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If you search google, you will find a lot more than just Hafs. And there is no evidence of aything getting forgotten. He was afraid large part of Quran might get lost. This is not an evidence of Quran actually getting lost. If you try google, you will find extensive discussions on this...

Why should Allah protect anything if he doesnt want to?

"From where you obtain intoxicants and also good/better food. Verily in that there is a sign....". Where does it say wine is a miracle of Allah? Have you seen the alcoholic content of heavenly wine?

Quran was both memorised and written. when one memorizes that much, there are chances of forgetting. None of these say they are no longer in the quran. Where is the evidence of Uthman juggling verses?

Clear revelations are about things that are practically implementable. These are the "mother of the book" (literal translation). Allegorical things are about the unseen. Those in whose heart is "perversity" (literal translation), follow the allegorical, seeking discord. This verse might be...

And Muhammad is no more then a Messenger, and Messengers have passed away before him as well. If he dies or is killed, will you then turn back on your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least; and Allah will reward the grateful soon. (3:144)

So Ham has been the easiest mantra for me

Persians and newly converted quasi-muslim turks had that cultural habit. Turks stopped it once they converted fully. Persians went Shia under Safavids and in Shia Jurisprudence making pictures of holly figures is somehow allowed. You wont find these cultural habits anywhere out side Iran today...

Intercessor and mentor are two completely different concepts. One is in the path between two points, making a connection. The other is outside the path between two points, helping/catalyzing the connection.

Any discussion between a hindu and a muslim eventually comes down to core metaphysics. Both hindu and muslim would agree that there is only one God. But Muslim would say one should only worship the one supreme God, as an abstract concept/entity. Hindu would argue that individual aspects or...

Heard that happening some places in india. If you convert to Islam you have to eat beef to show your Islam-ness.

Mainly there are two sects in Islam. Sunni who believe in the consensus of Prophet's companions. And Shia who believe in Muhammad's messianic lineage . They both have the same Quran but different set of Hadith. Sufi is the mystical tradition associated with Islam. Sufi and Sunni arnt mutually...

The foundational metanarrative of Islam is the perenniality of Divine guidance to mankind. From that perspective, every guidance send to mankind was from the same God and had the same postulates. But with the passage of time, people keep changing God's command to suit their whims and...

In absolutely realpolitik parlance, she converted and married to the king to be. Perfect choice. She must have her reasons. I am nobody to pass judgements on her. If it was anybody but Muhammad, she would havebeen raped and killed (or raped till killed).

The simple fact of the matter is Sufism has flourished in India exactly because of this. It florished because Sufis were much humane than Brahmins. They fed untouchables and honoured them as equal humans. While rest of the muslims had started their own class system It is also the reason many...