The Quran confirms – The Two Testaments of the Holy Bible Are the Torah and Injil

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The Quran confirms – The Two Testaments of the Holy Bible Are the

Torah and Injil!

Exposing the false propaganda and misinformation of a Muslim Dawagandist Pt. 1

Sam Shamoun

Here begins our thorough refutation of Jalal Abualrub‟s reply to a Muslim in regards to whatthe Quran teaches concerning the textual veracity and preservation of the inspired Scriptures

of God (*). We recommend that the readers carefully go through Jalal‟s answer beforereading our reply since our response will not follow the exact order of his arguments.

Jalal claims that the following reference proves that the original copies of the Torah and the

Gospel have been corrupted:

The Quran clearly stated that the original copies of the Torah and the Injeel have beencorrupted; {Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say,

“This is from Allâh,” to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands

have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby} [2:79].

There are a few problems with Jalal‟s assertions. In the first place, Jalal tries to prove in thisvery same article that the Torah is not the five books of Moses or the Old Testament, and that

the Gospel is not the New Testament. This means that the Torah and Gospel must refer to

something other than what we possess today, and that these original documents simply

vanished without a trace!

This leads us to the second problem with Jalal‟s assertions. Jalal‟s statements presuppose thathe knows for certain and has firsthand knowledge of the contents of the original Torah and

the Gospel; otherwise he couldn‟t say that the original copies have been corrupted since hewould have no possible way of knowing this. Yet he has never seen the originals, which

means that he has no grounds to argue that the copies have been corrupted and his statements

are therefore meaningless.

The third problem with Jalal‟s argument is that he grossly distorts the context of Q. 2:79 inorder to deceive the questioner into believing that this passage is referring to the Christians

corrupting their holy Scriptures. However, according to the Muslim commentators Q. 2:75-79

is speaking of the Jews, not Christians:

There was little Hope that the Jews Who lived during the Time of the Prophet could

have believed

Allah said…

<Do you covet> O believers…

<That they will believe in your religion> meaning, that these people would obey you. They

are the deviant sect of Jews whose fathers witnessed the clear signs but their hearts became

hard afterwards. Allah said next…

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<In spite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allah (the

Tawrah), then they used to change it> meaning, distort its meaning…

<after they understood it>. They understood well, yet they used to defy the truth…

<knowingly>, being fully aware of their erroneous interpretations and corruption. Thisstatement is similar to Allah's statement…

<So, because of their violation of their covenant, We cursed them and made their hearts

grow hard. They change the words from their (right) places> (5:13).

Qatadah commented that Allah's statement …

<Then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it> "They are the Jews who

used to hear Allah's Words and then alter them after they understood and comprehended

them."' Also, Mujahid said, "Those who used to alter it and conceal its truths; they were their

scholars." Also, Ibn Wahb said that Ibn Zayd commented…

<used to hear the Word of Allah (the Tawrah), then they used to change it> "They altered the

Tawrah that Allah revealed to them, making it say that the lawful is unlawful and the

prohibited is allowed, and that what is right is false and that what is false is right. So when a

person seeking the truth comes to them with a bribe, they judge his case by the Book of

Allah, but when a person comes to them seeking to do evil with a bribe, they take out the

other (distorted) book, in which it is stated that he is in the right. When someone comes to

them who is not seeking what is right, nor offering them bribe, then they enjoin righteousness

on him. This is why Allah said to them …

<Enjoin you Al-Birr (piety and righteousness and every act of obedience to Allah) on the

people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves, while you recite the Scripture (the Tawrah)!

Have you then no sense> (2:44)" (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Q. 2:75-76; underline emphasis ours)

And:

Woe unto Those Criminals among the Jews

Allah said…

<Then Waylun (woe) to those who write the book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allah," to purchase with it a little price!>.

This is another category of people among the Jews who called to misguidance with falsehood

and lies about Allah, thriving on unjustly amassing people's property. `Waylun (woe)' carries

meanings of destruction and perishing, and it is a well-known word in the Arabic language.

Az-Zuhri said that Ùbadydullah bin Àbdullah narrated that Ibn Àbbas said, "O Muslims!

How could you ask the People of the Book about anything, while the Book of Allah (Qur'an)

that He revealed to His Prophet is the most recent Book from Him and you still read it fresh

and young Allah told you that the People of the Book altered the Book of Allah, changed it

and wrote another book with their own hands. They then said, `This book is from Allah,' so

that they acquired a small profit by it. Hasn't the knowledge that came to you prohibited youfrom asking them By Allah! We have not seen any of them asking you about what was

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revealed to you." This Hadith was also collected by Al-Bukhari. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said,

"The little amount here means this life and all that it contains."

