Category: Textual Integrity
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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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Does the Qur’an Say About Mary In The Trinity?
The Christian missionaries have engaged in bitter polemics since the advent of Islam. One of their common allegations is that they claim that in Sura’ Al-Maiah (5):119, the Qur’an made a “mistake” in claiming that the Trinity consists of God, Jesus and Mary. The said verse is as follows: “And behold! God will say: ‘O…