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Good luck and happy editing.```Buster Seven Talk 17:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Isa (name)‎

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Not going to change back your edits right now, but "th" to "sh" is a Canaanite change, not any kind of ordinary Arabic change... AnonMoos (talk) 22:16, 31 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

I know but when going from Thamudic(Old Arabic) to the Quraishi dialect, the Tha changed to Sheen, I gave the word Hairy for example. It used to be 'Atha but is now called 'Ashara. This could have been done for Jesus as well because the name y-sh-' is Thamudic and it naturally would have come from Yatha', which also means 'Salvation.'
Please could you learn to sign your posts on talk pages.--Toddy1 (talk) 08:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

  You have added unsourced information to the article Isa (name).[1] Please could you add some citations, or it may be removed.--Toddy1 (talk) 08:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

Prophets in Islam

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The problem with edits is that they were unsourced. For example you stated that Adam is not a prophet but the fact that he is considered one by Islam was sourced. In the section on Ishmael you changed Mecca to Paran but that name is from the Christian Bible account. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 21:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

There is no reference to Adam being called a Prophet nor Messenger. The article Adam does not cite one verse in the Quran saying that Adam was such. Also, I quote: whom God spoke directly, and thus viewed as the first prophet of Islam." Even this does not say he is called a prophet.

You are correct in the Ishmael account, but it should be cited that this is from a Hadith by Ibn Abbas and not from the Quran.

The Quran is a WP:Primary source and the article has to rely on secondary sources, which are provided. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 02:50, 5 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, I'm Toddy1. Thank you for the edit you did to the article on Abraham in Islam. Unfortunately, you did not say where the information came from. I have therefore reverted it. If you can find the source you got the information from, you are welcome to put the information back in, providing you add citations to reliable secondary sources. I think you can see examples of how to do citations in the article, so you do not need me to explain how to format them.--Toddy1 (talk) 07:49, 6 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

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