Truth About Islam: June 2025

Monday, 23 June 2025

Islam: A Giant Delusional Hoax Unmasked

How a 7th-Century Fabrication Collapsed Under Its Own Weight

Islam presents itself as the final, unbroken revelation from the One True God, delivered by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Arabia. But a sober look at history, logic, and internal contradictions reveals a very different story—one of fabrication, self-contradiction, and historical silence so profound it exposes Islam as a giant delusional hoax.

1. The Historical Vacuum — No Continuity, No Prophets, No Revelation

Islam claims a seamless chain of divine revelation from Adam to Muhammad. Yet, from roughly 40 AD to 600 AD, there is a black hole—a deafening silence in history where:

No prophets appear
No divine messages surface
No signs of Islam or anything resembling it exist

Islam’s claim to prophetic continuity implodes here. The silence between Jesus and Muhammad cannot be explained by divine wisdom or mystery; it screams fabrication.

2. The Qur’an’s Own Contradictions

The Qur’an asserts that all previous scriptures were preserved and confirms the authenticity of the Injil (Gospel). Yet, Islamic theology insists these texts were corrupted beyond recognition—a blatant contradiction with the Qur’an’s own words.

Similarly, the Qur’an proclaims Muhammad as the “Seal of the Prophets”—the final messenger. But historical evidence shows Muhammad’s message was a radical novelty, drawing heavily on earlier Jewish, Christian, and pagan ideas, patched together with no verifiable prophetic lineage.

3. The Myth of Muhammad’s Illiteracy (“Ummi”)

Islamic tradition glorifies Muhammad’s illiteracy as proof of divine revelation. But historical evidence and linguistic analysis indicate otherwise—Muhammad was likely literate or at least had access to written texts and oral traditions. The “illiterate prophet” narrative is a constructed myth designed to bolster the miraculous nature of the Qur’an.

4. The Sharia Contradiction — Unworkable Then, Impossible Now

Sharia law is presented as God’s perfect, timeless legal system. But it:

Has never been universally applied without contradiction or oppression
Conflicts with basic human rights and modern principles of justice
Is riddled with inconsistencies, making it impossible to implement fully or fairly in today’s complex world

5. The Islamic Golden Age — More Myth Than Reality

The so-called Islamic Golden Age was not a pure product of Islam. It was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious collaboration where Christian, Jewish, Persian, and other scholars played crucial roles. Islam’s contribution was often minimal or derivative. The narrative of an Islamic intellectual “golden age” masks centuries of stagnation and dogmatic control.

6. The Black Hole of True Believers

Qur’an 61:14 claims Jesus’ followers remained “supporters of Allah,” faithful and dominant. Historically, no such faithful monotheist faction existed between Jesus and Muhammad. Christianity and Judaism diverged sharply from Islamic monotheism, and Arabia remained steeped in idolatry and tribal polytheism.

Final Blow: Islam’s House of Cards Collapses

The combined weight of these facts—historical silence, internal contradictions, fabricated narratives, and unworkable laws—exposes Islam as:

A 7th-century fabrication, not a divine continuation
A theological house of cards that collapses under scrutiny
A giant delusional hoax, sustained by myth and manipulation

Conclusion: Why Truth Matters

Unmasking Islam’s foundational fabrications isn’t about attacking believers—it’s about seeking historical and theological truth. Only through rigorous, honest inquiry can we move beyond myth and into clarity.

Islam’s story may be popular, but it is ultimately a fiction that falls apart under the light of history and logic.

Sunday, 22 June 2025

Top 10 Contradictory Hadiths

When the Sunnah Cancels Itself

Islamic apologists often claim that Hadith collections — especially Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim — are perfectly preserved and mutually consistent. But a deeper dive into these sources reveals a different story:

Even the most “authentic” hadiths contradict each other — not just in wording, but in theology, law, and basic facts.

Below are 10 striking contradictions within the Hadith literature, based on sources Muslims are taught to trust. These aren’t fringe or weak hadiths — many are classified as Sahih.

🔟 1. How Many Days Did Allah Take to Create the World?

