prophecy
Defense and exploration of biblical prophecy, its fulfillment, and interpretive challenges.
Was Jonah cast on the desert shore or was he not? Paid Members Public
Surah 37 ("as-Saaffaat") reads in verse 145: "fa-nabadhnaahu bil-`araai wa-huwa saqeemun" A verbatim translation is: "Then We cast him on the desert plain and he was sick" The well known Muslim translators render this verse: Pickthall: "Then We cast him on a
Abraham and Solomon Paid Members Public
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 585: Narrated Abu Dhar: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was first built on the surface of the earth?" He said, "Al-Masjid-ul-Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built next?" He replied "The
Moses and the Samaritan Paid Members Public
Jochen Katz In the story of incident with the golden calf we read He [Allah] said, "We have tempted thy people since thou didst leave them. The Samaritan has led them into error." Then Moses returned ... they [the Israelites] said, "... and we cast them [(gold) ornaments], as
Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufail's Cosmological Views and Their Influence on the Quran Paid Members Public
Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nufail's Cosmological Views and Their Influence on the Quran According to Muslim sources, prior to Islam there was a group of Arab men who abandoned the paganism of Arabia, specifically of Mecca. They had decided that they would only worship the one true God
Who are those messengers that were rejected by Noah's people? Paid Members Public
Examining some Muslim responses Jochen Katz Since the Bible does not know of any other messengers contemporary to Noah, and the Qur'an also speaks only in the singular in all other passages dealing with the time and story of Noah (cf. this list), I had asked nearly fifteen
Is the Qur'an Miraculous? - The "prophecy" about Abu Lahab Paid Members Public
The Argument about Abu Lahab A new argument for the divine origin of the Qur'an has recently come to be presented by increasing numbers of Muslims. For our response we will quote from the end of the article Qur'an: Is it the Truth? at the Khalifornia
Contradictions in the Qur'an : What about Jonah? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: What about Jonah? The Quran claims that messengers were sent to their own people proclaiming the Message in their native tongue: "Then after him (Noah) We sent (many) messengers to their peoples: they brought them Clear Signs, but they would not believe what they had
Qur'an Contradiction: Israel, the Quran and the Promised Land Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Israel, the Quran and the Promised Land Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Holy Bible in many places speaks of God giving Israel the land of Canaan as their everlasting and cherished possession: "The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I