{"id":3254,"date":"2017-10-01T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=3254"},"modified":"2017-10-05T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T16:14:36","slug":"quran-contradictions-in-quran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=3254","title":{"rendered":"Qur’an–contradictions in Qur’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>
\n the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>
\n Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>
\n DEDICATED TO<\/span>
\n All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span>
\n Lord of the worlds<\/span>
\n AND TO<\/span>
\n Mohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span>
\n to our feet and eternity to our arms
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n(See also\u00a0<\/span>Qur\u2019an-comments & errors).<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\nOne Christian claims that the Qur’an is a Book of contradictions and lies (details later).\u00a0 And one lists what he perceives as seventy-seven (77) contradictions in the Qur’an.\u00a0This is amusing.
\nChristians plant God into the belly of a woman He created, feeding on her blood for nine months growing from\u00a0 \u201cleech-like\u201d to babe-hood then they drew God out the woman\u2019s \u00a0vagina and slapped Him on the backside to make certain He is alive and can cry;\u00a0 they had God suck the woman\u2019s \u201cpaps\u201d and circumcised His foreskin, pinned God in diapers and had Him urinate and defecate and in need to be cleaned. (Astaghferullah!)
\nChristians have God loading Adam\u2019s sin onto billions of innocent, helpless and morally and mentally non-competent babies; and make God complicit in the murder of the innocent Jesus.<\/p>\n

And, apart from blinding themselves to the contradictions in the<\/span> Bible<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Christians instead of repenting and save themselves from purgatory\/Hell, Christians are squandering invaluable, irreplaceable time trying to find non-existent \u201ccontradictions\u201d in the Qur\u2019an to have unschooled Muslims and others ape them in their monumental and grotesque obscenities against God.
\nEven if there was contradiction in the Qur\u2019an yet this would not make Jesus God<\/span><\/a><\/span> or vicarious atoner (see Jesus-inherited sin to ascension<\/span><\/a>).
\nHere are the Christians\u00a0 contradictions and lies in the Qur’an:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Varying number of days to create earth.<\/span>
    \nANSWER:<\/span>
    \nThe Arabic word \u201cyaum\u201d also means periods. So instead of earth being created in a number of \u201cdays\u201d it is created in a number of \u201cperiods, as Muhammad Ali explains\u201d: \u201cFor yaum <\/em>as meaning a <\/span>period, whatever period it may be<\/em>, see (Qur’an) 1:3<\/span>b<\/em>. The six periods of time in which the heavens and the earth are created refer in fact to the six stages in which they have grown to their present condition. In the case of the earth these six stages are detailed in 41: 9, 10; see 41:10<\/span>a<\/em>.\u201d
    \n<\/span>And Qur\u2019an 41:9-10 state:
    \n\u201cSay: Do you indeed disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two days, and do you set up equals with Him? That is the Lord of the worlds. And He made in it mountains above its surface, and He blessed therein and ordained therein its foods, in four days; alike for (all) seekers.\u201d<\/span>
    \nMuhammad Ali comments:
    \n\u201cThe making of the earth in two days and the making on it of the mountains, rivers and of plant and animal life in four days is really one continuous process, there being six days or six stages in all. The first stage is the throwing off of the cosmic matter called the earth; the second stage is the cooling of its surface; the third is the making of the mountains; the fourth is that of blessing it by waters and making in it rivers; the fifth and the sixth stages are spoken of as the ordaining of foods, being, in the first place, the growth of plant life and, in the second, the growth of animal life, culminating in the creation of man. That the creation in six days does not refer to the time actually taken in making the heavens and the earth, which is still going on, is noted even by the earlier commentators.\u201d
    \n(Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed\/downloaded     www.muslim.org<\/span><\/a> every Muslim and seeker of truth for truth is to have a copy of MA\u2019s translation. See also video at end of presentation).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    1. \u00a0A day of God equals 1,000 human years (Qur\u2019an 22:47); a day of God equals 50,000 human years (Qur\u2019an 70:4).
      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
      \nQur\u2019an 22:47: \u201cAnd surely a day with thy Lord is as a thousand years of what you reckon.\u201d
      \nQur\u2019an 70:4: \u201cTo Him ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.\u201d
      \nAs their contexts show, Qur\u2019an 22:47 refers to the count of \u201ctime;\u201d<\/em><\/strong> whereas Qur\u2019an 70:4 refers to the measure of <\/span>\u201cdistance.\u201d
      \n<\/em><\/strong>Figuratively, a day of All\u0101h is a very long time in human terms. The Arabic word yaum<\/em> as noted by Muhammad Ali means a <\/span>period of time<\/em>\u2013from a moment to 1,000-50,000 years \u201cit indicates a <\/span>period of time, whatever period it may be<\/em>, and this is the proper signification\u201d\u2013(comm. Qur\u2019anic 1:3, #8). (See also video at end of presentation).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \n
      1. All\u0101h does not forgive worshipping other gods (Qur\u2019an 4:48); All\u0101h forgives (Qur\u2019an 4:153).
        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
        \nQur\u2019an 4:48: \u201cSurely All\u0101h forgives not that a partner should be set up with Him, and forgives all besides that\u2026\u201d\u00a0 This refers to those who die, and even without any argument against the Unity of God, are not forgiven.
        \nQur\u2019an 4:153: \u201cThen they (Israelite) took the calf (for a god), after clear signs had come to them, but We pardoned this.\u201d The Israelites believed in the Unity of God. But they were misled. They repented. Whoever repents before his death and follow Divine Unity are forgiven.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \n
        1. Angels have 2, 3, or 4 wings (35:1), Hadith\/Bokhari says angels have 600 wings.
          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
          \nReason would seem to dictate that as wings are in pairs that \u201cthree\u201d in the verse would not be of literal import. And Bokhari noting that Angel Gabriel has 600 wings implies that Prophet Mohammad counted them.
          \nAs Muhammad Ali comments: \u201cThe representation of angels as possessing wings is met with in sacred history, but the janah <\/em>or <\/span>wing of an angel <\/em>by no means indicates the fore-limbs of a bird, which fit it for flight. It is a symbol of power enabling these immaterial beings to execute their functions, and in Arabic, the word <\/span>janah <\/em>stands for <\/span>power<\/em>, as you say <\/span>huwa maqsus al-janah <\/em>(lit., <\/span>he has the wing clipped<\/em>), meaning <\/span>he is one who lacks strength <\/em>or <\/span>power <\/em>or <\/span>ability<\/em>, or <\/span>he is impotent <\/em>(T, LL).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            \n
          1. Man created from various medium \u2013clot, water, clay, dust, nothing.
            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
            \nAll\u0101h originates creation and repeats it. These various states refer to All\u0101h creating man from a state of non-existence, then through the various mediums\/process. (See also video at end of presentation)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              \n
            1. All\u0101h cannot be seen (6:102); All\u0101h can be seen (53:10).
              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
              \nIt is not All\u0101h Whom Prophet Mohammad saw in 53:10; it was the Angel Gabriel\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 6, #\/s 378-380).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                \n
              1. Makkans did not receive prophet before Mohammad (28:46); Makkans received prophet before Mohammad (Qur\u2019an 2:125),
                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                \nQur\u2019an 2:125 states:<\/span>\u00a0 \u201cAnd when We made the House a resort for men and a (place of) security. And: Take ye the Place of Abraham for a place of prayer. And We enjoined Abraham and Ishmael, saying: Purify My House for those who visit (it) and those who abide (in it) for devotion and those who bow down (and) those who prostrate themselves\u201d
                \nThe statement<\/span> \u201cAnd when We made the House a resort for men and a (place of) security\u201d is referring to the time All\u0101h instructed Abraham to lay the foundation of the Ka\u2019bah: \u201cAnd when We pointed to Abraham the place of the House, saying: Associate naught with Me, and purify My House for those who make circuits and stand to pray and bow and prostrate themselves\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 22:26).
