Five hypotheses about the Qur’ānic text
IT IS MOST likely that the moment when the codification of the Qur’ān took place represents the pattern of epistemological…
What does ‘the comprehensiveness of Islam’ mean?
THE ABOVE STATEMENT is a short excerpt of a lengthy response by the Salafi cleric ‘Abd al-Ḥayy Yūsuf, to the…
The Mushaf is not the Qur’ān
IS THE MUSHAF of the Caliph ‘Uthmān itself indisputably the Qur’ān of Muhammad? Answer: a resounding ‘no’ in bold letters. How…
Between the Qur’ānic text and interpretations of commentators
THERE IS MUCH that conflicts between the various commentators and their individual opinions and religious affiliations, to the point where…
On the concept of the ‘Ahl al-Dhikr’
NO ONE CAN DENY that anyone who reads a text, particularly if that text is ‘sanctified’, must make use of…
Hadith, the biggest scam in Islamic history – 2
AS A RESULT the question becomes closed when the hadith are included in one of the books of Sihāh, Masānīd…
Text and Context in Qur’ānic interpretation
TAKING THINGS from this view, we will attempt to examine here the widespread dictum concerning the Qur’ān which runs: “The…
A stiff-necked God!
IN ARABIC CULTURE there is a commonly used phrase: “Even the whole Earth cannot change my word,”[1] which Arab men…
Contemporary Islam and the challenges of modernity
MUSLIMS POINT to the damage caused by delay in the updating of religious thought in four broad areas: 1 –…
Hadith, the biggest scam in Islamic history – 1
A PERPLEXING ISSUE indeed. All the criteria for accepting the validity of a hadith focus upon the chain of transmission…