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quran
Articles on the Qur’an: its message, its verses on earlier scripture, and its preservation. Read them here.
29 articles carry this tag.
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What the Qur’an says about the Torah, Psalms and Gospel
The Tawrah, the Zabur and the Injil: how the Qur’an honours the scriptures given to Moses, David and Jesus, and how it…
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Is Allah the God of the Bible?
Is Allah the same God as the God of the Bible? The Arabic word, the Arabic Bible, and the Qur’an’s declaration that…
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Are the Abrahamic religions violent? War and peace in scripture and history
Has religion caused most wars? What the historical record shows, what the scriptures of each tradition command about war and peace, and…
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The Islamic Dilemma: the argument and the answer
If the Gospel is the word of God, Islam is false; if it is not, Islam is still false. The Islamic Dilemma…
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The Islamic Dilemma: answers for Reddit readers
Short, sourced answers to the questions people search for about the Islamic Dilemma: Surah 5:46, 5:47, 10:94, and whether the Qur’an or…
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Where was Abraham from? Ur, Harran and Urfa
Genesis names Ur of the Chaldeans. Archaeologists point to southern Iraq, others to the north, and Urfa claims him by tradition. The…
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What language did Abraham speak?
Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew or Arabic? The world of Abraham, the Jewish and Muslim traditions about his language, and the Qur’anic principle that…
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Nicaea, 325: the council, the creed and the church beneath the lake
Archaeologists at Iznik have found the earlier church beneath the lakeside basilica. What the Council of Nicaea decided there, how it ranked…
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Hagia Sophia: cathedral, mosque, museum and mosque again
Cathedral for nine centuries, the first mosque of the Ottoman state, a museum, and a mosque again: the history of Hagia Sophia…
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Ḥirāʾ and Qubāʾ: where the revelation and the first mosque began
Where the revelation began and where the first mosque was built: the cave of Ḥirāʾ above Makkah and the mosque of Qubāʾ…
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Haman in the Qur’an
Was the Qur’an’s Haman borrowed from the Bible’s Esther, or is his name an Egyptian priestly title?
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The king and the Pharaoh
Joseph served a king and Moses faced a Pharaoh: how the Qur’an’s two titles for the ruler of Egypt match the Egyptian…