The word “Muslim” in the Bible: A Linguistic and Theological Inquiry into Isaiah 42:19 Mushafiq Sultan One of the Qur’an’s central theological assertions is that all prophets across human history were...
(New International Version) Chapter 5 Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach...
Salah in the Bible And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to th...
(1) A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. Wealth which comes from sin is of no profit, but righteousness gives salvation from death. The Lord will not let the up...
1. Overcoming Sin My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck....
(New International Version) Chapter 5 Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach...
(New International Version) Chapter 5 Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach...
There are so many predictions in the Bible regarding the Prophet of Islām that refer to him in unequivocal terms. It is not a common practice to predict about some future prophet by name. There are on...
The alphabetical letters (consonants) are merely symbols of sound. No doubt the words are formed by placing the consonants together but they cannot be pronounced until some proper vocalization system...
I had written two installments of my article ‘Barnabas, His Gospel and Its Credibility’ 1 , but could not complete it due to some other assignments. Although the article is still incomplete, it would...
It is stated by the Lord in the book of Deuteronomy of the Old Testament of the Bible: ‘I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words into his mouth;...
Islam does not accept the belief of ‘original sin’. Its main concern is the ‘acquired sin’ and not the ‘original sin’. According to Islam ‘sin’ is neither a hereditary disease that is transferred from...
There is a strangely arranged prophecy regarding the Prophet of Islam in a pseudepigraphical book attributed to Moses named ‘The Assumption of Moses’. 1 It was introduced to me by a worthy friend, Mr....
Some excerpts are being quoted below from some authorities to afford the reader a first hand knowledge of corruption and interpolation in the Old Testament. Encyclopaedia Britannica, under the article...
Some excerpts are being quoted below from some authorities to afford the reader a first hand knowledge of corruption and interpolation in the Old Testament. Encyclopaedia Britannica, under the article...
Like the Old Testament (OT) text, there exists various types of corruption in the New Testament (NT) text as well. The scholarly book named ‘The Text of the NT, its Transmission, Corruption, and Resto...
Before we venture into examining Imām Farāhi’s point of view regarding the Injīl (the Gospel), it seems appropriate to first clarify certain fundamental issues related to the Injīl, for example, its e...
Chapter 5 1. And seeing the multitudes, he [Jesus (sws)] went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3. Blessed are...
(Based on a transcript of the author’s lecture) The Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors. The Qur’ān is a dictation. The speaker in the Qur’ān -- in the first person -- is God t...
What is Hermeneutics? There may be at least two ways to respond to the question: What is hermeneutics? First, one may attempt to define the term hermeneutics in a single statement through abstraction....
