It is overwhelming to see how many verses (ayas) the Koran uses to stress the truth,
reliability, and infalibility of the Bible (Torah-Taurat, Psalms-Zabur, Gospel-Injil).
Here are a few of them in list format:
sura 2:1-5, 41, 78, 89, 136 Here a few verses expanded:
5:47 says, "Let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah hath revealed therein. If any
do fail to judge by what Allah hath revealed, they are those who rebel." 48 "And We have revealed to you the Book
with the truth, verifying what is before it of the
Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge
between them by what Allah has revealed,"
I believe in the Book (of the People of the Book) which God has sent down...
Surat-ush Shura (42):15
We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and
Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them.
Surat-ul Baqara (2):136
O People of the Book Ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come
to you from your Lord.
Surat-ul Maida (5):68
Let the People of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed therein.
Surat-ul Maida (5):47
And in their footsteps we sent Jesus the son of Mary confirming the Law that had come before him. We sent him the Gospel: therein was
guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law.
Surat-ul Maida (5):46
If thou (Muhammad) are in doubt as to what We have revealed, then ask the People of the Book.
Surat-u Yunus (10):94
And when there comes to them a Book (Qur'an) from God confirming what is with them... ... yet they reject all besides even if it be truth
confirming what is with them... And when there came to them an Apostle of God confirming what was with them... Surat-ul Baqara
(2):89, 91, 101
Muslims are required to believe in the Bible
42:14-15
You're rebelling if you don't believe in the Injil (Gospel of Jesus). Allah commands
the Muslims to judge by the previous revealed scriptures. And if they did't understand them,
he commanded to "ask the People of the Book" to explain. Why? Because they have the Word of God.
Allah also promises that He will keep
His word by being "a guardian over it." What a promise. Do you believe God can keep His Word?
If the Word of the Lord was true in the Torah and the Zabur and Injil, then how could it have
changed when Al-Qur'an itself says no one can alter the Word of God?:
The Word of thy Lord doth find its fulfillment in truth and in justice. None can change His Words.
Surat-ul An'am (6):15
No change can there be in the Words of God.
Surat-u Yunus (10):64
The claim that the Bible has been corrupted since the time of Jesus didn't start until the 2nd
or 3rd century after the rise of Islam. Obviously Muhammed believed in the Bible, for he
commanded his followers to read it and obey it.
This foolish claim that the Bible has been corrupted has no historical or scientific evidence to back itself up. It relies solely upon
the fearful thought that if the Bible really is true and not corrupted, and the Koran doesn't line up with the Bible,
then the Koran is the one that is false, and ALL faith in Islam shatters in despair.
When attesting to the truth of the Bible, I don't stand on the circular argument that the
Koran gives credence to it. The Bible has plenty of proof for its accuracey such as
manuscript evidence and painstaking and scrupulous bequeathing of its text through the ages,
the height of complex codes found not in any other book, fulfillment of
hundreds of prophecies, and so much more. The only reason I use the Koran to justify the Bible
when talking to Muslims is to show how flawed and wanting they are to believe in the accuracy of the Koran,
when at the same time, the Koran attests the Bible, which blatantly condemns the Koran's
teachings as heretical and hellbound. It makes no sense.
The only way for the Muslim to get around this is for him to turn his head when historical evidence
pops up in front of his nose, and ignore the truth and the chance to pursue it when possible.
Against all evidence and logical thinking, the muslim condemns the Bible as currupted, for if
he doesn't, then he admits to the fall of the accuracy of the Koran, and thus, the Islamic faith.
Today we have over 2700 manuscripts of the Bible that date to before Muhammed's birth. If
Muhammed told his believers to believe the Bible, then surely should every muslim today, for our Bible
today is the exact same as Muhammed's time, as one can easily see when comparing the Bible of today
to the one before Muhammed.
By the time of Muhammed, Christianity and it's Holy Bible had already spread over Aisia, Africa,
and Europe. Since Judaism and Christianity spread throughout the world, it would have been impossible for anyone to collect all the Holy Books, manuscripts, and
writings containing Scriptural references from all churches, synagogues, libraries, schools, and homes, and make the changes, and then return them all
without anyone knowing! (http://answering-islam.org/Morin/changed.html) if indeed the Bible was corrupted
after Muhammed died.
