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Quran Talk Blog
Slavery or Freedom
Freedom and slavery are weighed through the Children of Israel longing for Egypt, former American slaves, and convicts who prefer prison, framed by the link between the Arabic words for slave and worship. Whatever a person puts before God becomes their god. The article applies this to COVID restrictions and social pressure, urging believers to stand for the truth despite persecution, like the believing Egyptian at Pharaoh's court.
June 2, 2021
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Shore of Righteousness
Word choice in the Quran's Arabic, studied through verse 17:67, where people afflicted at sea implore God alone and then revert once saved to the shore. The article notes that ḍalla, elsewhere meaning strayed, links hardship to straying from the right path, and that al‑barr, shore, shares its root with al‑birr, righteousness. Verses 17:68 and 17:69 warn against reverting.
May 26, 2021
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How To Perform Salat Based on Quran Alone
Quranist debates over what the Salat is and how to perform it, answered through the lesson of the heifer in Sura 2 and Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia. The contact prayer came down from Abraham, so the Quran gives no instructions. Its commonly practiced steps are listed, and innovations that contradict the Quran are rejected, such as mentioning names beside God or altering the Shahada.
May 25, 2021
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What is the Jizya According to Quran?
The Quranic meaning of jizya, tested against the common view of it as a yearly tax on non-Muslim subjects. Drawing on the Arabic root and the context of 9:29, including 9:13 and the battle of Hunayn, the article argues that jizya means war reparations owed by those who started a war and lost. It adds that the Quran permits fighting only in self-defense and to end oppression.
May 25, 2021
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Adam and Jesus
The claim that Jesus is divine because he had no father, answered through Quran 3:59, which likens his creation to that of Adam, created from dust by God's command Be. The article then traces numerical links: both names occur twenty-five times, verse 3:59 is the seventh occurrence of each, and Mary's name appears 34 times in the Quran and 19 times in the Bible.
May 20, 2021
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Splitting of the Moon
Verse 54:1, The Hour has come closer and the moon has split, is read as a prophecy rather than a Hadith claim that Muhammad split the moon, since the Quran says his only miracle was the Quran itself. The article links the verse to Apollo 11's lunar liftoff at 54 minutes in 1969, the Hijri year 1389, and to people dismissing such signs as old magic.
May 19, 2021
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The Lowest Land
The prophecy of Sura 30 about the defeat and later victory of the Romans, read against the Byzantine and Sassanian war and the fall of Jerusalem around 614. The article argues that adna al-ard means the lowest land, pointing to Jericho and the Dead Sea basin, and links the believers rejoicing to the conquest of Mecca and the Muslim expansion that followed.
May 13, 2021
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Sijjeen and ‘Elleyyeen
Sura 83 names two books: Sijjeen, the prison record of the wicked, and 'Elleyyeen, the elevated record of the righteous. Starting from the cheaters who deny the Hereafter, the article argues that marqum means a numerically structured book, a tally of every deed. It then explains how sincere repentance and reform can erase sins, and warns against treating repentance as a loophole.
April 27, 2021
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Mortgaging Our Souls
The Arabic word rahinatun in 74:38, a pledge held as collateral, frames the soul as the security deposit for everything God has given us in this life. Neglecting worship and the contact prayer leaves a person trapped like a delinquent mortgage holder who loses the house. Repentance and reform restore the pledge, and God can transform sins into credits for anyone who never despairs of His mercy.
April 21, 2021
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Idols and Abortion
Abortion as modern idol worship, read through 6:137, where idols dupe their worshipers into killing their own children, against the claim that the Quran tells only tales from the past. Science, environmentalism, economic arguments about crime, and the ego appear as today's idols, each rooted in fear, the devil's tool. A reading of 6:151 and 17:31 shows God provides for parents and children alike.
April 15, 2021
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Spending in the Cause of God
Three Quranic words for giving are compared: Zakat as obligatory purification, Sadaqa as free charity tied to truthfulness, and spending in the cause of God, which 2:219 defines as the excess, in moderation. Spending is framed as voting with our money for what we value. The shared root of spending, hypocrite and tunnel shows how spending against one's beliefs undermines faith from beneath.
April 9, 2021
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Capital Punishment and the Quran
Capital punishment is weighed against the Quranic standard that killing one innocent person is like killing all humanity, set beside wrongful convictions and historical ratios like Blackstone's. The article limits execution to those who wage war and commit horrendous crimes without repenting, and to murder under strict equivalence. It stresses family forgiveness, Dr. Khalifa's Appendix 37, God's final justice, and an Iranian mother who spared her son's killer.
