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    MaverickMonotheist
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    Salaam

    Anyway To say Jesus from 2012 years ago is Same as ISA Ibna Maryam sister of Harun and Musa is Incoerent and you will finish yourself telling that AQ is wrong, you will say Muhamed made a mistake or Even Say Allah made it just to fullfil the Yeshoo(Jesus in arab) from Palestine wich has nothing to do with Isa the Prophet "word of God" ibna Maryam.

    Peace,

    No, I would say that the phrase is a Hebraism used in many places in the Jewish prophets. The genealogies in the Jewish scriptures do this all the time. It means that she was descended from the family of Aaron and Moses. Zachariah (Zakariya) was a Levite, which was the tribe of Aaron and Moses. The gospels called Jesus a son of Adam, which meant, as the Quran says, that he was made in the image and likeness of Adam. This, and many other Hebraisms that are seen in the Torah and Gospels, show a continuous message in the Quran that is found in the Torah and Gospels. It is important for anyone reading the Quran to understand prior scripture, or else the reader will make many mistakes in interpretation.

    -Joel

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      NOMAD
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      Salaam

      Peace, somehow even in hebrew is easy to search

      IN HEBREW OT

      STRONG`s CONCORDANCE
      Miryam a sister of Aaron,
      Original Word
      Transliteration Miryam
      Phonetic Spelling (meer-yawm&#039
      Short Definition Miriam

      NAS EXAUSTIV CONCORDANCE
      Word Origin
      from the same as Merayah
      Definition
      a sister of Aaron,
      NASB Word Usage
      Miriam (15).

      15 Occurrences

      l?mir?ym ? 1 Occ.
      mir?ym ? 11 Occ.
      ?mir?ym ? 3 Occ.

      Exodus 1520
      BIB
      NAS Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's
      KJV And Miriam the prophetess, the sister
      INT took Miriam the prophetess sister

      Exodus 1521
      BIB
      NAS Miriam answered them, Sing
      KJV And Miriam answered them, Sing
      INT answered Miriam Sing to the LORD

      Numbers 121
      BIB
      NAS Then Miriam and Aaron spoke
      KJV And Miriam and Aaron spake
      INT spoke Miriam and Aaron Moses

      Numbers 124
      BIB
      NAS and Aaron and to Miriam, You three
      KJV and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out
      INT Aaron and to Miriam come three

      Numbers 125
      BIB
      NAS Aaron and Miriam. When they had both
      KJV Aaron and Miriam and they both
      INT called Aaron and Miriam come had both

      Numbers 1210
      BIB
      NAS behold, Miriam leprous,
      KJV from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam leprous,
      INT the tent behold Miriam leprous snow

      Numbers 1210
      BIB
      NAS toward Miriam, behold,
      KJV looked upon Miriam, and, behold, leprous.
      INT Aaron toward Miriam behold she leprous

      Numbers 1215
      BIB
      NAS So Miriam was shut up outside
      KJV And Miriam was shut out
      INT was shut Miriam out the camp

      Numbers 1215
      BIB
      NAS on until Miriam was received
      KJV journeyed not till Miriam was brought
      INT until was received Miriam

      Numbers 201
      BIB
      NAS at Kadesh. Now Miriam died
      KJV in Kadesh; and Miriam died
      INT died there now Miriam was buried there

      Numbers 2659
      BIB
      NAS and Moses and their sister Miriam.
      KJV and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
      INT Aaron and Moses Miriam and their sister

      Deuteronomy 249
      BIB
      NAS did to Miriam on the way
      KJV did unto Miriam by the way,
      INT God your God to Miriam the way came

      1 Chronicles 417
      BIB
      NAS and she conceived Miriam, Shammai
      KJV and she bare Miriam, and Shammai,
      INT and Jalon bare Miriam Shammai and Ishbah

      1 Chronicles 63
      BIB
      NAS Moses and Miriam. And the sons
      KJV and Moses, and Miriam. The sons
      INT Aaron Moses and Miriam and the sons of Aaron

      Micah 64
      BIB
      NAS you Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
      KJV thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
      INT Moses Aaron and Miriam

      Why they just dont translate Marya? oopss O0

      I keep saying even in Portuguese or whatever all this are different names MIRI?(?=M), MARIA, MARISA, MARIANA, MARI, MIRNA, MARILDA,MARIETA, MariSTela, Majorie, whatever...
      Each person have its own name, no translations.(point)
      sun

      Sallam and may Allah(The Creator) guide us into Enlightment peace pr

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        MaverickMonotheist
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        Peace NOMAD,

        Lol, a Strong's Concordance is divided into sections for Hebrew words (Jewish Scriptures) and Greek words (Christian Scriptures). If you don't actually know the language, a Strong's search won't do you any good.

