Do the miracles only exist in the Holy Qur'an? Are there any miracles in the Bible?
Submitted by on Mon, 18/01/2010 - 08:51
Dear Brother / Sister,
Of course, there are miracles in them because they are also revelation. If there are not such miracles in the Torah and Bible that we have today, it does not mean that there had never been.
We, Muslims, believe that books called the Torah, Psalms and Gospel were sent to Prophet Moses, Prophet David and Prophet Jesus and that those books do not contain anything against the religion of reality and oneness.
However, the originals of those books could not be protected and they got lost. We cannot say that there is not anything from the revelations sent to the prophets in the books which Jews and Christians have got today. However, it is a reality that fake and false beliefs have been mixed into them.
For this reason, we are careful about those books. We admit that judgments which are appropriate to the Quran in them are products of revelation.
We presume that the judgments which oppose to the Quran’s judgments have been added to those books later. And we stay neutral to the judgments which are neither appropriate nor inappropriate for the Quran. We neither accept nor deny them; because it is possible that they maybe traces of revelation and it is also possible that they are made up by people.
On the issue, Abu Huraira said: “Followers of the holy book used to read the Torah in Hebrew language and interpret it in Arabic for Muslims. On the issue, the Messenger of Allah said to his companions:
“Neither confirm nor deny what the followers of the holy book say. Just say: We believe in Allah, and the Revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes and that given to Moses and Jesus and that given to all prophets from their Lords. We make no difference between one and another of them and we bow to Allah.” (al-Baqara, 136).
Questions on Islam
- It is said that some scientific and historical facts that are mentioned in the Qur'an, coming from various cultures and nations of the world. How can you clarify this?
- Where and how was the Bible revealed to the prophet Jesus (PBUH)?
- Were there any human beings that were created before Hazrat Adam? What was created first? Were there any human beings before Adam?
- Did the great personalities that advanced in spirituality reach those high ranks by worshipping day and night? Or were they (saints and prophets) given those ranks by birth?
- If there is no difference between magic and miracle, how can it be understood that miracle is different from magic?
- Do both the meaning and the words of the Bible (Gospel) and the Torah, like the Quran, belong to Allah?
- Since the divine books other than the Qur’an were distorted, why does the religion of Islam order us to have belief in for them?
- Since the divine books other than the Qur’an were distorted, why does the religion of Islam order us to have belief in for them?
- Why did Allah send the Quran as the last book?
- When was the Gospel distorted?