Is the Quran or Bible the Word of God? Emails from Muslims to a Christian
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Ravi Zacharias Explains Why the Bible and not the Quran?
Why the Bible and not the Qur’an or some other religious book? A helpful explanation from Ravi Zacharias.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 19
Ali Gomaa discusses the meaning of “Say, Travel in the earth” (Quran 6:11). Dr. Gomaa teaches this to mean, “a Muslim turns words to an action plan, then to executive procedures upon which he can abide by the commands of Allah.”
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 18
In this episode Ali Gomaa discusses irrational thinking and mocking. Ali Gomaa says Islam is a rational religion and “there is no contradiction or dispute or difference between results of experimental science and true faithful Qur’anic facts, nor in divine truth related to humans in the origin of the Islamic creed. So, there were no dispute or argument, or battle between science and religion.”
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 17
In this episode, Sheikh Ali Gomaa discusses the importance of facts and evidence in Islam. Ali Gomaa teaches, “Allah has repeatedly implicitly and explicitly ordered us to follow, evidence, argument, proof and certainty”. This is one reason Muslims should believe in Jesus and be baptized. The evidence, argument, proof, and certainty for Jesus’ death on the cross, resurrection from the dead, and ascension into heaven is on the side of Christianity and not Islam.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 16
I have been studying chapter 6 of the Qur’an (The Cattle [Al-An’am]) and learning from Ali Gomaa. Ali Gomaa is a leading Islamic scholar and second highest Sunni authority in Egypt and taught at Al-Azhar University. Al-Azhar is recognized by many Muslims as a religious authority for Sunni Islam. This is episode 16.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 15
I have been studying chapter 6 of the Qur’an: The Cattle (Al-An’am) and learning from Ali Gomaa. Ali Gomaa is a leading Islamic scholar and the second highest Sunni authority in Egypt. This is episode 15 of 19. Ali Gomaa discusses Gabriel (Jibril) and Angels in Islam.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 14
In this video Ali Gomaa continues to discuss Quran 6:7 and the miracle of the Quran. At the end of this post I have extensive comments from scholars that 1/5 of the Quranic text is incomprehensible. What kind of miracle is the Arabic Quran if can’t be read or understood by Muslims?
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafsir (تفسير) Lecture 12
Ali Gomaa discusses history, idioms, and inventions. If only my Muslim friends would learn from Ali Gomaa’s teachings about idoms, they wouldn’t embrace silly arguments offered by Muslim apologiest like Ahmed Deedat.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 10
Ali Gomaa discusses the importance of history and free thinking. At the end of this post, I challenge Muslims that they don’t value history as they ought.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 09
Ali Gomaa lectures on the Day of Judgment and Da’wa.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 08
Ali Gomaa discusses the importance of thinking wisely. Much of what Ali Gomaa teaches in this lecture has important implications for the historical event of Jesus’ death on the cross.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 07
Ali Gomaa discusses the ayah, signs, miracle of the Quran. At the end of this post I discuss why the Quran is not a miracle.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 06
Gomaa lectures about the term “ayah” and the six pillars of faith. This lecture brought to my mind that ne of the problems in Islam is that Muslims say they believe in God and His prophets; however, they do not believe in the revelation of God and His prophets as revealed in the Bible.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 05
Sheikh Ali Gomaa discusses the pronoun “He”. The issue is, Who is the speaker in the Quran? Are these the words of Muhammad referring to Allah? Are these the alleged word of Gabriel who is referring to Allah? Ali Gomaa’s discussion highlights something that is important for Christians to understand about the Quran…
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 04
Ali Gomaa; a leading Islamic scholar and jurist who studied and taught for many years at Cairo’s Al-Azhar University. In this lecture, Ali Gomaa speaks about creation and death. Here we learn a significant difference between the biblical account of creation and the Quran’s account. The Quran teaches that death is a consequence of our being made from clay.
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 03
Ali Gomaa continues his discussion of cattle. He teaches, “the word cattle in Arabic sounds like blessing, because Allah wants to remind us of the blessing. And that is is a blessing He bestowed upon us. Those blessings maintain the connection, which is about to get lost in so many areas of our lives between man and beast. There is a connection between us and animals, which Allah Glorified and Exalted He bestowed upon us as a blessing.”
Read the rest of the post...Quran and Quran Tafseer (تفسير) Lecture 02
I’m studying the Quran from Sheikh Ali Gomaa to get non-Western perspective on the Quran and its teaching. In this lecture, Ali Gomaa discusses the creation of the heavens and cattle. The lecture highlights an important difference between the legislation and ethics of the Quran compared to the Bible.
Read the rest of the post...Interview with Former Muslim Professor of Shari’ah Law
The following is an interview with Sam Solomon, an expert on sharia law, who converted to Christianity. Sam Solomon spent 15 years studying sharia to become an Islamic jurist. This interview was done by Dr. Michael Horton on the White Horse Inn.
Read the rest of the post...Encyclopaedia of the Quran
Finding English language resources on the Qur’an that are accurate is not always an easy task. One of the best academic resources available in the English speaking world is the Encyclopaedia of the Quran. It is available in hardcover, but I recommend the CD Rom edition: Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an Do you [...]
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