Mufti Abu Layth Archive: quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus

What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

Mufti Abu Layth welcomes his fresh, reason-based approach to the Quran but does not agree with some readings he understood from him, such as Zakariya being the father of Jesus. Mufti Abu Layth says he personally does not agree with the view, if he has understood it correctly, that Zakariya married Mary and was the father of Jesus.

Answer from 19 February 2022 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: What Are You Thoughts About The Channel Marvelous Quran? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on dialogue/views-on-contemporary-scholars exists (22 February 2023): Should scholars publicly condemn a scholar said to have joined in a libation ritual?

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Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus survive the crucifixion?

Mufti Abu Layth reads the cradle verse as the priests' indignation at being debated by a boy, and says Jesus was taken down from the cross alive after a few hours, which he finds more plausible than a substitute transformed to look like him.

Answer from 6 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 3:40:28)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say Jesus died, and how did the Prophet understand the verse 'when you took me'?

The verse 'I will give you death' and Jesus's words in 5:117 that he does not know what his people did after he was taken show, in Mufti Abu Layth's reading, that Jesus died; the Prophet himself, in a Bukhari report, applies the same verse to his own absence from his companions, confirming the reading. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the verse 'I will give you death' and the dialogue of 5:116-118, in which Jesus says he does not know what his people did after he was taken, show that Jesus died and will not return, and that the Prophet's own use of the verse in a Bukhari report about his companions turning bad after him confirms this reading.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:30:41)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Which Quranic verses count against Jesus returning?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Which Quranic verses count against Jesus returning?

Mufti Abu Layth reads 43:61 as the Quran being knowledge of the Hour, as Hasan and others said, and cites 5:75, 21:34 and 43:59 against a return: Jesus ate food and was subject to natural laws, no human before the Prophet was given eternal life, and Jesus is called an example for the children of Israel alone. Mufti Abu Layth holds that 43:61 means the Quran is knowledge of the Hour, as Hasan and others said, and that 5:75, 21:34 and 43:59 count against a second coming, since Jesus ate food and was subject to natural laws, no human before the Prophet was given eternal life, and Jesus is called an example for the children of Israel alone.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:25:27)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Does 'he will speak to people in maturity' or 'before his death' prove that Jesus will return?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does 'he will speak to people in maturity' or 'before his death' prove that Jesus will return?

The verse about Jesus speaking in the cradle and in maturity concerns those he addresses, children and grown men, and the first to read it as a return was al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl, who died in 282 AH and transmitted strange reports. 'Before his death' was recited by Ubayy and Ibn Abbas as 'before their death' and read by commentators as referring to Jesus, the Prophet, the truth or Allah. Mufti Abu Layth holds that 'he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity' refers to those Jesus addresses, children and grown men, not to a return, that the first to read it as a return was al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Bajali (d. 282 AH), a transmitter of strange reports, and that 'before his death' was recited as 'before their death' and read by commentators as referring to Jesus, the Prophet, the truth or Allah.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:20:13)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus?

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus?

Qadhi's clip cites three or four Quranic phrases, Jesus speaking in maturity, the People of the Book believing before his death, and Jesus as a sign of the Hour, and concedes they only strongly suggest a return. Mufti Abu Layth interjects that the sign of the Hour would then have come two thousand years ago.

Answer from 14 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:46)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Does the Quran say that Jesus died?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say that Jesus died?

'I will give you death' and Jesus's words at the Judgement show that he died, and the Prophet applied those words to himself in a Bukhari report, which settles the reading. Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet's use of Jesus's words 'when you took me' for himself, in a report in Bukhari, shows that he understood the verse to mean Jesus had died.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:33:59)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Which verses of the Quran count against Jesus coming back?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Which verses of the Quran count against Jesus coming back?

43:61 refers to the Quran as knowledge of the Hour, not to Jesus; 5:75, 21:34 and 43:59, which Qadhi does not mention, count against a return. Mufti Abu Layth says it makes much more sense to read 43:61 as speaking of the Quran, since revelation ends with it, than of Jesus as a sign of the Hour.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:28:09)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Does the verse about Jesus speaking 'in maturity' mean he will come back?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does the verse about Jesus speaking 'in maturity' mean he will come back?

