Category: Textual Integrity

  • Sura’ al-Fatihah and the Missionary’s “Straight Path”

    Some Christian missionaries have the inherent fantasy that Sura’ al-Fatihah (the first Sura’ of the Qur’an) somehow supports their false pagan doctrine of the Trinity. They will first cite the whole ayaat and then twist this interpretation to suit their false doctrine. Let us now deal with this latest polemic in the following paragraphs.

  • How Tafsir is Performed?

    If you ask what is the best method of tafsir, the answer is that the best way is to explain the Qur’an through the Qur’an. For, what the Qur’an alludes to at one place is explained at the other, and what it says in brief on one occasion is elaborated upon at the other. But…

  • Does “Musi’un” Mean “Expanding”?

    Introduction It has come to our attention that Avijit Roy, webmaster of the Mukto Mona website, wrote an article titled Does the Qur’an Have any Scientific Miracles? One portion of the article on the subject of Sura’ az-Zaariyaat is worth commenting on, as it is an exhibition of some of the common problems with non-Muslim…

  • Christoph Heger’s Problematic “Reconstruction” Of The Qur’anic Sura 96

    In an article of his, Christoph Heger has ventured to uncover what he insinuated as the pre-Islamic ground layer of an originally Christian text in the Qur’anic Sura 96. Let us first present a beautiful English rendering of the portion of this Sura under consideration here: Recite in the name of thy Lord who created…

  • Thematic Structure of Sura 2

    A list of the thematic structure of the Qur’an, arranged according to the main themes contained within Sura al-Baqarah.

  • The Miracle of Isra’ and Mi’raj

    The verse of Isra’ in the Qur’an is clear not liable to hesitation or reluctance in saying that Allah had caused His servant to travel by night from Al-Masjid Al-Haram to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa like you say; I traveled by night from such and such place to such and such place. So, there is no room…