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Quran Talk BlogFixed Traits vs. Malleable AttributesFixed traits set by past events, such as being an angel, jinn, or human, male or female, or of a given ethnicity, cannot change and do not affect righteousness. Malleable attributes like belief, appreciation, truthfulness, and submission depend on present choices. Drawing on verses from the Quran, the article explains how each decision moves a person toward Heaven or Hell.January 12, 2024

Quran Talk BlogDebate: Truth & AnswersDebate as a way to find truth, and whether submitters must have every answer when their faith is challenged. Drawing on Abraham's arguments, Satan's deceptions, Moses before Pharaoh, David's judgment of the two brothers, and the trick questions put to Jesus and Muhammad, the article argues that eloquence does not prove a position right. Where answers run out, patience and submission to God alone suffice.January 10, 2024

Quran Talk BlogIs the word Ahmad in 61:6 missing in the Sana Manuscript?A video by Rob Christian claims the Sana Manuscript is missing much of Sura 61:6, including the name Ahmad. The article answers that the image shown is actually from a Quran codex in Cairo, Egypt, and that the verse pictured is 61:5, which matches today's text. The next page of that manuscript contains 61:6 complete, with the word Ahmad.January 10, 2024

Quran Talk Blog100% of Salat to the ProphetA response to Imam Sami Zaharna's July 2023 claim on Blogging Theology that one's Salat, dua, and zikr may be devoted entirely to the prophet, based on a hadith in Jami at-Tirmidhi. The article cites Quran verses holding that the contact prayer and all worship belong to God alone, and rejects hadith claims that prayers reach the prophet, that he lives in his grave, and that he deserves praise.January 9, 2024

Quran Talk BlogMasjid of God vs. Masjid of SatanDrawing on 9:107 to 108, the Quran's warning against masjids built to cause harm and promote disbelief, a checklist distinguishes a masjid devoted to God alone from a masjid of Satan. Signs include naming the masjid after someone other than God, other names on the wall facing the qibla, the prophet's name in the call to prayer, calling on the prophet in the contact prayer, and anger when idol worship is pointed out.January 8, 2024

Quran Talk BlogWorshiping the Prophet’s GraveHadith forbidding houses as graves, worship at prophets' tombs, and raised graves are set against the burial of the prophet in his home, the Umayyad expansion of his mosque over his tomb, and the Green Dome. Quran 72:18 teaches that places of worship belong to God alone, and the Tashahhud's address to the dead prophet is challenged as calling on someone beside God.January 8, 2024

Quran Talk BlogDebunking Anachronism Claims in QuranCritics' claims that the Quran contains anachronisms get answered one by one: the dirhams paid for Joseph, David's fitted armor, crucifixion in Joseph's prison and by Pharaoh, and the Samarian behind the golden calf. Mary as descendant of Aaron and daughter of Amram is also addressed, with Classical Arabic usage, history, and the Bible showing none is out of place.January 7, 2024

Quran Talk BlogQuran as HealingThe Quran's word for healing, from the root shin fa ya, appears six times, and the article groups these verses into healing of the body, the Quran as healing, and honey as healing. It compares honey's preserving and antibacterial properties to the Quran, which protects the soul from the infections of worldly vices and satanic whispers.January 7, 2024

Quran Talk BlogArabs vs. ‘AarabsThe Quranic term A'rab, which the article argues refers to all Arabs rather than only Bedouins, since the Quran never uses the word Arab. It examines the ten occurrences of A'rab, suggests the Hadith's disparaging of Bedouins motivated the later distinction, and cites the Bedouins' mastery of Quranic Arabic to conclude that Muhammad and the earliest Muslims were A'rabs.January 6, 2024

Quran Talk BlogTake what the messenger gives you (59:7)Verse 59:7, often quoted by traditionalists to uphold Hadith, is read here in full alongside 59:6 to show that its context is the distribution of spoils of war to the messenger, relatives, orphans, the poor, and traveling aliens. The article argues that citing the partial verse reflects ignorance or deliberate concealment, both condemned in the Quran at 2:78, 2:79, 2:146, 2:159, and 2:174.January 6, 2024

