confirm that Islam is divine in origin .
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is no difference between using the Qur'aan or Sunnah as
evidence, because both are Revelation (wahy) from Allaah to His
Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), andthe
Sunnah explains the Qur'aan. Allaah, may He be exalted, has commanded
us to acceptthat which His Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) brought and to abstain from that which he forbade. Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and
whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it)"
[al-Hashr 59:7]
The Sunnah is the wisdom (al-hikmah) thatis mentioned in the Book of
Allaah in many verses, such as the following (interpretation of the
meaning):
"Similarly (to complete My Blessings on you), Wehave sent among you a
Messenger (Muhammad) of your own, reciting to you Our Verses (the
Qur'aan) and purifying you, and teaching you the Book (the Qur'aan)
and the Hikmah (i.e. Sunnah, Islamic laws andFiqh -- jurisprudence),
and teaching you that which you used not to know"
[al-Baqarah 2:151]
"And treat not the Verses(Laws) of Allaah as a jest,but remember
Allaah's Favours on you (i.e. Islam), and that which He has sent down
to you of the Book (i.e. the Qur'aan) and Al-Hikmah (the Prophet's
Sunnah --legal ways -- Islamic jurisprudence) whereby He instructs you.
And fear Allaah, and know that Allaah is All-Aware of everything"
[al-Baqarah 2:231]
What prompted us to point this out is what is said in the question
about looking for Qur'aanic texts which prove the divine origin of
Islam. If the question had been about texts of Revelation or evidence
from the Qur'aan and Sunnah, that would havebeen better and more
appropriate.
Secondly:
Islam is a divinely-revealed religion, and it is revelation (wahy)
from Allaah, may He be exalted. The Qur'aan andSunnah both come from
Allaah. Allaah has made this religion the final religion, and has made
its Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) the
final Prophet and Messenger.
Every attempt on the part of the kuffaar and atheists to destroy Islam
or distort it has ended infailure and loss, because Allaah has
guaranteed toprotect the foundations of this religion, namely the
Qur'aan and Sunnah.
This is sufficient evidence for the divine origin of Islam.
Whoeverstudies the attempts to destroy Islam or distort the Qur'aan
and Sunnah,and studies how Allaah has protected His religion, will
know that if this religion was of human origin, the product of human
thought, it would now be unknown, but Allaah promised to protect His
religion, and moreover He gave us the glad tidings that it would
prevail over all other religions and spread throughout the world.
There follow some of theQur'aanic texts which show that Islam is
divinein origin:
1 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour
upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion"
[al-Maa'idah 5:3]
2 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Verily, We, it is We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'aan)
and surely, We will guard it (from corruption)"
[al-Hijr 15:9]
3 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And (remember) when Allaah took the Covenantof the Prophets, saying:
'Take whatever I gave you from the Book and Hikmah (understanding of
the Laws of Allaah), and afterwards there will come to you a Messenger
(Muhammad) confirming what is with you; you must, then, believe in him
and help him.' Allaah said: 'Do youagree (to it) and will youtake up
My Covenant (which I conclude with you)?' They said: 'We agree.' He
said: 'Then bear witness; and I am with you among the witnesses (for
this)'"
[Aal 'Imraan 3:81]
4 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Do they seek other thanthe religion of Allaah (the true Islamic
Monotheismworshipping none but Allaah Alone), while to Him submitted
all creatures in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly.
And to Him shall they all be returned"
[Aal 'Imraan 3:82]
5 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Say (O Muhammad): 'I don't tell you that with me are the treasures of
Allaah, nor (that) I know the Unseen; nor do I tell you that I am an
angel. I but follow what is revealed to me.' Say: 'Arethe blind and
the one who sees equal? Will younot then take thought?'"
[al-An'aam 6:50]
6 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And when Our clear Verses are recited unto them, those who hope not
for their Meeting with Us, say: 'Bring us a Qur'aan other than this,
or change it.' Say (O Muhammad): 'It is not for me to change it on my
own accord; I only follow that which is revealed unto me. Verily,I
fear the torment of the Great Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) if I
were todisobey my Lord.'
16. Say (O Muhammad): 'If Allaah had so willed, I should not have
recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you. Verily, I
have stayedamongst you a life time before this. Have you then no
sense?'"
[Yoonus 10:15, 16]
7 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad) the Dhikr [reminder
and the advice (i.e. the Qur'aan)],that you may explain clearly to men
what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought"
[al-Nahl 16:44]
This indicates that the Sunnah is one of the sources of the divine sharee'ah.
