Peace all,
Observe how the Quran has borrowed a story from the Pseudo-Gospel of Matthew, a fabricated apocrypal text written centuries after Jesus's childhood.
There is an account of Mary and Joseph seeking refuge under a date-palm that bears fruit for them and brings forth a stream of water. Also, baby Jesus speaks in both accounts, which are practically identicle!!
[19.23] And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten!
[19.24] Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;
[19.25] And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates:
[19.26] So eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent God, so I shall not speak to any man today.
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0848.htm
Chapter 20
And it came to pass on the third day of their journey, while they were walking, that the blessed Mary was fatigued by the excessive heat of the sun in the desert; and seeing a palm tree, she said to Joseph: Let me rest a little under the shade of this tree. Joseph therefore made haste, and led her to the palm, and made her come down from her beast. And as the blessed Mary was sitting there, she looked up to the foliage of the palm, and saw it full of fruit, and said to Joseph: I wish it were possible to get some of the fruit of this palm. And Joseph said to her: I wonder that thou sayest this, when thou seest how high the palm tree is; and that thou thinkest of eating of its fruit. I am thinking more of the want of water, because the skins are now empty, and we have none wherewith to refresh ourselves and our cattle. Then the child Jesus, with a joyful countenance, reposing in the bosom of His mother, said to the palm: O tree, bend thy branches, and refresh my mother with thy fruit. And immediately at these words the palm bent its top down to the very feet of the blessed Mary; and they gathered from it fruit, with which they were all refreshed. And after they had gathered all its fruit, it remained bent down, waiting the order to rise from Him who had commanded it to stoop. Then Jesus said to it: Raise thyself, O palm tree, and be strong, and be the companion of my trees, which are in the paradise of my Father; and open from thy roots a vein of water which has been hid in the earth, and let the waters flow, so that we may be satisfied from thee. And it rose up immediately, and at its root there began to come forth a spring of water exceedingly clear and cool and sparkling. And when they saw the spring of water, they rejoiced with great joy, and were satisfied, themselves and all their cattle and their beasts. Wherefore they gave thanks to God.
Chapter 21
And on the day after, when they were setting out thence, and in the hour in which they began their journey, Jesus turned to the palm, and said: This privilege I give thee, O palm tree, that one of thy branches be carried away by my angels, and planted in the paradise of my Father. And this blessing I will confer upon thee, that it shall be said of all who conquer in any contest, You have attained the palm of victory. And while He was thus speaking, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and stood upon the palm tree; and taking off one of its branches, flew to heaven with the branch in his hand. And when they saw this, they fell on their faces, and became as it were dead. And Jesus said to them: Why are your hearts possessed with fear? Do you not know that this palm, which I have caused to be transferred to paradise, shall be prepared for all the saints in the place of delights, as it has been prepared for us in this place of the wilderness? And they were filled with joy; and being strengthened, they all rose up.
This was a letter to Jerome who lived in the 5th century AD! This gospel was written around 400 AD! Thisis 400 years after Christ's childhood and here it is in the Quran! The Quran doesm't even get the story right! Jesus was born in a cave according to the Pseudo-Matthew gospel. Thisis more solid evidcence the Quran was a fabricated work.
Now if the Gospels were the accused corrupted scriptures that Muslims claim, then why are they so silent on Jesus's early life? The authors of the Gospels wanted to give an accurate account of Jesus's life, and alot wasn't known about His childhood. He just grew up like any other carpenter's boy. If the Gospels were corrupted works by men, then alot of tales and stories would have been added about Jesus's early life. Does this make sense?
Over the course of time early Christians were very curious as to what the Lord Jesus's early life was like. This curiosity drew some people to contrive myths and legends. Heretical Christians readily excepted these myths.
These renegade Christians made their homes in the East, away from the True Church of the West. Certainly these heretical Christians and their elaborate myths existed in 7th century Mecca. Waraqha was one of these heretical Christians who believd in these myths, It is no wonder why Muhammed's revelations stopped for a time after his death! No more Christian apocryphal myths!
So either you can believe in the Gospels, which were honest in finding the truth of Jesus's life, or you can keep the Quran which contains fabricated myths, not an honest attempt to find the truth of Jesus's life. The apocryphal books with tales seemingly borrowed by the Quran were written centuries after Jesus's childhood.
You should believe every word from Gospels written only a few decades after Jesus's life than to even consider believing things about Jesus written centuries after His life!