims is the recitation of the Quran, a point which the Islamic scripture itself repeatedly makes: And when the Qur’an is recited, give ear to it and pay heed, that ye may obtain mercy. S. 7:24 Pickthall Perform As-Salat
ALLAH’S AMAZEMENT AND LAUGHTER Paid Members Public
It may surprise non-Muslims, as well as some Muslims, to discover that the authentic traditions of Islam depict Allah as a finite spatial, temporal being who experiences bewilderment and amazement, as well as exhibiting emotions such as laughter. For example, Muhammad is reported to have said that his god
A QURANIC VARIANT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE Paid Members Public
Despite having to now admit that the Quran contains thousands of variant readings and that there conflicting Arabic versions of the Islamic scripture, Muslims still claim that none of these differences affect any core tenet of the Islamic faith. Unfortunately for these Muslims such is not the case as I