Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Islamic Holy Books
- The Qur'an
- Revelation
- -The Qur'an has 114
chapters which
contain 6237 verses
- 86 chapters were
revealed to the prophet
Muhammad during his
13 years in Makkah, the
others while he was in
Madinah
- the first revelation happened on
the night of power, a direct
message from Allah through the
angel Jibril
- The book is the
will of Allah
- All muslims believe
the revelations were
complete by the time
Muhammad died
- Compilation
- Some Hadith say
Muhammad left behind
2 examples, the Qur'an
and the Sunnah
- Many Muslims
Claim different
things about
when the book
was finished
- The competed copies were
passed onto the Caliphs, the 3rd
Caliph made sure the Qur'an
spread with Islam
- Since the 7th century, there
have been many different
versions but they all have the
same teachings
- Importance
- The Qur'an is the direct word
of Allah and is only infallible
in its original language
because the translation isn't
the complete word of Allah
- The Qur'an has supreme
Authority because it
covers every aspect of
life, past,present and
future
- It contains the
Shari'ah law and
social systems
- It contains
the basics of
worship
- It influences a person
throughout their lives
- It explains the
creation and other
ultimate questions
- It provides
guidance
- The
Torah
- The first five
books of the
bible
- It was put together
by his followers but
some texts were
changed so it isn't
the complete word
of Allah
- it doesn't exist in
its original text
or language
- The revelations
given to Moses
- The Qur'an states
that it confirms
what happened
before
- The Qur'an refers to it as 'guidance
and light', revealed by Allah and
very important. the Qur'an also
suggests that it was taught by all
- The scrolls of
Ibrahim
- Very little is known
about the scrolls
- The revelations were said to
have been received on the first
day of Ramadan
- The scrolls
contain Parable
like stories
- the scrolls were written
on parchment but
perished over time
- It is agreed that they weren't a
book but individual revelations
- Psalms
(Zabur)
- One of the
other 2 holy
books of Islam
- They are the
Psalms of Dawud
- Dawud was a great king
whose people were God
fearing and righteous
- They contain lessons of
guidance for people and Dawud
recited them in song verse
- They are a collection
of prayers to Allah
- an important
message is the idea
of the Messiah.
- For Muslims Jesus was
the Messiah and will
return
- Gosples
(injil)
- good news
about Isa
written by his
disciples
- Muslims highly respect Isa
as there are revelations
about him in the Qur'an
- Muslims believe that
- He was born of a
Virgin mother
- He was the messiah
- That he wasn't the son of
Allah because Allah could
have no followers. Instead
they believe he followed
Allah
- He wasn't
crucified, he only
ascended to
heaven
- He didn't die to save
sins because Allah is all
compassionate
- That the gospels contain
mistakes because they were
written years after his
death
- Authority
- All four books are
referred to in the
Qur'an so they are all
important
- Muhammad
talked about
them this gives
them authority
- They are associated
with key prophets
- However
- some are lost and
no one knows what
they say
- It is alleged that
they have been
changed
- The Qur'an has
supreme
authority
- They weren't preserved
like the Qur'an