Peace,
Okay. this thread has gotten stale--and I've found something interesting and worth discussing.
In the Quran, Allah has a little conversation with Shaitan that is very strikingly similar to Ormazd's conversation with Ahriman.
Before I begin, Ormazd's conversation with Ahriman is recorded in the Bundahishn. This was an apocryphal Zoroastrian book written in the 5th century AD. It was written in the Palahvi text of the Sassanian empire. It likely made it's way into Arabia which was partially under Sassanid control.
From the Quran:
[15.30] So the angels made obeisance, all of them together,
[15.31] But Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance.
[15.32] He said: O Iblis! what excuse have you that you are not with those who make obeisance?
[15.33] He said: I am not such that I should make obeisance to a mortal whom Thou hast created of the essence of black mud fashioned in shape.
[15.34] He said: Then get out of it, for surely you are driven away:
[15.35] And surely on you is curse until the day of judgment.
[15.36] He said: My Lord! then respite me till the time when they are raised.
[15.37] He said: So surely you are of the respited ones
[15.38] Till the period of the time made known.
[15.39] He said: My Lord! because Thou hast made life evil to me, I will certainly make (evil) fair-seeming to them on earth, and I will certainly cause them all to deviate
[2.34] And when We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam they did obeisance, but Iblis (did it not). He refused and he was proud, and he was one of the unbelievers.
From the Bundahishn
13.
Then Ohrmazd, with a knowledge of which way the end of the matter would be, went to meet the evil spirit, and proposed peace to him, and spoke thus: 'Evil spirit! bring assistance unto my creatures, and offer praise! so that, in reward for it, ye (you and your creatures) may become immortal and undecaying, hungerless and thirstless.'
14.
And the evil spirit shouted thus: 'I will not depart, I will not provide assistance for thy creatures, I will not offer praise among thy creatures, and I am not of the same opinion with thee as to good things. I will destroy thy creatures for ever and everlasting; moreover, I will force all thy creatures into disaffection to thee and affection for myself.' 15. And the explanation thereof is this, that the evil spirit reflected in this manner, that Ohrmazd was helpless as regarded him, therefore He proffers peace; and he did not agree, but bore on even into conflict with Him.
16.
And Ohrmazd spoke thus: 'You are not omniscient and almighty, O evil spirit! so that it is not possible for thee to destroy me, and it is not possible for thee to force my creatures so that they will not return to my possession.'
The conversation between Allah and Shaitan has no Biblical basis.
It must have come from somewhere, right?
Was it from Allah Himself, or from a pre-existing story?
The story from the Bundahishn was written 1000+ years after Zoroaster lived, so it's very unreliable! It's very likely just a myth that ended up in the Quran like many other myths in circulation at that time.
Truly the Quran was fabricated--the evidence just keeps piling up!