Can the Qu'ran be believed?

Question

Muslims state that the Bible cannot be believed because it has been "corrupted" by mankind. Although this is a creative idea, I am wondering if this principal could not be applied to the Qu'ran also? Muhammad was illiterate, so obviously he had to dictate his words for another to write. Why could not the Qu'ran then be "corrupted" ? In this case the one who dictated the words and the one who wrote them were also of "mankind". So does this standard apply to the Qu'ran as it does to the Bible?

Answer 1

well I can't speak for Muslims, or the Quran, but I do know that the argument presented doesn't work with the Bible. Any serious and unbiased historian will tell you that the Bible is the same now as it was 2000 years ago. We have more manuscripts, literally thousands of them, written closer to the date of the originals than any other book in history. We have more reason to believe that the Bible is historically accurate than we do that Julius Caesar even existed. Funny thing about the Quran though, it says in its text that we can believe the Bible. HMMMM?

Answer 2

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most merciful
Thank you for asking about our religion.Firstly No Muslim is a
Muslim if he does not Believe in Jesus {peace be on him ] as a
mighty Messenger and prophet of God almighty.It is also mandatory for a Muslim to Believe In the books of Revelation such as the Thorah,the book Of Moses[ Peace be on him ] the
Injeel[ the gospel of Jesus, peace be on him, The Psalms and
the final book Of revelation the Holy Quran.
Unfortunately the current Bible Cannot claim to be the complete word of God almighty because It has been changed and altered
so many times to agree with the concepts of the catholic church
that it has lost all authenticity.In some places whole chapters
have dissappered ,no two versions of the bible are the same, there are hundreds of scientific errors , Numerical mistakes,
contradictions, unfulfilled prophecies, unbelievable concepts
Degradations of prophets of god and even a very pronographic
Verse in the book of Eserikel.This is not a creative idea but
solid facts as GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES.As Muslims
we Accept from the Bible whatever portion Agrees with the Holy
Quran and reject the Rest.
THe concept of changes and corruption cannot applyto the Holy
Quran because It is the word of God and He the almighty has
promised to protect it. The Quran is the only Religious scripture
on the face of the earth that has stood the test of Time for 1400
years and not a single word has been changed from the original
scripture that is still present to this day.If as you suggest that
the Quran could have been corrupted at the time of being written down Do you think that prophet of Islam[ peace and blessings be
upon him ] would have gone to any tom dick and harry to write it
down for him.and if it would have happened and there were
some changes or mistakes then the enemies of Islam would have had a hay day but as it is no one on the face of this earth
has been able to prove a single word of the Quran as False.
there are many allegations but no one can prove it wrong.
But this is not the actual answer.Allah the all knowledgebale Knew that there would be creative people who would come out
with many theories so The arc Angel Gabriel[ peace be on him ]
would go over the Quran with the Prophet [ peace and blessings
be upon him] once every year in the month of ramadan and the
year that the prophet died Angel Gabriel went over The Quran
Twice with the prophet to make double sure of its authenticity.
The prophet [ peace be on him ] also had very learned Companions who had memorised the Quran and there is no way
any one could have corrupted the Quran as the foolproof method
of reciting and passing dowo from one to another was used.Even
today when we stand behind the Imam to pray and while he is reciting we correct him the moment he makes a mistake or
changes any word or grammer he is corrected on the spot.
Millions of muslim can recite the Quran By heart and it is next to
impissible that anyone can corrupt the Quran even in the future.

Answer 3

Muslims that say the bible is corrupted don't know their own book. In the Cattle 115 it says that no one can corrupt God's word. And MOhamed himself told his followers in Women 136 to believe in the earlier books--the torah, the psalms and the gospels. the bible couldn't have been corrupted after that because it was already all over the world. the koran was corrupted when satan through in his verses amongs the real ones. these are the satanic verses. also, mohamed had to change the koran twice to undo a previous revelation. there were other versions of the koran which were burned early on. some were buried in yemen however. so they have more than one version. there are many more older manuscripts of the bible around than koranic ones. also, the bible is consistent from part to part, not full of contradictions like the koran.

Answer 4

Of course that standard should apply to the quran. Also, I have heard (although I am not sure if this is true) that most of Muhammad's original followers that memorized things he told them died before the quran was even written. It was pieced together by slaves and help that told of what they overheard. If this is true, then it is written by men.

More importantly is that parts of the Torah and Holy Bible are used to support Muhammad's claims that he is a prophet. They use what they say is a corrupted book to prove their prophet and book. The most important thing is their false claims about Jesus The Christ. They say He is a prophet of God but then tell that what Jesus said and did was a lie.

The quran cannot be believed.

May God Bless you.

