C H A P T E R I
MISTAKEN FACTS IN THE QURAN
I. Clearly wrong information/statements are numbered with numbers.
II. Highly likely wrong information/statements are numbered with letters.
III. The other numbers refer to surah number and verse number in A.Yusuf Ali’s translation.
IV. Comments in () inside quotations and marked by * are inserted by me, like this: (xxxxxx*).
* in front of the serial number: Big or “new” mistakes - actually all mistakes are big, as an omniscient god simply should never make mistakes. ** or *** = NB or NB!! in addition.
0Aa 1/1 – 7. “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah The Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds; Most Gracious, Most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgement. Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. Show us the straight way, The way of those Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray”.
This really is a bad one as it is a prayer to Allah, it is not Allah speaking. A clear mistake compared to what Islam tells: It is all sent down by Allah - and Allah does not pray to himself!! (The Quran is said to be either made by Allah, or never made, but has always existed.). The only reason why I number it with a letter, not a number, is that it is a fact that it is a mistake, not a mistaken fact.
There are more places where it is clear that it is Muhammad that is speaking - in contradiction to the statements that the Quran is from Heaven, made by Allah or never made but existed from eternity.
It tells something that in the very beginning, and in what is said in a way to be the essence of the book, there is something seriously wrong, compared to the for Islam very fundamental - but unproved - statement that the book is sent down by an omniscient god, and is perfect and without mistakes.
001 1/1-7: This is a serious mistake: Allah prays to himself? It is a prayer to Allah - - - but then it has to be from Mohammad or someone. But the Quran is from Heaven and from eternity. How to explain that?
*002 2/2: “This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt - - -”. As you will see, there are a lot of mistaken facts and unproven arguments in the Quran. That means that the guidance is far from sure. All the mistakes etc. also produce a lot of doubt about the rest of the text.
003 2/5: “They (the believers*) are on true guidance - - -”. With so many mistaken facts, the guidance at best is partly true.
*004 2/22: “ - - - and the heavens (plural and wrong - see 004 below) your canopy - - -”. The heaven/sky is no canopy. The “heaven” we see at daytime, really is an illusion caused by bending of light, and the “smooth” heaven we see at night, also is an illusion, as we are unable to see the third dimension up there, and get the impression that the stars all are at the same distance from us. Any god had known this, but Mohammad not. Also see 2 x 67/3 and 2 x 67/5
Muslims tend to explain the heavens (plural and wrong) with space and stars and galaxies - but each time they then “forget” to explain how the stars are fastened to the lowermost of the 7 heavens the Quran tells exists. They also sometimes tells the 7 heavens = 7 layers in the atmosphere. No comments - but think about stars like Aldebaran - a giant star - fixed to a layer in our atmosphere. A joke.
005 2/22: “- - - when ye (people*) know (the truth (the Quran*)). The Quran at most represents partly the truth, as you will see.
*006 2/29: “ - - - He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments - - -”. Firmament is another word for the heaven we see. The Quran many places tells about the seven heavens or firmaments (the word “heavens” or similar is used in plural in the Quran at least 196 times) - there is no doubt that according to the Quran there are 7 heavens. (Islam also “knows” who inhabit the different heavens - f. ex. Jesus in the 2. heaven, Joseph in 4., Aaron in 5., Moses in 6., and Abraham in the 7. heaven, and Allah above the 7. heaven, to mention some. This is not said in the Quran, though). There also is no doubt that the Quran believes the heavens are material - if not it was not possible to build it or to fix the stars to the lowermost heaven, like the Quran states several places. No god had believed this - but Muhammad did, as this was what one believed in the Middle East at the time of Muhammad. The seven heavens are taken from old Greek astronomy - or perhaps from Persian astronomy, which also believed in 7 heavens. Any god, but not Muhammad, would have known it was very wrong. Islam has several “explanations” concerning this very obvious mistake, but I have never seen or heard any Muslim mention even the possibility that Muhammad’s picture about astronomy could be explained by his believing in Greek or Persian astronomy.
Muslims sometimes explains that 7 in old Arab was a synonym for “many” (and 70 for “very many“), and that the Quran consequently does not mean 7 but many. But honestly “many” is at least as wrong as “7”.
007 2/41: “And believe in what I (Allah*) reveal (the Quran*) - - - “. An omniscient god had not revealed a book with so many mistakes.
008 2/41: “(The Quran*), confirming the revelation (the Bible*) which is with you (Jews*) - - -”. The Quran is not confirming OT and absolutely not NT - the fundamental thoughts and teaching is too different.
009 2/42: ”- - - and cover not Truth with falsehood - - -”. See 40/75.
*010 2/42: “- - - nor conceal the Truth when you know (what it is)”. For “truth” see 40/75. The contents of this and the entrance above: This is said to be aimed at the Jews that did not want to misunderstand 5 Mos. 18/15 to mean that this verse foretells Muhammad - (translated from Swedish): “A prophet from among your own people, from your brothers, the Lord, your God, let come to you. Listen to him”. That means God is saying: “I will let a prophet come forth from among your brothers - - -”. Muslims say “brothers” here mean the Arabs, and that the Bible here talks about Muhammad. But very honestly: The brother of Jews is another Jew especially as it is said he shall come “from among your own people” - the Jews’ own people. (I use the word Jew, because that is the normal word today, even if the word is much younger than the time of Moses. Also Yusuf Ali uses it). This simply may be foretelling about Jesus, but Muslims has “adjusted” the meaning.
*011 2/53: “- - - We (Allah*) gave Moses the scripture - - -”. The books named after Moses (the Torah) are not written by Moses. Moses lived (if he is not a fiction) around 1300-1200 BC (if the Exodus from Egypt really took place, it took place ca. 1235 BC during the reign of Ramses II according to science), and those books were written not earlier than ca. 800 BC - perhaps as late as 500 BC - also according to science. A god had known that, whereas Muhammad knew nothing about their real age, and had to guess.
0Ab 2/65-66:“We (Allah*) said to them ’Be ye apes, despised and rejected’. So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson for those who fear Allah”. That humans are changed into apes is an extraordinary statement. An extraordinary statement needs an extraordinary proof. The Quran here offers no proof at all - not even an explanation.
