Argument type: Hermeneutic

68 pages

• The testimony in the Qur’an has two meanings
• The verse of al-Baqara addresses disclosure and concealment
• Merciful innocence and material proof
• The breast indicates the brain
• Scientists are among the witnesses
• God’s testimony is immediate and all-encompassing
• God’s knowledge encompasses human thoughts
• al-Baqara 284 may not be abrogated by al-Baqara 286
• Adam represents the first human transition
• Abraham purified the House; he did not build it
• The Sacred House predates Abraham
• Plurality expresses divine oneness
• Polytheism rests on illusory fixity
• Perdition differs from death
• The significance of the boy and the girl
• The spheres of right-hand possession
• The meaning of ‘abd in usage
• The Muhammadan message has three purposes
• There is no compulsion in religion is a negation of the genus
• The Qur’anic wisdom is not the prophetic Sunna
• The prophetic Sunna is historical and interpretive
• Adam is not the absolute first human
• Adam is a middle stage in humanization
• Equalization and adjustment are preparatory stages
• Human creation is evolutionary
• Evil makes human freedom possible
• Satan symbolizes deceit and corruption
• The Qur’an does not establish women’s inferiority
• The Qur’an confirms some of what came before
• Qur’anic narrative is an extension of biblical narrative
• Narrative is linked to the development of consciousness
• Transgression establishes freedom of choice
• The breathing of the spirit unleashed perception and language
• The breathing of the spirit is a moment of qualitative transition
• Livestock are not all animals
• The story of Joseph supports a rational reading
• Adam is a generic noun, not an individual name
• The ummi is neither Jewish nor Christian
• Resurrection is a cosmic transition, not a return
• Paradise and Hell do not yet exist
• Continuity within time is intermittent and continuous
• The Qur’an is truth, clear signs, and discourse
• The heart is the center of reasoning
• Will has two aspects
• Laylat al-Qadr is the season of proclaiming the Qur’an
• The verses of elaboration clarify what is forbidden
• Interpretation is specific to the ambiguous verses
• The descent occurred in the dialect of Quraysh
• Killing children out of fear of poverty
• The verses of fighting are tied to a historical context
• Terrorism in Qur’anic terms is deterrence, not killing
• Martyrdom is not confined to the slain
• Martyrdom is not being killed in battle
• Lineage is not a religious criterion
• God’s speech is direct and indirect
• Elaboration explains the definitive
• The verse of al-Ahzab is educational, not legislative
• The verse on theft does not impose amputation
• The first sin is not sexual
• The khimar is a covering drawn over the bosoms
• The shameful part is not the genitals
• The village symbolizes singularity
• Cutting is a term with a broad meaning
• Kalala has two different forms
• Garment is more precise than veil
• “Do not approach” indicates direct proximity
• The station of prophethood is the station of the unseen and of tidings
• Right-hand possession is a contractual relationship