Ислам көзқарасымен Інжіл

The Christian Gospel from an Islamic perspective

Injil ([[wikt:إنجيل, alternative spellings: Ingil or Injeel) is the Arabic name for the Gospel of Jesus (Isa). This Injil is described by the Qur'an as one of the four Islamic holy books which was revealed by God, the others being the Zabur (traditionally understood as being the Psalms), the Tawrat (the Torah), and the Qur'an itself. The word Injil is also used in the Qur’an, the hadith and early Muslim documents to refer to both a book and revelations made by God to Jesus.

The Arabic word Injil (إنجيل) as found in Islamic texts, and now used also by non Arab Muslims and non Muslim Arabs, is derived from the Syriac Aramaic word awongaleeyoon (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ) found in the Peshitta (Syriac translation of the Bible), which in turn derives from the Greek word euangelion (Εὐαγγέλιον) of the originally Greek language New Testament, where it means "good news" (from Greek "Εὐ αγγέλιον"; Old English "gōdspel"; Modern English "gospel", or "evangel" as an archaism, cf. e. g. Spanish "evangelio") The word Injil occurs twelve times in the Quran.

Islamic studies scholars such as Gabriel Said Reynolds maintain that the Injil is none other than the Gospels of the Bible as known today and historically in copies that predate the lifetime of Muhammad. They argue that the Injil refers specifically to the Gospel of the New Testament in the possession of the Christians being addressed in passages such as the following:

However, Muslim scholars have resisted identifying the Injil with the New Testament Gospels and interpret Quran, sura 5 (Al Ma'ida), ayah 46, 47a as Allah warning the Christians not to enforce the law contrary to the law sent by Allah: Some have suggested the Injil may be the Gospel of Barnabas or Gospel of Thomas. More commonly, Muslim scholars have argued that the Injil refers to a text now lost or hopelessly corrupted. For example, Abdullah Yusuf Ali wrote:

The Islamic methodology of tafsir al Qur'an bi l Kitab (تفسير القرآن بالكتاب) refers to interpreting the Qur'an with/through the Bible. This approach adopts canonical Arabic versions of the Bible, including the Tawrat and the Injil, both to illuminate and to add exegetical depth to the reading of the Qur'an. Notable Muslim mufassirun (commentators) of the Bible and Qur'an who weaved biblical texts together with Qur'anic ones include Abu al Hakam Abd al Salam bin al Isbili of Al Andalus and Ibrahim bin Umar bin Hasan al Biqa'i. Many Muslim scholars continue to believe that the Biblical Gospel has undergone alteration, that the words and the meaning of the words have been distorted, with some passages suppressed and others added.