National Geographic made a documentary about the Holy Qur’an and gave it the title ‘Inside Koran’. Following is my brief response to various issues raised therein. Some of the issues I have dealt with already so I will only give links to my earlier articles. And on some issues I will simply give links to other sites. That is the only way to deal with so many red herrings thrown in a hurry.
Certain Orientalists, Christian Missionaries and cultists, followers of Rashad Khalifa, often raise the issue of the last two verses of Surah (No. 9) Al-Bar’aa/At-Tauba that were found only with one companion. It happened during the compilation of Qur’an in time of Abu Bakr (RA). Such Christians allege that these two verses are therefore of dubious authority and the claim of Qur’anic infallibility is thus invalid.
(An Excerpt from Mufti Taqi Usmani’s ‘Ulum-ul-Quran)
The short answer to this question is that it is literal and metaphorical where Allah Ta’ala explicitly states it. This is not an issue for Muslims; however the need for this article has arisen due to several sects interpreting everything metaphorically. For example, these sects state that heaven and hell is not a place but a condition, fire of hell is a metaphor and heavenly delights are also all metaphors. The Qur’an says otherwise!

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