Suhuf Ibrahim
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The Suhuf Ibrahim (Arabic: صحف إبراهيم, Scrolls of Abraham/Ibrahim) are part of the religious scriptures of Islam, along with those of Moses (besides the Torah and the Tablets of the Ten Commandments). The authorship of these scriptures is attributed to Prophet Ibrahim, but are generally believed by Muslims to have been perished since are therefore considered a lost body scriptures.
In two suras, which are to be dated from the first Meccan period, there is a reference to the 'leaves, scrolls, journals' (suhuf) of Abraham (or Ibrahim) and Moses (or Musa), by which presumably certain divinely inspired texts handwritten by these great Patriarchs[original research?] are meant (87:18-19; 53:36-37). The contents of this revelation is not known from the Qur'an. The Qur'an also does not speak explicitly of their possible extinction or corruption as it does in the case of the Torah and the Injeel (the Gospel). It is speculated that this may be a reference to Sefer Yetzirah as Jewish Tradition generally ascribes authorship of that book to Abraham.[citation needed]
