Did Allah write the Quran? Is the Quran the word of God?
Now how does the Holy Bible compare?
The Quran confirms the Holy Bible but the Holy Bible does not confirm the Quran.
Did Allah write the Quran? Is the Quran the word of God?
The Quran contradicts the Old and New Testament(Holy Bible).
The Islam says Jesus never died, but the New Testament says Jesus died, was buried and resurrected.
The Quran says Islam is the way to heaven.
The Lord Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6
Both cannot be right. What was written is closer to the event? How many sources are there for the claim? Who has historical evidence? the Quran and Allah (Al-Ma’idah 5:47 ) says to judge by the Gospel and the Gospel says Islam is false.
How did the Quran form according to the Standard Islamic Narrative(SIN)? Supposedly the Quran was handed down to Muhammad by an angel, written in 20+ years in 610 AD but in actuality there were 7 Ahruf/Qurans.
Who wrote the biography of “prophet” Mohammad? Does Mohammad have any eye witnesses in his time?
Short answer No, biographies of Muhammad were all written after 8th to 10 Century, No authors of Islamic texts actually saw Muhammad historically around the 6th-7th century, according to the standard Islamic narrative.
Were these writers even in the same place as Muhammad? No
The Islamic traditions say everything happened in Mecca and Medina (in the Hejaz)
Yet, all of the writers of the Traditions worked in Baghdad, which is 1,200 miles too far north.
Ibn Hisham (The Sira) is from Basra but grew up in Cairo.
Cairo is 990 miles from Mecca.
Basra is 1200 miles from Mecca.
Al Bukhari (The Hadith) is from Bukhara.
Bukhara is 2600 miles from Mecca.
So these writers of Muhammad’s life were not even located where Muhammad claims to have lived. Islam has a problem with distance, direction, and location.
It is highly likely that Muhammad did not historically exist as a person due to a lack of historical eye witness accounts and records.
Regardless if Muhammad historically existed or not; Muhammad is not a reliable source for historical information about the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. He is not an eye witness of Jesus neither that he lived in the time of Jesus, his existence supposed had been 6th century, which is too late and his nor was he even located at Jerusalem, He lived in Mecca. In other words the Islamic account of Jesus of Nazareth is most likely fabricated.
Now how does the Holy Bible compare?
The Holy Bible is not a book written by just 1 author unlike the Quran, but the Holy Bible is written by many authors that spans more than a millennia (1000+ years), it’s a library, a collection of writings that is believed to be inspired by the word of God, and this is called the Inspired Cannon.
2 Timothy 3:16:All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The Torah is believed to be written by an actual prophet – Moses, from more than 3000 years ago, around 1600BC. This concept of an inspired canon began with Moses, the collection of 5 Books of the Torah written by Moses (Pentateuch), all the way to the poetry and historical writings (Ketuvim) and the books of the Prophets (Neviim).
Jesus attributes the Torah to Moses
Matthew 8:4 19:7,23:2
Mark 1:44,10:3,7:10
Luke 5:14,16:19,20:37,24:27
John 3:14 5:39 6:32 7:19
Old Testament – Tanakh has historically dated texts
-Original Hebrew(Vorlage)
-Septuagint: Dated around 285-270BC Translation of the Vorlage to Greek by 72 scholars in Alexandria
-Masoretic Text: Derived from Council of Jamnia in 90AD, Codex Cairernsis manuscripts dated around 895AD
-Dead Sea Scrolls : 300BC-70AD
The New Testament is Greek and not Hebrew, Did Jesus speak Greek?
Yes Mark 7:24-30
Jesus spoke Greek , Hebrew and Aramaic
Greek was the lingua franca or the common language at this time; this is why the Old Testament was translated into Greek in 300-200BC and New Testament writings are written in Greek
The New Testament also has historically dated texts and authors.
