Shining God’s Light on the Koran - Is it Inspired? Part 2

Sam continues his on-going series which contrasts the Judeo-Christian Bible with the Islamic Koran on a variety of topics. He aims the beam of the Biblical laser on the Koran to expose, to reveal what it really says. See his previous articles here.


Inspiration, Part 2

Moses was inspired to write the first five books of the Holy Bible which are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. ‘Who gave him the inspiration?’ is the question.

THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

We gave Moses the Book and made it a guide for the Israelites (Surah 17:2).

We gave the Torah to Moses, but contentions arose about it (Surah 41:45).

COMMENTARY ON THE KORANIC ACCOUNT

“We gave” is what both passages in the Koran reports. The recipient was, of course, Moses. The “We” is Allah along with the angels Gabriel and Michael. In the Koran certain of the angels are given a godlike status by being included in Allah’s personal pronoun, “We,” even though they are created beings. For someone who does not need anyone else (Surah 22:64),this really does not make sense.

THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out you three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And the three came out. And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they came both forth. And he said, “Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed (Numbers 12:1-9).

And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face (Deuteronomy 34:10).

And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend (Exodus 33:11a).

COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT

Moses, a prophet much greater than even Mohamed, had a most unusual relationship with God in that God spoke with Moses face to face. When Scripture says they spoke face to face it does not mean that Moses saw the person [Exodus 8-10, 20-22] with whom He was speaking. God is a Spirit (John 4:24) and cannot be seen unless He chooses to reveal Himself. This relationship lasted for forty years from the time he was 80 years old to the time he was 120 at his death. People should be fearful of discounting what Moses wrote as unreliable.

COMPARING & CONTRASTING THE KORAN WITH SCRIPTURE

In the Koran it is the “We,” who gave the writings to Moses. These are, of course, the angels Gabriel and Michael and the god of the Koran, Allah.

In Scripture it is the Lord God who spoke directly to Moses and is the one who gave Moses instructions.

CONCLUSION

The Koran is not telling the truth when it takes credit for the writing of Scripture. Do you want to trust your eternal destiny on the writings of the inaccurate Koran?