Post by Caliph on Dec 27, 2014 18:53:13 GMT
Most non-Jews ume that the Pentateuch is the Torah and its commentaries are Talmud. But, the whole of the Old Testament as well as entire Jewish literature that grew out is also referred by the Jews as Torah. Encyclopedia Britannica points out:
The term ‘Torah’ is also used to designate the entire Hebrew Bible. Since for some Jews the laws and customs ped down through oral traditions are part and parcel of God's revelation to Moses and constitute the “oral Torah,” Torah is also understood to include both the Oral Law and the Written Law. Rabbinic commentaries on and interpretations of both Oral and Written Law have been viewed by some as extensions of sacred oral tradition, thus broadening still further the meaning of Torah to designate the entire body of Jewish laws, customs, and ceremonies.
However, according to Muslims, none of it is Tawrah that the Qur’an spoke of. Even the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch) is not the Tawrah that was revealed to Musa. Originally, Tawrah was a Revelation of such quality that its mere recitation was a virtue (like the Qur’an) because its every part led to piety and God consciousness (once again like the Qur’an). Today, the Bible contains material that is highly objectionable, in fact, of such quality that according to Bernard Shaw it should be kept away from children under lock and key. It has stories of rape, murder, deceit, drunkenness and debauchery not accredited to common people, but to holy houses of Prophets. Stories of how deceitfully Isaac obtained the blessing from God, how Noah got drunk, who in the House of David was raped by whom, which of the holy men lay with whores, etc., are disgusting stories that no decent person would like to hear, let alone recite and expect to be rewarded for it. If what is made public is the Torah, then, it can be said that the true is lost within the vast literature running into a hundred volumes, with no Jew having any clue about what originally Torah was. Had the Jews known what truly is Torah and what is not, surely, they would have compiled it so that the people could recite it for reward, purification and reformation, once again like the Qur’an.
The term ‘Torah’ is also used to designate the entire Hebrew Bible. Since for some Jews the laws and customs ped down through oral traditions are part and parcel of God's revelation to Moses and constitute the “oral Torah,” Torah is also understood to include both the Oral Law and the Written Law. Rabbinic commentaries on and interpretations of both Oral and Written Law have been viewed by some as extensions of sacred oral tradition, thus broadening still further the meaning of Torah to designate the entire body of Jewish laws, customs, and ceremonies.
However, according to Muslims, none of it is Tawrah that the Qur’an spoke of. Even the first five books of the Old Testament (the Pentateuch) is not the Tawrah that was revealed to Musa. Originally, Tawrah was a Revelation of such quality that its mere recitation was a virtue (like the Qur’an) because its every part led to piety and God consciousness (once again like the Qur’an). Today, the Bible contains material that is highly objectionable, in fact, of such quality that according to Bernard Shaw it should be kept away from children under lock and key. It has stories of rape, murder, deceit, drunkenness and debauchery not accredited to common people, but to holy houses of Prophets. Stories of how deceitfully Isaac obtained the blessing from God, how Noah got drunk, who in the House of David was raped by whom, which of the holy men lay with whores, etc., are disgusting stories that no decent person would like to hear, let alone recite and expect to be rewarded for it. If what is made public is the Torah, then, it can be said that the true is lost within the vast literature running into a hundred volumes, with no Jew having any clue about what originally Torah was. Had the Jews known what truly is Torah and what is not, surely, they would have compiled it so that the people could recite it for reward, purification and reformation, once again like the Qur’an.
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