The Qur'an is a Flawed Text

My apologies with the copy and pasting, I had thought I put quotations before and after the statements, however in my haste I forgot to put them. Con, most of my sources are impartial. Yours have almost been entirely from pro-Islamic websites which have the tendency to warp the truth as I have visited some of the ones you're referring to already. So, don't tell me that my sources are unreliable given the fact that yours are biased. Back to (2.) CON you're ignoring the obvious. That story is clearly written as a true, historical event. It isn't meant to be taken as poetic, it's written in a historical context that is explaining one of the events that took place in Alexander the Great's life. You said: " I wasn't saying that the section was meant to be poetry, only that poetic elements do exist in the Quran and assuming that just because it isn't a poem it cannot have elements of poetry is absurd." No, no, no. You're right it isn't a poem, it's written as a historical event therefore, there is no metaphor or poetry. If I am reading through a History Textbook, and I come across one section about Genghis Khan that is tracing his life and says he had the ability to turn into a tiger then naturally it would follow that the writer genuinely meant/believed that he could do so, as it was found in a History book, not a poetic novel. You still haven't countered my claim. (7.) Your remark on Egyptian practices is highly ignorant. Egyptian Civilization is probably one of the best studied of all Ancient CIvilizations. Such a practice would've came up by now among all of the other methods used for torture by Ancient Egyptians. Crucifixion was a practice developed much later. My argument still stands, therefore I will extend it. (8.) First off, the only reason why Alexander the Great is considered outdated is because it threatens the Muslim belief system. However, I have evidence to the contrary. Now, the story is called Dhul-Qarnayn. In english it is translated as The Two Horned One. We have historical evidence from the Ancient Greeks that depicts Alexander the Great as having two horns. Interesting coincidence, isn't it? I will proceed to quote from an article on Wikipedia " The Egyptian god Ammon-Ra was depicted with ram horns. Rams were considered a symbol of virility due to their rutting behavior. The horns of Ammon may have also represented the East and West of the Earth, and one of the titles of Ammon was "the two-horned." Alexander was depicted with the horns of Ammon as a result of his conquest of ancient Egypt in 332 BC, where the priesthood received him as the son of the god Ammon, who was identified by the ancient Greeks with Zeus, the King of the Gods. The combined deity Zeus-Ammon was a distinct figure in ancient Greek mythology. According to five historians of antiquity (Arrian, Curtius, Diodorus, Justin, and Plutarch), Alexander visited the Oracle of Ammon at Siwa in the Libyan desert and rumors spread that the Oracle had revealed Alexander's father to be the deity Ammon, rather than Philip.[27][29][30] Alexander styled himself as the son of Zeus-Ammon and even demanded to be worshiped as a god" So, we have good historical evidence that supports this. Let's continue. Ancient Greek currency also depicts Alexander the Great as having two horns. The evidence is clearly slated in favor of Alexander the Great being the one that is depicted in this particular story in the Qur'an. Not Cyrus the Great, or any other. The fact that He is depicted with two horns isn't a coincidence. So, I refuted your argument on the story depicting somebody else. The story was clearly designed to explain the setting of the sun to ancient Muslims. It is written a historical story, therefore it doesn't have poetic elements. My arguments still stand.