The Quran Verses:
Surah 6:14:
Say, "Is it other than Allah I should take as a protector, Creator of the heavens and the earth, while it is He who feeds and is not fed?" Say, "Indeed, I have been commanded to be the first of those who submit to Allah and 'Do not ever be of the polytheists.'"Surah 6:163:
No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.
The Relevant Source Text (Internal Quranic Contradictions):
Surah 7:143: (Moses)
And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him... he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."Surah 2:131-132: (Abraham)
When his Lord said to him, "Submit", he said "I have submitted to the Lord of the worlds."
The Quran presents a chronological paradox. Muhammad is commanded to declare that he is the "first of the Muslims/those who submit" (Surah 6:163).
Yet, other Surahs claim that Moses was the first of the believers, and that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, and Jacob were already Muslims centuries earlier.
While Islamic apologists argue this means "first of his specific time and nation," the absolute language used throughout the text creates narrative friction, showing a text that struggles to maintain a consistent timeline of its own religious heritage.
This is further contradicted in that those in the Old and New Testamants are NEVER called "Muslims" or follow Islam as it is today. Islam appropriates these figures and stories but contradicts in major themes and also their stories it paraphrases.