{"id":6074,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/historical-arguments-in-the-quran\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:18","slug":"historical-arguments-in-the-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/historical-arguments-in-the-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Arguments In The Qur&#8217;an"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Why does the Qur\u2019an reason  from the stories of the earlier people? Is there any logic or particular  significance in this? Prehistoric fables can&#8217;t be presented as evidence  even today. Why do you call them &#8216;historical arguments&#8217;? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>We  believe that the addressees of the Qur\u2019an believed in those tales as  historical realities. That is why they did not challenge the Qur\u2019anic  assertions in this regard. We see that at times the Qur\u2019an tells its  addressees that they knew those historical facts and even passed through  the remains of the settlements punished by the Almighty. The Bible too  contained parts of the stories of the earlier Prophets. We call them  historical because of two reasons: a) they are historical in nature and  b) the addressees of the Qur\u2019an and the author of Qur\u2019an both agreed on  the authenticity of those historical facts. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-01<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6074\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does the Qur\u2019an reason  from the stories of the earlier people? Is there any logic or particular  significance in this? 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