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 Al Masihi wrote:

That isn't a fact to say the Quran is the word of Allah which makes it unique, all religions almost have their own books even the simple pagans have books, but you might say but the Quran has never been changed also that's not true, here is an example of contradictions and variations between the modern Quran and the Samarkand Quran.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070309000028/http://www.geocities.com/pentaur2001/index.html

I have looked into the document that you
presented in your link/blog above. This is another weak and dismal attempt to
attack the integrity of (and discredit) the Qur’an. It has been refuted time
and again.

Maybe you can fool yourself or somebody who
does not know any notion of the Arabic language, but you cannot fool anybody
who has even the basics of Arabic. 

Here are my findings (and my opinion):

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Anyone who
knows the basics of Arabic Calligraphy will tell you that the copy you
presented above is a fake one. It is very untidy and erratic, therefore not
Authentic Samarkand. Just compare it closely to the one here: http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_Kufic_Quran

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It has
many ‘basic’ mistakes in Arabic grammar… mistakes that not even a beginner in
the language will make… let alone the Early Arabs who were extremely proficient
in their language… in fact, spoken Arabic literature was their main strength.

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I really
wanted to suggest some ‘basic, Arabic lessons to the owner/author of your blog
above, but if you click on it, you will not find any indication as to who wrote
it… Dodgy…

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Even if we
consider the (real) Samarkand copy as a reference, it does not represent the ‘Original
Uthmanic’ copy anyway. Here is what you will find in  (your) Wikipedia: http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samarkand_Kufic_Quran:

      “…and Uthman kept one for his own use in Medina, although the
Samarkand Quran is most likely not one of those copies. The only other surviving copy was thought to be the one held in Topkapı Palace in Turkey,^[1][4] but studies have shown that the Topkapı manuscript is
also not from the 7th century, but from much later...”. 

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All
languages change and develop through the centuries, e.g. Shakespearian English
is slightly different to English in our time, and earlier English was even more
different… and so on. So if you take that as evidence that the message of the
Qur’an has ‘changed’, then that tells us something about YOU… not about the Qur’an.

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The Qur’an
was revealed in ‘7 styles of recitation’, because Islam was being accepted by
various (far and out, and remote) Arab tribes who had slight variations in the language…
so these tribes asked our Prophet PBUH if he could ask Allah to reveal the Qur’an
in a text that they could easily understand and apply in their everyday lives,
and this was granted by Allah SWT. (However this is another topic).

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Enemies of
Islam keep presenting us with alleged copies of the Qur’an, with unknown
authors, unknown origins, unknown scribes, and then they tells us that they are
different to the original. My comment is this: There will always be a copy that
you cannot touch or attempt to spoil and corrupt… it is the copy that has been
handed down to us in the hearts of consecutive generations (i.e. learnt and
recited  by heart)… all the way back to
our Prophet PBUH. [Can you say the same about previous scriptures (bible, Torah, Injeel...etc)? No... I didn't think so.]

Now let’s
look at some (obvious) loopholes in the document that you presented in your link/blog
above:

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1^st
alleged mistake in your document: to me, this is enough to show me that this
document is fake; a beginner in Arabic will tell you that an Arab scribe would
never make such a basic grammar mistake: the word ‘Ardh’ in grammar is
conjugated as ‘Mudhaf’ and the word ‘Allah’ is conjugated as ‘Mudhaf ilayh’,
which means that they can never both carry the Alif Laam… Simples

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2^nd
alleged mistake in your document: The word ‘Naaqah’ is a feminine gendre,
therefore it is impossible to use the demonstrative determiner ‘Hadha’… the correct word to
use is ‘Hadhihi’.

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3^rd
alleged mistake in your document: Does not make sense because no Kufi Samarqand
calligraphy is presented… 

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7^th
alleged mistake in your document: Here: ‘ilaa’ in grammar is a ‘Harf Jarr’, therefore
it must have ‘ism majroor’ following it… Where is the ‘ism majroor’? it’s
missing!... nobody makes such a ‘basic’ mistake.

The Qur’an has neither been changed nor corrupted like the previous books, and more importantly…it
never will be. It is a miracle… and here is why:

As I mentioned
above, the Arabs at the time of Prophet Muhammad PBUH had many strengths, but
their main one was (all aspects of) their language (especially in the spoken form)… in fact if you look into their
history (of those centuries), you will discover that almost anyone of them
could come up with very advanced poetry ad hoc, impromptu, on the spot and
without any planning involved (I personally find this fascinating).

So when the Qur’an
was being revealed, it shook and shocked them, because they (the most versed in
terms of language) thought that they were on top of their linguistic
proficiency, but they were hearing the ‘next level’… a much higher level. In fact,
that is why the Jinns were amazed at the level of Arabic when they heard it for
the first time, so amazed that they believed in our prophet straight away:

Qur’an [72:1]

  {1} قُلْ �£ُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ �£َنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ
  الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا

  Say: It has been revealed to me
  that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur-an). They said, ' We have really
  heard a wonderful Recital!

  {2} يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ
  بِرَبِّنَا �£َحَدًا

  'It gives guidance to the
  Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any
  (gods) with our Lord.

So... in order to
prove to them that this Qur’an is from Allah (and not from humans), Allah SWT
challenged the then Arabs to come up with just ten chapters (Suras) similar to
the Qur’an… and they failed:

Qur’an [11:13]

  {13} �£َمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَ�£ْتُوا بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ
  مِثْلِهِ مُفْتَرَيَاتٍ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ
  كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

  Or they may say, "He
  forged it." Say, "Bring ye then ten Suras forged, like unto it, and
  call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than Allah! if ye speak the
  truth!

  {14} فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُوا لَكُمْ فَاعْلَمُوا �£َنَّمَا
  �£ُنْزِلَ بِعِلْمِ اللَّهِ وَ�£َنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَهَلْ �£َنْتُمْ
  مُسْلِمُونَ

  "If then they (your false
  gods) answer not your (call), know ye that this Revelation is sent down
  (replete) with the knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but He! Will
  ye even then submit (to Islam)?"

Allah SWT then Challenged them to come up with just ONE chapter (Sura)… and they failed (in fact this
time it was a ‘stronger’ challenge, because He said “if you cannot, and I am telling
you from the outset that you cannot”:

Qur’an [2:23]
{23} وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا فَ�£ْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (if there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true.
{24} فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ �£ُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِرِينَ
But if ye cannot - and of a surety ye cannot - then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones which is prepared for those who reject Faith.

Also: Qur’an [10:37-38]

{37} وَمَا كَانَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنُ �£َنْ يُفْتَرَى مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَكِنْ تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
This Qur-an is not such as can be produced by other than Allah; on the contrary it is a confirmation of (revelations) that went before it, and a fuller explanation of the Book - wherein there is no doubt - from the Lord of the Worlds.
{38} �£َمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَاهُ قُلْ فَ�£ْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا مَنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Or do they say, "He forged it?" Say: "Bring then a Sura like unto it, and call (to your aid) anyone you can besides Allah, if it be ye speak the truth!"

Also: Qur’an [17:88]

قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى �£َنْ يَ�£ْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَ�£ْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا
Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur-an they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.

So, The Qur'an is truly a miracle that has stood the test of time, and proven itself through the centuries. We have nothing more to prove to anybody.

Oh dear... You say that you have left Islam for another religion... Well... all I can say is: if it's because of 'blogs' like the one you presented above, then that tells me everything about you.

Edited by MIAW - 11 March 2018 at 12:43pm