Greetings Abdullah,
I’d like to reply to your statements…
FIrsrt loki, u claim and make ridiculous assumptions that the qur'an is copied, may i ask you who did the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) copy from?
The Arabic version of the Bible was not present at the time of Prophet Muhummad (pbuh). The earliest Arabic version of the Old Testament is that of R. Saadias Gaon of 900 C.E. - more than 250 years after the death of our beloved Prophet. The oldest Arabic version of the new Testament was published by Erpenius in 1616 C.E. - about a thousand years after the demise of our Prophet.
First of all, your “prophet” never penned the Koranic text (as we know it today).
The oldest extant copies of the Koran are mere
fragments of suras dated to a century
after the life and times of your “prophet”…
Furthermore, I have already detailed (in this very thread) what the Koran self-proclaims itself to be…and that is just
a collection of previous Jewish and Christian scriptures…
Observe here…
http://www.jesus-christ-forums.com/home/viewtopic ... 4835#54835
Similarities between the Qur’an and the Bible does not necessarily mean that the former has been copied from the latter. In fact it gives evidence that both of them are based on a common third source; all divine revelations came from the same source - the one universal God. No matter what human changes were introduced into some of these Judeo-Christian and other older religious scriptures that had distorted their originality, there are some areas that have remained free from distortion and thus are common to many religions.
Looks like the very same tired old web-pasted argument from here:
http://www.drzakirnaik.com/pages/qanda/39.php
I suggest that you have the fortitude to actually read and comprehend the mother-tongue of your “holy” book instead of “googling” for a lame effortless web-trash reply…
It is true that there are some similar parallels between the Qur’an and the Bible but this is not sufficient to accuse Muhummad (pbuh) of compiling or copying from the Bible. The same logic would then also be applicable to teachings of Christianity and Judaism and thus one could wrongly claim that Jesus (pbuh) was not a genuine Prophet (God forbid) and that he simply copied from the Old Testament.
The similarities between the two signify a common source that is one true God and the continuation of the basic message of monotheism and not that the later prophets have plagiarised from the previous prophets.
If someone copies during an examination he will surely not write in the answer sheet that he has copied from his neighbour or Mr. XYZ. Prophet Muhummad (pbuh) gave due respect and credit to all the previous prophets (pbut). The Qur’an also mentions the various revelations given by Almighty God to different prophets.
“Some similar parallels”….?!
The author of this piece hardly even begins to do justice to this phrase, as the Koran itself is based
entirely upon Jewish and Christian scriptures…
I get the biggest kick @ watching ignorant Muslims in action…
Thanks…