| Abstract: |
Islam, Judaism, and Christianity preach the worship of God of Abraham. Jewish
and Christian faiths were intertwined with the Islamic faith in its initial
days. The Qur'an calls Jews and Christians as believers of God (Ahl al-Kitab).
Islamic faith is not complete unless believing in Moses and Christ as the
messengers/prophets of God. It also affirms Torah, Prophetical literature, and
Gospels as the sacred books. At the beginning of the Islamic faith, Christians
and Muslims lived in the same country. This closeness in both location and
theology undoubtedly led to the extensive theological discussions. As a result
of such studies, many subjects emerged as controversial issues. One such theme
is the question of alteration/tahrif of the Bible. This paper attempts to
delineate how this question is dealt with by the famous Muslim theologians.
Muslim theologians have many discussions with Christian theologians on some
theological problems, including the issue of tahrif in the Bible. They deal
with this question with a reconciliatory approach. According to them, the
meaning of tahrif is not clear both in the Old and in the New Testament. It
means Muslim theologians have not been in unity on Sacred Books corruption.
However, according to significant part of them, corruption (tahrif) is a
change of meaning. |