        I'm not really sure what your point is with all of the proof-texting, so here's all I'm going to say. If you want to transliterate the names as they are, go ahead. BUT if you aere doing i to say that they are not the same as the people in the Torah and Gospel, then you are trying to rewrite history. Make whatever argument you want about the names themselves, the context connects them to the stories found in prior scripture.

        Peace,
        Joel

        Salaam )

        Peace, somehow even in hebrew is easy to search

        IN HEBREW OT

        STRONG`s CONCORDANCE
        Miryam a sister of Aaron,
        Original Word
        Transliteration Miryam
        Phonetic Spelling (meer-yawm&#039
        Short Definition Miriam

        NAS EXAUSTIV CONCORDANCE
        Word Origin
        from the same as Merayah
        Definition
        a sister of Aaron,
        NASB Word Usage
        Miriam (15).

        15 Occurrences

        l?mir?ym ? 1 Occ.
        mir?ym ? 11 Occ.
        ?mir?ym ? 3 Occ.

        Exodus 1520
        BIB
        NAS Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's
        KJV And Miriam the prophetess, the sister
        INT took Miriam the prophetess sister

        Exodus 1521
        BIB
        NAS Miriam answered them, Sing
        KJV And Miriam answered them, Sing
        INT answered Miriam Sing to the LORD

        Numbers 121
        BIB
        NAS Then Miriam and Aaron spoke
        KJV And Miriam and Aaron spake
        INT spoke Miriam and Aaron Moses

        Numbers 124
        BIB
        NAS and Aaron and to Miriam, You three
        KJV and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out
        INT Aaron and to Miriam come three

        Numbers 125
        BIB
        NAS Aaron and Miriam. When they had both
        KJV Aaron and Miriam and they both
        INT called Aaron and Miriam come had both

        Numbers 1210
        BIB
        NAS behold, Miriam leprous,
        KJV from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam leprous,
        INT the tent behold Miriam leprous snow

        Numbers 1210
        BIB
        NAS toward Miriam, behold,
        KJV looked upon Miriam, and, behold, leprous.
        INT Aaron toward Miriam behold she leprous

        Numbers 1215
        BIB
        NAS So Miriam was shut up outside
        KJV And Miriam was shut out
        INT was shut Miriam out the camp

        Numbers 1215
        BIB
        NAS on until Miriam was received
        KJV journeyed not till Miriam was brought
        INT until was received Miriam

        Numbers 201
        BIB
        NAS at Kadesh. Now Miriam died
        KJV in Kadesh; and Miriam died
        INT died there now Miriam was buried there

        Numbers 2659
        BIB
        NAS and Moses and their sister Miriam.
        KJV and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
        INT Aaron and Moses Miriam and their sister

        Deuteronomy 249
        BIB
        NAS did to Miriam on the way
        KJV did unto Miriam by the way,
        INT God your God to Miriam the way came

        1 Chronicles 417
        BIB
        NAS and she conceived Miriam, Shammai
        KJV and she bare Miriam, and Shammai,
        INT and Jalon bare Miriam Shammai and Ishbah

        1 Chronicles 63
        BIB
        NAS Moses and Miriam. And the sons
        KJV and Moses, and Miriam. The sons
        INT Aaron Moses and Miriam and the sons of Aaron

        Micah 64
        BIB
        NAS you Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
        KJV thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
        INT Moses Aaron and Miriam

        Why they just dont translate Marya? oopss O0

        I keep saying even in Portuguese or whatever all this are different names MIRI?(?=M), MARIA, MARISA, MARIANA, MARI, MIRNA, MARILDA,MARIETA, MariSTela, Majorie, whatever...
        Each person have its own name, no translations.(point)
        sun

        Sallam and may Allah(The Creator) guide us into Enlightment peace pr

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          Every name has a meaning....Even "Khan" who said there is no meaning to his name is wrong, as the word "Khan" means "King/Leader".

