Category: Quran

WHAT REASONS CAN Muslims give for believing that the Quran is the word of God?  We address points regarding both its content and its language. In Part 1 we address its content characteristics. ITS CONTENT 1. Its Challenge of Inimitability At first,…

ALTHOUGH THE QURAN was sent down as “an Arabic recitation,” [1] the vast majority of Muslims do not believe that its language is of this world. Rather, “it is as though the poverty-stricken coagulation which is the language of mortal man were under…

THE NOVICE READER of the Quran needs to be informed that each sûrah has traditionally carried—for convenience of reference—one or more names(s), not part of the revealed text, picking out an Arabic word which occurs somewhere within that sûrah, but not necessarily…

IN THE MODERN world English readers have access to literally millions of books covering every conceivable topic—and then some. Which ones are worth investing time and effort to enjoy and benefit from?  Each major religion has its own sacred  texts, collected from…