8 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Indeed We have sent Our Messengers with clear proofs, and revealed
with them the Scripture and the Balance (justice) that mankind may
keep up justice. And We brought forth iron wherein is mighty power (in
matters of war), as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allaah may
test who it is that will help Him (His religion) and His Messengers in
the unseen. Verily, Allaah is All-Strong, All-Mighty"
[al-Hadeed 57:25]
9 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O mankind! Verily, therehas come to you a convincing proof (Prophet
Muhammad) from your Lord; and We sent down to you a manifest light
(this Qur'aan)"
[al-Nisa' 4:174]
10 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O mankind! There has come to you a good advice from your Lord (i.e.
the Qur'aan, enjoining all that is good and forbidding all that is
evil), and a healing for that which is in your breasts, -- a guidance
and a mercy (explaining lawful and unlawful things) for the believers"
[Yoonus 10:57]
11 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And thus We have sent to you (O Muhammad) Rooh (a revelation, and a
mercy) of Our Command. You knew notwhat is the Book, nor what is
Faith? But We have made it (this Qur'aan) a light wherewith We guide
whosoever of Our slaves We will. And verily, you (O Muhammad) are
indeed guiding (mankind) to the Straight Path (i.e. Allaah's religion
of Islamic Monotheism).
53. The path of Allaah to Whom belongs all that is in the heavens and
all that is in the earth. Verily, all matters at the end go to Allaah
(for decision)"
[al-Shoora 42:52-53]
12 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"By the star when it goesdown (or vanishes).
2. Your companion (Muhammad) has neither gone astray nor has erred.
3. Nor does he speak of (his own) desire.
4. It is only a Revelation revealed"
[al-Najm 53:1-4]
13 - Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O Messenger (Muhammad)! Proclaim (the Message) which has been sent
down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not
conveyed His Message. Allaah will protect you from mankind. Verily,
Allaah guides not the people who disbelieve"
[al-Maa'idah 5:67]
And there are many verses which speak of this principle. We advise you
to ponder the Book of Allaah for yourself as you read it, and thus
youwill find what you are looking for and more, in sha Allaah. You can
also seek the help of some trustworthy tafseers (commentaries) such as
the Tafseer of Ibn Katheer or Ibn Sa'di, andso on.
In the Sunnah of the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) there is evidence that points to the divine origin of Islam and
proves that its source is Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted,and
that the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is no more
than the conveyor of the Messagethat his Lord revealed to him. For
example:
1 - It was narrated that al-Miqdaam ibn Ma'di Karib al-Kindi said: The
Messenger of Allaah(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
"I have been given the Book and somethingsimilar along with it."
Narrated by Abu Dawood (4604) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani
inSaheeh Abi Dawood.
2 - It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Messenger of Allaah(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "I do notgive to you and I do not withhold from you, rather
I am a distributor and I allocate things where I am commanded to."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2949).
3 - It was narrated from Jubayr ibn Mut'im that a man came to the
Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said: O
Messenger of Allaah, which part of the land is worst? He said: "I do
not know." When Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to him he said: "O
Jibreel, which part of theland is worst?" He said: "I do not know,
until I ask my Lord, may He be glorified and exalted." Jibreel (peace
be upon him) went away, and stayed away for as long as Allaah willed
that he should stay away. Then he came and said: "O Muhammad, you
asked me which part of the land is worst and I said I did not know. I
asked my Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, and He said: Its
markets."
Narrated by Ahmad (16302); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inSaheeh
al-Targheeb(325).
4 - It was narrated that Jaabir said: The Messenger of Allaah(peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "I have been commanded to
fight the people until they say Laailaaha ill-Allaah. If they say Laa
ilaaha ill-Allaah, their blood and their wealth are protected from me,
except in cases dictated by Islamic law, and their reckoning will be
with Allaah." Then he recited:"you are only one who reminds. You are
not a dictator over them" [al-Ghaashiyah 88:21,22].
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2786) and Muslim (21)
5 - In the lengthy hadeeth which speaks ofAbu Sufyaan's meeting with
Heraclius, which is a hadeeth full of lessons,it says that Heraclius
sentfor him to come with a group from Quraysh, who were merchants
trading in Syria at the time when the Messenger of Allaah (S) had made
a peace treatywith Abu Sufyaan and the kuffaar of Quraysh. He summoned
them to his council where he was surrounded by the great men of
Byzantium,then he called them and his translator and said: Which of
you is closest inkinship to this man who claims that he is a Prophet?
Abu Sufyaan said: I am closest to him in kinship.
He said: Bring him close to me, and bring his companions close and put
them behind him. Then he said to his translator: Tell them thatI am
going to ask this one about this man, and if he lies to me they should
tell me that he is lying.
Among the wise questions that Heraclius posed to Abu Sufyaan was: Did
you ever accusehim of lying before he said what he said?
And at the end of the questioning, Heraclius explained to Abu Sufyaan
his purpose in asking these questions. He said concerning
thesequestions: I asked you whether you accused him of lying before he
said what he said, and you said no.I knew that if he did not tell lies
about people, he would not tell lies about Allaah...
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (7) and Muslim (1773).
And Allaah knows best.
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