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Who are the people of the book?

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    Muslimtruthrevealed
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    salam.

    the word is.. which is torah in english

    calling the word toori is completely wrong. the word is altawrah. do not mislead people.

    allah is the truth.

    Assalaam Aalaikum

    Excuse me....your so emotional your NOT thinking rationally....the references to 'Al-Toori' and 'Al-Tawrat' are TWO distinctly different words used in different ayahs throughout the Quran!

    Al Toori is spelled with 'taw'

    Al Tawrat is spelled with 'ta'

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      salam. you must pay attention to my post if you are going to take issue.

      i never posted the word toori, you did that. for you to post the word toori claiming i used that word is beyond ridiculous.

      where do you see the word toori in there. it is not in there. why are you behaving like a mentally ill person, arguing about toori, when i have not used the word toori? is something wrong with you?

      allah is the truth.

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        salam. you must pay attention to my post if you are going to take issue.

        i never posted the word toori, you did that. for you to post the word toori claiming i used that word is beyond ridiculous.

        where do you see the word toori in there. it is not in there. why are you behaving like a mentally ill person, arguing about toori, when i have not used the word toori? is something wrong with you?

        allah is the truth.

        Good try...you learned something today....Al Toori is NOT Al Tawrat as YOU implied

        This is my final response to you.

        Assalaam Alaikum

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          Has it not been mentioned here that "The Bible" can be further translated as "the book" and thus into arabic "al kitab".

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            Muslimtruthrevealed
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            Has it not been mentioned here that "The Bible" can be further translated as "the book" and thus into arabic "al kitab".

            Assalaam Alaikum @Far

            The 'Bible' has nothing to do with the Quran, granted there is some truth in the Bible.

            Biblos is given a false generic meaning ?Burnt Bricks? and in Hebrew Bible ?Babel? means ?confusion?. However it is not a Greek word but adopted by them from the Caannanite/Phoenicians who gave them their alphabet it means ?burnt bricks? from Babylon or BIBLE-On.

            Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu, an ancient city in Mesopotamia (Location 32? 32 11 N, 44? 25 15 E, modern Al Hillah, Iraq). It was the capital of the Babylonian empire from ca. 600 BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the name appears as (Babel), interpreted by popular etymology to mean "confusion". Akkadian bb-il? means "Gate of God", translating Sumerian Kadingirra.

            Greeks named Gebail = Byblos. (Arabic Jebail) Greeks while in Gebail imported Papyrus and ?Burnt Bricks? from Egypt with inscriptions

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              Assalaam Alaikum @Far

              The 'Bible' has nothing to do with the Quran, granted there is some truth in the Bible.

              Biblos is given a false generic meaning Burnt Bricks and in Hebrew Bible Babel means confusion. However it is not a Greek word but adopted by them from the Caannanite/Phoenicians who gave them their alphabet it means burnt bricks from Babylon or BIBLE-On.

              Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu, an ancient city in Mesopotamia (Location 32? 32 11 N, 44? 25 15 E, modern Al Hillah, Iraq). It was the capital of the Babylonian empire from ca. 600 BC. In the Hebrew Bible, the name appears as (Babel), interpreted by popular etymology to mean "confusion". Akkadian bb-il? means "Gate of God", translating Sumerian Kadingirra.

              Greeks named Gebail = Byblos. (Arabic Jebail) Greeks while in Gebail imported Papyrus and Burnt Bricks from Egypt with inscriptions

              Where did you get your research from?

              http//etymonline.com/?term=bible
              Bible
              early 14c., from Anglo-L. biblia, from M.L./L.L. biblia (neuter plural interpreted as fem. sing.), in phrase biblia sacra "holy books," from Gk. ta biblia to hagia "the holy books," from biblion "paper, scroll," the ordinary word for "book," originally a dim. of byblos "Egyptian papyrus," possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. The port's name is a Gk. corruption of Phoenician Gebhal (modern Jbeil, Lebanon), said to mean lit. "frontier town" (cf. Heb. gebhul "frontier, boundary," Arabic jabal "mountain&quot. The Christian scripture was refered to in Gk. as Ta Biblia as early as c.223. Bible replaced O.E. biblio?ece "the Scriptures," from Gk. bibliotheke, lit. "book-repository" (from biblion + theke "case, chest, sheath&quot, used of the Bible by Jerome and the common L. word for it until Biblia began to displace it 9c. Figurative sense of "any authoritative book" is from 1804. Bible Belt first attested 1926, reputedly coined by H.L. Mencken.

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                Is there a verse in the Quran that contains both the phrases "People of the Book" and "Children of Israel"? or those that follow the Torah and those that follow the Gospel?

                005.068
                YUSUFALI Say "O People of the Book! ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord." It is the revelation that cometh to thee from thy Lord, that increaseth in most of them their obstinate rebellion and blasphemy. But sorrow thou not over (these) people without Faith.
                PICKTHAL Say O People of the Scripture! Ye have naught (of guidance) till ye observe the Torah and the Gospel and that which was revealed unto you from your Lord. That which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) from thy Lord is certain to increase the contumacy and disbelief of many of them. But grieve not for the disbelieving folk.
                SHAKIR Say O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord; and surely that which has been revealed to you from your Lord shall make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not therefore for the unbelieving people.

