Dear all, do you know what the Quran is?

Question

Please answer based on you knowledge, not base on what you think of muslims.

Answer 1

Yes, my husband has read it once and is now reading it again. When he finishes it, I plan to read it. We are Christian, but we want to understand the Muslim's.

It says, THE KORAN. Inside it says it is transulated from Arabic by J.M. Rodwell. The forward and introduction is by Alan Jones of The Oriental Institute,Oxford. At the time of this printing 2001, Alan Jone's was writing a book on the pre-Islamic background of The Qur'an.

It states, The Qur'an is the sacred book on Islam and is the final expression of God's message to mankind.

By thumbing through the book I see there are 114 Sura's.

For now that is my knowledge of the Koran.

Answer 2

How do the Muslims explain these differences between the bible and the Koran? They say (against all evidence) that the christians and the jews deliberately corrupted the bible. I will give you a logical argument as to why this isn't true.

WHY DO MUSLIMS THINK THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE HAS BEEN CORRUPTED?



1. The Quran declares the Bible to be a true revelation of
God and demands faith in the Bible.

Sura 2:40-42,126,136,285; 3:3,71,93; 4:47,136; 5:47-51,
69,71-72; 6:91; 10:37,94; 21:7; 29:45,46; 35:31; 46:11

a. All these above texts presuppose the availability of the
true revelation of God to the people of Muhammad's day.
Sura 3:71,93; 10:94; 21:71
b. A true Muslim is obliged to believe in all the
revelations of God. Sura 2:136; 4:136; 29:46
c. The Quran makes no distinction between God's revelations
Sura 2:136

2. The Quran claims that NO ONE can change the Word of God.
Sura 6:34; 10:34
BUT,

3. The Bible and the Quran do not agree.

The Bible and the Quran differ widely on fundamental concepts
of faith and practice.

BUT,

4. Since the Bible existed before the Quran the burden of proof
is upon the Muslim to prove that the Bible is incorrect AND
that the Quran is correct.

a. The Bible was completed 500 years before the Quran was
revealed to Muhammad. If someone today wrote a book that
contradicts a historical document written at the time of
an event that took place in 1497 the person who wrote the
second book would have to be able to prove the older
document was false AND also prove its facts were true.
b. The document written at the time of the event would not
have to prove itself against a latter document. This is
neither logical, rational or true to the principles of
the science of history.
c. Merely proving that the older document was not accurate
also does not by default mean the newer document is true.
It must stand on its own and prove itself.

SO

WHY DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS CORRUPTED?

5. In 1064, Ibn-Khazem, FIRST charged that the Bible had been
corrupted and the Bible falsified. This charge was to defend
Islam against Christianity because Ibn-Khazem come upon
differences and contradiction between the Bible and the
Quran. Believing, by faith that the Quran was true, the Bible
must then be false. He said, "Since the Quran must be true it
must be the conflicting Gospel texts that are false. But
Muhammad tells us to respect the Gospel. Therefore, the
present text must have been falsified by the Christians after
the time of Muhammad."
His argument was not based on any evidence or historical facts
but only on his personal faith, reasoning and desire to
safeguard the Quran.
This led him to teach that, "The Christians lost the revealed
Gospel except for a few traces which God has left intact as
argument against them."
BUT,

6. Many great MUSLIM teachers DO NOT believe the Bible has been
corrupted and ACCEPT the authenticity of our PRESENT New
Testament texts.

a. Ali al-Tabari (died 855) accepted the Gospel texts
b. Amr al-Ghakhiz (869) " " " "
c. BUKHARI (810-870) " " " "
(he gathered some of the earliest tradition of Islam
quoted the Quran itself to support his belief in the text
of the Bible Sura 3:72,78)
d. Al-Mas'udi (956) " " " "
e. Abu Ali Husain Bin Sina (1037)" " "
f. AL-GHAZZALI (1111) " " " "
(probably the greatest Muslim scholar he lived after Ibn-
Khazem but did not accept his teachings)
g. Ibn-Khaldun (1406) " " " " " "
(he lived after Ibn-Khazem but did not accept his
teachings but rather believed the earlier Islamic
teachers.)
h. Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, founder of the Aligarh College
"In the opinion of us Mohammedans it is not proved that
corruption (tahrif-i-lafzi)...was practiced."
i. Fakhruddin Razi, on the authority of Ibn Abbas, a nephew
of Muhammed, "The Jews and early Christians were
suspected of altering the text of the Taurat and Injil;
but in the opinion of eminent doctors and theologians it
was not practicable thus to corrupt the text, because
those Scriptures were generally known and widely
circulated, having been handed down from generation to
generation."

SO,

WHY do YOU believe the Bible text has been corrupted?
WHY do you believe Ibn-Khazem rather then the witness of the Quran,
the word of Muhammad, and these 10 great Muslim scholars who
all believed the Bible texts to be truthful?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT ARGUMENT?

Answer 3

The muslims believe the Quaran is:
The Holy Quran is the Last and Final Word of Allah Almighty to all of mankind. The Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad through revelation and by inspiration over a period of 23 years.

The Quaran is to Muslims as the Bible is to Christians

Answer 4

It is the holy text of the Muslim faith, with their laws and commandments, as is the Old Testament to Jews.
And just for general knowledge, Jerusalem is not mentioned there once. Hence the "El Aksa war"? Inexplicable.

Answer 5

A Religious Book for Muslims. Usually interpreted wrong by People like Osama Yo Mamma and Most Americans.

Answer 6

Thanks for saying "Dear All"....because that is myself...I am no denomination of any "set" of religious beliefs...but yet, I am a very spiritual person...I believe in God the almighty...or Allah....YES......I know what the Holy Quran is....have two copies of that book....one is an english-translated version and the other a true Arabic copy from Iraq.....my husband, a Seargent in the Army obtained it for me....and they are right in between the many copies of the Holy Bible and a Wiccan magical almanac on the bookshelf in my study and recreation room....

Answer 7

Qur'an, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of God that was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years until his death, and believe it to be God's final revelation to humanity. Muslims believe that the Qur'ān is God's (Allah) final revelation to humanity, which continued throughout the history of humankind, having started with those revealed to Adam - the first prophet - and including Suhuf-i-Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham/Ibrahim), the Tawrat (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injil (Gospel), in between. The aforementioned books are recognized in the Qur'an, but directs Muslims to follow the Qur'ān--the last and final message, being completely untainted with God promising to protect it: "Verily We: It is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Quraan) and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)".

The Qur'anic verses were originally memorized by Muhammad's companions as Muhammad recited them, with some being written down by one or more companions on whatever was at hand, from stones to pieces of bark. The collection of the Qur'an compilation took place under the Caliph Abu Bakr, this task being led by Zayd ibn Thabit Al-Ansari. "The manuscript on which the Quran was collected, remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him, and then with 'Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and finally it remained with Hafsa bint Umar."

Answer 8

It's a fantasy fiction written by a middle-eastern author in the 1500s. Pure fantasy that won over quite a number of people worldwide as in line with the prophesy in the Bible that Ishmael, the illigitimate son of Abraham will multiply in numbers and the world will be against him and him against the world.

Answer 9

The Holy writ of Islam.

Answer 10

Guidance for all mankind until the Day of Judgment.

[006:088] This is the Guidance of God with which He guides whomsoever He wills of His slaves. But if they had joined in worship others with God, all that they used to do would have been of no benefit to them.