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Quran and history
Quranic stories set beside other ancient sources.
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Talmud, midrash and apocrypha: 6 answers on borrowing claims
Six answers on the claimed Jewish and Christian sources of Quranic stories: dates, direction of influence and the Muslim response.
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6 answers to the claim that the Quran gets its history wrong
Six alleged historical slips, from Nimrod and Talut to Job and Pharaoh’s punishment, checked against what the verses say and what commentators added.
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5 unsolved puzzles in the Quran’s stories
Khidr, Gog and Magog, the Companions of the Cave, Harut and Marut and the People of the Rass: 5 puzzles in the Quran’s stories, explained.
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6 Quranic stories and what other sources say
Thamud, Ad, the Sleepers, Dhu al-Qarnayn, the Elephant and Jonah: 6 Quranic stories checked against other sources. Read what survives.
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5 answers to the claim that Haman is a Quranic mistake
Orientalists say the Quran’s Haman is borrowed from Esther, 1,000 years too early. 5 answers, including the Egyptian evidence.
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5 prophets in the Quran you may not know
Idris, Hud, Dhul-Kifl, Elisha and Elijah: 5 lesser-known prophets of the Quran and what the text says about each. Read on.