Muslim Responses To Anti-Islam Polemics
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Qur’anic Commentary on Sura’ An-Nissa’ (4):89
Recently, we hear Christians making strange claims about Sura’ An-Nissa’ (4):89, by saying that it is a verse meant to be applied as a punishment for apostates. The said verse is as follows They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not…
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Wife Beating In The Qur’an? Commentary On Sura’ An-Nissa’ (4):34
It is claimed that: Surah 4:34 is the notorious verse which advices Muslim husbands with regard to wives from whom they fear “rebellion” (“wa-llaatiy takhafuwna nushuwzahunna“) eventually to beat them (“wa- dribuwhunna“, “and beat them!”) The issue of a given scriptural verse and its implications are twain. First, there is the actual meaning of the…
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A Study of Two 20th-Century Qur'anic Commentaries
Asif Iqbal There are primarily two factors that call for the interpretation of the Qur’?nic revelation. Firstly it?s the Qur’?nic language. The language in which the Qur’?n was revealed was the highest level of the literary language (Hochsprache) of the Classical Arabic poetry. It is not the Arabic which the likes of Hariri, Mutanabbi, Zamakhshari…
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Mary, the Sister of Aaron?
Is it wisdom or folly? Has the Qur’an committed an anachronism or does it reflect comprehensive understanding?
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What was Israel’s Response to the Covenant?
In one of his recent articles, Sam Shamoun contends that because the Qur’an cites the response of the Israelites to Yahweh’s covenant as “We hear and we disobey” (2:93; 4:46) whereas the Bible quotes the same as “We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey” (Exodus 24:7) and “We will serve the…
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Talking Ants in the Qur’an?
Basically, the gist of the missionary claim is: Why does the Qur’an say that ants talk (27:18-19)? Everyone knows that ants communicate by chemicals detected by scent and never sound! Is this not a scientific error in the Qur’an? This style of argument is quite sophomoric in that it is entirely based on someone who…