Islam Under Scrutiny by Ex-Muslims

A Guide to the Qur’anic Contradictions, Part 4


Readers may consult the complete verses in Online Quran.


Sura 8: al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)
 

8:9 
Allah helped Muhammad with one thousand angels in succession (following one another: Gabriel led five hundred of them, and Michael led five hundred of them—ibn Kathir). 
Contradiction: 3:125 says Allah helped Muhammad in Badr with five thousand angel soldiers. 
Contradiction: 3:124 says Muhammad requested Allah to send three thousand angel fighters. 
 

8:38 
Allah will forgive unbelievers’ past if they accept Islam; if not, they will face the fate of their forefathers (i.e., exemplary punishment from Allah). 
Contradiction: Allah says in 3:20 if the unbelievers do not convert to Islam leave them alone, Muhammad's duty is only to convey the message. 
 

Sura 9: al-Baraat (Immunity) or al-Tauba (Repentance) 
 

9:23 
Unbelieving father, brothers are not protectors of converts of Islam; Muslims should not take them as guardians. 
Contradiction: 17:23, 31:15 say respect parents even if they are unbelievers. 
 

9:30 
The Jewish claim of Ezra (Uzair) as the Son of Allah, or the Christian claim of Jesus as the son of Allah is blasphemous; Allah punishes them. 
Contradiction: 2:221, 60:10 forbid Muslims to marry idolaters. 
Contradiction: 2:62 says Christians will get rewards. 
Contradiction: 5:82 says the closest in friendship are Christians. 
 

9:71 
Pious and charitable believers are protectors of one another; they obey Allah and Muhammad. 
Contradiction: 9:116, 17:111, 32:4 and 42:28 say Allah is the only protector and helper. 
Contradiction: 41:31, 32 say angels are our protectors in this life and the life hereafter. 
Contradiction: 5:55 says Allah’s messengers are our protectors. 
 

9:116 
Sovereignty (dominion) of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah; He controls life and death; Allah is the only protector and helper. 
Contradiction: 3:180, 15:23, 19:40, 19:79-80, 21:89, 28:58 say Allah inherits from infidels and other creatures. 
Contradiction: 9:71 says Allah’s messengers and the believers are the protectors and helpers. 
Contradiction: 5:55 says Allah’s messengers are our protectors. 
Contradiction: 9:71 says pious Muslims are the protectors. 
 

Sura 10: Yunus (Prophet Yunus)
 

10:3 
Allah created the heavens (first) and (then) the earth in six days (our worldly days—ibn Kathir. In the same measure of time as worldly days since there was no sun or moon at that time—Jalalyn.), and then He ascended on His throne; He regulates all His affairs from His firmly established throne; there is no intercessor except Allah. 
Contradiction: 2:29 says at first Allah created the earth. 
Contradiction: 41:9-12 says eight days of creation. 
Contradiction: 2:117 says Allah creates instantly. 
 

10:35 
Allah, not the idols, guides to the truth. 
Contradiction: in 4:78 Allah says all things are from Him. 
Contradiction: in 16:93 Allah says He misleads who He wishes. 
 

10:47 
Allah has given each group of people, a messenger, a law, and a way of life. 
Contradiction: 25:51 says if Allah willed, He could have sent apostles to every nation to instill fear in them, but He didn’t. 
Contradiction: 28:46, 32:3, 34:44, 36:6 say before Muhammad, Allah did not send any messengers or Books to the Arabs. 
 

10:64 
None can change the words of Allah. 
Contradiction: 5:41, 3:78, 2:79, 4:46, 5:13 say the Jews and the Christians tampered with Allah’s Book. 
Contradiction: 2:106, 16:101 say Allah changes the Qur'an through substitution and abrogation of verses. 
 

10:90 
When flood engulfed Pharaoh, he submitted to Islam (i.e., Pharaoh became a Muslim). 
Contradiction: 4:18 says Allah does not accept submission to Islam at the point of death, if one does not accept Islam before death. 
Contradiction: 2:50, 7:136 say Allah drowned Pharaoh. 
Contradiction: 10:92 says Allah saved Pharaoh. 
 

