Muslims believe that God exist and Quran is the direct and actual word of God revealed to prophet Muhammad .
However , majority of the non muslims believe that the book was fabricated
by Muhammad (pbuh). Some people assert that
he was taught by one or more secret human
teacher(s). Again, some people believe that he
was crazy. Yet some people went to an extent of
saying that the book was inspired by Satan.
These are the four possible alternatives that
people can evoke to explain the origin of the
Qur’an if they insist that the book was not
revealed by Almighty God. In fact, all alternatives
has been exhausted. Now, let us analyze these
possible alternatives one by one. Is it possible
that Qur’an was deliberately fabricated by
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? It is a well known
fact that he can neither read nor write. Qur’an
29:48 says; “Neither did you (O Muhammad) read
any book before this Qur’an, nor did you write any
book with your right hand. In that case, indeed,
the followers of falsehood might have doubted.” Now If this verse is a great lie and the prophet
could read and write, how could he have comfortably called
himself illiterate in the Quran especially in the
presence of his close relatives and friends who knew him very much?
Would you lie to your people about the matter you
know they are well acquainted with? Now given
that he was truly an illiterate, then how could he
have fabricated many verses and plagiarized the
Bible and then come up with such an eloquent
book like Holy Qur’an? Before he could come out
with any fabricated or plagiarized verses of the
Bible or chapter and recite it to the hearing of his
companion directly from memory, he must have
written down the verses, memorized them and
rehearsed the recitation many times in private.
Yet all these activities would be very difficult, if
not impossible, for an illiterate person. We have
never heard it in history that an illiterate person
authored a book. Again, there are some occasions
that Qur’an rebukes the prophet on certain
issues. Once, the prophet was deeply engaged in
trying to explain Islam to one pagan leader. He
was hopeful that he would accept Islam. But,
suddenly, the prophet was interrupted by a blind
man who wanted to learn the Qur’an from him.
The prophet did not like that interruption and this
was seen on his face. He turned away from this
blind man and continued his act of preaching to
this pagan leader. After a little moment, the
prophet received the revelation of some verses
which admonished and corrected him for this
action of neglecting the blind man. These verses
are as follows: He (the prophet) frowned and
turned away. Because there came to him the
blind man. And what would make you know that
he (the pagan leader) would purify himself or
become reminded so that the reminder should
profit him? As for him ( the pagan leader) who
consider himself self sufficient, to him you give
attention. And no blame is on you if he(pagan
leader) would not purify himself. But as for he
(the blind man) who came to you striving (for
knowledge) while he fears Allah, from him you
turned away (Qur’an 80:1-10). If the Qur’an was
fabricated by the prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
such a reproachful speech against him would not
be found in the Qur’an. Furthermore, there was a
certain instance when the prophet was rushing in
his attempt to grasp the revelation. He was in
haste and he did not allow the Angel Gabriel to
finish before he would start his own recitation.
Therefore, God commanded him as follows; Move
not your tongue concerning the Qur’an to make
haste therewith. It is for Us (God) to gather the
Qur’an in your chest and to give you the ability to
recite it. Therefore when We have recited it to
you, follow its recitation. Then it is for Us (God)
to make the Qur’an clear to you (Qur’an
75:16-19). In another place, God says; And be
not in haste with the Quran before its revelation
is completed to you (O Muhammad pbuh) and
say: My Lord increase me in knowledge (Qur’an
20:114). If the Holy Qur’an was fabricated by the
prophet, all these kind of verses- commanding
him not be in haste but to listen carefully and
also giving him confidence over the ability to
recite the Qur’an- would not be found on the
pages of the Qur’an. Moreover, there is one thing
peculiar to a liar who deliberately lied against God
for gaining a particular worldly benefit. This kind
