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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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Occurrences of Khinzir (swine) in the Quran

The quadriliteral root khā nūn zāy rā (خ ن ز ر) occurs five times in the Quran as the noun khinzīr (خِنزِير). The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have arange of meanings depending on context. Click on a word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction. Noun (2:173:7) l-khinzīri …

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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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The word “Jinn” in the Quran

Did you know? The word “Jinn” comes from the  triliteral root jīm nūn nūn (ج ن ن) which occurs 201 times in the Quran, in eight derived forms: once as the form I verb janna (جَنَّ) once as the noun ajinnat (أَجِنَّة) 22 times as the noun jinn (جِنّ) twice as the noun junnat (جُنَّة) 147 times as the nominal jannat (جَنَّة) 10 times as the noun jinnat (جِنَّة) …

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Where does Quran Speak Loudest?

A ‘Worlds Greatest Expert’ on something will only be a useful speaker if he is invited to speak at an event which is relevant to his expertise. There is no use in inviting Albert Einstein to speak about the history of pie making in Ireland if his expertise was quantum mechanics! He would only have …

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