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Originally posted by Sentinel:
**Dear enchanted,
Furthermore, many shi'ites do not believe that the Qur'aan is complete and in its original form. One of the most famous respected Shi'ite scholars, from Najaf, Mirza Hussain bin Muhammad Taqi An-Nawari At-Tabarsi, wrote in 1292 A.H. the book Faslul-Khitaab fee Ithbatti Tahreefi Kitaab Rabbil-Arbaab The Decisive Say on the Proof of Alternation of the Book of the Lord of Lords). In this book he compiled hundreds of texts written by Shi'ite scholars in different eras alleging that the Qur'aan has been tampered with, that there have been both additions and omissions to it.
Sentinel.**
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Sentinel;
I am shocked that as a moderator, you would post such false information on our shite brothers/sisters.
For your own good, and to ensure that you do not mislead others unknowingly, I STRONGLY SUGGEST you read all that I have to say on this.
There are three individuals with the title of Tabarsi among the Shi'a.
The one you mentioned who wrote a booklet on the incompleteness of
Quran, is al-Nuri al-Tabarsi (Husain Ibn Muhammad Taqi al-Nuri al-
Tabarsi) (c 1254/1838 - 1320/1902).
Those who call the Shi'a Kafir due
to this booklet will be surprised if they know that many of the
Hadiths that al-Nuri al-Tabarsi has quoted are, in fact, from the
Sunni documents and were quoted from their most authentic books!
Actually his book has two parts. In one part he has gathered the Sunni
reports and in the other part he provided the Shi'a reports in this
regard. The Wahhabis, who have recently distributed copies of this
book to attack the Shi'a, have intentionally omitted the part related
to the Sunni reports!
The highly-acknowledged Tabarsi in the Shia world is yet another person.
His name is Abu Ali al-Fadl Ibn al-Hasan al-Tabarsi (c 486/1093 -
548/1154), who is one of the famous Imami traditionists and the
commentators Quran. His book on Tafsir is well-known. He believed in the
completeness of Quran as other Shia scholars do. **Abu Ali al-Tabarsi
mentioned:
"There are no words added to the Quran. Any claim of added words is unanimously denied by the Shi'ites. As to the deletion,
some Shi'ites and some Sunnis said that there is deletion. but Our scholars deny that."**
- Shi'i reference: Quoted from al-Tabarsi, in the Commentary of the Holy
Quran, by al-Safi
- Sunni reference: Quoted from al-Tabarsi, by Professor Muhammad Abu Zahrah
in his book "Imam al-Sadiq".
First of all, Tabarsi has confirmed that nothing has been added in to the
Quran (as opposed to some of the traditions in Sahih al-Bukhari which claim
otherwise).
Second, he has mentioned that the scholars (the Shia scholars)
rejected the idea that anything has been deleted from the Quran.
His saying clearly shows that the Shi'a scholars disagreed with any idea concerning that Quran is missing something. Thus the very small number of the traditions that
might imply otherwise should have proper interpretation.
Also as Tabarsi mentioned, such traditions which might imply deletion, are not
exclusive to the Shi'ite books, and can be found in the most important
Sunni collections of traditions such as Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari.
Sentinel, you are a moderator and it is your duty to post things that you have made an effort to ensure is correct.
As a reminder, please post the site where you get these articles for all to see.
And for a more valid proof of your arguments, I suggest you find a SHIA site which talks of the Incompleteness of the quran. That would work in your favor. There are many on the site. I challenge you to pick any of your choice to prove your argument.
Otherwise, I am afraid that like others who are misled in their beliefs, you have fallen a victim to misunderstanding.
All Shias believe in the COMPLETENESS of the Qur'an. Period.
Also, what Tauheed differences are you talking about. Please let everyone on this board know.
Let's stop the propaganda and deceitfulness, either intentional or unintentional.
[This message has been edited by Gandalf (edited May 30, 2002).]