The best arguments against Islam are:
1. Islam denies the historical event of Jesus’ death on the cross. Denying history is irrational.
2. The Quran [Quran 33:4, 37-40] is not of divine origin because it made special exceptions for Muhammad’s immorality (i.e. Muhammad’s marriage to his fifth wife and paternal cross-cousin, Zaynab bint Jahsh).1“Before receiving his first revelation, Muḥammad acquired a young captive, Zayd b. Ḥāritha al-Kalbī, whom he manumitted and adopted. Mutual rights of inheritance and protection were created between father and son, Zayd’s name was changed to Zayd b. Muḥammad, and he was known as the Beloved of the Messenger of God. Zayd was one of the first men—if not the very first—to become a Muslim. Shortly after the hijra to Medina, Zayd married the Prophet’s paternal cross-cousin, Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh. One day, while Zaynab was alone in her apartment, Muḥammad inadvertently caught sight of his daughter-in-law and immediately fell in love with her. Upon learning of his father’s feelings for his wife, Zayd offered to divorce Zaynab. Initially, Muḥammad rejected the offer, presumably because he knew that divine law prohibited a marriage between a man and his daughter-in-law and feared public reaction to such a marriage. In response to this predicament, God revealed Q 33:37, in which He not only gave the Prophet special permission to marry Zaynab but also specified that henceforth the prohibition of marriage to a daughter-in-law would apply only to the former wife of a natural son and would no longer apply to the former wife of an adopted son:
“[Remember] when you said to him who had been favoured by God and was favoured by you: “Keep your wife to yourself and fear God,” you were hiding something God was about to bring to light, for you had fear of men, though you should fear God more. And when Zayd was through with her, We gave her to you in marriage, so that it may not remain a sin for the faithful [to marry] the wives of their adopted sons when they are through with them. God’s command is to be fulfilled.”
Wouldn’t you agree that Quran 33:37 gives the appearance of a man driven by selfish ambition in the guise of divine command?
Source: Powers, David S., “Adoption”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson.
3. Based on Muhammad’s testimony, he was not a true prophet of God because the Quran says,
And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah), We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta), (Quran 69:44-46, Muhsin Khan)
Sometime after Muhammad ate poisoned meat and was dying he exclaimed,
….Narrated ‘Aisha: The Prophet in his ailment in which he died, used to say, “O ‘Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that poison.” (Sahih Bukhari 5:59:713)
4. Muhammad was a victim of his own proposed curse.
Toward the end of Muhammad’s life, Christians and Muslims did not see eye to eye with one another about Jesus. To settle these differences Muhammad proposed a curse, called a mubahala (Quran 3:59-61). While it appears that the mutual cursing never took place; nevertheless, when I, as a Christian, look at the events surrounding this proposed Mubahala, it appears that Muhammad stood on the wrong side of the argument.
Around the time of Muhammad’s proposed mubahala:
- Muhammad’s eighteen month old son Ibrahim died (10AH/632AD).
- Muhammad died (11AH/632 AD)
- Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima, died about six months after him (11AH/632AD)
If Muhammad was on God’s side, why did he die shortly after the proposed mubahala? What did his beloved daughter die shortly after?
5. The Quran says the Christian Scriptures are corrupted. The fact is that the Quran is a corruption of the Christian Scriptures because the Quran says Jesus was given a book (Injil) from heaven (Qur’an 5:46; 57:27). Jesus was never given a book from heaven. The New Testament was given to Jesus followers after Jesus ascended into heaven.
6. The best argument against Islam is the fact that Jesus rose again from the dead. Jesus is alive. This matters because you and I will die, but Jesus is able to save us from death (see John 11).
Here’s a video giving five reasons I’m not a Muslim.
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In the third argument you say that Prophet Mohammad(S.A.W)is not true messenger of Allah and tried to prove it from the Verse “And if he (Muhammad (SAW)) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah), We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta)”, (Quran 69:44-46, Mohsin Khan) but you did not read it in detail(tafseer) of the verse. The verse States the generosity and truthfulness of the Prophet Mohammed(S.A.W) and shows that the Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W)is a generous messenger of Allah and he would not invent false sayings about Allah if you read it in detail
If Muhammad did not invent false sayings, then why did he feel later in life as if his aorta was being cut? How does the tafsir explain Quran 69:44-46 in light of Bukhari 5:59:713?