Sura 11: Hud (Prophet Hud) 
 

11:2 
Qur’an teaches to worship none but Allah, and Muhammad is a warner, who brought glad tidings. 
Contradiction: 12:100 says Allah allowed Joseph’s brethren and his parents to worship Joseph by prostrating before him. 
 

11:7 
Allah created the Heavens (first) and the earth (second) in six days; (then) Allah conducts justice from His throne which is above water; you will be raised after death (before Allah created the heavens and the earth His throne was above water—ibn Kathir). 
Contradiction: 2:29 says Allah created the earth first. 
Contradiction: 41:9-12 talks about eight days of creation. 
Contradiction: 2:117 says Allah creates instantly. 
 

11:38 
Noah’s people ridiculed him for constructing an ark. 
Contradiction: 54:9 says Noah’s people expelled him from their town. 
 

11:42-43 
Noah's son (Noah’s fourth son Yam, he had refused to embrace Islam and join Noah in his ark—ibn Kathir) was drowned in the flood because he was a disbeliever. 
Contradiction: 21:76 says Allah saved Noah’s family that included his son. 
 

11:69 
Abraham entertained the two angel-guests (the term ‘two messengers’ in this verse means two angels—ibn Kathir) with a roasted lamb, but the messengers refused to eat. 
Contradiction: 25:7 says all Allah’s messengers roamed markets and ate ordinary human food. 
 

11:77 
Angels, as Allah’s messengers, came to Prophet Lot. 
Contradiction: 12:109, 21:7 say Allah sends only men as His messengers. 
Contradiction: 27:82 says Allah also sends a beast as a messenger to mankind. 
Contradiction: 6:130, 22:75 say Allah sends jinns and angels as His messengers to their respective species.


 

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Name: idols r from allah
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 01:31:14 -0500

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helo my dear friends in isw.recently we were talking with muslims in mumbai india,abt what allah is etc.and muslims said that idols etc r not from allah and when i pointed out this sure that all is from imaginary allah so also idols they almost tried to kill me but i prevailed and proved it from koran.this is real incident of 1 week ago.i then guided them to isw and lo and behold they r now reading and converting to truth.truth is most powerful : satyamevijayate : truth alone shall triumph. [ fyi i am myself ex-muslim from india ].


Name: Ibrahim
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 02:44:51 -0500

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Good article Kasem. However it would be great if you could also refute some of the points that Islamic appologists raise while defending these contradictions. I know there is a huge team of paid Muslims who manufacture lies day and night to prove that the Quran is a God send book, yet it becomes all the more important that Ex-Muslims like you and me work our best to expose these lies. These contradictions are apparent to all those who read the Quran especially those who speak Arabic as their own language. However they pass them off as a miracle from God or just dont think hard about these contadictions.


Name: Another Contradiction
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 03:37:20 -0500

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The quran claims repeatedly that it is clear, unambiguous and easy to understand. If so, there should be no discussions how to understand it and no quarrelling. Hahahaha!


Name: allah is helpless about internet. he has to be given training.
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 04:36:31 -0500

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if allah was so powerful why he did not foresee that man will communicate with man without writing, without seeing face to face and communicating to all human beings at the same absolute time. I mean when allah is sleeping during night we may be at morning and can communicate through internet. Internet is 100% alien to allah, his poor messenger and his pathetically written book. He should have created an original version in soft format and brought subsequent modified versions like softwares. i pity allah and his messenger.


Name: dear ibrahimji and akji...some info
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 09:12:14 -0500

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dear ibrahimji and akji i am ex-muslim fron kafiristan india.i dont focus on islamic hate based ideology to prove its right or wrong.i just have simple strategy : if koran is from a god it cant have any scientific mistakes or errors. muslis agree and say yes now they r trapped without knowing uit.then i show chapter 2 the cow....2-222 women and mensstruation,the earth created first then allah turn to make heaven etc....earth is 4.6 billion yrs old universe-heaven is 14 billion yrs old,sun set under muddy spring etc...and muslims concede readily.lol.so easy.satyamevijayate=truth shall always triumph. a humble ex muslim is able to defeat mullas thanks to truth=god=nature and islamw acth and all u friends.


