This Is Islam Uncovered

The Qur'an’s Claim: Continuity of Revelation

The Qur'an claims that it is:

This is the claim. Now let’s test it using facts.

🔹 2. Historical and Theological Discontinuities

Doctrine	Bible (OT + NT)	Qur’an
Nature of God	Triune (NT), Covenant Yahweh (OT)	Strictly monotheist (tawhid), denies Trinity
Jesus	Divine Son of God, crucified, resurrected	Mere prophet, not crucified (Surah 4:157), not divine
Salvation	By faith in God’s grace (OT and NT)	By deeds, plus faith in Qur'an and Muhammad
Covenant	Centered on Israel, fulfilled in Christ (NT)	Superseded by Islam and Muhammad as seal of prophets

✅ Logical result: If God is unchanging and His message consistent, these contradictions invalidate the claim of continuity.

The Qur'an:

Confuses Mary the mother of Jesus with Miriam the sister of Moses (Surah 19:28).
Believes the Pharaoh built the Tower of Babel using Haman (Surah 28:38)—both out of context.
Says Jesus spoke from the cradle, created birds from clay, etc.—found in non-canonical Gnostic gospels, not the historical Gospel.

✅ These are errors based on later legends, not biblical history. This disproves direct continuity from the earlier revelations.

Nowhere in the Torah or Gospel is there a prophet foretold who matches Muhammad’s profile.
Qur'an claims Muhammad is prophesied in Torah and Gospel (Surah 7:157), but provides no quotation.
Muslims often cite Deuteronomy 18:18, but the description fits Jesus, not Muhammad—by context, lineage, and message.

✅ Thus, the Qur’an’s own claim of prophetic continuity is unsubstantiated by the texts it appeals to.

The Qur’an was written in 7th-century Arabic, with influences from Syriac, Aramaic, and foreign borrowings (e.g., “Injil” from Greek euangelion).
Its stories often reflect oral midrash, Jewish folklore, and apocryphal Christian texts circulating at the time—not canonical Scripture.
The Bible (Hebrew and Greek texts) was finalized centuries earlier, with a radically different literary style, covenantal structure, and message focus.

✅ Textual forensic analysis shows independent development, not a continuation.

The Qur’an needed to:

Establish legitimacy among existing Jews and Christians.
Claim prophetic succession to integrate into Abrahamic tradition.
Reframe previous religions as Islam in an earlier form (see Surah 3:67 – Abraham was a Muslim).

This is a rhetorical and strategic assertion, not a historically validated continuity.

No, the Qur’an is not part of a continuous divine revelation from the same God who revealed the Torah and Gospel. This conclusion is based on:

It claims continuity but demonstrably breaks it.