Sahih Muslim 2789a: “Allah created the clay on Saturday... and created Adam after ‘Asr on Friday...”
➡️ Creation over 7 days.
Sahih Bukhari 3193: “Allah created the heavens and the earth in six days…”
➡️ Creation in 6 days.

📌 Contradiction: One says 6 days, the other 7 — and lists different sequences.

9️⃣ 2. Can You Drink While Standing?

Sahih Muslim 2024a: “Do not drink while standing.”
Sahih Bukhari 5615: “I saw the Prophet drinking while standing.”

📌 Contradiction: One prohibits it; the other shows Muhammad doing exactly that.

8️⃣ 3. Was the First Creation the Pen or the Throne?

Sunan al-Tirmidhi 3319: “The first thing Allah created was the Pen...”
Sahih Bukhari 7418: “There was Allah and nothing else before Him, and His Throne was over the water...”

📌 Contradiction: One says the Pen was first, the other implies the Throne existed before anything.

7️⃣ 4. What Was Created First: Earth or Heaven?

Sahih Bukhari 3191: “Allah created the Earth on Sunday, then the mountains, then trees...”
Sahih Muslim 2789a: “Allah created heaven on Friday...”

📌 Contradiction: Different orders and different days contradict the Quran itself (Surah 79:27–30).

6️⃣ 5. How Is the Quran Revealed? Full or Gradual?

Sahih Muslim 1773a: “The Quran was revealed as a whole in one night.”
Sahih Bukhari 4991: “The Quran was revealed in parts over 23 years.”

📌 Contradiction: These are mutually exclusive unless the Quran was revealed twice.

5️⃣ 6. Is Magic Real or Not?

Sahih Bukhari 5765: “The Prophet was bewitched so that he thought he had done a thing which he had not.”
Sahih Muslim 2189: “Whoever eats seven Ajwa dates will not be harmed by poison or magic.”

📌 Contradiction: Muhammad supposedly succumbed to magic, yet Muslims are told it can't harm you if you eat dates?

4️⃣ 7. Does the Dead Feel Pain When the Living Mourn?

Sahih Muslim 927a: “The deceased is punished because of the weeping of his relatives.”
Sahih Bukhari 1292: Aisha denied this: “No bearer of burdens shall bear the burden of another...”

📌 Contradiction: Either the dead suffer for others’ mourning — or they don’t.

3️⃣ 8. How Many Times Did the Prophet Marry Khadijah?

Sahih Bukhari 3815: “Khadijah was the Prophet’s only wife until she died.”
Sahih Muslim 1425a: “Aisha said: I did not feel jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet except Khadijah, although he married me after her death.”

📌 Contradiction: Aisha implies there were multiple wives during Khadijah’s life, which contradicts the widely taught tradition.

2️⃣ 9. Who Was the First to Accept Islam?

Sahih Bukhari 3857: “The first male to accept Islam was Abu Bakr.”
Sahih Muslim 2413a: “Ali was the first of the boys to accept Islam.”
Al-Tirmidhi 3808: “Zayd ibn Haritha was the first slave to accept Islam.”

📌 Contradiction: Depends on whether one counts adults, children, slaves — or political agendas.

1️⃣ 10. Did the Prophet Forbid Writing Hadiths or Not?

Sahih Muslim 3004a: “Do not write anything from me except the Quran. Whoever writes anything other than the Quran, let him erase it.”
Sahih Bukhari 113: “The Prophet said: ‘Write for Abu Shah.’”

📌 Contradiction: One forbids writing hadiths; the other commands it. Which one reflects his true position?

🧨 Final Verdict: The Sunnah Undermines Itself

If Hadiths are supposed to be the second pillar of Islamic authority — they are built on a foundation of contradictions, fabrications, and forgeries. Even within the Sahih books, basic facts about:

Creation
Revelation
Ritual
History
Ethics
…conflict with each other.

This isn’t revelation. It’s revisionism.

When your second scripture contradicts itself — how can it clarify the first?

