Injil (, alternative spelling:
Ingil ) is the Arabic name for what
Muslims believe to be the original
Gospel of
Jesus (
Isa). This
Injil is one of the four
Islamic holy books the
Quran records as revealed by
God, the others being the
Zabur (possibly the
Psalms), the
Tawrat (the
Torah), and the Quran. The word
Injil is derived from the
Greek word (
euangelion) or in
Aramaic ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (
awongaleeyoon) which means "good news" (
Old English gōdspel; the term
injil is also used by
Christian Arabs for their gospels; e.g.
Gospel of John, ( ) as well as
Indonesian Christians; e.g.
Injil Yohanes). Muslims believe this original Gospel to have been
altered over time, and the teachings of Jesus lost and replaced with false teachings, often believed to be at the instigation of
Paul the Apostle. Muslims believe that the four canonical gospels of
Matthew,
Mark,
Luke and John and lost Gospels, such as that of
Peter, contain fragments of Jesus' message, but that the majority of the original teaching has been altered or lost.
