EVALUATION OF THE
MUSLIM RELIGION
A) INTRODUCTION.
B) MECCA.
C) QUR’AN.
D) MUHAMMAD.
E) BOTTOM LINE.
A) INTRODUCTION
In order to understand the following topics, one must first understand the “SIN,” “Standard Islamic Narrative.” Which is, that Mecca is where Muhammad lived; The Qur’an came from Allah and is the perfect, unchangeable word of Allah; That the Qur’an is uncreated and exists eternally on clay tablets in Heaven (Surah 85:22); That Muhammadwas a real character, being the last and greatest prophet who was born in Mecca in 570 A.D. and died in 632 A.D.
Keep in mind, if your Muslim friend cannot account for any of these “SIN’s,” below (Mecca; Qur’an; Muhammad), his religion is false.
Voltaire stated, “If you can get people to believe absurdities you can then get them to commit atrocities.” Thus, the unexplainable hatred of Jews and Christians and ultimately anyone who isn’t Muslim got its start with? Well let’s see.
B) MECCA
According to the “SIN,” Muhammad was born in Mecca. And according to “Qur’an (Surah) 7:24,” Mecca has existed since Adam and Eve (Sura 7:24, good luck proving that historically). Plus, according to the “SIN,” Abraham was there (Sura 21:51-71). It is in Islam the greatest of all cities. When, in fact, it was not until 741 A.D. when a certain city by the name of Mecca begin to become populated; during the early reign of the caliph Hisham. However, that Mecca was in Turkey, 1,200 miles to the North of the Islamic Mecca near the Red Sea.
If Mecca is the greatest city of all mankind, Why is it only mentioned by name only once in the Qur’an (48:24)? This would indicate that the city of Mecca did not come into existence until much later. Even the Arabic word endings used in the Qur’an do not come from Mecca, but from Nabataean Aramaic, which is in Jordan, which is situated 600 miles north of Mecca.
Ibn Hisham (833 A.D.), who wrote the “Sira,” is the first to write about Mecca. He is from Basra, which is about 1,200 miles away from Mecca. However, he grew up in Cairo, Egypt, which is about 990 miles away from Mecca. In other words, he never saw nor visited his supposed city of Mecca.
Al Bukhari (810-870), who wrote the “Hadith,” is from Bukhara, which is 2,600 miles from Mecca.
Al Tabari (died 923), who wrote the “Tafsir & Ta’rikh,” is from Tabarisdtan, which is 1,700 miles from Mecca.
Do you see a problem here? None of these supposed experts lived near, nor visited the city they were told about via tradition (no verification).
If Mecca, in Sadia Arabia, is the greatest city to ever exist, why is it that it does not appear on any map -- let alone on any map of Saudia Arabia -- until about 900 A.D. If I could get Jerusalem off all the ancient maps before 27 A.D., then I could destroy Jesus. The first time Mecca is possibly implied is in 697 A.D., when Jubear was killed after his rebellion. But prior to that, he sends the Black Stone (were the Black Stone is now, is thought to be where the presence of God is) south (possibly Mecca) with his wives. This is all unproven by historic mapping.
There are Seven maps produced in the reign of Ptolemy, in the Second Century A.D.; now housed in the “Library of Congress.” Yet none of them show Mecca on them. Ptolemy named every prominent city of his time and then cartographers were able to make these maps.
In fact, the old trade routes were done from traversing the Red Sea. And most importantly, not on the Eastern Meccan side of the Sea, where no provisions were, and no Mecca was, but on the Egyptian, or Western side of the Red Sea, in order, through Assab (B.C. 246); Adulis (79 A.D.); Suakin (170 A.D.); Berenice (B.C. 275); and Safaga (B.C. 282). All of these cities pre-date Islam; all five are a day’s distance apart where you can trade and get provisions and lodging for the night. And just for reference, on the Meccan, or Eastern side of the Red Sea, only Yanbu, a port city well north (235 miles) of Mecca, and Yathrib, which is well inland and East of Yanbu, are known to be pre 632 A.D.
The “SIN” at this point will ask, “What about Jeddah,” which supplies Mecca even today? Jeddah is not known to be in existence until the 8th century, when it was chosen as a means to support Mecca, which also wasn’t in existence until then. So when was it in existence?
632 A.D. is the supposed death of Muhammad. We know that Mecca was not even in existence; because in that time period there was no water there, there was no vegetation (food) there, there was no trade there, there was no place to feed your camels there, thus, there were no people there; and no history there.
Therefore, since Ptolemy’s 2nd century reference of Arabian cities didn’t even mention Mecca, let’s go to the very first map of Saudi Arabia, which was created by Lienhart Holle, in 1482 A.D. and did not have the greatest city of all time -- Mecca -- on it. In 1541 A.D., Laurent Fries created the next known full map of Saudi Arabia, and guess what? You guessed it. Mecca is not on it. Then in 1571 A.D., a German by the name of Sebastian Munster created his map and Mecca was not on it. In fact, 7th century Arabian maps “redacted,” do not show Mecca on them. This is supposedly the most historic city in earth’s history. Yet no historical maps have it on them.
Again, according to Sura 7:24, Mecca is where Adam and Eve lived. According to Sura 21:51-71, Mecca is where Abraham lived. Therefore, since Mecca was not even in existence then, the Islam religion is false, there is no Muhammad who lived there; let alone who wrote the Qur’an there. According to the “SIN,” Mecca should be the best known and best documented and best mapped place in history. According to “Sura 6:141,” Mecca has “Olive Trees.” Mecca still, and never ever has had, “Olive Trees.”
The ONLY actual reference to “Mecca” in the Qur’an, is found in “Sura 48:24.” See how many times Jerusalem is referred to in the true Word of God. Muslims will tell you that Sura 2:149-150; 6:92; 7:24; 21:51-71; 42:7, are in reference to Mecca. But the Qur’an does not specifically state, “Mecca.” It isn’t even there in the Arabic, which is the excuse, the “SIN,” of Islam, and is always used for problems that come up such as this. I don’t speak Arabic, you don’t speak Arabic, most Muslims don’t speak Arabic, therefore they can lie to you and use the excuse that you don’t understand the Qur’an’s Arabic.
The Qur’an has just 65 geographical references. Seven of them are referencing where certain people lived. 23 times it refers to “ ‘Ad,” which is the Biblical “Uz.” 24 times it references “Thamud,” which is in the land of the Nabateans. And 7 times it references “Midian,” which is the Biblical Midianites. All of these are in Northern Arabia, nowhere near Mecca (about 600 miles north). Four assume Mecca but could be anywhere.
The best archeological find in Mecca so far today is some ruins of an Ottoman fort dated in the 13th century. Almost every Biblical narrative, cities, people groups, individuals, you-name-it, has and can be verified to the very minute detail. Yet, we cannot verify hardly any certain statements about cities in the Qur’an. All insignificant towns somewhat close within six-hundred miles (i.e. Ma’rib, Sana’a, Hajran, taif, Yathrib, Khaybar, Petra, Mamre) of Mecca are all well-known and well documented. Yet none of these or any other cities have even one reference for, or about Mecca. Again, no trade route goes through Mecca. Again, no water; no food, no people no history, no town/city.
Let’s attempt to help Mecca out. Here is a list of known cities in central Arabia:
The city of “Najran,” which is 400 miles south of Mecca, mentioned by Strabo (B.C. 64-24), in his work “Geographica, Strabo 1932:22-24;” also mentioned by Pliny the Elder (23-79) A.D.) in his work, “Bostock 1855, Book 6, Chapter 1;” also mentioned by Ptolemy, in his work, “Geographies, Groom, 1986:16” (100-170 A.D.); also mentioned by Aretas’ martyrdom (524 A.D.), in his work “Brock 1998:117.”
Then we have the cities of “Sana’a,” “Ta’if,” “Yathrib,” and “Khaybar,” mentioned in Greek trading documents in the 6th century (reference “Crone 1977:22”).
Then we have the city of “Mamre,” mentioned in “Cline’s History 2011:116.”
Then we have the city of “Petra” (very well known), which is 786 miles north of Mecca, first mentioned in “Joukowsky’s History, 2004:#4.”
And lastly we have the city of “Ma’rib,” mentioned in “Muhammed Maraqten, 2002:32.”
Again, nothing of Mecca until 900 A.D. If this city is one of the greatest of all time, how is it that the Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans, Greeks, Persian, Nabataeans, Sabaians, Himyarians, Azdians, Kindah’s, Egyptians, Qedarites, Nubian’s, Aksum’s, Abyssinians, and the BIBLE, do not mention Mecca?
Let me restate what Doctor Jay Smith uses when speaking of Mecca before 900 A.D.:
“Where there is a desert, there’s no water;
Where there is no water, there’s no food;
Where there is no food, there’s no people;
Where there are no people, there’s no towns;
Where there are no towns, there’s no cities;
Where there are no cities, there’s no civilization;
Where there is no civilization, there’s no history!”
Geographically speaking then, the Qur’an places almost all of its sixty-five referenced areas that we can somewhat identify as being 600 to 1,000 miles north of Mecca. This suggests that the actual authors (creators) of the Qur’an lived up there. See my next section discussing the Qur’an’s creation.
Lastly, in an effort to save Mecca, Muslim’s will cry out the “SIN,” and will ask, “What about the Zam-Zam Well?” Zam-Zam (pronounced Zum-Zum) in Arabic, and means, “Stop-Stop,” or, “Stop flowing.” Supposedly said by Hagar, Abraham and Sarah’s concubine, in B.C. 1900, when she was looking for water for Ishmael, which when she found it, the water kept flowing out of it; located, “of course,” in Mecca.
The oldest known picture of the Zam-Zam well, taken in the 1800’s, shows it only being 30 feet wide. A picture in the 1950’s shows the well to be almost dry. Yet this god ordained well was supposedly supplying over four million travelers to Mecca. In 1953 a building was constructed over the well to hide its obvious water problem. In 1963 the well was put underground. And today it is marked by a circle near (21 meters) the Ka’bah. There is however, a museum for it.
Mecca needs 1,481 liters a second for its population. That is equivalent to 51 Olympic sized pools a day. Yet the Zam-Zam well only supplies 19 liters a second; and that only after it rains (3 or 4 times a year). So where does the real water source come from? From a U.S.A. company (Bechtel) that built desalinization plants in Jeddah, which sends the water to Mecca (also “Acciona” from Canada/Spain and “Black & Veatch” from the U.S.A.). With holding tanks built by the United Kingdom (the largest in the world). Hardly blessed water from a depleted well near the Ka’bah. Even Allah didn’t have this technology. Plus, the Saudi Arabians are laughing all the way to the bank; selling this unholy water to illiterate, none speak or reading Arabic, foolish and duped Muslims.
In fact, because of Mecca’s water problem, the “Queen Zubayhah’s Aqueduct” was built in 801 A.D., which then had to be refurbished nine times in the subsequent 974 years due to the overbearing need for potable water. It was finally replaced with the desalination plants after 1926 A.D.
Mosques facing Petra, not Mecca. Once you build it, just as once it is on the internet, it is too late to change it. In India, Adhai-Din Ka Jhonpra Mosque, in Ajmer, Rajasthan. In Syria, the Tamara Mosque. In Egypt, the Al-Hussein Mosque. The Dome of the Rock in Israel. In Jordan, the Amman Mosque. In Yemen, the Great Sanaa Mosque. And so many more I could list.
