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Textual, theological, and historical examinations of the Qur’an and its claims.
Qur'an Difficulty: Thinking located in the breasts? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: Thinking located in the breasts? Surely He knows well all the thoughts within the breasts. -- Sura 11:5 Die in your rage; God knows the thoughts in the breasts. -- Sura 3:119 The above is Arberry's translation. Yusuf Ali translates "heart&
Qur'an Difficulty: Mountains and Earthquakes Paid Members Public
Qur'an Difficulty: Mountains and Earthquakes The Prophets (Al-Anbiya') 21:31, Middle Meccan, ``And We have set on the earth firm mountains, lest it should shake with them...'' The Bee (Al-Nahl) 16:15, Late Meccan, ``And He has cast onto the earth firm mountains lest it
Qur'an Contradiction: Shaking the Trunk of a Palm Tree? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Shaking the Trunk of a Palm Tree? From one of our readers we received this message: Dear friends, I am sure you might know this, but I haven't seen it mention in any of the sites I have visited. Its about the contradiction in
Contradictions in the Qur'an Paid Members Public
Qur'an & Science Problem: Are Sun and Moon subject to mankind? And He has made subject to you the sun and the moon, both diligently persuing their courses; and the night and the day has He (also) made subject to you. -- Sura 14:33 They were never
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Throwing Stars at the Devils? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Throwing Stars at the Devils? And We have (from of old), adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and we have made such (Lamps as) missiles to drive away Satans, ... -- Sura 67:5 We have indeed decked the lower heaven with beauty (in) the stars, (for
Contradictions in the Qur'an: The Place of Sun rise and Sun set Paid Members Public
Qur'an & Science Problem: The place of Sun rise and Sun set Till, when he [the traveller Zul-qarnain] reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it going down into a muddy spring, ... -- Sura Sura 18:86 Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Embryonic Development Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Embryonic Development Take, for example, the Quran's highly controversial statement that human beings are formed from a clot of blood. "Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made
Contradictions in the Qur'an : Conscious Mountains? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: Conscious Mountains? How can mountains both be able to "refuse the trust" and "feel fear" as Sura 33:72 says? Contradictions in the Qur'an Answering Islam Home Page