The Qur'an acts as a complete guide to life - Discuss
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Jo Batty The Qur'an acts as a complete guide to life - Discuss The Qur'an is the Holy Book for Muslims; they believe it is the word of God 'Kitab al Allah'. The Qur'an is a Muslims greatest treasure and an absolute guide to live 'this is the book, in its guidance sure without doubt'; the Qur'an is also seen as the main source of Law in Islam. The Qur'an covers every issue from the teaching of Tawhid to the guidance through the 5 Pillars. The Qur'an was delivered to Mohammad over a period of 22yrs through the intermediary Angel Gabriel and a process involving tanzil and wahy, tanzil the downward flow of the revelation and wahy, the way in which as a tool of God Mohammad received the words without mental for thought. The Sunni's believe the revelations where passed down by Allah through the Angel Gabriel to Mohammad but the Shi'ites...


