Reproduction of a Biblical story in the Quran does not necessarily mean that the later plagiarised from the earlier. The claim that the underlying structure and numerous elements of the Quranic text are originally Christian seems to reveal a desire to dispossess the Muslim community of its foundation and greatest treasure. Yet even if the case were proven, what would that indicate? Comparisons with Biblical studies might be instructive. The observation that several elements of the Hebrew Bible are a reworking of material from other religious traditions of the ancient Near East does not mean that the Bible has no unique and coherent vision of its own. The observation that the Infancy and Passion narratives in the Synoptics seem to be taking their cue from elements in the prophetic literature and the Psalms rather than simply from an historical memory of events does not thereby discredit the gospels. It is at this point that we should start making constructive arguments than discrediting a book just because a story present in it was already present in another literature. - Admin Saaib Ahmed
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:27:37 +0000