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How the Quran Is Preserved
An illustrated account of Quran preservation: Birmingham, Chester Beatty and Topkapi manuscripts, textual variants, Code 19 and the confirming Messenger of the Covenant. Continue reading
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Why Seek Purpose? The Fake-Life Generation and the Reason We Are Here
Introduction: The Generation That Says Its Life Is Fake A Harvard-trained social scientist sits down in front of a camera for Big Think and opens with a number that should stop a room. Depression among adults under thirty has roughly… Continue reading
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The Levels of Shirk: From Denying God to Wearing His Name as Camouflage
Introduction: The Only Unforgivable Sin Is Not One Sin Ask most people what idol worship looks like and they will picture a statue — a carved figure on an altar, candles, incense, a bowed head before stone. That image is… Continue reading
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Who Sets the Standard? The Quran’s Own Test for Its Own Arguments
Introduction: The Fairest Possible Reading An article titled “A Framework for Evaluating Quranic Arguments” sets itself a demanding task, and it deserves a demanding reply. The piece is a serious, disciplined attempt to sort good reasoning from bad. It proposes… Continue reading
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The Two Verses That Don’t Belong: How 9:128-129 Were Added to the Quran
Introduction: The Seam in Plain Sight Open any printed copy of the Quran to the end of the ninth chapter — the chapter of Repentance, called Bara’ah — and count the verses. In the Final Testament, the authorized English translation… Continue reading
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The Quran as Physical Manuscript: Why Isnad Is Irrelevant
Introduction: The Cave Quran Scenario Imagine that tomorrow, archaeologists exploring a sealed cave in the Arabian Peninsula unearth a complete Quran manuscript. The parchment is sent to Oxford University’s Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit — the same world-class facility that dated the… Continue reading
