Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question A qira’at is canonical if it conforms to the Uthmanic rasm. Some canonical variants differ in the skeletal consonant, e.g., Surat al-Hadid, verse 24, where hafs includes “wa man yatawalla fa inna Allaha huwa al-Ghaniyy al-Hamid,” but warsh and qalun omit “huwa.” Explain this difference, given the absence or […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question How can we reconcile scholarly claims about early Quranic manuscripts lacking full case endings and the diversity of pre-Islamic Arabic with the belief that the Quran’s language has been perfectly preserved? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question How do we understand the Quranic statement that Allah created everything in pairs when some species appear to have only one sex or more than two? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate I hope you are in good health and faith. Thank you for […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question How Can We Understand the Verse That Allah Created Everything in Pairs When Some Creatures, Like Fungi, Have Many Sexes? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah alleviate our difficulties and guide us to what pleases Him. Amin. Thank you for your question. The […]