SCIENTIFIC ERRORS On the subject of man, as well as the other topics mentioned earlier, it is not possible to find any corresponding data in the Bible. Furthermore the scientific errors... contained in the Bible - such as those describing mans first appearance on earth, which, as we have seen, may be deduced from the Genealogies that figure in Genesis are not to be found in the Quran. It is crucial to understand that such errors could not have been edited out of the Quran since the time they first became apparent: well over a thousand years have elapsed since the most ancient manuscripts and todays texts of the Quran, but these texts are still absolutely identical. Thus, if Muhammad were the author of the Quran (a theory upheld by some people), it is difficult to see how he could have spotted the scientific errors in the Bible dealing with such a wide variety of subjects and have proceeded to eliminate every single one of them when he came to compose his own text on the same themes. Let us state once again, that no new scientific facts had been discovered since the time the Bible was written that might have helped eliminate such errors. In view of the above, it is imperative to know the history of the texts, just as it is essential to our understanding of certain aspects of the Bible for us to be aware, of the conditions in which it was written. As we have noted earlier, experts in Biblical exegesis consider the books of Old and New Testaments to be divinely inspired works. Let us now examine, however, the teachings of Muslim exegetes, who present the Quran in quite a different fashion. When Muhammad was roughly forty years old, it was his custom to retire to a retreat just outside Mecca in order to meditate. It was here that he received a first message from God via the Angel Gabriel, at a date that corresponds to 610 A.D. After a long period of silence, this first message was followed by successive revelations spread over some twenty years. During the Prophets lifetime, they were both written down and recited by heart among his first followers. Similarly, the revelations were divided into suras (chapters) and collected together after the Prophet death (in 632 A.D.) in a book: the Quran. The Book contains the Word of God, to the exclusion of any human additions. Manuscripts dating from the first century of Islam authenticate todays text, the other form of authentication being the recitation by heart of the Quran, a practice that has continued unbroken from the time of the Prophet down to the present day.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:15:47 +0000
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