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It follows, therefore, that Muslims have no reason to reject the essence of any
passage in the Bible if such a passage is confirmed by the Quran. For example, we
read in the New Testament a reiteration of one of the Ten Commandments:
Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God,
the Lord is one. (Mark 12:29)
Muslims who read this passage in the Quran can find no objection to its essence.
After all, the Quran confirms:
{Say: He is Allah, [Who is] One.} (Quran 112: 1)
If, however, Muslims read in the Bible (or in other previous scriptures, for that
matter) accusations of major moral sins levied against great prophets, or doctrines
which are totally negated in the Quran, they can accept only the Quranic version as
the original unadulterated truth, revealed by Allah.
Likewise, if the Bible (or other scriptures) contain apparent prophecies about the
coming of Prophet Muhammad (bpuh), and if the Quran confirms that fact, then
there is nothing unusual or objectionable in referring to such prophecies.
Describing true believers, the Quran has stated:
{Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, 48 whom they find written
in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right
and forbids them what is wrong, and makes lawful for them the good things and
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Prophet Muhammad (bpuh) was illiterate; he could neither read nor write. No human
had ever taught him a word. The wisdom behind his unlettered status is to repel false
accusations that the Quran was written or authored by Prophet Muhammad (bpuh)
himself. It shall be noted that there were no Arabic-language Bibles in existence in the
7th century CE, when Muhammad (bpuh) lived and preached. Indeed, Prophet
Muhammad (bpuh) was educated through the Quran, which was revealed to him by His
Creator and which contained things that no other human being could have known.
Additionally, the Messenger of Allah (bpuh) was the best of humanity in every aspect of
his character, including his intellectual skills.
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