Tiberius said:Again, people memorising a book is not evidence that the book is true, even if that book contains a promise that people will be able to memorise it.
People have memorised the Bible. You claim that not even the pope has. Even if this unsubstantiated claim is true, does that mean that no one else can memorise it? Many fundamentalist christians, I am sure, have memorised the Bible.
People have also memorised the digits of Pi. i think the record is about 30,000 digits of Pi. Does this tell us that the math gods are true?
And if the harry potter books have the line, "Your story is so remarkable, harry, that it wouldn't surprise me if one day everyone knew your story off by heart", would that mean that the Harry potter series is true if people memorise it?
And in any case, if you are too accept Islam as true because people have memorised the holy text of that faith, then should you accept that any religion is true if people have memorised that religion's holy text?
Man... are you actually reading what we are saying or just scanning through our posts as fast as you can just so you can write something to go against it? No one said that the fact that people memorise the Quran that it's the truth without a doubt.... the only reason i brought up the fact that sooo many people memorize the Quran is to prove that it hasn't been changed since the time of Muhammed. The way that I recite the Fatiha, sura Al-Nas ,sura Al-Falaq , sura Al-Masad , sura An-Nas, sura Al-Kafirun, (the ones I know) are the exact same way Muhammed recited them.. now obviously I don't sound as nice as the prophet probobly did, but it isn't said any different. So I'll repeat one last time, it proves the book hasn't and cannot change.
People may have memorized the Bible... but a Christian from one church memorises a verse in John and another Christian from a different Church memorises that same verse... do you think it is gonna be recited the exact same way? I'll bet my house that it's not word for word the same when they recite.... but if The Truth and Myself, Mujahid and Myself, or Maro and Myself get asked to recite the sura called An-Nas... we will all say it EXACTLY the same way.. without error... 100% percent guranteed. The people who memorize the Bible more than likely don't say it verbatim... hence why God made sure it was revelaed in arabic, and never changed it's arabic text. He made it easy for us to memorize... so that we can all recite the word of God the way it was meant to be said.
You also mentioned that someone memorised some 30 000 digits of Pi... could any joe schmo do that? Could a young kid do it? Could an un-educated person do it? Possbily... but I bet they would learn to recite Quran easier than the digits.
For anyone who doesn't believe that young kids six or seven years old aren't memorizing the Quran and reciting a language they don't even speak... there is proof... I will find it by the end of this weekend, but there are many videos of young kids reciting Quran beautifully... there is actually one video with a kid from Africa I believe, and the people randomly pick suras and then the Kid recites them in Arabic, a crazy video. I've mentioned it before but my father is not educated... he came to canada when hee was 17 and didn't even graduate highschool but he memorizes the Quran and recites it beautifully... my brother who was born and raised in Canada can't speak arabic at all but he memorized the Quran and recites it as if he is fluent... I myself can't speak arabic and the suras I mentioned above are memorized and recited as if I can speak arabic. Have you ever seen a chinese person from China reite Quran in arabic? Pretty cool thing to see.
jewscout said:how many muslims actually have the Quran memorized? i some how doubt a majority do....
I dont know if it's majority... but I'm willing to bet that more muslims memorize the Quran than any other faiths people memorizing their book of guidance.... and even if you did research how people memorized portions of their book... muslims would be # 1... You can't pray unless you memorize suras from the Quran in arabic.
So I'm not saying that this is the proof of The Quran being the word of God... never have I stated this in any post, and I'm not about to start now.... but I am saying that this is proof of the book not changing... my Grandpa taught me the first sura I ever memorized after the fatiha... that should show you how things don't change.
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