Quranic
Self-ContradictionsChoose any of the subjects below to view the Quranic sura that have posed problems for Quranic scholars for centuries.
Jesus Dead vs. Jesus Alive
Six-Day Creations vs. Eight-Day Creation
God vs. God
Length of Days in Heaven
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Jesus claims He will Die and Rise from the Dead vs.
God speaking through Mohammad saying Jesus never Died on the Cross.19:29-35
"But she pointed to the babe. They said: 'How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?' He said: 'I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet; And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live; (He) hath made me kind to my mother and not overbearing or miserable; So Peace is on me the day I was born the day that I die and the Day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!' Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth about which they (vainly) dispute."
4:157-158
"They said (in boast) "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary the Apostle of Allah"; but they killed him not nor crucified him but so it was made to appear to them and those who differ therein are full of doubts with no (certain) knowledge but only conjecture to follow for of a surety they killed him not. Nay Allah raised him up unto Himself..."
God takes 6 Days to Create the Universe vs. God taking 8 Days to Create the Universe7:54
"Your guardian-Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six days..."
41:9-12
"Say: Is it that ye Deny Him Who created the earth in two Days? And do ye join equals with Him? He is the Lord of (all) the Worlds. He set on the (earth) Mountains standing firm high above it and bestowed blessings on the earth and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion in four Days in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (sustenance). Moreover He Comprehended in His design the sky and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: "Come ye together willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together) in willing obedience." So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command..."
2+4+2=8
Another way to view the above passage: First the Quran says God created the earth in two days, then in proceeds to contradict itself by recounting the details of Earth's creation in four days.
God vs. God2:106 "If We abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten We will replace it with a better one or one similar"
6:34 "None can change the decrees of Allah."
10:65 "There is no changing the words of Allah, that is the supreme triumph."
(Note: Ironically, these words are changed quite dramatically between translations. Ali talks about Hell in verse 63 and leaves out the 10:65 quote above. Pickthall and Dawood both talk of Heaven and leave out Hell entirely! [Pickthall 10:65 corresponds to Ali 10:63.] The question is, if the Word of God cannot be changed, haven't one or more of these guys changed it and their text become respected and reliable translations? Is not this the same charge leveled against Christians regarding the Bible?)
50:29 "The Word changes not before Me."
If the above Ayahs had been true then there would have been no need for Caliph Uthman to redact Arabic copies of the Quran that were in use in favor of the version he had. These passages also apply to the Injeel and Torah. The Quran reveals that these previous scriptures were revealed by God to Moses and Jesus; yet modern Islam holds them to have been lost or corrupted. The above passages disagree with modern Islamic theology on the subject.
The Length of Days in Heaven32:5
"He directed the ordinance from the Heaven to the Earth, then it decended to Him in a Day, the measure of which is a thousand years by your reckoning."
It is sometimes said that the above passage is poetic in nature. Allah is simply making the point that a day in Heaven is like a thousand years on Earth. Yet the plain text of the passage, regardless of what translation you use (or the Arabic) is clear, the Quran makes a detailed point of saying "the measure of which is a thousand years..." These are specific terms, as is the passage below.
70:4
"The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a Day, the span of which is fifty thousand years."
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