A Criticism on the Book “The True Furqan” in Response to the Challenge of Qur'an

Dr. Mohammad Hadi Amin Najee Assistant professor in Tehran Payam Noor University

Dr. Muhammad Hasan zamani Assistant professor in Mustafa International University

Rahman Aghazi Doctoral student in Qom Payam Noor University

Abstract

Opponents of Islam in opposition against the holy Qur'an and responding to the challenge, have compiled a

book named The True Furqan and have made up 77 chapters full of contradictions with plenty of derivations

and deviations from the Holy Qur'an. The article herein, being organized in a descriptive-analytic manner, deals

with a review and criticism on the book The True Furqan, considering all kinds of contradictions and derivations of it from the holy Qur'an. According to the claim of the author of The True Furqan in opposition

against the holy Qur'an and regarding the numerous contradictions and the extremely high amount of

derivations, plagiarism and imitation from Qur'an in that book, the author’s failure in opposition against the

holy Qur'an has been proved.

Keywords: Miracle, Challenge, The True Furqan, Contradictions, Derivation, AnisShorrosh, Al-Safeeand, Al-

Mahdi

Corresponding Author

International Journal of Review in Life Sciences ISSN: 2231-2935

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Introduction

One of the reasons we consider the holy Qur’an as a

miracle is the “challenge” which briefly means

defying the enemy to overcome it. In order to

demonstrate its divinity and revelation by the god

and that the human being is not capable to compile

such a book the holy Qur’an has publicly

announced that if you are doubtful in divinity of

Qur’an, bring a book like that if you can!

Responding to the Qur’an challenge by the

opponents of Islam has existed since the time it was

revealed. Opponents and deniers claimed:” If we

want, we can say something like that; it is nothing

but the myths of ancestors.” (SuraInfal: verse: 31).

During the history of Islam some have made efforts

to respond to this challenge. The liar Musaylimah

who claimed prophecy immediately after the death

of holy prophet claimed that he had been revealed

and he bungled some sentences imitating the

Qur’an (Tabari, 1986, Vol.4, P.1414-1415). Also, it

is said that IbnMuqaffaMotanabbi and Abol-

alaMoery each arose in a manner or another with

the purpose ofmirroring the Qur’an but they had no

success in this struggle or opposition (Rafei; 2000.

Vol.1; P127and 132). After these issues, the

opposition against the Qur’an was laid away, but

since 1990 a new opposition was begun and some

enemies of Islam stepped into the field of

opposition and responding the Qur’an's challenge.

They offered 4 false Suras (chapters) through the

internet above of which they wrote "We descended

four Suras", and it was an experience to write the

book The True Furqan. This book was vastly

distributed in 1999 through the internet and other

well-known nets for selling books through internet

such as Amazon. The True Furqan is attributed to

two unknown people with the names of “Al- Safee

and Al-Mahdi" the writer of which according to a

saying is a Christian Arab named AnisShorrosh.

This book which is the newest invasion of the

enemies of Islam toward the Qur’an's challenge was

written in 77 chapters which has been compiled

with much adoption and derivation of Qur’an. They

in their own opinion, by writing this book are

determined to challenge the Qur’an and to spread

some doubts and ambiguities among the Muslims

and through this way, make the Muslims

pessimistsagainst their heavenly book. Therefore,

considering that the Qur’an is the everlasting

miracle of the Final Prophet (peace be upon him),

and based on its text, no one has the power to bring

a book like that and also regarding that compiling

the book The True Furqan is counted as a kind of

opposition and response to the Qur’an's challenge, it

would be of a high importance to recognize that

book and to mention its drawbacks, and since the

deniers and enemies of Islam imagine that they

have brought Suras like the ones in Qur’an and also

considering that their adverse propagandas might

have harmful effects on the Muslim communities,

therefore the research herein through analyzing this

book may come effective in explaining it. In this

regard, very few researches have been conducted in

an overall manner, and within the article herein we

have practiced the explanation to some of

contradictions and adoptions of this book from the

holy Qur’an in a descriptive-analytic manner.

2. The True Furqan's Introduction

One of the books which have recently been

published in United States for the purpose of

opposition against the Holy Qur’an and have been

spread through the internet is the book of The True

Furqan. The author of this book started writing it

after the termination of second war in Persian Gulf

in 1991 and finished it in 1998. The first edition of

it was published in 1999 by the Wine Press

Publication and Omega Publication in Texas State

of America; then it was uploaded on Amazon

website. Then the second and third editions of it

were published in 2001 and 2002 respectively

(Khaledi, 2005, P.27). This book has been

published in Arabic and English and has been

attributed to writers with aliases of Al- Safeeand Al-

Mahdi.1

AnisShorrosh has been introduced as the translator

of that book; though, many others consider him as

the author of The True Furqan. In his website, he

has admired that book(Al-khaledi, 23-24)2. Some of

1 In the introduction of that book it is said that this book has been revealed to Al-Safi and has been translated by Al-Mahdi 2anisshorrosh, is an Christian Arab who traveled to

US and went to other countries as the missionary

priest. He was very active in preaching Christianity

and evangelism. In the way of publishing his

thoughts and beliefs he has used all the methods

and instruments such as writing a book, producing

this books' fake Suras are entailed as "Al-fateha- Al-

noor- Al-tobah- Al-qadr, Al-furqan, Al-nisa, Al-

talaq, Al-zani, Al-Bohtan, Al-Solb, Al-Salooth, Al-

Qatl.

