These two books are held in great reverence by billions of people. It's valuable to research them, to understand the words that are influence the lives of so many.

1. The Quran and the Holy Bible
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1 - Perceptions

3. The Quran
The Quran has been described as
the closest thing to the incarnation
of Allah, the very essence of God,
proof of the truth of Islam, perfect,
miraculous, literary excellence,
preeminent in its beauty, and
unmatchable.

4. The Quran
The Quran has 5 defenses:
1)It defends itself;
2)It has fulfilled prophecies;
3)It contains mathematical
patterns;
4)It reveals scientific truthes before
their discovery; and
5)It has never changed.

5. The Quran
However, upon investigtion:
1) Everyone proclaims their own innocence,
especially the guilty;
2) It has no major prophecies, and at least one
of its prophecies - that the Quran itself will
be protected from change (15:9) - has failed;
3) Mathematical patterns can be found in the
texts of many books, including fiction;
4) The scientific presentations are incorrect;
and
5) Historical records show that the Quran has
been changed, especially in the early years.

6. The Holy Bible
People with even the slightest
learning about the Bible know that it
is a collection of 66 books written in
several different periods of ancient
history: 39 from Judaism and 29
specific to the teachings of Jesus
Christ. These books were written by
a variety of authors in their
languages - Hebrew, Arabic and
Greek - as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

7. The Holy Bible
Many of the books in the Bible
contain anecdotes in chronological
order of actual historical events.
Several of the books contain
prophecies, most of which have
already been fulfilled but many yet
to be fulfilled. Some of the books are
more like collections of poetry, songs
and proverbs. Some are lists of laws
and instructions for godly living. All
represent the mind of God.

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2 - Verification of Truth

9. The Quran
The whole Quran is said to be
revealed only to Muhammad by
revelations given to him by the
angel Gabriel. There are no other
authors, witnesses or
corroborators. The biggest
challenge this method presents
are Muhammad's claims about
himself as written in the Quran.

10. The Holy Bible
It's common to have Bible books and
passages which repeat the telling of an
event. This adds to the Bible's
credibility. Multiple witnesses confirm
and validate the stories and facts
presented in the Bible. The Bible records
that Jesus made claims about His own
deity, but He never personally wrote any
of the passages of the Bible.

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3 - Alterations Over Time

12. The Quran
The Quran says of itself that it will
be protected from change. (15:9)
Islamic teachers says that,
though the Bible has changed
over the years, the Quran never
has.

13. The Quran
According to hadith, the Quran came
to Muhammad a few verses at a
time in his personal times in the
cave. Being illiterate, Muhammad
spoke the verses to literate
Muslim followers.
However, . . .

14. The Quran
However, over time, his own version of
the verses changed enough to cause
heated arguments between those
who heard them from Muhammad's
own mouth at different times. Upon
hearing the arguments, Muhammad
didn't set the record straight, he just
told them to stop arguing. (Sahih
Bukhari, vol. 6, book 61)

15. The Quran
The Quran had not been collected into a single
book in Muhammad's lifetime. After he
died, Muslim leaders realized that there
were too many differing versions of the
verses, so Zaid ibn Thabit set out to collect
all of the verses and put them in one
standard book. His task was difficult, but
when he finished, he gave the book to
Muhammad's widow to protect it. It was
later found that Zaid had left a section out,
accidentally. It was added.

16. The Quran
Later, khalifa Uthman ordered that the Quran be
standardized, again, took the widow's book,
edited it, made and distributed copies of the
new version, and then ordered all previous
versions to be burned. However, some
people, like Ubay ibn Ka'b, a man that
Muhammad had set aside as "the best reciter
of the Quran", disputed Uthman's version,
because they had heard left out verses
directly from Muhammad, and continued to
recited them.

17. The Quran
It is thought that, because the Quran is
still written in only its original
language, and never translated, it is
perfectly unaltered. In fact, within
a century of Muhammad's death, a
council of Muslim leaders met
purposely to "fix" the Quran in
order to strengthen their political
power.

18. The Quran
With regards to the hadith, though, even
the earliest written biographies of
Muhammad, which came hundreds of
years after he died, admit to
purposeful alterations. They were
altered to remove shameful,
distressing and unbelievable stories of
Muhammad. In essence, he was
Photoshopped to be more attractive
each time his stories were retold.

