This is really a slap in the face telling Jerimach that the Quran was sent to correct errors in the Bible. If Mohammed had been born in Asia, he would have never have learned about the Bible. Since, he lived among Christians and Jews and one of his wives were Jesus, of course he learned about it from the people in the area where he was living. Could Mohammed have started a new religion if he lived among Buddhists and Hindus instead of Christians and Jews? Why not tell us about that fake Gospel the Muslims have where even the bowel movements of Jesus are discussed? Years ago another Muslim told the readers of a message board all about this, and perhaps you can be the Muslim to enlighten the readers of this board. If I am not mistaken, it was called the Gospel of Thomas.
jeremiah-----the concept that the bible----old and new are utterly "corrupted" is
a very important central belief in islam. If you learn anything about islam FROM
a musim educated in an islamic land or system------one of the first things that you
learn is that there are TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT "VERSIONS" of the
bible-------evil christians and jews keep changing them INCESSANTLY-----the idea is
that the ORIGINAL "bible" is the koran
Long ago ----when I was young-----I got this information from a young pakistani
surgeon------The 'thousands of versions' thing. He was VERY intelligent---and not
exactly religious------but he KNEW that the bible comes in thousands of
differing versions and is being constantly ----"changed" It's 'gospel'
amongst muslims. My son----ended up in a special school for the very bright--
lots of the very bright-----are the kids of imported "very bright" -------in the area
in which we live-------his first ---"sit next to" in chem class-----was a PAKISTANI
very bright. Every day my kid would come home and say "you won't believe
what siddique told me today" among the things I wouldn't believe------
was "THE THOUSANDS OF VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE" thing and the "fact"
that the koran-------which was actually not written until more than 100 years after
muhummad died------is WORD FOR WORD-----exactly as muhummad heard it from
GABRIEL------while not a word of the bible is in anyway AUTHENTIC----even the dead
sea scrolls are a "FORGERY" there is no reason to argue with any muslim
on this issue-------IT IS A FIRM BELIEF
According to Wikipedia, Mary is this in Arabic: Mary (مريم Marīam in Arabic),
It is not Miriam as Sunni Man claims. I would think that Miriam is the Hebrew version of Mary, just like Maryam is the way girls are named in Persian. It appears that there is more than one version of the Koran.
The Different Arabic Versions of the Qur'an - part 2: Are all Qur'ans the same?
I see why Sunni is not undestanding what I am saying now! I am talking about more than a name confusion here. I am talking about getting the two women confused! Here read this and I will get you the link. One a direct quote from the Qu'ran the other is a direct quote from the Bible ( Torah - which some call the Old testament )
When the wife of Imran said, 'Lord, I have vowed to Thee, in dedication, what is within my womb. Receive Thou this from me; Thou hearest, and knowest.' And when she gave birth to her she said, 'Lord, I have given birth to her, a female.' (And God knew very well what she had given birth to; the male is not as the female.) 'And I have named her Mary, and commend her to Thee with her seed, to protect them from the accursed Satan.' S. 3:35-36 Arberry
Then she brought the child to her folk carrying him; and they said, 'Mary, thou hast surely committed a monstrous thing! Sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man, nor was thy mother a woman unchaste.' S. 19:27-28
And Mary, Imran's daughter, who guarded her virginity, so We breathed into her of Our Spirit, and she confirmed the Words of her Lord and His Books, and became one of the obedient. S. 66:12
Compare this to what the Holy Bible says:
"Then Mary (Hebrew- Mariam), the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand…" Exodus 15:20
"The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam." Numbers 26:49
"The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar." 1 Chronicles 6:3
"For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam." Micah 6:4
"Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, ‘Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the LORD heard it. Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. And suddenly the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, ‘Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.’ And the three of them came out. And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward… When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. And Aaron said to Moses, ‘Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned. Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother's womb.’ And Moses cried to the LORD, ‘O God, please heal her--please.’ But the LORD said to Moses, ‘If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again." So Miriam was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again." Numbers 12:1-5, 10-15
It is very hard to accept the idea that the Quran wasn’t identifying Jesus’ mother with the sister of Moses in light of the fact that both these Marys had brothers named Aaron and fathers named Imran/Amram! It is rather obvious to any unbiased reader that Muhammad has clearly confused the identity of Jesus’ mother with the sister of Aaron and Moses. He mistakenly thought that the mother of the Lord Jesus was the sister of Moses and Aaron.
Some Muslims try very hard to get around this and have sought to refute the assertion that the Quran is mistaken:
http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Menj/sister_of_aaron.htm
I posted a link for Sunni in answer to his question on Moses sister not being the mother of Jesus. It is was quite literally impossible. 1600 yr gap.