012 2/87: “We (Allah*) gave Moses the Book - - -”. See 2/53.
*013 2/89: “And then there comes to them a Book (the Quran*) from Allah - - -”. A book with that many mistakes, invalid “proofs” etc., is not from an omniscient god? See 41/12.
*014 2/89: “- - - (a Book (the Quran*)) confirming what is with them (the Torah and the Bible) - - -”, which means that the Quran confirms the Torah and other holy Jewish scriptures and the Bible. But too many fundamental principles are different - the Quran is no confirmation of neither the Torah, etc., nor of the Bible, not to mention of the New Testament (NT) on which the Christian religion is built. F. ex. “You shall not kill” vs. “You shall not kill without a good reason”, the value of and strife for “the lost lamb”, vs. “You shall not mourn the wrongdoers that ends in Hell”, “Love your enemy” vs. “Kill the enemy wherever you find him”, and “Love your enemy” vs. incitement to and orders of war and hate and discrimination of “infidels”, just to mention some of the deep differences. Not to mention “my empire is not of this world” (translated), compare to: Fight for Allah and Muhammad till all non-Muslims are utterly suppressed and pay extra tax.
015 2/91: “Believe in what Allah hath sent down (= the Quran*)”. Is it really Allah that has sent down a book with so many mistaken facts? Simply no - not if he was omniscient.
016 2/91: “- - - yet they reject all besides, even if it be the Truth (the Quran*)”. A book with so many mistaken facts is at best only partly the truth.
017 2/91: “- - - confirming what is with them (the Torah, etc., (= OT*) and the Bible*)”. The Quran is no confirmation of neither the Torah nor the Bible - see 2/89 above.
018 2/97: “- - - a confirmation of what went before (Torah + Bible*)”. Wrong. See 2/89 above.
*019 2/101: “And when there came to them a Messenger from Allah - - -”. Can a man making so many mistakes in the book he dictated - presumably on behalf of Allah - really be a messenger of an omniscient god? Or if he made no mistakes, but the Quran is faked - is he then from Allah? An omniscient god simply did not send down a book with that many mistakes, etc.
020 2/101: “(Muhammad was*) confirming what (the Bible, etc.*) was with them (the Jews and the Christians*)”. Wrong. See 2/89.
*021 2/113: “Yet they (Jews and Christians*) (profess to) study the same Book”. This is only partly true. Jews study only OT. Christians build their religion on the much milder and more human NT, with OT mainly as historical background. This is a fact that often is forgotten or “forgotten” when one talks about the Christian religion - especially when one wants to paint the religion as black as possible.
*0Ac 2/116 “They say; ‘Allah has begotten a son” (which the Quran vehemently denies*). But Jesus often called God/Yahweh father - there were many, many witnesses to this. If he spoke the truth - and even the Quran says he was an honest person - that in case means the Quran is wrong here.
022 2/125 “- - - take ye the Station of Abraham (in/near Kabah*) - - -”. Abraham never was in Mecca. See 2/127 below.
023 2/125 “- - - We covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael, that they should sanctify my House (Kabah in Mecca*)”. Abraham had nothing to do with the building of the Kabah - see 2/127 below.
**024 2/127 “And remember that Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House (Kabah*) (with this prayer): - - - “. Abraham never built the Kabah - and there are several reasons for that:
a. He was born in Ur in Caldea (if he really existed) in what is now south Iraq. Together with his father, Tarah, he later travelled northwest up along the Euphrates valley to Karan in what is now north Iraq. Years later he continued south southwest to Kaanan and the town Sikem in what is now Israel (Sikem is north of Jerusalem. It is now named Nablus). That is to say he travelled along the so-called Fertile Crescent - the natural route when you travel with flocks of animals. The alternative was to take a shortcut through the Arab desert, but few of his numerous sheep and cows would survive such a trip. He never visited Mecca on his way from Ur to Sikem. (Besides this was too early in the story - Ishmael was not born yet, and he is a part of the building of the Kabah according to the Quran).
b. Abraham then settled in the western part of Kaanan, whereas his nephew Lot settled in the Jordan valley further east. Later Abraham moved south to Negev. Negev today is most known for its desert, but far from all was desert. All this is according to the Bible, but the Quran has no conflicting information. The point is that between Kaanan and Mecca and between Negev and Mecca are hundreds and hundreds of kilometres of the tough and dry and hot Arab desert. Abraham was rich and had huge flocks of animals. He could not take those huge flocks of sheep, etc., through that desert.
c. Abraham lived hundreds of kilometres from Mecca - and had to cross harsh terrain to get to and from. Nobody builds a big temple for himself and his family at a place they can never or nearly never visit.
d. Abraham was a nomade. Nomades do not have the know-how and technology to build large stone buildings.
Abraham was not involved in the building of Kabah, and it is highly unlikely he ever visited Mecca and even the Arab peninsula. It looks like a fairy tale made up to give weight to Kabah and to Islam. And not least to Muhammad, who 2500 years later could tell he was direct descendant from Abraham - without the slightest written paper from all those years.
It is worth adding, though, that Muslims say that Mecca was where Abraham’s slave, Hagar, and his and her child Ismael (Ishmael) were sent away from Abraham’s camp, that the two lived there, and that Abraham frequently visited them later. There is no source of information for this. The OT says they lived in Negev, which is weeks by camel from Mecca - and much, much longer for large flocks of sheep, goats, and cattle (in addition to that many animals hardly would survive the long trek through the harsh Arab desert) - and there was in addition no reason for him and his family to take such a dangerous and meaningless trip. If he never visited Mecca, he could not have left Hagar and Ismael there. If Islam wants to insist that he ever visited Mecca, they have to produce strong proofs, as it is extremely unlikely - and “special statements demands special proofs”. It is highly likely it is a story made up or “borrowed” from f. ex. folklore to give the teachings of Muhammad credence.
025 2/127: “And remember Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House (Kabah*)”. See 15 2/127.
