Hi sorry but l really do think l have a moderate IQ and so much of your pasted quote goes right over me. Also philosophical terminology gets a little involved past a certain point.
I’ll say this though:
- Revelation is what God decides it to be.
- Revelation doesn’t have to be evolutionary. Non sequitur.
- The Qur’an is the final revelation in a series. There you go, evolution.
- The Qur’an itself evolved as an accumulating set of verses and chapters. There you go, evolution.
- The Qur’an also eventually abrogated parts of itself. This is why Muslims know Surahs (Chapters) as Makkani (revealed in Makkah) and Madani (revealed in Madina). This was one argument l forgot to include in the discussion about Makkah not really being Makkah. Reference to Surahs being of Makkah or Madina are given at the chapter headings of many, possibly most, Qurans, next to the chater title. This is because Islam evolved as it went from the Makkan phase, to the Madinan phase and we need to refer to the city of revelation to understand full context of each Surah. I think at least one Surah is hybrid between the two cities. So there you go! Evolution.
- Finally, at least one large tract of a chapter has been completely erased to my knowledge. That’s even more evolution for you!
So, while it’s not implicit that a revelation must evolve, the Qur’an certainly did and l’m glad that God didn’t make it a simple case of read the book —> go to heaven.
The Book instead became intertwined with the life of the Prophet. It gained a living dimension, and not just that, it made us intimate with what the Prophet went through. Suffice to say, l wouldn’t wish being a prophet on anybody. It wasn’t something you’d bosh up in the library as revisionists seem to think. It was a life of fear, horror, action, redemption. He broke down in tears and hugged the infant Husain when the Angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) informed him Husain would be murdered. Can you imagine knowing that? Both of his grandsons, Husayn and Hassan were murdered. And no, lest yo ask, the Prophet Muhammad didn’t get a book deal out of it, nor did he pocket hard cash. He died wih a debt and some body armour used as security to repay the debt. He slept on the floor etc. Frankly, your revisionist authors made more money by inventing these backstories about the Prophets.
P.S. Our Prophet was no avatar. He was human.
18:110. Say: I am only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your Allah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto his Lord.