Name: balam
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 09:53:42 -0500

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Mohammad claimed that if you find one contadiction in the Quran,then it is not from Allah He was not aware that people like Abdul Kasem would be able to expose his false claims.Islam is only for IDIOTS and not for people who have thinking cells in their brains.To me Quran is a good joke book with no wisdom in it as one Muslim Allama declared in Broadway Mosque in Southhal,ENGLAND.


Name: to..> dear ibrahimji and akji...some info
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 12:25:48 -0500

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dear you should use a very simple question.which i always use. " why will allah so mercifull burn non believers in hell for infinity just to to the fact that they are born in non muslim's house????"


Name: THE TRUTH
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 16:32:10 -0500

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YOU CAN COUNTER ATTACK ALL "ABUL KASIMS SO CALLED "CONTRADICTIONS" BUY SIMPLY VISITING http://www.islamicity.com//// p.s read Abul Kasim previouse Contradictions which have been PROVEN WRONG. this guy is a LIER!!!


Name: THE TRUTH
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 16:34:09 -0500

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YOU HAVE MENTIONED THIS CONTRADICTION B4 AND IT WAS PROVEN WRONG. SO WHY POST IT AGAIN????????????????? 8:9 Allah helped Muhammad with one thousand angels in succession (following one another: Gabriel led five hundred of them, and Michael led five hundred of them—ibn Kathir). Contradiction: 3:125 says Allah helped Muhammad in Badr with five thousand angel soldiers. Contradiction: 3:124 says Muhammad requested Allah to send three thousand angel fighters.


Name: WHAT CONTRADICTION????IN Sura 9: al-Baraat (Immunity) or al-Tauba (Repentance)
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 16:46:38 -0500

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9:23 O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not take your fathers and your brothers for allies if a denial of the truth is dearer to them than faith: for those of you who ally themselves with them-it is they, they who are evildoers!AND THE MEANING OF THIS VERSE>>>>The term walayah ("alliance" or "friendship") is used in this context in the sense of an alliance against other believers, as in 3:28. (Regarding the wider, spiritual implications of this expression, see surah 4, note 154.) That it does not refer to "friendship" in the sense of normal human affection is obvious from the many exhortations in the Qur'an to be good to one's parents and kinsfolk; and, more explicitly, from 60:8-9, where the believers are reminded that friendly relations with unbelievers who are not hostile to the Muslim community are permissible, and even desirable.)I CANT SEE ANY CONTRADICTION AT ALL.


Name: all one has to do
Date: Saturday January 24, 2009
Time: 20:44:57 -0500

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is to read the koran and can see the contractions for one self. So to the one that insists that there is no contractions, perhaps you are the one that needs to be doing the reading instead of the pointing out. PROVE IT without using foul language.


Name: TO>>all one has to do
Date: Sunday January 25, 2009
Time: 14:41:47 -0500

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I POSTED A CHALLANGE TO ANY OF YOU TO POST A SINGLE CONTRADICTION IN THE QURAN LAST TIME AND I DO IT AGAIN!!! THE CONTRADICTION MUST BE POSTED WITH THE FULL "CONTEXT" OF THE VERSE,NOT SLECTED WORDS AS POSTED BY ABUL KASIM. LAST TIME I PROVED ABUL KASIM WRONG(CONT NO 2) ALL MY COUNTER ATTACK ANSWERS WERE TAKEN OFF, WHY??? BECAUSE I PROVED ABUL KASIM WAS WRONG AND NONE OF THE VERSES/HADITHS MATCHED WITH THE ORGINAL TEXT OF THE QURAN BECAUSE ABUL KASIM MUST BE USING A QURAN MADE IN HIS BEDROOM JUST TO SPREAD LIES.XXXX SO WHY DONT YOU YOUR SELF POST SOME CONTRADICTIONS INSTEAD OF ABUL KASIM. YOU CANT OR CAN YOU!! CUS U HAVE NEVER READ THE MEANING OF THE QURAN. PLZ AVOID TALKING WITH OUT ANY REFRENCE


