[The Cow Verse 240]
This is then abrogated by the following verse:
If any of you die and leave widows behind, they shall wait concerning themselves
four months and ten days:
[The Cow Verse 232]
Clearly this demonstrates why the abrogated verse remained in the scripture and
why it is encouraged for a women to remain in her watchful state for a year
although it is not compulsory.
And so once again the Quran is by itself as the only revelatory text that is in line with
the needs of people.
If it is the case that the Torah is called the Old Testament and the Injeel the New
Testament then surely the Quran should be called the Last Testament.
Sixthly :
We Muslims have no hesitation in acknowledging that in the Bible, there are three
different kinds of witnessing recognizable without any need of specialized training.
These are:
- You will be able to recognize in the Bible what may be described as "The Word of
God." - You will also be able to discern what can be described as the "Words of a Prophet
of God." - And you will most readily observe that the bulk of the Bible is the records of
eyewitnesses or ear witnesses, or people writing from hearsay. As such they are the
"Words of a Historian"
You do not have to hunt for examples of these different types of evidences in the
Bible. The following quotations will make the position crystal clear:
The FIRST Type:
(a) I will raise them up a prophet... and I will put my words in ... and he shall speak
unto them all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:18)
(b) I even, I am the Lord, and beside me there is no savior." (Isaiah 43:11)
(c) "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the end of the earth: for I am God, and there
is non else." (Isaiah 45:22)