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By contrast, the exegete Al-Tabari referred to the Torah in his words as "the Torah that they (the Jews) possess today". [34] One Islamic interpretation holds that "Gospel" references in the Quran are to the original divine revelation Jesus Christ, as opposed to the canonical Gospels in the New Testament. [35]
God makes it clear in the Qur'an that the story of Cain and Abel was a message [7] for the Children of Israel (who habitually murdered their prophets as stated in Surah Al-Baqara 2:87), as it had told them about the consequences of murder and that the killing of one person would be as if they had slain the whole of mankind. But still people ...
Abraham [a] was a prophet and messenger [5] [6] of God according to Islam, and an ancestor to the Ishmaelite Arabs and Israelites. [5] [7] Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [5] In Muslim belief, Abraham fulfilled all the commandments and trials wherein God nurtured him throughout his ...
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
[22] [24] Knowledge of the Islamic prophets is one of the six articles of the Islamic faith, [25] and specifically mentioned in the Quran. [26] Along with Muhammad , many of the prophets in Judaism (such as Noah , Abraham , Moses , Aaron , Elijah , etc.) and prophets of Christianity ( Adam , Zechariah the priest , John the Baptist , Jesus ...
He is mentioned in the Quran, [156] but he is not specified to have been a prophet, although many Islamic scholars hold Uzair to be one of the prophets. [157] [158] He is also named as a prophet in the Tawrat (the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book). Ezra: Imrān عِمْرَان
In Islam, an apostle or a messenger (Arabic: رسول, romanized: rasūl) is a prophet who is sent by God. According to the Qur'an, God has sent many prophets to mankind. The five universally acknowledged messengers in Islam are Ibrahim, Mūsa, Dāwūd, Īsā and Muhammad, [19] as each is believed to have been sent with a scripture.
The Tawrat (Arabic: تَّوْرَاة , romanized: Tawrāh), also romanized as Tawrah or Taurat, is the Arabic-language name for the Torah within its context as an Islamic holy book believed by Muslims to have been given by God to the prophets and messengers amongst the Children of Israel. In the Qur'an, the word 'Tawrat' occurs eighteen times.