Allah's statement…

<Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby> means, “Woe to them because of what they have written with their own hands, the lies,falsehood and alterations. Woe to them because of the property that they unjustly acquired.”Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas commented…

<Woe to them>, "Means the torment will be theirs because of the lies that they wrote with

their own hands…

<And woe to them for that they earn thereby>, which they unjustly acquired from people, be

they commoners or otherwise." (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Q. 2:79; underline emphasis ours)

Thus, the only point that Jalal can derive from Q. 2:79 is that the Jews corrupted their ownScriptures, not that the Gospel or the New Testament writings have been changed. And this

would only be applicable to their own copies of the Hebrew Bible, not to the copies in the

possession of all the Christians who were scattered everywhere.

More importantly, the text itself says that it was only a group of the Jews who wrote a book

with their own hands, not that all of them did so:

Do you (faithful believers) covet that they will believe in your religion in spite of the fact that

A PARTY of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allah [the Taurat (Torah)], then

they used to change it knowingly after they understood it? And when they (Jews) meet those

who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe", but when they meet one another in private,

they say, "Shall you (Jews) tell them (Muslims) what Allah has revealed to you [Jews, about

the description and the qualities of Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him , that which are

written in the Taurat (Torah)] that they (Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it before

your Lord?" Have you (Jews) then no understanding? Know they (Jews) not that Allah knows

what they conceal and what they reveal? And there are AMONG them (Jews) unlettered

people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon false desires and they but guess. Then

woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allah," to

purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them

for that they earn thereby. S. 2:75-79 Hilali-Khan

Hence, even if we were to assume that this is addressing textual corruption this would only be

in respect to a group among the Jews who changed the text of God‟s written Word. Itnowhere says or even remotely implies that all the Jews everywhere were guilty of corrupting

the Biblical manuscripts.

After all, during the time of Muhammad there were plenty of copies of the Hebrew Bible in

various languages which were in circulation among both the Jews and the Christians all over

the then known world. It would literally have required a miracle for the Jews to be able to

corrupt all these copies and versions of these Scriptures seeing that they were in the hands of

various groups at different locations, many of whom were not at all sympathetic to them.







In fact, the Quran itself testifies that there was a group among the People of the Book (i.e.

Jews and Christians) who recited the verses of God correctly, thereby implying that they did

not change the text of their inspired Scriptures:

Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the right reading, those

believe in it. And whoso disbelieveth in it, those are they who are the losers. S. 2:121Pickthall

Notice how the Muslim expositors explained Q. 2:121:

Allah then mentioned the believers from among the people of the Book: „Abdullah IbnSalam and his companions, Bahirah the Monk and the Negus and his followers, saying:

(Those unto whom We have given the Scripture) given knowledge of the Scripture, i.e. the

Torah, (who read it with the right reading) describe it AS IT IS AND DO NOT ALTER

IT: expositing what is lawful and unlawful, its commands and prohibitions to whomever asks

them, and they further act according to what is clear and unambiguous and believe in that

which is ambiguous therein, (those believe in it) in Muhammad and the Qur‟an. (And whodisbelieveth in it) in Muhammad and the Qur‟an, (those are they who are losers) who areduped in that they loose both this world and the world to come. (Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min

Tafsîr Ibn „Abbâs; bold, capital and underline emphasis ours)

And:

(121) Wahidi relates on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, "This verse was sent down concerning

the people of the ship who came [to Medina] with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib from Abyssinia. They

were forty men, thirty-two from Abyssinia and eight of the monks of Syria. The monk

Bahirah was said to be among them." In another tradition related on the authority of al-

Dahhak, we are told, "The verse was sent down concerning those among the Jews who

accepted faith [such as 'Abdallah ibn Sallam and others]." Still another tradition related on the

authority of Qatadah and 'Ikrimah states, "It was sent down concerning the Companions of

Muhammad" (Wahidi, p. 37; see also Ibn Kathir, I, pp. 286-287; Qurtubi, II, p. 95; Tabarsi, I,

p. 448; and Shawkani, I, pp. 135-136)

Zamakhshari interprets the verse as follows: "'They to whom we have given the scriptures'

are the faithful among the people of the Book who recite the scriptures in their true

recitation, neither altering nor changing what they contain of the description of the

Apostle of God [sic]. Those who have faith in their scriptures are contrasted with 'whosoever

rejects faith in it [the scriptures],' that is, alterers. 'These shall be the losers' because theyexchange guidance for error." (Zamakhshari, I, p. 308) (Mahmoud M. Ayoub, The Qur'an

and its Interpreters [State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany], Volume 1, pp.

149-150; bold emphasis ours)

How could the Jews and Christians recite their Scriptures correctly if the Biblical books were

so corrupted to the extent that they no longer reflected the correct reading of the original

revelations given through the prophets and apostles? And what‟s the point in praising themfor reciting corrupt Scriptures? What sense does that make?

