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Splitting of the Moon One of the times when God performed miracles at the hand of the Prophet was  when the Meccans demanded to see a miracle from Muhammad to show his truthfulness.  God split the moon in two separate halves and then re-joined them.  The Quran recorded the event: “The Last Hour draws near, […]

Apart from the greatest miracle given to him, the Quran, Prophet Muhammad performed many physical miracles witnessed by his contemporaries numbering in hundreds, and in some cases thousands.[1]  The miracle reports have reached us by a reliable and strong method of transmission unmatched in world history.  It is as if the miracles were performed in

Was He Insane? Someone who has dealt with mentally ill knows people can be identified by their symptoms.  Muhammad displayed no symptom of insanity at any time in his life  No friend, wife, or family member suspected or abandoned him due to insanity.  As for the effects of revelations on the Prophet, such as perspiration

A Logical Analysis of His Claim As discussed earlier, Muhammad made the claim, ‘I am God’s Messenger.’  Either he was true in his claim or he was not.  We will begin by assuming the latter and investigate all possibilities raised by skeptics of past and present, discussing some of their misconceptions.  Only if all other possibilities

Divine facilitation is proportionate to human need.  God makes acquisition easier as the need of humans increase.  Air, water, and sunlight are necessary for human survival, and thus God has granted their acquisition to all without hardship.  The greatest human need is to know the Creator, and thus, God has made it easy to know

5.      Jesus describes the function of the other Parakletos: John 16:13 “He will guide you into all the truth.” God says in the Quran of Muhammad: “O mankind!  The Messenger has now come unto you with the truth from your Lord: believe, then, for your own good!…” (Quran 4:170) John 16:14 “He will glorify Me.”

John 14:16  “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.” (American Standard Version) In this verse, Jesus promises that another “Comforter” will appear, and thus, we must discuss some issues concerning this “Comforter.” The Greek word paravklhtoß, ho parakletos, has been translated as

Deuteronomy 18:18  “I (God) will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” Many Christians believe this prophecy foretold by Moses to be in regards to Jesus.  Indeed Jesus was

Preliminary Issues The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity.  The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old Testament being slightly larger because of their acceptance of certain books not accepted as scripture by Protestants.  The Jewish Bible

The Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad is the second revealed source of Islam.  Like the Quran, it contains scientific information unavailable 1400 years ago.  From these miracles is the “seven” earths, mentioned by the Prophet in several of his sayings.  From them are the following two: Hadith 1 It was narrated on the authority of Abu