Quran Talk BlogWash or Wipe & Qira’atDiffering Qira'at, or recitations of the Quran, pose a challenge for Quranists who reject Code 19, especially at verse 5:6 on ablution before the Contact Prayers. One vowel on the word for your feet decides whether the feet are washed, as in the Hafs reading, or wiped, as in the Douri reading. The article lists which classical readers follow each reading, citing Dr. Waleed Al-Meneese.January 4, 2024

Quran Talk BlogSatan Became a Jinn (18:50)Satan, called Iblees before his fall, was an angel who became a jinn when he disobeyed God's order to fall prostrate before Adam, as 18:50 states. The argument rests on angels never disobeying God and on reading the Arabic kāna as became rather than was, with support from 2:34, 18:51 and other verses where the word describes a change of state.January 3, 2024

Quran Talk BlogShahada in Quran: La ilaha illa AllahThe Shahada taught by the Quran is that there is no god except God, a statement made by God, the angels, the knowledgeable, and the prophet Muhammad and repeated about 50 times. The common dual Shahada adding Muhammad's name appears only once, in Sura 63, as the testimony of the hypocrites. Adding a name beside God distinguishes among messengers and associates another entity with Him.January 2, 2024

Quran Talk BlogBashar & InsanThe two Quranic words for the human, bashar and insan, are compared across their contexts: bashar as the neutral physical form, insan as the spiritual self capable of good and evil. The article traces Satan's refusal to prostrate, his becoming the first jinn, and the human's acceptance of freedom of choice, which brings the status of insan, the fitra for strict monotheism, and vulnerability to sin.December 28, 2023

Quran Talk BlogBreath of LifeThe Arabic root nun fa kha, to blow or breathe, appears twenty times in the Quran, and each use is listed here. The focus falls on the four that concern creating life: the human being, Adam, the conception of Jesus in Mary, and the clay bird Jesus brings to life by God's leave. These are linked to God's command Be, and it is.December 27, 2023

Quran Talk BlogIblees & SatanThe Quran's use of the name Iblees before Satan refused to fall prostrate before Adam, and the name Satan, or the devil, after his exposure. The name's root carries the meaning of despair, and it occurs 11 times. Passages from Suras 2, 7, 17 and 20 trace the pattern, followed by the two uses of Iblees after the exposure, in 26:95 and 34:20.December 27, 2023

Quran Talk Blog10 Million Hadith of BukhariBukhari's reported claim of writing over ten thousand hadith from each of a thousand teachers implies more than ten million hadith with their chains. The article calculates that hearing them all would take 57 years of nonstop listening, rejects the argument that repeats would shorten it, and contrasts the claim with Bukhari's admission that he forgot his own relatives' names.December 24, 2023

Quran Talk BlogHadith Fails The Authenticity TestHadith is set aside as a source of religious law because the Quran condemns it by name and because it rests on conjecture. To answer the charge of cherry picking, the article tests three of the most reputable cases: the mass transmitted warning against lying about the prophet, the tashahhud recited in every prayer, and the Farewell Pilgrimage sermon, finding conflicting wording and meaning in each.December 24, 2023

Quran Talk Blog1st Revelation: What shall I read?The account of the Prophet Muhammad's first revelation, Sura 96:1 to 5, as told by Bukhari and by Ibn Ishaq, whose earlier version has him ask What shall I read? and then read the verses. The article argues that the claim of his illiteracy is a fabrication, noting the wording of the Arabic and three places where Ibn Ishaq says the prophet wrote.December 22, 2023

Quran Talk BlogUmmy ≠ IlliterateThe Arabic word ummy means gentile, one without a revealed scripture, not illiterate as Muslim scholars claim about Muhammad. Drawing on Lane's Lexicon, the article tests both meanings against all six occurrences in the Quran, 7:157 to 158, 62:2, 3:75, 2:78, and 3:20. Isaiah's prophecies of a light for the Gentiles, Jewish rules for dealing with Gentiles, and the Quran's command to write support its reading.December 22, 2023

