New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue
409 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsNew Podcast Let Us Reason exists to reach Muslims for Christ …
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461 | Sin and Atonement in Christianity and Islam with Dr. Jay Smith
April 06, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBSin in Islam is a set of dos and don'ts, Muslims believe there is two angels that are assigned to every person at birth to record their good and bad deeds, and that good deeds cancel out bad deeds. The Bible says that sin is much deeper that that, it took one sin to get Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. They could no longer talk to God in person. All creation was affected by that sin. We are all out of the Garden because God is holy. God is the only one who can fix sin's problem. God...
460 | The Trinity and Humanity in Christianity and Islam with Dr Jay
March 30, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr jay Smith discuss more doctrinal differences between Christianity and Islam and today they start with the trinity; they point out how the Christian God is relational both in the God head and with His creation. They point out that we are made in God's image to be relational too. Second they show the difference between Christians who are children of God versus Muslims who are slaves of Allah. Children can call God Daddy, and communicate with God without fear; Muslims are afra...
459 | The Garden of Eden in the Bible and the Quran with Dr Jay
March 23, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThis is a start of a new series called The Hermeneutical Key; it is the key to interpret scripture. Today's topic is The Garden of Eden. In the Bible (Genesis 3:8,9 ) we read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve ; God was walking and talking with them; He had a relationship with them. Also in the Bible the Garden of Eden was on earth. In the Quran, Chapter (2: 30-39,7: 19-25); the garden of Eden is in heaven, God is not in the garden. This means we are not talking about the same thing;...
458 | The Effects of Polygamy with Michael Jones
March 16, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Michael Jones discuss the effects of polygamy in Islam which allows for polygamy. Muslims claim that the Bible has polygamy in it. The truth is that the old testament records the sins of some characters in the Bible who practiced polygamy ,but is not so from the beginning in Genesis 2:24 that a man leaves his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh, as when God brought Eve to Adam and Jesus later confirmed it in Matthew 19: 1-9 . They also...
457 |The Mental and the Social Harm of Child Marriage
March 09, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBToday Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage. Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode. Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few. The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence. They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters. See ...
456 | Child Marriage in Islam with Guest Michael Jones
March 02, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being. 3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection a...
455 | The Mental and the Social Harm of Child Marriage
February 24, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBToday Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage. Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode. Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few. The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence. They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters. See ...
454 | Child Marriage in Islam with Guest Michael Jones
February 17, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being. 3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection a...
453 | My Dear Muslim Friends ;Are You Sure of Your Salvation?
February 10, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi continues his series on simple questions answered; this time he asks the question "My dear Muslim friends are you sure of your salvation?" In the first part of the episode he gives many references(1 John 5:12-13,John 5:24,etc)from the Bible that Christians who are in Christ are assured of their salvation by trusting what Christ did on their behalf to save them. On the other hand he points out and quotes references ( Sura46:8-9,Bukhari 5:58:266)from the Quran and hadith that says tha...
452 | If Muhammad Was a Prophet like Moses Why did he Violate the Sabbath
February 03, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBIn this episode Al Fadi answers the question on his Facebook page; Alfadi.cira, " If Mohammad is a prophet like Moses why did he violate the Sabbath". Mohammad acknowledged in Sura 4:154 that the Sabbath was not to be violated . In Hadith Al Bukhari B2,V13:1,21, Mohammad did not honor the Sabbath, but introduced his own holy day; Friday, thus dishonoring the Sabbath . Therefore he is not a prophet like Moses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
451 | Does Jesus and the Apostles Refer to Isaiah 53? Anthony Rogers
January 27, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion of Isaiah 53. In this session they discuss how Jesus and His disciples talked about the fulfillment of Isaiah 53; 1. In Luke 24 after Jesus's resurrection ; he is explaining to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus how the Christ will suffer, die and come back to life. 2. All four accounts of the gospel mention Isaiah 40 a voice crying out in the wilderness . 3. Jesus told his disciples that he will go to Jerusalem to die. 4. Another...
