The “Inerrancy” of the Quran

The “Inerrancy” of the Quran

Exploring the “perfection” of this holy book

Over the last year, I’ve written a good number of articles exploring the vast number of errors that exist in the Bible. I started with the Bible because I grew up in the southern U.S. and attended churches that pushed the concept of KJV purity and the inerrancy of the Bible, so I was already very familiar with the book and this doctrine.

Over this time I’ve had a lot of comments from those in the Muslim community telling me I need to refer to the Quran, since it is truly perfect, without error. So it seems that this faith also has divine inerrancy at its core.

While becoming more familiar with the Quran though I’ve run across numerous errors that are contained in it, albeit much fewer it seems than the Bible contains. This isn’t surprising seeing as how the Bible has been translated so many times, and over half the book is the holy book of another religion, and Christianity has many tenets that conflict with Judaism, in addition to the Old Testament being a much older document than the Quran.

Then there’s the timeframe, the Quran is entirely compiled from revelations revealed to Muhammed from Jabreel (Gabriel) over the course of 23 years, and then that was all compiled from his writings or writings of close followers. Meanwhile, the Bible’s oldest writings are dated to around 1513 BC, and the newest writings are from around 96 AD. So close to a 1600-year spread there, and between 35–40 authors.