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In the Qur'an, we read that Mary's mother and father were regarded as faithful people by the Jews of that time.(Q 19:28) The Qur'an also portrays Mary's mother as a woman of faith. Doesn't this suggest that the Qur'an is not in conflict with mainstream Judaism of the first century BCE on this point? Both the Jews and the Qur'an view Mary's family as people who were righteous and faithful.

The opening verses of Surah Al-Isra in the Quran mention the two instances of corruption (or mischief) by the Children of Israel.

After the first corruption, the Children of Israel repent, Allah helps them, and they become even stronger than before. It is then conveyed to those who experienced this first destruction that if they repeat the same behavior, the same thing will happen again: their homes will be entered and the Temple will be damaged.

Let’s lay out the possibilities regarding what these two corruptions refer to:

1.The destruction of the First and Second Temples.

2.The Assyrian invasion and conquest of the Kingdom of Israel, followed by the destruction of the First Temple.

Apart from these two options, I am not aware of any other events on such a large scale that affected the Children of Israel and also involved damage to the Temple.However, the second possibility also seems illogical. Because, just as after the first corruption, it is stated that in the second one the enemies of Jews will again damage the Temple.

If the first corruption was the Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel, this only affected a portion of the Children of Israel, and there was no Temple that the Quran regards as sacred at that point. The Kingdom of Judah continued to show respect for the Temple in Jerusalem.

Therefore, I accept that the first option has the correct chronological references.The point I want to emphasize here is this: After the first corruption, Allah forgives the Children of Israel and makes them even stronger than before. This corresponds to the period after the Babylonian Exile.

Now, when we evaluate this in its historical context, do you think the Torah could have been altered (tahreef) during the period when Allah was supporting them? Could Allah have simultaneously supported a people while they were corrupting the Torah, at a time when they had been forgiven and made stronger than before?In other words, according to the Quran, doesn’t the alteration of the Torah during the time of Ezra seem difficult to reconcile?

In the chapter on the Prophet Jonah in the book The Qurʾān and Syriac Christianity: Recurring Themes and Motifs, it is argued that the Qurʾanic narrative of Jonah’s story follows a different chronology from that in the Jewish Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). Craig claims this non-canonical temporal sequence is also found in Late Antique Christian visual art, Jewish midrashic literature, and Syriac Christian texts. Do you agree with this claim?"

Why in the Quran does Zechariah ask Allah for the son he requests to 'be an heir to the family of Jacob'? Is there any Christian source that says John the Baptist had such a role?