Q. IS IT TRUE THAT THE QUR'AN WAS COPIED FROM THE BIBLE?
ANSWER:
NO, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. PROPHET Muhammad (PBUH) IS UNLETTERED. IF SO, HOW COULD HE READ OR COPY FROM THE BIBLE?!
2. NO ARABIC TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE WAS AVAILABLE IN THAT TIME.
3. THE STYLE OF THE QUR'AN IS UNIQUE. NO HUMAN COULD OR WILL BE ABLE TO IMITATE IT. THE STYLE OF THE QUR'AN IS OBVIOUSLY DIVINE.
4. THE QUR'AN CANNOT BE COPIED FROM THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S DIRECT REVELATION TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AS WAS SEEN BY HUNDREDS OF FIRST-HAND WITNESSES.
5. THE QUR'AN WAS REVEALED PIECEMEAL AND ACCORDING TO EVERY-DAY OCCASIONS , WHICH DISPROVES THE CLAIM OF COPYING.
6. THE CLAIM IS GIVEN BY SOME BLINDLY-BIASED NON-MUSLIMS WHO REFUSE EVEN TO KNOW WHAT ISLAM IS.
7. THERE IS NO SINGLE PASSAGE IN THE QUR'AN WHICH IS IDENTICAL WITH ANOTHER IN THE BIBLE. THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO ALL THOSE WHO ANNOUNCE SUCH A CLAIM: SHOW ONE PASSAGE IN THE QUR'AN WHICH IS COPIED, AS FALSELY CLAIMED FROM THE BIBLE.
8. THE BIBLE, AS IT IS NOW, IS NOT A BOOK WHICH ONE IS PROUD TO COPY FFOM ESPECIALLY WITH ITS WELL-KNOWN ADMITTED 50000 MISTAKES.
9. THERE ARE MANY THINGS ALLOWED IN THE BIBLE BUT PROHIBITED IN THE QUR'AN, A MATTER WHICH REFHTES THE FALSE CLAIM OF COPYING.
10. THERE ARE MANY THINGS PROHIBITED IN THE BIBLE BUT ALLOWED IN THE QUR'AN, A MATTER WHICH DISPROVES THE CLAIM OF COPYING.
11. THERE ARE SOME COMMON IDEAS BETWEEN REVEALED BOOKS, AS ONE WOULD LOGICALLY ANTICIPATE BECAUSE ALL THOSE BOOKS WERE REVEALED BY GOD. FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOSPELS RESEMBLE THE BOOK OF MOSES IN SOME IDEAS, BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE IS COPIED FROM THE OTHER. SO IS THE CASE WITH THE QUR'AN: SOME SIMILARITY OF SOME IDEAS SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO EXIST IN REVEALED BOOKS COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCE, i. e., GOD, FOR THE SAME PURPOSE. SIMILARITY OF SOME IDEAS, DOES NOT MAKE A CASE FOR THE "CLAIM" OF COPYING BY NO MEANS WHATSOEVER.
12. THE CLAIM OF COPYING IS SIMPLY THE BIGGEST AND EMPTIES LIE EVER SAID OR HEARD. THE QUR'AN STATES THOUSANDS OF FACTS, ORDINANCES, AND ORDERS WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN THE BIBLE. THE QUR'AN GIVES THE BASIC PILLARS OF ISLAM: PRAYER, FASTING, ZAKAT, PILGRIMAGE, AND THE TWO TESTIMONIES, ALL OF WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN THE BIBLE.
13. THE REGULATIONS OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE GIVEN IN THE QUR'AN DO NOT EXIST IN THE BIBLE.
14. THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM OF INHERITANCE DISTRIBUTION EXISTS ONLY IN THE QUR'AN, NEVER IN THE BIBLE.
15. ISLAMIC POLYGAMY IS RESTRICTED IN THE QUR'AN, BUT NEVER IN THE BIBLE.
16. WINE, ALLOWED IN THE GOSPELS, IS PROHIBITED IN THE QUR'AN.
17. PORK, ALLOWED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS PROHIBITED IN THE QUR'AN.
18. DIVORCE, PROHIBITED IN THE GOSPELS, IS ALLOWED IN THE QHR'AN.
19. THE LAW OF MOSES, RECOGNIZED AND ADOPTED IN THE GOSPELS, IS ABROGATED IN THE QUR'AN.
20. SATURDAY, MADE AS SABBATH IN THE BIBLE, IS A NORMAL DAY IN THE QUR'AN.
21. USURY, PARTLY ALLOWED IN THE BIBLE, IS ABSOLUTELY DISALLOWED IN THE QUR'AN.
22. JESUS, GOD'S SON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS MERELY A PROPHET IN THE QUR'AN.
23. JESUS, CRUCIFIED IN THE GOSPELS, IS NOT CRHCIFIED IN THE QUR'AN.
24. THE ORIGINAL SIN, ADOPTED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS WHOLLY REJECTED IN THE QUR'AN.
25. SALVATION, ACHIEVED BY JESUS CRUCIFIXION IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IS ACHIEVED BY EAMAN(FAITH) IN ALLAH AND HIS LAST MESSENGER MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AND GOOD DEEDS IN THE QHR'AN.
26. JESUS, DENIED BY THE JEWS AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, IS RECOGNIZED IN THE QUR'AN AS A PROPHET. THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, IGNORED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, IS EMPHASIZED IN THE QUR'AN.
27. GAMBLING DISALLOWED IN THE QUR'AN IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.
28. CALIBACY ENCOURAGED IN THE GOSPELS IS DISCOURAGED IN THE QUR'AN AND THE SAYINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH).
THE ABOVE POINTS ARE MERELY EXAMPLES OF HOW THE QUR'AN DIFFERS FROM THE BIBLE IN BOTH DETAILS AND BASICS ALIKE. LIES ARE ALWAYS SMASHED BY TRUTH.
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