stories of fornication and whoredom, and the attributing of sins to prophets), as well as lack of reliable transmission (tawatur) of the text. He explains how the falsification of the Torah could have taken place while there existed only one copy of the Torah kept by the Aaronic priesthood of the Temple in Jerusalem. Ibn Hazm's arguments had a major impact upon Muslim literature and scholars, and the themes that he raised with regard to tahrif and other polemical ideas were modified slightly by some later authors. Types Amin Ahsan Islahi writes about four types of tahrif: To deliberately interpret something in a manner that is opposite to the author's intention. To distort the pronunciation of a word to such an extent that the word changes completely. To add to or delete a sentence or discourse in a manner that distorts the original meaning. For example, according to Muslim tradition, the Jews altered the incident of the migration of Abraham in a manner that no one could prove that Abraham had any relationship with the Kaaba. To translate a word that has two meanings in the meaning that is against the context. For example, the Aramaic word used for Jesus that is equivalent to the was translated as "son" whereas it also meant "servant" and "slave". To raise questions about something that is absolutely clear in order to create uncertainty about it, or to change it completely. See also Biblical inerrancy Categories of New Testament manuscripts Criticism of the Quran Great and abominable church - Mormon equivalent doctrine Islamic holy books Internal consistency of the Bible Naskh Supersessionism Textual variants in the New Testament Notes External links Corruption in the Bible: The Muslim Stance Is The Bible Corrupted? What the Gospels Mean to Muslims Islam and other religions Islamic terminology Supersessionism