Muslims believe in the five books or scriptures mentioned in the Qur'an as original revelations:
the Scrolls as revealed to Abraham;
the Torah as revealed to Moses;
the Psalms as revealed to David;
the Gospel as revealed to Jesus;
and the Qur'an as revealed to the Prophet Muhammed.
While Muslims accept that these holy scriptures were revealed by God, they do not believe that they have been preserved in the original form or language as when they were first revealed. Muslims believe that those aspects of the previous scriptures which were important to preserve are reiterated in the Qur'an, which is viewed by Muslims as the last and final revelation.
"Belief in Books" which is the 3rd article of faith in Islam. Muslims believe that holy books are revealed by God to various Prophets throughout the humanity's history. All these books taught the code and laws that God ordained for those people. Muslims believe the Quran to be the final revelation of God's Word to Humankind, and a completion and confirmation of previous books. Despite the supremacy that the Qur'an has as God's final word, Islam speaks of respecting all the previous books, and belief in all the revealed books is an article of faith in Islam. The four revealed books mentioned by name in the Qur'an are the Torah (revealed to Moses), the Psalms (revealed to David), the Gospel (revealed to Jesus), and the Qur'an itself.
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