450 | The Atonement and the Gospel in Isaiah 53 with Anthony Rogers
January 20, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue in Isaiah 53 about the reason for the death of the righteous servant. It is atone for the guilt of the people (53:5,11). This is the gospel message in advance. The gospel is the good news; in Isaiah 40:9, 52:7. Is. 53:1 the gospel is proclaimed. The gospel of Mark starts as it is written in Isaiah. Zachariah 6:12 talks about the branch/ The Nazarene/ the Messiah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
449 | The Suffering Servant Relationship to God Incarnate with Anthony Rogers
January 13, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue discussing Isaiah 52 and 53, They notice that this servant is an individual, a human, a man, not a nation. The pronoun "He" is being used many times. In Isaiah 52:13, This servant will be highly exalted. In Isaiah 2, the Lord alone will be exalted; This shows the divine identity of this figure. Isaiah 52: says that this upright man will suffer and die, buried , resurrected and exalted (Is. 52:13,14). He will be stricken, smitten , and afflicted (Is. 5...
448 | An Overview on Isaiah and a Focus on Isaiah 53 with Anthony Rogers
January 06, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Anthony Rogers begin a new series on the book of Isaiah, and focus on Isaiah 53. Isaiah's name means Yahweh saves, which reminds us Jesus's name. In this series they will cover the following: 1. Chapter 52-53 see that the Messiah will bring a new and greater exodus; redemption. 2. The Messiah is both a suffering servant and the incarnate deity. 3. That He will die and will be exalted; He will die as a substitutionary atonement for sinners and secure justification before God....
447 | Cira Ministry Summary of 2023 with Al Fadi
December 30, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi summarizes the highlights of the ministry for 2023; the purpose of the ministry is to train and equip people to reach out to Muslims. This is done through media, in person training, and special projects(ie translation). Cira international you tube channel had 181 thousands subscribers this year, 10 million views; the top video was "Allah is Satan". The top live stream was" How the Mighty has fallen"; about Muslims leaving Islam in Pakistan. This year was also the start of an Arabi...
446 | The Twelve Gifts of Christmas with Al Fadi
December 23, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MB1. The gift of fulfilled prophecy. 2. God entered into the world. 3. God showing us the way back into His presence. 4. God is making it possible for us to be reconciled to Him. 5. God is saving sinners. 6. God is the one who made this sacrifice. 7. God's anointed son was born to save us. 8. This coming of Christ brings joy to men and angels. 9. The star at the top of the tree represents Christ. 10. The tree represents the cross Jesus died on. 11. God's greatest gift is His son. 12. God's...
445 | The Doctrine of the Trinity in Christianity and Islam, Dr Wood
December 16, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBMuslims deny that God is triunity , yet in the Quran God is referred to with the plural pronoun" we". In Sura 2:23,106, Sura10: 94, and Sura 66:12 where it says that God and the Holy Spirt breathed into Mary. Also in the Quran it says that the Spirit appeared to Mary in the form of a man. Muslims can not explain the plurality of God and also his oneness. But Christian do throughout the Bible because God revealed himself that way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
444 | The Missing Verses of the Quran with Dr David Wood
December 09, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr David continue to disprove the myth of the perfect preservation of the Quran. In this episode they go to a book called Fadaelle Al Quran; in Sura 33 there is only 73 verses left of 200 original verses; the reason is that a sheep ate it according to Ayesha who had the only copy of the sura. According to Muslims the Quran was preserved by memory. in Sura 87: 6,7 Allah allows Mohammad to forget some suras that He wills. In Hadith Al Bukhari 50:38,39 Mohammad claims that Allah...
443 | Does Islam Allow Child Marriage? With Dr. David Wood
December 02, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBMohammad married Ayesha at age 6 and consummated the marriage at age 9. The Quran allows marriage of prepubescent child (Sura 65:4). And since Muslims believe that Muhammad was an example for mankind; therefore Islam allows child marriage. In order to justify that; the Muslim Da'wa team lie about girls being married as a child in the Bible; Mary is one example. They find unreliable Catholic apocryphal sources. Al and David discuss this matter in more details. See omnystudio.com/listener...
442 | The Myth of the Perfect Preservation of the Quran with David Wood
November 25, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThe lie of the perfect preservation of the Quran is no longer believable. Dr wood and Al Fadi discuss the discovery of multiple copies of the Quran that don't agree with each other. They also discuss the debate between Muslim scholars and debaters about how to answer the false claim of the preservation of the Quran. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
441 | The Incarnation and the Revelation in Christianity and Islam
November 18, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss the incarnation of Jesus; the word became flesh. Muslims deny that God can come to earth even though the story of the burning bush is in Chapter 20:10-14 of the Quran . The only way to have a holy ground is if God is there. They also talk about the two types of revelations; the general revelation/ creation, and special revelation. Christians agree on the general revelation . Muslims believe that the Quran is a special revelation; is eternal, sent down, compl...