                \nThe instruction:<\/span> \u201cAnd: Take ye the Place of Abraham for a place of prayer\u201d is directed to Prophet Mohammad and Muslims more than 2000 years after Abraham built the Ka\u2019bah.
                \nThe words<\/span> \u201cAnd We enjoined Abraham and Ishmael, saying: Purify My House for those who visit (it) and those who abide (in it) for devotion and those who bow down (and) those who prostrate themselves\u201d are self-explanatory.
                \nWhile Ishmael was the Father of the Arab nation there was not yet an Arab nation for Abraham (and Ishmael) to be sent. Abraham (and his firstborn son, Ishmael,) was preparing the way for All\u0101h God to fulfil His promise to Lady Hajra\/Hagar to give her son, Ishmael, twelve princes and multitudes of seed1<\/sup><\/span>\u2013(Genesis 17:20) and to execute His decree to take the \u201cscepter\u201d and \u201ckingdom\u201d from the Israelite and give it to the Ishmaelite; as prophesied by Judah, Moses and Jesus<\/span>2<\/sup> (see <\/span>Judaism-no future<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Food in Hell is thorns\/dhari (88:6); one\u2019s own pus (88:6); Zaqqum (37:66).<\/span>
                \nANSWER:<\/span>
                \n\u201cAnd surely hell is the promised place for them all \u2014 It has seven gates. For each gate is an appointed portion of them\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 15:43-44). Evidently, there are seven classes\/categories of sinners; thus some sinners may have only one or all three as food, according to their sin. Notably, Hell is not a torture chamber of a vengeful God (see                 Hell<\/span><\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              3. Non-believers good deeds rewarded (99:7); will not be rewarded (9:17).
                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                \nQur\u2019an 99:7-8:<\/span> \u201cSo he who does an atom\u2019s weight of good will see it. \u00a0<\/strong>And he who does an atom\u2019s weight of evil will see it.\u201d
                \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 9:17:<\/span> \u201cThe idolaters have no right to maintain the mosques of Allah, while bearing witness to disbelief against themselves. These it is whose works are vain; and in the Fire will they abide.\u201d
                \nQur\u2019an 99:7-8<\/span> states that everyone, Muslims and non-Muslims, will be shown his\/her record of deeds. Whereas Qur\u2019an 9:17 speaks specifically about idolaters who, even in the face of reason, continue to reject truth.<\/li>\n
              4. No compulsion in religion (2:256); compulsion in religion (9:29). Hadith\/Bokhari says kill apostates.
                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                \nQur\u2019an 9:29 is about those who tried to annihilate Muslims (see                 Qur\u2019an-evil verses<\/span><\/a> #27).
                \n<\/span>Regarding the Hadith teaching about killing apostates. The Qur\u2019an was revealed over a period of twenty-three years; during this period, unless he received Divine Revelation in the matter, the Prophet followed the teachings of the Bible, which requires death to the adulterer, the unchaste bride, the apostate the blasphemer and the homosexuals; which Biblical laws were annulled by subsequent Qur\u2019anic revelations\u2013(Qur\u2019an 2:106; 16:101. See Muhammad Ali\u2019s comm. His translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed online:                 www.muslim.org<\/span><\/a>). Prophet Mohammad taught according to the Qur\u2019an\u2013(Qur\u2019an 10:15; 21:45; 46:9; 53:3-4). There is no penalty of \u201cdeath\u201d for the apostates (see <\/span>Islam-apostasy<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                  \n
                1. Salvation for all pious theists (5:69); salvation only for Muslims (3:85).
                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                  \nQur\u2019an 5:69 refers to Jews, Christians and Sabians who followed their prophets prior<\/em><\/strong> to the advent of Islam, and to these later religionists <\/span>who died without knowing about Islam<\/em><\/strong>\u2013as they could not be charged as having rejected Islam. As no religion can be shown to be superior than, or equal with, Islam, whoever rejects Islam\/Mohammad is going to Hell\u2013(<\/span>Cf<\/em>. Qur\u2019an 3:85; 9:113; 30:30).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As stated a the beginning, one Christian claims Qur\u2019an 2:62 and 5:69 are contradicted by Qur\u2019an 3:85.
                  \nANSWER:
                  \nQur\u2019an 2:62 states:<\/span> \u201cSurely those who believe<\/strong>, and those who are Jews<\/strong>, and the Christians<\/strong>, and the Sabians<\/strong>, whoever believes in Allah<\/strong> and the Last Day and does good, they have their reward with their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.\u201d
                  \nQur\u2019an 5:69 states:<\/span> \u201cSurely those who believe <\/strong>and those who are Jews<\/strong> and the Sabians<\/strong> and the Christians<\/strong> \u2014 whoever believes in Allah<\/strong> and the Last Day and does good \u2014 they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.”
                  \nQur\u2019an 3:85 states:<\/span> \u201cAnd whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will not be accepted from him, <\/strong>and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.\u201dAs emphasized, in Qur\u2019an 2:62 and 5:69 All\u0101h says Jews and Christians etc; will have their reward whereas in 3:85 Allah says that whoever seeks a religion other than Islam it will not be accepted from him. There is no contradiction between 2:62\u20135:69 and 3:85.What is \u201cIslam\u201d?
                  \nAll\u0101h raised prophets among all people. All prophets of All\u0101h taught Islam<\/em> \u2013peace, and submission to the will\/law of All\u0101h. And as prophets themselves submitted to the will\/law of All\u0101h, they were Muslims<\/em> and followed\u00a0Islam.
                  \n<\/em>Jews and Christians etc; who followed their respective prophet were also Muslims and following Islam; and would receive their reward from Allah. These are the Jews and Christians to which Qur\u2019an 2:62 and 5:69 refer.Christians who follow                   Trinity<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>inherited<\/span> sin<\/span><\/a> and vicarious atonement, which are NOT Divine Revelations or taught by Jesus, are NOT followers of Jesus and thus NOT Muslims and NOT following Islam and thus are NOT included in Qur\u2019an 2:62 and 5:69.
                  \nSince one of the Divine requirements of                   Judaism<\/span><\/a> is for Jews to follow Islam\/Mohammad, then Jews by not honoring their covenant with God, are NOT included in 2:62 and 5:69.Moreover, as no religion can be shown to be superior to or equal with Islam, Jews and Christians who reject Mohammad will be the \u201closers.\u201d This is emphasised by the Prophet Mohammad who is noted as saying, \u201che who amongst the community of Jews or Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that which I have been sent and dies in this state (of disbelief), he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell-Fire\u201d \u2013(Muslim, Vol. 1, #284).