Saturday, 21 June 2025

The Quran’s Biblical Borrowing

What the Prophets Never Said

Islam claims to affirm and continue the revelations given to Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus. The Quran repeatedly asserts that it confirms previous scriptures:

“This [Quran] confirms what was before it and serves as a detailed explanation of the Scripture.”
— Surah 10:37

“Say, ‘We believe in what was revealed to us and in what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob… Moses and Jesus… We make no distinction between them.’”
— Surah 2:136

But when we compare what the Quran claims the prophets said with what earlier scriptures actually record, the contradictions become impossible to ignore.

This post lays bare the selective borrowing, textual distortion, and historical rewriting that form the basis of Islam’s claim to prophetic continuity — and shows that the Quran attributes to the prophets words they never said, and doctrines they never taught.

📚 1. Moses: A Lawgiver, Not a Muslim

The Quran presents Moses as a Muslim prophet who preached tawḥīd (strict monotheism) and prepared the way for Islam:

“And Moses said, ‘O my people, if you have believed in Allah, then rely upon Him, if you are Muslims.’”
— Surah 10:84

But the actual Torah (Tanakh) presents a completely different figure:

Uses the name YHWH (Yahweh), never “Allah”
Establishes the Sabbath, animal sacrifices, the Tabernacle, and a priestly system
Gives laws that Islam outright contradicts (e.g., pork forbidden in both, but polytheistic kings and temple systems are absent in Islam)

The core doctrines of Islamic worship (salat, zakat, Ramadan, Mecca, Qibla) are completely missing.

❌ Moses never taught:

Shahada
Prayer toward Mecca
Arabic as sacred language
Pilgrimage to Kaaba
That he was a Muslim

📖 2. David and the Psalms: A Misused Source

The Quran refers to the Zabur, said to be given to David:

“And to David We gave the Zabur.”
— Surah 17:55

But the Psalms (Tehillim) of the Bible:

Are songs, laments, praises, and prophecies — not law codes or Islamic monotheism
Call God by names like Yahweh, Adonai, and El Elyon, not “Allah”
Speak of God’s anointed one (Messiah) in royal, often divine terms (Psalm 2, Psalm 110)

❌ David never said:

“I am a Muslim”
“Worship Allah alone”
“Follow Muhammad”

In fact, the Psalms predict a coming messianic king, not a prophet from Arabia.

✝️ 3. Jesus and the Injil: A Book That Never Existed

The Quran says Jesus was given a scripture:

“We gave him the Injil, in which was guidance and light…”
— Surah 5:46

But this Injil:

Has no historical trace — there is no record of Jesus ever receiving or writing down a book
Is never quoted, cited, or referenced by early Christian writers
Is not the Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John, which were written by eyewitnesses or their companions

Moreover, the Quranic Jesus:

Denies his divinity (Surah 5:116)
Did not die on the cross (Surah 4:157)
Is not the Son of God (Surah 112)

This contradicts the core message of Jesus in every early Christian source:

“I and the Father are one… Before Abraham was, I AM… The Son of Man will give his life as a ransom for many.”

❌ Jesus never said:

“I am a Muslim”
“Worship Allah”
“Follow a prophet after me from Arabia”

📜 4. The Quranic Rewrite Strategy

The Quran doesn’t quote the prophets. It rewrites their messages.

Its method:

Names real figures from the Bible to appear rooted in history
Strips away their actual teachings and context
Replaces them with Islamic doctrine
Claims the originals were corrupted

But this process is theological appropriation, not confirmation. It’s like:

Taking Socrates,
Having him quote Confucius,
And claiming the original dialogues were forged.

🔥 5. Why This Matters

Islam depends on the claim that it confirms the “original message” of all prophets. But if:

Abraham never built the Kaaba
Moses never preached Islam
David never received a Quranic Zabur
Jesus never denied his divinity or predicted Muhammad

…then Islam is not restoring anything. It’s replacing everything.

🧨 Final Verdict

“Quranic eschatology is deeply indebted to Jewish and Christian sources…”
— Angelika Neuwirth

And so is Quranic theology.

But instead of quoting or preserving what the prophets actually said, the Quran fabricates a parallel narrative, tailored to fit Muhammad’s new religious framework.

The prophets of the Bible never taught Islam — and the Quran's version of their words is not confirmation…

…it’s contradiction.

