In Bible, King Solomon talks about the Wisdom and Knowledge and says:
1) I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
2) What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
3) I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
4) Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
5) For with much wisdom comes much sorrow.
6) And with the more knowledge, comes the more grief.
On the other hand, the verses 2:269 and 20:114 of the Quran talk about the Wisdom and Knowledge.
The meaning of verse 2:269
Allah mentioned His favors, saying: He gives wisdom to whomever He will, and he who is given wisdom, has been given much good, because he will end up in perpetual bliss. Yet, none remembers Allah's favors except people of understanding, those who have minds from among people.
It is said that the wisdom is the profitable knowledge that leads to righteous action; it is the right in speech, action and opinion.
The meaning of verse 20:114
Allah is the: highly exalted True King; He is above what they say; no one is similar to Him. He exonerated Himself from having a wife, a son, children and/or partners!
And do not hasten, O Muhammad, to recite the Quran before the Angel Gabriel finishes reading the Quran to you.
This is because when the Angel Gabriel used to bring new revelations, the Prophet Muhammad would start to repeat them after him even before Gabriel finished his reading, for fear of forgetting what was recited to him.
Allah therefore told him to stop doing this, saying: and say O Muhammad: O My Lord! Increase me in knowledge, memorization and understanding.
Moreover, in Hadith, it is narrated that the Prophet Muhammad said:
1. "The Quran is God's wisdom among His servants. Whoever learns the Quran and acts according to it, it is as if Prophethood were incorporated within him, except that he does not receive revelation. He is called to account in the same way as the prophets except in the matter of conveying the message.'
2. 'The Quran is wisdom, and whoever learns the Quran in his youth, it mingles with his flesh and blood. And surely the Fire cannot touch a heart which contains the Quran, nor a body which avoids that which it prohibits, and keeps to what it permits, believes in that which is clear in it, refrains from judgment in that which is ambiguous in it, and does not make innovations regarding it.'
Herein, there are some points:
1) Are all creatures under the sun meaningless?
2) Does the Lord God create something meaningless?
3) Should the researchers stop searching in the different fields of sciences because the Bible says that everything is meaningless?
4) Is not such a statement insulting the wisdom of the Almighty Creator?
5) Does the Bible discourage the scientific progress?
6) Is the understanding of wisdom worthless?
7) In the Quran, King Solomon has a great wisdom and kingdom; then how come he said the above statements in Ecclesiastes 1:14-18.
8) The Quran says: who is given wisdom, has been given much good, because he will end up in perpetual bliss.
9) In the Quran, Allah commands the believer to say: O My Lord! Increase me in knowledge, memorization and understanding.
10) And as a matter of fact, in contrary to the Bible, we can straighten the twisted and count the lacking.
Hence, the Bible discourage gaining more wisdom and knowledge while the Quran encourages gaining more wisdom and knowledge.
The Puzzled Paradox is the fact that seems contradictory but is actually valid; it is that when the Western countries left the Bible they became at the top of the scale of knowledge. Yet, when the Islamic countries left the Quran they became at the bottom of the scale of knowledge.
It should be emphasized that the top of knowledge is to know your Creator; then when you go deep in any branch of science, it will ultimately lead you more and more to know your Almighty Creator.
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The Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:14-18 (New International Version)
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
15 What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
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The Quran, (Pickthal translation)
Verse 2:269
"He (Allah) gives wisdom unto whom he will, and he unto whom wisdom is given, he truly hath received abundant good. But none remember except men of understanding."
Verse 20:114
"Then exalted be Allah, the true king! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Quran ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: "O my lord! Increase me in knowledge."
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Back to my question to the smart and interested reader:
Are the Scholars truthful when they claim that the Quran quoted from the Bible?
