Didn't He SayWhat Counts As Scripture?
Some texts are understood as divine revelation; others are sacred law, spiritual instruction, community canon, human opinion, or foundational works that shaped a modern worldview.
The scriptures
Sacred, canonical, and foundational texts.
Scripture is not limited to one tradition, or even to revelation in the narrow sense. Each card separates who delivered a text from what source it claims — and says honestly how it was preserved.
Deliverer Is Not Always Source
Each card separates who delivered or transmitted the text from what source the text or tradition claims: divine revelation, prophetic teaching, community canon, or human argument.
Preservation And Access
The page distinguishes between texts hosted here, texts available through outside sources, and original texts that are not available today, so the action on each card stays honest.
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About the Qur'an
Revelation, writing, collection, standardization — the full preservation file of the one text this platform stakes its name on.
THE READER
The Hadith
Reports of the Messenger ﷺ, topic by topic — each one arriving with its chain of narrators around the text, from the source-verified store.
Islam610-632 CE
Qur'an
The recitation
- DELIVERER
- Prophet Muhammad
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Direct divine revelation according to Islamic claim
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved through recitation and writing during his lifetime, then collected and standardized in the first generation.
Strong from deliverer time
Islam7th century onward
Hadith Nabawi
Prophetic reports
- DELIVERER
- Prophet Muhammad to the Companions
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Prophetic teaching, practice, and approval; not the Qur'an's recited wording
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved through living practice, memorization, isnad, and early writing, then organized in major collections later.
Chain-based preservation
Abrahamic / Islamic memoryEra of Moses
Torah (original revelation)
Instruction or law
- DELIVERER
- Prophet Moses
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Divine revelation to Moses in Abrahamic and Islamic memory
- PRESERVATION
- Its revealed origin is affirmed, but the original text as received by Moses is not available today through a lifetime manuscript chain.
Original text unavailable
Abrahamic / Islamic memoryMinistry of Jesus
Injil (original revelation)
Good news
- DELIVERER
- Prophet Jesus
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Divine revelation to Jesus in Abrahamic and Islamic memory
- PRESERVATION
- Its revealed origin is affirmed, but no single lifetime-transmitted Injil manuscript is available today; the canonical Gospels are later witness traditions.
Original text unavailable
Abrahamic / Islamic memoryEra of David
Zabur (original revelation)
Psalms or written hymns
- DELIVERER
- Prophet David
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Divine revelation to David in Abrahamic and Islamic memory
- PRESERVATION
- Its revealed origin is affirmed, but the original revelation as received by David is not available today through a contemporary manuscript chain.
Original text unavailable
Abrahamic / Islamic memoryEra of Abraham
Scrolls of Abraham
Pages or scrolls
- DELIVERER
- Prophet Abraham
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Divine revelation to Abraham in Abrahamic and Islamic memory
- PRESERVATION
- Known through Qur'anic mention and religious memory, with no surviving readable text available today.
Unavailable
JudaismFormed across centuries before the Common Era
Hebrew Bible / Tanakh
Torah, Prophets, and Writings
- DELIVERER
- Israelite prophetic and scribal tradition
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Revelation, prophecy, and sacred writing as understood in Jewish tradition
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved through Jewish reading, scribal, Masoretic, and manuscript traditions, and available through digital Jewish libraries.
External text available
ChristianityTexts from centuries BCE through the 1st century CE, with later canon formation
Christian Bible
Old and New Testaments
- DELIVERER
- Prophetic, apostolic, and church communities
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Revelation, apostolic witness, and church canon in Christian tradition
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved through manuscript families, translations, and canon histories; available in many versions and languages.
External text available
Hindu traditionsWithin the Mahabharata context, often dated to the late 1st millennium BCE
Bhagavad Gita
Song of the Lord
- DELIVERER
- Krishna's teaching to Arjuna in the epic tradition
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Divine teaching attributed to Krishna within the epic
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved within the Mahabharata, Sanskrit commentaries, and broad recitation traditions; available through academic digital sources.
External text available
Hindu traditionsVedic period
Vedas
Knowledge
- DELIVERER
- Vedic seers and reciters
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Sacred heard knowledge in Hindu tradition
- PRESERVATION
- Famous for precise oral preservation and later written transmission; translations and selected texts are available externally.
External text available
Hindu traditionsLate Vedic and post-Vedic periods
Upanishads
Sitting near / inner teaching
- DELIVERER
- Sages and teacher lineages
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Sage teaching and philosophical reflection within Vedic tradition
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved in Sanskrit recensions and philosophical commentaries; selected translations are available externally.
External text available
SikhismCompiled in 1604, final authority affirmed in 1708
Guru Granth Sahib
Revered scripture / Guru Granth
- DELIVERER
- Sikh Gurus and Bhagats, compiled by Guru Arjan and finalized by Guru Gobind Singh
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Spiritual hymns and teachings of the Gurus and Bhagats
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved through continuous community copying, liturgical recitation, and digital Sikh resources.
External text available
ZoroastrianismAncient Iranian layers with later redaction
Avesta
Zoroastrian sacred corpus
- DELIVERER
- Zarathustra and Zoroastrian priestly tradition
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Zoroastrian revelation and teaching with priestly tradition
- PRESERVATION
- A partial corpus preserved through priestly recitation and manuscripts, with digital archives of texts and translations.
External text available
Latter-day Saint traditionPublished in 1830
Book of Mormon
Another testament of Jesus Christ
- DELIVERER
- Joseph Smith as translator and prophet in LDS tradition
- CLAIMED SOURCE
- Presented in Latter-day Saint tradition as translated revealed scripture
- PRESERVATION
- Preserved as a printed and translated textual tradition from the 19th century onward, with an official online edition.
External text available
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