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Cited in 4 segments across 3 recordings · 2019 to 2020 · org/org:nabataeans

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10 Dec 2020video Was the Quran always fixed word for word, or was it flexible at first? Mufti Abu Layth holds the Quran was dynamic in the Prophet's time, with companions allowed to substitute synonyms, and that a fixed vowel-for-vowel text is a modern idea. Writing it down in a worldly script brought its own constraints. Lessonposition checkedAsh'arikalam Allah (eternal speech, al-kalam al-azali)al-Baqillani [?] (name garbled in the transcript)al-Bajuri machine8 min 51 s19:43on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Did ancient civilisations have knowledge that was later lost? Mufti Abu Layth finds convincing the view that advanced ancient civilisations were destroyed around the Younger Dryas and left knowledge seen in old maps and constellation-aligned sites. He believes the Nabataeans built on earlier sites at Petra and set up devotion sites aligned to its constellation. Lessonposition checkedGraham Hancockthe Younger Dryas eventPtolemyPiri Reis [?] machine3 min 55 s14:26on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why did the earliest mosques face Petra instead of Makkah? Most likely, he says, because Muslims inherited Nabataean devotion sites already aligned to Petra's constellation, so Gibson is right about the measurements but wrong that Petra was Makkah. Makkah was called Umm al-Qura, he suggests, after Petra's name, brought by Qusayy. Lessonposition checkedDan GibsonPatricia Cronethe NabataeansQusayy ibn Kilab machine3 min 31 s18:21on YouTube
8 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Why did God stop Abraha's army but let the Qaramita steal the Black Stone? The Black Stone has no sanctity of its own: it was most likely a remnant of pre-Islamic stone worship that Islam kept as a ritual of submission to God, so its theft by the Qaramita, though wrong, was no great matter. Umar himself said it was only a stone that can neither harm nor benefit. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 105:1 (have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephant)Abrahathe Qaramita (Carmathians)Shia machine15 min 38 s0:00on YouTube