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SUMERIAN CLAY TABLETS


What is remarkable is that this knowledge had been lost for thousands of years at the time of the Qur’ān’s revelation in the 7th century. These historical claims that have been mentioned in the Qur’ān about the deities worshipped by Prophet Ibrāhīm’s people – the astral triad of the Sun, Moon and Venus – could not have naturally been known to Prophet Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam). Knowledge of Sumerian religion (especially the birthplace of Ibrāhīm, the city of Ur) had been lost for thousands of years until their rediscovery and excavation in the 20th century.

The only realistic natural source of knowledge about Ibrāhīm available to Prophet Muḥammad (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) would have been the Bible based stories in circulation. As we have seen however, the story of Prophet Ibrāhīm in the Bible is silent on the details of the religious beliefs of his people. Critics may claim that the author of the Qur’ān merely luckily guessed the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by Ibrāhīm’s people. This is highly unlikely given the fact that the people across this region worshipped thousands of deities. They had gods for everything from brick making to brewing, even including a Lord of Livestock Pens.

There can be no claim as unreasonable as claiming that this knowledge in Islam was copied from the Sumerians because, as it is clearly declared in the Quran, to think that an illiterate person like the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) could have read a Sumerian noscript and made copies from it in a very illiterate environment in a time period when ignorance was rampant, is really beyond reason.

It is known that writing, which is the most important invention in human history according to most experts, was first used by Sumerian priests around 3500 BC. Sumerian priests used writing to list the goods in temples and warehouses.” This statement shows that the Sumerians had religion and priests.

So, Allah, who taught some knowledge to the Sumerians through revelation, also revealed the same knowledge to later religions.

In other words, there is no copying of knowledge, but unity of source

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