Interfaith Dialogue : contradictions in the "holy" quran?

Author: Ayesha12345678
Subject: contradictions in the "holy" quran?
Posted: 21 May 2022 at 12:31pm

1.  What was man created from, blood, clay, dust, or nothing?

• He created the human from a clot of congealed blood, after it had been a drop of semen. — Abridged Explanation of the Quran. Tafsir of this verse: ,,The word ` alaq, being the plural of 'alaqatun, means 'congealed blood'. The creation of man has passed and passes through various phases. the sperm which then transforms into congealed blood. This is the primary state of the embryo which happens after the conception. Then it takes the shape of a lump of flesh and then the skeletal structure is created. 'Alaqah is the middle phase in the whole process of creation. The specific mention of ` alaqah covers the initial stage and the final stage of the process of creation." - Maarif Ul Quran
• I created Adam from dried clay, if it is struck it sounds. This clay that he was created from is black and of an altered scent beacuse of the duration it has been left. — Abridged Explanation of the Quran
• Al-Hajj 22:5 - People, [remember,] if you doubt the Resurrection, that We created you from dust, then a drop of fluid, then a clinging form, then a lump of flesh, both shaped and unshaped: We mean to make Our power clear to you. Whatever We choose We cause to remain in the womb for an appointed time, then We bring you forth as infants and then you grow and reach maturity. Some die young and some are left to live on to such an age that they forget all they once knew. You sometimes see the earth lifeless, yet when We send down water it stirs and swells and produces every kind of joyous growth:
• Fatir 35:11 - And Allah did create you from dust; then from a sperm-drop; then He made you in pairs. And no female conceives, or lays down (her load), but with His knowledge. Nor is a man long-lived granted length of days, nor is a part cut off from his life, but is in a Decree (ordained). All this is easy to Allah.
• Al-Anbya 21:30 - Do the disbelievers not realize that the heavens and earth were ˹once˺ one mass then We split them apart? And We created from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
• Ar-Rum 30:20 - Among His Signs in this, that He created you from dust; and then,- behold, ye are men scattered (far and wide)!
• Al-Kahf 18:37 - His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man? / His believing friend said to him whilst having this conversation: Do you reject the One Who created your father, Adam, from dust. Then He created you from sperm.  - abriged explanation of Quran  
• Al-A'raf 7:12 - Allah asked Satan rebuking him: 'What stopped you from following My command to bow down to Adam?' Satan said: 'What prevented me is that I am better than Adam: You created me from fire and Adam from mud, and fire is greater then mud.'
• Al-Hijr 15:28 - Your Lord said to the angels, ‘I will create a mortal out of dried clay, formed from dark mud.
• Fatir 35:1 - Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things.
• Maryam 19:67 - But does not man call to mind that We created him before out of nothing?
• You is general word for humankind and first human was made  out of nothing, because nothing existed till Allah created heavens and earth, then dust and water was created and forged, then it became mud and then dried as clay (you can look it up how clay or mud is made) and then Human.  it is simple logic and you should read Quran as whole, which obviously you didn't  when you create something and people ask you from what did you create, you dont need to tell whole process but say what ingredients you used, right? here it is same, but even more. if one verse is what you don't understand, you should read other verses too and it becomes clear.

2. is there or is there not compulsion in religion according to the Qur'an?

