A candle and an open book on the table

انجیل مقدس

الهام

الهام
Lisan Al-Arab Defines Inspiration as a language by “the reference, writing, message, to inspire, and hidden words… and all that you delivered to others…”
اما از نظر قانونی ، تعاریف مختلفی از وحی وجود دارد که می تواند به دو دسته تقسیم شود:

۱ - با توجه به محتوای الهام گرفته شده ، بنابراین معنی آن مطابق (کتاب) مکاشفه که کلام خدا به رسولانش است می باشد.

۲ - به عنوان عملی الهام بخش ، روشی که برای الهام دادن استفاده شده است.

The Qur’an prescribe three forms of Inspiration as mentioned in Surat Al- Shura 42: 51 “It is not fitting for a man that Allah should speak to him except by inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by the sending of a messenger to reveal, with Allah’s permission, what Allah wills: for He is Most High, Most Wise”.

۱ - اولین روش الهام یا مکاشفه ، کلام خدا به رسولان خود با انداختن ایده یا دمیدن آن در قلب و ذهن آنها است ، به عبارت دیگر ، آنها را القا می کند ، که القرطوبی و ابن کثیر به تفسیر آن پرداخته‌اند. رویا ، همانطور که برای ابراهیم خلیل الله (الصفت ۱۰۲) اتفاق افتاد ، که توسط ابراهیم به عنوان وحی از طرف خدا پذیرفته شد.

۲ - روش دوم، کلام خدا به پیامبرانش از پشت پرده است و در داستان گفتگو خدا با موسی ، او می تواند صدا را بشنود اما خدا را نمی بیند. این شکل از مکاشفه فقط با حضرت موسی (ع) استفاده شده است. سوره اعراف ۱۴۳ حضرت موسی خواست که به خدا نگاه کند ، اما خدا به او گفت که غیرممکن است.

۳ - روش سوم الهام یا مکاشفه این است که خداوند پیامبری را به دلخواه خود برای رسولانش می فرستد ، پیامبر در اینجا به معنی فرشته ای از خداوند است ، رسول اسلام از این طریق الهام گرفته است که به نظر می رسد به صورت دیکته ای الهام گرفته است. خداوند پیامبر را به شکل فرشته ای یا به شکل مردی که پیامبر را می بیند ، می فرستد ، فرشته جبرئیل به شکل مردی سحابی ضحی الکلبی نام، ظاهر می شد. یا فرشته به روشی نادیدنی به شکل صدایی الهامی را نزول می کرد.

روش اول روش الهام و مکاشفه کتاب مقدس است ، الهام از طریق انداختن ایده یا دمیدن آن در قلب و ذهن پیامبران و رسولان. تمامی کتبِ مقدّس الهام خداست و برای تعلیم و تأدیب و اصلاح و تربیت در پارسایی سودمند است، تا مرد خدا به کمال برای هر کارِ نیکو تجهیز گردد. (دوم تیموتائوس ۳: ۱۶-۱۷)


آیا کتاب مقدس تحریف شده است؟

آیا کتاب مقدس تحریف شده است؟

God forgives you for blasphemy    Ø¥Ø³ØªØºÙØ± الله

اى كسانى كه ايمان آورده‏ ايد اگر فاسقي برايتان خبري آورد نيك وارسى كنيد مبادا به ناداني گروهى را آسيب برسانيد و [بعد] از آنچه كرده‏ ايد پشيمان شويد (الحجرات ۴۹: ۶)

“يَا أَيّÙهَا الَّذÙينَ آمَنÙوا Ø¥ÙÙ† جَاءَكÙمْ ÙَاسÙÙ‚ÙŒ بÙنَبَإ٠ÙَتَبَيَّنÙوا Ø£ÙŽÙ† ØªÙØµÙيبÙوا قَوْمًا Ø¨ÙØ¬ÙŽÙ‡ÙŽØ§Ù„َة٠ÙÙŽØªÙØµÙ’Ø¨ÙØ­Ùوا عَلَى مَا ÙَعَلْتÙمْ نَادÙÙ…Ùينَ” (سورة الحجرات 49: 6)
Who says that contradict the Qur’an itself… for the Qur’an says:

Al-Anaam 6: 34 “There is no exchanging Allah’s words” “there is none that can alter the words (and decrees) of Allah”  “ولا مبدل لكلمات الله”
Al-Anaam 6: 115 “And the word of your Lord was fulfilled in truth and justice. There is no substituting his words, and he hears all and knows all”
وَتَمَّتْ ÙƒÙŽÙ„Ùمَت٠رَبّÙÙƒÙŽ ØµÙØ¯Ù’قًا وَعَدْلًا لَّا Ù…ÙØ¨ÙŽØ¯Ù‘ÙÙ„ÙŽ Ù„ÙÙƒÙŽÙ„ÙمَاتÙÙ‡Ù ÙˆÙŽÙ‡ÙÙˆÙŽ السَّمÙيع٠الْعَلÙيمÙ

Yunus 10: 64 “and there is no exchanging Allah’s words” “لَا تَبْدÙيلَ Ù„ÙÙƒÙŽÙ„Ùمَات٠اللَّهÙ

However, some believe that there have been additions and subtractions made to the Bible “the Word of God”.

Al-Hijr 15: 9 “We ourselves revealed the reminder, and we are its protectors.”

“Ø¥Ùنَّا نَحْن٠نَزَّلْنَا الذّÙكْرَ ÙˆÙŽØ¥Ùنَّا لَه٠لَحَاÙÙØ¸Ùونَ” (الحجر 15: 9)

1- تورات.

قرآن ۱۸ بار كلمه تورات را ذكر كرده و تأیید می كند كه كلام خدا است. تفسیر اولیه قرآن طبری از تورات یهودیان به عنوان "توراتی که امروز آنها دارند" یاد کرده است.

بقره ۲ :۵۳ "ما به موسی کتاب و ملاک دادیم تا هدایت شوی"

ÙˆÙŽØ¥ÙØ°Ù’ آتَيْنَا Ù…Ùوسَى Ø§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨ÙŽ ÙˆÙŽØ§Ù„Ù’ÙÙØ±Ù’قَانَ لَعَلَّكÙمْ تَهْتَدÙونَ
Al-Ahqaf 46: 12 “Before it the book of Musa {was} a leader and mercy. This is a confirming book in Arabic language, to warn the wicked and give good news to those who do good deeds.”

ÙˆÙŽÙ…ÙÙ† قَبْلÙÙ‡Ù ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨Ù Ù…Ùوسَىٰ Ø¥Ùمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً وَهَٰذَا ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨ÙŒ Ù…Ù‘ÙØµÙŽØ¯Ù‘ÙÙ‚ÙŒ Ù„Ù‘ÙØ³ÙŽØ§Ù†Ù‹Ø§ عَرَبÙيًّا لّÙÙŠÙÙ†Ø°ÙØ±ÙŽ Ø§Ù„Ù‘ÙŽØ°Ùينَ ظَلَمÙوا ÙˆÙŽØ¨ÙØ´Ù’رَىٰ Ù„ÙÙ„Ù’Ù…ÙØ­Ù’سÙÙ†Ùينَ

٢- مزمور (زبور)

قرآن 3 بار کلمه زبور را ذکر کرده است. (نساء 4: 163؛ الاسراء 17: 55؛ انبیاء 21: 105). (Al-Nisa 4: 163; Al-Isra’ 17: 55; Al-Anbiya 21: 105).

An-Nisa 4:163 “We inspired you (Muhammad) as we inspired Nuh and the prophets after him. We inspired… and to David We gave the Psalms”. The Qur’an stresses that the Psalms is inspired by God.

Al-Anbiya 21: 105 “We have written in the Zabour after the reminder (Al-Thikr الذكر) My righteous servants will inherit the earth“.

This is a direct quotation from Psalm 37:11 “But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

۳- انجیل

قرآن ۱۲ بار کلمه انجیل را ذكر كرده است.

Al-Imran 3:3-5 “He revealed the book to you in truth, confirming what is in his possession, and he revealed the Tawrah and the Injil beforehand as guidance, and he revealed the criterion… Nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah”

نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ Ø§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨ÙŽ Ø¨ÙØ§Ù„Ù’Ø­ÙŽÙ‚Ù‘Ù Ù…ÙØµÙŽØ¯Ù‘Ùقًا لّÙمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْه٠وَأَنزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإÙنجÙيلَ Ù…ÙÙ† Ù‚ÙŽØ¨Ù’Ù„Ù Ù‡ÙØ¯Ù‹Ù‰ لّÙلنَّاس٠وَأَنزَلَ الْÙÙØ±Ù’قَانَ Ø¥Ùنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَخْÙَىٰ عَلَيْه٠شَيْءٌ ÙÙÙŠ الْأَرْض٠وَلَا ÙÙÙŠ السَّمَاءÙ

Al-Maeda 5:46-47 “We made Isa son of Mariam follow in their footsteps, confirming the Tawrah in his possession, and we gave him the Injil, in which is guidance and light, confirming the Tawrah in his possession, as guidance and an admonition to the godly. So let the people of the Injil judge by what Allah has revealed in it. Whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed are unbelievers.”