March 13, 2021
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W-A-H-D in the Quran
The Arabic word for one, a name of God, has a gematrical value of 19, the foundation of the Quran's mathematical structure. Against the claim that the word is written without an alif and totals 18, the article examines verses 2:61, 14:48, and 16:51 in ancient manuscripts. It finds the word written with the alif, whether as a number, as the One, or as One.
March 8, 2021
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The Magicians Were Thrown Down
Pharaoh's magicians, on seeing Moses' miracle, are described in the Quran with the passive Arabic form ul'qiya, meaning they were thrown down prostrate rather than simply falling. The article links this wording to the overwhelming conviction that comes from truly recognizing God's nearness, citing the mountain that crumbled before God and the Quran's effect on a mountain, and contrasts the expert magicians with the laymen who saw nothing.
March 3, 2021
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Importance of Translating The Quran
Translation and the Arabic of the Quran clarify each other, a point the article opens with a Canadian contract dispute settled by its French version. Arabic roots reveal meanings a translation can miss, as in Al-Rahman and the womb, Muslim and peace, and the dietary prohibitions. Translation in turn resolves Arabic ambiguities in 3:7, 2:54, the ablution steps of 5:6, and 56:79 on menstruating women touching the Quran.
February 26, 2021
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Dioecious And Non-Dioecious
The Arabic word ṣinwān in verse 13:4 of the Quran, often rendered as of the same root, is read here as dioecious and non-dioecious. Drawing on verses that say God created all plants in male and female pairs, the article explains dioecious date palms, bisexual grapes, and monoecious crops like corn and wheat, and contrasts created pairs with God, the One, who has no mate or son.
December 25, 2020
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Khamr (Intoxicants) vs. Sukara (Intoxication)
The Quran's distinction between sukara, the state of intoxication, and khamr, the intoxicant itself. Tracing every occurrence of the root for intoxication, the article shows it includes being blinded by lust or dazzled by deception, starting from 4:43 on the contact prayer. It then links khamr to the root meaning to cover, as in 24:31, defining an intoxicant as a substance that covers a person's mental faculties.
December 4, 2020
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Importance of Understanding
Understanding the Quran, not merely memorizing and reciting it in Arabic, is presented as a duty, with sincerity named as the only requirement for grasping it. The article challenges claims that recitation alone earns credit or that scholars must interpret, and warns against blindly following parents' religion. It cites verses calling the Quran a reminder meant for reflection, and compares reciters without understanding to parrots.
November 24, 2020
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Rivers of Wine in Paradise
Why does God describe rivers of wine in Paradise when intoxicants are prohibited? Verse 47:15 opens with the word for allegory, so all descriptions of Paradise and Hell are allegorical. The Arabic word means wine rather than intoxicant, and its sweetness, as Cato's account of preserving sweet wine shows, signals little or no alcohol, while 56:18, 37:45 and 52:23 call Paradise's drinks pure and never sinful.
November 24, 2020
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Proper Translation of 47:35
Verse 47:35 of the Quran is often rendered as forbidding believers to invite to peace while they are the victors. Arguing that such a reading contradicts verses against aggression such as 2:190 and 8:61, the article compares the Arabic grammar with 3:139 to show the verse holds separate statements: do not waver, and invite to peace. It also offers a rule for resolving apparent contradictions, drawn from 3:7.
November 20, 2020
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The Tyranny of Idol Worship
Tyranny as the opposite of the cause of God, drawn from 4:76, where the Arabic word for tyranny also means idols. The article contrasts Submission, a religion of peace, with the rage and violence of hypocrites who claim God while worshiping idols. It responds to the 2020 attacks in France, Vienna and Mozambique and to honor killings, setting them against the Quran's rules on fighting only aggressors.
November 20, 2020
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Trump As An Idol
The intense anguish and celebration surrounding President Trump and the 2020 election serve as a case study in idol worship, defined as believing anything besides God can harm or benefit us. Drawing on the Quran, the article urges submitters to support God rather than people, judge equitably without bias, accept alternating victory and defeat as a test, and recognize that God alone controls life and death, including Coronavirus deaths.
November 11, 2020
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The Purpose of The Universe
The Quran's account of creation, read alongside the Big Bang and the expanding universe, leads to the question of whether humans are a byproduct of the universe or its purpose. The article argues for an anthropocentric universe from the properties of water, oxygen, fire, the atmosphere, and photosynthesis. It concludes that God put everything in the heavens and the earth at our service to test us.
November 5, 2020
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Following Truth In Face of Bias
Following the truth despite bias and prejudice is a test every soul faces, shown through Satan before Adam, Pharaoh before Moses, Saul, Muhammad and the blind man, and the change of the Qibla. The Quran names jealousy, baghyan, as the root of rejecting the message. Overcoming bias is approached through cognitive dissonance, Abraham and the idols, falsification, and motivation to seek the truth.
