Islam and Personality

Revelation and Scriptures

Mentioned in the Qur’ān
By: Hana-e-Qalbi
 Definition of Revelation
 Wahi
 Literal meaning
 guidance
 to convey the message
 Intuition
 Secretly conversation
 Technical meaning
 The messages revealed to the Prophets/messengers by the
angel Jibrῑl (A.S)
In other words God communicates with man
through wahi.
 The root word awha used in the Qur’an
• Guidance in natural intuition (28:7)
• Guidance in natural instinct (16:68)
• Guidance by signs (19: 11)
• Guidance from evil (6:112)
• Guidance from God (8:12)
 Means of Revelation
 Inspiration e.g in dream
 Speech hidden (through fire)
 Words through angel
What is the necessity of wahi?
 Guidance for Mankind
 In Paradise Adam was guided not to
go near the tree…
 Life on the earth after repentance
 “We said: get you down all from here; and if,
as is sure there comes to you guidance from
Me, whosoever follows My guidance on them
shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. (2:38)
 This message and promise has been
communicated by God to all mankind, all
children of Adam, as the Qur’an explains.
 ‘O children of Adam! Whenever there come to
you apostles from amongst you, rehearsing
My signs unto you-those who are righteous
and mend (their lives)- on them shall be no
fear nor shall they grieve. (7:35)
 Messengers
 They bring scriptures from Allah:
 We sent before time our messengers with clear signs and sent
down with them the book and the balance (of right and wrong)
that men may stand out in justice. (57: 25)
 Common message
 “and verily we have raised in every nation a messenger,
(proclaiming): serve Allah and shun false gods…” (Al-Nahl: 36)
 Names of the Prophets mentioned
in the Qur’an
 Adam  Yunus
 Nuh  Ayyub
 Ibrahim  Zakariya
 Isma’il  Yahya
 Ishaq  Isa
 Lut  Idris
 Yaqub  Hud
 Yusuf  Dhul Kifl
 Musa  Shu’aib
 Harun  Salih
 Dawud  Dhul Qarnain
 Sulaiman  Uzair
 Ilyas  Muhammad (S.A.W)
 Al-Yasa‘
 There were many messengers who are
not mentioned in the Qur’an:
 “We did aforetime send apostles before you: of them there are
some whose story We have related to thee and some whose
story We have not related to you…” (40: 78)
 “To every people (we sent) a messenger…” (10: 47)
 News of the apostles and order to
follow them
• O children of Adam! if there come to you messengers
from among you relating to you My communications,
then whoever shall guard (against evil) and act aright--
they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve. (Al-
a‘raaf:35)
• They were given scriptures
• Certainly We sent Our messengers with clear signs, and sent
down with them the Book and the balance that men may stand
forth in justice… (57:25)
 Names of the Scriptures
Mentioned in the Qur’an
 The suhuf of Ibrāhīm and Mūsa (A.S)
 The taurāt of Mūsa (A.S)
 The Zabūr of Dāwud (A.S)
 The (Gospel) Injīl of ‘Ῑsa (A.S)
 The Qur’ān of Muhammdad (SllaAllahu
‘alaihi wasallam)
Contents of the Former
Scriptures
mentioned in the Qur’an
 Suhuf of Ibrāhim and Mūsa
 He indeed shall be successful who purifies
himself, And magnifies the name of his
Lord and prays. Nay! you prefer the life of
this world, While the hereafter is better
and more lasting. Indeed this is mentioned
in the previous scriptures. The scriptures
of Ibrāhim and Mūsa. (87: 14-19)
Reference to the Torah of Musa
 It was We revealed the law (to Moses):
therein was guidance and light… we
ordained therein for them: life for life, eye
for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth
for tooth and wounds equal for equal, but if
anyone remits the retaliation by way of
charity it is an act of atonement for himself
and if any fail to judge by (the light of)
what God has revealed they are (no better
than) wrongdoers. (5:45)
 Psalms (Zabūr) of Dāwūd
 And verily we have mentioned in the
Psalms, after the reminder: My righteous
slaves shall inherit the earth. (21: 105)
 Injil of ‘Ῑsa
 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and
those with him are firm of heart against the
unbelievers, compassionate among
themselves; you will see them bowing down,
prostrating themselves, seeking grace from
Allah and pleasure; their marks are in their
faces because of the effect of prostration;
that is their description in the Taurat and their
description in the Injeel…(48: 29)
 Similarity in Message
 Belief in Allah
 Angels
 Divine books
 The apostles and messengers
 The day of judgment
 Good and bad luck is from Allah
 And the life after death
 The Final Revelation
The Qur'ān
 Literal meaning
 Root word Qara’a = read Al-Qur’ān= the most
read
 Technical meaning
 The speech of Allah sent down upon the last Prophet
Muhammad through the Angel Jibra’ῑl, in its precise
meaning and precise wording transmitted to us by
numerous persons (tawatur) both verbal and in
writing.
 Furqan, tanzil, dhikr, kitab, nur, rahmah, huda,
mubarak, bashir, nadhir (attributive names)