• "Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things," (2:256).
• "And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith," (9:3).
• This means that there is no compulsion in religion, because you have free will to choose between right and wrong but that doesn't mean that you won't be punished for doing wrong. choosing wrong is your decision and noone can force you and noone has right  to force to choose right choice or even make you do wrong thing.  for example, in country we have freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom of expressing one' s self, right of life, right of practicing one's religion, but that doesn't mean that if you express yourself by killing someone unjustly, or your religion tells you to kill innocent people for example for sacrifice (like ancient times), isn't it a crime? shouldn't we punish transgressors of law? yeah it is true, noone can force you to kill someone, even for religious purposes,  because you have freedom of choice, free will to choose between right and wrong, but does that mean that you shouldn't be punished for killing someone unjustly?  then where is justice? it was your choice to transgress the law and consequences were you being punished. Allah is the most Just. that is why punishment exists for transgressors in religion, but you will be good or bad is totally upto you. angels have no free will, they are have no other choice but to be good. you have that choice, but you are also responsible for your actions. again, simple logic.
• now about next two verses (3-4 in your list). lets see what whole Quran says about it and verses before it. because there are other verses regulating these verses. they cant be understood seperately.
• 9:4 - As for the polytheists who have honoured every term of their treaty with you and have not supported an enemy against you, honour your treaty with them until the end of its term. Surely Allah loves those who are mindful ˹of Him˺.
• 9:5 - But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties˺ wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way. But if they repent, perform prayers, and pay alms-tax, then set them free. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. - — Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
• Al-Baqarah 2:191- And kill them [in battle] wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and fitnah is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al-Ḥarām until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers. - Saheeh International
• Al-Hajj 22:39 - 
  Allah has given permission to fight to the believers who are fought by the idolaters, due to their being oppressed by their enemies. Allah has the power to help the believers against their enemies without fighting. However, the wisdom of Allah required that the believers be tested through fighting the disbelievers. 

  - Abridged Explanation of the Quran

•  2:194 -
  A sacred month for a sacred month: violation of sanctity [calls for] fair retribution. So if anyone commits aggression against you, attack him as he attacked you, but be mindful of God, and know that He is with those who are mindful of Him.

    

• Al-Hajj 22:39 - Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged- God has the power to help them
• 4:92 - It is unlawful for a believer to kill another believer, unless it occurs by mistake. If the victim was not a believer but belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty, such as disbelievers living in an Islamic state, the relatives of the killer, who inherit from him, will be responsible for blood money to be handed over to the successors of the victim and the killer must free a believing slave as compensation for his action. If he cannot find anyone to free or he cannot afford the price, then he must fast continuously for two consecutive months so that Allah accepts his repentance for what he has done. Allah knows the actions of His servants and their intentions; and He is Wise in His legislation and planning. - Abridged Explanation of the Quran
• "Whoever killed a Mu'ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of forty years (of traveling).” Source: Sahih Bukhari Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 49 – Sunnah.com
• "The protection granted by Muslims is one and must be respected by the humblest of them. And he who broke the covenant made by a Muslim, there is a curse of Allah, of his angels, and of the whole people upon him, and neither an obligatory act nor a supererogatory act would be accepted from him as recompense on the Day of Resurrection." Sahih Muslim, Book 7, Hadith 3167 - Sunnah.com
• “[w]hoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.” (5:32 – Saheeh International translation)
• “And do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason." (6:151 - Saheeh International translation)
•  “There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong.” (2:256 - Saheeh International translation)
•  “And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah. Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.” (8:61- Saheeh International translation)
• “O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do.” (5:8 - Saheeh International translation)
• Quran states that if the enemies repent of their behavior and promise to fulfill their treaties, it becomes incumbent on Muslims to cease military action and forgive them. Unfortunately those who take this specific verse out of context fail to see that as the title Al-Taubah suggests, the main subject matter of the chapter is forgiveness and repentance.

3. The first Muslim was Muhammad?  Abraham?  Jacob? Moses?

•  First ever muslim was Adam (As).
• verses you said, there first to believe means ,,before preaching my message to you and tell you to submit to Allah, i should give example and should be first one among you to submit Allah". Even by reading it, you get same idea. unless you really want to say something against, you should have no problem understanding those verses like this. 