of a liar is totally different from a common liar
who only lied to save himself from one kind of
difficult situation or another. Such a deliberate
liar against God is usually in a certain state of
mind without him realizing it. He was being
greatly deceived by his own mind. Within his
mind, he saw good reasons and justification for
embarking on such an act of deliberately lying
against God. In other word, the evil of his action
is made to be good and fair-seeming in his own
eyes without him realizing it. If he truly realized
that he has actually been deceived by his own
mind, he would not have embarked on such an
action. But such a deliberate liar commits his act
of lying because there is no way for him to realize
that he has been deceived by his own mind. The
author of Quran clearly makes reference to this
very concept we are discussing which shows that
the author was well familiar with this concept. In
this way, the author of Qur’an has actually
liberated himself from the possibility of being
among such deliberate liars whose their bad
deeds are made to be good in their own eyes.
Therefore, the author of Qur’an could not be one
of the deliberate liars against God. If he were to
be one of them, there is no way he can realize
and know about this concept; because nobody
would actually know and fully realized that he
was being deceived and then still allow the
deception to be continued . Such references in the
Quran are as follows: Is he (i:e a true prophet)
who is on a clear proof from his Lord, like him
( i:e a false prophet) to whom the evil of his work
is made fair- seeming and beautified, and like
those that follow their own lusts (Qur’an 47:14).
Another reference for such concept is found in
Quran 35:8 where God Almighty says: Is he ( i.e a
false prophet), to whom the evil of his deeds
made fair-seeming, so that he looks upon it as
good ( equal to the one who is rightly guided)?
Finally, every rational thinker will agree with me
that a deliberate liar against God must have little
or no faith in the existence of God. A person who
is not mad but seriously resolved within his mind
to deliberately lie against God in order to achieve
some worldly gains must be totally or partially
convinced that God does not exist. But contrary
to the expectation of the Non-Muslims, the
author of Holy Qur’an argue strongly in many
verses for the existence of one true God in a very
logical and convincing manner by making a lot of
references to natural signs in the universe which
truly point to the existence of God. Examples of
such verses are as follows: Verily in the heavens
and the earth, are Signs for those who believe.
And in the creation of yourselves and the fact that
animals are scattered through the earth, are Signs
for people who have faith with certainty. And in
the alternation of Night and Day, and the fact that
God sends down Sustenance (i:e rain) from the
sky, and revives therewith the earth after its
death, and in the turning about of the Winds are
Signs for those that are wise. Such are the Signs
of God which We recite to you( O Muhammad-
pbuh) in truth. Then in what exposition will they
believe after rejecting God and His Signs?(Qur’an
45:3-6). And among His signs is this that He
created you from dust and behold you are human
beings scattered far and wide. And among His
Signs is this, that He created for you wives from
among yourselves, that you may find repose in
them, and He has put between you affection and
mercy. Verily in that are indeed Signs for those
who think deeply. And among His Signs is the
creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
variations in your languages and your colors:
verily in that are indeed Signs for men of sound
knowledge. And among His Signs is the sleep
that you take by night and by day, and your
seeking of His bounty: verily in that are Signs for
those who hearken. And among His Signs is that
He shows you the lightning, by way of fear and
hope, and He send down water from the sky, and
therewith revives the earth after its death. Verily,
in that are indeed Signs for those who are wise
(Qur’an 30:20-24). Have they not looked at the
heaven above them, how We have made it and
beautify it, and there no flaws in it. And the earth
We spread it out, and We set thereon mountains
and We have made to grow therein every kind of
beautiful plants. To be an insight and reminder to
every servant who turns frequently to God (Qur’an