In the book of The True Furqan, he has claimed

prophecy for many times.

اصطفیب ششؽب صذس نالیب ععهب ن عیب رجصش ارب رغع

لهجب یعمم نغبب یطك ثبنؾك اؽیب انی ثبنفشلب انؾك فخط

(2/انشیذ). ثبنؾك فی عجع ایبو عجع نیبل عهیذا

We have sovereignly selected this special man and

permeated his heart with much divine faith. We

have also granted him: an observant eye, a listening

ear, a reasoning mind and a tongue which speaks

truth and a no guile we have, furthermore,

disclosed to him The True Furqan so much so much

so that he was enabled to deliver it with brilliant

articulation in momentous time of seven days and

seven nights. (The Martyr:2)

انفشلب ). اضنب سا عهی لهج فجهغ ثهغب يجی اب ن نؾبفظ

(4/انؾك

Subsequently, we have inspired it as Light in this

servant’s own heart. He in turn recorded it with

eloquence so beaming and bright. we are the

protectors of The True Furqan from the very

start.(The True Furqan:4)

3. Claim for Responding the Qur’an's Challenge

The author of this book claims that The True

Furqan not only presents the messages of the

Gospel in classic Arabic language, but also it looks

for a way for the Christians to enter the world of

Muslims through responding a 1400-year-old issue

of Qur’an i.e. the Challenge:

The holy Qur’an says: "if all men and gins gather

together to bring a Sura like the ones in Qur’an,

they will never be able to do that, even if they try to

do so with the help and support of each other."

Al-Mahdi says: the Qur’an challenges the people of

the world to bring a book similar to itself. In fact,

the Muslims place their overall faith on the basis of

documentary books, participating in conferences,

speeches and preaches in the churches of Europe

and America, initiating websites and etc.

this challenge. But no one tries to do so, because he

either would be beheaded or would be sent to

exile…. . 1400 years have been passed and yet no

documents have been presented based on

responding to this challenge.3

He also writes:" Muslims are willing to see a book

which has accepted the Qur’an's challenge".

Therefore, the evidences which are presented

against the Qur’an shake their foundations, so they

seek for a stronger basis. And the messages of the

book of Gospel in The True Furqan will present

these evidences.4 "The new book presents its

messages in English as eloquently as the classic

Arabic" he added," in response to the Qur’an's

challenge, the True Furqan too has been written in

both poetry and prose like Qur’an with a similar

style.Such as Qur’an it also is divided into chapters

and parts which are related to 77 religious topics

such as Peace, The Christ, The God, the Christ's

crucifixion, Women, Fasting, and Saying prayers

which challenges the Qur’an teachings and presents

the book of Gospel. Each chapter begins with "In

the Name of the Father, the Word, the Holy Spirit,

the One and Only True God," which is in fact an

imitation from the Qur’an's "in the name of God,

the beneficent, the merciful". (ibid)

Some Christian websites too have presented the

texts of the book The True Furqan and below that,

they have written this phrase:" A Response to the

Challenge of Muhammad's Qur’an."5

On the following of article herein we will review

the claim of opposition and responding to the

Qur’an's challenge from the two perspectives of

The True Furqans adoptions and derivations from

the holy Qur’an, and the contradictions of it.

4. The True Furqan's adoption and derivation

from the Holy Qur’an

3http:www.jmm.org.au/articlews /41.htm-Rowland

Croucher-Islam's Holy Book- January 6, 2003 4Ibid

5.http://mechristian.org/2008/12/29/true-

furqan/

The author of the book of The True Furqan has tried

with high precision to use the Qur’an's verses in

different forms in creating his own verses. In order

to show his fake bookbetter, he has used vastly the

names of Suras, words, phrases and sentences of

Qur’an among the fake verses. In this part, some

examples are reviewed:

Adoption from the Qur’an Suras' names

The book The True Furqan includes 77 Suras in 13

suras of which, the names of Qur’an's suras are

used:

Al-fateha, Al-noor, Al-forqan, Al-qadr, Al-Toba, Al-

nisa, Al-talaq, Al-maeda, Al-monafeqin

(monafeqoon), Al-anbia, Iqra (Alaq), Al-kaferin

(Al-kafroon).

He has used the Qur’an's words in 52 cases to name

his fake Suras:

The Messiah, The Crucifixion, The Spirit, Peace,

Faith, Truth, The Martyr, Inspiration, The Gospel,

The Testimony, The Conspirators, Prayer, The

Sermon, The Disciples, The Challenge, The

Purification, Charity, The Tribute, Lying, The Lost,

The Fasting, The treasure, Illiterate, The Slanderers,

The King, The Evil One, The Shepherds, The

Guidance, The Polytheists, The Judgment, The

Threat, Fairy Tales, Paradise, False Witness,

Prosperity, The poor, The Rightly-Guided, The

Beatitudes, The Allies, The Seal, Revelation,

Murder, The Diligent, The Marvels, The Scale, The

Excellent Names, The Spark of Intelligence, The

True Furqan, Love, The Sacrifice, Abrogation, The

Atrocities.

