60 Questions to ask Muslims
Now that you know Muslims will get mad easily by asking them too many
questions they don't want to answer, we suggest the following:
-Pick one or two questions.
-Be very kind in your tone.
-Be patient for their answer.
-Do not condescend.
-Pray for them to see the truth.
a.. Muslims claim, that a proof the Koran was from God, is that it
contains scientifically accurate information about Embryology before man
discovered it for himself. However, all the information in the Koran
regarding Embryology is copied from three sources, 1. A Greek doctor named
Galen, who lived of 150 AD. 2. A Jewish doctor named Samuel ha-Yehudi who
lived 150 AD. 3. the Greek father of medicine Hippocrates who lived 400
BC.
My question is: in light of the fact that all the information contained in
the Koran was already in print by these three doctors, will you retract
the
argument on Embryology? If not, will you supply one detail revealed in the
Koran about Embryology, that was not already revealed or that was new?
b.. Muslims claim, that a proof that the Koran was from God is that it
contains scientifically accurate information about Embryology, yet in
86:6-7
the Koran says, "man was created from ejected liquid- Proceeding from
between the backbone and the ribs". This echoes the scientific error of
Hippocrates who believed semen originates, from the brain down the spinal
chord, before passing through the kidneys and finally out of the body.
(Hippocratic Writings, Penguin Classics, 1983, p. 317) My question is: do
you reject modern science and believe the Koran when it says sperm
originates from the mid-gut section of a man's body.
c.. Muslims quote an article written in 1957 by the Jehovah's Witnesses
who stated there were 50,000 errors in the translation of the King James
version. My question is: Even if this were true, (which of course it is
not), how does this prove there is corruption in the original Greek MSS
from
which the King James version was translated?
d.. Muslims claim, that the many different translations of the English
Bible will render a single text with many different words and phrases. You
said this was proof the Bible is corrupted and that the Koran reads
exactly
the same way everywhere in the world in Arabic. My question is: Since the
many English translations of the Koran also render a single text with many
different words, does that proof that the Koran is corrupted?
e.. Muslims believe the word Allah was used by Jesus when he hung on the
cross. The Bible records that Jesus said "Eli Eli lama sabachthani", but
you
say Jesus really cried out to Allah and said "Allah, Allah lama
sabachthani"
My question is: Would you please explain why you would use this argument
when you don't believe Jesus ever hung on the cross? And second, since
Jesus
was quoting Ps 22:1 on the cross, isn't rather unlikely that both the
Hebrew
Old Testament and the Greek New Testament are wrong using Eli, a Hebrew
word, rather than Allah, an arab word?
f.. Muslims chide Christians because the earliest complete copies of the
Bible were written 300 years after the originals of the first century. Yet
Muslim scholars state the earliest copy of the Koran was written no
earlier
than 150 years after Muhammad died. My question is: in light of this fact,
how could the Koran possibly be better than the Bible and would you please
state the name and location and date of the earliest Koran you believe to
be
in existence?
g.. Both the Samarqand MSS is in Tashkent, and the MSS housed in the
Topkapi Museum in Istanbul are written in the script style called "Kufic".
And not the earlier style known as Ma'il or Mashq. This fact is the reason
Muslim scholars date these manuscripts no earlier than 200 years after
Muhammad died. My question is: leaving aside blind faith and wishful
thinking, what evidence do you supply that these MSS were written any
earlier?
h.. The British Museum in London has an ancient copy of the Koran
written
in the Ma'il style of script, but practicing Muslim scholar Martin Lings,
who is the former curator for the manuscripts of the British Museum, dates
this manuscript at 790 AD. My question is: Apart from just making the
claim,
what evidence do you supply that this MSS were written any earlier?
i.. The text of the Koran in 37:103 reads "they had both submitted their
wills (became Muslims)" while the Arabic text of the Tashkent MSS gives
the
exact opposite meaning, "they did not submitted their wills" (they did NOT
become Muslims.) My question is: have you actually read the Tashkent MSS
for
yourself in this passage and how do you explain this textual variation
given
your comments on the miracle of the perfect Koran?
