Revelation or Reception?
Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
…he fourth, and (some) say: Five, their dog the sixth, guessing at random; and (some) say: Seven, and their dog the eighth” (Surah 18:22, Pickthall). Long before Islam, Christians told the story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. According to its familiar forms, young Christians fl…
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