October 29, 2020
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Follow The Quran, Not The Ulama
A response to the claim that ordinary Muslims cannot understand the Quran without the Ulama, listing scholarly rulings the Quran contradicts, such as stoning, killing apostates, and banning music. Following religious leaders blindly is idol worship, as with the Jews and Christians, and followers will have no excuse on the Day of Judgment. God teaches the Quran, sincerity is the only requirement, and consultation still has its place.
October 22, 2020
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Hate Crimes and The Cobra Effect
False witness is among the gravest sins in the Quran, illustrated by the governor's wife's accusations against Joseph. Hoax hate crime reports, including the Jussie Smollett and Althea Bernstein cases, are read as false accusations against a whole nation, and the cobra effect explains why a culture rewarding victimhood breeds them. The Quran calls instead for verifying news and competing in righteousness.
October 16, 2020
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Corruption in Institutions: The Corporate Media
The corporate media's slide from journalism into propaganda serves as a case study in how institutions decay when members exploit inherited credibility for personal or political gain. Drawing on Malcolm X, Enron, and Quran verses on the self and the hypocrites, the article urges readers to verify information before accepting or sharing it, a lesson it extends to academia and religious establishments.
October 1, 2020
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Corruption In Society
Corruption spreads through a society the way one rotten apple spoils the barrel, traced through the Arabic root of fasad and its uses in the Quran. People in a free society get the society they deserve through their votes, dollars, and attention. Widespread chaos, such as disasters and unrest in America, signals corruption, and God sends these trials so people may uphold His commandments and reform.
October 1, 2020
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Five Contact Prayer (Salat) Times
The five daily Contact Prayers, which originated with Abraham, and the Quranic verses that establish their times. Verses 24:58, 11:114 and 17:78 name the Dawn, Noon, Sunset and Night prayers, and 2:238 points to the middle prayer as the Afternoon prayer. Further verses on glorifying God night and day are presented as additional to the Contact Prayers, not as extra prayer times.
September 29, 2020
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Mary The Daughter of Amram
Critics claim the Quran confuses Mary, the mother of Jesus, with Miriam, the sister of Moses, since both are called daughters of Amram. The article answers that two different men named Amram fathered them, pointing to repeated names in the Bible such as the six Marys of the New Testament and the genealogies of Jesus. It also reads 66:12 as Mary, the Amramite.
September 29, 2020
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Mary The Descendant of Aaron (19:28)
Mary, the mother of Jesus, is addressed in 19:28 as a descendant of Aaron, not his literal sister, answering the claim that the Quran confuses her timeline with that of Moses and Aaron. Ancestral kinship terms elsewhere in the Quran support the reading, as do Mary's upbringing under Zechariah's guardianship, Luke 1:5, and the Proto-Gospel tradition of her Temple upbringing.
September 29, 2020
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The Contact Prayer (Salat) Originated From Abraham
The contact prayer (Salat) traces back to Abraham, the only prophet the Quran says God taught how to observe it. Verses show Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Aaron, the Children of Israel, and Jesus keeping the prayer, and the idol worshipers of Mecca still performing it in corrupted form. Since Muhammad was commanded to follow the religion of Abraham, the rituals needed no new instruction.
September 29, 2020
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19 Angels or 19 Miracle
Sura 74, The Hidden Secret, and whether its statement Over it is nineteen refers only to the angels guarding Hell or to a mathematical miracle. The article reads the hidden secret as an encryption key in plain sight, weighs the five reasons given in 74:31, and lists multiples of 19 in the Quran's suras, verses, and words, plus the 1974 discovery's timing.
September 17, 2020
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Following Hadith Besides The Quran Is Idol Worship
The Quran as the only hadith a believer may follow, argued from verses such as 45:6, 7:185 and 77:50. Accepting religious laws or testimonies from sources besides God, such as hadith collected some 200 years after the prophet, is presented as setting up another god and as a sign of disbelief in the Hereafter, since the Quran is complete and fully detailed.
September 14, 2020
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Mu’mens or Muslims
Sura 49, The Walls, and its verse 49:14 explain why believers should call themselves submitters (Muslims) rather than believers (Mu'mens). Righteousness joins belief and action, and since belief cannot be seen even in oneself, a community judges its members by their actions. The article also cites verses telling believers not to divide over hypocrites, who may be befriended if they mobilize in the cause of God.
September 14, 2020
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Muhammad’s Sole Duty As A Messenger Was to Deliver The Quran
Muhammad's only mission as a messenger was the clear delivery of the message, and that message was the Quran alone. Citing verses such as 16:82, 5:99, 21:10, 69:40 to 47, and 17:73 to 75, the article argues that God would have punished him for uttering any other teachings. It asks whether he could have mandated the Quran-contradicting laws found in Hadith.