The Quran further expressly testifies that there were many among the Jews and Christians

who would not and did not corrupt their Holy Writings:

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They are not all alike. Of the People of the Scripture there is a staunch community who

recite the revelations of Allah in the night season, falling prostrate (before Him). They

believe in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency, and vie one

with another in good works. These are of the righteous. S. 3:113-114 Pickthall

And there are, certainly, among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), those whobelieve in Allah and in that which has been revealed to you, and in that which has been

revealed to them, humbling themselves before Allah. They do not sell the Verses of Allah for

a little price, for them is a reward with their Lord. Surely, Allah is Swift in account. S. 3:199

Pickthall

Of the people of Moses there is a nation who guide by the truth, and by it act with justice…And there succeeded after them a succession who inherited the Book, taking the chance

goods of this lower world, and saying, 'It will be forgiven us'; and if chance goods the like of

them come to them, they will take them. Has not the compact of the Book been taken

touching them, that they should say concerning God nothing but the truth? And they have

studied what is in it; and the Last Abode is better for those who are godfearing. Do you notunderstand? And those who hold fast to the Book, and perform the prayer -- surely We leave

not to waste the wage of those who set aright. S. 7:159, 169-170 Arberry

All of these passages conclusively prove that the author of the Quran believed that there were

pious Jews and Christians who preserved their inspired Scriptures and would not allow their

sacred Books to be tampered with.

More importantly, all of this is based on the misleading assumption that Q. 2:79 is suggesting

that certain Jews corrupted their copies of the Holy Bible. However, that is not what the verse

actually says:

Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands, and then say: "This is from

God," to traffic with it for miserable price! - Woe to them for what their hands do write, and

for the gain they make thereby. Y. Ali

Pay attention to the fact that that the citation doesn‟t claim that these particular Jews at thetime of Muhammad were corrupting the Scriptures but that they were writing a book that they

tried to pass off as inspired revelation. In other words, the reference does not state that these

specific Jews changed the text of the inspired Scriptures which God gave them but wrote

something with the intention of convincing others that it was God‟s Word. Thus, the issue

here is not one of tampering with the text of the Holy Bible but of adding to the Scripturessomething which does not belong there.

This leads me to my final point. The immediate context says that it was the ummiyyun among

them that were writing a book which they passed off as the Word of God. This specific term

has been variously translated as “illiterate”, “unlettered”, “common folk”, “gentiles”. Hereare two examples of how this term is translated:

And some there are of them that are common folk not knowing the Book, but only fancies

and mere conjectures. S. 2:78 Arberry

Among them are gentiles who do not know the scripture, except through hearsay, thenassume that they know it. Rashad Khalifa



By carefully examining the way the Quran employs this particular word it is evident that it is

referring to individuals who had not been given inspired Scriptures, in contrast to the Jews

and Christians. The author(s) of the Quran used this phrase to refer to groups or peoples who

hadn‟t received a revealed book and were therefore ignorant of what the sacred Books

contained and said. By extension this would also refer to anyone who had no firsthand

knowledge of the Holy Bible.

In light of this proposed understanding Q. 2:78-79 would then be saying that there were either

some Gentile converts to Judaism or even Jews who didn‟t know the Scriptures except whatthey heard orally – since they hadn‟t read it and were therefore ignorant of their contents – who decided to write a book which they claimed to be from God in order to profit from it.

Muslim turned atheist Ibn Warraq sources renowned Muslim expositor and historian Al-

Tabari‟s quotation of Ibn Abbas‟ explanation which supports this interpretation:

“Bell thinks 'ummiyyun means belonging to the 'ummah or community, while Blachere

translates it as „Gentiles,‟ in the sense of „pagan.‟ For the French scholar it is clear that theword 'ummi designates pagan Arabs, who, unlike the Jews and Christians, had not received

any revelation and were thus living in ignorance of the divine law. Tabari does indeed quote

some traditions that give this sense to the word ummi: according to Ibn 'Abbas, „'ummiyyun

(refers to) some people who did not believe in a prophet sent by God, nor in a scripture

revealed by God; and they wrote a scripture with their own hands. Then they said to the

ignorant, common people: "This is from God."‟ However, Tabari himself does not accept this

interpretation, instead gives a totally unconvincing and improbable account of the derivation

of the word: „I am of the opinion that an illiterate person is called ummi, relating him in hislack of ability to write to his mother (umm), because writing was something which men, and

not women, did, so that a man who could not write and form letters was linked to his mother,

and not to his father, in his ignorance of writing.‟" (Warraq, "Introduction," What the Koran

Really Says, Language, Text & Commentary [Prometheus Books, 2002; ISBN: 157392945X],

p. 44; underline emphasis ours)

Thus, Q. 2:78-79 cannot be referring to certain persons corrupting the Holy Bible since it

expressly says that these individuals didn‟t know the Scriptures:

Among them are unlettered folk who know the Scripture not except from hearsay. They but

guess. Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and then say,

"This is from Allah," that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe unto them for that

their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they earn thereby. Pickthall

How, then, could they change the text of a Scripture that they had no knowledge of except

from hearsay? They obviously couldn‟t.

For more on the proper interpretation and context of Q. 2:79 we recommend the following

article, Does Q. 2:77-79 speak of Bible Corruption?

