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In Sura 3:42, 45 SEVERAL angels appear to Mary in the annunciation of the birth of Jesus.
How many angels were talking to Mary?
In Sura 19:17-21 only ONE angel appears to the virgin Mary.

In Sura 22:47 and 32:5 Allah's day is equal to 1,000 human years.
Allah's day is equal to how many human years?
In Sura 70:4, Allah's day is equal to 50,000 human years.

In Sura 41:30 and 57:21 there is said to be only one garden in Paradise.
How many garden's are there in paradise?
In Sura 18:31, 22:23, 25:33, and 78:32 there are many gardens in Paradise

Sura 56:7 says there will be three distinct groups of people at the Last Judgment.
How many groups will there be at the last judgement?
Sura 90:18-19 and 99:6-8 say there will be two distinct groups at the Last Judgment

Sura 32:11 The angel of death
Sura 47:27 The angels (plural)
Who takes people's souls at death?
Sura 39:42 "It is Allah that takes the souls at death"

Sura 35:1 Angels have 2, 3, or 4 pairs of wings
How many wings do angels have?
The angel Gabriel had 600 wings. (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 455)

Sura 54:19 - One day
How many days did Allah need to destroy the people of Aad?
Sura 41:16 & 69:6,7 - several days

Sura 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, and 25:59 all clearly state that God created "the heavens and the earth" in six days.
How many days did creation take?
Sura 41:9-12, the detailed description of the creation procedure, add up to eight days.

Sura 2:29 says the earth was created first and then heaven.
Which was created first, the heavens or the earth?
Sura 49:27-30 says the heaven was created first and then the earth was created.

Sura 41:11 states that in the process of creation heaven and earth were first apart and are called to come together.
Heaven and earth ripped apart or called together?
Sura 21:30 states that they were originally one piece and then ripped apart.

Sura 4:48, 116
No
Does Allah forgive shirk?
Sura 4:153, 25:68-71
Yes

Jesus was born more than 1,000 years after Moses
Moses and the Injil
Sura 7:157 Allah speaks to Moses about what is written in the Injil (the book given to Jesus)

Sura 2:97 - The Angel Gabriel
Who brings the revelation from Allah to Muhammad?
Sura 16:102 - The Holy Spirit

Surah 18:89-98 says Alexander the Great was a devout Muslim and lived to a ripe old age.
Alexander the Great
Historical records show that Alexander the Great died young at 33 years of age. He believed he was divine and forced others to recognize him as such. In India on the Hyphasis River Alexander erected twelve altars to twelve Olympian gods

Surah 9:30 says the Jews believe that Ezra is the Son of God - the Messiah
Ezra the son of God
This has never been a tenet of Judaism.

Surah 20:90-100 says a Samaritan helped the Israelites build the golden calf, and it mooed after coming out of the fire.
The Golden Calf
Samaritans did not exist as a people until at least 1000 years after the time of Moses and the Israelite exodus from Egypt.

Contradictions in the quran