According to the
orthodox Jews, there are two “Torah”: the
Written and the Oral. In Jewish tradition, both were given to Moses at Mt.
Sinai and during the forty years in the desert, and taught to the whole nation.
[In fact, when Judaism says "G-d gave the Torah to Moses at Sinai” it is talking
only about the Oral — otherwise, Moses should have known about the Golden Calf,
and as for Korach’s Rebellion, Moses should have reacted "well, we’ve been
expecting you…"] Both have been with us, according to Jewish
sources, for all of the past 3300 years. And without both, it is impossible to
fully understand traditional Jewish teaching or thought. The Written Torah,
mentiones each of the Commandments, or Mitzvos, only in passing or by allusion.
The Oral Law fills in the gaps.(Torah.org)
The Holy Quran
tells us Abraham and Moses Pbut, both have written scrolls.
12. Who
will enter the Great Fire,
13. In
which they will then neither die nor live.
14. But
those will prosper who purify themselves,
15. And
glorify the name of their Guardian-Lord, and (lift their hearts) in prayer.
16. Day
(behold), ye prefer the life of this world;
17. But
the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
18. And
this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),-
19. The
Books of Abraham and Moses.
(Surah 87:16-19)
Note the Arabic word used to book
here is Suhuf, i.e. scrolls. Verses 12 to 17 read how the how the evil doers
will be punished in the fire " But those will prosper who purify
themselves," as many prefer this life, but hereafter is better and more
preferred. Verses 18-19 tells us this was in the earliest revelations, found in
the scrolls of Abraham and Moses Pbut. Though we don't have any scrolls from
the time of Abraham or Moses Pbut in our possession. We do have Jewish writing
which make mention of Moses and rabbis making similar statements pointing to
the hereafter.
We have to bear in mind. The Jews
copied from the scrolls of Moses Pbuh, some they showed and much they hid, as
mention in the Quran.
And they measure not the power of Allah its
true measure when they say: Allah hath naught revealed unto a human being. Say
(unto the Jews who speak thus): Who revealed the Book which Moses brought, a
light and guidance for mankind, which ye have put on parchments which ye show,
but ye hide much (thereof), and (by which) ye were taught that which ye knew
not yourselves nor (did) your fathers (know it)? Say: Allah. Then leave them to
their play of cavilling. (Surah 6:91)
Jews also mixed the words revealed Moses Pbuh
with the oral saying as found in the Talmud. Below is a list of saying from
rabbis, who according to the Jews received it through generations passed down
to them, speaking of the hereafter being much better than this world. This could be the saying which Moses would
have written down on scrolls, rather then it being in their holy books, they
hid it and made it into a traditional saying passed down from generation to
generation
“this world is not
at all like the world to come” (Berakhot 17a)
“Better is one
hour of bliss in the world to come than the whole life in this world” (M.
Avot 4:17)
This is what the
Mishna in Avot 4,2 meant when the author
states that the true reward for performing the commandments is the
commandment itself. When we reflect on the significance of the performance of
the commandment we will realize that having performed it was an unparalleled
pleasure. Even the reward that G’d has “saved up” for us in the hereafter
pales into insignificance when compared to the satisfaction of having been
able to provide Hashem with
pleasure. This is what Moses had in mind when he described the mitzvah performance with the word עקב in our
verse above. This word, meaning “heel,” when used elsewhere in
Scripture, is used by Moses to describe the
minute part of the pleasure that G’d’s “reward” provides for us when we compare it with the pleasure we provided for
ourselves by having been the instrument to please the Creator. (CHASIDUT Kedushat Levi: Torah Commentary by
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev)
When the Torah describes Avraham as בא בימים in Genesis 24,1, the principal
message is that Avraham had earned his hereafter,
his eternal life. When David asks: “who is desirous of securing life, loving
‘days’ to see true good?” He refers to eternal life (compare Psalms 34,13). Only in those “days” will man
finally experience to see the true “good.” The reason that Moses did not write כיום הזה but added the letter ה writing כהיום הזה, is a reminder of the
terrestrial universe which was created by means of the letter ה, the last letter of the
tetragrammaton. The reason why Moses first referred to the reward in the hereafter is that the
celestial regions preceded earth in creation as a habitat. (COMMENTARY Rabbeinu Bahya Devarim, Chapter
6:24)
Notice from the above
Jewish saying passed down and commentary, ho Moses did make mention of the hereafter
as the place of reward. Rabbeinu Bahya Devarim, makes mention of how
Abraham has earned his hereafter. Again, making reference to a eternal bliss full
of reward.
We can conclude both Abraham and Moses Pbut did
have revelation which were later hid or altered by the Jews. A lot has been
concealed in the oral traditions, which is passed to Jews only hidden from the
mass. The Jews know very well they have altered text, intertwined with the Talmud.
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