Category Archives: THE QURAN

The life between death and resurrection

Texts concerning the life between death and resurrection, and the reward and punishment therein. (a) The Salaf and the a’immah believe that people meet some kind of reward or punishment after death, that they experience it in the soul as … Continue reading

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Quranic arguments for resurrection

The arguments which the Quran advances for resurrection and the life hereafter appeal to human nature and are convincing. God has discussed the life hereafter in detail and has demonstrated conclusively the possibility of resurrection. But His method differs from … Continue reading

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Views of different schools of thought regarding the Quran

Ibn Taymiyyah lists the views of different factions of the Muslims regarding the Quran, and points out what the Elders believed in this matter. With regard to the Quran many views, seven or more, have been held by people who … Continue reading

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The letters that are in the Quran are uncreated

The letters that are in the Quran are different from the letters that represent human speech; the former are untreated while the latter are created. These and other things taken in the abstract as undifferentiated and unindividuated universals have no … Continue reading

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Our recitation of the Quran is something created, even though the Quran itself is uncreated

The Quran which people read and write is the word of God, and, as the word of God, it is uncreated. However, their act of reading or reciting, and the sound which they make in the process are created. Similarly, … Continue reading

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The Quran is the uncreated speech of God

The most important thing with regard to this issue is to study the statements of the Quran itself, for what the Elders and the leading scholars  among the Companions,  their righteous Successors, and the whole ummah, such as the four … Continue reading

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What we should believe regarding the Quran

The Quran is the word of God, and it is uncreated. It has originated from Him, and to Him it shall return. It is with God in a Guarded Book, as it is remembered by men in their hearts, or … Continue reading

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The Quran is the word of God

Texts telling that the Quran is God’s speech, and not the speech of any human being or angel. From the words, “This is verily the word of an honorable messenger” (69:20; 8:19), it is wrong to infer that the Quran … Continue reading

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