If I may:
The King James Bible (including the American Version); the King James 2000 Bible; the Jubilee Bible 2000; the Douay-Rheims Bible (a Catholic version); the Webster’s Bible Translation; and the Young’s Literal Translation contain the ‘Comma Ioanneum’. It is emphasised below:
‘For...
It is indeed. That is why I so easily recognise the fact - based on the evidence of your words - that you are one of those folk who cannot permit a simple truth (in this case, that the Exalted is known by different names) to stand in the way of a cherished prejudice.
It is not the best use of...
That’s not what the Qur’an is saying.
Consider:
‘And so for breaking their pledge, for rejecting Allāh’s revelations, for unjustly killing their prophets, for saying: “Our minds are closed” – No! Allāh has sealed them in their disbelief, so they believe only a little – and because they...
Agreed.
The Qur’an lists a number of capital crimes; crimes that undermine the moral fabric of the Islamic community as a whole. Such crimes are known collectively as ḥirābah.
In Islamic law, ḥirābah form a category comprising armed robbery with violence; murder; rape; and terrorism.
The...
As-Salāmu ‘alaykum, brother
The IDP Research Division reminds us that: ‘There is no doubt that the Qur'an was not only transmitted orally by many Muslims who had learned parts or the whole of it, but that it was also written down during the lifetime of the Prophet. The well-known report about...
Hello Daniel,
The bone in your throat is the fact that this Bedouin was permitted to walk free, and was not killed for his apostasy.
It would appear, from your behaviour, that you are one of those folk who simply cannot permit truth (in this case, that the Qur'an and the
Prophet (sallallahu...
I did not ask that your Christian Arab friends read John 1:1 in Greek, but in Arabic.
Helen Louise Herndon writes:
‘Since September 11, scores of commentaries have been written about terrorism and Islam, many from Christian leaders. It is remarkable how writers unfamiliar with the Arabic...
Hello, Daniel.
There is no contradiction here.
The pledge was given to the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) ‘for Islam’. In other words, he was merely a witness. It is by this witnessed pledge that the Bedouin became a Muslim.
I did not say that the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa...