BELIEF IN THE Let us now turn to the third article of faith,
which is the belief in the books. Muslims are required to
believe not only in the divine scripture revealed to the Holy
Founder of Islam, which is called the Quran, but it is essential
for every Muslim to believe in all such divine revelations as
were vouchsafed to other prophets, from wherever and whichever
age. It is an essential part of a Muslim's belief that if anyone
professes belief only in the divine origin of the Quran, and
refuses to acknowledge the divine origin of other books, such as
the Old Testament and the New Testament etc., his profession of
Islam would be invalidated. This belief resolves some problems
but creates others, and needs to be studied at greater length.
It provides the only foundation upon which the unity of man can
be built on earth, in accordance with his belief in the Unity of
God. It removes the root cause responsible for inter-religious
disharmony and mistrust. But this belief in the divine origin of
all books raise