Neither verse proves a return: 'in the cradle and in maturity' refers to the people Jesus addresses, the return reading began with a late transmitter of strange reports, and 'before his death' has several readings. Mufti Abu Layth says that in the verse on speaking in the cradle and in maturity it is the people Jesus addresses, the child and the mature man, who are meant, not Jesus speaking at an older age.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:23:16)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back?

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back?

In the clip Qadhi says three verses strongly suggest Jesus's return; Mufti Abu Layth mocks the readings and says the return is not in the Quran.

Answer from 2 March 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:06:29)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Does the Quran say Jesus was raised up alive?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say Jesus was raised up alive?

Mufti Abu Layth refers viewers to his detailed videos and says the Quran does not say how Jesus died, which does not mean he did not die, just as it is silent on Moses' death. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not say how Jesus died, which does not mean he did not die, just as it does not say how Moses died.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:10:43)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Does the Quran really say Jesus had no father?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

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. Mufti Abu Layth says he does not believe in the virgin birth, as many of the mufassirun do not.

Answer from 16 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #202| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 27:52)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Did Ibn Ashur believe Jesus died?

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Ibn Ashur believe Jesus died?

Mufti Abu Layth shows that Ibn Ashur read 'inni mutawaffika' as real death, cited Imam Malik for it, and took texts calling Jesus alive as an honorific life like that of martyrs.

Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Messiah, Masri & Misquotations | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:00)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

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Did Jesus really speak as a newborn baby in the Quran?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak as a newborn baby in the Quran?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not state that Jesus spoke as a newborn, and that the cradle verse points to the episode in Luke of the boy Jesus arguing with the Temple priests. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not state that Jesus spoke as a newborn, and that its reference to his speaking from the cradle as a boy points to the episode in Luke of the young Jesus arguing with the Temple priests.

Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:47:26)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Was docetism about someone else being crucified in Jesus's place?

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was docetism about someone else being crucified in Jesus's place?

No: he says docetism was a debate over whether Jesus was truly human, and that the Quran says the crucifixion only appeared to succeed, not that a look-alike was crucified.

Answer from 26 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #199 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:30:22)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Did Ibn Ashur say Jesus was raised alive and will return?

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Did Ibn Ashur say Jesus was raised alive and will return?

Mufti Abu Layth says a preacher's post misquotes the tafsir it cites, which takes the verse to mean Jesus really died and leaves how he was raised open to interpretation.

Answer from 19 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #198 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:45:11)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Was Christianity still a true religion until Muhammad's first revelation?

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Was Christianity still a true religion until Muhammad's first revelation?

Mufti Abu Layth reframes the question: Jesus was sent to the Israelites, not the Arabs, and monotheists existed in Arabia before the Prophet. Mufti Abu Layth says Jesus was never sent to the Arabs but to the Israelites.

Answer from 5 January 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #196 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:13:21)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Does the Quran actually say the miracles happened?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran actually say the miracles happened?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran often never states that a miracle occurred, as with the table for Jesus, and that the prophets were real though later assumptions colour them; the guest says the Quran rearticulates the discourses of its milieu.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:56:12)

A more recent answer on belief/prophethood-and-miracles exists (18 October 2025): Can the Quran be used to call the Prophet the best of creation?

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Should archaeology worry believers about the Quran's stories?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Should archaeology worry believers about the Quran's stories?

The guest, as a self-described Islamic modernist following Fazlur Rahman, says believers need not fear archaeology, since the Quran re-attributes Jesus' miracles to God for theological rather than historical ends.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:42:25)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Did Jesus really speak in the cradle, and did the earlier prophets exist?

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak in the cradle, and did the earlier prophets exist?

The guest says historians can be confident that Muhammad and Jesus existed but less so of earlier figures, and that the Quran's Jesus stories, such as speaking in the cradle, are dramatised; Mufti Abu Layth says no clear verse says Jesus spoke in the cradle.

Answer from 11 December 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Dr Javad T. Hashmi | Axis of Morality & Archetypal Myths in the Quran | MindTrap 46 |Mufti Abu Layth (at 1:24:52)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Why doesn't the Quran clearly deny the virgin birth?