Nine titles too have been derived from silimar

words of Qur’an:

Al-mojezat, Al-zevaj, Al-akha', Al-Salah, Al-

Mohrazin, Al-Asrar, Tahrif, Mohajaj. And there is

only three new titles which do not exist in Qur’an at

all: Thalooth, Qaraniq, Mareghin.

Use of Frequency Percentage

Qur’an Sura's

names

13 16.9

Qur’an's

expressions

52 67.5

Qur’an's similar

words

9 11.7

Non-Qur’anic

words

3 3.9

Total 77 100.0

Adoption from the Qur’an's beginning words and

phrases

The writer of the book of The True Furqan from

among his total 948 fake verses, has used the

Qur’an verses' beginning words and phrases at the

beginning of approximately 580 cases or has used

them applying little changes on them, such as in:

A. The phrase " 6" یبایب انزی

This phrase has been used in Qur’an for around 90

times; and the author of the book The True Furqan

too, has used this phrase for 50 times at the

beginning of his fake verses, borrowing it from the

holy book of God.

B. The phrase " 7" ا انزی

This phrase has been used at the beginning of

plenty of Qur’an's verses, and the author of the

book The True Forqan too has used it for 10 times

at the beginning of his fake verses, imitating the

Holy Qur’an such as:

6 O' You Who

7 Indeed those who…

Descriptions: TheTrue Furqan the Qur’an verses

The writer of

The True

Furqan has

used different

Qur’an verses

in making this

sentence

انى رشا انی انزی کفشا ثبالغیم انؾك کیف : یبیبنزی آيا ي عجبدب

اشزشا انعالنخ ثبذی ظها عاء انغجیم ؽشفا انکهى ع ياظع

غعب فی انذی انؾك ن اى لبنا ععب اغعب نکب خیشا نى نک

(6/االغیم). ايعا فی انکفش فى الیي

O, you who have believed from among Our worshipers:

have you not taken notice of those who rejected

falsehood with guidance! They abandoned the perfect

principles of conduct and defiled Our scriptures in

various sections of The Book degrading True Religion

Had they answered, “We have both heard and obeyed, “ it

would have been to their advantage. Instead, they persisted in their apostasy and no longer trust Us.

( خ للا آيا اركشا ع ﴾9:﴿اؽضاة(یب أیب انزی

O you who believe! call to mind the

favor of Allah to you( 33:9)

( ذ للا ثذنا ع ﴾28/﴿اثشایى(..أنى رش ن انزی

Have you not seen those who have

changed Allah's favor ( 14:28(

النخ ثبنذ) ا انع اشزش (16:ثمش)(.. أنئك انزی

These are they who buy error for the

right direction, (2:16)

عاء انغجیم ) ا ع (77:يبئذ) ( ظه

and went astray from the right path(5:77)

( اظع انكهى ع ي ف بدا یؾش انزی ي

ساعب ع ع غیش يغ اع عصیب عب ع یمن عب ى لبنا ع أ ن ی غعب في انذ ى نیب ثؤنغز

نك و أل ى ا ن خیش اظشب نكب ع اع أغعب ال لهیال ى فال ی ي (46:غبء)(نعى للا ثكفش

O you who believe! do not say: Raina,

and say: Unzurna, and listen) to PM

(Why? See 2: 401" And if they had

said) instead (: We have heard and we

obey, and hearken, and Unzurna) Look upon us (, it would have been better

for them and more upright; but Allah

has cursed them on account of their

unbelief, so they do not believe but a

little"(4:46)

First, he

accused the

Muslims of

being

polytheists

and astray,

then he has

brought his sentence with

adaptations

from Qur’an's

verses.

یبیبانزی اششکا ي عجبدب انعبنی نمذ لهزى يب نیظ نکى ث عهى ال

(27/انضبنس).کجشد که رخشط ي افاکى ازمن اال افکب ادا.الثبئکى

O, you of Our people who have gone astray, and become

infidels: you and your ancestors have erroneously

proclaimed what you are ignorant of about Us. How

terrible and prideful are the words that spew out of your

mouths. Lies and fallacies are all that come out.

خ رخشط ى كجشد كه ال لثبئ عهى ي يب نى ث

ال كزثب یمن ى أفا (5:کف)ي

They have no knowledge of it, nor had

their fathers A grievous word it is that

comes out of their mouths They speak

nothing but a lie(18:5)

Advertising

the

Christianity

through

misusing the

Qur’an's

phrases

یبیبانزی کفشا ي عجبدب ن اکى آيزى ثبالغیم انؾك ارمیزى نکفشبعکى

(7/انمزم)عیئبرکى ادخهبکى يذخال کشیب

O, you who have gone astray from among Our creatures

had you believed The True Gospel and practiced its

instruction We would have redeemed you from your

sinfulness and ushered you to the entrance which leads to

unnumbered blessings and abundant life.

