God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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facts of nature. He sees things from every angle,
and so is in a position to issue commandments that
are in total harmony with nature.
Now we turn to external inconsistency. External
inconsistency in a literary work occurs when what it
asserts is contradicted by some reality in the outside
world. It is illuminating in this connection to make
comparisons of the differing accounts of historical
facts given by the Quran and the Bible.
HISTORICAL INACCURACY
In the 20th century B.C., during the time of the
Prophet Joseph, the Children of Israel entered
Egypt. Seven centuries later they left Egypt along
with Moses, crossing over into the Sinai Peninsula.
These events are mentioned in both the Bible, and
the Quran. But, while the account in the Quran is
entirely consistent with external history, the Bible
relates several incidents, which do not correspond
to historical records. This has created problems for
believers in the Bible. Should they accept what is
written in the Bible, or should they go by history?
Since the two contradict one another, they cannot
accept both at the same time.
