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The Qu'ran
says the Bible is not corrupt
The Muslims
repeatedly claim that the Bible has been corrupted and that the Qu'ran is
the only trustworthy scripture in existence. This is why Muslims
often attack the Bible. But this cannot be acording to the Quran.
The Quran says that the books of Moses, the Psalms, and the gospel were
all given by God.
- TORAH - "We gave Moses the Book and followed him
up with a succession of messengers," (Sura 2:87).
- PSALMS - "We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it
to Noah and the Messengers after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham,
Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and
solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms," (4:163).
- GOSPEL - "It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step),
in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent
down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as
a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment
between right and wrong)," (3:3).
Also, "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 that had come before him: a guidance and an
admonition to those who fear Allah," (5:46).
We see that the Qu'ran
states that the Torah, the Psalms, and the Gospel were all given by God.
With this we Christians heartily agree. But, the Muslims claim that
the Bible is corrupted and full of contradictions. If that is so,
then it would seem they do not believe the Qu'ran since the Qu'ran says
that the Word of God cannot be altered:
- "Rejected were the messengers
before thee: with patience and constancy they bore their rejection and
their wrongs, until Our aid did reach them: there is none that can
alter the words (and decrees) of Allah. Already hast thou received
some account of those messengers," (6:34).
- "The word of thy Lord doth
find its fulfillment in truth and in justice: None can change His
words: for He is the one who heareth and knoweth all," (6:115).
- "For them are glad
tidings, in the life of the present and in the Hereafter; no change
can there be in the words of Allah. This is indeed the supreme
felicity," (10:64).
When Muhammed
(570 - 632) was alive, he claimed to receive the revelation of the Qu'ran
from Allah. This means that at that time, the Bible which was in
existence, could not have been corrupted because the Qu'ran states that
God's word cannot be corrupted. The question I have for the Muslims
is "When and where was the Bible corrupted, since the Qu'ran says
that the Torah, the Psalms, and the Gospel are from Allah and Allah's
words cannot be changed?"
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The Quranic quotes used in this paper can be found online at http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/.
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