The Qur’ān according to critical research – 10
THE QUR’ĀN DOES NOT talk about a story of revelation to Muḥammad as it did with the Jewish prophets, and there…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 9
MĀLIK MUSULMĀNĪ MAKES the following comments on al-Kindī’s Risāla: We understand from the Risāla of al-Kindī that the Qur’ān in the beginning was…
The historical relationship between faith and science
THIS WAS ESPECIALLY the case in the period of Ottoman (Turkish) colonialism, which lasted more than four hundred years (from…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 8
THE QUR’ĀN IS MOSTLY dependent on natural phenomena that were not understood by the pre-Islamic Arabs. It thus swears by…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 7
THIS ENTIRE SŪRA is in rhyming saj‘[2] and replete with claims that cannot be proved. The sūra in addition contains verses which imply a plurality of…