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NOTES FOR TAUHID DEBATE WITH YAHYA PT. 2 Paid Members Public
This is a continuation of my debate notes with Yahya (/2020/06/30/notes-for-tauhid-debate-with-yahya/). The Black Stone The pagans would venerate stones, and believed that the gods/goddesses served as their intercessors: Now, surely, sincere obedience is due to Allah (alone) and (as for) those
Is the Qur’an Written in Pure Arabic? Paid Members Public
Foreign Words and Poor Grammar Disprove a Quranic Claim Timothy W. Dunkin Among Muslim claims for the Qur’an, the purity of the Arabic within the Quranic text is pointed to as a strong proof that the Qur’an was given as direct revelation from Allah. This is understood both
The Quranic Teaching on Wine and Strong Drink Paid Members Public
Satan’s Handiwork in Allah’s Garden? Timothy W. Dunkin Most Westerners are at least passingly familiar with the Islamic belief concerning alcoholic beverages. In conservative Muslim countries which have instituted some form of shari’a law, the production and consumption of alcholic drinks is absolutely forbidden, upon pain of
Do They Bear Another’s Burdens Or Not? Paid Members Public
Exposing More of Muhammad’s Blunders The Quran and ahadith of Muhammad claim that no sinner will ever bear the sins of another: Say: ‘Shall I seek after a Lord other than God, who is the Lord of all things?’ Every soul earns only to its own account, no soul
The Quran and Sunnah In Conflict: Is Every Living Thing From Water? Paid Members Public
The Muslim asserts that Allah created every living thing from water: And Allah has created from water every living creature (dabbatin): so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which walks upon four;
Does the Quran Reject Christ’s Eternal Generation? Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to refute the common Muhammadan assertion that the Quran addresses and rejects the historic Christian doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son. The passage that is often pointed to is the following: He begets not, and neither is He begotten; S. 112:3
JESUS CHRIST – THE MUHAMMAD OF THE QURAN? Paid Members Public
Many people may not be aware of the fact that the term Muhammad appears only four times in the Quran, with the name Ahmad appearing only once. Muslims have assumed that these all refer to their prophet Muhammad. However, not all are convinced that this is the case since there
AHMAD OR THE HOLY SPIRIT? Paid Members Public
We now come to the name Ahmad, which appears only one time in the Quran (/2020/06/14/jesus-christ-the-muhammad-of-the-quran/). Once again, is this another of Muhammad’s names as later tradition asserts, or is it a further case of a descriptive noun that may