Samples of Quranic Contradictions, Inconsistencies and

Errors.
“And no question do they bring to you but We reveal to
you the truth and the best explanation” (Quran 25:33).

1- Numerical Contradictions:
2- Creation of the Heaven and Earth
3- Sun-set and Sun-rise
4- A Resting Place For Sun!?
5- Why Allah Created Stars!
6- Is Sky/Heaven A ROOF or Canopy Over the Earth?
7- Does Sun Rotate Around the Earth?
8- Does Earth Spread Out Like Carpet (flat)
9- Is Man Created From Clotted Blood?
10- Is Religion Compulsive or is it not?

Prepared by: Syed Kamran Mirza

Special Note: Quranic ayats are taken mostly from translated
Quran by Maulana A. Yousuf Ali and Maulana Muhiuddin Khan.

Numerical contradictions
There are many numerical contradictions in the Quran. Can God
make so much error in doing simple calculations?
How many days did it take to create Heavens and Earth ?
Quran 7: 54 Your gurdian-Lord is Allah who created the
heavens and earth in Six Days
Quran 10: 3 Verily your Lord is Allah, who created the
heavens and earth in Six Days
Quran 11:7 He it is Who created the heavens and earth in Six
Days
Quran-25:29: He Who created the heavens and earth and all
that is between, in Six Days
The above verses clearly state that God created the heaven and
Allah created the heaven and the Earth in 6 days. But the verses
below stated-
 Quran 41: 9 Is it that ye deny Him who created the earth in
Two Days ?
Quran 41: 10 He set on the (earth) Mountains standing firm
high above it, and bestowed blessing on the earth, and
measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due
proportion, in FOUR DAYS…
Quran 41: 12 So He completed them (heavens) as seven
firmaments in Two days and …
Now do the math: 2(for earth) + 4(for nourishment) + 2 (for
heavens) = 8 days; and not 6 days
Similar mistakes you can see in the verse: Quran 4: 11 - 12, and
Quran 4: 176 in inheritance law. In these verses one can see the
total property after adding all distributed parties adds up more than
the available property, i.e., totals become more than 1 which are:
1.125 and 1.25. How come ? A gross mathematical errors, is not
it ?
Allah’s Days Equal to 1000 Years or 50,000 Years?
Quran 22: 47 A day in the sight of the Lord is like a thousand
years of your reckoning. Quran-32:5: To Him, on a Day, the
space whereof will be a thousands years of your rekoning
Quran 70: 4 The angels and the spirit ascend unto him in a
day the measure whereof is Fifty thousands years.
So, which one is it? Is the day of Allah equal to 1,000 earth years
or 50,000 earth years?

Creation of the Heaven and Earth

Which one was created first? As you will see in the verses below,
Allah at one time says that Earth was created first and another time
he says that the Heaven was created first.
Quran 2: 29 It is He who hath created for you all things that
are on Earth; THEN He turned to the Heaven and made them
into seven firmaments (Skies)….
Quran 79: 27 - 30 Are you the harder to create, or is the
heaven that He built? He raised the height thereof and
ordered it; and He has made dark the night thereof, and He
brought forth the morning thereof. And after that, He spread
(flattened) the earth
Now, does it match modern science? Do you believe that, Earth
was created first, after that, God created Heaven? Modern science
tells us that? Or How come SEVEN firmaments (layers)? Modern
science tells us that, actually there is no such thing Sky is no “roof”
over us. It is only a space with no known boundary at all. These
verses simply reinforce the ancient idea of ROOF over us which is
called SKY, is it not so? How funny!

Sun-set and Sun-rise

Koran teaches us that the Sun sets in a muddy spring:
Quran 18: 86 Till, when he (the traveller Zul-qarnain)
reached the setting-place of the Sun, he found it going down
into a muddy spring…
Quran 18: 90 Till, when he reached the rising-place of the
Sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had
appointed no shelter from it.
Serious scientific errors here! Firstly, it is scientifically accepted
fact that, the Sun never go down in a muddy spring. Secondly, this
seems to presuppose a FLAT Earth, otherwise how can there be an
extreme point in the West or in the East? A sunrise there would be
basically just the same as at any other place on this earth, at land or
sea. It would still look as if it is setting “far away”. It does say, that
he reached THE PLACE where the Sun sets and in his second
Journey the place where it rises.

A resting place for Sun!?