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran did not affirm the virgin birth but gave Christians the space to infer it, as a middle ground.

Answer from 13 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Discussion on Miracles: A fallacy against God | Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:00)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Why do most Muslims believe in the virgin birth?

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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. Mufti Abu Layth says belief in the virgin birth spread among Muslims through the mass proliferation of the Christian narrative around Arabia.

Answer from 13 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Discussion on Miracles: A fallacy against God | Mufti Abu Layth (at 19:49)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Was Jesus born without a father according to the Quran?

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

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. Mufti Abu Layth says he would be in line with the scholars who say Jesus was of natural birth.

Answer from 13 October 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Discussion on Miracles: A fallacy against God | Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:38)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Was Jesus born of a virgin, and how could a jinn father a child?

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Was Jesus born of a virgin, and how could a jinn father a child?

Mufti Abu Layth says he has recently become inclined to the view of Abdul Karim Athari and Tamanna Imadi that Jesus was born naturally, since the Quran never explicitly states a virgin birth and 6:101 argues from the absence of a companion. The guest sets that controversy aside and says a jinn, being a different species, could not impregnate a woman.

Answer from 22 April 2020 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Shaykh Dr. Shabir Ally | Juxtaposing the Quran, Jumbling Aisha's age & Jinn Possession | MindTrap#16 (at 1:25:40)

A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?

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Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not explicitly state a virgin birth, citing recent scholars who read Mary's glad tidings like those given to Ibrahim and Zakariyya. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not explicitly mention that Jesus was born of a virgin birth.

Answer from 3 November 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Response to Yasir Qadhi on Miracles | Mufti Abu Layth (at 28:07)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Is the Bible corrupted?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Bible corrupted?

Yes, if corrupted means not preserved word for word, since they were never meant to be a recitation; but the general message of Jesus was most likely kept. Mufti Abu Layth says the earlier scriptures can be called corrupted if that means they were not preserved verbatim.

Answer from 14 September 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Is the Quran corrupted? | Mufti Abu Layth (at 8:17)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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What does it mean that Jesus spoke to people in the cradle and in old age?

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What does it mean that Jesus spoke to people in the cradle and in old age?

Mufti Abu Layth says the verse means Jesus would relate to people of every age when he preached, not that he spoke as a baby; that story likely came from apocryphal infancy gospels. Mufti Abu Layth says the verse means that Jesus, when he preached, would have such wisdom that he could relate to people of every age, from the very young to the old.

Answer from 23 February 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Did Jesus (a.s.) Speak in the Cradle? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 13:57)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

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Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not say Jesus spoke as a baby; the Maryam passage most likely refers to Jesus at twelve debating the priests in the Temple, as in Luke. Mufti Abu Layth says that the popular story of the baby Jesus speaking to save Mary from being stoned is, in his understanding, not true at all.

Answer from 23 February 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Did Jesus (a.s.) Speak in the Cradle? -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:02)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir/contested-verses exists (19 August 2022): Is Quran 22:52 about the satanic verses incident?

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Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle?

Mufti Abu Layth reads it as Jesus aged about twelve debating the Temple elders, as in the Gospel of Luke, which fits the history better than a speaking baby. Mufti Abu Layth says the interpretation that Jesus was a boy debating the Temple elders fits with reality better than a speaking baby.

Answer from 8 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: In Depth: Sulaiman (a.s.), the Throne of Sheba, and Miracles in the Quran -Mufti Abu Layth (at 45:09)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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What verses do Muslims use to argue Jesus had a natural birth with a father?

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What verses do Muslims use to argue Jesus had a natural birth with a father?

The Quran implies a virgin conception but never states it, and the scholars who held Jesus had a father argue from 6:85-87 and 6:101. People may believe either, but calling those scholars deviant is a huge stretch. Mufti Abu Layth says that declaring those who read the Quran as not teaching a virgin birth deviant or no longer mainstream Muslims is a huge stretch, when the Quran itself does not actually say it.

Answer from 25 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 11:43)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Does the Quran actually say Mary had a virgin birth?

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran actually say Mary had a virgin birth?

