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Happy easter to our clients,

you are truely a professional deceiver, u try as much to catch attention by pointing out an argument were there is non,

but thanks to the muslim experts who is equally good in making a point without diversion.

You accused the Qur'an,
To prove the seven earth,

lol,

you are wonderful, and how i wish you are on the right path,perhaps you might be saved.

But i pray for you. May God open your heart to the truth,

Without taking much time, Every single Qur'anic prophesies has come to past. with scientific prove.

About the seven earth is not an exception,


Earth’s Seven Layers

Development of Scientific Facts

The Three Layer -Theory did not last for so long due to recent discoveries in Geology. Recent measurements and experiments showed that the material comprising the nucleus of the Earth is under very high pressure, three million times more than that on the surface of the Earth.

Under such pressure, matter transforms into solid state, this in turn makes Earth’s core very solid,This core is surrounded by a liquid layer of very high temperature. This means that there are two layers in Earth’s core and not one.Two layers; one solid in the center surrounded by another liquid layer.

Thereafter measuring devices advanced and presented to scientists a clear distinction among Earth’s inner layers. If we were to descend under the earth’s crust we would find another layer of very hot stones , which is the stone cover or wrap. After that come three other distinct layers of varying density, pressure and temperature.

Therefore scientists found themselves classifying the layers of Earth into seven layers, not more. The figure shows these layers with their dimensions (some are out of scale) according to what scientists have recently found using methods like earthquake measuring devices and the study of Earth’s magnetic field, among other techniques. These studies and discoveries are being taught to these scientists’ students in universities.

Figure showing Earth’s seven layers, notice that the crust is very thin followed by mantle of varying thickness, then came the core comprised of a liquid and finally a seventh solid nucleus.

Scientists have found that the atom is also comprised of seven layers or levels, and this proves the uniformity of creation, where Earth has seven layers and atoms have seven layers as well. This creation therefore is ruled by only one creator.

Earth’s seven layers vary greatly in structure, density, temperature and material. Therefore one cannot consider that Earth has only one layer as people anciently thought. Here we find that the idea of the Earth having layers is fairly recent and wasn’t presented or brought forward at the time when the Quran was being revealed. Those discoveries are what the Twenty First century -scientists tell us, What then does the book of Allah tell us?

In the Company of the Noble Quran

The Holy Quran, God's word , talks to us about the seven Heavens and also seven layers of Earth in the Quranic verses:

God says in the Holy Quran in this regard what means “Who has created the seven heavens one above another…” [Al-Mulk 3]

God says in the Holy Quran in this regard what means “It is Allah Who has created seven heavens and of the earth the like thereof (i.e. seven).” [Attalaq 12

The first verse has specified two traits for the heavens which are: their number which is seven, their organization, which is into layers , one on the of top of the other and this is according to the Quranic interpretation books and Arabic language dictionaries. As for the second verse, it confirms that Earth is similar to the Heavens from the part of the verse that says “…and of the earth the like thereof”, where since the Heavens are layers, then Earth is comprised of layers as well, and since the Heavens are seven, therefore Earth’s layers are seven as well.

Here we need to pause and elaborate on Allah’s choice of words in the word: “Tibaqa” – which means layers one on top of another, and this is what scientists have recently discovered that Earth is comprised of layers, this in turn leads us to conclude that Al-Qur`an defined Earth’s shape, of layers, and it (Al-Quran) has also specified the number of these layers, seven. Henceforth Al-Qur`an chose a very specific word to describe Earth’s composition, so Al-Qur`an preceded the Twenty First Century scientists in mentioning Earths facts fourteen centuries ago. Isn’t this an overwhelming Quranic miracle?

If we contemplate 0n the Noble Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) Hadeeth (sayings), we find one Hadeeth that confirms this fact of Earth’s seven overlapping layers. Prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings be upon him) says: “whomever oppressed someone a hand span’s distance from the Earth, gets surrounded by seven overlapping layers”[Bukhari 2321], the Hadeeth is telling us that Allah will punish those who oppress in Earth by being encircled and surrounded by seven Earthly layers. This definition for the word “Tawaqa” that was used in the Hadeeth is as found in Arabic Language Dictionaries.

The question here is: Isn’t this a great prophetic miracle? doesn’t this Hadeeth specify the number of Earth’s layers which are seven, and also mentions their nature of being overlapped or surrounding each other?From the word encircled used in the Hadeeth, we can deduce circular shapes and in three dimensions we can deduce spherical shapes.

Henceforth The Noble Qur’an and Prophetic Sunnah (traditions of the Prophet) preceded modern science to this scientific fact. In addition Al-Qur’an gave us the precise naming for the structure of Earth using the word “Tibaqa” or layers, and it has given us the accurate number for these layers which is seven, while scientists spent long years and changed their theories several times to come up with scientific theories previously mentioned in The Quran and Sunnah. Glory be to Allah the Greatest who said in his exalted book: “And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty, And also in your ownselves. Will you not then see?” [Athariyat, 20,21]

Welcome back

oh Mr, i wonder what you gain from lying,


i wouldn't use the same language you used against me because i no you are ignorant.

now,

according to you,

But let me help you:

The Quran asserts that it came to CONFIRM the Bible - and you agree with that, no problem. From the Concise English Dictionary, the word 'CONFIRM' has the following meanings:

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
2. strengthen or make more firm
3. make more firm
4. support a person for a position
5. administer the rite of confirmation to


everybody can't be dull as you are,

Arabic language was used in the Qur'an not english.

here is what you lack

first we turn to the lexical data to see how the words saddaqa ("confirm" and muhaymin are defined.


Lexical Meaning

ha-Ya-Miim-Nun = to watch over, oversee, expand the wings (hen over their chickens), control. To be witness to, offer security and peace, protect, determine what is true. muhaimanun - guardian to watch and determine what is true and what is false witness, afforder of security and peace, controller and superintendent of all the affairs, protector.

Sad-Dal-Qaf = to be truthful, true, sincere, speak the truth, establish or confirm the truth of what another has said, verify, keep faith, observe a promise faithfully, fulfill, speak veraciously, hold anyone as trustworthy. sadaqa fi al-qitaali - to fight gallantly. tsaddaqa - to give alms. sidqun - truth, veracity, sincerity, soundness, excellence in a variety of different objects, salubrious and agreeable, favourable entrance, praise. saadiqun - one who is true and sincere, one who speaks the truth. saadiqah - perfect woman. sadaqat (pl. saduqaat) - dowry. siddiiq - person who is trustworthy, sincere. saddaqa - to confirm, verify, fulfil. asdaqu - more true.
so how is this different from my facts?

these above was derived from the arabic usage of the word used in the Qur'an,

English Muslim Versions

An examination of the various English translations of the Quran shows that most of them understand muhaymin to mean that the Quran not only testifies to the authority and preservation of the Holy Bible but also guards and protects it from corruption.

