A Talking Quran? Another Proof of Islamic Mythology Exposed

 A Talking Quran? Another Proof of Islamic Mythology Exposed

By Dr. Maxwell Shimba | Shimba Theological Institute

One of the most puzzling — and frankly mythological — narrations in Islamic tradition is recorded in Sunan Ibn Majah 3781:

It was narrated from Ibn Buraidah that his father told that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Quran will come on the Day of Resurrection like a pale man, and will say: ‘I am the one that kept you awake at night and made you thirsty during the day.’”
(Sunan Ibn Majah 3781 | Graded Hasan by Darussalam)

This hadith paints a bizarre eschatological picture where the Quran — supposedly the eternal, uncreated word of Allah in Islam — takes human form as a pale man on the Day of Resurrection. It allegedly speaks, introduces itself, and claims credit for the hardships believers endured.

The Theological Problem:
From a Biblical and sound theological perspective, this concept is pure myth-making. The idea that a book — supposedly divine and uncreated in Islamic theology — would take on anthropomorphic form contradicts the transcendent, immutable nature of God’s word as understood in Scripture.

The Bible teaches that only the Word made flesh is Jesus Christ (John 1:14) — not a written text assuming human form. Nowhere in Biblical eschatology do sacred writings become sentient beings on the Day of Judgment.

Furthermore, the Quran’s own theology becomes entangled in contradiction:

• Is the Quran an attribute of Allah, eternal and uncreated — or a being capable of independent action and speech on Judgment Day?

• This narration exposes remnants of the animistic and allegorical beliefs that permeated pre-Islamic Arabian culture, now embedded in Islamic eschatology.

A Scriptural Contrast:
The Bible clearly teaches that it is God Himself who judges, not a book walking and talking.

2 Corinthians 5:10 (ESV):

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ…”

Notice — it’s Christ who judges, not scripture with a mouth and a face.

Conclusion:
This hadith highlights yet another mythical, human-constructed element within Islamic theology. A talking, pale Quran roaming about on Judgment Day is not the revelation of a transcendent, sovereign God — it’s the storytelling of human religious invention.

At Shimba Theological Institute, we stand firm on the revealed, consistent, and coherent nature of Biblical truth. Islam’s mythical narrations continue to expose its human authorship and distance from divine revelation.

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Dr. Maxwell Shimba
Founder & Director, Shimba Theological Institute