Qur'anic Commentary & Analysis Through the Lens of Modern Science

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Nisperos 11 years ago

"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her a ...
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"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no husband?” And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her." Luke 1:26-28
Slow j 11 years ago

Please my dear friends ,please tell us boko haram people are they true muslims ?

Please my dear friends ,please tell us boko haram people are they true muslims ?
Dickson 11 years ago

yes. but they don't understand Islam. Is that what you want to know? if not, you can ask again.

yes. but they don't understand Islam. Is that what you want to know? if not, you can ask again.
Dickson 11 years ago

This is the Quran version.
And remember, Maryam in the Book; when she went a part from her family towards a place in the east.

Then she put a screen away from them, then We sent Our spiritual towards her, and he appeared ...
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This is the Quran version.
And remember, Maryam in the Book; when she went a part from her family towards a place in the east.

Then she put a screen away from them, then We sent Our spiritual towards her, and he appeared before her inthe shape of healthy man.

She said, 'I beg refuge of the Most Affectionate from you if you are afraid of God'.

He said, 'I am only a messenger of your Lord. That I may give you a pure son'.

She said, 'from where shall I have a son, no man has touched me, nor I am an unchaste?

He said, 'so it is, your Lord has said, this is easy to me', and that We make it a sign for the people and a mercyfrom Us, and this matter is already decreed.

Now Maryam conceived it, then she went away with him to a far off place.

Then the pains of the childbirth brought her to the trunk of a palm-tree. She said, Oh, would that I had diedbefore this and had become a thing forgotten, lost'.

Then one called from underneath her, grieve not undoubtedly, your Lord has caused to flow a rivulet belowyou.

And shake towards yourself holding the trunk of the palm tree, fresh and ripe dates will fall upon you.

Then eat and drink and Cool your eyes; then if you see any man, then say, 'I have vowed a fast to the MostAffectionate, so I shall not speak to anyone today'.

Then she brought him to her people taking him in her lap. They said, 'no 'doubt, you have committed a veryvile thing.'

'O sister of Haroon! your father was not a wicked man and nor was your mother an unchaste woman.

Then Maryam pointed towards the child. They said, how could we talk to him who is a baby in the cradle'.

The baby said, 'I am a bondman of Allah, He gave me the Book and made me the communicator of unseennews (the Prophet).

And he made me blessed wherever I may be and enjoined on me prayer and poor due (Zakat) so long as I live.

And dutiful to my mother and not made me vigorous, unfortunate.

And the same peace on me the day I was born and the day I die and the day I am raised alive.

This is Iesa the son of Maryam, a word of truth in which they doubts.

It is not befitting to Allah that He should take to Himself anyone as son, Holy is He. When He decrees anything,thus then He says to it, 'Be' it becomes atonce.

And Iesa said, 'undoubtedly Allah is my Lord and your Lord, then worship Him. This path is straight'.

Then the parties differed among themselves; then misery is for the infidels from the presence of a great day
Racson 11 years ago

Indeed, Maryam the sister of Aaron. If she was the mother of Jesus then she would have been around 1400 1500 years old when she gave birth to Jesus.This does not make sense at all.

Indeed, Maryam the sister of Aaron. If she was the mother of Jesus then she would have been around 1400 1500 years old when she gave birth to Jesus.This does not make sense at all.
Koo Nimo 11 years ago

but the bible makes sense to you right? hmmm. May the Almighty open the heart of Islam haters so that they will understand the religion

but the bible makes sense to you right? hmmm. May the Almighty open the heart of Islam haters so that they will understand the religion
Nisperos 11 years ago

I prefer the beauty of the Genesis account. On days 1-3, God separates and divides what had been without form and void and on days 4-6, God fills what was formed in days 1-3. Hence; In day 1, day and night are separated. In ...
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I prefer the beauty of the Genesis account. On days 1-3, God separates and divides what had been without form and void and on days 4-6, God fills what was formed in days 1-3. Hence; In day 1, day and night are separated. In day 2, waters under the firmament are separated from waters above the firmament. In day 3, dry land appears and vegetation is formed. Then, going back, in day 4, the day and night of day 1 are filled with sun, moon and stars. In day 5, the sea and sky of day 2 are filled with fish and birds. In day 6, the formed dry land and vegetation are filled with animals and land. When God creates everything is good and when he creates man, it is very good. God is the beginning of everything, He works in an orderly fashion, He takes delight in His creation, and He created us in His image and likeness. And, on the 7th day, he rested. God is a God of relationship. The simplest and most beautiful explanation which accounts for the complexity and majesty is the best. God is the beginning of everything. He wants us to imitate Him and be in relationship with Him, participating in His creation by reproducing ourselves, by naming and making good use of the rest of creation, and by not becoming a slave to our work, taking the time to enter into the hallowed rest of worship.
Nisperos 11 years ago