          Salaam Layth,

          I did not say that there is no meaning to names. I said names cannot be translated, it means for calling. Even if Khan means King/Leader we don't use it for calling someone. Right? Hope you understand my point.

          May Allah increase us all in knowledge and guide us all to His true path pr
          mmKhan

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            Whatever opinion one may have on the persons or places who are named in the Qur'an if the "translate" them, they are putting the Qur'an accuracy at the mercy of historical interpretations or vision of facts or non facts of which we may not have certain knowledge, then anybody could say the the Qur'an was wrong because somebody's assumption on what the translation of a certain might be is attributed tot he Qur'an, whereas it is the assumption of a person. Why make the accuracy and the meaning of the Qur'an dependente on something else?

            That is what has been done many a time to the detriment of the Qur'an like the nonsense about the angels running a way where the hair of a woman shows or whatever. That is not the Qur'an but from the Jewish tradition. Now the muslims are stuck with it. That is a bigh mistake.

            We cannot make the Qur'an dependent on any other religious literature.

            Salaam

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              We cannot make the Qur'an dependent on any other religious literature.

              Salaam

              Peace,

              I understand what you are saying. There is much that has to be undone in terms of separating the hadith from the Quran. But don't make a bigger mistake by separating the Quran from its place among the other revealed texts. Maybe it is easier for me to see because I don't have the baggage of the hadiths to get rid of, but the Quran cannot properly be understood in any other way than as a part of what was revealed to Moses, to the prophets, and to Jesus.

              -Joel

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                Sallaam

                3444
                Sahih International
                And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, , any warner.

                Pickthall
                And We have given them no scriptures which they study, nor sent We unto them, before thee, any warner.

                Dr. Ghali
                And in no way have We brought them any Books which they study, and in no way have We sent them before you any constant warner.

                3445

                Sahih International
                And those before them denied, and the people of Makkah have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But the former peoples denied My messengers, so how was My reproach.

                Pickthall
                Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)!

                Dr. Ghali
                And (the ones) before them cried lies, and in no way did they reach a tenth of what We brought them. So they cried lies to My Messengers. Then how was My disclaiming!

                Allah knows best pr

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                  Salaam,

                  I agree with Nomad. I actually have no problem that
                  Ibrahim = Abraham
                  or
                  Yusuf = Joseph
                  etc.

                  BUT
                  Idries = Enoch ??? When I first read this name on the FM translation I really had no idea to who it was referring to, I am also very curious why the translator thinks that it is the same person, because there is almost no "relevant" data in The Quran to link Idries to the Biblical Enoch.

                  Yahya = John ??? the meaning of Yahya is different from what John means.

                  Also Thalut = Saul and Zjalut = Goliath is in my opinion very confusing

                  There are also some words (not people's names) which I think can be better left untranslated for example ?Saqar? it is translated as "scorching heat" (7426) while it doesn't mean that according to The Quran. The verses next explain in full detail what the exact definition is.
                  Or "hawiya" 1019 is not "the lowest" according to 10111.
                  I know, maybe in "normal" arabic they mean "scorching heat" and "the lowest" but The Quran gives them other definitions.

                  There are much more examples.

                  Anyhow I believe that the FM translation is one of the best and I like to thank the translator for it because it was without doubt very time-consuming and a lot of hard work, thank you )

                  Salaam Bender

                  ps. I don't know if Ibrahim and Yusuf have meanings in Arabic and if the arabic meanings corresponds with the english meaning of Abraham and Joseph, would be a nice study.

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                    BUT
                    Idries = Enoch ??? When I first read this name on the FM translation I really had no idea to who it was referring to, I am also very curious why the translator thinks that it is the same person, because there is almost no "relevant" data in The Quran to link Idries to the Biblical Enoch.

                    And recall in the Book, Enoch; he was a man of truth, a prophet. And We raised him to a high place. (1956-57)

                    Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. (Genesis 524)

                    While I know there is debate on whether or not the verb in Arabic means an actual physical raising or a giving of respect, I believe there is at least one use of the verb where it literally means something/someone was raised in the air. Besides, like you said, some words in the Quran are given their own meaning despite meaning something different in Arabic.

                    Yahya = John ??? the meaning of Yahya is different from what John means.

                    Yahya is closer to the Hebrew name for John = Yahanan. In Hebrew it means "God is generous", what does Yahya mean?

