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And in any case, the list of candidates for “son of God” begins with Adam, as per
Luke 3:38: “Adam, which was the son of God.”
Those who rebut by quoting Matthew 3:17 (“And suddenly a voice came from
heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved son, in whom I am well pleased’”) have overlooked
the point that the Bible describes many people, Israel and Adam included, as “sons of
God.” Both 2 Samuel 7:1314 and 1 Chronicles 22:10 read, “He (Solomon) shall build a
house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his
Father, and he shall...
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On Sorcery (As-Sihr)
Allah the Most Exalted said: "And indeed they knew that the buyers of it (magic) would have no share in the Hereafter."
(2:102)
Allah the Almighty said:
"They believe in Al-Jibt and At-Taghut (all false deities)."...
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Let’s back up. What does “Son of God” mean in the first place? No legitimate
Christian sect suggests that God took a wife and had a child, and most certainly none
conceive that God fathered a child through a human mother outside of marriage.
Furthermore, to suggest that God physically mated with an element of His creation is so
far beyond the limits of religious tolerance as to plummet down the sheer cliff of
blasphemy, chasing the mythology of the Greeks. With no rational explanation available within the tenets of Christian...
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Some People of this Ummah (Nation) will worship Idols
Allah the Most Exalted said: "Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They believe in Al-Jibt and At- Taghut (all false deities)...
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So what should we make of the book of Hebrews using monogenes to describe
Isaac as the only begotten son of Abraham? A metaphor, mistranslation, or mistake? If a
metaphor, then literal interpretation of monogenes in relation to Jesus is indefensible. If a
mistranslation, then both the mistranslation and the doctrine deserve correction. And if a
mistake, then a greater challenge surfaces—reconciling a biblical error with the
infallibility of God.
This problem demands resolution, and the most respected modern translations of
the Bible (i.e., the Revised Standard Version, New Revised Standard Version, New
International Version, Good News Bible, New English Bible, Jerusalem Bible and many
others) have recognized “begotten” as an interpolation and...
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The protectiveness of Al-Mustafa (May Allah be pleased with him) of Tauhid
and his blockading every path leading to Shirk
Allah the Most Exalted said: "Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad P.B.U.H)...
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According to Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible, “There does not seem to have been any
inferiority in the position of the concubine as compared with that of the wife, nor was any
idea of illegitimacy, in our sense of the word, connected with her children.”
Jacob M. Myers, professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary and acknowledged Old Testament scholar, comments in his Invitation to the Old Testament:
Archaeological discoveries help us to fill in the details of the biblical narrative and to explain many of the otherwise obscure references and strange customs that were commonplace in Abraham’s world and time. For instance, the whole...
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Exaggeration in the Graves of the Righteous Persons
tends them to become Idols worshipped besides Allah
Imam Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) recorded in his book Muwatt ' that the Prophet
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No serious scholar agrees with this defense, and for good reason.
To begin with, Ishmael was Abraham’s begotten son regardless of the nature of
his parentage. More concrete validation of his status as Abraham’s legitimate son is
simply that God recognized him as such, as encountered in Genesis 16:11, 16:15, 17:7,
17:23, 17:25, 21:11. And if God recognized Ishmael as Abraham’s son, who of mankind
dares to disagree?
But man is inclined to argument, so by looking at all angles a person should
recognize that polygamy was an accepted practice according to the laws of the Old
Testament. 69 Examples include Rachel, Leah, and their handmaids (Gen 29 and 30),
Lamech (Gen 4:19), Gideon (Judges 8:30), David (2 Samuel 5:13), and the archetype...
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The condemnation of the One who worships Allah at the Grave of a Righteous Man and how then does this amount to Worship of the Man
In the Sahih (i.e. AI-Bukhari and Muslim), 'Aishah (May...
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