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Detailed responses to Islamic assertions, critiques, and controversies, offering thorough scriptural and historical counter-arguments.
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
Does Allah forgive shirk? Paid Members Public
Allah does NOT forgive shirk: Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed. -- Sura 4:48 Allah forgiveth not (the sin of) joining
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&
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
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
Contradictions in the Qur'an - Solomon and the animals Paid Members Public
How can little worm eat away Solomans staff? Was Solomon standing there for months and waited for the little worm to finish until it fell apart? Solomon is amused at the speech of an ant? (27:19) How could Solomon keep his sanity if he heard all the voices of
Contradictions between Bible and Qur'an Paid Members Public
This list has the purpose just to document the differences between Bible and Qur'an and that is "in itself" no indication which one is the truth. The most important question of how to discern which Book is the true word of God will have to be
The Problem of Divine Sovereignty, Predestination, Salvation and Human Free Will Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction Sam Shamoun Introduction In this article we will examine the contradictory teachings of the Quran concerning human "free will" and Divine sovereignty. We will show how the Muslim scripture’s teaching that man is capable of believing or rejecting Allah’s revelation is contradicted