Chosenness of the Jews in the Qur’an
My detailed analysis of the “chosenness” of the Israelites in the Qur’an. With its logic, clarity, and consistency, the Qur’an corrects the Jewish and Christian forms of misunderstanding this concept
Read moreCategory: Qur’an
Israel’s Chosenness in the Qur’an
This video brings new insights into understanding the “chosenness” of the Israelites by God in the Qur’an. It also shows the extent of misrepresentation this concept has suffered in Judaism and Christianity as a result of its portrayal in the Bible.
Read more
Abraham’s Covenant: A Qur’anic correction of Biblical History and Theology
God’s covenant with Abraham is a foundational theme in the Bible. Yet the unconditional chosenness of the Israelites makes the covenant rather ambiguous and inconsistent with other teachings about God in the same book. Free from the ethnocentricity of the Bible, the Qur’an presents a clear, consistent, and far more convincing account of the Abrahamic covenant.
Read more
The Qur’an’s Universal God and the Hebrew Bible’s Ethnocentric God
In this video, I focus on a fundamental difference between the account of the Exodus in the Qur’an and the Old Testament. Although this difference is theological, rather than historical, it still provides further testimony to the accuracy and coherence of the Qur’an and exposes the paradoxical nature of the Biblical account.
Read more
The Qur’an’s “Pharaoh of Awtad”
The Qur’an describes Pharaoh with the unique title “dhū al-awtād” (of awtād), which I argue particularly applied to Ramesses II. This is another significant piece of information in the Qur’an that does not exist in the Old Testament’s narrative of the Exodus.
Read more
A History of Understanding the Qur’an’s Verdict on Jesus’ Crucifixion
From the early days of Islam, the overwhelming majority of Muslims and non-Muslims understood the Qur’an as unambiguously denying the Jewish and Christian claim that Jesus was crucified.
Read more
A Subtle Historical Miracle in the Qur’an’s Account of the Exodus
The interview with Paul Williams is an extended version of the earlier presentation on this miracle on my channel @louay.fatoohi. In the discussion with Paul, I give more details, present more evidence, and explain why the references in Pharaoh’s claim could not have been to Canaan.
Read more
Identifying the Qur’an’s “One” Pharaoh
Unlike the Bible, the Qur’an speaks about one Pharaoh. The Pharaoh in whose reign the Prophet Moses was born is the same Pharaoh who led his army chasing Moses and the Israelites when they escaped from Egypt, and who ultimately drowned in the sea. This fact has the potential to unambiguously identify Pharaoh.
Read more
A Qur’anic Historical Miracle: Pharaoh’s Strange Claim
When Moses told Pharaoh that Allah wanted him to let the Israelites leave Egypt with them, Pharoah rejected the demand. But then […]
Read more
The End of Jesus’ Life on Earth in the Qur’an
The paper argues in favour of a combination of the majority Muslim opinion that Jesus was raised alive to heaven and the minority view that he died naturally. That Jesus died after, not before, he was raised means he died in the abode in heaven to which he was taken. With this partial agreement and disagreement with the majority and minority views on the concepts of tawaffī and rafʿ, this article proposes a relatively new understanding of the Qur’ānic portrayal of the end of Jesus’ life.
Read more
Refuting the Christian Claim the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Did No Miracles
The Qur’an is considered to be the greatest miracle of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, but he is also known to have performed and experienced other miracles. These non-Qur’anic miracles are the focus of my latest presentation on Blogging Theology.
Read more
Pride: the Oldest Spiritual Disease
Some differences are clear while others are subtle. I show how they speak for the cohesion and consistency of the Qur’anic account and internal contradictions in the Biblical counterpart.
Read more
Differences between Qur’an and Bible on Joseph’s story
Some differences are clear while others are subtle. I show how they speak for the cohesion and consistency of the Qur’anic account and internal contradictions in the Biblical counterpart.
Read more
The Miraculous Qur’an and the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
This presentation is based on research by my wife, Dr Shetha Al-Dargazelli, and myself. The findings were first published about a quarter of a century ago in a book titled “History Testifies to the Infallibility of the Qur’an: Early History of The Children of Israel”.
Read more
Abrogation and the Preservation of the Qur’an
In this interview, I critique the principle of abrogation (naskh), focusing in particular on its relevance to the perseveration of the Qur’an.
Read more