440 | Sin and Atonement in Christianity and Islam with Dr. Jay Smith
November 11, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBSin in Islam is a set of dos and don'ts, Muslims believe there is two angels that are assigned to every person at birth to record their good and bad deeds, and that good deeds cancel out bad deeds. The Bible says that sin is much deeper that that, it took one sin to get Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. They could no longer talk to God in person. All creation was affected by that sin. We are all out of the Garden because God is holy. God is the only one who can fix sin's problem. God...
439 | The Trinity and Humanity in Christianity and Islam with Dr Jay
November 04, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr jay Smith discuss more doctrinal differences between Christianity and Islam and today they start with the trinity; they point out how the Christian God is relational both in the God head and with His creation. They point out that we are made in God's image to be relational too. Second they show the difference between Christians who are children of God versus Muslims who are slaves of Allah. Children can call God Daddy, and communicate with God without fear; Muslims are afra...
438 | The Garden of Eden in the Bible and the Quran with Dr Jay
October 28, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThis is a start of a new series called The Hermeneutical Key; it is the key to interpret scripture. Today's topic is The Garden of Eden. In the Bible (Genesis 3:8,9 ) we read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve ; God was walking and talking with them; He had a relationship with them. Also in the Bible the Garden of Eden was on earth. In the Quran, Chapter (2: 30-39,7: 19-25); the garden of Eden is in heaven, God is not in the garden. This means we are not talking about the same thing;...
437 | The Effects of Polygamy with Michael Jones
October 21, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Michael Jones discuss the effects of polygamy in Islam which allows for polygamy. Muslims claim that the Bible has polygamy in it. The truth is that the old testament records the sins of some characters in the Bible who practiced polygamy ,but is not so from the beginning in Genesis 2:24 that a man leaves his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh, as when God brought Eve to Adam and Jesus later confirmed it in Matthew 19: 1-9 . They also...
436 | The Mental and the Social Harm of Child Marriage
October 14, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBToday Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage. Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode. Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few. The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence. They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters. See ...
435 | Child Marriage in Islam with Guest Michael Jones
October 07, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being. 3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection a...
434 | My Dear Muslim Friends, Are You Sure of Your Salvation?
September 30, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi asks the question above. He gives a lot of Bible verses to show that if we believe in Jesus we have eternal life; 1John 5: 12-13 , John 5: 24, Romans 8:16, just to mention a few. And nothing can separate us from God's love or snatch us out of his hands John 10:29, Romans 8:38,39. Our salvation is sure as Christian and the scripture proves it ; not so in the Quran or by Mohammad Sura 46:8-9, Sura 10:94. Not even the Hadith ; Sahih Bukhari vol. 5, book 58, #266 and vol 4, book 51, # ...
433 | Is Muhammad a Prophet like Moses, Why didn't he Observe the Sabbath?
September 23, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi discusses a quote on his fakebook page Alfadi.cira in a new series "Simple Questions Answered". Today's quote is: If Mohammad was a prophet like Moses, why didn't he observe the Sabbath? Muslims claim that Deuteronomy 18:18 is about Mohammad. Muhammad acknowledged that it was required of him not to transgress the Sabbath in Sura 4: 154. In Numbers 15: 32-36 working on the Sabbath was punishable by death. In Sura 62: 9-11 Muslims should give up trading only when hearing the call to p...
432 | Exposing the Myth of the Buraq with Brother Mel
September 16, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Brother Mel continue their talk about the connection between Islam and the Zoroastrian religion of Persia. Today they talk about the myth of the Buraq; which Muslims believe it is a flying horse, which took Mohammad to Jerusalem to Al Aqsa mosque and then to heaven. The origin of the name is Persian which means : A riding animal, a rider or a horse. In Zoroastrianism a demon god rides on a horse. This shows the willingness of Islam to copy other religions. They also touch o...
431 | Exposing the Myth -The Connection of Zoroastrianism to Islam
September 09, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi, Dr Jay, and Brother Mel are starting a new series called Exposing the Myth. In this episode they are talking about how Islam borrowed from the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. 1.The name of the ZamZam well is zoroastrian in origin. The name Zam is a pagan god which refers to mother nature. 2. The Black stone in al Kaaba is connected to another demon called Afraditi(Venus/ Lucifer). 3. The Jamarat represent Satan. 4. The Sunna/ hadith was written in persian lands. 5. The ti...
