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According to Muslims authorities, masculine Arabic words often include both males and females, unless the context suggests otherwise. For instance, here’s what the translator of Imam Nawai’s commentary on Sahih Muslim states: 1. The pronouns in this hadith apply generally, which means they include men and women. If women are to be excluded, their exclusion has to be specified or there should be some other indication that the address is to men only. When ‘Ai’shah asked the Pro

The medieval Muslim commentator Imam al-Nawawi wrote a massive commentary on the sahih  collection of Imam Muslim. Al-Nawawi will cite and explain the hadiths where Muhammad describes Jesus as God’s own Word and Spirit, which I will now quote. All emphasis will be mine: 108. The hadith says, ‘Whoever says that there is no deity other than God, the only God who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, and that Jesus is God’s servant and the son of His w

Against the Spirit-Fighters (pneumatomachians) Or The Holy Spirit as God in Christian Scripture (AD 55-AD 60) Opening Prayer Thou the Father who is without beginning are holy, thou co-beginningless Son, and thou divine Spirit:  Enlighten (each of ye) us with faith who worship you (Φώτισον ἡμᾶς πίστει σοι λατρεύοντας) and snatch us out of the eternal fire. [1] Introduction   This study first points out probable error in modern-day Scripture translations no matter a person’s ch

The list of quotes cited here is taken from David W. Bercot’s  A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs , published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts in 1998, pp. 684-687. The author will mention the particular volume and page number of the ten-volume set of  The Ante-Nicene Fathers , ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, 1885–1887, reprinted by Hendrickson in 1994). For instance, this 1.144 means volume 1, p. 144. Bercot will also signify whether the Chri

According to the Quran Allah is the holy one, or the one who is holy: He is Allah, than Whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One (al-quddoosi) , Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him). S. 59:23 Pickthall All that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth glorifieth Allah, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One (al-quddoosi) , the Mighty, the Wise.

This will be a very short post. Muhammad’s god granted his messenger certain sexual favors which he did not permit for anyone else, such as taking another’s man’s wife and forcing himself on women against their will! وَأَمَّا مَا أُحِلَّ لَهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجُمْلَته سِتَّة عَشَرَ : الْأَوَّل : صَفِيّ الْمَغْنَم . الثَّانِي : الِاسْتِبْدَاد بِخُمُسِ الْخُمُس أَوْ الْخُمُس . الثَّالِث : الْوِصَال . الرَّابِع : الزِّيَادَة عَلَى أَرْبَع نِسْوَة . الْخَامِس :

In this post I am going to quote the various Muslim authorities that recount Muhammad’s lustful desires for the wife of his adopted son Zaid, resulting in Zaid’s divorcing her in order for his father to then commit adultery with, all due to the decree of Muhammad’s god who had predestined this adulterous union to take place. This all based on the following Quranic text: And (remember) when you said to him (Zaid bin Harithah the freedslave of the Prophet) on whom Allah has bes

Muhammad’s deity permitted him and his followers to rape captive women, even if these women were still married: Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those (captives and slaves) whom your right hands possess . Thus has Allah ordained for you. All others are lawful, provided you seek (them in marriage) with Mahr  (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage) from your property, desiring chastity, not committing illegal sexual intercourse,

The following lengthy excerpt is taken from Iranian Muslim scholar Ali Dashti’s book, “ 23 Years : A Study of Prophetic Career of Mohammad”. This happens to be one of the best treatments on Muhammad and Islam ever produced. In what follows, Dashti highlights the fact of Muhammad being a womanizer who used his god to give himself a license to indulge his carnal, lustful passions. Ignaz Goldziher remarked that no other religion’s scriptures and records contain anything like the

The Case of Maria The Copt It is no secret to anyone that has studied Islam that Muhammad is depicted as a sex-crazed womanizer, whose sexual prowess was praised by his followers. For the details check out the following post: Muhammad the Womanizing Sensualist In fact, Muhammad’s sexual lusts even led him to go against his own instructions. For instance, Muhammad taught that a person who frees his slave girl and marries her would receive a double reward: Narrated Abu Musa: Al

