Question: “Haven’t experts shown that the Qur’an was composed over generations?”

Posted on March 22, 2015 by editor

The skeptic says that a number of Western (German, British, American) experts in Islamic history have basically proven that the Qur’an did not come all of a sudden, but rather was a slow project developed over several generations, and made use of various Arabic, Syriac Christian and Jewish sources. Do you have any information about this, and how it may be refuted, both generally and in its specific allegations?

Answered by Sharif Randhawa (Researcher at Bayyinah Institute, owner of Qur’anic Musings blog) Continue reading →

Random Thoughts and Notes: Days 121-131

Posted on May 27, 2014 by editor

o I know we Muslims all have an emotional attachment to the Prophet ﷺ and this is of course good and proper; and we also know that he is the Messenger of Allah the Exalted in truth. But this still does not mean that the tools of Fiqh – understanding, or let us say graded understanding- are not to be applied to his ﷺ sayings at all. Continue reading →

Random thoughts and notes: Days 30 – 37

Posted on February 22, 2014 by editor

o I know I have not gone directly into discussing any of the specific objections mainly because I am not the proper person for this type of research, but when people find a Hadeeth that seems to go against the obvious reality, they need to relax, and first make sure that there is consensus about its wording and the signification it seems to be pointing to, because many times one will find legitimate differences Continue reading →

Random thoughts and Notes: Days 26-29

Posted on February 14, 2014 by editor

o The Twelver Shia talks about the possibility of Taqeeya (dissimulation) being used by the Muslims in the situations where their life is in danger. But there is one important point to be considered, which is that the Taqeeya is supposedly applied in their ideology even by the absolute religious leader (the ‘Imaam’) of all humanity in the situations where he feels in danger. Continue reading →

With respect to spam comments

Posted on February 3, 2014 by editor

Recently, a certain person posted a number of comments that I can only characterize as ‘spam’. As I have mentioned before, we Muslims should endeavor to study and answer only those matters that are most important and fundamental, Continue reading →

Random thoughts and notes: Days 11-12

Posted on January 28, 2014 by editor

Salam Alaykum,

o He was wise who said that we should never dive headlong into finding the answers to the doubts that come to our minds regarding Islam, but rather we should keep a steady state of reading and learning about Islam, and if we do that, surely enough, our doubts will be cleared in due time. Continue reading →

Random thoughts and notes: Days 8 – 10

Posted on January 25, 2014 by editor

Salam Alaykum,

o When we consider the issue of the Shia’s claims for their ‘Infallible Imaams’, we Sunnis would consider the matter as follows: If all of the issues (and we mean all, from beginning until the end) really go back to the ‘Infallible Imaam’, then this is something that would elicit more investigation. But if at any point the ‘critical path’ is broken, it is clear that the Imaamah theory is not sound to begin with. Continue reading →

(Draft Work) Question: “How can the Muslims say that Allah has been or will be heard and seen by the creation?”

Posted on November 15, 2013 by editor

(Please read the notice concerning our draft articles and works)

By a member of the MuslimAnswers.net Team

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيم

First of all, it has been some time since I personally wrote any new work on this site. There may still be some time before I get back to writing new articles, but I might add on to some of the existing works from time to time. Continue reading →

Objection: ‘Why are you taking from brother Hamza Tzortzis on the one hand, while criticizing him on the other?’

Posted on September 21, 2013 by editor

بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيم

Yesterday, I uploaded a criticism by Shaykh Mahmud related to brother Hamza Tzortzis’ article ‘Does the Qur’an Contain Scientific Miracles? A New Approach on how to Reconcile and Discuss Science in the Qur’an’. There are some people who may ask why I have accepted a criticism of his work to be posted on the one hand, while there are other articles on this very site, especially in the ‘Notes on Islamic Works’ section, that are based on the writings of this very same brother. Continue reading →

An Analysis of Hamza Tzortzis’ paper on the Qur’an and so-called Scientific Miracles

Posted on September 20, 2013 by editor

By Shaykh Hafiz Mahmut, Edited and modified by the MuslimAnswers.net Team[1]