Doctrinal Failures of Islam
1. Islam Denies the Deity of Christ
Islam’s greatest doctrinal weakness is its denial that Jesus is God in the flesh.
Islam teaches Jesus (Isa) was only a prophet.
The Qur’an explicitly denies that Jesus is the Son of God (Qur’an 5:72; 4:171).
Why this is a weakness:
The deity of Christ is the central pillar of Christianity, supported by history, Scripture, early church testimony, and Christ’s own claims.
Islam cannot explain:
Why Jesus receives titles and honors only given to God
Why Jesus is sinless while Muhammad is not
Why Jesus performs divine acts (forgiving sins, raising the dead)
Why the earliest Christians unanimously worshipped Him as God long before Nicaea
Denying the deity of Christ dismantles the Christian gospel, but it also creates logical inconsistencies within Islam’s own system.
2. Islam Denies the Crucifixion and Resurrection
The Qur’an denies that Jesus was crucified (Qur’an 4:157).
Why this is a weakness:
The crucifixion is one of the best-attested facts in all ancient history.
Even non-Christian historians—Tacitus, Josephus, and Jewish sources—affirm that Jesus died by crucifixion.
Islam contradicts:
All archaeological and historical evidence
All early Christian testimony
Pagan and Jewish records
The theological backbone of the Old Testament sacrificial system
Denying the crucifixion leaves Islam with no atonement, no redemption, and no coherent doctrine of forgiveness.
3. Islam Provides No Doctrine of Atonement
Islam teaches a works-based salvation.
Good deeds outweigh bad deeds
Allah may forgive, but on no revealed basis
No substitutionary sacrifice exists
Why this is a weakness:
Islam has no solution for objective human sin.
Allah simply forgives “if he wills,” without justice being satisfied.
This contradicts:
The universal moral intuition of justice
The Old Testament sacrificial structure
God’s holiness
Islam has law, but no gospel, no atonement, and no means of reconciliation.
4. Internal Contradictions in the Qur’an
Islam claims the Qur’an is perfect, unaltered, and without contradiction.
However, internal inconsistencies exist:
Different versions of the creation of man
Conflicting statements about free will vs predestination
Contradictory instructions about warfare and peace
Discrepancies between early Meccan verses and later Medinan verses
To resolve these, Islam relies on abrogation (Qur’an 2:106), meaning later verses cancel earlier ones.
Why this is a weakness:
A perfect, eternal revelation should not require internal cancellation.
5. The “Perfect Preservation” Claim Is Refuted by Evidence
Muslims claim the Qur’an has never changed.
Modern textual evidence shows:
Early Qur’anic manuscripts contain variant readings
Different qira’at (recitations) differ in meaning
Muslims themselves burned competing manuscripts (per Islamic tradition)
Even Islamic scholarship now admits multiple canonical versions exist.
Why this is a weakness:
A claim of perfect preservation is factually false, and the religion stands or falls on that claim.
6. Muhammad Contradicts the Biblical Prophets
Muhammad claims to confirm the Torah and the Gospel, yet his teachings contradict:
The nature of God
The identity of Christ
The path of salvation
The narrative of redemption
Why this is a weakness:
Two revelations that contradict each other cannot both come from the same God.
Islam attempts to solve this by claiming the Bible was corrupted, a claim for which it provides:
No textual evidence
No historical data
No manuscript proof
The burden of proof lies with the accuser, and Islam cannot sustain this claim.
7. Islam Has a Non-Relational God
Allah in Islam is unapproachable, unrevealed, and non-relational.
No fatherhood
No sonship
No fellowship
No indwelling
No personal covenant
No assurance of salvation
Why this is a weakness:
A God who is eternally solitary cannot be eternally loving.
Love requires relationship.
The Trinity explains interpersonal love from eternity.
Islam cannot.
8. Islam Has No Assurance of Salvation
In Islam, even the faithful cannot know if Allah will accept them.
Good deeds may fail
Allah may change his mind
Even Muhammad said he did not know his own eternal fate (Hadith: Sahih Bukhari 5.266)
Why this is a weakness:
A system with no atonement and no assurance cannot provide peace, redemption, or eternal certainty.
9. Islam’s View of Women and Human Nature Is Theologically Deficient
Islam teaches:
Men are superior to women
Men may beat their wives (Qur’an 4:34)
Women’s testimony counts as half
Paradise involves sensual reward
Why this is a weakness:
These doctrines undermine the biblical doctrine of human dignity, marriage, and holiness.
10. Islam Rejects the Necessity of Regeneration
Christianity teaches spiritual rebirth, the work of the Holy Spirit changing the heart.
Islam teaches moral improvement by human effort.
Why this is a weakness:
Human nature is universally sinful.
External law cannot fix internal corruption.
Islam provides law, but no new heart.
Summary
Doctrinally, Islam is weakest at the points where it most directly contradicts:
The person and work of Jesus Christ
The doctrine of salvation
The historical record
The prophetic witness of Scripture
The need for atonement
The relational nature of God
The continuity of revelation
From a Christian theological perspective, Islam collapses at the most essential issues of truth, salvation, and the identity of God.
Point 1: Islam Denies the Deity of Christ
(The Core Theological Weakness of Islam)
Islam’s single greatest doctrinal weakness—indeed its fatal point—is its denial that Jesus Christ is God. Everything else in Islam’s theology collapses from this one error.
The Qur’an teaches:
Jesus is only a prophet (Qur’an 4:171)
Jesus is not the Son of God (Qur’an 5:72-75)
Jesus did not die or rise (Qur’an 4:157)
Islam positions itself as a correction of Christianity; therefore, if Christianity is right about Jesus, Islam fails entirely.
Let’s break down why this point destroys the Islamic system from within.
1. Islam Cannot Explain Jesus’ Supernatural Uniqueness
Even the Qur’an admits facts about Jesus that contradict Him being a mere prophet:
A. His Virgin Birth
Islam affirms it, but cannot explain why no other prophet—including Muhammad—was born this way.
B. His Sinlessness
The Qur’an attributes sin to Muhammad (Qur’an 47:19; 48:1-2),
but denies sin in Jesus.
Only God is sinless.
Islam cannot coherently defend this distinction.
C. His Miracles
Islam admits Jesus performed miracles Muhammad never performed, including:
Creating life from clay
Healing the blind
Raising the dead
These actions mirror Genesis 1: God creates life from the dust.
Islam gives Jesus divine works, then denies His divine nature.
It is a theological contradiction.
2. Islam Cannot Explain Why Early Christianity Worshipped Jesus Before Constantine
Islam claims Christians corrupted the gospel after Jesus.
Historical problem:
We have massive manuscript evidence from the 1st and 2nd centuries showing Christians worshipping Jesus as God long before Constantine and before Islam’s claim of corruption.
Examples:
Philippians 2:5-11 – Christ existed in the form of God
1 Corinthians 8:6 – Jesus included in the Shema
John 1:1-14 – The Word was God
Hebrews 1:8 – The Father calls the Son “O God”
Ignatius (A.D. 110) – “Our God, Jesus Christ”
Pliny the Younger (A.D. 112) – Christians worship Christ as God
Islam cannot account for this historical reality.
3. Islam’s Denial of Christ’s Sonship Is Philosophically Weak
Islam denies God can have a Son because it misunderstands the concept, reducing it to biological reproduction.
This is a category error.
Christianity teaches:
“Son of God” is a title of nature, not biology
It expresses eternal relationship, not physical origin
It refers to shared divine essence
Islam attacks a concept Christianity does not teach.
