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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Bible and Christianity (an Islamic View) Part 3: Attributes of God and His Prophets According To the Bible And woe to those who write the book with their own hands and then say, “this is from god.” For they may sell it for a small price! So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn thereby!

The Holy Qur'an, The Heifer (2): 79 Foreword The Creator of existence sends prophets and messengers to mankind with the assignment of reminding them of the good moral values, and guiding them to the right path. God chooses these messengers from amongst the people for the exceptional personal qualities they possess. These ambassadors need to practice what they preach and set examples for the people they are sent to guide.

If they were to do otherwise, then they would immediately loose all credibility before the very people they have been sent to lead, hence the choice of those with exceptional qualities that would equip them for the difficult task that lie ahead. Furthermore it is the possession of such qualities that people find admirable that attract the masses around the messengers of God.

Lacking such qualities would make it very hard for the messengers of God to lead the masses, and if they were to commit indecent and wicked acts, then what hope would the others have? Through practicing their teachings, the prophets aim to show others that they are the manifestation of their own teachings and this in turn shows the masses the truth of their message and encourage them to adhere to the teachings of the prophets.

Although chosen from amongst mankind, the prophets have managed to amass a range of noble qualities, which are amongst the pre-requisites for such a post. They have such traits and levels of enlightenment that they would be practically unable to engage in any wrong or immoral act. In work presented in this part, the author carries out a brief investigation into the Bible and presents his findings. They show that some of the most noble men, i.e.

the Prophets, who have been chosen by God Almighty as His messengers to mankind, are attributed to have committed some of the most vile and immoral conducts known to man. Conducts for which one would today be ashamed of and prosecuted, are attributed to the Prophets in the Bible.