Friday, 20 June 2025

The Qira’at That Didn’t Make the Cut

20 Recitations You’ve Never Heard Of

Islamic tradition holds that the Quran has been perfectly preserved — not just in text, but in pronunciation, sound, and recitation. Muslims proudly cite the "Qira’at" — canonical modes of Quranic recitation — as evidence of divine precision in oral transmission.

But what’s often hidden from the public is this:

Dozens of Qira’at existed in early Islamic history — and most were rejected, lost, or deliberately suppressed.

The Quran was never a single, fixed oral tradition. It was a chaotic cluster of regional recitations, dialectal variations, and competing versions — and what we call "The Quran" today is the outcome of editorial decisions, not divine preservation.

Let’s examine the 20+ Qira’at that didn’t make the cut — and why their existence destroys the myth of a perfectly preserved Quran.

📖 What Are Qira’at?

Qira’at (قراءات) refers to variant methods of reciting the Quran, based on differences in:

Consonants
Vowels
Word forms
Tense
Grammar
Sometimes even meaning

Each Qira’a is traced through a chain of transmitters to a supposed “master reciter” in early Islam — like Nafi‘, Ibn Kathir, Asim, Hamzah, etc.

Today, only seven or ten Qira’at are officially accepted, depending on the school of thought. But early sources show that dozens more existed — and many of them contradict one another in serious ways.

🧨 Why Did So Many Qira’at Disappear?

Simple: they weren’t politically or theologically acceptable.

Under Caliph Uthman (d. 656), variant codices were burned to create a single standard text. Later, Islamic scholars like Ibn Mujahid (d. 936) tried to “canonize” a handful of Qira’at — and exclude the rest.

This wasn't about divine revelation. It was about institutional control.

📜 Examples of Rejected Qira’at

Here are just a few of the Qira’at that didn’t make the canonical list:

Reciter	Issue
Ibn Muwayyis	Accused of corrupting readings; rejected as unreliable
Al-A‘mash	Had many unique readings; often differed from canonical Qira’at
Abu Ja‘far	Originally marginal; only later added to extended canon
Yahya al-Yazidi	Conflicted with more popular reciters; never canonized
Ibn Mahayṣ	Diverged in verse count and syntax
Abu’l-Harith	Had multiple unique deviations, including verse structure
Salim al-Makki	Known for variant basmalah use and divergent grammar
Al-Kisa’i’s students	Had variant forms even from their teacher’s accepted Qira’a

According to early scholars like Ibn al-Jazari, over 50 named Qira’at were circulating — and only a few were eventually selected.

🧪 What Kind of Variations Are We Talking About?

Not mere pronunciation differences — but meaning-altering divergences.

Example 1: Surah 2:222

Hafs: “Allah loves those who purify themselves” (يَتَطَهَّرُونَ)
Ibn Mas‘ud (rejected qira’a): “Allah loves those who fight hard” (يُطَهِّرُونَ)

Example 2: Surah 9:100

Hafs: “and those who follow them with excellence”
Other qira’at: “and those who followed them excellently” — subtle, but shifts who is being praised

Example 3: Surah 3:146

Hafs: “many prophets fought”
Other Qira’a: “many prophets were killed” — major theological impact

These aren’t accents. These are doctrinal divergences.

🔥 Why This Undermines the Preservation Claim

Islamic apologists claim:

“All Qira’at come from Allah.”

But:

Dozens were discarded by human scholars.
Many were mutually contradictory.
Some were declared shadhdh (aberrant), even if they had chains of transmission.

So the obvious question:

❓ If Allah revealed all these Qira’at… why were most burned, banned, or forgotten?

And if the goal was to preserve a single divine message, why allow:

7 official versions in one tradition
10 in another
14 in extended collections
And 20+ more that were valid in early Islam but now forbidden?

This isn’t preservation. It’s human editing.

🧨 Final Verdict

The myth that the Quran was perfectly preserved in “one reading” falls apart when we realize:

Early Islam had dozens of Quranic versions in circulation
Theological and political forces decided which to keep
The “Quran” today is not the unchanged word of God
It is the surviving result of historical filtering

The Qira’at that didn’t make the cut tell us more about how Islam evolved than the ones that did.