Al-Maeda 5: 68-69 “People of the book you have no foundation unless you uphold the Tawrah and Injil and what was revealed to you from your Lord … Truly believers, Jews, Sabeans, and Christians – whoever believes in Allah and in the last day and does righteous deeds shall have no fear, nor will they grieve.”

After all what the Qur’an says about the Bible … Who changed the Bible? When? Why? How? And Where?

Some forgets that the Tawrah and the Zabor are the same books that both Jews and Christians are using today, so Jews and Christians should agree to change which is impossible. Some of the Christian paid their lives for their beliefs, and you think they will die for something that is corrupted? That is impossible…

خدا قویتر است یا انسان؟ زیرا قرآن می گوید که تورات ، مزامیر و انجیل از طرف خداوند است و کلمات الله قابل تغییر ، مبادله یا جایگزینی نیستند؟

If Allah will allow the Tawrah, Zabor, and Injil to be changed and could not protect them, how would he protect the Qur’an?


متن قرآنی در مورد تحریف کتاب مقدس

Al-Imam Fakhru’d-Din Razi in his commentary says “that the word tahrif means to change, to alter, to turn aside anything from its truth. This meaning is of general application; but whenever the term is used in relation to Sacred Scriptures, it is, in common acceptation, understood to imply a willful corruption of the word of God from its true and original meaning and intent.”

There are two kinds, tahrif lafzi or Tahrif al-lafdh  ØªØ­Ø±ÙŠÙ Ù„ÙØ¸ÙŠ Ø£Ùˆ ØªØ­Ø±ÙŠÙ Ø§Ù„Ù„ÙØ¸(corruption of the text) and tahrif ma’nawi or tahrif al-Ma’na تحري٠معنوي أو تحري٠المعنى  (corruption of the meaning).

Muhammad himself, together with most of the early commentators of the Qur’an, charged the Jews with tahrif al-ma’na only. They accused them with altering the meaning of their Scriptures by false interpretation, or by suppressing the truth when questioned as to the teaching of the Torah on certain matters. There are many verses that deals with this idea…


آیه شماره ۱: بقره ۲ :۷۵

قسمت اولیه قرآن اغلب توسط افرادی یکسان نقل قول شده است.

‘A party of them heard the word of God, and then, after they had understood it, perverted it, and know that they did.’ Baidawi, in commenting on this passage, says that the perverting had reference to matters,

ÙƒÙŽÙ†ÙŽØ¹Ù’ØªÙ Ù…ÙØ­ÙŽÙ…َّد٠صَلَّى اللَّه٠عَلَيْه٠وَسَلَّمَ، وَآيَة٠الرَّجْم٠أَوْ تَأْوÙيلَه٠ÙÙŽÙŠÙÙÙŽØ³Ù‘ÙØ±Ùونَه٠بÙمَا يَشْتَهÙونَ

‘such as the description of the Prophet of God, or the verse of stoning or the exegesis thereof. For they were in the habit of interpreting it according to their desires.’

Syed Ahmad also in referring to this passage says: ‘The clause, “heard the word of God, and then, after they had understood it, perverted it,” shows that the charge was only verbal in reading not that the written words of the text were changed.’

معنای واقعی این عبارت این است که از سخنان خود پیامبر آشکار است. زیرا اگر یهودیان متن واقعی کتاب مقدس خود را تغییر داده بودند ، امکان نداشت که وی برای حل و فصل اختلافات بین خود و پیروان موسی به کتاب های مقدس تحریف شده متوسل شود. سهولتی که یهودیان می توانستند از طریق آن مسلمانان را فریب دهند ، در نوشته ثبت شده توسط بخاری به خوبی قابل درک است؛

روى أبو هريرة قال كان أهل الكتاب يقرأون التوراة بالعبرانية ÙˆÙŠÙØ³Ø±ÙˆÙ†Ù‡Ø§ بالعربية لأهل الإسلام

‘It is related from Abu Huraira that he said, the “People of the Book” used to read the Torah in Hebrew, and explain it to the people of Islam in Arabic.’ What could be easier, under such circumstances, than for the Jews to give a wrong interpretation to the passages quoted.

قبل از پایان باید به یک عبارت دیگر را بررسی کنیم. بخشی از قرآن که بعضاً برای اثبات تحریف شدن کتاب مقدس نقل شده است به شرح زیر است:

بقره ۲: ۴۲

وَلاَ ØªÙŽÙ„Ù’Ø¨ÙØ³Ùواْ الْحَقَّ Ø¨ÙØ§Ù„ْبَاطÙل٠وَتَكْتÙÙ…Ùواْ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتÙمْ تَعْلَمÙونَ

“And clothe not the truth with falsehood, and hide not the truth when ye know it.’

الرضی در تفسیر مشهور خود، الکبیر، نظراتش را در مورد این آیه چنین می نویسد؛
عن ابن عباس أنهم كانوا يحرÙون ظاهر التوراة والإنجيل، وعند المتكلمين هذا ممتنع، لأنهما كانا كتابين بلغا ÙÙŠ الشهرة والتواتر إلى حيث يتعذر ذلك Ùيهما، بل كانوا يكتمون التأويل

‘It is related from Ibn ‘Abbas that they were altering the text of the Torah and Injil, but in the opinion of scholars this was impossible, because those Scriptures were generally known and widely circulated, having been handed down from generation to generation, so that such (alteration) in them was impossible; rather they were hiding the meaning.’

From what has been written above it has been clearly proved that no charge of willfully corrupting the actual text of the Bible was ever made in the Qur’an against the Jews. The only charge made was that of altering the meaning by false exegesis, or of hiding the truth by the concealment of certain passages. With regard to the Christians, there is not a single passage in the whole Qur’an which charges the followers of Jesus even with tahrif al-ma’na. This is a point that is sometimes lost sight of, and one to which we here call the attention of the Muslim reader; for even if it could be shown that certain Jews of Madina had altered their copies of the Torah–a thing impossible of proof, as we have shown–yet who would judge it possible that all the Jews of the whole world had collaborated together to make the same alterations in their copies. Such a presumption supposes incredible credulity on the part of those who suggest it. Moreover, assuming that the Jews did excise from their copies of the Torah certain prophecies concerning the coming of Muhammad, how is it that those prophecies are not found in the copies held by the Christians? It is well known that there has always existed the bitterest enmity between Jews and Christians, so that collusion between them in such a matter as the corruption of the Scriptures was absolutely impossible. The inference is clear: no such corruption has ever taken place.


آیه شماره ۲: آل عمران ۳ :۷۸

این آیه گاهی برای اثبات تحریف تورات به شرح زیر نقل شده است:

ÙˆÙŽØ¥Ùنَّ Ù…ÙنْهÙمْ Ù„ÙŽÙَرÙيقًا يَلْوÙونَ أَلْسÙنَتَهÙÙ… Ø¨ÙØ§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨Ù Ù„ÙØªÙŽØ­Ù’سَبÙوه٠مÙÙ†ÙŽ Ø§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨Ù وَمَا Ù‡ÙÙˆÙŽ Ù…ÙÙ†ÙŽ Ø§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨Ù ÙˆÙŽÙŠÙŽÙ‚ÙولÙونَ Ù‡ÙÙˆÙŽ Ù…Ùنْ عÙند٠اللّه٠وَمَا Ù‡ÙÙˆÙŽ Ù…Ùنْ عÙند٠اللّهÙ

‘And some truly are there who torture the Scriptures with their tongues, in order that ye may suppose it to be from the Scripture; yet it is not from the Scripture. They say, “It is from God”; yet it is not from God.’

تنها و تنها خواندن دقیق این قسمت کافی بود تا بیشتر افراد متعصب، متقاعد شوند که در اینجا هیچ اتفاقی برای کلمات مکتوب تورات نیفتاده است. با توجه به آیه؛ زبان خود را به کتاب می ‏پیچانند، بدیهی است که به تغییرات لفظی هنگام خواندن یا خواندن کتاب مقدس اشاره دارد. مفسر مشهور ابن عباس در اظهار نظر خود در مورد این قسمت می گوید:

يقولون على الله الكذب وهم يعلمون أنه ليس ذلك ÙÙŠ كتابهم

‘They speak lies against God; and they know that what they say is not in their Book.’

ابن عباس این موضوع را برای ما روشن می کند که بعضی از یهودیان عادت داشتند که به اشتباه کلمات یا عباراتی را به مطالبی که خوانده بودند اضافه کنند در حالی که در کتاب نبوده. بنابراین او به وضوح توضیح داده است که هر تغییری که رخ داده است در تکرار لفظی کتاب مقدس صورت گرفته است ، و نه در متن نوشته شده کتاب مقدس.

