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               110   International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 8 (27): 91-108, Summer 2021
                   (
               Introduction                          hereafter,  has  been  distorted
               After  the  revelation  of  the       like  the  Testaments  throughout
               Holy  Quran,  which  included         the history of human life?
               the  teachings  and  generalities        Accordingly,  in  this  study,
               of guidance and the Shari'a,  as      first the distortion or immunity

               well as the Bi’thah of the Holy       of  the  Holy  Quran  in  the
               Prophet  of  Islam  who  called       original  Islamic  sources  is
               people  to  that  Shari'a,  and       examined;  this  issue  is  then
               caused     the   expansion     of     addressed in the Testament-the
               religious    teachings,    which      Jewish and Christian Bible.
               gradually  went  beyond  the
               Islamic and international borders.    Theoretical Foundations of

               In  the  meantime,  and  due  to      Research
               the extent of last religion, one          1.  Lexicography           of
               of  the  ways  to  confront  the             Distortion
               religion    of   Islam,    called     The    word     distortion   i.e.
               distortion (Tahrif), was proposed.    distortion  is  derived  from  the
                  In  this  research,  an  attempt   root  “harf”  meaning  the  side,

               is made to answer this general        corner     and     around     of
               question,  which:  Has  the  Holy     something.  (Ibn  Faris,  1984,
               Quran, which was presented to         Vol. 2: 42) In general, distortion
               humanity  by  the  Prophet            is  to  incline,  to  take  aside,  to
               Muhammad and performing its           move away from one's position
               instructions  has  been  considered   and to change (Ibid: 43) and in
               the  guarantor  of  the  happiness    other  words,  to  deviate  and
               and  prosperity  of  all  human       incline  it  in  another  direction.

               beings  in  this  world  and  the     (Mustafawi, 2009, Vol. 2: 199)
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