Day 6 should read... dry land and vegetation are filled with animal and man (who "lands" on the land)... Sorry folks... Be gentle with me please

Day 6 should read... dry land and vegetation are filled with animal and man (who "lands" on the land)... Sorry folks... Be gentle with me please
GIDEON ATONGO 11 years ago

In your account of the genesis of Mohammed's prophethood, you forgot to add that Mohammed believed and continued to fear that the said angel was a demon disguising as angel Gabriel. When he contacted Waraqa, an Ethiopian chur ...
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In your account of the genesis of Mohammed's prophethood, you forgot to add that Mohammed believed and continued to fear that the said angel was a demon disguising as angel Gabriel. When he contacted Waraqa, an Ethiopian church leader to suggest to him what he might be encountering after narrating his experience, even though he was intelligent enough not to ask a leading question in order not to influence Waraqa's opinion, Waraqa confirmed his fears by suggesting that he should be careful with the said spirit since he could be a demon since demon are capable of taking the form of angels.

Now the problem is, Mohammed never had his fears settled to date. In other words, we are not sure if Mohammed's angel was not a demon. There are no eyewitnesses to Mohammed's revelations, unlike those of Jesus and Moses. So how do we believe in his revelations? What if he was lying like many who came before and after him who also produced scriptures and claimed they communicated with God or angels?

Again, the real Mohammed cannot be known since nothing was written about him until over 250 years after his death and all his biographers lived in different countries other than soudi arabia where Mohammed hailed from. Everything about Mohammed is therefore based on hearsay. There is even evidence to suggest that it was Abdul Malik, a man who ruled Mecca in about 100 years after the death of Mohammed who introduced Mohammed as the Arab prohet through whom the quran was revealed. His purpose was to rally Arabs under one religion, just like the Jews(I urge you to google and download Mr. Jay Smith's lecture on the truth about the historical beginning of islam).
Therefore though Mohammed lived, he may have very little to do with the quran and the quran might have had different authors over several decades.

It is not also true that the quran has never been corrupted. All four ancient manuscripts of the quran differ from the quran of today. The manuscript in Turkey, believed to be the oldest of the quran, for instance, has thousands of variance with the quran we have at hand today. This has been the conclusion of the islamic scholars who examined it. The biographies of Mohammed also talk about people corrupting the quran during and after the life of Mohammed.

The words 'surah and ayah' were not invented by Mohammed as you claim they were. The fact that Arab authors preferred other terms to the two above and never used them does not mean that those words never existed.

And finally, you quoted one sheikh Abu of Alazhar university who you claim said the least learned Arabic speaking person can understand the quran without difficulty. My question is if so, why are Muslims divided along denominations and also classified as moderates and extremists/terrorists? Is it not because of your divergent understanding of the quran caused by your inability to have a common understanding of it?
blessed 11 years ago

Get a life hater. As Islam is spreading everywhere. No matter what you say.

Get a life hater. As Islam is spreading everywhere. No matter what you say.

Akua Sheban 11 years ago

Hussein BabalWaiz, blood cupping/letting was an ancient Chinese practice several centuries before Mohammed was even born. Mohammed saw its benefits and popularized it for his people. Can you tell me why this Islamic science i ...
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Hussein BabalWaiz, blood cupping/letting was an ancient Chinese practice several centuries before Mohammed was even born. Mohammed saw its benefits and popularized it for his people. Can you tell me why this Islamic science is obsolete even in the Ummah?
osei koko 11 years ago

ALLAHU AKBARR, MAY YOU LIVE LONG TO PROPAGATE AND SPREAD THE WORD OF ALLAH.MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST LEARN FROM GENUINE MUSLIM LIKE THIS SHEIK.ALLAH BLESS YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD,AMEEN.

ALLAHU AKBARR, MAY YOU LIVE LONG TO PROPAGATE AND SPREAD THE WORD OF ALLAH.MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST LEARN FROM GENUINE MUSLIM LIKE THIS SHEIK.ALLAH BLESS YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD,AMEEN.
JABBAR 11 years ago

SHEIK MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS U GRANT U MORE KNOWLEDGE SO WE CAN LEARN FROM U AL HAMDULILAH AM PROUD TO BE A MUSLEM

SHEIK MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS U GRANT U MORE KNOWLEDGE SO WE CAN LEARN FROM U AL HAMDULILAH AM PROUD TO BE A MUSLEM
Silly 11 years ago

Fuck Islam..fuck muslims...piss on all muslims.

Fuck Islam..fuck muslims...piss on all muslims.
Dickson 11 years ago

Thank You. We are MUSLIMS. Say whatever. And we will not retaliate. Also we are fasting, so our mouths, hearts and hands are all fasting. We will not respond to haters in a bad way. so keep hating.