*026 2/144: “The people of the Book (= Jews, Christians and Sabeans*) know very well that that (the reason for changing the kiblah = direction of praying*) is the truth from their Lord”.
a. Jews and Christians definitely do not know this - and Sabeans neither did know it (Sabeans lived in Sabah, in what now is Yemen. They had become Christians via influence from Christians in East Africa.)
b. As the Quran contains a lot of mistakes, it is a question if also the rest is the truth.
c. As the Quran contains a lot of mistakes, it also is a question if this is from our Lord, Yahweh. It even is a question if a god was involved in the Quran at all - a god does not make mistakes, not to mention such a number of mistakes - or loose statements and false “signs“ and “proofs“ - the hallmarks of cheats and deceivers.
*027 2/145+146: “If thou, after the knowledge (of the new qiblah (= what direction to face when you are praying*)*), wert to follow their (the People of the Book‘s*) (vain) desire - then wert thou indeed (clearly) in the wrong. The People of the Book know this as they know their own sons.” But it is most obvious that this is not true - neither Jews nor Christians know this - - - and especially not Christians, who have no qiblah.
028 2/147: ”The Truth - - -”, see 40/75.
029 2/147: “The Truth is from thy Lord - - -”. With so many mistakes in the Quran, it is an open question if it is from a god, as gods do not make mistakes. At best it is partly true.
0Ad 2/149: “- - - that (the new qiblah) is indeed the truth from thy Lord”. With so many mistakes in the Quran, it is an open question if this is the truth or not. It is worth mentioning that Muslims states that the direction towards Kabah was Abraham’s kiblah. I have been unable to find out why they say so - there is no reliable source telling that Abraham even had a kiblah, not to mention that that was direction Mecca, a place he hardly had ever heard about (it was only during the two last generations before Muhammad that Mecca had grown to a reasonable wealthy town of some size).
030 2/160: “Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the Truth)”. With so many mistakes in the Quran, the book at the very best is partly true.
*031 2/164: “- - - the rain which Allah sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives to an earth which is dead”. Any god had known it was alive with roots or seeds, not dead - it only looked so.
032 2/176: “- - - Allah sent down the Book”. With so many mistaken facts, it is impossible that the Quran is sent down by a god.
033 2/176: “- - - Allah sent down the Book (the Quran*) in truth”. With that many mistakes and other dubious arguments, it at best is partly true.
*034 2/189: “They (the new moons*) are but signs to mark fixed periods of time in (the affairs of) men, - - -”. Wrong - the new moons simply is a natural phenomenon that man often uses to calculate time. It is not made for that purpose. If Islam insists on that, they will have to prove it.
035 2/213: “Mankind was one single nation - - -.” Mankind never was a single nation. Some 150ooo-200ooo years ago PERHAPS one tribe, but never one nation - and absolutely not within these last few millenniums.
036 2/213: “He (Allah*) sent the Book (the Quran*) - - -”. An omniscient god did not send a book with that many mistakes and invalid proofs, etc.
037 2/213: “He sent the Book in truth, - - -”. With so many mistaken facts at best it is only partly the truth.
038 2/213: “Allah by His Grace guided the believers (by means of the Quran*) - - -“. A book with that many mistakes and invalid proofs, etc. is no guidance.
039 2/213: “Allah by his Grace guided the believers to the Truth, - - -”. Allah’s presumed book contains so many mistakes, is not the truth. And at best the book is partly true.
040 2/231: “- - - the fact that He (Allah) sent down to you the Book - - -”. Is it a fact that a god has sent down a book with so many mistaken facts? Impossible.
041 2/231: “- - - the Book of Wisdom, - - -”. A book with so many mistaken facts is no book of wisdom. At best partly a book of wisdom.
0Ae 2/248: “- - - there shall come you the Ark of the Covenant - - - carried by angles - - -”. This needs strong proof, especially since the Bible has a much more likely explanation.
042 3/3: “It is He (Allah*) Who sent down to thee (Muhammad*) (the Quran*) - - -”. A book with that many mistakes, etc. is not sent down by an omniscient god.
043 3/3: “It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth - - -”. It at best is partly the truth.
**044 3/3: “- - - the Book, confirming what went before it; (the Bible*) - - -”. There are so many fundamental differences between the Quran and the Torah/Bible (especially NT), that the Quran definitely is no conformation of any of the two others (see 2/89). The Quran and Islam tell that it is because those books are falsified, but for more than 1300 years none of them has ever offered proofs for that - only statements. And never any proof that the Quran is really from a god.
**045 3/3: “- - - He sent down - - - the Gospel (to Jesus) - - -”. For one thing it looks like Muhammad did not know there were 4 Gospels (he knew OT a little, and NT very little). For another thing: The Gospels were not sent down - they were written by humans, though may be inspired by Yahweh (the Jewish and Christian god).
I should mention that some Muslims explain that the Quran does not really mean the Gospels in the Bible, but a mythical “first one” that was given to Jesus. It is obvious that Mohammad’s mistake had to be discovered - and an “explanation” had to be found - because the mistake was too easy to see for anyone who had read NT. There is nothing in the Quran indicating that Mohammad meant anything else than the real Gospels.
I should also mention that as 3 of the Gospels are very similar, it is obvious there is a connection between them. One theory is that two of the writers have based their Gospels on the first one. Another theory is that there has existed an older Gospel that later disappeared, and which the 3 used as a main source. But also this hypothetical Gospel had to be written after Jesus was dead, as it was the source for the “copying” Gospels for stories also about the death of Jesus, so Jesus naturally could not read it. The only effect this possible Gospel therefore has, is that it brings the writing of the story nearer to Jesus in time, and therefore even more reliable.
046 3/7: “He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: - - -”. There are too many mistakes in the Quran - it cannot possibly be sent down by a god, not to mention by an omniscient god.
**047 3/7: “- - - the whole of it (the Quran*) is sent down from our Lord: - - - “. See 2/231 and 3/7.
I also want to add a little more from this verse, as the addition is essential in some of all the places Islam/Muslims try to “explain” away statements, etc., that obviously are not true, by saying they are allegories:
***“It is He (Allah*) Who has sent down to thee the Book (the Quran*): in it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning) (= to be read literally*); they (the verses to be read literally*) are the foundation of the Book (the Quran*): others are allegorical (there are a number of allegorical or similar verses in the Quarn - they either are easy to see are allegorical, or the meaning is explained, or both). But those in whose hearts is perversity (,*) follow the part thereof that is allegorical, seeking disorder, for its hidden meaning (= only bad persons seek the hidden meanings* - also from the allegories*), but no one knows the hidden meanings except Allah (= hidden meanings are not for humans*).
