And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like?
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....thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true. \n\nThis is Yusuf Ali's rendering anyway.
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what kind of question is that\n\nwho nos what someone would answer it depends on the question i would telll the truth
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Islam does not claim that the words of God (i.e. Holy books like the Gospels - not the Bible - Psalms, Torah) cannot be corrupted (by "corrupted" I dont mean misinterpreted, but rather, the text was altered). It just claims that ONLY the Qur'an was preserved, unlike previous scriptures. How, you might ask, can we be sure of this?\n\nThe Qur'an we have today corresponds EXACTLY (to the letter) to the oldest official copy we have, that dates to 12 yrs after the Prophet's death - and that's only because previous copies have all been burned to make one official copy. This has been done, of course, after very rigorous checking. You might say: "Well, what if it was altered at that time when they were producing this official copy?"\n\nThe authenticity of the Qur'an has been cross-checked through the written texts that they had back then + memorization (and this is the most important part). The memorized text was of paramount importance at a time when not everyone could read and write, but everybody could memorize. The arabs at that time came from a background known for their memorization of poetry (it was like the media, back then, to them), geneologies, and legends. The WHOLE Qur'an was memorized by many many Muslims, which helped cross-check and preserve any alterations that could have been made to the written copies. That is why the Qur'an has not changed, unlike the Bible or Torah: because it had the advantage of being memorized in its entirety by a large number of people.\n\nTo give you one more argument - which you might find less convincing since you're not a Muslim - there are many scientific truths & predictions of the future in the Qur'an (which I will not go into detail) that are very specifically worded. Any alterations to the specific words used would alter the whole meaning of the verse (and thus, the scientific truths that the Qur'an contains).\n\n(AS A SIDE NOTE) It is the numerous occurrences of such specifically worded truths that makes it only possible for the Qur'an to have been the words of none other than God (there are more than 25 of these specifically worded truths). Mathematically speaking, to be able to guess them all correctly, one would have to have 1 in a 100 million chance of being right about every guess - i.e. (1/2)^25. I'll give you just one example: there is a verse that states that the Dead sea shore is the lowest land on earth (1300 ft below sea level), which only recently we were able to prove. One would have to had explored the entire world to come up with such a statement! \n\n(AS A COMMENT TO WHAT YOU SAID TO CICI). The Qur'an is in fact one of prophet Muhammad's miracles. That's partially why it was preserved. In fact, this is the only perpetual miracle that any prophet has ever produced. The statement that the Qur'an is divine does not come from the fact that it produces "beautiful verses that make people cry", but from the fact that there are so many scientific truths/predictions of the future that I have briefly discussed above, and that Muhammad PBUH WAS ILLITERATE. One of the reasons why he was called a mad man and a sorcerer is because his people couldnt find an explanation as to how he could come up with this amazing Qur'an (even the most fluent poets of 7th century arabia failed to duplicate just one single chapter - i.e. just 3 verses!), when he didnt even know how to read or write.\n\nWhy did God not preserve the Gospels and the Torah before this? I'm not sure. He probably wanted to test them through that which He sent them. Only God, in all His wisdom, knows. \n\nYou may not like my answer, but that's the answer to your question from an Islamic perspective.\n\nPeace be with you
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I don't know, what is the point? what is your point? oh please enlighten us o great prophet.
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I dont know, perhaps but you would have to talk to the person who wrote said verse to find out what they were talking about.
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OK, brass tacks time. You can make as many proclamations you wish about who is God. But it all comes down to the gauntlet thrust into the ring by the God of the Bible...\n\nIsaiah 41:22-23\n “Let them bring forth and show us what will happen. Let them show the former things, what they were, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them--or declare to us things to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good or do evil, that we may be dismayed and see it together."\n\nGod is saying, "OK, you who say you are gods and prophets, tell us what will happen in the future before it happens. If you can, then you will be one who dwells in eternity. If not, you are no god and a false prophet."\n\nBy the admission of those on this forum, the Qu'ran contains NO prophecy and Muhammad made no prophetic pronouncements.\n\nGod has in the Old Testament, Jesus fulfilled and made some of His own (such as the destruction of the temple). The studies below are just a few examples of fulfilled prophecies--there are hundreds! Some fulfilled, others still pending. So who is the One who dwells in eternity? The One who sees the beginning and the end as one? I'll let HIM tell you...\n\nIsaiah 42:9\n"Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."\n\nIsaiah 57:15\nFor thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place,With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones."
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Your question assumes that the Holy Spirit has already taught the Church everything there is to know. This is an incorrect assumption on account of the fact it flies in the face of the "living God". The whole idea behind exemplifying the "living God" is to show that He continues to teach us and reveal new Truths to us.\n\nOther than the Pope himself, it's impossible for anyone to determine who else knows what's in the Vatican's Secret Archives. All we can do is speculate.\n\nSpeculating is not a bad thing, as long as we realize our speculations are based on no hard evidence whatsoever. Speculation is simply educated guessing. If I guess, I would say the Secret Archives contains material that is, at this point, beyond the Church's understanding. At some point in the future, at a time of God's choosing, the Holy Spirit will reveal these Truths to the Vatican. When this happens, it's possible, even likely, that any related documentation will be released to the public.\n\nAgain this is speculation but, assuming I am right, to release these documents before Truth is revealed would lead to massive misunderstandings of said documents and, thus, do far more damage than good to the Church.\n\nI am at peace with the idea of the Vatican having a Secret Archive. The Truth, God's Truth, has nothing to hide - but that does not mean we have a right to raid a library of written material that is above and beyond all humanity's understanding.\n\nMight I suggest that, instead of worrying about written material that the Vatican has not YET released. Why not dig in to the massive library of writings penned by saints and doctors of the Church. There is enough material there to keep you reading for years.
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It means that things were revealed to him.
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"Peace be unto you, brother." ... Then they might lament what thier followers have said and done.
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usually you ask what you wonder about....
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dear beleive in quran it itself will guide you at the time of prophet there was no sahih hadees this was tranfered from sahaba to till date and authentic things only allah knows, if u want to follow the truth read quran do as the prophet asked us to do be good do good dont fall behind waste conversation and spent as much time as you can in the praise of allah and ask guidence from him he is the alone who can gude,and on the foot steps of mohammed sas is the victory of the worls and the hereafter.
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The answer is in verse one.\n\n"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw."
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The simple answer is that IF JESUS(suppose) visit me and I ask this question what will be HIS answer?
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It could be this one:\n\n"For only the truth which edifies is truth for you."
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We are human and cannot possibly know what God knows.  Do I believe things he has done?  Yes.  Can I with certainty explain how it was done? No.  I don't necessarily think it's doubt, I just think it's being unaware.  The longer you have a relationship with God, the more you will come to understand.  He will make some things clearer so that His will can be done.  We are his servants.  So in some ways I agree with you but I don't like the use of the word doubt, that makes me think of being unfaithful.  I see it more as being in the dark, not able to understand.  He is God, our Creator.  We are merely human.
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Never accept you have the answer until you have experienced the totallity of life. What you propose as the truth or meaning today could prove a falsehood tommorow. remain openminded until your last breath then decide what it was all about.
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God has revealed everything but do men heed? Don't worry about what the revelation has to say because it will really come to pass just as long as you hold on to your faith. This life is not really that important. There is something more precious than life on earth.