j.. Qur'an 18:9, makes into real history, the second century myth of 7
Christian youths who were persecuted for their faith and went to sleep in
a
cave for 300 years and then woke up with no ill effects. In the original
myth the hero is a Christian, but in the Koran the hero is a Muslim. My
question is: in the absence of any copyright laws when the Koran was
written, are you at least prepared to pay compensation to the living
relatives of the author of this myth? If not, would you be in favor of
going
starting up a charity fund to compensate for damages of copyright
infringement?
k.. Koran 5:116, represents Christians as wor****pping Mary which is a
historical error. Given the fact that the pagan Arabs did wor****p Mary's
idol in the Kaba, and that history records no group of Christians had ever
wor****ped Mary at this time, my question is would you please name the sect
of Christians who wor****ped Mary at the time of Muhammad?
l.. Muslim's reject the doctrine of inherited sin of Adam but teach the
Immaculate Conception of Mary. The reason the doctrine of the Immaculate
Conception was invented was to remove inherited sin. My question is: since
you reject the doctrine of inherited sin and believe all men are born
without sin, why do Muslim's teach the doctrine of the Immaculate
Conception
of Mary?
m.. In Koran 7:125, death by crucifixion is stated to exist at the time
of
Moses in 1500BC. Yet Encyclopedia Britannica, in harmony with all records
of
history, re****ts that crucifixion did not exist any earlier than 500 BC.
My
question is: to how do you explain this blaring historical error, and do
you
just disregard the history of the world merely because the Karen says
otherwise?
n.. Muslim scholar, Tabbarah, said in his book, The Spirit of Islam,
"Moslems do not wor****p the Black Stone, but only show special reverence
and
veneration for its dignity and they kiss it only after the example of the
Prophet and to keep their Covenant with God to obey His Will and avoid His
disobedience." (Tabbarah, The Spirit of Islam, p. 173, Muslim). Focusing
on
Tabbarah's key phrase of showing reverence and veneration to the Black
Stone, My question is do you see any difference between the Muslim
practice
of kissing showing reverence and venerating the Black Stone and the
Catholic
practice of pope John Paul II kissing the statute of the Virgin Mary with
reverence and veneration?
o.. Informed Christians know there is no passage and the Koran that says
the Bible is lost altered or corrupted. My question is would you please
list
all the passages you know where the Qur'an says the Bible that was in the
hands of the Christians at the time of Muhammad had been corrupted?
p.. Muslims will quote Quran 2:79 as a verse where the Koran says the
canon of the Bible is corrupted, "Then woe to those who write the Book
with
their own hands, and then say: "This is from God," to traffic with it for
miserable price!" My question is: If this verse refers to the corruption
of
the Bible, then why did Muhammad command Christians to follow the Bible
they
possessed in 600 AD in Quran 2:89; 7:157? And is this the only verse in
the
Koran that says the Bible is corrupt? (see also Quran 2:40-42,126,136,285;
3:3,71,93; 4:47,136; 5:47-51, 69,71-72; 6:91; 10:37,94; 21:7; 29:45,46;
35:31; 46:11)
q.. Muslims will quote Jer 8:8 as proof that the Old Testament canon is
corrupt, "How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the Lord is with
us'?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie" Yet this
verse is clearly speaking of the written scribal interpretations of the
Bible as Jesus condemned in Mt 15:1-14. Here Jesus accused the Scribes of
the same thing regarding wa****ng of hands and Corban, "you invalidate the
written word of God for the sake of your tradition." My question is: is
this
the only text in the Bible where you claim the canon was corrupted? If not
quote the other texts.
r.. How can Muslims claim there are no textual variations in the Koran,
when the Tashkent MSS differs from the modern Egyptian Qur'an in 5
passages:
2:284, 2:283, 3:37, 3:109 and 5:119. The Tashkent MSS uses the word
'Allah'
while the modern Egyptian Qur'an, uses the word 'huwa' (the pronoun 'he').