                  \nThe                   Qur\u2019an<\/span><\/a> consists of, exceeds, and supersedes all other Scriptures.Significantly, Jews and Christians prior to the advent of Mohammad\/Islam, and these later religionists who died without knowing about Mohammad\/Islam, even though they may have been misled into following unGodly doctrines, will have their \u201creward,\u201d All\u0101h pleasing, (as they could not be charged as having rejected Mohammad\/Islam).
                  \nJews and Christians who follow the Prophet Mohammad would be rewarded twice\u2013(Qur\u2019an 28:54).
                  \nOnly poor understanding of the verses of the Qur\u2019an would lead one to charge that there are \u201ccontradictions in the Qur\u2019an\u201d and that the Qur\u2019an is a \u201cBook of lies.\u201dRegarding the Sabians: Professor \u2018Abdul-Ahad Dawud \u2013the former Reverend David Benjamin Keldani B.D. of the Uniate-Chaldean Sect\u2013<\/span> wrote in his revealing book Muhammad in the Bible:
                  \n<\/em>\u201cOne of the few religious phenomena I have not been able to explain is this: How is it that the well-known Saba\u2019ites (Sabians), so predominant in the Arabian peninsula and Mesopotamia, did not embrace Christianity if the Prophet John the Baptist had really and openly declared and presented Jesus as the \u201cmore powerful\u201d Prophet than himself, and the Messiah whose shoes he was not worthy to unloose? \u00a0If, as foretold by John, Jesus was the Apostle of All\u0101h who came to baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire the myriads whom he \u201cdyed\u201d in the water of the Jordan and elsewhere, why did Jesus not baptize them instantly with the Spirit and with fire and then purge of idolatry all the lands promised by All\u0101h to the seed of Abraham and establish the Kingdom of God by force and fire? It is absolutely inconceivable that the disciples and the believers in the divine mission of John should not follow Jesus if he had been presented to the public as his Lord or Superior on the spot. The followers of John might have been excused for their refusal to enter into the Christian Church if Jesus Christ had come, say, a century later than the Baptist, but happily such was not the case. They were both contemporaries and born in the same year. They both baptized with water unto repentance, and prepared their penitent converts for the Kingdom of God that was approaching but not established in their time.
                  \nThe Saba\u2019ites, the \u201cDyers\u201d or Baptists,\u201d were the faithful adherents of John.\u00a0 They may have fallen into error and superstition; but they knew perfectly well that it was not Jesus who was intended in the prophecy of their Prophet. They embraced Islam when Muhammad came.\u201d (For full text see                   Baptism of<\/span> water or fire<\/span><\/a>).<\/li>\n
                2. To leave disbelievers to their belief (45:14); to fight them (9:29).
                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                  \nQur\u2019an 9:29 already dealt with in item #10.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                    \n
                  1. God will judge (2:143); Prophet Mohammad will judge (5:109).
                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                    \nQur\u2019an 2:143:<\/span> \u201cAnd thus We have made you an exalted nation that you may be the bearers of witness to the people and (that) the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you.\u201d<\/span>
                    \nQur\u2019an 5:109<\/span> \u201cOn the day when Allah will gather together the messengers and say: What was the response you received? They will say: We have no knowledge. Surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen.\u201d
                    \nWhile Mohammad will be given the privilege of intercession (Qur\u2019an 43:86) Mohammad will not judge. All people will be brought with their respective prophets who will give testimony to what their prophet taught them and the prophet will relate what they conveyed to the people.
                    \nIn the case of Jesus:<\/span>
                    \nAnd when Allah will say: O Jesus,\u00a0 son of Mary, didst thou say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah? He will say: Glory be to Thee! it was not for me to say what I had no right to (say). If I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. Surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen.\u00a0 I said to them naught save as Thou didst command me: Serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord; and I was a witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die Thou wast the Watcher over them. And Thou art Witness of all things. If Thou chastise them, surely they are Thy servants; and if Thou protect them, surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 5:116-118).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                      \n
                    1. Grace from All\u0101h (57:29); grace from Mohammad (9:74).
                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                      \nWhereas All\u0101h controls grace to everyone the Prophet can give grace out of his own possession. Whereas the president of a firm can give special benefit to an employee can\u2019t a supervisor also give special benefit to the employee?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                        \n
                      1. All\u0101h does not share power (17:111); does share power (3:26).
                        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                        \nQur\u2019an 3:26 states: \u201c<\/strong>Say: O Allah, OWNER of the Kingdom, Thou GIVEST the kingdom to whom Thou pleasest, and TAKEST away the kingdom from whom Thou pleasest, and Thou EXALTEST whom Thou pleasest and ABASETH whom Thou pleasest. In Thine hand is the good. Surely, Thou art POSSESSOR of power over all things.\u201d
                        \n<\/span>The kingdom here referred to is the \u201ckingdom\u201d of \u201cscepter\u201d and \u201cprophethood\u201d which All\u0101h took from the Israelite and gave to the Ishmaelite as foretold by Judah, Moses and Jesus\u2013(see                         Judaism-no<\/span> future<\/span><\/a>).
                        \n<\/span>Notably, All\u0101h God \u201cabaseth\u201d man in the sense that man having rendered himself unworthy of Divine grace he is deprived of the favor of God. Thus man \u201cabaseth\u201d himself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                          \n
                        1. Punishment for adultery is flogging (24:2); confinement (4:15);\u00a0 grant pardon (4:16).
                          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                          \nQur\u2019an 24:2 refers to people who are not married to each other adulterer\/adulteress and fornicators (see                           Adultery<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>.
                          \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 4:15 refers to lesbians.
                          \nQur\u2019an 4:16 refers to homosexuals (men) who are to be given a \u201cslight punishment.\u201d (See                           Islam-homosexuals<\/span> & lesbians<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                            \n
                          1. Satan misleads Muslims (7:16); does not mislead Muslims (38:82).
                            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                            \nSatan requested that All\u0101h grant Him respite till the Day of Judgment to try and lead people astray. All\u0101h God being Just granted Satan his request. Though Satan could not have been able to lead astray without All\u0101h God\u2019s permission, it is Satan who leads astray. Read the verses again. And carefully.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                              \n
                            1. The first Muslims were; Mohammad (39:12); Moses (7:143); Abraham (2:132); Adam (3:33); some Egyptians (26:51).
                              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                              \nA Muslim is one who submits to the will of All\u0101h God. \u201cIslam\u201d and \u201cMuslim\u201d are primeval; dating back to the creation of the heavens and earth (see                               All people are<\/span> Muslims<\/span><\/a>).
                              \n<\/span>Mohammad was the first \u201cMuslim\u201d among his people.
                              \nMoses was the first \u201cMuslim\u201d among his people.
                              \nAbraham was a \u201cMuslim\u201d and enjoined on his sons to be Muslims.
                              \nSo was the prophet Adam.
                              \nThe Egyptians having believed in Moses may also be said to be the first Muslims among the Egyptians.
                              \nThe Christian Negus of Abyssinia\/Ethiopia (who gave sanctuary to the early Muslims fleeing persecution) having embraced Islam could have claimed to be the first Muslim in his community and\/or in Abyssinia.
