The Qur'an acts as a complete guide to life - Discuss

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Jo Batty

The Qur’an acts as a complete guide to life – Discuss

The Qur’an is the Holy Book for Muslims; they believe it is the word of God ‘Kitab al Allah’.  The Qur’an is a Muslims greatest treasure and an absolute guide to live ‘this is the book, in its guidance sure without doubt’; the Qur’an is also seen as the main source of Law in Islam. The Qur’an covers every issue from the teaching of Tawhid to the guidance through the 5 Pillars.  

The Qur’an was delivered to Mohammad over a period of 22yrs through the intermediary Angel Gabriel and a process involving tanzil and wahy, tanzil the downward flow of the revelation and wahy, the way in which as a tool of God Mohammad received the words without mental for thought.

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The Sunni’s believe the revelations where passed down by Allah through the Angel Gabriel to Mohammad but the Shi’ites believe that it was passed down to Mohammad without the intermediary the Angel Gabriel.

The Qur’an is seen by Muslims to be perfect and more important than the Bible or Torah because the Bible and the Torah are seen to have been distorted to suit their believing communities but the revelations in the Qur’an are believed to have been recorded immediately when Mohammad received them.

As a guide to life the Qur’an is shown respect, when it is being read ...

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