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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an vol.

4 Section 7: Relation of the Quran to the previous heavenly Books Evidence from Torah - The Evangel and its evidence – The Qur'an's confirming the previous heavenly books – Now the Qur'an to be followed Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 44 إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُواْ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ وَالرَّبَّانِيُّونَ وَالأَحْبَارُ بِمَا اسْتُحْفِظُواْ مِن كِتَابِ اللّهِ وَكَانُواْ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَاء فَلاَ تَخْشَوُاْ النَّاسَ وَاخْشَوْنِ وَلاَ تَشْتَرُواْ بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ 44.

"Verily We have sent down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light, by which the prophets, who submitted themselves (to Us), judged for those who were Jews, and (so did) the rabbis and the scholars (of divinity of the Jews) in accordance with what they were entrusted with the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof. Therefore, do not dread the people, and dread (opposing) Me; and do not sell My Signs for a little price.

And whoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down; those are they that are the infidels." Separate from confessing upon the falsification of the Torah and the Bible, the originality of the heavenly Books should be admired and glorified. It is true that the Torah was revealed to Moses (as) and the Evangel was revealed to Jesus (as) , yet they have been accepted by all the prophets and the saints after them. They wholly practiced according to the ordinances of those Books.

Thus, prophets have no commandment from their ownselves, save that they are surrended to the commandment of Allah. Then, when the prophets are surrended to the commandment of Allah, why should we not? Islam is the religion of all. The prophets of the Israelites have been qualified with 'submission' not with Judaism and Christianity. And, in general, the scholars of every nation are responsible for the execution of the commandments of the Lord among people.

Therefore, guardianship of the jurisconsult has evidences in all religions. "... by which the prophets who submitted themselves (to Us) judged ..." Explanation The Qur'anic word /rabbani/ is derived from /rabban/ which means: 'trainer'.

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