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Contradictions in the Qur'an: Event of Worship to the Golden Calf Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction: The Event of Worship to the Golden Calf In the last contradiction we were already looking at idol worship and the golden calf was mentioned in Sura 4:153. Now let us have a closer look at this specific story. In Sura 20:85, Allah told

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Abraham's name Members Public

In the Torah, Genesis 17:1,3,5 we read: When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty, walk before me and be blameless. ... Abram fell facedown, and God said to him ... No longer will you be called Abram, your

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Difficulty: Moses and the Injil? Members Public

Qur'an Difficulty Moses and the Injil? In Sura 7:155-157 we find a prayer by Moses and then Allah's response to him (Yusuf Ali's translation): [7:155] And Moses chose seventy of his people for Our place of meeting: when they were seized with

Jochen Katz
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The Mistakes of the Quran regarding the Biblical Patriarchs Members Public

The Quran’s Mistakes regarding the Biblical Patriarchs One formula that is used in the Scriptures to identify the specific God worshiped by Israel, highlighting their unique relationship to their covenant making God, is the expression, "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob": "And behold, the LORD

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Error: Israel's Response to the Covenant Members Public

Qur'an Error: Israels Response to the Covenant The Quran erroneously states that when God made a covenant with Israel through Moses, the people responded by saying that they disobey: There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Problem: Abraham's Progeny? How Muhammad messed up Abraham's family tree Members Public

Abraham's Progeny? How the author of the Qur'an messed up Abraham's family tree After recounting how Abraham became a believer and a prophet to his own people (S. 6:74-82; cf. this article), the Qur'an states how Allah rewarded Abraham by giving

Jochen Katz
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What Torah is the Quran talking about? Members Public

Sam Shamoun In his most recent article trying to address Muhammads blatant inconsistency and failure of applying the Qurans censuring of all poetry (*), Bassam Zawadi seeks to undermine my claim regarding the Quran confirming the Holy Bible. After citing a text to show that the Quran commands Zawadi to believe

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Yet again: Unclean foods? Members Public

Yet again: Unclean foods Sam Shamoun Not leaving well enough alone, Bassam Zawadi has once again decided to raise the issue of clean and unclean foods (1, 2). In the second article, he claims: Leviticus 20:25 25 " 'You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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