Did the Qu'ran borrow from the Old Testament Pseudographia?

[Qasim_Husayn]

Asalmulaikum,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxheJas1hGM&t=327s

A Christian is trying to say that Muhammad(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) simply copied contents from the testament of the Solomon.

I first told him that similarity does equal sameness, but he then told me, that the mention of Demons being in shackles,having controls over winds, demons diving into the sea to find pearls for Sulayman, Sulayman havinng a division of Jinn, Sulayman binding a jinn to a gate, similar to how Muhamamd(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) binded a jinn to a pillar of the mosque. He says that while one or two of these details can be dismissed, the entire list cannot be dismissed as a coincidence.

 

I then told him that maybe the pseudographia, while being fabricated, could have some nuggets of truth still preserved, and he said that using Ockham razors, we can deduced whether the biblical or Qu'ranic account is fabricated.  
 

Historians notice a trend, that accounts that are written long after the death of an induvidual to be exaggerated. We see in  Greek authors the trend of romanticizing accounts of ancient induviduals, such as alexander the great, cyrus, julius ceaser to fantastical legends. If we notice this general trend, since the testament of Solomon  is written 1000 years later and seems to be more fantastical than realistic,  and we then see a biblical account of Solomon which is more consistent with modern archaelogy, ockham razors tells us that we should take the latter explanation not the former. 

Hence according to the Christian, the Jewish account of Solomon is more sensible.

How would you respond to this?

[Faruk]

3 hours ago, Qasim_Husayn said:

Asalmulaikum,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxheJas1hGM&t=327s

A Christian is trying to say that Muhammad(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) simply copied contents from the testament of the Solomon.

I first told him that similarity does equal sameness, but he then told me, that the mention of Demons being in shackles,having controls over winds, demons diving into the sea to find pearls for Sulayman, Sulayman havinng a division of Jinn, Sulayman binding a jinn to a gate, similar to how Muhamamd(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) binded a jinn to a pillar of the mosque. He says that while one or two of these details can be dismissed, the entire list cannot be dismissed as a coincidence.

 

I then told him that maybe the pseudographia, while being fabricated, could have some nuggets of truth still preserved, and he said that using Ockham razors, we can deduced whether the biblical or Qu'ranic account is fabricated.  
 

Historians notice a trend, that accounts that are written long after the death of an induvidual to be exaggerated. We see in  Greek authors the trend of romanticizing accounts of ancient induviduals, such as alexander the great, cyrus, julius ceaser to fantastical legends. If we notice this general trend, since the testament of Solomon  is written 1000 years later and seems to be more fantastical than realistic,  and we then see a biblical account of Solomon which is more consistent with modern archaelogy, ockham razors tells us that we should take the latter explanation not the former. 

Hence according to the Christian, the Jewish account of Solomon is more sensible.

How would you respond to this?

A Christian would prefer the OT over the Qur'an anyway as the OT is a part of his beliefs.

His analogy is not correct as miraculous events take part in both books. 

An objective reader however. Not familliar with both books would prefer the Qur'an over the OT because of its fundamental beliefs which make more sense. Its beliefs which are universal, timeless and logical. Not centered around a certain etnicity but meant for all people, consistent and persistent in its timeless practices and logical when it comes to tawhid.

 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Faruk

[Murtaza1]

@Qasim_Husayn I don't really understand your Christian friends logic, if there even is any.

I overcome such arguments with the fact that all abrahamic religions come from one creater called Allah subhana wa tala.

So similarities of past events are bound to be similar. For your Christian friend to ignore new information about past events in the Qur'an as @Faruk says shows that your Christian friend prefers Christianity over Islam. So your Christian friend is bound to come up with baseless arguments such as this. 

Edited February 10, 2019 by Murtaza1