The Quran's account of the golden calf includes a subtle detail that the Book of Exodus omits. The calf, we are told, was a body that made the sound of a calf. It is easy to read past this as a piece of narrative color, a miraculous flourish. It is anything but. To an audience … Continue reading A Calf That Lowed & Egyptian and Mesopotamian Mythology
3:7: Basic Law of Hermeneutics For Studying Scripture
Today, while driving home, I was listening to a Christian polemicist who was attempting to validate his Trinitarian views by attacking verses from the Quran. It struck me that his entire methodology involved taking either allegorical verses or ones open to multiple interpretations and using these verses to draw sweeping conclusions that fundamentally contradict the … Continue reading 3:7: Basic Law of Hermeneutics For Studying Scripture
Divine Interpretation: Sign of Messengership
In the Quran, the capacity to accurately interpret a divine message previously obscured from the masses is a sign of divine favor and authorization. This revelatory ability is reserved for those whom God deems righteous, as He does not grant such profound insights to those who are insincere or liars. [72:27] Only to a messenger that … Continue reading Divine Interpretation: Sign of Messengership
