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Analysis · argument tier
Questions raised about the text
Linguistic, historical, scientific and internal-consistency questions, verse by verse. Each item is an argument, with the sources it cites and a place for the responses.
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Statements about the natural world.
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Open question
31% of items
60 original · 0 proposed · old “Question”
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Linguistic
20% of items
39 original · 0 proposed
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Internal contradiction
13% of items
24 original · 0 proposed · old “Quranic Contradiction”
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Historical background
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24 original · 0 proposed · old “Historical Background”
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Historical
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Ambiguity
8% of items
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Parallels with earlier sources
3% of items
5 original · 0 proposed · old “Copied from other sources”
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Scientific
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3 original · 0 proposed
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Geographical
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Each item is filed under one category from the old site's list (its most specific one); the other categories it carries still show as tags.
- 13:2 Scientific Argument The verse likens the heavens to a ceiling, stating that Allah raised the heavens without columns. This image is asserted by Islamic commentators but with two opinions regarding the interpretation of “without columns that ye can s…
- 13:33 verses Scientific Open question Argument Islamic commentaries explain rawāsī to mean “steadfast or firm.” Al-Qurţubī explains that the earth is anchored by the mountains and thus made steady. Islamic commentator Ibn Kathīr presents a theory adopted by the commentators c…
- 22:18 Scientific Argument The verse talks about the created beings bowing to Allah, a worship practice generally ascribed to human beings. But, how does this concept of worship apply to “the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains…”? Muslim ex…