4. Does Allah forgive or not forgive those who worship false gods?

•  Allah forgive every sin during lifetime of person but if person dies worshipping false gods, he won't be forgiven. 
• about this verse (4:153), there is whole chapter, the story in Quran and if you have really read it, you wouldn't ask that question. you can read full story in 7th chapter. Al-A'raf 7:148 - After Moses had gone to meet with his Lord, his people took to worshipping a statue of a calf made from their ornaments, not possessing any soul, but which made a sound. Did they not know that this calf could not speak to them or guide them to any good way, material or spiritual, and that it could not bring anything of benefit to them or remove anything harmful from them? But they took to worshipping it and wronged themselves by doing so. - Abridged Explanation of the Quran. Al-A'raf 7:150-Moses returned to his people from his meeting with His Lord full of anger and sadness upon finding them worshipping the calf. He said: 'What an evil condition you have fallen into after me O people, which leads only to ruin and misery! Were you tired of waiting for the appointed time of your Lord assigned for me – the forty nights – so you started to worship the calf!' Moses threw the Tablets down because of his extreme anger and sadness, and took his brother Aaron by the head and beard and dragged him, because he had been with them and had not been able to stop them from worshipping the calf. Aaron said to his brother Moses: 'O son of my mother, indeed the people considered me to be weak, not respecting me, and they had almost killed me; so do not punish me in a way that would make my enemies rejoice, and do not to include me out of your anger among the people who had done wrong by worshipping other than Allah.'

  - Abridged Explanation of the Quran.

• All happened on earth, while they were alive.

• 7:153 - But those who commit evil, then repent and become ˹true˺ believers, your Lord will certainly be All-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.
• It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: ‘If a person accepts Islam, such that his Islam is good, Allah will decree reward for every good deed that he did before, and every bad deed that he did before will be erased. Then after that will come the reckoning; each good deed will be rewarded ten times up to seven hundred times. And each bad deed will be recorded as it is, unless Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, forgives it.'” [Sunan an-Nasa’i]
• The Qur'an considers shirk as a sin that will not be forgiven if a person dies without repenting of it.

5. Are Allah's decrees changed or not?

• The context of the verses are that Allah's word and laws doesn't change even if person changes the scripture. But you shouldn't mess it up with will of Allah. 2:106- Allah makes it clear that whenever He removes the ruling of a verse or some words from the Qur’ān, so that people forget them, He replaces them with something more beneficial for the immediate moment or for later, or with what is similar. Such cases occur because of Allah’s wisdom and knowledge. You know, O Prophet, that Allah has power over all things. He does as He wills, and rules as He wishes.— Abridged Explanation of the Quran. 16:101 - When We abrogate the ruling of one verse of the Qur’ān with another verse - and Allah knows well about the part of the Qur’ān that is abrogated for a reason and the part that is not abrogated - they say: You, O Muhammad, are only a liar making up things about Allah. Rather, most of them do not know that abrogation occurs for a divine reason with far-reaching wisdom.

  — Abridged Explanation of the Quran

6.Was Pharaoh killed or not killed by drowning?

• even by the context of verses, you clearly can read that Pharaoh was drowned and killed. but his soulless body was kept so that it would be sign for generations to come. easy peasy.

7. Is wine consumption good or bad?

• wine which is on earth is intoxicant, thus consumption is bad. Which will be in heaven, will be so pure that it wont have any intoxicant.
• Truly the Righteous will be in Bliss: On Thrones (of Dignity) will they command a sight (of all things): Thou wilt recognize in their faces the beaming brightness of Bliss. Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed," (83:22-25).
• 52:23 - They will give to one another cups of wine, bearing no resemeblness to the wine of this world, free from intoxication and that which arises from it, such as false speech.

  — Abridged Explanation of the Quran

• Al-Mutaffifin 83:25 - They will be given a drink of sealed, pure wine,

  - Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

• Al-Waqi'ah 56:19 - that will cause them neither headache nor intoxication.

  — Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

• 56:19- It is not like the wine of the world; it’s drinkers will not get headaches nor suffer intoxication.

  — Abridged Explanation of the Quran

I can easily say that you read Quran with biased mind and ignored many verses. Didn't even try to look for explanation of verses. I even doubt that you read Quran fully. Bible has serious contradictions. See this paper, called ,,101 contradictions of Bible" : https://ift.tt/OpKV4Uq. Those contradiction are so severe that you can't explain in any way even by reading commentaries and explanation. May Allah guide you to straight path. Ameen

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