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LV.—TAHRI′F, OR THE ALLEGED CORRUPTION OF THE SACRED BOOKS BY THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.
Tahri′f is the word used by Muhammadan writers to express the corruption of the sacred Scriptures of the Jews and Christians, as asserted in the Qurán.
Imám Fakhar-ud-dín Rází, in his commentary, explains "Tahríf" to mean, to change, alter, or turn aside anything from the truth. Muslim divines say there are two kinds of Tahríf, namely, Tahríf-i-Mʾanawí, a corruption of the meaning; and Tahríf-i-Lafzí, a corruption of the words.
Muhammadan controversialists, when they become acquainted with the nature of the contents of our sacred books, and of the impossibility of reconciling the contents of the Qurán with those of the sacred Scriptures,
