Category: Polemical Rebuttals

  • Does ​“Musi’un” Mean ​“Expand­ing”?

    Intro­duc­tion It has come to our atten­tion that Avi­jit Roy, web­mas­ter of the Muk­to Mona web­site, wrote an arti­cle titled Does the Qur’an Have any Sci­en­tif­ic Mir­a­cles ? One por­tion of the arti­cle on the sub­ject of Sura’ az-Zaariyaat is worth com­ment­ing on, as it is an exhi­bi­tion of some of the com­mon prob­lems with non-Mus­lim…

  • Christoph Heger’s Prob­lem­at­ic ​“Recon­struc­tion” Of The Qur’an­ic Sura 96

    In an arti­cle of his, Christoph Heger has ven­tured to uncov­er what he insin­u­at­ed as the pre-Islam­ic ground lay­er of an orig­i­nal­ly Chris­t­ian text in the Qur’an­ic Sura 96. Let us first present a beau­ti­ful Eng­lish ren­der­ing of the por­tion of this Sura under con­sid­er­a­tion here : Recite in the name of thy Lord who created [cre­at­ed] man from…

  • Refu­ta­tion of P. N. Oak’s Claims Against The Ka’bah

    Refu­ta­tion of P. N. Oak’s Claims Against The Ka’bah

    Discover the truth behind P. N. Oak's claims regarding the Vedic religion's impact on Islam. This article delves into historical facts, exposing fallacies about Ka'bah's origin. Read now to separate fact from fiction and understand the real story!

  • Chop­ping Down Mis­con­cep­tions : David Wood’s Islam Super­high­way Twist

    Chop­ping Down Mis­con­cep­tions : David Wood’s Islam Super­high­way Twist

    From the beginning of Orientalism, the Christian missionaries have been assuming that Islam is "headless" enough to be attacked and scrutinised with a ferocity that one can only conclude borders on fanaticism. These missionaries proved then that they don't have the brains to acknowledge their own headlessness. One such example is David Wood, a recent…

  • Between Myth and Real­i­ty : The Banu Qurayzah Narrative

    Con­tent Overview1 Preamble1.1 Myth 1 : Inno­cent Victims1.2 Fact1.3 Myth 2 : Ordered by the Prophet1.4 Fact1.5 Myth 3 : Banu Qurayzah Mas­sacre on Muham­mad’s Command1.6 Fact1.7 Myth 4 : Inhu­man and Unmer­ci­ful Prophet1.8 Fact1.9 Myth 5 : The Event Reflects Intol­er­ance in Islam1.10 Fact2 Con­clu­sion : Prin­ci­ples of Jus­tice and Truth Pre­am­ble The nar­ra­tive sur­round­ing the Banū Qurayẓah, a Jew­ish tribe resid­ing in…

  • Lux­en­berg On Houris

    If the Qur’an­ic vers­es men­tion­ing houris are care­ful­ly placed and crit­i­cal­ly stud­ied in the order of their rev­e­la­tion, then the fol­low­ing pic­ture emerges — the tran­si­tion from the more sen­su­al to the more spir­i­tu­al — be espe­cial­ly noteworthy : Makkan Peri­od First Makkan Period (i.e., from the first to the fifth year of the Prophet’s Mis­sion, 612 – 17 CE) (clas­si­fi­ca­tion after…

  • “Vir­gins of Par­adise” in Christianity

    It has already point­ed out pre­vi­ous­ly that the Ara­bic word ​“hur al-ayn” (houris), mean­ing a beau­ti­ful, volup­tuous woman, was already well known in the pre-Islam­ic Ara­bia and many instances of its usage have been pre­served in the pre-Islam­ic poetry. Some exam­ples may be seen as follows : The Diwan of ​‘Abid ibn Al-Abras of Ban­id, vol vii,…

  • Is Islam A Monotheism ?

    The fol­low­ing is a reply made by an Arab broth­er using the nick­name ​“sary” in response to Christoph Heger’s polemic about the uncre­at­ed­ness of the Qur’an, and is repro­duced here and trans­lat­ed into Eng­lish for the ben­e­fit of our readers. Orig­i­nal Text : Trans­la­tion : As for the arti­cle of that Chris­t­ian, it is real­ly laugh­able and reflects com­pound…

  • “Peace Be Upon Him” & Chris­t­ian Polemics

    “Peace Be Upon Him” & Chris­t­ian Polemics

    There is a common claim circulated in Christian Arab circles with regard to the beatific phrase sallallahu `alayhi was-sallam which comes as an eulogy to the Prophet's name. It was first propagated in the English-speaking world by the Christian Arab missionary, Anis Shorrosh, who claims that this eulogy does not literally mean "peace be upon…