… confirmatory of previous Scriptures, and their safeguard… A.J. Arberry

… It confirms the Scriptures which came before it and stands as a guardian over it… N.J. Dawood

… confirming the earlier revelations, and preserving them (from change and corruption)… Ahmed Ali (*)

… confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety… Y. Ali

… confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watcher over it… Pickthall

… confirming the Scripture that came before it and Mohayminan (trustworthy in highness and a witness) over it (old Scriptures)… Hilali-Khan

… confirming the Book before it, and a protector for it… Mufti Taqi Usmani

… verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it… Shakir

… and fulfilling that which was revealed before it in the Book, and as a guardian over it… Sher Ali

… confirming that which hath preceded it of the Book, and a guardian thereof. Abdul-Majid Daryabadi (*)

Contextual Meaning

Here is the verse in its immediate context:

Yet how will they make thee their judge seeing they have the Torah, wherein is God's judgment, then thereafter turn their backs? They are not believers. Surely We sent down the Torah, wherein IS guidance and light; thereby the Prophets who had surrendered themselves gave judgment for those of Jewry, as did the masters and the rabbis, following such portion of God's Book as they were given to keep and were witnesses to. So fear not men, but fear you Me; and sell not My signs for a little price. Whoso judges not according to what God has sent down - they are the unbelievers. And therein We prescribed for them: 'A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retaliation'; but whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, that shall be for him an expiation. Whoso judges not according to what God has sent down -- they are the evildoers. And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus son of Mary, confirming the Torah before him (musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina al-tawrati – lit., confirming that which is between his hands) and We gave to him the Gospel, wherein IS guidance and light, and confirming the Torah before it (musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina al-tawrati – lit., confirming that which is between his hands), as a guidance and an admonition unto the godfearing. So let the People of the Gospel judge according to what God has sent down therein. Whosoever judges not according to what God has sent down -- they are the ungodly. And We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth, confirming the Book that was before it (musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina alkitabi – lit., that which is between its hands of the Book), and assuring it. So judge between them according to what God has sent down, and do not follow their caprices, to forsake the truth that has come to thee. To every one of you We have appointed a right way and an open road. If God had willed, He would have made you one nation; but that He may try you in what has come to you. So be you forward in good works; unto God shall you return, all together; and He will tell you of that whereon you were at variance. And judge between them according to what God has sent down, and do not follow their caprices, and beware of them lest they tempt thee away from any of what God has sent down to thee. But if they turn their backs, know that God desires only to smite them for some sin they have committed; surely, many men are ungodly. S. 5:43-49 Arberry

This is what we learn from the context of Q. 5:48

let me help you understand this,

The Qur'an agreed that it has come to confirm the bible, not authenticate it.


now i have a verse that tells you exactly what the Qur'an confirmation means.

"And unto you have We revealed the Scripture with the truth, confirming whatever Scripture was before it, and a watch over it …, " (the Qur’an 5:48)

This emphasizes two main aspects of the Qur’an:

a) The Qur’an confirms those teachings or passages of previous scriptures which remained intact.

b) The Qur’an is the last, complete, authoritative and authentic revelation. It is the final arbiter and the only criterion to correct any inaccuracy or misinterpretation which might have occurred in the transmission of scriptures. It helps in discovering human additions to or interpolations of previous revelations, even as it reveals possible deletions which might have taken place through the centuries prior to its revelation (the Qur’an). Indeed one of the names of the Qur’an is al-Furqan (the criterion which distinguishes between right and wrong, truth and falsehood).

It follows therefore that a Muslim has no reason to reject the essence of any passage in the Bible if such a passage is confirmed by the Qur’an. For example, we read in the New Testament a reiteration of one of the Ten Commandments:

"And Jesus answered him. The first of all commandments is hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord" (Mark 12:29)

A Muslim who reads this passage in the Qur’an can find no objection to its essence. After all the Qur’an confirms:

"Say He is Allaah, the One and Only (God)" (The Qur’an 112:1)

Peace,

Adam or Eve to blame ?
Everyone blames it on Eve. That is why there have been so much abuse and
disregard to the women in this world. That is why the women never
achieved full equality in rights with their fellow men, even if they were more
qualified.

Where does Eve, the mother of all the human beings stand in the Bible
compared to the Quran?
Just a quick study of the way the Bible treats Eve would explain the reason
behind all the problems that the women are suffering today.
Read Genesis 3:1-24
"When God asked Adam why did he eats from the forbidden tree, he
answered, according to the Bible. "And the man said, the WOMAN whom
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the
Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the
woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." Genesis 3:12-13
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; it shall bruise the head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he (God) said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." Genesis 3 : 15-16
As we can see here, Adam who committed the sin of eating from the
forbidden tree blame it on Eve ? And since then, men of all generations have
been blaming Eve for their sins. You see that God in the Bible is blaming
Eve and punishing her and all the Eves to come for the sin she did.
Does the Quran present the story of Adam and Eve differently?
If you read the same story in the Quran, (See 2:31-36),
(7:19-25),(20:115-123)you will find that God in the Quran :
(1) never blamed Eve for the sin that Adam committed . God spoke about
both Adam and Eve being duped by Satan, and never singled Eve out.
(2) Adam is held responsible for the sin he committed, he cannot blame it on
Eve, since he is as a responsible human being as she.
(3) Both Adam and Eve were punished for their sin by being ousted from
Paradise.
(4) Eve did not receive any harsher admonition than Adam and was not
threatened by misery for herself and all her female offsprings as the Bible
depicts.
(5) In Islam (Submission in English), all the stories about Eve being
responsible for getting Adam to sin can never be found in the Quran.


In summary, while the Bible blame it on Eve,
the Quran holds both Adam and Eve responsible for the sin of eating from
the forbidden tree. Islam (Submission) holds everyone responsible for
his/her sins. No blaming of parents, spouse, teachers, preachers, brothers,
sisters, friends, or any one is accepted.
"Say, "Shall I seek other than God as a Lord when He is the lord of all
things ? NO SOUL BENEFITS EXCEPT FROM ITS OWN WORKS,
AND NONE BEARS THE BURDEN OF ANOTHER. Ultimately, you
return to your Lord, then He informs you regarding all your disputes."
6:164


