17:1 a wansbrough interpretation

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Many non-Muslims regard the incident as implausible. However, while most scholars accept that Muhammad claimed to have made this trip, a few dispute this as well. Some believe that the prophet's journey may have been one of the soul and not necessarily the body. Islamic scholars have debated this issue for centuries.

John Wansbrough (a leading exponent of extreme scepticism regarding early Islamic sources, best known for his theories of extremely late Quranic composition), argues that the entire story of the Isra and Mir�??????�?????�????�???�??�?�¢�?????�????�???�??�?�¢?�?????�????�???�??�?�¬�?????�????�???�??�?�¢?�?????�????�???�??�?�¢aj constitutes later Islamic scriptural exegesis designed to explain away the vagueness of ayah 17:1 (a literary phenomenon he claims was common in early Islamic and Jewish theology.) He holds that this verse probably does not even refer to Muhammad, and that no evidence links it to Jerusalem: "Far from providing unambiguous witness to the Arabian prophet, this particular scriptural image (israa' bi-abdeehee laylan) is employed, in but slightly varying forms, only to describe Moses' departure from Egypt" (Wansbrough, Quranic Studies).

[SlaveofAllaah]

Brother, I dont know whre do this guys get this stuff from. I swear its beyond imagination these people are wasting time.

Well, I am glad our Islamic history is preserved to some extent otherwise, these people would have fooled even the knowledgeable muslims.

[SlaveofAllaah]

Brother, I dont know whre do this guys get this stuff from. I swear its beyond imagination these people are wasting time.

Well, I am glad our Islamic history is preserved to some extent otherwise, these people would have fooled even the knowledgeable muslims.

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# these are the original proponents of the "arabs distorted the quran" theory!

...the peepz v now find online are the munafiqs who simply steal from their work to spread their own disbelief!

# yups bro...these munafiqs pretend to believe by the quran...but if u read their works u know where they are coming from! i added a comment to bro ahmedbahgat's article on meaning of "islam"! u can see from where the munafiqs who spread "islam = being peaceful" got their idea! (-:

[AhmedBahgat]

What I found in the years I studied the Quran that Allah delibertaly use specific vague words so those disbelievers try to cause discord between the believers, it's all about testing both groups, this must be related to 3:7

Take care

[AhmedBahgat]

What I found in the years I studied the Quran that Allah delibertaly use specific vague words so those disbelievers try to cause discord between the believers, it's all about testing both groups, this must be related to 3:7

Take care

[SlaveofAllaah]

The and Brother AB i feel we Muslims by the time we know something has happened will keep dreaming believe me and something would have struck us by then.

Here i stick my neck out, well Brother AB and The in the other forum i am participating, I heard Muslims have found the meaning of the code words thats Da Vinci Code for Muslims lol.

Thats if any one can explain to me was is ALM, ALR, Yaseen, Taseen, Qaf i would appreciate.

[SlaveofAllaah]

The and Brother AB i feel we Muslims by the time we know something has happened will keep dreaming believe me and something would have struck us by then.

Here i stick my neck out, well Brother AB and The in the other forum i am participating, I heard Muslims have found the meaning of the code words thats Da Vinci Code for Muslims lol.

Thats if any one can explain to me was is ALM, ALR, Yaseen, Taseen, Qaf i would appreciate.

[AhmedBahgat]

[AhmedBahgat]