In clear text: The Quran is to be read literary if nothing else is said or indicated - hidden meanings are for Allah and trying to find hidden meanings are done by perverts. This is very essential for Muslims to remember when they are tempted to explain away mistakes and blunders as allegories with hidden meanings, they want to present and explain you instead.
*048 3/35: ”Imran’s wife said”. The Quran here is talking about the mother of Mary (see also 3/36 in the Quran: “I have named her Mary”). But Imran was the father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam, who lived some 1200 years earlier. Muhammad did not know the Bible very well, and it is clear that he thought Mary was the sister of Aaron and Moses. In 19/28 this is directly said, when talking about Mary: “O sister of Aaron”. It is likely that the reason for this mistake is that in Arab Mary and Mirian are written the same way: Maryam. With his limited knowledge of the Bible it seems that he believed it was the same woman. Any god had known better. I may ad that some Muslims say it is not the same Imran, but scientists agree on that Muhammad meant the same man - the Imran that was chosen by Allah like Adam, Noah and Abraham (see 3/33 in the Quran) - - - the father of Aaron, Moses - - - and Maryam/Miriam. That Muhammad really was wrong here, and thought Mary was the sister of Aaron and Moses, is documented by the fact that according to Hadith (the other Muslim source of information about their religion and about Muhammad) Muhammad was corrected, and he tried to find explanations to repair the mistake (without success). He also did not ad information showing that he and Allah for some reason was right in his mistaken statement.
You will meet Muslims telling that the Quran does not mean that Mary really was the sister of Aaron (they say it was meant figuratively), and that the book does not mean that she was the daughter of Imran - only a descendant of him. Islam should after so many hundreds of years have found better “explanations” - “explanations” that on top of all is said to be contradicted by the fact that already Mohammad himself tried to correct the mistake, but without success as mentioned.
049 3/37: “Every time he (Zakariyya*) entered (her) chamber to see her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: ‘O Mary! Whence (comes) this to you?’ She said: “From Allah: for Allah provides sustenance to whom He pleases without measure’ “. This means that she by a miracle got her food from the god. This is a made up fairy tale. There is not one single chance that a miracle like this had been omitted from the NT - this even more so if Islam had been right in their statements that Christians (and Jews) had falsified the Bible (Muhammad was not well versed in the Bible, and frequently made mistakes when he referred to it or took stories from it. He always explained such mistakes with that he was right, and the unholy Jews and Christians had falsified the Bible. Actually just this story is one of those the Quran has not “borrowed” from the Bible at all, but from one of the made up religious legends that flourished at that time. These mistakes were the reason why the Jews did not accept him when he came to Yathrib/Medina - the Jews said his teachings were wrong and that he consequently was a false prophet. (Muslims have a tendency not to mention this fact, but to instead tell a, to Muhammad, more flattering story: He was not accepted because the Jews were angry because Allah had called a non-Jew for a prophet.)) But if Christians had falsified the Bible, their main object would have been to strengthen Jesus’ position and his connections to Yahweh - the Jewish and Christian god. There is no chance at all that they had omitted a wonder connected to his mother, telling about a direct connection between Yahweh and her.
It also tells something that when Muhammad differs from the Bible, his/the Quran’s stories often corresponds with proven untrue religious fables and legends (apocryphal - often Gnostic). This tells it is not the Bible that is wrong, but that the Quran may have used fairy tales as sources.
*050 3/45: “- - - his name will be Christ Jesus - - - “. His name was only Jesus. The word Christ was a title of honour that emerged years after his death - originally in what is now Turkey. But Muhammad did not know the Bible well.
**051 3/48: “And Allah will teach him (the child Jesus*) - - - the Gospel”. One thing is that the word “Gospel” is in singular - there are 4 Gospels. It is not uncommon to use “Gospel” in singular, but it seems that Muhammad did not know there were more than one. But the real screamer is that the Gospels did not exist at that time - could not exist, as they are the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. The oldest one is written some 25 years after his death (or may be a little earlier, according to new science - source: New Scientist). Show me one single god that did not know that. But as said before: Muhammad did not know the Bible well. Also see 3/3.
I may add that many a Muslim will tell you that the Quran is not talking about the 4 known Gospels, but about an older one that has disappeared. And they may be right on one point - it may be that once there was another and older Gospel. 3 of the Gospels are so similar, that it is clear there is a connection, and one of the possible explanations is that they all took material from an older Gospel. But strangely Muslims never mention the other possible explanation: That the two youngest simply took material from the oldest of the 3. And the for these Muslims damaging points are:
A. We know that if there ever existed an older Gospel, we know that also this was written after Jesus’ death, so Jesus could not have studied it. A Gospel is the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection (which most Muslims do not seem to know), and thus cannot have be written until after his death and resurrection, and thus we know it in case was not written until after the year 33 AD.
B. If there ever was such an older Gospel, that means that it was even closer in time to what happened, and thus makes the 3 mentioned Gospels even more reliable as they in case took their material from a Gospel written very shortly after Jesus, and then at a time when what happened was even more fresh in the minds of people and society and the writer. But still impossible for Jesus to study, as it did not - could not - exist until after his death.
*052 3/49: “I have come to you, with a Sign from your Lord, in that I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it, and it becomes a bird by Allah’s leave”. Also this wonder had never been omitted from NT if it had been true - see 3/37. But actually it is taken from the made up legends in one of the “fairy tale” Child Gospels (actually it came from Thomas Child Gospel - also called “The Thomas‘ Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ“ - apocryphal from 2. century ). A god had known the Child Gospels were made up. Besides: What does it tell the world that the Quran uses a made up story as an indirect proof for Allah? And what does it tell about the reliability of Muhammad’s many statements when there is divergence between the Bible and the Quran, that the reason is that the Bible is falsified, when it is clear that the reason is that the Quran may be referring to fairy tales?
