Ali Ataie – Story of Exodus in Bible & Quran

			The story of the Exodus,
		

			from Egypt, the Hijra of Musa Alaihi Salam
		

			with the Bani Israel. The Qur'anic versions of
		

			these narratives
		

			make much more historical sense
		

			than their biblical counterparts. In other words, the
		

			flood and the exodus as described in the
		

			bible
		

			are basically historically impossible. And this is from
		

			the Dala'il and Naguwa.
		

			This is one of the proofs of prophecy.
		

			The bible says that 600,000 men of fighting
		

			age made exodus
		

			from Egypt with Musa alaihis salam. This means
		

			about 3,000,000 people made exodus from Egypt. If
		

			we count the women, the children, the elderly,
		

			not to mention animals,
		

			3,000,000 people plus livestock.
		

			Historically this
		

			is almost falsifiable.
		

			This would mean that basically a third of
		

			the entire population of Egypt made Hijra. This
		

			would have been noticed by other civilizations in
		

			that region yet no one recorded it. 3,000,000
		

			people for 40 years would have left a
		

			major footprint
		

			in the Sinai desert.
		

			There is none.
		

			If 3,000,000 people were marching, just to give
		

			you a visual
		

			or to conceptualize this a little bit. If
		

			3,000,000 people were marching, 10 men across,
		

			when the first row reached Mount Sinai, the
		

			last row would have still been in Egypt.
		

			What does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say in
		

			the Quran?
		

			The exodus is confirmed in its general sense
		

			in the Quran but there are changes
		

			that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala makes in the
		

			narrative that are extremely important
		

			and often overlooked by even scholars let alone
		

			average readers. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
		

			we reveal to Musa alayhi salam,
		

			journey under the cover of night with my
		

			servants. Indeed you will be pursued.
		

			So they all left in one night.
		

			And
		

			and pharaoh sent summoners to the cities.
		

			The Quran, a small group of believers
		

			in Allah and his messenger Musa alayhi salaam
		

			made Hijra made the Exodus.
		

			Hamani Sahaba made Hijra from Mecca to Medina
		

			during the time of the prophet shalallahu alaihis
		

			salam. It was a small group.
		

			The biblical version of the exodus cannot be
		

			true historically
		

			while the Quranic version is very plausible.