When dealing with the fact that a Bible passage in the Song of Songs or Shir haShirim 5:16 שיר השירים ה:טז in Hebrew where the word “Machamadim” מַחֲמַדִּים is clearly shown, Christian apologists like James White in his debate with Br. Zakir Hussain titled “Is Muhammed… Read More ›
God is ONE, this is the core creed of Monotheism. This oneness of God as an aspect of His absolute nature, must be understood properly in order to worship HIM. Maimonides[1] had laid out a principle to understand the Oneness of God… Read More ›
One other miraculous aspect of the Qur’an which I am personally interested in is its astonishingly coherence and unity in its structure and contents. Interest in the structure of the Qur’an has its beginnings in the ninth century CE with Muslim… Read More ›
Photo credit: Stephanie Thornton’s Daughter of the Gods Probably not many of us knew that rabbis such as Rashi presents Hagar, the wife of Patriarch Abraham as: Bath Par’o hayetah בַּת פַּרְעֹה הָיְתָה, or she was the daughter of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. She was an… Read More ›
Isaiah’s vision of Jesus riding a donkey and Muhammad riding a camel, al-Biruni, al-Athar al-Baqiyya ‘an al-Qurun al-Khaliyya (Chronology of Ancient Nations), Tabriz, Iran, 1307-8. Edinburgh University Library. For thus my Lord said to me: “Go, set up a watchman;… Read More ›
Another classic article by Eric bin Kisam Many Muslims consider the Bible (which consists of Old Testament and New Testament writings) to be quite unlike the Qur’an: they are not God’s direct speech, but are just like the Hadiths, that is the… Read More ›
Reblogging another great article by Eric bin Kisam In the story about the wife of patriarch Abraham, Hagar, and his firstborn son, Ishmael, in the Torah in Genesis/Bereishit 16:7 there was mention of a place named Shur שֽׁוּר. וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ מַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה עַל־עֵ֥ין הַמַּ֖יִם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר עַל־הָעַ֖יִן בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ שֽׁוּר An… Read More ›
Another classic article by Eric bin Kisam reblogged from 2016 In Exodus/Shemot 3:14 prophet Moses asked God what is His name, then God said to him Ehyeh ašer ehyeh אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה. The common English translation of this enigmatic phrase is: “I… Read More ›
Reblogged golden oldie by Eric bin Kisam So who will inherit the kingdom of God? According to Scriptures: They are the righteous. There is no need for someone to be killed to be justified before God the most High. Tzadiqīm yireshu aretz… Read More ›
Article originally published in March 2018 by Eric bin Kisam Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel… [Al A’raaf 157] It comes to my attention, initially… Read More ›
Muhammad the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: اِرْحَمُوا مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ يَرْحَمْكُمْ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ Be merciful to those on earth and the one in the heavens will be merciful to you! Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1924
It is a command that led the leading atheist Richard Dawkins to claim that the God of the Old Testament was “a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser … a genocidal … megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully”. For God had ordered the… Read More ›
:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “آتِي بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَسْتَفْتِحُ فَيَقُولُ الْخَازِنُ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَأَقُولُ مُحَمَّدٌ . فَيَقُولُ بِكَ أُمِرْتُ لاَ أَفْتَحُ لأَحَدٍ قَبْلَكَ” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I will come to the gates of Paradise and… Read More ›
Another old article by Eric bin Kisam that deserves to be republished: The Trinitarian belief system which holds that Jesus was the real God Almighty who incarnated into a human body and thus taking on 100% human nature while retaining 100% divine substance, was… Read More ›
Another old article by Eric bin Kisam that deserves to be republished: Scriptures are not just text of revelation which one must understand within the border of sacred theological paradigm but it can also be approached as a collective memory of a… Read More ›