**053 3/51: (Jesus said*): “It is Allah who is my Lord and your Lord; then worship Him”. This must be written/told by someone with no knowledge of Israel at the time of Jesus. It was one of the periodes when the Jewish religion was strong and the religious establishment powerful. Further the name of the (Muslim) god was not Allah until after Muhammad changed his name slightly - it was al-Lah (which meand “the god” - not “god”, but “the god”. Muslim missionaries in the west, often use the word God instead of Allah, as then a number of the differences between Yahweh (our god) and Allah are more difficult to see. They say that Allah means God, but strictly speaking “al-Lah” = “the god“). The Jews of that time were a travelling people, and they well knew Arabia and the polytheistic religion there.
a. If Jesus had preached that people should pray to a known polytheistic god from another country (and remember that at that time gods in addition were at least to a degree thought to take care mostly of their own country or tribe or whatever) - call him al-Lah or the older El - he would have gotten very few followers.
b. If Jesus had preached about al-Lah - a known polytheistic foreign god - the Jewish religious establishment had had him killed years befor for heresy, disrespect for Yahweh and things like that.
The statement is made up (the purpose for making it up is very obvious).
054 3/52: “(Jesus*) said: ‘Who will be the helpers to (the work) of Allah?” See 3/51.
055 3/52: “Said the Disciples (of Jesus*): ‘We are Allah’s helpers:” See 3/51.
056 3/52: Said the disciples: “- - - we believe in Allah, - - -”. See 3/51.
*057 3/52: Said the disciples: “- - - and thou (Jesus*) bear witness that we are Muslims”. See 3/51. Besides the word hardly had a meaning 600 years before Muhammad.
0Af 3/59: “The similitude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam - - -”. Well, Jesus called God/Yahweh “father”, which Adam could not.
*058 3/59: “He (Allah*) created him (Adam*) from dust, - - -”. The Quran tells about many ways man was created - 11 different if you are strict, 6 if you are less strict. Only 1 can be true, as man (Adam) was created only once. Actually all of them are wrong. Some Muslims take pride in that archaeologists has found that the human race has passed through socalled bottlenecks, and that all may have one “mother” in common - the archeological Eve - and one common “father” - the less known archeological Adam. What not a single of them has ever mentioned as far as I have heard, is the fact that this “Eve” lived some160ooo to 200ooo years ago, whereas the corresponding “Adam” lived much later - may be as late as 60ooo years ago. (And actually the Adam from the Bible and the Quran most likely never existed - man developed from a primat, he was not created into sudden existence). See also 6/2.
059 3/60: “The Truth (comes) from Allah alone; - - -”. With so many mistaken facts that you find in that book, it can at most be partly true, if this refers to the presumed truths in the Quran.
060 3/61: “- - - now after (full) knowledge hath come to thee - - -”. With so many mistakes in the Quran, it is at best partly knowledge.
0Ag 3/70: “Why do ye (the Jews*) reject the Signs of Allah, of which ye are (yourselves) witnesses?” The word “Sign” may refer to two statements:
A. Islam say Muhammad is foretold in the Bible, and especially refers to 5 Mos. 18/15 and 18/18. But the brother of a Jew is a Jew, not an Arab, and the Jews’ fellow countrymen also are Jews, not Arabs. Wrong.
B. The Quran refers to one or two learned Jews that accepted Mohammad as a prophet. But it is in no way correct to say that “ye” (all the Jews) did so. Wrong.
061 3/70: “- - - conceal the Truth (of what the Quran tells*) - - -”. With so many mistakes, the Quran at best is only partly true.
062 3/71: “Why do you clothe the truth with falsehood (= falsify the Bible, the Torah, and the other Jewish scriptures - this is strongly stated in the Quran (if it is not true, then the Quran is a falsified book*)*), and conceal the Truth, - - -?” Always when there was a discrepancy between the Quran and the Bible, Muhammad said it was he who was right and the Jews and the Christians who had falsified the Bible (even in cases where it is clear the story in the Quran corresponds to a made up legend known in Arabia at that time) - a most convenient explanation for a man that knew little about the Bible. But does the Quran represent the truth? - with that many obvious mistakes, etc., it at most can be partly true.
*063 3/84: “- - - in (the Books) given to Moses”. Wrong. Moses (if he existed) lived 1300-1200 BC (if the exodus from Egypt ever happened, it took place ca. 1235 BC - during the reign of pharaoh Raises II according to science). These 5 books (the Torah) were written not earlier than ca. 800 BC, and may be as late as 500 BC, but named after Moses. Moses was never given those books - but this Muhammed did not know - - - whereas a god had known it.
*064 3/96: “The first House (= Kabah*) (of worship) appointed for man was that at Bakka (=Mecca*)”. Wrong. Even if we should accept that Abraham “made the foundations” of the Kabah in Mecca, he lived (if he is not fiction) around 2000-1800 BC. At that time the first temples, etc. in f. ex. Egypt and Mesopotamia were old. Today it is possible to find the real age of many things. It is symptomatic that as far as I know, Islam has not tried to see if it is possible to find the real age of the oldest parts of the Kabah. Wagging tongues insinuates that may be the reason is that they are afraid it is younger than 3800 years. (I may ad that some Muslims have corrected it to that the Quran is talking about the first house of worship for a monotheistic god, but that is not what the Quran says. There is no way of knowing how old the Kabah really is, and though the means to perhaps find out exists today, they have not been tried as far as I know - perhaps because Islam is reluctant to get an age that may be too low - what if it turns out it is built around 100 BC - or AD - f. ex?) I may also add that it is also said that Abraham built on the even older ruins of a temple made by Adam, but destroyed at the time of Noah - but as often before Muslims only tell, seldom prove, so believe it who wants.
0Ah 3/137: “- - - travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected the truth”. In Arabia there were scattered old ruins. Muhammad told they were all remnants after peoples Allah had punished for their sins. There are more likely explanations.
065 3/137: “- - - those who rejected the Truth”. With that many mistaken facts in the Quran, it at best tells partly the truth.
**066 3/154: “Even if you had remained in your homes (instead of taking part in the battle of Uhud, where many were killed), those for whom the death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death (= they had died anyhow*)”. Here we have the predestination - kismet. You can as well do battle, because Allah has decided long time ago when you are to die. If your time is up, you will die no matter, even if you are lying in your bed. That means that to do battle is not dangerous, but you can win a lot of wealth - or slaves - and if you die in battle, you are sure to go to Paradise with its luxury life and willing houries (in addition to your wives), which you are not sure of if you die at home. The only intelligent thing to do is to fight for your prophet - or his successors.
