Re: Interfaith Dialogue (Scriptures) - Islam and Christianity
The Qur'an was given in Arabian for the Arabian people. Why wasn't there similar scriptures for other language groups since there, according to Islam, were prophets send to other language/cultural groups?
Why can't the Qur'an not be 100% correctly translated into other languages to not always refer back to the Arabian one?
The Qur'an written down was already four times removed from God. How could there not have crept ANY mistake in or something lost out?
Was the Qur'an read back to the prophet Muhammad to verify the correctness?
The prophet compiled the Qur'an over a long period and died shortly after the last bit was given. How do we know that the Qur'an was completed? Did the prophet state at any time that "this is now the complete message from Allaah"?
Please explain "abrogation".
The mere fact that all the other books were destroyed does make it seem very possible that differences did exist at the time. Why couldn't some of these be kept as part of history. Surely if the Qur'an was as important for God, He would not let any changes occur and therefor it was not necessary to destroy the early Qur'ans.
Is the Qur'an considered "holy" and what does this entail?
Did the prophet Muhammad dictate the Qur'an in the order it is now presented?
What does the "Satanic Verses" of Salman Rushdi(?) refer to?