Jalal selectively quotes the words of Ibn Abbas to prove that the Bible has been corrupted:

Abdullah Ibn Abbas affirmed this fact in a Hadeeth collected by Imam Bukhari. Abdullah Ibn

`Abbas said, “O, Muslims? How do you ask the people of the Scriptures, though your Book (Qur'an) which was revealed to His Prophet is the most recent information from Allah and

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you recite it, the Book that has not been distorted? Allah has revealed to you that the people

of the scriptures have changed with their own hands what was revealed to them and they have

said (as regards their changed Scriptures): This is from Allah, in order to get some worldly

benefit thereby.” Ibn `Abbas added, "Isn't the knowledge revealed to you sufficient to preventyou from asking them? By Allah I have never seen any one of them asking (Muslims) about

what has been revealed to you.”

Jalal erroneously assumes that Ibn Abbas meant that the Jews and Christians changed the text

of their Scriptures, as opposed to corrupting the meaning of their texts by faulty interpretation

which the Jews did orally and/or through the production of uninspired writings such as the

Talmud which they tried to pass off as revelation.

More to the point, Jalal‟s understanding of Ibn Abbas‟s statements directly contradict what heis reported to have said concerning the incorruptibility of the Books of God as recorded by al-

Bukhari:

LV. The words of Allah Almighty, "It is indeed a Glorious Qur'an preserved on aTablet." (85:21-22)

"By the Mount and an Inscribed Book" (52:1-2): Qatada said that "mastur " means "written".

"Yasturun" (68:1) means "they inscribe", and the Umm al-Kitab (43:4) is the whole of the

Qur'an and its source. [He said that] "ma talfizu" (50:18) means: "He does not say anything

but that it is written against him." Ibn 'Abbas said, "Both good and evil are recorded," and

" yuharrufuna" (4:46) means "they remove". NO ONE REMOVES THE WORDS OF ONE

OF THE BOOKS OF ALLAH ALMIGHTY, BUT THEY TWIST THEM, INTEPRETING

THEM IMPROPERLY. " Dirasatihim: (6:156) means "their recitation" "Wa'iyya" (69:12) is

preserving, "ta'iha" (69:12) means to "preserve it". "This Qur'an has been revealed to me by

inspiration that I may warn you," meaning the people of Makka, "and all whom it

reaches"(6:19) meaning this Qur'an, so he is its warner. (Aisha Bewley, Sahih Collection of

al-Bukhari, 100. Book of Tawhid (the belief that Allah is One in His Essence, Attributes

and Actions); capital and underline emphasis ours)

Al-Bukhari wasn't the only Muslim scholar that quoted this narrative from Ibn Abbas. There

were others such as Ibn Atiyya:

… The Andalusian interpreter Ibn „Atiyya stated that Tahrif means “to change or transfer something from its original character to another” and that Ibn ‘Abbas held that the Jewish

(and possibly the Christian, by implication) corruption and change was to be found inexegesis, the letter of the Torah surviving intact, although a second school of scholars

maintained that the letters themselves had been changed on the basis that although the Jews

had been asked to safeguard the Torah, unlike the Qur‟an it was not safeguarded by GodHimself. (Dr. Muhammad M. Abu Laylah, The Qur‟an and the Gospels – A Comparative

Study [Al-Falah Foundation for Translation, Publication & Distribution, Third edition, 2005],

pp. 145-146; bold and underline emphasis ours)

Even one of Jalal‟s premiere Salafi scholars and student of the so-called renowned Shaykh of

Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, namely Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, mentioned this very same narration

in Ighathat Al Lahfan, Volume 2, p. 351:

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On the other side, another party of hadith and fiqh scholars said: these changes took place

during its interpretation and not during the process of its revelation. This is the view of Abi

Abdullah Muhammad bin Ishmael Al-Bukhari who said in his hadith collection:

"No one can corrupt the text by removing any of Allah‟s words from his Books, but they

corrupted it by misinterpreting it."

Al-Razi also agrees with this opinion. In his commentary he said:

There is a difference of opinions regarding this matter among some of the respectable

scholars. Some of these scholars said: the manuscript copies of the Torah were distributed

everywhere and no one knows the exact number of these copies except Allah. It is

impossible to have a conspiracy to change or alter the word of God in all of these copies

without missing any copy. Such a conspiracy will not be logical or possible . And when

Allah told his messenger (Muhammad) to ask the Jews to bring their Torah and read it

concerning the stoning command they were not able to change this command from their

copies, that is why they covered up the stoning verse while they were reading it to theprophet. It was then when Abdullah Ibn Salam requested that they remove their hand so that

the verse became clear. If they have changed or altered the Torah then this verse would have

been one of the important verses to be altered by the Jews.

Also, whenever the prophet would ask them (the Jews) concerning the prophecies about him

in the Torah they were not able to remove them either, and they would respond by stating

that they are not about him and they are still waiting for the prophet in their Torah.

