History Testifies to the Infallibility of the Qur'an Early History of the Children of Israel by Louay Fatoohi and Shetha al-Dargazelli (Delhi: Adam Publishers and Distributors, 1999. 265 pages.)

Abstract

Dr. Fatoohi and Prof. al-Dargazelli have produced an intriguing and farreaching
comparison of the Bible and the Qur' an relating to Moses and the
Israelites. Both authors are kha/ifahs of Shaykh Muhammad al-Casnazani
al-Husseini of the Aliyyah Qadiriyyah Casnazaniyyah Sufi tariqah. They
hold degrees in physics from Baghdad University and Durham University,
and have authored numerous books, especially on Sufism, in Arabic and
English.
Although readers might expect this book to address literary and cultural
issues surrounding the shared but different accounts of Moses and the
Israelites in the Bible and the Qur'an, the authors have chosen to focus on
demonstrating the Qur'an's historical accuracy. Dividing their book into
IO chapters, they argue alternately that the Bible is inconsistent and historically
inaccurate, while the Qur'an is consistent and confirmed by
external historical evidence. The Biblical account of Moses and the
Israelites is not directly compared to the Qur'anic account; rather, the
Bible is used primarily as a foil to emphasize what the authors see as the
Qur'an's reliability. For example, while the authors point out that the Bible
appears to give various names for Moses' father-in-law (Exodus 2: I 8, 3: I, ...