Should Islam be trusted?.
Islam didn’t pre-date to Adam or Abraham that’s a whole nonsense,but when I watch debates or see people having conversations with Muslims, someone will ask why don’t you question your religion,and they’ll say cause Allah said this was what happened so this was what happened.(What they said)
I find it strange actually,just like the crucifixion,the rib theory and many more Islam talks about and its followers are just to believe without questioning?.
Now for the sake of this article let’s use an example , what if Islam is not from God but from something else,why is the Quran hating the Jews and Christian for no reason?.
Here comes the dumb and smart play stay with me here,before I get some angry imam swearing for me.
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Further examining and historical evidence.
Author’s note:Hi guys hope you are well,this article is for educational and religious purposes.
Further Reading and Historical evidence .
The dumb and smart play is this if Islam is not from God how does a religion who claims to be from God play the role of God.
Simple didn’t you question or find it strange that the Bible characters were not Muslims,Jews and later convert to Christians and no historical evidence back dates to Islam, now according to Islam Jesus is a man not God,so Islam will say Jesus was a blasphemous man (Not by belief may the lord forbid) because he claimed to be God so why didn’t Allah or the God of Islam intervene? or the spreading of Christianity why didn’t the god of Islam choose someone to come and say that all that was a bunch of baloney.
Being a Muslim means believe in Allah and he’s messagner Muhammed,but Muslims start to remove the Muhammed to trap people and say oh it’s just believing in God,but the pagans believe they have a god,and the Hindu’s and Buddhist and whatever religion are they Muslims you say no ,so it matters what God you’re worshipping and the following statement Muhammed.
Historical evidence
Many people are told or heard that Islam is the oldest religion in the world . most Islamic teachers teach that Islam did not start in the 7th century with Muhammed,but that it goes all the way back to Adam,Noah , Abraham, and Jesus. They make a bold claim that all biblical figures were actually perphas secretly Muslims.
But if we look at real history, old documents, and the teachings themselves, this claim falls apart. From a historical and Christian viewpoint, Islam is a religion that started in the 600s AD. It took stories from Judaism and Christianity, changed them, and then claimed it was the original faith.
To say Abraham or Moses were Muslims is historically impossible. Abraham lived thousands of years before Muhammad. He spoke ancient Hebrew and lived by a covenant (a holy promise) with God that is recorded in the Bible. Moses received the Ten Commandments and the Law for the Jewish people. They did not practice Islam, they did not pray toward Mecca, and they did not follow the Quran.
Islam as a distinct religion started in Arabia in the year 610 AD with Muhammad. There are no ancient tablets, scrolls, or historical records anywhere in the world showing that people practiced Islam before Muhammad. The Quran tries to rewrite history by claiming these ancient biblical figures were Muslims, but history tells us a completely different story.
Do Muslims have a god who misguides?
One of the most confusing and troubling teachings in Islam is how Allah decides who gets saved and who goes to hell. The Quran says many times that Allah guides whoever he wants, and he misguides whoever he wants.
For example, in the Quran, it says:
"Thus Allah leaves astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills." (Surah 74:31)
This creates a massive theological problem. If God intentionally misguides a person, blinds their eyes, and stops them from believing, how can He justly punish them in hell for not believing? It means humans do not truly have free will, and their destiny is already forced upon them.
Imagine being a Muslim and you have to weigh good and your bad you think you’re a good Muslim but a god is secretly misguiding you and you go to hell through him misguiding you.
This is very different from the God of the Bible. In Christianity, God does not trick or misguide people into going to hell. The Bible says in 1 Timothy 2:4 that God "desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." While the Christian God allows people to choose to reject Him, He never acts as the author of confusion or deception. A God who actively misguides people cannot be fully trusted as perfectly good and just.
Why the Teachings on Jews and Christians Changed
If you read the Quran, you will notice a strange contradiction. In some parts, it speaks kindly about Jews and Christians. In other parts, it commands Muslims to fight them. Why is there such a big change?
The answer is found in the life of Muhammad and a rule in Islam called abrogation (which means newer verses cancel out older ones).
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The Early Days in Mecca (Peaceful)
When Muhammad first started his religion in the city of Mecca, he had very little power and few followers. During this time, the verses he spoke were peaceful. He told people that there is no forcing anyone to join the religion, and he treated Jews and Christians with respect, hoping they would accept him as a prophet.
The Later Days in Medina (Violent)
Later, Muhammad moved to the city of Medina and became a powerful political and military leader. He expected the Jewish tribes there to welcome him. But the Jews looked at their scriptures (the Torah) and realized Muhammad’s teachings did not match what God had already said. They rejected him.