Abu Dawood narrated in his collection that Ibn Umar said:

A group of Jewish people invited the messenger of Allah to a house. When he came, they

asked him: O Abu Qassim, one of our men committed adultery with a woman, what is your

judgment against him? So they placed a pillow and asked the messenger of Allah to set on it.

Then the messenger of Allah proceeded to say: bring me the Torah. When they brought it, he

removed the pillow from underneath him and placed the Torah on it and said: I believe in

you and in the one who revealed you, then said: bring me one of you who have the most

knowledge. So they brought him a young man who told him the story of the stoning.

The scholars said: if the Torah was corrupted he would not have placed it on the pillow

and he would not have said: I believe in you and in the one who revealed you. This group of

scholars also said: Allah said:

" And the word of your Lord has been accomplished truly and justly; there is none who can

change His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing ."

And the Torah is Allah’s word. (Bold and underline emphasis ours)

Ibn Kathir also quoted this tradition:

Mujahid, Ash-Sha'bi, Al-Hassan, Qatadah and Ar-Rabi' bin Anas said that,

<who distort the Book with their tongues.>



means, "They alter (Allah's Words)."

Al-Bukhari reported that Ibn 'Abbas said that the Ayah means they alter and add although

none among Allah's creation can remove the words of Allah from His books, they alter and

distort their apparent meanings.

Wahb bin Munabbih said, "The Tawrah and Injil remain as Allah revealed them, and no

letter in them was removed. However, the people misguide others by addition and false

interpretation, relying on books that they wrote themselves." Then,

<they say: "This is from Allah," but it is not from Allah;>

As for Allah's books, they are still preserved and cannot be changed ." Ibn Abi Hatim

recorded this statement. However, if Wahb meant the books that are currently in the hands of

the People of the Book, then we should state that there is no doubt that they altered, distorted,

added to and deleted from them. For instance, the Arabic versions of these books contain

tremendous error, many additions and deletions and enormous misinterpretation. Those whorendered these translations have incorrect comprehension in most, rather, all of these

translations. If Wahb meant the Books of Allah that He has with Him, then indeed, these

Books are preserved and were never changed. (Tafsir Ibn Kathir – Abridged, Volume 2, Parts

3, 4 & 5, Surat Al-Baqarah, Verse 253, to Surat An-Nisa, verse 147 [Darussalam Publishers

& Distributors, Riyadh, Houston, New York, Lahore; First Edition: March 2000], p. 196;

source; bold emphasis ours)

Even though Ibn Kathir disagrees with both Wahb and Ibn Abbas he does admit that these

Muslims believed that the previous Scriptures remained fully intact since no one could

change the Words of God.

And yet what is the basis for Ibn Kathir‟s disagreement? His basis is that Arabic versions of

the Holy Bible showed textual tampering in the form of additions and deletions! This is

equivalent to someone today claiming that the Quran has been corrupted due to the fact that

there are additions and omissions among the various English versions (*) or that a specific

English translation made by Rashad Khalifa omits Q. 9:128-129 (*)!

Ibn Kathir should have examined the original languages of the Holy Scriptures to see if the

text remained intact. If this were to be carried out then a person will discover that the Holy

Bible, much like the Quran (*), has come down to us with variant readings. However, these

variants do not prove that wholesale corruption to the Biblical text has taken place since thegreat bulk of these readings are inconsequential and do not affect the meaning of the text. To

claim otherwise would actually imply that not only the Holy Bible, but the Quran and all the

other hand copied books have been completely corrupted seeing that all of these writings

have come down to us with major textual variations.

The fact is that, after carefully examining the variant readings, textual scholars have been

able to reconstruct roughly 99% of the original text of the Biblical text and it is therefore

purely wishful thinking on the part of Muslims to claim that the original reading of the

Biblical Books have been lost or corrupted beyond restoration.

Be that as it may, the testimony of Muslim scholars such as Ibn Abbas, Wahb bin Munabbih,al-Bukhari, and ar-Razi prove that the primary sources of Islam do not teach that the original



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Torah and the Gospel have been corrupted. Rather, the statements of these leading Muslim

authorities indicate that both the Quran and the so-called authentic traditions clearly testify

that the texts of God‟s Books cannot be changed and that the Torah and the Gospel remainuncorrupt. Their comments further expose Jalal‟s deliberate perversion of what the Islamicdata actually teaches.

For more on Ibn Abbas‟ views concerning the Holy Bible please consult the followingarticles and rebuttals:

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Bible/ibnabbas.html

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Bible/ibnabbas_bukhari.htm http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Bible/ibn_al_qayyim_torah.html

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Jalal denies that his prophet struggled with serious doubts concerning whether the

“revelations” which came to him were from God:

As for Ayah 10:94, {So, if you (O Muhammad) are in doubt concerning that which We

have revealed unto you, [i.e. that your name is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel

(Gospel)], then ask those who are reading the Book [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel

(Gospel)] before you. Verily, the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those

who doubt (it)}, just read the text and tell me where it says that Prophet Muhammad had

doubts about the Quran. Even in English, „If‟, does not mean, „have‟. The Ayah says „if‟, theChristians cannot hear this word. They also did not hear that the Prophet was reported to have

said, “ I will neither ask nor doubt.”

