The Plagiarisation test on the Author of the Quran

When the book is tested, we find gaping holes in the Islamic narrative that the Quran is a divine book dropped into Muhammad’s lips. There are ample shreds of evidence suggesting Mohammad received the contents of the Quran from other sources and presented them as a message of Allah.

Mohammad, however, also claimed that the material is from nowhere else than the Torah and the Injeel. This is because according to him, Allah was the one who gave Jews and Christians scriptures in ancient times. Mohammad’s claims, however, got rejected in his very days, accusing him of plagiarising. People in his days were quite aware of the differences between scripture and folklore. Mohammad could not defend it like a scholar with proofs and so he used to brush it off verbally without scholarly dispute and dialogue (Contrastingly biblical writers like Paul used to reason with Jews in Synagogues – Acts 18:4, 26). 

It is time to put all this to test and find out whether the Quran is what it claims or what the people of Mohammad’s days claimed. Let me show you some examples  

Quran’s Claims

Yet how will they appoint you a judge when they have the Torah with them, wherein there is Allah’s judgment – and still they turn away from it? The fact is, they are not believers.

Quran 5:43

In the above ayah of the Quran (5:43), Torah is to be the actual judge between Mohammad and his opponents. Similarly, In Surah 5:47, the gospel is to bear witness to the authenticity of the Quran. We have other instances in Quran claiming to be judged by Torah and Gospels, viz., divine scriptures of Jews and Christians (see Sura 4:41).  

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel,……

Quran 7:157

Opponents of the Quran and their claims

In the below ayah, we find claims of opponents that the Quran is borrowed from Jewish folklore and ancient fiction. 

Whenever our revelations are recited to them, they challenge ˹you˺, “We have already heard ˹the recitation˺. If we wanted, we could have easily produced something similar. This ˹Quran˺ is nothing but ancient fables!”

Quran 8:31

Whenever Our revelations are recited to them, they say, “Ancient fables!”

Quran 83:13

Quran witnesses many instances when Mohammad got exposed that he had forged Quran from fairytales and that it had nothing new that Jews or Christians could say it came down from heaven.  We can find some of this in Surah 6:25, Sura 23:82-83, Sura 25:4-6, Sura 27:67-68, Sura 46:17, Sura 68:15.  

The First Test

We will make Quran pass through the test and judge it to verify who is right. Is Quran the direct words from heaven? Is such that there is no book or text similar to it on earth, OR whether there were indeed fairytales in existence before Quran from which Mohammad Plagiarised into Quran.   

Original Source (Rabbinic commentary ) from the Babylonian Talmud

The Babylonian Talmud was written by two Rabbis. The work begun by Rav Ashi was completed by Ravina, who is traditionally regarded as the final Amoraic expounder. Accordingly, traditionalists argue that Ravina’s death in A.D 475^[17] is the latest possible date for the completion of the redaction of the Talmud. Clearly, the Talmud is completed 135 years before Muhammad started receiving the so-called revelations.

Talmud is not Scripture but Commentaries by Religious Leaders

These are not the Torah as delivered to Moses by God

Notice the below portion of the Mishnah from Sanhedrin 37-a (Commentary by a Rabbi of the Jews on Story of Cain and Abel); 

FOR THIS REASON WAS MAN CREATED ALONE, TO TEACH THEE THAT WHOSOEVER DESTROYS A SINGLE SOUL OF ISRAEL,39 SCRIPTURE IMPUTES [GUILT] TO HIM AS THOUGH HE HAD DESTROYED A COMPLETE WORLD; AND WHOSOEVER PRESERVES A SINGLE SOUL OF ISRAEL, SCRIPTURE ASCRIBES [MERIT] TO HIM AS THOUGH HE HAD PRESERVED A COMPLETE WORLD.

Sanhedrin 37-a

The Corresponding Quranic Text

Reading Surah 5:27-32 reveals that the context is in a backdrop of the story of Cain and Abel as in the commentary of Jews cited above. This text of the Quran is indeed a copy of Jewish commentary and not from the Torah itself. The so-called Author of the Quran erred in the forgery. It was a blunder for the Quran to say, “We have decreed upon children of Israel” suggesting it as Allah’s words in Jewish scriptures. Truth is that it was words of men – a rabbinical commentary. 

That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity.¹ ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land.