Correction: to summarize: 1. In The quran 96:46 it talked about Prophet Muhammad’s heart veins not Prophet Muhammad’s(S.A.W.) aorta 2. while in the said hadith as narrated by Aisha(R.A.) Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) talked about his Aorta and not his heart veins. So you can not use the said verse and the said hadith as your best argument against Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) and against Islam. But you can use both of them as your worst argument against your ignorance about Arabic language , the Quran and Authentic Hadth.
the first argument is meaningless !
the second argument : this is a very big subject but here is a website that sums it up ( http://www.onislam.net/english/ask-about-islam/ethics-and-values/muslim-character/166258-why-did-the-prophet-have-so-many-wives.html)
the third argument : god said in the quran that if prophet muhammad – ppuh- tried to alter the quran then god would cut off his aorta – a symbolization to ending his life – on the other hand the prophet was indeed poisoned and the poison made him ill and suffer but it wasn’t the cause of his death because he died 3 years after the poison incident .
the fourth argument : your information are incorrect because even though a mubahala was arranged to happen it never did therefor no curse to blame for the deaths of the children of prophet muhammed -ppuh-
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The first argument is certainly meaningful, and you can watch a video I recently did that gives further detail: The Quran and Jesus’ Crucifixion. I also wrote about this, “Jesus’ Death on the Cross and the Quran.”
The second argument demonstrates that Muhammad did not keep God’s Law, and then spoke in God’s name to make exceptions for his lawlessness. You can watch more about this here: “Muhammad’s Marriage to Zaynab.”
The third raises serious questions about whether Muhammad truly spoke for God.It’s hard to believe it is mere coincidence that Muhammad recited what he did in the Quran and died the way he did according to the hadith. See my video on the Angel Gabriel where I discuss this.
Fourthly, it appears the curse Muhammad proposed came down upon him, his son, and daughter. Whether or not it happened between Muhammand and the Christians from Narjan seems irrelevant to me, because it appears that God carried it out. See my video “Muhammad’s Curse.“
Our brother dr zakir naik had made all these doughts very clear with the help of Allah.
Im satisfied with u since there is no one who can argue our lord Allah and his words I think theres no one existing who can argue about Muhammad pbuh and it also depends on person how he thinks on issue actually they are mad and think in senseless ways
Recently, I have grown interest in justifying my religion, Christianity as a religion from God. Initially, I was just a silent believer, but the very day a muslim told with a determined eschatological arrogance that all Christians are going to hell, I research a little bit about the Qur’an and realised that the whole Qur’an is a fiction. If it is not a fiction, then tell me people: Can a loving God command a full grown man to marry a nine year old girl? Can God who forbid sexual immorality and drunkenness all of a sudden allow it in Heaven? Can a God who created a woman to be a helper to man make the woman unclean? The QUR’AN PREACHES ALL OF THESE…THE QURAN FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE CANNOT BE THE WORD OF GOD.
First of all,Allah did not command the prophet to marry Ayisha[r.a].You should undertstand that this is in the dark age.Ayisha’s father insisted Muhammed[s.a.w.s]to marry his daughter in order to strengthen their relationship.She was also 19,not “9”.There are hadithes in proof of this[check the ‘swihaahussithah’.Allah[s.a.w.t] allowed alcohol because,
in the mortal world,it wil cause havoc between people[do you disagree?????].But in heaven,all the humans are immortals.They have been learning all their lives.They have graduated from the mortal world to heaven[do you think a boy who graduated from college will keep doing whatever he used to do in college?????].I don’t understand what u mean with the third argument.I take it that you didn’t actually let Qur’an to sink into your heart.Read it thoroughly.Try to read it between the lines because Qur’an is full of indirect orders,so don’t take everything literally.May Allah]s.a.w.t]help you to choose between right and wrong.And read your comment once again with this in mind:’ALLAH’ is not the name of the muslims’ diety.It’s the arabic word for god….
Now sir, if I drink responsibly in this world, is it accepted? God cannot call a thing unclean and later call it clean…Now sir, if I drink responsibly in this world, is it accepted? God cannot call a thing unclean and later call it clean…
Drinking and being drunk are two seperate things.
It is said that the wine of heaven will not cause drunkness.
Thanks, Muhammad, for your answer about how pedophilia is fine when Muslims do it. I will drink the koolaid now.
We could argue semantics until Judgement Day. How I crave intelligent and mutually respectful Christian/Muslim dialogue. However as an objective third party with a fascination for both traditions, I’ll add my two pence. Seems to me the Quran doesn’t NECESSARILY deny the crucifixion. The verses concerned are addressed to Jewish listeners, after all, not to Christians. If anything, said verses seem to be defending Jesus against any boast of defeat on the Jews’ part. Yes, Jewish machinations SEEMED to have succeeded in executing this Jesus agitator, but the story doesn’t end for Jesus’ followers there. Why can’t Christians read these passages for what they obviously are: vindications of their founder. The worst the Quran has to say about Jesus is that he wasn’t and isn’t God. I tend to agree. Worshipping a fellow human being, no matter how morally great, is self-evidently wrong.
I’ll add to this that I rather like how the Quran leaves the final details of Jesus’ life on a mysterious note. Yes he seemed to die, but didn’t ultimately: so what happened? It fits very nicely with the post-resurrection Jesus of the gospel accounts, a very mysterious figure indeed. Alive, but somehow beyond alive.
In the third argument if Muhammed (SAW) was a false prophet than Allah would not have waited for 23 years so that Muhammed (SAW) could establish islam firmly. Allah would have immediately And certainly cut off Muhammed (SAW)’s life artery when MUhammed (SAW) first proclaimed that he was messenger of Allah when he was 40 years age.