                              \nAnd should Pope Francis accept Divine Truth, he could claim to be the first Muslim in the Vatican or in his community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                                \n
                              1. Angels do not disobey God (16:49) angels disobey God (2:34; 2:102).
                                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                \nSatan was\/is NOT an angel. He is a jinn.\u00a0 Though being in the company of the angels he was required to obey All\u0101h\u2019s command and bow to Adam.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                                  \n
                                1. Noah\u2019s son survived (21:76); did not survive (11:42).
                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                  \nQur\u2019an 21:76 states:<\/span> \u201cAnd Noah, when he cried aforetime, so We answered him, and delivered him and his people from the great calamity.\u201d
                                  \nQur\u2019an 11:42-43 state:<\/span> \u201cNoah called out to his son, and he was aloof: \u2026And a wave intervened between them, so he was among the drowned.\u201d
                                  \nNoah\u2019s people (21:76)<\/span> refer to the righteous with him in the Ark.\u00a0 Significantly, the Qur\u2019an states, and research confirms, that only Noah\u2019s people were drowned, not the entire world. It would be an injustice to destroy the entire world for the sins of Noah\u2019s people. (See                                   Qur\u2019an-borrowed from Bible<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                                    \n
                                  1. Pharaoh drowned (28:40); was saved (10:93).
                                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                    \nWhereas Pharaoh drowned, his BODY\/CORPSE was saved. It was believed that the body of Ramses, the Pharaoh of Moses, had perished in the river when he drowned. But the Qur’an said that Allah saved him to be a sign for future generations.\u00a0 It was only about a hundred years ago that this Pharaoh\u2019s body was discovered among the mummies of Egypt. Yet Allah revealed it to the Prophet Mohammad some two thousand years after Pharaoh\u2019s drowning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                                      \n
                                    1. Qur\u2019an easy for all to understand (11:1); has hidden meanings only God can understand (3:7).
                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                      \nQur\u2019an 3:7 states: \u201cHe it is Who has revealed the Book to thee; some of its verses are decisive \u2014 they are the basis of the Book \u2014 and others are allegorical. Then those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead, and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation. And none knows its interpretation save Allah, and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord. And none mind except men of understanding.\u201d
                                      \nThis verse is self\u2013explanatory. The verses that are applicable to following Islam are easy for all to understand. Regarding the letters that are at the beginning of certain chapters Muhammad Ali has explained these. (MA\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed\/downloaded at                                       www.muslim.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                      1. Qur\u2019an has grammatical error: saabi\u2019uuna (5:69); saabi\u2019eena (2:62).
                                        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                        \nAccording to Arabic scholars there is no grammatical error, both terms are correct.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What is to be known is that there were two sects of people who \u00a0were named Sabians. In his commentary to Qur\u2019an 2:62 Muhammad Ali notes:
                                        \n\u201cThe Sabians are mentioned in the Holy Qur\u2019an on three occasions only, here and in 5:69 along with the Jews and the Christians, and in 22:17 with these and the Magians. According to En. Br., the Sabians were a semi-Christian sect of Babylonia, closely resembling the so-called \u201cChristians of St. John the Baptist\u201d.\u00a0 The probable derivation of the name is traced to an Aramaic root, and the root meaning is said to be\u00a0those who wash themselves<\/em>, and this is said to be corroborated by Arab writers applying to them the name of\u00a0<\/span>al-Mughtasilah<\/em>. The idea that the Sabians were star-worshippers is rejected; the error, it is said, being due to the\u00a0<\/span>pseudo-Sabians of Harrian, who chose to be known by that name\u00a0<\/strong>in the reign of Al-Mamun, in 830 A.D., in order to be classed as the \u201cPeople of the Book\u201d. The commentators hold different opinions regarding them, most of them agreeing that they are representatives of a religion between Judaism and Christianity, based on the doctrine of unity, but also maintaining worship of angels. The majority do not include them in the\u00a0<\/span>Ahl al-Kitab\u00a0<\/em>(AH).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                        1. We keep our earthly body in heaven (75:3); only soul kept in heaven (31:28).
                                          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                          \nQur\u2019an 75:3-4 state:<\/span> \u201cDoes man think that We shall not gather his bones? \u00a0<\/strong>Yea, We are Powerful to make complete his whole make.\u201d
                                          \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 31:28 states:<\/span> \u201cYour creation or your raising is only like a single soul. Surely All\u0101h is Hearing, Seeing.\u201d
                                          \nIn the first statement All\u0101h God says He is powerful enough to remake us.\u00a0 In the second statement All\u0101h God is saying our creation and resurrection is easy for Him like Him creating a single object\/soul.
                                          \nIn the next life we will be given another form:
                                          \n\u201cWe have ordained death among you and We are not to be overcome, That We may change your state and make you grow into what you know not. <\/strong>And certainly you know the first growth, why do you not then mind?\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 56:60-62).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                          1. Muslims can keep Christians as friends (5:82); cannot keep as friends (5:51).
                                            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                            \nThere is no contradiction between these verse. Muslims keep one or the other relation with Christians depending on their disposition towards Muslims. This is probably so in the case of any nation or religionist.
                                            \nQur\u2019an 5:82 states:<\/span> \u201cthou wilt find the nearest in friendship to the believers to be those who say, We are Christians. That is because there are priests and monks among them and because they are not proud.\u201d
                                            \nMuhammad Ali comments:
                                            \n\u201cThe Christians were nearer to Islam than the Jews, not only because the Muslims accepted Jesus Christ as a prophet of God, but because there were still among them many people who feared and worshipped God \u2014 there were priests and monks among them as the verse says. It is a fact that the Christian attitude towards Islam was never so inimical as the Jewish. The Negus, Emperor of Abyssinia, accepted Islam when he came to know of it through the Muslim emigrants in that country. Heraclius was favourably disposed towards it; even the Christian deputation of Najran towards the end of the Prophet\u2019s life was so impressed with the Prophet\u2019s arguments that it decided not to have a mubahalah <\/em>with him. But the words here are more of a prophetical nature, and it is a fact that in the early history of Islam, the Christians in Egypt, in North Africa, in Syria, in Persia and other countries, accepted Islam in very large numbers, so that many of those communities became Muslims entirely or predominantly. At present, too, when Islam is being presented to the West, the Christians are receiving the message with an open heart.\u201d
                                            \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 5:51 states:<\/span> \u201cO you who believe, take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of each other. And whoever amongst you takes them for friends he is indeed one of them. Surely Allah guides not the unjust people.\u201d
                                            \n<\/em>Muhammad Ali comments:
                                            \n\u201cAll non-believers, whatever their own differences, had made common cause against Islam; this is what is meant by their being friends of each other<\/em>. The Muslims are warned that they should not expect help or friendship from any party of them, whether Jews, Christians, or idolaters. It would have been weakness of faith in the ultimate triumph of Islam if, from fear of a powerful enemy, they had sought help and friendship here and there among a hostile people, as the next verse shows. When two nations are at war, an individual of one nation having friendly relations with the enemy nation is treated as an enemy; that is exactly what the Qur\u2019an says here.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                            1. Prophets can perform miracles (3:49; 54:1); cannot perform (11:12; 13:7).
