Some Thoughts on Tawhid and Partnership
Tawhid, which Muslims like to talk about, actually means 'Unification'. It does not mean 'Oneness'. The best word for that would be...
S 69:40; 81:19
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Tawhid, which Muslims like to talk about, actually means 'Unification'. It does not mean 'Oneness'. The best word for that would be...
Nuh (Noah) was supposedly a prophet but the first messenger. He was sent to 'his people'. But who, according to the clear and detailed...
S 3:32 Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. Then if they turn away then Allah does not love the kafirun . S 3:132 And obey Allah and the...
They are not: S 5:65 And had the People of the Book believed and feared we would have atoned for their evil deeds and admitted them to...
S 20:133 And they have said: Why does he not bring us a sign from his lord? Has a proof  of what is in the first sheets not come to...
This post is 'inspired' by a Muslim's objection to the reported suicide attempts of Allah's boss. It's a not unheard of argument that...
S 2:251 So they defeated them with Allah’s permission and Dawud killed Jalut and Allah gave him the dominion and the wisdom and taught...
Allah's boss claimed that part of his 'revelation' came with the sound of bells. It was narrated from Aishah that: Al-Harith bin Hisham...
This short post looks at Isa and Allah's boss as a mercy. Chronological order: S 19:21 (44th) He said: Thus said your lord: It is easy...
In this post I list occurrences of the expression 'al-quran'. S 2:185 The month of Ramadan wherein the Quran was sent down, a guidance...
Muslims are quite happy to call Christians and Jews 'kafir' but what does the verse below say? S 5:57 Â Those who have believed, do not...
In some 35 verses we are told of rivers running beneath jannahs. Why might the author have felt that such a thing should be appealing to...
What did the author mean by 'buying at a low price'? S 2:41 Â And believe in what I have sent down confirming what is with you and do not...
Quran speaks of 'the book' in a number of passages, sometimes quite ambiguously. It can stand for quran and also for the Bible/Torah. S...
The similitude of those who have taken protectors instead of Allah is like the similitude of the spider that has taken a house. And the...
S 37:107 And we ransomed him with a great sacrifice. In this verse 'we' ransomed some unnamed person with a great sacrifice. Why did...
In quran Isa is called 'the son of Maryam' some 23 times. Now in the Bible and among Christians Jesus, called Isa in quran, is called...
This expression occurs some nine times. S 2:101 Â And when a messenger came to them from Allah confirming what is with them, a party of...
Muslims will often say that he is the last messenger and prophet. But that implies that he's still alive. His mortal remains are in his...
Those who follow the messenger, the ummi prophet, whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Injil. He commands them kindness...