Badr and Uhud: two battles in the Qur’an
Badr and Uhud, the two battles the Qur’an discusses most fully: a victory of the few in 624 and a reverse in 625, and…
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Scripture
The sacred texts of the Abrahamic traditions and how they are read.
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Is Muhammad mentioned in the Bible?
Is Muhammad mentioned in the Bible? The Qur’an’s claim, the name Ahmad, and the passages Muslims read: Deuteronomy 18, the Paraclete and Isaiah 42.
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Harut and Marut: the two angels of Babylon
Who were Hārūt and Mārūt? The Qur’an’s sober account of two angels at Babylon who warned before they taught, and the later legend that…
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Deuteronomy 18:18: the prophet like Moses
Deuteronomy 18:18 promises a prophet like Moses from among Israel’s brethren. How Christians and Muslims read it, and why Muslims see in it the…
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Gog and Magog, the Antichrist and the Dajjal
Gog and Magog in Ezekiel, Revelation and the Qur’an, and the deceiver of the last days: the Antichrist of the New Testament and the…
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What does ‘begotten’ mean? John 3:16 and the Qur’an
What does ‘only begotten Son’ mean in John 3:16? The Greek word, the creed of Nicaea, and the Qur’an’s answer that God neither begets…
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Saul in the Qur’an: the story of Talut
Who is Saul in the Qur’an? The story of Ṭālūt, Israel’s first king, his test at the river and David’s victory over Goliath, beside…
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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 stands as…
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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 the God…
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The Gospel of Barnabas: what Muslims should know
The Gospel of Barnabas echoes the Islamic account of Jesus, but its manuscripts and text are late medieval. Why the Qur’an’s account of Jesus…
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The Messiah in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
What does Messiah mean? Mashiach, Christos and al-Masīḥ: the anointed one in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the Qur’an’s account of Jesus as Messiah.
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Ishmael in the Abrahamic traditions
Abraham’s firstborn son in Genesis and the Qur’an: the promise to Ishmael, the Kaaba, and why most Muslim scholars hold that he was the…