Gilberto:
> > The Quran was a specific revelation given to Muhammad, and
> >transmitted to the Muslim community and preserved by them.
> > The Quran was a specific revelation given to Muhammad, and
> >transmitted to the Muslim community and preserved by them.
Hajir:
> Agreed. Therefore, "the Gospel" must be the Revelation of God given to
> Jesus. Both of us already agree that Jesus was recipient of the Revelation
> of God. I propose that what remained of the Gospel in the form of the New
> Testament was sufficient, *for them*, sufficient enough to make them the
> "the People of the Book".
> Agreed. Therefore, "the Gospel" must be the Revelation of God given to
> Jesus. Both of us already agree that Jesus was recipient of the Revelation
> of God. I propose that what remained of the Gospel in the form of the New
> Testament was sufficient, *for them*, sufficient enough to make them the
> "the People of the Book".
Gilberto:
Sure.
Sure.
Hajir:
Awesome, we agree. So now just answer this question for me:
what makes people living today any different from the people living before
the record of Muhammad's revelation *in the Qur'an*? Why do we all of a sudden
have an *infinitely-perfect* record of the Infinite Revelation, but in the past
we only had a *limitedly-perfect* record of the *same* Infinite Revelation? The reason I use the word limitedly-perfect is
Awesome, we agree. So now just answer this question for me:
what makes people living today any different from the people living before
the record of Muhammad's revelation *in the Qur'an*? Why do we all of a sudden
have an *infinitely-perfect* record of the Infinite Revelation, but in the past
we only had a *limitedly-perfect* record of the *same* Infinite Revelation? The reason I use the word limitedly-perfect is
(1) based on the principle of Justice (they had to have had something that to them was perfect), and
(2) based on the fact that the wholly authentic Qur'an says that the people who followed the New Testament were ahl-i Kitab (People of the Book).
If God can renew His Revelation and replace a Book (record of Revelation) with another Book (record of Revelation) once, why can't He do it a second time, and a third time, and a fourth time, ...?
Regards,
Hajir
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