Question Contrary to Christian belief, who hold that the root of all evil is in the woman owing to the incident when Eve who was tempted by Satan… as Muslims, we have always been taught that it was both Adam and Eve who were tempted.  In Surah Ta Ha, Ayah 120, the Qur’an tells us … Read more »

I was reading one of your responses concerning where was Adam (AS) and I commend you on your excellent thoughts. Also, I just wanted to say in regards to it that Allah saying He was going to place a vicegerent on earth does not negate or necessarily approve the fact that Allah placed Adam (AS) … Read more »

The paradise was not on earth that is why Allah states: “GET YE ALL DOWN FROM HERE”. The statement “I AM GOING TO CREATE A KHALIFAH ON EARTH” is a statement of intent, otherwise Allah would say “I DID CREATE A KHALIFAH ON EARTH”. If that is the case, then the question arises: “where were … Read more »

Question It is stated in Qur’an that when Allah Ta`ala created Adam he was in Jannat. Now Jannat is a different place than this planet earth (as in these days every place is known to man and there is no place which is like Jannat). Now after the incidence when Adam and Hawwa erred in … Read more »

Question My question is about Surah 2: 34: ‘And behold, we said to ANGELS: “bow down to Adam”. And they bowed down, except Iblis. He refused and was haughty. My understanding from the holy Qura’n about the angels, is that they always obey Allah Ta`ala and they don’t have any free will. What I would … Read more »

Question In Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 30, it is said: “And when your Lord said to the angels, I am going to place in the earth a khalifah, they said: What! wilt Thou place in it such as shall make mischief in it and shed blood, and we celebrate Thy praise and extol Thy holiness? He … Read more »

Question Assalam-u-Alaikum, In Surah Hadeed Allah Says that Allah has predestined whatever good accrues to a person or whatever he loses so that he should not fret over what he loses or he is proud of what he gets. If all these things are predestined, then what is the use of praying to Allah for warding … Read more »

Question I was wondering about something concerning memorizing the Qur’an. A brother told me recently that it was expected in the Prophet’s time that everyone memorizes the Qur’an.  Is this true? If so it doesn’t make sense because why then would Hadhrat Abu Bakr and Hadhrat Umar have asked Hadhrat Zaid bin Thabit to collect … Read more »

I have two questions and I hope you will elaborate on them, in detail. First one is: a Christian wrote: Abu Musa al-Ash’ari, one of the early authorities on the Qur’an text and a companion of Muhammad, is reported to have said to the reciters of Basra: We used to recite a surah, which resembled … Read more »

The First Question I have started reading two translations of the Qur’an along with a biography of Mohammed’s life. I was curious as to how ‘convenient’ the Qur’an was to Mohammed.  It seems that issues would be ‘revealed’ as they were personally needed by himself.   God is so great that it seems odd that God … Read more »