Response by Shaahin Amiri-Sharifi to Three
contradiction in the Quran 16:101-103
According to Muslim belief, based on Quran, Gabriel is
the name for "Holy Spirit" the dearest Anglel of God. and it
is not the Prophet. it is also mentioned in Quran
as (Angel) "rouh" , meaning spirit.
About John 14:16, the verse never mentiones that the
comforter is Holy Spirit. if it is a Christian
interpretation of the verse (John 14:16) I dont know about
that, but Muslims say that this comforter is Mohamed(pbuh).
If Christians believe that "comforter" is Holy Spirit,
and Muslims believe that "comforter" is Mohamed(pbuh), this
does NOT rmean that Holy Spirit is Mohamed(pbuh)! You are
reffering to oposite sides to get a result.
Regarding 2:97 and 16:101, and "confirmation" of the
earlier revelations and at the same time "substituting"
them, Quran does confirm earlier revelations (not the
changed version of them of course!), and please note that
the word translated as "substituting" means rather
"transforming" and not substituting . which means updating",
point is, Islam is the religion of Adam (pbuh) to Mohamed
(pbuh), but in different levels, it was "updated" untill it
reached the final form which was brought by Mohamed (pbuh).
so while maintainig the same spirit, it was "transformed" to
what it is now. I hope this explanation makes the situation
clear!
About Quran being in "pure" Arabic. yet another
misunderestanding of Quran caused by looking a "translated"
copy rather than Arabic! the word "mobeen" means clear with
explanation, understandable, NOT pure (in the way you
percieve). and of course it is not in pure Arabic. There is
no "pure" language at all! in every language you can find
the trace of other languages, older or contemporary ones.
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