Remember, if Mecca falls, Muhammad falls, and the Qur’an falls. If we did this same exercise to referencing the of Jerusalem in the Holy Bible, Christianity falls. Consider which religion is truth and which is false my Muslim friends. Jesus and all names listed in the Bible lived; Jerusalem and all cities mentioned in the Bible existed.
The Black Stone. What we surmise is that it was possibly a meteorite discovered by the Phoenicians in about B.C. 400-300 and worshipped as a “gift from God,” which makes perfect sense for that time period. However, the Romans brought it to Rome in the first century B.C. Then the Roman emperor Aurelius Antoninus (Elagabalus) moved it to Damascus just before he was assassinated in 222 A.D. He is the one that started the belief “that wherever the Black Stone was, there was the presence of God.” It was moved to Petra in the 7th century. From there, Ibn Zubair, in 687 A.D. destroyed much of Petra and sent his women and children, along with the Black Stone, for protection, to what would later be known as Mecca. Thus, pilgrims began going to where the Black Stone was instead of Petra, because it was where the presence of was. This is the only reason Mecca is chosen as the place for the existence of Islam; not because of some personage which we will get to later. The Abbasids allied themselves with Zubair in Syria, who was becoming too strong for the Abbasids, so they had to flee south.
Thus, we have idol worship, because today the Black Stone is supposedly attributed with the absolving oneself of one’s sins upon kissing it. In other words, the Black Stone is God because it can forgive sins. So much for the Muslims saying there is only one God. Check out all the statements of “We” in the Qur’an when referencing God.
C) QUR’AN
None Muslims must understand that the “SIN” will ALWAYS resort to, “You Have To Read It In The Original Arabic,” when pointing out something to them that contradicts the “SIN.” However, even the Qur’an’s Arabic word endings used in today’s Qur’an do NOT come from Mecca. Rather, the Arabic in the Qur’an is from the Nabataean Aramaic, which is situated 600 miles further north of Mecca; while anyone writing in the Hijaz (Mecca) would have written in Sabaic Arabic, which is located in the south; what we know as Yemen today.
Also note that in the seventh century there were no five dots in the five manuscripts, Ma’il; Samarkand; Petropolitanus; Sana’a; and Topkapi, which cannot be read until the dots, forming vowels, were later added. They had to be invented in order for anyone to be able to read them.
Bear in mind that the Qur’an itself makes the claim that it is “uncreated,” “Sura 85:22” for “uncreated and exists eternally on clay tablets in Heaven,” sent down from Heaven, and “unchanged,” Sura 10:15 & 15:9 & 18:27. Muslims show the world “ONE” manuscript of the Qur’an from the 8th or 9th century. Of the Bibles 2,500 Manuscripts, all agree and all can be dated to when they were written or copies of the originals; and not hundreds of years later fabricated.
The “SIN” states that from 610-622 A.D., Muhammad received the first half of the Qur’an in Medina (originally called Yathrib). Whereas, from 622-632 he received the rest of the Qur’an in Mecca. From 632-634 A.D., Abu Bakrwrites down the Qur’an, Umar logs more entries from 634-644 A.D. And finally, from 644-656 A.D., Uthmancompletes the version of the Qur’an in 652 A.D., that we supposedly have today. Then along came Ali (656-661) who is credited as the last contributor to the completion of the Qur’an. Keep in mind, this is all according to the trustworthy “SIN.” You might ask, “How Do You Know If Any Of These Persons Even Existed Or Knew Muhammadpersonally?” Christians have and use eye witnesses to the events described in the Bible.
The truth is, none of those persons knew Muhammad personally. Ibn Ishaq (765 A.D.), is the supposed writer of the “Sira,” which means, the “Biography of Muhammad.” But in reality, according to the “SIN,” Ibn Hisham (833 A.D.), another writer of the “Sira,” lived in Basra, Iraq, and moved to Cairo, Egypt. Cairo is 990 miles away from Mecca, while Basra in about 1,200 A.D., is the actual writer of the “Sira.” Then came Al Waqidi (835 A.D.) who backed up Ibn Hisham. Thus, in reality, Ibn Hisham and Al Waqidi, and not Ibn Ishaq, wrote what we supposedly have today.
Then comes Al Bukhari (870 A.D.), writer of the “Hadith,” which means, the “Sayings of Muhammad,” is from Bukhara, in Uzbekistan, and is about 2,600 miles from Mecca. Adders to the “Hadith” were Sahih Muslim (875 A.D.); At-Tirmidhi (884 A.D.); Ibn Majah (887 A.D.); Abu Dawud (899 A.D.); and An-Nisa’l b (915 A.D.).
Al Tabari (923 A.D.), writer of both the “Rafsir,” meaning, “Commentaries on the Qur’an,” and the “Rakhrikh,” meaning, the “Histories of Mankind,” was from Tabaristan, Iran, which is about 1,700 miles from Mecca. Neither he or any of the above lived or worked near Mecca. All of Jesus’ writers were living near and worked in all the territories and cities Jesus traveled to. All of the Muslims “SIN” stories were compiled by Abbasids (749 A.D.) and none of them EVER lived near the places they wrote of. Nor where any of them eye witnesses; or mention any persons whom they knew who were eye witnesses of Muhammed.
The ”SIN” for the “Qira’at,” “dialects,” who were supposed companions of Muhammad, are (notice the dates; NO WAY companions):
Ibn Kathir al Makki (Mecca 666-738 A.D.).
Nafi’ al-Madani (Medina 689-785 A.D.).
Abu ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ala’ (Basra 690-770 A.D.).
Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi (Damascus; died 736 A.D.).
Aasim Ibn Abi al-Najud (Kufa 700-745 A.D.).
Hamzah az-Zalyyat (Kufa 696-772 A.D.).
Al-Kisa’l (Kufa 737-805 A.D.).
And those Seven were chosen by Ibn Mujahid in 936 A.D.
Also notice, which Qur’an translation is missing -- The “HAFS.” Which is the one used today by about 95% of the Muslim world.