My question is: Which word do you believe are in the "preserved master
tablet" and "mother of all books" in heaven?
s.. The yearly Passover ritual began the same year it was initiated in
the
10th plague and continued uninterrupted for 1500 years. The weekly Lord's
supper ritual began the same week that Christ was crucified and has
continued ever since for 2000 years. The Islamic rituals just come out of
nowhere, 2600 years after Abraham lived. Being as unbiased as you possibly
can, My question is: are not the Jewish and Christian rituals more likely
to
be based on real history since the rituals of Islam that just pop out of
nowhere 2600 years later?
t.. The "Throw" is a reenactment ritual based upon Abraham and the "Run"
is a reenactment ritual based upon Hagar. My question is: Did Adam perform
the throw and the Run, and if not exactly when did they become part of
Islamic ritual and do you have any actual historical evidence to sup****t
such?
u.. Given the fact that Isaac Watt, said in his book, Islam and
Christianity Today, "By the standards of modern historiography, the
crucifixion of Jesus is one of the most certain events in past history"
(Watt, Islam and Christianity Today, p. 144). My question is: What
historical evidence do you give outside of the Qur'an that Jesus did not
die
on across?
v.. If all Muslim's must reject the crucifixion of Christ based on the
Koran and all Christians must reject Muhammad as a prophet based on the
Bible, my question is: on exactly what basis do you believe Christianity
and
Islam are compatible religions?
w.. Given the fact that the gospel of Barnabas is the 15th century
forgery
by Muslims, my question is: why do you quote this do***ent as proof that
early Christians denied the crucifixion of Christ and what proof do you
offer that it is not a Muslim forgery?
x.. Muslim's will quote Yusuf Ali's comment in footnote 663, as proof
that
the three early Christian sects of Marcion, Docetism, Basilides, denied
the
crucifixion of Christ. Given the fact the three sects are condemned as
false
teachers, deceivers and the anti-Christ in six Bible passages (1 John
1:1,14; 2:22; 4:1-3; 5:6; 2 John 7) My question is: on what basis do you
claim they are Christian sects and isn't it as much of a misrepresentation
for you to quote these Gnostic sects as Christians who deny the
crucifixion,
as it would be a misrepresentation for Christians to quote the Baha'i
faith
as proof Muhammad was not the final Prophet? (The holy Qur'an, text,
translation and commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. 1872-1952, First
published
in 1938, 1973 ed., p. 230, footnote 663, commenting on 4:157)
y.. The Koran says in 4:157, that God causes someone who looked like
Jesus
to die on the cross in his place, therefore tricking the apostles of
Christ
into thinking he was crucified. My question is: how can you escape the
fact
that the rise of Christianity to the largest religion in the world is
ultimately the result of the divine action of Allah?
z.. The deity of Jesus is affirmed four times in Hebrews chapter 1.
Jesus
Christ is called the son of God, wor****ped by Angels, called God by the
Father and stated to be the creator. Given the fact that you would say
that
this is a textual corruption of the original gospel message, my question
is
would you not agree that this corrupted text does indeed call Jesus God?
aa.. The Islamic religion teaches that Jesus Christ was a practicing
Muslim. My question is: is this any less ridiculous than if Christians
said
Muhammad was a practicing Buddhist?
ab.. Muslim's claim that Isaiah 42 is a prophecy of Muhammad. Yet Isaiah
53 is one of the foremost prophecies of the crucifixion of Christ in the
entire Old Testament. My question is: on what basis do you feel Isaiah 42
is
uncorrupted which prophecies Muhammad, but Isaiah 53 is corrupted that
prophesies the crucifixion of Christ?
ac.. My question is: If you feel the Bible is so corrupted, than why do
you quote Deut 18:18 and John 16:13 as uncorrupted prophecies of
Muhammad's
comment in the sixth century AD.
ad.. Acts 19:23-41 mentions a religion that wor****pped the great goddess
Artemis and her meteorite which fell down from heaven. Taking note that
this
religion centered around a meteorite, my question is: is it possible that
this is a pagan corruption of the Black Stone and meteorite that fell at
the
foot of Adam and that at the time of Christ the Black Stone was actually
in
Ephesus Asia minor?
ae.. Galatians 1:6-9 Apostle Paul says "I am amazed that you are so
quickly deserting Christ for a different religion. But even if an angel
from
heaven, should preach to you a different religion, let him be accursed."
