An Interpretation of Verse 19 of the Chapter of Joseph (Chapter 12)
This article is from The Prophet Joseph In The Qur’an, The Bible, And History وَجَاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَأَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَأَدْلَى دَلْوَهُ قَالَ يَا بُشْرَى هَذَا غُلاَمٌ وَأَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةً...
View ArticleAn Interpretation of Verse 20 of the Chapter of Joseph (Chapter 12)
This article is from The Prophet Joseph In The Qur’an, The Bible, And History وَشَرَوْهُ بِثَمَنٍ بَخْسٍ دَرَاهِمَ مَعْدُودَةٍ وَكَانُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الزَّاهِدِينَ (20) And they sold him for a low price,...
View ArticleThe Qur’an’s Concept of the “Best Nation”
This article is from the second edition of Jihad in the Qur’an: The Truth from the Source. The book is now in its third edition. A relevant and important issue to finally examine is the Qur’an’s...
View ArticleThe Name of the Followers of the Messiah in the Qur’an and New Testament
Adapted from the chapter “Al-Masih in the Qur’an” in the book The Mystery of the Messiah: The Messiahship of Jesus in the Qur’an, New Testament, Old Testament, and Other Sources The Qur’an does not use...
View ArticleThe Oneness of God in the Qur’an
This article is extracted and adapted from chapter “The Qur’an’s Rejection of the ‘Sonship of God’” from the book Jesus The Muslim Prophet: History Speaks of a Human Messiah Not a Divine Christ Unlike...
View ArticleThe Best Tafsir (Interpretation) of the Qur’an
On the 15th of March 2010 I was invited to give a talk at an exhibition of the Qur’an organized at the University of Liverpool, UK. In the evening I had dinner with two of my hosts, both of whom are...
View ArticleThe Concept of “Ghayb” (Unseen) in the Qur’an
Many Qur’anic verses make it absolutely clear that faith is one of the foundations of the belief system of the Muslim. One Qur’anic term that particularly captures this fact is “ghayb.” This term,...
View ArticleThe Meaning of “Hadith”
The term “hadith” is one of the most used Islamic terms by both Muslims and non-Muslims. But despite its importance there is often a good deal of ambiguity about what it exactly means. It is often used...
View ArticleAn Interpretation of Verse 109 of the Chapter of Joseph (Sura 12)
Allah says that all the messengers that He sent before Prophet Muhammad, such as prophet Joseph, were men from various towns, to whom He revealed the Message. In describing the “men to whom We gave...
View ArticleThe Realization of the Foreknowledge of God in the Visible World
The Qur'an describes Allah as having full and perfect knowledge of the past, present, and future. There are also verses that seem to suggest that Allah comes to know about certain things as they...
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