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Muslims hold the [[Quran]], as it was revealed to [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]], to be [[Seal of the Prophets|God's final revelation to mankind]], and therefore a completion and confirmation of previous scriptures, such as the [[Islamic view of the Bible|Bible]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Concise Encyclopedia of Islam |first=Cyril |last=Glasse |title=Holy Books}}</ref> Despite the primacy that Muslims place upon the Quran in this context, belief in the validity of earlier Abrahamic scriptures is one of the six [[Iman (Islam)|Islamic articles of faith]]. However, for most self-identified Muslims, the level of this belief is restricted by the concept of {{transl|ar|[[
The Islamic methodology of {{transl|ar|tafsir al-Qur'an bi-l-Kitab}} ({{lang-ar|تفسير القرآن بالكتاب}}) refers to interpreting the Qur'an with/through the Bible.<ref name="McCoy2021">{{Cite book |last=McCoy |first=R. Michael |url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004466821/front-8.xml |title=Interpreting the Qurʾān with the Bible (Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Kitāb) |date=2021-09-08 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-46682-1 |language=en}}</ref> This approach adopts canonical [[Bible translations into Arabic|Arabic versions of the Bible]], including the Tawrat and the Injil, both to illuminate and to add exegetical depth to the reading of the Qur'an. Notable Muslim {{transl|ar|mufassirun}} (commentators) of the Bible and Qur'an who weaved biblical texts together with Qur'anic ones include Abu al-Hakam Abd al-Salam bin al-Isbili of [[Al-Andalus]] and Ibrahim bin Umar bin Hasan al-Biqa'i.<ref name="McCoy2021" />
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