In this topic I am gonna show some contradiction in Quran.
In Quran said " "Will they not ponder the Qur'an had it been from other than Allah they would have found therein much discrepancy".
This is 10 examples for the contradiction in Quran but I will write in parts.
1/ Which created first Earth or Heaven?? Well let see
In Surat Fussilat from 9 to 11 says "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds. And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask. Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."
At first as we see said the created the Earth first " who created the earth in two days" and then the Heaven "Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion."
Well but we see something else in Surat An-Nazi'at from 27 to 30 " Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it. And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness. And after that He spread the earth."
Here at fist see that Heaven is created first "Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it" and then the Earth " And after that He spread the earth"
I've googled the term 10 contradictions in the Qur'an and assume which ones you too are going to post. So I thought I would just then google the rebuttal to your 1st one. This guy explains it a lot better than I could. Then again my fiance would love to get in here and rebut. He's a Qur'an thumper as I call him. Except he's on vacation during Ramadan. I'll ask him to take a looksy over here and see if he can help us out. :)
http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/i012d.html
I love religious contradictions. The believer is always assumed to simply "spin" the words for their benefit. I'm sure there will be a lot of this "spinning" accusations here on the Quran also.
Quote from: AnimatedDirt on August 12, 2011, 04:31:48 PM
I love religious contradictions. The believer is always assumed to simply "spin" the words for their benefit. I'm sure there will be a lot of this "spinning" accusations here on the Quran also.
Non believers are spinners too. I'm an equal opportunity accuser. ;)
No spinning necessary. Actually there's no order of creation here in terms of coming into existence. For example if you look at the second example OhCheese provided you'll notice it says spread the earth. I won't go into details no about what that word means, but you'll notice it's talking about doing something (in that case 'spreading') the earth that was already created.
So it's not talking about creation of heaven and earth per se. But rather mentioning certain actions that are done to them.
If there's more on that list, or you want to ask about anything, I'd be happy to share my thoughts on them. My only request is not to just give me a long list, but rather to go one by one. It would be a lot easier for me that way!
And so it begins.
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