Was Isaac or Ishmael to be sacrificed ?
As you know, Kedar is a descendent of Ishmael {Genesis 25:13}, and
Ishmael is the the base for the Family Tree of Prophet Muhammad through
Kedar.
An important Fact that I would like you to observe now is how the scribes
switched names to illegitimize Ishmael.
The scribes and commentators say that Ishmael is not a legitimate son of
Abraham and therefore the covenant was only with Isaac.
Now I will show you in the Scripture that it was Really Ishmael who was to
be sacrificed and the covenant was first done with Ishmael and Ishmael was
a legitimate son of Abraham even after Abraham’s death.
1. The covenant was first made with Abraham and Ishmael;
Genesis 17:10 This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and
you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be
circumcised.
Genesis 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy
money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh
for an everlasting covenant.
Note:-
2. It was really Ishmael and not Isaac who was going to be sacrificed and the
Jewish scribes because of vanity, switched the names;
Genesis 16:16 "and Abram [is] a son of eighty and six years in Hagar’s
bearing Ishmael to Abram."
Who’s son? Abraham’s "son". Now as far as the sacrifice is concerned,
Genesis 17:24 "Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."
That makes Abraham’s son Ishmael 13, how old is Isaac at this time?
Genesis 21:5 "Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was
born to him."
that means during the circumcision/sacrifice, Abraham’s only "begotten" son
is Ishmael and not Isaac as the Bible says.
KJV Hebrews 11:17 "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son,"
Therefore we see that Isaac was not the only son, as a matter of fact, Isaac
was not even born yet and Abraham’s Only begotten son was Ishmael.
Therefore further confirming the Legitimacy of Prophet Muhammad which
God says I will make great Nations from Ishmael.
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
3. Ishmael was a legitimate son even after Abraham died;
Genesis 16:3 "And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian,
after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her
husband Abram to be his wife."
Genesis 25:9 "Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him (Abraham) in
*the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
facing Mamre,"
Genesis 25:12 "Now these are the records of the generations of *Ishmael,
Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;"

The cow and the guilty Priests
In the Quran {2:70} it relates how the Jews request Moses to elaborate on
the cow ritual, ( to the point of almost, non-compliance) with respect to
someone found dead within the
percents of a town. The Biblical reference is given as Deuteronomy 211-
9).
How the two accounts don’t match:

In Deuteronomy, the Bible records that Jews are forgiven for murder a
purely innocent man by simply killing a cow, this of course is a degradation
of human life, and the Bible editors may have been motivated to record the
story in this manner in order to alleviate the guilt off the Jewish people, the
Biblical story is also in line with how the Jews from Egypt thought the cow
was sacred and in this case, equal to the murder of a human life.
Whereas the Quranic edition preserves the preciousness of human life and
shows God as a Righteous Judge, as well as dispelling the divinity or
importance of the cow, just as the Quran dispels the divinity of Jesus:
Commentary on Quran 2:67-73:

A murder was committed among the Israelites in Moses’ time. The method
that God revealed to His prophet for identifying the killer was that a cow
should be sacrificed, and the dead man’s corpse struck with a piece of it. The
dead man would name the murderer. This novel method was chosen for
several reasons.

1. The Children of Israel had spent a long time in Egypt, and had been
influenced by Egyptian customs and culture. The practice of cow-worship,
for instance, had also been adopted by the Israelites, who had also come to
regard the cow as ‘sacred.’ The purpose of Almighty God was to remove
this misplaced veneration from their minds, and this murder was chosen as
the means: only by sacrificing a cow would the culprit come to light.

2. Another mistake that the Israelites had made was to destroy the simplicity
of divine religion by involving themselves in complicated theological
wrangling. They had to learn to interpret God’s commandments simply and
implement them immediately in a straightforward manner. This was another
lesson that was taught under the pretext of this murder case: if one engages
in hair-splitting efforts to define the exact scope of divine commandments,
one will only make things difficult for oneself; added conditions will serve
only to complicate the implementation of what had originally been a simple
commandment.

3. The third lesson of this case was that life after death is no less a reality
than life before death. Just as the dead corpse was revived, so every soul will
be raised up in the Hereafter and given new life.
Therefore in the Bible, the murderer got away from God, God did not know
who the murderer was to the point that the Bible claims God orders a cow
killed because the murderer was unknown, while in the Quran, the murderer
was revealed by God, which book is from God?

In other parts of the Bible, God finds the guilty, but when it is the Jewish
priests who are the suspects, all of the sudden God in the Bible does not
know ?
Hosea 6:8-9 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood. As robbers lie
in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way
to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy."
Can a cow be used to forgive murder ?
"No man can by any means redeem his brother, or give to God a ransom for
him" (Psalms 49:7).
"So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the
land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on
it, except by the blood of him who has shed it!" (Numbers 35:33).

Once again the Holy Quran corrects a problem in the Bible.
In one part of the Bible, it states -no ransom- will be accepted for blood
spilled (EXCEPT) the killer himself.
Then the priests change the law of God by claiming God will accept a cow
in place of the murderer.

Another part of this chapter that is corrected is "accountability"
All of Israel is assumed saved with the cow’s blood, but God in earlier
chapters clarifies that everyone is responsible for their own sins.
How soon after the murder did they kill the cow in the Bible?
We see in the previous chapter, that a murderer must be found, sought after,
and punished;

Deuteronomy 19;11 "But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for
him, and attacks him, and wounds him mortally so that he dies, and the man
flees into one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and
fetch him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he
may die. 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you."
so we have a tension between the earlier and later chapter in the Bible,
where as one verse says the murderer can hide, while the earlier says there is
no refuge in cities.

The later chapter (Deuteronomy 21) saying when you can’t find the suspect,
kill a cow (by the way it was quoted, immediately after finding the body)
where as the earlier chapter (Deuteronomy 19) says go to another town, and
"fetch" the suspect (which could take weeks) so obviously the priests were
feeling some guilt and wanted to get rid of the that guilt asap.
The priests knew that they were vulnerable to the death penalty for
involvement in murder; Exodus 21:14 "However, if someone deliberately
attacks and kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from
my altar and put to death."

Therefore priests did not want an investigation, so the Judaic priests took a
previous law regarding cows and cleansing and changed it to hide the guilt;
The alteration of the cleansing cow law;
In Numbers 19:11 "He who touches the dead body of any person shall be
unclean seven days;

12 he shall cleanse him self with the water on the third
day and on the seventh day, and so be clean; but if he does not cleanse
himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean.

13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of any man who has died, and
does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that
person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not
thrown upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him. "
what was first a law to kill a cow and use it’s ashes mixed with water to
clean the contamination of touching a dead man, now has been escalated and
elevated by the priests to be a law to remove the guilt of murder. Something
to be done immediately upon finding the dead body according to the priests
without an investigation as previously ordered in other chapters.
But regardless of their attempts to hide or suppress the guilt, God knows
who the guilty are and demonstrates in the Bible, and later clarified in the
Quran that the guilty can not hide from God;
Isaiah 26:21Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people
of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been
murdered. They will be brought out for all to see. (Quran 2:70)
Jeremiah 2: 34 Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and
the poor. You killed them even though they didn’t break into your houses! 35
And yet you say, ’I haven’t done anything wrong. Surely he isn’t angry with
me!’ Now I will punish you severely because you claim you have not
sinned."
Isaiah 1:1:21See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a love-peddler.
Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with
murderers.
and God knows best.
In conclusion:
1. suspicion automatically falls on the priests for:
a) wanting an immediate sacrifice to remove the guilt
b) ransom is used for blood spilled, when the law forbids such ransoms for
murder
c) not pursuing an investigation
d) altering the previous cow cleansing law to include removal of the guilt of
murder on Israel rather than just the uncleanness of touching a dead body
(Num 19:11).
2. we see the tensions in the Bible were corrected by the Quran because:
a) other chapters order an investigation and search for the murderer
b) other chapters indicate ransom can not be used for spilled blood
c) other chapters indicate that murderers can not hide from God
d) the Quran shows how the priests tried avoiding performing the ritual to
find the guilty, further showing how they tried to hide their guilt as God also
revealed in the Bible (Jeremiah 2: 34, Isaiah 1:1:21, etc.)
The Bible’s ritual gives the cow a Christian Christ like feature atonement
power, which no one has such a power except for God, no living creature
can take the sin of another.
Hence the killing of a cow to remove the suspicion of murder and cleanse
Israel of responsibility of the murder is an anomaly when taking into
consideration the context of the Bible. This uncharacteristic ritual was
corrected in the Quran by demonstrating that our Righteous God knows,
finds, and punishes the guilty.



