Category: The Qur’an
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Is The Qur’an Really The Work of Multiple Hands?
We were recently confronted with the claims of Denis Giron in his article that the composition of the Qur’an is simply the work of multiple authors. In this paper, we shall seek to study the claims made and make a few responses to the remarks made in his response to this article, insha’Allah. [toc] Evaluating…
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Waraqa ibn Naufal and the Christian Polemics
In an article of his, Jochen Katz has made much of the narratives about Waraqa ibn Naufal, and has conjectured on his alleged influence on Prophet Muhammad’s(P) religious thought. Following is a representative extract of his said article: Waraqa lived in Mecca and probably Muhammad has met him long before his marriage to Khadija already,…
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P. Michaelides no 32
The followingAdolf Grohmann, The Problem of Dating Early Qur’an, in Der Islam 33 (1958), heft 3, pp. 222-226. is a detailed examination of a very early Qur’anic papyrus. Please note the conclusion of the investigator at the end of this article, according to which this papyrus belongs to the first century of the Hijra or…
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Early Preservation & Transmission Of The Qur’an
The following shows the text of the first Sura’ of the Qur’an inscribed on the shoulder blade of a camel, preserved in the Princeton University Library.Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, Vol. II (Leiden: Brill, 2002) We know that the first steps for the preservation of the Qur’an were taken in the lifetime of the Prophet. Tradition…
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Response To Claims Made Against The Eloquence of the Qur’an
Introduction This article was written to examine the language of the Qur’an and the circumstances surrounding it, in reference to its supernatural eloquence. We will also at the same time scrutinize a posting by a Christian apologist, Pete Nash — or otherwise known as Kip Rider, which attacks the eloquence claim of the Qur’an and…
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Qur’anic Commentary on Sura’ Al-Ikhlas (112)
The secret about Sura’ Al-Ikhlas is more than can meet the shallow thoughts of atheists and critics of Islam. This very short chapter contains in it the summary of many concepts that are to lead people to The One True God and to refute the misguided notions about God. Although the Sura’ is very short,…