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.