Question Over and over again, we affirm our belief in God by contrasting to what seems to be the wildly implausible idea that man, life, and the universe, in all their design and complexity, could have been produced by mere chance. However, science has demonstrated that even complex structures can evolve through processes involving chance […]
Further Queries on Free-will…
Question Thank you for your reply. You write: However, it is not a scientific fact that man’s behavior is mechanical enough to be brought under the scope of the scientific principle of cause and effect. But does my judgment still not require some cause, however “mechanical” or “non-mechanical”? If we say man has complete moral […]
A Further Exchange on the Vision of Sultan Noor Ud Din Zangi…
Question In principle you seem justified as regards your answer. But one question arises that anyhow the dream came true and the sultan in fact picked up the conspiracy and finally saved the Prophet (pbuh) as desired by him (pbuh) in the vision? Answer It is one thing to acknowledge that a particular vision or […]
Criticisms of Free-will…
Question I have read your replies to the issue of free-will and predestination. I have the following questions/comments: The idea of free-will contradicts the scientific principle of cause and effect. If I do an action, I do so because of some cause. If actions had no cause, then they would be arbitrary, impulsive and make […]
Further Clarification on ‘Regarding Prophets Among Jinn’
Question In your answer to a question tilted “Regarding the Prophets for Jinn“, you have written: Just as no Jinn could be sent as a prophet towards the human race, no human being could be sent as a prophet towards the race of the Jinn. One of the basic reasons for this general rule is […]
Further Queries on God’s Law Relating to Messengers
Question Thank you for your response. I think you didn’t get the last part of my question. My question was, why did Prophet (pbuh) gave the punishment of Jizya on Magians when they were polytheists because according to God’s law relating to messengers, only the monotheistic people are subjected to Jizya punishment. Secondly, do you […]
Regarding the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ (pbuh)
Question I just wanted to add a little information to this discussion. Not only is Prophet Adam’s birth a greater miracle than the birth of Jesus but almost every miracle Jesus performed was paralleled by another prophet. i.e. feeding of a great amount of people with little food was also performed by Elijah (I Kings […]
A Verse About the Refuge of Mariam (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh) – Al-Mu’minoon 23: 50
Question I read a little about this particular refuge of Marry & Jesus (PBUH) in a detail written in Quran (Translated by Mulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi) that the reason of this refuge was that “in the childhood of Jesus (PBUH) there was a king HERDOOS who wanted to kill Jesus (pbuh) because a Prediction Monger […]
Syed Qutb’s Explanation and God’s Law Relating to Messengers
Question Sayyid Qutb writes in his book “Milestones” that according to Ibn Qayyim (rh)’s Sa’ad-al-Ma’adh, the people of Arabia were divided into three categories after the revelation of the initial verses of Surah At-Taubah. They are: The polytheist who breached the treaty with the prophet (pbuh); The polytheists who were true to the treaty with […]
Further Clarification on the Divine Law Relating to Messengers
Question Thank you for your response. I would like you to clarify my following doubts. Was the divine law relating to messengers applicable to Magians, Sabians etc and other creeds which ascribed to polytheistic beliefs in Arabia? What was their fate after the revelation of Surah At-Taubah? Could you provide evidences that the Divine law […]
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