injil.help is written from the Islamic side of the question of the Injīl: what the Qur’an means by the Gospel it affirms, what the four gospels are, and how they stand to each other. It carries The Gospel According to Islam, the four gospels and Thomas examined one by one, the Qur’an’s passages on ʿĪsā ibn Maryam with the classical commentaries, and a full answer to the Islamic Dilemma.
How the website is written
Every page states which of 3 positions it takes: the scholarly consensus, a minority view within scholarship, or the Islamic position argued by the website. The labels are on the page, at the top, so that a reader is never left to guess whether a sentence is reporting the scholarly consensus or what the website argues. Where the Islamic position differs from the consensus, as on the crucifixion, the page says so in plain words and does not pretend the consensus is weaker than it is. Sources are listed at the foot of each article, and the works most used are gathered in the source library.
The rule that decides what gospel material the website keeps is stated once, on the measure, and applied everywhere. The Gospel According to Islam that the website carries is Ahmad Shafaat’s, and how it was composed is set out step by step. Errors, when found, are corrected on the page and recorded in the corrections log with what the page said and what it says now.
What kind of website it is
The website depends on academic scholarship and cites it, without claiming to be a work of it. It argues a case and says so. Christians are its readers, addressed throughout as people to be persuaded by evidence they can check. The website asks of the Christian reader what Shafaat asked in 1985: to read a Muslim gospel as one would read a book from a church other than one’s own, and to judge it by its sources.
Getting in touch
To report an error, propose a source or disagree with a reading, see the contact page. Replies that improve a page are acknowledged in the corrections log.
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