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Doctrinal studies addressing key themes in Christian belief through Scripture and sound exegesis.

Further numerical discrepancies Members Public

Numerical discrepancies in the Qur'an: Does Allah's day equal to 1,000 (Sura 22:47, 32:5) or 50,000 years (Sura 70:4)? Observe how similar 32:5 and 70:4 are worded (in English - I don't know the Arabic) "ascend unto

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Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Contradiction: Will people stay in Hell forever, or not? Members Public

Quran Contradiction Will people stay in Hell forever, or not? Sam Shamoun with Jochen Katz The Quran teaches that the people who are sent either to hell or to paradise will remain there forever. They will be there for eternity and never again leave these places: and those that followed

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Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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Allah's Forgotten Creatures Members Public

A Qur'an and Science Issue While working on the article about a contradiction between S. 15:27 and 21:30 (*), I found another a verse that is a close parallel to S. 21:30. Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Quran Contradiction: Who Was the First Muslim? Members Public

Quran Contradiction Who Was the First Muslim? According to several passages in the Quran, Muhammad was the first Muslim: Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be

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Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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Qur'an Contradiction: Do all of God's messengers eat food? Members Public

Quran Contradiction Do They Eat or Not? Sam Shamoun The Quran records the unbelievers objections to Muhammads apostleship on the grounds that he was a mere mortal who ate just like them: They also say, 'What ails this Messenger that he eats food, and goes in the markets? Why

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Sam Shamoun
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DISTORTION IN THE KORAN Members Public

The stage of collecting the Koran into a book was one of the most serious stages the Koranic text ever was subjected to. The Koran was revealed in seven ways (or dialects). Muslims sanctioned reciting it by the meaning and not necessarily verbatim. "Companions" at first were opposed

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Sam Shamoun
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Dishonest? Members Public

May 18, 1999 his newsgroup statement here June 4, 1998 smaller font October 28, 1996 The formulation on the original Qur'an contradictions page was: A red star * after the title indicates that a Muslim response to this topic is available or included. I said "available" not

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Sam Shamoun
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Quran Difficulty: Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? Members Public

Quran Difficulty Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? The Quran exhorts believers, in fact mankind in general, to be kind to parents: Say: Come, I will tell you what your Lord has made binding on you: that you shall serve no other gods besides Him; that you shall show kindness

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Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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