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A real muslim doesn't care about historicity, he just cares about tradition. It's (almost always) not allowed to use the methods of bibilical criticism on the Koran. If you want to learn about the history of islam and the origin of the Koran you might aswell ask a christian or an atheist historian for that matter (or google it 
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Leonardo, I am a Christian. I am just not afraid to question things and seek the Truth, even if it means turning my views on their head. You can't know everything, so my opinions may often be wrong, but if I keep challenging them, publically or privately, I think I will get closer to the Truth, or Words that approach God.
We can gain a significant understanding of what the Koran really is by simply defining the term itself.
Let's review the premise...
القرءان = “alqur-ana”
“alqur-ana” definition:
Proper noun. Originally meaning the Collection; “I collected together the thing” or “I read, or recited, the book or scripture”; and then conventionally applied to signify the Book of God that was revealed to Muhammad; it also signifies the Revelation, meaning that which is termed the mighty, or imitable which is read, or recited, and written in books or volumes. A name for the Book of God, like the book of the Law revealed to Moses and the Gospel.
قرءان is so called because it has collected the histories of the prophets, and commands and prohibitions, and promises and threats, and the verses or signs, and the chapters.
It comes from the root “qara’a”, which has the primary signification he collected together the thing; put it, or drew it, together; part to part, or portion to portion. He read, or recited, the scripture chanting; he read or recited anything in any manner, without, or from, or in a book.
References:
An Arabic-English Lexicon, E.W. Lane, volume seven, pp. 2502 - 2504
The Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an, 1st edition, Abdul Mannan Omar, pp. 448 - 449
The classic Arabic definition is really quite revealing.
We have the following proclaimed regarding the original meaning applied to the Koran:
• It’s a collection
• A collection of books or scriptures
Whether this collection is read or recited, it still suggests that it emanates from a collected repository of things already written down.
It was only later that the meaning changed to signify the Book of God that was revealed to “Muhammad”…and we already understand that the “Muhammad” spoken of in the Koran is actually the Biblical Jesus Christ.
Thus, the Koran is Jesus’ book!
This would account for the scores of suras that are titled after Him, and revolve around Him.
“Alqur-ana” also means Revelation – which is most appropriate, as >75% of the Koran is directly copied from the Book of Revelation.
The root “qara’a” takes us one step deeper with the primary definition “he collected together the thing; put it, or drew it, together; part to part, or portion to portion."
This gives us great insight as to why the Koran was written in the fashion that it was – as the authors who pieced it together and performed the translation, actually did so piecemeal. These pieces, taken in large part from the Book of Revelation, are actually the paraphrased Arabic counterparts to the Holy Bible, known as suras.
Personally I think he believes in the 'Islamic' faith... The way he talks about truth is inferring it doesn't exist in the Bible so he had to search else where to find it... He explains as if he has been a believer in Christ but "Truth" set him free... He insinuates for people to read another book to find the "Truth, or Words that approach God."
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Didymos, if you are asking the question "why?", I came on this site to ask a Muslim to help with the discussion happening on the other forum. A former Muslim was able to answer a question I had and I am grateful.
I think a good Christian (even the kind like me that's unsure whether my beliefs qualify) is bound to search for wisdom to aid in the formation and grounding of my religious beliefs beyond the bible. I think this disagrees with many Christians, but I am OK with that.
God's Will Be Done
I think a good Christian (even the kind like me that's unsure whether my beliefs qualify) is bound to search for wisdom to aid in the formation and grounding of my religious beliefs beyond the bible. I think this disagrees with many Christians, but I am OK with that.
God's Will Be Done
But that is the thing... You are either a Christian or not... You can not be a 'good' or better Christian... The thing that saves us is our faith not our works... We are all sinners...
There is no levels or progression in the Christian faith in the sense of worldliness... A pastor is just as good as a Christian as someone who is an orphan in Nigeria... The word Christian means follower of Christ...
You don't go from being a bad christian to an okay one to a good one... You are either all in or not... Which is kinda scary to put our eggs all in one basket but Christ calls us to do so...
There is no levels or progression in the Christian faith in the sense of worldliness... A pastor is just as good as a Christian as someone who is an orphan in Nigeria... The word Christian means follower of Christ...
You don't go from being a bad christian to an okay one to a good one... You are either all in or not... Which is kinda scary to put our eggs all in one basket but Christ calls us to do so...
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Just because someone is honored and glorified by man does not make them a follower of Christ... I have never researched St. Augustine...even if i did, I am not one to judge his faith!!! But to my knowledge he is not a 'founder' of Christianity... If any man is a founder apart from Christ himself it would be his apostles...
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Reading the writings of St. Augustine is outside the box didymos? Certainly not the case.
Truth in some way is God. It is things as they truly are, not as our mind conceives them in Earth...if you want it in a sentence. But as T_Laurich may point out, this too brief answer will be full of contradictions with my past comments on this site (Just kidding T_Laurich). Anyway didymos, point is that I think God wants us to pursue knowledge/truth outside the Bible, a collection of translated works put together by infallible humans, but I understand very well that some passionately disagree with me on this.
Truth in some way is God. It is things as they truly are, not as our mind conceives them in Earth...if you want it in a sentence. But as T_Laurich may point out, this too brief answer will be full of contradictions with my past comments on this site (Just kidding T_Laurich). Anyway didymos, point is that I think God wants us to pursue knowledge/truth outside the Bible, a collection of translated works put together by infallible humans, but I understand very well that some passionately disagree with me on this.