Theories on the origin of the Qur’ān – 2
ONE OF THESE Syriac terms includes the word Qur’ān itself and its linguistic origin as a term distorted from the…
Theories on the origin of the Qur’ān – 1
THE FIRST OF THESE is the theory of Muḥammad’s Qur’ān: in which the author of the Qur’ān is held to…
Syriac and Aramaic origins of the Qur’an – 2
AT THE BEGINNING of his commentary, Luxenberg refers to al-Suyūṭī (1445-1505 CE), who mentions Abū al-Qāsim in his Languages of the…
Syriac and Aramaic origins of the Qur’ān – 1
THE FACT THAT the orientalist researcher Christoph Luxenberg was able to explain many of the dilemmas thanks to his recourse…
Myths of Islamists – Love between the Companions – 2
IN HIS COLLECTION of Ṣaḥīḥ hadiths Muslim narrates a tale that demonstrates the position of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib as regards Abū Bakr…
Myths of Islamists – Love between the Companions – 1
WE WILL THEREFORE refer to the books of the Muslims to find out just how deep that brotherly relationship was,…
Islamic myths – The torment of the grave – 2
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA GOES ON to detail how, according to a description given by R. Eliezer (1st cent.) to his disciples,…
Islamic myths – The torment of the grave – 1
HOWEVER, IT WAS FROM THIS same Abū Hurayra that the largest volume of hadiths falsely attributed to the Prophet were taken. These…
The Qur’anic script – some clarifications – 2
IN FACT THE ISSUE is not how the words were pronounced, but how they were written. The reason for this is…
The Qur’anic script – some clarifications – 1
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION Mr Hisham makes the following observation: The Arabic language as spoken by the Bedouins of the…