“CONTRADICTIONS IN THE QU’RAN”
“CONTRADICTIONS
IN THE QU’RAN”
As well as
providing answers to a
Muslim’s questions about the Bible and Christianity, it’s useful to
point out
contradictions in the Qu’ran … to show your interest and ascertain how
much a
Muslim knows about the Qu’ran.
Just as the
Muslim wants you to
explain things … Christians have questions also … that you take his
religion
seriously enough to ask him questions.
Keep in mind
that a Muslim is only
repeating what he has been told and may not have read the Qu’ran … and
your
questions can create doubt in his mind … and this can be an opportunity
to show
what the Bible says.
1. Muhammad
claimed to be the first
Muslim
(Sura 6:14, 161-164; 39:11-12).
But in Sura
30:30 and 7:172, everyone
is born a Muslim and many people are described as Muslims as follows:
Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob (Sura 2:127-133; 3:67)
Jesus (Sura 3:52)
The disciples
of Jesus (Sura 3:52;
5:110-111
Solomon (Sura
27:30-31,
Moses the first of
believers (Sura 7:143)
Moses’ mother (Sura 28:7)
Aaron (Sura
7:121-122)
All Jews before they
went astray (Sura 22:78)
All the
prophets were Muslims (Sura 2:140;
3:81)
2. On one hand,
there is a minimum age
of marriage (Sura 4:6) …. usually as puberty or fifteen years of
age, but
Sura 65:4 contains directives for the divorce of girls who are too
immature to menstruate.
3. Sura 2:221
forbids Muslims marrying
non-Muslims but Sura 5:5 allows it.
4. According to
Sura 2:106 and 16:101, Allah
changes his revelations with something better … but in Sura 10:65,
there is
no change in the word of Allah.
5. Sura 2:106
teaches that Allah
causes people to forget his commandments and revelations whereas
Sura 6:68
says it’s the devil that causes them to forget Allah’s command not to
sit with
unbelievers.
6. In Sura
2;122; 2:47; 44:30-32; 45:16,
Allah prefers Jews above all people, but in Sura 62:6, he
disapproves of
them, threatening them with death and turning them into pigs and
monkeys.
7. Sura 3:55
teaches those who follows
Jesus, Christians, are above those who disbelieve till the Last
Day and
Sura 2:62 teaches that Christians will not grieve on the Day of
Judgment … but
in Sura 98:6 Allah reveals that Christians are the worst of all
creatures and
abide in hell.
8. In Sura 4:48,
116 teaches that Allah
can forgive every sin except ascribing a partner to him … but in
Sura
6:76-78 Abraham ascribed a star, the moon and the sun to Allah, but
Allah still
forgave him. Moreover, in Sura 4:153, the Israelites worshipped the
calf and
Allah forgave them.
9. Muslims are to
get the truth and wisdom
confirmed from Christians and Jews (Sura 10:94; 5:47) but in Sura
9:30;
2:65; 98:6, Christians and Jews are deluded!
10. The Qu’ran
claims that none can
change the word of God (Sura
6:115-116; 10:65; 18:27-28; 48:23). However even Allah needed to change
his
words (Sura 2:106; 16:101).
Conclusion:
These are just
some of the many
internal contradictions in the Qu’ran.
If Allah can
so change his mind, his
promises cannot be trusted with certainty.
The God of the
Christians, however,
cannot lie (Titus 1:2) and the promise of eternal life (Titus 1:2).
Furthermore,
God promises eternal life
that you may become a child of his (John 1:12).
Best of all is
“For whosoever
shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13)
Harley
Hitchcock
February 2023
www.
AustralianBibleMinistries
.com