50:6- . In fact, time and space would not permit
me to quote more verses. Please read those
verses again. You will agree with me that the
author of Qur’an who explained the signs for the
existence of God in such a logical and convincing
manner can never be the same person who would
deliberately and boldly lie against the same God.
The natural signs that the author put forward for
the existence of God must have prevented him
from deliberately and boldly impersonating such
God. Even if the author was seriously in doubt
about the existence of God, then he would never
have that confidence and audacity to put his life
and soul in danger as the following verse
underlined below would implied if we assumed
that the author was impersonating God; Verily,
they were about to tempt you away from that
which We(God) have revealed to you (O
Muhammad -pbuh),to fabricate something other
than it against Us(God), then they would certainly
have taken you an intimate friend! And had We
(God) not made you stand firm, you would nearly
have inclined to them a little .In that case We
(God) would have made you taste a double
portion of punishment in this life and double
portion of punishment after death. And then you
would have found none to help you against Us
(God)(Qur’an 17:73-75). Before any one, who is
not mad, can be boldly and deliberately put his
life and soul in danger by challenging and
impersonating God in this way, he must have
been completely and totally sure in his mind that
God does not exist. Yet anyone, who is not an
omniscient, cannot be completely and totally sure
that God does not exist: let alone the author of
Holy Qur’an who argue strongly for the existence
of God in a very logical and convincing manner by
calling our attention to many natural signs in the
universe which actually point to God’s existence.
Now, is it possible for the same author to be
totally and completely sure that God does not
exist to the extent of having that confidence and
audacity to ask God Almighty to punish him twice
both in this worldly life and in the life after death?
Certainly not! No matter how little it may be, the
author must exercise some kind of doubts in his
belief that God does not exist. Even if the author
was bold enough to ask God to punish him twice
in this world, the author can never have that
audacity to ask God to punish him again in the
life after death. In fact, this point alone, if
properly understood; prove two things at the
same time. It proves that God must exist and
that Qur’an must be God’s word; this is the only
way we can resolve the apparent contradiction
inherent in a concept of an author who argue
logically and convincingly for the existence of one
true God but at the same time deliberately and
fearlessly impersonate the same God to the extent
of asking God to punish him twice both in this
world and in the hereafter. All these points cited
above are enough to prove that the prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) can never be the author of
Holy Qur’an or a deliberate liar against God.
Again, is it possible for the prophet to have a
secret human teacher who assisted him to
fabricate the Holy Qur’an since he could neither
read nor write? But how can that teacher be kept
in secret for good 23 years and remain hidden
from his immediate family and companions who
believed in him as true prophet of God? Besides,
all the points raise above to disprove the
plausibility of the first alternative can also be
leveled against this second alternative because
both presumed that the author of Holy Qur’an
was an impersonator and deliberate liar against
God. Furthermore, is it possible that prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) was crazy to the extent that
such craziness made him to be a pathological liar
against God? Before that craziness would be
manifest to the extent of causing him to
impersonate God and boldly lying against Him, it
must have been detected and reported by his
immediate family, and there would be no way to
believe him as true prophet of God. Even if we
assume that his immediate family managed to
hide the secret from the public, there is no way
for such craziness to escape the notice of the
companions of the prophet who always stayed
with him and believed in him as a true prophet of
God to the extent of dying as a martyr in the
battle field. Besides, how can a crazy author
come up with such a clear and meaningful book
like Qur’an?

