When we mention the Bible, we are not referring to one single specific book. There are so many Bibles with great differences in content. The Bibles differ from an impression to another: London's impressions, Rome impressions, Beirut's impressions, and others show many differences even in the same language.
Protestants believe in a 39-book Old Testament. Catholics believe in a 46-book Old Testament. The Catholic Bible has seven books more than the Protestant Bible. The Samaritan Old Testament includes only five books instead of thirty-nine or forty-six. Which Bible is the Bible?! Nobody knows.
In contrast, the Holy Quran of Islam is one and only one. It has NO different versions. All copies always had and have the same content: word by word, sentence by sentence, verse by verse, and chapter by chapter.
Which book is really Holy and really God's word: the Bible with its many versions and controversial content OR the Quran with its one single version?
The Name of the Book:
The book of Christianity is the Bible. However, this word "Bible" does not appear anywhere in the Bible. The name or title of the book is surprisingly not given by the revealer of the book. It is scholars who called it as such. One expects that if God reveals a book, He himself will give it a name within the book itself. How can God reveal a book without giving it a name or a title? Even the Old Testament or the New Testament are not revealed titles.
The book of Islam, as we know, is the Quran. The word "Quran" is mentioned in the Quran itself. The Quran is named by God, who revealed the Quran.
Which book seems to you more divine: the Bible, which was not named as such by God, or the Quran, which was named as such by God? The Biblical text does not include the name "Bible", whereas the Quranic text includes the name "Quran". In other words, the Bible was names as such by the church whereas the Quran was named as such by God. Which is God's authentic book: one named by people or one named by God? Think about it and decide for yourself.
About Me
- redtide
- Someone who's just trying to be a better Muslim. THE KEY in searching for the TRUTH is to keep an OPEN MIND, AVOID bad assumptions and REFRAIN from being fanatic. THE BASIS of perception TOWARDS ALL past and present scholars is to THINK POSITIVELY towards them and render GOOD ASSUMPTIONS. NOT to judge before knowing them IN DEPTH. Enlightenment is NOT ONLY through gathering knowledge for oneself, but the ability to also ENLIGHTEN OTHERS
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