Reason 31 / 6
The heart of it.
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 14:6 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 31 / 6
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 14:6 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 32 / 6
58Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
John 8:58 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 33 / 6
61But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
Mark 14:61-62 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 34 / 6
5Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” 6But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:5-7 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 35 / 6
28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
John 20:28-29 (WEB) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 36 / 6
72They surely disbelieve who say: Lo! Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. The Messiah (himself) said: O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the Fire. For evil-doers there will be no helpers.
Quran 5:72 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 3: Jesus claimed what no prophet ever claimed
Reason 41 / 5
19So know (O Muhammad) that there is no Allah save Allah, and ask forgiveness for thy sin and for believing men and believing women. Allah knoweth (both) your place of turmoil and your place of rest.
Quran 47:19 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 4: Muhammad, as Islam's own sources record him
Reason 42 / 5
Sahih al-Bukhari 5133 reports that Aisha was married to the Prophet at six and the marriage was consummated when she was nine. Read it yourself at sunnah.com.
Reason 4: Muhammad, as Islam's own sources record him
Reason 43 / 5
50O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of war, and the daughters of thine uncle on the father's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the father's side, and the daughters of thine uncle on the mother's side and the daughters of thine aunts on the mother's side who emigrated with thee, and a believing woman if she give herself unto the Prophet and the Prophet desire to ask her in marriage - a privilege for thee only, not for the (rest of) believers - We are Aware of that which We enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess - that thou mayst be free from blame, for Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.
Quran 33:50 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 4: Muhammad, as Islam's own sources record him
Reason 44 / 5
Sahih al-Bukhari 6922 reports the command that whoever changes his religion is to be killed. It is the basis of the classical apostasy law.
Reason 4: Muhammad, as Islam's own sources record him
Reason 45 / 5
22who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” 23When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.
1 Peter 2:22-23 (WEB) · context
Reason 4: Muhammad, as Islam's own sources record him
Reason 51 / 5
50And they say: Why are not portents sent down upon him from his Lord? Say: Portents are with Allah only, and I am but a plain warner.
Quran 29:50 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 5: One witness, no signs, and a text that changed
Reason 52 / 5
106Nothing of our revelation (even a single verse) do we abrogate or cause be forgotten, but we bring (in place) one better or the like thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is Able to do all things?
Quran 2:106 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 5: One witness, no signs, and a text that changed
Reason 53 / 5
Sahih al-Bukhari 4987: the caliph Uthman had one standard copy made and ordered every other Quran manuscript or page to be burnt.
Reason 5: One witness, no signs, and a text that changed
Reason 54 / 5
Sahih al-Bukhari 6829: Umar fears people will say they cannot find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, though, he says, it was revealed.
Reason 5: One witness, no signs, and a text that changed
Reason 55 / 5
6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:6 (WEB) · context
Reason 5: One witness, no signs, and a text that changed
Reason 61 / 5
82Will they not then ponder on the Qur'an? If it had been from other than Allah they would have found therein much incongruity.
Quran 4:82 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 6: Errors the Quran says it cannot have
Reason 62 / 5
28O sister of Aaron! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.
Quran 19:28 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 6: Errors the Quran says it cannot have
Reason 63 / 5
38And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than me, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for me a lofty tower in order that I may survey the god of Moses; and lo! I deem him of the liars.
Quran 28:38 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 6: Errors the Quran says it cannot have
Reason 64 / 5
86Till, when he reached the setting-place of the sun, he found it setting in a muddy spring, and found a people thereabout. We said: O Dhu'l-Qarneyn! Either punish or show them kindness.
Quran 18:86 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 6: Errors the Quran says it cannot have
Reason 65 / 5
116And when Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto mankind: Take me and my mother for two gods beside Allah? he saith: Be glorified! It was not mine to utter that to which I had no right. If I used to say it, then Thou knewest it. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy Mind. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Knower of Things Hidden?
Quran 5:116 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 6: Errors the Quran says it cannot have
Reason 71 / 5
19God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”
Genesis 17:19-21 (WEB) · context
Reason 7: The covenant runs through Isaac, not Ishmael
Reason 72 / 5
20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:20 (WEB) · context
Reason 7: The covenant runs through Isaac, not Ishmael
Reason 73 / 5
2He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
Genesis 22:2 (WEB) · context
Reason 7: The covenant runs through Isaac, not Ishmael
Reason 74 / 5
102And when (his son) was old enough to walk with him, (Abraham) said: O my dear son, I have seen in a dream that I must sacrifice thee. So look, what thinkest thou? He said: O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast.
Quran 37:102 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 7: The covenant runs through Isaac, not Ishmael
Reason 75 / 5
Read Genesis 16, 17, 21 and 25 word for word, and where each Islamic claim first appears.
