📘 ❞ The Qur an and the Gospels A comparative study ❝ كتاب ــ Dr. Mohammad M.R. Abu Layla اصدار 2005

عن كتاب The Qur an and the Gospels A comparative study:
Preface ................. ........................ ........................ ...................... ........ V
- Introduction to the Third Edition ............ ............. ...... ........... VII
CHAPTER ONE
• Islam's Attitude Towards the Preceding Prophets ... .... .
- Jesus in the Qur'an .................................... . ............................. 2
- Jesus' titles in the Qur'an and the Gospels .............. ............. 5
CHAPTER TWO
• Islam - Concept, Dimension and Attitude Towards
Prophets and Prophecies ...... ........... .................. ... ................ 13
- The concept of Islam and its message ... .................. ............ 13
- Muhammad in the Torah and the Gospel............................ 24
- The Prophecy, its function and purpose ....... .... ........ ........... 29
- Old Testament prophecies about Muhammad .................... 39
- New Testament prophecies concerning Muhammad ......... 48
CHAPTER THREE
• The Nature and Authority of the Qur'an .............. .. ......... 55
- The transmission and authenticity of the Qur'an ............... 57
- The Qur'an: Orientation of and influence on the Muslim
mind .............. ............................................................................ 71

CHAPTER FOUR
• The Gospels a s Individual Books .......... .... ........ . ........ .. ..... 7S
- Ibn Hazm's J efinti on of the four Gospels .. ........ .. .. ........ .. .. .. 76
- Ibn Hazm's arrangement of the New Testament Books.. .. 80
- The text used by Ibn Hazm .. .. .. .................. .. ..... .. ... .. ... ...... ..... 84
- Extra-Canoni cal texts .. ........ ................ .. ......... .. ............ ........ .. 84
- Provenance and language .................... .. .. ........ ............. .. ....... 8S
- Matthew .......... .... .................. ...... ... ................... .. .. .. .. ........... ..... 87
- Mark ............ .......................... ..... .. .. ............... .. ... .. ..... .. .............. 89
- Luke .......... .. .... ............................. .......... ......... .. .... .. .. .. ........... ... 91
- John ... ............ .. .... .... .. ................. .. ... .. ........ ......... ... ... ........... .. .. .. 93
- Conclusion .. ......... ................................. .. .. ........... ....... .. .. .. ....... 94
CHAPTER FIVE
• The Transmission of the Christian Sacred Texts and
the Question of Corruption ................ .......... ...... .... .. ...... ....... 99
- The lnjil, the Gospel ........................... .............. ...................... 102
- The question of corruption .. ...... ............ .......... .. .................... 123
- The background to Ibn Hazm's concept of Tahrif ........ ..... 142
- An investigation of the etymology of Tahrif, ... .. ..... ...... .. ... 14S
- The Christian view of the Gospel Tradition ....................... I S6
- The Christian defense against Corruption ...... .. ... ................ 1 S9
- The Whereabouts of the original Gospel.. ......... .. ................ 166
- Conclusion .... ... ..... ...... .. .. ....... ................. ... .. ........ ...... .. .. .... .. ...... ...... 171
- Endnotes ..................... ... .. ......... .......... ........ .. ............ ................. .. .. ... 173
- Arabic Sources .............. .. .. ..... .. .. .. ...... ........ .................................... 201
- Other Sources..... .. ... .. .............. .. .. .. .. ....................... .. .. .......... ..... ..... 203


It is with pleasure that I present the third edition of my book about
the Qur'an and the Gospels.
I have devoted myself to this subject for more than 25 years
researching it thoroughly and monitoring all academic publications on
the subject as they appear.
There are a few editorial errors in the previous two editions which
I have been able to correct here.
I also included some important suggestions and comments made by
Prof. Blankeship at Temple University who is an assistant Professor of
comparative religion, and I register here my gratitude to him.
This book serves several different purposes. Firstly, it wishes to set
out the Islamic tradition, the Islamic point of view based on the Qur'an
and the Sunnah, and Muslim scholarship, to help non-Muslim readers
to gain a closer view of Islam and a fairer view of this great religion.
Secondly, it aims to demonstrate to non-Muslims that the Islamic
view of the gospels is the true one.