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Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam
It is said that the Quran was delivered to Mohammed by an angel.
My only comment is that when I am confused about something I thoroughly research it for discrepencies from the text and requirements of God's law handed down since the beginning of time to Abraham, Moses, and the prophets after them. Research generally works for me and I am cynical as it is. My advice then would be, if you are truly curious, and not speaking idle words, to search for the answer to your questions. You are certainly able to search for what you are supposed to do with your life in your own Bible. It is there. Even the Quran says it is there.
So the apostle Paul was God-inspired, yes? Follow his words and your churches will look like mosques anyway.
"Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to speak. They are commanded to be under obedience. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church"
"If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off, and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved, she should cover her head"
God-Inspired? Why don't christians follow it then? "re-interpreted?"
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We have several threads on that very subject, so I'm not going to re-open this new topic you have brought up.
The Bible doesn't confuse us as to who placed God's Word in our hearts and hands. The Quran, by it's very writings contradict it's own origin. That is the topic. I would like to stay on that very topic as it's the root of the matter.
According to the Hadith, Mohammed's writings were collected from fragments from tablets of stone, ribs of palm branches, camels' shoulder blades and ribs, pieces of board and the breasts of men.
Mishkat al Masabih, Sh. M. Ashraf, Lahore (1990) p. 469. Also Bukhari Vol. 9 No. 301.
It is also said that some of the first attempts at compiling Mohammed's writings were by his daughter, Fatimah. She had to contest some of the facts with some of her father's followers because different versions were being recited by the people. It is also said that Mohammed's wife, Hafsa, also helped in the compilation.
I've also read that the final work was credited to Zaid ibn Thabit, whom some believe was merely the editior.
The origins is what I am interested in here - not the various writings in either book. We can get into that some other time.