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When we examine how
"Book" is used here, we see that it
refers to the Qur'an in both cases. The
verses reveal that after the Torah, the
Psalms and the Gospel, the Qur'an is the
final divine book. Some other verses use
"Book" to denote the Qur'an, after mention-
ing the Torah and the Gospel, such as the follow-
ing:
God, there is no god 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 previously. (Surah Al
‘Imran, 3:2-4)
Other verses also call the Qur'an the "Book":
When a Book comes to them from God, confirming what
is with them – even though before that they were praying
for victory over the unbelievers – yet when what they rec-
ognize comes to them, they reject it. God's curse is on the
unbelievers. (Surat al-Baqara, 2:89)
For this We sent a Messenger to you from among you to recite Our
Signs to you, to purify you, to teach you the Book and Wisdom,
and to teach you things you did not know before. (Surat al-Baqara,
2:151)
In this case, the Qur'an is the third book that Jesus will be taught.
But this will be possible only when he returns to Earth, for he lived
600 years before the Qur'an's revelation. As we will see in great detail
in the following chapters, the hadiths reveal that Jesus will rule with
the Qur'an, not the Gospel, on his second coming. This corresponds
with the verse's meaning.
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