Ali Ataie – Debunking A Tired Orientalist Trope Muhammad (PBUH) Plagiarized From the Bible

If the prophet Muhammad salallahu alaihi wa sallam

plagiarized the bible which is the standard quranic,

the standard aafwan, the standard orientalist trope that

he plagiarized the bible in the Quran.

And they say this even to this day.

Why didn't he copy these problems?

How did he know to make this adjustment

to the narrative?

How did the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam in

quotes know that the rulers of Egypt at

the time of Yusuf alayhi wasalam were called

mulk. They were called kings not pharaohs.

The ruler at the time of Musa alayhi

wasalam was called

call the ruler of Egypt at the time

of Yusuf alaihi wasallam, a pharaoh

like the Bible did?

How did he know to make this adjustment

to the narrative?

How did he know to avoid this,

this anachronism?

It's called anachronism.

There are linguistic subtleties in the Quran

that the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam could

not have known.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

The name Zakaria in Hebrew

means the mention of the Lord. This is

what it his name Zakaria in Hebrew means

the mention of the Lord. So this verse

is a play on words.

The mention of the mercy of your Lord

to his servant, the mention of the Lord.

This is there's this beautiful subtle symmetry

in this one aya,

The author of this ayah, new Hebrew, there's

no doubt about it. If a Jew living

in the Hejaz heard this verse his ears

would perk up. He would notice the subtlety.

Another example, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,

That the wife of Ibrahim alaihis salam,

she laughed and then we gave her glad

tidings of Isaac. Isaac means laughter.

And then it says, woman

woman woman woman is.

And then following Isaac,

Jacob. The name Isaac means laughter in Hebrew.

The name Jacob means to follow or to

come after.

This is a type of word play that

adds to the eloquence

and brilliance of the Quran.

Whoever composed this verse knew Hebrew. Of course

we know this is a revelation from Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala.

I I'll give you another example, there's hundreds

and hundreds if not thousands of these types

of examples.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says about Yahi alayhi

salam

Now Yahya is John,

John the Baptist peace be upon him most

probably.

The Quran calls him,

meaning he lives

because he was martyred.

And the martyrs are alive.

They're alive with their Lord, receiving sustenance

from their Lord.

But the Hebrew name of John is Yohanan,

which is related to Hananan.

Actually relates to his historical name.

These are subtleties that go over the head

of 99%

of the Quran's readers. The author of the

Quran is playing with these languages in a

masterful way.

Now we also believe in miracles. Mu'a Jizat.

Musa alayhi salam performed many miracles. The Ithmila,

and secular historians do not consider miracles when

determining what happened in history.

That's part of our iman Bilhayb.

Right? Because the past is ghayb. We don't

have access to it. We can't reproduce these

things. Our belief in miracles is not irrational

nor is it falsifiable.

It is based upon our belief in Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala. And we can argue rationally

that this universe had a designer and a

creator and that this creator is personal. This

is why there is something rather than nothing.

This is a big philosophical conundrum

for these philosophers. Why is there something rather

than nothing?

This creator who brought this universe into existence

from nothing

has power over every atom in the universe.

Miracles are easy for him. But this is

a philosophical argument. This is a theological argument.

But from a standpoint of history, the Quran's

narratives avoid

the historical pitfalls of the biblical