RAPE AND ADULTERY The God of Moses expressly prohibited the Israelites from raping captive women, especially those who were still married. Rather, God commanded that if a man found a woman among the captives he was to honor her by marrying her after giving her a full month to mourn the loss of family members: “If you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God gives them over into your hands and you take them away captive,   and see among the captives a beautif

THE ABOMINATION CALLED MUHALLIL The true God YHWH utterly forbade the Israelite men from remarrying women whom they had divorced and ended up marrying other men that either divorced them or left them widowed. YHWH called such remarriages an abomination, something detestable and heinous in his sight: “If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce a

The Quran and sunni traditions categorize women as property which men own and whom they have taken captive to be their prisoners in the home. This is why men have the authority to beat women whom they fear are being rebellious: Your women ARE A TILLAGE for you; so come unto your tillage AS YOU WISH, and forward for your souls; and fear God, and know that you shall meet Him. Give thou good tidings to the believers. S. 2:223 Arberry You have rights over your wives and they have

MUHAMMAD’S MISTREATMENT OF HIS WIVES God’s Word, the Torah, indicates that YHWH permitted a man to have more than wife under the condition that he treated them all fairly and equally. YHWH warned men that if they failed to give a wife her conjugal rights and necessary provisions then they were in violation of their marital vows. As such, the wife was free to go since the marriage was now dissolved/terminated: “And if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to g

The Quran and sunni tradition depict the Islamic deity as a very grotesque looking hybrid who possesses a composite body of some kind, which consists of at least three eyes, three hands, fingers, a foot, a shin, gonads and a face.   In this post I will highlight the verses, which speak of Allah’s multiple eyes and hands.   Build the ship under   Our eyes ( bi-ayunina )  and by Our inspiration, and speak not unto Me on behalf of those who do wrong. Lo! they will be drowned. S.

This post will be short and to the point. Bi-la kayfa  (“without [asking] how”). A theological principle of not questioning revelation when it may perplex or defy human understanding. This concept is most closely associated with al-Ash’ari, but has been also used by others, such as Ibn Hanbal. Al-Ash’ari invoked the notion  bi-la kayfa wa la tashbih  (“without asking how or making comparison”) most notably in respect of the Koran’s so-called “anthropomorphizing” expressions w

The Quran plainly states that Allah will annihilate everything in existence with the exception of his face: And invoke not any other ilah (god) along with Allah, La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Everything will perish save His Face . His is the Decision, and to Him you (all) shall be returned. S. 28:88 Hilali-Khan All who are in or on it are ones who are being annihilated, yet the Countenance of thy Lord will remain forever , Possessor of The M

In this post I will revisit Muhammad’s shameful mistreatment and disrespect of women, by showing how he and his deity relegated females to the status of sex objects to be misused for the pleasure of men.   Muhammad’s god states that women are a field which men own and can plow into however and whenever they like: Your wives are as a tilth unto you; so approach your tilth when or how ye will ; but do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear God. And know that ye are t

Certain Muslims, particularly those who identify as Salafis, claim that their god is above his throne which is above the seven heavens in a manner that befits his majesty. These Islamic anthropomorphists deny that Allah is in any of the seven heavens, even though they believe that he does descend to the lowest heaven, that which is closest to the earth, every third part of the night, without vacating his position above the throne. They based this on the following narrations:

Certain Muslims, particularly those who identify as Salafis, claim that their god is above his throne which is above the seven heavens in a manner that befits his majesty. These Islamic anthropomorphists deny that Allah is in any of the seven heavens, even though they believe that he does descend to the lowest heaven, that which is closest to the earth, every third part of the night, without vacating his position above the throne. They based this on the following narrations: