I am an elderly Muslim woman. I love to watch your highly objective vedios. I loved this one too. I don't think it would hurt any one's feelings. I refrain from expressing my own views as my community is highly sensitive about these matters. People are not ready for objective discourses on religious matters. Sir please do something to bring different communities, specially Jews and Muslims to see eye to eye and believe in one common religion that's humanity Stay blessed
My religion is Islam, I am a Muslim, But I judge and question everything, it's my nature...I always try to know the historical and scientific view of religion. Thanks for your research...Very grateful ❤️
@@davidway4259 My brother David: In Islam, we do not need to shed the blood of an innocent person in order for God to forgive a sin that we did not commit. To forgive sins in Islam, all you have to do is turn to God alone without a mediator and repent of your sin and not return to sin. Bloodshed is not required, in ezec 18 "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the "iniquity of the son
@@davidway4259 In our religion, Adam repented of his sin in the first place, and God forgave him. In your religion, Adam sinned by eating from the forbidden tree. Imagine, in order for God to forgive this sin, he has to incarnate and sacrifice his son, who is God, and he himself is God, meaning that he sacrifices himself to forgive us for a sin we didn't commit.
You can refer to dialogues between Muslim preacher and Christian common people , as well as missionaries. In the speakers' corner, just write the speakers' corner, duaa. I am inclined and I love Sheikh Othman. You can listen to some of these conversations if you have free time. We believe in Christ and we all respect him as a human being and a prophet, and we believe in his virgin birth And all the prophets
The Quran, at least in its early part is quoting much of the bible and especially Musa about 73 or maybe 74 times. It suggests to the Bani Israel to go back into their land in the name of Alla, and not leave. The Children of Israel are sometimes referred to as Ummat Al Kittab and there is nothing wrong with that. I wonder if in the name of peace we could stick to the good parts and put aside the less peaceful parts. Those who believe in the Hebrew Bible did it and nobody is claiming that an eye for and eye is justice. I think that some of the less peaceful parts in the Quran may have come from traditional and tribal times preceding or after the life if the Nebi.
@@gershonperry5952 That is an interesting parallel between the different Holy Scriptures, to lay aside the violent parts. But at some time one needs to address the purpose God had in each of these instances to utilize violence. Nevertheless, it does start us on a more level playing ground. Peace
@@gershonperry5952 As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Omitting anything from what one believe is the word of God is a disrespect to him. anything that is there exits for a reason. what you're saying is similar to sayin "why not only talk only about the inventions and technology Americans have contributed to the world , and how they abolished slavery, and omit the part of history books where they talks about what they did to the native americans and the african slaves, just for the sake of peace and harmony?"
I absolutely love how these useful charts videos are objective, respectful, and full of well researched + meaningful information. The scholarship here is simply superb, and a breath of fresh-air compared to much of the 'noise' on youtube today! So well done. Thank you Matt!
There is nothing to be offended about regardless of your religion. It’s actually good to listen to different points of view and how other interpret the holy books
@hiooxkrmagkis9323 Well I never gave Melania much credence, but hey, sometimes you have to get an immigrant to do disgusting stuff that no local would do!
@hiooxkrmagkis9323Actually that is not true. The Hadith were compiled as early as 80 years after the prophet. Many know the name Bukhari but few know the name Sufyan at Thawri. But critical use of the Hadith began with the companions themselves.
Anyone who wants to actually know about the history of Islamic texts should consult the following book - "The History of the Quranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation : a Comparitive Study of the Old and New Testaments". Written by Muhammad Mustafa Al- Azami.
I am happy you admit your biases or your background so that the audience gets an idea of what lens you view the question through. Some youtubers just don't admit they have a bias and say stuff as matter of fact .
@@JustIssybee ,it`s a core evidence islam is ultimate truth,that`s why islam is the fastest growing religion in the world as per western media said unanimously,peace maz
Exactly! the Koran writer didn't even know what Christians believe! The writer of the Koran didn't even know that God became man according to Christianity! The writer of the Koran did not even know the most important foundations of Christianity!
Malachi 3:6 = Reading helps! This is about good and bad!! ***********Exactly!!! God is not a human! Even if God adds a human body to himself, God still remains God!**************
Inoffensive? It's not offensive, it's just ignorant about the vast differences of the quran and other books, I was just watching an old video from "many prophets, one message" on RUclips, and the quran and Bible can never be copy of one another
@@Omer1996E.C nevertheless... if u think about it, during the period of Prophet even if these supposed texts were there floating around, he was someone who cannot read or write. For someone like that to compile the stories would be extraordinary. In-depth analysis of Quran, the arrangement of surah and numerical miracles and some scientific facts and predictions are too many coincidences to occur at once. Faith is something u cant explain with solid proof but u believe in it anyway. This video increased by faith in the Quran and its authenticity. Thanks
@@Dharma_and_Ahimsa - imagine if he claimed to be a doctor… now his mom gonna say “don’t come near me when I am sick u are not a real doctor”.. he friends be like “Yo, u never went to med school all these years u been with us playing in the fields”… his followers be like “dude.. u know very little about medicine”. 1500 years later… me “he was not a doctor” And you be like “how do u know he is not a doctor ?” I’m like “bro.. wtf”
Even after you gave a "heads up" that watching the second half of the content could offend the watcher, I found your discussion of who wrote the Qur'an from another point of view really respectfull (even censoring the depiction of Abraham and Mary as in how the Muslims always censor the depiction of their theological figures) and was delivered with amazing objectivity. Of course, this does not change my faith (as I am sure it was not what you wanted to achieve to begin with) and today I gained new knowledge from your videos. Please keep on making videos!
The Aramaic word for God is Alaha. It's the word Isa PBUH (Jesus as his name is often misspelled due to the lack of the ayin sound in Greek, which was rendered to Iesous, coupling the nearest sound to ayin, same letter found in 'Iraq', which sounds entirely different in Arabic form 'Iran' in Arabic, with the -ous Greek suffix that Greeks typically add to their names 'HerodotOS', 'PlotinUS', 'AchelOUS' and later mumbled into a J). Sounds familiar? Written without the confusing vowels, it is A-L-H ܐ ܠܗܐ (alap-lamed-he) as found in Targum or in Tanakh (Daniel, Ezra), Syriac Aramaic (Peshitta), adducted from the Arabic original (of which Aramaic is a dialect continuum) 'A-L-L-H' (Aleph-Lam-Lam-Ha). The yeshua rendition of Isa (his name in the Qur'an) PBUH which is purported to be the name of Jesus is KNOWN to had been taken from greek. Western Syriac also use "Isho". Western Aramaic (separate from Syriac which is a dialect of Eastern Aramaic) use "Yeshu". Western Syriac has been separate from Western Aramaic for about 1000 years. And sounds don't even match up. Syriac is a Christian liturgical language yet the four letters of the name of Jesus «ܝܫܘܥ» [ = Judeo-Babylonian Aramaic: «ישוע» ] sounds totally different in West vs East Syriac, viz. vocalized akin to Christian Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic «ܝܶܫܽܘܥ» (Yēšūʿ) in West Syriac, but pronounced more akin to Muslim Arabic Quran character name Isa in East Syriac «ܝܑܼܫܘܿܥ» (ʾĪšōʿ). The reason for this confusion is their dropping of phonemes as aforementioned. Only someone that has no idea what the letters are or how they sound would have a name ending in a pharyngeal fricative like the ayin, if it were to be used in a name it would have had to be in the beginning, thus the Arabic rendition is the correct one. In addition, The word God in hebrew is eloah, is a cognate of the Arabic I-L-H, pronounced ilah not eloah. Hebrew dropped the glottal stop and mumbled it into eloh, aramic mumbled a little less and it became elah. Infact it is written A-L-H in Arabic, it is pronounced i in Arabic cause it is an Alef with hamza below (إ أ ) They are two different forms of Alef. And it mean "a god", it is the non definitive form of A-L-L-H, in which the Alef is without a glottal stop/hamza,(ا) "protosemetic" Alphabet (29), Arabic Alphabet (28), Latin transliteration, hebrew (22) 𐩠 𐩡 𐩢 𐩣 𐩤 𐩥 𐩦 𐩧 𐩨 𐩩 𐩪 𐩫 𐩬 𐩭 𐩮 𐩰 𐩱 𐩲 𐩳 𐩴 𐩵 𐩶 𐩷 𐩸 𐩹 𐩺 𐩻 𐩼 ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي A b t ṯ j h kh d ḏ r z s sh ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ ʿ ġ f q k l m n h w y א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת Merged phonemes in hebrew and aramaic: ح, خ (h, kh) merged into only kh consonant remain س, ش (s, sh) merged into only Shin consonant remaining ط, ظ (ṭ/teth, ẓ) merged into only ṭ/teth consonant remaining ص, ض (ṣ, ḍ/Tsad ) merged into only ḍ/Tsad consonant remaining ع, غ (3'ayn, Ghayn) merged into a reducted ayin consonant remaining ت, ث (t/taw, th) merged into only t/taw consonant remaining The reason why the protoS alphabet here is 28 and not 29, is because the supposed extra letter is simply a س written in a different position, but it was shoehorned to obfuscated. In Arabic letter shapes are different depending on whether they are in the beginning , middle or end of a word. This kind of nuance is lost in the dialect continua. As a matter of fact, all of the knowledge needed for deciphering ancient texts and their complexity was derived from the Qur'an. It was by analyzing the syntactic structure of the Qur'an that the Arabic root system was developed. This system was first attested to in Kitab Al-Ayin, the first intralanguage dictionary of its kind, which preceded the Oxford English dictionary by 800 years. It was through this development that the concept of Arabic roots was established and later co-opted into the term 'semitic root,' allowing the decipherment of ancient scripts. In essence, they quite literally copied and pasted the entirety of the Arabic root. Hebrew had been dead, as well as all the other dialects of Arabic, until being 'revived' in a Frankensteinian fashion in the 18th and 19th centuries. The entire region spoke basically the same language, with mumbled dialect continuums spread about, and Arabic is the oldest form from which all these dialects branched off. As time passed, the language gradually became more degenerate, and then the Qur'an appeared with the oldest possible form of the language thousands of years later. This is why the Arabs of that time were challenged to produce 10 similar verses, and they couldn't. People think it's a miracle because they couldn't do it, but I think the miracle is the language itself. They had never spoken Arabic, nor has any other language before or since had this mathematical precision. And when I say mathematical, I quite literally mean mathematical. Now how is it that the Qur'an came thousands of years later in an alphabet that had never been recorded before, and in the highest form the language had ever taken? The creator is neither bound by time nor space, therefore the names are uttered as they truly were, in a language that is lexically, syntactically, phonemically, and semantically older than the oldest recorded writing. In fact, that writing appears to have been a simplified version of it. Not only that, but it would be the equivalent of the greatest works of any particular language all appearing in one book, in a perfect script and in the highest form the language could ever take. It is so high in fact, that it had yet to be surpassed despite the fact that over the last millennium the collection of Arabic manuscripts when compared on word-per-word basis in Western Museums alone, when they are compared with the collected Greek and Latin manuscripts combined, the latter does not constitute 1 percent of the former as per German professor Frank Griffel, in addition all in a script that had never been recorded before. Thus, the enlightenment of mankind from barbarism and savagery began, and the age of reason and rationality was born from its study.real
Quran increases the believers' faith, and the disbelievers' loss. Btw, disbeliever here is not the same with non-muslim. It's a reference to those harbouring malicious goals and intentions against Islam.
I would love a series on who wrote the Avesta. It would probably be the most difficult to make out of all of them, but it would be interesting to see how much is known. Zoroastroanism is very scarcely talked about on RUclips, and it would be amazing to cover in this series the Gathas and the Avesta.
@@luigianchondo7241 In my case it is based on Luigi from Super Mario. Quite an old username. Let's hope the video on the Avesta comes out. I really think there should be more information on RUclips about zoroastroanism and Ancient Iran in general.
I wrote the Avesta in college with George Lucas. We basically just spent a week locked in our dorm with an ounce of pot and a big bag of adderalls. AMA
@@potts995 Extremly religius people are cinda scary i remember talking to someone and they argued that the Only morals we got is What comes from the bible (the person was Christian btw ) That made me realise What would those people do If they Dident belive in something like that Would they be normal and have Basic understanding What is right or wrong Or Would they be a lunatic😂
Would love to see a video about who wrote the Homeric poems, but I'm not gonna pressure you man. It's your channel and it's up to you to decide what content you want to make next.
HEAR O ISRAEL, JESUS IS THE MESSIAH ! Nowhere the Qur'an claims to be about religion except when arguing with the pagans, polytheists and Idol worshippers from the First of the Ten Commandments perspective. Other than that, Islam has always claimed to be a Christian Apostolic Tradition in line with the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15:1-32...in rejection of the Council of Nicaea and Constantinople with their Trinitarian tone. It was not until the 9th century that some hadith collectors such as Al-Bukhari, Al Muslim, etc turned it into a separate and full blown religion by severing it from Christianity. By the way Christianity is the belief that Jesus is the Christ which is Greek for HaMashiak(Messiah) its Hebraic counterpart. The Messiah(Christ) foretold by Moses as it is written: "I will send them the Messiah, the Prophet like you Moses, Him they must listen..." Deut. 18:15-19; John 4:25-26; Acts 3:17-24; Acts 17:1-3; Acts 7:1-30, etc... Islam therefore is more like a political philosophy than a religion making the Sovereign-Prince on earth into the shadow of the Messiah sitting in Heaven. True, Man doesn't live on bread alone but nowhere it is said that man lives on daily prayers only... JESUS IS MUHAMMAD, THE PRAISES MESSIAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS ABU AL-QUASIM ! DOES RELIGION MAKE PEOPLE STUPID?
It's entirely plausible that he doesn't do the subtitling himself. There are tons of people online who you can pay to do subtitles for videos (Fiverr has many such people). Also, one excellent newer feature of youtube is the ability to edit the auto-generated subtitles. Because Matt speaks so clearly and precisely, I bet that he uses this method, and likely has to make barely any edits to them in order to make them 100% correct.
@@lufhopespeacefully2037 Because it's not Biblical, that's why. The ending of Mathew that mentions The Father, Son and Holy Spirit was added very, very late. It was not found in the early Greek manuscripts. Jesus' disciples did not believe that Jesus was God during his life, they started believing that he became divine when he was exalted tovheaven after his alleged resurrection.
This dropped in the middle of my finals schedule and I needed this badly! Thanks for this series, this channel is probably one of the best finds I've made this year.
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
@@gmansplit True. I did in a long comment which you will find if you look through recent comments and scroll down to the comments which are from around the date of the reply above you are looking at on this chain.
As an ex-mormon, I am so excited for the "Who wrote the Book of Mormon" video. If you haven't already. I would suggest looking up Mosiah Priority. I think it's a very interesting theory that explains the odd structure of the book, and fits well with what was happening to Joseph Smith at the time.
The book of Mormon is just a single taken book of the bible I forget which one it starts with a D, I had a book of Mormon one time and compared it with the bible book and it was the same.
@@AnDyity There are a number of differences between The Book of Mormon and Deuteronomy. I look forward to Matt's coverage of this, because there's not an obvious answer.
@@AnDyity You could be thinking of Isaiah. The entire book of 2nd Nephi in the Book of Mormon is cribbed word for word from Isaiah in the Old Testament.
Mormons and early Muslims have so much in common. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mormons evolve into the 5th big Abrahamic religion, behind Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Baha’i
Similarities between the Quran and the other books don't mean someone copied from the others but means that there is one source behind all the Abrahamic religions who is trying to deliver his message to all humanity over and over.
But one could argue that since Torah and Bible predates the Quran, Quran may copy scripture from the Torah and Bible, Quran claim the original scripture is corrupted which is why Torah and Bible still exist now but different, but THIS IS ACCORDING TO QURAN from a neutral perspective, one could argue that if it's possible that Torah and Bible is "corrupted", then it's also possible to say that Quran just copied a scripture from other scripture including Torah and Bible
@@muslimresponse103 So do you think that the writer of the Quran would literally copy bible verses, put it in the Quran, without rephrasing or changing it a bit so it wouldn't look the same to the previous book?
@@muslimresponse103 how about that according to the quran, earth is not in motion? search sheikh bin baz, bin al uthaymeen, and sheikh al fauzan, they disagree that earth does not rotate and it is motionless, want the link of the video of them saying that? do you believe them, they are great saudi scholar you know.
Slight Correction, Sunni Tradition holds that even before Uthman, the Quran was compiled into a single copy under Abu Bakr RA, 6 months after the Prophet SAW died, due to a bunch of reciters getting killed during the Battle of Yamama. What Uthman RA did was was standardized it and make many copies of it and respectfully retire the minor variations (called Ahruf) (the Quran is retired like a Flag in America, throwing it away is considered as disrespectful so we burn out of respect)
Ugh a Jewish brother doing more justice to Islamic history from an academic and neutral perspective than even some Muslims. Love it. Stay safe my Semitic brother.
Oo come on.... The one who doesn't know the Islamic history and makes video by searching other people's content through internet, cannot do any justice to history. As of Islamic scholars, just check the history how did they recorded history in most difficult circumstances and tried their best efforts. Just check how hadith was recorded and how they tried to keep the records in most unbiased and authentic manner........
@@tananata9657 Corrupted ones would not survive for so long. There is an extremely sophisticated process of judging the authenticity of an hadith and grading it. All the corrupted ones would have long been filtered out in the past 1400 years. Also there are things called weak hadith and strong hadiths.
Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense.. use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE. 🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments. To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
Islam is formed with Forces, Swords ⚔️, Bullets, Killings, means all are Converted from other religions. No self ideology,,No laws,, Only Men's are rulling,, Womens are tortured,, Womens are machines for producing 20,30, 50 childrens.. 4/5/6 wives...Talak TALAK Talak 3 words to destroy Women's,,, Interested in 72 HOORS with very big size Breast....Ladies have no place in society. Hum converted SUWARS Hai. Hum KALAMA Padhate hai... Huma-me JAJABA hai... Hum TALAK de sakate hai... Hum HALALA bhee karate hai(enjoyment)... 72 HOORS with big boobs for us... We can produce 20/30/50 kids , hamara Penis عضو تناسل Powerful Hai(4/6 wives)... Kya huwa, hamare bachche بچے Pancharwala Beggers Hotel worker Butcher Riksha puller hai to,, JIHADI bhee hai, inshallah....
*Who explains to us why the Koran says Christians believe God has a biological son!* To all Muslims! Son of God means NOT SON! What is called the son of God is the word of God = god himself! Which has nothing to do with a child (son)! Thus, the Son of God is incarnated as the human Jesus and the human Jesus is therefore referred to as a son, which does not mean a son!
Hebr 1,2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, *by whom also he made the worlds;* as everyone can see the term Son of God refers to the Word of God = god himself! For through that God created the worlds! *what a mistake in the Qur'an!*
4:55. I am a Muslim, I am not offended, I continue watching, I want to hear alternative theories. I am good. I respect your views which I may or may not agree but nothing wrong listening to the alternative theories..
allah says in quran : "And if you have any doubt as to (the truthfulness of the Qur'ân) which We have revealed to Our servant from time to time, produce a single Sûrah (- Qur'ânic chapter) like any of (the chapters of) this, summoning (to your assistance) all your helpers (that you have) beside Allâh, if you are truthful (in your doubts)," "But if you fail to do (so), and never shall you do (it), then guard against the Fire, the fuel of which will be human beings (who are deviating from the way of truth) and stones, (it is) prepared for the disbelievers. " quran chapter 2 verses 23 and 24 1400 years since this verse was revealed on the prophet and to this day no one was able to fulfill this challenge
@@SaeedAcronia extremist muslim (NOT ISIS) should get secular academic with skepticism , islam intersect the secular(human) and the spiritual(divine) ••Quran encourages verification of any news that reaches to a believer. "O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful." (Quran 49:6) ••Quran also encourages that believers must reflect upon religion and not just obey religion blindly. Allah says in Quran: "And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind." (Quran 25:73)
@@mt000mp That's a circular logic. If it turns out that Quran was written by humans and not God, then you wouldn't be a muslim because being a muslim means believing quran is from God. Also you wouldn't be able to refer to Quran anymore because it was fake in that case.
A minor correction at 20:25 : The Arabic language does indeed have vowels (all human languages have vowels), but rather it is the traditional Arabic script that typically or mostly does not express them in written form. Several other writing systems historically expressing other Afro-Asiatic languages, such as ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, also have this feature.
Come on! Arabic vowels are central to the language and writing. The first letter of the Arabic Alphabet is Alef, which is a vowel! The letter Wao is our O, and it looks like the English comma, also means AND. It is part of the decimal system and punctuation of European languages - an Arabic vowel!!! A third vowel is Yaa, which sounds like i and e and y depending on the word. The Arabic language is based on 3 or 4 letter root verbs, and these roots often contain one or two vowels. If you trace the origin of the vowel-less legend about Arabic you will find an idiot or an orientalist, which is the same thing often. 😢
There are diacritics included in my copy of the Qur'an... Which give an indication of the vowel sounds (I'm a total beginner at Arabic but very interested in it). Are these added for modern interpretation?
Great video, love the production value! I can appreciate your lack of biasness despite being a Muslim. Muslims who get offended by this should get themselves in check. He prefaced multiple times that this is a secular historian approach.
Yes he forgot to mention that, bt rather skipped to when the standardization was completed under Uthman. Umar made the suggestion to Abubakar, who began the process but the process was completed under Uthman! This is a vital point that shouldn't be ignored. He also made a baseless argument that their wasn't any written manuscripts of the Quran during the Prophets lifetime when infact several of his companions had such copies but were discouraged to wait till the revelations were finished so they do not mix Quran with Hadith! He never made any statement that several Companions memorized the Quran wic was why it wasn't tainted, and the concept of memorization is what makes it the most untainted religious book in history!
@@Professor_GCProcess of memorization wouldnt make it most untained. Rather it would do the opposite. Its well studied human memory can be...tricky. It can be changed and influenced by many things. Sickness, old age, trauma, etc.
@@cramax4871 Yes those factors can influence once memorization ONLY if that person stops reciting it daily to keep it their memory. Good thing the Quran exists in written texts that can easily read! For a person who memorized a musical lyrics and sings publicly, a slight mistake like change of a word could be easily recognized by any random fan who knows such song, not because he reads The lyrics everyday but constantly listen and mym it. Say what you want the Quran is not like the Bible that needs to be reedited by random fellows for selfish reasons everytime they need to print new copies. People minds are different when it comes to memorization that's exactly why not every Muslim has the entire Quran memorized but most Muslims always have a copy they read and indeed the 5 daily prayers is also a factor that keeps such memory fresh.
I spent the first 2/3 of my life as a faithful Mormon, and the past 1/3 learning about many of the things I was never told about Mormon history. I look forward to your analysis of the Book of Mormon.
I’m sorry, but it baffles me that there are still Mormons today. Every religion has its share of malarkey, but Mormonism out does them all. I say that with all due respect, of course.
Amazing overview , analysis and insight into the multiplicity and overlapping derivations of sacred scriptures . There wouldn’t be enough hours in the day for one to read all the texts / books , so WOW ! Thanks a lot !
The Holy Qur’an differs from the rest in that it is only one copy in all the countries of the world, and even in the written texts, it is the only word that has not been changed.
@@FuhhFyuhb-wb1zp There have been some manuscripts that have slightly different words in it (though, yes, the Qur’an appears to have been scarcely edited, at least relative to other holy books). And the book was originally written/dictated in Arabic, which was translated to other languages, thereby changing the semantics anyway. But the book has pretty much stayed the same, at least of what we know of.
@@FeedYourBrainChannel All manuscripts of the Qur’an are identical to the Qur’an that we have today. The simple errors you are talking about in the Sanaa Manuscript are simple spelling errors, and the owner of the channel has a video titled The Sanaa Manuscript in which he shares the whole matter.
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
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Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense.. use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE. 🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments. To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
Great video, I’ve always wondered what secular historians make of Islamic texts. It was interesting to see the stories found in earlier sources because the Qur’an describes itself as a confirmation of revelations that came before.
_"It was interesting to see the stories found in earlier sources because the Qur’an describes itself as a confirmation of revelations that came before."_ Correct, however, you need to consider the nature of those texts: they definitely are not "revelations" in many cases, as they are human commentary on the Jewish scriptures. It seems the compilers of the Quran didn't know the difference. You also have to consider whether the Qurans "correction" claim makes sense in light of the actual texts. What we actually find in many cases is the Quran copies random details that don't make a lot of sense by themselves, but make perfect sense in the original story.
Quran is like this. A new religion is born and they belive in a book that considered holy and eternal. Also believing it confirm the bible. but the stories in it are from Dante Inferno, a novel, not a Bible.
@@ReasonedAnswers reading a christian writing about "original texts" is laughable! Original text dated to The Messiah, peace and blessing of The Almighty be upon him and his mother, given by him or his immediate disciples: ZERO Preserved messages with chains of transmission from Messiah, pbuh: ZERO Now that is a FACT. With all the money and evil manipulations at your disposal, yet you are a good way of spreading Islam in every house, and yet you think you are fighting it. Subhana Allah! Search Egyptian Kings and Pharaohs of different times and the accuracy of the Quran, once done, compare it to the bible. Iera channel has a good video of it. Go check it out and learn. Times of christian clergy lies is over. There is a reason for the surge of apostasy in the west, and that is you guys. For others reading this comment, wanting to learn more and having questions join the live stream of EFDAWA.
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Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense.. use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE. 🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments. To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
It is very easy to refute Islam! Because the God of Islam does not know that according to Christianity God incarnated True love = the love of God! *God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being* Philippians 2:5-8
God bless you. Although I don’t agree with the historian’s belief that the Quran was written by Muhammad (Pbuh), I very much respect the way you have put the information forward. There is so much to learn from your methods of delivery.
@@RichardWolfgang I was just correcting a serious error. He spelled the guy's name as just "Muhammad" (without putting any emphasis on his madness). MuhamMAD is the correct way to write his name. By the way, I am calm, and I'm 40 (hardly a "kid").
@@bloomwithaynur3898 I hate no one. What the heck are you talking about? Simply reminding people about the madness of history's maddest man ever should not mean I "hate"
I find this channel brilliant, and like others have mentioned below, you admit your biases, something I think is paramount. Myself i'm an atheist but find Abrahammic religions interesting and I think it's important to know as much as possible about them. Especially when engaging in friendly debates online
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Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense.. use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE. 🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments. To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
@@chj3289 Your points are illogical and fallacious. Even the presenter of this video was careful in his choice of words towards the Qur'an as well as Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). You must learn to be objective in your assertions!
You know what .. when you ask people if they're satisfied about the money they earn, they will always complain. and would ask for more money... when you ask people if they're satisfied with their brains... they're more than happy with it, and strangely confident!
just a small misunderstanding; "thou al qarnayn" means "the one who lived for two centuries" you see the word قرن in Arabic means both "horn" and "a century" and since my childhood, as a Muslim kid I've been taught that information so I don't fall into the confusion. Other than that, I appreciated such an academic level of research this channel never failed to live up to my expectations.
Perhaps this misunderstanding is caused by the people who had come up with the idea that the person mentioned in the holy Quran is to be taken as the one who lived for 200 years or 2 centuries. this idea does not make any sense, because it would employ that the person was of 200 years of age and he had already lived for 2 centuries at the time period during that story. again because you do not give a 30 years old person a name like ["thou al qarnayn" means "the one who lived for two centuries" ]
@@Sasori.OfTheRedSand The General consciences points it to be Alexander the Great. The coins of His time with his pictures on those items depict him to be having two Horns,
Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense.. use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE. 🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments. To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
⚠️⚠️🚨🚨🚨This is my response to you: 14:10 *(The story of Abraham breaking idols)* You said, *"It comes from a commentary on the Book of Genesis, written by a rabbi, sometime between 300 and 500 CE So, it's certainly possible that Muhammad was familiar with the story"* But you only mentioned half the truth. The scholars indicated that this text had been subjected to *distortion, and that it was subject to always for long and short additions* (1) Even the scholar *Becker* described it as an *“open text”* because it is an expandable commentary (2) , and that it *"appears to have been revised in a belated way in the Middle Ages."* (3) And it was stated in the *"Encyclopaedia Judaica 7/449”*: *"There are several parts in Genesis Rabbah whose style, language and exegetical character do not represent an integral part of the original midrash, but rather they are late additions"* The story of “Ibrahim” with idols and fire appears in chapter 38 of the Midrash, *it is among the chapters that scholars have said that it has been subject to distortion and belated revision.* And although it resembles the Qur’anic story, it is noted here: *The Midrash story contrasts with the Qur’anic story in detail in many ways.* * This midrash has been subjected to *severe change*, and Orientalists and evangelists do not have an argument for the *authenticity* of this story in this midrash or for the proof that it existed in it before *the time of the Prophet Muhammad,* noting that the oldest manuscript of this midrash in our hands today: (Vat. 30) dates back to 400-500 years after the appearance of Islam!!(4) Also, the text published today in the original language, which was prepared by Theodor and Albeck (1929 AD), does not match any ancient manuscript due to the many differences between them! *#################################################* 15:29 *(Mary And the Palm Tree)* You said, *"a very similar story is told about Mary and the palm tree"* and claimed that there is only *one difference* between the two stories. But the truth is that there are at least 6 differences between the two stories *(in the place, time, characters of the story, what miracle happened, what caused it and who did it)* 15:40 You said, *"Pseudo-Matthew was written around the same time as Muhammad lived"* But many scholars such as *(Robert Miller, Lynette R. Muir, J.K. Elliott, and J. A Tasioulas)* say that it was written in the eighth or ninth century, i.e. *after the advent of Islam.* (5) 15:58 You said, *"its more likely is that this was simply a well known story that was floating around at the time and that both authors were familiar with it"* But the scholar *(G. K. Eliot)* explicitly stated that the *Pseudo-Matthew was not known in the East* Stephen J. Shoemaker said, *"It appears that the apocryphal gospel of Matthew was written somewhat late, which prevents it from having an impact on the Qur'anic text, and most importantly, this apocryphal gospel was composed in the beginning in Latin somewhere in the Christian West and was completely unknown in the Christian East"* (6) *#################################################* 16:12 *(SLEEPERS IN THE CAVE)* As for the story of (The Seven Sleepers), it is a historical event mentioned by the Qur’an in order to take a lesson from it, and the Qur’an never claimed that there is no other book that preceded this story!! . And your saying that it is a well-known story to other nations, this supports the fact that this story occurred because it has historical testimonies! *#################################################* 16:12 *(DUHL-QARNAYN)*
You did not mention any book before the Qur’an that narrates the story of Dhul-Qarnayn, but you most likely mean the book of Alexander Romance, especially the Syriac version of it, which some orientalists claim to be a source of the Qur’an, but the truth is those Syriac versions of Alexander the Great were written after the advent of Islam under the Islamic rule. Ernest Wallis Budge says in his book (The life and exploits of Alexander the Great: being a series of translations of the Ethiopic histories of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and other writers, with introduction, etc) about the *Syrianc versions of Alexander Romance were inspired by the Arabic culture and were written under the rule of Islam* This means those Syrianc versions were written and inspired by the Arabic culture, *not quoting from the Greek ones* He also said it was written by a *Syrianc Christian person who lived in the Islamic countries under the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate during the 10th century AD* B. M. Wheeler says, *"A more discerning examination of the different texts show that the later recensions of the Alexander stories are dependent upon the Qur'an as understood through the medium of early Muslim commentators. Key elements of the later stories, such as the appellation of "Dhu al-Qarnayn" attributed to Alexander owe their origins to the commentaries"* (7) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- The Jewish Encyclopedia, 3l64 2- Chaim Milikowsky, ‘On the Formation and Transmission of Bereshit Rabba and the Yerushalmi: Questions of Redaction, Text-Criticism and Literary Relationships,’ in The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 92, No. 3/4 (Jan. - Apr., 2002), p.526 3- Scott B. Noegel and Brannon M. Wheeler, Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2002, p.124 4- L. M. Barth, An Analysis Of Vatican 30, 1973, Monographs of the Hebrew Union College No. 1, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute Of Religion, pp. 88-89 (Quoted by, M S M Saifullah, The Story Of Abraham And Idols In The Qur'an And Midrash Genesis Rabbah) 5- Robert Miller, Born Divine, the Births of Jesus and other Sons of God, California: Plebridge Press, 2003, pp.309-310 Lynette R. Muir, The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, p.89, Richard P. McBrien, eds. The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, New York: HarperCollins, 1995, p.53 J. K. Elliott, The Apocrypahl Jesus, Legends of the Early Church, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, p.11 J. A. Tasioulas, ‘Between Doctrine and Domesticity: The Portrayal of Mary in the N-Town Plays,’ in Diane Watt, ed. Medieval Women in their Communities, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997 ,p.228 6- J K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, p.84 Stephen J. Shoemaker, Christmas in the Qur'an: The Qur'anic Account of Jesus' Nativity and Palestinian Local Tradition. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 28 (2003), p.19 7- B. M. Wheeler "Moses Or Alexander? Early Islamic Exegesis Of Qur'an 18:60-65", Journal Of Near Eastern Studies, 1998, op cit., p. 214
It is very easy to refute Islam! Because the God of Islam does not know that according to Christianity God incarnated True love = the love of God! *God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being* Philippians 2:5-8
@@intuitive_data_science *surah 4:80* alLah associates muhammad a partner with alLah and makes him god. Do you think alLah will be able to forgive alLah for the sin of comitting shirk?
I am loving this series and all the charts! This is a hard subject area to find a good, secular entry point too. Your summaries are amazing and comprehensive! Take as many side quests as you can! Also want to shout out Extra Credit's Early Christian Schisms series as another enjoyable watch in this vein.
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially. An actual good academic entry point would be there, not this.
here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful , O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam hon happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind
@@edwardtimothy3581 .debauchery is quite clear in your bible. don't ya getting shy when u read song of songs for solimun ,the incest between lot with his daughters,david with his soldier `s wife furthermore david send this soldier to a war for get rid of him does that is a morals of prophets,jacob with his son`s wife, could that is god`s word,undoubtedly that definitely wouldn`t god`s word,prophets of god are honored in quran unlike your bible which had insulting the prophets including jesus who u took him as god or son of god
@@edwardtimothy3581 in your bible on tongue of jesus i do came for sword not to bring peace,the only book in the history which had commanded about killing babies,that why wws,crusader wars,even current war between russia &ukrain christians killing christians triggered by your bible that`s the real love of catechism oh booooooooooy🤣🤣🤣,don`t fool yourself ya pretty well know what i have told u is completely truth,stop beat around the bush &reconsider your belief,i done with u& time&again from bottom of my heart wish u&your family live into a glee forevermore god willing,bye alice forevermore
The earliest Quranic manuscript that has been reliably dated by scholars is known as the "Birmingham Quran manuscript." It is a collection of Quranic text fragments on parchment that were discovered in 2015 at the University of Birmingham in England. The manuscript has been carbon-dated to between AD 568 and 645, which is within the time period of the Prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community. This makes the Birmingham Quran manuscript one of the oldest surviving copies of the Quran in existence.
@@dtabije08 I see your point but the state of preservation not even a single word was altered and the message of that Sourate to the Christian archeologists found speak louder than if it was 114 found it's like Allah have sent a sign/message to those Christian archeologists who found it! Why didn't they find other chapters and found that specific Sourate with those specific verses!
@@soumayaafilal2931 Hehehe. If you can show me the unchanged & preserved Utmanic Quran, then I will revert to Islam. As of now, I am enjoying reading Hadith that says your prophet was a womanizer, killer & pedophile.
it is not a great explanation at all ; quite contrary it is a very foolish explanation , according to him because the similar stories are found in other books ,he thinks they are inspired from other books , that's not necessarily correct . if there are similar apples inside two different baskets it doesn't mean the apples bounced from one basket to the other , it proves the similar apples were put in the baskets by a single God who created them at first place . the genuine source of all information is Great Allah ,whether you like it or not ...
Muhammad was a Quraish Meccan caravan trader in his younger adult years before he married his older first wife Khadijah. As an itinerant merchant, he got to travel, did business and interacted with people of multiple nations and faiths. When he settled down to married life, he got lots of time to ruminate and slow burn thinking about the state of his people and the world. Then at 40 years old…..VOILA! He knew what to do and self proclaimed himself a prophet and enlightened. There is nothing phenomenal about the Koran to even suggest all its aspects are divine
Can't forget that he submitted himself to sensory deprivation following the loss of his wife; commonly known to cause hallucinations! Once he left the cave is when the writings 'happened' (Couldn't read or write is a ridiculous lie; he was a merchant, that was needed in his career). He also didn't allow Pagans into the faith until after Christians and Jewish leaders claimed him as a false prophet and said that they wouldn't back him. So he had to pivot, and the moment the Pagans trusted him, he destroyed their temple idols and banned them from Mecca. Speaking of Mecca, there were other identicle cube structures located in other places. He oddly felt the need to destroy them before taking over Mecca, one can only imagine why... The ritual at Mecca with the 7 laps at varying speeds, was a stolen Pagan ritual, worshipping Astrology and the 7 planets/dieties. Every person in that faith is unknowingly worshipping Astrology/ other gods. People can be incredibly gullible and choose to see what they want to see, regardless of facts. The is-amic faith has every sign of cult programming, which is not surprising that those born into it believe it blindy, they simply do not know any better. I hope deeply that one day the followers can see that Mo-ammad used Religion as a political power chip and bargaining tool to gain what he wanted in life. They deserve to live free and happy lives, not spending them idolizing a dead warlord.
Really good video and very well explained. I particularly admire the way that you word things in order to not cause what a Muslim would consider blasphemy, instead saying what scholars say. Brilliant tact.
I am an Arab not here to Criticize but to share knowledge to you. Please read my two points and conclusion POINT ONE ISLAM IS NOT ABRAHAMIC RELIGION> These Muslims have lied to people especially to the White Preachers Abraham is Aramaic from IRAQ and his servant Hagar is an EGYPTIAN so how can the son Ismael be an ARAB According to Islam the son takes the lineage from the Father so Ismael has to be Aramaic not an Arab. So Muhammad cannot come from Ismael example if my mother is Chinese and my father is Korean how can I be an Indian. this is the case with Ismael being an Arab. POINT TWO In the Bible it says Ismael and his mother Hagar met the TRIBE OF JURHUM this tribe are Arabs from YEMEN and Ismael learnt ARABIC from them. And thee JURHUM Tribe of YEMEN are staunch ENEMIES of the QURAISH TRIBE of Muhammad. Since Ismael learnt Arabic from the JURHUM TRIBE, Ismael cannot be the father of ARABS since The ARABS were before Ismael and they taught him Arabic language CONCLUSION if I were to marry a Chinese woman and learn Chinese I cant be the Father of Chinese since the Chinese were before me and I learnt the language from them. So ISMAEL CANNOT BE THE FATHER OF ARABS AND MUHAMMAD IS NOT FROM ISMAEL AND ISLAM IS NOT AN ABRAHAMIC RELIGION
@@ebsss100 I don’t see a reason not to. The editor has clearly put in the work and did the research, and until I verify all of it myself I trust the resources used enough to take them as facts. While the spiritual in me believes the Quran is the literal word of God, the rational side of the argument is also well worth considering.
7:22, note: chapter 110, i.e. Surat Al Nasr, is considered to be the last whole surah to be revealed. It is unanimous , however, that it is not the altogether final revelation. Some scholars say that the last revelation is Chapter 5 (Surat al-Maidah) verse 3, the verse of the Perfection of Religion. This is a weak view, but it is more popular among the masses. A larger number of scholars view al-Baqarah verse 281 to be the last.
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
@@swdrre-upload5423 There is a comment I wrote a few hours ago on the general comment section which you'll be able to find by hitting 'newest first' if youre interested.
Wonderful video. I was wondering about the secular positions on the Qur’an just the other day and then this popped up. As a pluralist, I love your unbiased take on religion and your respectfulness even if we might think it’s unnecessary.
Very nice, Matt. Well, actually Arabic has vowels; they are و , ا , and ي . Example إحسان is read Ihsan, with the 'a' from alif (ا). The إ is actually not alif, but hamzah. Alif cannot be given vowelization (تشكيل, tashkil), but hamzah can. Anyway, great video overall!
From what I know, those letters you mentioned are actually what's called matres lectionis. They're regular consonants that in certain cases can be used as a guide on how to pronounce the word. It's similar in Hebrew. Also, both have vowel pointing systems- haraqat for Arabic and niqqud for Hebrew- but they're entirely optional.
Truly an excellent presentation on the subject and brilliant for its graphic presentation/representation of the relationship between matters being discussed......of course I hit the subscribe button and will now go right through your catalogue of material. It is wonderful to come across such a well structured and organized source.......
I just want to point out several errors in the channel's content. It was pointed out that this interpretation as a whole and in general is scientifically and academically wrong. First, the entire Qur’an was not compiled during the reign of Uthman bin Affan. Rather, the entire Qur’an was compiled immediately after the death of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, that is, several months later at the hands of the first caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who was the first companion of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and his first caliph after his death. But the entire Qur’an was collected in several volumes written separately, and they were not arranged and preserved in one book The texts of the Qur’an were preserved in the house of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq or the house of his daughter Aisha, the wife of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. Peace be upon him. Then came the second period during the reign of the third Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan, the third greatest companion of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. Where Othman bin Affan collected the entire Qur’an for the first time in history in one Qur’an and arranged it as it is at the present time, and that is why it was called the Ottoman Qur’an. There is a copy of it in the Birmingham Museum or the so-called Birmingham manuscript, which is the oldest copy of the Qur'an in history. Then came the third period, which is the period of the fourth Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib, who is the fourth Caliph. And the fourth greatest companion of the Messenger of God, and he was the first to put the rules in the Qur’an to distinguish letters and read the Qur’an in the correct form. Therefore, the entire Qur’an was collected during the era of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, who lived with him and saw it with their own eyes. To be clear, the Qur'an is not the same as the Bible in Christianity. The Qur'an has been transmitted literally in two ways, the written method and the oral method. As a sacred text, it was memorized from the first word to the last word by thousands of companions of the Messenger of God, all the way to hundreds of thousands and several millions through successive generations. Hence, the sacred text reached what it is now. It is considered the first holy book to adopt the transmission method, by rote memorization letter by letter in addition to word for word. Orally and in writing Compared to the texts of the Torah and the Bible that were transmitted only through translations and writing third point It is that you tried to include your Christian beliefs in the explanation of the Qur'an, and this is wrong Muslims consider the Torah and the Bible to be distorted, unreliable, and inaccurately transmitted texts. The Qur'an is not a copy of the Bible and the Torah. Rather, Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the direct divine revelation of the Prophet Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, to correct the errors and falsifications contained in the Torah and the Gospel. It is natural that we find some of the events mentioned in the Qur’an mentioned in previous texts with a Jewish or Christian source. Muslims do not realize that the texts of Matthew, Luke, John and Mark are the Bible. Rather, the Gospels are the words that God sent down to Jesus directly, but were not properly recorded. The fourth point, therefore, all Muslims throughout history believe that the Bible and the Torah are distorted and falsified. Therefore, the Qur'an is not copied from it, but is a separate revelation. No text from the Torah and the Bible was written in Arabic at that time The Bible was not circulating in the Arabic language at that time, and the public was not familiar with the texts of the Bible The first attempt to translate the texts of the Bible into Arabic took place a century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace
@@mouazalgeria9137 So which quran do you use today? We can buy more than 30 different Arabic qurans. All the qurans are full of mistakes and contradictions. But lets look at the early qurans. We do not have any complete quran from the time of Mohammed. We do not even have a complete quran from the time of Uthman. We know that more than 100 verses of Surah 33 are missing. So we know there is no complete quran today. None of the early quranic manuscripts are complete and many show signs of having been corrupted. But back to Uthman, we know that he was required to put the quran in writing as different groups of Muslims recited the quran so differently that fights broke out as to who recited he quran correctly. That proves that the memorization of the quran had already failed completely within 20 years after Mohammed had died. The Uthman wrote the quran in the Quraishi dialect and burnt all the originals. So today we should only have one quran in one dialect, yet we have more than 30 different Arabic qurans. So who wrote all these different qurans? Nobody knows, Not one quran that I have seen shows even one name of the person or persons who actually wrote the qurans. So all the qurans were actually written by anonymous people. You say >> all Muslims throughout history believe that the Bible and the Torah are distorted and falsified
@@johnzuma4688 Thanks for the nice reply There is only one Quran in the world All Islamic sects recognize only one Quran The reason why the Qur’an is one book, unlike the Bible, which has several copies It is because the Qur’an was transferred by memorizing word for word from the beginning of the line to the end of the line, so it was impossible to change the Qur’an If one word is found different or wrong, all copies of the Qur’an will be withdrawn As for the incomplete surahs of the Qur’an, no reliable historical source mentioned this rumor It is impossible for there to be incomplete surahs because the Qur’an contains a complex code of mathematics.
Great video! It is rewarding to hear what others think about other religions based on history and scientific findings. I will watch your other videos as well. Thanks
14:53 - In Surah Maryam (19:23) it is generally believed to be the voice of an angel who tells Mary to shake the tree for the dates (not figs) to fall for her to eat. The Quran doesn’t state that it was Jesus in the womb who told her to do that.
@@deurellbussell5469 this video has msiteks, Babylon wasn't mentioned in the quran. also the Assyrian language is absolutely not different language from arabic. why he failed to montione is that qurain doesn't claim to bring something new but correct what was corrugated. also thu al qarnayn is not known who is he and alexander never bulit a wall anywhere.... and most muslims believe it was cyrus the great.
I couldn't agree more with your conclusion that the nearest analogy in Christianity to the Qu'ran is Jesus Christ, not the Bible. As a Christian, I came to the same conclusion when I learned about Islam and its view of the Qu'ran. Frankly, I think such an analogy also is helpful for Christians, who tend to want to inflate the Bible's place in Christianity vis-a-vis the incarnate Son of God. In John 5:39, Jesus accuses the Pharisees: "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life. It is they which testify of me, yet you don't want to come to me so that you can have life."
It's interesting because I heard some people say Jesus never claimed to be God, but that's a pretty clear claim of being God. It seems that in the book of John he is more likely to see/describe himself as a divinity than in the other synoptic Gospels, and I wonder why. In another verse, he says "I came here not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me."
to my laymen and secular knowledge, hadiths are collection of traditions stemmed from Prophet Muhammad, freely speaking to awfully simplify this; kind of the practical instructions of what the Quran taught as the Prophet sees and understand it. Probably you can imagine if the Quran is a constitution, hadiths are the laws based on that constitution
hadith isn’t divine in islam, the hadith also doesn’t have a specific author, Hadith are basically quotes of prophet muhammad and stories in his life time or stories where prophet muhammad was involved in, there are many famous narrators of hadith that memorized or documented the hadith, later to be compiled in books like Al Tabaris book and many others, they are also sorted based on how reliable they are
I would be interested in an episode on who wrote the buddhist Pali Canon (and potentially also follow ups with the question who wrote the Mahayana Sutras)
it contains just perhapses that's not knowledge that's an opinion and to be frank he cited some incorrect things like the Quran was not written in life time of the Prophet Muhammed that's not right because the compagnions of the Prophet did write it in his time and one of the very famous historical figure that did it was the first ommeyad Calife muawiyah ibn abi soufyan and it was compiled in one book called al Musehaf and the Book used by Uthman to standardize the Musehafs across the state was that of the wife of the Prophet Muhammed called Hafsa bint Umar ibn al khattab so he does not know that and for the Book being based on Syriac and as an Arabic speaker that is mostly a Bull shit, Syriac and Arabic belong to the same family tree everybody who tried to do this manoeuvre indeed tried to distort the meanings of resembling words that have different meanings in the two language and that is a deliberate corruption based on fallacies, for the Sanaa manuscript I don't know his position exactely but it has a very known story for a later time to tell but he is assuming that inconsistencies existed in the text that 's also a declaration made to out-proportion the dialectal differences in Quraysh tribe's ( the Prophet's Tribe) language that used to exist in the way of recitation, these differences are very minor and don't distort anything neither in the text nor in the meaning and the most important of that they are very known and classified and very very few dialectal differences , this Book is very well preserved because everybody in that time learned it by heart directly from a chain of well known people traced to the prophet so for the language beeing without vowel that's a void and wrong argument because the Book at that time was taught verbaly and no one was allowed to teach it or to recitate it in prayer without learning it verbaly from someone who also learned it verbaly from another till the chain ends up to the prophet, the one who learn it just from the mushaf was called a musehafi and it was a kind of pejorative description.
You seem like an honest person last time i asked you are there sincere contradictions\mistakes in the quran you said yes though im a muslim and i do agree that there are contradications in it i haven't losed my faith but i don't think any holy book is perfect having said that what is your views about garry miller and what parts do you think he's wrong
The mammoth pain u take to make these videos is helping me enormously in my journey. Thanks from the core of heart. Surely light comes from knowledge. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@Z Yusuf Deuteronomy 18:20 New International Version >> 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
@Z Yusuf We don't even know who Mohammad's real father was! Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died four years before Mohammad was even born so how can you claim he was a descendant of Kedar when Mohammad doesn't even have a genealogy? I have never seen a family tree that traces Mohammad to any biblical figures. I know many Muslim scholars have desperately tried to invent some genealogy of Mohammad but is all BS. Mohammad also claimed to be a prophet but we don't believe that either! You have to PROVE it.
Indeed. I love how he masterfully avoided turning this video either non-relevant to Muslims or refutational to the Islamic teachings by offering it as the perspective of someone who is not a Muslim. @UsefulCharts thank you for that!
Basically he said that the Qran is a fictional book written by one man muhamad wich was illeterate. The Bible can be verified by several sources but not the Qran. Also the Qran is a copycat from other "legendary" stories. 🤔Hummm that is why mohamad never performed any miracles and got married to a 6 years old girl. 😵💫😵
@@muhamedbarakat7680 Do you believe that Dhul Qarnayn found the place where the sun sets - in a muddy spring? Do you agree with the Quran that the sun sets in a muddy spring somewhere here on Earth?
@@muhamedbarakat7680 Honestly, I do not like David Wood at all. He is attacking Islam on points that can easily be flipped back on him - he is hypocritical. And I understand that many of the pseudo-scientific issues and legends of the Quran can be easily explained away as metaphorical, allegorical or simply crafted to be understandable to their audience. Neither apologists can effectively use such verses to infer scientific miracles, nor critics can use them effectively to attack the Quran. Some statements might seem to contain errors pertaining to the understanding of cosmology that people in the Middle Ages had, but that is not the problem of the Quran as much as the historicity of its statements about Jesus. I think that Jesus was neither God, nor a prophet of God, nor the Jewish Messiah. I think that he was an ordinary man - a Jewish apocalyptic preacher who said the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong time and place and got executed for it. The crucifixion is a historical fact, Jesus was absolutely crucified. What is not historical is his virgin birth, prophethood, miracle working, divinity and resurrection. It is clear tocme that the sources used for Jesus in the Quran are not divine but come from Jewish and Christian gnostic heresies as well as from Maniheism which was wide spread in Central Asia. Basically, Jesus made me an atheist because I think that both the Quran and the New Testament are wrong about him. And the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament) is wrong on other things. Looking for scientific errors in the Quran is a waste of time because the problematic verses can be vague and interpreted in many ways. Instead, I would recommend studying the historical Jesus and his context within Judaism. 'Debunking' scientific miracles in the Quran and spotting minor errors is just a child's play compared to the real problem - the historical person of Jesus.
@ملقرت ملك صور المقدمة هو من السنة و أصلن نحن المسيحية أكثريتنا ما من قول شي عن القرآن مثل ما أكثرية من المسلمين ما بيتمسخروا عن العهد الجديد و أكيد لازم نحترم بعضنا و كتبنا المقدسة.
Enormously helpful! Your explications supplement & amplify what I learned from my father (an amateur Biblical & Koranic historian) over 65 years ago. Many thanks!!
why him and your father are wrong : 1)there was no single Arabic translation of the Bible till the tenth century CE, i.e., three centuries after the Prophet’s death. The available texts of the Bible were either in Syrian, Greek, or Hebrew. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could have any direct access to the Jewish or Christian scriptures, he would have quoted them, being in dire need to challenge his opponents. 2) The Prophet peace be upon him was illiterate, does not read or write, and it has not been proven that he saw the Torah and the Gospel, or read in them, or transmitted from them. 3)let us examine the two texts, the Qur’an and the Bible. The Qur’an was revealed over 23 years in installments to match multitudes of events, issues, and queries, which were finally compiled into surahs, each having a homogeneous flowing narration. On the other hand, the Bible is a collection of 58 (plus 16 disputed) books written by several human authors and groups. These books were originally not intended to be holy scriptures, but were selectively made so by the ecumenical councils of the Church, several centuries after Christ. An academic or even casual hand-on examination by an impartial sound intellect could never fail to witness the deep contrast between the superb text and context of the Qur’an, compared to the fallible human texts comprising the Bible books. 4) If this were true, his enemies from the polytheists would have taken it as a pretext for them, with the aim of defaming it. 5) Further, the Qur’an has vehemently unveiled the Christian and Jewish distortions of the original messages of Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). The original Injeel and Torah are no longer available. Please read, for example, the Qur’anic correction and reply to the Biblical distortions: - Abraham was a Jew: 2:140; 3:65 - Allah tired from act of creation? Allah forbid: 50:38 - Jesus the son of God? Allah forbid: 9:30; 5:17 - Trinity: 5:72-73 - Sanctifying the Church: 3:64 - Solomon blaspheming: 2:102 - The first Qiblah: 3:96 Could a copy (i.e., the Qur’an, according to the allegation) correct the claimed original (i.e., Bible)? 5)What happened from the agreement in some of the rulings does not indicate that the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, was taken from them, and he learned from them, but because Judaism and Christianity have their correct origins that are consistent with the principles of Islam, had it not been for the distortion, change and alteration that they experienced. 7)The rulings of Islamic Sharia were descended gradually according to incidents and facts, and the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, depended in ruling on some matters until revelation came down to him, which indicates that he had no prior knowledge, and he did not ask the People of the Book. 8)The Noble Qur’an exposed the Jews and Christians, exposed their veils, and slandered them allah says in quran '' O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs." (4:171) 9)Again, could the Qur’an learn from the Bible? There are, of course, points of agreement between the Qur’an and the Bible, e.g., the main aspects of the stories of prophets. That is natural as far as the original source of information being the same, divine revelation of Allah through His Messengers teaching essentially the same message. But here again, in the stories of the prophets we witness the profound differences between the Qur’anic narrations and those of the Bible. Compare for example: the story of prophet Joseph in the Qur’an (12:4-102) and the Bible (Genesis 37-45). Here, the brief to-the-point yet lively objective Qur’anic narration to emphasize advice and exhortations can be contrasted to the marginal details listed in the lengthy once-upon-a-time style of the Bible. While the Qur’an gives due respect and reverence to the prophets as Allah’s chosen inviolable human beings, radiating His guidance to their contemporaries and future generations, the Bible frequently portrays them dishonorably. Consider for example: Genesis 9:20-24: Noah being drunk and appearing naked in front of his sons Exodus 32:3-4: Aaron shaping a golden calf for the Israelites to worship 1 Kings 11:9-10: Solomon worshiping false gods 2 Samuel 11:4-5: David committing adultery Genesis 19:31-36: Lot committing incest with his two daughters
@@zaid9026 *"1)there was no single Arabic translation of the Bible till the tenth century CE, i.e., three centuries after the Prophet’s death. The available texts of the Bible were either in Syrian, Greek, or Hebrew. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could have any direct access to the Jewish or Christian scriptures, he would have quoted them"* Please read Sahih al-Bukhari 3392 on what happened directly after M had his first alleged encounter with Gabriel: _The Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic_ Would you like to retract your statement and begin your journey out of the sectarian hoax you're immersed in?
@@Roudyrose-y7o how about sura 33:56??? Sura 33 verse 56: surely allah and his angels prays for the prophet!! To who did the allah pray to? He prayed to a much mightier and the real God??!!
@@ndor1429 it means that we cannot bless the Prophet only Allah can.. this is the translation of the verse Indeed, Allah showers His blessings upon the Prophet, and His angels pray for him. O believers! Invoke Allah’s blessings upon him, and salute him with worthy greetings of peace.
This is mind blowing! Actually I've always had thoughts in that direction, just like your presentation, but you've presented it in a more organized and certainly more scientific way. I have always wanted to see history from a more scientific and systematic and rational point of view. I have many Muslim friends, which of course I am very close to, even though I am not a Muslim. Don't get me wrong, Muslims are not always scary or stereotypical in the minds of most westerners, but when discussing with them one cannot compromise, namely about divinity and the revelation of the Koran.This area is very sensitive, even when you are discussing with a master's degree in history or even with a doctorate in physics.
YeH Muslims will be tolerant about the authenticity of Hadith but not the Qoran since it is the fundamental base of the faith, it's like denying the existence or the divinity of Jesus.
in ur first lines i miss took u as Muslim lol😂, any way i believe the "area" it self is not sensitive ,but people are, thanks to bombardment of religious fundamentalism at very very young age. hack i can even guarantee u that 90% of non-Arab Muslims have no idea what they are reading in Quran but they read it daily with full diligence. I know first hand because every religious person that i know in my country(Pakistan) does it. That's not just with Muslims but everyone else(minorities) does the same. Christian who doesn't know English they are reading their book(Bible) in English and Hindus who don't Sanskrit they are reading their Bhagwat Geeta in Sanskrit. Blind belief is what one should not take it lightly, their is too much power in it
@@anordinaryman3885 well about the line you mention the Bible, the Bible has been translated in many languages, from Hebrew (original language of the Old Testament) and ancient Greek (original language of the New Testament) to Latin, Slavic languages, English etc. So i'm sure most people who read the Bible are very well aware what they are reading if they are reading it in their languages. Anyways just wanted to clarify that because i hate it when people think that English and American culture represent all "westerners". Have a nice day!!!
The Birmingham Quran manuscript is a single sheet of parchment on which two leaves of an early Quranic manuscript or muṣḥaf have been written. In 2015 the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham, was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE
@venenareligioest410 You mean Waraqa Ibn Nawfal a clever Christian knew about the big bang theory. and the whole Embriology the creation of baby. you mean he knows the people of time of Abraham when they worshipped to a star. even this is not found in the Torah and bible. you mean Waraqa knows that Pharoah body will be kept for future generation. and much more... You can not deny QURAN. The Previous Books (Torah, and Gospel) changed and corrupted. That's why God sent down the Last Testament (Quran) for the whole Mankind. From Adam to the last Prophet Muhammad (Pbu them all). all were Muslims. and Muslims mean submit to the one TRUE GOD. There is only ONE TRUE GOD. From Adam to the last Prophet Muhammad (Pbu them all). all were prostrated to that one TRUE GOD. even Jesus bow down and prostrated to one TRUE GOD. and now Christians are following Paul instead of Jesus original message. (Pbuh). Jews saying Ezra is the son of god. and Christians saying Jesus is the son of god. the TRUTH is both were Prophets of one TRUE GOD. Jesus brought the Moses Law. Moses never said about Trinity. Moses knew that same one TRUE GOD of every Prophet. For Moses God was "Elah, Elohim or Yaweh". For Jesus God was "Alaha" in his Aramaic language. The Trinity and Jesus devinity developed later by Church. and the Jews are also agree with that. The earlier Ebionites were TRUE followers of Jesus(Pbuh). they were true Christians. they knew that Jesus was only a messenger of God and The True Messiah. we Muslims have the updated version of God religions. because the previous Torah and Gospel changed and corrupted by Men. they became Men made. I request you Jews and Christians. update yourself before God delete you from the Paradise. 😂 Thank God i am a Muslim. Peace ❤️✌️
It was before the compilation period to make it was standardized by "Uthman Ibn Affan". The "orientalist" has taken advantage of this to argue that the al-Qur'an has many versions similar to the Bible.
Another fantastic video. Matt, you have done a great job being so respectful at the same time. I think what Muslims need to understand is that this kind of video doesn't take away what they believe. It's just showing a different side of things. Keep up the great work!
read my response to the person who made the video, "There's some misconceptions to clarify here, although I understand that, he as a non muslim he is only presenting the opinions of secular historians but for some it may take something from people who are not well grounded in this, but also he can't grasp all the information about the Qur'an because you don't have all the access to every sources or that might take a long time to do, because There's a 14 centuries of scholarly works and a lot of researches done but not most of it made it to translations, I just want to clarify for the viewers, as for the textual criticism we have it when it comes to the hadith to Authenticate, but the Qur'an we have the original sources directly from the prophet so there's no need of textual criticism but we still have it when it comes to the Qurʾān too, the Qur'an went through a lot of research and scrutiny, but as a born Arab muslim here I have done lots of studies and researches on the Qur'an, so I will correct some misinformations here below: 1• the Qur'an was completely written in the time of the prophet before the Uthmanic standardization and compilation, and he have answered that himself when he said Uthman ordered all other copies to be destroyed, those copies predate his standardization, in fact Uthman himself used the complete copie of the Qur'an that was with hafsa (Umar's daughter) to copie down the Qur'an, there was compilations of the parchments and manuscripts after the prophet's death. 2• there's no versions of the Qu'rân, the slight varients we find in the Sanaa manuscript we still have them nowadays those are called Qira'at I have it in front of me here, the Qira'at emerged from the Ahruf which traditionally are still the Qur'an and a Revelation from God to make it easy for the different tribes that existed in Arabia. 3• all the theories of Secular historians he mentioned, have already been disputed and refuted in details long ago, plus the Qur'an clarifies that it confirms the stories that have came before in previous Revelations, so when we find a story in documents that predates the Qur'an that does not mean the Qur'an copies it, it's just a confirmation of it as the Qur'an states. But I understand that he is just presenting the Secular historian hypothesis. And as to the luxenberg's hypothesis That syro-Aramaic and so on,, is a joke, trust me I have checked some of luxenberg's examples and they're completely nonsense you have to throw all the Arabic Lexicons and change the whole language and meanings which makes zero sense, it's like trying to explain a french book based on latin and italian solely! it was just a waste of time. "
Hello Matt, Im actually a teacher teaching Quran and its commentaries. I found your video to be very interesting and insightful and even though you disagree that it is indeed revelation, the information that you gave give me a lot of insights on the origins of some stories in the Quran (esp the ones that are not in the bible). Even your previous videos was helpful in studying/teaching Quran. In my reading, the Quran is absolutely aware of these similarities between it and these other sources. Though from it's perspective, it is merely a confirmation of truth of what was revealed before and at the same time correcting the blunders or the corruption made to previous texts. Of course i understand that this is not a historical secular academic view. And im fine with that. Dzul Qarnayn being Alexander the Great is quite a debated position though. The one I accept is Dzul Qarnayn being Cyrus The Great. But really thats another discussion entirely Thanks alot for your amazing videos. Youre a smart guy. May God bless you always
The quran couldn't have come to correct any previous scriptures when the quran itself contains so many errors and absurdities. The Dhul Qarnayn topic is not controversial, its so clear in the quran, all classical tafsir and Hadith confirms it. Modern Muslims developed fake controversy for it cos they see it as absurd but can't wrap their head around the fact that their quran and their god was wrong about sun setting in a muddy pond.
Salaam lemon zest, am sure you're aware that in the quran Allah speaks to dhul-qarnain directly.. are you saying that u think Allah spoke to Cyrus directly?
Dhu Al karnin was defeating mystical creatures, and built an unseen wall made of metal to prevent them from attacking humans, read the story till the end. nothing about Alexander the great deeds say anything about that. It is known about Alexander the great that he used old mythology to gain politically in the conquered lands like declared the son of the God Raa in Egypt to gain an influence, maybe he used the hornes to the same purpose after or before he took Egypt?
16:41 there’s never any presumption in any of the tafseer of the Qur’an that these stories were not known about. That the guidance of their divine inspiration gave the Muslims victory is one of the miracles of the Qur’an
I can't wait for your "who wrote the book of Mormon " video to come out!!!! Just minutes before you mentioned it, I was already thinking of leaving a comment requesting just that lol A little back story; I was raised Mormon, but wanted to learn about other religions when I was 18. I knew very little about Islam and Muhammad at that point, except what my father had told me...which was they believed in father Abraham because all Arabs were desendents of Ishmael. I was never told their faith had anything to do with Jesus. So when I started learning on my own, not only was I shocked about the belief of jesus as a great prophet, but also about the story of Muhammad and the Quran. It was a case of deja'vu lol... the story was eerily similar to the story I had heard all my life of Joseph Smith and the book of Mormon. I have my theories these days, but I'll keep them to myself (spoiler alert, I don't think Muhammad copied Joseph Smith) I'll be fascinated at any other similarities you find, either to Islam or other texts/sources. If you would like any information about the book of Mormon or the church and what it teaches, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions. Wonderful video and content!!!
@@elibella5660 yeah mine as well. I was only very superficially familiar with the book as I'm an ordinary, irreligious German guy. I've met people from many religious denominations from early on in life, but Mormonism wasn't one of them.
I think this is a wonderful video and excited to see more episodes. Also I do believe the narrative in its broad strokes doesn't necessarily contradict the standard Muslim view as the divine revelation. Given the reasoning of why there were multiple revelations and books, the quran having similarities with other documents makes complete sense to me from an Islamic point of view.
Indeed, Quran as the ultimate revelation should be expected to riff on previous revelations. They wouldn't be revelations if they didn't contain some truths but there wouldn't be a need for Quran if they were completely true.
@@depressedperson9002 Darwin, do you see the air, no, then, are you not real, do you see the atom, no, then, are they not real, do you see the small viruses entering the human body?
This was so great! Thank you so much, I love and look forward to your videos. I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have lately adopted a more liberal position and enjoy basing my faith in only the most basic and simple things (such as it is important to love God and love thy neighbors). If you could do an analysis on the Book of Mormon, that would really mean so much to me, and I think I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm ready for the curtain to be open.
Brace yourself, because the BoM doesn't withstand much scrutiny. My suggestion, if you are a truly spiritual seeking person, is not to be hung up on culture as a stand-in for spirituality. Divinity doesn't prefer one people, place or language. Unfortunately people often confuse the culture of their coincidental birth with spiritual insight. It's a tragic insight.
Jesus said my people perish for the lack of Knowledge read below and know the Truth I am an Arab not here to Criticize but to share knowledge to you. Please read my two points and conclusion POINT ONE ISLAM IS NOT ABRAHAMIC RELIGION> These Muslims have lied to people especially to the White Preachers Abraham is Aramaic from IRAQ and his servant Hagar is an EGYPTIAN so how can the son Ismael be an ARAB According to Islam the son takes the lineage from the Father so Ismael has to be Aramaic not an Arab. So Muhammad cannot come from Ismael example if my mother is Chinese and my father is Korean how can I be an Indian. this is the case with Ismael being an Arab. POINT TWO In the Bible it says Ismael and his mother Hagar met the TRIBE OF JURHUM this tribe are Arabs from YEMEN and Ismael learnt ARABIC from them. And thee JURHUM Tribe of YEMEN are staunch ENEMIES of the QURAISH TRIBE of Muhammad. Since Ismael learnt Arabic from the JURHUM TRIBE, Ismael cannot be the father of ARABS since The ARABS were before Ismael and they taught him Arabic language CONCLUSION if I were to marry a Chinese woman and learn Chinese I cant be the Father of Chinese since the Chinese were before me and I learnt the language from them. So ISMAEL CANNOT BE THE FATHER OF ARABS AND MUHAMMAD IS NOT FROM ISMAEL AND ISLAM IS NOT AN ABRAHAMIC RELIGION
Surah Al-Ĥāqqah Q69:44-46 44 And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings, 45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta. Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4428 In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 450 USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 713 Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, "O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that poison." Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4512 In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 19 English translation : Book 40, Hadith 4497 Grade: Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah would accept a present, but would not accept alms (sadaqah). And Wahb bin Baqiyyah narrated to us, elsewhere, from Khalid, from Muhammad ibn Amr said on the authority of AbuSalamah, and he did not mention the name of Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah used to accept presents but not alms (sadaqah). This version adds: So a Jewess presented him at Khaybar with a roasted sheep which she had poisoned. The Messenger of Allah ate of it and the people also ate. He then said: Take away your hands (from the food), for it has informed me that it is poisoned. Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur al-Ansari died. So he (the Prophet) sent for the Jewess (and said to her): What motivated you to do the work you have done? She said: If you were a prophet, it would not harm you; but if you were a king, I should rid the people of you. The Messenger of Allah then ordered regarding her and she was killed. He then said about the pain of which he died: I continued to feel pain from the morsel which I had eaten at Khaybar. This is the time when it has cut off my aorta. Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4513 In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 20 English translation : Book 40, Hadith 4499 Grade: Sahih in chain (Al-Albani) Narrated Ibn Ka'b b. Malik: On the authority of his father: Umm Mubashshir said to the Prophet during the sickness of which he died: What do you think about your illness, Messenger of Allah? I do not think about the illness of my son except the poisoned sheep of which he had eaten with you at Khaybar. The Prophet said: And I do not think about my illness except that. This is the time when it cut off my aorta. Abu Dawud said: Sometime 'Abd al-Razzaq transmitted this tradition, omitting the link of the Companion, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from the Prophet , and sometimes he transmitted it from al-Zuhri from 'Abd al-Rahman b.Ka'b b. Malik, 'Abd al-Rahman mentioned that Ma'mar sometimes transmitted the tradition in a mursal form (omitting the link of the Companion), and they recorded it. And all this is correct with us. 'Abd al-Razzaq said: When Ibn al-Mubarak came to Ma'mar, he transmitted the traditions in a musnad form (with a perfect chain) which he transmitted as mauquf traditions (statements of the Companions and not of the Prophet).
@@اسماعيلالخطابالسندي lol you funny person it from SUNNAH website from saudi arabia if it was fake then what left? is Sahih international and SUNNAH was fake translation HAHAHAHA
@@اسماعيلالخطابالسندي if you not answer i left Islam because no Imam give good answer for this one and may be Islam is have no responsibility to people.
This is so helpful. I remember having a ton of options in college for textual and historical analysis in religious studies and even an English class but nothing for the Qur'an
as someone who read the quran in arabic this is not helpful at all , if you read it your self you will know why no human can write such a book read the quran your self then judge it .
allah says in quran : "And if you have any doubt as to (the truthfulness of the Qur'ân) which We have revealed to Our servant from time to time, produce a single Sûrah (- Qur'ânic chapter) like any of (the chapters of) this, summoning (to your assistance) all your helpers (that you have) beside Allâh, if you are truthful (in your doubts)," "But if you fail to do (so), and never shall you do (it), then guard against the Fire, the fuel of which will be human beings (who are deviating from the way of truth) and stones, (it is) prepared for the disbelievers. " quran chapter 2 verses 23 and 24 1400 years since this verse was revealed on the prophet and to this day no one was able to fulfill this challenge
@Brett Livingood Vedas of Hinduism are oldest religious book in the world. It has provided lot of scientific points. some are proved by scientists earlier. There are lot scientific theories available in Vedas which are not proved yet.
@@vstar1986 Hinduism in it of itself makes no sense. the core belief of ur religion is believing in one omnipotent god yet u believe in different Gods, make statues of them & worship them. ur Gods apparently lose to demons, make mistakes, or joke around stuff like that. and there was many weird practices before like sati where wife sacrifices herself alongside her husband. or asvameda where a horse is killed & the queen of a nation spends a night covered by a blanket alongside the horse in a position as if the horse is having intercourse with her. ur religion sounds like the greek mythology & fits more for historical superhero movies than a religion. I mean u guys pray to different Gods. but they r not omnipotent as there r other gods more powerful than them. by default they can't be categorized as Gods. and u say there r many scientific facts. sure. the Greeks also had many scientific facts as well. do u know what u guys have in common with eachother but uncommon with the Quran? it's that there r also scientific facts that r very dead wrong in ur scriptures & said by the greeks but every single scientific fact in Quran is either true or not yet found by science yet. there r no false facts in Quran while there r in veda,gita etc. the rituals in ur religion is so dumb & nonsensical. alot of them also have self harming. what God needs physical pain to give grace? tldr: polytheism makes absolutely no sense.
I love its a death sentece to be a critic against islam and you have to think like you sit Face to Face with a serial killer who kill you if you happen to state a fact that offend him. That’s how unsecure people not having the truth scared of being proves wrong behave.😊 But its totally okey to be a critic against christians, that’s how secure people behave, they don’t care bec they are secure in their fait & know they have the truth and can disprove the point whitout killing someone.😊 Do muslims question the fact Allah said😬🥶(he will help make the ”true followers” of Jesus uppermost victorius ”untill” the day of resurection) (from the time of Jesus untill resurection) Who has been the uppemost followers of Jesus since the time of Jesus untill now? The christians right? Either Allah failed to keep his promise and the wrong followers of Jesus became uppermost & islams is false bec Allah failed..😑🥶 Or the true followers of Jesus is the christians & islam is still false bec it controdicts the true Christiians😑🥶 Islamic dilemma to discribe it litely..🤔😬😰
a jew identity is more than a religion. It's a ethnoreligious rooted with jews culture. Jews atheist are much common even though they don't follow jews laws from the doctrine they still in tje boundary or they aesthetically are jews. For example many atheist jews identify themselves with non orthodox jew donomonation. U could fond muslim or christian jews but that's mainly cuz of their intermarriage families. But those who convert are no longer Jews unless the came back to the religion. + With islam, it's a lot tricky, n it's less likely.
A version of the "Mary and the Palm Tree" story is found in an old British Christmas folk song, "The Cherry Tree Carol". Mary is with Joseph and asks him to pick her some cherries from a tree. Joseph, who thinks she got pregnant by some other man, says "let the father of the baby pick cherries for thee". Her unborn child then commands the tree to bow down so she can pick the fruit.
There were far more stories about Jesus than the ones that made it into the Bible, and they would certainly have been current in Mohammed's time. Those legends may well have made it to England. There's another song that tells about Mary telling Jesus to get out of the house and go play. He meets wealthy boys who won't play with Him because He's poor. So he "built a bridge of the beams of the sun And over the water went He And the three jolly children they followed after Him And drownded they were all three" Their mothers complain to Mary and she puts Him over her knee and gives Him "slashes three" with a withy rod. Lol
Very fair analysis. i was actually checking your videos frequently ever since you mentioned you would do a clip on the Quran. it is a matter of faith to take the Quran as the word of God and will require some contextual reading and understanding to come to that conclusion. Great job!
You are assuming that people who come to a different conclusion about the authorship of the quran have not done much contextual reading. I think you are wrong.
Apply the same contextualization to the Bible and specifically the Torah and Muhammed will be rejected. The basis of faith cannot come from a felling arisen. It comes from careful analysis of records and the clear indications of pseudo gospels like the Gnostic Gospels.
Check my playlist number 1.The video name is QURAN AND THE SECRETS OF EGYPT.And then se who copied.Similarities proves same source Allah as we believe in multiple revelations
@@JoshJ12 No amount of careful textual analysis have proved that the Quran came from humans. Many revisionists have done mental gymnastics, only to be proven wrong by the standard narrative.
@@lightscameras4166 We have plenty of evidence that Quran is a tapestry of ideas that existed especially in pseudo-Christian groups and Jewish theologies. The store is about Jesus, the understanding of Moses, Ishmael etc. I would say the revivers where the Quran has failed multiple times and it is not a pretty or beautiful in writing as people make it be especially when compared to other Arabic poetry and writings of the era. The mental gymnastics come from an Islamic worldview especially when it comes to Jesus.
Inaccuracies about compilation of Quran, no evidence about transmission of stories or any theory about mechanism of transmission except saying stories of the time apart, I think you did justice to the topic by giving accurate disclaimers. 1. You acknowledged the Sanaa' manuscript 2. You acknowledged preservation (apart from slightly different versions which I think can be interpreted) 3. You acknowledged the consensus among Muslims 4. You gave proper disclaimers about the hypothesis/theories/views when you presented one. I think this was quite good.
As a Muslim, educated from an academia, scientific and theological perspectives, I highly admire your approach and explanation of facts gathered for you video. I look forward to many more great sources for study from your channel. Peace be unto you my brother.
@ Wayne D. This was a good video. His video about Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ's birthdate (with references from the Gospels and Roman records is good too)
@@here_we_go_again2571 100% you're right my friend. We are both on the same page. Without going into too much detail, I was raised Christian, however through investigation and study, I left Christianity and accepted Islam 20 years ago
Anyone who wants to actually know about the history of Islamic texts should consult the following book - "The History of the Quranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation : a Comparitive Study of the Old and New Testaments". Written by Muhammad Mustafa Al- Azami.
@Efraim Bar Tolmai I do not have to look for any source other than Quran, and Quran is my only source, and in Quran there is no such mention of magick by Eisa ibn Mariyam, if you say Eisa ibn Maryam had miracles , where in Quran it is mentioned?
Great video and I think you approached the topic well. One criticism is that I think you should’ve also looked into the local Arab mythology that is featured within the Quran. Stories involving the Ad, Thamud, the people of the ditch, etc.
@marouane Attahali There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
This guy is fake. Using a Muslim name. See his profile. It seems to me lot of Muslim looking names here are fakery of high standard. This is purposeful reception. Nothing more nothing less
@koorralive-كووررة لايف I didn’t intend to claim Hud and Saleh were fictitious. I was just stating that similar stories were known before Muhammad PBUH in Arab society
@@rizwanmuhammad6468 I am Muslim my man, I apologize if I came off saying that Hud PBUH or Saleh PBUH were fictional. I was talking about how the stories of Ad and Thamud were known to Arabs before Muhammad
Great content. Though I wanna add some information. According to Sunni tradition, it was during first caliph Abu Bakr's reign the full quran was compiled as a single book. 3rd caliph Uthman just made six copy of em and sent them six corner of empire. Secondly, it was widely believed by scholar of Quran that Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus the great, not Alexender. The description in Quran matches more to Cyrus then Alexender. Also, the verses of Dhul Qarnain was revealed because of some question from jew Rabbi to Muhammad. Cyrus was more connected to jews then Alexender.
Actually My own sunni traditions (شافعي or Shafieae) indeed thinks that the two horned guy is Alexander the Great. So i would not dismiss that just yet.
@@abdo-dr1tu I didn't said that it was in sunni tradition that was believed Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus, I said that most scholar think that Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus the great. It is highly debated topic. Allah knows better.
Watch Al Muqaddimah's video on the Sana'a manuscript: ruclips.net/video/HMeXNm88Z-g/видео.html
Have you re uploaded this particular video.
Did you reupload this again
@@andrewwake8607 yes, he did
@@Omer1996E.C Thanks Omer. I wonder who he's offended.
@@andrewwake8607 I think he just wanted to upload the video after "al muqaddimah" did
I am an elderly Muslim woman. I love to watch your highly objective vedios. I loved this one too. I don't think it would hurt any one's feelings. I refrain from expressing my own views as my community is highly sensitive about these matters. People are not ready for objective discourses on religious matters.
Sir please do something to bring different communities, specially Jews and Muslims to see eye to eye and believe in one common religion that's humanity
Stay blessed
My respect to you, really! Hope you have a wonderful life.
Wow ! 🥰i like the way you think
U giving so much hope dear. This so normal opinion is lack among all the culture, in the west too.
@Jai Bholenath जय भोलेनाथ it cant work with the 99 percent idiots but with normal persons its okay. Just they shall then fortify themselfs
Look into the Sufi community - there are channels on here, such as Seekers of Unity, that talk about them and religious unity
My religion is Islam, I am a Muslim, But I judge and question everything, it's my nature...I always try to know the historical and scientific view of religion. Thanks for your research...Very grateful ❤️
TELL ME PLEASE WHAT IS THE MUSLIM SALVATION.
@@davidway4259
My brother David: In Islam, we do not need to shed the blood of an innocent person in order for God to forgive a sin that we did not commit. To forgive sins in Islam, all you have to do is turn to God alone without a mediator and repent of your sin and not return to sin. Bloodshed is not required, in ezec 18 "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the "iniquity of the son
@@davidway4259 In our religion, Adam repented of his sin in the first place, and God forgave him. In your religion, Adam sinned by eating from the forbidden tree. Imagine, in order for God to forgive this sin, he has to incarnate and sacrifice his son, who is God, and he himself is God, meaning that he sacrifices himself to forgive us for a sin we didn't commit.
You can refer to dialogues between Muslim preacher and Christian common people , as well as missionaries. In the speakers' corner, just write the speakers' corner, duaa. I am inclined and I love Sheikh Othman. You can listen to some of these conversations if you have free time. We believe in Christ and we all respect him as a human being and a prophet, and we believe in his virgin birth And all the prophets
HOLY MEANS WHAT
as a Muslim I was always curious about the point of view of Quran by a non-Muslim. so how I felt. thank you for the experience!
read the Quran brother you know whats their view
The Quran, at least in its early part is quoting much of the bible and especially Musa about 73 or maybe 74 times. It suggests to the Bani Israel to go back into their land in the name of Alla, and not leave. The Children of Israel are sometimes referred to as Ummat Al Kittab and there is nothing wrong with that. I wonder if in the name of peace we could stick to the good parts and put aside the less peaceful parts. Those who believe in the Hebrew Bible did it and nobody is claiming that an eye for and eye is justice. I think that some of the less peaceful parts in the Quran may have come from traditional and tribal times preceding or after the life if the Nebi.
@@gershonperry5952 That is an interesting parallel between the different Holy Scriptures, to lay aside the violent parts. But at some time one needs to address the purpose God had in each of these instances to utilize violence. Nevertheless, it does start us on a more level playing ground. Peace
Its a fools paradise
@@gershonperry5952 As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Omitting anything from what one believe is the word of God is a disrespect to him. anything that is there exits for a reason. what you're saying is similar to sayin "why not only talk only about the inventions and technology Americans have contributed to the world , and how they abolished slavery, and omit the part of history books where they talks about what they did to the native americans and the african slaves, just for the sake of peace and harmony?"
I absolutely love how these useful charts videos are objective, respectful, and full of well researched + meaningful information. The scholarship here is simply superb, and a breath of fresh-air compared to much of the 'noise' on youtube today! So well done. Thank you Matt!
There is nothing to be offended about regardless of your religion. It’s actually good to listen to different points of view and how other interpret the holy books
Islam is not a religion it's a crime family
Try telling that to the guys who tried to murder Salman Rushdie for referencing controversial Quranic scholarship in his work.
@hiooxkrmagkis9323 Well I never gave Melania much credence, but hey, sometimes you have to get an immigrant to do disgusting stuff that no local would do!
@hiooxkrmagkis9323Actually that is not true. The Hadith were compiled as early as 80 years after the prophet. Many know the name Bukhari but few know the name Sufyan at Thawri. But critical use of the Hadith began with the companions themselves.
Anyone who wants to actually know about the history of Islamic texts should consult the following book - "The History of the Quranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation : a Comparitive Study of the Old and New Testaments". Written by Muhammad Mustafa Al- Azami.
I am happy you admit your biases or your background so that the audience gets an idea of what lens you view the question through. Some youtubers just don't admit they have a bias and say stuff as matter of fact .
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible,,.;'[.
How does Quran have how many scientific evidence which has only been discovered by modern scientists.
@@JustIssybee ,it`s a core evidence islam is ultimate truth,that`s why islam is the fastest growing religion in the world as per western media said unanimously,peace maz
Exactly! the Koran writer didn't even know what Christians believe! The writer of the Koran didn't even know that God became man according to Christianity! The writer of the Koran did not even know the most important foundations of Christianity!
Malachi 3:6 = Reading helps! This is about good and bad!!
***********Exactly!!! God is not a human! Even if God adds a human body to himself, God still remains God!**************
I think this is the most inoffensive and respectful video about Islam comparing to other videos🤝
Inoffensive? It's not offensive, it's just ignorant about the vast differences of the quran and other books, I was just watching an old video from "many prophets, one message" on RUclips, and the quran and Bible can never be copy of one another
@@Omer1996E.C nevertheless... if u think about it, during the period of Prophet even if these supposed texts were there floating around, he was someone who cannot read or write. For someone like that to compile the stories would be extraordinary. In-depth analysis of Quran, the arrangement of surah and numerical miracles and some scientific facts and predictions are too many coincidences to occur at once.
Faith is something u cant explain with solid proof but u believe in it anyway.
This video increased by faith in the Quran and its authenticity.
Thanks
@@Dharma_and_Ahimsa - imagine if he claimed to be a doctor… now his mom gonna say “don’t come near me when I am sick u are not a real doctor”.. he friends be like “Yo, u never went to med school all these years u been with us playing in the fields”… his followers be like “dude.. u know very little about medicine”.
1500 years later… me “he was not a doctor”
And you be like “how do u know he is not a doctor ?”
I’m like “bro.. wtf”
@@Dharma_and_Ahimsahe had plenty of enemies that wouldve jumped at the fact that the Qur'an says that Muhammad was illiterate
Mohammed was a conman, no one gave him the Quran.... Science debunks all the Religious BS
Even after you gave a "heads up" that watching the second half of the content could offend the watcher, I found your discussion of who wrote the Qur'an from another point of view really respectfull (even censoring the depiction of Abraham and Mary as in how the Muslims always censor the depiction of their theological figures) and was delivered with amazing objectivity. Of course, this does not change my faith (as I am sure it was not what you wanted to achieve to begin with) and today I gained new knowledge from your videos. Please keep on making videos!
The Aramaic word for God is Alaha. It's the word Isa PBUH (Jesus as his name is often misspelled due to the lack of the ayin sound in Greek, which was rendered to Iesous, coupling the nearest sound to ayin, same letter found in 'Iraq', which sounds entirely different in Arabic form 'Iran' in Arabic, with the -ous Greek suffix that Greeks typically add to their names 'HerodotOS', 'PlotinUS', 'AchelOUS' and later mumbled into a J). Sounds familiar? Written without the confusing vowels, it is A-L-H ܐ ܠܗܐ (alap-lamed-he) as found in Targum or in Tanakh (Daniel, Ezra), Syriac Aramaic (Peshitta), adducted from the Arabic original (of which Aramaic is a dialect continuum) 'A-L-L-H' (Aleph-Lam-Lam-Ha).
The yeshua rendition of Isa (his name in the Qur'an) PBUH which is purported to be the name of Jesus is KNOWN to had been taken from greek. Western Syriac also use "Isho". Western Aramaic (separate from Syriac which is a dialect of Eastern Aramaic) use "Yeshu". Western Syriac has been separate from Western Aramaic for about 1000 years. And sounds don't even match up. Syriac is a Christian liturgical language yet the four letters of the name of Jesus «ܝܫܘܥ» [ = Judeo-Babylonian Aramaic: «ישוע» ] sounds totally different in West vs East Syriac, viz. vocalized akin to Christian Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic «ܝܶܫܽܘܥ» (Yēšūʿ) in West Syriac, but pronounced more akin to Muslim Arabic Quran character name Isa in East Syriac «ܝܑܼܫܘܿܥ» (ʾĪšōʿ). The reason for this confusion is their dropping of phonemes as aforementioned. Only someone that has no idea what the letters are or how they sound would have a name ending in a pharyngeal fricative like the ayin, if it were to be used in a name it would have had to be in the beginning, thus the Arabic rendition is the correct one. In addition, The word God in hebrew is eloah, is a cognate of the Arabic I-L-H, pronounced ilah not eloah. Hebrew dropped the glottal stop and mumbled it into eloh, aramic mumbled a little less and it became elah. Infact it is written A-L-H in Arabic, it is pronounced i in Arabic cause it is an Alef with hamza below (إ أ ) They are two different forms of Alef. And it mean "a god", it is the non definitive form of A-L-L-H, in which the Alef is without a glottal stop/hamza,(ا)
"protosemetic" Alphabet (29), Arabic Alphabet (28), Latin transliteration, hebrew (22)
𐩠 𐩡 𐩢 𐩣 𐩤 𐩥 𐩦 𐩧 𐩨 𐩩 𐩪 𐩫 𐩬 𐩭 𐩮 𐩰 𐩱 𐩲 𐩳 𐩴 𐩵 𐩶 𐩷 𐩸 𐩹 𐩺 𐩻 𐩼
ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي
A b t ṯ j h kh d ḏ r z s sh ṣ ḍ ṭ ẓ ʿ ġ f q k l m n h w y
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת
Merged phonemes in hebrew and aramaic:
ح, خ (h, kh) merged into only kh consonant remain
س, ش (s, sh) merged into only Shin consonant remaining
ط, ظ (ṭ/teth, ẓ) merged into only ṭ/teth consonant remaining
ص, ض (ṣ, ḍ/Tsad ) merged into only ḍ/Tsad consonant remaining
ع, غ (3'ayn, Ghayn) merged into a reducted ayin consonant remaining
ت, ث (t/taw, th) merged into only t/taw consonant remaining
The reason why the protoS alphabet here is 28 and not 29, is because the supposed extra letter is simply a س written in a different position, but it was shoehorned to obfuscated. In Arabic letter shapes are different depending on whether they are in the beginning , middle or end of a word.
This kind of nuance is lost in the dialect continua. As a matter of fact, all of the knowledge needed for deciphering ancient texts and their complexity was derived from the Qur'an. It was by analyzing the syntactic structure of the Qur'an that the Arabic root system was developed. This system was first attested to in Kitab Al-Ayin, the first intralanguage dictionary of its kind, which preceded the Oxford English dictionary by 800 years. It was through this development that the concept of Arabic roots was established and later co-opted into the term 'semitic root,' allowing the decipherment of ancient scripts. In essence, they quite literally copied and pasted the entirety of the Arabic root. Hebrew had been dead, as well as all the other dialects of Arabic, until being 'revived' in a Frankensteinian fashion in the 18th and 19th centuries. The entire region spoke basically the same language, with mumbled dialect continuums spread about, and Arabic is the oldest form from which all these dialects branched off. As time passed, the language gradually became more degenerate, and then the Qur'an appeared with the oldest possible form of the language thousands of years later. This is why the Arabs of that time were challenged to produce 10 similar verses, and they couldn't. People think it's a miracle because they couldn't do it, but I think the miracle is the language itself. They had never spoken Arabic, nor has any other language before or since had this mathematical precision. And when I say mathematical, I quite literally mean mathematical. Now how is it that the Qur'an came thousands of years later in an alphabet that had never been recorded before, and in the highest form the language had ever taken? The creator is neither bound by time nor space, therefore the names are uttered as they truly were, in a language that is lexically, syntactically, phonemically, and semantically older than the oldest recorded writing. In fact, that writing appears to have been a simplified version of it. Not only that, but it would be the equivalent of the greatest works of any particular language all appearing in one book, in a perfect script and in the highest form the language could ever take. It is so high in fact, that it had yet to be surpassed despite the fact that over the last millennium the collection of Arabic manuscripts when compared on word-per-word basis in Western Museums alone, when they are compared with the collected Greek and Latin manuscripts combined, the latter does not constitute 1 percent of the former as per German professor Frank Griffel, in addition all in a script that had never been recorded before. Thus, the enlightenment of mankind from barbarism and savagery began, and the age of reason and rationality was born from its study.real
Quran increases the believers' faith, and the disbelievers' loss.
Btw, disbeliever here is not the same with non-muslim. It's a reference to those harbouring malicious goals and intentions against Islam.
I would love a series on who wrote the Avesta. It would probably be the most difficult to make out of all of them, but it would be interesting to see how much is known. Zoroastroanism is very scarcely talked about on RUclips, and it would be amazing to cover in this series the Gathas and the Avesta.
@@luigianchondo7241 In my case it is based on Luigi from Super Mario. Quite an old username. Let's hope the video on the Avesta comes out. I really think there should be more information on RUclips about zoroastroanism and Ancient Iran in general.
i second this.
Agree!
I wrote the Avesta in college with George Lucas. We basically just spent a week locked in our dorm with an ounce of pot and a big bag of adderalls. AMA
The Avesta is really interesting especially when compared to the Vedas
I really love how respectful you always are to religious people in your explanations!
felt more like fear than respect, with his meandering disclaimer. lol
@@valerianmonye402 Yeah, sounds like he’s trying to avoid death threats more than simply being respectful
@@potts995 why should other have to be respectful to their religion? That's already kind of terrorism.
@@potts995 Extremly religius people are cinda scary i remember talking to someone and they argued that the Only morals we got is What comes from the bible (the person was Christian btw )
That made me realise What would those people do If they Dident belive in something like that
Would they be normal and have Basic understanding What is right or wrong
Or
Would they be a lunatic😂
@@IwasUnknownUser no it’s not it’s respect. How did you equate respect to terrorism. Everything deserves respect
Would love to see a video about who wrote the Homeric poems, but I'm not gonna pressure you man. It's your channel and it's up to you to decide what content you want to make next.
I on the other hand will pressure you.
As will I. DEW IT
This is most funniest TOPIC I feel like even I can write pedophilia Religion 😭
I would love this!!
D'oh
Thank you, it was a wonderful explanation. Greetings to you from Libya
HEAR O ISRAEL, JESUS IS THE MESSIAH !
Nowhere the Qur'an claims to be about religion except when arguing with the pagans, polytheists and Idol worshippers from the First of the Ten Commandments perspective.
Other than that, Islam has always claimed to be a Christian Apostolic Tradition in line with the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15:1-32...in rejection of the Council of Nicaea and Constantinople with their Trinitarian tone.
It was not until the 9th century that some hadith collectors such as Al-Bukhari, Al Muslim, etc turned it into a separate and full blown religion by severing it from Christianity.
By the way Christianity is the belief that Jesus is the Christ which is Greek for HaMashiak(Messiah) its Hebraic counterpart. The Messiah(Christ) foretold by Moses as it is written:
"I will send them the Messiah, the Prophet like you Moses, Him they must listen..." Deut. 18:15-19; John 4:25-26; Acts 3:17-24; Acts 17:1-3; Acts 7:1-30, etc...
Islam therefore is more like a political philosophy than a religion making the Sovereign-Prince on earth into the shadow of the Messiah sitting in Heaven.
True, Man doesn't live on bread alone but nowhere it is said that man lives on daily prayers only... JESUS IS MUHAMMAD, THE PRAISES MESSIAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS ABU AL-QUASIM !
DOES RELIGION MAKE PEOPLE STUPID?
I just wanted to say thank you for your subtitling. I know it is a lot of work but it is so helpful for people who need it.
Brilliant work as always
It's entirely plausible that he doesn't do the subtitling himself. There are tons of people online who you can pay to do subtitles for videos (Fiverr has many such people).
Also, one excellent newer feature of youtube is the ability to edit the auto-generated subtitles. Because Matt speaks so clearly and precisely, I bet that he uses this method, and likely has to make barely any edits to them in order to make them 100% correct.
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible,,.;'[.
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible
@@lufhopespeacefully2037 Because it's not Biblical, that's why. The ending of Mathew that mentions The Father, Son and Holy Spirit was added very, very late. It was not found in the early Greek manuscripts. Jesus' disciples did not believe that Jesus was God during his life, they started believing that he became divine when he was exalted tovheaven after his alleged resurrection.
This dropped in the middle of my finals schedule and I needed this badly! Thanks for this series, this channel is probably one of the best finds I've made this year.
Good luck on your finals!
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
@@John-lf3xf You can't just say the video is shit without providing any explanation or reasoning. It's dishonest.
@@gmansplit True. I did in a long comment which you will find if you look through recent comments and scroll down to the comments which are from around the date of the reply above you are looking at on this chain.
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible,,.;'[.
As an ex-mormon, I am so excited for the "Who wrote the Book of Mormon" video.
If you haven't already. I would suggest looking up Mosiah Priority. I think it's a very interesting theory that explains the odd structure of the book, and fits well with what was happening to Joseph Smith at the time.
Joseph Smith and Muhammad have a lot in common.
The book of Mormon is just a single taken book of the bible I forget which one it starts with a D, I had a book of Mormon one time and compared it with the bible book and it was the same.
@@AnDyity There are a number of differences between The Book of Mormon and Deuteronomy. I look forward to Matt's coverage of this, because there's not an obvious answer.
@@AnDyity You could be thinking of Isaiah. The entire book of 2nd Nephi in the Book of Mormon is cribbed word for word from Isaiah in the Old Testament.
Mormons and early Muslims have so much in common. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mormons evolve into the 5th big Abrahamic religion, behind Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Baha’i
Similarities between the Quran and the other books don't mean someone copied from the others but means that there is one source behind all the Abrahamic religions who is trying to deliver his message to all humanity over and over.
Or it was copied lol😂😂😂😂
But one could argue that since Torah and Bible predates the Quran, Quran may copy scripture from the Torah and Bible, Quran claim the original scripture is corrupted which is why Torah and Bible still exist now but different, but THIS IS ACCORDING TO QURAN
from a neutral perspective, one could argue that if it's possible that Torah and Bible is "corrupted", then it's also possible to say that Quran just copied a scripture from other scripture including Torah and Bible
and your god failed to send this message many times? that's even worse
@@muslimresponse103 So do you think that the writer of the Quran would literally copy bible verses, put it in the Quran, without rephrasing or changing it a bit so it wouldn't look the same to the previous book?
@@muslimresponse103 how about that according to the quran, earth is not in motion? search sheikh bin baz, bin al uthaymeen, and sheikh al fauzan, they disagree that earth does not rotate and it is motionless, want the link of the video of them saying that? do you believe them, they are great saudi scholar you know.
Slight Correction, Sunni Tradition holds that even before Uthman, the Quran was compiled into a single copy under Abu Bakr RA, 6 months after the Prophet SAW died, due to a bunch of reciters getting killed during the Battle of Yamama. What Uthman RA did was was standardized it and make many copies of it and respectfully retire the minor variations (called Ahruf) (the Quran is retired like a Flag in America, throwing it away is considered as disrespectful so we burn out of respect)
This copy was kept by one of poet Mohammed's wife, but was lost.
Also, acording to the young girl Aisha much was lost, and the cow 🐮 surah was longer.
This PH guy has no idea what he's talking about. There are no legitimate sources to prove his comments. Just rubbish conjecture.
@@sonofagun00 just because you want to protect your silly deen from criticism.
@@sonofagun00 when a girl turns 10, she is not good any more... the good ones are like Aisha.
Ugh a Jewish brother doing more justice to Islamic history from an academic and neutral perspective than even some Muslims. Love it. Stay safe my Semitic brother.
Oo come on....
The one who doesn't know the Islamic history and makes video by searching other people's content through internet, cannot do any justice to history.
As of Islamic scholars, just check the history how did they recorded history in most difficult circumstances and tried their best efforts. Just check how hadith was recorded and how they tried to keep the records in most unbiased and authentic manner........
@@hussainhaider5334 I said some Muslims. Not some Islamic scholars, not most Islamic scholars. Some Muslims. Read the comment properly lol.
@@hussainhaider5334 hadith corrupted
@@tananata9657 Corrupted ones would not survive for so long. There is an extremely sophisticated process of judging the authenticity of an hadith and grading it. All the corrupted ones would have long been filtered out in the past 1400 years. Also there are things called weak hadith and strong hadiths.
@@Wakilahmed-d3t omly 915 hadith true or sahih the rest are fabrication
Would love one about the Book of the Mormon!
Edit: Wrote the comment before finishing the video! So glad to hear you are doing it!
if you want some laughs and some history about Mormons,South Park made an episode about that,meanwhile we'll wait until the realize
Really really good video .. must watch for anyone who is interested in origins of religions and literature associated with it. Keep up the good work.
Idk how to thank you for your whole painful effort on the research, the subtitles, and the cute, eye-catching, colorful charts. Thank you soooo much..
Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense..
use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE.
🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments.
To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship
The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
Islam is formed with Forces, Swords ⚔️, Bullets, Killings, means all are Converted from other religions.
No self ideology,,No laws,, Only Men's are rulling,, Womens are tortured,, Womens are machines for producing 20,30, 50 childrens.. 4/5/6 wives...Talak TALAK Talak 3 words to destroy Women's,,,
Interested in 72 HOORS with very big size Breast....Ladies have no place in society.
Hum converted SUWARS Hai.
Hum KALAMA Padhate hai...
Huma-me JAJABA hai...
Hum TALAK de sakate hai...
Hum HALALA bhee karate hai(enjoyment)...
72 HOORS with big boobs for us...
We can produce 20/30/50 kids , hamara Penis عضو تناسل Powerful Hai(4/6 wives)...
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@@chj3289 ah i see. You say the Al quran is copy of Bible
*Who explains to us why the Koran says Christians believe God has a biological son!*
To all Muslims! Son of God means NOT SON! What is called the son of God is the word of God = god himself! Which has nothing to do with a child (son)! Thus, the Son of God is incarnated as the human Jesus and the human Jesus is therefore referred to as a son, which does not mean a son!
Hebr 1,2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, *by whom also he made the worlds;*
as everyone can see the term Son of God refers to the Word of God = god himself! For through that God created the worlds! *what a mistake in the Qur'an!*
4:55. I am a Muslim, I am not offended, I continue watching, I want to hear alternative theories. I am good. I respect your views which I may or may not agree but nothing wrong listening to the alternative theories..
allah says in quran :
"And if you have any doubt as to (the truthfulness of the Qur'ân) which We have revealed to Our servant from time to time, produce a single Sûrah (- Qur'ânic chapter) like any of (the chapters of) this, summoning (to your assistance) all your helpers (that you have) beside Allâh, if you are truthful (in your doubts),"
"But if you fail to do (so), and never shall you do (it), then guard against the Fire, the fuel of which will be human beings (who are deviating from the way of truth) and stones, (it is) prepared for the disbelievers.
"
quran chapter 2 verses 23 and 24
1400 years since this verse was revealed on the prophet and to this day no one was able to fulfill this challenge
then you're one in a million. Muslim take holiness of quran extremely seriously
@@SaeedAcronia Nah , most of us are like it , unless you watch fox news.
@@SaeedAcronia extremist muslim (NOT ISIS) should get secular academic with skepticism , islam intersect the secular(human) and the spiritual(divine)
••Quran encourages verification of any news that reaches to a believer.
"O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful." (Quran 49:6)
••Quran also encourages that believers must reflect upon religion and not just obey religion blindly. Allah says in Quran:
"And those who, when reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf and blind." (Quran 25:73)
@@mt000mp That's a circular logic. If it turns out that Quran was written by humans and not God, then you wouldn't be a muslim because being a muslim means believing quran is from God. Also you wouldn't be able to refer to Quran anymore because it was fake in that case.
A minor correction at 20:25 : The Arabic language does indeed have vowels (all human languages have vowels), but rather it is the traditional Arabic script that typically or mostly does not express them in written form. Several other writing systems historically expressing other Afro-Asiatic languages, such as ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, also have this feature.
Come on! Arabic vowels are central to the language and writing. The first letter of the Arabic Alphabet is Alef, which is a vowel! The letter Wao is our O, and it looks like the English comma, also means AND. It is part of the decimal system and punctuation of European languages - an Arabic vowel!!! A third vowel is Yaa, which sounds like i and e and y depending on the word. The Arabic language is based on 3 or 4 letter root verbs, and these roots often contain one or two vowels. If you trace the origin of the vowel-less legend about Arabic you will find an idiot or an orientalist, which is the same thing often. 😢
@@youseffarawila8125 he means harakaat
There is no correction there you just said it yourself arabic does not recognize vowels you are adding to his point you are confused
@@isaiahdelacruz6221 Arabic (and all semitic languages) have long vowels, it's short vowels specifically that are embedded in each letter
There are diacritics included in my copy of the Qur'an... Which give an indication of the vowel sounds (I'm a total beginner at Arabic but very interested in it). Are these added for modern interpretation?
Great video, love the production value! I can appreciate your lack of biasness despite being a Muslim. Muslims who get offended by this should get themselves in check. He prefaced multiple times that this is a secular historian approach.
7:50 small addition. It was the caliph Aby Bakr who compiled the first Quran (less than two years after the death of the prophet pbuh)
@Stomp on a leftys Face Oh look ! An angry pagan.
Yes he forgot to mention that, bt rather skipped to when the standardization was completed under Uthman.
Umar made the suggestion to Abubakar, who began the process but the process was completed under Uthman!
This is a vital point that shouldn't be ignored.
He also made a baseless argument that their wasn't any written manuscripts of the Quran during the Prophets lifetime when infact several of his companions had such copies but were discouraged to wait till the revelations were finished so they do not mix Quran with Hadith!
He never made any statement that several Companions memorized the Quran wic was why it wasn't tainted, and the concept of memorization is what makes it the most untainted religious book in history!
@@Professor_GCProcess of memorization wouldnt make it most untained. Rather it would do the opposite. Its well studied human memory can be...tricky. It can be changed and influenced by many things. Sickness, old age, trauma, etc.
@@cramax4871 Yes those factors can influence once memorization ONLY if that person stops reciting it daily to keep it their memory. Good thing the Quran exists in written texts that can easily read!
For a person who memorized a musical lyrics and sings publicly, a slight mistake like change of a word could be easily recognized by any random fan who knows such song, not because he reads The lyrics everyday but constantly listen and mym it.
Say what you want the Quran is not like the Bible that needs to be reedited by random fellows for selfish reasons everytime they need to print new copies.
People minds are different when it comes to memorization that's exactly why not every Muslim has the entire Quran memorized but most Muslims always have a copy they read and indeed the 5 daily prayers is also a factor that keeps such memory fresh.
@@Professor_GC "His companions had several copies". Source: Trust me bro.
I spent the first 2/3 of my life as a faithful Mormon, and the past 1/3 learning about many of the things I was never told about Mormon history. I look forward to your analysis of the Book of Mormon.
I’m sorry, but it baffles me that there are still Mormons today. Every religion has its share of malarkey, but Mormonism out does them all. I say that with all due respect, of course.
@gunny1O1O1 Ok atheist. I’m not Mormon btw lol
@gunny1O1O1 And the evilest of the evil.
you should look into reading the CES letter
Mormonism is a Cult
Amazing overview , analysis and insight into the multiplicity and overlapping derivations of sacred scriptures . There wouldn’t be enough hours in the day for one to read all the texts / books , so WOW ! Thanks a lot !
The Holy Qur’an differs from the rest in that it is only one copy in all the countries of the world, and even in the written texts, it is the only word that has not been changed.
@@FuhhFyuhb-wb1zp😂lol yeah right 🤣
Next!
@@FuhhFyuhb-wb1zp There have been some manuscripts that have slightly different words in it (though, yes, the Qur’an appears to have been scarcely edited, at least relative to other holy books). And the book was originally written/dictated in Arabic, which was translated to other languages, thereby changing the semantics anyway. But the book has pretty much stayed the same, at least of what we know of.
@@FuhhFyuhb-wb1zp WHAT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT HAHAHA
@@FeedYourBrainChannel All manuscripts of the Qur’an are identical to the Qur’an that we have today. The simple errors you are talking about in the Sanaa Manuscript are simple spelling errors, and the owner of the channel has a video titled The Sanaa Manuscript in which he shares the whole matter.
Thnx man as a Muslim really respect
Yet you won't accept that your text is a forgery smh
Enjoy ur videos so much.
Not too long, packed w/info, extremely exiting, & educational to boot.
Thank U so much.
Many Blessings to All 🙏 🇺🇸
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
🤔You bring joy to the people because your materials are so addictive, interesting and lovey in many ways. Thank you for your work, effort and understanding 🤔
Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense..
use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE.
🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments.
To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship
The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
@@chj3289 this is the secular idea of the creation of the book, not the religious one
@@vecturhoff7502 Explain to us then. Is queer'an created or uncreated?
@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable created of course
Great video, I’ve always wondered what secular historians make of Islamic texts.
It was interesting to see the stories found in earlier sources because the Qur’an describes itself as a confirmation of revelations that came before.
_"It was interesting to see the stories found in earlier sources because the Qur’an describes itself as a confirmation of revelations that came before."_ Correct, however, you need to consider the nature of those texts: they definitely are not "revelations" in many cases, as they are human commentary on the Jewish scriptures. It seems the compilers of the Quran didn't know the difference.
You also have to consider whether the Qurans "correction" claim makes sense in light of the actual texts. What we actually find in many cases is the Quran copies random details that don't make a lot of sense by themselves, but make perfect sense in the original story.
Quran is like this.
A new religion is born and they belive in a book that considered holy and eternal. Also believing it confirm the bible. but the stories in it are from Dante Inferno, a novel, not a Bible.
@@melissalisaandrean6803 dantes inferno came 900 years after the Quran? were you just making an example?
@@ReasonedAnswers reading a christian writing about "original texts" is laughable!
Original text dated to The Messiah, peace and blessing of The Almighty be upon him and his mother, given by him or his immediate disciples: ZERO
Preserved messages with chains of transmission from Messiah, pbuh: ZERO
Now that is a FACT.
With all the money and evil manipulations at your disposal, yet you are a good way of spreading Islam in every house, and yet you think you are fighting it.
Subhana Allah!
Search Egyptian Kings and Pharaohs of different times and the accuracy of the Quran, once done, compare it to the bible.
Iera channel has a good video of it.
Go check it out and learn.
Times of christian clergy lies is over.
There is a reason for the surge of apostasy in the west, and that is you guys.
For others reading this comment,
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@@melissalisaandrean6803 🤦🏻♂️
You most definitely got your "Islamic PHD" from Fox news, CNN or MSNBC
or even better, from christian apologists.
Looking at scripture from historical view is so beautiful. I love seeing it connects.
I congratulate you sir for putting such interesting subjects in the spotlight.
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JAJABA KALAMA HALALA BURKHA HIJAB.
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Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense..
use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE.
🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments.
To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship
The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
@@chj3289 hmm look like you are troller
It is very easy to refute Islam! Because the God of Islam does not know that according to Christianity God incarnated
True love = the love of God!
*God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being*
Philippians 2:5-8
@@chj3289 the Cresent was used way before Byzantine, by the Zorasastrians
God bless you. Although I don’t agree with the historian’s belief that the Quran was written by Muhammad (Pbuh), I very much respect the way you have put the information forward. There is so much to learn from your methods of delivery.
*MuhamMAD
@@thewholetruth5473 calm kids
@@RichardWolfgang I was just correcting a serious error. He spelled the guy's name as just "Muhammad" (without putting any emphasis on his madness). MuhamMAD is the correct way to write his name.
By the way, I am calm, and I'm 40 (hardly a "kid").
@@thewholetruth5473 But you act like a kid lol! I mean why to hate people here? Does it make you a less mad :/
@@bloomwithaynur3898 I hate no one. What the heck are you talking about? Simply reminding people about the madness of history's maddest man ever should not mean I "hate"
I find this channel brilliant, and like others have mentioned below, you admit your biases, something I think is paramount. Myself i'm an atheist but find Abrahammic religions interesting and I think it's important to know as much as possible about them. Especially when engaging in friendly debates online
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Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense..
use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE.
🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments.
To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship
The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
@@chj3289 Your points are illogical and fallacious. Even the presenter of this video was careful in his choice of words towards the Qur'an as well as Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
You must learn to be objective in your assertions!
You know what .. when you ask people if they're satisfied about the money they earn, they will always complain. and would ask for more money... when you ask people if they're satisfied with their brains... they're more than happy with it, and strangely confident!
Wow! This video is excellent. As a Muslim, I appreciate your work to express the views of secular academics about Islām.
just a small misunderstanding; "thou al qarnayn" means "the one who lived for two centuries" you see the word قرن in Arabic means both "horn" and "a century" and since my childhood, as a Muslim kid I've been taught that information so I don't fall into the confusion.
Other than that, I appreciated such an academic level of research this channel never failed to live up to my expectations.
Perhaps this misunderstanding is caused by the people who had come up with the idea that the person mentioned in the holy Quran is to be taken as the one who lived for 200 years or 2 centuries. this idea does not make any sense, because it would employ that the person was of 200 years of age and he had already lived for 2 centuries at the time period during that story. again because you do not give a 30 years old person a name like ["thou al qarnayn" means "the one who lived for two centuries" ]
No one agreed who he was .. any muslim know that
@@Sasori.OfTheRedSand The General consciences points it to be Alexander the Great. The coins of His time with his pictures on those items depict him to be having two Horns,
Thank you. as a Muslim from the west, it's easy for people to fall into this... I'm sitting here watching and my stomach is just turning. Allahu Akbar
@@engineeresemkay6929 some agreed and some not
Brilliant work, Dr. Matt. Thank you!
Non-sense...!!! Quran thru Gabriel and written by God.. utter nonsense..
use some common sense here of when was Quran written and when was Old Testament written. BC and CE.
🤣🤣🤣Whoever the author of this video is, just look into the facts and then say Jew'sTorah and Bible are one and the same, whereas the Bible emphasizes on the old and new Testaments.
To add to your old videos on the moon of Muslim worship
The crescent of the new moon signifies the beginning and end of fasting during Ramadan. *However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul).*
⚠️⚠️🚨🚨🚨This is my response to you:
14:10 *(The story of Abraham breaking idols)*
You said, *"It comes from a commentary on the Book of Genesis, written by a rabbi, sometime between 300 and 500 CE So, it's certainly possible that Muhammad was familiar with the story"*
But you only mentioned half the truth. The scholars indicated that this text had been subjected to *distortion, and that it was subject to always for long and short additions* (1)
Even the scholar *Becker* described it as an *“open text”* because it is an expandable commentary (2) , and that it *"appears to have been revised in a belated way in the Middle Ages."* (3)
And it was stated in the *"Encyclopaedia Judaica 7/449”*: *"There are several parts in Genesis Rabbah whose style, language and exegetical character do not represent an integral part of the original midrash, but rather they are late additions"*
The story of “Ibrahim” with idols and fire appears in chapter 38 of the Midrash, *it is among the chapters that scholars have said that it has been subject to distortion and belated revision.* And although it resembles the Qur’anic story, it is noted here:
*The Midrash story contrasts with the Qur’anic story in detail in many ways.*
* This midrash has been subjected to *severe change*, and Orientalists and evangelists do not have an argument for the *authenticity* of this story in this midrash or for the proof that it existed in it before *the time of the Prophet Muhammad,* noting that the oldest manuscript of this midrash in our hands today: (Vat. 30) dates back to 400-500 years after the appearance of Islam!!(4) Also, the text published today in the original language, which was prepared by Theodor and Albeck (1929 AD), does not match any ancient manuscript due to the many
differences between them!
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15:29 *(Mary And the Palm Tree)*
You said, *"a very similar story is told about Mary and the palm tree"* and claimed that there is only *one difference* between the two stories.
But the truth is that there are at least 6 differences between the two stories *(in the place, time, characters of the story, what miracle happened, what caused it and who did it)*
15:40 You said, *"Pseudo-Matthew was written around the same time as Muhammad lived"* But many scholars such as *(Robert Miller, Lynette R. Muir, J.K. Elliott, and J. A Tasioulas)* say that it was written in the eighth or ninth century, i.e. *after the advent of Islam.*
(5)
15:58 You said, *"its more likely is that this was simply a well known story that was floating around at the time and that both authors were familiar with it"* But the scholar *(G. K. Eliot)* explicitly stated that the *Pseudo-Matthew was not known in the East*
Stephen J. Shoemaker said, *"It appears that the apocryphal gospel of Matthew was written somewhat late, which prevents it from having an impact on the Qur'anic text, and most importantly, this apocryphal gospel was composed in the beginning in Latin somewhere in the Christian West and was completely unknown in the Christian East"* (6)
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16:12 *(SLEEPERS IN THE CAVE)*
As for the story of (The Seven Sleepers), it is a historical event mentioned by the Qur’an in order to take a lesson from it, and the Qur’an never claimed that there is no other book that preceded this story!! . And your saying that it is a well-known story to other nations, this supports the fact that this story occurred because it has historical testimonies!
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16:12 *(DUHL-QARNAYN)*
You did not mention any book before the Qur’an that narrates the story of Dhul-Qarnayn, but you most likely mean the book of Alexander Romance, especially the Syriac version of it, which some orientalists claim to be a source of the Qur’an, but the truth is those Syriac versions of Alexander the Great were written after the advent of Islam under the Islamic rule.
Ernest Wallis Budge says in his book (The life and exploits of Alexander the Great: being a series of translations of the Ethiopic histories of Alexander by the Pseudo-Callisthenes and other writers, with introduction, etc) about the *Syrianc versions of Alexander Romance were inspired by the Arabic culture and were written under the rule of Islam* This means those Syrianc versions were written and inspired by the Arabic culture, *not quoting from the Greek ones*
He also said it was written by a *Syrianc Christian person who lived in the Islamic countries under the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate during the 10th century AD*
B. M. Wheeler says, *"A more discerning examination of the different texts show that the later recensions of the Alexander stories are dependent upon the Qur'an as understood through the medium of early Muslim commentators. Key elements of the later stories, such as the appellation of "Dhu al-Qarnayn" attributed to Alexander owe their origins to the commentaries"* (7)
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1- The Jewish Encyclopedia, 3l64
2- Chaim Milikowsky, ‘On the Formation and Transmission of Bereshit Rabba and the Yerushalmi: Questions of Redaction, Text-Criticism and Literary Relationships,’ in The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 92, No. 3/4 (Jan. - Apr., 2002), p.526
3- Scott B. Noegel and Brannon M. Wheeler, Historical Dictionary of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2002, p.124
4- L. M. Barth, An Analysis Of Vatican 30, 1973, Monographs of the Hebrew Union College No. 1, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute Of Religion, pp. 88-89 (Quoted by, M S M Saifullah, The Story Of Abraham And Idols In The Qur'an And Midrash Genesis Rabbah)
5- Robert Miller, Born Divine, the Births of Jesus and other Sons of God, California: Plebridge Press, 2003, pp.309-310
Lynette R. Muir, The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, p.89,
Richard P. McBrien, eds. The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, New York: HarperCollins, 1995, p.53
J. K. Elliott, The Apocrypahl Jesus, Legends of the Early Church, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, p.11
J. A. Tasioulas, ‘Between Doctrine and Domesticity: The Portrayal of Mary in the N-Town Plays,’ in Diane Watt, ed. Medieval Women in their Communities, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997 ,p.228
6- J K. Elliott, The Apocryphal New Testament, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, p.84
Stephen J. Shoemaker, Christmas in the Qur'an: The Qur'anic Account of Jesus' Nativity and Palestinian Local Tradition. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 28 (2003), p.19
7- B. M. Wheeler "Moses Or Alexander? Early Islamic Exegesis Of Qur'an 18:60-65", Journal Of Near Eastern Studies, 1998, op cit., p. 214
It is very easy to refute Islam! Because the God of Islam does not know that according to Christianity God incarnated
True love = the love of God!
*God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being*
Philippians 2:5-8
@@rosalia2940 lol easy to refute islam because it doesn’t confirm my made up beliefs about worshiping a human 😂😂😂 get real woman
@@intuitive_data_science *surah 4:80* alLah associates muhammad a partner with alLah and makes him god.
Do you think alLah will be able to forgive alLah for the sin of comitting shirk?
I am loving this series and all the charts! This is a hard subject area to find a good, secular entry point too. Your summaries are amazing and comprehensive! Take as many side quests as you can! Also want to shout out Extra Credit's Early Christian Schisms series as another enjoyable watch in this vein.
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially. An actual good academic entry point would be there, not this.
No Kidding. There aren't many secular critique or secular view that trying to disagree with The Quran
here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful ,
O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam hon happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind
@@edwardtimothy3581 .debauchery is quite clear in your bible. don't
ya getting shy when u read song of songs for solimun ,the incest between lot with his daughters,david with his soldier `s wife furthermore david send this soldier to a war for get rid of him does that is a morals of prophets,jacob with his son`s wife, could that is god`s word,undoubtedly that definitely wouldn`t god`s word,prophets of god are honored in quran unlike your bible which had insulting the prophets including jesus who u took him as god or son of god
@@edwardtimothy3581 in your bible on tongue of jesus i do came for sword not to bring peace,the only book in the history which had commanded about killing babies,that why wws,crusader wars,even current war between russia &ukrain christians killing christians triggered by your bible that`s the real love of catechism oh booooooooooy🤣🤣🤣,don`t fool yourself ya pretty well know what i have told u is completely truth,stop beat around the bush &reconsider your belief,i done with u& time&again from bottom of my heart wish u&your family live into a glee forevermore god willing,bye alice forevermore
The whole discussion is brilliant, dispassionate, even-handed, and very informative.
The earliest Quranic manuscript that has been reliably dated by scholars is known as the "Birmingham Quran manuscript." It is a collection of Quranic text fragments on parchment that were discovered in 2015 at the University of Birmingham in England. The manuscript has been carbon-dated to between AD 568 and 645, which is within the time period of the Prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community. This makes the Birmingham Quran manuscript one of the oldest surviving copies of the Quran in existence.
Indeed this video is rather outdated in regards to that information
how many folios does Birmingham Quran mss. has? Does it have 114 Surahs? Hehehe. Funny response.
@@dtabije08 I see your point but the state of preservation not even a single word was altered and the message of that Sourate to the Christian archeologists found speak louder than if it was 114 found it's like Allah have sent a sign/message to those Christian archeologists who found it! Why didn't they find other chapters and found that specific Sourate with those specific verses!
@@soumayaafilal2931 Hehehe. If you can show me the unchanged & preserved Utmanic Quran, then I will revert to Islam. As of now, I am enjoying reading Hadith that says your prophet was a womanizer, killer & pedophile.
Fragments? 😂
Great explanation with a super useful chart indeed!
it is not a great explanation at all ; quite contrary it is a very foolish explanation , according to him because the similar stories are found in other books ,he thinks they are inspired from other books , that's not necessarily correct . if there are similar apples inside two different baskets it doesn't mean the apples bounced from one basket to the other , it proves the similar apples were put in the baskets by a single God who created them at first place . the genuine source of all information is Great Allah ,whether you like it or not ...
Fix: The surahs are not ordered according to their lengths. Surah Kosar is the smallest surah but isn't the last one.
Kauthar* It's an Arabic word, keep it that way
I believe it was mentioned that it is not strictly so, but generally they are roughly in order of length from longest to shortest.
It is not strictly so. But more or less so.
They are definitely ordered by length, just not perfectly ordered.
surah orded are from Allah. And sahabah keep it that way when The Prophet Muhammad read it for the last time with The Angel Jibril.
Muhammad was a Quraish Meccan caravan trader in his younger adult years before he married his older first wife Khadijah. As an itinerant merchant, he got to travel, did business and interacted with people of multiple nations and faiths. When he settled down to married life, he got lots of time to ruminate and slow burn thinking about the state of his people and the world. Then at 40 years old…..VOILA! He knew what to do and self proclaimed himself a prophet and enlightened. There is nothing phenomenal about the Koran to even suggest all its aspects are divine
Can't forget that he submitted himself to sensory deprivation following the loss of his wife; commonly known to cause hallucinations! Once he left the cave is when the writings 'happened' (Couldn't read or write is a ridiculous lie; he was a merchant, that was needed in his career). He also didn't allow Pagans into the faith until after Christians and Jewish leaders claimed him as a false prophet and said that they wouldn't back him. So he had to pivot, and the moment the Pagans trusted him, he destroyed their temple idols and banned them from Mecca. Speaking of Mecca, there were other identicle cube structures located in other places. He oddly felt the need to destroy them before taking over Mecca, one can only imagine why...
The ritual at Mecca with the 7 laps at varying speeds, was a stolen Pagan ritual, worshipping Astrology and the 7 planets/dieties. Every person in that faith is unknowingly worshipping Astrology/ other gods.
People can be incredibly gullible and choose to see what they want to see, regardless of facts. The is-amic faith has every sign of cult programming, which is not surprising that those born into it believe it blindy, they simply do not know any better. I hope deeply that one day the followers can see that Mo-ammad used Religion as a political power chip and bargaining tool to gain what he wanted in life. They deserve to live free and happy lives, not spending them idolizing a dead warlord.
Says a person who has probably never read the Qur'an before. If you did, you'd know that such a book cannot be authored by a human.
Really good video and very well explained. I particularly admire the way that you word things in order to not cause what a Muslim would consider blasphemy, instead saying what scholars say. Brilliant tact.
I am an Arab not here to Criticize but to share knowledge to you. Please read my two points and conclusion
POINT ONE
ISLAM IS NOT ABRAHAMIC RELIGION> These Muslims have lied to people especially to the White Preachers
Abraham is Aramaic from IRAQ and his servant Hagar is an EGYPTIAN so how can the son Ismael be an ARAB
According to Islam the son takes the lineage from the Father so Ismael has to be Aramaic not an Arab. So Muhammad cannot come from Ismael
example if my mother is Chinese and my father is Korean how can I be an Indian. this is the case with Ismael being an Arab.
POINT TWO
In the Bible it says Ismael and his mother Hagar met the TRIBE OF JURHUM this tribe are Arabs from YEMEN
and Ismael learnt ARABIC from them. And thee JURHUM Tribe of YEMEN are staunch ENEMIES of the QURAISH TRIBE of Muhammad. Since Ismael learnt Arabic from the JURHUM TRIBE, Ismael cannot be the father of ARABS since The ARABS were before Ismael and they taught him Arabic language
CONCLUSION
if I were to marry a Chinese woman and learn Chinese I cant be the Father of Chinese since the Chinese were before me and I learnt the language from them. So ISMAEL CANNOT BE THE FATHER OF ARABS AND MUHAMMAD IS NOT FROM ISMAEL AND ISLAM IS NOT AN ABRAHAMIC RELIGION
Im a practicing Muslim, and this video is so insightful and amazing. Thanks for sharing your research with us!
What are you practicing? 🫢
Just curious, do you agree with the findings of the video?
@@ebsss100 I don’t see a reason not to. The editor has clearly put in the work and did the research, and until I verify all of it myself I trust the resources used enough to take them as facts. While the spiritual in me believes the Quran is the literal word of God, the rational side of the argument is also well worth considering.
@@calebzeman3818 The Islamic religion lol
@@ammarzaidi765 Ya Ballood , if you believe in what this video has to say then you practicing Islam is of no worth.
7:22, note: chapter 110, i.e. Surat Al Nasr, is considered to be the last whole surah to be revealed. It is unanimous , however, that it is not the altogether final revelation. Some scholars say that the last revelation is Chapter 5 (Surat al-Maidah) verse 3, the verse of the Perfection of Religion. This is a weak view, but it is more popular among the masses. A larger number of scholars view al-Baqarah verse 281 to be the last.
My legit fav Ayat(verse) in the whole quran!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
@@John-lf3xf elaborate please
@@swdrre-upload5423 There is a comment I wrote a few hours ago on the general comment section which you'll be able to find by hitting 'newest first' if youre interested.
Wonderful video. I was wondering about the secular positions on the Qur’an just the other day and then this popped up. As a pluralist, I love your unbiased take on religion and your respectfulness even if we might think it’s unnecessary.
Very nice, Matt. Well, actually Arabic has vowels; they are و , ا , and ي . Example إحسان is read Ihsan, with the 'a' from alif (ا). The إ is actually not alif, but hamzah. Alif cannot be given vowelization (تشكيل, tashkil), but hamzah can. Anyway, great video overall!
From what I know, those letters you mentioned are actually what's called matres lectionis. They're regular consonants that in certain cases can be used as a guide on how to pronounce the word. It's similar in Hebrew. Also, both have vowel pointing systems- haraqat for Arabic and niqqud for Hebrew- but they're entirely optional.
Truly an excellent presentation on the subject and brilliant for its graphic presentation/representation of the relationship between matters being discussed......of course I hit the subscribe button and will now go right through your catalogue of material.
It is wonderful to come across such a well structured and organized source.......
My favorite part of your videos is when you mention you have been convinced to do another one. Please keep them coming, they are great.
I just want to point out several errors in the channel's content. It was pointed out that this interpretation as a whole and in general is scientifically and academically wrong.
First, the entire Qur’an was not compiled during the reign of Uthman bin Affan.
Rather, the entire Qur’an was compiled immediately after the death of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, that is, several months later at the hands of the first caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, who was the first companion of the Messenger Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and his first caliph after his death.
But the entire Qur’an was collected in several volumes written separately, and they were not arranged and preserved in one book
The texts of the Qur’an were preserved in the house of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq or the house of his daughter Aisha, the wife of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace. Peace be upon him.
Then came the second period during the reign of the third Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan, the third greatest companion of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Where Othman bin Affan collected the entire Qur’an for the first time in history in one Qur’an and arranged it as it is at the present time, and that is why it was called the Ottoman Qur’an. There is a copy of it in the Birmingham Museum or the so-called Birmingham manuscript, which is the oldest copy of the Qur'an in history.
Then came the third period, which is the period of the fourth Caliph Ali bin Abi Talib, who is the fourth Caliph. And the fourth greatest companion of the Messenger of God, and he was the first to put the rules in the Qur’an to distinguish letters and read the Qur’an in the correct form.
Therefore, the entire Qur’an was collected during the era of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, who lived with him and saw it with their own eyes.
To be clear, the Qur'an is not the same as the Bible in Christianity. The Qur'an has been transmitted literally in two ways, the written method and the oral method. As a sacred text, it was memorized from the first word to the last word by thousands of companions of the Messenger of God, all the way to hundreds of thousands and several millions through successive generations. Hence, the sacred text reached what it is now.
It is considered the first holy book to adopt the transmission method, by rote memorization letter by letter in addition to word for word. Orally and in writing
Compared to the texts of the Torah and the Bible that were transmitted only through translations and writing
third point
It is that you tried to include your Christian beliefs in the explanation of the Qur'an, and this is wrong
Muslims consider the Torah and the Bible to be distorted, unreliable, and inaccurately transmitted texts.
The Qur'an is not a copy of the Bible and the Torah. Rather, Muslims believe that the Qur’an is the direct divine revelation of the Prophet Muhammad, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, to correct the errors and falsifications contained in the Torah and the Gospel.
It is natural that we find some of the events mentioned in the Qur’an mentioned in previous texts with a Jewish or Christian source.
Muslims do not realize that the texts of Matthew, Luke, John and Mark are the Bible. Rather, the Gospels are the words that God sent down to Jesus directly, but were not properly recorded.
The fourth point, therefore, all Muslims throughout history believe that the Bible and the Torah are distorted and falsified. Therefore, the Qur'an is not copied from it, but is a separate revelation.
No text from the Torah and the Bible was written in Arabic at that time
The Bible was not circulating in the Arabic language at that time, and the public was not familiar with the texts of the Bible
The first attempt to translate the texts of the Bible into Arabic took place a century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace
@@mouazalgeria9137 So which quran do you use today? We can buy more than 30 different Arabic qurans. All the qurans are full of mistakes and contradictions. But lets look at the early qurans. We do not have any complete quran from the time of Mohammed. We do not even have a complete quran from the time of Uthman. We know that more than 100 verses of Surah 33 are missing. So we know there is no complete quran today. None of the early quranic manuscripts are complete and many show signs of having been corrupted.
But back to Uthman, we know that he was required to put the quran in writing as different groups of Muslims recited the quran so differently that fights broke out as to who recited he quran correctly. That proves that the memorization of the quran had already failed completely within 20 years after Mohammed had died. The Uthman wrote the quran in the Quraishi dialect and burnt all the originals. So today we should only have one quran in one dialect, yet we have more than 30 different Arabic qurans.
So who wrote all these different qurans? Nobody knows, Not one quran that I have seen shows even one name of the person or persons who actually wrote the qurans. So all the qurans were actually written by anonymous people.
You say >> all Muslims throughout history believe that the Bible and the Torah are distorted and falsified
@@johnzuma4688
Thanks for the nice reply
There is only one Quran in the world
All Islamic sects recognize only one Quran
The reason why the Qur’an is one book, unlike the Bible, which has several copies
It is because the Qur’an was transferred by memorizing word for word from the beginning of the line to the end of the line, so it was impossible to change the Qur’an
If one word is found different or wrong, all copies of the Qur’an will be withdrawn
As for the incomplete surahs of the Qur’an, no reliable historical source mentioned this rumor
It is impossible for there to be incomplete surahs because the Qur’an contains a complex code of mathematics.
Great video! It is rewarding to hear what others think about other religions based on history and scientific findings. I will watch your other videos as well. Thanks
14:53 - In Surah Maryam (19:23) it is generally believed to be the voice of an angel who tells Mary to shake the tree for the dates (not figs) to fall for her to eat. The Quran doesn’t state that it was Jesus in the womb who told her to do that.
Correct
@@deurellbussell5469 it doesnt matter
@@deurellbussell5469 LOL how do you know he never did that?did u there ??
@@deurellbussell5469 is there any prove jesus is the son of god?did u see god having sex with mary?
@@deurellbussell5469 this video has msiteks, Babylon wasn't mentioned in the quran. also the Assyrian language is absolutely not different language from arabic. why he failed to montione is that qurain doesn't claim to bring something new but correct what was corrugated. also thu al qarnayn is not known who is he and alexander never bulit a wall anywhere.... and most muslims believe it was cyrus the great.
I couldn't agree more with your conclusion that the nearest analogy in Christianity to the Qu'ran is Jesus Christ, not the Bible. As a Christian, I came to the same conclusion when I learned about Islam and its view of the Qu'ran. Frankly, I think such an analogy also is helpful for Christians, who tend to want to inflate the Bible's place in Christianity vis-a-vis the incarnate Son of God. In John 5:39, Jesus accuses the Pharisees: "You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life. It is they which testify of me, yet you don't want to come to me so that you can have life."
It's interesting because I heard some people say Jesus never claimed to be God, but that's a pretty clear claim of being God. It seems that in the book of John he is more likely to see/describe himself as a divinity than in the other synoptic Gospels, and I wonder why. In another verse, he says "I came here not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me."
Many are going to al-muqaddimah from here, in opposite, im here from al muqaddimah
This should have been longer. Fantastic information.
I've been waiting for this.
Would like a similar series about 'who wrote the hadith' as well.
to my laymen and secular knowledge, hadiths are collection of traditions stemmed from Prophet Muhammad, freely speaking to awfully simplify this; kind of the practical instructions of what the Quran taught as the Prophet sees and understand it. Probably you can imagine if the Quran is a constitution, hadiths are the laws based on that constitution
hadith isn’t divine in islam, the hadith also doesn’t have a specific author, Hadith are basically quotes of prophet muhammad and stories in his life time or stories where prophet muhammad was involved in, there are many famous narrators of hadith that memorized or documented the hadith, later to be compiled in books like Al Tabaris book and many others, they are also sorted based on how reliable they are
You means transmission?
I would be interested in an episode on who wrote the buddhist Pali Canon (and potentially also follow ups with the question who wrote the Mahayana Sutras)
Sanskrit mostly for chinese
That would be like a 500+ hour video
🤔Thank you for the research, knowledge and great efforts in doing your work.
it contains just perhapses that's not knowledge that's an opinion and to be frank he cited some incorrect things like the Quran was not written in life time of the Prophet Muhammed that's not right because the compagnions of the Prophet did write it in his time and one of the very famous historical figure that did it was the first ommeyad Calife muawiyah ibn abi soufyan and it was compiled in one book called al Musehaf and the Book used by Uthman to standardize the Musehafs across the state was that of the wife of the Prophet Muhammed called Hafsa bint Umar ibn al khattab so he does not know that and for the Book being based on Syriac and as an Arabic speaker that is mostly a Bull shit, Syriac and Arabic belong to the same family tree everybody who tried to do this manoeuvre indeed tried to distort the meanings of resembling words that have different meanings in the two language and that is a deliberate corruption based on fallacies, for the Sanaa manuscript I don't know his position exactely but it has a very known story for a later time to tell but he is assuming that inconsistencies existed in the text that 's also a declaration made to out-proportion the dialectal differences in Quraysh tribe's ( the Prophet's Tribe) language that used to exist in the way of recitation, these differences are very minor and don't distort anything neither in the text nor in the meaning and the most important of that they are very known and classified and very very few dialectal differences , this Book is very well preserved because everybody in that time learned it by heart directly from a chain of well known people traced to the prophet so for the language beeing without vowel that's a void and wrong argument because the Book at that time was taught verbaly and no one was allowed to teach it or to recitate it in prayer without learning it verbaly from someone who also learned it verbaly from another till the chain ends up to the prophet, the one who learn it just from the mushaf was called a musehafi and it was a kind of pejorative description.
17:29
Perfect summary for this video
The Quran is very much a desert fanfic of that region and time period
welp, who's guided and who's not isn't determined by me, so, i cant help you
Excellent summary!
You seem like an honest person last time i asked you are there sincere contradictions\mistakes in the quran you said yes though im a muslim and i do agree that there are contradications in it i haven't losed my faith but i don't think any holy book is perfect
having said that what is your views about garry miller and what parts do you think he's wrong
The mammoth pain u take to make these videos is helping me enormously in my journey. Thanks from the core of heart. Surely light comes from knowledge. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Excellently put. But how many understand is the case in question.
@Z Yusuf Deuteronomy 18:20 New International Version >> 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
Didn't anyone ever tell you that the heart only pumps blood?
@Z Yusuf So Mohammad was a fellow Israelite? Lol, nice try!
@Z Yusuf We don't even know who Mohammad's real father was!
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib died four years before Mohammad was even born so how can you claim he was a descendant of Kedar when Mohammad doesn't even have a genealogy? I have never seen a family tree that traces Mohammad to any biblical figures. I know many Muslim scholars have desperately tried to invent some genealogy of Mohammad but is all BS.
Mohammad also claimed to be a prophet but we don't believe that either!
You have to PROVE it.
I appreciate how respectfully you addressed this topic, amazing work, you are a gentleman and a scholar my friend
Indeed. I love how he masterfully avoided turning this video either non-relevant to Muslims or refutational to the Islamic teachings by offering it as the perspective of someone who is not a Muslim. @UsefulCharts thank you for that!
Something we all should aspire to....
To be a scholar & a gentleman. 🤔
Basically he said that the Qran is a fictional book written by one man muhamad wich was illeterate. The Bible can be verified by several sources but not the Qran. Also the Qran is a copycat from other "legendary" stories. 🤔Hummm that is why mohamad never performed any miracles and got married to a 6 years old girl. 😵💫😵
@@muhamedbarakat7680 Do you believe that Dhul Qarnayn found the place where the sun sets - in a muddy spring? Do you agree with the Quran that the sun sets in a muddy spring somewhere here on Earth?
@@muhamedbarakat7680 Honestly, I do not like David Wood at all. He is attacking Islam on points that can easily be flipped back on him - he is hypocritical. And I understand that many of the pseudo-scientific issues and legends of the Quran can be easily explained away as metaphorical, allegorical or simply crafted to be understandable to their audience. Neither apologists can effectively use such verses to infer scientific miracles, nor critics can use them effectively to attack the Quran. Some statements might seem to contain errors pertaining to the understanding of cosmology that people in the Middle Ages had, but that is not the problem of the Quran as much as the historicity of its statements about Jesus. I think that Jesus was neither God, nor a prophet of God, nor the Jewish Messiah. I think that he was an ordinary man - a Jewish apocalyptic preacher who said the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong time and place and got executed for it. The crucifixion is a historical fact, Jesus was absolutely crucified. What is not historical is his virgin birth, prophethood, miracle working, divinity and resurrection. It is clear tocme that the sources used for Jesus in the Quran are not divine but come from Jewish and Christian gnostic heresies as well as from Maniheism which was wide spread in Central Asia. Basically, Jesus made me an atheist because I think that both the Quran and the New Testament are wrong about him. And the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament) is wrong on other things. Looking for scientific errors in the Quran is a waste of time because the problematic verses can be vague and interpreted in many ways. Instead, I would recommend studying the historical Jesus and his context within Judaism. 'Debunking' scientific miracles in the Quran and spotting minor errors is just a child's play compared to the real problem - the historical person of Jesus.
You're a star. Thankyou for this concise and informative video
Props to al Muqaddimah for having the guts to edit this AND make his own video
@ملقرت ملك صور doubt
@ملقرت ملك صور المقدمة هو من السنة و أصلن نحن المسيحية أكثريتنا ما من قول شي عن القرآن مثل ما أكثرية من المسلمين ما بيتمسخروا عن العهد الجديد و أكيد لازم نحترم بعضنا و كتبنا المقدسة.
@ملقرت ملك صور shiites just dont subscribe to the crooked narrative cooked by the fake hadeeths in mainstream islam.
@@slym741 yes they are. They submit to God and follow Quran.
@@slym741 Shia are Muslims
Enormously helpful! Your explications supplement & amplify what I learned from my father (an amateur Biblical & Koranic historian) over 65 years ago. Many thanks!!
why him and your father are wrong :
1)there was no single Arabic translation of the Bible till the tenth century CE, i.e., three centuries after the Prophet’s death. The available texts of the Bible were either in Syrian, Greek, or Hebrew. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could have any direct access to the Jewish or Christian scriptures, he would have quoted them, being in dire need to challenge his opponents.
2) The Prophet peace be upon him was illiterate, does not read or write, and it has not been proven that he saw the Torah and the Gospel, or read in them, or transmitted from them.
3)let us examine the two texts, the Qur’an and the Bible. The Qur’an was revealed over 23 years in installments to match multitudes of events, issues, and queries, which were finally compiled into surahs, each having a homogeneous flowing narration. On the other hand, the Bible is a collection of 58 (plus 16 disputed) books written by several human authors and groups. These books were originally not intended to be holy scriptures, but were selectively made so by the ecumenical councils of the Church, several centuries after Christ. An academic or even casual hand-on examination by an impartial sound intellect could never fail to witness the deep contrast between the superb text and context of the Qur’an, compared to the fallible human texts comprising the Bible books.
4) If this were true, his enemies from the polytheists would have taken it as a pretext for them, with the aim of defaming it.
5) Further, the Qur’an has vehemently unveiled the Christian and Jewish distortions of the original messages of Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them). The original Injeel and Torah are no longer available. Please read, for example, the Qur’anic correction and reply to the Biblical distortions:
- Abraham was a Jew: 2:140; 3:65
- Allah tired from act of creation? Allah forbid: 50:38
- Jesus the son of God? Allah forbid: 9:30; 5:17
- Trinity: 5:72-73
- Sanctifying the Church: 3:64
- Solomon blaspheming: 2:102
- The first Qiblah: 3:96
Could a copy (i.e., the Qur’an, according to the allegation) correct the claimed original (i.e., Bible)?
5)What happened from the agreement in some of the rulings does not indicate that the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, was taken from them, and he learned from them, but because Judaism and Christianity have their correct origins that are consistent with the principles of Islam, had it not been for the distortion, change and alteration that they experienced.
7)The rulings of Islamic Sharia were descended gradually according to incidents and facts, and the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, depended in ruling on some matters until revelation came down to him, which indicates that he had no prior knowledge, and he did not ask the People of the Book.
8)The Noble Qur’an exposed the Jews and Christians, exposed their veils, and slandered them allah says in quran '' O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus the son of Mary was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs." (4:171)
9)Again, could the Qur’an learn from the Bible?
There are, of course, points of agreement between the Qur’an and the Bible, e.g., the main aspects of the stories of prophets. That is natural as far as the original source of information being the same, divine revelation of Allah through His Messengers teaching essentially the same message. But here again, in the stories of the prophets we witness the profound differences between the Qur’anic narrations and those of the Bible. Compare for example: the story of prophet Joseph in the Qur’an (12:4-102) and the Bible (Genesis 37-45). Here, the brief to-the-point yet lively objective Qur’anic narration to emphasize advice and exhortations can be contrasted to the marginal details listed in the lengthy once-upon-a-time style of the Bible.
While the Qur’an gives due respect and reverence to the prophets as Allah’s chosen inviolable human beings, radiating His guidance to their contemporaries and future generations, the Bible frequently portrays them dishonorably. Consider for example:
Genesis 9:20-24: Noah being drunk and appearing naked in front of his sons
Exodus 32:3-4: Aaron shaping a golden calf for the Israelites to worship 1
Kings 11:9-10: Solomon worshiping false gods 2 Samuel
11:4-5: David committing adultery
Genesis 19:31-36: Lot committing incest with his two daughters
@@zaid9026 *"1)there was no single Arabic translation of the Bible till the tenth century CE, i.e., three centuries after the Prophet’s death. The available texts of the Bible were either in Syrian, Greek, or Hebrew. If the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could have any direct access to the Jewish or Christian scriptures, he would have quoted them"*
Please read Sahih al-Bukhari 3392 on what happened directly after M had his first alleged encounter with Gabriel:
_The Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic_
Would you like to retract your statement and begin your journey out of the sectarian hoax you're immersed in?
Great content for sure. Explained it in a simple way.
What's interesting is that The Quran itself talks about these views, in it already.
where in the quran for example? I've been studying it
Check surat Omran the third soura verses 65 to 71
Also sourat Al Nisa verse 46 where you can find clear reference to the distortion of the other holy books
@@Roudyrose-y7o how about sura 33:56???
Sura 33 verse 56: surely allah and his angels prays for the prophet!!
To who did the allah pray to? He prayed to a much mightier and the real God??!!
@@ndor1429 it means that we cannot bless the Prophet only Allah can.. this is the translation of the verse
Indeed, Allah showers His blessings upon the Prophet, and His angels pray for him. O believers! Invoke Allah’s blessings upon him, and salute him with worthy greetings of peace.
Very interesting and great research as in all your valuable videos! Thank you!
I like before watching! Thank you for the effort
video like these helps me make my iman even stronger, well done brother
This video just made me feel lost and confused. I shouldn’t have watched this video as a relatively new revert. How does it boost your iman?
This is mind blowing! Actually I've always had thoughts in that direction, just like your presentation, but you've presented it in a more organized and certainly more scientific way. I have always wanted to see history from a more scientific and systematic and rational point of view. I have many Muslim friends, which of course I am very close to, even though I am not a Muslim. Don't get me wrong, Muslims are not always scary or stereotypical in the minds of most westerners, but when discussing with them one cannot compromise, namely about divinity and the revelation of the Koran.This area is very sensitive, even when you are discussing with a master's degree in history or even with a doctorate in physics.
YeH Muslims will be tolerant about the authenticity of Hadith but not the Qoran since it is the fundamental base of the faith, it's like denying the existence or the divinity of Jesus.
@@gostavoadolfos2023 its true..
in ur first lines i miss took u as Muslim lol😂, any way i believe the "area" it self is not sensitive ,but people are, thanks to bombardment of religious fundamentalism at very very young age. hack i can even guarantee u that 90% of non-Arab Muslims have no idea what they are reading in Quran but they read it daily with full diligence. I know first hand because every religious person that i know in my country(Pakistan) does it. That's not just with Muslims but everyone else(minorities) does the same. Christian who doesn't know English they are reading their book(Bible) in English and Hindus who don't Sanskrit they are reading their Bhagwat Geeta in Sanskrit. Blind belief is what one should not take it lightly, their is too much power in it
@@anordinaryman3885 well about the line you mention the Bible, the Bible has been translated in many languages, from Hebrew (original language of the Old Testament) and ancient Greek (original language of the New Testament) to Latin, Slavic languages, English etc. So i'm sure most people who read the Bible are very well aware what they are reading if they are reading it in their languages. Anyways just wanted to clarify that because i hate it when people think that English and American culture represent all "westerners". Have a nice day!!!
@@anordinaryman3885 90% is really a big exaggeration lmao.
Great video. Super informative. Thanks for putting in the effort!
The Birmingham Quran manuscript is a single sheet of parchment on which two leaves of an early Quranic manuscript or muṣḥaf have been written. In 2015 the manuscript, which is held by the University of Birmingham, was radiocarbon dated to between 568 and 645 CE
That means the parchment was possibly written during the lifetime of the prophet pbuh.
This proves only that the material of the parchment was taken from something that lived during that span of time.
@venenareligioest410
You mean Waraqa Ibn Nawfal a clever Christian knew about the big bang theory. and the whole Embriology the creation of baby. you mean he knows the people of time of Abraham when they worshipped to a star. even this is not found in the Torah and bible. you mean Waraqa knows that Pharoah body will be kept for future generation. and much more...
You can not deny QURAN.
The Previous Books (Torah, and Gospel) changed and corrupted.
That's why God sent down the Last Testament (Quran) for the whole Mankind.
From Adam to the last Prophet Muhammad (Pbu them all). all were Muslims. and Muslims mean submit to the one TRUE GOD.
There is only ONE TRUE GOD.
From Adam to the last Prophet Muhammad (Pbu them all). all were prostrated to that one TRUE GOD.
even Jesus bow down and prostrated to one TRUE GOD.
and now Christians are following Paul instead of Jesus original message. (Pbuh).
Jews saying Ezra is the son of god.
and Christians saying Jesus is the son of god.
the TRUTH is both were Prophets of one TRUE GOD.
Jesus brought the Moses Law.
Moses never said about Trinity.
Moses knew that same one TRUE GOD of every Prophet.
For Moses God was "Elah, Elohim or Yaweh".
For Jesus God was "Alaha" in his Aramaic language.
The Trinity and Jesus devinity developed later by Church.
and the Jews are also agree with that.
The earlier Ebionites were TRUE followers of Jesus(Pbuh).
they were true Christians. they knew that Jesus was only a messenger of God and The True Messiah.
we Muslims have the updated version of God religions.
because the previous Torah and Gospel changed and corrupted by Men. they became Men made.
I request you Jews and Christians. update yourself before God delete you from the Paradise. 😂
Thank God i am a Muslim.
Peace ❤️✌️
It was before the compilation period to make it was standardized by "Uthman Ibn Affan". The "orientalist" has taken advantage of this to argue that the al-Qur'an has many versions similar to the Bible.
@@tanjong2021Sana'a Palimpsest is different.
Syrian Christian story of Alexander the Great is included in the 'Source of Weird Speech'
Another fantastic video. Matt, you have done a great job being so respectful at the same time. I think what Muslims need to understand is that this kind of video doesn't take away what they believe. It's just showing a different side of things. Keep up the great work!
read my response to the person who made the video,
"There's some misconceptions to clarify here, although I understand that, he as a non muslim he is only presenting the opinions of secular historians but for some it may take something from people who are not well grounded in this, but also he can't grasp all the information about the Qur'an because you don't have all the access to every sources or that might take a long time to do, because There's a 14 centuries of scholarly works and a lot of researches done but not most of it made it to translations, I just want to clarify for the viewers, as for the textual criticism we have it when it comes to the hadith to Authenticate, but the Qur'an we have the original sources directly from the prophet so there's no need of textual criticism but we still have it when it comes to the Qurʾān too, the Qur'an went through a lot of research and scrutiny, but as a born Arab muslim here I have done lots of studies and researches on the Qur'an, so I will correct some misinformations here below:
1• the Qur'an was completely written in the time of the prophet before the Uthmanic standardization and compilation, and he have answered that himself when he said Uthman ordered all other copies to be destroyed, those copies predate his standardization, in fact Uthman himself used the complete copie of the Qur'an that was with hafsa (Umar's daughter) to copie down the Qur'an, there was compilations of the parchments and manuscripts after the prophet's death.
