What does Sura 3:3 mean?
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Topic: What does Sura 3:3 mean?
Posted By: Bismarck
Subject: What does Sura 3:3 mean?
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 10:53pm
Sura 3:3
It is He Who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the Book,
confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and
the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent
down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).
By "the Book confirming what went before it" I take to mean the Holy
Qur'an, yes?
What does it mean, "confirming"? I am talking with a Christian who thinks
that means that the Holy Qur'an should confirm the OT & NT. Since this
Christian sees contradictions between the Holy Qur'an and the OT/NT,
said Christian then is arguing to me that the Holy Qur'an is inconsistent
-- that is says it confirms the OT/NT in Sura 3:3, yet disagrees with it
elsewhere. Would someone please shed some light on this?
Also, what is the Criterion of Judgement -- is that a separate Scripture,
lost perhaps, or written down somewhere as an "Apocryphal" source as it
were?
Thanks again in advance,
Bismarck
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Posted By: rami
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 11:28pm
Bi ismillahir rahmanir raheem
Hi Bismarck
What it means is that it is confirming the truths which are still contained in the old scriptures and have not been corupted.
Muslims dont believe everything in the bibnle has been corupted or lost but it contains truths and falshood.
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