                    Also Thalut = Saul and Zjalut = Goliath is in my opinion very confusing

                    And their prophet said to them "God has sent Saul to you as a king." They said "How can he have the kingship when we are more deserving than him, and he has not been given an abundance of wealth?" He said "God has chosen him over you and increased him in knowledge and physical stature." God grants His sovereignty to whom He chooses; and God is Encompassing, Knowledgeable. (2247)

                    There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people. (1 Samuel 91-2)

                    Do you see how prior scriptures help the use of the names make a lot more sense because of the context of the events? Edit while it might seem like a contradiction that the Quran says that he was not given an abundance of wealth, and the Jewish scripture says that his father was wealthy, the likelihood is that Saul was very young, likely so young that he was not eligible to receive his inheritance from his father. This would be the reason why the people in the Quran did not want him to be king.

                    ps. I don't know if Ibrahim and Yusuf have meanings in Arabic and if the arabic meanings corresponds with the english meaning of Abraham and Joseph, would be a nice study.

                    Agreed. )

                    -Joel

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                      Salam, Peace,

                      Peace,

                      I understand what you are saying. There is much that has to be undone in terms of separating the hadith from the Quran.

                      True, separating the truth from falsehood is an obligation.

                      But don't make a bigger mistake by separating the Quran from its place among the other revealed texts. Maybe it is easier for me to see because I don't have the baggage of the hadiths to get rid of, but the Quran cannot properly be understood in any other way than as a part of what was revealed to Moses, to the prophets, and to Jesus.

                      -Joel

                      But here you should apply the same methodology as you do for hadith. In this regard you should first precisely define what I have underlined above.
                      What is for you "other revealed texts"?

                      Thanks

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                        BTW I recommend this link
                        http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9601944.10

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                          Peace,

                          I understand what you are saying. There is much that has to be undone in terms of separating the hadith from the Quran. But don't make a bigger mistake by separating the Quran from its place among the other revealed texts. Maybe it is easier for me to see because I don't have the baggage of the hadiths to get rid of, but the Quran cannot properly be understood in any other way than as a part of what was revealed to Moses, to the prophets, and to Jesus.

                          -Joel

                          You have nailed it. Exactly, separate Qur'an from hadith. The Bible IS hadith.We must separate Qur'an from the Bible.

                          If there are some inspired words in the bible amongst other thins that are whatever they are but not inspired, so there many inspired words in the hadiths, no less than in the Bible. In fact, there are sublime hadiths that melt the heart. The problem is exactly the same as the Bible, the hadith as a collection is a heterogeneous one, in which the best is mixed with the worst and the mediocre. Hadiths taken as a unit and bible taken as a unit are a figment.

                          In order to get something out of them one must undo that unit and take every single piece on its merits. And that is more easily done with hadith than with the bible, because the units of the bible themselves are not homogeneous as to quality, authenticity or content. Some may be better than others, but the whole offers room for doubt as to its soundness.

                          So no way of putting the Qur'an on a level with the Bible. The Bible, at best, is on a level with hadith.

                          This of course I say as one convinced of the veracity of the Qur'an.

                          Salaam

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                            What is for you "other revealed texts"?

                            Thanks

                            The Torah and Gospel.

                            You have nailed it. Exactly, separate Qur'an from hadith. The Bible IS hadith.We must separate Qur'an from the Bible.

                            If there are some inspired words in the bible amongst other thins that are whatever they are but not inspired, so there many inspired words in the hadiths, no less than in the Bible.

                            The Torah and Gospel are quoted more than anything else in the Quran. The hadiths are quoted 0%. There is no comparison. What about 33?

                            -Joel

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                              Salaam sun

                              Read all chaprer 3 (AAl Imran ) then read 19 (MAryam)

                              Theres no prove that theres are 2 Isa and 2 MAryam.. thats what the ibiBLIST think...
                              its a shame to see self called Quransits giving so descartinh islam hadith and taking Catholic hadith to say AQ is Wrong &

                              So for you theres only INGIL AND TAWRAT? what about ISa Upanishads? Its also a sacred religious text.. if you read AQ and like to compere to the Darkeness hadiths of the Bible you should read also and compere the Hindu texts
                              AQ is complete, detailed, simple, and Wordf God
                              The rest i dont trust, ive pessad more than 10 years in search for Bible Caracters.. what i found is a SALAD

                              AQ is complete, no need to be analized on the "light" tempt, of thge bible, thats too do the same as our Ancestors, and its not what AQ comand US

                              Salaam, have a nice week

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                                Salaam sun

                                Read all chaprer 3 (AAl Imran ) then read 19 (MAryam)

                                I have. Many times.

