Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Old Testament

In The Quran, Allah (God) reveals that Muslims should believe in Prophet Muhammad (May Allah bless him and grant him peace) and all the prophets sent before him, and in all the scriptures given to those prophets. In verse 4 of Surah al-Baqara, our Lord refers to Muslims as “those who believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you…

As is mentioned in the Quran, the Old and New Testaments, the Psalms and the pages of Prophet Abraham (pbuh) are scriptures sent down to prophets who lived in past centuries. A portion of those books has been lost, and what remains has been corrupted or altered. Nonetheless, they still contain many true and accurate statements regarding the true faith. Muslims evaluate all these statements in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah, and consider those to be valid that are compatible with the Quran and in agreement with the Sunnah. The Fundamental precondition, however, is that they should be compatible with the Quran as well as the hadiths.