Quran 36: 38 And the sun runneth on unto a resting place for
him. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise.
Quran 36: 39 And for the moon We have appointed
mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm leaf.
Quran 36: 40 It is not for Sun to overtake the moon, nor
doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.
Allah is indeed a big scientist. Where is sun and where is moon
situated? Can anybody tell me how they could
collide/meet/overtake each other? Are the sun and the moon
neighbors to each other? I have the answer for this error: Ancient
Allah saw (bare eye observations) sun and moon traveling from
east to west seemingly in the same Sky area or same path, without
colliding, causing day and night etc. Allah hardly could imagine
that all these phenomena are simply due to Earth’s rotation and
NOT by Sun’s rotation. Sun is stationary for Earth, because earth is
stuck in the sun’s Gravity, like we are stuck in earth’s gravity. Allah
never says any where in the whole Quran that, EARTH ROTATES.
Perhaps Allah could not feel earth’s rotation.
A resting place for sun WAS CONFIRMED BY HADITHS?
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 421
Sahih Bukhari Hadiths: Abzur Ghifari (ra) narrated: one day
Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) asked me, “Abzar do you know
after setting where does Sun go?” I replied, I do not know,
only Allah’s apostle can say better. Then Prophet (SA)
replied, “After setting, the sun remains prostrated under
Allah’s Aro’sh and waits for Allah’s command for rising
again in the East. Day will come when sun will not get
permission to rise again and Qeyamot will fall upon Earth”.
Can anybody tell me what is it? It was the superstitious belief of
ancient people reflected in the Quran and Hadiths by Allah. A 10-
year-old boy would not tell such fairy tale story today.

Why Allah Created Stars!

Quran gives us further scientific knowledge by telling us that the
stars were created by Allah as missiles to throw at the devils:
Quran 67: 5 And We have (from of old) adorned the lowest
heaven (sky) with lamps, and We have made such (Lamps
as) missiles to drive away Satans…
Quran 37: 6-8 We have indeed decorated the lower heaven
(sky) with beauty (in) the stars, (for beauty) and for guard
against all obstinate rebellious Satans. So they should not
strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but
be cast away from every side.
Thus, the stars are nothing but missiles to throw at devils so that
they may not eavesdrop on the heavenly council. Once again we
find how Allah was high on his superstitious weirdness.

Is Sky/Heaven A ROOF or Canopy Over the Earth?

Quran 21: 32 And We have made the sky a roof withheld
(from them). Yet they turn away from its portents.
Quran 31: 10 He hath created the heavens (Skies) without
supports (pillars) that ye can see, and hath cast into the earth
firm Mountains/Hills, so that it quake not with you; and He
hath dispersed…
Quran 2: 22: Who has made the earth your couch, And the
heavens (Sky) your canopy
Modern science tells us- whole thing around the earth is space and
there is no boundary even if we go Billions of light years away in
all directions. Questions are: When there is no sky above us then
how in the world, it needs pillars for support? Do we really have a
roof above us? Is there a canopy above the Earth? Is there anything
called above or beneath us? Are mountains there to prevent Earth
from shaking? Give me a break!
Once again Allah considered sky as roof over the Earth, which will
broke/shattered during dooms day
Quran 78: 19 And the heavens (sky) Shall be broken
(opened) as if there were doors opens…
Quran 82: 1 When the Sky is cleft asunder
Quran 69: 16 And the sky will be Rent asunder, for it will
That day be flimsy (soft)
Quran 81: 2 When the stars fall, losing their luster.
Yousuf Ali comments in his Tafsir: beautiful blue-sky overhead
(which we take for granted in sunshine) will be shattered to pieces.
Modern science tells us that there is no such thing as roof/sky or
any canopy over the Earth; rather all around Earth is a limitless
space. Only Allah knows what will break/shatter or will get
soft/flimsy or how doors will open , there is no walls, where from
doors will come? In some Ayats Allah threatened kafirs by saying:
“I (Allah) will throw broken pieces of sky over your head.”

Does Sun Rotate Around the Earth?

Quran 31: 29 Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into
Day and He merges Day into Night; That He has subjected
the sun and moon (to His law), each running its course for a
term (time) appointed.
Quran 21: 33 It is He who created The Night and Day, And
the Sun and Moon; each of them Swim (float) along in its
own course.
Ayats mentioned above could be found over and over again and
again almost in every pages of Quran. Because, Allah standing in
the open Arab desert saw very well that, every morning SUN is
rising from the East and gradually (appointed time or fixed time)
setting to the West, and as a result, day and night follows. Allah
truly mentioned this wrong knowledge (sun moving) of pre-historic
people. Every time Allah mentioned Sun & Moon, He mentioned
day & night, as if it is due to sun’s movement day and night
follows. But surprisingly, all the hypocrite Mullahs giving false
credit to Allah by saying: look Quran told about sun’s movement
1400 years ago which modern science only found out now. In real
world, sun takes 225 millions of years to make just one complete
circle through the solar Universe. And obviously this movement of
sun has nothing to do with DAY & NIGHT of the earth. Actually,
Sun is stationary in relation to the Earth, because the Earth is stuck
to the giant gravitation force of the Sun, and the Earth also moves
along with the Sun wherever it goes, just the way we are stuck to
the Earth’s gravitation force and do not feel its movement at all.
Why then, Allah was telling the Sun’s movement again and again. I
have already mentioned above, why Allah was hysteric about the
Sun’s movements. Now dishonest Mullahs are claiming science
here. I wonder, why Allah has to mentioned about the Sun’s 225
millions year journey (which is even unimaginable to mankind) to
tell about day and night? What relation Sun’s movement has with
the day and night?

