Is the Koran basically a work of plagiarism?

Question

If you study with local Jews and Catholics and pagans, steal their ideas, and write a book, isn't that book esentially plagiarized?

Answer 1

Yes. But then, what can you expect from a death-cult book written by a murdering pedophilic slaver?

Answer 2

The Koran is like the New New Testament. It doesn't use the same words as the other religions. Besides, if it were plagiarism, the Christians would have plagiarized the Jews' holy books.

Answer 3

A plagiarist would have done a much better job.

Nothing from other religions is copied verbatim in the Koran. The Koran comes up with a lot of new things.

Have you read it? Not an easy task. It goes from topic to topic with out any sense of order - just like someone rambling. Christian and Jewish books have more coherency and lucidity.

Answer 4

Is the New Testament plagiarized from the Old Testament? What about the prophesies in the Bible? Genesis ~And from the seed of Ishmael I will make a great nation and 12 righteous descendants will I give. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was the only prophet to claim this and had 12 righteous descendants. Plus a million more things.

Answer 5

The original writings of Mohammed are not plagiarized at all. Mohammed was a trader, son of a widow, who often went up to the hill to meditate. One day, a demon possessed him. We know this by his own admission since he said that he felt "compelled,"" forced" even, to write. Only demons will force themselves on you. God never messes with your free will.
Only his original writings can be considered authentic. There have been latter additions to the Quran by othe people with personal agendas. Those additions are opinions according to local custom at the time of their writing which could be considered plagiarism since they are not original but copies of someone else's work.
Mr. M on plagiarism.

Answer 6

No, the Quran isnt a work of plagiarism, The prophet Muhammed was illiterate, he couldnt possibly have written it or copied it down from someone else, it was revealed to him by the angel gibreal who was commanded by Allah.
Can you please give some evidence that it is plagiarised? I would love to see you try, there is no book in the world that is similar to the quran.

Answer 7

NO! The Qua'an is a holy book sent by G-d. Just as the Bible and Taurah. It sounds the same because G-d is one and sends the same message over and over, it just gets changed over the generations a little, so he re-sends the original. The Qur'an is a beautiful book, read it before you insult it.

Answer 8

No, plagiarize means using the same words and phrase. If you use 3 or more of the same words it is plagiarizing. If you rephrase the whole passage, then it is not plagiarism. Stealing idea is not plagiarism, it is stealing intellectual property.

Answer 9

No, its an update from the previous books.
No, its not plaigiarism.

It was revealed to P.Muhammad (who never read anything before it was revealed)................. which doesnt necessarily mean he was illeterate because all of his knowledge came from God.... besides, the first words reavealed were....."Read, in the name of your Lord"

He didnt steal any ideas.....the biggest idea which was absolutely common was "There is NO god, except ONE God"

Thats the truth, because if I am not mistaken, Jews believe in One God, and Jesus said..."Your Lord and my L:ord is none but one Lord."

As for the content, its an update of the other books.

Answer 10

Its just like the Bible. A book of tall tales and sagas that have been passed down from generation to generation until there was written language.