06-20-2004, 03:22 AM
Quote: 1) But you said the Quran is the only book
2) Many times in the Quran I have read that Allah says the ones who believe in the Gospel, the ones who believe in the Torah, and the ones who believe in the Quran are the ones who are righteous.
Allah has sent revelation to thousands of humans throughout history. Some of those revelations were organized bodies of teachings meant to be recorded as "books" whether written or oral to be handed on to future generations. We know the names of five of these books. They are: the scrolls of Ibrahim, (Abraham), the Torah of Musa, (Moses), the Zabur (Psalms) of Dawud, (David), the Injeel of 'Esa (Gospel of Jesus) and the Qur'an of Muhammad (peace be upon them). Only the last book has survived until the present day. All others have been lost or altered so much so that they are all but worthless.
On the second issue
These people don't exsist anymore unfortunately. Allah is addressing the jews of the time of Musa, and the Christians of the time of Isaa, these people were the real believers, they were the " people of the book" that ALLAH was talking about in the Quraan, not the ones we have on this earth they are corrupted and they follow fake books.
The Christians and Jews we have today follow the fabricated books, they accociate partners with Allah and reject Mohamed as the last messanger. That does not make them righteous, that makes them the rejectors of truth.
I can't go near the Quraan at this moment however I hope individuals who are more learned than I, can provide some feedback where Allah clearly refutes the Jews and christians of today.