Produce a Sura Like This! bring a book a book like this! Quran can't be altered!

1. Challenge by the Quran that if it is not true then bring a book a book like this.

There are five verses in the Quran which deal with this challenge namely (all translations are by A. Yusufali):

Produce a sura like The Quran...2:23

2:23 And if ye are in doubt As to what We have revealed From time to time to Our servant, Then produce a Sura Like thereunto; And call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides God, if your (doubts) are true.

Bring a sura like The Quran...10:38

10:38 Or do they say, "He forged it"? Say: "Bring then A Sura like unto it,
And call (to your aid) Any one you can, Besides God, if it be Ye speak the
truth!"

Bring ten suras like the Quran...11:13

11:13 Or they may say, "He forged it." Say, "Bring ye then ten Suras Forged,
like unto it, and call (To your aid) whomsoever Ye can, other than God! - If
ye speak the truth!

All of mankind and Jinns together cannot produce the Quran...17:88

17:88 Say: "If the whole Of mankind and Jinns Were to gather together To
produce the like Of this Qur-an, they Could not produce The like thereof,
even if They backed up each other.

Produce a recital like the Quran...52:34

52:34 Let them then produce A recital like unto it, - if (it be) they speak The Truth.

The Islamists often use those verses to demonstrate how unique the Quran is! They try to prove that the Quran is the words of Allah because no one accepted Allah's challenge. These are silly and laughable challenges thrown by the scribes of the Quran to the unlettered Arabs. Only Ostriches will believe in these verses. There are many other religious scriptures that can throw similar challenges. What happens if some one takes these challenges and composes verses similar to the Quran? What will be the criteria to judge which verses are better? Who are going to be the judges? How about the Geeta, the Bedas , Ramayana and Mahabharat? Can any one write /produce holy words similar or better than these? Of course, it can be done. In fact, there are many web sites where you can read similar verses like the Quran. People have accepted the challenge of the Quran and constructed verses. Are those verses similar to the Quranic verses or better than the Quran? The answer depends on who is judging. If I am the judge, then I will say that these newly composed Quranic verses are better than the age old Quran. If an Islamist is the judge then, of course, these new verses are blasphemy and nothing but gutter works. So, how are we going to come to a decision?

How about Omor Khayam and his poetry verses? Can anyone produce poems like him? The answer is both yes and no. Any person with the slightest intelligence will attest to this fact.

2. In Quran it is mentioned that Quran can't be altered.

This inquiry is intimately connected with the question: Is Mohammed the last prophet/apostle of Allah and is Quran the final book of Allah?

When I searched the Quran I could find only the following verse which deals with this matter.

33:40 Muhammad is not The father of any Of your men, but (he is) The apostle of God And the Seal of the Prophets: And God has full knowledge Of all things. (Translation by A. Yusufali)

In his commentary on this issue, Yusufali writes:

"When a document is sealed, it is complete and there can be no further addition. The holy Prophet Muhammad closed the long line of Apostles. God's teaching is and will always be continuous, but there has been and be no Prophet after Muhammed. The later ages will want thinkers and reformers, not Prophets. This is not an arbitrary matter. It is a matter full of knowledge and wisdom: "for God has full knowledge of all things." (A. Yusufali; THE
HOLY QUR'AN Translation; page 1119, commentary number 3731)"

If we accept this explanation of Yusufali, then, of course, Mohammed is the last prophet and the apostle of Allah. But there are many Muslims (?) who do not believe in Yusufali's analysis; like the Qadiani Muslims (or Ahmedia). They accept the Quran but do not accept Mohammad as the last prophet. How about the followers of Rashad Khalifa? They make a clear distinction between a prophet and an apostle. So, their version of the finality of Mohammad and the Quran is quite different. They accept only the Quran and consider Mohammad as a messenger only and not the final prophet. In fact, Rashad Khalifa claims that he had a dream where he was transported to heaven to meet Mohammad and he (Mohammad) asked to him rescue the Muslims from the present day decay (that implies that Rashad Khalifa is the next prophet after Mohammad). Rashad Khalifa's followers consider the mainstream followers (that is Sunni, Shia, Ahmedia...etc) to be the followers of Satan and not true Muslims. They even have their own version of the Quran and refuse to accpet the Shia/Sunni/Ahmedi versions. What do all these controversies prove? Yes, Quran is not really an unalterable document that many innocent Muslims tend to believe. You can really manipulate this doctrine of hate to suit your needs. There is no central authority on Quranic matters for the Sunnis who form the bulk of the present Muslims. So, it is like a fish market. Anything goes as long as you have the money and the clout to do that.

If you are a true freethinker/humanist you should not accept any of these stories. We must accept the fact that the Quran is a complete hoax and is never a revelation of Allah (or God), but it (the Quran) is the concoction of a megalomaniac who used the illiterate and the uncultured Arab Beduins to impose his narcissistic ambition to conquer the world through brute force.

If you are not accepting this truth then you are not a complete freethinker/humanist, your umbilical cord with Islam is not cut yet. You are more of an Islamic Agnost or a Islamic Freethinker or the latest invention, Islamic Atheist!!