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THE CHALLENGE OF THE QUR’AAN
Literature and poetry have been instruments of human expression and creativity, in all cultures. The world also witnessed an age when literature and poetry occupied...
NON-MUSLIMS REFERRED AS ‘KAFIRS’
Why do Muslims abuse non-Muslims by calling them ‘Kafirs’? 1. ‘Kafir’ means one who rejects.‘Kafir’ is derived from the word ‘kufr’, which means to conceal...
The Quran and EMBRYOLOGY: Compatible or Incompatible?
MAN IS CREATED FROM ALAQ -A LEECH-LIKE SUBSTANCE A few years ago a group of Arabs collected all information concerning embryology from the Qur’aan, and...
The Quran and ASTRONOMY: Compatible or Incompatible?
CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE: ‘THE BIG BANG’ The creation of the universe is explained by astrophysicists in a widely accepted phenomenon, popularly known as the...
The Quran and Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible?
THE CONCLUSION To attribute the presence of scientific facts in the Qur’aan to coincidence would be against common sense and a true scientific approach. The...
The Quran and Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible?
The Introduction Ever since the dawn of human life on this planet, Man has always sought to understand Nature, his own place in the scheme...
WAS ISLAM SPREAD BY THE SWORD?
How can Islam be called the religion of peace when it was spread by the sword? It is a common complaint among some non-Muslims that...
JIHAAD ≠ ‘HOLY WAR’
JIHAAD DOES NOT MEAN ‘HOLY WAR’ There is another misconception regarding the meaning of the word ‘Jihaad’. Many people translate the word ‘Jihaad’ as holy...
The Quran and BIOLOGY: Compatible or Incompatible?
EVERY LIVING THING IS MADE OF WATER Consider the following Qur’aanic verse:“Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together...
Da’wah
The Arabic term da’wah is derived from the verb da’a which means ” to call, to invite, i.e. to call on the One and Only...