19. The Quran
How do experts today explain the
many variations of the Quran,
especially in the early years?
They say it was the will of Allah.
But if that is so, then why do so
many dismiss the facts and
claim that the Quran has never
changed?

20. The Holy Bible
Very few scholars seriously question the
accuracy of the common translations of
the Holy Bible. And as time goes on,
more and more archeological discoveries
reveal documents closer to the original
writings, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls,
and significant discrepancies have never
been found. In fact, today's translations
are probably more accurate than they
were in Muhammad's time.

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4 - Accessibility

22. The Quran
The Quran is available in several languages, but
is only considered inspired and authentic
when in Arabic. The Quran has many
references to the Book (the Holy Bible) which
is presented as God's inspired word, both Old
and New Testaments. The 66 books of the
Bible had already been canonized for more
than 200 years before Muhammad started
the Quran. His wife's cousin was a Christian,
as well as other influential people in his life.
Muhammad was illiterate, though. He spoke
the Quran in Arabic to scribes.

23. The Holy Bible
Has been translated to more than 2500
languages, and each is considered to
authentic. God originated the multitude
of languages at the Tower of Babel for
the purpose of spreading people across
the globe. All languages are His
languages, and His Word is just as clear
and true in all of them.

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5 - Prophecies of the Prophets

25. The Quran
The Quran mentions Muhammad by
name only 4 times. But what the Quran
says about him is self-proclaimed, since
Muhammad wrote it. If it praises
Humammad, he was praising himself.
Here are 2 references: Muhammad is
the ideal model of conduct for Muslims
(33:21), and true believers are not
allowed to question his decisions
(33:36).

26. The Quran
Muslims teachers claim that the
Holy Bible (the Book) prophecies
the coming of Muhammad in
Deuteronomy 18:18 and John
16:12. But, read in context, the
man in Deuteronomy is Jewish
and the Comforter in John is
clearly the Holy Spirit.

27. The Holy Bible
The Gospels record the conversations of
Jesus. He spoke of many things, teaching
the ways of God, explaining how faith
works, expressing His love for people,
criticizing religious hypocrites and those
who lacked faith, and prophesying the
future. Before His crucifixion, Jesus often
told His followers that He would die, be
buried for 3 days and rise again. Those
prophesies came true in His lifetime.

28. The Holy Bible
Jesus also prophesied about the
destruction of Jerusalem, which came
true in 70AD. He prophesied the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which
happened about a month and a half
after He ascended to Heaven. And He
prophesied events of the end times and
Judgment Day, including His return to
gather the saints. We are stil waiting for
those prophesies to be fulfilled. .

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6 - Quoting in Context

30. The Quran
In quoting from the Quran to defend the
goodness of Islam, verses are quite
often taken out of context. For
example, 5:32, a verse quoted to say
that murder is wrong in Islam, is
actually immediately sandwiched
between a reference to not murdering
Jews specifically, and an order to
murder and dismember those who
fight against Islam.

31. The Holy Bible
In quoting the Bible to defend the goodness of
Christians, verses are quite often taken out of
context. For example, in John 3:16, Jesus tells
someone that believing in God's Son will get a
person eternal life, and is the most quoted verse
in all of Christianity. However, it's recorded in
Matthew, Mark and Luke, when another man
asks Jesus about acquiring eternal life, Jesus tells
him to sell all that he has, give the money to the
poor, then follow Jesus. These verses, though
repeated in the Gospels, are almost never
quoted by so-called Christians today.

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7 - Infallability

33. The Quran
The Quran has never undergone a
systematic examination of the earliest
manuscripts against the entire Quranic
tradition. About a century after
Muhammad's death the Quran was
modified to command political and
religious unity to support the growing
political power of the time, rather than
to be preserved perfectly from the
time of Muhammad.

34. The Holy Bible
During the last 300 years, the New Testament
has undergone rigorous textual research,
studies of how well the text has been
transmitted from the earliest available Greek
manuscripts through today. Those studies
have demonstrated that the transmission of
the New Testament books from their original
forms until now has happened faithfully
without calling into question any cardinal
doctrine of the Christian faith.