The Transmitters (Riwayat) are:
Hafs (Died 796 A.D.). 164 years after the death of the False never existed prophet.
Shu’bah (Died 809 A.D.).
Warsh (Died 812 A.D.).
Qalun (died 835 A.D.).
Kballad (Died 835 A.D.).
Kbalaf (Died 844 A.D.).
Al-Layth (Died 854 A.D.).
Ibn Dhakwan (Died 857 A.D.).
Hisbam (Died 859 A.D.).
Al-Duri (Died 860 A.D.).
Al-Duri (Died 860 A.D.).
Al-Bazzi (Died 864 A.D.).
Al-Susi (Died 874 A.D.).
Qunbul (Died 904 A.D.).
None of these agree with each other and all 14 were chosen by Al-Shatibi who died in 1194 A.D.
However, 9 more were chosen by Al-Jazari, who died in 1429 A.D. Those are:
Abu Ja’far (Medina; Died 748 A.D.).
‘Isa ibn Wardan (Died 777 A.D.).
Ibn Jummaz (Died 787 A.D.).
Ya’qub al-Yamani (Basra; Died 821 A.D.).
Khalaf (Kufa; Died 844 A.D.).
Rawh (Died 849 A.D.).
Ruways (Died 853 A.D.).
Ishaq (Died 899 A.D.).
Idris (Died 905 A.D.).
So how many different Qur’ans are we up to now (30)? And even more important, none of them agree with each other considering they are all perfectly preserved (“SIN”). So far, the differences between the HAFS translation and the other 29 is -- wait for it -- 93,263 differences.
The “Tafsir” is the “Commentaries on the Qur’an.” The “Tarikh” is the “Histories of Mankind.” These were introduced by Al Tabari, in 923 A.D., he being the first to write them, with others contributing even to this day. I have no problem with this. We even have commentaries on the Bible being piled up even today. But that does not change the Biblical Scriptures because they comment on them. Therefore, what was Al Tabari actually commenting on, since the Qur’an was not yet fully compiled? The Qur’an Muslims have today has been changed and manipulated for the last 1400 years.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali translated the Qur’an into English (Madinah: King Fahd Complex, 1413AH) and stated, “the Arabic text we have today is identical to the text as it was revealed to the Prophet.” This is the “SIN.”
Let’s discover any Qur’anic manuscript that is dated in the mid 7th century that is complete (all 114 Suras) and unchanged. Note, the “Hafs” Qur’an used today, was constructed in 1924 and better/should agree with any and all manuscripts extent of the early Qur’ans.
The “SIN” has the Qur’an completed in 652 A.D. by Uthman. In the 8th century the Qira’at Qur’ans start to appear. The Arabic was “Nabataean Aramaic” and had no dots or vowels. Today’s current Arabic has 28 letters. Seventh (7th) century Nabataean Arabic only had 16 consonantal letters, or “Rasm.” The “Samarkand Manuscript” and the “Sana’a Manuscript” both have no dots or vowels. Thus, without the dots to help distinguish what is meant, these manuscripts are unreadable. Or, you can make them say what you want. Plus, don’t forget about the 3 vowels in Arabic in order to pronounce the letters.
Here are the creators of the Qur’an, translating from the Samarkand & Sana manuscripts. Nafi’ al-Madani (Medina 698-785); Ibn Kathir al Makki (Mecca 666-738); Abu ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ala’ (Basra 690-770); Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi (Damascus 736); Aasim ibn Abi al-Majud (Kufa 700-745); Hamzah az-Zalyyat (Kufa 696-772); Al-Kisa’I (Kufa 737-805). Each placed their dots where they thought best and thus seven different Qur’an’s were created. All chosen by Mujahid in 936 A.D.
But where does the one Qur’an chosen for the entire world come from, agreed upon in 1985 A.D.? It is today called the “HAFS?” The 14 transmitters chosen by Al-Shatibi (1194) were, Warsh (812); Qalun (835); Al-Bazzi (864); Qunbul (904); Al-Duri (860); Al-Susi (874); Hisham (859); Ibn Dhakwan (857); Shu’bah (809); Hafs (796); Khalaf (844); Khallad (835); Al-Layth (854); Al-Duri (860). Of these, the “Hafs” & “Shu’bah” texts were chosen to represent the Qur’an. Why? They had more students studying it then the others! No textual study. Also, no whatever verification normally needed, such as is applied to the 100% correct Bible. It had nothing to do with validity or accuracy.
Backing up to the 12th century. We now have 21 different Qur’ans. But wait! Along comes al-Jazari (1429), who choses Abu Ja’far (Madina 748); Ya’qub al-Yamani (Basra 821); Khalaf (Kufa 844); ‘Isa ibn Wardan (777); Ruways (853); Ishaq (899); Ibn Jummaz (787); Rawh (849); Idris (905). And we now have 30 different Qur’an’s. And at this point I should state, NONE of them agree with each other, with up to 1,700 differences between them.
Now let’s get back to the chosen Qur’an of today, the “HAFS.” The differences (so far found) between it and the other Qur’ans floating around in the world today is 93,263. And that is checking JUST “dots” and “vowels.” Sent down from Heaven (“SIN” remember), perfectly preserved. The differences between Manuscripts (over 8,000) of the Bible (such as day or days, which can be figured out from the context) are so miner that the original meaning can be clearly understood.
To those Qur’anic manuscripts, of which there are six, ignoring the over 70,000 of the Bible. The Qur’an has the “Topkapi” (750 A.D. Turkey) manuscript. It contains about 90% of the Qur’an with 2,240 variances from the Qur’an today. The “Samarkand” (Uzbekistan; mid 8th century) manuscript. It only contains 43 chapters of the 114 chapters of today’s Qur’an, and of those 43 only one of them is complete. There are so many variances from today’s Qur’an that Muslim scholars will no longer refer to this manuscript.