Name: THE TRUTH Contradiction:10:90 ??U HAVE POSTED THE SAME CRAP AGAIN.
Date: Sunday January 25, 2009
Time: 14:49:59 -0500

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HERE AGAIN ABUL KASIM POSTED THE SAME CONTRADICTION WHICH HE DID IN PART 3 AND THE ANSWER IN RESPONSE>> Contradiction: 10:92 says Allah forgave and saved Pharaoh, and made his dead body a symbol for Pharaoh’s progeny. Contradiction: 10:90 says Pharaoh submitted to IslamxxxxxU FOR GOT THE VERSE IN THE MIDDLE(10:91)NOW LET ME PUT ALL THREE VERSE IN FULL CONTEXT HERE>>10:90 (Y. Ali) We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when overwhelmed with the flood, he said: "I believe that there is no god except Him Whom the Children of Israel believe in: I am of those who submit (to Allah in Islam).AND 10:91 (Y. Ali) (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)AND 10:92 So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs , revelations, etc.)..XXX NOW ABUL KASIM THESE R YOUR WORDS..(10:92 says Allah forgave and saved Pharaoh)BUT IF YOU READ THIS VERSE HERE ALLAH "DIDNT" FORGAVE PHARAOH BUT "PRESERVED" HIS BODY AS A WARNING SIGN FOR PEOPLE LIKE U!! I THINK ABUL KASIM IS RUNNING OUT OF Contradictions AS HE IS POSTING THE SAME RUBISH AGAIN!!!1LOSER LOSER LOSER


Name: Abul Kasem
Date: Sunday January 25, 2009
Time: 15:00:12 -0500

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10:91 (Y. Ali) (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)AND 10:92 So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs , revelations, etc.). NOW LET US READ THE VERSE DISREGARDING YUSUF ALI'S PERSONAL COMMENTS INSIDE BRACKETS: 10:91 (Y. Ali) (It was said to him): "Ah now!- But a little while before, wast thou in rebellion!- and thou didst mischief (and violence)AND 10:92 So this day We shall deliver your body that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Ayat. Where in this verse Allah says He meant Pharaoh's dead body?


Name: Shafee al-Zindig
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 09:11:40 -0500

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The biggest contradiction in the Quran is that there are many verses where Allah prays to Himself. Muslims claim that the Quranic verses are the direct words of Allah. Why then would the most powerful being in the whole Universe pray to Himself? If this isn't pure narcissism and self-love, then I don't know what is! Let's take the very first sura, The Opening verse 5 as an example: "You alone we worship and you alone we ask for help" It is bad enough when this Allah demands 50 prayers a day from us, later reduced by Mo's haggling and bargaining like a bazaar merchant to 5 a day. Now if we had been told that these verses were Mo's words, it would make sense. Not that many verses in the Quran make any sense! Can any of you internet jihadis give us an explanation?


Name: Moses and Pharao
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 12:44:14 -0500

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According to recent research Moses is merely a mytical person incorparating many features from different centuries. In case of Pharaoh the situation is even more problematic. Pharaoh is a title similar to king and not a name. So who was this pharaoh and when did he live? We have absolutely no knowledge because it probably never happened. Moreover, the title pharaoh was not in use during the alleged lifetime of Moses. Thus, the whole story cannot be taken seriously. The fact that the quran draw all this stories more or less from the bible (and some apokryphal scriptures) underlines that the quran was written by humans and not by god who would never allow wrong accounts about himself.


Name: TO>>Moses and Pharao
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 15:20:45 -0500

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PLZ POST PROOFS OF YOUR CLAIM (FROM RELIABLE SORUCES)


Name: Abul Kasem
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 17:34:00 -0500

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From the Truth to Abul Kasem wrote: 10:92 ALLAH TELLS PHARAOH WHICH SIMPLY MEANS ITS TOO LATE TO BELIEVE AND AS A WARNING TO PEOPLE WHO WILL COME AFTER YOU WE WILL BRING YOUR BODY OUT TO SHOW SIGN TO OTHERS.... Why must one accept your interpretation? No where Allah said 'It is too late....' Allah simply said He was saving Paharoh's body, that is his life, so that posterity might remember Allah's mercy upon Pharaoh. To hide the dark side of the Qur'an the Islamists, will of course, interpret in a manner that covers the contradiction. But truth is truth, you cannot hide it.


Name: jhon....to all
Date: Monday January 26, 2009
Time: 17:36:18 -0500

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thats it man here is a muslim guy who proves us wrong about some of the contradictions on islam from us with proof from their holy book and what do we have to say??>>According to recent research Moses is merely a mytical person incorparating many features from different centuries<<< First aabul kasim posts some contradictions about moses and pharoah and when this muslim guy puts it right then we say moses and phoraoh is myth?? I think we are contradicing our selfs here not islam..p.s I think this guy is a muslim)


Name: Moses and Pharao
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Time: 03:53:19 -0500

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http://harpers.org/archive/2002/03/0079105 Here is a link that there was no evidence for the existence of Moses ever found. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh Quote: "Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods.[1] In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the eighteenth dynasty."


Name: About Moses and Pharaoh - again
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Time: 04:18:26 -0500

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The whole story is fiction according to most modern scholars if not all. The story that Moses was taken from the river has many parallels in other mythical accounts such as Romulus and Remus, Oedipus and Kyros II. There are more historical contradictions such as the fact that the quran is wrong about cruxification in ancient egypt. In ancient egypt cruxifications took never place. This was practised in Phoenicia first and later in Rome but never in Egypt because the cross is the symbol for life (Ankh-Symbol). Of course these historical contradictions do not rule out that there are logical contradictions as well. The quran contradicts itself concerning the questions whether "Pharaoh" was rescued or not.


Name: AbuShaitan
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Time: 04:24:58 -0500

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The Koran is a glorified cum rag, that’s all I use it for, such soft pages … hahaha


Name: About "jhon....to all "
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Time: 05:46:24 -0500

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This guy his cheating. Why should a muslim point out historical contradictions in the quran and call Moses a mythical person without historicity? No, it seems that he is the same guy who tries to defend the quran with some more comments.


Name: shoeb
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Time: 09:47:06 -0500

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i feel many of the contradictions dont seem to be valid to a neutral mind. all 4 parts needs a peer review because when we present them to a muslim cleric in a dawa meeeting they tend to concentrate on less obvious or non contradictions so most of the time motion is defeated pl undertake a good peeer review & also the contradictions in detail in less obvious cases


Name: About the "Truth"
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 06:02:30 -0500

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Any time people ask about contradictions in the quran the islamic establishment resorts to Dr. Zakir Naik or Maurice Bucaille who submittingly confirm the "Miracles of the Quran", paid and supported by Muslim Foundations and Believers who are prepared to pay for their books. Are there no other scientists in the muslim world? How about (the secular muslim) Parvez Hoodbhoy from Pakistan who is indeed internationally recognised as nuclear scientist. Please read him - and not the Bucailles and Naiks that are only good for the fun fair! http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_60/iss_8/49_1.shtml


Name: Pharaoh and Quran
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 12:13:13 -0500

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If the quran were a perfect book written by god it would reveal a correct name for the pharaoh to provide proof and evidence. What sense does a "revealation" make if we don´t have the correct name with place and the year of his rulership? However, there is nothing and we can conclude that the whole fairytale was drawn from the bible were we find exactly the same errors. Moreover, the quran contains some errors not existent in the bible (cruxification, contradiction concerning death of pharaoh).


Name: Islamistic Pharaoh-Video is fake
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 12:28:21 -0500

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The pictures of many of these show Ramesses II whose mummy was sent to France and had been analysed very well. It turned out that the Pharaoh was preserved by specialists. Moreover, Ramesses had nothing to do with any plagues and it is very unlikely that he is to identify with Pharaoh from bible and quran. The videos do many claims without providing any evidence at all.


Name: lw1
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 13:40:28 -0500

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Allah is supposed to be all-knowing.Why would he give out a Quran that is confusing and needs humans to interpret and give excuses for the confusion? Allah should have known that Muslims will kill each-other over different beliefs.Is Allah really a God?


 
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