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8 - Pre-Muhammad History

36. The Quran
Since the Quran recognizes the Book,
meaning the Holy Bible as we have
it today, Creation, the Flood, the
Tower of Babel, the calling of
Abraham, the Exodus of the Jews
from Egypt, the kings of Judah and
Israel, and the prophets of God are
all considered actual historical
events.

37. The Holy Bible
The Holy Bible as we have it today, records
in a fair amount of detail the Creation of
the world, the Flood of Noah, the Tower of
Babel, the calling of Abraham, the Exodus
of the Jews from Egypt, the kings of Judah
and Israel, and prophets of God, and many
other events, people and places. All of
these are considered actual historical facts
that have been or could be verified with
evidence from archeaology.

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9 - Post-Muhammad History

39. The Quran
In the Hadith writings, the earliest
of commentaries on the Quran
and Muhammad, we learn
about Muslim traditions that
are based on how Muhammad
lived his life.

40. The Holy Bible
After the ascension of Jesus into
heaven, about 120 of His disciples
received the Holy Spirit, as Jesus
had promised. This was the birth
of the Church. The book of Acts
records many events related to
the initial growth of the Church.

41. The Holy Bible
By the time Muhammad died, some 600
years later, the Church had undergone many
changes. One of the largest of which was
the establishment of government protected
institutions, the largest of which was the
Roman Catholic Church, led by a pope.
There were several non-Roman Catholic
church institutions, however, and it wasn't
uncommon for churches to compete for
political authority.

42. The Holy Bible
Very often church institutions
which claim to represent the
living Body of Christ in the world,
behave in ways quite opposite to
what Christ had taught and what
His disciples reinforced.

43. The Holy Bible
Today, in very general terms, there are
2 types of Christians: those who believe
in heirarchial structure of a human
organization where only the top leaders
are led of the Holy Spirit; and those
who believe that the Holy Bible can be
read and understood by all people and
individuals can be filled with God's Holy
Spirit and led by Him.

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10 - Supplemental Books

45. The Quran
Hadith are books about the traditions
surrounding Muhammad that were
assembled about 200-250 years after
Muhammad died. Ibn Hisham and Sahih
Bukhari are two highly respected
authors. Ibn Ishaq’s "Sirat Rasul Allah" is
also an important source, having been
written less than 200 years after
Muhammad's death. But some scholars
disapprove of Ibn Ishaq's methods.

46. The Quran
There are no historical documents from
the same time period as Muhammad
to confirm the accuracy of the Hadith.
These books were not written in at a
time close to the event, nor were they
written by eyewitnesses. The stories in
the Hadith were passed orally by
respected men, although tools for
writing books were well developed by
the seventh century.

47. The Quran
To many Muslims, respecting the
honored leaders of old is more
important than establishing the
accuracy of what those men said. Is
there factual historical data from
independent sources revealing the
greatness of the legendary leaders,
the imams who passed on the
traditions in the hadith?

48. The Quran
Consider and example: Today, while former US
President Bill Clinton is still alive, there are
people who revere the ex-president and love to
share many stories of his accomplishments,
and there are people who despise him and love
to insist that he was so bad as president that
he was impeached - and he was a terrible
human for lying and cheating. After 200 years
of only the people who respect Bill Clinton
retelling the stories, but never writing anything
down, will the final story be in any way
accurate? Not likely.

49. The Holy Bible
While Christians find great
interest and inspiration in the
writings of many authors and
historians, the Holy Bible stands
alone. It can be logically
understood and appreciated by
all who have the ability to read
and think critically. No other
books or articles are needed to
understand it.

50. The Holy Bible
Unfortunately, many leaders of
Christianity today, including leaders of
denominations and Christian
universities overly complicate the Holy
Bible and some are foolish enough to
add or take away portions of the Bible
that they say are no longer relevant.
Such people are called false teachers,
and should be ignored.

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11 - As a Reference Book

52. The Quran
The Quran is rarely used at all as a
reference book. And even more
rarely as a standalone authority.

53. The Holy Bible
The Holy Bible is often used as the
final authority in settling spiritual
matters. It's interpretation is to be
open, not to be restricted to
anyone, regardless of social status.

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