The Qur'an

Before criticizing any book, one should read it and get to know it. However, the Qur'an is not an easy book to understand.
A Topical Study of the Qur'an is a helpful starting point to get an overview on its major topics.

The Muslim claims about the Qur'an concentrate around the topics of

• Textual Integrity (today's text is exactly the same as recited by Muhammad)
• Logical Consistency (no contradictions within the Qur'an).
• Miraculous Features
  • Supernatural Eloquence
  • Scientific statements far ahead of its time
  • Numerical miracles
  • Prophecies

An overview article touching on many of the above issues:
The Alleged Divine Origin of the Qur'an: [Part 1], [Part 2] (off site)

Comparing the best arguments for Christianity and Islam:
The Resurrection Versus the Qur抋n In the Light of Logic

Further issues in need to be investigated are

• Incompleteness and Incoherence of the Qur'an
• Is the Quran Preserved? examines a theo-logical problem
• Abrogation in the Qur'an
• Abrogated Verses Of the Quran
• Abrogation in the Koran
• The Problem of Abrogation in the Quran
• Abolishing what Satan proposes? — A Fresh Look at the Reason for Abrogation in the Quran
• Promise and fulfillment in the Bible (in contrast to abrogation)
• Biblical Consummation versus Islamic Abrogation: [Part 1], [Part 2]
• Various articles with information and thoughts on the issue of abrogation: [*], [*], [*], [*], [*], [*], [*]
• Sources of the Qur'an
• Legends, Myths and Fables incorporated into the Qur'an
• The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an
• The interpretation of the Qur'an
  • Themes in the Qur'an (teachings of the Qur'an on various topics)
    • What the Qur'an says about the Bible (overview page)
  • Commentary on individual passages (an alternative Tafsir)
  • E. M. Wherry's Comprehensive Commentary on the Qur'an
• Different Versions of the Qur'an
• Issues regarding Translation of the Qur'an
  • Translations of the Koran (history, overview) [also as PDF]
  • Translating the Qur'an
  • Is The Qur'an Translatable? Early Muslim Opinion
  • Assessing English Translations of the Qur'an

Miscellaneous topics:

• Differences of Shi'a perspective regarding the Qur'an
• Chronological order of passages in the Quran, cf. Summary of Qur'an details

Muslim arguments and presentations:

• Ulum al Quran: An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an (Ahmad von Denffer)
• What makes Muslims believe that the Qur'an is not written by Prophet Muhammad?

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