Doesn the Bible (or Qurán) Warn Against a World Language (Babel)?
No. Even in a strictly literal reading of the Bible (Genesis 11:1-9) (or perhaps also of the Qur’án 16:29) dealing with a common language, God’s multiplying the languages into mutual unintelligibility arose after the people were recorded to have sought to build a tower into the heavens, and was due to their unbounded aspirations (in wishing to go into heaven and/or making a name for themselves, according to the Biblical version) and not by a having common language in and of itself. Pride was the Cause of the Punishment, not the Possession of a Common Language itself The confusion of languages was as a result of and not in any way described as being a cause of man’s pride. The Common Language was a Pre-Existing Condition God had already allowed a common language to the people prior to the time of Babel, without any trouble (even Adam and Eve, if we take the account literally, must obviously have shared a common language). Even today, we share common languages and even a de facto interna
