It is explained point by point. There is a prayer for salvation in Christ alone at the end. Updated June 20, 2026.

Let’s begin.

Introduction

The Quran in many verses teaches that the Torah and the Gospels are reliable and sent down by Allah. He confirms them. He says they are inspired and reliably preserved. Jews and Christians should refer to them for guidance because they are authoritative (e.g. 3:3-4; 5:47; 5:68; 6:115; 7:157, 18:27).

Allah confirms the Torah and the Gospels that Muhammad had at his time. They were not corrupted over time when they reached him. He held the confirmed book in his hands (e.g. 3:3, 5:43, 5:46-47, 5:56, 7:157, 10:94, 12:111, 29:46, 35:31).

Also, the Quran confirms all parts of the Torah and Gospels, not just some parts (e.g. 2:89, 2:91, 2:97, 2:101, 3:3, 3:81, 4:47, 5:46 2x, 5:48, 6:47, 6:92, 10:37, 12:111, 35:31, 46:12, 48:30, 61:6).

Islamic Dilemma

So here’s the dilemma, which consists of two parts:

Part One, point by point:

Muslims have for a long time raised an objection to the Bible itself. It has been corrupted.

1.. If the Quran teaches that the Torah and the Gospels (the Bible) have been corrupted, then the Bible has not been reliably preserved, it is not authoritative, and it is not the word of God.

2.. However, the Quran teaches that the Bible has been reliably preserved, it is authoritative, and it is the word of God.

3.. Therefore the Bible has not been corrupted.

This conclusion seems modest, but it is a game changer, as Part Two demonstrates.

Part Two, point by point:

1.. If the Torah and the Gospels (the Bible) deny and contradict many of the Quran’s teachings about Jesus (and other biblical themes), then the Quran is false in those core teachings.

2.. The Torah and Gospels (the Bible) deny and contradict many of the Quran’s teachings about Jesus (and other biblical themes), like his Sonship (9:30, 19:35, 112:3-4) and the literal crucifixion of the true Jesus (4:157, 5:116).

3.. Therefore, the Quran is false in those core teachings.

Conclusion

Both horns of the dilemma lead to the conclusion that the Quran is incoherent and inconsistent because it is proclaims the Bible’s incorruptibility, its reliable preservation, its authority as the word of God. Yet it is false in core doctrines about Jesus and many biblical teachings.

How did this inconsistency and incoherence happen?

Culturally and historically Muhammad was uneducated (7:157-158). He picked up Bible stories from his earlier caravan travels and wandering poets who garbled the stories. His opponents called him “the ear” because he listened to any story indiscriminately (9:61). He could not or did not research them to confirm or reject them critically. Instead, he incorporated them into his Quran. So the Quran is a derivative book that garbles many previous Bible stories.

However, he also affirmed the Bible in about 120 verses (scholars found) because he thought it would confirm his prophethood. He was the last of the prophets Allah sent to everyone but especially to Jews and Christians. Search your books!  Allah himself gave them! Judge by them! Believe the whole thing! You’ll see me in them!

He was wrong about their books confirming his divine calling and ministry.

Thus the Islamic Dilemma was born: The Quran teaches the Bible is sound and we should listen to it, but the Bible contradicts the Quran in many verses. So the Quran is right and wrong and true and false at the same time on the same topic: the Bible

And so Islam is built on a shaky foundation, the Quran itself, which is self-contradictory.

Therefore it is wrong and misguided for people to follow Islam.

And so Muslims cannot escape from the Islamic Dilemma, except by one route.

They must leave Islam immediately and follow Jesus only.

Scriptures for Salvation in Jesus’s Name Alone:

To be saved, all one has to do is to obey the truths in these verses (NIV, all emphases added):

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

³¹ But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:31)

¹⁵ If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.  (1 John 4:15)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father [God] loves his child [the Son of God] as well.  (1 John 5:1)

¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. ¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:11-13)

⁹ If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.  […]  ¹³ for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Rom. 10:9-10, 13)

Read those above verses out loud.

To be saved: Just call on his name, and with saving faith believe in Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God. Declare him Lord, with your mouth. Believe in your heart that God resurrected him (= vindicated his Son’s entire life, ministry, and death). And then you shall be saved and born of God. Simple. Even a child can do this with his childlike faith.

Here is a time-tested acronym to explain faith:

F-A-I-T-H = Forsaking All, I Trust Him.

Now pray this prayer:

Loving, Heavenly Father,

In the name of Jesus, I renounce Islam. I renounce any mixture between Islam and Christ. I repent of my sins. I surrender my life to Jesus. I place my faith and trust in him. I believe that he is the Son of God. I believe God raised him from the dead. I declare him Lord of my life. Cause me to be born again by your Holy Spirit. Fill me with your Spirit to overflowing. Wash and cleanse me from all my sins.

Thank you, Father, for saving me and filling me with your Spirit. 

In Jesus’s name, Amen.

If you’re a girl in a Muslim country and still live at home, don’t reveal that you have given your life to Jesus. If your father requires you to go to the mosque every Friday, say your prayers to Father God who loves you. Bow in the name of Jesus. Be discreet. Keep your new faith secret. Pray to find an underground church.

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