جلالین در تفسیر خود در مورد متن ، می گویند،

‘They change it from its place in reading.’

شاید بد نباشد در اینجا دیدگاه های نویسنده کتاب تفسیر الدر المنثور را در قسمت بعد نقل کنیم:

وأخرج Ø§ÙØ¨Ù’ن٠الْمÙÙ†Ù’Ø°ÙØ±Ù وَابْن٠أَبÙÙŠ حَاتÙم٠عَنْ وَهْب٠بْن٠مÙنَبّÙه٠قَالَ: Ø¥Ùنَّ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإÙنْجÙيلَ كَمَا أَنْزَلَهÙمَا اللَّه٠لَمْ ÙŠÙØºÙŽÙŠÙ‘َرْ Ù…ÙنْهÙمَا حَرْÙÙŒ ÙˆÙŽÙ„ÙŽÙƒÙنَّهÙمْ يَضÙلّÙونَ Ø¨ÙØ§Ù„تَّحْرÙÙŠÙ٠وَالتَّأْوÙÙŠÙ„Ù ÙˆÙŽØ§Ù„ÙƒÙØªÙب٠كَانÙوا ÙŠÙŽÙƒÙ’ØªÙØ¨Ùونَهَا Ù…Ùنْ عÙنْد٠أَنْÙÙØ³ÙÙ‡Ùمْ، ÙˆÙŽÙŠÙŽÙ‚ÙولÙونَ Ù‡ÙÙˆÙŽ Ù…Ùنْ عÙÙ†Ù’Ø¯Ù Ø§Ù„Ù„Ù‘ÙŽÙ‡ÙØŒ Ùَأَمَّا ÙƒÙØªÙب٠اللَّه٠تَعَالَى ÙÙŽØ¥Ùنَّهَا مَحْÙÙوظَةٌ لَا ØªÙØ­ÙŽÙˆÙ‘ÙŽÙ„Ù

‘It is related by Ibnu’l-Mandhar and lbn Abi Hatim from Wahab lbn Munabeh that not a letter has been altered of the Torah and Injil from that which was sent down by God, but they (the Jews) used to lead people astray by changing and altering the meaning. They used also to write books from themselves and then say, “It is from God” when they were not from God. But the (real) Books of God were protected from change, and had not been altered.’


آیه شماره ۳: آل عمران ۳ :۷۱

با این حال ، بعضی اوقات آیه دیگری از قرآن برای حمایت از اتهام تحریف در تورات نقل می شود. آیه از این قرار است،
يَا أَهْلَ Ø§Ù„Ù’ÙƒÙØªÙŽØ§Ø¨Ù Ù„ÙÙ…ÙŽ ØªÙŽÙ„Ù’Ø¨ÙØ³Ùونَ الْحَقَّ Ø¨ÙØ§Ù„ْبَاطÙل٠وَتَكْتÙÙ…Ùونَ الْحَقَّ وَأَنتÙمْ تَعْلَمÙونَ

‘O People of the Book, why clothe ye the truth with falsehood? Why hide the truth?’

The great biographer of the Prophet, Ibn Hisham, has recorded for us the occasion of the ‘sending down’ of this verse, and, in doing so, has entirely refuted the opinion of those who affirm that it teaches the corruption of the Bible. He writes as follows:

‘Abdu’llah bin bin Da’if, ‘Adi bin Zaid and Al-Haritha bin ‘Auf spoke together thus: “Come, let us in the morning believe in what has been sent down on Muhammad and his companions, and let us disbelieve it in the evening in order that we may confuse their religion for them, and that they may act as we act, and turn back from their religion.” Then sent down the Glorious God concerning them the words, “O People of the Book, why clothe ye the truth with falsehood? Why wittingly hide the truth?”‘

From these words of Ibn Hisham it is clear that the passage under discussion has no reference whatever to the Bible. It refers to certain lying Jews who, in order to lead the Muslims from their faith, pretended in the morning to believe in Muhammad and the Qur’an, ‘hiding’ the truth of the matter, and ‘clothing’ with falsehood their real intentions, but openly disavowing their belief in him in the evening.

از سخنان مفسران برجسته مسلمان كه در بالا نقل شد ، كاملاً روشن است كه قرآن هيچ اتهامي درباره تحريف لفظی ندارد. آنچه اثبات شده این است که برخی از یهودیان عربستان از جهل شنوندگان مسلمان سو استفاده کرده و آنها را نسبت به اصل واقعی برخی از بخشهای کتاب مقدس (تورات)، آنان را گمراه کردند. کتاب مقدس به عبری نوشته شده است و برای درک مسلمانان باید به عربی ترجمه می شد. بنابراین ، هر فرصتی برای تحریف کلامی یا تفسیر غلط از بخشهایی از کتاب مقدس وجود داشت. با این حال ، هیچ وقت اتهامی مطرح نشد كه یهودیان آیه سنگسار را از تورات حذف كنند. در واقع ، این مکان تا به امروز وجود دارد: گواهی صامت بر وفاداری، که یهودیان با آن، کتاب مقدس خود را حفظ کرده اند.


آیه شماره ۴: النسا ۴ :۴۶

اتهام مشابهی برای جابجایی کلمات در کتاب مقدس علیه یهودیان عنوان شده است. نوشته شده است که؛

مّÙÙ†ÙŽ الَّذÙينَ هَادÙواْ ÙŠÙØ­ÙŽØ±Ù‘ÙÙÙونَ الْكَلÙÙ…ÙŽ عَن Ù…Ù‘ÙŽÙˆÙŽØ§Ø¶ÙØ¹ÙÙ‡Ù ÙˆÙŽÙŠÙŽÙ‚ÙولÙونَ Ø³ÙŽÙ…ÙØ¹Ù’نَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاسْمَعْ غَيْرَ Ù…ÙØ³Ù’مَع٠وَرَاعÙنَا لَيًّا Ø¨ÙØ£ÙŽÙ„ْسÙنَتÙÙ‡Ùمْ وَطَعْنًا ÙÙÙŠ الدّÙين

‘Among the Jews are those who displace the words and say, “We have heard, and we have not obeyed. Hear thou, but as one that heareth not; and look at us,” perplexing with their tongues, and wounding the faith by their revilings.’

A reference to the standard commentaries of the Qur’an will make it abundantly clear that this verse, like its predecessor, contains no proof whatever of the verbal corruption of the Jewish Scriptures. On the contrary, it is shown that the ‘words’ spoken of are the words of Muhammad! For example, the Jalalain, in their famous commentary of the Qur’an, tell us that, in order to ridicule Muhammad, some of the Jews used to alter certain salutations current among the people. Thus they used to come to the Prophet, and instead of saying السّلام عليك ‘Peace be on thee,’ they used to say, السّام عليك ‘May disaster overtake thee.’ Thus they perplexed with their tongues. Imam Fakhru’d-Din Razi says further that the Jews used to come to Muhammad and ask him certain questions, but, after taking leave of him, they used to alter the words he had taught them.

با توجه به اظهارات این مفسران روشن است که آیه ای که در بالا برای اثبات تحریف کتاب مقدس نقل می شود، به هیچ وجه اشاره ای به کتاب ندارد ، بلکه به تغییر کلام محمد توسط یهودیان اشاره دارد. تصویری برجسته از سادگی مسلمانان و نادانی برخی در مورد تعالیم قرآن را شاهد هستیم.


Verse #5: Al-Ma’ida 5:13

این آیه یکی از آیات قرآن است كه به طور مکرر در حمایت از اتهام تحریف متنی كتاب مقدس نقل می شود:

Al-Ma’ida 5:13 “Because they broke their covenant we demand them and hardened their hearts. They twist words from their context, and have forgotten some of what they were reminded of…”

ÙŠÙØ­ÙŽØ±Ù‘ÙÙÙونَ الْكَلÙÙ…ÙŽ عَنْ Ù…ÙŽÙˆÙŽØ§Ø¶ÙØ¹ÙÙ‡Ù

Tafsir (explication) Tafheem Al-Quran – English: “Then, for their breach of the covenant We cast them away from Our mercy and caused their hearts to harden. (And now they are in such a state that) they pervert the words from their context and thus distort their meaning, and have forgotten a good portion of the teaching they were imparted, and regarding all except a few of them you continue to learn that they committed acts of treachery. Pardon them, then, and overlook their deeds. Surely Allah loves those who do good deeds.” (http://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/tafheem/sura5-aya13.html#tafheem)

‘They shift the words from their places.’ Bukhari says on this:

“They shift, that is remove; but there is no one who could remove a single word from any Book of God, but they shift, that is change its meaning.’

Tafsir Ibn Kathir “That is to say, they have lost the meaning, and they misused in the verses of Allah, and have explained his book on what he has not revealed or change the meaning, and they carried the meaning on other than its intentions, and they said about it what it didn’t say, God forbid, …  that is: and they left working by it.”


