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History Testifies to the Infallibility of the Qur'an
Early History of the Children of Israel
This Book Internal inconsistencies in the Bible were never difficult to spot. In the 19th and 20th centuries, new data from archaeological excavations in sites of Biblical times has also exposed so many fundamental flaws in the Bible’s account of history, including its version of the early history of the Children of Israel. Scholars differed in their reaction to this. Some chose to reject parts of the Biblical narrative and accept others which they considered reconcilable with attested historical facts. Other scholars simply decided that the exodus and related events are mere Biblical fiction. What scholars could not disagree on, however, is the unreliability of the Bible. In their quest for an answer to the question of the historicity or non-historicity of the exodus and other Biblical claims about the early history of the Israelites, scholars made the most of every bit of textual and artifactual information that they gained access to. Yet throughout the long history of the scholarly interest in this subject, the Qur'anic account of the early history of the Israelites has been persistently ignored. This book amends this situation and highlights the very significant implications of studying the Qur'anic version of the exodus. This book has three general conclusions. Firstly, unlike its Biblical counterpart, the Qur'anic account of the exodus is totally consistent and free of any internal discrepancies. Secondly, the Qur'an does not contain any claim that is contradicted by established historical facts. Immensely significant is the fact that the fourteen-century old Book reveals historical facts that came to the knowledge of man only in the 19th and 20th centuries. The third and equally significant conclusion is that the Qur'an includes information that expands our historical knowledge and gives answers to century old questions. In other words, the Qur'an contains historical information that does not exist elsewhere. Besides shedding light on the amazing accuracy of the Qur'anic account of the history of the Israelites in Egypt, this book also highlights stunning Qur'anic information about the life of Prophet Jesus. The view of many that the Qur'an was derived from the Bible is simply nonsensical. The arguments of this book are not driven by emotion, nor are they baseless rhetoric. The methods used in drawing the conclusions are explained clearly and in detail so that they can be easily and independently evaluated. The challenge that the findings of this book represent is straightforward: if these findings cannot be shown to be wrong, they can only mean that the Qur'an could not have been authored by anyone other than Allah, the Perfect Historian.
Book Details Authors: Louay Fatoohi & Shetha Al-Dargazelli Pages: 275 Size: 235mm x 165mm Publication Date: 1999 Publisher: A. S. Noordeen, Malaysia ISBN: 983-065-091-X
Table of Contents Introduction 1. The Exodus in the Bible: Account and Inconsistencies 1.1 The Biblical Exodus 1.2 Inconsistencies in the Biblical Exodus 2. The Biblical Exodus and History 2.1 The Bible and Archaeology 2.2 Archaeology and the Israelites in Egypt 2.3 Biblical Dating of the Exodus 2.4 Partial Biblical Dating of the Exodus 2.5 Contradictions in Biblical Dating of the Exodus 3. An Introduction to the Qur'an 3.1 The Style and Structure of the Qur'an 3.2 The Qur'an According to the Qur'an 4. The Nature and History of the Bible 4.1 The Bible From the "Word of God" to the "word of man" 4.2 The Qur'anic Verdict on the Bible 4.3 The Bible's "Israelization" of the Lord and Religion 5. The Qur'anic Determination of the Date and Place of the Israelites' Entry Into Egypt 5.1 An Outline of the Qur'anic Story of Prophet Yusuf 5.2 An Analysis of the Qur'anic Story of Prophet Yusuf 6. Prophet Musa in the Qur'an 6.1 An Outline of the Qur'anic Story of Prophet Musa 6.2 Musa's Story in the Sura of al-Qasas (the Stories) 6.3 Musa's Story in the Sura of TaHa 6.4 Musa's Story in the Sura of ash-Shu'ara'' (the Poets) 6.5 Musa's Story in the Sura of al-A'raf (the Heights) 6.6 Biblical Claims Unsupported by the Qur'an 7. The Qur'anic Identification of the Pharaoh of the Exodus 7.1 One Pharaoh Not Two 7.2 A Long-Reigning Pharaoh 7.3 The Pharaoh "of the awtad" 7.4 A Mummified Pharaoh 7.5 Who Was Haman? 7.6 Miscellaneous Notes 8. The Qur'anic Picture of the Exodus 8.1 The Gathering Together of the Israelites 8.2 The Exodus: An Eastward Escape 8.3 How Many were the Israelites of the Exodus? 8.4 The Israelites Post Exodus 8.5 The "Israel Stele" of Merneptah 9. Births and Massacres: Facts and Fictions 9.1 Pharaoh's Two Massacres of the Israelites 9.2 Herod's Massacre to Kill 'Isa? 9.3 Musa's Story of Birth: Reality Not a Literary Motif 10. Religious Names: Facts and Fictions 10.1 The Habiru/'Apiru 10.2 Hebrew: What is in a Name? 10.3 The Names of the Israelites in the Qur'an 10.4 A Nazarene From Nazareth? 10.5 Muslim: A Universal Name Conclusion References in Arabic References in English  Copyright © 1999 Louay Fatoohi |
