Debunking Islam in 14 verses

The God of the Bible reveals himself in many ways and one of them is anger.  Us humans are made in his image and can display a range of emotions and if you are like me, in the space of a few seconds!  God is always self controlled in this respect but it is clear love, hate*, anger, mercy, grace etc are well within the persona of the Lord.  It is this point in which the Quran shoots itself in the foot and reveals it is a document written by Men.

Muslims say that the Quran is an unchanged document and is the Holy Word of Allah in Arabic.  You have to wear gloves touching any Quran written in Arabic and perform washing also.  The Islamic view of the writings is sacred, holy and the very words of God.   However in the first 14 verses the Quran runs into severe difficulty.  For those who have not explored the Quran allow me to underline its errors.

The first seven verses of the Quran basically tell us in no uncertain terms that Allah is completely, totally and entirely Merciful.  The text goes to extraordinary lengths to let us know this before we have any account of anything else.  "Allah is Merciful."  That's chapter 1 essentially.  When we get to 2:7 we find an extraordinary display of ...er... no mercy.  Speaking of unbelievers:

2:7  Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.

Wait.  I thought Allah was completely, entirely and totally Merciful? Yet here we see from the holy, sacred, can't-touch-this Quran a severe lack of the aforementioned Mercy.  Having asked Muslim clerics how to deal with this verse they all say 'Allah knows best.' In other words they can't answer this initial contradiction. It appears that if you choose not to believe, Allah makes it harder for you to believe.  Allah makes it impossible to perceive himself and therefore the person ends up in hell.   

The God of the Bible is opposite to this.  He has given himself for the Salvation of the world.  God wants all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4). There is a point where God does give people what they want and sends delusions and restricts the ability to perceive Salvation.  This is usually tied in with a rejection of Messiah, once having known who he is.  Also we find from Romans that believers can get to a place where the Lord can do nothing more and allows them to hit rock bottom.  Israel is an example of this at the present time but will come to the Lord in the Day Of Jacobs trouble in the Tribulation. So the God of the Bible can do Sura 2:7 but the point is that he doesn't declare himself to be totally, entirely and completely Merciful!  There is a point where God will unleash righteous anger on people who reject Messiah!  

It's the overstating of Allah's Mercy in 'Holy Scripture' that ties Muslims up and reveals the Quran as nonsensical.   The Bible does have translation errors but in its original languages is the Word of God.  A bible is 'words on paper' but point to the Holy and Glorious Risen Son of God who doesn't require gloves to touch him, he invites us to hold his hand through our lives after he washes us clean!  Now that is Mercy.   


Gary Ward

* Jesus hates the deeds of the Nicolatians Rev Ch 2 and 3