Category: Islamic History

Forgotten Witness: Evidence For The Early Codification Of The Qur’an

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซโ€™๐š๐ง Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR (We do not necessarily agree with everything written in this article – Islam Compass  Three kinds of historical evidence are examined here Read More …

The Challenge Of The Qur’an

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซโ€™๐š๐ง Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR The primary source of the missionaries’ argument is here. We have also retained their pattern so as to facilitate the identification of rebuttals. What Is The Challenge Of Read More …

On The Judeo-Christian Sources Of al-Khidr and Dhul-Qarnayn Is The Source Of Qur’an 18:60-65 The Alexander Romances?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ’๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ? ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ž๐จ-๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ-๐Š๐ก๐ข๐๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ-๐๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฒ๐ง Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 1. Introduction 18.60: Behold, Moses said to his attendant, “I will not give up until Read More …

The Source Of Qur’an 18:65-82: Arent Wensinck’s Jewish Source?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ’๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ: ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ค’๐ฌ ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 1. Introduction 18.65 So they found one of Our servants, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught Read More …

On Pre-Islamic Poetry and The Qur’an

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐Ž๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž-๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ’๐š๐ง Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ๐Ÿ. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง It has been a source of faith and pride for Muslims over the centuries in that the Holy Qur’an is the preeminent word of Read More …

Is The Qur’anic Story Of Solomon and Sheba From The Targum Sheni?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซโ€™๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐›๐š ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ข? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 1. Introduction In the infamous tradition of Orientalism, attempts at deconstructing the religion of Islam have been chiefly characterized by Read More …

Will Jesus burn in Hell? Jesus is raised to Allah

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ? ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก Mohamad Mostafa Nassar Twitter@NassarMohamadMR[Sura 4:158], near stationed with him [Sura 3:45], worshiped by millions of Christians, yet Sura Sura 21:98 says, that all that are Read More …

Wine: Good or bad? Strong drink and … are only an infamy of Satan’s handiwork

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐–๐ข๐ง๐ž: ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐š๐? ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ โ€ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐š๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR According to the Christian missionaries: Wine is forbidden for a Muslim here on earth: O you who Read More …

When Commanded Pharaoh the Killing of the Sons?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ง๐ฌ? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR According to the Christian missionaries: Sura 40:23-25 says, “And truly We sent Moses with our revelation and a clear warrant unto Pharaoh and Haman Read More …

Pharaoh’s repentance in the face of death?

Posted onAuthorMohamad Mostafa Nassar

๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐จ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ, ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ “๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ’:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก Read More …