The Qur'an is not the word of God

The Qur'an is believed by muslims to be the infallible word of God. However such a book would need to be without any error. It should be historically and scientifically (only factual science not theoretical) accurate. Such a book should also bear no contradictions within itself. Let's see if the Qur'an meets these requirements. 1- THE QUR'AN IN THE LIGHT OF HISTORY Once one begins to read the Qur'an, one will notice the apparent historical errors. Here are some examples : #The Qur'an confuses Mary the sister of moses and Aaron with Mary the mother of Jesus. It states that Mary the mother of Jesus was the sister of Aaron ,the brother of Moses : "O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a man of evil nor thy mother a woman unchaste!" (Surah 16:28) If one reads further, one will understand/realize that Surah 16:28 was speaking about Mary the mother of Jesus : "Such [was] Jesus the son of Mary : [it is] a statement of truth, about which the vainly dispute..." (Surah 19:34) "And Mary, daughter of Imran, whose body was chaste, therefore We breathed therein something of our spirit. And she put faith in the words of her Lord and His scriptures, and was of the obedient." (Surah 66:12) The problem with this is that Aaron who was brother of Moses was not the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus, because Mary existed thousands of years later and she was also NOT the daughter of Imran. #The Qur'an denies the historical event of the crucifixion of Jesus which is supported not only by the bible, but outside sources from the first 3 centuries AD Some surahs tell us that Jesus died but some deny the death of Jesus on the cross. We read : "So peace is on the day I [Jesus] was born, the day that I die and the day that I shall rise to life [again]." (Surah 19:33) Now look at this : "They said [in boast] , "we killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah"; - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them and those who therein are full of doubts, with no [certain] knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not." 2- THE QUR'AN IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE The Qur'an is guilty of getting some of the simplest scientific facts wrong. #The Qur'an relates the story of Alexander the Great (Dhu'l-Qarneyn). In conveying the story , the Qur'an gives credence to the outrageous superstition that the sun sets in a puddle of mud : "They will ask of Dhu'l-Qarneyn. Say : I shall recite unto you a remembrance of him. Lo! We made him strong in the land and gave him every thing a road. And he followed a road till, where he reached the setting place of the sun, and found people thereabout..." (Surah 18:84-92) "He journeyed on a certain road until he reached the west and saw the sun setting in a pool of black mud. Hand by he found certain people..." (Surah 18:86) Now many muslim apologists try to argue that this passage is being figurative or describing the scenery but this can't be. The passage is clearly writing historically about Alexander the Great and telling a particular story about an alleged journey of his. It says he journeyed to where the sun sets and that the sun sets in a POOL OF BLACK MUD. Also that he found people at the setting place of the sun! First of all the sun is in space NOT on earth in a muddy pool! Secondly it is IMPOSSIBLE to get within 1000miles of the sun without being melted by the heat. Yet the Qur'an blatantly states that Alexander found people at the setting place of the sun! This is ludicrous! How can a book that is ascribed to an omniscient being contain such erroneous and ridiculous science? Clearly it is from man and not from God. #The Qur'an says Allah created mountains to prevent convulsion of the earth ( earthquakes) : "He created the heavens. Without pillars as you see them, and put mountains upon the earth lest it might convulse you" (Surah 31:10) "And We have made great mountains in the earth lest it might be convulsed with them, and WE made it in wide ways that they may follow a right direction" (surah 21:31) This appears to be comical science from the Qur'an. These passages definitely seem to be saying that Allah created mountains in order to prevent earthquakes! Does the supposed author of the Qur'an (Allah) not know that mountains are formed as a result of earthquakes? Clearly the Qur'an is from man and not form God. 3- CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QUR'AN # Who misleads people, Allah or Satan ? "I will make them, and I will create in them false desires... Satan makes them promises and creates in them false hopes..." (Surah 4:119-120) "If Allah so willed , He could make you all one people. But He leaves starying whom He pleases and He guides whom He pleases" (Surah 16:93) #Where does evil come from, Allah or man? "...if some good befalls them, they say "This is from Allah". But if evil, they say "This is from thee [ O prophet]". Say "All things are from Allah"..." (Surah 4:78) This verse clearly states that evil and all other things are from Allah "Whatever good [O man!] Happens to thee, is from Allah. But whatever evil happens to thee, is from thyself." (An-Nisa 4:79) This verse says evil is from man! #Who is to be blames for the wrongs done? From verse 35:8, 16:93, 74:31, 2:142 we learn that it is Allah who has to be blamed for all the misguidance. While other verses hold man himself responsible for misguidance/wrongs done : "Allah leaves stray whom He will and guides whom He wills" (Surah 35:8) Here Allah is to be blamed. "It was not Allah who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls." (Surah 30:9) Here man is to be blamed. #Unbelievers to be persecuted or forgiven? "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of truth..." (Surah 9:29) This verse teaches persecution of unbelievers. "Tell those who believe in, to forgive those who do not hope for the Days of Allah; it is for Him to recompense [for good and evil] each people according to what they have earned." (Surah 45:14) This verse teaches forgiveness of unbelievers. #Creation completed in six or eight days? Surahs 7:54, 10:3, 11:7 and 25:29 clearly say that God created the heavens and the earth in six days : "Lo! Your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days..." (Surah 7:54) But then there is this following passage : "Say : is it that ye deny Him Who created the earth in TWO Days. And do you join equals with Him? He is the Lord of [all] the worlds. He set on the [earth], mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in FOUR Days in accordance with the needs of those who seek[sustenance]. So He completed then as even firmaments in TWO Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command..." (Surah 41:9-12) All together it is ; TWO Days for the creation of the earth, then FOUR Days to fill the earth with mountains, blessings etc, and then TWO more Days to create the seven heavens. Thus this adds up to : 2+4+2=8days in contradiction to the six days mentioned in the other verses. These are only scrapes off the surface. There are many more historical and scientific errors as well as contradictions in the Qur'an. Hence the Qur'an is a man made book and is not the word of God. 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