Category: The Qur'an

  • Wor­ship­ping the Same or a Dif­fer­ent God ?

    Worshiping the Same or a Different God? Muhammad is commanded to speak to the disbelievers: ... nor do you worship what I worship [109:3]. However, other verses in the Qur'an state clearly that those disbelieving his message are in fact worshiping the same God, Allah.

  • “Six or Eight Days of Cre­ation” Revis­it­ed : A Col­lec­tion of Major Com­men­taries on Qur’an, 41:10

    We have not­ed in our ear­li­er rebut­tal to a Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ary fan­ta­sy that A. Yusuf Ali had allud­ed to the com­men­taries of the major com­men­ta­tors for his expla­na­tion of Qur’?n, 41:10. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, Yusuf Ali did not cite the pre­cise quo­ta­tions of the Com­men­ta­tors that he was refer­ring to. Here, we would like to fill in that…

  • “Six or Eight Days of Cre­ation” Revisited

    A Short Response To The Mis­sion­ary Confusion The mis­sion­ar­ies have once again amused us with their attempt to ​“rebut” the solu­tion to their claimed ​“con­tra­dic­tion” in the Qur’an. In their lat­est trea­tise, as per their tra­di­tion of inco­her­ent rea­son­ing, they say : The first thing we would like to point out is that Yahya’s claim that the…

  • Six or Eight Days of Creation ?

    Sura 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, and 25:59 clearly state that God created "the heavens and the earth" in six days. But in 41:9-12 the detailed description of the creation procedure adds up to eight days.

  • The Qira’aat of the Qur’an

    In Qur’aanic sciences, it refers to the various ways and manners of reciting the Qur’aan that are in existence today. As Imaam az-Zarkashee stated, the Qur’aan is the revelation that was given to Muhammad (PBUH), and the qira’aat are the variations in the words and pronunciations of this revelation. Thus the qira’aat are the verbalisation…

  • The Ahruf of The Qur’aan

    This chapter discusses the definition of ahruf, the number of accepted ahruf as well as the existence of the ahruf today and its wisdom.