The Holy Books are sacred texts that God sent down to His prophets who were commanded to use them as guides for human beings. The Books contain the “Words of God” and messengers are persons God appoints to explain them to their peoples for the sole purpose of practicing all of their contents. In human history, revolutions are staged to change the minds and lives of people, and are planned and carried out by using written ideas, either in
the form of manifestoes or some type of axiom. The secular books are used as guides for those leading the revolution and their followers or supporters. As a Pakistani scholar Sayyid Abdul A’la Maududi states: “Conversely, human nature demands an authentic guidebook together with its teacher and guide, whether it is in written form or is preserved in the memory of people…[T]he principles are the basis of thoughts and practices, morality and culture.”1
God sent his prophets as messengers with the Books of revelation, that is, the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an so that all of mankind may have knowledge about Him, their mission on earth and their final destination. 2 In Hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari, Prophet Muhammed is reported to have said: Before me, every prophet was given a miracle andthey practice it during their life time, i.e……, Jesus [Issa, the son of Mary or Maryam] used to cure the sick and made the dead alive…,Moses [Musa] was given thestick…and I have been given the permanent miracle ofthe Qur’an till the Day of Resurrections, and it is a Glorious Book…
Source: Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture
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