How can the Quran be the word of Allah if it was approved twenty years after Prophet Muhammad died.?

Question

Isn't it possible something went wrong in those 20 years, like they forgot something that the Prophet said to them and so they used their own words?

Answer 1

Wow, there's a lot of Muslim-hating on Yahoo! Answers. Geez, wake up people, not every Muslim is a *@(%ing terrorist.

Anyway, that's actually a good question. This is a topic which has been debated over the ages about nearly all spiritual texts. After all, as a Buddhist, how can I be sure that all the words, that Buddha allegedly said, which were passed on by word-of-mouth, are really HIS words? Any embellishments? Anything left out?

Yet that's not the point of faith and/or belief, now is it? Sure, we will wonder these things. But what is the point? Some different words were left out- does this make the words we DO know of any less wise?

I believe the words which Buddha supposedly said are very wise, and I agree with them. Even if he did not say all of them, they are still wise. So I believe in them.

That is why I am a Buddhist.

^_^

Answer 2

No, that is not the case. Allah revealed The Quran to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through Angel Gabriel. However, Hadiths are the words and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Hadiths focus on how the Prophet lived his every day life, how he followed the Quran, how he always worshipped Allah, and how he lived peacefully. These obviously were compiled during his lifetime. Hadith and Quran are two completely different things.

Answer 3

Another interesting thing is that none of these so-called "word of God" books ever made mention of the Americas. If this all really were the word of God then God would have known about the New World. But, obviously the real writers had no clue about the New World because it had not been discovered at the time these things were written. The one that was, The Book of Mormon, was written about 1823 by one Joseph Smith, a redneck in upstate New York, who was hounded all they way across the country for his rantings until he finally ended up in Utah. But no Holy Book from the Old World had a clue, which to me is highly suspect.

Should we believe that God had no knowledge of the New World?

Answer 4

It's a pity that 'God' never thought to provide Moses with a compass so he could have headed straight for the Holy Land instead of wandering around aimlessly for 40 years.
The English translation of the complete Christian bible was commissioned and approved by King James I of England, which occurred 1600 years after Jesus of Nasareth. According to your argument, how then can the Bible be considered to be the word of God?
When the words of these 'holy' books were transcribed, they were done so by primitives with limited understanding. So, some parts of the stories were embellished in good faith in order to express the meaning they perceived at the time.

Answer 5

Who says a prophet muhamad ever even existed? You are believing in some fictional book called the quran. That is foolish to believe in something that does not exist. The quran is a book of fiction. Science proves that. Wake up and smell the roses pal....

Answer 6

Quran was ritten down as it was being revealed. so obviously ure not talking about the Quran. IF you're talking about a Hadith, which is Prophet Mohammad (SAW) sayings, well they r there for guidance and yes they cold very well have been misinterpreted or even wrong. Which is alright, because they r not the "HOLY BOOK" they r there for more info.

Answer 7

Of course it could be true, just as the Bible might be after so many years. I'd hate to try telling God what his limits are, after all.

At the same time, if we are just using logic, it is possible, inductive proof, that the Quran has changed as most documents change when put into the hands of a committee.

This is why truly wise men don't usually subject their wisdom to print.

I guess that leaves me out.

Answer 8

This question has no point. Are you asking "How do humans determine that some writings such as the Quran, the Holy Bible, or the Book of Mormon are divinely inspired when they require fallable human participation to record and reproduce?"

Try it that way and it won't appear to be a criticism of one faith's holy word which you and I are probably not qualified to do, eh?

Answer 9

The King James version of the Bible was approved 1600 AD

Answer 10

How can the New Testament of the Bible be the word of God if it was written after Jesus had passed from the earth?

It is of spiritual nature not of earthly nature.

Same with the Quran.