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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Gospel and the Torah

in the Qur'an

A Muslim must believe in all the prophets and all the Divine
books. Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an not to discriminate
between one prophet and another, and anyone who disobeys that
instruction is regarded as not abiding that verse and having abjured
the faith. Therefore, in the same way that the Prophet Muhammad

(pbuh) is our prophet as Muslims, the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) are also our prophets. In the same way that
we are all followers of Muhammad, so we are also followers of Jesus
and Moses. This is one of the main and most important precondi-
tions for being a Muslim.

In the same way that the Qur'an speaks of Jews and Christians,
so it also speaks of the Torah and the Gospel. God praises these

Divine scriptures in the Qur'an. As we have already seen, the Qur'an
was sent down, not in order to do away with these sacred texts, but
as a "confirmation" of them. Although these books contain sections
that have been misinterpreted over the passage of time, those parts
that are compatible with the Qur'an are again confirmed by it. This

is explicitly set out in many verses of the Qur'an: "He has sent down
the Book to you with truth, confirming what was there before it.
And He sent down the Torah and the Gospel." (Qur'an, 3:3)

Therefore, we Muslims have a responsibility to be guided by the
Qur'an and believe that these books come from the Presence of God.
Every commandment, practice or word confirmed by the Qur'an is a
guide for Muslims.

Regarding the true books praised by the Qur'an as invalid on the

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