Ali Ataie – Story of Exodus in Bible & Quran
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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.