Quran 5:32

It was a blunder for the Quran to say, “We have decreed upon children of Israel” suggesting it as God’s words in Jewish scriptures. Truth is that it was words of men – a rabbinical commentary.

These words are not part of the Bible

We will continue this series in the next part with more proof and all the arguments of Muslims that since Mohammad was illiterate, he could not have copied from external sources.

Conclusion

The Test results for the First Test is announced. The Author of the Quran has scored as below.

To be continued

End of “The Plagiarising Author of the Quran 1“

Even in his very days, Mohammad got busted for misunderstanding Jewish fairy tales. He assumed those fairytales as divinely inspired scriptures of the Jews (see Surah 6:25, 8:31, 23:82-83, 25:4-6, 27:67-68, 46:17, 68:15, 83:13). One might wonder how Mohammad, who could not read or write (Surah 96:1-5, 7:157), read and copied from Jewish scriptures or fairytales? Islamic sources had left traces that point to the sources of Mohammad’s Judeo-Christian connection.  

The External Evidence

If we go through the Quran and the hadiths we will find lots of written evidence supporting this fact.

• Quran mentions that Mohammad was accused of learning Jewish stories from non-Arabic people(Quran 16:101-104). Saheeh Bukhari also witnesses that there was a Christian person from whom Mohammad learnt his revelations (Bukhari 4:56:814). Islamic historian Ibn-Ishaq (Ibn Ishaq page 180) also mentions this person. So we have witness from three sources – Quran, Saheeh Hadith and Islamic History, giving us Mohammad’s Judeo-Christian connection.  
• Further, Khadija (Mohammad’s first wife), was from a Christian cult. Her father was the leader of tribe. Her cousin Waraqah ibn Naofal was a priest of that christian cult. Hence, the Christian (Gnostic) connection is undeniable.
• Saheeh Bukhari describes that people of the book (Jews/Christians) used to read Hebrew scripture and translate them into Arabic into ears of Muslims (Sahih al-Bukhari 7362).
• Mohammad’s eightth wife (Umm Habiba bint Abu Sufayan) was also a Christian, whose former husband (Ubaydullah Jahsh) was a Christian.
• Bukhari also mentions an incident where Aisha was told some folk stories by two Jewish old ladies which later Muhammad confirmed that he too believes in that folk story(Sahih al-Bukhari 6366). This confirms that Jews used to discuss their stories to Arabian tribals. 
• Another Islamic commentator says prophet hada habit of going to a Christian every evening (Hughes Dictionary of Islam, p. 30, quotes Tafsir –i- Husaini)

Therefore, undeniably plethora of evidence points to Mohammad’s Judeo-Christian sources.

Example No. 2

We have already covered example no. 1 in the previous article (click here).  Now consider the following verse from the Quran.

Thereupon Allah sent forth a raven who began to scratch the earth to show him how he might cover the corpse of his brother. So seeing he cried: ‘Woe unto me! Was I unable even to be like this raven and find a way to cover the corpse of my brother? Then he became full of remorse at his doing

Quran 5:31

This story of the raven sent by Allah to dig a hole to cover the body of Abel, whom Cain slew, is not in the Torah, or any other book of the bible. Mohammad again got this from outside of the Jewish-Christian Scriptures. This is from the folklore of Jewish writer “Pirke De-Rabbi Eli’ezer.” Let us look at it.

The dog which was guarding Abel’s flock also guarded his corpse against all the beasts of the field and all the fowl of the heavens. Adam and his helpmate were sitting and weeping and mourning for him, and they did not know what to do (with Abel), for they were unaccustomed to burial. A raven (came), one of its fellow birds was dead (at its side). (The raven) said: I will teach this man what to do. It took its fellow and dug in the earth, hid it and buried it before them.

Pirke De Rabbi Eliezer XXI

Conclusion

In the first part (Surah 5:32 discussed in the first article of this series), Mohammad confused rabbinical commentary to be a Jewish Torah passage. Here again, he is accepting a Jewish fable for their scriptures. He is ready to take whatever comes in his way.  Few Muslims have objected that the Jewish writer of folklore “Pirke De-Rabbi Eli’ezer ” as a post-Islamic (based dating of the manuscript) writer. Unfortunately for them, Christians have shown there is another manuscript that dates back to the pre-Islamic era.

This again proves Quran is not words from heaven rather they are copied from earthly books by The Plagiariser Mohammad.  We will continue to expose the holy book of the Muslims.   

