Category: The Qur'an

  • What was Israel’s Response to the Covenant ?

    In one of his recent articles, Sam Shamoun contends that because the Qur'an cites the response of the Israelites to Yahweh's covenant as "We hear and we disobey" (2:93; 4:46) whereas the Bible quotes the same as "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey" (Exodus 24:7) and "We will serve the…

  • Talk­ing Ants in the Qur’an ?

    Basically, the gist of the missionary claim is: Why does the Qur'an say that ants talk (27:18-19)? Everyone knows that ants communicate by chemicals detected by scent and never sound! Is this not a scientific error in the Qur'an? This style of argument is quite sophomoric in that it is entirely based on someone who…

  • Wine — Good or Bad ?

    Strong drink and ... are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. [5:90, also 2:219]. Yet on the other hand in Paradise are rivers of wine [47:15, also 83:22,25]. How does Satan's handiwork get into Paradise?

  • Who Suf­fers the Con­se­quence of Sins ?

    The Qur'an declares that everyone will be held responsible only for his own sins [S. 17:13-15, 53:38-42]. Yet, the Qur'an accuses the Jews of Muhammad's day for the sins committed some 2000 years earlier by other Jews, e.g. worshipping the Golden Calf idol.

  • Can Angels Dis­obey ? The Nature of Iblis And The Rea­son For His Fall

    Can angels disobey? No angel is arrogant, they all obey Allah [16:49-50], but: "And behold, we said to the ANGELS: 'Bow down to Adam'. And THEY bowed down, EXCEPT Iblis. He refused and was haughty." [2:34].

  • The Event of Wor­ship to the Gold­en Calf

    The Israelites repented about worshipping the golden calf BEFORE Moses returned from the mountain [7:149], yet they refused to repent but rather continued to worship the calf until Moses came back [20:91]. Does Aaron share in their guilt? No [20:85-90], yes [20:92, 7:151].

  • Wor­ship­ping the Same or a Dif­fer­ent God ?

    Worshiping the Same or a Different God? Muhammad is commanded to speak to the disbelievers: ... nor do you worship what I worship [109:3]. However, other verses in the Qur'an state clearly that those disbelieving his message are in fact worshiping the same God, Allah.

  • Col­lec­tion of Major Com­men­taries on Qur’an, 41:10 : ​“Six or Eight Days of Cre­ation” Revisited

    We have not­ed in our ear­li­er rebut­tal to a Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ary fan­ta­sy that A. Yusuf Ali had allud­ed to the com­men­taries of the major com­men­ta­tors for his expla­na­tion of Qur’an, 41:10. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, Yusuf Ali did not cite the pre­cise quo­ta­tions of the com­men­taries that he was refer­ring to. Here, we would like to fill in that…

  • “Six or Eight Days of Cre­ation” Revisited

    A Short Response To The Mis­sion­ary Confusion The mis­sion­ar­ies have once again amused us with their attempt to ​“rebut” the solu­tion to their claimed ​“con­tra­dic­tion” in the Qur’an. In their lat­est trea­tise, as per their tra­di­tion of inco­her­ent rea­son­ing, they say : The first thing we would like to point out is that Yahya’s claim that the…