September 14, 2020
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The Fly Problem
Science keeps revealing more complexity in life, from the cell once dismissed as simple protoplasm to the Drake Equation's failed optimism about intelligent life. Against that history, the Quran's parable in 22:73 says idols can never create a fly. Even scientists working together cannot revive a dead fly, while God, the only Lord, creates and resurrects the dead.
September 14, 2020
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Two Lessons About Hadith From The Quran
Whether a highly trustworthy hadith attributed to the prophet should still be rejected is answered from two Quranic episodes. In Sura 66, a statement the prophet entrusted to his wives was spread, showing such sayings must not be repeated even when genuine. In Sura 24, a big lie about adultery teaches believers to reject unverified rumors, a lesson applied to hadith compiled two centuries later.
September 14, 2020
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Meaning of Hurun In The Quran
The Arabic word ḥūrun, the companions promised in Paradise, is traced through its four occurrences in the Quran and its root, read as white, wide eyes that show both beauty and mutual attraction. All descriptions of Paradise are treated as allegorical. The article contrasts the mates of the Lower and High Heaven, who restrain the glance, and finds no Quranic indication that the companions are male or female.
September 11, 2020
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Quran: The Only Legitimate Hadith
The Quran's own use of the word Hadith, which it applies to itself as the best Hadith and the only one to uphold. The article answers the claim that obeying the messenger requires following narrations attributed to the prophet, citing their late, unverifiable collection and their contradictions with the Quran on ablution, adultery, and diet. It argues that following them sets up intermediaries and doubts God's complete, fully detailed scripture.
September 4, 2020
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Disagreeing on Value to Agree on Price
Trade happens when two parties disagree on value yet agree on price, and God permits mutually acceptable transactions under 4:29. The article argues that central planning, minimum wage, drug price controls, and rent control leave people worse off in the name of fairness. It closes on God raising some above others in this life as a test, the story of Qaroon, and choosing the Hereafter as one's priority.
August 28, 2020
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How God Preserved The Authenticity of The Quran
Spelling variations and scribal errors in early Quran manuscripts such as the Paris Manuscript, acknowledged by Dr. Shabir Ally, raise the question of whether God kept His promise in 15:9 to preserve the Quran. Memorization preserved its general content, but God authenticates every letter through the mathematical code based on the number 19, likened to public key cryptography.
August 27, 2020
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Bigotry is Not A Virtue
Intolerance among submitters often comes from confusing God's words in the Quran with one's own understanding of them. Drawing on verses such as 3:7, 6:52, and 49:9, the article argues that knowledge brings humility, that core beliefs deserve more certainty than minor ones, and that congregations must restore peaceful behavior before settling disputes. It warns that sectarianism repels people from the message.
August 26, 2020
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Some of The Lessons Learned From Muhammad And Zeid’s Divorced Wife (33:37)
God's command in 33:37 for Muhammad to marry the divorced wife of his adopted son Zeid, answering critics who say his revelations favored his wishes. The article draws timeless lessons: Muhammad the man was bound by God's commands, feared the people, and was corrected in the Quran. Its central principle is that no one may prohibit what God did not prohibit, since that attributes lies to God.
August 26, 2020
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China And The Three Gorges Dam (Perception of Nature vs. Reality of Nature)
Humanity's command over nature is a blessing from God that turns into a curse when people grow unappreciative. The Quran's account of Sheba and the flood of the Ma'rib dam serves as the lesson, set beside the record flooding of the Yangtze basin and the feared collapse of China's Three Gorges Dam as a warning to leaders who think they are in control.
August 25, 2020
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Laylat Al Qadr: 27th night of Ramadan
The Night of Destiny described in Sura 97, when the Quran was revealed during Ramadan, is read as a holy night that recurs every year because the sura speaks of it in the present tense. Counts of letters and words and gematrical values, including multiples of 19 and the value of the name Rashad Khalifa, are offered as evidence that it falls on the 27th night of Ramadan.
August 21, 2020
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Rashad Khalifa’s Lam Counts in the Quran
Rashad Khalifa's counts of the letter Lam in the 13 Lam initialed suras give multiples of 19, yet his figures for suras 11 and 30 run one Lam short of common manuscripts. The article argues God guarded his totals, citing the computer's correct count of the word God, and shows how spellings of al-layl and allātī with fewer lams preserve the mathematical structure of the Quran.
August 21, 2020
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The True Location of The Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Masjid Al-Aqsa of verse 17:1 is not the Jerusalem mosque, which was built in 705 CE, decades after Muhammad's night journey. Reading the phrase literally as the farthest place of prostration, the article draws on the Quran's seven layered universes and Sura 53. It places that site in the outermost universe, where the eternal Paradise is and where Muhammad came closest to God and received the Quran.
August 20, 2020
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