                                              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                              \nProphets perform miracles \u201cwith Allah\u2019s permission.\u201d (See Miracles<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                              1. Mohammad last prophet (33:40); not last prophet (27:82).
                                                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                \nWhereas Qur\u2019an 33:40 says Mohammad is \u201cSeal\u201d of the prophets; To understand Qur\u2019an 27:82, reading from verse 80 is required. Thus Qur\u2019an 27:80-82 state:
                                                \n\u201cCertainly thou canst not make the dead to hear, nor canst thou make the deaf to hear the call, when they go back retreating.\u201d
                                                \n\u201cNor canst thou lead the blind out of their error. Thou canst make none to hear except those who believe in Our messages, so they submit.\u201d
                                                \n\u201cAnd when the word comes to pass against them, We shall bring forth for them a CREATURE from the earth that will speak to them, because people did not believe in Our messages.\u201d
                                                \nHow does this \u201ccreature\u201d of 27:82 negates Mohammad as being the last prophet?
                                                \nMuhammad Ali explains:
                                                \n\u201cBy the creature from the earth that will speak to them<\/em> are evidently meant people who are bent low upon earth. These people are the materialistic nations of the West who have lost all sense of the higher values of life. The coming forth of the <\/span>dabbat al-ard<\/em> is one of the signs of the approach of the Hour according to the Hadith. But the Hour may mean either the day of Judgment or the doom of a people, and this verse gives us an indication that the Hour in this case stands for the doom of a nation; because here it is spoken of as being a punishment for not believing in the Divine messages.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                1. Wine is Satan\u2019s handiwork (5:90); Heaven has rivers of wine for Muslims (47:15).
                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                  \nWhat makes you think this wine in heaven is alcoholic? Never heard of \u201calcohol free\u201d beer and wine and champagne? Significantly, the things in Paradise and on earth are the same in name only. (See                                                   Heaven\/Paradise<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                                                2. 29. All\u0101h sends disbelievers astray (6:25); Satan sends disbelievers astray (15:39); disbelievers send themselves astray (9:70).
                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                  \nQur\u2019an 6:25. Reading from verse 21 to 25 shows that these were those who forged lie against All\u0101h. So All\u0101h God \u201chave cast veils over their hearts so that they understand it not and a deafness into their ears. And (even) if they see every sign they will not believe in it. So much so that when they come to thee they only dispute with thee \u2014 those who disbelieve say: This is naught but stories of the ancients.\u201d
                                                  \nAs Muhammad Ali notes:
                                                  \n\u201cVeils were cast over their hearts because they would not believe even if they saw all the signs. As the words that follow show, they came to the Prophet, not for the purpose of listening to and pondering over what he said, but to dispute with him. The veils were due to their own actions; see 2:10a<\/em>..\u201d\u00a0 (All\u0101h God does not lead astray; see <\/span><\/span>                                                  Allah humiliates & leads astray\/deceives<\/span><\/a>).
                                                  \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 15:39.<\/span> All\u0101h God gave Satan respite to lead astray.
                                                  \nQur\u2019an 9:70.<\/span> Man leads himself astray by not following Divine message\/messengers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                  1. All\u0101h is kind and merciful (1:3); not kind and merciful (4:56).
                                                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:56: \u201cThose who disbelieve in Our Messages, We shall make them enter Fire. As often as their skins are burned, We shall change them for other skins, that they may taste the chastisement. Surely Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.\u201d
                                                    \nIs it not mercy to give painful injections and therapy to patients to make them well?
                                                    \nThe Bible teaches God is merciful\u2013(Deuteronomy 4:31; Luke 6:36), And God sent bears to eat forty-two children; sent arrows, beasts and serpents on worshippers of false God; burned whoring daughters; etc (see                                                     Jesus or Mohammad-best system<\/span><\/a>).
                                                    \nAnd Jesus consigned the Scribes and Pharisees to the greater damnation of Hell in which there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth\u2013(Matthew 23:14; 13:50).
                                                    \nIs the Bible God then kind and merciful or not kind and merciful for subjecting people to these punishments? (See <\/span>                                                    Hell<\/span>).<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                    1. 3,000 angels helped Mohammad (3:124); 1,000 helped (8:9).
                                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                      \nQur\u2019an 3:124<\/span> refers to the battle of Uhud where the enemy was three thousand and Muslims a thousand.
                                                      \nQur\u2019an 8:9<\/span> refers to the Battle of Badr where the enemy numbered a thousand and Muslims a little over three hundred.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                      1. Muslims can drink alcohol but not to pray while drunk (4:43); not good to drink (2:219); alcohol an abomination of Satan\u2019s handiwork (5:90).
                                                        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                        \nQur\u2019an 4:43 states: \u201cO you who believe, go not near prayer when you are intoxicated till you know what you say,\u201d
                                                        \nAnd one can also be intoxicated with sleep. It is doubtful that a drunk would have any recollection of this verse and keep away from prayer and\/or recognize what he is saying. However, for the sake of argument, while All\u0101h God says there is some benefit in alcohol the danger is greater. There is no contradiction.
                                                        \nBoth these verses (Qur\u2019an 4:43 and 5:90) enjoin the abstinence from intoxicants.\u00a0While the light drinker is enjoined to end all drinking immediately, and the non-drinker is enjoined to avoid drinking, the chronic drinker, who on account of his habit may not be able to avoid intoxicants altogether\u00a0(and thus because of this some may not embrace Islam),\u00a0he is weaned away gradually from intoxicants by abstaining from it at times of prayer. Once he can avoid alcohol during these periods that are hours apart then it would not be difficult for him to end the habit totally.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                        1. Only men sent as prophets (12:109); jinns and men (6:130); angels and men (22:75).
                                                          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                          \nQur\u2019an 22:75:<\/span> \u201cAllah chooses messengers from angels and from men.\u201d
                                                          \nThe messengers chosen from Angels are the ones like Gabriel who brought Revelation to Zacharias and Mary and Mohammad, and the Angel (whom Christians identified as \u201cArchangel Chamuel\u201d) that brought news to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane as he prayed to be spared death.
                                                          \nQur\u2019an 6:130 Jinns and men.<\/span> \u00a0Muhammad Ali explains (from verse 128):
                                                          \n\u201cThe word jinn <\/em>is derived from <\/span>janna<\/em>, meaning <\/span>he covered <\/em>or <\/span>concealed <\/em>or <\/span>hid <\/em>or <\/span>protected<\/em>. The class of beings that goes under this name stands in the Holy Qur\u2019an for the spirits of evil or the beings that invite man to evil, as opposed to the angels, who invite him to good, both being alike invisible to the human eye. But there is a wider use of the word in Arabic literature as well as in the Qur\u2019an. One signification of the word is explained in 72:1<\/span>a<\/em>, and I would refer the reader to that footnote. But the word is also applied in the Qur\u2019an to great potentates or powerful leaders who, through their importance and detachment from the masses, do not mix freely with them, so they remain distant or \u201chidden from their eyes\u201d. In Arabic literature such a use was permitted. A verse of Musa Ibn Jabir in which the word <\/span>jinn <\/em>occurs, is thus explained by LL on the authority of Tabrezi on Ham: \u201c<\/span>And my companions, who were like the jinn, did not flee <\/em>when I came to them and informed them\u201d, where the word <\/span>jinn <\/em>is translated as meaning <\/span>companions who were like the jinn<\/em>. And Tabrezi says further that <\/span>the Arabs liken a man who is sharp and clever in affairs to a jinni and a shaitan<\/em>, and hence they say, <\/span>nafarat jinnuhu <\/em>(literally, <\/span>his jinn fled away<\/em>), meaning <\/span>he became weak and abject<\/em>. Therefore a man\u2019s companion, without whose help he would be weak and abject, was called a <\/span>jinni<\/em>.
