Koran 58:1-4

58:1 Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues [i.e., pleads] with you, [O Muḥammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah.

And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

2 Those who pronounce ẓihār among you [to separate] from their wives – they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving.

3 And those who pronounce ẓihār from their wives and then [wish to] go back on what they said – then [there must be] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another.

That is what you are admonished thereby; and Allah is Aware of what you do.

4 And he who does not find [a slave] – then a fast for two months consecutively before they touch one another; and he who is unable – then the feeding of sixty poor persons.

That is for you to believe [completely] in Allah and His Messenger; and those are the limits [set by] Allah.

And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

Koran 58:1-4

This passage is addressed to Muhammad from Muhammad pretending to be Allah. As such, this means that this passage is not the perfect words of the perfect Qur’an from perfect Allah. Thus, Allah is false, imaginary, and fictional, which means Muhammad, the Koran, Islamic doctrine, and Islam are nonsensical and false.

I’ve collected the story that caused Koran 58:1-4 from the tafsirs:

I heard what Khawlah bint Thalabah said while some of it I could not hear. She was complaining to Allah’s Messenger about her husband.

She said, “O Allah’s Messenger! He spent my wealth, exhausted my youth and my womb bore abundantly for him. When I became old, unable to bear children, he pronounced the Zihar on me! O Allah! I complain to you.”

Soon after, Jibril brought down this Ayah,…

Aisha, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 58:1

What is the “Zihar”? The next story in the tafsir seems to explain it:

By Allah! Allah sent down the beginning of Surat Al-Mujadilah (58) in connection with me and Aws bin As-Samit. He was my husband and had grown old and difficult. One day, he came to me and I argued with him about something and he said, out of anger, “You are like my mother’s back to me.”

He went out and sat with some of his people. Then he came back and wanted to have sexual intercourse with me.

I said, “No, by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Khuwaylah! You will not have your way with me after you said what you said, until Allah and His Messenger issue judgement about our case.”

He wanted to have his way regardless of my choice and I pushed him away from me; he was an old man. I next went to one of my neighbors and borrowed a garment from her and went to the Messenger of Allah. I told him what happened and kept complaining to him of the ill treatment I received from Aws.

Khuwaylah, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 58:2

From the story, the “Zihar” or “ẓihār” appears to be Aws saying: “You are like my mother’s back to me”, which seems like an informal divorce, due to the reaction of Khuwaylah. Note that this word isn’t defined in the Koran. Muhammad relies on his context, showing that the Koran comes from Muhammad, not from Allah, thus Islam is false.

As you can see, Muhammad’s Islam has inherited pagan marriage customs, showing Islam is a reformation of pagan polytheism, a polytheism where all the gods involved are idols, and all are false. That includes Allah as well.

Continuing the story, the judgements in Muhammad’s Koran are the judgements of Muhammad against Aws, the ex-husband of Khuwaylah, as can be seen:

[Muhammad] said, “O Khuwaylah! Your cousin is an old man, so have Taqwa of Allah regarding him.”

By Allah! Before I departed, parts of the Qur’an were revealed about me. Allah’s Messenger felt the hardship upon receiving the revelation as he usually did and then became relieved.

He said to me, “O Khuwaylah! Allah has revealed something about you and your spouse.”

He recited to me, “Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband, and complains to Allah. And Allah hears the argument between you both. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.”…

Khuwaylah, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 58:2

This is Koran 58:1 recited by Muhammad:

Certainly has Allah heard the speech of the one who argues [i.e., pleads] with you, [O Muḥammad], concerning her husband and directs her complaint to Allah. And Allah hears your dialogue; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

Koran 58:1

But, Infidel, this is a case where the specific extends to the general, praise Allah and Muhammad! Except it’s not, watch as Muhammad demonstrates the lack of omniscience of Allah several times:

…until “And for disbelievers, there is a painful torment.”

Khuwaylah, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 58:2

This is the last sentence of verse 4:

And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

Excerpt, Koran 58:4

Note that verses 2-4 now arrive in the story of Khuwaylah:

He then said to me, “Command him to free a slave.”

I said, “O Allah’s Messenger! He does not have any to free.”

He said, “Let him fast for two consecutive months.

I said, “By Allah! He is an old man and cannot fast.”

He said, “Let him feed sixty poor people a Wasq of dates.”

I said, “O Allah’s Messenger! By Allah, he does not have any of that.”

He said, “We will help him with a basket of dates.”

I said, “And I, O Allah’s Messenger! I will help him with another.”

He said, “You have done a righteously good thing. So go and give away the dates on his behalf and take care of your cousin.”

I did that.

Khuwaylah, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 58:2

Notice that Muhammad approves of slavery, with the freeing of a slave punishment. If slavery was abolished by Muhammad, as some Muslim apologists claim, this punishment of freeing a slave would be unavailable.

Interestingly, it appears that, for Muhammad, “the feeding of sixty poor persons” is equivalent to two (presumably large) baskets of dates, that an old woman can carry and fill by herself, one at a time. Yet, in one Islamic reference, the scholars have:

A wasq is sixty saa’ of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and the saa’ of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is equivalent to 2.4 kilograms. 

Zakaah on domestic palm-trees, Islam Question and Answer

So, one “wasq” is 60 x 2.4 Kg = 144 Kg. That seems excessive to stuff into one basket that an old woman can carry and fill by herself, an old woman who probably only weighs, maybe, 44 Kg herself, so around 3x her weight. The Islamic authorities need to refer to Muhammad’s story about weights and measures in Story of Shuaib.

Notice also the complete failure of Islamic Fate, and the series of choices, again showing that Muhammad knows that Islamic Fate is false for others. For more, see: Islamic Fate?

Notice how Allah fails at the test of omniscience three times with Muhammad also failing too. Muhammad is shown by Khuwaylah as being out of touch with his Muslims, not even realising that Aws, the husband of Khuwaylah, is old like her. This shows that Allah is Muhammad and Muhammad is Allah, and so Islam and Koran are false. Also note that it seems that this Koran passage is corrupt, compared with the account of Khuwaylah, due to the ordering of punishments, probably being re-arranged by a scribe.

But, Infidel, this isn’t a failure of omniscience because Allah gives these laws and punishments to everyone! Yet, note that the first punishment is the freeing of a slave, thus meaning that slavery is permitted by Muhammad. Slavery is unjust and evil in the first place, showing Allah is evil and unjust, which means Muhammad is evil and unjust too.

But, but, Infidel, it’s good to free slaves! I agree, but to free a slave, you must have an enslaved slave first, which is an evil act, and to enslave someone, is an evil act.

But worse, notice how there was actually no justice for Khuwaylah and no punishment for Aws? It’s Khuwaylah who picks the dates and distributes them, a punishment for her, not justice. Aws, her husband, goes unpunished. Obviously, that’s injustice, thus Allah, Islam, Muhammad and the Koran are unjust. Because Allah is supposedly just, this means that Allah is incoherent and so false. Which means Islam, the Koran and Muhammad are false.

And of course, no one, not even Aws, suffers the painful punishment.

The best replacement for this passage is: “”, the empty sentence.