ابن حزم و تحریف کتاب مقدس

If the Qur’an does not confirm the corruption of the Bible, so who and why this accusation started. Basically, most Muslims:

1. از تاریخ این اتهام اطلاعی ندارند.

2. هرگز درباره مفاهیم کلامی و تاریخی این اتهام فکر نکرده اند.

ابن حزم اولین مسلمانی بود که آموزه تحریف کتاب مقدس را در قرن یازدهم میلادی مطرح کرد. بنابراین ، برای چهار قرن اول تاریخ اسلامی این آموزه وجود نداشت. مطابق با قرائت دستور زبان تحت لفظی قرآن است که ادعا می کند: " تصديق آنچه پيش از آن است مى‏ باشد و توضیحی از آن كتاب است" (یونس ۱۰: ۳۷)

به هر حال ، ابن حزم متوجه شد که قرآن مطابق استانداردی که اعلام میکند ، عمل نمی کند:

"ابن حزم تناقضات بین قرآن و انجیل ها را دید. یک نمونه بارز متن قرآنی "حال آنكه آنان او را نکشتند و مصلوبش نكردند" سوره ۴: ۱۵۷. ابن حزم استدلال کرد: "از آنجا که قرآن باید درست باشد ،" باید متنهای متناقض انجیل باشد که نادرست است.

اما محمد به ما می گوید که به انجیل احترام بگذاریم. بنابراین ، متن حاضر باید توسط مسیحیان جعل شده باشد. 'استدلال او بر اساس واقعیت های تاریخی نبود ، بلکه صرفاً بر اساس استدلال خود وی و خواست او برای حفاظت از حقیقت قرآن بود.

This led to his skeptical statement `The Christians lost the revealed Gospel except for a few traces which Allah has left intact as argument against them.’

این منجر به اظهارات تردید آمیز او شد: "مسیحیان انجیلی را که به آنها آشکار شده بود، به جز چند اثری که خداوند به عنوان دلایل قابل قبولی علیه آنها دست نخورده باقی گذاشته است از دست داده‌اند."

نویسندگان بعدی همین مباحثه را در پیش گرفتند ، آن را بزرگتر و زیباتر کردند. از آن به بعد به عنصر ثابت مدافعه مباحثه مسلمانان تبدیل شده است. اگر خدا قادر نبود و یا تمایل نداشت که کلام خود را از انحراف حفظ کند ، پس او خدا نیست. اگر او قادر نبود کلام خود را از انحراف حفظ کند ، پس او قادر مطلق نیست و بنابراین خدا نیست. اگر مایل نبود که کلام خود را از تحریف شدن حفظ کند ، صفات راستی و تغییر ناپذیری او ساختگی است و او خدا نیست.

مفاهیم تاریخی این اصول اعتقادی بسیار زیاد است. کتاب مقدس تاکنون اثبات شده ترین کتاب باستان به حساب می آید و هست. شواهد نسخه خطی کتاب مقدس از سایر نوشته های باستانی دیگر بسیار قوی تراست.

ادعای مسلمانان در مورد انحراف متن کتاب مقدس ، از نوشته های نخستین مسلمانان حمایت چندانی نمی کند. کاملاً مشهود است که اکثریت نخستین جدل شناسان مسلمان (اگرچه همه نه، اما) معتقد بودند که متن کتاب های مقدس قبلی ، حداقل کتاب مقدس عبری، دست نخورده باقی مانده اند.

The obvious reason why some Muslims of the past such as Ibn Hazm (and many today) argued that the Scriptures have been corrupted is that the message of the Holy Bible is directly opposed to the claims of the Quran. In other words, the Holy Bible and the Quran contradict each other on key, fundamental issues showing that both cannot be correct. They may both be wrong, but they can’t both be from the same God. Hence, the dilemma for the Muslim is quite apparent since to accept the Holy Bible as the preserved Word of God is to reject both the Quran and Muhammad. But to attack the Holy Bible is to discredit the Quran and the earliest Muslim sources which confirm the authority, availability, and authenticity of the previous scriptures.

Ibn Hazm’s accusation of Biblical corruption makes no sense. It should be rejected by the honest Muslim. It was an attempt to answer the critical question: What is the real reason why the Qur’an and the Bible disagree on most major doctrines?


آيات قرآني حقيقت داشتن تورات را در زمان عيسي المسيح نشان میدهند.

´1. Q. Maryam 19:12, Middle Meccan in -7 AH.
´God says, “`Oh Yahya! (John the Baptist) take hold of the Book with might’: and We gave him wisdom as a child.”
´2. Q. Al-Imran 3:48, 2-3 AH.
´The Angel Gabriel is speaking to Mary about Jesus before Jesus’ birth and says: “And he (God) will teach him the book and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel”
´3. Q Al-Tahrim 66:12, 7 AH.
´”and Mary (Jesus’ mother)…believed in the words of her Lord and His Books”
´4.  Q. Al-Imran 3:49-50, 2-3 AH.
´Jesus says, “I have come to you…attesting to (the truth of) what is between my hands of the Torah, and to make lawful to you a part of that which is forbidden to you.”
´5. Q. Al-Saff 61:6, from 3 AH.
´”And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: `Oh Children of Israel! I am the apostle of God to you, confirming that which IS between my hands from the Torah…'”
´6. Q. Al-Maida 5:48, 10 AH.
´”And in their footsteps (of Moses and the Jews) We sent Jesus the son of Mary, attesting to (the truth of) the Torah which was between his hands; and We gave him the Gospel – therein is guidance and light and attesting to (the truth of) the Torah which was between his hands: a guidance and an admonition to the righteous.”
´7. Q. Al-Maida 5:110.
´”Then will God say, `O Jesus son of Mary! Recount my favor to you and to your mother when I strengthened you with the Holy Spirit, so that you spoke to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel.

آیاتی که پیروان واقعی عیسی را که در طی دوره ای بین عیسی المسیح و محمد زندگی می کردند نشان می دهد.

´1. Q. Al-Maida 5:113-114, 10 AH.
´”Then will God say, `O Jesus son of Mary! Recount my favor to you… Behold! I taught you the Book and Wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel…
´”And behold! I inspired the disciples (al-hawariyun) to have faith in Me and My apostle (Jesus). They said (to Jesus), `We have faith and (you must) bear witness that we are Muslims (submitted ones).”
´2. Q. Al-Imran 3:52-53, 2-3 AH.
´”When Jesus found unbelief on their part he said, `Who will be my helpers to (the work of) God?’ The disciples said, `We are God’s helpers. We believe in God and (you must) bear witness that we are Muslims (submitted ones). “`Our Lord we believe in what You have revealed and we follow the apostle (Jesus).'”
´3. Q. Al-Saff 61:14, 3 AH.
´”O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of God: as said Jesus the son of Mary to the disciples, `Who will be my helpers for God?’ The Disciples said, `We are God’s helpers!’ Then a portion of the Children of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: but We gave power to those who believed against their enemies, and they became the ones that prevailed.”
´4. Q. Al-Hadid 57:26-27, from 8 AH.
´”And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their descendants prophecy and the Book: and some of them are rightly guided, but many are rebellious.
´”Then We sent after them our apostles and We sent Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy; and monasticism, they invented it. We did not command it…yet We bestowed on those among them who believed, their due reward, but many of them are rebellious.” cp. 5:85.
´We learn from this verse that although monasticism is not of God, there were true believers among these followers of Jesus who received their “due reward” (in heaven).
´Historically, monasticism started in the 4th century, although certain men, such as Paul of Thebes, lived a separate life as hermits in the third century. St. Anthony of Egypt was the first to organize even a loose group in 305 AD, and in the Sinai, too, monasticism began about the same time.
´5. Q. Al-Kahf 18:10,25, Meccan.
´”Behold, the youths betook themselves to the Cave. They said, `Our Lord! Bestow on us mercy from Yourself, and dispose of our affair for us in the right way’ …”
´So they stayed in their Cave three hundred years, and (some) add nine (more)…”
´Yusuf Ali, in several notes to his translation of the Qur’an, refers this to 7 young Christian men of Ephesus who, while fleeing from persecution, hid in a cave and did not wake up for 300 yrs. He discusses various dates which terminate between 440 and 450 AD, and says that the Khalifa Wathiq (842-846 AD) sent an expedition to examine and identify the locality. Hamidullah mentions this possibility, but thinks that the passage refers to a time well before Christianity. However, Toufiq Al-Hakim in his play Ahel Al-Kahf describes them clearly as Christians.
´6. Q. Al-Buruj 85:4-9, Early Meccan.
´”Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire), fire supplied with fuel, Behold, they sat over against the (fire), and they witnessed (all) that they were doing against the believers. And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in God…”

آیاتی قرآنی که حقیقت داشتن و بدون تغییر بودن تورات و اناجیل در زمان محمد را نشان می دهند

