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God sends guidance to humanity in the form of scripture. The Quran tells us that every people in the world has recieved this guidance in one form or another.
ALL OF HUMANITYneeds guidance.
Nature is a constant revelation of God. Delving deeper into
nature reveals more to use of the signs and wonders of God.
TWO TYPES OF REVELATION
Scripture is the direct communication of God with
Humanity, either in the form of a written book, or in the form of verbal communication with
Humanity.
NATURE SCRIPTURE
A little bit about scriptures in Islam …
We do not know the number of
scriptures that God sent to humanity
It is for the scholars to investigate the
various holy books and see if they are
remains of earlier scriptures
How do you think one could verify if a
particular tradition contains the
remains of an earlier scripture?
All scriptures were the same message
The source and the messages are always the same, but the languages, prophets, and scriptures are different.
What do we know about
each scripture?
We don’t know much about Abraham’s contribution, other than its name.
ABRAHAM — SUHUF
Moses’ Taurat is often taken to mean Torah. This raises a number of concerns however, because there are things in the Torah which don’t jive with the Q’uran and Islam (i.e. stories of prophets sinning)
MOSES — TAURAT
It’s important not to confuse Zabur with Psalms. This is because Psalms are largely praises to God, without any instructions on how to live one’s life properly. So, Psalms could contain some elements of Zabur but cannot be the entirety.
DAVID — ZABUR
The Injil can’t be the Gospels, as these are acknowledged by Christians themselves to have been written by humans. The most we can say is that the remnants of the Injil can be seen in the recorded speech of Jesus in the Gospels.
JESUS — INJIL
THE Q’URAN.
Accurate transmission of Kallam Allah
Verified by God to never become inaccurate.
Anything that deviates from the Q’uran is an error
Restates the original and authentic guidance from God to Humanity, correcting human errors in the guidance.
01.Qur’an as authority.
Source of Islamic Law - Shari’ah.
02.Can be difficult to interpret, and doesn’t cover some issues.
03.Sunnah (stories of Muhammad’s life) and Hadith (oral tradition of Muhammad’s teachings) are used in conjunction with Qur’an to make law.
04.Shi’a Muslims might also refer to the Hadith of Ali in their decision making.