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The Qur'an has quite a bit to say about the Jews, the Christians, and their scriptures. Although it is taken as an article of faith by most Muslims that | The Qur'an has quite a bit to say about the Jews, the Christians, and their scriptures. Although it is taken as an article of faith by most Muslims today that the Jews and Christians either deliberately changed or accidentally allowed their scriptures to be corrupted over the years, the Qur'an never actually says this. Rather, the Qur'an is full of remarks to the effect that it is simply a continuation of the message given by Allah to all his prophets and apostles. As it lacks a firm basis in the Qur'an, the doctrine of the corruption of the scriptures of the people of the book is one that many scholars below do not believe. In the modern day it is often noted by Muslim scholars how impossible this doctrine seems from a historical view. The very large differences in doctrine and belief, though, between modern Muslims and the other "people of the book", however, makes the conclusion that the other scriptures are corrupted almost impossible to escape for the orthodox Muslim. | ||
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{{Quote|Introduction to Abdullah Saeed's "The Charge of Distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures"|A significant point of tension between today’s Muslims and the ‘People of the Book’ (Jews and Christians) is the common Muslim belief that the Jewish and Christian scriptures that exist today are corrupted and cannot be relied upon in any matters of faith, religion or law. Although this is a popular view, most classical scholars of the Qur’an were far more cautious in their understanding of Qur’anic texts on this issue. This article explores the Qur’an’s references to distortion of scriptural meaning and text, and the views of scholars, particularly Tabari, Qurtubi, Razi, Ibn Taymiyya and Qutb. Qur’anic words such as tahrif are popularly accepted today as referring to deliberate distortion of scripture; however, classical scholars have interpreted the Qur’an’s references in a number of different ways.Almost all suggested that distortion occurred mainly through interpretation and not in the text itself. Although the Qur’an refers to tahrif (distortion), it also exhibits the utmost respect for previous scriptures. Early Muslims adopted a narrow view of scripture, partly because of the nature of the Qur’an, and also in response to the more established religions of Judaism and Christianity, to assert the ‘purity’ of the Qur’an and Islam. Saeed notes that the Jewish and Christian scriptures that exist today are, according to most scholars, largely unchanged since the time of Muhammad and should be respected now as they were then.<ref> Prof. Abdullah Saeed - [http://www.abdullahsaeed.org/article/charge-distortion-jewish-and-christian-scriptures The Charge of Distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures] - The Muslim World. Vol. 92, 2002</ref>}} | {{Quote|Introduction to Abdullah Saeed's "The Charge of Distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures"|A significant point of tension between today’s Muslims and the ‘People of the Book’ (Jews and Christians) is the common Muslim belief that the Jewish and Christian scriptures that exist today are corrupted and cannot be relied upon in any matters of faith, religion or law. Although this is a popular view, most classical scholars of the Qur’an were far more cautious in their understanding of Qur’anic texts on this issue. This article explores the Qur’an’s references to distortion of scriptural meaning and text, and the views of scholars, particularly Tabari, Qurtubi, Razi, Ibn Taymiyya and Qutb. Qur’anic words such as tahrif are popularly accepted today as referring to deliberate distortion of scripture; however, classical scholars have interpreted the Qur’an’s references in a number of different ways.Almost all suggested that distortion occurred mainly through interpretation and not in the text itself. Although the Qur’an refers to tahrif (distortion), it also exhibits the utmost respect for previous scriptures. Early Muslims adopted a narrow view of scripture, partly because of the nature of the Qur’an, and also in response to the more established religions of Judaism and Christianity, to assert the ‘purity’ of the Qur’an and Islam. Saeed notes that the Jewish and Christian scriptures that exist today are, according to most scholars, largely unchanged since the time of Muhammad and should be respected now as they were then.<ref> Prof. Abdullah Saeed - [http://www.abdullahsaeed.org/article/charge-distortion-jewish-and-christian-scriptures The Charge of Distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures] - The Muslim World. Vol. 92, 2002</ref>}} | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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[[Category:Previous scriptures]] | [[Category:Previous scriptures]] | ||
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