We have the same Word today as Jesus spoke 2000 years ago. It is your choice to believe Jesus'
warning of Hell, and more importantly how He has revealed the ONLY way out. It is your
eternity that is at risk. Be sincere and impartial when shown the evidence while on your search
for truth. The stakes are high.
Some might object by saying that the Koran DOES say that the Bible is corrupted,
quoting Sura 4:46: "Of those who are Jews (there are those
who) alter words from their places and say:
We have heard and we disobey and: Hear,
may you not be made to hear! and: Raina,
distorting (the word) with their tongues and
taunting about religion; and if they had said
(instead): We have heard and we obey, and
hearken, and unzurna it would have been
better for them and more upright; but Allah
has cursed them on account of their unbelief,
so they do not believe but a little."
If we look at this verse very carefully, we can see that neither it, nor any other verse in the
Koran says that the Jews or Christians changed the actual writing of the biblical text. What
does the bold part say? They distorted with their tongues. Other verses say that the Jews know
the truth, becasue it is written in the Torah, but just conceal it and say false teachings. The Koran
never hints at the actual text being changed.
[2.146] "Those whom We have given the Book
recognize him as they recognize their sons,
and a party of them most surely conceal the
truth while they know (it)."
This is upheld by the historical truth that many of the Arabian Jews, who had no fear of God,
took it at their own liberty to interpret the Jewish writings (the Taurat) [the interpretations
called Targums] and sell them to the Arabs. These Jews took the Taurat and changed it with
their tongues and own imaginations and then told these stories to the Arabs. This is exactly
what Muhammed is talking about when he condemns the Jews for their evil.
By the way, this also plays into the fact and explains why Muhammed's stories in the Koran
of the Old Testament stories were always a little different than how the Bible explains them.
Muhammed was illiterate, as many of the Arabians and those who followed him, and therefore,
had to rely on the Jew's stories and speakings about Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and of
course, Jesus. If God gave Muhammed these stories in the Koran, don't you think the stories
in it would not contradict the biblical accounts of them so much?
Inconsistencies between biblical and koranic stories
We can show that the Torah was held in very high sight of Muhammed and his followers, but
that some of the Jews changed it with their tongues:
[3.93]" All food was lawful to the children of
Israel except that which Israel had forbidden
to himself, before the Taurat was revealed.
Say: Bring then the Taurat and read it, if you
are truthful."
[3.94] "Then whoever fabricates a lie against
Allah after this, these it is that are the unjust.:
A great example of how the practices of the day were lined up with the Torah to
see if they were in right standing, and also that the first century of Islam's muslims believed
in the Bible is shown in one of the traditions:
Mishkat, Book XV, Chapter I: paraphrased: "A Jew came to Muhammed and told him that
a woman of his had committed adultery. Muhammed asked, "What does the book of Moses
say about stoning in this matter?" The Jew told him that it just says the man and the woman
get whipped and then let go, for stoning is not in the Bible. Then another learned Jew said,
"You lie! Stoning is truly in the the book of Moses." Then the book was brought and the learned
Jew read the revelation for stoning and the verses above and below it. And the stoning
revelation was in the book. Then Muhammed ordered both the man and woman to be stoned."
As we look at more and more evidence it becomes more clear that the Bible was held in high esteem
by Muhammed and the first century of Islam's muslims.
To see criticism and answer: www.angelfire.com/realm2/truth/dialoguemike.html .
For an even more detailed study on this topic, follow the links below:
http://home.global.co.za/~elofred/truth.html .
http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Bible/index.html .
http://answering-islam.org/Morin/changed.html
sura 3:48, 93-94
Sura 4:13, 136, 163-164, 150-152
Suras 5:44-47
Sura 6:93
Sura 10:38,95
sura 21:7
sura 32:24
sura 35:31
sura 40:70-72 sura 42:15
sura 46:11-12, 30
sura 62:5
sura 74:31
2:136 says," Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that
which had been revealed to us, and (in) that
which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and
Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that
which was given to Musa and Isa, and (in)
that which was given to the prophets from
their Lord, we do not make any distinction
between any of them, and to Him do we
submit."
29:45
"Sharing Your Faith With a Muslim" by Abdiyah Akbar Abdul-Haqq
"Islamic Invasion," by Robert Morrey
"Unveiling Islam," by Ergun Mehmet Caner and Emir Fethi Caner
"Islam Revealed," by Dr. Anis Shorrosh
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