Scrolls of Abraham (Islam) - Qur'anic Mention

Qur'anic Mention

The Qur'an refers to certain Scrolls of Abraham, which have alternatively been translated as Books of Abraham. All Muslim scholars have generally agreed upon that no scrolls of Abraham survive till today, and therefore this is a reference to a lost body of scripture. The Scrolls of Abraham are understood by Muslims to refer to certain revelations Abraham received, which he would have then transmitted to writing. The exact contents of the revelation are not described in the Qur'an.

The 87th chapter of the Qur'an, Surah Al-A'laa concludes saying the subject matter of the Surah has been in the earlier scriptures of Abraham and Moses. It is slightly indicative of what were in the previous scriptures, according to Islam:

So remind, if the reminder should benefit;
He who fears will be reminded.
But the wretched one will avoid it -
who will burn in the greatest Fire,
Neither dying therein nor living.
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself,
And mentions the name of his Lord and prays.
But you prefer the worldly life,
While the Hereafter is better and more enduring.
Indeed, this is in the former scriptures,
The scriptures of Abraham and Moses.
— Qur'an 87 (Al-A'laa), ayat 9-19

Chapter 53 of the Qur'an, Surah An-Najm mentions some more subject matters of the earlier scriptures of Abraham and Moses.

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses,
And Abraham, who fulfilled -
That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another,
And that there is not for man except that for which he strives,
And that his effort is going to be seen,
Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense,
And that to your Lord is the finality,
And that it is He who makes laugh and weep,
And that it is He who causes death and gives life,
And that He creates the two mates - the male and female,
From a sperm-drop when it is emitted,
And that upon Him is the next creation,
And that it is He who enriches and suffices,
And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius,
And that He destroyed the first 'Aad,
And Thamud - and He did not spare ,
And the people of Noah before.
Indeed, it was they who were more unjust and oppressing.,
And the overturned towns He hurled down,
And covered them by that which He covered.,
Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?,
This is a warner like the former warners.,
The Approaching Day has approached.,
Of it, besides Allah, there is no remover.,
Then at this statement do you wonder?,
And you laugh and do not weep,
While you are proudly sporting?,
So prostrate to Allah and worship .
— Qur'an 53 (An-Najm), ayat 36-62

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