CHAPTER 2: 1. INFERRING FROM VERSES THAT RESEMBLE EACH OTHER
Allah, the Almighty says, which means, “…and Allah sent prophets with glad tidings and warnings, and with them He sent the Scripture in truth to judge between people in matters wherein they differed.” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 213)
Christians allege that the Disciples are being referred to in this verse, ‘Allah sent the prophets…,’ as they travelled to seven different regions around the world, giving glad tidings with the Only Book, which is the Pure Bible. For if He meant Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David) and Muhammad, He would have said, ‘And with them He sent the Scriptures” because each one of them brought a different book. He would not have said, ‘The Scripture.’ There was no group other than the Disciples who had brought only one book to guide with righteousness and goodness, which is the Pure Bible.
The Answer:
We have already presented the proof of the invalidity of the above allegation.
We can add that Allah, the Almighty says,
which means, “Mankind were one community.” This means that they split and differed afterwards, so, “Allah sent prophets with glad tidings and warnings.” The
Disciples are not prophets, even if Christ had sent them. Sending them does not mean that they are prophets; they are only envoys like those sent by Musa, Muhammad and other prophets.
A second point is that Allah, the Almighty says,
which means, “And with them He sent the Scripture”, but no scripture was revealed to the Disciples, as it was revealed to Christ. He sent ‘the Scripture’ which is a general term. The Prophets are those to whom Divine Scriptures are sent, and the term ‘Scripture’ is a general term, which means all the revealed Scriptures. This is demonstrated in the following examples. Allah says,
which means, “…but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets.” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 177)
He also says,
which means, “Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers.” (Al-Baqarah, 2: 285)
Allah, the Almighty also says about Maryam (Mary),
which means, “And she testified to the truth of the Words of her Lord (i.e. believed in the Words of Allah: ‘Be!’ and he was; that is Isa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary); as a Messenger of Allah), and (also believed in) His Scriptures.” (At-Tahrim, 66: 13)
Allah also says,
which means, “Mankind was one community and Allah sent Prophets with glad tidings and warnings.” (Al-Baqarah, 2:213)
And He, the Almighty says,
which means, “Mankind were but one community (i.e. on one religion – Islamic Monotheism), then they differed (later).” (Yunus, 10: 19)
This means that after mankind differed, Allah sent the Prophets. People differed before Jesus (Isa), Musa (Moses), Ibrahtm (Abraham) and even before Nuh (Noah).
In addition to this, the Bible does not contain the means to judge between people in matters wherein they differ. Mostly it contains advice, commandments, and stories about Christ, unlike the Torah and the Qur’an, which do contain the means to judge.
By: Sheikhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyah
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