THE QURAN AND THE BIBLE- BOTH
(IN
ORIGINAL SCRIPT)WORDS OF ALLAH.
This story of the flood, as given in the Bible,
contradicts scientific evidence from archaelogical sources which indicate that
the eleventh dynasty in Egypt and the third dynasty in Babylonia were in
existence without any break in civilisation and in a manner totally unaffected
by any major calamity which
may have occurred in the 21st century B.C. This contradicts the Biblical
story that the whole world had been immersed in the flood water. In contrast
to this,the Qur’anic presentation of the story of Noah and the flood does not
conflict with scientific evidence or archaeological data; firstly, the Qur’an
does not
indicate any specific date or year of the occurance of that event,
and secondly, according to the Qur’an the flood was not a universal
phenomenon which destroyed complete life on earth. In fact the Qur’an
specifically mentions that the flood was a localised event only
involving the people of Noah.
It is
illogical to assume that Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) had borrowed the story of the
flood from the Bible and corrected the mistakes before mentioning it in the
Qur’an.
13.
MOSES (PBUH) AND PHARAOH OF THE EXODUS
The story of Moses (pbuh) and the Pharaoh of the
Exodus are very much identical in the Qur’an and the Bible. Both
scriptures agree that the Pharaoh drowned when he tried to pursue Moses (pbuh)
and led the Israelites across a stretch of water that they crossed. The Qur’an
gives an additional piece of information in Surah Yunus chapter 10 verse 92:
"This day shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be a sign
to those who come after thee! But verily, many among mankind are
heedless of Our Signs!"
[Al-Qur’an 10:92]
Dr. Maurice Bucaille, after a thorough research proved that although
Rameses II was known to have persecuted the Israelites as per the Bible,
he actually died while Moses (pbuh) was taking refuge in Median. Rameses
II’s son Merneptah who succeeded him as Pharaoh drowned during the
exodus. In 1898, the mummified body of Merneptah was found in the valley of Kings
in Egypt. In 1975, Dr. Maurice Bucaille with other doctors received permission
to examine the Mummy of Merneptah, the findings of which proved that
Merneptah probably died from drowning or a violent shock which immediately
preceeded the moment of drowning. Thus the Qur’anic verse that we shall
save his body as a sign, has been fulfilled by the Pharaohs’ body being kept at
the Royal Mummies room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
This verse of the Qur’an compelled Dr. Maurice
Bucaille, who was a Christian then, to study the Qur’an. He later wrote a
book ‘The Bible, the Qur’an and Science’, and confessed that
the author of the Qur’an can be no one else
besides God Himself. Thus he embraced Islam.
14. QUR’AN IS A BOOK FROM ALLAH
These evidences are sufficient to conclude that the
Qur’an was not copied from the Bible, but that the
Qur’an is the Furqaan - ‘the Criteria’ to judge
right from wrong and it should be used to decipher which portion
of the Bible may be considered as the Word of God.
The Qur’an itself testifies in Surah Sajda
chapter 32 verse 1 to 3
Alif Laam Meem.
(This is) the revelation of the Book in which there
is no doubt – from the Lord of the Worlds.
Or do they say, ‘He has forged it’? Nay, it is the
Truth from thy Lord, that thou mayest admonish a
people to whom no warner has come before thee: in order
that they may receive guidance."
[Al-Qur’an 32:1-3]
7 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MARY AND MIRIAM Question
It is mentioned in your Qur’an that Mary was the sister of
Aaron (pbuh). Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) who wrote the Qur’an
did not know the difference between Miriam the sister of Aaron (pbuh)
and Mary the Mother of Jesus (pbuh), the time span between both of them
was about a thousand years.
Answer
1. IN THE
SEMITIC LANGUAGES SISTER ALSO MEANS DESCENDANT
The Qur’an mentions in Surah Maryam, Chapter 19
verses 27-28
"At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms).
They said: ‘O Mary! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
O sister of
Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!’"
[Al-Qur’an 19:27-28]
Christian missionaries say that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) did not know
the difference between Mary the mother of Jesus (pbuh) and Miriam
the sister of Aaron (pbuh). The time span between both was more than a
thousand years.
In the
Arabic construction of the sentence, sister is also considered as
a descendant. Thus, when the people said to Mary, Ukhta Haroon
i.e. ‘sister of Aaron’ it actually means descendant of Aaron (pbuh).
