So the Injeel was revealed, and written down correctly, am I right? Then, according to Islam, the early Christians added to and took away from the Injeel - giving us the New Testament. Seems fairly clear to me that this is the same as saying the New Testament is a corrupted version of the Injeel.
Could someone who knows more about the matter explain all this?
Thanks,
M
there is no concrete evidence that the Injeel was preserved in writing. most of those who followed Jesus were the poor and the destitute as it APPEARS [in the NT] that he was rejected by the learned.
all of the "Gospels" are stories about Jesus. they do include and appear to "evolve" over time. we CANNOT tell EXACTLY what the Message of Jesus was because we have no revelation telling us EXACTLY what it was. we know, it would include whatever the Qur'an and the Hadeeth tell us. what IS explained to us is:
1) [4.157] And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and
they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.
2) [5.46] And
We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium, verifying what was before him of the Taurat and We gave him the Injeel in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil).
3) [5.110] When Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! Remember My favor on you and on your mother, when
I strengthened you I with the holy Spirit, you spoke to the people in the cradle and I when of old age, and when
I taught you the Book and the wisdom and the Taurat and the Injeel; and when you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission, then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission, and
you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission; and when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I withheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them with clear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them said: This is nothing but clear enchantment
4) [5.116] And when
Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! did you say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah he will say: Glory be to Thee, it did not befit me that I should say what I had no right to (say); if I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed have known it; Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in Thy mind, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things
5) [61.6] And when
Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel! surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.
and while NOT a part of the 5:116, although some here always try to infer it:
6) [4.171] O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and
do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three [aka Trinity]. Desist, it is better for you;
Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and
Allah is sufficient for a Protector.
that's, while not all, what the major issues are dealing with Jesus in the Qur'an and Allahu Alum. could we extract EVERY ayat about Jesus in the Qur'an and say that THIS is the ENTIRE Injeel. well, we could, but that would be without guidance and we would be "inventing a lie about Allah." if it were necessary for us to know the Injeel, Allah would have revealed it to us.
i will, In Sha'a Allah, address some other question/comments/points in the near future.