Noah’s flood (Global or Local) ?
the Holy Qur’an saves the revelations within the Bible. This demonstrated in
the story of Noah’s Flood.
When seen in the light of modern knowledge, the Biblical description of the
Flood as a Whole is unacceptable for the following reasons:
a) The Old Testament describes the Flood as a event which covered the
entire world.
b) The Flood of Noah described in the Bible is estimated to a date in which a
international Flood could not have occurred
The Sacerdotal narration states quite precisely that the Flood took place
when Noah was 600 years old. According to the genealogies in chapter 5 of
Genesis.
When we relate this to the age of Adam along with the age of Abraham in
the Bible (Genesis 11: 10-32) ,
Knowledge of history during this time period would show it was a time of
prosperity with civilizations such as Egyptian’s Eleventh Dynasty and
Babylonia’s Third Dynasty at your in which we know for certain there were no
breaks in these civilizations. Therefore to make such a claim that everything
on earth was destroyed as the Bible claims (Genesis 7:21) is unsupported.
On the other hand, the Qur’an gives general details which do not promote
any criticisms from a historical point of view.
In The Qur’an 11:25-49, Sura 71, and 26: 105-115, we see God inflicted on
communities guilty of gravely infringing His Commandments. Whereas the
Bible describes a universal Flood intended to punish ungodly humanity as a
whole.
The Qur’an, in contrast, mentions several punishments inflicted on certain
specifically defined communities. This is viewed in 25: 35-39,
"We gave Moses the Scripture and appointed his brother Aaron with him as
vizier. We said: Go to the people who have denied Our signs. We destroyed
them completely. When the people of Noah denied the Messengers, We
drowned them and We made of them a sign for mankind. (We destroyed the
tribes) of Ad and Tamud, the companions of Rass and many generations
between them. We warned each of them by examples and We annihilated
them completely."
Sura 7, verses 59 to 93 contains a reminder of the punishments brought upon
Noah’s people, the Ad, the Tamud, Lot (Sodom) and Madian respectively.
This is the method of how the Qur’an saves the Bible in the narration of the
Flood of Noah, as in the case of Saving the Bible from Darwin, the case of
the Flood could also not be verified until centuries after the Prophet
Muhammad.


Prophet Joseph’s dream
Both, the Bible and the Quran mention Prophet Yusef’s (Joseph)
dream about the Sun and the Moon, and eleven stars bowin
to him.
"(Remember) when Yusuf (Joseph) said to his father: "O my
father! Verily, I saw (in a dream) eleven stars and the sun
and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves to me."
[Quran 12:4]
"Then he (Joseph) had another dream, and he told it to his
brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this
time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
[Genesis 37:9]
The Quran mentions this dream at the beginning of Chapter
Yusef, and shows how it was fulfilled at the end of the story.
The Bible, however, mentions the dream, but never shows that
it was a fulfilled prophecy. The reason why the Bible is not
able to fulfill this dream is due to an error, where the mother
of Yusef supposedly died when she bore Benyameen.
"And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the
midwife said to her, "Don’t be afraid, for you have another
son." As she breathed her last--for she was dying--she named
her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin. So Rachel
died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
[Genesis 35:17-19]
Rachel is the mother of Joseph and Benjamin; she died two
chapters before Joseph had his dream.
The Quran never says that she died, the proof for that is at
the end of the story where Yusef raises both of his parents
on his throne.
"And he raised his parents to the throne and they fell down
before him prostrate. And he said: "O my father! This is the
interpretation of my dream aforetime! My Lord has made it come
true! He was indeed good to me, when He took me out of the prison,
and brought you (all here) out of the bedouin-life, after Shaitan
(Satan) had sown enmity between me and my brothers. Certainly, my
Lord is the Most Courteous and Kind unto whom He will. Truly He!
Only He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise." [Quran 12:100]
Bible writers make a mistake when they claim that Joseph’s mother
died before the adventures of Joseph happened. The Quran ends this
kind of falsehood which might have been injected to the Bible
intentionally or unintentionally, and corrects the Bible:
1) Jospeh’s dream was a perfect prophecy.
2) His mother never died after giving birth to Benyameen.
3) The dream was fulfilled when his father (The Sun) and
his mother (the Moon) and his eleven brothers (stars)
bowed down to him.
Therefore, the Quran compliments and corrects the Bible
errors. Joseph’s dream is nothing but one of many other
examples.

The Bible, The Quran, and Evolution

God gives all humans a reason to believe, and in the case of the Qur’an, the
reason was given over 1,400 years ago, before the scientists even knew what
to believe in.
Here we will compare the Bible, and the Qur’an to the popular theory of
evolution.

