a rafidi shia who believes in the distortion of the quran/ corruption of the quran by the sahaba. confronted me with an aya of the quran and i didn t know how to respond to him, and it is about this aya:
quran 5:3, Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
he says: why is: this day i have perfected your religion in between 2 orders of food laws. Also the thing doesnt read quite right. It tells you whats prohibited, then islam is your religio and perfect and then but whoever is forced. It seems as if the part after: this day i have perfected your religion should be cnnected to the first part.
but i know the quran has been preserved so how do i respond
jazakallah khair
