The Guiding Light — Page 129
S u rah al-Baqarah Chapter 2, Verses 1-8 129 Books of different religions from the charge that they are not the spoken Word of God but only a reflection of peculiarly sensitive individuals’ own thoughts (4:165). The Qur’ a n accepts the divine origin of the books of other religions (3:4; 35:25). The prophets of God-- Adam as , Abraham as , Moses as , Jesus as , Krishna as -- also have been calumniated unknowingly by their own followers and knowingly by others. The Qur’ a n declares them all to be innocent. Belief in the sinlessness of Prophets is among the cardinal beliefs of Islam (6; 125). The Qur’ a n also proclaims their innocence individually (20: 116; 53:38: 20:23; 20:88; 20:91; 2:103; 21:92; 2:88; 19:14). To sum up, the words َ ﻻ َ ر ۡ ِ ﻳ ۡ ﺐ َﻓ ِﻴ ( l a raiba f i h ) would mean that: 1. The Qur’ a n contains nothing that may make one's mind uneasy 2. There is nothing doubtful in it; every teaching and every statement made in it is supported by arguments 3. There it contains nothing that may bring misery or affliction to an individual or a nation