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Biblical narratives in the Quran
The Quran contains references to more than fifty people and events also found in the Bible. While the stories told in each book are sometimes comparable, there is usually some notable differences, as well as considerable differnece as to what the Qur'an focuses on with each prophet's life and stories compared to the Bible. Biblical stories come from diverse sources and authors, so their attention to detail varies individually. The Quran does not directly copy the Bible or the Apocrypha in any of its narratives; this is presented as the basic sign of orally transmitted Biblical knowledge. Accordingly, it is stated that "'the author’ of the Qurʾān would have heard only descriptions or paraphrases of such texts rendered into Arabic orally, most likely from some form of the Semitic language known as Aramaic." Islamic writers, however, attribute this to the purpose of the Quran, because according to them, the primary purpose of the Quran is to give religious and moral guidance to its audience...
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