Also thru’ out Muhammed (SAW) ‘s life Allah always helped him at every step otherwise establishing Islam at that time was impossible.
The above clearly proves that Muhammed (SAW) was messenger of Allah.
I’ve had my religious views tested by Islam. I once had to make a very hard decision based upon a relationship that I was in. I was a Christian who was dating a Muslim woman. At first we had an understanding that we saw things differently, I thought that we had a mutual understanding that we were going to work together to seek out the truth together. Unfortunately that was never the case. for months I dove into everything I could find that talked about this matter. I wanted to figure out which religion was accurate, and follow it regardless of the outcome. After all, we should all want to be connected to God through the correct religion. After months of research, I came to the conclusion that “facts” were only going to be debated between me and the girl I was dating. Neither of us was ever going to prove the other was right or wrong because we were debating things that didn’t happen when we or anyone else we knew were alive. Therefore, I finally realized I had to look at both religions from a “big picture” standpoint and draw my own conclusion. Ultimately for me, I realized that even Muslims will admit Muhammad had sexual relationships with far too young of women. They would also admit that he was a conquer. Jesus on the other hand, was neither of these. We all know deep down in our hearts that no man of God would ever touch children, even if it was “part of the times”. Theres something inherently wrong with that, and to conveniently let Muhammad get away with it, seemed as if there were exceptions to Muhammad’s rules. Jesus was also never blood thirsty, as Muhammad was. Anyone that leads a life of a conquer, ultimately is serving their own interests, not anyone else’s. The icing on the cake was when I looked at the current state of Islam. If Islam was the true religion, how could suicide bombers emerge from it? The book of revelations warns that in the end of days, there will be people who kill themselves, in order to kill others. For me, that’s a Islamic terrorist. Armed with these three revelations, I had to reluctantly tell my girlfriend I could not ever convert to Islam. Even though I did not believe in raising children with parents that had different religions, I even offered to stay with this women, if she could except me as a Christian. She ultimately could not, and we had to go our separate ways. However, it was when I realized this women’s intention was never to be open to Christianity, it was and only ever was, to convert me. I would have been totally accepting of her beliefs, but she could not of mine. That’s was a major red flag for me in regards to which religion is really about “peace” and which is really about world domination. It was an awfully hard way to learn what Islam was really all about, but I ultimately understood that I was making the right decision. Jesus warned about false prophets, and Christians have been warned that in our end of days we will be persecuted for our religious beliefs. It took me a really long time to come to my conclusions, but it ultimately was this experience that was able to prove to me I was following the right religion.
Dr. Muhsin mistakenly transalated the word” Alwateen” as Aorta. The true meaning of the word” Alwatin” according to Abdullah Ibn Abbas(R.A.), Prophet Muhammad’s companion is 1. عرق القلب. veins of the heart. So the translation of Quran(( Thumma laqatahna minhul Wateen. )) 96: 46 is ” , And we then certainly should have cut off his heart veins not as mistranslated unintentionally by Dr. Muhsin in the NOble Quran ” And if he (Muhammad SAW) had forged a false saying concerning Us (Allah), We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), And then certainly should have cut off his life artery (Aorta), (Quran 69:44-46, Muhsin Khan)” See wrong translation of Dr. Muhsin from this website about the word” Alwateen” https://quran.com/69 . Aorta in arabic means ” abharu” not alwateen. Allah did not say in 69:46 “Thumma laqatahna minhul abhar.” Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, “O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta(abhariy) is being cut from that poison.” See here: https://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/450. In the Quran 69:46 Allah talked about cutting prophet Muhammad’s Veins of his heart not his aorta. While in the Hadith as narrated by Aisha(R.A.), Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) was talking about his Aorta. Your Hypothesis that Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) was not a Prophet is false. Because Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) did not say”O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my heart vein( wateeniy) is being cut from that poison.” to summarize: 1. In The quran 96:46 it talked about Prophet Muhammad’s heart veins not Prophet Muhammad’s(S.A.W.) aorta 2. while in the said hadith as narrated by Aisha(R.A.) Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) talked about his Aorta and not about his heart veins. So you can not use the said verse and the said hadith as your best argument against Prophet Muhammad(S.A.W.) and against Islam. But you can use both of them as your worst argument against your ignorance about Arabic language , the Quran and Authentic Hadth.
1. Jesus’s death is not yet proved.
2. Can’t find any verses in the Quran saying the second point.
3. Then why did the god waited until Muhammed finish his message? and why did god make him successful?
4. ‘Mubahala’ also means ‘withdrawing mercy from one who lies or engages in falsehood’
5. Everyone’s death were told to them when they were inside the womb. If the event ‘muhabala’ was delayed for few days, prophet muhammed would have dies before it happened.
6. Jesus rose others from death when he was in the earth. But he won’t be able to save you and me from death.