430 | More Historical Problems with the Quran with Dr Jay Smith
September 02, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 10.8 MBDr Jay and Al Fadi continue with three more historical problems with the Quran: 1. The Al Aqsa mosque( Sura 17: 1), which Muslims believe that Mohammad ascended into heaven from, was built in 710 AD, and Mohammad died in 632 AD. 2. The chain mail that is mentioned in Sura 24: 10-11 that King David wore around 1000BC ,was not invented until 200 BC. 3. The reference to the crucifixion in Sura 7: 121-124 during the time of Moses and Pharaoh in 1400 BC and Joseph 1800BC (Sura 12 :41). The cruci...
429 | Refutations and Historical Problems of the Quran with Dr Jay Smith
August 26, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBDr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the refutations to Dan Brubaker book: Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts. one of the refutations is by Hythem Sidky who writes a book responding to Dan's book. Dr Jay and Al Fadi also talk about the historical problems of the Quran, they give an example from Sura 20 : 85-87,95-97, where it talks about a Samaritan who lived in the time of Moses and helped the Israelites build the golden calf. The problem with that story is the time period ; Moses lived in...
428 | A Discussion on a Famous Interview of Dr Yasir Qadi. Part 2
August 19, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue their discussion about the interview that Muhammad Hijab had with Dr Yasi Qadi about the Quran preservation. Al and Dr Jay mention that most Muslims especially in the East do not cross the line of questioning the Quran. Dr Yasir Qadi had a crisis of faith "knowledge" when he went to Yale university. The interview caused a lot of Muslims to doubt and leave Islam. They also talked about Dr Brubaker's work on the early Quranic manuscript in his book" Correct...
427 | A Discussion on a Famous Interview of Dr Yasir Qadi. Part 1
August 12, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay Smith listen to a clip of a major interview of Dr Yasir Qadi by Mohammad Hijab on the topic of the preservation of the Quran. In this interview Dr Yasi Qadi admits it is a hard subject to discuss and that it should not be a public discussion. He also says that it is enough to believe it and not question it. The original interview was done on 6/8/2020. This interview was very damaging to the Standard Islamic Narrative, and in it Dr Yasir Qadi admits that the S.I.N. has hol...
426 | Is the Quran Perfectly Preserved? With Dr Jay Smith
August 05, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBContinuing last week's discussion, Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith say that Ibn Mujaahed chose the seven Kira'at in the tenth century. The criteria for choosing them was popularity. Hafs differ from the other Kira'at by 93 thousand dots and vowels. Therefore the preservation claim does not stand the test. They give several examples between the Hafs and Warsh: 1. Sura 2:184 ; Al miskeen and Al masaakeen; the first is singular noun and the second is the plural form of the noun. 2. Sura 3:146; th...
425 | The Multiple Different Arabic Qurans, with Dr Jay Smith
July 29, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBDr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the multiple different Arabic Qurans that a Turkish sister called Hattun found in different Arabic countries starting in 2016. Dr Jay and Hattun took the Qurans to speakers corner in England where they showed them to Muslims who were shocked to hear and see that, because they have been told by their leaders that the Quran has been perfectly preserved to the letter and the dot. The Muslim response was that these are different readings for different dialects. Ther...
424 | |Scholars Criticism of Islam and Conclusions with Dr Jay Smith. Part 1
July 22, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran. They name some scholars including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions. They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north. See omnystudio.com/li...
423 | | Did the Quran Come From the Hijaz Area of Saudi Arabia?
July 15, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue there review of Shoemaker book; creating the Quran. Today they focus on where was the origin of the Quran. They say that there was some rock inscription in Northern Arabian not in the Hijaz. Some of the reasons why the inscription doesn't fit the Hijazi dialect of central Arabia are three distinctive features: 1. The distinctive form of the relative pronoun. 2. The distinctive form of the distal demonstrative . 3. the use of the verbal constructive of ya...
424 | Scholars Criticism of Islam and Conclusions with Dr Jay Smith. Part 1
July 08, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran. They name some scholars including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions. They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north. See omnystudio.com/li...
424 | Scholars Criticism of Islam and Conclusions with Dr Jay Smith.
July 08, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran. They name some scholars including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions. They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north. See omnystudio.com/li...
423 | Did the Quran Come From the Hijaz Area of Saudi Arabia?
