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Islam, An Inconsistent Worldview
One of the claims that Muslims make the most about the Bible is that it has been corrupted throughout the years and that the Qur’an is the only book that is truly from God that can be trusted. Looking through their own scripture shows that this is not what Allah and Muhammad taught about the Bible.
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Say, [O believers], “We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him” (2:136) 1
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“And We did certainly give Moses the Torah and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit” (2:87)
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“Indeed, We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book [of Psalms]” (4:163).
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“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).
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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).
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It is clear in these verses that the Qur’an states that the Torah, the Psalms, and the Gospel were all given by God. I would wholeheartedly agree, and it seems on the topic of the Bible, Muslims disagree with their God. If these verses claim that the Bible is the word of God, why do Muslims question it? There are also many verses in the Qur’an that say that the words of God cannot change or be corrupted.
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“And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can alter His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing” (6:115).
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“No change is there in the words of Allah. That is what is the great attainment” (10:64).
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“And none can alter the words of Allah” (6:34).
If Muslims claim that all of these verses from the Qur’an are true, why is it that they reject the Bible? Muhammad and Allah sure did teach it is from God. And if the word of God cannot be corrupted (as the Qur’an teaches), why do they claim that the Bible has been corrupted over the centuries? Maybe because they, unlike Muhammad, actually have seen that the claims of the Quran contradict the Bible, the ONLY true word of God.
1 All verses from the Qur’an can be seen at http://quran.com/