End of “A Plagiarism check through the Quran 2 – Insider Story“

Plagiarism Check – Example No. 3

Surah 19 titled Mariyam (Mary) is about the birth of Jesus through Mary. The initial part is about the birth of “John the Baptist”. the son of Zacharias. Ayat sixteen onwards speaks about Mary’s pregnancy and Jesus in her womb.  Let us see that passage. I am showing some relevant verses of the context.

16.  And mention, [O Mohammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east. 17. And she took, in seclusion from them, a screen. Then We sent to her Our Angel [i.e., Gabriel], and he represented himself to her as a well-proportioned man.19. He said, “I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy [i.e., son].”20. She said, “How can I have a son, when no man has touched me, and I was never unchaste?”

29. So she pointed to him (baby Jesus). They said, “How can we speak to an infant in the crib?” 30. He (Baby Jesus) said, “I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture, and made me a prophet.33. And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive.” That is Jesus, the son of Mary – the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

Quran 19:16-33 (Paraphrased)

Aayat 16 mentions Gabriel (Jibril) visiting Mary and announcing the birth of the Savior. Mary is shocked. She then questions the angel of Allah (Jibril) how can she being virgin give birth. To which Jibril replies it is not hard for me. Then Mary relocates herself to a remote place and gives birth to Jesus. After a while when she moves back to her people, people begin to question her.

Then Mary instead of defending the baby, it’s Jesus defending his Mother. And talking kid Jesus – the imaginative Jesus which is not the Jesus of the bible, replies to the accusers of Mary his mother that he is a prophet. Mohammad took this fiction of talking baby Jesus from Gnostic sources. This fiction is from the Arabic Infancy Gospel of Savior. Check it below,  

We find (1) what follows in the book of Joseph the high priest, who lived in the time of Christ. Some say that he is Caiaphas. (2) He has said that Jesus spoke, and, indeed, when He was lying in His cradle said to Mary His mother: I am Jesus, the Son of God, the Logos, whom thou hast brought forth, as the Angel Gabriel announced to thee; and my Father has sent me for the salvation of the world.

Arabic Infancy Gospel

Plagiarism Check – Example 4

This fanciful story is nowhere in the Christian scriptures. Muhammad made a mess and laughing stock of himself.  What is still funnier is that according to divine Allah, Mary is the sister of Aaron.

27. Then she (Mary) came to her people, carrying him (baby Jesus). They said, “O Mary, you have done something terrible. 28. O sister of Aaron, your father was not an evil man, and your mother was not a whore.”

Quran 19:27-28

Mohammad confuses Miriam the sister of Aaron and Moses with Mary the mother of Jesus. Moses and Aaron were born 1500 years before Jesus. On the other hand, Mary the mother of Jesus is not Miriam, the sister of Prophet Moses and Aaron. Cheater Mohammad made a big blunder!

Muslims who realize this mistake make corrections in the English translations of the Quran by a miserable twist. They mention that by the Arabic word for ‘sister’, Mohammad meant the daughter of Aaron. Now we all know that a sister cannot be a daughter. Had Mohammad said Mary was the daughter of Aaron, then it could be stretched to say that she was Aaron’s daughter as a descendant. However, a sister is different from a daughter. Without a doubt, Mohammad was indeed confused with Miriam and Mary. No matter what defence Islamic apologists put, Mohammad, made another blunder in Surah 66 ayat 12.

And Mary, the daughter of ʿImrān, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into through Our angel, and she believed in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly obedient.

Quran 66:12

Plagiarism Check – Example 5

Again, Mohammad confuses Miriam the daughter of Imran, the sister of Moses and Aaron, (Exo 6:20) to be Mary the mother of Jesus. We can quote more of Mohammad’s blunders reading through the Quran. For example in Surah 20:90-95, Quran claims Moses confronted Aaron and the Samaritan for making the golden calf. Now Samaritans a mixed ethnicity that came 725 years after Moses and Aaron and the golden calf incident. They were the mixed breed of Israelites and Assyrians when Assyrians had captured ten tribes of Israel (2 Kings 17:29).

We can therefore conclude that Allah is the imaginative creation of desert thief Mohammad. He spoke in Quran from half-baked knowledge of his buddies. This again proves Quran is not words from heaven rather they are copied from earthly books by the thief Mohammad. 

End of “A Plagiarism Check through the Quran 3 – Mischievous Prophet“