ى ) ا نكفشب ع ارم م انكزبة آيا أ أ ن دخهبى عبد انعیى ى (65:يبئذ )(عیئبر

And if the followers of the Book had

believed and guarded) against evil (,

We would certainly have covered their

evil deeds and We would certainly

have made them enter gardens of

bliss(5:65)

Descriptions: TheTrue Furqan the Qur’an verses

In this sentence, the writer

considers himself as the prophet

and the chosen one by god

ا انزی یکفش ثآیبرب یمزه اصفیبءب

یمزه انزی یبيش ثبنمغػ ي انبط فجشش

( 1/عس انشیذ).ثب نى عزاثب شذیذا

( ثغیش ؽك انجیی یمزه ثآیبد للا یكفش انزی

شى ثعزاة انبط فجش ثبنمغػ ي يش یؤ انزی یمزه

(21:آل عشا )(أنیى

Surely) as for (those who disbelieve in the

Communications of Allah and slay the

prophets unjustly and slay those among men

who enjoin justice, announce to them a

painful chastisement(3:21)

The writer of The True Furqan

attributes the verses related to the faithful people to the people

of his nation

ا انزی ى ي خشیزب يشفم ثکهزب يي

نشیزب خبظع انئک یغبسع فی انخیشاد ى نب عبثم فى عهی صشاغ يغزمیى

(18/انبکشی). عهی خهك عظیى

As for those who fear Us, who

humbly and sincerely believe in

Word, who run swiftly to perform

righteous deed, they will always

reach their objectives successfully.

For they are on the right path and a

people of integrity.

( ى يشفم خشیخ سث ى ي انزی ى * ا انزی ى ی ي * ثآیبد سث ى ال یششك ى ثشث * انزی

ى ن عهخ أ لهثى ا يب آر ی ر انزی ى ساعع سث

* ى نب عبثم في انخیشاد (أنئك یغبسع

(61-57:يي)

Surely they who from fear of the Lord are

cautious*And those who believe in the

communications of their Lord*And those

who do not associate( aught )with their

Lord*And those who give what they give(

in alms)(while their hearts are full of fear

that to their Lord they must return*These

hasten to good things and they are foremost in( attaining )them(23:57-61)

He has obtained the fake verse

from the two verses of Qur’an

and has changed the "god's

way" into "the way of ours",

and considers this as opposition

against the Qur’an.

ا انزی کفشا صذا ع عجیهب صى يبر ى

کفبس فه یغفش نى ى فی االخش ي

(15/انکجبئش).انخبعشی

As for the apostates who turned away

from Our pathway, then died,

persisting in their blasphemy, they

will never be forgiven. In the end

they will absolutely be among the

defeated, disappointed and damned.

ى كفبس ) صى يبرا صذا ع عجیم للا كفشا انزی

نى :34﴿يؾذ (فه یغفش للا

Surely those who disbelieve and turn away

from Allah's Way, then they die while they

are unbelievers, Allah will by no means

forgive them(47:34)

﴿ انخبعشی في الخشح ي ﴾5:يبئذ

and in the hereafter he shall be one of the

losers(5:5)

Techniques of adoption from Qur’an in The

True Furqan

The author of the book The True Furqan through

different ways has used the Qur’an's verses in

compiling his own book, which due to the high

variety of this type of plagiarism, we call it the

techniques of adoption or the techniques of

plagiarism, and in this section we try to cover some

part of them.

1. Omitting a word from Qur’an

The author of The True Furqan in order to oppose

against the Qur’an has taken benefit from every

methods of adoption even with the least efforts. As

an instance here we ask if it is a hard job to replace

a word with another?Had the enemies and

opponents in age of the holy prophet knownthat

mirroring the Qur’an is such an easy job, wouldn't

have they written tens of Qur’ans, and wouldn't

have they celebrated the victory over the Muslims?

Now consider the following comparison between a

verse of Qur’an and a verse of The True Forqan:

In Qur’an we have:

ضنب نیكى سا يجیب ) (174:غبء)( أ

We have sent to you clear light (4:174)

And the writer of The True Furqan in his descended

verse says:

(7س)اب اضنب سا

We have beamed Truth as Light (Light:7)

Also in Qur’an we have:

ال كزبة ) ال ذ ثغیش عهى انبط ي یغبدل في للا ي

یش (8:ؽظ)(ي

And among men there is he who disputes about

Allah without knowledge and without guidance and

without an illuminating book (22:8)

And in The True Furqan it says:

ي انبط ي یغبدل فی ثغیش عهى ال ذی ال کزبة

(9/االعغبص).يیش

There are some who have the audacity to question

the truth of The True Furqan They are no more than

ignoramuses, unenlightened and without an

illuminating Book. (The challenge:9)

And in another verse, the supreme god says:

شذاء ثبنمغػ ) لل ايی آيا كا ل (8:يبئذ)(یب أیب انزی

O you who believe! be upright for Allah, bearers of

witness with justice (5:8)

The writer of the book The True Furqan says:

(13/انؾکى)کا لايی شذاء نب : یبیبانزی آيا ي عجبدب

O, you who have firmly believed believed from

among Our worshipers: make yourselves more

dignified witnesses for Us.

