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Advanced Polemics · Lesson 4 · 20 min

Failed prophecies and historical errors

Survey the strongest examples of unfulfilled prophecy and historical confusion in the Qurʼān and ḥadīth.

Reading path

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  1. Read

    Qurʼānic failed prophecies and historical errors

    Mary/Miriam (Q 19:28), Hāmān in Pharaoh's court, *al-Sāmirī* and the calf, Q 30 textual issue, the muddy spring.

  2. Read

    The Qurʼān and 'scientific miracles': what should a Christian make of them?

    Companion piece — the iʿjāz argument the historical-accuracy claim leans on.

Practice

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Practice scenario

Scientific miracles in the Qurʼān?

Practice raising historical concerns alongside scientific-miracle claims.

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