Islam’s Seven Heavens Derived From Mesopotamian/Sumerian Myth?
In the name of God, the all-Compassionate, the all-Merciful
Ancient Mesopotamians/Sumerians believed in seven heavens and seven earths, the first heaven being home to all the stars. Islam also teaches seven heavens, the first being the solar system. Hence, critics infer, the seven heavens are ultimately of mythic origin.
My own theory, however, is that the seven heavens/earths (as well as the Big Bang and the seven gates of Hell (Qur’an 15:44) for that matter) were part of the Ilm al-Ghayb (Knowledge of the Unseen) Allah revealed to Prophet Noah PBUH. This knowledge was then inherited by the generations that followed him, and they became embedded/embellished in the myths of subsequent pagan cultures.
They could have also been revealed to other prophets who were sent following the (local) Flood that wiped out humanity except Noah and his family, every nation on earth having received a messenger at some point in history (Qur’an 16:36).
And Allah knows best.
No. of Surahs in the Mushaf of Ibn Masud — WE DEFEND ISLAM
Source: http://icraa.org/surahs-mushaf-ibn-masud/#_ftn14 ======================================================= Waqar Akbar Cheema Abstract One of the arguments used by Orientalist and Missionary critics of Islam to cast aspersions on Qur’anic preservation is related to the fact that the beloved companion of the Prophet Ibn Mas‘ood chose not to write three of the 114 surahs in his copy of the Qur’an. In […]
No. of Surahs in the Mushaf of Ibn Masud — WE DEFEND ISLAM
How the European Colonialists Conspired to Destroy the [real] Caliphate System
On Monday 3rd March 1924 (28th Rajab 1342AH), the world woke to the news that Mustafa Kemal in Turkey had officially abolished the Khilafah. That night Abdul-Mejid II, the last Khalifah of the Muslims, was bundled in to a car with a suitcase of clothes and money and exiled from Turkey, never to return. This is how 1342 years of Islamic rule ended. The following is a historical account of the actions of the colonial powers in first sowing the seeds of disunity amongst Muslims by implanting the idea of nationalism and then finally administering the destruction of the Khilafah state by their treacherous agents.
Turkey’s independence was officially recognised with the implementation of the Lausanne Treaty signed the year before on 24 July 1923. Britain and its allies withdrew all their troops that had occupied Turkey since the end of the First World War. In response to this, protests…
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How the Book of Isaiah is Evidence of Islam
A lot of thanks to https://www.manyprophetsonemessage.com/ for providing a lot of information on this topic. [1]
The Qur’an says that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings from Allah be upon him) is mentioned in older religious scriptures. These religious scriptures came many hundreds and thousands of years before he was born. This is evidence that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings from Allah be upon him) is a true Prophet. The Qur’an says:
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The Linguistic Miracle of the Qur'an ft. Bilal Philips and Hamza Tzortzis
"Manifest Signs: Evidence for the Qur'an's divine origin" – Khaled Colwill
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