                                                          \n<\/span>What is meant by the assembly (ma\u2018shar<\/em>) of <\/span>jinn <\/em>here and by <\/span>jinn <\/em>in v. 130? This is made clear if we read this verse with those following. In this verse <\/span>jinn <\/em>are spoken of as <\/span>friends of men<\/em>, and v. 129, which continues the subject, speaks of the iniquitous as befriending one another, while in v. 130 men and jinn are spoken of as a single <\/span>ma\u2018shar <\/em>or community, for which see 130<\/span>a<\/em>.
                                                          \n<\/span>Again in v. 131, those very jinn are spoken of as being no others than dwellers of the cities which were destroyed on account of their sins, and we know that the jinn <\/em>who dwell in cities are only <\/span>men<\/em>. The context thus makes it clear that by the <\/span>jinn <\/em>here are meant the leaders of evil, just as by <\/span>shayatin <\/em>(devils) in 2:14 are meant <\/span>leaders<\/em>, for which see 2:14<\/span>a<\/em>.
                                                          \n<\/span>128b. <\/em>The words <\/span>except as Allah please <\/em>indicate that those in hell shall after all be delivered from it. For a full discussion on this point, see 11:107<\/span>a<\/em>.
                                                          \n<\/span>130a. Ma\u2018shar <\/em>means <\/span>a community whose affair is one and the same \u2014 jama\u2018at-un amru-hum wahid-un \u2014 <\/em>thus you say <\/span>ma\u2018shar al-Muslimin<\/em>, which means the community of the Muslims (L). Thus by calling the jinn and men as a single community, the Holy Qur\u2019an has made it clear that the jinn and the men spoken of here are not two different classes of beings. Again, the jinn and the men are told that messengers had come to them <\/span>from among them<\/em>, i.e. from among jinn and men. But as the only messengers spoken of in the Qur\u2019an and other reliable histories of prophets are those who belong to mankind, it follows that the jinn spoken of here belong to mankind, and not to any other class of creation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                          1. All\u0101h\u2019s message does not change (10:64); changes (16:101).
                                                            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                            \nQur\u2019an 16;101 is not about verses of the Qur\u2019an being changed. (See Qur\u2019an-abrogation & collecting<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                            1. One Angel spoke to Mary (19:16); more than one spoke to her (3:42).
                                                              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                              \nQur\u2019an 19:17:<\/span> \u201cSo she (Mary) screened herself from them (her family). Then We sent to her Our spirit and it appeared to her as a well-made man. She said: I flee for refuge from thee to the Beneficent, if thou art one guarding against evil. He said: I am only bearer of message of thy Lord: That I will give thee a pure boy.\u201d
                                                              \nQur\u2019an 3:42:<\/span> \u201cAnd when the Angels said: O Mary, surely Allah has chosen thee and purified thee and chosen thee above the women of the world.\u201d
                                                              \nSeemingly, whereas more than one Angel came to Mary only one spoke on behalf of the others. Much like in a delegation where one person speaks in representation of all. And it would be reported as \u201cthey\u201d said. An example of this is the discussion between the                                                               Christians of Najran & Prophet<\/span> Mohammad<\/span><\/a> in which the head of the Christian delegation, Abdul Masih, spoke on behalf of himself and his group.
                                                              \n<\/span><\/span>Notably, Jesus was NOT of virgin birth. Even Paul, who knows more than Christians and whom Christians follow more than they follow Jesus, shows that Jesus had a human father:<\/span>
                                                              \n(a) \u201cTherefore (David) being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the FRUIT OF HIS LOINS, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne\u201d\u2013(Acts 2:30);
                                                              \n(b) \u201cConcerning his Son Jesus Christ\u2026which was made of the SEED OF DAVID ACCORDING TO THE FLESH\u201d\u2013(Romans 1:3);
                                                              \n(c)\u00a0\u201cRemember that Jesus Christ of the\u00a0SEED OF DAVID\u201d\u2013(2 Timothy 2:8).
                                                              \nAnd \u201cseed\u201d is sperm, and \u201caccording to the flesh\u201d is male-female union: sexual intercourse. Clearly, Jesus was a metaphorical son of God. And\u00a0\u00a0The METAPHORICAL son (Jesus)\u00a0cannot die for LITERAL sins.
                                                              \n<\/span>The Qur\u2019an also shows that Jesus had a human father;\u00a0 virgin birth is a \u201cforgery\u201d in the Bible, see                                                               Jesus-birth miracle or<\/span> mechanix<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                              1. All prophets eat food (25:20); all did not eat food (11:69).<\/span>
                                                                \nANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                \nQur\u2019an 11:69-70: \u201cAnd certainly Our messengers came to Abraham with good news. They said: Peace! Peace! said he. And he made no delay in bringing a roasted calf. But when he saw that their hands reached not to it, he mistrusted them and conceived fear of them. They said: Fear not; we have been sent to Lot\u2019s people.\u201d
                                                                \nWhat makes you think the \u201cmessengers\u201d that came to Abraham were human prophets? Muhammad Ali points out:
                                                                \n\u201cCompare Genesis 18:1\u2013 7. According to the Bible (Genesis 18:8), they ate the roasted calf and other food provided by Abraham. But the contrary, as Rodwell notes, was maintained by the Rabbins, and he directs attention to Is. Baba Mezia, fol. 86: \u201cThey made as though they ate\u201d. Whether they were angels or men, is not made clear here or anywhere else in the Holy Qur\u2019an. But owing to the fact that they did not partake of food, and the fact that they brought to Abraham news of a son and of the destruction of Lot\u2019s people, they are generally looked upon as angels who appeared in the similitude of men.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                1. All\u0101h can do everything and anything (35:1); All\u0101h cannot do everything and anything (6:100).<\/span>
                                                                  \nANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                  \nQur\u2019an 6:100 (101): That All\u0101h God cannot have a son because He has no consort does not place a limit on the power of All\u0101h God. To have a physical son requires the union of sperm and ovum. And reason dictates that All\u0101h not having a consort He cannot have a son.
                                                                  \nAs All\u0101h God says in Qur\u2019an 2:116: \u201cAnd they say: Allah has taken to Himself a son \u2014 glory be to Him ! Rather, whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His. All are obedient to Him.\u201d
                                                                  \nAnd Muhammad Ali comments:
                                                                  \n\u201cThe phrase subhana-hu <\/em>is always used to declare the freedom of the Divine Being from all imperfections, and is always mentioned in connection with the doctrine of sonship to show that to attribute a son to the Divine Being is to attribute an imperfection to Him, which is met with in human beings. The doctrine of sonship is mentioned here as being opposed to the religion which requires entire submission to Divine commandments from every man and thus dispenses with the necessity of a conciliator.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                2. 38.<\/span> To treat People of the Book kindly (2:109); harshly (9:29).
