Is not the Qu'ran uncomparable in the consistency of its text as compared to other religious/'divine' texts

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Religion

Answer 1

yes! definately whole world agrees upon this,even if they call it false book,or not word of God.still whole world knows about consistency of it's text,n a without a sinlge changed word.
while toraoh is completely replaced(it's been ammended so much),while Bible u can find many different Bible all over the world.
Quran,real arabic version is faultless,while i agree there can be change of words n meaning in it's translation,as that's not done by God,but humans n human do commit mistakes.
hope this clearify

Answer 2

I'm afraid that it is uncomparable . The Qu'ran has no miraculous prophecies being fulfilled as the Bible does. Men predicting the life and death of Jesus Christ down to the detail of him being stabbed in the heart and having his legs broken is a miraculous prediction. If these predictions are true in such grave detail, then be weary about the predictions it makes about our future. The only thing the Qu'ran has me afraid of are those that decide to interpret it violently. (Not all of them of course ;-)

Answer 3

The quran is the youngest of all religous books it show the right way to life havin many similarties with the tara and the bile but see the bible has exposed about 50.ooo mistakes that were overritten by men back in times they changed god word to thier words so dont put ur hops up about the bible . the quran is the most purest and most understandable if u are willin to give it a try?

Answer 4

Um... no.

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Text/index.html

Textual Variants of the Qur'an
Most Muslims claim that the text of the Qur'an is identical to that received by Muhammad. This is a convenient thing to believe, but is it the truth? There is overwhelming evidence that it is not:

1. Evidence of Change Before 'Uthman
Why did 'Uthman feel the need to destroy other copies of the Qur'an, unless they contained variants? Why did Ibn Ma'sud refuse to hand over his copy for destruction? How do we know that 'Uthman's copy was better than any of the others?

Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 1 - The Initial Collection of the Qur'an Text
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 2 - The Uthmanic Recension of the Qur'an
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 3 - The Codices of ibn Mas`ud and Ubayy ibn Ka`b from the Hadiths part 2 - the first collection of the Qur'an
from the Hadiths part 3 - Differences before the 'Uthmanic collection
from the Hadiths part 4 - the 'Uthmanic collection Relation of Shi'a Theology to the Qur'an A variant from Ubayy's Codex (as documented by Yusuf Ali)

Distortion in the Qur'an

A Contribution of Uthman to the Qur'an Uthman's standardising of the Qur'an 'Uthman and the Recension of the Koran

2. Evidence of Change After 'Uthman

There is evidence that changes to the Qur'an continued after the time of 'Uthman:
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 5 - The Seven Different Readings
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 6 - The Compilation of the Qur'an in Perspective. Al-Hajjaj changed Uthman's Qur'an text and a response(?): Part 1, Part 2
3. Hadiths which say the Qur'an is incomplete
Both the Qur'an and the Sunna give evidence that some of the Qur'an was lost, forgotten, or abrogated:
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 4 - The Missing Passages of the Qur'an
Variant Readings of the Quran
Islam and Stoning: A Case Study Into the Textual Corruption Of the Quran from the Hadiths part 6 - The status of the mushaf
Sura 2:238 is not complete according to Aisha

Some Muslims are of the conviction spurious verses have been added:
The controversy about Sura 9:128-129 - Hence these verses are removed in this Qur'an
4. Hadiths which refer to lost suras There are Hadiths which refer to suras which are not in the modern Qur'an. Surely this indicates that the Qur'an has changed since the time of these Hadiths.
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 4 - The Missing Passages of the Qur'an
from the Hadiths part 5.1 - Missing Verses
On the Integrity of the Qur'an (2) Describes Hadiths concerning the sura about 'The Valley of Riches'
The Verse on Suckling
The Verse on Stoning
'Verse' in the "Comparative Index to Islam" describes several missing verses.
5. Variants which exist in present-day manuscripts
By simply comparing existing manuscripts, it can be shown that not all Qur'an manuscripts are the same. Therefore, the Qur'an has not been perfectly preserved.
About some recent manuscript findings (in the loft of the old Great Mosque of Sana'a, in Yemen)
The Different Arabic Versions of the Qur'an
Text Unchanged, Texts Unchanging? discusses the work of Arthur Jeffery (offsite).
Relation of Shi'a Theology to the Qur'an
A Variant Text of the Fatiha
The Orthography of the Samarqand Codex
On the Integrity of the Qur'an (1) - Muslim writers admit there exist variants in the Qur'an.
Differences in the Hafs and Warsh texts
Some textual variants in Sura 19
Jam' Al-Qur'an Chapter 7 - The Early Surviving Qur'an Manuscripts
from the Hadiths part 5.2 - Variant Verses
Are the "Shia" suras al-Nurain and al-Wilaya genuine?
Variant Readings in the Qur'an and the Bible
Leaves from two ancient MSS. of the Coran
6. What is there to hide?
If the Qur'an truly is uncorrupted, why does the Muslim world not publish the
oldest Qur'an manuscripts? What is there to hide?
Textual criticism of Bible and Qur'an
7. Objections
How could John Burton say the Qur'an was perfectly preserved?
8. Other
The Claim of Muhammad's Perfect Memory
Scribal and Grammatical Errors in the Qur'an
Different verse numbering systems in the Qur'an
9. Articles or books which cover the whole topic
A Perfect Qur'an? (impressive, comprehensive)
Is the Qur'an the Word of God?
Jam' Al-Qur'an, an excellent book which covers most of the material presented here.
The Qur'an in Islam (short booklet)
The Textual History of the Qur'an, an article by Arthur Jeffery
Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur'an (standard reference work by Arthur Jeffery)
Textual Variations of the Koran by D. S. Margoliouth
The Collection of the Qur'an - from the Hadiths; direct quotes from the Hadiths, on the collection and alteration of the Qur'an.
10. Implications for our dialogue
The Compilation of the Text of the Qur'an and the Sunni-Shia Dispute seeks to "show how the different Muslim hypotheses about the compilation of the Qur'an, and the Sunni-Shia dispute therein, help to explain the attitudes of Muslims to the Christian concept of inspiration, text and canon."
Preservation does not imply truth


Some newsgroup postings by a Muslim on the Topkapi and Tashkent manuscripts,
confirming the existence of textual variants [*, *, *] and spelling differences
in Qur'an editions in India [*, *]

Answer 5

Yes it can't be comapre. Quran is not fairy tales. Quran is very soothing and very motivating and very strengthening. Teh inciences which it describe in different ways have deeep effects and remove anxiety, fear, depressions and elevate man to the highest levels. It is the One and Only Book which is protected in its original langauge. It has remvoed all man made fabrications and preserved the truth. So there is no better site to meet Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus etc. than Quran

Answer 6

Okay, please tell me, does the sun still set in a black (or muddy) sea?

Surah 18:86: "Until when he reached the place where the sun set, he found it going down into a black sea, and found by it a people. We said: O Zulqarnain! either give them a chastisement or do them a benefit… Until when he reached the land of the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We had given no shelter from It..."

Answer 7

they are all controversial-only with sincere study combined with prayer or meditation can man even begin to understand or agree on the relevancy, consistancy, and applications of religious texts.

Answer 8

Abraham came to tell us that thier is a God.
Moses came to show us the power of God.
Jesus came to show us the love of God.
Mohammed came to show us the laws of God on earth.

As for your question the simple answer would be NO.

Answer 9

Yes.
It is incomparable concerning its lack of consistency with itself, and with other religious texts.

Answer 10

its also a lot younger than other religious texts.