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On My Way to Becoming a Lutheran Minister
By Jamilah Kolocotronis I sat in my night class, in my first semester at the community college, daydreaming as usual. I thought about my future and wondered where it would take me. Suddenly I had a revelation. I wanted to become a minister. I wanted to devote my life to spreading God’s Word. Two years…
From the Watchtower to the Minaret
And He sends down from the sky mountain masses [of clouds] wherein is hail: He strikes therewith whom He pleases and He turns it away from whom He pleases. The vivid flash of His lightning well-nigh blinds the sight. (Qur’an 24:43) by Raphael Narbaez, Jr. A forty-two-year-old Latino, Raphael is a Los Anodes-based comic and lecturer….
Qur’an and Science: Al Quran Miracle of Miracles
By Ahmed Deedat “Say: If the whole of mankind and jinn’s were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur’an,they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.” What is a miracle? I think it is necessary that we have a clear picture of…
Qur’an and Science : Scientists’ Comments On The Qur’an
Keith L. Moore Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Toronto. Distinguished embryologist and the author of several medical textbooks, including Clinically Oriented Anatomy (3rd Edition) and The Developing Human (5th Edition, with T.V.N. Persaud). Investigations in to the ‘alaqa or leech-like stage. Dr. Moore was a former President of the Canadian Association of Anatomists, and of…
Qur’an and Science: The Qur’an, Knowledge, and Science.
A. Abd-Allah Note: All translations of the Qur’an in this article are based on several translators including Yusuf Ali, Marmaduke Pickthal, T. B. Irving, and N. J. Dawood. However, there are some differences which the author felt made the English closer to the Arabic. The author is indebted to Dr. M. Zerroug for reviewing this…
Abrogation and the Validity of the Qur’an
Question: Some time ago I started reading the Qur’an. I have both a German and an English translation of its meanings. I started reading and found it very interesting but at one point I just had to stop! In Surah 2-62 it says “Verily, those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians and…
What is the Challenge of the Qur’an with Respect to Arabic Prose & Poetry?
M S M Saifullah, cAbd ar-Rahman Robert Squires & Muhammad Ghoniem The Qur’an in many places challenges the people to produce a surah like it. It appears that the Christian missionaries who call the challenge irrelevent or an utterly subjective criterion are pretty much unaware of how the Arabic poetry and prose compares with the…
Why God’s (Allah’s) Book Cannot Contain Error
1. God Revealed It: – “ Those who disbelieve in the Reminder when it comes to them (are guilty), for indeed it is an Honorable Scripture. Falsehood cannot come at it from before it or behind it. (It is) a revelation from the Wise, the Owner of Praise”[Qur’an 41:41-42] “ Praise be to Allah* Who…
Becoming Companions of the Qur’an
by Farhia Yahya A Qur’anic Generation In the spacious courtyard of the masjid, they sat together turning its glorious pages. The rays of sunlight gently bounced from the soft pages of the Qur’an. Humbled by the greatness of its verses and captivated by the beauty of its words, they were often moved to tears but…
Qur’anic Prophecies About the Future
By Dr. Abdul Radhi Muhammad Abdul Mohsen – Muhammad’s Prophethood: Reality or Hoax These are numerous but we will see the following examples. 1 – The prophecy about the victory of the Romans: The Almighty Allah, subhanahu wa ta`ala, says: “The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land [Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine], and they,…