Quran Talk BlogAnatomy of a Miracle (Part II)What makes a miracle, defined by its function rather than its form, as the Quran describes it. The article argues that God's miracles always leave room for alternative interpretations so they never cancel the test of faith, using verses 2:210, 6:8 and 6:9 and a scene from Pulp Fiction. It closes with the five effects of a miracle named in 74:31 alongside the number 19.December 9, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMessenger: Miracle & Message (Part IV)A messenger's dual mission is to bring a miracle proving divine authority and a message from God. Drawing on Pharaoh's people, Thamud and Saleh's camel, and Sura 36, the article shows people recognizing miracles yet rejecting the message, compares the Muslim reversal on Code 19 once it exposed Hadith and Sunnah, and warns that rejecting any messenger, proof, or message nullifies one's works.December 9, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMiracles & Timing (Part III)Timing defines a miracle, the article argues from 13:38: no messenger brings one without God's authorization at a predetermined time. Using the parting of the Red Sea and miracles suited to their eras, it presents Code 19 as the miracle for a technological age, revealed through Dr. Rashad Khalifa in 1974, 19×74 lunar years after the Quran, and answers objections that the code was embedded from the start or found by computer.December 9, 2023

Quran Talk BlogTwo Kinds of Miracles (Part I)The Quranic word ayah covers signs as varied as the miracles of Moses, the verses of the Quran, and the creation of the heavens and the earth. God manifests miracles in two ways: by the direct command Be, as in the conception of Jesus, and by predestination woven into natural law. The first of four parts argues that the means of a miracle does not define it.December 9, 2023

Quran Talk BlogAbraham’s Honesty (Quran vs. Hadith)Abraham's truthfulness, as the Quran presents it, set against Hadith in Bukhari and other collections claiming he lied three times. The article argues that I am tired of this and the big one did it were not lies but honest speech and reductio ad absurdum. It also traces the sister story and Hagar's slavery to the Bible and refutes the Hadith of intercession on the Day of Resurrection.November 25, 2023

Quran Talk BlogCan Death Be Delayed? (Quran vs. Hadith)A hadith in Bukhari and Muslim claims Moses delayed his death by striking the Angel of Death and knocking out his eye, then bargaining with God over his life span. Quranic verses, including 6:61, 63:11, 16:61, 7:34, and 10:49, state that God never delays the appointed time of death for any soul, prophets included, so the hadith contradicts the Quran and attributes falsehood to the prophet.November 25, 2023

Quran Talk BlogGood Deeds and God’s Mercy (Quran vs. Hadith)Good deeds and God's mercy are examined against a Bukhari Hadith claiming no one enters Paradise by his works, not even the prophet. Citing verses such as 45:30, 16:32, 7:43 and 7:156, the article argues that the Quran couples mercy with belief and righteous works. It closes by faulting those who abandon the Quran for fabricated statements attributed to the prophet.November 25, 2023

Quran Talk BlogQuran: Created or Uncreated?The 9th century dispute between the Muʿtazilites and the Sunnis over whether the Quran is created, traced through Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, al-Ma'mun's inquisition (the Mihna), and al-Bukhari's exile. Verses in which God says He made the Quran are set against the Sunni reasoning from uncreated attributes. That reasoning, the article argues, leads to contradictions about abrogation, creation by the command Be, and Jesus as God's word.November 21, 2023

Quran Talk BlogInspiration, Barriers, and MessengersThe three ways God communicates with humans according to 42:51: inspiration, from behind a barrier, and through a messenger, with examples from Moses, Mary, the disciples, and the bee. The messenger's sole duty is delivering the scripture, and for Muhammad that was the Quran alone. Satan uses the same three mechanisms, through deceptive inspiration, barriers against the truth, and false claimants to divine inspiration.November 20, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMuhammad Challenged to Produce a Spring (Quran vs. Hadith)Disbelievers' challenge in 17:90 that Muhammad make a spring gush from the ground, and his answer that he is only a human messenger, set against 17:59, where God says He stopped sending such miracles. The article contrasts these verses with a Bukhari hadith of water flowing from his fingers for 1,500 people at Hudaibiya, arguing that upholding such narrations over the Quran sets up a partner with God.November 19, 2023

