Abdurezak

Salaam everyone,

Sorry for the untimely reply, school has been picking up...


What I would say to a non-muslim criticizing the Qur'an...

Non-Muslim in General

I would ask them to go outside and look around...look up at the sky and clouds, the stars, all the birds in the trees, to the numerous types of insects on the ground...is all this coincidence? Could the magnificence of this universe be an accident?

Science in the Qu'ran
I would ask them to research the following topics:

"Magnetic Poles and Qur'an"
"Fetal development in Qur'an"
"Honey bees and Qu'ran"
"Moon and Qu'ran"

All of these topics contain scientific support for the verses in the Qur'an...for example

http://www.islamweb.net/VER2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=138430

http://www.islamicity.com/Science/quranandscience/animals/GeneratedFiles/THEHONEYBEE.htm

http://www.islamicresearch.org/bees%20hidden%20miracle.htm

gives a good explanation for the science of bees in the Qur'an ...very interesting....modern science JUST now is discovering this phenomena

Magnetic Poles
http://www.answering-christianity.com/mahir/pulsar_miracle.htm
http://thequranmiracles.canalblog.com/archives/2007/04/01/4494249.html
AFTER RESEARCHING IF YOU ARE STILL AN UNBELIEVER PICK UP THE QUR'AN AND READ THE VERSUS YOURSELF...I promise you...you will not regret it..your relationship to this planet will change...all of the organisms around you will now look different to you..the people in your life will look different...if you have ever felt like you didn't belong...or lonely...or dissatisfied with other religions or ideologies...please just pick it up...no harm will ever come from research...I assure you if your heart is open..and you examine the Qur'an and read about Islam with a true open heart...than it will enrich your life more than I can explain.

That answer is for those questioning the Qu'ran and its validity...this is for concerned women about the "oppressed Muslim women"....although I will admit...there are many Muslim women whom are oppressed by their culture..it is NOT Islam...the prophet Muhammed ( peace be upon him) had a mission to liberate women from the Arab mentality...

http://www.womaninthequran.com/

Women were raised higher than men in the Qur'an....

"Heaven is under a mother's feet"

The prophet Muhammed (SWT) also when asked who should I give thanks to and who is the most important in life...he answered "Your mother", then who is next important, "Your mother"...then who is next? Then..."your father.."

http://www.quranicteachings.co.uk/women.htm

Also before Islam came to Arabia...they were burying their infant daughters in shame....Islam put a stop to that due to the message of the Prophet(swt)...

Christians

I would highly encourage you to look at the Bible...and its similarity to the Qur'an...I would also encourage you to research the story of Jesus and Judas....and research your own religion...
I believe that true Christianity is a valid and credible relgion because "People of the Book" are mentioned in the Qur'an...but I also believe the Christians of today....add a divine quality to Jesus that puts him on an equal level with God..and I believe that that is polytheism...any prayers should also not go to Jesus or Mary because they cannot grant them if there is only one all powerful and all knowing God...

Also....the story of Adam and Eve.
Christians believe that Eve ate the fruit from tree of Knowledge, then gave it to Adam...dooming women to pain during childbirth,and their periods, and death ( an ending of our lives) to the rest...
If our Lord....is all powerful and all knowing....how could he not know that they would eat from the tree...therefore...why not give women and humans death and pain during childbirth outright? If he had to give those things as a punishment...that means that God had a plan that failed? I don't believe that God can fail...everything Allah wills happens...God gave them free will and knew what would happen to them if they made either choice...God was not surprised by either...nor was all humanity doomed because of a WOMAN....in the Qur'an it states it was a consensus between Adam and Eve...
Please research Islam and their opinions on this because I believe that this story might make more sense to you...

Also...because of this "original sin" humans have to spend their whole lives "making up for the sin of others before them....why would an all knowing God punish people who had nothing to do with a mistake...someone powerful enough to create the heavens and the earth is going punish all humanity for two people's simple "mistake"?

I do not mean to offend anyone and I am just stating what is in my heart...
Any comments are welcome and I hope I enriched someone's life and sparked some thinking and questioning....

Salaams and may Allah's blessing be on you all...