Today it is easy to prove by statistics that it is very wrong - but Muhammad did not know about statistics (and a god had not even needed statistics to know it was stupidity). Actually Islam today back paddle very much concerning predestination - telling f. ex. that the Quran does not mean real predestination. But in some cases the book is so clear, that it is impossible to explain it away - f. ex. many places connected to statements that when your time is out, you will die anyhow, and therefore you can as well go to war. See f. ex. 3/154 below).
**067 3/154: “Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death”. This is one of the arguments Muhammad used to incite to battle; predestination. Today it is very easy to prove by means of statistics that it is utterly wrong - it is far less likely to die in your home, compared to spending the same time in a battle. (But Muhammad needed - or at least wanted - warriors).
0Ai 3/161: “No prophet could (ever) be false to his trust.” Some of Mohammad’s highwaymen (this was in 625 AD when the Muslims lived from stealing/robbing and extortion) were dissatisfied and told Mohammad cheated when splitting the spoils. Then this verse arrived very conveniently from the veneered Mother Book in Heaven written by Allah or never written. Islam says it proved Mohammad did not cheat. That may be correct if Allah made the Quran, but not if Mohammad did so.
068 4/1: “Reverence your Guardian-Lord, who created you - - - “. Man was not created, according to science, but developed from earlier primates.
068a 4/11+12: The verses about inheritance are far from clear in Islam. Muhammad stated fixed proportions. But the trouble is that those proportions may ad up to more than the full value of the property. If there f. ex. are these inheritors after a man’s death: 1 wife = 1/8 (3/24), 3 daughters = 2/3 (16/24), 1 father = 1/6 (4/24) and 1 mother = 1/6 (4/24). If you ad these you will see that they are to inherit 27/24, which is mathematically and practically impossible. Or if a man dies and leaves only a sister and a brother: The sister gets ½ and the brother the double of what the sister gets = 3/2, which is an absurd joke. And what if a man had 2 wives, one with a child and the other not? Does the one with child get 1/8 and the other ¼? Etc. Juridical problems concerning inheritance are complicated under Islam because of these mistakes. But the shares are said to be ordained by Allah, the All-knowing!!!
069 4/47: (The Quran is*) “confirming what was (already) with you (= the Bible, the Torah, etc.*) “. There are too many basic thoughts that are different between the Quran and the Bible - especially the NT. Incitement to war against non-believers, the “lost lamb”, “do not kill” vs. “do not kill except for a good reason”, etc., etc. The Quran is no confirmation of the Bible, and definitely not the NT. It is also not possible that the same god is behind so different ideas, unless he is mentally ill. See also 2/89 and 29/46.
**070 4/82: “Had it (the Quran*) been from other than Allah, they would surely therein found much discrepancy.” What a proof!!! There is so much discrepancy in the Quran, that Islam has a special rule how to solve such problems - the so called rule of abrogation: If there is discrepancy between two (or more) places in the Quran, the youngest is the correct one - the omniscient Allah so often has to change his mind or has got new information that forces him to change his words, that one needs a special rule how to behave in such cases (this is one of the reasons why it is essential for Islam to know the age of the suras and verses, or at least which is older than which). And there is so much discrepancy between the Quran and modern knowledge, that it is clear that either Islam has a lot of good explaining to do, or the Quran is not made by an omniscient god. (Islam has a lot of explanations, but much of it is invalid or highly dubious - use your brain and knowledge when you listen or read, and you will see this is true). This sentence really is an indirect, but strong proof from the Quran itself that the Quran is not sent down from an omniscient god - and a reason why Muslims cannot afford to admit there is one single mistake in the book, no matter how unlikely explanations they have to use to “explain” the mistakes: If there are mistakes, there is something fundamentally wrong with the religion.
(It should be mentioned that some Muslims denies there is a rule of abrogation (an omniscient god should not need to adjust or further specify his own rules - it spoils the picture of perfection), but anyone can read and see for him/herself: Many points are adjusted, extended or given other limits - larger or smaller - in the Quran. I have never counted, but I have red numbers from ca. 100 till more than 200 places depending on how strictly you judge).
071 4/105: “We (Allah*) have sent down to thee the Book (the Quran*) - - -”. With so many mistakes and dubious arguments - can it really be sent down by a god? No.
072 4/105: “We (Allah*) have sent down to thee the Book (the Quran*) in truth, - - -”. With so many mistakes, it is without doubt that it at best can be only partly true (if not there had been no mistakes).
073 4/113: ”For Allah hath sent down to thee the Book (the Quran*). See 4/105.
074 4/113: “For Allah hath sent down to thee the Book (the Quran*) and Wisdom - - - “. As said before - f. ex. in 4/105 - there is reason for doubt as to if the Quran is sent down by a god, and no reason for doubt that some of the contents are not true.
0Aj 4/136: “Believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad*) - - -”. There is nowhere proved that Muhammad was the messenger of a god.
075 4/136: “- - - and the scripture which He (Allah*) hath sent to his Messenger”. It is very obvious to anybody with some knowledge and the ability to read and think, that there are many mistakes in the Quran. It is a question if it is adviceable to believe in a book where you know there are many mistakes - and may be many more you do not see. The fact that there are many mistaken facts - and dubious statements + numbers of invalid “signs” and “proofs”, also makes one doubt the book is sent down by an omniscient god and a copy of a book revered in Heaven. It simply is impossible.
*076 4/156: “- - - they uttered against Mary a grave false charge (that Jesus was crucified and dead*)”. There were so many vitnesses, included many who knew Jesus, that the charge was definitely not false. If Islam says something else, they will have to provide good proofs, not only bring forth lofty statements taken out of thin air 600 years later, with no proofs and not even an indisium indicating that all those vitnesses - and the rulers and the hateful Jewish clergy - were wrong. Words are very cheap - - - and neither Muhammad nor Islam can accept that Jesus died and was resurrected - in that case he clearly was a greater prophet and/or had closer connections to the god than Muhammad, and that is taboo for Muslims. It simply is unacceptable.