´1. Q. Saba 34:31, Early Meccan.
´”And the unbelievers say, `We will not believe in this Qur’an, nor in that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah and the Gospel)’…”
´Note: The CAPITAL LETTERS show verbs which are in the present tense for Muhammad and his people. Italics have been used for phrases speaking of groups of Jews or Christians at the time of Muhammad spoken of as believers or unbelievers in order to emphasize that there were always some true believers who would not have changed their own scriptures.
´2. Q. Fatir 35:31, Early Meccan.
´”That which we have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah and Gospel)…”
´3. Q. Yunus 10:37, Late Meccan.
´”This Qur’an is not such as can be produced by other than God; but it is a verification of that (the Torah and Gospel) which IS between his (its) hands, and the explanation of the book, wherein there IS no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds.”
´4. Q. Yusuf 12:111, Late Meccan.
´”…It (the Qur’an) is not a fabricated story, but a verification of that (the Torah and Gospel) which IS between his (its) hands, a detailed explanation, a guide and a mercy to the people who believe.”
´5. Q. Al-Anaam 6:154-157, Late Meccan.
´”Then We gave Moses the Book complete as to whatever is excellent, and explaining all things in detail, and a guide and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord. And this (the Qur’an) is a Book which We have revealed, blessed: so follow it and be righteous, that you may receive mercy: lest you should say, `The Book was sent down to two peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study;’ or lest you should say: `If the Book (Torah and Gospel) had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they.'”
´6. Q. Gafer 40:69-70, Late Meccan.
´”Do you (Muhammad) not see those who dispute concerning the signs of God? How are they turned away? Those who REJECT the Book, and that (book) with which We sent our apostles, they shall know when the collars shall be around their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along.”
´7. Q. Al-Ahqaf 46:12, Late Meccan.
´”And before this was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy: and this Book is a verification (of it) in the Arabic tongue to warn those who transgress and as glad tidings to the righteous.”
´8. Q. Al-Ahqaf 46:29-30.
´”Behold, We turned towards you a company of Jinns listening to the Qur’an…When the (reading) was finished they returned to their people as warners. They said, `O our people! we have heard a Book revealed after Moses attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah) – guiding to the truth and to a straight path.'”
´9. Q. Al-Baqara 2:91, 2 AH.
´”When it is said to them, `Believe in what God has sent down,’ they say, `We believe in what was sent down to us (the Torah)’: yet they reject all besides, even if it be truth attesting to (the truth of) what IS WITH THEM (the Torah)…”
´10. Q. Al-Imran 3:3, 2-3 AH.
´”It is He (God) who sent down to thee the Book in truth, attesting to (the truth of) what IS between its (his) hands (the Bible), and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel before this as a guide to mankind.”
´11. Q. Al-Nisa 4:162-163, 5-6 AH.
´”But those of them (the Jews) that are grounded in knowledge, and the believers, BELIEVE in that which has been revealed to you (Muhammad) and in that which has been revealed before you… We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the prophets after him, and We sent inspiration to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David we gave the Psalms.”
´12. Q. Al-Tauba 9:111, 9 AH.
´”God has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth, and for them is the garden (of Paradise) if they fight in the ways of God: and whether they kill or are killed, the promise of God IS true in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an, and who is more faithful to his promise than God?”
´13. Q. Al-Maida 5:48, 10 AH.
´”To you (Muhammad) We revealed the book in truth, attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands from the scripture (the Torah and Gospel), and guarding it (wa muhaiminan `alaihi)…”

عناوین کتاب مقدس در قرآن

قرآن کتاب مقدس را با عناوینی توصیف می کند که از اهمیت و اعتبار آن می گوید. در اینجا برخی از عناوین را که قرآن به کتاب مقدس داده است میبینیم:

  • کتاب مقدس آل عمران ۳: ۳
  • کتاب الله آل عمران ۳: ۲۳
  • کلام الله بقره ۲: ۷۵
  • وحی الله آل عمران ۳: ۱۱۳
  • فرقان (جدا کننده حق از باطل) البقره ۲: ۵۳
  • یادآور الانبیا ۲۱: ۷
  • نور و مایه‌ی یادآوری الانبیا ۲۱: ۴۸
  • هدایت و نور المائده ۵: ۴۴، ۴۶
  • آیات رحمان مریم ۱۹: ۵۸
آیا کلمه خدا خلق شده است؟

A question that must be asked: is the Word of God created? There has been a lot of dialogue on this important subject. There are two sides: a team that says God’s Word is created, and a side that says that God’s Word is eternal and uncreated. Let’s look at what the Qur’an and the hadith say about this important subject.

“The Most Merciful, taught the Qur’an, created man” (Rahman 55:1-3).God has made that difference between His knowledge and creation. He imparted the Qur’an, and the human is His creation. His knowledge is not created.

The Qur’an affirms that the words of God are infinite: “Say, If the sea were ink for [writing] the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We brought the like of it as a supplement” (Al-Kahf 18:109). In addition, the Qu’ran رsays, “And if whatever trees upon the earth were pens and the sea [was ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] seas, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise” (Luqman 31:27). His words are infinite. If the sea that God created were ink for writing, and the trees were pens, the ink of the sea and the forests of pens would perish, but the words of God would not perish.

“It was narrated that Khawla Bent Hakim said, ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: He who entered a house and said: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created. Nothing will harm him until he leaves that house'” (Reported by Muslim, 2708).

“It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that ‘the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: The virtue of the Word of God over all other words is like the grace of God over all of his creation.'” Narrated by Ahmad (3/390), Abu Dawood (4734) and Tirmidhi (2925).

این حدیث از دو جنبه عدم خلق شدن کلام خدا را اثبات می کند:

The first is to differentiate between the Word of God and other words–either the Word of God, which is His attribute, or the created words, which are the creation of God. He added the description of His attributes to Himself and differentiated them from all other words. If all the words were created, there would be no need to differentiate.

مورد دوم ، تمایز بین کلمه خدا و کلام دیگران است ، مانند تفاوت بین خدا و مردم. اگر که بگوییم کلمه خدا خلق شده است

منطقی است که یکی از این ویژگی ها را داشته باشد؛ اول مخلوقی موجود در خدا باشد. دوم اینکه از خدا جدا شده باشد. و هر دوی این ویژگی نامعتبر است.

اولین مورد این است که مخلوق بخشی از خالق باشد، که باطل است. خدا بدون مخلوقاتش می تواند وجود داشته باشد. دوما لازم است که صفت گفتار را از خدای قادر مطلق جدا کنیم، زیرا صفت بدون خدا نمی تواند وجود داشته باشد و این بدان معناست که خدا قادر به گفتار نیست. که این موضوع نیز به واضحی نامعتبر است.

وقتی که خدا در کلامش خود را توصیف کرد، کلام او ابدی بود؛ که کلام او صفات خود اوست و او خلق نشده است.

Here, we need to speak about Isa Al-Masih (His peace be upon us), the Word of God, “[And mention] when the angels said, ‘O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a Word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Isa, the son of Mary–distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah]'” (Al-Imran 3: 45-46). “Isa Al-Masih the Son of Mary is the Messenger of God, and His Word is delivered to Mary and a Spirit from Him” (Women 4: 171). In these passages, is God’s Word created or eternal?

It is important to see that the Qur’an also states, “So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, ‘Indeed, Allah gives you good tidings of John, confirming a word from Allah and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous'” (Al-Imran 3:39). Al-Tafisr Al-Muyasir Commentary explains this verse, “So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, praying: that God gives you the news of good tidings, that you will be given a child named Yahya, believe in a Word of God–Isa Ibn Maryam. The Word which is from God (the Word of God), and Yahya believed in Him, is Isa Al-Masih (His peace be upon us)…” Yahya came to the world to preach about Him and prepare the way for Him.

Given all this evidence, it is clear that the Word of God is not created. As the Qur’an says, “Allah gives you good tidings of a Word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Isa, the son of Mary.” The Eternal Word of God was called (Jesus Christ) Isa Al-Masih (His peace be upon us). If Christ (His peace be upon us) is a creature, then there is no need to differentiate by describing Him as the Word of God. God’s Word has the attributes of God; the Word of God (Christ, His peace be upon us) is not a creature and is not created. God has specified this Word and differentiated it from everything else.


آیا قرآن تحریف شدن کتاب مقدس را قبول دارد؟

The Qur’an did not say that the Holy Injil was corrupted. Christians were not accused of distorting their Injil, and not all of the Qur’anic texts that the critics rely upon to argue for the corruption of the Injil pertain to it. We will discuss some of these texts:

1 – “Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allah and then distort the words after they had understood it while they were knowing?” (Al-Baqarah 2:75).

2 – “Among the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] usages and say, ‘We hear and disobey’ and ‘Hear but be not heard’ and ‘Ra’ina,’ twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], ‘We hear and obey’ and ‘Wait for us [to understand],’ it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few” (Al-Nisa 4:46).

3 – “And Allah had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel… So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded…” (Al-Maida 5:12-13).