Thank You. We are MUSLIMS. Say whatever. And we will not retaliate. Also we are fasting, so our mouths, hearts and hands are all fasting. We will not respond to haters in a bad way. so keep hating.
kindawo 11 years ago

may Allah forgive those who reject Islam and help them see the way

may Allah forgive those who reject Islam and help them see the way
kindawo 11 years ago

you will piss on your self

you will piss on your self
Akua Sheban 11 years ago

There are numberless errors in the Koran although Islamic scholars tend to ignore them. Evidence of such errors whether adopted from the pre-Islamic Arabs or borrowed from other scientists before Mohammed. Observe:

One ma ...
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There are numberless errors in the Koran although Islamic scholars tend to ignore them. Evidence of such errors whether adopted from the pre-Islamic Arabs or borrowed from other scientists before Mohammed. Observe:

One major scientific error in the Qur'an can be seen in the following verses:

And he followed a road; Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness. (Qur'an 18:85-86)

This is a major scientific blunder in the Qur'an. A man walked until he reached the setting place of the sun, and saw it setting in a muddy spring. Modern science has taught us that the earth revolves around the sun. The above excerpt from the Qur'an seems to state that it is the sun that moves, as well as sets on earth! If the sun were to touch the surface of the earth, everything would be incinerated, and all life would die.
Koo Nimo 11 years ago

People are forcing themselves to Attack Islam in any way possible. Why is that? you have your believe and we have ours. Check the topics on Christianity or Pagans, and see if you will see us hating there. I now know that some ...
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People are forcing themselves to Attack Islam in any way possible. Why is that? you have your believe and we have ours. Check the topics on Christianity or Pagans, and see if you will see us hating there. I now know that some of you guys are only scared of the dominance of Islam slowly.
Adomba 11 years ago

When Adam and Eve introduced sin in our world, God was faced with three options: 1. destroy Adam and Eve instantly, and create another Adam and Eve 2. ignore their sins as if nothing had happened 3. forgive them of their sins ...
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When Adam and Eve introduced sin in our world, God was faced with three options: 1. destroy Adam and Eve instantly, and create another Adam and Eve 2. ignore their sins as if nothing had happened 3. forgive them of their sins, send them a deliverer whose perfect obedience to God's commandments will be imputed to them as righteousness, and teach them to gain power over the sin problem. God chose the third option by revealing a promise: Jesus the Christ as the Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me." John 1:1-30.

Koo Nimo 11 years ago

(Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun,) means, he followed a route until he reached the furthest point that could be reached in the direction of the sun's setting, which is the west of the earth. As for the ide ...
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(Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun,) means, he followed a route until he reached the furthest point that could be reached in the direction of the sun's setting, which is the west of the earth. As for the idea of his reaching the place in the sky where the sun sets, this is something impossible, and the tales told by storytellers that he traveled so far to the west that the sun set behind him are not true at all. Most of these stories come from the myths of the People of the Book (CHRISTIANS AND JEWS) and the fabrications and lies of their heretics.
GIDEON ATONGO 11 years ago

Christians and Jews don't believe Dhulqanain(Alexander the great) was a prophet. It was Mohammed who decided to add him to the list of prophets. He is not mentioned in the bible. The question is does the sun set in a muddy po ...
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Christians and Jews don't believe Dhulqanain(Alexander the great) was a prophet. It was Mohammed who decided to add him to the list of prophets. He is not mentioned in the bible. The question is does the sun set in a muddy pool as claimed by the quran?
Koo Nimo 11 years ago

No. try to find out yourself. I dont have time for haters

No. try to find out yourself. I dont have time for haters
foolish man 11 years ago

quran is for animals

quran is for animals
Campus Ministry Report 11 years ago

Ladies and gentlemen, Life Eternal has been offered to mankind by God. And that Life is in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

The living God is the one who covenanted with the Jews, beginning from the call of Abraham ...
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Ladies and gentlemen, Life Eternal has been offered to mankind by God. And that Life is in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.

The living God is the one who covenanted with the Jews, beginning from the call of Abraham, Isaac and then Jacob(Israel).

The Jews were entrusted with the Oracles(sacred commitments) of God. Yes, the Jews were the custodians of the things of God. Throughout the old Testament, you come across the references, "God", "the God of Israel" or "the covenant God of Israel" being used synonymously.

The inspired writings of Moses, the other Prophets and Psalms are all intact today for our scrutiny. We are to sure of all things. I have come across religious debates where people misquote and mis apply the Scriptures for their own damnation. If you equip yourself with the WORD, no one can deceive you.

The inspired writings are all about the promised Messiah who was to come. All events, their specific timings and places of occurrences were fulfilled exactly as were given by the Prophets, many many centuries ago.

