THE ROLE OF OTHER HEAVENLY BOOKS TO EXPLAIN AND INTERPRET THE QURAN

دور الكتب السماوية الأخرى في شرح وتفسير القرآن (ترجمات القرآن الإنجليزية نموذجًا)

Abstract

The Qur’an is a heavenly book which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It is in the language of the Arabs of Quraish and deals with the basics for all spheres of life and field. Apart from this aspect of the Book, the Qur’an has discussed the other heavenly books which were revealed to other prophets and messengers of Allah-Moses, Jesus and others. These old heavenly books contained information regarding teachings of their holders beside information which was not revealed and added to it in later periods. The Qur’an has indicated to both the sides of these books where these books prove to be remnants of the heavenly teachings and also to be additions of their followers and later generations for reasons do not need to be mentioned here.

This article tries to shed light on the contents of the Qur’an, its being a heavenly book, its sources of explanations and finally proves that these heavenly books have some roles in explaining the Qur’an because these were revealed by Allah and still these have information remained out of the original text to prove the authenticity of the final revelation of Allah- the Qur’an, and to explain some of its difficult places and contents. The author has given ten examples wherein he proved that these heavenly books are not destroyed totally but these contain some real and original texts of the heavenly revelations to which the Qur’an itself pointed out.