4. Islam Has No Answer for Jesus’ Claims of Deity
Islam teaches Jesus never claimed to be God.
The problem?
The historical Jesus clearly did:
“Before Abraham was, I AM.” (John 8:58)
“I and My Father are one.” (John 10:30)
“He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9)
He accepted worship repeatedly
He forgave sins—a divine prerogative
Islam must deny the New Testament despite historical manuscript evidence showing these claims existed from the beginning.
5. Islam Cannot Explain Old Testament Prophecies of a Divine Messiah
Hundreds of years before Christ, the Old Testament describes the Messiah as:
God in the flesh (Isaiah 9:6)
The LORD Himself coming to save (Isaiah 40:3)
The pierced LORD (Zechariah 12:10)
Islam claims to affirm the prophets, but rejects their central message.
This creates a fatal inconsistency.
6. Islam Cannot Explain Why Jesus Receives Divine Titles
Even the Qur’an gives Jesus titles reserved only for God, such as:
“The Word of God”
“A Spirit from Him”
Islam cannot logically explain:
How God’s “Word” can be created
How “a Spirit from God” is not divine
Why only Jesus carries these titles
No other prophet in Islam receives them.
If Jesus is not divine, these titles become incoherent.
7. Denying Jesus’ Deity Destroys the Doctrine of Salvation
If Jesus is not God:
He cannot save
He cannot atone
He cannot intercede
His death has no infinite value
There is no forgiveness beyond uncertain divine will
Islam collapses here.
Without a divine Christ:
There is no cross
There is no resurrection
There is no redemption
There is no gospel
The religion becomes a works-based system where no one can ever know if they are saved.
Conclusion
Islam’s denial of Christ’s deity is not just a disagreement.
It is the core doctrinal failure of the Islamic system.
If Jesus is who the Bible says He is:
Islam is false
Muhammad’s prophethood is invalid
Qur’anic theology collapses
Islamic soteriology fails
This is why the doctrine of Christ is the immovable foundation of Christianity and the fatal weak point of Islam.
Point 2: Islam Denies the Crucifixion and Resurrection
(A fatal historical and theological flaw in Islamic doctrine)
Islam teaches that Jesus was not crucified, did not die, and therefore did not rise again.
The Qur’an states:
“They did not kill him, nor crucify him, but it was made to appear so to them.” (Qur’an 4:157)
This verse is the foundation of Islam’s rejection of the most well-attested event in ancient history.
This creates three fatal weaknesses:
It contradicts all historical evidence
It destroys any meaningful doctrine of salvation
It contradicts the prophetic revelation Islam claims to affirm
Let’s walk through each one.
1. Islam Denies a Historically Certain Event
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ is supported by overwhelming evidence across independent sources:
A. Roman historians
Tacitus (Annals 15:44): “Christ was executed under Pontius Pilate.”
Suetonius
Thallus
These men were not Christians and had nothing to gain by affirming it.
B. Jewish sources
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a)
Josephus (Antiquities 18.3.3)**
Both affirm His execution.
C. Early Christian writers
Clement (A.D. 96)
Ignatius (A.D. 110)
Polycarp (A.D. 110)
These men were disciples of the apostles or of apostolic churches.
D. Archaeological and legal evidence
Romans kept meticulous execution records.
Thousands of crucifixions occurred in that period.
Jesus’ death fits the historical, political, and forensic patterns perfectly.
E. The unanimous testimony of the early church
Not a single Christian writing from the first 200 years denies the crucifixion—not one.
Islam stands completely alone in denying the crucifixion.
No historian denies it
No ancient source denies it
No archaeological record denies it
Only Islam (6–7 centuries later) denies it
This is a devastating weakness.
When your religion contradicts universal historical data, the credibility collapses.
2. Denying the Crucifixion Destroys Islam’s Ability to Explain the Resurrection
If Jesus was not crucified:
There is no empty tomb
There is no resurrection
There is no triumph over death
There is no victory over sin
Islam must explain:
Why the tomb was empty
Why the apostles were transformed from cowards to martyrs
Why Christianity exploded across the Roman Empire within one generation
Why over 500 witnesses saw the risen Christ (1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
Why Christianity grew in the very city where Jesus was crucified
Islam has no historical explanation for any of this.
The Islamic explanation (“it was made to appear so to them”) is theologically weak and historically absurd because:
It makes Allah the author of deception
It contradicts prophetic Scripture
It violates God’s holiness
It offers no evidence
The Qur’anic claim is an assertion, not an argument.
3. Denying the Crucifixion Destroys Islam’s Doctrine of Salvation
Without the crucifixion:
There is no substitutionary atonement
There is no forgiveness of sins
There is no justification
There is no propitiation of divine wrath
There is no reconciliation between God and man
Islam’s soteriology becomes:
A. Works-based salvation
You weigh your good deeds against your bad deeds.
B. Allah forgives arbitrarily
There is no sacrifice.
There is no justice.
Forgiveness is based on Allah “willing it,” not on righteousness.
C. No assurance of salvation
Even Muhammad said he did not know his final eternal fate.
The cross is the center of biblical faith.
Without it:
Scripture collapses
The prophetic system collapses
The sacrificial system collapses
The hope of believers collapses
Islam cuts out the heart of redemptive history.
4. Islam Contradicts the Prophets It Claims to Honor
Islam claims to affirm the Torah and the Prophets.
However:
Isaiah 53 prophesies the suffering and crucifixion of the Messiah
Psalm 22 describes crucifixion in exact detail
Zechariah 12:10 says Israel will look on “the One they pierced”
Jesus predicted His own death multiple times
John the Baptist identified Jesus as the Lamb of God
The entire sacrificial system of Moses points to substitutionary death
Islam cannot affirm the prophets while rejecting their message.
This contradiction is fatal.
5. Islam Elevates a 7th-century claim over 1st-century eyewitnesses
Eyewitness testimony is the strongest form of historical evidence.
In the 1st century, thousands of eyewitnesses were alive who saw:
Jesus crucified
Jesus buried
Jesus risen
Jesus appearing to crowds
In the 7th century, Muhammad—who never met Jesus, never went to Jerusalem, and never spoke with a Christian apostle—claimed Jesus was not crucified.
Between:
eyewitnesses,
historical records,
prophets,
archaeology, and
600 years later hearsay,
the choice is obvious.
Islam contradicts reality.
6. Denying the Crucifixion Makes God a Deceiver in Islam
If Allah made someone else appear to be Jesus and die in His place:
Allah deceived the apostles
Allah deceived Mary
Allah deceived the disciples
Allah deceived the early church
Allah deceived Christians for 600 years
This makes God the author of confusion, deception, and false religion.
That is incompatible with holiness.
Conclusion
Islam’s denial of the crucifixion is one of the most theologically and historically indefensible claims in world religion.
It contradicts:
Every historical record
Every non-Christian source
Every Christian source
Every prophetic text
The entire sacrificial system
Basic logic
The eyewitness testimony of thousands
The unanimous belief of the early church
Reject the crucifixion, and Christianity collapses.
But denying it also leaves Islam with:
No atonement
No salvation
No prophetic continuity
No historical basis
No resurrection
No gospel
This is why Islam’s denial of the crucifixion is an irreparable doctrinal weakness.
Point 3: Islam Has No Doctrine of Atonement
(A fatal flaw at the heart of Islamic theology)
Islam teaches a works-based, merit-based model of salvation.