4 – “O Messenger, let them not grieve you who hasten into disbelief of those who say, ‘We believe’ with their mouths, but their hearts believe not, and from among the Jews. [They are] avid listeners to falsehood, listening to another people who have not come to you. They distort words beyond their [proper] usages, saying ‘If you are given this, take it; but if you are not given it, then beware.’ But he for whom Allah intends fitnah – never will you possess [power to do] for him a thing against Allah. Those are the ones for whom Allah does not intend to purify their hearts. For them in this world is disgrace, and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment” (Al-Maida 5:41).

در اینجا نظراتی را در مورد این آیات می بینیم:

These texts are directed to the Jews. Therefore, the Qur’an says: “and from among the Jews,” so there is no mention of the Christians or the Bible.

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi says in his commentary on Al-Maida 5:13, “The intention of corruption is to cast false resemblance and corrupt interpretations, and to divert the word from its true meaning to a meaning that is false by using verbal tricks, as the people of innovations today do to the verses that do not fit with their beliefs–this is the explanation of corruption.”

Al-Baydawi said in an explanation on (al-Ma’ida 5:41), “They sent them (from Zinya) from a group to Bani Qurethah, to ask the Messenger of Allah, and Ibn Suria judged between them. So, he told him, ‘I ask you by the name of Allah… who handed down this book to you with its teachings of what is lawful and unlawful, do you find in it stoning of the immune?’ He said ‘Yes,’ and they jumped on him, and he said, ‘I was afraid that if I make him out to be a liar, that will bring down the torment.’ Therefore, the Messenger of Allah ordered the adulterers to be stoned at the door of the mosque.”

الطبری در اظهاراتش گفت (النساء ۴: ۴۵)؛ یهودیان با زشت ترین سخنان به محمد توهین کردند و به او گفتند؛ «بشنو تا ناشنوا گردی» مثل اینکه کسی به شخصی بگوید، خدا ناشنوایت کند. کلمه‌ی رَاعِنَا توسط تخصیص ابن وهاب به عنوان کسی که به اشتباه حرف میزند تفسیر شده است.

یوسف دره حداد در مورد این آیات می گوید:

1- “First we see that there is no mention of the Christians and the Gospel at all. We challenge anyone to prove in the Qur’an that it was intended for the Christians and their Gospel. How do they accuse the Qur’an by accusing the Christians of distorting the Bible? Or how do they call the Bible corrupted?

2 – “In all places, the Qur’an was referring to a group of Jews, and it is mentioned that the other team do not approve them in their work; there is no room for corruption.

3 – “The corruption that is mentioned is the interpretation of the text, not the alteration, as evidenced by the fact that they are a group of ‘he Scripture follow it, as it ought to be followed’ (Al-Baqarah 2:121). There is no fear of the corruption of the text nor its correct interpretation.

4 – “It is not the whole book that is dealt with, nor the whole Torah, or all of its regulations, but the meaning of the stoning in the Torah, and some commentators add the attribute of Muhammad, ‘the Unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel in their possession’ (Al-Aaraf 7:157). The whole idea is only about one or two verses of the Torah.”

The question that arises is how the Qur’an attests to a distorted book:

1 – “He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel” (Al-Imran 3: 3).

2 – “And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which came before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous” (Al-Maida 5:46).

3 – “And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed – then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient” (Al-Maida 5:47).

4 – “And if only they upheld [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to them from their Lord, they would have consumed [provision] from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them are a moderate community, but many of them – evil is that which they do” (Al-Maida 5:66).

5 – “Say, O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord” (Al-Maida 5:68)

آیا کتاب مقدس می تواند تحریف شود؟

سوالی است که خیلی پرسیده می شود و بسیاری در مورد این موضوع مهم نوشته ‌اند. اما می خواهم آنچه را که خدا در کتاب مقدس گفته است را به اشتراک بگذارم، که کلام او قابل تغییر و تحریف نیست. بیایید ببینیم کتاب مقدس در این مورد چه می گوید:

  • بر کلامی که من به شما امر می‌فرمایم نه چیزی بیفزایید و نه چیزی از آن کم کنید، تا فرمانهای یهوه خدایتان را که من به شما امر می‌فرمایم، نگاه دارید. (تثنیه ۴: ۲)
  • “See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.” (Tawrat, Deuteronomy 12: 32)
  • “After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord: Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.” (Tawrat, Deuteronomy 31: 24-26)
  • “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” (Tawrat, Joshua 1: 8)
  • “The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.” (Tawrat, 2 Samuel 23: 2)
  • “I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.” (Zabour – Psalm 89: 34)
  • “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.” (Tawrat, Proverbs 30: 5-6)
  • “Look in the scroll of the Lord and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is his mouth that has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.” (Tawrat, Isaiah 34: 16)
  • “A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (Tawrat, Isaiah 40: 6-8)
  • “As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants–from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.” (Tawrat, Isaiah 59: 21)
  • “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.” (Tawrat, Jeremiah 1: 4-9)
  • “The Lord said to me, You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” (Tawrat, Jeremiah 1: 12)
  • “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now.” (Tawrat, Jeremiah 36: 2)
  • Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.” (Tawrat, Ezekiel 33: 7)
  • “I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them.” (Tawrat, Hosea 12: 10)
  • “For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” (Injil, Matthew 5: 18)
  • “For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” (Injil, Matthew 10: 20)
  • “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” (Injil, Matthew 24: 35)
  • “But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen.” (Injil, Acts 26: 22)
  • “What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.” (Injil, 1 Corinthians 2: 12-13)
  • “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (Injil, 2 Timothy 3: 16-17)
  • “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.” (Injil, 1 Peter 1: 23-25)
  • “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (Injil, 2 Peter 1: 20-21)
  • “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.” (Injil, Revelation 22: 18-19)

After all this, can anyone say to distort, alter or change the Bible? No way. How when God Almighty says, “I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered,” and He says, “for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled,” He confirms that, “until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”

How can the Bible be distorted, changed or changed after God commanded: “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 11: 18-20)

هیچ تغییری در کلامش نیست

کلام خدا می تواند تغییر کند یا تحریف شود؟ بیاید ببینیم که قرآن چه می فرماید:

“And recite, [O Muhammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord. There is no changer of His words” (Al-Kahf 18:27). The word that is used to refer to the book refers to the Qur’an, but the word (for His Words) refers to the heavenly books and includes the Bible because it is the Word of God, and accordingly to this there is no substitute for the words of the Bible Al-Baydawi  in his interpretation says: “No changer of his words, no one can change or distort it other than Him” .

در زندگى دنيا و در آخرت مژده براى آنان است وعده ‏هاى خدا را تبديلى نيست اين همان كاميابى بزرگ است (یونس ۱۰: ۶۴). البیضاوی گفت: هیچ تغییری در کلام او نیست و هیچ فرقی در وعده های او ایجاد نشده.

“And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over [the effects of] denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words of Allah . And there has certainly come to you some information about the [previous] messengers.” (Al-An’am 6:34) Again in verse 115, “And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and in justice. None can alter His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.” In Al-Baydawi interpretation of the last verse, it is mentioned that the Bible is distorted, but does not mean the distortion that the general Muslims say and we will address this later.

Whoever claims that the Bible is distorted in its texts today, since it was not true in the time of Muhammad is coming up with a false accusation and goes contrary to the explicit verses of the Qur’an that bear witness that the right does not come falsehood from his hands or behind him, because one of the most important purposes of the Qur’an that it came to certifies and preserves the Bible. How come that the Qur’an can testify that the Bible is true and inspired by God and guidance to the people, and then returns to  claim that it was changed and lost its credibility, because if this is true the Qur’an has contradicted itself.

It was stated in Mishkat Al-Masbih that Omar said: “Allah sent Muhammad with truth and revealed the book to him, so God revealed the verse of stoning. The Messenger of Allah did it and we stoned after him. Stoning in the Book of Allah decried on the one who committed adultery if he is immune from men and women. If the evidence or pregnancy or a confession.” Agreed upon from the first chapter of the Book of Borders, but when Zaid bin Thabit collected the Qur’an deleted this verse so as not to say that Omar increased the Qur’an.” These are dangerous words, if Omar ratified in what he narrated the distortion of speech on its positions as mentioned in the Qur’an in Surat Al-Maida 5:45 is a fact in the Qur’an, not in the Torah?

حقیقت داده شده برای ایمان داشتن به قرآن و ادعای درست بودن کتاب مقدس و جایگزینی برای کلام خدا نیست، امکان ندارد؟

The Bible in the Qur'an

Today, many voices argue that the Holy Scriptures that the Christians have today are different from the Scriptures at the time of Muhammed 571-632 AD. By this, they claim that the Christian Scriptures are corrupted and distorted. Their argument is built on the teaching that God has given His prophet Moses the Torah, which is one book, and it is not the five first books of the Old Testament. Also, God has given Jesus One Book, the Injil, but today we see four Gospels and then the rest of the New Testament. Therefore, this is not what is mentioned in the Qur’an.

