Quran
Essential methodology for understanding the Quran
Basic guidelines on how to study the Quran
Translation of an untranslatable book
Importance of holistic reading
Understanding the vague messages
When a reading of the Quran can misguide
A reading of the Quran can misguide when …
Why traditional tafsirs are unreliable
Differences among Quran-centrists
An answer to a deist’s rebuttal of the Quran
Unfolding of divine messages is like biological evolution
An answer to Jay Smith’s “Examining the Newest Historical Research on Islam …”
Hadith
The first four Caliphs prohibited hadiths
Earlier Muslims prohibited hadiths
The Quran relates Hadith to shirk
The Quran rejects Hadith and its authority
The Quran describes Hadith as satanic revelation
The Quran exposes hadith, sunna, ijma, sharia and salaf
The Quran disapproves of all hadiths other than the Quran
Why the Prophet prohibited Hadith
How hadiths contradict science and reason
How hadiths insult and demonise the Prophet
How hadiths severely corrupted Islam
Observation
Hearing, sights and senses as flying birds
Meaning of ‘BIRD’ in the Quran
Where is our ‘Bird of destiny’?
Sensory perceptions in the Quran
Importance of scientific observation
The Quran calls on us to travel
Can scientific observation be one of the ‘pillars’ of Islam?
Reasoning
The Quran calls for inductive reasoning
The Quran calls for critical thinking and reasoning
Scientific understanding
Relationship between the Quran and science
What a doctor can learn from the Quran
An answer to Richard Carrier’s “Cosmology and the Koran”
Reading the verses on natural phenomena: A multi-layered approach
Science
The Oneness and the Transcendent
Why awareness of Oneness and Transcendent is so important
How rejection of Oneness and Transcendent leads to fire
All good deeds spring from the Awareness of Oneness
Will God send disbelievers to eternal hell?
Abraham’s observation of the Universe
Arguments for the existence of God
Every kindling of fire is a reminder!
Countering the mosque-goers’ argument during the coronavirus pandemic
Hell is temporary, heaven is unending
Shahada
A preface to “22 serious reasons shahada should contain no name except God’s”
22 serious reasons shahada should contain no name except God’s
The first commandment of Islam has no name in it except God’s
La ilaha illa Allah is the only shahada found in the Quran
The Quran doesn’t authorize any added name in shahada
Islam revolves around Oneness and so should shahada
In all service we should remember only the ever-living One who never dies
We are not allowed to make distinction between the messengers
God is enough as witness that Muhammad was God’s messenger
The Quran relates the testimony ‘Muhammadur rasulullah’ to hypocrisy
The Quran links the added shahada to rejection
Pairing God with Muhammad violates holistic logic
The Quran condemns those who mention ‘others’ with God
Associating sanctified creatures with God is idolatry, the gravest offense in Islam
Extended shahada is not a requirement to be or become a Muslim
Extended shahada is not a requirement for salvation
Islam is not about any particular messenger
The Quran presaged the extended shahada as deviation
Extended shahada creates false religions by inventing secondary authorities
Sectarian shahada is based on baseless hadiths
‘Shahada hadiths’ are contradictory and confused
Sectarian shahada was a later invention
Earliest ‘dated Muslim texts’ constantly remember God but never Muhammad
The dual shahada evolved in line with an increasing idolization of Muhammad
A summary of “22 serious reasons shahada should contain no name except God’s”
Distortion of shahada evidenced by archaeology
Distortion of shahada through the political slogan of the Umayyads
True Islam
Islam is not about any particular messenger
The Quran calls for inductive reasoning
The Quran calls for critical thinking and reasoning
Quran, the messenger of peace and tolerance
The Quran calls for peace and tolerance: verse examples
The Quran promotes religious pluralism
The Quran promotes art and aesthetics
Pursue pleasure and happiness and mind the balance
Pollutants and evils intruded into Islam through traditions
Book review: Abdur Rab’s “Rediscovering Genuine Islam”
Muhammad
True Muhammad versus false Muhammad (part-1)
True Muhammad versus false Muhammad (part-2)
Can Muhammad of hadiths be a prophet of God?
Muhammad cartoons controversy: what does the Quran say?
A review of Dan Gibson’s Mecca vs. Petra theory
Petra has nothing to do with the origin of Islam
How hadiths insult and demonise the Prophet
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires by Juan Cole
Islam vs Muhammadanism
How all the corruption in Islam started
Darood (salawat): Its origin and danger
Lailatul Qadr: Night of Meditation
Who can intercede on the Day of Judgment?
What does the Quran really say about intercession?
Understanding chapter 6 from Abraham’s perspective
How hadiths insult and demonise the Prophet
Quran, the messenger of peace and tolerance
The Quran calls for peace and tolerance: verse examples
Distortion of shahada evidenced by archaeology
Zoroastrian influence on traditional Islam
Pollutants and evils intruded into Islam through traditions
Distortion of shahada through the political slogan of the Umayyads
Should we add sanctifying titles and phrases to the names of the messengers?
