What may have been in the Quran originally (call this Version A):
Quran 53:19-20 "Have you thought upon al-Lat and al-'Uzza and Manat, the third, the other?" [A question is posed]
"These are the high-flying cranes; verily their intercession is accepted with approval." [A direct answer to the above question -- but was this verse removed?]
What is currently in the Quran (call this Version B):
Quran 53:19-20 "Have you thought upon al-Lat and al-'Uzza and Manat, the third, the other?" [A question is posed]
Quran 53:21 "Is the male for you and for Him the female?" [Another question is posed that does not answer the first question]
Quran 53:22 "That is an unfair division." [Allah does not like being assigned the women]
Quran 53:23 "They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance."
Debate Question: Which version seems more natural to you: Version A or Version B?
Quran 53:19-20 "Have you thought upon al-Lat and al-'Uzza and Manat, the third, the other?" [A question is posed]
"These are the high-flying cranes; verily their intercession is accepted with approval." [A direct answer to the above question -- but was this verse removed?]
What is currently in the Quran (call this Version B):
Quran 53:19-20 "Have you thought upon al-Lat and al-'Uzza and Manat, the third, the other?" [A question is posed]
Quran 53:21 "Is the male for you and for Him the female?" [Another question is posed that does not answer the first question]
Quran 53:22 "That is an unfair division." [Allah does not like being assigned the women]
Quran 53:23 "They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance."
Debate Question: Which version seems more natural to you: Version A or Version B?