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The Third Caliph’s Abuse of the Quran’s Greatest Compiler Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to cite certain Muslim authorities concerning the abuse and physical beating that the third caliph Uthman ibn Affan inflicted on Abdullah ibn Masud. The purpose of doing so is to unveil what Sunni Muslims are too embarrassed to mention since it reflects rather poorly
St. Paul in Islam Paid Members Public
The following is a response to Nisar Muhammad’s article regarding Paul which can be found here: http://www.answerchristianity.fsnet.co.uk/StPaul.htm. Nisar has falsely claimed that I have been unable to refute his arguments, and consistently boasts about defeating me. He even boasts about being my
PAUL IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC SOURCES REVISITED Paid Members Public
Make sure to read the document citing some of Islam’s earliest and greatest scholars, all of whom acknowledge that Paul was a truly inspired apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ: The Apostle Paul In Early Islamic Exegesis (/2019/12/16/the-apostle-paul-in-early-islamic-exegesis/) In this post I am going to address
THE APOSTLE PAUL IN EARLY ISLAMIC EXEGESIS Paid Members Public
إِذْأَرْسَلْنَاإِلَيْهِمُاثْنَيْنِفَكَذَّبُوهُمَافَعَزَّزْنَابِثَالِثٍفَقَالُواإِنَّاإِلَيْكُممُّرْسَلُونَ [Surah Yasin: 36:13-14] And
More Islamic Fairytales: The Consequences of Not Saying Insha Allah! Paid Members Public
According to the Islamic expositors, the following passage, And never say of anything, “I shall do such and such thing tomorrow.” Except (with the saying), “If Allah will!” And remember your Lord when you forget and say: “It may be that my Lord guides me unto a nearer way of
How the One Becomes the Many: The Quran’s Affirmation of Plurality within Unity Paid Members Public
Muslims will argue that Allah is a singular person, though they may not employ that specific term, on the basis of Quranic texts which state that the Islamic deity is one. They further base this on the fact that the Quran often ascribes singular verbs, adjectives, pronouns, etc. to Allah.
How Allah Stumped Muhammad and His Followers Paid Members Public
The Quran expressly testifies that Jesus is the Word of Allah, who proceeded from him as a Spirit and was sent down into Mary, obviously for the express purpose of becoming a flesh and blood human being: When the angels said, ‘Mary, God gives thee good tidings of a Word
Another Quranic Dilemma Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this series we will be revisiting (https://answeringislam.net/Quran/Contra/jesus_unlike_adam.html) the Quran’s assertion that Jesus is similar to Adam in the sight of the Muslim deity: Verily, in the sight of God, the nature of Jesus is as the nature of Adam, whom