2• there's no versions of the Qu'rân, the slight varients we find in the Sanaa manuscript we still have them nowadays those are called Qira'at I have it in front of me here, the Qira'at emerged from the Ahruf which traditionally are still the Qur'an and a Revelation from God to make it easy for the different tribes that existed in Arabia.
3• all the theories of Secular historians he mentioned, have already been disputed and refuted in details long ago, plus the Qur'an clarifies that it confirms the stories that have came before in previous Revelations, so when we find a story in documents that predates the Qur'an that does not mean the Qur'an copies it, it's just a confirmation of it as the Qur'an states. But I understand that he is just presenting the Secular historian hypothesis.
And as to the luxenberg's hypothesis That syro-Aramaic and so on,, is a joke, trust me I have checked some of luxenberg's examples and they're completely nonsense you have to throw all the Arabic Lexicons and change the whole language and meanings which makes zero sense, it's like trying to explain a french book based on latin and italian solely! it was just a waste of time. "
@@davidalbert5425 cope harder
@@davidalbert5425 what's with the quotations mate lol
@@DJAC1987 that was my comment and response to the video I just found it beneficial to quote/copie my comment and past it under this comment too.
@@davidalbert5425 beast)
Hello Matt,
Im actually a teacher teaching Quran and its commentaries. I found your video to be very interesting and insightful and even though you disagree that it is indeed revelation, the information that you gave give me a lot of insights on the origins of some stories in the Quran (esp the ones that are not in the bible). Even your previous videos was helpful in studying/teaching Quran.
In my reading, the Quran is absolutely aware of these similarities between it and these other sources. Though from it's perspective, it is merely a confirmation of truth of what was revealed before and at the same time correcting the blunders or the corruption made to previous texts. Of course i understand that this is not a historical secular academic view. And im fine with that.
Dzul Qarnayn being Alexander the Great is quite a debated position though. The one I accept is Dzul Qarnayn being Cyrus The Great. But really thats another discussion entirely
Thanks alot for your amazing videos. Youre a smart guy. May God bless you always
The quran couldn't have come to correct any previous scriptures when the quran itself contains so many errors and absurdities.
The Dhul Qarnayn topic is not controversial, its so clear in the quran, all classical tafsir and Hadith confirms it.
Modern Muslims developed fake controversy for it cos they see it as absurd but can't wrap their head around the fact that their quran and their god was wrong about sun setting in a muddy pond.
Salaam lemon zest, am sure you're aware that in the quran Allah speaks to dhul-qarnain directly.. are you saying that u think Allah spoke to Cyrus directly?
Literally was going to mention Cyrus the great. Thanks!
Dhu Al karnin was defeating mystical creatures, and built an unseen wall made of metal to prevent them from attacking humans, read the story till the end.
nothing about Alexander the great deeds say anything about that.
It is known about Alexander the great that he used old mythology to gain politically in the conquered lands like declared the son of the God Raa in Egypt to gain an influence, maybe he used the hornes to the same purpose after or before he took Egypt?
@@IS-mb1qj lol
16:41 there’s never any presumption in any of the tafseer of the Qur’an that these stories were not known about. That the guidance of their divine inspiration gave the Muslims victory is one of the miracles of the Qur’an
I can't wait for your "who wrote the book of Mormon " video to come out!!!! Just minutes before you mentioned it, I was already thinking of leaving a comment requesting just that lol
A little back story; I was raised Mormon, but wanted to learn about other religions when I was 18. I knew very little about Islam and Muhammad at that point, except what my father had told me...which was they believed in father Abraham because all Arabs were desendents of Ishmael. I was never told their faith had anything to do with Jesus. So when I started learning on my own, not only was I shocked about the belief of jesus as a great prophet, but also about the story of Muhammad and the Quran. It was a case of deja'vu lol... the story was eerily similar to the story I had heard all my life of Joseph Smith and the book of Mormon. I have my theories these days, but I'll keep them to myself (spoiler alert, I don't think Muhammad copied Joseph Smith)
I'll be fascinated at any other similarities you find, either to Islam or other texts/sources. If you would like any information about the book of Mormon or the church and what it teaches, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions.
Wonderful video and content!!!
you can already find the video on the channel, I thought it was very well made!
@@MrInsdor thank you! I just watched it, and it absolutely exceeded my expectations. .
@@elibella5660 yeah mine as well. I was only very superficially familiar with the book as I'm an ordinary, irreligious German guy. I've met people from many religious denominations from early on in life, but Mormonism wasn't one of them.
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible,,.;'[.
Joseph Smith came centuries later so would have copied Prophet Muhammad not the other way round
You're a brave man for tackling these topics. Many devoutly religious types brook no questioning of their "inerrant" holy books..
I think this is a wonderful video and excited to see more episodes. Also I do believe the narrative in its broad strokes doesn't necessarily contradict the standard Muslim view as the divine revelation. Given the reasoning of why there were multiple revelations and books, the quran having similarities with other documents makes complete sense to me from an Islamic point of view.
Indeed, Quran as the ultimate revelation should be expected to riff on previous revelations. They wouldn't be revelations if they didn't contain some truths but there wouldn't be a need for Quran if they were completely true.
If it was indeed the final revelation then why would God Include legends as a historical facts ...
Plagiarism, the power of copy paste.
@@depressedperson9002 Darwin, do you see the air, no, then, are you not real, do you see the atom, no, then, are they not real, do you see the small viruses entering the human body?
@@aliyaser7698 what does this have to do with the Quran including pagan legends?
Mohammed despised pagans and hated them with guts.
Thanks, was looking for this kind of information.
This was so great! Thank you so much, I love and look forward to your videos. I'm an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have lately adopted a more liberal position and enjoy basing my faith in only the most basic and simple things (such as it is important to love God and love thy neighbors). If you could do an analysis on the Book of Mormon, that would really mean so much to me, and I think I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm ready for the curtain to be open.
Brace yourself, because the BoM doesn't withstand much scrutiny. My suggestion, if you are a truly spiritual seeking person, is not to be hung up on culture as a stand-in for spirituality. Divinity doesn't prefer one people, place or language. Unfortunately people often confuse the culture of their coincidental birth with spiritual insight. It's a tragic insight.
Be brave and stay strong. Your pursuit will set you free.
Jesus said my people perish for the lack of Knowledge read below and know the Truth
I am an Arab not here to Criticize but to share knowledge to you. Please read my two points and conclusion
POINT ONE
ISLAM IS NOT ABRAHAMIC RELIGION> These Muslims have lied to people especially to the White Preachers
Abraham is Aramaic from IRAQ and his servant Hagar is an EGYPTIAN so how can the son Ismael be an ARAB
According to Islam the son takes the lineage from the Father so Ismael has to be Aramaic not an Arab. So Muhammad cannot come from Ismael
example if my mother is Chinese and my father is Korean how can I be an Indian. this is the case with Ismael being an Arab.
POINT TWO
In the Bible it says Ismael and his mother Hagar met the TRIBE OF JURHUM this tribe are Arabs from YEMEN
and Ismael learnt ARABIC from them. And thee JURHUM Tribe of YEMEN are staunch ENEMIES of the QURAISH TRIBE of Muhammad. Since Ismael learnt Arabic from the JURHUM TRIBE, Ismael cannot be the father of ARABS since The ARABS were before Ismael and they taught him Arabic language
CONCLUSION
if I were to marry a Chinese woman and learn Chinese I cant be the Father of Chinese since the Chinese were before me and I learnt the language from them. So ISMAEL CANNOT BE THE FATHER OF ARABS AND MUHAMMAD IS NOT FROM ISMAEL AND ISLAM IS NOT AN ABRAHAMIC RELIGION
I love your videos, they cover the perspectives of all major religions.
Keep up the great work ✌🏽🏳️
Surah Al-Ĥāqqah
Q69:44-46
44 And if Muhammad had made up about Us some [false] sayings,
45 We would have seized him by the right hand;
46 Then We would have cut from him the aorta.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4428
In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 450
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 713
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say,
"O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar,
and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that poison."
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4512
In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 19
English translation : Book 40, Hadith 4497
Grade: Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani)
Narrated Abu Hurairah:
The Messenger of Allah would accept a present,
but would not accept alms (sadaqah).
And Wahb bin Baqiyyah narrated to us, elsewhere, from Khalid, from Muhammad ibn Amr said on the authority of AbuSalamah,
and he did not mention the name of Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah used to accept presents but not alms (sadaqah).
This version adds: So a Jewess presented him at Khaybar with a roasted sheep which she had poisoned. The Messenger of Allah ate of it and the people also ate.
He then said: Take away your hands (from the food), for it has informed me that it is poisoned. Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur al-Ansari died.
So he (the Prophet) sent for the Jewess (and said to her): What motivated you to do the work you have done?
She said: If you were a prophet, it would not harm you; but if you were a king, I should rid the people of you. The Messenger of Allah then ordered regarding her and she was killed.
He then said about the pain of which he died: I continued to feel pain from the morsel which I had eaten at Khaybar. This is the time when it has cut off my aorta.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4513
In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 20
English translation : Book 40, Hadith 4499
Grade: Sahih in chain (Al-Albani)
Narrated Ibn Ka'b b. Malik:
On the authority of his father: Umm Mubashshir said to the Prophet during the sickness of which he died:
What do you think about your illness, Messenger of Allah? I do not think about the illness of my son except the poisoned sheep of which he had eaten with you at Khaybar.
The Prophet said: And I do not think about my illness except that.
This is the time when it cut off my aorta.
Abu Dawud said: Sometime 'Abd al-Razzaq transmitted this tradition, omitting the link of the Companion,
from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from the Prophet ,
and sometimes he transmitted it from al-Zuhri from 'Abd al-Rahman b.Ka'b b. Malik,
'Abd al-Rahman mentioned that Ma'mar sometimes transmitted the tradition in a mursal form (omitting the link of the Companion), and they recorded it.
And all this is correct with us.
'Abd al-Razzaq said: When Ibn al-Mubarak came to Ma'mar, he transmitted the traditions in a musnad form (with a perfect chain) which he transmitted as mauquf traditions (statements of the Companions and not of the Prophet).
@@endtimeslips4660
Using mistranslations to suit your agenda I see.
@@اسماعيلالخطابالسندي
send me link for english hadith then lol
hadith for Sahih al-Bukhari 4428
Sunan Abi Dawud 4513
Sunan Abi Dawud 4512
@@اسماعيلالخطابالسندي lol you funny person
it from SUNNAH website from saudi arabia if it was fake then what left?
is Sahih international and SUNNAH was fake translation HAHAHAHA
@@اسماعيلالخطابالسندي if you not answer i left Islam because no Imam give good answer for this one and may be Islam is have no responsibility to people.
This is so helpful. I remember having a ton of options in college for textual and historical analysis in religious studies and even an English class but nothing for the Qur'an
as someone who read the quran in arabic this is not helpful at all , if you read it your self you will know why no human can write such a book
read the quran your self then judge it .
allah says in quran :
"And if you have any doubt as to (the truthfulness of the Qur'ân) which We have revealed to Our servant from time to time, produce a single Sûrah (- Qur'ânic chapter) like any of (the chapters of) this, summoning (to your assistance) all your helpers (that you have) beside Allâh, if you are truthful (in your doubts),"
"But if you fail to do (so), and never shall you do (it), then guard against the Fire, the fuel of which will be human beings (who are deviating from the way of truth) and stones, (it is) prepared for the disbelievers.
"
quran chapter 2 verses 23 and 24
1400 years since this verse was revealed on the prophet and to this day no one was able to fulfill this challenge
@Brett Livingood Vedas of Hinduism are oldest religious book in the world. It has provided lot of scientific points. some are proved by scientists earlier. There are lot scientific theories available in Vedas which are not proved yet.
@@vstar1986 Hinduism in it of itself makes no sense. the core belief of ur religion is believing in one omnipotent god yet u believe in different Gods, make statues of them & worship them. ur Gods apparently lose to demons, make mistakes, or joke around stuff like that. and there was many weird practices before like sati where wife sacrifices herself alongside her husband. or asvameda where a horse is killed & the queen of a nation spends a night covered by a blanket alongside the horse in a position as if the horse is having intercourse with her. ur religion sounds like the greek mythology & fits more for historical superhero movies than a religion. I mean u guys pray to different Gods. but they r not omnipotent as there r other gods more powerful than them. by default they can't be categorized as Gods. and u say there r many scientific facts. sure. the Greeks also had many scientific facts as well. do u know what u guys have in common with eachother but uncommon with the Quran? it's that there r also scientific facts that r very dead wrong in ur scriptures & said by the greeks but every single scientific fact in Quran is either true or not yet found by science yet. there r no false facts in Quran while there r in veda,gita etc. the rituals in ur religion is so dumb & nonsensical. alot of them also have self harming. what God needs physical pain to give grace?
tldr: polytheism makes absolutely no sense.
You have had no answer in this video, i promise !
amazing content!!!! keep up the good work. this is awesome !
That's a perfect way to present such a sensitive topic .
I love its a death sentece to be a critic against islam and you have to think like you sit Face to Face with a serial killer who kill you if you happen to state a fact that offend him. That’s how unsecure people not having the truth scared of being proves wrong behave.😊
But its totally okey to be a critic against christians, that’s how secure people behave, they don’t care bec they are secure in their fait & know they have the truth and can disprove the point whitout killing someone.😊
Do muslims question the fact Allah said😬🥶(he will help make the ”true followers” of Jesus uppermost victorius ”untill” the day of resurection) (from the time of Jesus untill resurection) Who has been the uppemost followers of Jesus since the time of Jesus untill now? The christians right?
Either Allah failed to keep his promise and the wrong followers of Jesus became uppermost & islams is false bec Allah failed..😑🥶
Or the true followers of Jesus is the christians & islam is still false bec it controdicts the true
Christiians😑🥶
Islamic dilemma to discribe it litely..🤔😬😰
I’m a jew and i’m very familiar with the story about Abraham and the idols, in fact I even learned it in school!
Abraham abandon his first born in the desert
Child abandonment,backed up child support payments child endangerment
Are there Jewish Muslims?
@@AlexV6 yes, if there's Jewish atheists, there's Jewish Muslims. If you mean it from an ethnic point of view
a jew identity is more than a religion. It's a ethnoreligious rooted with jews culture. Jews atheist are much common even though they don't follow jews laws from the doctrine they still in tje boundary or they aesthetically are jews. For example many atheist jews identify themselves with non orthodox jew donomonation. U could fond muslim or christian jews but that's mainly cuz of their intermarriage families. But those who convert are no longer Jews unless the came back to the religion. + With islam, it's a lot tricky, n it's less likely.
Your government funds ISIS, who is paid to kill muslims/arabs in middle east.
Excellent presentation as usual 👍
Interesting study and comparison❤❤❤
A version of the "Mary and the Palm Tree" story is found in an old British Christmas folk song, "The Cherry Tree Carol". Mary is with Joseph and asks him to pick her some cherries from a tree. Joseph, who thinks she got pregnant by some other man, says "let the father of the baby pick cherries for thee". Her unborn child then commands the tree to bow down so she can pick the fruit.
There were far more stories about Jesus than the ones that made it into the Bible, and they would certainly have been current in Mohammed's time. Those legends may well have made it to England. There's another song that tells about Mary telling Jesus to get out of the house and go play. He meets wealthy boys who won't play with Him because He's poor. So he
"built a bridge of the beams of the sun
And over the water went He
And the three jolly children they followed after Him
And drownded they were all three"
Their mothers complain to Mary and she puts Him over her knee and gives Him "slashes three" with a withy rod. Lol
@@wfcoaker1398 I'm not familiar with that song. It probably isn't used as a Christmas carol! 😆
@@deewesthill4705 Oh no. It is an old England folk song that didn't make it into the hymn books. Lol
@Dee Westhill This is a very good local rendition, can you please share some references, we are eager to learn more about this. Thank you.
@@wfcoaker1398 Imagine singing that one in a church and trying to keep a straight face! 😅
Very fair analysis. i was actually checking your videos frequently ever since you mentioned you would do a clip on the Quran. it is a matter of faith to take the Quran as the word of God and will require some contextual reading and understanding to come to that conclusion. Great job!
You are assuming that people who come to a different conclusion about the authorship of the quran have not done much contextual reading. I think you are wrong.
Apply the same contextualization to the Bible and specifically the Torah and Muhammed will be rejected. The basis of faith cannot come from a felling arisen. It comes from careful analysis of records and the clear indications of pseudo gospels like the Gnostic Gospels.
Check my playlist number 1.The video name is QURAN AND THE SECRETS OF EGYPT.And then se who copied.Similarities proves same source Allah as we believe in multiple revelations
@@JoshJ12 No amount of careful textual analysis have proved that the Quran came from humans. Many revisionists have done mental gymnastics, only to be proven wrong by the standard narrative.
@@lightscameras4166 We have plenty of evidence that Quran is a tapestry of ideas that existed especially in pseudo-Christian groups and Jewish theologies. The store is about Jesus, the understanding of Moses, Ishmael etc. I would say the revivers where the Quran has failed multiple times and it is not a pretty or beautiful in writing as people make it be especially when compared to other Arabic poetry and writings of the era. The mental gymnastics come from an Islamic worldview especially when it comes to Jesus.
Love it! Definitely keep up the good work
Inaccuracies about compilation of Quran, no evidence about transmission of stories or any theory about mechanism of transmission except saying stories of the time apart, I think you did justice to the topic by giving accurate disclaimers.
1. You acknowledged the Sanaa' manuscript
2. You acknowledged preservation (apart from slightly different versions which I think can be interpreted)
3. You acknowledged the consensus among Muslims
4. You gave proper disclaimers about the hypothesis/theories/views when you presented one.
I think this was quite good.
As a Muslim, educated from an academia, scientific and theological perspectives, I highly admire your approach and explanation of facts gathered for you video. I look forward to many more great sources for study from your channel. Peace be unto you my brother.
@ Wayne D.
This was a good video.
His video about Jesus of Nazareth,
the Christ's birthdate (with references
from the Gospels and Roman records
is good too)
@@here_we_go_again2571 100% you're right my friend. We are both on the same page. Without going into too much detail, I was raised Christian, however through investigation and study, I left Christianity and accepted Islam 20 years ago
@@85WD
I have come to believe that
Mohammad was a false prophet
and a form of antichrist -- The
exact opposite of your conclusion.
@@here_we_go_again2571 then you haven't studied him correctly
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As a Christian good to hear the history of the three👍
@Tabrez Alam just shut up, he didn't want to know what you said..
@gritosalerta952 actually with your attitude be I don't think he wants to hear YOU
Don’t take it the true history tho, as a muslim all of his claims have a solid refutation based on evidence inshallah,
Anyone who wants to actually know about the history of Islamic texts should consult the following book - "The History of the Quranic Text: From Revelation to Compilation : a Comparitive Study of the Old and New Testaments". Written by Muhammad Mustafa Al- Azami.
Should be shame....there is no respect for the religion...they are savages
There most certainly is textual criticism being done on the Qur'an. Daniel Brubaker is one example.
Rough guide on the themes of suras 1-114
1 Opening
2-9 Rulings/ origin of creation [esp humanity]
10-28 Stories
29-49 Allah's blessings
50-114 Faith and Afterlife
The story of Jesus making birds from clay is also found in some of the non-canonical gospels. It’s very interesting.
That is the biblical version , but in the Quran there is no magick or miracles performed by Jesus.
@@calebzeman3818 mohamad copied and modified the apocryphal accounts. Read your quran again.
@Efraim Bar Tolmai I do not have to look for any source other than Quran, and Quran is my only source, and in Quran there is no such mention of magick by Eisa ibn Mariyam, if you say Eisa ibn Maryam had miracles , where in Quran it is mentioned?
Those non canonical gospels are generally dated after the rise of Islam
@@calebzeman3818 oh you're quite now? Well next time don't wait until you're proveh wrong, just shut up from the beginning okay?
Great video and I think you approached the topic well. One criticism is that I think you should’ve also looked into the local Arab mythology that is featured within the Quran. Stories involving the Ad, Thamud, the people of the ditch, etc.
@marouane Attahali There are so many issues with this video. I recommend that people see Hythem Sidky (an actual high quality secular academic) and his interview on Blogging Theology instead of this nonsense. Actually watching that will show exactly why I call this video nonsense and smoke and mirrors essentially.
This guy is fake. Using a Muslim name. See his profile. It seems to me lot of Muslim looking names here are fakery of high standard. This is purposeful reception. Nothing more nothing less
@koorralive-كووررة لايف I didn’t intend to claim Hud and Saleh were fictitious. I was just stating that similar stories were known before Muhammad PBUH in Arab society
@@rizwanmuhammad6468 I am Muslim my man, I apologize if I came off saying that Hud PBUH or Saleh PBUH were fictional. I was talking about how the stories of Ad and Thamud were known to Arabs before Muhammad
@@John-lf3xf Why is it nonsense? It seems to make some strong arguments for a worldly explanation for the Quran.
Great content. Though I wanna add some information. According to Sunni tradition, it was during first caliph Abu Bakr's reign the full quran was compiled as a single book. 3rd caliph Uthman just made six copy of em and sent them six corner of empire. Secondly, it was widely believed by scholar of Quran that Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus the great, not Alexender. The description in Quran matches more to Cyrus then Alexender. Also, the verses of Dhul Qarnain was revealed because of some question from jew Rabbi to Muhammad. Cyrus was more connected to jews then Alexender.
Actually My own sunni traditions (شافعي or Shafieae) indeed thinks that the two horned guy is Alexander the Great. So i would not dismiss that just yet.
@@abdo-dr1tu I didn't said that it was in sunni tradition that was believed Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus, I said that most scholar think that Dhul Qarnain was Cyrus the great. It is highly debated topic. Allah knows better.
right.
No scholar agree thats cyrus the great.
@@NotLikeWhatYouThink I said Scholars of Quran, not secular Scholars.