--- title: "3 Koran Quotes By Reza Aslan" description: "3 Koran quotes by Reza Aslan. Plus more from Reza Aslan and more Koran sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/reza-aslan-2665_koran_the-prophet-himself-sometimes-openly-sup_473936.jpg" --- > [“The Prophet himself sometimes openly suppressed or negated older verses, considering them to have been replaced by newer ones. That is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/the-prophet-himself-sometimes-openly-suppressed-or-negated-older/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/reza-aslan-2665_koran_the-prophet-himself-sometimes-openly-sup_473936.jpg) > [In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/in-the-history-of-the-prophetic-biblical-canon-that-starts-with/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/reza-aslan-2665_bible_in-the-history-of-the-prophetic-biblical_2159641.png) > [“The hadith, insofar as they addressed issues not dealt with in the Quran, would become an indispensable tool in the formation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/the-hadith-insofar-as-they-addressed-issues-not-dealt-with-in-the/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/reza-aslan-2665_greek-philosophy_the-hadith-insofar-as-they-addressed-iss_2411961.png) ## Other authors on Koran - [Nabeel Qureshi 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/nabeel-qureshi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-armstrong-55066.jpg) Karen Armstrong 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/karen-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geert-wilders-37183.jpg) Geert Wilders 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/geert-wilders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-curley-14900.jpg) Robert Spencer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/robert-spencer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-muhammad-ali-69506.jpg) Muhammad Ali 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/muhammad-ali/) ## More by Reza Aslan > [“Despite two millennia of Christian apologetics, the fact is that belief in a dying and rising messiah simply did not exist in Judaism. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/despite-two-millennia-of-christian-apologetics-the-fact-is-that/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [Should I act violently in defense of my religion, absolutely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/should-i-act-violently-in-defense-of-my-religion-absolutely/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/religion-doesn-t-make-people-bigots-people-are-bigots-and-they-use/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“Scattered across the Roman Empire, it was only natural for the gospel writers to distance themselves from the Jewish independence movement by erasing, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/scattered-across-the-roman-empire-it-was-only-natural-for-the-gospel/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“There is a term for this phenomenon—politicomorphism, or “the divinization of earthly politics”—and it is, to this day, one of the central features of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/there-is-a-term-for-this-phenomenon-politicomorphism-or-the/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [Obama has been the single worst president in modern American history in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/obama-has-been-the-single-worst-president-in-modern-american-history/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [There's no question that homophobia is rampant among the world's 1.5 billion Muslims - but that doesn't negate the fact that there are huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/there-s-no-question-that-homophobia-is-rampant-among-the-world-s-1-5/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/well-to-be-clear-i-am-a-scholar-of-religions-with-four-degrees/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“There would be no more record of who was rich and who was poor. Everyone in this new and divinely inspired world order would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/there-would-be-no-more-record-of-who-was-rich-and-who-was-poor/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/my-biography-of-jesus-is-probably-the-first-popular-biography-that/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/the-islamic-reformation-is-already-here-we-are-all-living-in-it/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“Pilate, as the histories reveal, was not one for trials. In his ten years as governor of Jerusalem, he had sent thousands upon thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/pilate-as-the-histories-reveal-was-not-one-for-trials-in-his-ten/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [Is it possible that Jesus, unlike 98 percent of his fellow Jews, was literate and educated? Yes, it's possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/is-it-possible-that-jesus-unlike-98-percent-of-his-fellow-jews-was/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“The choice between James’s vision of a Jewish religion anchored in the Law of Moses and derived from a Jewish nationalist who fought against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/the-choice-between-james-s-vision-of-a-jewish-religion-anchored-in/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) > [“Paul's portrayal of Jesus as Christ may sound familiar to contemporary Christians—it has since become the standard doctrine of the church—but it would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/paul-s-portrayal-of-jesus-as-christ-may-sound-familiar-to/) [Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/koran/reza-aslan/#itemlist", "name": "3 Koran Quotes By Reza Aslan", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The Prophet himself sometimes openly suppressed or negated older verses, considering them to have been replaced by newer ones. 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