The we have the “Ma’il” Manuscript (London, England; early 8th century). Called the 2165, it also only contains 43 chapters, with too many variances to count so far. Then we have the “Petropolitanus” manuscript (Paris, France; late 8th century), it only has 23 chapters of the Qur’an with 93 variances in it. Then we have the “Al Husseini” manuscript (Cairo, Egypt; 9th century), with hundreds of manmade changes, added dots, covered over words, etcetera. Lastly, we have the “Sana’a” manuscript (Yemen), wherein chapter 20 is 60 years younger than chapter 22, with chapter 21 missing. So far, a little over 1,000 variances from the perfectly preserved Qur’an we have today. In fact, this “Sana’a” manuscript has writings above the writings in it. Which is it we should go by? These changes were made, it was discovered, in 1975, in order to attempt to comply with the Qur’an we have today. On one of its pages, which has 63 verses, 70 variants were found by Dr. Elisabeth Puin. Estimated to be rewritten in 705 A.D.
However, there is one more supposed “Oldest Qur’an Fragments” found in Birmingham, known now as the “Birmingham Folios (M157a). It only contains two pages, which include parts of Sura 18-20. It is dated between 568-645 A.D. Of its 33 verses, the Qur’an having 6,236, Sura 20:1-40 covers the life story of Moses; Sura 19:91-98 covers the Proto-Evangelium of James and the Pseudo Gospel of Matthew; and Sura 18:17-31, documents the seven sleepers of Ephesus and the Syrian Bishop Jacob of Sarug. This Qur’an is obviously barrowing from sources other than the Islamic Qur’an.
Conclusion! None of these 6 manuscripts agree with each other. None of them are from the 7th century. None of them are complete. None of them agree with the Qur’an we have today (any of the 30 Qur’ans we have today; of which even they don’t agree with each other). All have hundreds and even more than thousands of subsequent manuscript variants. Also, Dr. Dan Brubaker was allowed to photograph all 6 (7) of these manuscripts and found that they had been doctored in order to conform to the 1924 Qur’an we have today. If a Muslim is not lying to you, he is not a true Muslim.
But Wait! You might notice and ask, “Why are the Muslims using the 1924 edition of the Qur’an, the “Hafs” version, today?” In 1924, in Cairo, Egypt, students from all over the Arab countries were studying under Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Haddad. When confronted, he told them to use the “Hafs” Qur’an, and he promptly had all the other 29 variant Qur’ans that his students had in their possession thrown into the Nile River; falsely thinking this would get rid of all of the variant Qur’ans throughout the world.
The real reason this Qur’anic version was chosen is because of the power of the Ottoman Empire, which had chosen it (in 1299 A.D.) as their standard. It must also be understood that the Ottomans controlled all of the manuscripts for 700 years, and changes were being made to them all the time to conform to whatever they wanted the Qur’an to say. Frankly, they needed better scholars. Mainly, perhaps, because they figured no one would ever have them checked. Thus, with all the corrections made, conforming to the “Hafs” manuscript, they had no choice but to go with it in 1924 when questioned. Let’s insert, let’s erase, let’s change, but let’s not be honest.
In 1936, the Egyptian government realized how efficient the “Cairene” model of the Qur’an was, thus making the “Hafs” the standard for all Egyptian schools. It was later known as the “Faruq Edition,” named after King Faruq, who came to power that year.
Then, in 1985, the Saudi Arabian government noticed how successful that was, so they decided to make the “Hafs” the standard for all the Qur’ans of the world. This became known as the “Fahd Edition,” named after King Fahd, who came to power in 1982. Thus, if you were born before 1982 you are older than the fake Qur’an that Muslims have in their hands today.
In a side note. The “Hafs” version is used in 95% of the Muslim world. Whereas, the “Warsh” is used in 3% (Algeria, Morocco, parts of Tunisia, parts of West Africa, Sudan). While the “Ibn ‘Aamir” is used in 1% (Yemen). Finishing up, 0.7% use the “Qaloon ‘aa Naafi” (Libya, Tunisia, parts of Qatar). And lastly, 0.3% use the “ad-Dooree ‘aa Aboo ‘Amr” (Parts of Sudan, parts of West Africa).
Lastly, I could get into the Qur’ans, what they call, “dark passages,” and we would find that they are barrowed from Christian Lectionaries, Homilies, Hymns, and other writings. In other words, when you get right down to it, they are all about Jesus, The Christ; which is why Muslim scholars and readers do not understand them; nor want to admit Who they are really about. That’s why they call them the “dark passages.”
Ah, but your Muslim friend says, “We have the original manuscripts.” What they have is the “Birmingham Folios,” (M157a), dating to about 568-645 A.D. It includes parts of Surah, chapters 18-20. “Parts of.” That’s it! Only 33 verses of the supposed to have 6,236 verses in the supposed original. Of these 33 verses, “Surah 18:17-31,” speaks of the Syrian Bishop Jacob of Sarug (512-521 A.D.), a Catholic Bisop, straight out of Turkey. “Surah 19:91-98,” speaks of Proto-Evangelium of James and The Pseudo Gospel of Matthew (600 A.D.). And lastly, “Surah 20:1-40,” tell of the story of Moses (B.C. 1400). If you will notice, NONE of these have to do will Islam. These are Christian and pagan documents; and are well known. Bottom line, these are pre-Islamic, written by Christians, Jews, pagans, and secular Arab writers, and then simply barrowed by Muslim writers as their own revelations in the 8th and 10th centuries.
Another is the “Topkapi” manuscript, located in the Topkapi Museum, in Istanbul, Turkey. This is actually the best manuscript that Muslims have today; covering about 99% of the Qur’anic verses. However, it has about 2,270 variants of the Qur’an Muslims possess today.
Another is the “Samarkand” manuscript, from Uzbekistan. This one used to be the one that was favored about the others, until secular scholars started examining it and found out it is missing over half of todays Qur’an. It only contains 43 chapters of the 114. Of those 43, only one of them is complete. Plus, it is full of grammatical mistakes.