077 4/157: “We killed Christ Jesus - - -”. Wrong. The word Christ did not exist as a name for Jesus until many years later, and then it came from Asia Minor, and then as a title, (the Turks had not arrived at that time), not from Jerusalem originally. Any god had known this.
078 4/157: “- - - (Jesus*) the Messenger of Allah”. It is absolutely sure the Jews did not say this. See 3/51.
*079 4/157: “- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear for them - - -”. See 4/156. In addition: If no one else made sure that it was no impostor and that the killing really took place, the angry and spiteful Jewish clergy would see to that. The story is made up. If Islam wants to say something else, they will have a lot of explanation and proving to do - this even more so as the Quran always demands proofs for what non-Muslims say about their religion, but it NEVER itself offers any real proofs for Islam or Allah. In spite of all the “signs” it boasts of, not one single of those “signs” - with the possible exception of some taken from the Bible - proves any god at all, and definitely not one single one proves anything about Allah or the teachings of Muhammad. Words are very cheap, and there is not one single of those “signs” that can not as well and as easy be used by priests or believers or prophets of other religions: Manito did this, Thor did that, Kali made something, Osiris something else, Baal created the Earth, and al-Uzza is great. There is not one single valid proof for Allah or for the teachings of Muhammad anywhere - - - or for that Jesus was not crucified and died.
080 4/157: “- - - of a surety they killed him (Jesus*) not - - -”. If Islam is not able to produce really hard proofs for this statement, it is very obviously wrong. See 4/156 and 4/157 for further explanations.
0Ak 4/170: “The Messenger (Muhammad*) hath come - - - from Allah - - -”. There is no place proved that Muhammad is a messenger from any god - Allah or someone else.
081 4/170: “The Messenger (= Muhammad*) hath come to you in truth from Allah: - - -”. With so many mistaken facts in Mohammad’s tales (the Quran), it is impossible he really got the surahs and verses from a god, at least not from an omniscient god.
0Al 4/171: “- - - Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, was (no more than) a Messenger- - -.” Well, he frequently called Yahweh (the Jewish and Christian god) his father.
082 4/171: “Christ Jesus was - - - a Messenger of Allah, - - -”. If Islam does not have strong proofs for this, he definitely was no messenger of Allah - for explanations about this see 3/51.
0Am 4/172: “ - - - (far Exalted is He (Allah*)) above having a son”. If the Quran here talks only about Allah, that may be correct. But if it talks about an Allah identical to Yahweh, I have to remind Muslims of the fact that Jesus many times and in front of many witnesses called Yahweh his father.
083 4/172: “Christ disdaineth not to serve and worship Allah.” In 3/51 is implicated in the explanation why this is wrong. The only possible exception is if Yahweh and Allah really is the same god. But only Islam states that, and the teachings of Yahweh (especially in NT) are so different at essential points from the teachings of Allah, that they cannot be the same god.
0An 5/17: “Why then doth He (the god*) punish you for your sins (if he loves you*)”. Wrong psychology, as anyone knows why you sometimes have to punish even children you love.
084 4/176: “And Allah hath knowledge of all things.” The only information we have about the knowledge of Allah is the Quran. And the Quran contains lots of mistakes, which means that Allah’s knowledge is far from perfect. Or that something is wrong.
*085 5/17: “In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary”. No Christian says that Jesus is Allah. Neither do they say that Jesus is Yahweh. Muhammad never understood the trinity dogma of the Christians. (He also believes it consists of Yahweh, Jesus and Mary). But if one looks only at that dogma, Islam may be right that it is not correct - may be. It is only a dogma decided on by humans after much quarrel and discussion; it is not part of the Bible.
086 5/18: “(Both) the Jews and the Christians say: ‘We are sons of Allah, and His beloved’. Say: ‘Why then doth He punish you for your sins? - - -’”. Neither Jews nor Christians say they are the sons - or daughters - of Yahweh (though they sometimes figuratively refer to him as the “Father in Heaven”). And the question is not even rhetoric, but naïve - sometimes you have to punish even beloved children to teach them the difference between right and wrong, good and bad.
087 5/19: “O People of the Book (mainly Jews and Christians, but also Sabeans - a Christian sect in Sabah, now part of Yemen - and later after a fashion and in some circles also Zaroastrians*)! Now hath come unto you, making (things) clear unto you, Our Messenger (Muhammad*) - - -”. Some may question if really Muhammad was the messenger of a god - he did not always behave like the representative of a good and forgiving god, and his message (the Quran) is full of mistakes an omniscient god had not made. But what is not possible to doubt, is that a message with so many mistaken facts at best can make things partly clear (and at worst really mess up things).
*088 5/20: “Remember Moses said to his people: - - - Allah - - - made you kings”. Wrong. The first Jewish kings were Saul and then David nearly 200 years later. Any - even minor - god had known this. I have heard Muslims explain that that is not what the Quran means, but that Allah made all Jews like kings. But anyone who knows a little about Jewish history and about Jews before and now, knows very well that most Jews never were or are or behave (d) like kings. It is an obvious “explanation”.
0Ao 5/23: “- - - but on Allah put your (Jews*) trust if you have faith”. It is highly unlikely Jews at the time of Moses told their fellow Jews to trust Allah, as the name of the god of the Jews was Yahweh (and besides the name Allah was introduced by Mohammad some 2000 years later (as a substitute for al-Lah)).
089 5/44: “It was We (Allah*) who revealed the Law (to Moses): - - -”. According to existing sources Yahweh revealed the 10 commandments, whereas nothing is said about the laws. The laws are part of the Torah (the first 5 books in the Bible, and named after Moses). But the Torah was written several hundred (about 400 to 700) years later according to science.
*090 5/46: “We (Allah*) sent him (Jesus‘) the Gospel”. Any god had known that the Gospels did not exist at that time. See 3/3 and 3/48.
0Ap 5/48: “To thee We (Allah*) sent the scripture - - -”. As there are many mistakes in the Quran, there are reasonable doubts about if a god really sent down the Quran. This even more so as a number of the mistakes are in accordance with what one believed to be true at the time of Muhammad in the Middle East. Muhammad would have believed it was the truth, a god had known it was wrong.
