In
addition to the previous authentic refutation of the second accusation
regarding theQuran, one may add:
1- The Quran related facts totally unknown to the people of the Books. For
example it narrated the story of Zakariya and the birth of the Virgin Mary and
his guardianship of her. The Quran also devoted whole chapter to the Virgin
Mary, which is unparalleled in the New Testament. Where could the Prophet
Muhammad possibly have acquired these facts?
2- It is related in Exodus that it was Pharaoh’s daughter who adopted Moses as
a baby, whereas the Quran states that Pharaoh’s wife found him and adopted him.
We also read Exodus that
“Aaron fashioned the gold and moulded the calf
…”
,that
was worshipped by the Jews, where as the Quran states that Samiri was the
culprit and that Aaron was innocent
3-If the Quran had been derived from the Holy Scriptures of the Jews and
Christians, why did Islam reject the principle of the Trinity which is a
fundamental belief in Christianity? Why did Islam also reject the belief in the
crucifixion of Christ, redemption, inherited sin and the divinity of Christ?
4- The Quran presents the prophets of God as ideals of morality and virtue
,whereas the Old Testament states that some of them committed sins and this is
incompatible with the veneration accorded to them by Islam.
5- Religious observances commanded in the Quran such as praying, fasting, alms
giving and the pilgrimage to Mecca in addition to the instructions and
teachings stated as to the manner of how each observance is to be performed are
matters that are unparalleled and are not mentioned in any other religion. The
five daily prayers are performed in a certain manner at appointed times with
the recital of certain specific verses of the Quran. Fasting entails total
abstinence from food drink and physical desire from dawn till sunset. Alms vary
in quantity and the way that they are donated. The Pilgrimage entails circling
around the Kaba, being assembled in great gathering at Mount Arafat, going to
and forth seven times between Al Safaa and Al Marwa, and pelting Satan with
stones. These are all religious observances, which are specifically related to
Islam. Which religion could possibly have been the source of these religious
observances?