Astronomers today have powerful telescopes and have studied the formation
of our neighboring galaxies. From the studies we learned that galaxies are
formed from the condensation of spiraling celestial "mists."
This is confirmed in the Qur’an 14 centuries before this was discovered by
the " Hubble Space telescope" in 1925.
"Then He settled/equilibrated unto the firmament(sky) when it was
smoke, " ( Qur’an 41:11.
We know from both scientists and the Qur’an that in the beginning, there
was nothing in liquid or solid state, only in gaseous state yet the Bible is not
in agreement on this matter;
Genesis 1:1-2 (Revised Standard Version) "In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness
was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the
face of the waters."
The next verse in the Bible shows a chronological inconsistency. The Bible
claims that there was light in the Universe on the first day;
"And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw that
the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, one day." Genesis 1:3-5.
Yet then we see in Genesis 1:14, that the sun was not created until the 4th
day;
Scientists today know that light is a reaction to other stars in the Universe,
and without the sun, (which was not created until the fourth day according to
the Bible) than it is simply wrong to claim there was light when the sun was
not yet created.
Again we see this discrepancy is not in the Qur’an, the Qur’an confirms what
scientists of today agree upon, which is that the elements in the Universe
were created at once, this is known as the "Big Bang theory":
"Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were fused then
We ripped them asunder, " Al-Anbia(21):30.
There are some truths in the Bible, but also some obvious disagreement with
scientifical facts. Another example is the growth of plant life on earth.
The Bible says that on the third day;
"And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and
fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind,
upon the earth." And it was so." (Genesis 1:11)
The problem is that God created the Sun on the 4th day (Genesis 1:14) and
complex seed formation can not occur without sunlight.
In contrast to the Old Testament, the Qur’an does not use a day by day
chronological description (i.e. on the first day, second day, third day , ),
instead the Qur’an uses concise terms which do not prompt objections.
The Qur’an clarifies that the food appeared two eons after the light was in
the Heavens:
"And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein and
made therein its foods, in four periods: alike for the seekers." {Qur’an
41:10}
Verses 41:11 and 12 in the Qur’an, use the adverbs "thummah" and "fa"
which imply series of events. Neither of these two, however, are used in
verse 10 (the only one which mentions four periods) which instead uses the
adverb "wa" implying parallel, or "overlapping" actions.
Therefore, we see the total time to complete the mountain formation and
food growth is 4 periods. Within 2 of these four periods, we see light .
"So He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and revealed in every
heaven its affair; and We adorned the lower heaven with brilliant stars and
(made it) to guard; that is the decree of the Mighty, the Knowing." (Holy
Qur’an 4:12)
The following Verses in the Holy Qur’an also support the Theory of
Evolution:
", We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?"
(21:30)
"What ails you that you hope not towards Allah with dignity when he
created you by stages? , And Allah has caused you to grow as a growth
from earth." 71:13-14
"See they not how Allah produces creation, then reproduces it? Lo, for Allah
that is easy. Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how He
originated creation, then Allah brings forth the later growth. Lo, Allah is
able to do all things." 29:19-20
"Thy Lord is the Absolute, the Lord of Mercy. If He will, He can remove
you and can cause what He will to follow after you, even as He raised you
from the seed of other folk. Lo! that which ye are promised will surely come
to pass, and ye cannot escape. Say ( O, Muhammad): O my people! Work
according to your power. Lo! I too am working. Thus ye will come to know
for which of us will be the happy sequel. Lo! The wrongdoers will not be
successful" 6:134-136
"He produces creation and then reproduces it, that He may reward those who
believe and do good works with equity." 10:4 and 27:64
The following verses in the Bible show some divergence when compared to
other Bible verses regarding evolution;
GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created.
GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created.
GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created.
GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later.
In conclusion, we see that the Qur’an resurrects the Bible, bringing back
Divine Scripture beyond the level of learned scientists. Scientists can now
look up to the Message of God rather than look down to it as is done with
the Bible.

I don't think moderators deleted your posts. You should learn to discuss matters instead of PLAGIARISING other people's encyclopedia-length redundant arguments that are not answering any questions already addressed! Tongue

Go and copy from your muslim sites again and watch the spambot eat your post!


i hate when people conclude without knowing nothing about something,



Thanks to Babs & mushin for your wonderful contribution, jazakallahu khair.

My questions are simple enough:

(1) please post me the verse to verify the claim made by mr experts that the Quran came to "correct" the Bible. I have posted a few verses that I have read in the Quran saying that it came to CONFIRM the Bible - without arguing anything! So please post me the verses that say that the Quran came to "correct" the Bible, without dribbling or arguing anything. No excuses please - SIMPLY POST THE VERSE FROM THE QURAN. Period.

(2) I gave specific examples of verses which Muslims in Muhammad's time were reciting as PART OF THE REVEALED verses from Allah, verses which no one had any authority to excuse away from the Quran:
¬ "The Missing Verse(s) of the Quran on Stoning"
¬ "The Cancelled Verse(s) of the Martyrs of Badr"
¬ "The Missing Verse(s) of the Quran on Suckling"
What those verses contained are found in the SAHIH hadiths I quoted; but they are NOT found ANYWHERE in the Quran. If you have any Quran verses where they are found, please just simply post the verses and let's read for ourselves. We are not interested in any arguments and excuses you make - ONLY POST THE VERSES and let us read for ourselves. Period.

It is true that there is no verse in the Holy Qur'an that stated that the Qur'an came to correct the bible,

what we have in the Qur'an is that it came to confirm the bible, yes.

But let me ask you, when i say, i have come to confirm your work, that does not mean i have come to accept it, it means i have come to check the authenticity of your work. i.e to asses the quality of the work and in case of any error, to correct it.

that is the interpretation of the confirmation said by the Qur'anic verses.

now, to establish my fact and see if my interpretation of the confirmation said by the Qur'an is genuine, i have bellow.

Meticulously and precisely the Quran corrects the Bible.

1. Bible, Koran, and the Prophets
2.The Divine Character of God
3. Evolution of humans
4. The cow and the guilty Priests
5. The flood of Noah
6. Prophet Joseph’s dream
7. Adam or Eve to blame ?
8. Isaac or Ishmael sacrificed ?
9. Kings and Pharaohs in Egypt


Bible, Koran, and the Prophets
The Biblical concept of prophethood is also radically different from the one
presented in the Qur'ân. Whereas the Qur'ân depicts prophets as the best model
of piety and moral uprightness,
Qur'ân 21:27 and 22:52, in the Biblical version almost all prophets seem to
commit major sins in faith and moral standing.
Some of the shameful deeds attributed to prophets include;
Aaron's idol worship; [Exo. 32:2]
”
Solomon’s inclination towards idolatry [1 Kings 11:4].

The drunken Lot committed incest with his daughters [Gen. 19:30]


David was not only a peeping Tom, but actually committed adultery with the
wife of Uriah, and had her husband killed [2.Sam. 11:1]
“
Judah committed incest with his daughter-in-law [Gen. 38:15]
“
King David’s son rapes his sister [2.Sam. 13:1]
“
Then David’s sons kill each other because of
this rape [2.Sam. 22-39]
In conclusion, all the adultery and murder between righteous men as listed in
the Bible is not present in the Quran, suggesting that perhaps a jealous tribe
wrote such stories about the other, certainly Lot or his daughters would not
document such a thing, so did it really happen?


