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In Islamic belief, The Tawrat (The book of π Musa ππ (Moses)), Zabur (The book of π Dawood ππ (David)), and the Injil (The book of π Isa ππ (Jesus)) are all considered to be the word of Allah, containing the teachings and guidance He sent to the people of those prophets. There are also the Scrolls of π Ibrahim ππ (Abraham) and π Musa ππ (Moses). Unfortunately, according to Islamic belief, these texts, if still available in the modern age, are not in their original form; they have been misinterpreted, mistranslated, intentionally and maliciously edited, or otherwise lost to time, and are not to be considered sources of guidance.
This leaves us with three major sources of religious guidance: The Quran, and The Ahadeeth.
The Quran
The Quran
The Quran is a book of the word of Allah, like the Injil (Gospel) and Tawrat (Torah) before it. It is the primary source of Islamic beliefs, teachings, guidance, and Law.
The Quran is available in its original Arabic text. It has also been translated by many scholars into many languages. These translations, however, are meant to help explain the Quran to those who cannot understand it in its original language and are not to be considered the word of Allah as they have been written by man.
A simple resource to read the Quran is https://www.quran.com, an open-source project aimed at providing everyone with an accessible way to access the Quran. The website has many features, including reading the Quran in its original Arabic text, listening to recitations of the Quran, and reading translations.
For English, the translations done by Pickthall, and Saheeh International are easy to understand.
The Quran is divided into 114 chapters, called Surahs, and Surahs are made up of Verses or Ayahs. The Quran has also been divided into 30 segments called Juzz; these aren't segmented based on related topics but rather are only there to assist in reading the Quran.
The Sunnah & Ahadeeth
The Sunnah & Ahadeeth
The Ahadeeth refer to the sayings of π Muhammad π ππ€ which have been directly quoted from him by the people closest to him. Scholars have spent great time curating these Ahadeeth into books they would track down people who knew a Hadeeth (singular form of Ahadeeth), would record it, record the names of the person, who they heard it from, and who they had heard it from, all the way to π Muhammad π ππ€, and would then research and make sure everyone on their list was known to be truthful and righteous, before adding the Hadeeth to their collection.
The Sunnah of π Muhammad π ππ€ are similar the Ahadeeth; they are quotes of the people closest to him, telling us of his habits and actions; π Muhammad π ππ€ was sent to be a guide for all Muslims, including his actions. The Sunnah are also found in the collections of Ahadeeth.
There are two major books of Ahadeeth; the Saheeh Bukhari and Saheeh Muslim. Saheeh is Arabic for 'true' or 'correct', and these books are written by Sheikh Bukhari and Sheikh Muslim, respectively.
https://sunnah.com is a repository of many well-known books of Sunnah and Ahadeeth, and is maintained by the Quran.com team.
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