As Muslims we believe that the Quran is a revelation from God, its origin is divine, and not man made. Now what good reasons are there to believe that the Quran is in fact the word of God, rather than the word of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? Obviously […]
Question 1: What is Islam? Answer: Islam is the religion revealed by God to all of his prophets, starting from Adam (pbuh) all the way to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Question 2: Wasn’t Islam started and created by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? Answer: No, there is a misconception […]
MuslimMatters In the early days of Islam, a few companions of the Prophet were fleeing persecution in Mecca and sought refuge in Abyssinia. The Christian ruler of the land, Ashama, demanded the companions to read aloud from their scripture and, when one of them recited from the sura […]
Question: Why did God decide to stop sending revelation for more than a thousand years? Isn’t it convenient in this day and age of modern technology that revelation has ceased? Answer: Why did God decide to stop sending revelation? Because that was his will, revelation was never meant to be […]
In the Quran we read the following verse that talks about abrogation: We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth [one] better than it or similar to it. Do you not know that Allah is over all things competent? […]