According to the Qur’an:
Every person’s deeds are weighed on scales
If your good outweighs your bad, you might enter Paradise
Allah forgives “whom he wills” without explanation
There is no sacrifice, no substitute, and no blood atonement
This creates severe doctrinal, moral, and theological problems.
Let’s break them down.
1. Islam Has No Solution for Human Sin
The Bible teaches that:
All humans are sinners
Sin separates us from God
Sin must be punished
God cannot ignore sin
Islam affirms that humans sin, but provides no mechanism for removing guilt.
Islam’s teaching is essentially:
Do more good than bad
Hope Allah accepts you
This is a moral ledger, not salvation.
The problem:
Good deeds cannot erase guilt.
They cannot undo sin already committed.
A murderer who gives to charity is still guilty.
A thief who prays five times a day is still guilty.
Islam has law, but no atonement.
2. Islam Rejects Substitutionary Sacrifice
Islam acknowledges Old Testament sacrifices…but denies their fulfilment in Christ.
The Qur’an claims Jesus did not die and therefore did not atone for sin.
This leaves Islam in a theological contradiction:
Islam affirms:
Abraham offered sacrifices
Mosaic law mandated sacrifices
Blood atonement was required by God
Islam denies:
That the sacrificial system pointed to Christ
That atonement actually took place
That God requires a substitute
This contradicts:
Genesis
Leviticus
The Prophets
The entire biblical framework of redemption
Islam keeps the shadows but rejects the substance.
3. Islam Offers Forgiveness Without Justice
In Islam, Allah forgives people simply “if he wills,” with no reference to righteousness or justice.
This is a profound theological weakness.
In Christianity:
God is both just and the justifier
Sin is punished, but Christ takes the punishment
Mercy and justice meet at the cross
In Islam:
Forgiveness is arbitrary
Justice is inconsistent
There is no objective basis for mercy
Allah can change his mind at any time
This means Allah does not act according to a moral nature that is consistent, holy, or just.
Forgiveness without justice is moral chaos.
4. Islam Cannot Guarantee Salvation for Anyone
Because Islam has no atonement, it cannot offer:
Assurance
Peace
Security
Reconciliation
Justification
Even Muhammad lacked assurance.
Sahih Bukhari 5.266:
“I do not know what Allah will do with me.”
If the prophet of Islam had no security, no Muslim can have more.
Islam offers:
No mediator
No redeemer
No substitute
No intercessor
No guarantee
Everything depends on:
Your works
Allah’s shifting will
A judgment day you cannot prepare for
This creates perpetual fear—not salvation.
5. Islam Cannot Explain God’s Holiness
In Christianity, God’s holiness demands that sin be punished.
This is why atonement is necessary.
In Islam:
Allah can simply ignore sins
Allah can overlook guilt without payment
Allah can forgive without justice
This reduces sin to something trivial and makes divine holiness meaningless.
A God who forgives without justice is not holy.
A God who forgives without sacrifice contradicts His own nature.
6. Islam Cannot Explain the Old Testament Sacrificial System
If Islam is true, the entire Old Testament sacrificial system makes no sense.
Why would God command:
Over 1,400 years of sacrifices
Annual Day of Atonement rituals
Priests offering blood on the altar
A Passover lamb
Prophets foretelling a suffering Messiah
Only to declare in the Qur’an:
Jesus was never sacrificed
Atonement is unnecessary
Sin can be forgiven without blood
Islam cannot reconcile this contradiction.
7. Islam Has No Concept of a Covenant of Grace
Biblical salvation rests on:
Covenant
Promise
Blood
Substitution
Sacrifice
Messiah
Redemption
Islam has none of these.
It has submission without relationship, obedience without assurance, law without grace.
Islam is a religion of effort, not a covenant of redemption.
8. Without Atonement, Islam Has No Gospel
Christianity means “good news.”
Islam has no good news.
Only obligations, rituals, scales, fear, and hope that Allah shows mercy.
There is:
No Redeemer
No ransom
No mediator
No justification
No substitution
No peace
Islam offers law without life, effort without redemption, and punishment without forgiveness.
9. The Qur’an’s Claim Contradicts Itself
Islam teaches:
God gave the Torah
God gave the Psalms
God gave the Gospel
But these writings all teach atonement.
If God revealed those books:
Why did He command sacrifices?
Why did He establish Passover?
Why did He prophesy a suffering Savior?
Islam simultaneously affirms and denies the doctrine of atonement.
This is a theological impossibility.
Conclusion
Islam’s denial of atonement is not a minor flaw.
It is a devastating theological failure that collapses the religion from the inside.
Because Islam rejects the crucifixion:
It rejects the sacrifice
It rejects the Passover Lamb
It rejects the Messiah’s mission
It rejects redemption
It rejects reconciliation
It rejects the entire biblical narrative of salvation
Islam ends up with:
No cross
No Savior
No forgiveness
No assurance
No justification
No gospel
A religion without atonement cannot save.
This is why Islam’s doctrine of salvation is theologically empty—and why its denial of atonement is one of the most fatal weaknesses in the entire system.
Point 4: Internal Contradictions in the Qur’an
(A direct challenge to Islam’s claim of a perfect, unchanging revelation)
Islam teaches that the Qur’an is:
Eternal
Perfect
Inerrant
Without contradiction
The exact speech of Allah
However, the Qur’an contains numerous contradictions that cannot be reconciled without resorting to abrogation—the doctrine that “Allah cancels his own verses.”
This doctrine alone proves the Qur’an is not eternal, not perfect, and not internally consistent.
Let’s break down the major categories.
1. The Doctrine of Abrogation: Allah Cancels His Own Words
The Qur’an explicitly teaches that Allah replaces earlier verses with new ones:
Qur’an 2:106
“We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten except that We bring forth one better than it or similar to it.”
Qur’an 16:101
“When We substitute one verse for another—and Allah knows best what He reveals—they say: ‘You are a forger.’”
This creates a fatal theological problem:
If Allah’s words are eternal and perfect,
why does He need to replace them?
Why does He “improve” earlier revelations?
A perfect revelation requires no correction.
Islam’s own doctrine destroys its claim to textual perfection.
2. Contradictions About God’s Nature
A. God is unknowable vs. God is close and personal
Allah is “far above” forming relationships (Qur’an 5:116; 112:1-4)
Allah is “nearer than the jugular vein” (Qur’an 50:16)
These are contradictory descriptions with no theological reconciliation.
B. Allah guides whom He wills vs. humans choose rightly
Allah decides who believes and who disbelieves (Qur’an 10:100)
Humans choose guidance or error (Qur’an 18:29)
Islam cannot resolve free will vs. predestination.
Christianity resolves this through sovereignty and responsibility; Islam does not.
3. Contradictions About Salvation
A. Good deeds save vs. only Allah’s mercy saves
Salvation is earned by deeds (Qur’an 23:102-103)
Salvation is only by Allah’s mercy (Qur’an 4:175)
B. No intercessor vs. Muhammad is an intercessor
“No intercessor shall avail” (Qur’an 2:48)
Muhammad is an intercessor (Qur’an 2:255; Hadith)
Islam cannot reconcile these soteriological contradictions.
Its system is logically unstable.
4. Contradictions About the Creation of Man
A. Man created from clot (Qur’an 96:2)
B. Man created from water (Qur’an 25:54)
C. Man created from clay (Qur’an 15:26)
D. Man created from dust (Qur’an 3:59)
E. Man created from nothing (Qur’an 19:67)
These are not metaphors—they are literal, sequential descriptions.
