Journal of Interreligious Studies on the Quran and the Bible

Journal of Interreligious Studies on the Quran and the Bible

The Similarity of the Bible to Islamic Narrations According to the Holy Quran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Husein Naqavi 1
Laleh Eftekhari 2
1 Associate Professor, Department of Religions, Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute, Qom, Iran.
2 Assistant professor, Department of Qur’an and Hadith Studies, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22034/qb.2024.2036059.1011
Abstract
The Quran, on one hand, generally affirms the current Torah and Gospel (Bible) while considering them to have deficiencies on the other hand. The verses of the Quran indicate that the Bible contain omissions and additions. This statement of the Quran aligns with the historical accounts of the Bible, and the Quran speaks in accordance with reality. That is to say, the Bible is divine, yet they have become humanized and contain deficiencies. The Quran possesses unique characteristics such as clarity, being blessed, wise, and a guardian, which elevate it above any other book and render all other books reliant on it. Accordingly, all books need to present their contents to the Quran for correction and completion. This interaction of the Quran with the Bible is similar to its interaction with Islamic narrations. Although this perspective has previously been presented by the author in articles and books, this writing employs a descriptive-analytical method with a new articulation and reasoning to substantiate this viewpoint.
Keywords
Holy Quran
Torah and Gospel
Bible
Islamic Narrations
Affirmation
Presentation to the Quran
  1. Holy Quran. (Makarem Shirazi, Trans).
  2. Nahj al-Balāghah. (Ṣubḥī Ṣāliḥ, Trans).
  3. Bible. Ilam publication.
  4. Antarman, A. (2012 AD/1391 SH). Beliefs and Jewish Practices. Qom: University of Religions and Denominations Press.
  5.  Avicenna, H. (n.d.). Rasāla Aḍḥawīyya fī Amr al-Maʿād. N.p.: N.n.
  6. Ibn Shahr Ᾱshūb, M. (1986 AD/1405 AH). Manāqib Ᾱl Abī Ṭālib. Beirut: Dar al-Ada'a.
  7. Ibn Fāris, A. (1985 AD/1404 AH). Mu‘jam Maqāyīs al-Lugha. Qom: Maktab al-I‘lam al-Islami.
  8. Apocrypha of the Old Testament. (2004 AD/1383 SH). (Rasulzadeh, A; Baghbani, J. Trans). Qom: Institute for Educational and Research Studies, Imam Khomeini.
  9. Spinoza, B. (1999 AD/1378 SH). "The True Author of the Five Books." (Alboiyeh, A.Trans). Haft Asman. No. 1.
  10. Balāghī, M. J. (1981 AD/1360 SH). al-Hudā ilā dīn al-Muṣṭafā. (Safaei, A. Trans). Tehran: Afaq Publications.
  11. Tenny, M. C. (1983 AD/1362 SH). Introducing the New Testament. (Mikaelian, T. Trans). Tehran: Hayat Abadi.
  12. Tofighi, H. (2000 AD/1379 SH). Familiarity with Major Religions. Tehran: Samt Publications.
  13. Javadi Amoli, A. (2010 AD/1389 SH). The Purity of the Quran from Alteration. Qom: Isrā.
  14. Khalīl al-Raḥmān al-Hindī, R. A. (n.d.). Declaration of truth. N.p.: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya.
  15. Durant, W. (1991 AD/1370 SH). The History of Civilization. (Aram, A. Trans). Tehran: Publication and Education of the Islamic Revolution.
  16. Dib, S. (1985). The Torah between Paganism and Monotheism. Beirut: Dar al-Nafaes.
  17. Van Voorst, R. E. (2005 AD/1384 SH). Christianity from the Depths of Texts. (Baghbani. J; Rasulzadeh, A. Trans). Qom: Imam Khomeini Institute for Educational and Research Studies.
  18. Robertson, A. (1999 AD/1378 SH). Jesus: Myth or History? (Tofighi, H. Trans). Qom: Center for Studies and Research on Religions and Denominations.
  19. Razi, F. (1990 AD/1411 AH). al-Tafsir al-Kabīr. Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyya.
  20.  Soleymani Ardestani, A. R. (1999 AD/1378 SH). "New Testament: History of Writing and Authors." Haft Asman. No. 3.
  21.  Soleymani Ardestani, A. R. (1999 AD/1378 SH (A)). "Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament." Haft Asman. N. 5.
