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MATCHLESS ELOQUENCE AND PROFOUND MEANING

Although this medium-sized book contains a certain amount of apparent repetition, it declares that everything wet and dry is in a Manifest Book (itself) (6:59). It addresses and satisfies all levels of understanding and knowledge, regardless of time and place. Hundreds of interpreters

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THE RECORDING AND PRESERVATION OF THE QURAN

It is commonly accepted that in human history, God the Almighty has sent 124,000 prophets. According to the Islamic definition, a Prophet is one who comes with important tidings, “the tidings of the Religion,” which are based on faith in the existence and Unity of God and His angels,

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ARGUMENTS FOR THE DIVINE AUTHORSHIP OF THE QURAN16

Even a superficial study of the Qurans wording, styles, and meaning shows that it is unique. Thus, it must be either below or above all other books in rank and worth. Since it is above all of them, it must be the Word of God. The Quran declares: You did not (O Messenger) read of any b

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DIVINE DESTINY AND DECREE AND HUMAN FREE WILL

The Qur’anic word translated as “destiny” is qadar. In its derivations, this word also means “determination,” “giving a certain measure and shape,” “dividing,” and “judging.” Muslim scholars of Islam define it as “Divine measure,” “determination,” and “judgment in the creation of thin

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BELIEF IN DESTINY: ONE OF THE ESSENTIALS OF FAITH

Our conceit and weak devotion leads us to attribute our accomplishments and good deeds to ourselves and to feel proud of ourselves. But the Qur’an explicitly states: God creates you and what you do (37:96), meaning that Divine Compassion demands good deeds and the Power of the Lord cr

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DIVINE DESTINY AND DECREE IN RELATION TO DIVINE WILL

God registers everything in His Knowledge in a record containing each thing’s particular characteristics, life span, provision, time and place of birth and death, and all of its words and actions. All of this takes place by Divine Will, for it is through Divine Will that everything an

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DESTINY AND HUMAN FREE WILL

We feel remorse when we do something wrong. We beg God’s forgiveness for our sins. If we trouble or harm someone, we ask that person to excuse us. These actions show that we choose to act in a particular way. If we could not choose our actions and were compelled to do them by a superi

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THE RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE

THE RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE AND IT’S PURPOSES A visible but oft-neglected difference between human and other types of life is instructive. Inanimate objects serve universal purposes in a complicated, amazing way, but do not know what they do or why

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BENEFITS OF BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION AND THE AFTERLIFE

Materialism was born in Europe in the middle of the eighteenth century. The British philosopher George Berkeley first used this term to mean an unjustified confidence in matter’s existence. Later on, it was used to signify a philosophical movement or school attributing the origin of e

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