The Qur’an gives five contradictory creation accounts with no unified explanation.
5. Contradictions About the Length of Creation
A. The universe was created in 6 days (Qur’an 7:54; 25:59)
B. The universe was created in 8 days (Qur’an 41:9-12)
The math is simple:
2 days to create the earth
4 days to create the mountains and sustenance
2 days to create the heavens
Total = 8 days, contradicting the “6 day” passages.
Muslim attempts to harmonize these fail linguistically and structurally.
6. Contradictions About the Death of Jesus
Islam teaches simultaneously:
A. Jesus did not die (Qur’an 4:157)
B. Jesus did die (Qur’an 3:55; 19:33)
Verse 19:33 (Jesus speaking as an infant):
“Peace on me the day I was born, the day I die, and the day I am raised again.”
Islam’s denial of the crucifixion directly contradicts its own earlier verses.
7. Contradictions About the People of the Book
A. Jews and Christians are blessed
Qur’an 3:113: “Among them is a community standing in obedience.”
B. Jews and Christians are cursed
Qur’an 5:60: “Those whom Allah cursed and with whom He became angry.”
C. Jews and Christians will enter Paradise
Qur’an 2:62
D. Jews and Christians will go to Hell
Qur’an 5:72-73
Qur’an 3:85
This contradiction devastates Islam’s doctrine of salvation for non-Muslims.
8. Contradictions in Historical Accounts
A. Pharaoh drowned vs. Pharaoh rescued
Pharaoh drowned (Qur’an 28:40)
Pharaoh saved and preserved as a sign (Qur’an 10:92)
These cannot both be true.
B. Noah’s flood was global vs. local
Global: Qur’an 7:64
Local: Qur’an 11:44
9. Contradictions Regarding Alcohol
A. Alcohol is permitted (Qur’an 16:67)
B. Drinking is a minor sin (Qur’an 2:219)
C. Drinking is forbidden (Qur’an 5:90)
Islam resolves this with abrogation, showing the Qur’an is not timeless or consistent.
10. Contradictions About the Qur’an Itself
A. The Qur’an is easy to understand (Qur’an 54:22)
B. The Qur’an requires interpretation and guidance (Qur’an 3:7)
Both cannot be simultaneously true.
Why This Is a Fatal Doctrinal Weakness
Because Islam rests on one foundational claim:
“The Qur’an is perfect and without contradiction.”
If even one contradiction exists:
Islam’s central miracle collapses
Muhammad’s prophethood collapses
The doctrine of a perfect Qur’an collapses
The claim of divine preservation collapses
Yet we see dozens of contradictions.
More importantly:
Islam’s own doctrine of abrogation is an admission that contradictions exist.
Thus, Islam’s claim of perfect preservation is theologically impossible.
Conclusion
Point 4 exposes one of Islam’s most serious structural weaknesses:
A revelation that contradicts itself
A god who cancels his own verses
Doctrines that change over time
A text that cannot maintain internal consistency
No religion claiming perfect revelation can survive this scrutiny.
Point 5: The Qur’an’s Perfect Preservation Is a Myth
(The historical, textual, and theological collapse of Islam’s central claim)
Islam teaches that the Qur’an is:
Perfect
Eternal
Unchanged
Word-for-word identical to the heavenly tablet
Preserved exactly as revealed to Muhammad
This doctrine is taught in Islamic scholarship, apologetics, and sermons as if it were unquestionable fact.
But all historical, manuscript, and Islamic sources contradict the claim.
This is a fatal weakness because the Qur’an itself bases Muhammad’s authority on perfect preservation:
Qur’an 15:9
“We have sent down the Reminder, and We will surely preserve it.”
If the Qur’an was not preserved, Islam collapses.
1. The Qur’an was not compiled during Muhammad’s life
Multiple Islamic sources (Hadith, early histories) state:
Muhammad never compiled the Qur’an
Many verses were known only orally
Many reciters died in battles before anything was written down
Sahih Bukhari 6.509:
“Many of the Qur’an reciters were killed on the day of Yamama.”
Their recitations died with them.
If the Qur’an was “perfectly preserved,” why did Muslims panic after these reciters died?
2. The Qur’an had multiple competing versions before Uthman
After Muhammad died, Muslims disagreed about:
Surah order
Verse order
Content of verses
Number of verses
Recitations
Different provinces used different Qur’ans:
Ibn Mas’ud’s Qur’an
Ubayy ibn Ka’b’s Qur’an
Abu Musa al-Ash’ari’s Qur’an
Hafsa’s codex
Ali’s codex
Many contained different surahs, different readings, different wordings.
Islam itself admits this.
Muslim historian al-Tabari records variant Qur’ans that differed in length and content.
3. Uthman burned all competing Qur’ans
This is the most devastating fact:
Islamic tradition admits that the “perfectly preserved Qur’an” is the result of burning rival manuscripts.
Sahih Bukhari 6.510:
“Uthman ordered that all Qur’anic materials, whether written in fragmentary manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt.”
Why burn them?
If they were identical, burning would be unnecessary.
Uthman created one standardized version and destroyed all evidence of variants.
This is not preservation, it is textual censorship.
4. The Qur’an existed in different qira’at (readings)
Today there are at least 10 canonical qira’at used in the Muslim world.
These are not pronunciation differences.
They contain:
Different words
Different grammar
Different meanings
Different theology in some cases
Examples:
Hafs vs. Warsh (two popular Qur’ans used today)
Hafs says “he believed”
Warsh says “you believe”
Hafs says “we will punish”
Warsh says “he will punish”
These are not minor spelling differences.
They are meaning differences.
Muslims have multiple Qur’ans today, not one.
This destroys the “single perfect text” narrative.
5. Early Qur’anic manuscripts contain major variants
The oldest Qur’ans we have:
Sana’a Manuscript
Topkapi Manuscript
Samarkand Manuscript
Birmingham Manuscript
Ma’il Codex
Mashhad Codex
All contain variants, corrections, erasures, palimpsests, insertions, and rewritten sections.
The Sana’a manuscripts alone show dozens of:
Word substitutions
Rearranged verses
Textual rewrites
Different letterings
These are indisputable physical facts.
The manuscripts do not match the modern Qur’an.
6. The Qur’an admits that verses were lost
Islamic tradition openly admits that verses are missing.
A. The verse of stoning
Aisha said the verse about stoning adulterers was lost:
Sunan Ibn Majah 1944
“The verse of stoning… was revealed, and we recited it.”
It is not in the Qur’an today.
B. The “suckling adult men” verse
Aisha also said this verse disappeared:
Sahih Muslim 1452
“The verse of ten clear sucklings was revealed… then was abrogated to five… and recited…”
It is not in the Qur’an.
C. Verses eaten by a goat
This embarrassing tradition is recorded in multiple sources:
A goat ate Muhammad’s written verses after his death.
(Sunan Ibn Majah 1944; Ibn Ishaq)
Muslims try to downplay this, but the sources are explicit.
If verses can be eaten, they were not perfectly preserved.
7. The Uthmanic Qur’an was incomplete and required corrections
Early Muslims complained that Uthman’s Qur’an was missing content:
Mas’ud refused to give up his Qur’an
He claimed Uthman’s version was inferior
Ubayy’s Qur’an had additional surahs (Surah al-Khal’ and Surah al-Hafd)
Islamic historians confirm these differences.