Because they rejected him, the tone of the Quran changed completely. Once Muhammad had an army, the verses became hostile. The most famous example is Surah 9:29, which says:
"Fight those who do not believe in Allah... nor acknowledge the religion of truth, from among those who were given the Scripture, until they pay the tax willingly while they are humbled."
(For example in Nigeria as of last year Christians were killed by Muslims just for going to church and not being Muslims we stopped going to church because we feared we could get kidnapped and killed and separated from our family it spread widely in the northern side since the majority were Muslims)
Because of the rule of abrogation, the later, violent verses cancel out the earlier, peaceful ones. This is why history shows a shift from trying to be friends with Jews and Christians to declaring war against them.
The Complete Absence of Pre-Islamic Islamic Artifacts
If Islam had been practiced by millions of people across ancient history from Adam to Jesus, it would have left physical evidence. However, archaeology shows a complete blank before the 600s AD.
• No Inscriptions: Ancient Arabia is full of thousands of rocks carved with Safaitic, Sabaean, and Nabataean inscriptions. These stones record the names of many pagan gods (like Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Hubal) and Jewish Christian concepts. There is not a single pre-7th-century inscription that mentions the Islamic Shahada, the Prophet Muhammad, or Islam as a religion.
• No Mosques: There is no archaeological trace of any mosque, Islamic shrine, or foundation built anywhere in the world prior to the mid-7th century.
External Witness Timelines (Non-Muslim Chronicles)
The strongest evidence for when a religion starts comes from outsiders who witnessed its birth. In the centuries before Muhammad, Roman, Persian, Jewish, and Syrian writers wrote extensively about the Middle East.
Before 610 AD None of these massive historical libraries mention a religion called "Islam" or a holy book called the "Quran."
The Sudden Shift (630s AD) Immediately after Muhammad’s death, neighboring nations suddenly started writing in shock about a new group of people emerging from the desert.
Christian chronicles, such as the writings of Thomas the Presbyter (written around 640 AD) and Sebeos (a bishop writing in the 660s AD), explicitly document "Muhammad" and the "Arabs" invading Byzantine territory. They describe it as a brand-new political and religious movement, not an old, existing religion.
Manuscript and Textual Evidence
Historians look at the physical age of religious books to trace their origins.
The Birmingham Quran Manuscript carbon dating of the oldest known Quran fragments (like the one kept at the University of Birmingham) dates them to between 568 AD and 645 AD. This perfectly matches the timeline of Muhammad’s life (570–632 AD). There are no fragments of the Quran, written in any language or script, that date to the 5th century, 1st century, or BC eras.
Linguistic Evolution
Languages develop over time, much like Old English evolved into Modern English.
The Quran is written in 7th-century Classical Arabic (Hijazi style). Abraham lived around 2000 BC and spoke an ancient Northwest Semitic dialect. Moses (around 1400 BC) spoke ancient Hebrew. Jesus (1st century AD) spoke Aramaic. It is a historical impossibility for Adam, Abraham, or Moses to have practiced a religion dictated by a 7th-century Arabic text, using Arabic theological terms (like Salah, Zakat, or Ramadan) that did not exist in their eras or languages.
Pre-Islamic Arabian Pagan Roots
Historians have proven that the practices of Islam were not ancient monotheistic rituals from Adam, but rather adaptations of local 7th-century Pagan practices.
Roman historians like Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC) wrote about the pagan Arabs worshipping stones and holy sanctuaries in the desert.
Before Muhammad, Arab pagans already practiced the Hajj (pilgrimage), ran between the hills of Safa and Marwa, threw stones at pillars representing devils, and highly revered the Kaaba in Mecca which was filled with 360 pagan idols. Muhammad took these existing regional, pagan practices and repurposed them for his new religion.
Mistakes in the Text
Another reason it is hard to trust the claims of Islam is that the Quran contains clear historical mistakes about Jewish and Christian beliefs.
In Surah 9:30, the Quran claims that "the Jews say Ezra is the son of God." This is historically false. No sect of Judaism in history has ever believed that Ezra was the son of God.
The Quran confuses Mary (the mother of Jesus) with Miriam (the sister of Aaron and Moses). It calls Mary the "sister of Aaron" (Surah 19:28). In reality, Moses and Aaron lived over 1,000 years before Jesus and Mary were even born.
If the Quran was dictated by an all-knowing God, it would not make basic historical errors about the religions that came before it.
conclusion
If Islam existed for thousands of years before Muhammad, it is a historical ghost. It left behind no coins, no buildings, no manuscripts, no laws, and no mentions by any global historian until the 7th century AD. True history shows it was born locally in Arabia, using the language and customs of that specific time and place.
