1) the Quran says such things like
(4) And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, confirming that which was (revealed) before him in the Torah, and We bestowed on him the gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was (revealed) before it in the Torah - a guidance and an admonition unto those who ward off (evil).
(سورة المائدة, Al-Maaida, Chapter #5, Verse #46)
(5) Let the People of the gospel judge by that which Allah hath revealed therein. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such are evil-livers.
(سورة المائدة, Al-Maaida, Chapter #5, Verse #47)
PRESENT TENSE.
if you make these major assumptions out of nothing but conjecture and personal bias, that there was some magical secret gospel, then remember in these type of verses Allah mentions the Torah in the present tense too. For you to try and unravel the vast history of the previous scriptures which btw had a succession of prophets coming throughout and never once rejecting previous scripture or calling it false.....you're stretching in a major way. In truth, you are directly challenging Allah on this.
2) ANY/EVERY verse which 'implies' the previous scripture was altered...was moreso a reference to it's interpretations/translations.
Since i do not believe the Quran contradicts itself, if the Quran tells us in the present tense that the scripture the christians have with them is a 'guidance and light' then i cannot at the same time hold the belief that they altered it.
It is the ultimate meaning/interpretation which they alter themselves.
The core text is easy to understand for me, why is that? why is it i can study the entie NT and derive from it, an entirely different viewpoint from regular christians?
it's because THEY are not true to the book, they do not even understand John 1:1 and that is the foundation of the entire NT.
In the same sense, the prophet SAW was angry when Umar RA was reading a translated interpretation of the Torah. The prophet SAW never attacked THE Torah but rather, showed it much respect. In the hadiths, the verses from the torah on stoning are referred to as 'the divine verses'
divine.........
3) The holy spirit, is not the angel Gabriel. There is absolutely nothing in our religion corroborating this lie. It is muslims who created this story in order to stand against christian missionaries.
one lie washes the other?
in the Quran, the angel Gabriel is always mentioned by name. The Holy Spirit is mentioned in a different context.
check this out
(3) If ye twain turn unto Allah repentant, (ye have cause to do so) for your hearts desired (the ban); and if ye aid one another against him (Muhammad) then lo! Allah, even He, is his Protecting Friend, and gabriel and the righteous among the believers; and furthermore the angels are his helpers.
(سورة التحريم, At-Tahrim, Chapter #66, Verse #4)
look at this entire Surah
https://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=66&translator=4
when Allah is mentioned in the thirrd person, these are verses revealed either through the Holy Spirit OR the angel Gabriel. But here, it is not the angel Gabriel speaking, then who is it?
this verse is linked to this hadith
Whoever satirises the Apostle from amongst you, or praises him and helps it is all the same, And Gabriel, the Apostle of Allah is among us, and the holy spirit who has no match. (Book #031, Hadith #6081)
4) in the spirit of consistency, Allah also tells us this
(2) And when I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and in My messenger, they said: We believe. Bear witness that we have surrendered (unto Thee) "we are muslims".
(سورة المائدة, Al-Maaida, Chapter #5, Verse #111)
and this
(4) O ye who believe! Be Allah's helpers, even as Jesus son of Mary said unto the disciples: Who are my helpers for Allah? They said: We are Allah's helpers. And a party of the Children of Israel believed, while a party disbelieved. Then We strengthened those who believed against their foe, and they became the uppermost.
(سورة الصف, As-Saff, Chapter #61, Verse #14)
i'm pretty sure Paul's teachings were the uppermost face of christianity after Jesus AS, moreso than even Peter..and Peter was the one disciple singled out by Jesus as his 'rock'.
For me, rejecting the NT is a big ask...it's not something i'm willing to do...and if i accept it as divine scripture.....
then
what does it actually tell us? what did Isa AS say?
Mark 3:28-30: "Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemes will be forgiven for the sons of men. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin. He said this because they [the Pharisees] were saying, 'He has an evil spirit'."
'casper'
please....don't repeat this again, it is wrong.
Prophet SAW "the holy spirit who has no match"
Jesus AS " whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin"