2007-02-12 21:21:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because it would say that the word is coming from God. I mean if there is more than one copy around you will not know which one is God's word and which one is not.
Then humans will have to decied and in this case they will pick and choose whatever they want.
God bless
2007-02-12 21:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by Temsah 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Four revelations of Allah (swt) are mentioned by name in the Qur’an: the Taurah, the Zaboor, the Injeel and the Qur’an.
Taurah, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Moosa (a. s.) i.e. Moses (pbuh).
Zaboor, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Dawood (a.s.) i.e. David (pbuh).
Injeel, the revelation i.e. the Wahi given to Isa (A.S.) ie. Jesus (pbuh).
‘Al-Qur’an’, the last and final Wahi i.e. revelation given to the last and final Messenger Muhammad (pbuh).
It is an article of faith for every Muslim to believe in all the Prophets of God and all revelations of God. However, the present day Bible has the first five books of the Old Testament attributed to Moses and the Psalms attributed to David. Moreover the New Testament or the four Gospels of the New Testament are not the Taurah, the Zaboor or the Injeel, which the Qur’an refers to. These books of the present day Bible may partly contain the word of God but these books are certainly not the exact, accurate and complete revelations given to the prophets.
The Qur’an presents all the different prophets of Allah as belonging to one single brotherhood; all had a similar prophetic mission and the same basic message. Because of this, the fundamental teachings of the major faiths cannot be contradictory, even if there has been a considerable passage of time between the different prophetic missions, because the source of these missions was one: Almighty God, Allah. This is why the Qur’an says that the differences which exist between various religions are not the responsibility of the prophets, but of the followers of these prophets who forgot part of what they had been taught, and furthermore, misinterpreted and changed the scriptures. The Qur’an cannot therefore be seen as a scripture which competes with the teachings of Moses, Jesus and the other prophets. On the contrary, it confirms, completes and perfects the messages that they brought to their people.
Another name for the Qur’an is the ‘The Furqan’ which means the criteria to judge the right from the wrong, and it is on the basis of the Qur’an that we can decipher which part of the previous scriptures can be considered to be the word of God.
2007-02-16 03:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because they believe it came straight from God, and don't want it changed in anyway. They also memorise the whole thing so that it will always exist. I'm not muslim. I do think not changing it and memorising it is pretty cool though.I have muslim friends and they are great, I love them.
2007-02-13 09:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Rosalind S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there another copy of the Qur'an that does not have the unsociable teachings such as stoning homosexuals and treating women as cattle? I'd imagine that the other Muslims would see the exclusion of all this as heresy and blasphemy.
2007-02-13 05:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by Benvenuto 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Does my head in these muslims - saying it's the word of god etc etc blah blah.
It was the word of a gang of old mates of muhammed, after he died, trying to remember what absurdities he said.
To hell with the muslims, hope they rot in hell for eternity
2007-02-13 13:54:03 · answer #5 · answered by papa.rumbo 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your question hardly makes sense.
It is Scripture to them so all copies are identical in what they say... there are no "versions" of the Quran, if that's what you mean. There is only one version.
Cheers.
2007-02-13 05:25:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
its a proof that the Quran wasn't human words and it is the merical of the Islam
thats it
2007-02-13 05:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by me 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because it is untainted by man. What man makes is imperfect, what God has made is perfect, thus the word of God (i.e. the Qura'n) is perfect because it has not been changed by man...
2007-02-13 05:25:51 · answer #8 · answered by F R 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Stupid question. Consistency is a basic requirement for anything to have considerable weight.
If Bible is not don't be jealous. We would welcome you towards a consistent Book.
2007-02-13 05:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to avoid the misinterpreting the message
2007-02-13 06:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by apple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