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Insaanah
To us, your arguments about the authenticity of the current day gospels are irrelevant. They (your arguments) really make no difference to us. If you strongly believe the gospels aren’t true, then go and convince Christians. You’re wasting your time here, and ours. Our scripture is the Quran, revealed to prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, by the God of Abraham peace be upon him, who is the God of Moses peace be upon him, who is the God of Jesus peace be upon him, who is the God of Muhammad peace be upon him, indeed the God of us all.
We believe that a scripture called the Injeel was given to Jesus peace be upon him by God. We haven’t seen what that original scripture looked like, but it is one of our articles of faith to believe in it. It’s possible the current day gospels may contain fragments of the revelation that was in the injeel, as brother eesa the kiwi mentioned.
The message of God has been the same since the beginning of time, so it is not surprising if there are similarities to the Quran in some places in the current day gospels and differences in others where man made ideas have been introduced into the gospels.
The main point is, the Quran is here, here and now. The original, true, and unadulterated message of God, unchanged and untampered with by man. 100% God's word. No versions. No editions. No human authors. Free from any human interference. The message of God to all mankind, in it's final, unadulterated and pristine form. Thus it supersedes the previous scriptures, while being a continuation, confirmation and culmination of the original message contained within them, in its last and final form.
It is a book that tells us what has always been expected from humans since the beginning of time; what God told His prophets to teach people since the creation of the first human. That core message never changed. The essence of Islam is what always was, and has always been, the true and natural religion; the way of all the Prophets, the original message, the only message. The message was: to submit wholeheartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone, without any associates in, or parts to, His Exclusive Divinity, and to obey the prophet.
Thus, Islam is not a new faith, but is the same Ultimate Truth that God revealed to all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all). Thus Islam is not named after a specific person (like Christianity, Buddhism), nor after a certain race or place (like Judaism, Hinduism), but is named by God Himself, the meaning loosely translating as 'submission to God', which is what every Prophet and their righteous followers did, from amongst all times, places and peoples. That in itself is one fraction of the evidence that it was the way of all the Prophets from the beginning. Since the time of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that message is available unchanged and unadulterated. He is the last, not first, prophet of Islam; a messenger to all mankind.
Now that this information has been given to you including by other brothers and sisters on this thread, what are you going to do about it? I invite you to come to and believe in and embrace that truth. Will you do it?
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