Omar Suleiman

a difference, someone will say, well, Noah did this and David did this.

As Muslims, we don't believe, we don't hold many of the stories that have been attributed to these prophets to be true.

We don't believe that the prophets are capable of major sins.

We believe they're exemplary human beings and that they kind of give us a manifestation of the scriptures that they were sent with.

of how to live noble lives.

And the most documented human being in history is the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.

We know everything about him, his family life, his day to day, the way he would greet you, the way he'd look at you, everything about his physical appearance, it's documented in immaculate detail.

And Muslims have a standard that they then seek to live up to with how to treat your family, how to be in your community, how to be in your worship, how to be in your social interactions.

how to carry yourself with your neighbors.

Uh, it's a full, complete, uh, guidebook, uh, through his example, uh, where we have the Quran, which is the word of God.

And then you have the biography of the prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, which is a living manifestation, uh, of that word that has been documented for us to live by until the end of time.

Is the Quran the word of God?

So the Quran, and this is what distinguishes the Quran in many ways from other scriptures.

So as Muslims, we do believe that God has sent divine revelation prior.

We believe that the original scriptures

prior to the multiple versions and the changes and revisions throughout history, the original scriptures that were given to the prophets, whether it was the Torah to Moses or the gospels, were all original divine revelations, but they've been changed over time.

The Quran is the word of God with a promise that he will guard it for all of time.

And it's probably one of the greatest miracles because in 1400 years, we have the Quran preserved through oral transmission and through written transmission.

And there are almost 2 billion Muslims in the world.

And they all recite this book the exact same way.