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Islam Perfectly Understands (and Answers) Judaism

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Judaism proclaims itself as the monotheistic faith of the Jews, an ethnoreligious minority Judaism aims to guide and elevate with various laws and teachings. It has immense influence, with other religions like Samaritanism, Mandaeism, and Christianity branching off from it. Mainstream Judaism is called Rabbinic Judaism, and is derived from the Written Torah, also known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, which itself is divided between the Torah ("teaching"), the Nevi'im ("prophets"), and the Ketuvim ("writings"); and the Oral Torah, oral teachings traditionally held to have been revealed to the Prophet Moses (عليه السلام) on Mount Sinai alongside the Written Torah that were eventually written down as the Mishnah , which, alongside the Gemara (Jewish rabbis' commentaries and debates regarding the Mishnah), forms the Talmud. Islam is a different monotheistic religion commonly associated with Judaism by virtue of the two being "Abrahamic"...

The Aorta Argument Does NOT Disprove Islam

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Certain Christian apologists claim Islam disproves itself via Quranic verses relating to the aorta, the human body's largest artery, and a Hadith regarding the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ last days on Earth. There are all sorts of reasons why such a claim against Islam is obviously false, and today, I will go over some of them. The Claim Sahih al-Bukhari 4428  records the Prophet Muhammad as having said the following to his wife Aisha bint Abi Bakr (عليهما السلام) during the illness that later claimed his life: "يَا عَائِشَةُ مَا أَزَالُ أَجِدُ أَلَمَ الطَّعَامِ الَّذِي أَكَلْتُ بِخَيْبَرَ، فَهَذَا أَوَانُ وَجَدْتُ انْقِطَاعَ أَبْهَرِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ السَّمِّ" Translation : "O Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaybar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut by that poison." The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was referencing the time a Jewish woman tried killing him with a poisoned lamb as revenge for conquering the Jewish city of Khaybar to pu...

Book Review: "The Sealed Nectar" by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

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I am beginning a quest to research every religious and philosophical tradition in-depth. To start this journey, I am beginning with Sunni Islam. More specifically, I will begin reading The Sealed Nectar , an acclaimed, award-winning, comprehensive biography on the life of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ﷺ, the final Prophet of God according to Islam. Out of respect, I will not do a typical "out-out-of-ten" rating system. The Sealed Nectar Chapter 1: Location and Nature of Arab Tribes The geography of the Arabian Peninsula and the history of its people, the Arabs, are briefly explained. Due to the harsh, sandy deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and links on land and at sea with most nations at the time, the land of the Arabs an economic, cultural, religious, and artistic centre of the old world whilst simultaneously maintaining complete historical independence, never being conquered by any foreigners, including its powerful, expansionist neighbours, the Byzantine and Sasanian Empires. Aft...