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Cited in 5 segments across 2 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · term/term:virgin-birth

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16 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the Quran really say Jesus had no father? Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran's elliptical text leaves readers to fill gaps, and that 3:59 on Jesus and Adam allows many readings; he does not believe in the virgin birth. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 3:59Isa (Jesus)Adamthe virgin birth machine5 min 38 s27:52on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Why does Mufti Abu Layth not believe Jesus will return? What collapsed the belief for him was its incoherence: a this-worldly event so spectacular must have a purpose, and the answers given raise hundreds more questions. Discussionposition checkedIsa (Jesus)the virgin birthYunus (Jonah)akhirah machine4 min 32 s7:08on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Was Jesus born without a father according to the Quran? Mufti Abu Layth leans to the scholars who hold Jesus had a natural birth, arguing that the verse refuting God having a child only works if every human is born of two parents. Discussionposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Maryam (Mary)Joseph, husband of MaryQuran 6:101 (how can He have a child when He has no companion; he calls it Medinan) machine6 min 11 s13:38on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Why do most Muslims believe in the virgin birth? Mufti Abu Layth says the belief spread through the dominance of the Christian narrative across the empires surrounding Arabia. Discussionposition checkedthe virgin birththe Byzantine Empirethe Aksumite kingdomAdam machine1 min 50 s19:49on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video Why doesn't the Quran clearly deny the virgin birth? To build bridges with the Christians: the Quran used their terms and left room for their belief without affirming it, compromising only not on the Trinity. Discussionposition checkedIsa (Jesus)Quran 3:59 (the likeness of Jesus is that of Adam)Quran 4:171 (the Messiah, His word)Quran 3:64 (People of the Book, come to a common word) machine2 min 31 s55:00on YouTube