Should Allah be referred as He/Him? In this article we will examine wether or not the English pronouns ‘he/him’ are sufficient to reference the Arabic word ‘اللَّهُ/Allah’. Let’s start by examining the pronouns. I will be using the Oxford world English dictionary for the English pronouns. He pronoun [third person singular] used to refer to …
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Does The Quran Promote Wife Beating?
“Verse 4:34 of the Quran orders believers to beat their wives; so, Islam is a male dominant religion.” Many of us have heard this criticism from Christians, atheists, agnostics, etc. Personally, every time I read 4:34, I felt that something was wrong. How does God, the Most Wise order us to beat our women? What kind of solution …
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The Jinn according to The Qur’an
Who and what are the jinn according to the Quran? First lets see the definition of the Arabic word Jinn Jiim-Nun-Nun <===. root letters of jinn) Definitions of jinn: veiled/concealed/covered/hid/protected, become dark/posessed, darkness of night, bereft of reason, mad/insane/unsound in mind/intellect, confusedness. Become thick/full-grown/blossom, herbage, garden. become weak and abject, greater part of …
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Blue-Eyed Deafness in the Quran
20.102 On the day when the trumpet shall be blown, and We will gather the guilty, >>>blue-eyed<<<, on that day Blue-eyed in Arabic: Zay-Ra-Qaf = blue-eyed, grey-eyed, greenish hue in the eye, blindness (due to the pupil being grey due to cataract), become very clear/bright, to show the whites of the eye, piercing (e.g. with a …
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What Is The Punishment For Theft?
The way some Muslims interpret this verse makes them enforce the punishment of severing/cutting off the hand of anyone caught stealing. But is this the correct interpretation of God’s words in 5:38? Here is a translation of 5:38: “The male thief, and the female thief, you shall “eqta’u” their hands as a punishment for their …
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