In this post we shall be looking at this figure from Muslim literature. Although often translated 'antichrist' the correct Arabic is didd...

Muslims will make the claim that they don't insult religions. This post looks at insults towards religions and denigration thereof. Here...

From the article The Preservation of the Qur'an and synoptic Qur'ans The Arabic librarian, Ibn Abi Ya'qub al-Nadim, made a famous...

The title is derived from a 1980s song. Muslims like to imagine that there is a mathematical miracle in quran concerning the number 19....

Allah's boss liked to forbid certain things, and would proceed to do those things. Anas said the Prophet forbade that a man should drink...

S 19:7-15 Zakariyya, we give you good news of a boy whose name is Yahya. We have not made for him before samiyyan. / He said: Lord, how...

There are verses in quran that were 'sent down' for his benefit. S 33:50-53 Prophet, we have made lawful for you your husbands whom you...

Are Muslims respectful towards their mothers? Muslims will tell us of a probably fabricated hadith in which the Jannah is beneath the...

In quran Allah, supposedly God, is called 'the peace'. S 59:23  He is Allah, who is no god but him, the king, the holy one, the peace,...

The word Jahiliyyah occurs some four times in quran. S 3:154 Then he sent down upon you after the grief security--drowsiness covering a...

In this post we shall be looking at magic and magicians. S 2:102  And they followed what the devils read over the dominion of Sulayman....

Before Ramadan became the in thing and obligatory, Ashura was the important fast of Allah's boss. See: Ashura S 2:185 The month of...

Allah supposedly created everything. But what does quran say? S 41:11 Then he ascended to the sky when it was smoke and said to it and to...

The word qarin occurs in some six verses. S 4:38 And those who spend their monies that people may see and do not believe in Allah or the...

Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be npon him) said: We have been made to excel (other) people in three (things): Our...

There are some who believe that 'alamin refers to men and jinn. Some see it as an Arabic dual, namely of 'alam. But see my post Rabb...

There are Muslims who claim that it was not Jesus who was crucified but Barabbas. Matthew 27 15Now at that feast the governor was wont to...

According to the well-known story, Allah's boss was told to read something. But what was that something? In the Sirah by Ibn Ishaq and...

The qurans have a number of names for hell. 1 The Fire. This is probably the commonest one and it occurs in some 102 verses. 2 Jahannam....

Did the name Yahya arise due to a misreading of the name Yuhanna in Arabic? Early Arabic script was without diacritical points. Today the...