Are there any Grammatical Errors in the Qur'an?
(Sorry for the caps, but I want to get this over and done with, soon - thus the emphasis)
There are lots of "anomalies" - I regard them as grammatical errors - but Muslims will explain away in one way or another. We've discussed this a few times. I have mentioned some in my videos - but generally avoid trying to "prove" there are grammatical errors as it is futile. However this is from a previous thread:
Hi Lightrays,
I don't normally discuss the grammatical errors in the Qur'an. Firstly because it had nothing to do with me rejecting Islam and secondly it is futile trying to prove there are grammatical mistakes since we are against 1400 years of Muslim Arabic scholarship who's sole purpose is to defend the Qur'an and turn every mistake into an example of the Qur'ans miraculous eloquence. Arabic grammar did not exist in written form before the Qur'an - and existed only in the conventions of the Arab language as spoken and found in pre-Islamic poetry. After the Qur'an Sibawayh and others codified the Arabic language and of course highlighted every apparent 'anomaly' of the Qur'an showing how it was in fact a form of unattainable eloquence and often inventing grammar rules to explain it.
Having said that - here's one of my favourite grammatical mistakes. It's my favourite because it's so obviously wrong and the explanations put forward by the grammarians are so laughably contrived.
When one has the particle "Inna (َّإن) it has to take the subject in the accusative ( نصب ). For example إنَّ الولدَ or in the case of a plural noun: إنَّ الطَيَّارين
The Qur'an in two verses - has the the word الصَّابِئِينَ correctly conjugated. Baqara 62 and then in al-Hajj 17
{62} إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَى وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
{17} إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَى وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
But in al-Ma'ida 69 it says:
{69} إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئُونَ وَالنَّصَارَى مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
As you can see the word الصَّابِئُونَ is incorrectly conjugated.
Topic: ARE THERE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THE QUR'AN?