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HARUN YAHYA

cides on something, He just says to it 'Be!,' and it is. He will

teach him the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah, and the
Gospel." (Surah Al 'Imran:45-48)
The identity of this "Book" is of the greatest impor-
tance. The same expression also appears in another verse:
Remember when Allah said: "Jesus, son of Maryam, remem-
ber My blessing to you and to your mother when I rein-
forced you with the Purest Spirit so that you could speak to

people in the cradle and when you were fully grown; and
when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah
and the Gospel..." (Surat al-Ma'ida:110)
An analysis of the Qur'an shows that the expression the
Book in both verses refers to the Qur'an, as well as to the
Torah and the Gospel. Consider the following verses:

Allah, there is no deity but Him, the Living, the Self-
Sustaining. 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. (Surah Al 'Imran:2-3)
And We have sent down the Book to you with truth, con-

firming and conserving the previous Books… (Surat al-
Ma'ida:48)
In other verses, the Book refers to the Qur'an:
For this We sent a messenger to you from among yourselves

to recite Our signs to you, purify you, and teach you the
Book and Wisdom and things you did not know before.
(Surat al-Baqara:151)