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Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
In this article, I discuss verse 74:30 in the Qur'an. The flow of the article will be as follows: I will ask the reader to read with me verse 74:30 in the Qur'an. We will try to decipher the meaning of that verse from the context. Trust me, this verse is clear when read in context. After that, I will discuss some website that made a big deal out of this verse. I will introduce some...
Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
Introduction
In this article, I try to investigate the claim that Muhammad had a gentle spirit in Mecca, that changed quickly after his emigration to Medina. This study relies mainly on comparing earlier Meccan Qur’anic verses with other Qur’anic verses from his early times in Medina, as well as with verses from his last “revelation” when he was the supreme leader of Arabia.
Meccan...
Brainwashed
Brainwashed
Let me take liberty to draw your attention towards two minutes points where (according to my knowledge) no one paid paid attention till now. These points expose further falsehood and ignorance mentioned in Quran.
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YUSUFALI: And among His Signs, [3rd person] He shows you the lightning, by way both of fear and of hope, and He sends down rain from the sky and with it gives...
M A Khan
By M. A. Khan
Muslims claim that Muhammad was a prophet, whose coming was prophesied in Christian Gospels and the Jewish Torah. World-famous Sufi Muslim intellectual Fethullah Gulen, for example, says:
According to Islam, almost all previous prophets predicted Prophet Muhammad… Despite the distortions suffered by the Torah, the Psalms, and the Gospels, we find indications of his...
Mumin Salih
By Mumin Salih
The Quran is considered like the backbone of Islam although the bulk of the religion is made from the sunna, or Mohammed’s traditions, which is based on his hadiths or sayings and considered second to the Quran in its importance. Practicing Islam is impossible without sunna because the Quran doesn’t explain anything about the Islamic rituals or sharia and refers Muslims to take...
Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
Introduction
Did you know that the Qur’an told us that the earth was round 1400 years ago? If true, That is indeed a Miracle. The problem is we have plenty of evidence that all Muhammad did is reiterate the common belief of the time that the earth was flat. Many Qur’anic verses attest to this fact. In this article I will present the reader with a video posted by Muslims trying to...
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Watch this video, and you'll see that the Qur'an has been changed many times. It is not the unchangeable word of Allah
Thanks to Copper Head for alerting FFI to this video
Sujit Das
By, Sujit Das
"Respect for the faith of sincere believers cannot be allowed either to block or deflect the investigation of the historians ... One must defend the rights of elementary historical methodology".
------- Maxime Rodhinson, 1981; p. 57
(Photo Source: Wikipedia, 2009)
Gerd R Puin's photo of one Sana'a Qur'an
parchment, showing layered revisions to the Qur'an
Muslims often say...
Logical Thinker
Logical Thinker
It’s over 20 years since Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses. Muslims around the world were outraged by his publication, followed by the usual violence and threats against anybody who supported the Novelist. Rushdie’s life is still a threat and the fatwa issued by the Ayatollahs on his life remains. This brief article seeks to provide some background information on the...
Mohammad Asghar
By Mohammad Asghar
It is a question that has vexed many minds. The Muslims claim that the Quran does not sanction such a brutal act against the women. The critics of Islam say that it does sanction harsh punitive measures against, and beating of, wives, who defy their husbands and do ugly things that they are not at all supposed to do. In this connection, they cite verse 4:34 of the Quran,...
Rajesh Kumar
Rajesh Kumar
Is The Quran Valid?
Let us suppose that there is an absolute God and Islam is the religion sent by Him through His beloved prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H).
I temporarily swallow the fact that there are numerous “varieties” of Islam as against the Muslims’ claim of the religion to be “one”, which into itself, is a big reason for questioning Islam as a valid religion.
Let me study two...
Abul Kasem
By Abul Kasem
March 6, 2009
(A few readers wanted to know why I am repeating some contradictions. The answer is: I am not repeating; Allah is repeating many verses; I am just following what Allah had done in the Qur’an—Abul Kasem)
Sura 54: al Qamar (The Moon)
54:18 21
Allah tells the story of the Ad people; how Allah destroyed them in a day.
Contradiction: 41:16 says Allah destroyed the Ad people...
Abul Kasem
By Abul Kasem
February 26, 2009
(A few readers wanted to know why I am repeating some contradictions. The answer is: I am not repeating; Allah is repeating many verses; I am just following what Allah had done in the Qur’an—Abul Kasem)
Sura 40: al Mumin (The Believer) or Gafir (He who Forgives)
40:25
Pharaoh ordered that all the newborn sons of the believers of Moses killed, but to spare their...
Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
The Qur’an is no more than a hate speech in many of its parts. It threatens mortal humans with physical hell fire that burns your skin with excruciating pain. Then when your skin is all burned away, Allah, the Islamic lord of the rings, will give you new skin so that he can burn you some more. What a sadistic deity. The cycle of burning is continuous and infinite. The Qur’an teaches...
Abul Kasem
By Abul Kasem
February 19, 2009
(A few readers wanted to know why I am repeating some contradictions. The answer is: I am not repeating; Allah is repeating many verses; I am just following what Allah had done in the Qur’an—Abul Kasem)
Sura 29: al Ankabut (The Spider)
29:8
Parents and children are not to obey each other if either party worships other than Allah.
Contradiction: in 17:23, 31:15...
Mumin Salih
By Mumin Salih
Sheikh Youssef Alqardawi is probably the most famous Muslim scholar in the Arab world. He is one of the most influential and highest ranking Islamic scholars and sits on many Islamic committees. He is a rich celebrity and has a reputation of being a moderate Muslim scholar who promotes moderate and science friendly Islam. His reputation is not blemished by his support to Hamas and...
Mumin Salih
By Mumin Salih
[The following article points to the fact that there are at least two levels of problematic issues in the Qur'an regarding contradictions.
The Author does not say it flat out, but we could add something alluding to the fact that there are at least two kinds of contradictions in the Qur'an. One being a clear contradiction where there is no escape (Like Allah saying he created the...
Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
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Introduction
Two articles ago we embarked on a discovery journey. We wanted to ascertain how the Qur’an was collected, and find out how much of present-day Qur’an resembles what was, supposedly, revealed, to the holy Prophet (PBUH). We followed the times of the Qur’an from its inception days; during Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) time. We followed it...
Abul Kasem
By Abul Kasem
February 12, 2009
Sura 23: al Muminun (The Believers)
23:14
Sperm is transformed into a clot of congealed blood, then the fetus becomes a lump, then bones, then Allah clothes bones with flesh, then into another creature; Allah is the best of creators.
Contradiction: 39:62 says Allah is the only creator.
23:15
Every human must die.
Contradiction: 4:157 says Jesus did not die, Allah...
Ibn Kammuna
By Ibn Kammuna
Introductory Notes
The first part of this study opened our eyes to the fact that the Qur’an was not ever collected as “one unit” during the time of Muhammad (PBUH). The prophet himself allowed tampering with the Qur’anic wording. This was evident when he changed some of the words in the Qur’an according to what one of the scribes suggested. Also, the scandal of satanic verses...
Ibn Kammuna
Ibn Kammuna
Introductory Notes
Because the Qur’an is considered of vital importance to Muslims, I will be discussing its collection events in many articles. I do feel that I need to mention that the Qur’an itself, I believe, will end up as a book that has no real utility or value. So, I am embarking on a journey aimed at showing that we, in all honesty, have no clue which parts of the Qur’an are...
Khalil Fariel
KhaliL FarieL
There is always the plight of context argument with Islam’s holy text; the Quran. The apologetic version is “Quran cannot be interpreted and understood except with its context.” This paraphrasing is constantly presented by Islamic apologists whenever any argument against the violent verses within the text is raised.
But the way Islam justifies the divine origin of Quran...
Abul Kasem
Sura 19: Maryam (Mary)
19:10
When Zachariah requested for the appropriate sign, Allah told him not to speak to people for three consecutive nights.
Contradiction: 3:41 says three days.
19:17
An angel, as a man, appeared before Mary. (It was Gabriel; he appeared to her complete and perfect in the shape of a man. Gabriel is Allah’s Ruh—ibn Kathir.)
Contradiction: 3:42, 45 say several angels visited...
Abul Kasem
By Abul Kasem
January 29, 2009
Sura 12: Yusuf (Prophet Joseph)
12:19
A passing caravan’s water drawer rescued Joseph.
Contradiction: 12:20 says Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave for a miserly price.
12:100
Joseph thought Satan had created enmity between him and his brethren; Joseph’s parents and his brothers prostrated before Joseph.
Contradiction: 2:255, 3:2, 3:18, 11:2, 20:98, 40:62, 40:65...
