format_quote Originally Posted by
anatolian
Salam,
I dont think so. I think we can read from Bible to convince Christians and Jews. Many of Jews and Christians do not know what Bible says and they follow their religious teaching. If you show them how Bible is in accordance with Islam they will understand Islam better. But in order to do that you must be well aware of Quran and Hadith, more than Bible of course. Just my opinion.
Assalamu Alaikum,
I agree with this opinion.
Suppose,we say things like:
:The previous scriptures have been corrupted,
:The Book Holy Qur'an is predicted in the previous scriptures,
:Prophet Muhammad (S) is a Prophet predicted in the previous scriptures,
:He (S) was predicted by Isa (A),
:etc,
Some times even The Holy Qur'an says some things and say that it is there in Injeel, or,that is how it is mentioned in Thaurat,etc
Few examples are that Qur'an says that in Injeel,the believers are compared to a seed(or plant?),and in the Thaurath,they are described as having their faces shining (or something similar,I don't remember the exact verse),Prophet Muhammad (S) is predicted in 'what is in front of them' ,etc.
The Christians or Jews may not agree.At that time,we will need to show them that what we say is correct.For this purpose,we may sometimes need to use some Bible verses to show them that what The Holy Qur'an says about previous scriptures is correct.
This is why I advocate the quoting of Bible and other scriptures.
But,completely depending on them is not good.As many brothers and sisters said here,we should teach others about our religion,Islam.So,we need to use Qur'an more.
I,in my experience,got many of my questions and doubts answered by just reading some Aayahs in the Holy Qur'an,and I was stunned because they were much better and stronger than any other answers,and It helped me a lot.
So my conclusion is:
We can use quotes from other scriptures,but We need to use Qur'an more for Da'wah.
I think I made my point clear.
Assalamu Alaikum.