What Does the Bible Say about God ?
The question to Christians is simple, do you choose as a Protector, "a God
that needs to Rest", or a "God that does Not need Rest".
{Exo. 31:17} "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and on the
seventh day he Rested, and was Refreshed."
{Qur’an 50:38} "We created the heavens and the earth and all between them
in six days, nor did any sense of weariness touch us."
Humans are imperfect, God throughout the Bible is given human traits,
unlike a Supreme Being. Do the Christians choose a God that Forgets over a
God that does Not make errors.
{Psalm 13:1} "How long will You Forget me, O Lord"
{Qur’an 20:52} "My Lord Never Errs, Nor Forgets"
Do you Christians believe in a God that "Sires" children {i.e. David and
Jesus}, Who is God’s Christian "Wife", or does the Biblical God "Beget"
these children "without being married".
{Heb. 5:5} "God said to Jesus,’You are my son today I have begotten you"
*Also* {Psalm 2:7} "God said to David, ’You are my son today I have
begotten you" [K.J.V.]
{ Qur’an 112:1} "Say: He is Allah, The One; Allah, the Eternal Absolute; He
does Not Beget, Nor is He Begotten, and there is None Like unto Him."
Do you Christians believe in a God that "regrets", feels and
proclaims to be "mistaken" ?
[Gen. 6:6] And the Lord was sorry that he made man on the earth,
and it grieved him to his heart. [he said]: [Gen 6:7] "For I am
sorry that I have made them."
To my Christian Brothers and Sisters, Judge both Books Critically, Look at
the Defense for Both and then choose the Right Path. Read the Qur’an, give
your Soul a "Fair Trial"

moderator why did you delete my post?

still waiting for your reply on this b4 i proceed

still waiting to hear from u


Thanks

i dont think u guys have heaD, or sorry i mean eyes,

where in my post did you see where i said tuface is better than akon?

i only said akon is not better than him either,

and i luv tuface more

waiting to hear from you

do you think the nomination is excellent, good fair or poor and why?

whats all this?

davidylan:
viaro = pilgrim1 . . . case closed!

By the way where is the "expert"?

i was a little busy,

i will get back shortly and everything will be explained,

stay cool

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how is akon better than 2face?

akon is not different from any american artist. he grew up there, he produced there.

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i love his music more,

tracks like
1. Holy pass
2. Ole
3. African Queen
4. One luv
5. True Luv
6. 4 instance
7. No shaking

and many more,
simple

nice one brother

u re welcome

Thanks

start laughing b4 the jokes come

Mr harrison, Thanx for contacting me

The Qur'an is pure and complete, not alteration,addition or subtraction,


The quran is simplx d plagiarism of d christian bible.nothing more

no, the Qur'an came to correct the corruption of the bible.

The Qur'an was not mentioned in the others book, but Prophet mohammed was mentioned. and he brought the qur'an,

manuscript of the Qur'an in the 7th century,

Written Text of the Quran

Prophet's Time:

Prophet Muhammad (S) was very vigilant in preserving the Quran in the written form from the very beginning up until the last revelation. The Prophet himself was unlettered, did not knew how to read and write, therefore he called upon his numerous scribes to write the revelation for him. Complete Quran thus existed in written form in the lifetime of the Prophet.

Whenever a new revelation use to come to him, the Prophet would immediately call one of his scribes to write it down.

'Some people visited Zaid Ibn Thabit (one of the scribes of the Prophet) and asked him to tell them some stories about Allah's Messenger. He replied: "I was his (Prophet's) neighbor, and when the inspiration descended on him he sent for me and I went to him and wrote it down for him, " (14)

Narrated by al-Bara': There was revealed 'Not equal are those believers who sit (home) and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah' (4:95). The Prophet said: 'Call Zaid for me and let him bring the board, the ink pot and scapula bone.' Then he (Prophet) said: 'Write: Not equal are those believers, ' (15)

Zaid is reported to have said: 'We use to compile the Qur'an from small scraps in the presence of the Apostle'. (16)

The Prophet, while in Madinah, had about 48 scribes who use to write for him'. (17)

Abdullah Ibn 'Umar relates:, 'The Messenger of Allah (S) said: "Do not take the Qur'an on a journey with you, for I am afraid lest it should fall into the hands of the enemy"' (18)

During the Prophet's last pilgrimage, he gave a sermon in which he said: 'I have left with you something which if you will hold fast t it you will never fall into error - a plain indication, the Book of God (Quran) and the practice of his Prophet, ' (19)

'Besides the official manuscripts of the Quran kept with the Prophet, many of his companions use to possess their own written copies of the revelation'. (20)

'A list of Companions of whom it is related that they had their own written collections included the following: Ibn Mas'ud, Ubay bin Ka'b, Ali, Ibn Abbas, Abu Musa, Hafsa, Anas bin Malik, Umar, Zaid bin Thabit, Ibn Al-Zubair, Abdullah ibn Amr, Aisha, Salim, Umm Salama, Ubaid bin Umar'. (21)

'The best known among these (Prophet's Scribes) are: Ibn Masud, Ubay bin Kab and Zaid bin Thabit'. (22)

'Aisha and Hafsa, the wives of the Prophet had their own scripts written after the Prophet had died'. (23)

Conclusion:

The complete Quran was written down in front of the Prophet by several of his scribes and the companions possess their own copies of the Quran in the Prophet's lifetime. However the written material of the Quran in the Prophet's possession were not bounded between the two covers in the form of a book, because the period of revelation of the Qur'an continued up until just a few days before the Prophet's death. The task of collecting the Qur'an as a book was therefore undertaken by Abu Bakr, the first successor to the Prophet.


Written Quran in First Generation:

At the battle of Yamama (633 CE), six months after the death of the Prophet, a number of Muslims, who had memorized the Quran were killed. Hence it was feared that unless a written official copy of the Quran were prepared, a large part of revelation might be lost.

Narrated Zaid bin Thabit al-Ansari, one of the scribes of the Revelation: Abu Bakr sent for me after the casualties among the warriors (of the battle) of Yamama (where a great number of Qurra (memorizers of the Quran, were killed). Umar was present with Abu Bakr who said: "Umar has come to me and said, the people have suffered heavy casualties on the day of (the battle) of Yamama, and I am afraid that there will be some casualties among the Qurra at other places, whereby a large part of the Quran may be lost, unless you collect it (in one manuscript, or book), so Abu Bakr said to me (Zaid bin Thabit): You are a wise young man and we do not suspect you (of telling lies or of forgetfulness) and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. Therefore, look for the Qur'an and collect it (in one manuscript)', So I started locating the Quranic material and collecting it from parchments, scapula, leafstalks of date palms and from the memories of men (who know it by heart), " (24)

Now, a committee was formed to under take the task of collecting the written Quranic material in the form of a book. The committee was headed by Zaid bin Thabit, the original scribe of the Prophet, who was also a memorizer of the complete Quran.

', Zaid bin Thabit had committed the entire Quran to memory, ' (25)

The compilers in this committee, in examining written material submitted to them, insisted on very stringent criteria as a safeguard against any errors.

1. The material must have been originally written down in the presence of the Prophet; nothing written down later on the basis of memory alone was to be accepted. (26) 2. The material must be confirmed by two witnesses, that is to say, by two trustworthy persons testifying that they themselves had heard the Prophet recite the passage in question. (27)

'The manuscript on which the Qur'an was collected, remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with Umar (the second successor), till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa, 'Umar's daughter (and wife of the Prophet)'. (28)

This copy of the Quran, prepared by the committee of competent companions of the Prophet (which included Memorizers of the Quran) was unanimous approved by the whole Muslim world. If they committee would have made a error even of a single alphabet in transcribing the Quran, the Qurra (memorizers of the Quran) which totaled in the tens of hundreds would have caught it right away and correct it. This is exactly where the neat check and balance system of preservation of the Quran comes into play, but which is lacking for any other scripture besides the Quran.