My
question is: Do you think it possible that this is a genuine text from God
and he foresaw that both Muhammad and Joseph Smith would be taught a new
religion by an angel?
af.. Before the discovery of the dead sea scrolls in 1947 the earliest
copy of the Old Testament was the Massoretic Text dated at 1000 AD. The
dead
sea scrolls are dated at 100 B.C. contain 19 copies of Isaiah, 25 copies
of
Deuteronomy and 30 copies of Psalms that are virtually identical to what
we
have in our Bible's today. My question is: since you believe the Old
Testament was corrupted long before the dead sea scrolls were written in
100
B.C., will you at least admit that there has been no further corruption of
the Old Testament since 100 B.C. right down to the present?
ag.. In Jude 3; 2 Peter 1:3; John 16:13 and 2 Tim 3:16 the Bible is
called
an all sufficient book with no need for anything else in regards to how we
live our lives or wor****p God. You claim the same thing for the Qur'an. My
question is: how can the Qur'an be all sufficient in our wor****p of Allah,
if it does not even mention something as im****tant as praying five times a
day and does this not prove that the Koran without the Hadith is like a
car
without an engine?
ah.. The Huleatt Manuscript was written in 50 AD and is actually a
prayer
addressed to Jesus and calls Jesus "God". Therefore, Christians have in
their possession archeological inscriptions within 20 years of Christ's
resurrection that say he is God. My question is: Do you know of any
archeological inscription dated within 100 years of Muhammad's death where
he is called a prophet? If so, please name it.
ai.. The Bible contains over 60 distinct prophecies of Jesus Christ 1000
years before hand. My question is: what is the single most remarkable
prophecy that Muhammad made that was fulfilled?
aj.. Muslim's believe the Bible is corrupted. Yet in Isa 40:22 and three
other passages. (Prov 8:27; Amos 9:6 Job 26:10) it says the earth is round
and not flat. Job 26:7 says the earth is free-floating in space: "he hangs
the earth on nothing." Both these facts are scientifically accurate, and
revealed in the Bible long before man discovered it for himself. My
question
is: Are these passages scientifically accurate corruption's?
ak.. Muslims proudly quote several passages in the Koran 30:48; 24:43,
as
scientifically accurate explanations of the hydrologic water cycle. My
question is: given the fact the Bible had already fully do***ented the
hydrologic water cycle 1600 before the Koran in Job 36:27-28, and 3 other
passages (Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Eccl 1:6-7), doesn't this proof Muhammad
merely copied the scientific facts of the hydrologic water cycle directly
from the Bible? (Clouds hold water: Eccl 11:3; Job 26:8; Rivers recycle
water: Eccl 1:6-7; Evapouration: Amos 9:6)
al.. The 66 books of the Bible were written by 40 different men over a
period of 1600 years with multiple threads of unified themes that span
cover
to cover. My question is: would you not agree that in contrast to the
Bible,
that the Qur'an is a jumble of disjointed material, without order,
continuity or unity of any kind?
am.. Muslims authorities refuse to release photographs of the ancient
Topkapi manuscript in Istanbul, one of the three oldest Korans in
existence.
My question is: do you have any idea why Muslim authorities refuse to
release do***entary photographs of the Topkapi manuscript in Istanbul and
what they are afraid for the world to see?
an.. Muslims have repeatedly claimed that Muslim women have more rights
in
Islam then Western women do in Canada and the USA. The proof you supplied
with the fact that Islam gave women the right to vote 1400 years ago but
women in the West only got the right to vote 100 years ago. My question
is:
would you please name one country in the world today that is ruled by a
Islamic "Shariah" law where women are permitted to vote?
ao.. Muslim's claim that their growth rate is 235 percent and 47 percent
for Christianity. This statistic came from the Readers Digest Almanac and
Yearbook 1983, and represents 235 percent increase over 50 years. A simple
review of the readers Digest study shows that the growth rate of Islam vs.
