Typology and Rooting of Distortion of the Divine Religions on the Basis of the Holy Quran

From the point of view of the Holy Quran, the divine religions before Islam have been distorted. No religion, not even Islam, is safe from the bite of distortion, at least in some of its dimensions, and the quantity of different branches in every single religion, as well as Islam, indicate this. This research entitled "Typology and Rooting of Distortion of the Divine Religions on the Basis of the Holy Quran" has investigated the types of distortion in pre-Islamic religions through analytical and inferential methods and using the opinions of commentators and tries to find the reasons for deviation of different religions by the distorters from the perspective of the Holy Quran. A step has also been taken to establish conformity among the types of distortion with the existing motives for distorting religions. The aim of the present study was to aid the reader in recognizing situations, types and factors of distortion to pave the way to distinguish the religious truths of their time from religious deviations. Also, recognizing the causes and roots of distortion can help the society to recognize the religious deviations and fight against it. The findings showed that "concealment and denial", "dressing up falsehood with truth", "change of meaning and concept" and "religious heresy" are the four types of distortion in religious truths. Also, from the perspective of the Holy Quran, gaining worldly interests and maintaining existing interests that religion opposes are two motives that lead people to distort religion.