These scriptures are believed to have contained the revelations Abraham (Ibrahim) received from God, which were written down by him as well as his scribes and followers.
啓典の民の範囲は元来アブラハムの宗教を奉ずる者に限られているが、拡大解釈に依りそれ以外の宗教を信ずるものも啓典の民と同等と見做す場合もある。