Apart from legitimising alcohol, the Bible regards it as a miracle of Christ!

Apart from legitimising alcohol, the Bible regards it as a miracle of Christ! It is thus clear and obvious that such distorted texts could in no way be suitable for guiding mankind. However, to understand how and why these deteriorations and alterations took place, one must look into the detailed accounts mentioned, which cannot be discussed here.

In the sixth century after the birth of Christ, when the entire world was filled with the darkness of ignorance and oppression and the torches of guidance were dimmed, God sent the best of the prophets to the worse of societies, in order to perpetuate the light of Revelation for mankind. The Revelation was protected from any alteration and was to remain with man. It contained true knowledge, laws and order for the society, as well as Divine Wisdom.

Such information was to lead man towards the felicity of this world and the next. Imam Ali (a) in one of his sermons (Nahj al- Balagha, sermon 87) describes the state of the world at the advent of Islam: “Allah sent the Prophet (s) when the mission of other prophets had stopped and the people were in slumber for along time. Evil was raising its head; all matters were in disruption and in the flames of war, while the world was devoid of brightness, and full of open deceitfulness.

Its leaves had turned yellow and there was absence of hope about its fruit, while the water had gone underground. The minarets of guidance had disappeared and signs of destruction had appeared. It was stern to its people and frowned in the face of its seeker. Its fruit was vice and its food was a carcass.

Its inner dress was fear and its outer cover was the sword.” From the time of the Prophet of Islam (s) the most important subject for human beings has been the investigation of the reality of the prophecy of the Prophet of Islam and the truth of the immaculateness of the religion of Islam.

The establishment of the authenticity of Islam and the Prophet will consequently prove the reality of the Qur’an as being the only Divine book present in its pure and unaltered form that has remained in hands of man. This will also establish the recognition of the true belief, value system and practical responsibilities in Islam as being perpetual and as being the only solution for resolving the problems of ideology and worldview.