Scripture is from The Creator’s Revelation. Revelation is direct communication from The Creator (GOD) to Instruct all of humanity to live as He Intended mankind to live. The Creation is His; only He has the right to dictate how all of it (including the life of humans) is to function.
What is Scripture?
Scripture is the written revelation that The Creator (GOD) sends to mankind to guide mankind to the right purpose of its creation. So, when we refer to “Scripture”, we are referring to the Books that were written as a result of the messages that GOD revealed to prophets and messengers. Notorious Scripture are books such as the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an. Original scripture was always revealed in the language spoken by the prophet to whom GOD made has revelation to whom Guidance was taught. What we know of most scripture today is volumes that were translation to various languages from what could be ascertained as being from the original language. I say this because much of the original language for much of previous revelation has been lost or destroyed, so what remains is generally what has been agreed upon by scholars and learned people from what has been passed down. The Qur’an is the only book which is in its original form in its totality. Many Qur’ans are distributed with both the original Arabic that was understood by the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be Upon Him) and the language that the Arabic was translated to. Many Qur’ans are distributed with only the original Arabic script.
As stated above, the purpose of Scripture is to communicate the Revelation sent from GOD for proper Guidance to mankind. Scripture that was sent after any previous scripture had the purpose of correcting the eventual changes and miscommunications (intended and unintended), meaning any variation that resulted in the alteration of the original revealed messages’ intent and purity.