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Soliman Fidel

May 21 2020

New Material – Bridges Ten Qira’at of the Qur’an in one Translation

A New Qur’an translation have been published by Author House, this is not just a translation but the Qur’an translation with the Ten Qir’at of the Qur’an. This is exciting since most of the materials that contains readings are in Arabic and not in English, this is the first (that I am aware of) in English that notes the variant readings of the Qur’an, aside the Tafsir of Al Jalalayn which aims to do the same but did not reference the readings that are at variant with the Hafs readings.

Majority of the Muslim world recite the Qur’an in the readings of Hafs, this happen to be the most widely recited and used readings among the Muslim, even though there are other readings such as Warsh, Ibn Kathir, Qaloon, Al Douri etc.

 

Why Is the Work Relevant?

Muslims have been attacking the Bible from different point of views, historical, manuscript evidence, source etc. One of the things Muslims find offensive and think it is a disadvantage to the Bible is the openness of the Bible Scholars about the textual history of the scriptures. More

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ramadan in the bible

Apr 24 2020

Is there Ramadan Fast in the Bible?

This question might come as a rude shock to bible believing Christians, be as it may, it is real and it one Christians will find hard to think of in the first place. However, since the Bible never speaks of the Ramadan fast in the first place or anything related to it, the Muslim claim it is right there in our scripture, the Bible.

Before ever getting into the heart of the matter, I do like to share with you, a couple of verses that Muslims (some by the way) will appeal to as an evidence for the Ramadan fast in the Bible.

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 36:9

In support of the sighting of the Moon in conjunction with the Ramadan fast, here is the another refer to;

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

Psalms 104:19

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Ahmed Deedat

Apr 7 2020

The Errors of Ahmed Deedat

Some years ago, I came across a 21 page paper written by a Muslim gentleman who goes by the name “Abu Yusuf Al-Kashmiri”, giving a refutation to and showing forth specific errors of the controversial and highly celebrated, sensational Dawah preacher of the last three decades, Ahmed Deedat.

The paper detailed and give examples of some common errors the Dawah preacher made to which some Muslims Apologist are still fond of exhibiting today. He also shows what could be best described as the dishonesty of the man as well which might not be obvious to those who aren’t observant.

I do like to quote a line from this paper, as one of the issue brought to the fore connects directly deal with one of the topics I have discussed in a video, the ranking of Muhammad by Michael H. Hart, you can view the video here.

Here is the quote;

“Deedat’s ignorance about Islam and how to give the dawah of Islam led him and his organization to publish a booklet entitled: “From; The 100: – A ranking of the Most Influential persons in History” by Micheal H. Hart, a Christian academic. The booklet is a reproduction of an entire chapter of Hart’s book in which he rates the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhe was sallam, as the most influential person in history. To Deedat, this is a way of telling the world that even the non-Muslims acknowledge our beloved Prophet. However, the man’s ignorance of his own religion led the world to seeing the following calamities in Hart’s chapter on the Prophet (emphasis mine):

“There were, however, in Mecca a small number of Jews and Christians; IT WAS FROM THEM NO DOUBT THAT MUHAMMAD FIRST LEARNED OF A SINGLE, OMNIPOTENT GOD WHO RULED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE” (Pp. 23)

“In Mecca, he had a few followers. In Medina, he had many more, and he soon acquired an influence THAT MADE HIM A VIRTUAL DICTATOR” (p. 3)

“Muhammad, however, WAS RESPONSIBLE for both the theology of Islam and its main ethical and moral principles.” (p.5)
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contradictions in the quran

Mar 26 2020

Angels or Angel? – An Unresolved Quranic Contradiction

One of the claims the Muslim make for the divine origin of the Qur’an is that, the Qur’an does not contradict itself in anyway, shape or form. In fact, Muslim often cite a verse of the Qur’an to back up their assertions that the Qur’an has given a challenge to mankind 1400 years ago which is yet to be met, the challenge to prove there is (are) contradictions within the pages of the Qur’an. Here is the verse the Muslim alludes to;

Do they not then consider the Quran carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. – Qur’an 4:82 [Muhsin Khan’s Translation] 

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, one of Sunni Muslims most trusted and widely consulted tafsir stated this concerning the verse of the Qur’an:

The Qur’an is True. Allah commands them to contemplate about the Qur’an and forbids them from ignoring it, or ignoring its wise meanings and eloquent words. Allah states that there are no inconsistencies, contradictions, conflicting statements or discrepancies in the Qur’an, because it is a revelation from the Most-Wise, Worthy of all praise. Therefore, the Qur’an is the truth coming from the Truth, Allah. This is why Allah said in another Ayah,.. (Tafsir of Ibn Kathir on Qur’an 4:82)

From this, we glean that the Muslim understanding of this verse is that, there is no contradiction, conflicting statement or discrepancies in the Qur’an. This, I think is very clear for anyone to understand. However, going through the pages of the Qur’an, we not only find one contradiction, but many contradictions, one of which we shall be looking at in this article.

Before showing forth this contradiction and refuting how some Muslims tend to defend it, I do like to point out a very important part of the verse in the Quran we read above, please take note of the part with bold text;

Do they not then consider the Qur’an carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. – Qur’an 4:82 [Muhsin Khan’s Translation] 

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