A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:56 This is a warner from the former warners. 57 The Approaching Day has approached. 58 Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover. 59 Then at this statement do you wonder? 60 And you laugh and do not weep 61 While you are… Continue reading Qur’an 53:56-62
Verse Refutations
Qur’an 53:42-55
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:42 And that to your Lord is the finality 43 And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep 44 And that it is He who causes death and gives life 45 And that He creates the two mates - the male and female… Continue reading Qur’an 53:42-55
Qur’an 53:33-41
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:33 Have you seen the one who turned away 34 And gave a little and [then] refrained? 35 Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees? 36 Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses 37 And [of]… Continue reading Qur’an 53:33-41
Qur’an 53:31-32
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:31 And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] - 32 Those… Continue reading Qur’an 53:31-32
Qur’an 53:27-30
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:27 Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names, 28 And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. 29 So turn away from whoever turns his back… Continue reading Qur’an 53:27-30
Qur’an 53:19-26
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:19 So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā? 20 And Manāt, the third - the other one? 21 Is the male for you and for Him the female? 22 That, then, is an unjust division. 23 They are not but [mere] names you have named them… Continue reading Qur’an 53:19-26
Qur’an 53:5-18
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:5 Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] - 6 One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form 7 While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon. 8 Then he approached and descended 9 And was at a distance… Continue reading Qur’an 53:5-18
Qur’an 53:1-4
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 53:1 By the star when it descends, 2 Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred, 3 Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. 4 It is not but a revelation revealed, Koran 53:1-4 Here’s my improved version: 53:1 A scribe swears… Continue reading Qur’an 53:1-4
Qur’an 52:44-49
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 52:44 And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up." 45 So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible - 46 The Day their plan will not avail… Continue reading Qur’an 52:44-49
Qur’an 52:35-43
A Qur’an Like It. Here’s the Sahih International translation: 52:35 Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? 36 Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. 37 Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers… Continue reading Qur’an 52:35-43








