Let's play a thought game here. What if Muhammad was writing "scripture" with his own hands and saying "this is from God"? There are evidences of this:
1. Failed prophecies in the Qur'an are pretty easily testable. One prophecy in S 30:2-4 states that the Roman Empire was defeated now, but would be victorious within "Bidh'un." Well, that word means between 3 and 9 years. But it took 14 years for the Eastern Roman Empire to defeat the Persians.
2. As I said before, we don't know which Qur'an is truly from God because of the variants. Among Shiite and Sunni circles, investigation of these variants is highly discouraged, because the Qur'an was supposedly given directly by God. So which textual version of the Qur'an is the perfect Qur'an?
3. It is also too convenient that a story about Christ that differed substantially from the standard could be true without having left some historical mark. Christian Scriptures can face up to the test of corroboration. There are letters written from both Christian and pagan sources that corroborate the story of Christ according to the New Testament.
4. The Islamic version of Christ does not match up completely to the Jewish picture, either. The Jewish Scriptures prophecy that Christ would defeat death in His coming. But without Jesus dying, there is no sacrifice through which death could be defeated.
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In Orthodoxy, and Baptist circles from which I converted to Orthodoxy from, Satan is an angel. According to this understanding of Scripture, there was a time when the angels had free will to make a one time choice. Once they had made that choice, they were locked into it for life
According to Islam - the angels are a different creation to Jinns. Angels have no will - they do the will of God but Jinns are also put to the test of faith.
You're other reason is quite fishy but anyways...
1. You can test prophecies as you want but don't ignore all the ones that have been fulfilled. You cant't be seriously fishing for some definition of that word and then fishing for an account that would say otherwise - when all the rest say otherwise.
In fact hidden I could do the same to that verse to show a scientific miracle. The words really meant "in the
lowest land" - and the translators did not think it made sense to translate it like that. Guess where the defeat actually took place? Yes, lowest place in the earth. It could be translated like that too - but the mainstream translated think it's a little too much.
2. I'm sure my knowledge of Islam far exceeds yours and thus I can surely say that this claim is absurd. Which textual version? There's only one textual version! Show me proof. The letters are exactly same - we can have different styles of recitation and different way of pronunciation but the text is the same.
3. Do you really know what the Koran claims about the crucifixion? I admit it's unclear as to what really happened but it says "it was made to appear so". Is this deceiving the people? No it's not. Jesus prayed to God the night before and God answered him. Why did he have to pray so much, huh, if he was god and knew what would happen? God saved him from death and thus he cheated death. The test was to see if the Church would make up their own man-made explanations of this - and they did. They failed the test. They made up their doctrine of a Lamb of sacrifice.
4. The Prophecy of Jesus was that Jesus would defeat death. Did the Islamic version of Jesus Christ defeat death? Yes, he did! They did not kill him. He was raised up and thus cheated death.
Luke 4:10-12
10 For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.
11 And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”
12 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”
Matthew 4:5-10
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’”
8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”
10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say, ‘You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
So the angels saved Jesus from any fatal harm and then raised him.
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
The true Jesus was saved and he had to just observe he crucifixion himself.
In fact there are so many similar verses to say that he'll DEFEAT death - not that he'll die.
Psalm 20:6
6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed king. He answers him from his holy heaven. The power of God's right hand saves the king.
Psalm 17:7
Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes.
Psalm 18:3
I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 9:13
O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalm 30:1
I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
And many a time in the Bible the word Sheol may be used for Hell or Death. Death is mainly symbolical.
Isaiah 53 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
53 Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed?
2 Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.
3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
7 It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he
openeth not his mouth (the biblical Jesus said Eloi Eloi Ela Sabastani, hows this?).
8 By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
9 And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich [are] his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor [is] deceit in his mouth.
10 And Jehovah hath delighted to
bruise (all other translation have corrupted the meaning) him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt,
He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.
11 Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear.
12 Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he
exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth. (All prophets can intercede)
Of course there were other gospels and apocalypses that state counter to what Christians believe but these were all discarded as late fabrications. Something fishy. Why would one fabricate some stuff like this as early as 100 years after Jesus? Look at the Apocalypse of Peter!
Come therefore, let us go on with the completion of the will of the incorruptible Father. For behold, those who will bring them judgment are coming, and they will be put to shame. But me they cannot touch. And you, O Peter, shall stand in their midst. Do not be afraid because of your cowardice. Their minds shall be closed, for the invisible one has opposed them."
When he said those things, I saw him seemingly being seized by them. And I said "What do I see, O Lord, that it is you yourself whom they take, and that you are grasping me? Or who is this one, glad and laughing on the tree? And is it another one whose feet and hands they are striking?"
The Savior said to me, "He whom you saw on the tree, glad and laughing, this is the living Jesus. But this one into whose hands and feet they drive the nails is his fleshly part, which is the substitute being put to shame, the one who came into being in his likeness. But look at him and me."
But I, when I had looked, said "Lord, no one is looking at you. Let us flee this place." But he said to me, "I have told you, "Leave the blind alone!" And you, see how they do not know what they are saying. For the son of their glory instead of my servant, they have put to shame."
And I saw someone about to approach us resembling him, even him who was laughing on the tree. And he was filled with a Holy Spirit, and he is the Savior. And there was a great, ineffable light around them, and the multitude of ineffable and invisible angels blessing them. And when I looked at him, the one who gives praise was revealed. And he said to me, "Be strong, for you are the one to whom these mysteries have been given, to know them through revelation, that he whom they crucified is the first-born, and the home of demons, and the stony vessel, in which they dwell, of Elohim, of the cross, which is under the Law. But he who stands near him is the living Savior, the first in him, whom they seized and released, who stands joyfully looking those who did him violence, while they are divided among themselves. Therefore he laughs at their lack of perception, knowing that they are born blind. So then the one susceptible to suffering shall come, since the body is the substitute. But what they released was my incorporeal body. But I am the intellectual Spirit filled with radiant light. He whom you saw coming to me is our intellectual Pleroma , which unites the perfect light with my Holy Spirit."
"These things, then, which you saw you shall present to those of another race who are not of this age . For there will be no honor in any man who is not immortal, which has shown that it is able to contain him who gives his abundance. Therefore I said, "Every one who has, it will be given to him, and he will have plenty." But he who does not have, that is, the man of this place, who is completely dead, who is removed from the planting of the creation of what is begotten, whom, if one of the immortal essence appears, they think that they possess him - it will be taken from him and be added to the one who is. You, therefore, be courageous and do not fear at all. For I shall be with you in order that none of your enemies may prevail unto you. Peace be to you, Be strong!"
^This was way before Islam.