The first problem with Jalal‟s blatant distortion of his own false scripture is that the veryexistence of this verse is evidence that there was doubt. If there had been no doubt at all, why

would such a verse even be revealed, a verse without any application? The passage is proof

that there was doubt in Muhammad‟s mind and the citation therefore came to assuage thosefears.

Second, Jalal erroneously assumes that the word “if” cannot convey the idea that Muhammad

had doubts. To show why his explanation is nothing more than a desperate attempt to avoid

admitting the obvious here is a text from the Quran where the word "if" is used:

Then they found one of Our servants unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and We had

taught him knowledge proceeding from Us. Moses said to him, 'Shall I follow thee so thatthou teachest me, of what thou hast been taught, right judgment?' Said he, 'Assuredly thou

wilt not be able to bear with me patiently. And how shouldst thou bear patiently that thou hast

never encompassed in thy knowledge?' He said, 'Yet thou shalt find me, if God will, patient;

and I shall not rebel against thee in anything.' Said he, 'Then IF thou followest me, question

me not on anything until I myself introduce the mention of it to thee.' S. 18:65-70

It is obvious that Moses‟ guide didn‟t doubt that the prophet wanted to accompany him sincethe latter already made his intention known that this is what he was seeking to do. This

clearly shows that the "if" statement should be translated as since, i.e. " since you want to

follow me then do not question me."

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In a similar manner, we shouldn‟t take the "if" in Q. 10:94 as a denial that Muhammad haddoubts, especially when he is expressly told not to be among the doubters. We should rather

see the "if" as an affirmation that Muhammad did indeed have fears and doubts. The text

should therefore be translated in the following manner:

And SINCE you are in doubt concerning that which we revealed unto you, then questionthose who read the Scripture before you. Verily the Truth has come to you from your Lord.

SO DO NOT BE OF THOSE WHO DOUBT .

Lest we be accused of grossly distorting or misunderstanding the passage we will let the

following Islamic scholars substantiate our case:

4) Among his people, the Prophet was famously known for his truthfulness during the first

forty years of his life; it logically follows, therefore, that he was also truthful with himself. So

in studying the reality of revelation and what was happening to him he for sure realized that

there was no need to doubt what he was experiencing was real. As for the INITIAL FEARS

he had, the following Verse REFUTES THEM:

"So if you (O Muhammad) are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you,

[i.e. that your name is written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] then ask those

who are reading the Book [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] before you. Verily,

the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who doubt (it)." (Qur‟an 10: 94)

It has been related that AFTER this Verse was revealed, the Prophet said, "I do not doubt,

and I do not ask."

[1] Related by At-Tabaraanee (17906, 17908), with his chain from Qatadah. Also, refer to

Tafseer Al-Qurtubi (8/340). (Dr. „Ali Muhammad As-Sallabee, The Noble Life of the

Prophet , translated by Faisal Shafeeq [Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, First Edition:

October 2005], Volume 1, p. 140; bold and capital emphasis ours)

And:

4) The Prophet‟s honesty and integrity over a period of forty years and the reputation which

he enjoyed among his people as a result of this required him to be truthful, first and foremost,

with himself. Hence, he must, through his study of the revelatory event which he had

experienced, have overcome any doubts which had come into his mind. The following verse

seems to have been revealed in response to his initial self-examination in relation to therevelation he had received: “So if you are in doubt (O Muhammad), about that which Wehave revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The

truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters” [Jonah10:94]. It is related that following the descent of this verse, the Prophet said, “I do not doubt,nor do I question.” (Dr. M. Sa‟id Ramadan al-Buti, The Jurisprudence of the Prophetic

Biography & A Brief History of the Orthodox Caliphate, translated by Nancy Roberts,

revised by Anas al-Rifa‟i [Dar al Fikr in Damascus, Reprinted 2006], p. 147; bold andunderline emphasis ours)

It is apparent that, according to Jalal, these Muslim scholars also couldn‟t hear even though

one of them happens to belong to the same deviant group that Jalal belongs to, specificallythe Salafi sect!



Aside from Jalal‟s erroneous assertion, what makes the comments of these particular Muslimauthors rather interesting is that not only do they both candidly admit that Muhammad did

have uncertainties concerning his calling but they honestly admit that their prophet‟s responsethat he will not doubt wasn‟t an indication that he didn‟t have any fears at all. Rather,Muhammad‟s statements meant that he wouldn‟t continue to have them anymore in light of

the admonition of this verse! And in order to alleviate his fears and doubts Muhammad wasexpressly told to consult the previous Scriptures. As the late renowned Christian scholar and

Islamist Sir William Muir stated:

"The Book revealed before Mahomet," is explained by Jelalooddeen to mean the Pentateuch;

but there seems no reason to confine the reference to it. Here, as in many other passages, the

word is obviously used in its widest sense, and intends the Scriptures in use among Christians

as well as Jews.

