Christian Claim
"The Quran copied its stories from the Bible — it is just a derivative text"
Bible References
God's chosen servant — a passage Muslims apply to Muhammad ﷺ
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Moses: 'The Lord will raise up a prophet like me from among you'
"Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him."
Quran References
نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
"He has sent down upon you the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel."
Islamic Clarification
The Quran explicitly frames itself as confirming — and correcting distortions in — previous scripture, not copying it. Many Quranic narratives differ significantly from the Bible: the sacrifice narrative involves Ishmael not Isaac; Moses's story has major differences; Jesus speaks as an infant in the cradle — absent from the Bible entirely. These differences are hard to explain by plagiarism. The Prophet ﷺ was unlettered and had no access to the Bible in Arabic — the Quran's remarkable literary quality (a central Quranic miracle) argues against derivative authorship.