Category: The Qur'an

  • Qur’an­ic Com­men­tary on Sura’ Al-Kahf (18):86 : Of The Sun Set­ting In A Spring Of Murky Water

    Qur’an­ic Com­men­tary on Sura’ Al-Kahf (18):86 : Of The Sun Set­ting In A Spring Of Murky Water

    Critics of this verse should be aware that the Qur'an is not descriptive prose, and the words of the Qur'an is of high poetical eloquence, something which the Bible is not able to claim. Since the beauty of the Qur'an is in its poetical nature, therefore it is only natural that the Qur'an uses emphatic…

  • The Con­cep­tion of Jesus & The Per­vert­ed Mis­sion­ary Claims

    The Christian missionaries are traditionally known for their blatant abuse and misinterpretations of the text of the noble Qur'an with the most disgusting and lurid interpretations imaginable. One particular missionary, Sam Shamoun, has continued this "fine" tradition of his predecessors by imposing his perverted and repulsive understanding of the conception of Jesus(P) on the Qur'anic…

  • Con­text and Rel­e­vance : Sūra At-Taw­bah Reexamined

    This article delves into Sura At-Tawbah, one of the Qur'an's pivotal chapters, reexamining its historical context, interpretations, and ongoing relevance. We explore how this Sura addresses issues of justice, peace, and the complexities of treaty obligations, offering insights into its teachings and their implications for contemporary understanding.

  • When the Evan­ge­list Becomes a Shaikh, the Angels Become Wor­ship­pers of Adam

    When the Evangelist becomes a Shaikh, the angels become polytheists, worshipping Adam instead of Allah. When the Evangelist becomes a Shaikh, the Nasikh becomes Mansukh, the Mutlaq becomes Muqayyad and the `Aamm becomes Makhsus, and vice-versa. Not that it is not hilarious to read for Evangelists-turned-Shaikhs. It is at the discovery of the level of…

  • Qur’an 4:125 and Christoph Heger’s Ignorance

    Asif Iqbal This is with ref­er­ence to Christoph Heger’s exe­ge­sis on Sura’ 4:125. The cor­rect ren­der­ing of Qur’an 4:125 is : “And who is there that has a fair­er reli­gion than he who sub­mits his will to God being a good-doer, and who fol­lows the creed of Abra­ham, a man of pure faith ? AND GOD TOOK ABRAHAM FOR A FRIEND.” (Arber­ry’s…

  • 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 friends from them…

  • Wife Beat­ing In The Qur’an ? Com­men­tary On Sura’ An-Nis­sa’ (4):34

    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 verse. Sec­ond,…

  • 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…

  • Mary, the Sis­ter of Aaron ?

    Mary, the Sis­ter of Aaron ?

    Is it wisdom or folly? Has the Qur'an committed an anachronism or does it reflect comprehensive understanding?