The object of God, in referring Mahomet to that Scripture and its possessors, in order to be

satisfied of the inspiration of the Corân, is explained by Baidhâwi thus: "for verily it ( i.e. the

Corân which We have revealed unto thee) is held as certain amongst them, proved in theirbooks, in the same manner as that which We have revealed to thee. The object is to prove

this, and to call in the testimony of the antecedent books."

ب د ش س ا و ك ل ا ذ ق ح د ا ر ل ا و ك ل ا ل ا ى ح ن ع م ث ي ف ت م ع ق ح ه ن ف ل ا ة ل ا ي ف

"Ask those who read the book revealed before thee." Read, or "are reading," the Scripture. It

is the present or imperfect tense, and has the signification of, "who are in the habit of

reading" that Scripture. (Muir, The Corân: Its Composition and Teaching; And the

Testimony It Bears To The Holy Scriptures, pp. 100-101)

This text raises additional problems for Jalal. Didn‟t an all-knowing deity know that the

Scriptures in the possession of the Jews and Christians of Muhammad‟s time contradict thecore, essential teachings of the Quran, thereby exposing Muhammad as a false prophet? And

if these Scriptures were corrupted then why appeal to their witness in the first place? After

all, how can a Book that has been changed serve as affirmation for the divine origin of the

Muslim scripture?

Finally, notice how Jalal contradicts himself. Earlier he claimed that Q. 2:79 proves that the

original copies of the Torah and the Gospel have been corrupted. Yet here he quotes an

English version of Q. 10:94 which shows that the Jews and Christians at the time of Muhammad still had access to the Torah and the Gospel!

So if you (O Muhammad) are in doubt concerning that which We have revealed unto you,

[i.e. that your name is written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] then ask those

who are reading the Book [the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] before you. Verily,

the truth has come to you from your Lord. So be not of those who doubt (it). Hilali-Khan

So now what does Jalal actually believe. Does he believe that the original Torah and Gospel

were corrupted? If so then he should have asked himself how could the Jews and Christians

read the Torah and the Gospel if these revelations were corrupted or lost? Or does he hold to

the position that there were genuine copies of these revelations in circulation at Muhammad‟stime which supposedly contained prophecies of his coming? If that‟s the case then how can

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he say that these revelations were corrupt or deny that we possess these inspired Scriptures

when we have manuscript evidence proving that the Jews and Christians of Muhammad‟stime were reading the same Books that we have today?

Jalal needs to make up his mind and come right out and tell us what his actual position is

since he cannot have it both ways. He cannot have his cake and eat it too.

For more on the issue of Muhammad doubting his god we recommend the following articles:

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Jalal proceeds to expose more of his ignorance and deception:

There is not a single Ayah in the Quran that mentions the book popularly known as „The

Bible‟; this is a Christian fantasy on which the comment you mentioned is based. Those whodisagree should bring a single Ayah or Hadeeth that mentions the vast collection of fake and

outrageous stories called „The Bible‟ as being the Torah and the Injeel. The Torah is NOT theOld Testament of today. The Injeel is NOT the New Testament.

Allah revealed the Torah TO Prophet Moses; the Old Testament is not it, especially the books

that were written AFTER Moses died. Moses did not write the 5 books in the Old Testament

attributed to him. Even if he did, and he didn‟t, the Torah Allah sent down to Moses waswritten by Allah, not by Moses or about Moses. Allah revealed the Injeel TO Prophet Jesus,

who never saw the New Testament with his own eyes. It is absolute absurdity to equate the

Injeel, a book Allah revealed TO Prophet Jesus, not written by Jesus or about Jesus, with the

fabricated book called „The New Testament‟.

Jalal‟s comments overlook the fact that the term Bible comes from a Latin term Biblia, and

simply means Book. Therefore, instead of expecting to find the Arabic Quran using a Latin

word to denote the Scriptures which the Jews and Christians possessed we would rather

expect that it would use the Arabic equivalent of Biblia, namely the term Kitab, which is

exactly what we find:

The Jews say, “The Christians are not (founded) upon anything.” And the Christians say,“The Jews are not (founded) upon anything.” And yet they READ the Book (al-Kitab). S.