No verse of the Quran directly says Jesus was born of a virgin; a verse implies it, and Muslims have differed on it. Mary was married, is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam, and most likely did not remain a virgin all her life. Mufti Abu Layth says that no verse of the Quran directly says that Mary's was a virgin birth, though a verse implies it.

Answer from 25 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 6:33)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and mention the Holy Spirit with him?

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and mention the Holy Spirit with him?

The Quran uses terms of Jesus that it uses of no other prophet, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, which Muslims do not take literally. He suggests this Christian rhetoric was perhaps meant to build bridges with Christians. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran uses Christian rhetoric about Jesus, such as the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, perhaps in order to build bridges between the Muslim and Christian communities.

Answer from 25 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: Does the Quran Mention a Virgin Birth for Jesus (a.s.)? - Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:05)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Which verses are used to argue that Jesus had a father, and does the Quran rule it out?

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Which verses are used to argue that Jesus had a father, and does the Quran rule it out?

The Quranic account of Mary implies a virgin conception but does not state it, and 66:12 is not read literally by anyone, so demanding literal reading everywhere is inconsistent. The scholars who held Jesus had a father argue from 6:85-87 and 6:101, and calling them deviants is a huge stretch. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quranic account of Mary implies but does not state a virgin conception, that 66:12 is read literally by no Muslim so literal reading cannot be demanded everywhere, and that declaring deviant those scholars who hold Jesus had a natural birth is a huge stretch; he presents 6:85-87 and 6:101 as those scholars' arguments.

Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 54:58)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the Quran say Jesus was born of a virgin?

No verse of the Quran states that Jesus's birth was a virgin birth, only implies it, and Muslim scholars have differed on it. Mary is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam; she was married, and some scholars held that she conceived naturally. Mufti Abu Layth says that no verse of the Quran states that Jesus's birth was a virgin birth, only implies it, that Muslim scholars have differed on the question, and that Mary, who was married, is never called the Virgin Mary in Islam.

Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

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Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 49:47)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and speak of the Holy Spirit?

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Why does the Quran call Jesus the Word of God and speak of the Holy Spirit?

The Quran applies to Jesus terms it uses of no other prophet, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, which Muslims do not read literally. Mufti Abu Layth suggests this Christian rhetoric may have been meant to build bridges with Christians. Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran applies to Jesus terms such as the Word of God and the Holy Spirit that it uses for no other prophet and that Muslims do not take literally, and suggests this Christian rhetoric may have been meant to build bridges with the Christian community.

Answer from 20 October 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A Reply to Sheikh Yasir Qadhi - Mufti Abu Layth (at 43:11)

A more recent answer on quran/stories-of-the-prophets/jesus exists (19 February 2022): What do you think of the rational readings of the Quran on the Marvelous Quran channel?

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What does the Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus mean?

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What does the Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus mean?

The Bukhari report that Shaytan touches every newborn except Mary and Jesus makes even the Prophet Muhammad subject to the devil's touch while exempting the two figures of Christian doctrine, which Mufti Abu Layth presents as a Christian idea in the collection.

Answer from 1 September 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: BukhariGate Part 2: Sahih Bukhari is NOT so Sahih -Mufti Abu Layth (at 26:05)

A more recent answer on hadith/bukhari exists (18 October 2025): Why did Mufti Abu Layth challenge hadith in BukhariGate, and can the Prophet be called the most beloved of creation?

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Does the verse about Jesus speaking as a kahl prove he will return?

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Does the verse about Jesus speaking as a kahl prove he will return?

No: kahl means mature adulthood from about thirty or forty, and al-Razi says Jesus reached that age on earth. The reading of the verse as the second coming first appeared with a scholar who died in the 280s AH, not among the salaf. Mufti Abu Layth holds that kahl in the verse means mature adulthood, which Jesus reached on earth as al-Razi states, and that the reading of the verse as a prophecy of his return originated with a scholar who died in the 280s AH and was unknown to the salaf.

Answer from 15 March 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: A response to Shadee Elmasry - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki (at 5:13)

A more recent answer on quran/tafsir exists (18 October 2025): Why are two of the daily prayers recited silently when 17:110 says not to be silent?

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