                                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:
                                                                  \n<\/span>Qur\u2019an 9:29 is about those who tried to annihilate Muslims. I would like to know of a general at war tossing flowers at the enemy bent on extirpating him and his soldiers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                  1. \u00a0All\u0101h forgives everything (39:53); does not forgive everything (4:116).
                                                                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 39:53:<\/span> \u201cSay, O My servants who have sinned against their souls, despair not of the mercy of All\u0101h; surely All\u0101h forgives all sins. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful.\u201d
                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:116:<\/span> \u201cSurely All\u0101h forgives not setting up partners with Him, and He forgives ALL besides this to whom He pleases. And whoever sets up a partner with All\u0101h, he indeed goes far astray.\u201d
                                                                    \nThere is no contradiction. All\u0101h God forgives what is past or done in ignorance. If we persist after knowledge has come to us there is no forgiveness except as All\u0101h God pleases. REPENT AND REFRAIN!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                    1. Satan was an Angel (18:50); a Jinn (2:34).
                                                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 18:50: \u201cAnd when We said to the angels: Make submission to Adam, they submitted except Iblis. He was of the JINN.\u201d
                                                                      \nIn Qur\u2019an 2:34, Satan\/Iblis was only in the company of the Angels.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                      1. All\u0101h does not lead astray (9:115; 18:55); All\u0101h leads astray (2:6; 6:25).
                                                                        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                        \nQur\u2019an 2:6-7: \u201cThose who disbelieve \u2014 it being alike to them whether thou warn them or warn them not \u2014 they will not believe. Allah has sealed their hearts and their hearing; and there is a covering on their eyes, and for them is a grievous chastisement.\u201d
                                                                        \nMuhammad Ali comments:
                                                                        \n\u201cIt should be noted that only those disbelievers are spoken of here who so\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hardened their hearts as not to pay any heed to the Prophet\u2019s preaching and warning, as clearly indicated in the previous verse; compare 7:179: \u201cThey have hearts wherewith they understand not, and they have eyes wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not. They are as cattle.\u201d Allah is here spoken of as having sealed their hearts and ears because He made them taste the consequences of their heedlessness.\u201d (See also item #29).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                        1. All prophets are equal (2:285); not equal (2:253).
                                                                          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                          \nQur\u2019an 2:285:<\/span> \u201cThe Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. They all believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His messengers. We make no difference between any of His messengers.\u201d
                                                                          \n<\/em>Qur\u2019an 2:253:\u00a0<\/span>\u201d<\/em>We have made some of these messengers to excel others. Among them are they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them He exalted by (many) degrees of rank.<\/span>\u201d
                                                                          \n<\/em>As clearly expressed in 2:285, Muslims do not deny belief in any of All\u0101h God\u2019s prophets \u2013claiming that certain prophet(s) is for other people and not for Muslims.
                                                                          \nAnd in 2:253 All\u0101h says He gave different ranks \u2013an example being Moses and Jesus held higher ranks than Zacharias and John the Baptist.
                                                                          \nWhere is the contradiction?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                          1. Jews repented after Moses returned (20:88); before Moses returned (7:148).
                                                                            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                            \nThe Qur\u2019an does not always relate incidents in their sequence. Muhammad Ali states: \u201cThe Israelites\u2019 repentance, though mentioned first, was subsequent to Moses\u2019 return (2:54). In fact, the order here is not historical, but one connecting the repentance with the sin, mentioning the events which brought about that repentance afterwards.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                            1. Slanderers of chaste women forgiven (24:5) not forgiven (24:23).
                                                                              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                              \nQur\u2019an 24:5: \u201cAnd those who accuse free women and bring not four witnesses, FLOG THEM (with) eighty stripes and never accept their evidence, and these are the transgressors\u2014Except those who afterwards repent and act aright; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.\u201d
                                                                              \nHow are the slanderers forgiven when they are FLOGGED?
                                                                              \nIt is their EVIDENCE that is accepted only AFTER they have repented for having slandered.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                              1. Mohammad a Prophet for all mankind (33:40); only for Arabs (14:4).
                                                                                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                \nQur\u2019an 14:4: \u201cAnd We sent no messenger but with the language of his people, so that he might explain to them clearly.\u201d
                                                                                \nThat Mohammad\u2019s language was\/is Arabic does not restrict Mohammad from being Messenger for all mankind. Apart from the fact that there is no Scripture superior to, or equal with, the Qur\u2019an<\/span><\/a>, people can learn Arabic or read translations in their own language. (The Torah to Moses was revealed in Hebrew and the Gospel to Jesus in Hebrew or Aramaic and both were only for Jews. Yet they are translated in more than a thousand languages).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                1. Mohammad is gentle (3:1) had teenagers beheaded (Muslim m38:4390); tortured people (Bokhari 1:234); stealer of an egg should have his hand cut off (Sahih Muslim).
                                                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                  \nThese teenagers were beheaded according to the dictates of the Torah (see                                                                                   Mohammad-Jews & raiding<\/span> parties<\/span><\/a>).
                                                                                  \n<\/span>Torture (Bokhari 1:234); as stated, these men committed murder and theft. You want o know about torture read the Bible (see                                                                                   Jesus or Mohammad-best system<\/span><\/a>).
                                                                                  \n<\/span>Stealer of an egg should have his hand cut off. (Judaism and Christianity \u00a0require that a wife who tries to defend her husband by grabbing the genitals of her husband\u2019s assailant is to have her hand cut off) (see                                                                                   Islam-amputation,<\/span> dismemberment<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                  1. Muslims can treat wife fairly (4:3); cannot treat fairly (4:129).
                                                                                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                    \nThe Christian is, again, comparing apples to bananas.
                                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:3:<\/span> \u201cAnd if you fear that you cannot do justice to orphans, marry such women as seem good to you, two, or three, or four; but if you fear that you will not do justice, then (marry) only one or that which your right hands possess. This is more proper that you may not do injustice.\u201d
                                                                                    \nThis refers to MATERIAL\/FINANCIAL justice in which a man may want to withhold giving his bride\/wife the full amount of mahr\/dowry as noted in the Hadith\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 6, #\u2019s 97, 98).
                                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:129,<\/span> when read from verse 128 is about EMOTIONAL justice in which a man no longer wants his wife and wants to divorce her:
                                                                                    \n\u201cAnd if a woman fears ill-usage from her husband or desertion no blame is on them if they effect a reconciliation between them. And reconciliation is better. And avarice is met with in (mens) minds\u2026\u2026And you cannot do justice between wives, even though you wish (it), but be not disinclined (from one) with total disinclination,<\/strong> so that you leave her in suspense. And if you are reconciled and keep your duty, surely All\u0101h is ever Forgiving, Merciful.\u201d (See Bokhari Vol. 6 #125).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                    1. Pharaoh\u2019s wizards became believers (7:120); did not became believers (10:83).
