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Textual, theological, and historical examinations of the Qur’an and its claims.

How the One Becomes the Many: The Quran’s Affirmation of Plurality within Unity 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.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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How Allah Stumped Muhammad and His Followers 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Another Quranic Dilemma Pt. 1 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

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Was Aisha really only Nine? Pt. 4 Members Public

We come to the final segment of the rebuttal (/2019/11/16/was-aisha-really-only-nine-pt-3/). References [1] Amjad, M. “The Learner” (1998). “What was Ayesha’s (ra) Age at the Time of Her Marriage?” Understanding Islam. http://www.understanding-islam.com/q-and-a/sources-of-islam/what-was-ayesha-s-ra-age-at-the-time-of-her-marriage-to-the-prophet-pbuh Saleem, R. M. (2008). “Age of Al-Sayyida Aisha When

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Sam Shamoun
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Was Aisha really only Nine? Pt. 3 Members Public

Continuing from the previous part (/2019/11/16/was-aisha-really-only-nine-pt-2/). 15. Very young marriage was normal in pre-Islamic Arabia. Argument 1 It is argued: The marriage happened 1400 ago, not today. At that time, their marriage was not considered unusual …and the proof is that the enemies of Muslims at that

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Sam Shamoun
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Was Aisha really only Nine? Pt. 1 Members Public

The following is taken from David Wood’s blog and can be accessed here: http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2019/11/was-aisha-really-only-nine.html. Introduction Sometimes you will read that there is debate over Aïsha’s age and that she may have been much older than nine when she married Muhammad.[1]

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Sam Shamoun
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Ramadan: One of the Names of Allah???!!! Members Public

As if Islam couldn’t get any more strange, it turns out that one of Allah’s most beautiful names happens to be Ramadan! This comes from one of Islam’s greatest scholars that ever named, namely, al-Ghazali. Here’s what he wrote in his book devoted to the ninety-names

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Sam Shamoun
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Some Grammatical Mistakes of the Quran Members Public

It is common knowledge to native Arabic speaking non-Muslims (and even Muslims!), as well as scholars of Islam, that the Quran contains grammatical errors, which fanatical Muslim fundamentalists have tried to explain away, but to avail. For instance, according to several so-called authentic Sunni sources, the Quran contains at least

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Sam Shamoun
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