Muhammad s.a.w didn’t live in the desert, ok…but he lived in makkah, and then medina, im sure you’re aware these places are not like my country, or even yours, they are very dry, sandy and hot. As you said Muhammad s.a.w was an importer/exporter, he therefore travelled a lot around surrounding villages within the Arab states, where also, its very hot, dry etc, so a man saying that everything is made up of water seems pretty far fetched to me. Anyway the angel Jibrael gave Muhammad s.a.w these words, in which he recited and told people, they were written down on animal skins, bones etc. then many years later they were written in a book, so more than one person would probably have written it down, but that would be the case today…many many Muslims know the Quran off by heart, and if every copy was destroyed, within a couple of hours it could be re-written, but im sure not only one person would do this. We know the prophet s.a.w did not know of any other religions in detail, he couldn’t read or write, so how could he have made it up. You obviously know a bit about Muhammad s.a.w, so im sure you have read he was well known as being trustworthy and faithful…..this for me is more than enough proof that he would never have lied, and the love I have for him, I know that he was true…what makes him less trustworthy than the authors of the new testament, some of them who didn’t even meet Jesus at all. In the Quran, I could never find any contradictions, before I was Muslim I tried to shoot the religion down but couldn’t, the more I tried the more I found problems with my old faith…how could god have a son…where is the evidence of this for Christians, they just believe Jesus said it right. You don’t seem to be arguing with them about this. Maybe if you read the bible, you will see more problems with that than you see with the Quran. You started this topic, so you can give me references and ask me about them, but remember I am very very limited in my knowledge at the moment, but when I have been Muslim longer, hopefully I will have a much greater knowledge.
The Quran openly declares:
You (O Muhammad) was not a reader of any Scripture before it, nor did you write (such a Scripture) with your right hand, for then those who follow falsehood might (have a right) to doubt it. (al-Ankabut, 29.48)
If you are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down onto Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a chapter of the like thereof, and call your witnesses, supporters, who are apart from God, if you are truthful. (al-Baqara, 2.23)
Because I believe the Quran is the word of god, I believe in all that it says, it tells me the above, so I believe it. The Quran has remained the same since it was first brought to Muhammad s.a.w surely that would be enough evidence. If you ever go to turkey I think it is, they have the oldest Quran, which is exactly the same as mine. Try finding this in any other religion.
The revelation of the Quran lasted 23 years. It is inconceivable that any book written by a mortal being in 23 years, one which is a book of Divine truths, metaphysics, religious beliefs and worship, prayer, law and morality, a book fully describing the other life, a book of psychology, sociology, epistemology, and history, and a book containing scientific facts and the principles of a happy life, does not have any contradictory points. Whereas, the Quran openly declares that it has no contradictions at all and therefore is a Divine Book:
Will they not then ponder on the Quran? If it had been from other than God they would have found therein much contradiction and incongruity. (al-Nisa’, 4.82)
If Prophet Muhammad had written the Qur’an by himself, he should never have mentioned some incidents concerning him.
However slight, there are some admonitions for the Prophet in the Qur’an.
No one, especially if that one claims Prophethood, mentions a grave slander against his wife in the book he writes by himself. Whereas, the Qur’an gives an important place to the slander hypocrites uttered against ‘A’isha, the Prophet’s wife.
Although other Prophets like Moses and Jesus are mentioned many times in the Quran despite the Jews’ and Christians’ denial of Muhammad, we come across the name Muhammad only four times. Muhammad was offered riches, power and money, anything he wanted, but he didn’t take it, if someone made up the Quran, and hence this religion, wouldn’t they have done it for some reason?
It doesn’t make sense to think that the Quran was written by a group of people as you mean, why do we not know them? Putting aside the Quran though, Islam, as I am concerned, is the most appreciative faith to Allah s.w.t, we have to sacrifice a lot for Him and worship Him quite a lot, out prayer is a complete change on Christianity, whereas in church, you sit down, listen etc, we have to kneel and prostrate before our Lord! Islam is the way religion is meant to be, modest, humble, loving, praising etc, and of course we have only one god, which is why I could be Christian any longer, and don’t know how my family are.
