Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
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Moslems in this age, make the claim that the Jewish Old Testament Bible, and the New Testament, are corrupted scriptures.
Correct.
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
moslems also make the claim that the Koran is pristine and miraculously inerrant [without error]
Correct
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
Within the 'inerrant' Koran, in many places, it is declared that 'the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus)', were revealed, and sent to Moses and Jesus, by Allah.
Correct.
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
At that time, when the Koran was being revealed to Mohammed, Allah declares [within the 'inerrant' Koran] that the Jewish O.T. Bible, and the New Testament scriptures, are authentic scriptures!!
Incorrect.
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
2 Q's
Q1.
Don't these Koran verses [below] contradict the claims made by moslems of this age, that the Jewish O.T. Bible, and the New Testament scriptures, were, or have been, corrupted by Jews, and Christians?
No.
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
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Here are some of the Koran verses, which refer to, 'the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus)'...
"Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-Subsisting, Eternal.
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)."
Koran 3.2-3
An incorrect translation.
A better translation would read thus:
Quote:He [God] has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book [Quran] in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.
What does Islam hold to be the Torah and the Gospel? When Christians or Jews think of these two terms, they think of some kind of book written on paper. Whereas Islam holds these to be the original words spoken by Moses and Jesus, not necessarily what is found in some book.
What came out of Moses' mouth was the Torah, what has been written down is not the Torah - at least not in its original unadulterated form.
When the Quran talks about the Torah it is talking about what cam out of Moses' mouth. The same is so for the Jesus and the Gospel.
Yadda wrote on Jan 19
th, 2011 at 10:22am:
To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety:......."
Koran 5.46-48
Incomplete and inaccurate translation.
A more accurate translation is this:
Quote:And We [God] have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], the Book [Quran] in truth, a confirmation of that which preceded it of the Scripture and a [u]criterion over it[/u].
It means the Quran is the unadulterated revelation from which truth and falsehood can be known in the books of Jews and Christians