Christianity is directly linked to the birth rate in Third World countries
where Islam dominates and not actual conversions to each religion. My
question is: do you have any more recent statistics on an annualized
basis?
ap.. Muslims claim that Jesus prayed using the Muslim prayer posture,
along with all the prophets. Yet Jesus instructed his disciples to pray
while standing up. (Mark 11:25), King David prayed while sitting in (2 Sam
7:18), and Paul instructed prayer in church with hands lifted up in the
air.
(1 Tim 2:8) My question is: If Jesus was a Muslim, why would he instruct
his
disciples to pray standing up? And when it says Jesus fell on his face and
prayed, how do you know he was not fully prostrate?
aq.. Muslims claim that Muhammad always wor****pped Allah in a 100%
correct
way, without the need for any restoral. My question is: If this is true,
then why did Muhammad pray towards Jerusalem for the first 5 years of his
prophethood, and later redirected his prays towards Mecca? And did Jesus
pray towards Mecca 5 times a towards Jerusalem or Mecca?
ar.. The Bible defines a miracle as something that defies the laws of
nature. Muslims claim the Koran is a miracle merely because it was
allegedly
transmitted perfectly without alteration and flaw till the second coming.
Since the Harry Potter books will certainly be transmitted perfectly
without
alteration or flaw, and be around until the second coming, my question is:
does this make the Harry Potter books a miracle like the Koran?
as.. Muslims claim that in Isa 42:1 Muhammad fulfilled the expression
"bring forth justice to the nations" indicating that the immoral pagan
Arabs
before Muhammad's time were reformed into a just moral society. My
question
is: Even though you believe the New Testament is corrupt, had the Immoral
Pagan Arabs all become Christians and followed the moral standards
revealed
in the corrupted New Testament, would they not have also transformed into
a
just moral society? If no why not? And how is the moral standard in the
Koran superior to the moral standard of the Bible?
at.. Muslims claim that the Angel Gabriel is the Holy Spirit who came
upon
Mary and caused her to conceive based upon Luke 1:26:38. My question is:
If
this is true, then why did Gabriel say to Mary in verse 35, "the power of
the Holy Spirit will come upon you" rather than "my power will come upon
you"?
au.. Muslims quote Luke 22:43 as proof that when Jesus cried out to God
not to be crucified, that an angel came and saved him from crucifixion.
However the next verses says that Jesus was arrested by the mob for
crucifixion. My Question is: on what basis do you accept the first passage
as uncorrupted scripture, but reject the next verse as corrupted
scripture?
av.. Muslims claim it was medically impossible for blood and water to
come
out of Jesus when his side was pierced with spear because all the blood in
Jesus body would have been clotted. The universal opinion of forensic
scientists say that blood takes days to clot. My question is: Is this
another example of where you reject all known science simply because Islam
says this?
aw.. Muslims quote liberal agnostic Bible trashes who claim that the
four
gospels were copied from a lost original gospel known as the "Q do***ent".
This is a mythological do***ent invented by these skeptics who reject
Christianity, because they simply cannot accept the Bible is a book
inspired
from God. My question is: are you aware that the "Q Do***ent" is a purely
theoretical do***ent that has never been found and is a complete
fabrication
and invention of the mind? And what is the value of quoting those who
reject
Christianity and Islam equally?
ax.. Muslims claim that the heading at the beginning of the four gospels
"Gospel according to John", for example indicated the words came from John
alone and prove the Bible to be a book of human author****p? In fact, that
this text, like chapter and verse numbers, was added much later and are
not
part of the Bible? My question is: where did you learn that this text was
part of the Bible?
ay.. Muslims state that they believe that the Bible is a book filled
with
****ography, and quoted Gen 19:32 where Lot made his two daughters
pregnant.
