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Belief in Holy Books

Belief that God sent them to various prophets and that they contained the words of God.

• All divine books invited people to worship one God, and contained belief in prophethood, the Day of Judgement, accountability before God.

• Along with these teachings the revealed books contained a code of conduct, a code of morality and justice, but the books besides the Qur’an were not comprehensive enough to contain a complete code of life for all times.

• None the revealed books besides the Qur’an are in their original form today

• The Qur’an is the most comprehensive book sent by God.
  • It deals with every aspect of life: social, economic, moral, legal.

  God says, ‘This day I have perfected your religion for you and completed my favours upon you and chosen for you Islam as your religion’. (Al Maidah 5:3).

• Answers could also talk about the finality of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the Qur’an being the last universal and most perfect book of guidance sent by God to humankind for all ages.

The Qur'an mentions 5 Holy Books

• The Suhuf (Scrolls) of Ibrahim;

• The Zabur (Psalms) revealed to Dawud (David);

• The Tawrat (Torah) revealed to Musa (Moses);

• The Injil (Gospel) sent to Isa (Jesus);

• The Qur’an revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh);

All revealed books were sent by God. What in your opinion makes the Qur’an unique?

• It could be said that Qur’an is different from other revealed books as it is the only book revealed to all humanity for all times.

• God Himself has promised to protect its message.

• It could be said that the language of the Qur’an is very much alive today and spoken by millions unlike those of the other revealed books.