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| Comparative religion: Is Quran copied from Bible? |
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| jaihoon |
| 03/23/02 at 14:25:52 |
| MM AKBAR is a speaker on comparative religion (like Zakir naik, Ahmed Deedat etc. He is the director of Niche of Truth, the organisation to promote friendly dialogues with other faiths in India. This is a summry of his speech delivered st Sharjah on march 22, 2002. [ http://www.jaihoon.com/studio/akbarvdo.htm ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MM Akbar concentrated on the unity of a single God. He reminded the verses of the Holy Quran calling for the prohibition against associating partners with Him. 'Almighty has given us senses to think about His Signs. Other scriptures also talk about the unity of God, including Bible and Upanishads.' 'Prophets have been sent to all races and places. The Quran has made special reference to this fact.' 'Materialism is enfolding itself into new forms, sometimes claiming divinity'. 'Islam is the religion of all prophets. It's not a new religion. It is 'peace' or 'submission' to the Almighty. Question and Answers --------------------------- Q. If Allah Almighty has already willed so and so will enter paradise and hell and we are just 'puppets' in his hands, then what is the relevance of striving towards goodness? Ans. Firstly, man is not a pre-programmed robot. Our Creator has given us the faculty to identify good and bad. He has given us the (limited) freedom to act, under certain limits. He sent prophets because such faculty was given to us. We can move our limbs only in certain direction because there is limits to our actions. A professor sets a minimum percentage for his students to pass the examination. After setting such a standard, he claims that he will pass whom he wills. Similarly Allah has set the doing of good deeds as the criterion for earning his pleasure. Q. Why does Quran mention only those prophets who are mentioned in Bible? Isn't it an argument that Quran was copied from Bible? Quran is not a book of historical narrations. Nowhere in Quran can you find a complete narration of an event in the chorological order. it only uses historical events to promote the ethical issues and this bring man closer to his creator. If Quran were to mention all the prophets sent, then it would take up the whole of Quran (since 140,000 prophets were sent). However, when we analyze the historicity of the events mentioned in Quran, we shall see that it is the most scientific in its treatment. When presenting a matter for the first time, it is delivered in the language of the 'primary audience' (those who hear it first). If the primary audience does not understand its style and theme, then the others to whom it is spread later will also get confused. Quran was revealed in Arabic using the language pattern of those immediate audience. So instead of talking about some prophet who lived in some age, some place and in some manner, Quran mentions Musa (Moses) or Isa (Jesus) who were familiar to the Arabs. Although, Quran makes it clear that to every community a prophet was sent. Now if that is alleged as stealing from Quran, then we shall find the answer in the following. We find many factual errors in Bible's treatment of history. For example, Bible refers to the 'Pharaoh' living during the time of Joseph. However, later research has revealed that the monarch title for the Egyptian was used only after the death of Joseph. A miracle of Quran this is. Nowhere while mentioning prophets like Abraham or Joseph (where is only uses the word king) has it used the title. But when it come to Moses, it clearly uses the title. Had Quran been copied from Bible, then the former too would have committed the same mistake. Such errors arose in Bible due to the changes made in the later period. Many forbidden things were made to be permissible. [ http://www.jaihoon.com/studio/akbarvdo.htm ] |
| 03/25/02 at 00:15:49 |
| jannah |
| Re: Comparative religion: Is Quran copied from Bib |
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| Asim |
| 03/24/02 at 23:48:26 |
| [quote]Such errors arose in Quran due to the changes made in the later period. [/quote] Quran?? That should be bible. Wasalaamu alaikum. |
| Re: Comparative religion: Is Quran copied from Bib |
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| jaihoon |
| 03/25/02 at 01:32:32 |
| Oops ::) |
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