Page Function
This page gathers links to the individual claim atoms in the book Islam and Faith and is linked to the Claim Index. Each atom is to be read on its own page together with its evidence; the juxtaposition of titles should not be taken to imply synonymy among their terms or equivalence among their claims.
Claim-Atom Pages
- The verse of al-Baqara addresses disclosure and concealment
- Abraham is an example of monotheistic abstraction
- The pillars of Islam are three
- Fatherhood extends beyond genetic descent
- Ihsan encompasses work and life
- Morality is constant and innate
- Ability differs from capacity
- Islam brings together faith and righteous action
- Islam is the religion of universal innate disposition
- Religious forms have distinct meanings
- Motherhood extends beyond biological birth
- Faith is a special obligation for believers
- Faith is specific to Muhammad’s followers
- Faith is specific to the Muhammadan message
- Divine exoneration and revelation
- Merciful exoneration and material proof
- Adoption is permitted in specific cases
- Categorical prohibition belongs exclusively to God
- Accountability concerns intended action
- Sin, evil deed, and error
- The messenger and the prophet differ
- The third pillar is righteous action
- The fighting narrative is not a Qur’anic foundation
- Zakat between voluntary giving and obligation
- Anthropomorphic polytheism is the gravest polytheism
- Witnessing continues after the seal of prophethood
- Scientific witnessing supports the message
- Al-Shahid is one of God’s names
- The breast denotes the brain
- Fasting is a prior rite, with details specific to Muhammad
- Ṣalawt differs from prayer
- Scientists are among the witnesses
- Righteous action is part of Islam
- Weaning determines the beginning of consequential adoption
- The Qur’an is an enduring miracle
- The Qur’an distinguishes among family terms
- Moral values are innate and universal
- Muslim includes everyone who believes in God and the Last Day
- The common meaning of shahid is late
- The prophet does not know the unseen
- The self and the breast differ
- Marriage differs from fertilization
- Some prohibitions are subject to independent reasoning
- Distinguishing the witness from the shahid
- Distinguishing the shahid from the witness
- God’s witnessing is immediate and all-encompassing
- Obedience to the messenger is mercy for humanity
- Obedience to the messenger operates within the framework of freedom
- God’s knowledge encompasses human thoughts
- Al-Baqara 284 may not be abrogated by al-Baqara 286
- The covenant of Islam is a voluntary commitment