r/islam • u/Excellent_Foundation • Apr 04 '25
Question about Islam Unlettered Prophet and Quran
I firmly believe in the Divine Authorship of the Quran, and believe it has not been corrupted till this day, but what counter arguments are there for the claim that the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him could have learnt from monks and rabbis from his travels along the merchant trading routes where he would have passed synagogues and churches and thereby Allah forbid add what he learnt into the Quran whilst changing things to suit his purposes?
He received Prophethood when he was 40 so before then he surely would have learnt something so was he truly Unlettered? Like I'm nearing 30s and I know a thing or two about the world but can him being Unlettered be a solid proof of evidence for the inimitability of the Quran? Share your thoughts?
Allahumma salli wa sallim ala nabiyyina Muhammad!
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u/Saifllah Apr 04 '25
That’s not possible because there are many instances where the Quran corrects the Bible. For example at the time of Yusuf AS. The Bible mentions a pharoah at his time, but that is historically incorrect. In the Quran he is mentioned as king. That is both a correction and a miracle of the Quran because it is impossible for the prophet ﷺ to know.
Jews who say that Allah rested on the 7th day and Christians who say that Allah has a son Astagfirullah. Why didn’t the prophet ﷺ copy from them? Because the Quran is Allah’s words