Why Did Allah Allow People Of The Book To Corrupt Crucial Details?
What do u mean by crucial details? No crucial details have been changed. Tauheed, Prophethood, judgement day is all preserved. They decided to follow letters and interpretations of their saints and sages instead of word of Allah What actually Jesus AS said make up less than 1/3 of bible. That’s why Allah repeatedly asked them to ponder on their own scriptures or challenging them to find evidence for their beliefs in their book. However if u have some particular examples then plz do share
1. I am not suggesting that presenting Prophet’s (PBUH) name will convince them but it will definitely complete Itmam-e-Hujjat since right now, Jews and Christians have a lot of room to reject Islam simply because they have no proof that any prophecies in the Bible refers to Prophet (PBUH) due to lack of his name nor connection of Ismail (AS) having a share in the prophethood. 2. Secondly, Qur’an itself says that Prophet’s (PBUH) name was in the Scripture: Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘Children of Israel, I am sent to you by God, confirming the Torah that came before me and bringing good news of a messenger to follow me whose name will be Ahmad .’ Yet when he came to them with clear signs, they said, ‘This is obviously sorcery.’ (Qur’an 61:6) So it begs the original question. If Allah was going to give the People of the Book the name of the Prophet (PBUH), why did He decide to let it get corrupted? Was it not the right of all Christians and Jews to get this sign if Itmam-e-Hujjat is the goal? 3. The verses you are referring to, from my understanding, refer to people to whom the Qur’an was presented or seen the Prophet (PBUH) and they rejected it/him so Allah comments on their rejection. It cannot refer to Jews and Christians I’m talking about since they refuse to even look at the Qur’an (nor have they seen the Prophet (PBUH) with their own eyes) until they find verification from their own holy books. Notice the issue? By corruption of connection of Ismail (AS) and removal of Prophet’s (PBUH) name, the bridge between us and People of the Book has been severed. A significant amount of them are not rejecting Islam because they see it as the truth (because they think there is no evidence), they reject it because it doesn’t fulfill their criteria i.e no name of last prophet nor connection of Ismail (AS). If they were to reject Islam after this criteria is fulfilled then the verses you highlighted would apply to them since by then they would actually have taken the Qur’an seriously and still rejected but this is not the case for a good number of them.
You said that the Jews don’t believe because they don’t know of any connection between Muhammad saw and Ismail alaihissalam. Brother. Don’t they know that Aap saw was an A Quraishi Arab and that they are the descendants of Ismail alihissalam?
I think it works for anyone who wants to think and reflect impartially. Not limited to musims, jews or christians this is your opinion that Allah kept things vague and this is because you are giving way too much importance to 1 thing in the bible and for any thinking Christian / jew it would be the “whole” bible and “whole” quran. They find the whole bible full of contradictions, letters and stories of saints that do not make sense, the school of sainthood and their practices, overwhelming reliance on greek philosophy. they can also see the clear source of the quran, God describing himself as a just and true God. There r no favorites and He will stand by the oppressed, character of a rasool that would appeal to anyone, balance in forgiveness and retribution. Every sign is clear but one has to make effort and show perseverance. Guidance is not so cheap and neither it is something that can be taken for granted. Every one can justify their beliefs of any kind using the Quran / sunnah or bible or torah or science . History is full of such examples.
You and I think differently To me, there is no vagueness whatsoever in basic tenets of faith. I will not believe Allah is Just if I think He left any vagueness in finding His path or He is favoring muslims over people of the book. Things are clear but one need an impartial and patient heart. As I said, guidance isn’t cheap As for those who struggle in Our cause, We will surely guide them along Our Way. And Allah is certainly with the good-doers. 29:69 Yes, Imam Islahi and Ghamidi sahab’s opinion is the same. I understood it differently. I’ll stick to my understanding for now but if I have to chose, I will go with these great scholars May Allah guide us all and make us ones to guide and not divide and be guided and not divided