revealed : the Holy Fingerprints {1}

the Qur'an is the only divine book that God has sent to all of mankind as a warning as well as guidance, and is valid until the Day of Judgment. mankind has altered the other holy books that were sent before the Qur'an. however, God has protected the Qur'an. this fact is mentioned in verse 9 of Surat al-Hijr: "It is We Who have sent down the Reminder and We Who will preserve it..."

another of the unsound claims widely spread by the unwise is that the Prophet Muhammad was inspired by the Bible (the Torah and the Gospel) and afterwards wrote the Qur'an. at the root of this totally imaginary and baseless claim lie some similarities that exist between the Qur'an and the Bible.

it is quite natural for such similarities to exist because, ultimately (if we were to remove the altered parts of the Torah and the Gospel) they all contain the words of God and their message is one and the same. the main subjects, such as the presence of God, His oneness, His attributes, belief in the Hereafter, the characteristics of believers, hypocrites and those who deny Him, the lives of previous nations, guidance, prohibitions, and moral values, are universal facts and will stay unaltered throughout time. consequently, it is no surprise that these topics mentioned in the previous holy books are similar and parallel to those in the Qur'an. what's more, it is stated in the Qur'an that it confirms the original, unaltered Torah and the Gospel:

And We have sent down the Book to you (O Muhammad) with truth, confirming and conserving the previous Books. So judge between them by what God has sent down and do not follow their whims and desires deviating from the Truth that has come to you. We have appointed a law and a practice for every one of you... [QS al-Ma'idah 48]

the quality of confirming its predecessors is not unique to the Qur'an, but has been given to all the divine books. the Gospel that was sent to the Prophet Jesus confirmed its predecessor the Torah that was revealed to the Prophet Moses. this reality is stated in the Qur'an:

And We sent Jesus son of Maryam following in their footsteps, confirming the Torah that came before him. We gave him the Gospel containing guidance and light, confirming the Torah that came before it, and as guidance and admonition for those who do their duty. [QS al-Ma'idah 46]

we may conclude that there are similar beliefs between the Qur'an and the other divine books, and that this is not only natural but logical. therefore, the presence of these similarities does not in any way show that our Prophet wrote the Qur'an. in fact, quite the opposite; it further emphasizes the truth that the books of all Divine religions come from one source: God. this is a reality stated by the Qur'an and confirmed by reason as well as logic.

God has revealed in His verses that the Qur'an is the book of truth sent by Him and the condition of those who do not believe in this truth:

And this Qur'an is not such as could ever be invented in despite of God; but it is a confirmation of that which was before it and an exposition of that which is decreed for mankind - This Qur'an could never have been devised by any besides God. Rather it is confirmation of what came before it and an elucidation of the Book which contains no doubt from the Lord of all the worlds. Do they say, 'He has invented it'? Say: 'Then produce a chapter like it and call on anyone you can besides God if you are telling the truth.' No, the fact is that they have denied something which their knowledge does not embrace and the meaning of which has not yet reached them. In the same way those before them also denied the truth. See the final fate of the wrongdoers! [QS Yunus 37-39]

moreover, there is another dimension to this subject. the Prophet Muhammad was not someone who collected information and researched either the Torah or the Gospel in his lifetime. the Prophet's fellow tribesmen closely witnessed the fact that he never actually read, wrote, worked on or researched any of these books. no one ever had any doubt concerning this point. furthermore, this characteristic of the Prophet that was so well known by the disbelievers was used in the Qur'an as evidence against them:

You never recited any Book before it nor did you write one down with your right hand. If you had, the purveyors of falsehood would have voiced their doubts... [QS al-'Ankabut 48]