Answer 5

all religious books are full of stories that are interpreted by humans. humans make mistake, they interpret things to their liking, they are biased in nature. you can easily say that any document is "full of lies" because, well quite frankly, no one who wrote the original is alive today. the bible, for example, has been translated into many versions (Hebrew to Latin to the king's English to regular English). A LOT gets lost in translation for the simple reason that not everything has the same meaning from language to language. in addition, original documents are often mistreated and cannot be fully recognizable and therefore cannot always be properly read and interpreted.

to sum it all up, no, you really can't fully believe the Qu'ran or the Bible or any scriptures for that matter because they have ALL been corrupted by humans in one way or another.

Answer 6

With all religious books, nothing can be truely believed because thee are literally hundreds, if not thousands of years seperating what we read today to what really occured at the time they were being written.
I also believe that the Bible cannot be believed 100% percent, but also believe the Qu'ran can't be believed 100% either.

Answer 7

each prophet came to complete the previous prophets teachings or correct the things that were corrupted.when the last prophet (Muhammad) came god send the plan of human life (quran) to him.
and said he will keep it from being corrupted.this is the promise of god which is in quran too.beside quran is the proof that said muhammad is a prophet .as you mentioned how it is possible for an illiterate person to gave a book such as quran which has all of the humans answers for life so it is a miracle too.

Answer 8

The Original Qur'an still exists but the Bible? Of course both of them were "written" by man but both of them were "sent" by God also. People have been changed the Bible with misinterpretations but if you check Qur'an there is no misinterpretation in any of them. And why would God need to send a new holy book if the previous ones weren't changed or enough?

Peace and blessings

Answer 9

Those only words written by the prophets like tha of the content of the Christian sripture.
I believed some but not the whole.
Well I see if I will receive a Quor'an. I will just study first.

Answer 10

Plaease Read It Carefully....

1. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself supervised and authenticated the written texts of the Qur’an


Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (R.A. – Radhi Allahu Taala Anhu) – May Allah be pleased with him who would also memorize it. The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the prophet (pbuh).

2. Order and sequence of Qur’an divinely inspired


The complete Qur’an was revealed over a period of 22½ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur’an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur’an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.

Every Ramadhaan all the portions of the Qur’an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur’an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.

It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur’an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.
3. Qur’an copied on one common material


The complete Qur’an, along with the correct sequence of the verses, was present during the time of the Prophet (pbuh). The verses however, were written on separate pieces, scrapes of leather, thin flat stones, leaflets, palm branches, shoulder blades, etc. After the demise of the prophet, Abu Bakr (r.a.), the first caliph of Islam ordered that the Qur’an be copied from the various different materials on to a common material and place, which was in the shape of sheets. These were tied with strings so that nothing of the compilation was lost.
4. Usman (r.a.) made copies of the Qur’an from the original manuscript

Many Companions of the Prophet used to write down the revelation of the Qur’an on their own whenever they heard it from the lips of the Prophet. However what they wrote was not personally verified by the Prophet and thus could contain mistakes. All the verses revealed to the Prophet may not have been heard personally by all the Companions. There were high possibilities of different portions of the Qur’an being missed by different Companions. This gave rise to disputes among Muslims regarding the different contents of the Qur’an during the period of the third Caliph Usman (r.a.).

Usman (r.a.) borrowed the original manuscript of the Qur’an, which was authorized by the beloved Prophet (pbuh), from Hafsha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet’s wife. Usman (r.a.) ordered four Companions who were among the scribes who wrote the Qur’an when the Prophet dictated it, led by Zaid bin Thabit (r.a.) to rewrite the script in several perfect copies. These were sent by Usman (r.a.) to the main centres of Muslims.

There were other personal collections of the portions of the Qur’an that people had with them. These might have been incomplete and with mistakes. Usman (r.a.) only appealed to the people to destroy all these copies which did not match the original manuscript of the Qur’an in order to preserve the original text of the Qur’an. Two such copies of the copied text of the original Qur’an authenticated by the Prophet are present to this day, one at the museum in Tashkent in erstwhile Soviet Union and the other at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

5. Diacritical marks were added for non-Arabs


The original manuscript of the Qur’an does not have the signs indicating the vowels in Arabic script. These vowels are known as tashkil, zabar, zair, paish in Urdu and as fatah, damma and qasra in Arabic. The Arabs did not require the vowel signs and diacritical marks for correct pronunciation of the Qur’an since it was their mother tongue. For Muslims of non-Arab origin, however, it was difficult to recite the Qur’an correctly without the vowels. These marks were introduced into the Quranic script during the time of the fifth ‘Umayyad’ Caliph, Malik-ar-Marwan (66-86 Hijri/685-705 C.E.) and during the governorship of Al-Hajaj in Iraq.

Some people argue that the present copy of the Qur’an that we have along with the vowels and the diacritical marks is not the same original Qur’an that was present at the Prophet’s time. But they fail to realize that the word ‘Qur’an’ means a recitation. Therefore, the preservation of the recitation of the Qur’an is important, irrespective of whether the script is different or whether it contains vowels. If the pronunciation and the Arabic is the same, naturally, the meaning remains the same too.
6. Allah Himself has promised to guard the Qur’an


Allah has promised in the Qur’an :

"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)."
[Al-Qur’an 15:9]