                                Theres no prove that theres are 2 Isa and 2 MAryam.. thats what the ibiBLIST think...
                                its a shame to see self called Quransits giving so descartinh islam hadith and taking Catholic hadith to say AQ is Wrong &

                                There is one Isa al Masih, there are TWO Miriams. One is the sister of Moses, the other is the mother of Jesus. I never said Quran is wrong. On the contrary, I am upholding it by insisting that there be no distinction between messengers. Abraham, Moses, the prophets, Jesus, and Mohammed.

                                So for you theres only INGIL AND TAWRAT? what about ISa Upanishads? Its also a sacred religious text.. if you read AQ and like to compere to the Darkeness hadiths of the Bible you should read also and compere the Hindu texts
                                AQ is complete, detailed, simple, and Wordf God
                                The rest i dont trust, ive pessad more than 10 years in search for Bible Caracters.. what i found is a SALAD

                                Upanishads are not quoted in the Quran. You are comparing apples to oranges there. Quran is complete, but Quran confirms the Torah and Gospel, does it not? Salads are good for you, you should eat them. In all seriousness, prior revelation is a different style than the Quran. It takes getting used to - just like me getting used to the style of the Quran took about a year of reading it.

                                AQ is complete, no need to be analized on the "light" tempt, of thge bible, thats too do the same as our Ancestors, and its not what AQ comand US

                                Quran is complete, and confirms prior revelation. It is possible to misinterpret Quran if you are not familiar with prior revelation.

                                Salaam, have a nice week

                                Peace.
                                -Joel

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                                  The Torah and Gospel.

                                  The Torah and Gospel are quoted more than anything else in the Quran. The hadiths are quoted 0%. There is no comparison. What about 33?

                                  -Joel

                                  First things first.

                                  The Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, is divided into three parts (1) the five books of the Torah ("teaching" or "law&quot, comprising the origins of the Israelite nation, its laws and its covenant with the God of Israel; (2) the Nevi'im ("prophets&quot, containing the historic account of ancient Israel and Judah focusing on conflicts between the Israelites and other nations, and conflicts among Israelites ? specifically, struggles between believers in "the Lord God" and believers in foreign gods, and the criticism of unethical and unjust behavior of Israelite elites and rulers; and (3) the Ketuvim ("writings&quot poetic and philosophical works such as the Psalms and the Book of Job

                                  The Christian Bible is divided into two parts. The first is called the Old Testament, containing the (minimum) 39 books of Hebrew Scripture, and the second portion is called the New Testament, containing a set of 27 books.

                                  Do you think when ever AQ refers to tawrat and Injeel it refers to these 39 + 27 books?

                                  regards

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                                    The Torah and Gospel.

                                    The Torah and Gospel are quoted more than anything else in the Quran. The hadiths are quoted 0%. There is no comparison. What about 33?

                                    -Joel

                                    No, man, they are not quoted. You are running away with your imagination. The Qur'an speaks of prople who, seemingly also show up in the bible, that is not quotation. God does not quote anybody. No, do not make fun of us.

                                    Either you believe in the Qur'an or you don't. If you do believe, then you CANNOT say that God is quoting somebody be it coincidental with what anybody might said, or not coincidental, God does not quote, unless he himself says He is quoting. and then, when He would quote, surly not out of any writing or ppurported wrting but if His own total knowledge.

                                    I cannot believe that somebody who says things like these reallyb elieves in the Qur'an. You want to use the Qur'an to get unsuspecting muslims to swallow a camel called the Bible, that is what it seems to me.

                                    The bible is hadith on a level at best with the hadith of the muslim tradition, not one notch higher.

                                    Salaam

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                                      Do you think when ever AQ refers to tawrat and Injeel it refers to these 39 + 27 books?