July 01, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue there review of Shoemaker book; creating the Quran. Today they focus on where was the origin of the Quran. They say that there was some rock inscription in Northern Arabian not in the Hijaz. Some of the reasons why the inscription doesn't fit the Hijazi dialect of central Arabia are three distinctive features: 1. The distinctive form of the relative pronoun. 2. The distinctive form of the distal demonstrative . 3. the use of the verbal constructive of ya...
422 | What About Mecca? with Dr Jay Smith.
June 24, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11 MBMuslims claim that Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, that Mohammad was born there, and that he also received his revelation of the Quran there. If that is true where is Mecca? Steven Shoemaker in his book Creating the Quran on page114 mentions that there is no mention of a mecca in any of the great civilizations of the time . Not only that,but another scholar; Patricia Corona said that there were no trade roues going through Mecca on land nor by the coast of the Red Sea bordering Mecca. Many scho...
421 | The Tubingen Manuscript of the Quran with Dr. Jay Smith
June 17, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBThis manuscript was found in Damascus and was moved to Germany. It looks a lot like the upper layer of the Sana manuscript. There are three reasons why this manuscript is 8th century and not 7th century: 1. The dots , the circles ,and the verse markings suggests that the text is a later text. 2. . The page layout and illuminations parallels the 8th century manuscripts. 3. The ornamentations suggests Abd Al Malik and Al Hajjag new distinctive Islamic Arabic manuscripts. The question is...
420 | The Sana Manuscripts Comparison of Upper and Lower Layers
June 10, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11 MBDr Jay and Al Fadi continue the comparison between the upper and the lower layers of the Sana manuscripts of the Quran with the 1924 Hafs edition of the Quran. They point out differences that changes the meaning of the text; for example Sura 9: 9 in the lower layer of the manuscripts states" the way of Allah while the Hafs Quran of 1924 says 'His way". Another difference in the upper layer as an example is Sura 7: 76 "you directed vs he directed" They point out that most of the difference...
419 | Discussing the Sana Manuscripts Using Asma Hilali's Book
June 03, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBDr Jay Smith discusses the book that Dr Asma Hilali wrote on the Sana Palimpsest manuscripts. He talks about the conclusions that she came up with by comparing it to todays Hafs Quran; she says that there are seventy variants in sixty three verses. She also believes that it is a student text. Jay says that that shuts down the idea of the preservation of the Quran which both Muslim and the Quran claim ( ie Sura 85: 21,22). Then Jay and Al discuss some of the differences as examples. Then...
418 | Why the Sana Manuscripts is Considered a Palimpsest? Dr. Jay
May 27, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBThe Sana manuscripts is a palimpsest manuscripts ; which means that there is a lower and upper layers of writing . Scholars say that the two writings are late seventh and early eighth century respectively. They think that it is two versions of the Quran; the first is a pre- standard Quran which was erased and rewritten as the canonical version. On comparing the two writing , it was found that there are seventy variants between the two. Dr Jay says that the lower text was erased because it...
417 | Carbon Dating and the Sana'a Manuscripts with Dr Jay Smith
May 20, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes - 11 MBThe Sana'a manuscript was discovered in Yemen in 1975, it is very old with no dots and vowels. It is a palimpsest (It has two layers of writings). It had late 7th to 8th century scripts. It was carbon tested at the university of Arizona in 2007, and was dated to mid 7th century. The same segment was taken to four Europeans labs and they did not agree with the Arizona dating. Shoemaker concludes that there is a problem with the carbon dating because the process dates the skin of the animal...
416 | The Carbon Dating of Quranic Manuscripts with Dr Jay Smith
May 13, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBAl Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the challenges of carbon dating of manuscripts. They say that carbon dating gives the age of the material that is written on not the ink. There is no method found that dates ink because the way ink is mixed to make colors. Animal skin is costly and it takes time to cure. Shoemaker argues that carbon dating is not entirely accurate . That is why scholars had to look at the paleography of the writing which help determine the style of writing and in turn the time...
415 |Early Quranic Manuscripts with Dr Jay Smith. Part 2
May 06, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 11.9 MBToday Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue to talk about three more major qur'anic manuscripts :4. The BNF/ Petropolitanus manuscripts, and it has three fragments, the largest fragment is 26% of the Quran of today (Hafs). 5. Al Husseini manuscripts in Egypt. It is very large, and has a lot of taping over words. 6. The Sana manuscripts. It is most recent discovery, 1975 in Yemen. In conclusion;the six major manuscripts are: Not from the 7th century, none of them are complete, they don't agree with...