· Beating and Restraining Women Moses say he was the first to believe in Sura

Was the Qur’an · Internal Contradictions

· Mohammed Did Not Really Visit a Mosque
7:143? If they were Muslims before Moham-
med, then either they were Muslims without the
· Zul Qarnain and the Setting Sun of Islam Qur’an, or Allah’s Qur’an was lost or cor-
From God? · Mohammed & French-Canadian Problems
· marrying your own father-in-law, and
rupted. Yusuf ‘Ali footnote 1104 interprets
“first to believe” in Sura 7:143 as “most zeal-
www.MuslimHope.com/OriginsOfIslam.htm · differences in basic tone and message. ous in faith”, not “first in time”.

Beating and Restraining Women Mohammed Did Not

Proverbs 30:5-6 “Every word of God is flaw- Why does the Qur’an say in Sura 4:34 to Visit the Mosque
less; he is a shield to those who take refuge in “beat” or “scourge” your wife, if she is disobe- Sura 17:1-2 claims that Mohammed visited
Him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke dient? The Arabic word “beat” or “scourge” the farthest mosque (al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem. But
you and prove you a liar.” (NIV) does not mean tap lightly; it is the same word there was no Muslim mosque in Jerusalem dur-
used to beat a violent criminal or a camel. Mo- ing Mohammed’s lifetime. Furthermore, a
Sura 4:82: “Do they not ponder on the Qur’an? hammed himself once deliberately struck Christian Church or Jewish synagogue does not
Had it been from other Than Allah, they would ‘Aisha “on the chest which caused me pain”, count as a mosque, because neither of these
surely have found therein much discrepancy.” according to Sahih Muslim vol.2 book 4 ch.352 were on the Temple Mount either. Persians had
no.2127 p.462. If a husband is remiss, it never sacked Jerusalem in 615 A.D., and as even the
Non-Muslims claim there are many provable says the wife is to have her husband beaten. early Muslim historian al-Tabari says (vol.12
errors in the Qur’an. Muslims say there are no p.191,195-196), the Temple Mount was a gar-
errors at all; however these alleged problems Does this command relate to the following bage dump until ‘Umar came.
can still be a barrier to people becoming Mus- words of the Prophet in the Bukhari vol.2:161;
lims. Now even if he is already convinced, a vol.1:301, and quoting from vol.1:28; “The The Setting Sun of Islam
Muslim still might want to know Christians’ Prophet said, ‘I was shown the Hell-fire and Sura 18:85-86 states that a ruler called Zul-
problems with the Qur’an, so that in dialogs that the majority of its dwellers were Qarnain, followed the setting sun and found
with Christians he is not unprepared, but he can women.’” (Most were ungrateful to their hus- that it went down into the waters of a muddy
better answer these difficulties. bands.) spring. Do you agree the sun does set into a
muddy spring?
Many non-Muslims see no hope of there ever Why do you think there are more women in
being a satisfactory answer for these problems. Hell? Is it because there is not as much incen- Some Muslims say Zul-Qarnain was Alexan-
Perhaps there is an answer, and we just do not tive for them to be in heaven? Bukhari der the Great; others guess the Persian Cyrus I;
see it. So in the spirit of dialog, love, and truth, vol.6:402 and prior p.374 says, “The statement still others say a Yemeni king. Regardless, the
we wish to inform Muslims of the kind of prob- of Allah, Beautiful fair females restrained [i.e. sun does not actually go down into water, much
lems we have, so that together, all who seek the chained] in pavilions. (See also Sura 37:48). less a muddy spring, and even the deep sea is
truth and the God of truth will find Him. Narrated Qaisi, Allah’s Apostle said, ‘In Para- not muddy.
dise there is a pavilion made of a single hollow
Types of Alleged Errors pearl sixty miles wide, in each corner there are Mohammed & French-Canadians
Brief examples of the kinds of errors some wives who will not see those in the other cor- What would you think of a book that claimed
people see range from the Qur’an contradicts ners; and the believers will visit and enjoy French-Canadians were with Mohammed? It
itself in how many days God created the world, them.’” What rewards are in Paradise for faith- would be pretty strange, since there were no
