The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 10
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN precept or law" (Gesenius). Torah is the name applied to the five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The name may have its origin in the popular Jewish belief that "the original Pentateuch, like everything celestial, consisted of fire, being written in block letters of flame upon a white ground of fire" (Jew. Enc. xii. 197). The name Torah is also sometimes applied to the Ten Commandments. J(Gospel) is probably of Greek origin from which the English form "Evangel" (good news) is derived. The word Evangel was formerly freely used in place of Gospel, but is now archaic. In Arabic als (najalahū) means, his father begot him. means, he laid bare or disclosed the thing. means, he tore open or ploughed the land for the purpose of sowing seed. (najila) means, the man's eyes were large and beautiful. The word which, according to Aqrab, is a Greek word underived from any Arabic root, means i. e. good news. (fulfilling). See 2:42. (Discrimination). See 2:54. Commentary: The expression rendered as "containing the truth" (lit. "with truth") means: (1) that the Quran comprises true teachings which are based on eternal truth and are PT. 3 to receive it; (3) that it has come in the fullness of time and fulfils a true need; (4) that it has come to stay and no effort on the part of its opponents can succeed in destroying tampering with it. See Important Words above. or means "good news", and the Gospels are so called because they contained not only "good news" for those who accepted Jesus, but also because they contained prophecies about the advent of the Greatest of the Prophets whose coming Jesus described as the coming of the Lord Himself (Matt. 21:40) or as the advent of the kingdom of God (Mark, 1:15). They also contain prophecies about the advent in the Latter Days of Jesus' own counterpart, the Promised Messiah. The word occurring in the verse does not refer to the present four Gospels which were written by the followers of Jesus long after his so- called crucifixion and which give merely an account of his life and teachings. The word refers to the actual revelation received by Jesus from God. The present Gospels do indeed contain a part of that revelation, but Divine words have become so mixed up with the sayings of Jesus himself that in many cases it is difficult to distinguish between the two. The Gospels contain a good deal of matter which is admittedly not of Divine origin. incapable of being successfully assailed; (2) that the Quran has been The saying of the Holy Prophet, sent rightly, meaning that the first i. e. "the breasts of my recipients of it were the fittest people | Companions 450 are like Gospels"