Islam Imploding

The Qur’an’s Fatal Contradiction

Affirming the Torah and Gospel While Rejecting Their Core Teachings

Subtitle:

How the Qur’an’s Attempt to Inherit Biblical Authority Undermines Its Own Credibility

🧭 Introduction: The Claim of Continuity

Islam claims to be the final revelation in a long chain of prophetic traditions stretching from Adam to Muhammad. The Qur’an affirms that previous scriptures—the Torah given to Moses and the Gospel given to Jesus—were sent by Allah and constitute divine guidance. It explicitly commands Jews and Christians to follow the revelations in their possession at the time of Muhammad (7th century).

But here lies the devastating paradox: Islam affirms the divine origin of these scriptures—yet systematically rejects their foundational doctrines.

This contradiction isn’t superficial. It is theological dynamite. It strikes at the very claim of continuity, which Islam relies on to legitimize its prophet and scripture.

📖 Part I: The Qur’an Affirms the Torah and Gospel Repeatedly

The Qur’an does not merely acknowledge the Torah and Gospel; it praises them, confirms them, and commands obedience to them:

Surah 3:3 – “He has sent down upon you the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.”
Surah 5:46 – “We sent Jesus... and We gave him the Gospel in which was guidance and light, confirming that which preceded it of the Torah.”
Surah 5:47 – “Let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein.”
Surah 5:68 – “Say: O People of the Book! You have no ground to stand upon unless you observe the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been sent down to you from your Lord.”

These verses prove one unambiguous point: Muhammad viewed the Torah and Gospel as legitimate, accessible, and binding in his own time.

There is no indication in the Qur’an that the texts of these scriptures had been lost, removed, or altered beyond recognition.

⛔ Part II: The Qur’an Rejects the Core Teachings of Those Same Scriptures

While the Qur’an affirms the Torah and Gospel, it simultaneously rejects the very doctrines that define them. Consider the following:

🔹 1. The Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus

The Gospel proclaims: Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead (Mark 15–16, Luke 24, 1 Corinthians 15).
The Qur’an denies: “They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it was made to appear so to them…” (Surah 4:157)

This isn’t a minor detail. The crucifixion and resurrection are the heart of the Gospel message (see 1 Corinthians 15:14).

🔹 2. Jesus is the Son of God

The Gospel proclaims: Jesus is the unique Son of God (John 1:14, 3:16, Matthew 3:17).
The Qur’an condemns this: “It is not befitting for Allah to take a son.” (Surah 19:35)

🔹 3. Salvation by Grace

The Gospel teaches: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith... not by works.” (Ephesians 2:8–9)
The Qur’an teaches: Allah weighs good deeds vs. bad deeds on a scale (Surah 101:6–9) and grants paradise accordingly.

🔹 4. The Nature of God

The Bible reveals a God who is Father, Son, and Spirit—relational and personal.
The Qur’an presents an abstract, monadic deity who cannot be known intimately and declares the Trinity a form of shirk (Surah 5:73).

In sum, the Qur’an contradicts the essence of the very books it affirms.

🧠 Part III: The Logical and Theological Collapse

Let’s apply strict logic:

Premise 1: The Torah and Gospel are from God and are to be obeyed (Qur’anic position).
Premise 2: The Torah and Gospel, in their extant form in the 7th century, teach doctrines Islam rejects.
Premise 3: The Qur’an does not claim that the text of these books was corrupted.
Conclusion: The Qur’an affirms as divine books that contradict Islam.

This is not merely a theological tension—it is a logical contradiction. The Law of Identity (A = A) demands consistency. A book cannot be both true and false in the same respect.

You cannot affirm a book as divine and then reject its teachings without undermining your own affirmation.

🧱 Part IV: The Post-Qur’anic Patchwork—Tahrif Theory

Islamic theologians, realizing the devastating implications of this contradiction, invented the theory of tahrif—the claim that Jews and Christians corrupted their scriptures. But this doctrine is:

Absent from the Qur’an: It never states the Injil or Torah were textually altered.
Contradicted by the Qur’an: The Qur’an commands Christians to judge by what is in the Gospel they have (Q 5:47), not a lost or corrupted version.
Historically implausible: There was no unified council or conspiracy among Jews and Christians globally to alter all copies before Muhammad's time.
Chronologically absurd: If the Injil was corrupted, why does the Qur’an command Christians in 7th-century Arabia to follow it?

In short, tahrif is a theological band-aid—a desperate post-Qur’anic invention to salvage a broken system.

❗ Part V: The Consequences Are Catastrophic

This contradiction collapses the central claim of Islam: that it confirms and completes previous revelations.

If Islam:

Confirms books it contradicts,
Denies teachings it was supposedly sent to affirm,
And builds a theology that depends on selectively affirming and rewriting history…

Then Islam is not a continuation of the Abrahamic tradition, but an invention retroactively seeking legitimacy.

And if Muhammad’s message depends on this contradiction, then his claim to prophethood stands on intellectually and theologically unstable ground.

🔚 Conclusion: You Cannot Have It Both Ways

If the Torah and Gospel are divine, then Islam is false.
If the Torah and Gospel are false, then the Qur’an is wrong to affirm them.
Either way, Islam destroys itself from within.

No amount of reinterpretation, metaphorical escape routes, or appeals to mystery can resolve this. The contradiction is textual, theological, historical, and logical.

And it’s fatal.