have been recorded and on the textual purity of its
Scripture. If the Message which was revealed by
God to a Prohpet has not reached us exactly as it was
delivered, but has been misreported and altered, then
to that extent that religion may be regarded as hav-
ing deviated from truth. In this chapter we shall see
how far the inspired words and revelations of Jesus
and Muhammad have been faithfully recorded in the
Gospels the Qur’an respectively, and how far these
Scriptures have remained free from alteration or in-
terpolation of any kind.
Composition & Character of the Gospels
There are four Gospels included in the Bible the
Gospels according to Matthew Mark, Luke and
John. We come across many inspired saying of Je-
sus in these Gospels. They were composed be-
tween forty and eighty years after the departure of
Jesus on the basis of some earlier documents
which are now lost. Biblical scliolars have ideti-