8. Islamic scholars now openly admit preservation is not perfect
Modern Muslim academics—especially after manuscript discoveries—admit:
There were multiple early Qur’ans
The text was standardized under political pressure
The “perfect preservation” claim is a myth
Examples:
Yasir Qadhi (USA)
Shabir Ally (Canada)
Ayman Sayed (Egypt)
They no longer defend word-for-word preservation.
They now defend only “general meaning preservation.”
This directly contradicts classical Islamic doctrine.
9. If the Qur’an was not preserved, Islam collapses
Islam claims:
The Bible is corrupted
The Qur’an is perfect
Therefore, the Qur’an replaces the Bible
If the Qur’an is not perfect, the foundation collapses.
Islam cannot claim:
Muhammad is the final prophet
The Qur’an is the final revelation
Islamic law is eternal
Islamic salvation is secure
If the Qur’an changed—even once—the entire religion fails.
Conclusion: The Qur’an’s Perfect Preservation Is Historically Impossible
Islam’s claim of perfect preservation is contradicted by:
Islamic history
Islamic manuscripts
Islamic hadith
Early Islamic disputes
Science
Textual criticism
Archaeology
Multiple canonical Qur’ans
Burned manuscripts
Missing verses
Dozens of contradictions
The idea that the Qur’an is perfectly preserved is not history.
It is a theological myth, invented for apologetic purposes, not supported by evidence.
This single weakness destroys Islam’s foundation.
Point 6: Muhammad Contradicts the Biblical Prophets
(A fatal flaw that breaks Islam’s claim to prophetic continuity)
Islam’s entire structure depends on one claim:
“Muhammad confirms the Torah and the Gospel.”
(Qur’an 2:41; 3:3; 5:46; 10:94)
Islam declares that the same God who spoke through:
Moses
David
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
The Apostles
Jesus
also spoke through Muhammad.
If this claim is false, Islam collapses.
The problem?
Muhammad’s teaching contradicts the message of these prophets on every major doctrine:
The nature of God
The identity of Christ
The plan of salvation
The sacrificial system
The covenant
The gospel
The prophetic timeline
The Messiah’s mission
Let’s walk through the key contradictions.
1. The Prophets Teach a Triune, Personal God
The Bible teaches:
God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
One God, eternally existent in three persons
God is relational, personal, and consistent
Islam teaches:
Allah is not a Father
Allah has no Son
Allah is not relational
Allah is indistinct from His attributes
Allah is utterly solitary
Contradiction:
Muhammad denies the very nature of God revealed by Moses, David, Isaiah, and Jesus.
If Muhammad rejects the character of God in Scripture, he cannot confirm the prophets.
2. The Prophets Teach the Coming of a Divine Messiah
The Old Testament foretells:
Messiah is God in the flesh (Isaiah 9:6)
Messiah is “the LORD” coming to save (Isaiah 40:3)
Messiah is the One “whom they pierced” (Zechariah 12:10)
Messiah brings a new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
Jesus fulfilled every one of these.
Islam teaches:
Jesus is not God
Jesus is not crucified
Jesus did not redeem mankind
Jesus brings no new covenant
Jesus is inferior to Muhammad
Contradiction:
Muhammad reverses the prophetic expectation rather than fulfilling it.
3. Muhammad Denies the Crucifixion—But All Prophets Affirm It
The prophets foretold Christ’s sacrificial death:
Genesis 22 – the substitute son
Exodus 12 – the Passover lamb
Leviticus 16 – Day of Atonement
Psalm 22 – crucifixion described in detail
Isaiah 53 – pierced, crushed, bearing our sins
Daniel 9 – Messiah “cut off”
Zechariah 12:10 – “they shall look upon Me whom they pierced”
Islam teaches:
Jesus was not crucified (Qur’an 4:157)
No one died for sins
No sacrifice for atonement
Contradiction:
Muhammad denies the central event the prophets predicted.
If the prophets were right, Muhammad is wrong.
If Muhammad is right, the prophets are wrong.
They cannot both be true.
4. Muhammad Denies the Gospel the Prophets Predicted
All prophets point toward:
A suffering Messiah
A sacrificed Lamb
A New Covenant
A resurrection
Salvation by grace
Islam denies:
Messiah’s death
Messiah’s deity
The New Covenant
Resurrection as the foundation of salvation
Grace as the means of redemption
This means Islam contradicts:
Moses
David
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
The Apostles
Christ Himself
Islam claims to affirm the prophets while destroying their message.
5. Muhammad Introduces Doctrines the Prophets Never Taught
Examples:
A. A legalistic, works-based salvation
No prophet teaches salvation by weighing deeds.
This is a purely Islamic invention.
B. Praying toward Mecca
No prophet prayed toward Mecca.
Jerusalem was the prophetic center of worship.
C. New dietary and ritual laws
Muhammad created religious rules nowhere found in Scripture.
D. A universal prophet superior to all before him
No prophet foretells a coming Arabian prophet with new teachings.
Contradiction:
The prophets predict the Messiah, not Muhammad.
6. Muhammad Contradicts God's Covenant Promises to Israel
The prophets teach:
Israel is God’s chosen people
God’s covenant with Israel is everlasting
The Messiah comes from Israel
Jerusalem is the spiritual center of God’s work
Islam teaches:
Allah removed favor from Israel
Ishmael is the true heir
The Qur’an replaces the Bible
Mecca replaces Jerusalem
This is the complete opposite of Scripture.
Muhammad directly contradicts God’s sworn covenants.
7. The Qur’an Misrepresents Biblical Stories
Islamic versions of biblical accounts contradict the originals:
Noah’s story
Abraham’s story
Moses’ story
Jonah’s story
Joseph’s story
Mary’s story
Jesus’ story
Examples:
Ishmael, not Isaac, offered on the altar
Haman placed in Pharaoh’s court 1,000 years too early
Mary is confused with Miriam (sister of Moses)
No genealogy of Jesus
Crucifixion denied without evidence
These contradictions show Muhammad did not understand the Scriptures he claimed to confirm.
8. Muhammad Rejects Prophets Jesus Affirmed
Jesus affirmed:
The Torah
The Prophets
The Psalms
His own identity as Messiah
His crucifixion and resurrection
His deity
Muhammad denies:
The Torah’s accuracy
The Prophets’ authority
The Psalms’ message
Christ’s identity
Christ’s crucifixion
Christ’s deity
Christ’s role as Redeemer
Contradiction:
If Jesus is a true prophet, Islam is false.
If Islam is true, Jesus is a false prophet.
Islam cannot escape this dilemma.
9. Muhammad Contradicts the Apostles’ Eyewitness Testimony
The Apostles:
Saw Jesus crucified
Saw Him resurrected
Ate with Him
Touched Him
Spoke with Him
Died giving eyewitness testimony
Muhammad:
Lived 600 years later
Never met an apostle
Never saw Jesus
Never visited Jerusalem
Never spoke Greek or Hebrew
Relied on hearsay
Islam asks the world to reject eyewitness history for one man’s later claim with no evidence.
Conclusion
Muhammad’s teaching does not confirm the prophets.
It contradicts them:
Doctrinally
Historically
Theologically
Prophetically
Morally
Islam collapses at this point because:
If Muhammad contradicts the prophets, he cannot be from God.
And if Muhammad is not from God, the Qur’an is not from God.
And if the Qur’an is not from God, Islam is false.
This single point alone is enough to theologically dismantle Islam.