Another is the “Ma’il,” which is in the British Library, in London, England. It also only goes up to Surah 43. Plus, the variants are too numerous to even consider it as being authoritative.
Another is the “Petropolitanus,” housed in Paris, France. It contains of 23% of the Qur’an and has over 93 variants to the Qur’an of today.
Another is the “Al Husseini,” manuscript, housed in Cairo, Egypt. It contains the Metropolitan Text, and is why it is such a huge document. It is full of covering (text written over old text), crossing out of words, erasing words; obviously in an attempt to match with the Qur’an of today. WAIT! Muslims would never do that. However, it is now known to be an embarrassment to Muslims today.
Another is the “Sana’a.” This one was discovered in 1975 when they were cleaning out the Mosque dome in Yemen. This is standard procedure. When a manuscript becomes to brittle with usage, it is stored somewhere safe, not to be used. They had painted over the dome, forgetting the trap door this manuscript was stored in. When the repainting was being performed in 1975, while they were scraping the old paint prior to applying the new, they noticed the trap door. This manuscript had no dots or values, and therefore the Yemenis could not read it. So they took it to German scholars in 1981. Since there were no dots or values, the Germans determined it to be one of the oldest Qur’ans in existence. Another thing they noticed was that the writing on the left side of the manuscript was in a different handwriting on the right side of the manuscript. Once the Yemen’s understood what the Germans were discussing, they confiscated all their microfilm of the manuscript and kicked the Germans out of Yemen. WAIT! Muslims wouldn’t do that.
However, in 1997, two Muslim students, returning from German schools, were allowed to examine the “Sana’a” manuscript. It was determined that the left side of the manuscript was added 60 years after the right side. Plus, there are over 1,000 variants (still counting) to the Qur’an we have today. Plus, they put it under ultra violet light and discovered that there was a text underneath the text, in an effort to cover up the errors in the original text. And, they did not do a very good job with the new text. But WAIT! Muslims would never do such-a-thing.
Of the 63 verses, there were 70 variants. Verbs and nouns, 25 times, consisting of Articles, Participles, and Conjunctions. Prepositions and Isolated letters and Expressions, 29 times. Entire sentences (some overlap within the same verses), 16 times. It is approximately dated to 705 A.D. But where is the original it was supposedly copied from? However, this is most likely the beginning of the creation of the Qur’an.
The best manuscript available today, in regards to volume, is the “Wetzstein II,” manuscript, located in Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Germany. It was dated in 1913, to about 660-765 A.D., and contains approximately 85% of the Qur’an. But of course, it highly disagrees with most of today’s Qur’an. The diacritical marks are inconsistently applied and are often missing; with later editors attempting to add them at a later date. Similarly for the vocalization marks. In other words, it has challenging extensive rewriting, which also makes it harder to establish a solid date of origin.
Of all of these manuscripts, none are dated earlier than 705 A.D. None of them are complete. None of them agree with the Qur’an of today; let alone with each other. So where is the complete Qur’an? Of the manuscripts mentioned above, all have been tapered with in order to agree with the “Hafs” text of today. But WAIT! Muslims would not do that.
It must be realized that for 700 years, the Ottomans had all of these manuscripts under their jurisdiction. Therefore, they had full access to them. None of them had dots or values. They were not invented yet back in the 8th, 9th, and 10 centuries. Therefore again, who changed these manuscripts by crossing out, inserting, writing over, blotting out, etcetera? And when were these changes made throughout the years?
What Muslims really have is 63 fragmented manuscripts, all of which do not agree with each other; and NONE of them are dated before 719 A.D. Plus, most of these manipulated manuscripts only contain two or three verses found in today’s Qur’an.
Lastly. If you take away the dots out of the noteworthy manuscripts, and put the Syriac dots back in, and the vowels back in, you will find it makes beautiful poetry. And when you check further, they are none other then old Christian Hymes about Jesus, The Christ!!! Bottom line. The Qur’an borrows from material in order to have a complete book.
If Muslims are willing to admit it, most cannot understand it (the ones who read it; most Muslims have never read all or any part of the Qur’an). While Christians who read the Bible may struggle with some passages, but can understand every important basic meaning of it. While Muslims only understand perfectly only one portion of the Qur’an. Kill Jews first, Christians next, then anyone that disagrees with them. See my Qur’an Study: “WHAT THE QUR’AN REALLY TEACHES.”
D) MUHAMMAD
Remember, the “SIN” is that Muhammad died in 632 A.D. The “Sira” is the Biography of Muhammad. The “Hadith” is the Sayings of Muhammad. If that were true, we should find manuscripts with his name in them in the 7th century; we don’t. We should find coins with his name on them in the 7th century; we don’t. We should find references of him from other kingdoms he concurred or were close by his killing ways in the 7th century; we don’t.
The name Muhammad requires four consonants and three vowels in written form. In the seventh century there were no vowels. In the seventh century there were only 16 consonants. Today there are 28. As discussed above, dots had to be added later in the 8th or 9th century, to even make up the name Muhammad.
In 730 A.D., John of Damascus, writes in Greek in his book the name “Mamed,” pronounced, Mac-Med, which he learned from the Ishmaelites, because at that time in history there were no such people known as Muslims. See if you can find them in history at that time period.
The first mention of the name “Muhammad” was made by Abd al-Malik, in 692 A.D. and standardized by Abbasids, in 749 A.D. That is 60 to 117 years after the supposed death of Muhammad. However, in reality, it was Ibn Hisham, who died in 833 A.D., that first documented the life of Muhammad. That is 201 years after the supposed death of Muhammad. He didn’t know Muhammad; he most likely created the Muhammad we know of today; and he threw out the things he didn’t like and kept what he did like; in his book, “The life of Muhammad.”