2. Displacing the words of a verse in

Qur’an

The writer of the book in different parts has used

this method.

In the holy Qur’an we have:

انغي ) شذ ي انش لذ رجی ی (256:ثمش) (ال كشا في انذ

There is no compulsion in religion Truly the right

way has become clearly distinct from error (2:256)

The True Furqan by imitating it and displacing the

words says:

(6:س)یجی نکى انششذ ي انغی فال اکشا فی انذی ؟

To explain Our way concerning the difference in

true wisdom, stubble and hay. “ No compulsion in

religion,”

The supreme god in a holy verse says:

( انجغي ی كش ان انفؾشبء ( 90:ؾم)( ع

and He forbids indecency and evil and

rebellion(16:90)

And in The True Furqan by displacing the words,

we have:

(6/ييی )... ی ع انکش انفؾشبء انجغی

They also forbid debauchery, licentiousness and

moral laxity.

3. Changing the verb's form and making

another verse

One of the techniques used in The True Furqan is

that it brings the Qur’an's verses changing the verbs'

forms and tenses. As an instance, in the holy

Qur’an, we have:

الخشح ى ) ى ع یب انؾیبح انذ شا ي ظب یعه

( 7:سو)(غبفه

They know the outward of the world's life, but of

the hereafter they are absolutely heedless(30:7)

The author of the book The True Furqan too has

written:

. اکى رعه ظبشا ي انؾیب انذیب ازى ع االخش ازى غبفه

(11/لذس)

Humankind’ intrinsic knowledge is acquired by

what they behold. Alas, so many of them have

never been told about eternal life.

(predestination:11)

Also, in Qur’an, we have:

صفب ) في عجیه یمبره یؾت انزی للا (4:صف)(

Surely Allah loves those who fight in His

way in ranks (61:4)

And in The True Furqan too, through altering the

verb's form, he says:

(4/عالو)رضع ثبب ؾت انزی یمبره فی عجیهب

You proclaim that We cherish who kill on

Our behalf (peace:4)

this writer in his opinion, has opposed against the

holy Qur’an through this shallow method.

4. Adding a word to a verse

In holy Qur’an, we have:

.(108:یظ)(لذ عبءکى انؾك )

there has come to you the truth (10:108)

And in The True Furqan, in numerous places we

can see:

.(11/،يغیؼ6/انس)نمذ عبءکى انفشلب انؾك

The True Furqan has come to you (The

Messiah:11, Light:6)

5. Changing a word in a verse of Qur’an

The writer of this book has taken many benefits

from this technique, to which we have some hints as

follows:

In the holy Qur’an we read:

(2:یعف )(اب أضنب لشآب عشثیب )

Surely We have revealed it an Arabic Quran (12:2)

And in The True Furqan we see:

.(3/،انطش1/االفک)اب اضنب فشلبب عشثیب

We have designed it as a True Arabic Furqan.

(Lying:1, The Purification:3)

Also in the holy Qur’an we have:

غشي ) ال یفهؼ ان (17:یظ)(

Surely the guilty shall not be successful(10:17)

And in The True Furqan we read:

(:12عالو)ا ال یفهؼ انفزش

In the end tale-bearers will never win (Peace:12)

6. Changing a Qur’an's word into one of

its synonyms

One of other techniques in that book is that in it, a

word from a holy verse has been changed into one

of its synonyms

In the holy Qur’an, we have:

جؼ را أعفش ) انص (34:يذصش) (

And the daybreak when it shines(74:34)

And the writer of The True Furqan has derived it as

follows:

(:3انس)اثهظ انصجؼ

The rising sun shines (Light:6)

In this verse the word Asfar has been changed into

Ablaj (becoming evident)

7. Embedding a phrase among a verse of

Qur’an

One of other adoptive techniques in that book is

that, a word or a phrase has been embedded in a

verse of Qur’an.

In Qur’an, the supreme god says:

ب ) ي ا أ رصیجا ل آيا عبءكى فبعك ثجؤ فزجی یب أیب انزی

(6:ؽغشاد)(ثغبنخ فزصجؾا عه يب فعهزى بديی

O you who believe! if an evil doer comes to you

with a report, look carefully into it, lest you harm a

people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you

have done(49:6)

The writer of The True Furqan, putting the phrase

of "8"عجبدب انيی instead of " ب ي " ل9, has made the

following verse and in his opinion, has opposed the

holy Qur’an.

ا عبءکى فبعك ثجبء فزجیا ا رصیجا عجبدب انيی ثغبن

(15/انؽی).فزصجؾا عهی يب فعهزى بديی

If a depraved person brings to you some so called

fresh news, investigate it carefully. Otherwise, you

may accuse our believing followers with ignorance.

When such a thing takes place you will become

extremely regretful for making a false report.