                                                                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 7:120-122:<\/span> \u201cAnd the ENCHANTERS fell down prostrate \u2014 They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds, The Lord of Moses.\u201d
                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 10:83:<\/span>\u00a0 \u201cBut, on account of the fear of Pharaoh and their chiefs persecuting them, none believed in Moses EXCEPT A FEW OF HIS PEOPLE.\u201d
                                                                                      \nWhere is the contradiction?<\/li>\n
                                                                                    2. One Angel takes souls at death (32:11); many Angels (47:27); All\u0101h takes souls (39:42),
                                                                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 32:11:<\/span> \u201cSay: The ANGEL of death, who is GIVEN CHARGE of you, will cause you to die, then to your Lord you will be returned.\u201d This verse is directed to each individual, \u201cyou\u201d.
                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 47:27:<\/span> \u201cBut how will it be when the ANGELS cause them to die, smiting their faces and their backs?\u201d This verse is directed to more than one collectively, \u201cthem.\u201d
                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 39:42:<\/span> \u201cAllah takes (men\u2019s) souls at the time of their death, and those that die not, during their sleep. Then He withholds those on whom He has passed the decree of death.\u201d
                                                                                      \nEvidently, the Angels take the souls upon All\u0101h\u2019s command. Thus it is All\u0101h who in reality takes our souls.\u00a0 Reason would dictate that with the number of deaths daily there is more than one angel in charge of taking souls.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                      1. \u00a0All\u0101h destroyed the people of AD in one day (54:19); in several days (41:16).
                                                                                        \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                        \nQur\u2019an 54:19:<\/span> \u201cSurely We sent on them a furious wind in a day of bitter ill-luck.\u201d
                                                                                        \nQur\u2019an 41:16:<\/span> \u201cSo We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days that We might make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this world\u2019s life.\u201d
                                                                                        \nThe wind came one day but apparently lasted more than one. As Muhammad Ali points out, \u201cTheir unlucky days <\/em>were the days of drought.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                        1. Gabriel brought revelation to Prophet Mohammad (2:97); Holy Spirit did (16:102).
                                                                                          \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                          \nQur\u2019an 16:102: Angel Gabriel is known as the Holy Spirit and Spirit of Truth. Muhammad Ali: \u201cThe Holy Spirit is here stated to be the bearer of the revelation to the Holy Prophet, while elsewhere the same bearer is called the al-Ruh al-Amin, <\/em>or the <\/span>Faithful Spirit <\/em>(26:193), and the same is called Gabriel in 2:97.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                          1. Qur\u2019an is confirmation of the old (2:97); a substitution for the old (16:101).
                                                                                            \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                            \nThe Qur\u2019an is both. The Qur\u2019an confirms that Revelations were given to previous prophets and it consists of the teachings of other Scriptures that are applicable for all time, exceeds, and supersedes all Scriptures\u2013(Qur\u2019an 98:2-3). (See Qur\u2019an<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                            1. All\u0101h guides to truth (10:35); All\u0101h also misleads (14:4).
                                                                                              \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                              \nAll\u0101h God does not mislead. Guiding and misleading are contradictions.
                                                                                              \nMuhammad Ali notes:
                                                                                              \n\u201cA great misconception regarding the teachings of the Qur\u2019an is that it ascribes to God the attribute of leading astray. Nothing could be farther from the truth. While al-Hadi<\/em>\u00a0or the\u00a0<\/span>One Who guides<\/em>, is one of the ninety-nine names of Allah, as accepted by all Muslims,\u00a0<\/span>al-Mudzill<\/em>, or\u00a0<\/span>the One Who leads astray<\/em>, has never been recognized as such. If l<\/span>eading astray<\/em>\u00a0were an attribute of God, as <\/span>guiding<\/em>\u00a0certainly is, the name\u00a0<\/span>al-Mudzill<\/em>\u00a0should have been included in the list of His names, as\u00a0<\/span>al-Hadi<\/em>\u00a0is. But the Qur\u2019an, which repeatedly says that God\u2019s are all the excellent names, could not ascribe to Him what it has plainly ascribed to the Devil,\u00a0<\/span>viz<\/em>., the leading astray of men.\u2026It is impossible that God, Who is so solicitous for the guidance of man, should Himself lead him astray. Guiding and leading astray are two contradictions which could not be gathered together in one being.\u201d\u00a0\u201cThe mistaken idea that God leads people astray arises out of a misconception of the meaning of the word\u00a0<\/span>idzlal<\/em>\u00a0when it is ascribed to God.\u201d (<\/span>The Religion of Islam<\/em>, pp. 323, 324, 325).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                              1. All prophets from Abraham\u2019s seed (29:27); all not from Abraham\u2019s seed (16:36).
                                                                                                \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                                \nQur\u2019an 29:27: \u201cAnd We granted him (i.e. Abraham) Isaac and Jacob, and ordained prophethood and the Book among his seed.\u201d
                                                                                                \nHow the Christian construes this to mean that \u201call prophets\u201d are from Abraham\u2019s seed is boggling.
                                                                                                \nAll the verse says is that All\u0101h God gave to Abraham Isaac and Jacob and that other prophets would come from his progeny.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                1. Be patient with unbelievers (73:10); strike off their heads and fingertips (8:12).
                                                                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                                  \nThe ones whose heads and fingertips were struck off were those who were all bent on annihilating Mohammad and Muslims. And all Mohammad did was preach to free them from idolatry, superstition, drunkenness, profligacy and female infanticide.<\/li>\n
                                                                                                2. 56, Man is perfectly designed (95:4); men needs circumcision (Bokhari 595).
                                                                                                  \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                                  \nCircumcision of followers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a necessary part of faith. Jesus, the Christian God\/Son of God, was circumcised. (See                                                                                                   Circumcision<\/span> and controversy<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                  1. Not to over-indulge in religion (4:171); can over-indulge (4:95).
                                                                                                    \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                                    \nYou are comparing apples to bananas.
                                                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:171 is an admonishment to Christians to not exceed \u201cthe limits in your religion (by ascribing Divinity to Jesus) nor speak anything about All\u0101h, but the truth.\u201d
                                                                                                    \nQur\u2019an 4:95 is about All\u0101h granting a \u201cmighty reward\u201d to those who strive in His way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                                                                                                    1. All human races are not equal (3:33; 2:47); all are equal (4:40; 4:124).
                                                                                                      \n<\/span>ANSWER:<\/span>
                                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 3:33:<\/span> \u201cTruly Allah chose Adam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham and the descendants of Amran above the nations.\u201d
                                                                                                      \nQur\u2019an 2:47:<\/span> \u201cO Children of Israel, call to mind My favour which I bestowed on you and that I made you excel the nations.\u201d
                                                                                                      \nAdam and Noah and the descendants of Abraham \u2013which includes the Ishmaelite\u2013<\/span> and Amran were chosen for Divine purpose. This does not mean that other race\/nation were inferior.
                                                                                                      \nIf your parents choose one of your sibling over you for a certain task because he\/she is more qualified in this field or for some other reason, this does not mean you are not your parents child or that you do not possess the same faculties as him\/her.
                                                                                                      \nAll\u0101h God also chose individuals of other races for His purpose:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n