Heavenly Jewels

B. 4 Belief: It is necessary for revelation to descend upon a Nabi, be it through an Angel or without any means. B. 5 Belief: Allah (The Exalted) revealed various scriptures (sahifas) and Heavenly Books upon various Nabis. From amongst them, four are very famous: The Taurat was revealed to Nabi Moosa (upon whom be peace), The Zuboor to Nabi Dawood (upon whom be peace), The Tnjeel to Nabi Esa (upon whom be peace) and the Most Exalted Book, The Qur'aan was revealed upon the Most Exalted Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). In the Book of Allah (The Exalted), for part of it to be more exalted than the other parts, is in the sense of more reward attained for us, otherwise, Allah (The Exalted) is One and His Word is One. There is no space for more or less exalted in His word as it is Qadeem. It is not so that certain parts of His word are more exalted while others a re less exalted. B. 6 Belief: All the Heavenly books and scriptures are true and all are the word of Allah (The Exalted). It is necessary to bring Imaan in that which has been mentioned in all of them. It, however, happened that Allah (The Exalted) gave the books of the past in the care of the people. They could not protect it. It did not remain with them in the original form, as it had been revealed, because the mischievous ones amongst them made alterations in these books and added and removed information to suit their own desires. However, the Qur'aan remains safe, unaltered. Thus, if anything from these books are presented before us and it is in accordance with the Qur'aan, we should acknowledge it and if it is contrary to the Qur'aan, we shall know for certain that it is one of those things that were altered and if we can not recognise whether it is in accordance with the Qur'aan or contrary, we should neither reject nor acknowledge it, but we should say, "We bring faith in Allah (The Exalted), in all His Angels, all His Booke; and All H is Prophets. 4 1