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The Kaaba before Islam: 5 ancient witnesses, weighed

Diodorus, Ptolemy, a new inscription, a Psalm and the Quran: 5 witnesses to the Kaaba, each weighed. Read on.

The first Muslims prayed towards Jerusalem. Critics call that a problem. 5 facts about the change of qibla. Read them.

The Constitution of Medina, the exile of two tribes and the fate of Banu Qurayza: 6 facts from the earliest reports.

The caravan raids, the battle at Badr and the entry into Mecca: 6 facts from the early sources, with the critics’ strongest…

Refused offers of wealth, a small but growing community, boycott and exile: 5 facts that fit poorly with an invented scheme.

Zayd ibn Amr, Waraqa and Musaylima are said to have supplied the Quran’s early content; the dates and surviving texts show otherwise.

What ummi can mean, what Quran 29:48 claims, what Iqra asked, what alaq means and how the reports of his writing are…

The reports about the end of the world and the 1110 claim, traced to their sources: 5 facts.

What naskh means, how many verses scholars say it covers and how the Sword Verse is read: 5 facts.

Pilgrimage, the Black Stone, fasting and prayer: 6 answers on which rites pre-date Islam and what the Quran says about them.

The spell on the Prophet, the jinn and the devil’s touch: 6 reports that critics cite, read with their grading and context.

Zaynab, Safiyya, Juwayriyah, Rayhana, Mariya and verse 33:50: 6 facts from the Quran, hadith and early biographies.