Quran Talk BlogPunishment for Adultery (Quran vs. Hadith)The punishment for adultery in the Quran, one hundred lashes in 24:2 and half that for a married slave in 4:25, is set against the stoning taught in Hadith. The article examines the supposed stoning verse said to have been eaten by a sheep, answers the traditionalist claim that lashing applies only to virgins through the meanings of muhsanat and zina, and argues the Quran is the only source of religious law.November 18, 2023

Quran Talk BlogThree Reasons Behind Omitted Details in QuranThe Quran leaves some details unstated for three reasons: they are insignificant, as with the number of the sleepers of the cave; they require exploring the text more deeply; or the reader is expected to know them already. Salat, Zakat, Hajj, and Ramadan illustrate the third reason, with the Quran addressing only disputed points because it is complete and fully detailed.November 17, 2023

Quran Talk BlogRefuting The Typical Arguments Against Quran AloneCommon traditionalist arguments for upholding Hadith beside the Quran are answered one by one with Quranic verses and early sources. Covered claims include obeying the messenger, Hikma as Sunnah, the need for Hadith to judge, explain the Quran, or perform the contact prayer, a shared source with the Quran, the reliability of isnad, and the majority being right. Accounts of the early caliphs suppressing Hadith also appear.November 16, 2023

Quran Talk BlogFallibility of the Companions (Sahahba)The traditionalist claim that every companion of the prophet is trustworthy faces challenges from the Quran: the gang that slandered a woman in 24:11, the unknown hypocrites of Sura 9, and companions who deserted the Quran. The article also examines how the broad definition of a companion shortens hadith chains, early caliphs restricting hadith, and hadith as conjecture, concluding that the Quran is the only testimony to uphold.November 5, 2023

Quran Talk BlogThe Sweat of Muhammad’s LightDaqaiqul Akhbar, a book popular among Muslims especially in Indonesia, teaches that creation sprang from the sweat of Muhammad's light, beginning with Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Dr. Rashad Khalifa read this passage in a November 1987 sermon as an example of idolizing the prophet. The article translates the excerpt, calls it blasphemy that rivals God, and compares it to the Hindu caste origin myth of Brahma.November 5, 2023

Quran Talk BlogThe Names of MuhammadLists of 99, 202, and even thousands of names attributed to Muhammad are examined as setting him up as a rival to God. The article distinguishes a name from an attribute, arguing that because God is Absolute, none can share His names, and it points to names such as Merciful, Almighty, and Truth that the Quran uses for God alone.November 4, 2023

Quran Talk BlogAbraham on the Day of Resurrection According to HadithSahih Bukhari 3350 describes Abraham meeting his disbelieving father Azar on the Day of Resurrection and pleading with God not to be disgraced. The article sets this hadith against the Quran, citing Abraham's prayer in 26:87, his disowning of his father in 9:114, God's promise in 39:61 that the righteous will have no grief, and 23:101 on the end of all relations that day.November 3, 2023

Quran Talk BlogNuN CountsThe spelling of the initial N at the start of Sura 68 as Noon Wow Noon, which Dr. Khalifa held brings the sura's count of N to 133, 19×7. The article answers critics who say manuscripts use a single letter, citing Shady Hekmat Nasser's catalog of variant readings and Ibn Khalawayh's treatise. It also notes 19-based counts tied to the last initial and the naming of Jonah.October 29, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMulti-Meaning VersesThe multiple-meaning verses of the Quran, as described in 3:7, which itself can be read two ways. Examples include the ablution's wiping or washing of the feet, the death of Jesus, and marking the hands of thieves, along with how Sunnis, Shias, and Mutazilites approached such verses. The article argues these verses test whether believers fall into sectarian quarreling, and urges patience with differing interpretations.October 26, 2023

