Belief in His BOOKS
The third article of faith (al-iman) is to believe in the holy scriptures.Allah the most Great from time to time revealed to creation through His Prophets(a.s.) the holy books.Thus ,He could communicate to mankind His wishes, His commands, His prohibitions and in general His divine wisdom.These holy scriptures are collectively referred to as the divine books.
The total number of the divine books(al-Kutub) and smaller collections of pages(al-Suhuf) that were revealed to Prophets (a.s.) by means of Gabriel (a.s.) is one hundred and four.
THE PAGES(AL-SUHUF)
There are 100 pages.They are as follows:
a) Ten Pages to Adam (a.s.)
b) Fifty Pages to Seth (Shith a.s.)
c)Thirty pages to Enoch (Idris a.s.)
d)Ten Pages to Abraham (Ibrahim a.s.)
THE BOOKS(AL-KUTUB)
The holy scriptures, each shown together with the Prophet who receive it, are listed in order of revelation as follows:
1-The Torah (Taurat) to Moses(Musa a.s.)
2-The Psalms (Zaboor) to David (Dawood a.s.)
3-The Gospel (Injil) to Jesus Christ (Isa a.s.)
4-The Noble Qur'an to Muhammad (s.a.s.) the last Prophet. With the Glorious Qur'an the obligation of following the orders of the first three books was canceled.The Noble Qur'an is composed of 6666 verses(ayahs) divided into 114 chapters(surahs)
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