Finally is it possible that Qur’an was inspired by Satan?
This is the most
illogical and weakest of all the possible
alternatives. In fact, a single
verse from the Qur’an is enough to destroy this
baseless assertion. Qur’an
16:98 declares as follows: When you want to
recite the Qur’an, seek God’s
protection from Satan the accursed one. How
could Satan gives a command
that before reading his book you must first of all
seek refuge and
protection with God against him? Does this make
any sense to you? Since all the four possible options that people can evoke to explain the origin of Quran has been nullified, the only option which remain is that Quran is the word of God. Therefore God must exist.

We serve the same God.

Those useless aethists won't say anything to this. But just mention bible, they'll flood the thread. Confused set of people.

If by we you're referring to Christians and Muslims then it's a pity you don't know the God you serve.

MANNABBQGRILLS:
We serve the same God.

But why can't muslims stick to their islamic section? Is it a difficult thing to do?

trapQ:
If by we you're referring to Christians and Muslims then it's a pity you don't know the God you serve.

We STILL serve the same God Mr Judge!!

Can you just leave me and my GOD alone please?!
Thank You!

How have I judged you?

Stop spreading falsehood. I am not holding your hands and legs. As long as you spread misconceptions about my God then I must quote you.

MANNABBQGRILLS:

We STILL serve the same God Mr Judge!!

Can you just leave me and my GOD alone please?!
Thank You!

trapQ:
How have I judged you?

Stop spreading falsehood. I am not holding your hands and legs. As long as you spread misconceptions about my God then I must quote you.

I serve a LIVING GOD.
God bless you.

Do Have a nice weekend ahead Mr Fighter.
I'm too blessed for all these your Nairaland rants and e-shout.

Ok Bye!

MANNABBQGRILLS:
We serve the same God.

..One of the greatest lie ever told

MANNABBQGRILLS:
We serve the same God.

Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy
all they have, and spare them not: but slay both
man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camels and donkeys ( 1st Samuel 15:3)
But those enemies of mine who did not want me
to be their king- bring them here and kill them in
front of me(Luke 19:27)
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to
the earth. I did not come to bring peace but a
sword. For I have come to turn a man against his
father, a daughter against her mother (Matthew
10:34-35) They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their
heart and soul; and everyone who would not
seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be
put to death, whether small or great, whether
man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 ). Now what do you have to say about all these Biblical verses. All the verses of Quran you quoted above will be clear to you if you read them in their proper context.

Abdulgaffar22:
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all they have, and spare them not: but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camels and donkeys ( 1st Samuel 15:3)
But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king- bring them here and kill them in front of me(Luke 19:27)
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother (Matthew 10:34-35) All these are Biblical verses. They are not verses of Quran. Now what do you have to say about them? All the verses of Quran you quoted above will be clear when you read them in their proper context.

Are you not fasting?

Who will read this long nonsense of an OP?

Yes this long nonsense will be an evidence against you on the day you will leave this world. Unless you repent and accept Islam.

Abdulgaffar22:
Yes this long nonsense will be an evidence against you on the day you will leave this world. Unless you repent and accept Islam.

I like your zeal but you are at the wrong camp. Kindly accept Jesus as your lord and personal saviour. Mohammed came to deceive you, he is an Arabian imposter whose ancestors were idol worshippers. His father Abdulllah (slave of allahh) is one of the perfect reason to reject Mohammed, aside the fact that the gift of prophethood is for the Jews.

you are just wasting your time by claiming to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior because you are not an israelite for Jesus said: I was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of Isreal( Matthew 15:24 NIV). Have you not read it in the Bible that Kingdom of God will be taken away from the Jews and be given to another nation ( Matthew 21:43)?

Abdulgaffar22

you are just wasting your time by claiming to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior because you are not an israelite for Jesus said: I was sent ONLY to the lost sheep of Isreal( Matthew 15:24 NIV).

John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; [color=#990000]to the Jew first, and [/color]also to the Greek.


You can call it the Forward progress of the gospel of Christ to all nations

IN JERUSALEM--the starting point (see Luke 24:49)
(ACTS 2-ACTS 7)
 
IN ALL JUDAEA--the home of the JEWS
(ACTS 8:1-4)
 
IN SAMARIA--the home of the SAMARITANS
(ACTS 8:5-25)
 
UNTO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH--the home of the GENTILES
(ACTS 8:26-ACTS 28).

John 3:16 For God so loved[b] [size=14pt]the world[/size[/b]], that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

As you can see in the verse above, the Original plan of salvation is for the whole world not just the israelites alone. That was why John Ben Zachariah said:

John 1:26 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Have you not read it in the Bible that Kingdom of God will be taken away from the Jews and be given to another nation ( Matthew 21:43)?

So which nation are you suggesting have the kingdom of God now?

Of course it is Arab nation. Read Galatians 4:22-26