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Explaining Islam in Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ‎)

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The Qur’an and Natural Phenomena

April 15, 2011

Question shukran for your answer to my original question about the phenemenom of pycnocline You mentioned in the first paragraph that the Quran only mentions natural phenomena that are familiar to people. However, there are references to phenomena that were only observerable with modern scientific equipment such as the description of the stages of the […]

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Follow up on Who is Samiri Mentioned in the Qur’an in Taha 20:97?

April 15, 2011

Question Thank you for your reply. I feel I still need a bit of more clarification here. From your reply,It seems that you would prefer to propose that SAMIRI is an non-israelite. But still I am confused because Ibn Kathir claims that he is an israelite and gives his own opinion on this matter is […]

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Who is Samiri Mentioned in the Qur’an in Taha 20:97?

March 23, 2011

Question Dear Bro, Thank for your quick and detail answer but still i need more clarification regarding “SAMIRI”. you said”However, his punishment did not have to be the same as the Israelites. He was not one of them and he did not have a covenant with God as they did” if “(samiri)he was not one […]

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Further Query on Political Da`wah

July 6, 2005

Question Thank you for the reply on above posted on 5 july 2005.I have gone through the articles on political issues. But since they are long it will be difficult to answer the workers of political organization. I would be happy if you could answer specifically on Verse 20:47. Also Muslims in India have played […]

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Why the Contradiction Between Your Sister-Sites?

May 1, 2005

Question Here you are saying masturbation is bad habit (in last) on the other hands some other people have different opinion about it they called it un-natural act not SIN. Even one of your sister site renaissance.com suggest one person to do it on some situations. So why you people have different opinion. Answer Firstly […]

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Further On Homosexuality

March 24, 2005

Question Thank you for the reply to my question about “Homosexuality” dated 23 Dec 2004. I have the following problems regarding your response: In the first paragraph you have written, “however, in none of the monotheistic religions is there an allusion as to whether this is acquired or an in-born condition”. The fact that the […]

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The God of Albert Einstein

March 17, 2005

Question This is not exactly related to the questoin but well to a comment you make that Albert Einstein did believe in God.I am not too sure about this myself but recently I came across this article in The News, Lahore which quoted an excerpt from an article written by Einstein some 15 years before […]

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Further Discussion on Qur’anic Oaths

March 4, 2005

Question Before I ask my question i would like to know the difference between swearing on created things and swearing by created things through a islamic perspective. Allah swears BY created objects in the Qur’aan and no one in his/her right mind believes that these objects are Allahs authority or another greater god compared to […]

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The Creator of Events and Fate

February 18, 2005

Question Thank you for your answer posted in your site under discussion about fate on Feb.17 2005. Hope you will clear a little more. If Allah does not create the events then how can He be called the Creator? What I thought was that when a person makes a choice, Allah by His Divine Will […]

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Al Qadr (i.e. Fate)

January 27, 2005

Question Thank you for your reply on fate and free will posted on your site under discussion on Jan.25.2005.You say that Allah does not orchestrate the events. Then what about the Verse which says “And whoever fear Allah and keeps his duty, He will make a way for him to get out from every difficulty. […]

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