(Inspiration: 15)

8. Making a verse out of a number of

verses of Qur’an

One of other techniques used by the author of that

book is to make a fake verse out of two proximate

verses of Qur’an, or to make a part of it. As an

instance, the supreme god says:

نى عزاة أنیى ثب كبا ) يشظب ى يشض فضادى للا في لهث

*یكزث ال یشعش نك فغذ ى ى ان ى ى * أال أال

ال یعه نك فبء (10,12,13:ثمش )(انغ

There is a disease in their hearts, so Allah added to

their disease And they shall have a painful

8 Our faithful Servants

9 the folk

chastisement because they lied* Now surely they

themselves are the mischief makers, but they do not

perceive* Now surely they themselves are the fools,

but they do not know (2:10,12,13)

The writer of The True Furqan, misusing all the

three verses, has made his fake saying as follows:

فی فهثکى يشض فبزى انفغذ نک الرشعش ازى انغفبء

(9/انصالػ). نک الرعه

Definitely there is a grave malady in your hearts.

You yourselves are the corrupters, tragically, you

are not aware of your critical state! You are also the

depraved, yet, you are not cognizant of your fate.

(Righteousness: 9)

5. The True Furqan's Contradictions

One of the fundamental problems to the book of

The True Furqan, is the high number of

contradictions in it. The existence of contradictions,

conflicts and dissentions indicates that its contents

is nothing but the work of mankind and its not

heavenly. The supreme god in holy Qur’an says:

اخزالفب » عذا فی ن ذ غیش للا ع ي کب ن انمشآ أفال یزذثش

.(82:عس غبء)«کضیشا

Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it

were from any other than Allah, they would have

found in it many a discrepancy. (4:52)

Therefore one of important ways to override the

book of The True Furqan and the false apostle

thereto is to discover and express the contradictions

and conflicts of it. In this section, some examples

will be reviewed.

5.1. Delegation or Lack of Delegation of any

other Prophets after the Jesus Christ

The writter of the book The True Furqan in one of

the chapters of his book says: after the Word

(Jesus)10 there will be no other prophets and after

his book, there will be no heavenly books:

10

in this book, the Word means Jesus

10- We choose from among our faithful servants

whoever we wish to announce our traditions. He

will be a guide and he doesn't speak a he wishes. He

expresses nothing but the revelation descended to

فب ثعذ کهزبي کهى ال ثعذ رضیهب ي يغزضل ال ثعذ دی انؾك

(24/انغیؼ ).ي دی لیى انی یو رجعض

There are no scriptures in history to compare with

ours in clarity. There is no inspiration superior to

ours in divine purity. And there is no parallel to this

True Religion in its entirety for it will endure even

to the final day, the Day of Resurrection.

This claim is in contradiction with other contents of

the book The True Furqan:

صطفی ي عجبدب انيی ي شبء نیجهغ عزب بدیب يزکشا

يبیطك ع انی ا اال ؽی یؽی ضن ثبنؾك عهی لهج

(1/انؽی). سا نهعبنی نعهى یزذ

We single out from among our trusting worshipers

whomever we will. Such a chosen person delivers

our divine message as a guide and reminder and

does not speak of his own will. It is unquestionably extraordinary inspiration which we convey upon his

heart. It is to be a light for those who have gone

astray; perhaps they will find the right way and

repent.

اصطفیب ششؽب صذس نالیب ععهب ن عیب رجصش ارب رغع

لهجب یعمم نغبب یطك ثبنؾك اؽیب انی ثبنفشلب انؾك فخط

(2/انشیذ). ثبنؾك فی عجع ایبو عجع نیبل عهیذا

We have sovereignly selected this special man and

permeated his heart with much divine faith. We

have also granted him: an observant eye, a listening

ear, a reasoning mind and a tongue which speaks

truth and a no guile we have, furthermore,

disclosed to him The True Furqan so much so much

so that he was enabled to deliver it with brilliant

articulation in momentous time of seven days and

seven nights. (The Martyr: 2)

5-2: A book comprising the claim of love but

with contempt!

The writer claims that the purpose of his book is to

make peace and love and to guide all the people:

ضنذ کهخ انؾك رفیط خیشا يؾج عاليب نزذی انبط انی

(5/انکبفشی). صشاغ يغزمیى

But the Word of Truth.(Messiah Jesus), was

unveiled, overflowing with goodness, faith, love

and peace. He was destined to guide humanity to

the straight pat (The Infidels: 5)

Claim for pacifism and affection-seeking, together

with harsh and offensive phrases toward the

him. We indeed descended a light to his heart, so

that the arrogant to be guided.

Muslims can be considered as another contradiction

of this book.

(1/انزث)عجبدب ي ظها یبیبانزی

O, you who have gone astray, among our

worshipers (Repentance: 1)

In this book, a fake chapter named Al-Mohabah

begins with offensive words against the Muslims.

انؾج عزب :اععا عا: یبام انجغعبء ي عجبدب انعبنی . ا

فه طمزى ثبنغخ انعبنی ثهغخ انجالغ االعغبص يب رکهزى ع

(1/انؾج ).انؾجخ فکاليکى نغ خیش نکى ن ثمیزى صبيزی

O, you who have enmity within you, yet still claim

to be counted among our worshipers: listen and

understand, love is our top priority. Therefore, if

you can speak the languages of the world and the

literary articulation with brilliance but do not

consider love, your speech is for naught. It would

have been preferable that you kept silent. (Love: 1)

5.3. Taking and lack of taking benefits from the

ancestors' traditions

The writer of this book writes: there is no benefit in

the tradition of the ancestors.