Official written copy by Uthman

The Quran was originally revealed in Quraishi dialect of Arabic. But to facilitate the people who speak other dialects, in their understanding and comprehension, Allah revealed the Quran finally in seven dialects of Arabic. During the period of Caliph Uthman (second successor to the Prophet) differences in reading the Quran among the various tribes became obvious, due to the various dialectical recitations. Dispute was arising, with each tribe calling its recitation as the correct one. This alarmed Uthman, who made a official copy in the Quraishi dialect, the dialect in which the Quran was revealed to the Prophet and was memorized by his companions. Thus this compilation by Uthman's Committee is not a different version of the Quran (like the Biblical versions) but the same original revelation given to the Prophet by One God, Allah.

Narrated Anas bin Malik: Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman came to Uthman at the time when the people of Sham (Syria) and the people of Iraq were waging war to conquer Armenia and Azherbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of their differences in the recitation of the Quran, so he said to Uthman, 'O chief of the Believers! Save this nation before they differ about the Book (Quran) as Jews and Christians did before'. So Uthman sent a message to Hafsa saying, 'Send us the manuscripts of the Quran so that we may compile the Quranic materials in perfect copies and return the manuscripts to you'. Hafsa sent it to Uthman. 'Uthman then ordered Zaid bin Thabit, 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, Said bin Al-As and Abdur Rahman bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts in perfect copies. Uthman said to the three Quraishi men, 'In case you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit on any point in the Quran, then write it in their (Quraishi) tongue'. They did so, and when they had written many copies, Uthman sent to every Muslim province one copy of what they had copied and ordered that all the other Quranic materials whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt, " (29)



Again a very stringent criteria was set up by this Committee to prevent any alteration of the Revelation.

1. The earlier recension (Original copy prepared by Abu Bakr) was to serve as the principal basis of the new one. (30) 2. Any doubt that might be raised as to the phrasing of a particular passage in the written text was to be dispelled by summoning persons known to have learned the passage in question from the Prophet. (31) 3. Uthman himself was to supervise the work of the Council. (32)

When the final recension was completed, Uthman sent a copy of it to each of the major cities of Makka, Damascus, Kufa, Basra and Madina.

The action of Uthman to burn the other copies besides the final recension, though obviously drastic, was for the betterment and harmony of the whole community and was unanimously approved by the Companions of the Prophet.

Zaid ibn Thabit is reported to have said: "I saw the Companions of Muhammad (going about) saying, 'By God, Uthman has done well! By God, Uthman has done well!" (33)

Another esteemed Companion Musab ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas said: "I saw the people assemble in large number at Uthman's burning of the prescribed copies (of the Quran), and they were all pleased with his action; not a one spoke out against him". (34)

Ali ibn Abu Talib, the cousin of the Prophet and the fourth successor to the Prophet commented: "If I were in command in place of Uthman, I would have done the same". (35)

Of the copies made by Uthman, two still exist to our day. One is in the city of Tashkent, (Uzbekistan) and the second one is in Istanbul (Turkey). Below is a brief account of both these copies:

1. The copy which Uthman sent to Madina was reportedly removed by the Turkish authorities to Istanbul, from where it came to Berlin during World War I. The Treaty of Versailles, which concluded World War I, contains the following clause:

'Article 246: Within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, Germany will restore to His Majesty, King of Hedjaz, the original Koran of Caliph Othman, which was removed from Madina by the Turkish authorities and is stated to have been presented to the ex-Emperor William II". (36)

'This manuscript then reached Istanbul, but not Madina (Where it now resides)'. (37)

2. The second copy in existence is kept in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 'It may be the Imam (master) manuscript or one of the other copies made at the time of Uthman'. (38)

It Came to Samarkand in 890 Hijra (1485) and remained there till 1868. Then it was taken to St.Petersburg by the Russians in 1869. It remained there till 1917. A Russian orientalist gave a detailed description of it, saying that many pages were damaged and some were missing. A facsimile, some 50 copies, of this mushaf (copy) was produced by S.Pisareff in 1905. A copy was sent to the Ottoman Sultan 'Abdul Hamid, to the Shah of Iran, to the Amir of Bukhara, to Afghanistan, to Fas and some important Muslim personalities. One copy is now in the Columbia University Library (U.S.A.). (39)

'The Manuscript was afterwards returned to its former place and reached Tashkent in 1924, where it has remained since'. (40)


Conclusion:

'Two of the copies of the Qur'an which were originally prepared in the time of Caliph Uthman, are still available to us today and their text and arrangement can be compared, by anyone who cares to do, with any other copy of the Quran, be it in print or handwritten, from any place or period of time. They will be found identical'. (41)

It can now be proclaimed, through the evidences provided above, with full conviction and certainty that the Prophet memorized the entire Quran, had it written down in front of him through his scribes, many of his companions memorized the entire revelation and in turn possess their own private copies for recitation and contemplation. This process of dual preservation of the Quran in written and in the memory was carried in each subsequent generation till our time, without any deletion, interpolation or corruption of this Divine Book.

Sir Williams Muir states, " There is otherwise every security, internal and external, that we possess the text which Muhammad himself gave forth and used". (42)

Sir William Muir continues, "There is probably no other book in the world which has remained twelve centuries (now fourteen) with so pure a text". (43)

This divine protection provided to the Quran, the Last Reveled Guide to Humanity, is proclaimed by One God in the Quran:

We* (Allah) have, without doubt, send down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)' (Quran - Chapter 15, Verse 9). *('We' is the plural of Majesty, and not the Christian plural of trinity)

Compare this divine and historical preservation of the Quran with any literature, be it religious or secular and it becomes evident that none possess similar miraculous protection. And as states earlier, a belief is as authentic as the authenticity of its scripture. And if any scripture is not preserved, how can we be certain that the belief arising out of this scripture is divine or man made, and if we are not sure about the belief itself, then our salvation in the hereafter would be jeopardized. Thus this above evidence for the protection of the Quran from any corruption is a strong hint about its divine origin. We request all open hearted persons to read, understand and live the Quran, the 'Manual for Mankind'.

There are hundreds of religions flourishing around the world: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Bahaism, Babism, Zoroastrianism, Mormonism, Jehovas Witnesses, Jainism, Confucianism etc. And each of these religions claim that their scripture is preserved from the day it was revealed (written) until our time. A religious belief is as authentic as the authenticity of the scripture it follows. And for any scripture to be labeled as authentically preserved it should follow some concrete and rational criteria.



Imagine this scenario:

A professor gives a three hour lecture to his students. Imagine still that none of the students memorized this speech of the professor or wrote it down. Now forty years after that speech, if these same students decided to replicate professor's complete speech word for word, would they be able to do it? Obviously not. Because the only two modes of preservation historically is through writing and memory.

