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RE: So... what exactly do Muslims believe? A Series! Part 1: Introduction to the Articles of Faith & Belief in Allah
We believe that God gives his Messengers revelation which are written down in the form of books and scrolls. We dont know how many their are, nor do we know exactly how many prophets and messengers there are, but the Quran mentions four explicitly by name:
The Tawrat, or Torah, given to Musa, or Moses.
The Zabur, or Psalms, given to Dawud, or David.
The Injil, or Gospel, given to Isa, or Jesus.
The Quran, also known as al-Furqan, given to Muhammad.
Peace be upon all of Allah's Messengers.
Okay, thanks. But, what about the Hadith? Those aren't considered scripture?
They are, and are followed more closely than the aforementioned books in their current forms, but are not considered to be books of Allah in that they are secondhand narrations of what Muhammad, peace be upon him, said and did, whereas books of Allah are direct communications between Gos and man.