Point 7: Islam Has a Non-Relational God
(A foundational weakness that destroys the coherence of Islamic theology)
Christianity teaches that God is relational by nature—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit existing in eternal communion and love.
Islam teaches the absolute opposite: Allah is solitary, monadic, and incapable of relationship within Himself.
This difference is not minor.
It is the core doctrinal fault line between Christianity and Islam, and it exposes deep weaknesses in Islamic theology.
Let’s break it down.
1. Islam’s God Is Eternally Solitary
Islam’s most important doctrine is tawhid—absolute oneness.
In Islam:
Allah has no Son
Allah has no Spirit
Allah has no internal relationship
Allah is a single, undifferentiated being
This has massive consequences.
A solitary being cannot be eternally loving.
Love requires relationship.
Before creation:
Who did Allah love?
How did Allah express love?
How was love part of His nature?
Islam has no answer.
In Christianity:
The Father loved the Son
The Son loved the Father
The Spirit shared in that love
Love is eternal.
Communion is eternal.
Relationship is eternal.
Islam cannot claim this.
2. Islam’s God Cannot Be Father
Islam rejects the fatherhood of God clearly and repeatedly.
Qur’an 112:1-4
“He begets not, nor is He begotten.”
Qur’an 5:116
Condemns the idea God has any sort of Son.
Qur’an 19:88-92
Calls the idea of God having a Son a “monstrous thing.”
This means:
No family language
No covenant sonship
No inheritance
No intimacy
No adoption
No relational framework
Islamic theology is cold, distant, and impersonal at its core.
3. Islam’s God Cannot Be Known Personally
Islam teaches that Allah:
Cannot be known
Cannot be approached
Cannot be understood
Has no personal presence
Has no indwelling Spirit
Does not enter creation
Does not reveal Himself relationally
Islamic theology even states:
Allah’s attributes are not Him
But cannot be separated from Him
Yet cannot be defined or understood
Yet must be believed without explanation
This creates a philosophically incoherent deity.
In Christianity:
“This is eternal life: to know God.” (John 17:3)
Believers walk with God
God indwells His people
God speaks, guides, loves, disciplines, comforts
There is relationship.
Islam has none of this.
4. Islam Cannot Explain the Purpose of Creation
If Allah is eternally solitary, why would he create anything?
Islam offers no coherent explanation.
Christianity teaches:
God created out of the overflow of eternal love
Creation reflects divine communion
Humans are created for relationship with God
But in Islam:
Allah creates not out of love
But out of will
Or to test
Or to judge
Or simply because he decrees
Creation has no relational grounding.
5. Islam Cannot Explain Love
Islam uses the word “love” but cannot define it.
In Islam:
Allah loves:
The obedient
The clean
The righteous
Those who fight for him
Those who submit
Allah does not love:
Sinners
Disbelievers
Hypocrites
The proud
Most of humanity
Islamic “love” is:
Conditional
Earned
Uncertain
Based on performance
Not rooted in God’s nature
In biblical Christianity:
God loves:
The world (John 3:16)
Sinners (Romans 5:8)
His enemies (Luke 6:35)
His children (1 John 3:1)
Love flows from His eternal nature.
Islam offers nothing comparable.
6. Islam Has No Indwelling Presence of God
Christianity:
The Father loves
The Son saves
The Spirit indwells
God walks with His people
Believers become temples of the Holy Spirit
Islam:
Allah does not indwell
Allah does not walk with people
Allah does not adopt
Allah does not regenerate hearts
Allah does not commune personally
Islam offers commandments, not communion.
7. Islam Has No Assurance Because Allah Is Not Personal
A non-relational god cannot give relational security.
Because Allah is not relational:
There is no adoption
No sonship
No indwelling Spirit
No assurance of salvation
No lasting covenant
No relational promise
Islam teaches even Muhammad was unsure of salvation.
This flows directly from Islam’s non-relational concept of deity.
A god who does not love you personally cannot save you personally.
8. Islam’s God Cannot Be Just and Loving at the Same Time
Christianity unifies:
Justice
Love
Holiness
Mercy
Relationship
Through the Trinity and the atoning work of Christ.
Islam:
Cannot unify these
Has no mechanism to reconcile justice and mercy
Has no atonement
Has no relational framework
Has no personal forgiveness
Has only decree
Allah forgives “whom he wills,” with no relational basis or covenant bond.
The theology is impersonal, unstable, and ultimately arbitrary.
Conclusion
Islam’s concept of God is one of its most serious doctrinal weaknesses:
A solitary god cannot be eternal love
A non-relational god cannot offer relationship
A distant god cannot save
A god who does not indwell cannot transform
A god who lacks communion cannot explain creation
A god who does not love personally cannot provide assurance
Christianity’s God is personal, relational, loving, triune, near, and covenantal.
Islam’s god is distant, impersonal, solitary, and unknowable.
This single point devastates Islamic theology and reveals that Islam utterly fails to reflect the God of Scripture.
Point 8: Islam Has No Assurance of Salvation
(A major doctrinal weakness that leaves Muslims in perpetual fear and uncertainty)
Islam’s doctrine of salvation is built on works, merit, fear, and uncertainty.
Unlike biblical Christianity—which offers full, complete, guaranteed salvation through the finished work of Christ—Islam offers no security, no covenant promise, and no relational basis for forgiveness.
This is a crippling weakness that affects every level of Islamic theology.
1. Islam’s salvation system is works-based and uncertain
Islam teaches a cosmic scale of justice:
Every deed is weighed
Good deeds vs. bad deeds
If the good outweighs the bad, possibly salvation
If not, damnation
Even then, Allah can:
Forgive whom he wills
Punish whom he wills
Change judgment on a whim
There is no covenant, no promise, no relationship, no mediator, no atonement, and no guarantee.
This is the opposite of biblical salvation, which is grounded in:
The finished work of Christ
The righteousness of Christ
The blood of the New Covenant
The promise of eternal life
The indwelling Holy Spirit
Islam has none of these.
2. Muhammad himself had no assurance of salvation
This is devastating for Islamic theology.
Sahih Bukhari 5.266
Muhammad said:
“I do not know what Allah will do with me.”
Sahih Muslim 281
“No one will enter Paradise by his deeds.”
Even Muhammad did not know whether he would be saved.
If the founder of Islam:
Had no assurance
Had no peace
Had no guarantee
Could not trust Allah’s mercy
then no Muslim can have more confidence than Muhammad.
This is a massive weakness because leaders in Scripture always model faith and hope.
Muhammad models fear and uncertainty.
3. Islam denies the possibility of knowing God’s favor
The Qur’an repeatedly states:
Allah misguides whom he wills
Allah guides whom he wills
Allah forgives whom he wills
Allah punishes whom he wills
There is no way to know if Allah is pleased with you.
Islam has:
No covenant of grace
No adoption into God’s family
No indwelling Spirit
No relational bond
No assurance of love
No promise of forgiveness
No guarantee of eternal life
This creates a spiritual vacuum filled with fear, anxiety, and despair.
4. Islam offers no atonement, so it offers no assurance
Without atonement, there is:
No payment for sin
No substitute
No redemption
No propitiation
No justification
Islam’s system is “hope your good outweighs your bad,” but:
Good deeds cannot erase guilt
Good deeds cannot pay for sin
Past sins remain unatoned
No Muslim knows if their sins are forgiven
Islam leaves sinners unforgiven and uncertain.