Someone wrote, “Nowhere within the text of the Bible is the Bible called ‘The Bible’. The word Bible itself was invented to represent a collection of books.” Others in discussion argue, “The Qur’anic passages which testify to the Torah, and the Injil and the Psalms, do not refer to what Christians now call the Bible.” (Asadi, Islam & Christianity: Conflict or Conciliation?, p.2)

It seems that they forgot that the Qur’an is full of foreign terms and names that comes from Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Greek origins, such as Tawrat, Furqan, Musa, Isa, Injil and so on. Also, they forgot that the Qur’an calls the Holy Scripture (Al-Kitab) the Book, and the believers in the Old Testament and the New Testament ( أهل الكتاب Ahl Al-Kitab) the People of the Book. To which Book is the Qur’an referring to? In fact, Isa Al-Masih (His peace be upon us) mentions this title many times in the Injil,

“Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book” (John 20:30).

“It is written in the Book of Psalms…” (Acts 1:20)

“But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the Prophets” (Acts 7:42)

Here I should explain what the word Bible means. The English word “Bible” is from the Greek word “Byblos” and the Latin “biblia” and both mean “books.” In time, “biblia” came to describe various writings, scrolls, books, and eventually the collection of the 66 books of the Old Testament and New Testament that make up – the Holy Bible.

The Qur’an repeatedly speaks of the Book, the Bible; I will share some of the verses in the second Sura of the Qur’an Al-Baqara:

“And recall that We gave Moses the Scripture (Al-Kitab, the Book) and the Criterion (Al-Furqan), so that you may be guided.” (Q. 2: 53)

“We gave Moses the Scripture (Al-Kitab, the Book), and sent a succession of messengers after him. And We gave Jesus son of Mary the clear proofs, and We supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it that whenever a messenger comes to you with anything your souls do not desire, you grew arrogant, calling some impostors, and killing others?” (Q. 2: 87).

“Those to whom We have given the Scripture (Al-Kitab, the Book) follow it, as it ought to be followed–these believe in it. But as for those who reject it–these are the losers.” (Q. 2: 121).

انجیل به عنوان نشانه‌ای از خداوند در قرآن

When we read the Qur’an we find explicit and direct references to the Injil. But the Qur’an uses a specific pattern when mentioning the Injil. Here are all the verses that mention the Bible in the Qur’an.

اين كتاب را در حالى كه مؤيد آنچه پيش از خود مى‏ باشد به حق بر تو (ای محمد) نازل كرد و تورات و انجيل را پيش از آن براى رهنمود مردم فرو فرستاد و فرقان را نازل كرد كسانى كه به آيات خدا كفر ورزيدند بى‏ ترديد عذابى سخت‏ خواهند داشت و خداوند شكست‏ ناپذير و صاحب‏ انتقام است (آل عمران ۳: ۳-۴)

و به او كتاب و حكمت و تورات و انجيل مى ‏آموزد (آل عمران ۳: ۴۸)

اى اهل كتاب چرا در باره ابراهيم محاجه مى ‏كنيد با آنكه تورات و انجيل بعد از او نازل شده است آيا تعقل نمى ‏كنيد (آل عمران ۳: ۶۵)

و عيسى پسر مريم را به دنبال آنان درآورديم در حالى كه تورات را كه پيش از او بود تصديق داشت و به او انجيل را عطا كرديم كه در آن هدايت و نورى است و تصديق‏ كننده تورات قبل از آن است و براى پرهيزگاران رهنمود و اندرزى است (المائده ۵: ۴۶).

و اگر آنان به (احکام) تورات و انجيل و آنچه از جانب پروردگارشان به سويشان نازل شده است عمل میکردند قطعا از بالاى سرشان و از زير پاهايشان برخوردار مى ‏شدند از ميان آنان گروهى ميانه‏ رو هستند و بسيارى از ايشان بد رفتار مى كنند (المائده ۵: ۶۶).

بگو اى اهل كتاب تا [هنگامى كه] به تورات و انجيل و آنچه از پروردگارتان به سوى شما نازل شده است عمل نكرده‏ ايد بر هيچ [آيين بر حقى] نيستيد و قطعا آنچه از جانب پروردگارت به سوى تو نازل شده بر طغيان و كفر بسيارى از آنان خواهد افزود پس بر گروه كافران اندوه مخور(المائده ۵: ۶۸)

«آنگاه كه تو را كتاب و حكمت و تورات و انجيل آموختم [بیاد داشته باش]» (المائده ۵: ۱۱۰)

«وعده حقى در تورات و انجيل و قرآن بر عهده اوست»(التوبه ۹: ۱۱۱)

“…That is their description in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks…” (Al-Fath 48: 29)

ما به آیاتی که در قرآن به کتاب مقدس اشاره می کنند، الگویی را می یابیم که انجیل به تنهایی ذکر نشده، اما ذکر تورات قبل از آن است. فقط یک استثنا در این مورد وجود دارد.

«آنگاه به دنبال آنان پيامبران خود را پى ‏درپى آورديم و عيسى پسر مريم را در پى [آنان] آورديم و به او انجيل عطا كرديم و در دلهاى كسانى كه از او پيروى كردند رافت و رحمت نهاديم...» (الحدید ۵۷: ۲۷)

با این وجود، الگو همان است، زیرا در کجا به این پیامبران اشاره شده؟ جواب را در تورات می یابیم.

سوالی که پیش میاید این است: چرا این سبک قرآنی در ذکر تورات و انجیل وجود دارد؟ آیا قرآن می خواهد که ما را از نکته مهمی آگاه بسازد و راهنمایی کند؟ بله، موضوع مهمی وجود دارد،همانطور که قرآن به ما می گوید که برای درک انجیل نیاز به مطالعه‌ی تورات داریم، در همان زمان، بدون دانستن تصویر کامل از انجیل درک تورات نیز ممکن نیست. در حقیقت پیام انجیل و تورات یکی است. انجیل و تورات نشانه‌ای از جانب خداست تا ما را به راه مستقیم هدایت کند.

عیسی مسیح (س.ع) گفت: «شما کتب مقدّس را می‌کاوید، زیرا می‌پندارید به واسطۀ آن حیات جاویدان دارید، حال آنکه همین کتابها بر من شهادت می‌دهند.» (یوحنا ۵: ۳۹). ما را تشویق به مطالعه تورات کرد، زیرا تورات درباره‌ی او شهادت می دهد و بر با گفتن این آیات تاکید می کند: «این همان است که وقتی با شما بودم، می‌گفتم؛ اینکه تمام آنچه در تورات موسی و کتب انبیا و مزامیر دربارۀ من نوشته شده است، باید به حقیقت پیوندد.» (لوقا ۲۴: ۴۴). من به شما می گویم: «گمان مبرید که آمده‌ام تا تورات و نوشته‌های پیامبران را نسخ کنم؛ نیامده‌ام تا آنها را نسخ کنم، بلکه آمده‌ام تا تحققشان بخشم. زیرا آمین، به شما می‌گویم، تا آسمان و زمین زایل نشود، نقطه یا همزه‌ای از تورات هرگز زایل نخواهد شد، تا اینکه همه به انجام رسد.» (متی ۵: ۱۷-۱۸).

انجیل تعلیم می دهد که: «تمامی کتبِ مقدّس الهام خداست و برای تعلیم و تأدیب و اصلاح و تربیت در پارسایی سودمند است، تا مرد خدا به کمال برای هر کارِ نیکو تجهیز گردد.» (دوم تیموتائوس ۳: ۱۶-۱۷). «به علاوه، کلامِ بس مطمئن انبیا را داریم که نیکوست بدان توجه کنید، چرا که همچون چراغی در مکان تیره و تار می‌درخشد تا آنگاه که سپیده بردَمد و ستارۀ صبح در دلهایتان طلوع کند. قبل از هر چیز، بدانید که هیچ وحیِ کتب مقدّس زاییدۀ تفسیر خودِ نبی نیست. زیرا وحی هیچ‌گاه به ارادۀ انسان آورده نشد، بلکه آدمیان تحت نفوذ روح‌القدس از جانب خدا سخن گفتند.» (دوم پطرس ۱: ۱۹-۲۱). تردیدی باقی نمی گذارد که تورات و انجیل عبارتند از ذکر (باقیمانده)، فرقان، الله المحافظ (کتاب حفظ شده)، و (کلمه الله) کلام خدا در برابر هر تغییر و تحریفی حفظ شده است چرا که یکی از نشانه های خدا هستند.

منحصر به فرد بودن کتاب مقدس

کتاب مقدس متشکل از ۶۶ کتاب است که بیش از ۱۵۰۰ سال در سه قاره (آسیا ، آفریقا و اروپا) توسط بیش از چهل نویسنده نوشته شده است ، کتاب مقدس بی نظیر است. هیچ کتاب دیگری ، روحانی یا مذهبی ، مانند آن وجود ندارد. جای تعجب نیست بالاخره کلام خداست.