  22.  Soleymani Ardestani, A. R. (1999 AD/1378 SH (B))." Critique of the Holy Book." Haft Asman. No. 8.
  23. Chale, F. (1967 AD/1346 SH). A Brief History of Major Religions. (Khodayar Mohajeri, M. Trans & Ed). Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
  24.  Schultz, S. (n.d.). The Old Testament Speaks. (Fathi, M. Trans). N.p.: Assembly of God Churches Council.
  25. Ṭabāṭabāʼī, S. M. H. (1970 AD/1390 AH). al-Mīzān fī Tafsīr al-Quran. Beirut: Al-Alami Foundation for Publications.
  26. Al-‘Ayyāshī, M. b. M. (1960 AD/1380 AH). Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshī. Tehran: Scientific Press.
  27. Hordern, W. (1989 AD/1368 SH). Guide to Protestant Theology. (Mikaelian, T. Trans). Tehran: Scientific and Cultural Publications.
  28. Klaperman, G. (1970 AD/1349 AH). History of the Jewish People. (Hemmati, M. Trans). Tehran: Ganj-e Danesh Iran.
  29. Majlisi, M. B. (1982 AD/1403 AH). Biḥār al-Anwār. Beirut: Al-Wafa Foundation.
  30. Miller, W. M. (1981). History of the Early Church. (Nakhostin, A.Trans). Tehran: Hayat-e Abadi.
  31. Michel, T. (2002 AD/1381 SH). Christian Theology. (Tofighi, H. Trans). Qom: Center for Studies and Research on Religions and Denominations.
  32. Muṣṭafawī, H. (2006 AD/1385 SH). al-Taḥqīq fī Kalimāt al-Quran al-Karīm.  Tehran: Center for Publishing the Works of Allameh Mostafavi.
  33. Maʻrifat, M. H. (1992 AD/1413 AH). al-Ṣīyāna al-Quran min al-Taḥrīf.  Qom: Islamic Publishing Foundation.
  34. Mohammadiyan, B., et al. (2001 AD/1380 SH). Encyclopedia of the Holy Book. Tehran: Rooz-e No Publishing.
  35. Naqavi, H. (2009 AD/1388 SH). "Comparative Study of the Literary Features of the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran." Ma’refat-e Adyan. Vol. 1, pp. 9-42.
  36. Naqavi, H. (2011 AD/1390 SH). "Compilation of the Torah and the Gospel from the Perspective of Quranic Verses." Ma’refat-e Adyan.  No. 9, pp. 5-24.
  37. Naqavi, H. (2022 AD/1401 SH). Presenting the Torah and Gospel to the Quran. Qom: Publications of the Institute for Educational and Research Studies, Imam Khomeini.
  38. Naqavi, H. (2014). "The Similarities of Monotheistic Religions; Alteration of the Holy Book and Alteration of the Quran." Ma’refat-e Adyan. No. 19, pp. 7-25.
  39. Qarqasani, Y. (1939). Kitāb al-Anwār wa al-Murāqib.  (Nemoy, L. Ed). The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation.
  40. Weir, R. (1995 AD/1374 SH). Religious World: Religions in Today's Societies. (Gawahi, A. R. Trans). Tehran: Office for Publishing Islamic Culture.
  41. Kyuput, D. (1997 AD/1376 SH). The Sea of Faith. (Kamshad, H.Trans). Tehran: Tarh-e No.
  42. Al-Kulayni, M. b. Y. (n.d.). al-Kāfī.  Tehran: Dar al-Kutub al-Islamiyya.
  43. Altmann, A. (1996). "Articles of Faith." Encyclopedia Judaica. Vol. 3, p. 655.
  44. Barclay, W. (1972). Introducing the Bible. New York: Abingdon Press.
  45. Charlesworth, J. H. (1993). "Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha." Encyclopedia of Religion. Vol. 2, p. 174.
  46. Loewenstamm, A; Macdonald, J. (1996). "Pentateuch, Smaritan." Encyclopedia Judaica. Vol. 13, p. 264-268.
  47. Lofmark, K. (1990). What is the Bible? London: Rationalist Press.
  48. Sarna, N. M. (1993). "Hebrew Scriptures." The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. Vol. 2, p. 155.
  49. Schniedwind, W. M. (2005). How the Bible became a book. New York: Cambridge.
Journal of Interreligious Studies on the Quran and the Bible
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
October 2024
Pages 297-318