The Bible is a canonical collection of texts sacred in Judaism and Christianity. There is no single "Bible" and many Bibles with varying contents
In religion, a prophet is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on that entity's behalf. They
A prophet is a person who is assigned a special mission by God to guide mankind and include Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad
In essence, all the prophets were Muslim because they preached Monotheism (i.e. the worship of one God, and not the worship false dieties).
Historical sources mention 124,000, 224,000 or 1,200,000 prophets. Regardless of the exact number, God sent prophets to every land, people and period
All prophets gave guidance and instruction to their people about how to properly worship God and live their lives. Since God is One, His message has been one and consistent throughout time. In essence, all prophets taught the message of Islam - to find peace in your life through submission to the One Almighty Creator; to believe in God and to follow His guidance.
God sent thousands of prophets with the sole message to worship the one, true God (the Creator) and not worship Creation, such as other men, prophets, spiritual leaders, trees, water, fire, animals, weather, money etc.
A Muslim must believe, honour and respect each and every prophet of God
Islam teaches all prophets were of high moral character and did not succumb to the sins their people committed. Although prophets were humans and capable of human errors of judgment, but such errors does not diminish their superiority or the respect Muslims are obliged to have for them
All Prophets preached Monotheism. The worship of one God and forbade the worship of false diety. Therefore, all Prophets 'in-essence' are considered to be Muslim.
The teachings delivered by previous prophets had gradually become lost, altered and obscured. God then sent Muhammad to:
* re-establish those original principles,
* preach other truths which had not been preached before, but were necessary now because mankind had advanced,
* to collect together the best of every religion into one faith.
So Muhammad appeared as the Last Prophet to give to the whole world one, perfect and ever-lasting, religion - Islam.
A prophet or messenger of God is a human being to whom God gives His guidance and whom He charges with the task of conveying that guidance to the people, so that they may do good and avoid evil.
God sent prophets to all nations on earth, at various stages of their history.
Muslims have to believe in all the prophets and messengers of God, equally, without distinction, wherever they may have appeared.
Many prophets are mentioned by name in the Quran; for example, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus from the Biblical prophets, and also non-Biblical prophets some of whose names are Luqman, Eber and Ezekiel.
They all gave the same basic teaching: that man should worship God, and God alone, and do good to his fellow beings. Ofcourse, the details of the teachings differed according to the nation and the time in which a Prophet appeared. In the Quran, the teachings of all Prophets are called Islam, and the Prophets and their true followers are labelled Muslims. This refers to the fact that the fundamental teachings given by all of them were the same - submission to God.
All Prophets were equally from God, and equally true, but the scope of their missions varied. The messengers before Muhammad were each given teachings limited to their respective nations, because in those times a nation did not have much to do with other nations.
Furthermore, the teachings of each Prophet applied for a limited period of time only, after which God would raise another Prophet to revise some of the teachings for the new circumstances.
The time came to unite all the nations upon a single religion so that mankind may live in peace as one nation. Muhammad, to whom God gave teachings for the whole world for all time to come fulfilled this purpose.
Muhammad is the final prophet from God. The teachings God gave to him are intended for all nations, for all times, so that the entire world be united in one, perfect brotherhood.
A Muslim is essentially a person who believes in one God.
All of the prophets of God preached the message of 'Monotheism' (they all called people to the worship of one God). Based on this fact, they are considered 'in-essence', in terms of their basic beliefs to be Muslim.
According to sources, God sent 124,000 prophets to guide mankind
God sent 1000's of prophets and we do not know about the majority of them. However, we do know of four Arab prophets: Hud, Saleh, Shuaib and Muhammad
And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
Luke 24:19
And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
Matthew 21:11
Most likely the Aramaic or (later) Hebrew form of Allah, which would be Elah or El. These are the generic names, but we do not know if it became generic due to normative use.
The Bible is the holy book of the Christians
The words "Begotten" and "Son" are not accurate. View Jesus is the Son of God for more information.
In the Quran, God says:
"They say: (God) Most Gracious has begotten a son! Indeed ye have put forth a thing most monstrous! At it the skies are ready to burst, the earth to split asunder, and the mountains to fall down in utter ruin, That they should invoke a son for (God) Most Gracious. For it is not consonant with the majesty of (God) Most Gracious that He should beget a son." (Quran 19:88-92)
Obviously the Church must know them very well since they are popularly believed to have received divine inspiration from God Himself. Right? Actually, they don't.
For example, we will note that every Gospel begins with the introduction "According to..." such as:
"The Gospel according to Mark"
"The Gospel according to Matthew"
"The Gospel according to Luke"
"The Gospel according to John"
The obvious conclusion for the average man on the street is that these people are known to be the authors of the books attributed to them.
This, however is not the case. Why? Because not one of the vaunted 4,000 copies existent carries its author's signature.
It has just been assumed that certain people were the authors of the books.
Historically, the Bible has been used by some to enslave, subjugate and dominate over a people
God has placed many signs in Scripture which point to the coming of Muhammad.
This verse mentions the Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Ghost) in the King James Version Bible (KJV). Bible critics agree the KJV verse is a forgery that was added into the Bible. More modern, accurate Bibles give different text:
And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth - (RSV Bible)
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth - (ASV Bible)
For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. (NIV Bible)
If two men are fighting and ones wife gets involved in the dispute, the Bible tells her husband to cut off her hand.
According to the Bible (Old Testament), the punishment for apostasy (turning away from Gods religion) is death
No. In the Bible, Moses orders the killing of all men
It is of enormous importance in establishing the biblical text. There are three earliest manuscripts of the Bible New Testament:
1. Codex Alexandrinus is one of the earliest and most important manuscripts of the entire Bible in Greek
2. Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world and is kept in the British Library. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy of the New Testament.
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3. Codex Vaticanus in Rome
The Greek word 'Biblos' is a standard term for a collection of any books, and not specific to scripture. In Acts 19:19, a collection of books (Biblos) are burned. Does that mean the Holy Bible was burned and destroyed? Obviously not!
Emperor Constantine at the opening of the Council of Nicaea (325 AD) quoted Psalm 82:6 to remind the bishops that their high office should raise them above jealousy and party feeling.
The term 'God' was applied to people of power, authority and rule who were considered to have greater nearness to God than others - an appellation which implies that you are God's representatives on earth, and that your decision is, in an important sense, to be regarded as his.
Saint Jerome (342-420) was commissioned to translate the gospels from Greek into Latin. This key Catholic Biblical scholar was highly regarded and often represented with the figure of a lion.
In 1909, Pope Pius X first encouraged Bible study. For the first time, Catholics could now study the Bible for themselves and Catholicism returned to being a 'religion of the book' for the people
The 16th century translators of the Geneva Bible harnassed it to promote their anti-monarchist views.
The medieval Church prohibited use of the Bible to ensure people believed that they were told, not what they read, or others read to them.
In the Gospel of John, Lazarus was a close friend of Jesus Christ and the brother of Mary and Martha. They lived in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem.
Lazarus fell ill and died. According to the text, Jesus arrived four days after Lazarus was buried in a tomb, ordered the stone to be rolled away, and commanded, "Lazarus, come out!" The Raising of Lazarus is considered one of Jesus' most significant and dramatic miracles, directly setting off the events leading to the Crucifixion because it drew massive public attention.