Secular who are non-religious or critical scholars also give credit to Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus) who has seen Jesus after the resurrection, Critical scholars attributed to him undisputed dated letters in the New Testament around 40 -60AD
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
Epistle to the Galatians
First Epistle to the Corinthians
Second Epistle to the Corinthians
Epistle to the Philippians
Epistle to Philemon
Epistle to the Romans
Google “Do critical scholars think apostle Paul wrote the letters”en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Pauline_epistles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle
Gospels were written by Jesus disciples and close contacts.
Gospel of Matthew was written by the disciple of Jesus who was a tax collector. Gospel of Mark was written by John Mark, a companion of Paul and Peter. Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles were written by Luke the doctor.
Acts 12:12 So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
Matthew: 10 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
- Magdalen Papyri/ Jesus Papyri
This is backed up by the P.Magdalen Greek 17/P64 (The Jesus Papyri) A segment of Greek text of Matthew’s Gospel appears to be dated before 66AD Three fragments of text on both sides,a total of 24 lines, segment of Matthew 26:23,31 . This manuscript also matches the Greek Textus Receptus and Majority Text for translations such as KJV, and not the Critical Text (the Nestles/United / Westcott and Hort) that modern translations use. This appears to be the oldest known manuscript. Dr. Carsten Thiede scanned using laser microscope and comparing with other manuscripts, at Qumran (dated 58AD), at Herculaneum (before 79AD), at Masada (dated 73-74) At Egyptian town of Oxyrynchus (65-66 AD). Dr Thiede concluded that this is either an original copy of Matthew’s Gospel or an immediate copy.
- Rylands Papyrus P52 ~100AD Gospel of John 18-34-36 & 37-38
- Oxyrhynichus Papyri
Over 35 papyrus manuscripts , P1 Matthew, P5 John 1, 16, P13 Hebrews 2-5, 10-12 and P22 John 15-16
- Chester Beatty Papyri
P45 2nd century contains portions of all four Gospels and Acts
P46 contains all of Paul’s Epistles except pastorals and Hebrews has been dated to the 1st century around 20-30 years after they were written
P47 3rd century contains Revelation 9-17
The Muratorian Canon, often referred to as the MuratorianFragment, represents the earliest known compilation of New Testament writings. This ancient document, likely composed in Greek, is believed to have been written between AD 170 and 200. It enumerates 22 of the 27 texts including the 4 Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke + Acts and John that would eventually be recognized as part of the New Testament in the Holy Bible. The identity of the original author of the fragment remains unidentified. The list’s text is conventionally attributed to the latter part of the second century, as it mentions Pius I, who served as bishop of Rome from 140 to 155AD, indicating that he was regarded as a contemporary figure.
Prophecies in the Bible are already fulfilled or yet to be fulfilled, but the test of a prophet is that prophecy must actually happen. Deuteronomy 18:20-22
Mark 13 Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!”
2 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
Matthew 24 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
This was fulfilled when Jerusalem and the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70AD. If you go to the Temple Mount today in 2024 all the stones are scattered near Dome of the Rock.
There are 300+ Prophecies of the 1st coming of the Messiah.
Psalms Ch22,16:v10,34:v20,49:v15,69:v21,110,Isaiah 53,Isaiah 7:14, 9:6,7,Micah 5:2 ,Zechariah 9:9,11:v12-13,12:v10,13:v7-9,Daniel CH9:25-26 etc
Here are some examples
Micah 5:2( Born in Bethlehem) 1:100,000 (unlikely Odds)
Zechariah 9:9 King on Donkey 1:100
Zechariah 11:12 betrayed for 30 pieces of Silver 1:1000
Zechariah 11:13 Temple, Potter etc 1:100,000
Zechariah 13:6 Wound in hands 1:1000
Isaiah 53:7 No defence innocent 1:1000
Isaiah 53:9 Died with wicked grave with rich 1:1000
Psalm 22:16 Crucified 1:10,000
Daniel CH9:25-26 predicted the time and arrival and death of the Messiah (the odds of this is impossible, this can never be achieved by luck alone but only through the power of the Holy Spirit / God who knows the future)
Psalms 22:16-18 (King David ~1000BC Crucifixion was not invented in this time)
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me. They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.