. اعزغکزى ثغ االنی لذ عفذ الفع ي ع انغبثشی

(4/ اصشاس)

Moreover, you clutched the doctrines of your

ancestors, which are completely out-of-date. (You

need to recognize that such doctrines from your

ancestors are irrelevant for this technological age.

(The Assertion: 4)

But in another contradictory sentence he says: abide

the tradition of gospel:

(3/انغضی)ارجعا عزب فی االغیم انؾكOur Word, followed our divine precepts, as

enunciated in The True Gospel, (The Tribute: 3)

ثهغب عزب نالنی فی االغیم انؾك فب ارجعب انغبفؾ ال

انششک ثضعبرى اخشیبد ازسبکى ثبنفشلب انؾك يزکشی

(4/انضاط)..فبععا عا

We have declared our statues to the ancient people

through The True Gospel. Alas, neither the

hypocrites nor the shirkers practiced them. Instead,

they added more women to be their wives. We have

additionally warned you, by The True Furqan, to

bring to your remembrance these precepts, return to them, listen to them. (Marriage: 4)

5.4. Believing in Trinity and Claiming

Monotheism

The first chapter of the book of The True

Furqan(Bismillah)begins with the three elements of

Water, Word and Spirit, and then emphasizes on

unity and the oneness, that is the promotion and

advancement of monotheism and trinity.

يضهش انزؽیذ يؽذ .ثغى الة انکهخ انشػ االن اناؽذ االؽذ

(2-1/ثغه).انزضهیذ يب رعذد

In the Name of the Father, the Word, the Holy

Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the one and only True God.

He is Triune in Unity, united in Trinity, indivisible

as deity. (The Blessing: 1-2)

In the first sentence, he talks about the unity and in

the next sentence, he tries to promote the trinity.

In different places of this book, the combination of

unity and trinity is obvious. As an instance:

فؾ الة انکه انشػ صبنس فشد ان اؽذ الششیک نب فی

(5/انضبنس).انغباد االسظی

For We are The Father , The Son , The Spirit as a

Triune God and only One God, None is beside Us

in the heavens or the earth. (The Triune God: 5)

In this sentence he believes that the god is

individual, while being triad. He is triad in three

material manifestations which are separated from

each other as if it is three persons. The Father, The

Son, The Holy Spirit. These three persons have

united and made a person. The trinity is one of the

main problems in Christianity, that is believing in

manifestation of god in these triple separate faces.

In the book of The True Furqan like the falsified

gospel, there exists a belief in trinity, and that is the

greatest sample of paganism, and the Qur’an has

testified that such a belief is paganism:

ال ن اؽذ ن يب ي صبنش صالصخ للا لبنا نمذ كفش انزی

(73:يبئذ...)

Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is

the third(person)of the three11 And there is no god

but the One God. (5:73)

5.5 Argumentation through words of Qur’an

and Invasion against the Qur’an

The author of The True Furqan in different parts of

his book has invaded over the holy Qur’an and

considers some deficiencies for it while at the same

time he has taken benefit from the verses of Qur’an

and ratiocinate through the phrases of Qur’an:

(13/انکجبئش)ي یجزغ غیش اإلغیم انفشلب كزبثب فه یمجم ي

Whosoever follows anything else besides The True

Gospel and The True Furqan, as a book of

guidance, will never be accepted from Him, (The

Atrocities: 13)

As you see, this sentence has been taken from the

following Qur’an's verse.

یمجم ي یجزغ غیش اإلعالو دیب فه ي (85:آل عشا)

And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it

shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter

he shall be one of the losers (3:85)

The author believes that the Holy Qur’an is not a

heavenly book12 and is just a book written by the

prophet, but in every place of his book, he has

adopted points and words from the Qur’an. If the

Qur’an is not a heavenly book, so why has the True

Furqan's author taken benefits from it in his

expressions, meanings and literature in his fake

book? In a place, he declines and refuses all the

Qur’an's messages and exactly in a few places later,

he uses another message from Qur’an and he

somehow admits it.

کها يب غزى : ال رطیعا ايشانشیطب الرصذل ا لبل نکى

(4/فصم صالػ)..ؽالال غیجب

Do not take orders from Satan nor believe him

when he tells you,” Eat from whatever you have

captured in an attack. (Righteousness: 4)

In some sentences later he, highly adopting from

Qur’an, says:

11

Christians say: Father, son and holy spirit 12 Trinity/23; Al-Naskh/12-13- Juggernaut/1

کى ي فئ لهیه يي غهجذ فئ کضیش کبفش ثبنؾج انشؽ

انغالو فال یغزی انخجیش انطیت ن اعغجکى کضیش انخجیش

(12/صالػ ).انعبلج نهزمی

Numerous are the examples of how able to

overcome a larger group of unbelievers by the

methods of love, mercy and peace. There is no

equality between the unrighteous and the righteous

even if you are beguiled by the wiles of the despicable one. Eternal rewards are bestowed only

upon the God-fearing souls. (Righteousness: 12)

يضم که غیج کضم شغش غیج اصهب صبثذ فشعب فی انغبء

يضم که خجیض کضم شغش خجیض .رری اکهب انطیت کم ؽی

(15-14/صالػ). اعزضذ ي فق االسض فب نب ي لشاس سکی

The example of a word spoken in its proper season

is like the example of a good tree. Its roots are deep

and its fruit you can always reap. But the example

of a mean word is like the example of a rotten tree.

Sooner or later it will simply fall flat on the ground

because it did not have deed roots for a foundation (

Righteousness :14-15.)

5-6- Considering the faith in the Prophet as

Heresy

In other words, he considers believing in the holy

prophet as heresy

« آيا ثبلل سعن» :اششک ثب ي شبسکب االیب ثب لبل

( 7/انششکی ).الیي ثبنششک اال انمو انکبفش

Also, the one who associates the promise of trust in

us as an indication of trust in himself has become a

polytheist. He announced, “Put your trust in God

and his messenger.” No one trust a polytheist

except the apostates.(The Polytheiets:7)

In this sentence, he has objected over the following

Qur’an's verse.

سعن آيا آيا ثبلل (136:غبء)..یب أیب انزی

O you who believe! believe in Allah and His

Messenger(4:136)

But in another part of the book through inconsistent

and contradictory words, he introduces the believers

in the Father, the Christ and the Spirit as the

righteous servants.

13

Adoption from the Qur’an:2/249,5/100,7/128. 14

ibid:14/24-26.

ح االغب انزی آيا ثب ثکهزب سؽب ؽذایزب ثبخ

اثب االغیم انؾك انفشلب انؾك ي ثعذ البيا عزب انئک

(5/االیب)ى عجبدب انصبنؾ

However, those who trust us, our word Spirit, our

oneness, our brotherhood of mankind, our

fatherhood, The True Gospel, The True Furqan

after the Gospel, and have stood by our principles,

truly are our righteous worshipers. (Faith: 5)

5-7 The Possibility of guiding those who are

misled

One of other contradictions in The True Furqan is

that the author considers it impossible to guide

those who are misled.

ح العهى اليعغض ال سػ ال س يب عبء نغکى ثغذیذ فالج

(4/ثزب ).یذی انزبئی

Your so-called inspired recitation brought nothing

new, neither knowledge, nor miracle, not even any

spirit or light to guide those who have gone astray. (False Witness: 4)

Also in another place he claims that there is no way

to lead those who are misled.

ارشیذ ا رذا ي اظهى انشیطب :یبیبانزی آيا ي عجبدب

(3/انعبيهی)فه رغذا انی رنک عجیال

O, you who have believed from among our

servants: do you wish to rightly guide those whom

Satan has misguided? You will not find an easy

way to accomplish your goal. (The Diligent: 3)

Interestingly, somewhere else in this book, the

author overturns from his former saying and

considers the arrogant people and those are misled

as guidable.

( 2/فبرؾ).يی یؾطى عیف انظهى ثکف انعذل یذی انظبنی

It is a victorious True Furqan, which shall bring to

naught the sword of injustice with the palm of justice, blazing a straight path for those who repent

from having gone astray. (The Blessing: 2)

(3/انطش)… ععهب سا یذی انعبنی ي عجبدب

We have composed it as a beacon of light to guide

those who grope in the darkness with the hope that

they will discover the True Way. (The Purification:

3)

Conclusion:

In this article, the book The True Furqan which has

been written in opposition against the holy Qur’an,

has been reviewed regarding some adoptions of that

books from the holy Qur’an and some

contradictions in it, and the following conclusion

has been drawn:

1. The book The True Furqan is full of

adoptions and derivations from the Holy

Qur’an, but it has been defeated against the

holy Qur’an due to imitating and

duplicating the Qur’an and lack of

independence within the words,

compositions and style.

2. The writer of this book, taking benefit

from numerous techniques, such as adding

a word to a verse, replacing the words in a

verse of Qur’an or altering a Qur’an’s

word with its synonym tries to make his

book similar to Qur’an and to induce the

readers that he had been successful in

opposition against the Qur’an.

3. According to the obtained statistics, in the

book The True Furqan from its total

amount of 948 fake verses, the writer has

adopted Qur’an’s phrases and keywords

approximately in 927 verses, and such

plagiarism and imitation from the holy

Qur’an, cannot be considered as

opposition.

4. Considering the numerous contradictions,

conflicts and differences in the book The

True Furqan, we can conclude that this

book is a work of mankind and its writers

have been defeated in opposition against

the holy Qur’an.

5. Expressing a few numbers of adoptions,

contradictions and differences within the

internal phrases of this book which has

been provided with the help and

investment of the Great Devil and the

western colonizers for the purpose of

opposition against the holy Qur’an, in fact

reveals the delightfulness of a Qur’an’s

verse in which the Supreme God for the

purpose of demonstrating the divinity of

Qur’an, says: And if it were from any other

than Allah, they would have found in it

many a discrepancy.

ا» اخزالفب كضیش عذا فی ن ذ غیش للا ع ي كب ن (82:غبء)«

Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it

were from any other than Allah, they would have

found in it many a discrepancy. (4:82)

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