Question:

Allah says (what means): {Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e. the Qur’an] and indeed, We will guard it (from corruption).} [Qur’an 15:9]. Why is it that Allah protected the Qur’an but did not protect other Divine Books from corruption and falsification, as the Christians and the Jews falsified their books?

Fatwa:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Belief is based on submitting oneself to Allah, being pleased with His Rulings, abiding by His legislation and believing that whatever Allah has predestined and legislated is based on extreme wisdom. Allah Says (what means): {He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned} [Quran 21:23]

A person might know the wisdom of some matters but might not know the wisdom of some other matters. It might be that among the wisdoms of preserving the Qur’an and not preserving other Books - despite the fact that they all originated from Allah - is that since the Qur’an is the last Book and Muhammad was the last Prophet, then it is evident to preserve this Book from any falsification or distortion as there will not be any other Prophet who would expose the distortions and clarify the truth.

On the contrary, there were other Prophets, may Allah exalt their mention, who came after the previous Books, and the last Prophet, was Muhammad who informed us that the previous Books were distorted, and he confirmed the truth which remained in them.

Allah Knows best.

Fatwa answered by: The Fatwa Center at Islamweb