My Question is: Do you feel that the Bible should be removed from every
library in Canada? And are you comfortable with the fact that your prophet
Muhammad married a six year old child, when he was 55 years old? Do you
think this is a good story to tell children?
az.. Muslims teach Muhammad was sinless. However the Koran specifically
limits the number of wives a Muslim man can marry to 4. Yet Muhammad
married
at least 12 women. My question is: Is Muhammad above the very law he gave
in
the Koran and isn't the definition of sin violating the law of God?
ba.. Muslims quote George Bernard Shaw who said, "The Bible is the most
dangerous book in the world, keep it lock and keyed." My question is: What
value is there for you to quote an atheist like Shaw who also said: "There
is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man
can
believe." (George Bernard Shaw quoted in "2000 Years of Disbelief, Famous
People with the Courage to Doubt", by James A. Haught, Prometheus Books,
1996) Shaw also said: "The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic
is
no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a
sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.
(George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Preface, 1916)
bb.. To prove the Bible text is corrupted, Muslims quote a newspaper
article in the "Daily News" of Durban South Africa, Tues. May 22, 1990,
where you claimed the Church of Scotland had deleted the virgin birth from
the Bible. The article actually said that the church of Scotland had
merely
deleted the teaching from their local church creed and statement of faith.
My question is: Would you please explain how a church deleting the virgin
birth from their church doctrine books, in any way proves the Bible is
corrupted?
bc.. Muslims quote Isa 42 as a prophecy of Muhammad and say that
Christians teach it is a prophecy of the Holy Spirit. (In fact Christians
apply the text to Christ.) You also said that Isa 42 can only be fulfilled
by Muhammad because Jesus is never called "my servant". My question is:
why
did Matthew quote Isa 42 and apply the whole text to Jesus in Matthew
12:18?
bd.. Muslims claim that the prophecy of the coming prophet in Deut 18:18
cannot be fulfilled by Jesus but could be fulfilled by Muhammad because
the
text says the prophet must arise from among their own brethren. Muslims
say
that if a Hebrew was intended, that the Bible would have said, "from among
yourselves" rather than the expression "from among their own brethren".
Hence Muslims claim the expression, "from among their own brethren"
excludes
all Hebrews and specifically Jesus. My question is: Since Deut 17:15 uses
exactly the same expression, when it said, "you shall surely set a king
over
you whom the Lord your God chooses, one from among your own brethren" why
did God appoint Saul and David as King and not an Ishmaelite? And in Deut
18:2 it says, "The Levites shall have no inheritance from among their
brethren." Did the Ishmaelites share the inheritance of the promised land
of
Palestine with the Hebrews?
be.. The Koran says in 4:157, that God causes someone who looked like
Jesus to die on the cross in his place, therefore tricking the apostles of
Christ into thinking he was crucified. Apostle John wrote in1 John 1:1
concerning the crucifixion: "What we have heard, what we have seen with
our
eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the
Word
of Life". My question is: Was not John accurately re****ting the things he
actually saw, things that Allah made appear to happen?
bf.. Muslims claim that the New Testament story of Jesus dying on the
cross is a corruption of the truth and that Allah made it appear that
Jesus
died on the cross, as per Q4:157. My question is: How can Muslims claim
that
they believe any of the New Testament was originally revealed by God,
since
the corruption must have begun at the cross.
bg.. Muslims believe that the whole concept of blood atonement is an
invention of the Christian church. My question is: What were the Jews
doing
since 1500 BC on the "day of atonement".
bh.. Muslims reject the gospel story of Jesus being a substitute for our
sins, the just for the unjust. They use the illustration of a man having
to
pay for a speeding ticket he did not commit. My question is: How do you
explain that in the Muslim view of the cross, someone completely innocent
died in Jesus place, after God made him appear to be Jesus? Was not this a
Substitutionary sacrifice?
Written by Brother Andrew
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