Writing Archive

English Articles

This page is a single index for Forqan’s essays and research sections. Some links open a direct article or long study, while others lead to a section that contains multiple writings.

Long study

Zakat and Its Historical Distortion: From Qur'anic Tazkiyah to Religious Taxation, Takfir, and Political Authority

A Qur'an-centered study of zakat, sadaqah, infaq, Qur'anic recipients, taxation, the Ridda wars, juristic zakat, and the danger of turning tazkiyah into political authority.

Qur'an Zakat Sadaqah Social justice Takfir

Essay

Human Haste in Light of the Qur’an

A Qur’an-centered critique of apocalyptic haste in religious and political life, the transfer of responsibility to a future savior, and the sacrifice of living human beings to claims about the unseen.

Qur’an Haste Apocalypticism Responsibility Righteous action

Long study

Believer or Muslim? Returning from Religious Identity to the Truth of Faith in the Qur’an

A Qur’an-centered study of the distinction between faith and submission, the criterion of salvation, the place of the People of the Book and the Sabians, the Abrahamic horizon, and the return from religious labels to faith, righteous action, and human responsibility before Al-Illah.

Qur’an Faith Muslim Believer People of the Book Righteous action

Essay

Confusing Obedience to the Messenger with Obedience to Scattered Hadith and Reports

A Qur’an-centered study of the difference between obeying the Messenger in the station of delivering revelation and obeying late reports attributed to him; and how report-authority can create parallel religion and sects beside the way of the Qur’an.

Qur’an Messenger Hadith Reports Authority

Essay

The Garden of Eden as a Place of Growth

A Qur’an-centered reflection on Adam’s garden, error, repentance, descent, choice, and the difference between Adam’s return and the logic of Iblis.

Qur’an Adam Repentance Choice Descent

Essay

Why is Human Corruption Restricted to Earth?

A linguistic and philosophical critique of interpreting the Seven Heavens as atmospheric layers, exploring the limits of human agency and the status of vicegerency.

Qur’an Cosmology Environment Vicegerency Seven Heavens

Long essay

The Book of Riba: Beyond Interest

A Qur’an-centered reflection on riba, money, debt, banking, inflation, ownership, risk, speculation, and social justice in a modern credit economy.

Qur’an Riba Economics Debt Justice

Essay

Polygamy in the Qur’an

A Qur’an-centered study of polygamy through the context of orphans, justice, marital covenant, and the prevention of harm.

Qur’an Family Justice Orphans

Research section

Qur’an Terminology

Key Qur’anic terms, roots, meanings, usage patterns, and linguistic reflections.

Words Roots Qur’anic language

Research section

Qur’an Completeness

Articles on the Qur’an as complete, preserved, sufficient, and the final criterion.

Qur’an Authority Hadith

Research section

Tawhid

Reflections on divine unity and the rejection of false authority.

Tawhid Authority Faith

Research section

Divine Names

Articles exploring the names and attributes of The-God.

Knowing The God Names Attributes

Research section

Hadith Critique

Articles examining Hadith through the authority of the Qur’an.

Hadith Qur’an Reports

Research section

Salat in the Qur’an

Reflections on salat through Qur’anic language and structure.

Salat Devotion Qur’anic language