There are more than 24,600 extant New Testament manuscripts from the first four centuries after Al-Masih. Of Plato’s original manuscripts, there are seven, Herodotus eight, and Homer’s Iliad slightly more with 263 surviving copies. Hence, we have powerful confirming evidence of the integrity of the New Testament text.

The Bible was the first book known to be translated, the first book in the West published on the printing press, and the first book to be so widely distributed in so many languages that it can be read by 95 percent of the earth’s population today.

The Bible also is unique in its content and message, which focuses on God’s redemptive acts in history. That history is intertwined with prophecy, as it foretells the future of God’s plans and His eternal kingdom.

عیسی المسیح کانون و هدف تمام کتاب مقدس است. مجسم شدن او و آمدنش به عنوان مسیح تحقق وعده های عهد عتیق بود. زیرا که او زندگی کرد ، مرد و دوباره زنده شد ، ما نه تنها کتاب مقدس تصدیق شده بلکه حتی عظیم تر از آن ، وعده بزرگ زندگی جاودان در یک هستی کاملا جدید را دارا هستیم.

The Bible is unique among other known religious works because up to 30 percent of its content comprises of prophecies and prophetic literature. The integration of prophecy and its fulfillment in time is central to the biblical worldview, for the God who acts in history also knows the future and has revealed it to His prophets (Amos 3:7). The Bible is not only the living Word, or the historical Word–it is the prophetic Word.

There are at least 65 direct, Messianic predictions in the Old Testament, many more if we add typology, as well (typology is the study of how Old Testament rituals, such as the sacrifices, were mini-prophecies of Isa Al-Masih). These prophecies relate to such specific details as “the sceptre shall not depart from Judah” (Genesis 49:10); that He would be born in Bethlehem in Judah (Micah 5:2); that He would be “despised and rejected of men”; beaten, falsely accused, yet not open His mouth to defend Himself (Isaiah 53:3–7); that His hands and feet would be pierced; and that they would divide His clothes among them (Psalms 22:12–18).

این واقعیت که این نبوت های عهد عتیق در زندگی ، مرگ و قیام عیسی به صراحت به وقوع پیوست، گواهی بر الهام گرفته شدن و وحی الهی بودن نبوت ها است. همچنین نشان می دهد که عیسی همان کسی است که خود و دیگران ادعایش را کرده اند. عیسی در مرگ و رستاخیز خود از پیش بینی انبیای قدیم متابعت کرد (لوقا ۹: ۲۱، ۲۲ ؛ متی ۱۷: ۲۲ ، ۲۳) ، سقوط اورشلیم (متی ۲۴: ۱ ، ۲) و ظهور ثانويه او (یوحنا ۱۴: ۱–۳) بنابراین تجسم ، مرگ و رستاخیز توسط کتاب مقدس پیش بینی شده است و تحقق آنها قابل اطمینان بودن آنها را تضمین می کند.

Why don’t you read the Bible and see for yourself?

چه کسی کتاب مقدس را نوشت و کجا نوشت؟

The Bible is the Word of God, that was inspired to God’s chosen people, “We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:19-21).

The Bible is not like any other book. According to the apostle Peter, the prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit in such a way that the content of their message came from God. They did not invent it themselves. Rather than being “cunningly devised fables” (2 Peter 1:16), the prophetic message of the Bible is of divine origin, and thus it is truthful and trustworthy. “Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21). God was at work in the process of revelation, where He made known His will to selected human beings.

Direct verbal communication between God and particular human beings is an inescapable fact of the Scriptures. This is why the Bible has special, divine authority. Having our holy God as their ultimate author, the biblical books are aptly called “holy Scriptures” (Romans 1:2, 2 Timothy 3:15).

کتاب مقدس توسط افرادی که از زمینه های مختلف و در شرایط مختلف از خدا الهام گرفته اند، نوشته شده است. برخی در کاخ ها ، برخی در زندان ها ، برخی در تبعید و برخی دیگر در طول سفرهای تبلیغی خود برای به اشتراک گذاشتن انجیل (خبر خوش)، (نامه ها) می نوشتند. این مردان تحصیلات و مشاغل مختلفی داشتند. عده ای مانند موسی قرار بود پادشاه شوند و یا مانند دانیال در موقعیت های بالا خدمت کنند و برخی چوپانی ساده بودند. برخی بسیار جوان و برخی دیگر کاملا پیر، اما علیرغم این اختلافات، همه آنها یک چیز مشترک داشتند: اهمیتی نداشت که در چه زمان و مکانی هستند آنها توسط خدا فراخوانده شده بودند و از روح القدس الهام می گرفتند تا پیامهایی برای قوم هایشان بنویسند.

Also, some of the writers were eyewitnesses to the events they recounted. Others made careful personal investigation of events or careful use of existing documents (Joshua 10:13, Luke 1:1–3). But all parts of the Bible are inspired (2 Timothy 3:16). This is the reason why Paul states that “whatever was written . . . was written for our instruction, so that through . . . the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). The God who created human language enables chosen people to communicate inspired thought in a trustworthy and reliable manner in human words.

برابری بین عیسی المسیح و کتاب مقدس

بین کلام خدا که جسم پوشید (عیسی المسیح) و کلام مکتوب خدا (کتاب مقدس) برابری وجود دارد.

  1. درست همانطور که عیسی المسیح توسط روح القدس به طور ماورا طبیعی به تصور درآمد و از یک زن متولد شده ، کتاب مقدس نیز دارای منشأ ماورا طبیعی است که از طریق بشر تحویل داده شده است.
  2. Isa Al-Masih became a man in time and space. He lived during a specific time and at a specific place. Yet, this fact did not nullify His divinity, nor did it make Isa Al-Masih historically relative. He is the only Redeemer for all people, all over the world, throughout all time (Injil Acts 4:12). Likewise, God’s Written Word, the Bible, also was given at a specific time and in a particular culture. Just like Isa Al-Masih, the Bible is not time-conditioned (i.e., limited to a specific time and location); instead, it remains binding for all people, all over the world.
  3. When God revealed Himself, He came down to the human level. Isa Al-Masih’s human nature showed all the signs of human infirmities and the effects of some 4,000 years of degeneration. Yet, He was without sin. Similarly, the language of Bible is human language, not some “perfect superhuman” language that no one speaks or is able to understand. While any language has its limitations, the Creator of humankind, who is the Creator of human language, is perfectly capable of communicating His will to human beings in a trustworthy manner without misleading us.
  4. البته هر مقایسه ای محدودیت های خود را دارد. عیسی المسیح و کتاب مقدس عینی نیستند. کتاب مقدس تجسم خدا نیست یا اینکه خدا کتاب نیست اما خدا در عیسی مسیح انسان شد. ما کتاب مقدس را دوست داریم زیرا منجی را که در صفحات و محتويات آن اعلام شده است می پرستیم.
  5. The Bible is a unique and inseparable divine-human union. The Bible, with its God-given truths expressed in the language of men, presents a union of the divine and the human. Such a union existed in the nature of Isa Al-Masih, who was the Word of God and the Son of man. Thus it is true of the Bible, as it was of Isa Al-Masih, that ‘the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.’ John 1:14.”
چرا خدا دستور داده است كه كلام و آنه که الهام عاده شده است را بنویسند؟
  1. ۱. پاسخ واضح این است که ما آنها را به این راحتی فراموش نمی کنیم. کلمات مکتوب کتاب مقدس یک نقطه مرجع ثابت است که ما را به سمت خدا و اراده او سوق می دهد.
  2. ۲. یک سند مکتوب معمولاً از پیام های شفاهی که باید بارها و بارها گفته شود ، بهتر حفظ شده و قابل اطمینان تر است.
  3. ۳. نسخه نوشته شده کلام ، می تواند بارها و بارها کپی شود ، برای افراد بیشتری قابل دسترس است تا آن را بخوانند.
  4. ۴- ما همزمان با تعداد محدودی از افراد در یک مکان می توانیم صحبت کنیم ، اما آنچه که به نوشتار متعهد است؛ این است که می تواند توسط خوانندگان بی شماری در مکان ها و قاره های مختلف خوانده شود ، و حتی برای نسل های بعدی نیز یک برکت باشد.
  5. ۵- اگر افراد خود قادر به خواندن نباشند ، دیگران می توانند یک سند مکتوب را با صدای بلند برای آنها بخوانند.

The most important question in the Bible is about Najat (salvation) and how can we be saved? What is the benefit, as Isa Al-Masih told us, “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” (Injil, Matthew 16: 26).

خداوند دستور داد كه كلامش را بنويسند تا پس از ورود گناه به جهان تمام بشريت را به اين نجات سوق دهد. از میان لابه‌لای کتاب مقدس راهی برای نجات همه بشریت وجود دارد که خداوند آن را آماده کرده است.

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