Posted by Jochen Katz on December 21, 1997 at 20:42:46:
In Reply to: Re: Contradictions in the Qur'an? posted by Israfil on December 20, 1997 at 09:59:31:
: Assalaam Ulaikum!
: I have been reading some of the posts and some Non-Muslims
: are mentioning 'contradictions' in the Qur'an without specifically
: saying which verses contradict each other. Instead they refer to
: another site on the internet. I am fairly new in Islam and one of
: the reasons that I reverted to Islam from Christianity is because
: I didn't find any contradictions in the Qur'an (unlike the Bible).
: If someone could please give me some examples, because Allah
: says in the Qur'an 4:83 -
: Will they not, then, meditate upon the Qur'an? Had it been from
: anyone other than Allah, they would surely have found there-in
: much discrepancy.
Dear Israfil,
welcome to the discussion here.
My mathbook doesn't have any contradictions either. Does it make
that divine? I think the above conclusion is a logical fallacy.
The Bible has been written over 1600 years by many different
human writers, and even in different cultures. Just look how much
America has changed in the last 50 years. 1600 years certainly
have changed culture for the Israelites as well. So, we would expect
that there are "rough edges" in the Bible, just because of the many
different circumstances and places and times it was written.
That might not necessarily be contradictions, but certain tensions
are there, that is not denyable.
Anyway, you welcome to have a look what I personally found in
contradictions in the Qur'an, On the other hand, I don't think
these are the strongest reasons to reject the Qur'an. My personal
reasons why I don't think the Qur'an is valid as divine revelations
I have written up in this place: Why I am not a Muslim.
These latter thoughts is what I find a lot more important. But if people
look for contradictions, then I can provide some of those as well.
May the Lord guide your search for truth.
Jochen