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Other than the above, the Qur'an makes many claims about people and events from pre-Islamic stories. It simply presumes or asserts that all of them were real. Abraham initially built the Ka'aba in Mecca,<ref>{{Quran|2|127}}</ref> Moses rescued his followers from the pharaoh in Egypt and took them to safety, Allah gave the Psalms to David<ref>{{Quran|4|163}}</ref>
Other than the above, the Qur'an makes many claims about people and events from pre-Islamic stories. It simply presumes or asserts that all of them were real. Abraham initially built the Ka'aba in Mecca,<ref>{{Quran|2|127}}</ref> Moses rescued his followers from the pharaoh in Egypt and took them to safety, Allah gave the Psalms to David<ref>{{Quran|4|163}}</ref>


Modern historians have either rejected these stories outright or not accepted them as truth or dubbed them as exaggerations. The burden of proof is on Allah the Qur'an and Muslims.
Modern historians have rejected some of these stories outright; others are either not accepted explicitly as truth or dubbed as exaggerations. The burden of proof is on Allah the Qur'an and Muslims.
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