Therefore, for any claimants to proclaim that their scripture is preserved in purity, they have to provide concrete evidence that the Scripture was written in its entirety AND memorized in its entirety from the time it was revealed to our time, in a continuous and unbroken chain. If the memorization part doesn't exist parallel to the written part to act as a check and balance for it, then there is a genuine possibility that the written scripture may loose its purity through unintentional and intentional interpolations due to scribal errors, corruption by the enemies, pages getting decomposed etc, and these errors would be concurrently incorporated into subsequent texts, ultimately loosing its purity through ages.

Now, of all the religions mentioned above, does any one of them possess their scriptures in its entirety BOTH in writing AND in memory from the day of its revelation until our time.

None of them fit this required criteria, except one: This unique scripture is the Qur'an - revelation bestowed to Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) 1,418 years ago, as a guidance for all of humankind.

Lets analyze the claim of the preservation of the Quran,


Memorization

'In the ancient times, when writing was scarcely used, memory and oral transmission was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown' relates Michael Zwettler.(1)

Prophet Muhammad (S): The First Memorizer

It was in this 'oral' society that Prophet Muhammad (S) was born in Mecca in the year 570 C.E. At the age of 40, he started receiving divine Revelations from the One God, Allah, through Archangel Gabriel. This process of divine revelations continued for about 22.5 years just before he passed away.

Prophet Muhammad (S) miraculously memorized each revelation and used to proclaim it to his Companions. Angel Gabriel used to refresh the Quranic memory of the Prophet each year.

'The Prophet (S) was the most generous person, and he used to become more so (generous) particularly in the month of Ramadan because Gabriel used to meet him every night of the month of Ramadan till it elapsed. Allah's Messenger (S) use to recite the Qur'an for him. When Gabriel met him,.
he use to become more generous than the fast wind in doing good'. (2)

'Gabriel used to repeat the recitation of the Qur'an with the Prophet (S) once a year, but he repeated it twice with him in the year he (Prophet) died'. (3)

The Prophet himself use to stay up a greater part of the night in prayers and use to recite Quran from memory.

Prophet's Companions: The First Generation Memorizers

Prophet Muhammad (S) encouraged his companions to learn and teach the Quran:

'The most superior among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it'. (4)

'Some of the companions who memorized the Quran were: 'Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Ibn Masud, Abu Huraira, Abdullah bin Abbas, Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, Aisha, Hafsa, and Umm Salama'. (5)

'Abu Bakr, the first male Muslim to convert to Islam used to recite the Quran publicly in front of his house in Makka'. (6)

The Prophet also listened to the recitation of the Qur'an by the Companions: 'Allah Apostle said to me (Abdullah bin Mas'ud): "Recite (of the Quran) to me". I said: "Shall I recite it to you although it had been revealed to you?!" He Said: "I like to hear (the Quran) from others". So I recited Sura-an-Nisa' till I reached: "How (will it be) then when We bring from each nation a witness and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these people?"' (4:41) 'Then he said: "Stop!" Behold, his eyes were shedding tears then'. (7)

Many Quranic memorizers (Qurra) were present during the lifetime of the Prophet and afterwards through out the then Muslim world.

'At the battle of Yamama, many memorizers of the Quran were martyred. 'Narrated Zaid bin Thabit al Ansari, who was one of those who use to write the Divine Revelations: Abu Bakr sent me after the (heavy) casualties among the warriors (of the battle) of Yamama (where a great number of Qurra were killed). Umar was present with Abu Bakr who said: "Umar has come to me and said, the people have suffered heavy casualties on the day of (the battle of) Yamama, and I am afraid that there will be some casualties among the Qurra (those who memorized the entire Quran) at other place, "' (

'Over the centuries of the Islamic Era, there have arisen throughout the various regions of the Islamic world literally thousands of schools devoted specially to the teaching of the Quran to children for the purpose of memorization. These are called, in Arabic, katatib (singular: Kuttab). It is said that the Caliph 'Umar (634-44) first ordered the construction of these schools in the age of the great expansion'. (9)

Second Generation Memorizers:

", Quranic schools were set up everywhere. As an example to illustrate this I may refer to a great Muslim scholar, of the second Muslim generation, Ibn 'Amir, who was the judge of Damascus under the Caliph Umar Ibn 'Abd Al-Aziz. It is reported that in his school for teaching the Quran there were 400 disciples to teach in his absence". (10)



Memorizers in Subsequent Generations:

The Number of Katatib and similar schools in Cairo (Egypt) alone at one time exceeded two thousand. (11)

Currently both in the Muslim and non-Muslim countries thousands of schools with each instructing tens of hundreds of students the art of memorizing the entire Quran. In the city of Chicago itself, there are close to 40+ Mosques, with many of them holding class for children instructing them the art of Quranic memorization.


Second Generation Memorizers:

", Quranic schools were set up everywhere. As an example to illustrate this I may refer to a great Muslim scholar, of the second Muslim generation, Ibn 'Amir, who was the judge of Damascus under the Caliph Umar Ibn 'Abd Al-Aziz. It is reported that in his school for teaching the Quran there were 400 disciples to teach in his absence". (10)



Memorizers in Subsequent Generations:

The Number of Katatib and similar schools in Cairo (Egypt) alone at one time exceeded two thousand. (11)

Currently both in the Muslim and non-Muslim countries thousands of schools with each instructing tens of hundreds of students the art of memorizing the entire Quran. In the city of Chicago itself, there are close to 40+ Mosques, with many of them holding class for children instructing them the art of Quranic memorization.


Further Points of Consideration:

* Muslims recite Quran from their memory in all of their five daily prayers. * Once a year, during the month of Fasting (Ramadan), Muslims listen to the complete recitation of the Quran by a Hafiz (memorizer of the entire Quran) * It's a tradition among Muslims that before any speech or presentation, marriages, sermons, Quran is recited.



Conclusion:

Quran is the only book, religious or secular, on the face of this planet that has been completely memorized by millions. These memorizers range from ages 6 and up, both Arabic and non-Arabic speakers, blacks, whites, Orientals, poor and wealthy.

Thus the process of memorization was continuous , from Prophet

Muhammad's (S) time to ours with an unbroken chain.

"The method of transmitting the Quran from one generation to the next by having he young memorize the oral recitation of their elders had mitigated somewhat from the beginning the worst perils of relying solely on written records, " relates John Burton (12)

"This phenomenon of Quranic recital means that the text has traversed the centuries in an unbroken living sequence of devotion. It cannot, therefore, be handled as an antiquarian thing, nor as a historical document out of a distant past. The fact of hifz (Quranic Memorization) has made the Qur'an a present possession through all the lapse of Muslim time and given it a human currency in every generation never allowing its relegation to a bare authority for reference alone" reflects Kenneth Cragg (13)


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