5. Allah’s forgiveness is arbitrary, not rooted in justice or love
Christian forgiveness is:
Covenant-based
Rooted in atonement
Grounded in God’s nature
Guaranteed by Christ’s blood
Sealed by the Holy Spirit
In Islam, forgiveness is:
Conditional
Uncertain
Arbitrary
Unpredictable
Unsecured
Unattached to justice or sacrifice
There is no legal or relational basis by which Allah forgives.
This makes assurance theologically impossible.
6. Islam offers no mediator between God and man
The Bible teaches:
“There is one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:5)
Christ intercedes
Christ advocates
Christ guarantees salvation
Islam rejects all mediators.
This leaves Muslims:
Alone before judgment
With no advocate
With no representative
With no defense
With no Savior
This is why assurance is impossible.
7. Islam contradicts itself regarding salvation
The Qur’an teaches:
A. Good deeds save
Qur’an 23:102–103
B. Only Allah’s mercy saves
Qur’an 4:175
C. No intercession can help you
Qur’an 2:48; 2:123
D. Muhammad intercedes
Qur’an 2:255 (combined with Hadith)
This contradictory system produces no clear path to salvation.
A contradictory salvation system cannot provide certainty.
8. Islam’s view of predestination makes assurance impossible
Islam’s doctrine of qadar teaches:
Allah predestines believers and unbelievers
Allah creates both good and evil
Allah misguides whom He wills
Humans cannot resist Allah’s decree
If Allah pre-determined someone for Hell:
No amount of faith or works can save them
The person can never know their status
This fatalistic theology crushes assurance.
Contrast this with biblical salvation:
Chosen in Christ
Adopted as sons
Sealed by the Spirit
Guaranteed inheritance
Islam offers none of these.
9. Islam’s paradise is sensual, not relational—leading to spiritual emptiness
Because Allah is not relational:
Paradise is pleasure-based, not fellowship-based
No guarantee of God’s presence
No communion with God
No worship-centered eternity
Even paradise in Islam offers no security of relationship with God.
10. Without assurance, Islam cannot produce peace
Islam means “submission,” not “peace.”
Muslims are commanded to fear Allah.
They do not know:
If they are forgiven
If they are accepted
If Allah is pleased
If they will enter paradise
If their deeds will be enough
This creates a lifelong state of:
Spiritual insecurity
Psychological instability
Religious fear
Moral doubt
Unresolved guilt
This is a crushing theological weakness.
Conclusion
Point 8 exposes one of Islam’s deepest structural flaws:
Islam has no salvation.
And where there is no salvation, there can be no assurance.
Islam’s system is:
Works without grace
Fear without peace
Law without gospel
Judgment without atonement
Submission without relationship
Deeds without security
God without love
Biblical Christianity offers confidence, peace, and eternal life through Christ.
Islam offers uncertainty, anxiety, and dread.
This doctrinal weakness alone is enough to unravel the entire Islamic system.
Point 9: Islam’s View of Women and Human Nature
(A doctrinal weakness rooted in flawed anthropology and inconsistent moral theology)
Islam’s view of women flows from its view of human nature, which is fundamentally different from the biblical doctrine of humanity.
Where Christianity teaches:
Men and women share equal dignity as image-bearers
Marriage reflects Christ and the Church
Male leadership is sacrificial, protective, and accountable
Woman is a co-heir of grace
Islam teaches a system that:
Reduces women’s dignity
Lowers their legal status
Restricts their testimony
Limits their value
Permits their punishment
Embeds inequality into divine law
This creates a structural weakness within Islam’s moral and theological framework.
Let’s break this down.
1. Islam teaches women are inferior to men by design
The Qur’an and Hadith openly declare that women are:
Less intelligent
Less reliable
Spiritually weaker
Morally unstable
A. Women are mentally deficient
Sahih Bukhari 304
Muhammad said women are deficient in intelligence because their testimony counts as half a man’s.
B. Women are morally deficient
Sahih Muslim 79
Muhammad said most inhabitants of hell are women because they are ungrateful.
C. Women require male guardianship
Qur’an 4:34 says men are “in charge of women.”
This is not the biblical model of loving headship.
It is a model of hierarchical superiority rooted in inequality, not sacrificial service.
2. Islam reduces a woman’s legal value to half that of a man
The Qur’an explicitly states:
A woman’s testimony = 1/2 of a man’s (Qur’an 2:282)
Inheritance for males is double that of females (Qur’an 4:11)
This is codified inequality, not cultural artifact.
It is considered divine law in Islam.
Biblical Christianity affirms differences in role, but not differences in value.
Islam does the opposite.
3. Islam permits physical discipline of wives
Qur’an 4:34 explicitly allows husbands to strike their wives.
This is not symbolic.
Classical Islamic law (fiqh) describes:
What instruments may be used
How hard one may strike
Under what conditions beating is permissible
This is presented as a divine right, not a sinful abuse.
Christianity condemns physical abuse and commands husbands to:
Love as Christ loved the Church
Protect
Nurture
Sacrifice
Cherish
Islam’s doctrine stands in stark contrast.
4. Islam treats women as property within marriage
Islamic marriage (nikah) is legally a contract of possession.
The husband acquires sexual rights
The wife must submit
The husband may have multiple wives
The husband may divorce at will
The wife must provide sexual availability
This is not mutual covenant—it is legal ownership.
In Christianity:
Marriage is covenant, not contract
Man and woman serve one another
Husband lays down his life
Wife submits to loving leadership
There is one man and one woman
Islam’s system structurally weakens the dignity and sanctity of marriage.
5. Islam allows polygamy, which degrades relational dignity
Qur’an 4:3 allows men up to four wives.
This produces:
Jealousy
Fragmented households
Emotionally unstable homes
Unequal family structures
The Bible presents marriage as:
One man, one woman
Joined as one flesh
Reflecting Christ and His Church
Polygamy destroys the symbolic picture.
Islam institutionalizes it.
6. Islam endorses temporary marriage (Mut’ah)
(in Shia Islam, historically supported by early Sunni practices)
Mut’ah is a contract where a man pays a woman for sexual access for a set period.
This is regulated prostitution.
Even Sunni Islam historically practiced:
“Nikah al-Misyar”
“Nikah al-Mut’ah” (initially allowed, then disputed)
Theological weakness:
Islam’s sexual ethic is inconsistent and often transactional, not covenantal.
7. Islam teaches Paradise is sexually indulgent, reinforcing a low view of women
Islamic paradise is described as:
Filled with sensual pleasure
Populated by “houris” (virgin women created for sexual delight)
A reward for men
This reveals two doctrinal weaknesses:
A. Women are secondary in paradise
Women are never promised male counterparts.
They are never told they will be cherished.
They are never guaranteed equality.
B. Paradise centers on pleasure, not God
This is fundamentally different from Scripture, where paradise is:
Worship
Glory
Fellowship with God
Communion with Christ
Islamic paradise reflects carnal indulgence, not spiritual renewal.
8. Islam has no doctrine of women bearing God’s image equally
Islam rejects the idea that men and women equally bear the imago Dei.
It never uses the language of:
Image of God
Co-heirs
Adopted children of God
Women in Islam:
Have derivative value
Are judged by submission
Are denied spiritual leadership
Are denied equal presence
Islam’s anthropology is incomplete at its foundation.
9. Islam treats women’s bodies as shameful and dangerous
Islamic teaching focuses heavily on:
Covering
Seclusion
Avoiding temptation
Preventing fitnah (chaos caused by female beauty)
This stems from:
A negative view of women’s nature
A belief that women are morally dangerous
A belief that female sexuality causes societal disorder
This is not biblical modesty.