2.
SON ALSO MEANS DESCENDANT
It is
mentioned in the Gospel of Mathew, Chapter 1 verse 1
"Jesus
Christ, the son of David,....".
[Mathew 1:1]
Gospel of
Luke Chapter 3, verse 23
"And
Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)
the son of Joseph, ....."
[Luke 3:23]
DID JESUS
(PBUH) HAVE TWO FATHERS?
What do you
call a person who has two fathers? The explanation of the phrase
that Jesus (pbuh) was the son of David (pbuh), is that Jesus (pbuh) was
a descendant of David (pbuh). ‘Son’, here means a descendant.
8.
JESUS (PBUH) DID NOT DIE
Question
Is it not true that your Qur’an mentions in
Surah Maryam, Chapter 19 verse 33 that Jesus (pbuh) died and was resurrected?
Answer
JESUS (PBUH)
SAID, "THE DAY THAT I DIE", NOT "THE DAY THAT I
DIED"
It is
mentioned in Surah Maryam, Chapter 19 verse 33
"So Peace is on
me the day I was born, the day that I die and the Day that I shall be
raised up to life (again)".
[Al-Qur’an 19:33]
The Qur’an mentions that Jesus (pbuh) said "Peace is on me the
Day I was born, the day that I die". It is not stated
"the day that I died".It is in the future tense and not
in the past tense.
1. JESUS (PBUH) WAS RAISED UP ALIVE
The Qur’an further says in Surah Nisa, Chapter 4
verse 157-158:
"That they said (in boast), ‘We killed Jesus Christ the son of
Mary, the Messenger of Allah’ – But they killed him not,
Nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those
who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but
only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not
– Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is exalted in Power,
Wise."
[Al-Qur’an 4:157-158]
9. JESUS IS "A WORD" OF ALLAH
AND A "SPIRIT" FROM ALLAH
Question
Does not your Qur’an mention that Jesus is
Kalimatullah –"The Word of Allah
(swt)", as well as Ruhullah – "The
Spirit of Allah", indicating his Divinity?
Answer
1.
JESUS (PBUH) "IS A WORD FROM ALLAH" NOT "THE WORD
OF
ALLAH"
The
Qur’an mentions in Surah Ali ‘Imran Chapter 3 verse 45
"Behold! The angels said: O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a
Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus. The son of Mary,
held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (the company of) those
Nearest to Allah.
[Al-Qur’an 3:45]
Jesus (pbuh) is referred in the Qur’an as a word from Allah and not
as ‘the word of Allah’.
"A
word" of Allah means a message of Allah. If a person is referred to as
"a word" from Allah, it means that he is a
Messenger or a Prophet of Allah.
2.
THE TITLE OF A PROPHET (PBUH) DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT
EXCLUSIVELY BELONGS TO THAT PROPHET (PBUH)
Different titles are given to different prophets
(pbut). Whenever a title is given to a prophet (pbuh), it does not
necessarily mean that the other prophets do not have the same characteristic
or quality. For e.g. Prophet Abraham (pbuh)
is referred to in the Qur’an as Khaleelullah, a
friend of Allah. This does not indicate that all the other Prophets (pbuh)
were not the friends of Allah. Prophet Moses (pbuh) is referred to
in the Qur’an as Kaleemullah, indicating that God spoke to him.
This does not mean that God did not speak to others. Similarly when Jesus
(pbuh) is referred to in the Qur’an as Kalimatullah, "a
word from Allah", it does not mean that the other Prophets were not
"the word," of Allah.
3. JOHN THE BAPTIST (PBUH) IS ALSO CALLED
"A WORD" OF ALLAH
Yahya (pbuh) i.e. John the Baptist (pbuh) is also referred to in
the Qur’an as Kalimatullah i.e. a word of Allah in Surah Ali
‘Imran, Chapter 3, verses 38-39
"There did Zakariya Pray to his Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant
unto me from Thee a progeny that is pure: for Thou art He that
heareth prayer! While he was standing in prayer in the chamber,
the angels called unto him:
"Allah doth give thee glad tidings of
Yahya, witnessing the truth of a Word from Allah, and (be besides)
noble, chaste, and a Prophet – of the (goodly) company of the
righteous."
