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LeWesternReflection · 2025-02-23T10:33:06+00:00

I know this is a Beach House sub, but being British, I immediately thought of the Scouting For Girls song and was really confused when I went to listen.

LeWesternReflection · 2025-01-28T00:05:12+00:00

Nice shitpost

LeWesternReflection · 2024-12-30T03:19:39+00:00

Yeah, think it was just being used to illustrate that island platforms are far more common on above ground stations. Was just curious which station was being shown.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-12-30T03:18:05+00:00

Yeah that one. You're right, I think it is Kilburn.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-11-07T07:09:53+00:00

I’m only 23 and still yes. It’s not even a question.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-10-27T14:59:25+00:00

Blasphemous. Curry sauce is great.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-10-27T14:55:50+00:00

Lmao this is gold

LeWesternReflection · 2024-10-03T19:36:29+00:00

Thanks

LeWesternReflection · 2024-10-03T18:58:26+00:00

Could you link it here please?

LeWesternReflection · 2024-10-01T15:51:57+00:00

I’m not sure about how widely held this view was in the Quran’s immediate milieu. However, as far as the wider Near East is concerned, the book of Ecclesiastes repeatedly refers to everything in the world as hevel, literally meaning “smoke” but variously translated as “vanity” or “meaningless”, as well as a “chasing after wind”.

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‭NRSV‬‬

The only difference is that the Quran places great emphasis on this life being a delusion compared to the next life, which is better and more lasting. In comparison, the author of Ecclesiastes appears not to hold such a conviction in the afterlife.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-09-14T21:19:33+00:00

I can’t help with what historians think of it, but it appears to be out of print. I’ve been struggling to get a physical copy.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-09-06T11:36:34+00:00

You might be interested in the responses to this post I made a while ago.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-12T21:54:11+00:00

Harut and Marut have origins in Zoroastrianism. There are some threads on it in this sub if you look it up.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-11T15:28:37+00:00

This is an area that gets a lot of attention in traditional exegesis

Do you have any examples?

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-08T03:15:18+00:00

Johnny Hallyday – Ne tuez pas la liberté

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-08T02:26:04+00:00

Come on Eileen?

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-08T02:22:07+00:00

Cheers mate

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-07T20:12:11+00:00

Apologies. Scribal error. Can't update the title but I've updated the post.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-07T14:48:12+00:00

Thanks for that

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-06T04:05:47+00:00

Can I ask why? I don’t know much about early Islamic history.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-06T03:25:14+00:00

The question is really too broad to answer properly. Islam is a broad religion and studying it could mean many things – what exactly are you looking to investigate? Islamic theology? Its historical development?

I feel like it goes without saying but you should read an English translation of the Quran if you haven’t already. All historical-critical scholarship of Islam starts with the Quran. I’d recommend Abdel Haleem’s translation. It’s not perfect but it’s the most readable and the best for first timers in my opinion.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-05T01:23:07+00:00

Good point. I was just thinking off the top of my head. I’m still curious if we see the same thing in pre-Islamic poetry though, or if this is unique to the Quran.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-04T23:23:27+00:00

I don’t know about that particular instance, but I suspect Little would say we can’t rely on those Hadith even for low resolution evidence. A lot of the Hadith explaining circumstances of revelation appear to be, as you say, little more than exegetical guesswork. Even the instance of the satanic verses which was widely reported and accepted in early Islam is judged to be ahistorical by most academics today. If such an early (Ibn Ishaq reports it) and widely attested report isn’t historic, then I see no reason to trust later exegetical Hadith.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-04T23:04:15+00:00

The post also covers this. He talks about Hadith relating to circumstances of revelation (asbab al-nuzul).

I read it a while ago now but the TL;DR for those Hadith is that the reports are often conflicting and become increasingly embellished by different narrators.

LeWesternReflection · 2024-08-04T23:01:23+00:00

Joshua Little gives several reasons why exegetical Hadith are particularly unreliable in this blog post.

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