📚 Sources for Further Reading

Ibn Mujahid – Kitab al-Sab‘a fi al-Qira’at
Yasin Dutton – Origins of Islamic Law
Shady Hekmat Nasser – The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Quran
Nicolai Sinai – The Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Introduction
Gerd Puin – Studies on the Sana’a Manuscript

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Canon by Men

How Hadith Science Became a Tool of Control

Muslims are taught that the Hadith — sayings and actions of Muhammad — form the bedrock of Islamic law, second only to the Quran. Billions live under legal systems and theological rules based not on divine scripture, but on narrations recorded centuries after Muhammad’s death.

But what if this so-called science of Hadith wasn’t a neutral academic endeavor?
What if it was a political, sectarian, and authoritarian tool — not to preserve Muhammad’s legacy, but to invent it, control it, and weaponize it?

This post shows that Hadith science was canonized by men, not God — and that it evolved into a powerful means of centralizing authority, suppressing dissent, and manufacturing orthodoxy.

🧩 1. What Are Hadiths — and Where Did They Come From?

Hadiths are reports about what Muhammad allegedly said or did. Each Hadith consists of:

An isnad (chain of transmitters)
A matn (content of the report)

But here’s the problem:

Muhammad never ordered his sayings to be recorded.
His earliest followers discouraged writing Hadiths.
For nearly 200 years, Hadiths were passed orally, with no canonical collection.

✅ Historical Timeline:

Muhammad dies: 632 CE
Hadith collections begin: ~mid-8th century
Sahih Bukhari compiled: ~846 CE
Sahih Muslim compiled: ~875 CE

That’s a gap of over two centuries between the events and the recording.

Would any modern court accept a two-century-old hearsay chain as evidence?

⚠️ 2. The Problem of Fabrication

Hadiths weren’t simply forgotten and then recorded.
They were manipulated, fabricated, and multiplied — often for political, sectarian, or legal agendas.

Even early Muslim scholars admitted this.

📚 Ibn Abi Hatim (d. 938):

"I wrote down from more than one thousand teachers, and I do not quote from more than ten."

📚 Bukhari reportedly examined over 600,000 Hadiths

He accepted around 7,000 total
Less than 1.2% made it into his “Sahih” (and many of those are duplicated)

Even Islamic scholars admit that most Hadiths are false. Yet many still govern daily Islamic life.

👑 3. Who Controlled the Canon — and Why?

Hadith canonization was not neutral. It was:

Sectarian: Competing Sunni, Shia, and Ibadi schools had completely different Hadith corpuses.
Political: Rulers used Hadiths to legitimize themselves — and delegitimize rivals.
Selective: Compilers like Bukhari excluded reports that didn’t fit their theology.

For example:

Shia Muslims reject Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim
Sunni Muslims reject Al-Kafi and other Shia collections
Some early Hadiths about Ali, Aisha, and even Muhammad were suppressed to avoid controversy

What made a Hadith "authentic" wasn’t divine revelation. It was what a scholar in Baghdad or Bukhara believed — or what a caliph allowed.

🧠 4. Hadith Science: Objective Method or Scholarly Illusion?

Muslim apologists praise ‘Ilm al-Hadith (science of Hadith) as a rigorous method for verifying authenticity. But its core method — the isnad system — is deeply flawed.

🚫 Problems with Isnad:

Chains were forged — narrators invented entire isnads to authenticate fake Hadiths
Character judgments were biased — narrators were deemed trustworthy based on ideology or tribal loyalties
No access to actual content — chains say nothing about the truth of the matn

The isnad system is a credibility pyramid built on assumptions, memory, and ideological loyalty — not verifiable truth.

🛠️ 5. Hadith as a Tool of Control

Hadiths became a mechanism for religious and political domination. They:

Legislated Sharia where the Quran was silent
Justified violence, punishments, and misogyny
Suppressed dissent with sayings like:
“Whoever innovates in this religion... is to be rejected” (Bukhari 2697)

Hadiths have been used to:

Ban critical thinking (taqlid over ijtihad)
Subjugate women (“deficient in intelligence and religion” – Bukhari 304)
Condemn apostates (“Kill whoever changes his religion” – Bukhari 3017)
Deny freedom of speech (“Silence is wisdom”)

When rulers or scholars wanted control, they produced Hadiths to silence the opposition.

