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As a Muslim I reject hadith, in my view there is no support for them to be followed. I disagree that one is meaningless without the other, at least in the case of Islam. The Quran claims that it is complete, fully detailed and nothing has been left out of it. Muslims who follow hadith claim for...

Well at least it sounded good :)

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Only the penitent man will pass :D

The next line is "that none touch except the purified". Since anyone can touch(whether it be physically or metaphorically) the Quran it leads me to believe otherwise. Unless you want to interpret it as only the purified will understand it.

What is Q?

I think this is out of context. Also the translation is problematic. Look at the different interpretations(56:77-78): Sahih International: Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an. In a Register well-protected; Pickthall: That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an. In a Book kept hidden Yusuf Ali: That this...

Thanks for the link, I'll be honest when it goes into the mathematical symbols it loses me. "The argument (Logical Determinism) that a proposition's being true prior to the occurrence of the event it describes logically precludes free will ultimately rests on a modal fallacy. And the ancillary...

Interesting :) How would a choice reflect backwards in time?

In 98:6 the Quran is referring to a specific group of non-believers(as is shown in 98:4-5), it then goes on to say who are the best of creatures in 98:7. 98:7 - Indeed, they who have believed and done righteous deeds - those are the best of creatures. 98:7 applies to any monotheist who strives...

Yes, and I am asking your thoughts on how it can be otherwise if the future is known by an infallible being. If I have option A and B in front of me and God knows/knew before the existence of time itself that I was going to choose A, how can I possibly choose B? I am not say it is Gods will...

Thank you, I was not aware of the Shia interpretation. For me the wording clearly indicates that the Prophet is the one who turned away. The Shia interpretation makes no sense, if it is the tribal leader who is frowning and turning away why does it say "because there came to him a blind man"...

Thank you for the response and my apologies for the late reply. I have a few problems with what you have said. You say that the Quran is cryptic, however the Quran says: 2:185 - The month of Ramadhan in which was revealed the Qur'an, a guidance for the people and clear proofs of guidance and...

Yeah but it's fun to try :)

If He knows, then how is it not predetermined? You keep saying the choice is mine but if God knows what choice I am going to make what other choice can I make besides that which He knows? The past existed, the present is existing.. if it doesn't exist what are we experiencing? I don't think God...

What are some of the different interpretations of the Quran that cause conflict between Shia and Sunni? If God claims that nothing has been left out of the Quran, why do we need hadith?

Not all, take Turkey for example. Also being a minority view doesn't make it an incorrect view. As to the why, because people use religion to manipulate and control others. This punishment is not supported anywhere in the Quran, it is from extra-Quranic sources(which openly contradict the...

God doesn't have to will it. If He knows I am going to do something that I have not yet done how can I do otherwise? Your parent analogy is flawed imo. You didn't really know what they were going to do, not in the sense that God knows things. You made an educated prediction which turned out to...

Fair enough.. but in this case that's what makes the argument. If you doubt that you are doubting and you doubt that and that ad infinitum, this is what proves to me that I exist.

Sorry I missed this post. I don't think "thinking is occurring" is better. It has to be specifically doubt, you can think you are thinking something but be wrong, the thought might be implanted etc. Doubt is the only state of thought that is unchanged, at most you can doubt that you are...