Is the Qur’ān a linguistic miracle – or just inept?
FIRST OF ALL, at the beginning of the verse the author of the Qur’ān describes Allah by saying: He it is…
Prayers on the Christians as ‘infidels’ – 1
IN THIS INTERVIEW, conducted in 1988 by the Parisian journal L’Actualité Religieuse he said the following: “Prayer is one of the five…
The beginnings of the printed Qur’ān – 2
IN THE CASE OF readings, discussion about the form of the Qur’ānic text ought to be conducted in the context of…
The beginnings of the printed Qur’ān – 1
INITIALLY, THE PUBLICATION of this edition was a purely Egyptian affair. It was the work of a government-appointed committee led by Muḥammad…
An Aramaic and Syriac reading of the Qur’ān – 2
BECAUSE THE COMMENTATORS relied on subsequent oral transmission without taking into consideration the language in its historical framework, they fell…
An Aramaic and Syriac reading of the Qur’ān – 1
WHEN LEXICOGRAPHERS were unable to clarify the ambiguities in the language of the Qur’ān – despite the Almighty’s saying that it…
The Hidden Origins of early Islam – 2
THIS IS CONTRARY to reality despite its logical arguments, since the general historical context suggests that the Hijaz was one…
The Hidden Origins of early Islam – 1
THEIR AIM IS TO RESEARCH and delve into the early past of Islam and remove the rubble of legend from…
The meaning of ‘religion’ and ‘Islam’ in the Qur’ān
AS FOR THE WORD ‘ISLAM’, this denotes ‘perfection and completeness’ and the noun does not denote the religion of Islam…
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…