⚖️ 6. The Final Blow: Contradictions and Theological Chaos

Even within the Sahih collections, contradictions abound.

Topic	Contradiction
Alcohol	Some Hadiths permit it, others condemn it harshly
Creation of the world	2 vs 6 vs 7 days — depending on the report
Human destiny	Free will vs strict predestination
Prophet’s knowledge	Claims omniscience in some Hadiths, ignorance in others
Women’s status	Varied rulings on leadership, intelligence, and worth

If Hadiths were divinely preserved — why are they full of contradictions, fabrications, and sectarian bias?

Answer: Because they weren’t revealed. They were invented, selected, and canonized — by men.

🧨 Final Verdict

The so-called “science” of Hadith is not a science.
It’s a retroactive patchwork — stitched together to fill gaps in the Quran, justify power structures, and enforce conformity.

Canon by men, enforced by fear, and revered by billions — without evidence.

If God wanted to preserve the Prophet’s words, He could have done so.

Instead, we got:

Centuries of hearsay
Millions of contradictory reports
A handful of scholars deciding which to keep and which to burn

The result is not divine guidance.

It’s a man-made canon disguised as revelation.

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Islam

A Construct, not a Continuation

Islam claims to be the final chapter in the Abrahamic story — the continuation of the faith of Abraham, the fulfillment of the Torah, the correction of the Gospel, and the seal of all prophecy. It presents itself not as a new religion, but as the restoration of a single, pure, eternal message: submission to the one true God, Allah.

But once we peel back the claims and examine the evidence — historical, theological, textual, and logical — a radically different picture emerges.

Islam is not the continuation of biblical faith. It is a radical revision of earlier religions — borrowing names, stories, and language, only to overwrite them with new doctrines, new laws, and a new prophet.

Let’s break it down.

📜 1. A Book With No Eyewitnesses

The Quran was not written during Muhammad’s lifetime.

Muhammad himself was illiterate (per Islamic tradition — Surah 7:157).
There is no original manuscript from his time.
The Quran was compiled decades later under Caliphs Abu Bakr and Uthman — from scraps, memories, and fragments.
According to Islamic sources themselves (e.g., Sahih Bukhari 4986), entire verses were lost:
“I used to hear the Prophet reciting a verse… but now I cannot find it.”

There were also verses about stoning and breastfeeding adults that were allegedly revealed — then forgotten or eaten by animals (see Sunan Ibn Majah 1944, Sunan al-Kubra).

In short: The Quran is a book:

Written by scribes decades after the prophet’s death,
Assembled under political pressure,
Standardized by burning competing versions,
And riddled with variant readings (qira’at) and missing content.

This is not how divine preservation looks. This is how human redaction works.

🧞‍♂️ 2. A Prophet With No Verified Miracles

Unlike Moses or Jesus — whose miracles are central to their missions — Muhammad performed no publicly verifiable miracles according to the Quran itself.

Quran 17:90–93: People asked Muhammad for signs — he gave none.
Quran 6:37: “Why is no sign sent down?” — Answer: “Allah is able to send a sign, but most don’t understand.”
Quran 29:50: “They say: why has no sign been sent?” — Muhammad replies: “Signs are only with Allah.”

The only “miracle” the Quran points to is the Quran itself — a circular claim:

“This book is a miracle because the book says it’s a miracle.”

The splitting of the moon (Surah 54:1) is vague, metaphorical, and not supported by external evidence. Even early Islamic commentators were divided on whether it was literal, symbolic, or a future prophecy.

In contrast, every miracle attributed to Muhammad — water multiplying, trees walking, moon splitting — comes from Hadiths written 200 years after his death, not the Quran.

So we have:

A prophet who gave no public signs.
A book that contradicts itself and the Bible.
And a movement built on later legends, not eyewitness proof.

📖 3. A Narrative Built by Borrowing — and Distorting

Islam appropriates nearly every major biblical figure:

Abraham becomes the first Muslim.
Moses becomes a proto-Muhammad.
Jesus becomes Isa, a human prophet who wasn’t crucified.

