Islam teaches that the Bible is a holy book?

Question

and then says that Jesus is not who he say's he is - how does this work for a Muslim?

Answer 1

we do believe in Jesus (pbuh) and his message but we do not believe neither he is the God or the son of God nor he was crucified, furthermore all of the writers of the Bible believed that God was not Jesus. The idea that Jesus is God did not become part of Christian belief until after the Bible was written, and took many centuries to become part of the faith of Christians.
Matthew, Mark, and Luke, authors of the first three Gospels, believed that Jesus was not God (see Mark 10:18 and Matthew 19:17). They believed that he was the son of God in the sense of a righteous person. Many others too, are similarly called sons of God (see Matthew 23:1-9).

Paul Believed That Jesus is not God:
Many people use Paul’s writings as proof that Jesus is God. But this is not fair to Paul, because Paul clearly believed that Jesus is not God. In his first letter to Timothy, Paul wrote: “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions...” (1 Timothy 5:21).

It is clear from this that the title God applies not to Christ Jesus, but to someone else. In the following chapter, he again differentiates between God and Jesus when he says: “In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession...” (1 Timothy 6:13).

Paul then went on to speak of the second appearance of Jesus: “the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time.” (1 Timothy 6:14-15).
Muslims believe that Jesus will come back and they all have to follow him

Was Jesus the Father? No! Because Jesus said: “And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.” (Matthew 23:9). So Jesus is not the Father, since Jesus was standing on the earth when he said this.

The Quran seeks to bring people back to the true faith that was taught by Jesus, and by his true disciples who continued in his teaching. That teaching emphasized a continued commitment to the first commandment that God is alone. In the Quran, God directs Muslims to call readers of the Bible back to that true faith. God have said in the Quran:

Say: “O people of the Book (Christians and Jews)! Come to a word that is just between us and you: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords beside God.” (Quran, 3:64)

Answer 2

The Bible was not corrupted by man, the original Greek writings of the Gospels have been true to the translation today ~ mainly the NASB and ESV which are more literal translations.

The message of Jesus was not the same as Muhammad's ~ Muhammad receive information about Christianity and turned it around and backwards from what the Bible said to form something new. The message of Christ and Muhammad are totally different, but they eyes of Islam were blinded by a false prophet of God, and they made Muhammad out to be more than he was.

The only reference I can think of saying it's a 'holy book' in the Qur'an is when Christians and Jews are called 'people of the book' because of belief in God, but he then follows that with saying that Christians and Jews are an abomination to God ~ figure that contradiction out.

Answer 3

If muhammad was an illiterate man, How did he knew the Bible was corrupted? If he had the original book, Why didn't he show the corruption? And if the Bible is corrupted' Why dose the quran say it is the word of God? for example Surat Al Maeda 42 to 43 admitted the Bible is the God word. Muhammad receives these verses after 13 years of his claim ( he is the prophet) So did muhammad see the Bible & Torah as corrupted before or after islam. There is no proof for his claim what so ever.

Answer 4

The Qu'ran teaches that Allah has no son. Therefore for the Muslim, Jesus must be merely a prophet instead of the Son of God and the Second Person of the Trinity.

They believe the Bible has been corrupted because the Bible says that the Abrahamic Covenant is promised to the descendants of Isaac, instead of Abraham's elder half-brother, Ishmael.

Muslims generally are in agreement with teachings in the Bible, but the personal characters in it have been switched, altering God's perceived intent. Therefore, believers in the Bible are Infidels, because we believe in what they consider is a corrupted book.

Answer 5

The message of the prophet Jesus was the same as Mohammed's but the Bible got corrupted by men. So if what is said fits what Muslims want it to say, it is correct and part of the original message. If not, then that is the corrupted part, which would include a lot of what we Christians think is the true message of the life, death and resurrection of Christ.

Answer 6

Ok the Injeel(BIBLE) is not the original Injeel that was revealed to Isa(PBUH*). The original Injeel was corrupted meaning it was changed and altered by man after Isa(PBUH*) died. If Isa(PBUH*) were ALLAH then who would run things on Earth? There wouldn't be any point in being alive if God had died. So God can not die. Because if God died then no one would run the show. We respect the original Injeel and Tora. Yes the Tora was changed as well. However we don't have respect for the altered Tora and Injeel.

Answer 7

Like the LDS (Mormons) they will say it's been mistranslated and is therefore not totally correct. However, they will use bits and pieces of it to support their own beliefs. I wonder how th ey know the bit and piece they use is accurate? or how is it Allah would ALLOW his holy book to become mistranslated in the first place?

Answer 8

Easily. It teaches that the Bible is holy, and that Jesus was a prophet, but not the son of God nor God Himself. Where's the difficulty?

Answer 9

allah had sent down many books with different prophets and one of which was the injil ( bible ) which was sent down with prophet isa (jesus). but over time most of the books got lost. and in the bible's case it got alot of change overtime. quran is the only book of allah thta has not been changed since it had been revealed

peaceout

Answer 10

Cognitive dissonance...what Orwell called "doublethink."

Allah is not God.