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Quran Talk BlogIllogical Verse of the Quran?Verse 43:45, which a recent video called illogical, is defended here against two objections. The question to the earlier messengers is read as rhetorical, stressing that all of God's messengers preached worship of God alone, and ask is read as inquire, since those messengers were no longer alive. It also cautions against preachers who ask for money, citing 9:34.February 18, 2024

Quran Talk BlogIntercession: Myth and RealityIntercession on the Day of Judgment, traced from the Arabic root shafa'a and its link to the even and the odd, then set against Hadith claims that Muhammad and righteous Muslims will rescue sinners from Hell. Quranic verses denying intercession are reconciled with those allowing it only by God's will, concluding that all intercession belongs to God and that belief in other intercessors is idol worship.February 17, 2024

Quran Talk BlogThe Christian Struggle with MonotheismEarly Christians who called Jesus divine struggled to reconcile that belief with the absolute oneness of God taught in the Shema and affirmed by Jesus in Mark 12. Modalism, subordinationism, Arianism and adoptionism are contrasted with Jewish Christian groups who saw Jesus as a human messiah, while Roman paganism is traced as the root of the Trinity, which the Quran in Sura 5 rejects.February 17, 2024

Quran Talk BlogRead (Ut’lu, Ratil, & Iqra)The Quran's three words for reading or recitation, rattil, ut'lu, and iqra, carry distinct meanings traced through their Arabic roots and verses. Rattil means reading the Quran carefully and in its entirety, ut'lu means reciting God's verses as instructions to be followed, and iqra means reading something written, which fits the Quran as both a recitation and a written scripture.February 15, 2024

Quran Talk BlogJesus and CathedralsThe enormous cost of cathedrals such as St. Peter's Basilica, Sagrada Familia, and Cologne Cathedral is weighed against Jesus' teachings in the Gospels. Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, the Parable of the Rich Fool, the rich young ruler, and the cleansing of the Temple, the article argues that Jesus would have opposed such extravagance and favored giving to the poor, likening the builders to the hypocrites he condemned.February 13, 2024

Quran Talk BlogBible: Jesus & The LawJesus, according to the Gospels, taught his followers to uphold the Law of the written Torah, contrary to Paul's claim that the Law was abolished at his death. Drawing on Matthew 5, 19, and 23, the article examines his call to fulfill rather than abolish the Law, his strict examples of keeping its letter and spirit, and his answer that eternal life requires keeping the commandments.February 12, 2024

Quran Talk BlogJesus or Paul?Jesus' mission to the Children of Israel and his upholding of the Torah, set against Paul's teaching that faith in Christ replaces the law, drawing on the Gospels, Acts, Paul's letters, and the Quran. Covers Paul's claims of revelation and authority, his stance on dietary law and circumcision, and why Christians must choose between Jesus' message and Paul's.February 11, 2024

Quran Talk BlogSix DaysThe seven places where the Quran mentions God creating the heavens and the earth in six days, presented with each verse in English and Arabic. Adding the sura and verse numbers of these seven occurrences gives 361, or 19 x 19, which the article offers as evidence of the Quran's mathematical code.February 11, 2024

Quran Talk BlogJesus ≠ GodThe Trinitarian claim that Jesus is God is answered from the Bible itself, opening with Quran 5:17 and 3:79. Passages from the Gospels, Acts, Paul, and James show Jesus calling God greater and alone good, serving and praying to God, submitting to God's will, being tempted, lacking independent authority, and being raised by God, so he is not equal to God.February 10, 2024

Quran Talk BlogShema & ShahadahThe Jewish Shema and the Quran's Shahadah are presented as one declaration that there is no god besides God, affirmed by Jesus as the greatest commandment. Trinitarians are shown redefining One, while Muslims add Muhammad's name to the Shahadah, a statement the Quran records only from the hypocrites in 63:1. Both are treated as idol worship disguised as keeping God's commandment.February 8, 2024

Quran Talk BlogThe Creation of the TrinityThe Christian doctrine of the Trinity is traced to the ecumenical councils from Nicaea in 325 CE through Chalcedon, alongside the competing early views of Jesus such as Arianism, Modalism, Adoptionism and Docetism. Drawing on Sean Finnegan's study, the article argues that no Christian held the full doctrine before the fourth century, and closes with Quran verses forbidding the Trinity and affirming one God.February 7, 2024

Quran Talk BlogJesus Denounced TraditionJesus is read in the Gospels as a prophet who denounced the oral traditions of the Pharisees in favor of the written Torah, with the Talmud compared to the Hadith. Examples include Corban, the Pharisee and the tax collector, the Good Samaritan, the money changers, and render to Caesar. Quran verses present him as one of the messengers who upheld scripture against manmade innovations.February 5, 2024

Quran Talk BlogToday, I have completed your religion (5:3)Verse 5:3, Today, I have completed your religion, and whether it marks the last revelation to the prophet, as Sunnis often claim. Using a chess scene from Searching for Bobby Fischer and verses 8:42, 6:115, 12:6, 12:68 and 16:40, the article argues that whatever God decrees is already complete and certain, even before its outcome unfolds in time.January 28, 2024

Quran Talk BlogSunnis Followed the Sunnah of the JewsA Sahih hadith comparing the companions' request for the tree Dhat Anwat to Israel's demand for an idol becomes the starting point for arguing that Sunnis repeated the Jewish error of an Oral Law beside scripture. Hadith is set against the Talmud, alongside Umar's opposition to hadith, Ka'b al-Ahbar's influence on Abu Hurayra, and the Samarian's golden calf made from the messenger's footsteps, or athar.January 19, 2024

Quran Talk BlogTwo Deaths (Waffa & Mawt)The two Quranic words for death, waffa and mawt, are compared through their Arabic roots and the five verses where both appear, including 3:185, 4:15, 6:61, 32:11 and 39:42. The article concludes that mawt is the biological death of the body, while waffa is the taking of the soul and consciousness, which also happens during sleep, as 6:60 shows.January 16, 2024

Quran Talk BlogJinn CompanionsThe jinn companion (qareen) assigned to every human from birth explains the two competing voices in moral decisions. Drawing on Sura 50, Dr. Khalifa's Introduction, and Arabic root meanings, the article argues the companion is an inside informant who testifies on the Day of Judgment, is not assigned only to the wicked, and can be subdued like a wild horse through devotion to God alone.January 15, 2024

Quran Talk BlogSunnis getting high on their own supplySpiritual overconfidence, which the Quran warns brought down many Jews and Christians who claimed exclusive access to God's grace. The article argues Sunnis repeat the error through appeals to the believers' way in 4:115, hadiths on infallible consensus, and the claim that mistaken scholars are still rewarded. It closes with Abraham's humble hope for forgiveness as the model of true piety.January 13, 2024

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

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