2,743
edits
Contradictions in the Quran: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
| [checked revision] | [checked revision] |
Lightyears (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Lightyears (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
Many stories in the Quran are repeated in other surahs. This risks ample opportunity for a human author or editor to unwittingly introduce contradictions between the parallel narratives. Indeed this is the case. Most of the examples in this section are from the following article where they are discussed in more depth, with further insights and examples.<BR /> | Many stories in the Quran are repeated in other surahs. This risks ample opportunity for a human author or editor to unwittingly introduce contradictions between the parallel narratives. Indeed this is the case. Most of the examples in this section are from the following article where they are discussed in more depth, with further insights and examples.<BR /> | ||
[https://quranvariants.wordpress.com/narrative-contradictions-in-the-quran/ Narrative Contradictions in the Quran] - [https://quranvariants.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/narrative-contradictions-in-the-quran-1.pdf (Direct pdf download link)] | [https://quranvariants.wordpress.com/narrative-contradictions-in-the-quran/ Narrative Contradictions in the Quran] - [https://quranvariants.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/narrative-contradictions-in-the-quran-1.pdf (Direct pdf download link)] | ||
Due to the columns, if viewing on a mobile phone this section is best viewed by clicking desktop mode at the bottom of the page. | |||
===The forgiveness of Adam=== | ===The forgiveness of Adam=== | ||
Academic scholars have noticed that the author or editor of the Quran appears to have combined in 2:36-39 the stories of Adam in 7:22-25 and 20:121-124, with the awkward result that Allah tells Adam and company to go down from paradise twice, in verses 2:36 and 2:38.<ref>Witztum, Joseph. 2011. [https://www.docdroid.net/EBk1ghM/the-syriac-milieu-of-the-quran-the-recasting-of-biblical-narratives-pdf The Syriac Milieu of the Qur’ ̄an: The Recasting of Biblical Narratives] Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. pp. 69-79</ref> In Surah 7 Adam requests forgiveness from Allah, but does not say whether Allah did forgive him. Instead, it immediately proceeds to the command to descend taken word for word | Academic scholars have noticed that the author or editor of the Quran appears to have combined in 2:36-39 the stories of Adam in 7:22-25 and 20:121-124, with the awkward result that Allah tells Adam and company to go down from paradise twice, in verses 2:36 and 2:38.<ref>Witztum, Joseph. 2011. [https://www.docdroid.net/EBk1ghM/the-syriac-milieu-of-the-quran-the-recasting-of-biblical-narratives-pdf The Syriac Milieu of the Qur’ ̄an: The Recasting of Biblical Narratives] Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. pp. 69-79</ref> In Surah 7 Adam requests forgiveness from Allah, but does not say whether Allah did forgive him. Instead, it immediately proceeds to the command to descend in 7:24, taken word for word by 2:36 in the Arabic text. Surah 20 on the other hand has Adam forgiven before the command to descend (part of a longer section narrated chronologically). Surah 2 appears to fix the ambiguity in surah 7 by inserting Allah's forgiveness after (fa - see note above) the part of the descent command from surah 7, which can be seen also partly in 20:123 where the forgiveness has already occurred. | ||
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center" | {| class="wikitable" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" align="center" | ||