Before that time in history, “Muhammad” was a Title, not a name, with no vowels, equaling “MHMD,” and meant, “to praise” or “praise worthy,” or the more commonly known, “The Praised One.” If the Name Jesus would have been created even 60 years after His death, he would have no followers.
In fact, “MHMD” was first used by the Ugaritic in B.C. 1400. It was then used in the Hebrew language in about B.C. 1000, and is found in the Bible eleven times in First Kings 20:6; Second Chronicles 36:19; Song of Solomon 5:16; Isaiah 64:11; Lamentations 1:10; 2:4; Ezekiel 24:16 & 21 & 25; Hosea 9:6; Joel 3:5.
According to the “SIN,” the first person to write down the autobiography of Muhammad was Ibn Ishaq in 765 A.D. That’s 133 years after the supposed death of Muhammad. He was created by Abbasids 141 years after Muhammad’ssupposed death. The furthest living biography of Jesus averaged around 15-60 years after His death. All knowing Him personally except Luke who transcribed living eye witness reports.
However, we do not possess any of the writings of Ibn Ishaq. We have the writings of Ibn Hisham (833 A.D.), who claims to have written down what Ibn Ishaq wrote down. Do you see a problem here? There are later biographies, but I digress.
Al Waqidi (835 A.D.), who wrote down the battles of Muhammad;
Al Bukhari (870 A.D.), who wrote down the supposed sayings of Muhammad, supposedly having all of Muhammad’s sayings, throwing out 98% of them and only keeping 2%;
Sahih Muslim (875 A.D.);
At-Tirmidhi (884 A.D.);
Ibn Majah (887 A.D.);
Abu Dawud (899 A.D.);
An-Nisa’l (915 A.D.).
None of these people could have personally known Muhammad. Thus, Muhammad was first introduced in 833 A.D., 201 years after the supposed death of Muhammad. Then these later figures added to the already made-up personage, throwing their own spin on it. This can be seen easily by reading the Qur’an where stories jump from place to place; begin where it should end; hurdling all over the place; stories don’t begin; stories don’t end. Twenty Five percent of the Qur’an cannot even be explained with reason by today’s Muslim scholars.
Thus, in 923 A.D., Al Tabari is the first to produce a much-needed commentary on the Qur’an in an attempt to explain its errors or non-sensical passages. This, by the way, is 301 years after the death of the supposed man, Muhammad. If the sayings of Jesus were recorded this late, Christianity would fall. The only reason Islam stays relevant is because of death threats or lack of education such as if Muslims would read this document.
Supposed companions (the Sahaba) of Muhammad are:
Muwattab Ibn Malik: 9th century;
Sahifa Hamman B. Munabbih: 12th century;
Musmad Ibn Hanbbal: 13th century;
Musanaf Abdul Razzaq: 13th century;
Musnad al-Taylisi: 13th century;
Abi Shaybah: 13th century.
Conclusion: Quoting Cook, 1983:65, Robinson 1996:45, “The history of Islam, at least from the time of the “Caliph” by Abd al-Malik (685-705 A.D.) and before, is a later fabrication.” In other words, we have no manuscripts from any of these supposed people; redacted back to the 7th and 8th centuries; thus, making them probably fraudulent.
However, to be fair, Muslim scholars redirect with, “But we have the “Muwatta of Ibn Malik.” We have in the Dublin Chester Beatty Library, manuscript 3001, a partial copy of the “Muwatta of Ibn Malik,” which is dated to 890 A.D. Thus, this was created in the 9th century. Again, too late to be of the made-up, now obvious, false prophet Muhammad. In fact, the complete copy of the “Muwatta” manuscript does not become finalized (fabricated) until 1030 A.D., well after Ibn Malik is dead.
What about the “Sira,” which is the Biograph of Muhammad, supposedly created by Ibn Ishaq, or Ibn Hisham, or..? However, we have no manuscripts of either Ibn Ishaq or Ibn Hisham. So who really wrote the book “The Life Of Muhammad?”
In truth, Heinrich Ferdinand Wustenfold (1808-1899), a German, from 1858 to 1860 A.D., went to 4 different German cities and found everything he could find of the life of Muhammed. He then published his findings in 1860. Thus, he compiled Muhammad’s life into what is known today as a “Sira.” So, the life of Muhammad as we know it today is really only about 160 years old, and was a German scholars attempt to bring out this made-up man. Keep in mind that these were comprised from six manuscripts, “Fez (Qarawiyyun Mosque), only a partial (1063 A.D.), which he used only 25% of the time because he didn’t trust the Muslim sources as much as the following; OR 6475 (British Library, London, 1278 A.D.); MS Arab (Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1324 A.D.); Chester Beatty, Dublin, Ireland Library (1331 A.D.); BnF (Paris, France, 1420 A.D.); MS 19320 (SOAS Library, London, 1589 A.D.), which is the one he used the most. Bare in mind that all of these were produced from Ottoman writings, who came to power in 1299 A.D. until 1924 A.D. And we know these people to be untruthful with historical data, favoring only Muslim victories.
Thus, Muhammad, according to “Cook 1983:65 & Robinson 1996:47,” the greatest scholars on Islam, states, “The history of Islam, at least from the time of the caliph Abd al-Malik (685-705 A.D.) and before, is a later fabrication.”
So who really crated the supposed 9th to 10th century “Hadith?”
Abu Dawud lived in the 11th century.
An-Nasal lived in the 12th century.
Ibn Majah lived in the 13th century.
Jami’ At-Tirmidhi lived in the 14th century.
Sabih Muslim lived in the 14th century.
And Sahih Bukhari, the one who supposedly wrote 9 volumes, lived in the 14th-15th centuries.
