SCRIPTURE

HOLY. The expre ion, “Holy Scripture,” is rendered in Persian by Pāk Nawishtah ( پاك نوشته‎ ), “the Holy Writing,” its equivalent in Arabic being al-Kitābu ʾl-Muqaddas ( الكتاب المقدس‎ ), “the Holy Book,” or Kalāmu ʾllāh ( كلام الله‎ ), “the Word of God.” These terms, whilst they are generally understood by Muslims to refer to the Qurʾān, more correctly include all books acknowledged by Muḥammadans to be the Word of God. They profe to receive all the Jewish Scripture and the New Testament as well as the Qurʾān as the revealed Word of God. [ PROPHETS , INSPIRATION .]