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

Science – Did They Know All About It?

Question Assalam-u-Alaikum, You seem to state in some of your answers that while the Qur’an would not have made any errors in the field of nature or “science”, it would only have made reference to things that were comprehensible to Arabs of the day. It has been explained several times that had it used such […]

Qur’an and Fairytales

Question Many people criticse the Qur’an by saying that its so fantasy style and unrealistic. Like stories of talking ants, sun moving around a cave, Sulaiman’s army of men, jinn and talking birds, a dead man being hit by a piece of dead cow meat and coming to life by it etc. They say that […]

Questionable Hadiths

Question Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 611: Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “Were it not for Bani Israel, meat would not decay; and were it not for Eve, no woman would ever betray her husband.” This hadith seems to be blaming the jews ridiculously, and blaming women as well. Volume 4, Book 54, […]

Message of the Qur’an and the Previous Scriptures

Question What was the main message/guidance of the Qur’an and the previous scriptures (Torah, Gospel, and Psalms) all together? What is the main common denominator of the message for all scriptures including the Qur’an? Thank you. Answer In essence all the Divine messages consist of the basic elements of righteousness, honesty, kindness and goodness. However, […]

Permanent Abode in Hell

Question Abide in Hell PERMANENTLY Would you please provide a verse(s) of the Qur’an that specifically states that Hell is a PERMANENT (EVERLASTING) place for the one that rejects faith, shirk, and indulged in sins, fornication and murder or for the one that is judged to be doomed for ever based on his deeds on […]

Authorship of the Qur’an

Question An oft-repeated argument by Missionaries and those who seek to malign Islam is the issue of the authorship of the Qur’an. They ask how Suratul Fatiha can be considered God’s words when it does not start with “say” yet it contains phrases like “thee alone do we worship”. Obviously, these are not the words […]

Abrogation of Qur’anic Verses

Question It is argued that certain verses were removed from the Quran as a result of abrogation. Some Muslims argue that God removed verses that were no longer applicable. Moiz Amjad also seems to take the view in one of his responses regarding evolution of human thought in books from other than God. Yet, this […]

The Imposition of Jizya

Question One of my friends has said that during the starting time of Islam, the concept of “jazia” was very strange. When we look at the concept of “jazia” it is strange that a nation say Muslim attacks on another nation and put three choices in front of them that accept Islam give jazia and […]