The life of Jesus – Isaiah 53 (Prophet Isaiah~700-500BC)
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. 9 And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
Prophecy Fulfilled in Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 23:34, John 19:24 Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus found in these 4 chapters and resurrection is found in Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20 written around (30 -100 AD)
Daniel 9 (NKJV) – Daniels prophesied date of Messiahs arrival and death ~500BC
20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
24 “Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
When it says weeks here in the English translation it doesn’t literally quite mean weeks, to beter understand timelines in Old Testament prophecy its best to read the old testament in the original meaning in the Hebrew language
Daniel 9:24
šāḇûaʿ – heptad, seven (of years)
seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week
period of seven days, a week, Feast of Weeks, heptad, seven (of years)
The 1 week referred to this passage in Hebrew really means 7 yearsDaniel 9:25
“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem (King Artaxerxes decree to rebuild Jerusalem 444/445BC ~ 14 MAR 445 BC Nehemiah 2:1-8)
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
(7 +62 = 69 weeks , true meaning 69 X 7 years = 483 years , 483*360(prophetic calendar year is 360 days) = 173880 days from 14 MAR 445 BC to 6 APR 32 AD The Lord Jesus Christ triumphal Entry – Luke 19:28)
Historical Time Lines – 700BC to 1st Century
~700 BC Assyria empire – Shalmaneser V, Assyria ends Northern Israel Kingdom
~600 BC – Assyria fall , Babylon rise, Ezekiel exile to Babylon Nebuchadnezzar reign in Babylon
~587/586 BC – Daniel. – 70 Years captivity in Babylon
(2 Kings 25Jeremiah 37,39,40,52 Ezekiel 32Daniel 2–3)
~539/538 BC King Cyrus Persia takes over Babylon –
Decree of Cyrus, Captives return to Jerusalem
~444/445 BC Artaxerxes decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Nehemiah 2:1-8)
~333BC Alexander the great, rise of Greek Empire – Seleucid Rule of Judea
~250BC Septuagint – Hebrew Bible translated to Greek by 72 Jewish scholars (INCLUDING DANIEL CH9 etc) This is a time stamp of prophetic historical evidence
~167BC Antiochus Epiphanes- 1st Abomination and desolation of the Temple
~166 BC The Maccabean revolt – Judah Maccabee – Jewish Independence
~63BC Pompey (Rome) besieged Jerusalem – End of Independence
~34 BC Herodian Monarch / Dynasties – Herod the Great
~1BC / 1AD LORD JESUS CHRIST IS BORN
~32 AD Messiah the Prince Jerusalem Entry – Christ crucified , died, buried and resurrected
-Day of Pentecost – Holy Spirit arrival – Early Church (Acts CH2 +)
-Temple Signs Stop ( Crimson wool, western lamp not burning – Talmud , Yoma 39a, 39b, 40 years before temple destruction)
~50AD Council of Jerusalem , Apostle Paul journeys (Acts 15)
-70AD Destruction of the temple , Jews displaced , driven out or enslaved.
Proof that the author, Prophet Daniel is inspired by a Being outside time dimension.
1 Corinthians 15 (Apostle Paul – Year 30-50AD)
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
Non Biblical sources – Non Christian Roman Historians
Annals (Cornelius Tacitus Year 14-68 AD )
“Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus,”THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS (Flavius Josephus Year ~37AD – 100 AD) , See Book 18 CH3
Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day.|
The Quran confirms the Holy Bible but the Holy Bible does not confirm the Quran.
The biggest dilemma for Islam is it confirms the Holy Bible.
