The fact that Paul in a significant number of passages in his letters refers explicitly or implicitly to the Scriptures is taken as obvious evidence that he perceived Scriptures as authority not only for his own life but for the life of the Christ-followers he addresses as well. This perception of the Scriptures as the unquestioned authority at least in the life of Paul (and most likely the oth...

this article is the translation of another part of ayatollah ma’rifat’s writing in response to the misconception of the orientalists that “the old and the new testaments” have been the reference source of the qur’an and the qur’anic knowledge and content are adopted from these two scripture. making a comparison between the qur’an and the old and the new testaments in knowledge and doctrine, the...