What about Al Tabari’s extant “TA’RIKH/TAFSIR” compilations? According to the “SIN,” he lived in 923 A.D. In actuality, Michael Jan De Geoje (1879-1901 A.D.), professor of Arabic at Leiden University, Holland, a Dutch scholar, compiled what is known as the “Leiden Edition,” from manuscript Istanbul, Koprului 1041 (C), dated at 1244 A.D., and manuscript Istanbul, Koprului 1041 (C), dated 1253 A.D., which originated in Turkey, a known non-trustworthy source. Isn’t it interesting that Arabs have relied upon western (German and Dutch) scholars to produce their own material? Why? Because the Muslim’s want to believe what they are told and not investigate what their scholars know to be false. It is rather a religion of obey or die. It is a death cult. And as such, Muhammad’s life was actually compiled beginning in the 11th century, continually added to or taken away, and nothing in the 7th to the 9th centuries, as claimed by the lying “SIN,” who have no answer except to kill you. Wonderful logic.
Let’s look at coins of the time. Rulers made their images on coins which expressed their power. Coins were first introduced by the Lydians in around B.C. 600. Coins were basically used to introduce one’s self as the new ruler. Numismatists (experts on coins), state that in the supposed coins of Muhammad, all the existing mints were in Jordan and Syria, also Lebanon and Israel. Here are the towns if you need them. Tartus, Him’s, Ba’albak, Dimashq, Tebariya, Baysan, Ablla, Jerash, Yubna, Amman, Illya. These are over 600 miles North from the non-existant Mecca. The mints in Iran and Iraq were Susa, Dasht, Arrajan, Tanbuk, Bishapur, Kazerun, Ardashir Khurra, Kavad Khjurra, Istakhr, Darabjlrd. Over a thousand miles away from a city I cannot find on a map of the time. In other words, no coins of an Arab caravan robber. Why, no water, no food, no people.
Forget about the “SIN” that states that they do not make images of themselves. Coins do make statements though. In the Rashidun period of Islam, 624-661 A.D., there are no Islamic coins ever made. The Sassanian Empire ceases in 661 A.D. and all the Arab coins minted are in cities 600 miles north of Mecca (still can’t find it) with emblems of a (Christian) cross on their coins. Mu’awiyah, the first Caliph of the Umayyad Empire, minted coins with Christian crosses on them, in 680 A.D. Also, very important, on these coins is imprinted “MHMD,” supposedly, according to the “SIN,” meaning “Muhammad.” Rethink that Muslims! Muhammad with a cross! Plus, there are no coins existing anywhere in central Arabia up until 680 A.D., with no indication of Muhammad.
Now let’s take a closer look at “MHMD,” which actually means, “the praised one.” It also refers to “The Anointed One; The altogether Lovely One.” It is not a name; it is a title. In the fourth century, “MHMD” was employed by Saint Ambrose, using it as a title for Jesus Christ, the Messiah. In fact, it was first used by Origen, as early as the third century to emphasize Christ and His bride. Then Saint Ambrose. Then others followed who continued along with the concept of Jesus the Christ being applied to “MHMD.” Gregory of Elvira (392 A.D.). Then Saint John Cassian (360-435 A.D.). Then Saint Augustine (396-430 A.D.). Then Apponius in the middle of the seventh century when the Ishmaelites picked it up. No Arabs existed yet. Conclusion, the TITLE “MHMD,” not the name “MHMD” was used well before any Arabs came along and decided this must refer to Muhammad.
Thus, in actuality, “MHMD” is really referring to Jesus! This title has been traced back to B.C. 1400. It is found in the Bible, 29 times, the Hebrew being, “H2530, chamad.” It also appears in the Bible in Arabic, in Song of Solomon 5:16. By the 4th century, Christians were using this title, along with peoples where Arabs would have lived but didn’t exist at that time, on their coins. Not until the 7th century did Arabs produce coins, via the personage of Muawiya (‘abdalla’), and they had on them the Christian cross. In other words, there is no Allah or Muhammad (or Mecca) even in the 7th century.
If you have any doubt about this, there is a rock inscription created in 523 A.D., found in Situ, in Bi’r Hima, Najraan, what is today Yemen, which is part of a Jewish Himyaritic inscription, which says, “rb-Hd b-mhmd,” which interpreted means, “[By the] Lord of Jews. By the Mhmd.” Remember, “MHMD” is a title, not a name up until the 8th or 9th century.
It is not until 691 A.D., that Abd al-Malik mints his coins, and the cross is taken off of the front of the coins and is mocked on the back of the coins. Also mocking the trinitarian doctrine of Christianity. I dare you to explain all the “We’s” (plurality of god) in the Qur’an. And if your conclusion is Allah and Muhammad, then you just made Muhammad a God. Abd al-Malik also introduces the “Shahada,” meaning, “The Praised One.”
Conclusion, if Muhammad actually existed in 632 A.D., there should have been all kinds of references to him on the coins, instead of mocking Christians and posting victories. The title Islam or Muslim is not invented yet (720-730 A.D.). These coins indicate Arianism. In fact, every reference to a possible Muhammad done in the 7th century places him in Gaza, Jerusalem, Damascus, or in Hira, which all are situated too far North and most likely refer to a different “MHMD,” supposed “SIN,” Muhammad, “The praised One,” better known as Jesus. Because the real issue of the time, even up to our time, was the Christian Trinitarians verses hated by the anti-Trinitarians. Nothing to do with Muslims not in existence then. Some of them then morphed into the Islam of today during the Abbasid dynasty in the 9th and 10th centuries.
In a side note, in the year 622 A.D., is when the Arabs obtained their freedom from the Persians. This date has nothing to do with the world’s most obvious false prophet.
E) BOTTOM LINE
A few people who actually walked and talked with Jesus died for what they saw. While the Muslim will die for stories that they are told. I have some land full of gold for sale for the Muslim. See my Bible Study: “CHRIST, PROPHECIES FULFILLED OF FIRST COMING,” 200 of them, which absolutely PROVES Jesus Christ is the true God.