It is anthropological distrust.
10. Islam cannot produce healthy, equal dignity between men and women
Islamic doctrine structurally prevents:
Equal dignity
Equal worth
Equal moral agency
Equal standing before God
Christianity teaches:
Equal dignity
Equal worth
Equal image-bearing
Equal spiritual inheritance
Distinct roles rooted in creation order
Islam teaches distinctions rooted in superiority/subordination, not design and purpose.
This is a doctrinal flaw that impacts every part of Islamic society.
Conclusion
Islam’s view of women reveals a deeply flawed view of human nature:
Women are legally half a man
Women are intellectually deficient
Women are spiritually inferior
Women are morally unstable
Women can be beaten
Women can be owned
Women can be multiplied
Women are sexual rewards
Women cannot bear equal witness
Women are restricted in public life
These teachings flow from Islamic doctrine, not culture.
In contrast, Christianity’s anthropology:
Honors women
Upholds equal value
Establishes covenantal marriage
Commands sacrificial love
Affirms mutual dignity
Grants equal spiritual inheritance
Islam’s flawed anthropology undermines its own theology and moral system.
Point 9 is one of the most far-reaching weaknesses in the Islamic religious structure.
Point 10: Islam Denies Regeneration
(A devastating theological flaw that leaves Islam without the means to actually transform the human heart)
In biblical Christianity, salvation is inseparable from regeneration—the supernatural, inward transformation of the sinner by the Holy Spirit.
Christianity teaches:
You must be born again.
God gives you a new heart.
God places His Spirit within you.
You become a new creation.
You receive a new nature with new desires.
You are adopted into God’s family.
God empowers you to obey Him.
This is the foundation of Christian transformation.
Islam rejects all of this.
Islam has no new birth,
no spiritual rebirth,
no indwelling Spirit,
no new nature,
no union with God,
and no internal transformation.
This leaves Islam with a salvation system that is legally heavy but spiritually hollow.
Let’s break this down.
1. Islam has commandments but no transforming power
The Qur’an contains:
Rules
Rituals
Laws
Obligations
Prohibitions
But Islam offers no internal change.
The human heart remains:
Fallen
Corrupt
Weak
Sinful
Unrenewed
Islam commands righteousness without providing regeneration.
It is equivalent to:
Telling a dead man to stand up
Telling a blind man to see
Telling a sinner to stop sinning
without giving the spiritual power necessary to obey.
Biblical Christianity solves this through the Holy Spirit.
Islam denies the Holy Spirit’s indwelling, so it provides no solution.
2. Islam rejects the indwelling Holy Spirit
The Bible teaches the Spirit:
Regenerates
Indwells
Seals
Sanctifies
Empowers
Teaches
Leads
Comforts
Bears witness
Islam has none of these.
Islam teaches:
The Spirit is the angel Gabriel, not God
There is no indwelling presence of God
There is no new nature
There is no spiritual transformation
This is a catastrophic deficiency.
A religion without the Holy Spirit cannot produce holiness.
3. Islam offers forgiveness without cleansing
Christianity teaches two things at salvation:
Forgiveness of sin
Cleansing and transformation
In Islam:
A Muslim may be forgiven (arbitrarily)
But he is not transformed
He is not given a new nature
He is not cleansed internally
He is not renewed by the Spirit
So even if Allah “forgives” someone, they remain:
Fallen
Corrupted
Slave to sinful nature
Powerless to obey
Spiritually dead
There is forgiveness without sanctification.
Forgiveness without regeneration.
Forgiveness without transformation.
Theologically incomplete.
4. Islam teaches humans are born spiritually neutral—not fallen
Islam denies original sin.
It teaches:
Every person is born pure
Sin is acquired later
Human nature is not corrupted
Humans are capable of righteousness by their own will
This creates major theological inconsistencies:
If humans are born pure,
why is the world filled with evil?
If sin is not in human nature,
why do humans universally commit sin?
If humans can obey God by free will,
why does Islam say most go to hell?
Islam cannot explain human depravity because it denies the doctrine of the Fall.
This is in direct contradiction to:
Genesis
The Prophets
The Psalms
The Gospels
Paul’s letters
Universal human experience
Islam’s anthropology is false, so its solution is false.
5. Islam teaches external righteousness instead of internal renewal
Islam’s focus is:
Ritual purity
Wudu (washing)
Prayers
Fasting
Almsgiving
Clothing laws
Dietary laws
These are external behaviors.
But Islam does not renew:
The heart
The mind
The desires
The will
The conscience
Internal righteousness is absent from Islamic theology.
Jesus condemned this approach:
Matthew 23:25–28
You cleanse the outside of the cup, but inside you are full of uncleanness.
You are like whitewashed tombs.
Outwardly beautiful, inwardly dead.
Islam never addresses the inward death.
6. Islam does not bring believers into union with God
Christianity teaches:
We are united with Christ
We share in His righteousness
His Spirit lives in us
He transforms us from the inside out
Islam teaches the opposite:
Allah does not unite with believers
Allah does not indwell
Allah does not adopt
Allah does not regenerate
Allah does not sanctify internally
Islam offers distance, not union.
Law, not life.
Fear, not fellowship.
7. Islam has no doctrine of being “a new creation”
Christianity offers:
2 Corinthians 5:17
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
Old things have passed away; all things have become new.
Islam:
Does not make a person new
Does not give a new identity
Does not give a new nature
Does not remove the power of sin
Islam attempts to reform the old nature.
Christianity crucifies the old nature and replaces it with a new one.
The difference is infinite.
8. Islam leaves the believer spiritually dead
The Bible describes unbelievers as:
Dead in sin
Blind
Lost
Under wrath
Children of disobedience
Unable to please God
Islam agrees humans sin, but denies spiritual death.
It treats sin as a surface problem, not a heart problem.
Therefore:
Islam cannot cure the heart
Islam cannot remove sin
Islam cannot regenerate the soul
Islam cannot give spiritual life
Law cannot raise the dead.
Only the Spirit of God can.
Islam denies the Spirit’s work, so it denies life.
9. Islam cannot produce true holiness
Holiness requires:
A new heart
A new Spirit
Internal transformation
Power over sin
Love of righteousness
Freedom from bondage
Islam does not offer any of these.
Islam produces:
Fear
Rule-keeping
Legalism
Hypocrisy
Outward conformity
Surface morality
Ritual obedience
Without regeneration, holiness is impossible.
10. Islam’s denial of regeneration destroys the possibility of salvation
Without:
New birth
New heart
Indwelling Spirit
Atonement
Justification
Transformation
Sonship
Union with Christ
there can be no salvation as defined by Scripture.
Islam cannot rescue sinners from sin because Islam does not understand the nature of sin.
Islam cannot transform sinners because Islam denies the power of God that transforms.
Islam cannot save sinners because Islam denies the Savior.
This is a fatal doctrinal weakness.
Conclusion
Islam offers:
Law without life
Works without power
Ritual without regeneration
Fear without assurance
Commands without transformation
Religion without relationship
Effort without grace
Purity rules without inward purity
Morality without supernatural renewal
Christianity offers:
New birth
New heart
New nature
Indwelling Spirit
Transformation
Assurance
Adoption
Union with God
Eternal life
Islam’s denial of regeneration leaves it spiritually helpless, legally heavy, and theologically empty.
Point 10 exposes the core bankruptcy of Islamic soteriology—and shows why only the gospel of Jesus Christ provides true salvation.