Does Earth Spread Out Like Carpet (flat)?

Quran 15: 19 And the earth We have spread out (like a
carpet); set thereon Mountains firm and immovable;
Quran 78: 6-7 Have We not made the earth as a wide
expanse, And the mountains as pegs (anchor)?
Allah was sure that earth is flat like a carpet and mountains are
there to anchor the earth so that earth does not shake with us. Allah
is really merciful scientist.

Is Man Created From Clotted Blood?

Quran-23:14: Then fashioned We the drop (semen) a CLOT
OF CONGEALED BLOOD then fashioned We the Clot a
little lump (foetus), fashioned We the little lump into bones,
then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it
another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators.
( Bengali translated Quran said: “Zamaa’t Raokto theeke
Manoosh banieesi” And this Ayat has been repeated again
and again throughout the Quran ) Quran-75:38: Then he
becomes a CLOT; then (Allah) shaped and fashioned…
Quran 96: 2 Created man, out of a mere clot of congealed
blood
There are serious scientific problems here:
Blood clot cannot grow into anything. This idea also came from the
Greek. Aristotle erroneously believed that, humans are originated
from the action of male semen upon female menstrual blood, which
is absolutely an incorrect assumption. Quran’s assertion on Clot
(alaqa) is completely wrong about human development, since there
is absolutely no stage during which the embryo consists of a clot.
The only situation in which an embryo might appear like a clot is
during a miscarriage, in which case the clotted blood that is seen to
emerge (much of which comes from mother) is solidified and by
definition no longer alive. Therefore, if ever an embryo appeared to
look like a clot it would never develop any further into a human; it
would be a dead mass of bloody miscarrying flesh. Since Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) had some thirteen wives it is entirely possible
that he would be very familiar with miscarriages.
Modern science tells us that, the formation of human embryo is a
seamless continuation from conception to birth; hence there are no
hard- and- fast boundaries of stages as Quran describes. Quran
describes 4 stages, which matches exactly with Galenic description
of development of human embryo (which was proved wrong by
modern science).
Creation of bones and clothing of bones with flesh: According to
modern embryologists including Prof. Moore, the tissue from
which bone originates, known as mesoderm, is the same tissue as
that from which muscle (flesh) develops. Thus bone and muscles
begin to develop simultaneously, rather than sequentially (as the
Quran is telling us). Moreover, most of the muscle tissue that we
humans have is laid down before birth, but bones continue to
develop and calcify (strengthen with calcium) right into one’s
teenage years. So it would be more accurate if the Quran had said
that muscles started to develop at the same time as bones, but
completed their development earlier. The idea that bones are
clothed with flesh is not only scientifically completely wrong/false,
but was directly copied from the ancient Greek doctor Galen’s
hypothesis.
Also, the idea of saying: “made into bones and clothed the bones
with muscle” came from the technique of making animal statue out
of rod and cement or mud. People usually make the skeleton (out
of rod or stick) first and, then cover it up with cement or mud. This
is scarcely a scientific description of embryonic development. It is
rather a description of an unlettered man.

Is Religion Compulsive Or Is It Not?

Quran 02: 256 There is no Compulsion in religion….
OR
 Quran 9: 29 Fight those who do not profess the true
faith(Islam) till they pay the polltax (jiziya) with the hand of
humility.
Quran 9: 5 Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay
the idolators wherever ye find them and take them captive,
and besiege them and prepare for them each ambush….
Quran 47: 4 When you meet the unbelievers in the Jihad
strike off their heads….
Quran 2: 191 And slay (kill) them wherever ye catch them,
and turn them out from where they have turned you out such
is the reward of those who suppress faith.
Quran 8: 65 O Apostle ! rouse the believers to the fight of….
unbelievers.
Very often apologetics claim that, Islam is a religion of peace and
there is no compulsion. Yet punishment of an apostate in Islam is,
of course, death penalty.
In very many Ayats Allah claimed that, He has given this Quran in
the easy and clear language so that, it will not be difficult to
understand by the ordinary Arabs.
Quran 44: 58 Verily, We have made This Quran easy in the
tongue, in order that they may give heed.
No matter which translated Quran we read, the Quranic materials
remain the same to us and every sentence is self explanatory and it
does not take a rocket scientist to comprehend what is the message
Allah wanted to transmit for Arabs. Yet, bigot Mullahs will always
blame translators for Quranic contradictions/errors/inconsistencies
etc. and will try to find lame excuses to cover up Allah’s ignorance.
Comments:
The Holy Qur’an is full of inaccuracies, contradictions,
inconsistencies, redundancies, no chronology or chapters,
grammatical errors, etc. One can find hundreds of
contradictions/errors/inconsistencies in the Holy Quran. The
above-mentioned Ayats are just selected samples from the Quran.
But still it is a miracle to those who are blindfolded bigots.

“ The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more
light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.”- Oliver
Wendell Holmes