[Al-Qur’an 3:39]
4. JESUS (PBUH) REFERRED AS RUHULLAH
– A SPIRIT OF ALLAH
Jesus (pbuh) also never referred to as Ruhullah
"a spirit of Allah" but as a spirit from Allah in Surah Nisa Chapter 4
verse 171
"O People of the Book! Commit
no excesses in your religion: nor say of Allah aught but the truth.
Jesus Christ the son of Mary was (no more than) a Messenger of Allah,
And His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from
Him: so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not ‘Trinity’:
desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is One God: glory be to Him: (Far
Exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the
heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs."
[Al-Qur’an 4:171]
5. SPIRIT OF ALLAH IS BREATHED IN
EVERY HUMAN BEING
A spirit from Allah does not indicate that Jesus
(pbuh) is God. The Qur’an mentions in several places that
Allah breathed into the human beings "His Spirit" in Surah Al-Hijr,
chapter 15 verse 29 in Surah Sajdah, chapter 32 verse
9 Surah Al Hijr Chapter 15 verse
29
"When I have fashioned him (in due proportion) and breathed into him
of My spirit, fall ye down in obeisance unto him."
[Al-Qur’an 15:29]
Surah Sajdah
Chapter 32 verse 9
"But He
fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His
spirit. And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and
understanding): little thanks do ye give!"
[Al-Qur’an 32:9]
10. IS NOT THE QUR’AN WRITTEN BY
SATAN?
Question
The Qur’an is not the Word of God but on the
contrary the handiwork of Satan.
Answer
In reply to a similar allegation put forward by the pagans of
Makkah, that the prophet (pbuh) received the revelations from
Satan, the following verses were revealed:
Surah
Waqiah, chapter 56 verses 77-80
"That this is indeed
A Qur’an most honourable,
In a Book
well-guarded,
Which none
shall touch
But those who are clean:
A Revelation
from the Lord
Of the Worlds."
Kitabim Maknoon means a book well guarded or a protected book, referring
to Lauh-e-Mahfooz in the heaven, which none shall touch except
the Mutahhareen. i.e. those who do not have any uncleanliness or
impurity or evil like sin. This refers to the angels. The satan is absolutely
prohobited.
Thus since it is impossible for satan to come
anywhere close to it or touch it, the question of him writing the
verses of the Glorious Qur’an does not arise. It is further
mentioned in Surah Shura, chapter 26 verse 210-212
"No evil ones have brought
Down this (Revelation):
It
would neither suit them
Nor would they be able (To
produce it).
Indeed
they have been removed
Far from even (a chance of)
Hearing it."
Many people have a wrong concept of satan. They think that satan
can probably do everything, except a couple of things that
God can do. According to them, satan is slightly below God in
power. Since the people do not want to accept that the Qur’an is a
miraculous revelation, they say that it is satan’s handiwork.
1.If satan would have written the Qur’an,
he would not have mentioned in
the same Qur’an in
Surah Nahl, chapter 16 verse no. 98
"When thou does read
The Qur’an, seek
Allah’s protection from Satan the Rejected One."
Is this how you feel satan would write a book? Does he tell you;
"Before you read my book ask God to
save you from me?"
2.There are several verses in the Qur’an which will give
enough evidence that satan is not the author of the Qur’an.
In Surah Al Aaraf chapter 7 verse 200
"If a suggestion from Satan assail your (mind),
seek refuge with Allah; for He hears and knows
(all things).
Why would satan tell his followers, that whenever he gives
any suggestions to them, they should seek refuge in Allah (swt) to
whom he is an a vowed enemy.
3.In Surah Baqarah, chapter 2 verse 168
"O ye people!
Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good;
and do not follow the footsteps of the Evil one,
For he is to you an avowed enemy."
4.In Surah Yasin, chapter 36 verse 60
"Did I not enjoin on
you,
O
ye children of Adam,
that ye should not worship Satan;
for that he was to you an enemy avowed?"
Satan is intelligent, no wonder that he can put this
idea into the minds of people that he
himself wrote the Qur’an. Compared to Almighty God,
Satan is insignificant,
and Allah (swt) is far more intelligent. He knows satan’s evil
intentions and hence no wonder that He has given the reader of the Qur’an
several proofs to show that Qur’an is God’s word, and not satan’s
word.
The Bible mentions in the Gospel of Mark, chapter 3, verses
24-26
"And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that
kingdom cannot
stand."
"And if a house be divided against itself,
that house cannot
stand."
"And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand,
but hath an end."
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