Quran Talk BlogGaming IsnadsHadith transmitters and compilers manipulated the isnad, the chain of narrators, to make it look shorter and so more reliable. The article examines the differing criteria of Bukhari and Muslim, relay men in lecture halls, misleading phrases like haddathana, companions narrating events they never witnessed, centenarian and child transmitters, uncertain birth and death dates, and the ijaza system of transmission permission.October 21, 2023

Quran Talk BlogWhen Sahihs DisagreeSunni Hadith scholars disagree over which narrations count as Sahih, from Bukhari and Muslim's differing criteria and trusted transmitters to Ibn Hajar, Ibn al-Jawzi, and Abu Hanifa rejecting accepted reports such as the satanic verses. Examples include conflicting ratings on sunnah.com and Al-Shafi'i's near absence from the collections. The article concludes that Hadith Sciences is no real science.October 21, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMiserable is what he decidedThe Arabic word qaddara in Sura 74:18 to 20, describing the disbeliever who calls the Quran human made, means a calculated or measured decision rather than a simple choice. Its five other Quranic occurrences, all about God's precise design, support this reading. The article ties the word to the mathematical miracle of the Quran and notes its gematrical value and verse positions as multiples of 19.October 13, 2023

Quran Talk BlogMuhammad’s SinsMuhammad's mistakes and sins as the Quran records them answer the claim that he was sinless. The examples include his being astray and worshiping idols before messengership, excusing men from battle, taking captives, frowning at the blind man, fearing people over marrying Zeid's former wife, and prohibiting what God made lawful. Calling him infallible is presented as idolizing a human messenger.October 13, 2023

Quran Talk BlogEvolution of Hadith Reliance in Sunni IslamThe four Sunni schools of jurisprudence, from Hanafi through Maliki and Shafi'i to Hanbali, each lean more on Hadith than the one before. The article argues that Abu Hanifa ruled almost entirely from the Quran, that works crediting him with Hadith were later fabrications, and that the canonization of Bukhari and Muslim drew all four schools away from the Quran.October 12, 2023

Quran Talk BlogIbn Sayyad: The Dajjal That Never WasSahih Hadith narrations about Ibn Sayyad, a boy the prophet reportedly suspected of being the Dajjal, a figure absent from the Quran. The article sets these beside Hadiths predicting an imminent end of the world and reports of Ibn Sayyad growing into a believer who contemplated suicide over the rumor. It argues traditionalists must then doubt either the prophet's judgment or the Hadith sciences.September 20, 2023

Quran Talk BlogWhat do you need to see to renounce Hadith?Four historical claims, set by a Discord challenger who asked what proof would make him renounce Hadith, are answered here: Bukhari died an outcast and his collection was canonized centuries later; Hadith were mass fabricated under the Umayyads; Umar and Abu Bakr suppressed Hadith and urged the Quran alone; and Sunni Islam arose long after the prophet. Quranic verses on following the Quran alone close the case.September 19, 2023

Quran Talk BlogWho Started Today’s “Quran Alone, God Alone” Movement?Dr. Rashad Khalifa is presented as the first to unite total rejection of Hadith with an uncompromising call to worship God alone, founding today's Quran alone movement. His Quran based arguments against Hadith and idol worship are reviewed, followed by a comparison with earlier critics such as Syed Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Abduh, Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, and Muhammad Tawfiq Sidqi, who rejected Hadith partly or not at all.September 13, 2023

Quran Talk BlogExcerpts & Thoughts from Hadith Literature by Muhammad Zubayr SiddiqiExcerpts from Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi's study of hadith literature, with commentary, show early caliphs such as Abu Bakr and Umar discouraging the narration and writing of hadith in favor of the Book of God. The notes question how narrations attributed to Companions like Ibn Abbas multiplied in later generations, and examine the major compilations, the reliability of isnads, and fabrication.September 11, 2023

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