Principles of Islam
42. The Qur’an
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42. THE QUR’AN
The Qur’an, the Book of God, enshrines the
teachings which were basically the same as were to
be found in previous revealed scriptures. But these
ancient scriptures are no longer preserved in their
original state. Later additions and deletions have
rendered them unreliable, whereas the Qur’an,
preserved in its original state, is totally reliable.
The Qur’an has 114 chapters. Its contents in a
nutshell are: belief in one God, and considering
oneself answerable to Him; firm belief that the
guidance sent by God through the Prophet
Muhammad is the truth and that man’s eternal
salvation rests thereon.
The position of the Qur’an is not just that it is one of
the many revealed scriptures but that it is the only
authentic heavenly book, as all other books, due to
human additions and deletions, have been rendered
historically unreliable. When a believer in the
previous revealed scripture turns to the Qur’an, it
does not mean that he is rejecting his own belief,
