Further Thoughts on S 4:82
- philhoraia
- Aug 25, 2023
- 2 min read
I give some thought to the verse here: Some Thoughts on S 4:82 but in this post I shall be asking some questions regarding it.
Do they not ponder on the Quran? Had it been from other than Allah they would have found therein much discrepancy.
Is the 'other' another deity? Might there be, in the author's mind at this point**, some other deity that might have a book? How might we know that quran was/is from Allah? "Had it been from other than Allah they would have found therein much discrepancy." The line allows for there being discrepancies in quran; does the test consist in examining just how many there are, and if there are many then it's not from Allah? Can we know that it's from Allah from their being (supposedly) only a few discrepancies? Does the author think that there must be discrepancies in all books, and many in books that aren't from Allah?
Muslims will tell us that there are contradictions in the Bible. But isn't the Bible supposedly one of Allah's books?
S 2:285 The messenger has believed in what has been sent down to him from his lord, and the believers. All have believed in Allah and his angels and his books and his messengers. We do not distinguish between any of his messengers. And they have said: We have heard and obeyed. Your forgiveness, our lord, and to you is the destiny.
S 4:136 Those who have believed, believe in Allah and his messenger and the book that he sent down upon his messenger and the Book that he sent down before. And he who disbelieves in Allah and his angels and his books and his messengers and the last day, he has strayed far.
S 66:12 And Maryam daughter of Imran who fortified her private part and we blew into it from our spirit. And she believed in her lord’s words and his books. And she was of the obedient.
If there are perceived contradictions, as Allah allows contradictions, etc. in quran, what's their problem?
**S 4 is something like the 92nd in order of 'revelation'. Chronological Order of the Qur'an - WikiIslam
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