As-Salamu Aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa baraketuh,
as I have promised I will post some interesting findings in regards to the manipulation of Isaiah scroll known as 1QIsa-a.
I was able to detect some alterations which are really difficult to observe because they are too small! It reaquire a sharp eyes to see those differences. Alhamdulillah, it is Allah Almighty let me to discover this things.
In Isaiah 42:20 we find a term בראה (bera’ah) located in Column XXXIV, line 26, as 1st word. Notice in the photo below how is written the letter ה (he) which was underlined in red:
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http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiahBut what is weird here is that in Dr. Miller’s website the letter ה (he) from the same word doesn’t appear to have any tail on the inside! See the photo below:
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http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qum-34.htmHowever, in Isaiah scroll - from the Israeli Antiquities Authority website [
http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah] – as you remember the letter ה (he) has a small visible tail inside (refer to the first two pictures included in the beginning).
In Isaiah 32:6, we find a word ידבר (yadbar) located in Column XXVI, line 14, as 6th word.
+zoom in order to close-up the word > on the right with inversion:
But, in Dr. Miller’s website ד (dalet) from the same word appears to have a little bit extended and curled tail which cannot be observed in the photographed scroll from the Digital DSS website [
http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah]:
+zoom in order to close-up the word (+sharpness) > on the right with inversion:
http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qum-26.htmWe know that before Isaiah scroll was scanned and officially published for viewing on the Internet, the scholars first got the pictures from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to examine the scroll. One of them was Dr. Fred Miller. The question arises: Does someone manipulate photos or scroll between 1948-2008 ? Please refer the video below,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpSy2R9KZdkWatch all the video or
turn it from 19:00 min and listen to what Dr. Robert Eisenman have to say. If the pictures of the so called ‘’James Ossuary’’ that have been published by the Jewish authority were not showing rightly the inscription engraved on it (as Dr. Eisenman states in the above video), it means that they (i.e. the Jews) even trying to corrupt the given pictures so you cannot see all of the details. The second thing is that they fabricated it. That is their strategy. Plan A and Plan B.
In the same way they could do with Isaiah Scroll e.g. they could scanned only those parts which were agreed with the present Old Testament and they mixed up - or compiled - in like one pile. And then, the Israeli Authorities says to the scholars : ’’here, now you can examine the scrolls’’ ! Yeah right, after almost 60 years ! Their removed the most controversial parts about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)! How many times Allah exposed the Jews for hiding the truth about Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ? Allah revealed in the Quran:
Yusuf Ali Translation:“Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find
the Jews and Pagans” (Quran 5:82)
How can we trust them ?
Now, personally I have no doubt that someone either manipulated the scanned photos or - even more probably – the Isaiah scroll itself. There is no other way ! If you will analyze carrefully the images from Dr. Miller's website and those published by the Israeli Antiquities Authority you will observe many differences. I will post other of my observations insha'Allah.
Take care,
Ahmed (Poland, Warsaw)