Christ himself proved the authenticity of the Jewish inspired writings by quoting and referring to them, repeatedly. And this is our assurance. He told the woman of Samaria that Salvation is of the Jew. In other words, the saving Justice of God has come through the instrumentality of the Jewish people
in general, and Jesus Christ, in particular. The woman of Samaria said unto Jesus, that she knew the Messiah commeth, and when He comes, He will tell them all things, immediately, Christ revealed himself unto her, saying "He that speaketh unto you I am He".

We the gentiles(non Jews) or nations had no covenant relationship with God. Nevertheless, gentiles who acknowledged the God of Israel as the true God, could Worship with the Jews. The Law given unto Moses(I mean the 5 books), provided a framework or basis or definition regarding what is demanded from God, by way of Worship through religious observances, rituals, ceremonials as well as respecting moral laws including the need to remain sacred.

Righteousness and Justice are the foundations of God, and these are exercised among his people in a very balanced way as it deem fit. Jewish religious influences effected many empires or nations, during the Diasporas, notably the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, Medo Percia empire and Roman empire(during which Christ appeared on the scene).

Kings, army generals and influential people in these empires testified of the true God(See the book of Daniel etc)

The long term purpose of God concerning the nations was to graft them to his covenant people in a renewed and powerful convent through his Son(by way of atonement) who was to come, according to the promise that God had bestowed upon Abraham many centuries earlier, saying "By means of you (Abraham) the whole world would be blessed".

The promise was given unto Abraham repeatedly after he passed the test of Faith in obedience to God, by way of his willingness to sacrifice Isaac(this was when Ishmael had gone, and God had told Abraham that it was and is through Isaac that he(Abraham, his name)) would be remembered among the nations.

The test meant that if Abraham was willing to sacrifice his Son(Son of promise, covenant Son) to God, then God who had purposed to sacrifice his Son on our behalf, in the centuries to come, would do so through the lineage of Abraham.

Ladies and gentlemen we are witnesses of the fulfillment of the Scriptures in the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.(See genealogy of Jesus Christ Mathew Chapter 1). Christ came to redeem us from the curse of sin, for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

God is a consuming fire, and has commanded nations through his Son(see the warning in book of Hebrews) that repentance and forgiveness of sin should be preached in the name of Jesus Christ. Christ has commanded that believers should be Baptized. Jesus says knowing the Son is the key to knowing the True God, for he is the one who reveals the Father to whom he pleases. Whoever does not honour the Son DOES NOT honour the Father who sent Christ.

Remember also that Christ is more that a prophet. He is the WORD of God who became flesh and dwelt among humanity and his Glory was beheld as the only begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth. "All authority in heavens and on earth has been given to me, go therefore into the world and preach the Gospel..."

Ladies and gentlemen, I can continue on and on, but everything is in the Bible. It is up to the individual whether he wants Life Eternal. Christ warned about misinformation and that we should guide ourselves against them, by equipping ourselves with the WORD.

Thus, if centuries after, some one has come to you that God has no Son, contrary to the WORD of God, then the individual has to advise himself or herself. Paul, by inspiration, wrote to guide ourselves against a Jesus different from what is in the Gospels.

The Scriptures says that God is able to save to the UTTERMOST those who come to HIM through Christ Jesus. It means that if someone is at the verge of death, and is wholeheartedly led to receive Christ, God in his mercy(and bcos HIS WORD is Faithful and Truth) will receive the person. We do not, however, have to wait until and our perilous moments, for we know that unforeseen circumstance may befall us any time and place.

Jesus says this Good News will be preached to the entire inhabited earth, as witness to the nations and the end will come. Study the WORD. Get Baptised, Do not procrastinate.(See the warnings in books)

Whatever, your religious persuasion is, I encourage you to humbly and wholeheartedly begin to investigate things, using the Bible(Yes because it contains the Prophetic writings of the covenant people of God, which Christ himself has testified). Do not rely on they say they say which has been the basis of the proliferation of many religions. If you sincerely
take time to scrutinize things, you would not be deceived any longer. I encourage you to do that, fist for yourself and your family. Do not let your busy schedules deny you of your God given right to choose Life. Our Good works and religious piety are of no value in the eyes of God, if we have not received HIS Son, Jesus Christ, as our Lord and Savior. The Scriptures says our righteousness are like filthy rags before God, and that we need the acknowledgment of the cleansing power of Christ, for our righteousness(in the eyes of God) is in Christ.

I encourage you to search for the Truth so that you can Worship the True God, with a good conscience. You can look for a mature Christian who can show you love and respect to help you. There are a lot of resources n the web, where you can find out things. Also look for a living,Pentecostal Evangelical Church to build your Faith. In any case all depends on your seriousness, and the Holy Spirit will guide you in being connected to places where you can Fellowship and grow in the Lord.

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