Pluralism
The Quran promotes religious pluralism
Meaning of COLOURS in the Quran
One light (the Truth) is split into many colours (a truth’s)
We are called to observe the colours
Why light is one and darknesses are many
One ‘green’ with many products
Arabia: The Untold Story: a review
The Quran accepts shirk as a necessary evil
Similarity between Hindu, Christian and Muslim prayers
The story of Adam: a call for a secular, pluralistic society
Quran, the messenger of peace and tolerance
The Quran calls for peace and tolerance: verse examples
Islam vs rituals
Salat during the time of the Prophet
Why salat is NOT ritual prayer
Lailatul Qadr: Night of Meditation
Zoroastrian influence on traditional Islam
Why establishing the Salat means doing Works of Reform
Is praying for something or someone helpful?
Islamic and un-Islamic practices
The Quran never allowed wife beating
Child marriage violates the Quran
Lailatul Qadr: Night of Meditation
Abortion from a Quranic perspective
Should halal slaughter be banned?
Should we recommend circumcision?
Is adoption prohibited in Islam?
Zoroastrian influence on traditional Islam
The Quran promotes art and aesthetics
Pursue pleasure and happiness and mind the balance
Countering the mosque-goers’ argument during the coronavirus pandemic
Salat
Salat during the time of the Prophet
Why salat is NOT ritual prayer
Why QIBLA is not physical direction
Zoroastrian influence on traditional Islam
Why establishing the Salat means doing Works of Reform
Why the Prophet’s wartime salat was not ritual prayer
Origin and development of traditional Muslim prayer
Reviews and rebuttals
Arabia: The Untold Story: a review
A review of Dan Gibson’s Mecca vs. Petra theory
Petra has nothing to do with the origin of Islam
An answer to a deist’s rebuttal of the Quran
Can Muhammad of hadiths be a prophet of God?
Lands are shrinking, despite what Quran’s critics say
Does the Quran really say that the Sun sinks in a murky lake?
Book review: Abdur Rab’s “Rediscovering Genuine Islam”
An answer to Richard Carrier’s “Cosmology and the Koran”
An answer to wikiislam’s rebuttal of the Quran about ‘frontal lobe and lying’
An answer to Jay Smith’s “Examining the Newest Historical Research on Islam …”
An answer to Richard Carrier’s “Predicting Modern Science: Epicurus vs. Mohammed”
Same sex relationship
The story of Lot condemns xenophobic hate, not homosexual love
The Quran doesn’t penalise homosexuality
A same sex act in itself is not a transgression
Lot’s people assaulted ‘men from other nations’
Understanding the story of Lot
Does the Quran condemn homosexuality?
The significance of ‘Nay, but’ in the story of Lot
Did Lot really offer his daughters to the rapists?
Why the traditional understanding of the story of Lot makes NO SENSE
Messages in nature
Dialectics
Laws of historical dialectics in the Quran
Dialectical expressions in the Quran
Cosmos
The Big Bang and the origin of the Universe
Strict balance in the expanding Universe
An answer to Richard Carrier’s “Cosmology and the Koran”
Death and rebirth of stars: a reminder
Heliocentric concepts in the Quran
What is harder to create: Man or Universe?
An answer to Richard Carrier’s “Predicting Modern Science: Epicurus vs. Mohammed”
Solar system
Heliocentric concepts in the Quran
Earth
Does the Quran really say that the Sun sinks in a murky lake?
Lands are shrinking, despite what Quran’s critics say
Mountains are passing like clouds
Evolution
Evolutionary sequence in the Quran
Man has evolved through stages
Rumi and the Quranic concept of evolution
The story of Adam confirms evolutionary origin of humans
Unfolding of divine messages is like biological evolution
What is the original material that man has evolved from?
Plants and photosynthesis
Every kindling of fire is a reminder!
One ‘green’ with many products
Adam
The story of Adam is a parable
The meaning of the story of Adam
Understanding the allegory of Adam
Adam is not a name of a person
Creation of Adam is a constantly recurring event
How would the ‘Forces’ know about future violences?
Why Adam’s mate in the Quran has no name
How fall of Adam can be reversed
The story of Adam confirms evolutionary origin of humans
The story of Adam: a call for a secular, pluralistic society
Noah
What was the actual age of Noah
Understanding the Flood Parable of Noah
Why the flood story of Noah is similar to the Hindu flood legend of Manu
Abraham
Abraham’s observation of the Universe
Understanding chapter 6 from Abraham’s perspective
Jesus
Does the Quran really support the Virgin Birth of Jesus?
The spirit-bearing man who gave Mary a pure son was a real, mortal man
Quranic allegories
What was the actual age of Noah
Understanding the Flood Parable of Noah
Why the flood story of Noah is similar to the Hindu flood legend of Manu
A lesson from the story of Aaron
The Parable of the Town in Ruins
Does the Quran really support the Virgin Birth of Jesus?
The spirit-bearing man who gave Mary a pure son was a real, mortal man