                During Mohammd's life the People of the Book can only be Christians because the Jews have never followed the Law of the Gospel.

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                YUSUFALI We gave Moses the Book, and made it a Guide to the Children of Israel, (commanding) "Take not other than Me as Disposer of (your) affairs."
                PICKTHAL We gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the children of Israel, saying Choose no guardian beside Me.
                SHAKIR And We gave Musa the Book and made it a guidance to the children of Israel, saying Do not take a protector besides Me;

                017.004
                YUSUFALI And We gave (Clear) Warning to the Children of Israel in the Book, that twice would they do mischief on the earth and be elated with mighty arrogance (and twice would they be punished)!
                PICKTHAL And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants.
                SHAKIR And We had made known to the children of Israel in the Book Most certainly you will make mischief in the land twice, and most certainly you will behave insolently with great insolence.

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                  Al_Araf
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                  salam pvb. there is no basis for your claim, that only jews and christians are the people of the book.

                  prove to us from the quran, that muslims are not people of the book.

                  allah is the truth

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                    pvb
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                    Are you saying that the verses I listed are referring to Muslims too? Interesting! So Muslims must follow the Bible too?

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                      Are you saying that the verses I listed are referring to Muslims too? Interesting! So Muslims must follow the Bible too?

                      Technically you will find mu'slims following "the book", but whether "the bible" is the same as what it was, is another question altogether.

                      Firstly, it's not in it's original language. And we all know that the Quran is not in anything but it's original language.

                      As for the term "people of the book", "ahl al kitab", it can easily be translated into "people of the bible".

                      I believe the Christians translate "the bible" into arabic as "al kitab" as well. Or "the holy bible" "al-kitab al-muqadis"

                      Oh and technically since the Talmudic jews rejected the Torah and created their own traditions of their fathers (talmud), they may not be included in that.

                      But then again, there are 2 billion Christians, with big missionary efforts on converting the planet into Evangelical Christianity... we might just end up seeing the whole world under the title of "people of the bible".

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                        Technically you will find mu'slims following "the book", but whether "the bible" is the same as what it was, is another question altogether.

                        Firstly, it's not in it's original language. And we all know that the Quran is not in anything but it's original language.

                        As for the term "people of the book", "ahl al kitab", it can easily be translated into "people of the bible".

                        I believe the Christians translate "the bible" into arabic as "al kitab" as well. Or "the holy bible" "al-kitab al-muqadis"

                        Oh and technically since the Talmudic jews rejected the Torah and created their own traditions of their fathers (talmud), they may not be included in that.

                        But then again, there are 2 billion Christians, with big missionary efforts on converting the planet into Evangelical Christianity... we might just end up seeing the whole world under the title of "people of the bible".

                        Assalaam Alaikum @Far

                        May suggest a review of page #15 http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9596838.210

                        'People of The Book' has been clearly defined. As well as Al-Toori and Al Tawrat.

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                          Assalaam Alaikum @Far

                          May suggest a review of page #15 http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9596838.210

                          'People of The Book' has been clearly defined. As well as Al-Toori and Al Tawrat.

                          You said that "'The Book' Al Kitab has NOTHING to do with Old Testament or New Testament Bible/Torah".

                          In what way do you say this?

                          They had "salat" during the time of the Old Testament and the gospels.

                          As for what they called themselves, they did not call themselves followers as in "jews" or "christians", they refered to themselves regarding location or tribe.

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                            You said that "'The Book' Al Kitab has NOTHING to do with Old Testament or New Testament Bible/Torah".

                            In what way do you say this?

                            They had "salat" during the time of the Old Testament and the gospels.

                            As for what they called themselves, they did not call themselves followers as in "jews" or "christians", they refered to themselves regarding location or tribe.

                            They were NOT reciting from the Bible or Torah...the Quran makes that clear...please review page #15

                            And the Yahood/Jews say, ?That Nasara/Christians are not on anything.? And the Nasara/Christians say? that the Yahood/Jews are not on anything.? And both of them are reciting AL-KITAB/THE BOOK. ?? Like unto their word is what those say who know not; but Allah will judge between them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment.

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                              salam
                              just an opinion tell me what you ppl think, god talks about all the different books that came down , i was wondering if god ever uses the word book in plural as kutob or just kitab, we must remember that he has the mother of all books and the books that came down are really chapters of the mother book, so maybe when he speaks of ahil lkitab, hes speaking of the mother book itself. whats your opinions on that

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                                They were NOT reciting from the Bible or Torah...the Quran makes that clear...please review page #15

                                And the Yahood/Jews say, That Nasara/Christians are not on anything. And the Nasara/Christians say that the Yahood/Jews are not on anything. And both of them are reciting AL-KITAB/THE BOOK. ?? Like unto their word is what those say who know not; but Allah will judge between them in their quarrel on the Day of Judgment.