But these versions are not the same:

Biblical Abraham never went to Mecca or built the Kaaba.
Moses’ law is replaced by new Sharia.
Jesus’ crucifixion is explicitly denied (Quran 4:157), contradicting not only all four Gospels, but non-Christian Roman and Jewish sources like Tacitus and Josephus.

Islam borrows the names, but rewrites the roles. It adopts the terms, but revises the meaning.

This isn’t continuation. It’s ideological rebranding.

🔥 4. A Message Enforced by Fear, Not Freedom

Islam claims to be a religion of peace — yet its sacred texts are filled with violence, especially once Muhammad gained power in Medina.

Consider:

Surah 9:5 – “Kill the polytheists wherever you find them…”
Surah 9:29 – “Fight those who do not believe… until they pay jizya with willing submission…”
Sahih Bukhari 3017 – “Whoever leaves Islam — kill him.”

These verses were not metaphorical. They were applied literally in early Islamic history:

The execution of the Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza (600–900 men beheaded)
The invasion and conquest of Arabia, Persia, Egypt, and beyond
The imposition of jizya tax on non-Muslims and the dhimmi status (second-class citizenship)

To this day, many Islamic countries criminalize:

Leaving Islam (apostasy)
Criticizing Islam (blasphemy)
Evangelizing others (conversion)

This is not moral clarity. It’s ideological coercion.

🔐 5. A Theology That Cannot Be Questioned

Islam often shields itself from scrutiny by creating walls of intimidation:

“You must read Arabic to understand it.”
“You are taking it out of context.”
“Only scholars can interpret the Quran.”
“You’re not allowed to question Muhammad.”

This creates an echo chamber where:

Doubt is a sin.
Inquiry is punished.
And obedience is supreme.

The Quran is called "clear" (mubeen) (Surah 26:2, 12:1, 16:89) — yet requires volumes of tafsir (commentary) to be understood.
Which is it — clear or convoluted?

⚖️ 6. A Legal System That Contradicts Human Rights

Sharia law — derived from Quran and Hadith — includes:

Death for apostasy
Stoning for adultery
Flogging for drinking
Amputations for theft
Beating wives (Quran 4:34)
Half inheritance for women (Quran 4:11)
Testimony of two women = one man (Quran 2:282)

This is not justice. This is 7th-century tribal control sacralized as divine law.

🧨 Conclusion: What Islam Really Is

Islam is not the continuation of biblical faith.
It is a radical revision — borrowing just enough to sound familiar, while gutting the foundations of Judaism and Christianity.

A prophet with no verified miracles
A book with no eyewitnesses
A claim of preservation contradicted by manuscript evidence
A theology built on borrowed names, altered meanings, and forceful control

Islam does not reveal divine truth.

It reveals a man-made ideology, constructed in stages, enforced by fear, protected by censorship, and sanctified through selective storytelling.

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

The Myth of a Perfect Qur’an

How Modern Claims Collapse Under Manuscript Evidence

“Not a single letter has changed”—Really?

Over and over, modern Islamic leaders insist that the Qur’an has been perfectly preserved—letter for letter, word for word—since the time of Muhammad. This is not just a popular claim. It’s considered an article of faith. Islamic scholars, converts, and da’wah apologists alike repeat it like a mantra. But here’s the problem: this claim does not survive under the microscope of historical-critical scholarship or manuscript analysis. It is not just misleading—it is demonstrably false.

Let’s look at what they say—and why it doesn’t hold up.