Aal-e-`Imran 3:3
He has sent down to thee the Book containing the truth and fulfilling that which precedes it; and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel Before this, as a guidance to the people
Al-Ma’idah 5:47
So let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed in it. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the rebellious.
Al-Ma’idah 5:68
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O People of the Book! You have nothing to stand on unless you observe the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord.” And your Lord’s revelation to you ˹O Prophet˺ will only cause many of them to increase in wickedness and disbelief. So do not grieve for the people who disbelieve..
Allah is commanding to observe the Torah and the Gospel/Injeel. Can you observe the Torah and the Injeel/Gospel if it has been corrupted or no longer available?
The Quran contradicts New Testament,(Holy Bible) and roman historical records regarding Christ Jesus death on the cross, burial and resurrection on the 3rd day:
Surah An-Nisa 4:157 (Muhammad – Year 610-632 AD)
and for boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so.1 Even those who argue for this ˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They certainly did not kill him.
Surah An-Nisa 4:158
Rather, Allah raised him up to Himself. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
The Holy Bible have Prophets in the Old Testament prophesying the Life, Death and Resurrection of the Messiah (Psalms 22, 16:v10, 34:v20,4 9:v15, 69:v21, 110, Isaiah 7:v14, 9:v6, 7, Isaiah 53, Micah 5:2 ,Zechariah 9:9,11:v12 -13, 12:v10, 13:v7-9…). The Holy Bible also have eye witnesses accounts in the 4 Gospels. Jesus has non Biblical, non Christian , Roman historians writing about the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. These were recorded in the same century of the Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus but 600 years later, Muhammad and the Quran says God lied, Islam claims Allah made it appear to look like Jesus died but He didn’t, somehow 600 years later Islam claims to be true and everyone is false on the account of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection.
Here is the Islamic dilemma, the Quran and Allah says to judge by the Torah and Gospel. But if we judge the Quran by the Torah and Gospel, they do not confirm the Quran, The Torah, the Gospel and the Holy Bible says Islam is false.
Is God a liar? – NO! The true God is Holy, Perfect and Righteous. A true prophet will not contradict all the previous prophets that came before him. A true prophet will not have many failed prophecies(see the page before, Muhammad fails the test of a prophet).
Therefore Muhammad is a false prophet, Allah is a false god. Why would you trust a lying prophet and a lying god?
The Quran also contradicting itself in the creation of the heavens and earth:
Surah 2:29 & Surah 41:9-12 say Allah created the Earth AND THEN the Heavens (afterwards). Surah 79:27-33 says Allah created the heavens FIRST, and AFTERWARDS created the Earth.
Surah 2:29 He is the One Who created everything in the earth for you. Then He turned towards the heaven, :forming it into seven heavens. And He has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things.
Surah 41:9 – 12 Ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “How can you disbelieve in the One Who created the earth in two Days? And how can you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of all worlds. He placed on the earth firm mountains, standing high, showered His blessings upon it, and ordained ˹all˺ its means of sustenance—totaling four Days exactly1—for all who ask.
Then He turned towards the heaven when it was ˹still like˺ smoke, saying to it and to the earth, ‘Submit, willingly or unwillingly.’ They both responded, ‘We submit willingly.’
So He formed the heaven into seven heavens in two Days, assigning to each its mandate. And We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps ˹for beauty˺ and for protection. That is the design of the Almighty, All-Knowing.”
Surah 79:27-33
Which is harder to create: you or the sky? He built it, raising it high and forming it flawlessly.
He dimmed its night, and brought forth its daylight.
As for the earth, He spread it out as well,
bringing forth its water and pastures
and setting the mountains firmly ˹upon it˺—
all as ˹a means of˺ sustenance for you and your animals.
- Surah 18:86 Is the sun is found to be setting in mud? Obviously scientifically false.
until he reached the setting ˹point˺ of the sun in a spring of murky water, where he found some people. We said, “O Ⱬul-Qarnain! Either punish them or treat them kindly.”