                                Then where were they reciting from. Are you insisting that we reject any notion that "the bible" has any word from the god?

                                Another thing, regarding - you state that it's not , but isn't in reference to "the mountain" as in Mount Sinai?

                                Below is Lane's rendition of

                                Tay-Waw-Ra = went or hovered round about it, approach, time or one time, repeated times, quantity/measure/extent/limit, aspect/form/disposition, way of action, manner, kind/class, stage/state, Mount Sinai, Mount of Olives, applied to several other mountains, mountain which produces trees, mountain, wild or to estrange oneself from mankind, stranger, utmost point, encounter two extremes.

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                                  Then where were they reciting from. Are you insisting that we reject any notion that "the bible" has any word from the god?

                                  Another thing, regarding - you state that it's not , but isn't in reference to "the mountain" as in Mount Sinai?

                                  Below is Lane's rendition of

                                  Tay-Waw-Ra = went or hovered round about it, approach, time or one time, repeated times, quantity/measure/extent/limit, aspect/form/disposition, way of action, manner, kind/class, stage/state, Mount Sinai, Mount of Olives, applied to several other mountains, mountain which produces trees, mountain, wild or to estrange oneself from mankind, stranger, utmost point, encounter two extremes.

                                  'Mount Sinai' is a Biblical metaphor, that was selected by the translator

                                  And the Mount of Sinai,

                                  Wa toori seeneena

                                  toori manner, way of action, kind, class, limit, time(repeated action), stage, state
                                  Dictionary of the Holy Quran page 345 (tara)

                                  Seeneena to act with piety by following ordinances and prohibitions of Allah. Good or pious way of acting. Light, shining, gleaming, fire, to make easy,, to raise, exalt or elevate, REVOLUTION, RETURN, APPLIED TO A PORTION OF TIME
                                  Lanes Lexicon Book 4 page 1448- 1450

                                  Again, the translator has incorporated the 'script' from the movie 'Ten Commandments' into the Quran.

                                  Toori is NOT Torah and Seeneena is NOT 'Sinai'

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                                    'Mount Sinai' is a Biblical metaphor, that was selected by the translator

                                    And the Mount of Sinai,

                                    Wa toori seeneena

                                    toori manner, way of action, kind, class, limit, time(repeated action), stage, state
                                    Dictionary of the Holy Quran page 345 (tara)

                                    Seeneena to act with piety by following ordinances and prohibitions of Allah. Good or pious way of acting. Light, shining, gleaming, fire, to make easy,, to raise, exalt or elevate, REVOLUTION, RETURN, APPLIED TO A PORTION OF TIME
                                    Lanes Lexicon Book 4 page 1448- 1450

                                    Again, the translator has incorporated the 'script' from the movie 'Ten Commandments' into the Quran.

                                    Toori is NOT Torah and Seeneena is NOT 'Sinai'

                                    I did not say that "toori" is "torah".

                                    By the way, where did you get "Lane's Lexicon Book 4 page 1448 - 1450" from?

                                    I got that definition from here

                                    http//www.studyquran.co.uk/22_TAY.htm

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                                      Al_Araf
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                                      salam pvb. to answer your question, yes.

                                      i believe that because muslims are people of the book the verses that say, people of the book are to obey the torah and injeel, apply to muslims as well.

                                      i see no basis in the quran for the claims of people who reject the torah and injeel. their deceit in claiming they accept the torah and injeel, then turning around and refusing to obey the torah and injeel, by claiming they are corrupted or that the quran is complete, is just that, very dishonest and deceitful.

                                      allah is the lawgiver.

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                                        There is no ayah in the Quran that says 'Obey Torah and Injeel'. Why are some of you so bent on attaching the Torah and Bible to the Quran?

                                        Injil;root words is NAJA?A means relaxation, wholesome, useful, beneficial & NAJA means to save, be saved, be rescued, safety, get away, be delivered, confide, confidant, entrust, take one into confidence & NAJAL means to beget, father, sire, son(sun), progeny; ALL meanings of Injil, successively.

                                        Hans Wehr Arabic English Dictionary 4th Ed. page 1107 (najuba) ? page 1109 (naja?a) ? page 1110 (naja)

                                        Now the 'Bible'......

                                        Biblos is given a false generic meaning ?Burnt Bricks? and in Hebrew Bible ?Babel? means ?confusion?. However it is not a Greek word but adopted by them from the Caannanite/Phoenicians who gave them their alphabet it means ?burnt bricks? from Babylon or BIBLE-On.

                                        So in the infinite wisdom of the Creator, I must follow a 'written' document in its linguistic and cultural definitive means 'confusion'.

                                        Now does that sound logical?

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                                          salam muslimthreadrevealed. allah attached the torah and injeel.

                                          538

                                          you are rejecting the quran with your posts.

                                          allah is the truth.

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