                                      regards

                                      Peace Herbman,

                                      The Hebrew word Torah simply means "teaching/instruction". While some Jews believe that the only way to refer to the Jewish scripture as the TaNaK (Torah, Neviim, Ketuvim), the word Torah is often synonymous with all instruction given to the Jews from God. Very often, what is in the prophets is a correction to incorrect or corrupt applications of the Torah, sometimes altering the letter of what was said in order to maintain the core instruction in righteousness. The Quran does the same thing. It does not match the commands of the Torah letter-for-letter, but it confirms the central message and alters what needs to be altered. As the Quran says, it does not change anything without bringing something better. But if you do not know what the previous commands were, how can you properly understand what was altered by God and why?

                                      To explain my view of the relationship of the Gospel (Injil) to the New Testament would take more space and time than either you or I probably would want in this particular thread. Maybe another thread another time. I'm currently working on going through the entire Quran and annotating it with quotes, concepts, and allusions to prior revelation so a reader of the Quran can see how the Quran can both be complete and yet built upon the history of God's dealings with the Jews and the disciples of Jesus. Will I absolutely say that the New Testament is, letter-for-letter, the Injil mentioned in the Quran? Not without some qualification or explanation. But I think these conspiracy theories about forged texts and documents and switching the true Torah and Gospel for a false one is ridiculous. I've seen the manuscript evidence. I've seen how they analyzed the handwriting, comparing it to non-religious texts (personal letters, inventories, etc) from a particular time period in order to determine the age of the handwriting. I've studied the manuscripts with variant readings. There is simply no way that a reasonable person can believe that those texts are not the same texts that were around at the time of Mohammed.

                                      I think the problem with this is two-fold. First, some of the people here who are insisting on Quran Alone divorced from God's dealings with Jews and Nazarenes is because of current ethnic tensions and foreign policy decisions in the middle east between Arabs and Jews backed by America. I get it. My country sucks. They've screwed the Palestinians, their rhetoric about Islam being evil and trying to convert them to Christianity, all the while giving Orthodox Jews a pass is just plain wrong. But that is another issue. People need to stop bringing their FEELINGS about these things to discussions about the Quran. Second, those who have to deal with hadithists are in difficult position if they admit what I'm saying is true, because it would be too easy then for a traditional Muslim to say that the same logic applies against the Quran Alone arguments. Frankly, that logic would not work. It is a very simple thing to show that there is no comparison between hadith and prior revelation in Torah and Gospel. Nonetheless, I understand the apprehension. But again, these two issues have nothing to do with what I'm saying. They are simply the emotional baggage and fears that get in the way of having a reaxsonable and logical discussion.

                                      Think about it. This discussion, and related ones on other threads, are clogging up this forum. It is clearly an emotional issue for some. I wish they would simply think about why their emotions are so strongly against what I'm saying when there really isn't any good argument against it.

                                      Make sense?

                                      Peace,
                                      Joel

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                                        mmkhan
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                                        The Torah and Gospel.

                                        The Torah and Gospel are quoted more than anything else in the Quran. The hadiths are quoted 0%. There is no comparison. What about 33?

                                        -Joel

                                        Salaam Joel,

                                        I believe that AlInjeel is not Gospel.

                                        As per 33 only AlTawraat was sent down not AlInjeel, as per 546 AlInjeel was given to 'Eisa son of Maryam unlike AlTawraat.

                                        May Allah increase us all in knowledge and guide us all to His true path pr
                                        mmKhan

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                                          Here are a few posts to look at. Question have you actually read the prior revelation to know whether or not the Quran quotes it?

                                          http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=16997.msg223836#msg223836

                                          http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9599077.msg222545#msg222545

                                          http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9602327.msg282475#msg282475

                                          These posts are hardly comprehensive. I'm currently working on all of the connections and will make them available once I'm done. But this will take a few more months.

                                          -Joel

                                          No, man, they are not quoted. You are running away with your imagination. The Qur'an speaks of prople who, seemingly also show up in the bible, that is not quotation. God does not quote anybody. No, do not make fun of us.

                                          Either you believe in the Qur'an or you don't. If you do believe, then you CANNOT say that God is quoting somebody be it coincidental with what anybody might said, or not coincidental, God does not quote, unless he himself says He is quoting. and then, when He would quote, surly not out of any writing or ppurported wrting but if His own total knowledge.

                                          I cannot believe that somebody who says things like these reallyb elieves in the Qur'an. You want to use the Qur'an to get unsuspecting muslims to swallow a camel called the Bible, that is what it seems to me.

                                          The bible is hadith on a level at best with the hadith of the muslim tradition, not one notch higher.

                                          Salaam

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