The Repeated Claim of Perfect Preservation

Prominent Islamic figures make astonishingly absolute claims:

Fetullah Gülen, Turkish Islamic cleric:
“The Quran text is entirely reliable. It has not been altered, edited or tampered with since it was revealed. All Muslims know only one Quran, perfectly preserved in its original words since the prophet’s death.”
Convert author (Islam and Muslim):
“The Holy Quran is the only divinely revealed scripture in the history of mankind which has been preserved to the present time in its exact original form.”
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, whose English translation of the Qur’an is widely used:
“The Arabic text we have today is identical to the text as it was revealed to the prophet. Not even a single letter has yielded to corruption.”
Maulvi Muhammad Ali of the Ahmadiyya movement:
“The Quran is one and no copy differing in even a diacritical point is met with... A manuscript with the slightest variation is unknown.”
Dr. Shabir Ally, well-known Islamic debater:
“We have a copy of the Qur’an from 790 AD [MS 2165], and when we compare it to today’s Qur’an, we find them to be exactly identical.”
Dr. Yasir Qadhi, one of the most influential contemporary American Muslim scholars:
“From the time of Uthman up until our time, there hasn’t been two copies of the Quran that are different, even by one letter or one word.”

These are sweeping, unequivocal claims of textual uniformity. But they’re simply not true.

The Qur’an’s Own Claims—A Necessary Lie?

Why do scholars make such bold statements—especially when evidence contradicts them? Because they have to.

The Qur’an itself makes divine claims of protection and immutability:

Surah 15:9 – “Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur’an and indeed, We will be its guardian.”
Surah 85:21–22 – “But this is an honored Qur’an, inscribed in a preserved tablet.”
Surah 18:27 – “None can change His words.”
Surah 10:15 – “Bring us a Qur’an other than this, or change it.” Say, “It is not for me to change it on my own accord.”

If the Qur’an isn’t perfectly preserved, then its claim of divine protection falls flat. And if that claim is false, the entire theological basis of Islam is undermined.

The Actual Evidence: A Fragmented, Evolving Text

Now contrast those idealistic declarations with the hard evidence:

Early Manuscripts Differ
Manuscripts such as the Sanaa Palimpsest (dated as early as late 7th century) contain numerous variants—differences in word order, spelling, and sometimes meaning—compared to the standard Uthmanic text.¹
26 Different Qur’ans Found
Research by Hatun Tash and others has documented the existence of multiple canonical Qur’ans (Hafs, Warsh, Qalun, etc.), with variations in words, letters, and even meaning.² These are not mere pronunciation variants; they affect theology and legal rulings.
Dan Brubaker’s Manuscript Research
Scholar Dan Brubaker has published documented examples of scribal corrections, erased words, additions, and replacements across numerous Qur’anic manuscripts.³ These changes occurred after the time of Uthman and into the Abbasid period—directly contradicting the “unchanged since Uthman” narrative.
Internal Sunni Sources Admit Variation
The hadith literature (e.g., Sahih Bukhari 6:61:510) records a major event: Uthman burned the other Qur’ans. This implies that there were already competing versions. He standardized one recension and destroyed the rest—not because they were identical, but because they were not.

The Disconnect: Why Scholars Repeat the Myth

Why would respected scholars like Yasir Qadhi risk intellectual credibility to maintain such an easily falsifiable myth?

Because, as the video transcript put it:
“They have nowhere to go. The Qur’an makes those claims; therefore, they’ve got to support those claims.”

Islamic leaders aren’t relying on evidence; they’re trapped in dogma. The audience is not supposed to investigate the claim—only to accept it. But the moment someone digs into the manuscript history, the whole illusion unravels.

Conclusion: Faith vs. Facts

Modern Muslim apologists say “not a single letter has changed,” while manuscript evidence shows changes, erasures, and rival versions. They say the Qur’an has been preserved “letter for letter,” while history shows Uthman had to burn dissenting versions to create that illusion. They say “no variant copies exist,” while 26 recognized Qur’ans circulate today.

Islam’s claim of a miraculously preserved scripture is a house of cards. And once you examine the foundations—textual history, manuscript variation, and internal contradictions—the whole structure collapses.

References

Gerd R. Puin and Elisabeth Puin, “Observations on Early Qur’an Manuscripts in San’a,” in The Qur’an as Text, ed. Stefan Wild, Brill, 1996.
Hatun Tash and Jay Smith, The 26 Qur’ans, Pfander Films, 2016.
Daniel Brubaker, Corrections in Early Qur’ān Manuscripts: Twenty Examples, Think and Tell, 2019.
Sahih Bukhari Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 510: Uthman orders all other Qur’ans to be burned.
François Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to the 10th Centuries AD, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection.