Before I start I'm not trying to say that what you believe is wrong, I'm simply saying that I personally don't consider it proof that the Qur'aan came from Allah. I respect what you believe.
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Originally posted by Shadow_Link
Sorry, but NOTHING was manipulated! Please read the part about that again.
The sent down is a thing in brackets, not the actual translation... Hence it helps to expand the meaning to the common reader... I don't know where you got the idea from that words were manipulated. That's the miracle, and beauty of the Qur'aan, it's so simple, yet has an almost limitless depth of wisdom and information.
I don't see what's so roundabout about anything, even very famous, non-muslim astronomers, geologists, etc seem to marvel at how accurate, AND DETAILED the scientific details are in the Qur'aan. None of what is said in the Qur'aan could have come from human sources, totally impossible (which is also said by numerous scientists)... The only place those words in the Qur'aan came from is from a higher being, one that actually created the universe, one that knows the ins and outs of how things were made.
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That's just the thing, "sent down" is not the actual translation yet they put it there to help "expand the meaning." To me that means manipulate it. Like I said, the Qur'aan doesn't explicitly say that something like "Because our Sun is not hot enough to produce Iron, Iron was sent to Earth from other stars beyond our galaxy because, as they burn much much hotter, they were able to create Iron." It says something that you have to read into beyond the literal in order to get that it "predicted" that's what happened.
Another example, and excerpt from the Qur'aan that I got from the "Creation of Man" article:
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Man we did create from a quintessence (of clay); Then we placed as (a drop of) sperm (nutfah) in a place firmly fixed; Then we made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood (‘alaqah); Then of that clot we made a (fetus) lump (mudghah); then we made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another creature."
I admit it sounds convincing the way they explain it, but literally it says man was made from clay and went through different stages that don't actually explicitly explain the processes. You have to look past the literal to find that it could stand for all the stages of birth.
My point is, it takes faith to believe that the Qur'aan was made by God, and to me personally things such as what the articles say aren't absolute proof.
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If you have any contradictions in the Qur'aan, or any questions, then bring them forth, because Allah has challenged anyone to make even a chapter like it, yet no one has succeeded.
And, if you have any more time, I strongly suggest you look at the stages of the human development article...
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As I said, I don't have any contradictions to present. I'm confused by what "Allah has challenged anyone to make even a chapter like it, yet no one has succeeded" means. Like the Qur'aan how? I just don't get that statement.
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Could you please expand on that, I didn't quite understand what you were trying to say..?
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In the "What is Islam?" article, it gives a list of what "the true faithful Muslim believes," which is what I was referring to. I believe in a God but I don't believe in what that says I must believe about God (such as there is only one true God).
The list:
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The true faithful Muslim believes in the following principal articles of faith:
Belief in one God (Allah), Supreme and Eternal, Infinite and Mighty, Merciful and Forgiving, the Creator and the Provider, He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none equal or comparable unto Him.
Belief in all Messengers of Allah (Ar-Rusul) without any discrimination among them, as every known nation had a Warner or Messenger from Allah. They were chosen by Allah to teach humanity and deliver His Divine message. The Qur'aan mentions the names of some of them, and Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) stands as the Last Messenger and the crowning glory of the foundation of prophethood.
Belief in all original scriptures and revelations of Allah (Al-Kutub), accepting them as the guiding light that the messengers received to show their respective people the right path to Him. In the Qur'aan, special reference is made to the books of Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus (‘alaihimus salaam), but long before the revelation of the Qur'aan to .... "
And so on.