Devotion And Loyalty To God In The Old Testament This article covers Devotion And Loyalty To God In The Old Testament. Devotion And Loyalty To God mean your faith in Him. Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept. In the context of religion, one can define faith as confidence or trust in...
Book Of Wisdom The Wisdom of Solomon or Book of Wisdom is a Jewish work, written in Greek, composed in Alexandria (Egypt). Generally dated to the 2nd century BC, the central theme of the work is “Wisdom” itself, appearing under two principal aspects. In its relation to man, Wisdom is the perfection of...
Closeness To God In The Old Testament This article covers the verses related to Closeness to God in the Old Testament. The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. (Psalms, 145:18) Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my...
Book Of Proverbs The Book of Proverbs (מִשְלֵי, Míshlê (Shlomoh), “Proverbs (of Solomon)”) is the second book of the third section (called Writings) of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament. When translated into Greek and Latin, the title took on different forms: in the Greek Septuagint (LXX) it became...
The Story Of Saba As Narrated In The Quran Here is the story of Saba as narrated in the Quran. The story of the Queen of Sheba in the Quran shares some similarities with the Bible and other Jewish sources. Some Muslim commentators such as Al-Tabari, Al-Zamakhshari and Al-Baydawi supplement the story. Here they claim that the...
Tolerance And Dialogue In The Qur’an And The Sunnah This article covers the answer to the question: “Is there any tolerance and dialogue in the Qur’an and the Sunnah?“ The Qur’an always accepts forgiveness and tolerance as basic principles, so much so that “the servants of the All-Merciful” are introduced...
Documentary Hypothesis The documentary hypothesis (DH) is a model used by biblical scholars to explain the origins and composition of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Others are the supplementary hypothesis and the fragmentary hypothesis; all agree that the Torah is not...
What Is A Miracle? A miracle is an extraordinary accomplishment, which God Almighty brings about at the hands of a Messenger in order to prove his Messengerhood, strengthen the faith of believers, and break the obstinacy of unbelievers. The universe operates according to fixed laws that God has determined. But...
Dialogue In The Muhammadan Spirit And Meaning This article is about the interfaith dialog in the Muhammadan Spirit and Meaning. I do not like to make claims and I have a poor memory, but in spite of this, I can recite tens of verses, one after the other, that is...
Who Are Eve’s Parents? This article covers the answer to the question: “Who Are Eve’s Parents?“ Biblical records Main article: Genesis creation narrative According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam’s companion. She succumbs to...
What Was Tree Prohibited For Adam And Eve? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Was Tree Prohibited For Adam And Eve?“ As is known, Adam was in the Garden before his worldly life. While in the Garden, God commanded him and Eve not to eat the fruit...
What Wisdom Behind Adam’s Dismissal From Paradise? This article covers the answer to the question: “What Wisdom Behind Adam’s Dismissal From Paradise?“ The wisdom of it concerns the charging of duties; Adam was sent charged with such a duty that the unfolding of all mankind’s spiritual progress and the revealing...
Was Isaac Or Ishmael To Be Sacrificed? This article covers the answer to the question: “Was Isaac Or Ishmael To Be Sacrificed?“ As you know, Kedar is a descendent of Ishmael {Genesis 25:13}, and Ishmael is the base for the Family Tree of Prophet Muhammad through Kedar. An important fact...
The Story Of Solomon This article covers the story of Solomon from Islamic literature. Solomon inherited David’s prophethood and dominion. This was not a material inheritance, as prophets do not bequeath their property. It is given away to the poor and needy, not to their relatives. The Messenger said: “The...
The Story Of Zachariah And John The Baptist This article covers The Story Of Zachariah And John The Baptist from Islamic literature. The years had taken their toll on the Prophet Zachariah. He was now old and bent with age, in his nineties. Despite his feebleness, he went to the...
Story Of Noah This is the story of Noah from Islamic literature. The Prophet Noah called his people to the religion of God for nine hundred and fifty years. When his people insisted on unbelief and persisted in their wrongdoings, God ordered him to build an ark. After completing the construction...
Story Of Samuel This is the story of Samuel from Islamic literature. The son of Jarir reported that the condition of the Israelites deteriorated. They committed many sins and killed whom they wished of the prophets. Consequently, God sent them a tyrannous king who ill-treated them and spilled their blood,...
Story Of Prophet Lot Prophet Abraham left Egypt accompanied by his nephew Lot, who then went to the city of Sodom, which was on the western shore of the Dead Sea. This city was filled with evil. Its residents waylaid, robbed and killed travelers. Another common evil among them was...
Story Of Job Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In rabbinical literature, Iyov (אִיּוֹב) is called one of the prophets of the Gentiles. In Islam, Job (أيّوب, Ayyūb) is considered a prophet. He was a man of Rum. His name was Job, son of...
Story Of Isaiah Among the prophets between David and Zachariah is Isaiah, son of Amisiah. Isaiah appeared before Zachariah and John the Baptist. He is among those who prophesied about Jesus and Muhammad. The king during his time was called Hezekiah (Hazkia). He listened and was obedient to Isaiah in...