The author has written this article in response to a criticism on the Qur’ān by Mr. Jochen Katz . (Editor) One of Mr Jochen Katz’s criticisms 1 on the Qur’ān can be summarised thus: ‘The Almighty has...
Mr Katz in one of his articles 1 has stated that some verses of the Qur’ān regarding the abode of Allah are mutually contradictory. Mr Katz has based his objection on the following verses of the Qur’ā...
We all know that the Qur’ān, at various places, says that Allah created the heavens and the earth in "six days". On the other hand, the Qur’ān also says: The Originator of the heavens and the earth! W...
Individuals who stay away from practicing Islam despite being Muslims, fall into two broad categories: There is one group whose apparent association with Islam owes itself entirely to the accident of...
Brutus: Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him I have offended. I pause for a reply. All: None, Brutus, none! Brutus: Then none have I offended. (Shakespeare, Juliu...
The Prophet of Islam (sws) never claimed that his teachings stemmed from his own ‘intellectual world’. The Qur’ān explicitly asserts: Even so We have revealed to thee a Spirit of Our bidding. Thou kne...
‘Man’ is a fine word except that it gets confusing sometimes. My neighbour is a man, yet his wife is always telling him to ‘be a man’, and the boy next door who was caught doing' `unspeakable things'...
‘All men are equal’. There is no doubt whatever about that. But I am sorry I must change this one slightly before those nice ladies from APWA sue me for discriminating women. So let’s begin again: ‘Al...
