logs onto twitter:
“Absurd lie about Islam,” posted by an account with millions of followers, blue check mark of course
Muslims in comments: “show proof!”
Response: “Aisha was 6.” (Not even relevant to the topic)
Sigh.
@NedryCon@dmontetheno1 Al-Ījī (d. 905 AH) :
“Every report that agrees with it is true, while whatever in them contradicts it is corrupted and false—or it means that the Qur’an judges over the scriptures preceding it.”
@NedryCon@dmontetheno1 Likewise, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah and al-Thaʿālibī explain that the Qur’an confirms the truths found in the previous scriptures while rejecting what corrupters falsely attributed to them. That is the function these exegetes assign to the Qur’an
. @belle_liuu recently went on national television just to push out elementary level arguments against Islam.
Here's why she should stick to street apologetics:
https://t.co/SKQyrxspv9
Are these people trolling? Pre 200AH there not large lists of “this is sahih/weak”. You will find only a handful of people “accepting” the story (Muqatil, himself controversial, mentioning it in exegesis). Most transmit sans comment. But this is the case for thousands of hadiths?
The majority of secular Western academics reject the historicity of the “Satanic Verses” story (see thread).
Classical Muslim scholars overwhelmingly rejected it as inauthentic.
Yet some Christians cite it as a fact. “Hadith are fake, except the ones I can use in my arguments.”
@dmontetheno1 Ibn ʿAṭiyya :
And the Qur'an He made it a muhaymin over the Books: it bears witness to what is in them of [genuine] realities, and [bears witness] against what the corrupters have attributed to them; so it sets the truths aright and nullifies the distortions.
@chonkshonk1@Leafywashere00 For anyone interested in the scholarly debate, be sure to read Michel Cuypers' response to Sinai: "And Yet It Moves: Reflections on an Essay by Nicolai Sinai."
@Hasan6747@KhalilAndani@SCApologia Question: Does Qur'anic taadiq/musaddiq only mean "confirm," or does it denote a broader act of validating that may include fulfillment or authoritative modification?
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani He then explains its practical function:
مُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ رَقِيبًا، يَقْضِي عَلَى مَا قَبْلَهُ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْكُتُبِ.
“An overseer over it, passing judgment over all the scriptures that preceded it.”
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani A book can’t guard another book, as it is an inanimate, non-conscious entity. The only way it can do so is by acting as a criterion for what is true and what is false. Hence, this is how the exegetes understood it.
https://t.co/VAcudbVwcc
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani Ibn ʿAṭiyyah (d. 546 AH) :
"The Qur'an was made a muhaymin over the [previous] books; it testifies to the truths found in them and to what the corrupters falsely ascribed to them. It therefore corrects the truths and invalidates the distortions."
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani Ibn ʿAṭiyyah (d. 546 AH) :
"The Qur'an was made a muhaymin over the [previous] books; it testifies to the truths found in them and to what the corrupters falsely ascribed to them. It therefore corrects the truths and invalidates the distortions."
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās that muhaymin means: a judge/authority over the scriptures preceding it. All these explanations are close in meaning, because the designation al-muhaymin encompasses all of them: it is trustworthy, a witness, and a judge/authority over every scripture
@NedryCon@NazareneMuslim@KoleKinleyw1@Jay_49erTikTok@KhalilAndani From Ibn 'Abbās:
"ومهيمنًا عليه" يعني: أمينًا عليه، يحكم على ما كان قبله من الكتب
Translation:
"Muhaymin: trustworthy over it, and it judges over what came before it of the books."
https://t.co/ZSJkHTYKYW
@lil_mauratzhs@KhalilAndani From Ibn 'Abbās:
"ومهيمنًا عليه" يعني: أمينًا عليه، يحكم على ما كان قبله من الكتب
Translation:
"Muhaymin: trustworthy over it, and it judges over what came before it of the books."