Christians do not think the Trinity is the Father, ful women who do not wish to be restrained? French-Canadians until the 18th century and
Son, and Virgin Mary, Jews never thought Ezra Mohammed lived in the 7th century. Well, no
was the Son of God, to the mother of Jesus Internal Contradictions book has ever said this was so, but the Qur’an
could not have lived 1,500 years to be the sister Was Abraham commanded to be the first of contains some equally interesting statements.
of Moses. The following mentions: those who bow to Allah in Sura 6:14, or did
 Suras 9:68, 21:51-71; 29:16,17; 37:97,98 say and you had favoured, ‘Keep your wife to your- He came as a sacrifice, to pay the debt to the
Abraham was delivered from Nimrod’s fire. self, and fear Allah,’ and you were concealing demands of God’s justice for our sin. We have
Nimrod lived soon after Noah and long before within yourself what Allah should reveal, fear- to accept this free gift. Then we are to live as
Abraham. The Fihrist p.27 also acknowledges ing other men; and Allah has better right for we please except for just obeying certain rituals
that Abraham fled from Nimrod. This story you to fear him. So when Zaid had accom- and rules. Rather God Himself dwells in our
seems to be copied from a similar Jewish fable plished what he would of her, then We gave her hearts, and with God’s power, we are to live our
in the Midrash Rabbah. in marriage to you, so that there should not be entire lives to please and glorify God.
any fault in the believers, touching the wives of
How could Haman, the Persian minister in their adopted sons, when they have accom- Now I think that for some people, they are
Esther’s time (500 B.C.) actually work in Egypt plished what they would of them; and Allah’s more serious about their religion than they are
in Moses’ time (1450 B.C.) building the Tower commandment must be performed. There is no about God. It should not be so. For true Chris-
of Babel (before 2500 B.C.) as Suras 27:4-6, fault in the prophet, touching what Allah had tians the most serious thing in their life is God,
28:38, 29:39, 40:23-24,36-37 indicate? This is ordained for him.” not religious traditions. Whatever your religion,
another “Mohammed and French-Canadians” I hope you will be serious in seeking God,
problem again. Some skeptics might think this only was done learning which message is really from the True
to satisfy Mohammed’s earthly lust, and with no God, and wanting to live a life to please the
The same Mary (Mariam in Hebrew and Ara- other reasons, Mohammed must have made up True God.
bic) was not the mother of Jesus and the sister this vision himself. A Muslim might say that it
of Moses (~1450 BC.) as Sura 19:28 says. In was Allah, not Mohammed who gave this com- Summary
the context of the virgin birth of Christ, Sura mand. For what possible reason would Allah This paper mentioned some of the alleged
19:28 says “O sister of Aaron! Thy father was command this divorce so that Mohammed could errors in the Qur’an. Muslims and non-Muslims
not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman un- have yet another wife? Sura 4:3 says a man can agree that there are many errors somewhere.
chaste!” How could somebody mix these up? could have at most four wives, but Sura 33:50 Perhaps these errors are indeed in the Qur’an.
says this rule for others did not apply to Mo- Or perhaps these errors are only in the minds of
A Muslim commentator remarks that this was hammed. non-Muslims who do not see the answers, and
because Mary and her cousin Elisabeth came there is a logical explanation for each of these.
from a priestly family and were thus sisters of Differences in Tone and Message If so, it makes sense for Muslims to present
their ancestor Aaron. However, Mary came Imagine God sending a message to earth say- these answers so that seekers of truth can not be
from Judah, not Aaron, and it was Mary that ing “Do not murder others or God will punish hindered from becoming Muslims by errors that
was addressed here. So if the All-Knowing God you.” Imagine over time the message got cor- are apparent and not real.
did not err here, then who did? rupted to be “Do murder others or God will
punish you.” Can you imagine a loving and just For more info on Islam or if you as a Muslim
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