091 5/48: “- - - We (Allah*) sent the scripture in truth - - -”. With all the mistaken facts - and perhaps other mistakes - in the Quran, it is at most partly the truth.
*092 5/48: “- - - confirming the scripture (the Bible*) that came before it, - - -”. There are so many and so fundamental differences between the Quran and the Bible - especially NT - that the Quran is no confirmation of the Bible, and especially not of the NT. See 2/89 and 3/3.
093 5/48: “- - - diverging from the Truth that hath come to thee.” With that many mistakes, the Quran at best is only partly the Truth.
0Aq 5/60: “Those who incurred the curse of Allah and his wrath, those of some he transformed into apes and swine - - -”. Hardly likely. This needs strong proofs.
094 5/72: “They do blaspheme who say: ‘God is the son of Mary’”. No Christians say that Yahweh is the son of Mary, Jesus. (Though catholic people use the expression “Mother of God” meaning “Mother of (the holy) Jesus”, but they clearly know the difference between God/Yahweh and Jesus).
**095 5/72: “But said Christ; ‘O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord‘”. If Jesus had tried to teach about the in Israel known polytheistic god al-Lah from a heathen country, he had got very few followers and had been quickly killed by the clergy in the religious climate in Israel at that time.
0Aqa 5/73: “They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a trinity”. My sources tells that the 3 last words does not exist in the Arab edition, but is added by Yusuf Ali. Then the correct text in case ends: “Allah (God*) is one of three.” Which obviously is wrong, as Christians only believe in one god.
0Ar 5/75: “Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a messenger; - - -”. The Bible says something else, and as the Bible is written relatively short time after Jesus’ death, and on this point on the basis of thousands of witnesses that could tell what Jesus said, and protest if the narrators quoted Jesus falsely, it is likely that the Bible is more reliable here, than the Quran. The Quran is written 600 years later, and offers only unfounded statements without any proof or even indisia backing up the statements. This even more so as the only Islamic sourse for the statements, was a man who demanded to be the greatest prophet of all times, something he definitely could not be if Jesus was a relative of Yahve.
Also Jesus himself frequently called Yahweh his father - and Jesus is reliable also according to the Quran (but the Quran/Mohammad cannot accept that Jesus may be the son of Yahve, because then Muhammad is not the greatest of “prophets” - it is even more essential to defend Muhammad, as he in reality was a dubious character).
096 5/75: “- - - they (the non-Muslims*) are deluded away from the truth.” With all the mistaken facts - and perhaps other mistakes - in the Quran, it at best tells only partly the truth.
097 5/83: “- - - they recognised the truth”. As said before: With that many mistakes in the Quran, the teachings of Muhammad at best are partly the truth.
098 5/84: “What cause can we have not to believe in Allah and the truth which has come to us, - - -?” See among others 5/75 and 5/83. In addition - to ansver the question: There are reasons for not believing: The fact that the Quran - the basis of the religion - contains so many mistaken facts in a book that claims to be sent down from their god. Then how many mistakes are there in the religious points that are wrong? Is it really sent down from a god, or is it made up by someone here on Earth? And if it is sent down: In that case Allah very clearly is not omniscient.
**099 5/110: “I (Allah*) thought thee (Jesus*) - - - the Gospel”. Wrong. The Gospels did not exist until some 25 years after Jesus died (the oldest Gospel). See 3/3 and 3/48.
100 5/110: “And behold, thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and you brethest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, - - - “. A made up story form the made up legends in the made up Thomas Child Gospel. See 3/49 - Muhammad often repeats himself, even if that makes no good literature. Besides: A wonder like this had not been forgotten in the Bible - and especially not by “wrongdoers” wanting to falsify the Bible to make Jesus more holy, like the Quran frequently says.
101 5/111: (the Diciples*) “said: “We have faith, and do thou bear witness that we bow to Allah as Muslims”. Made up story - see 3/51 for explanation.
102 5/114: “Send us (Jesus and the Diciples*) from heaven a Table set (with viands), - - -”. A made up story - there is no chance that such a wonder that clearly shows Jesus’ connection to Yahweh, would be omitted from the Bible. Not one single chance. Even if Muhammad had been right and Christians had falsified the NT, this is the kind of stories they had added, not omitted. Some Muslims say this may refer a little to “The Prayer of God” - give us our daily bread - in the Bible. Much more likely it is a contorted version of the last Easter dinner.
103 5/116: “Didst thou (Jesus*) say unto men, “worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah”?” Jesus was not involved with Allah - see 3/51 for explanation. As for a devine Jesus, that is not explicitly said in the Bible, but many places it is understood that he was (f. ex. if Yahweh really was his father in some way). But when it comes to Mary, Islam is right - saints are not a part of the teaching of the Bible (on the other hand also some Muslims have saints, notably the Shi’ites). Also see 5/116 just below.
103a 5/116: Mohammad believed the Trinity consisted of God/Yahweh, Jesus and Mary. Wrong - it consisted/consists of Yahweh, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.
*104 5/117: (Jesus said*): “Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord”. A story made up to strengthen Islam. If Jesus had said things like that about al-Lah, he had had very few followers - - - and had been killed within months by the Jewish clergy. See 3/51 for further explanation.
***105 6/2: “He (Allah*) it is Who created you from clay, - - -”. This is one of the many ways man (Adam) was created according to the Quran - even if Adam was created only once, according to that book. He was created in these ways:
a. From clay: 6/2 - 7/12 - 17/61 - 38/71- 38/76 - 32/7.
b. From sounding clay: 15/26 - 15/28 - 15/33.
c. From ringing clay: 55/64.
d. From sticky clay: 37/11.
e. From essence of clay: 23/12.
f. From mud: 15/26 - 15/28 - 15/33.
g. From dust: 3/59 - 22/5 - 35/11 - 40/67.
h. From earth: 20/55.
From a clot of congealed blood: 96/2.
i. From semen: 16/4 - 75/37 - 76/2 - 80/19.
(It is not told where the semen came from).**
j. From nothing: 19/9 - 19/67.
k. From water: 21/30 -24/45 -25/54.
(m. From base material: 70/39.
Not counted separately as many are “base material“.)