Reason 7: The covenant runs through Isaac, not Ishmael
Reason 81 / 5
5But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5 (WEB) · context
Reason 8: Prophecy points to Jesus. The "Muhammad prophecies" do not.
Reason 82 / 5
15Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
Deuteronomy 18:15 (WEB) · context
Reason 8: Prophecy points to Jesus. The "Muhammad prophecies" do not.
Reason 83 / 5
26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
John 14:26 (WEB) · context
Reason 8: Prophecy points to Jesus. The "Muhammad prophecies" do not.
Reason 84 / 5
16I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever: 17the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
John 14:16-17 (WEB) · context
Reason 8: Prophecy points to Jesus. The "Muhammad prophecies" do not.
Reason 85 / 5
6And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.
Quran 61:6 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 8: Prophecy points to Jesus. The "Muhammad prophecies" do not.
Reason 91 / 5
8He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. 9By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him. 10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:8-10 (WEB) · context
Reason 9: God is love, and he lets you call him Father
Reason 92 / 5
8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (WEB) · context
Reason 9: God is love, and he lets you call him Father
Reason 93 / 5
31Say, (O Muhammad, to mankind): If ye love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. 32Say: Obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).
Quran 3:31-32 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 9: God is love, and he lets you call him Father
Reason 94 / 5
18The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying.
Quran 5:18 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 9: God is love, and he lets you call him Father
Reason 95 / 5
13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:13 (WEB) · context
Reason 9: God is love, and he lets you call him Father
Reason 101 / 5
114Shall I seek other than Allah for judge, when He it is Who hath revealed unto you (this) Scripture, fully explained? Those unto whom We gave the Scripture (aforetime) know that it is revealed from thy Lord in truth. So be not thou (O Muhammad) of the waverers.
Quran 6:114 (Pickthall) · context
Reason 10: Islam's practice rests on reports written down centuries later
Reason 102 / 5
The number of daily prayers and their units are not set out in the Quran; Muslims take them from hadith and practice.
Reason 10: Islam's practice rests on reports written down centuries later
Reason 103 / 5
That is 238 years after Muhammad died in 632. Muslim died in 875; the six Sunni collections were complete by about 915.
Reason 10: Islam's practice rests on reports written down centuries later
Reason 104 / 5
1Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us, 2even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us, 3it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus; 4that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
Luke 1:1-4 (WEB) · context
Reason 10: Islam's practice rests on reports written down centuries later
Reason 105 / 5
1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life 2(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us); 3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:1-3 (WEB) · context
Reason 10: Islam's practice rests on reports written down centuries later
What Muslims believe1 / 4
Sahih al-Bukhari 8: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger, prayer, zakat, Hajj and the fast of Ramadan.
The Five Pillars
What Muslims believe2 / 4
43Establish worship, pay the poor-due, and bow your heads with those who bow (in worship).
Quran 2:43 (Pickthall) · context
The Five Pillars
What Muslims believe3 / 4
183O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil);
Quran 2:183 (Pickthall) · context
The Five Pillars
What Muslims believe4 / 4
97Wherein are plain memorials (of Allah's guidance); the place where Abraham stood up to pray; and whosoever entereth it is safe. And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto Allah for mankind, for him who can find a way thither. As for him who disbelieveth, (let him know that) lo! Allah is Independent of (all) creatures.
Quran 3:97 (Pickthall) · context
The Five Pillars
What Muslims believe1 / 2
285The messenger believeth in that which hath been revealed unto him from his Lord and (so do) believers. Each one believeth in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers - and they say: We hear, and we obey. (Grant us) Thy forgiveness, our Lord. Unto Thee is the journeying.
Quran 2:285 (Pickthall) · context
The Six Articles of Faith
What Muslims believe2 / 2
Sahih Muslim 8: Gabriel asks the Prophet about faith, and he answers with belief in Allah, his angels, his books, his messengers, the Last Day and divine decree, its good and its evil.
The Six Articles of Faith
What Muslims believe1 / 3
2This is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil).
Quran 2:2 (Pickthall) · context
The Quran
What Muslims believe2 / 3
192And lo! it is a revelation of the Lord of the Worlds, 193Which the True Spirit hath brought down 194Upon thy heart, that thou mayst be (one) of the warners, 195In plain Arabic speech.
Quran 26:192-195 (Pickthall) · context
The Quran
What Muslims believe3 / 3
23And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.
Quran 2:23 (Pickthall) · context
The Quran
What Muslims believe1 / 2
80Whoso obeyeth the messenger hath obeyed Allah, and whoso turneth away: We have not sent thee as a warder over them.
Quran 4:80 (Pickthall) · context
The hadith collections
What Muslims believe2 / 2
Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah, compiled about 850-915.
The hadith collections