Date
Jan 30, 2018
Description
In this video, I take you deep into the linguistic, historical, and cultural roots of the Qur’an — not just picking at isolated verses, but laying bare the very foundations of the text. I show how many key Qur’anic words, like qurʾān, firdaws, sijjīl, and ḥūr, are not purely Arabic but borrowed from Syriac, Aramaic, and other neighboring languages, and how tracing these roots often changes or even reverses their commonly accepted meanings.
Then I unpack the structure of the Qur’an itself: its broken grammar, its sudden topic jumps, and the way it feels like stitched-together fragments rather than one smooth, consistent revelation. I follow famous stories — like Dhu al-Qarnayn (the two-horned king), the tale of the Seven Sleepers, and Mary under the date palm — back to their original Jewish, Christian, and Near Eastern sources, showing how they were reworked into the Qur’an over time, not freshly revealed from above.
It’s the most dangerous video I’ve ever made. The one that got my passport confiscated, locked me under an indefinite travel ban, handed me a three-year prison sentence, and unleashed a flood of threats. It’s proof that in a place like this, daring to question sacred stories doesn’t just risk backlash — it risks your entire freedom.
This isn’t just about poking holes in theology. It’s about pulling away the curtain on claims of divine perfection, showing the human fingerprints on every page, and exposing how centuries of scholars, rulers, and religious authorities have worked to cover up these cracks. What makes this video so explosive isn’t just the content — it’s the challenge it throws straight at the core of untouchable power: if the Qur’an isn’t the flawless, divine masterpiece it’s claimed to be, then what does that mean for the billions of lives built around its authority?