2:113

Thus, whenever the Quran speaks of the Kitab or the Book which the Jews and Christians

possessed during Muhammad‟s time it can only be referring to the Holy Bible since this is theonly Book which they possessed. This is a fact which even some Muslim translators readily

acknowledge as can be seen from the way they translate the word Kitab:

Those to whom We have given the Book (BIBLE) ... S. 2:146 Muhammad Sarwar (*; *)

Believers, have faith in God and His Messenger, the Book which is revealed to him, and

THE BIBLE which has been revealed before. Whoever refuses to believe in God, His

angels, Books, Messengers and the Day of Judgment, has gone far away from the right path.S. 4:136 Sarwar







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… who have no relation with you and who distort certain words of THE BIBLE… S. 5:41Sarwar

… Those to whom We have given THE BIBLE know that the Quran has been revealed to

you from your Lord in all Truth… S. 6:114 Sarwar

… This confirms the existing Book (THE BIBLE) and explains itself… S. 10:37 Sarwar

(Some of) the followers of THE Bible believe in the Quran. S. 28:52

The unbelievers have said, “We shall never believe in this Quran nor in THE BIBLE.”… S.34:31

… so that they will not be like the followers of THE BIBLE who lived before them… S.57:16 Sarwar

… so that the followers of THE BIBLE will know that they can receive no reward fromGod… S. 57:29 Sarwar

It is He who drove the disbelievers among the followers of the BIBLE out of their homes (in

the Arabian Peninsula) as the first time exiles… S. 59:2

And, behold, there are indeed some among them who distort THE BIBLE with their tongues,

so as to make you think that [what they say] is from THE BIBLE, the while it is not from

THE BIBLE… S. 3:78 (Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur'an [Dar Al-Andaulus,

Gibraltar, rpt. 1994], p. 157)

O followers OF THE BIBLE!… O followers OF THE BIBLE!… S. 5:15, 19 (Asad, p.

144)

…. And so We have cast enmity and hatred among the followers OF THE BIBLE… If thefollowers OF THE BIBLE would but attain to [true] faith and God-consciousness, we

should indeed efface their [previous] bad deeds, and indeed bring them into gardens of bliss;

S. 5:64-65 (Asad, p. 157)

Say: "O followers OF THE BIBLE! You have no valid ground for your beliefs unless you

[truly] observe the Torah and the Gospel, and all that has been bestowed on you by your

Sustainer!" S. 5:68 (Asad, p. 158)

Asad also translated Kitab as Old Testament!

THE FOLLOWERS of THE OLD TESTAMENT demand of thee [O Prophet] that thou cause

a revelation to be sent down to from heaven ... S. 4:153 (Asad, p. 133)

Unlike Jalal, these Muslims realized that the term Kitab must be a reference to the Bible since

that is what the Jews and Christians of Muhammad‟s day were reading.

Jalal‟s assertion that the Torah does not include the Old Testament but only refers to the

revelation which God gave to Moses goes against the teachings of the Salaf who believedotherwise:

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“… Al-Bukhari recorded it from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr. It was also recorded by Al-Bukhari [up

to the word] forgoes. And he mentioned the narration of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr then he said: „ It

was COMMON in the speech of our Salaf that they describe the Books of the People of

the Two Scriptures AS THE TAWRAH, as some Hadiths concur. Allah knows best.‟”(Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged), Volume 4, (Surat Al-Ar'af to the end of Surah Yunus) , abridged

by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri[Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, Riyadh, Houston, New York, Lahore; First Edition:

May 2000], p. 179; bold and capital emphasis ours)

Ibn Kathir says elsewhere that:

And it should be recognized that many of our forebears used to apply the word “Torah” to

the books of the peoples of the scriptures. These are in their view more comprehensive

than those God revealed to Moses. This fact is attested from the hadith. (The Life of the

Prophet Muhammad (Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya), translated by professor Trevor Le Gassick,

reviewed by Dr. Ahmed Fareed [Garnet Publishing Limited, 8 Southern Court, south Street

Reading RG1 4QS, UK; The Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization, 1998], VolumeI, p. 237; bold and underline emphasis ours)

These quotes from Ibn Kathir prove that Jalal is not a true Salafi since he contradicts the

teachings of the Salaf. He only pays lip service to what the so-called rightly guided

predecessors believed and practiced.

Thankfully, not all modern Muslims try to distort the truth like Jalal. The late Muslim

translator T.B. Irving was honest enough to realize that the Torah could refer to more than the

writings of Moses and even translated it as Old Testament in his version of the Quran:

We had Jesus, the son of Mary, follow in their footsteps in order to confirm what had come

before him from the Torah and We gave him the Gospel which contains guidance and Light,

to confirm what he already had in the Old Testament ( al-Taurat), and as guidance and a

lesson for those who do their duty. S. 5:46 (*; *)

God has bought up their persons and their property from believers, so they may have the

Garden [instead). They fight for God's sake; they kill and are killed as a rightful promise from

Him [to be found] in the Old Testament ( al-Taurat), the Gospel and the Quran. Who is

more Trustworthy with His word than God? ... S. 9:111

So Jesus the son of Mary said: "Children of Israel, I am God's messenger to you, confirmingwhatever came before me in the Testament ( al-Taurat) and announcing a messenger coming

after me whose name will be Ahmad." Yet when he brought them explanations, they said:

"This is sheer magic!" S. 61:6 Irving

Those who are laden with the Old Testament ( al-Taurat), yet do not carry it out may be

compared to a donkey who is carrying scriptures. S. 62:5

The second part of the rebuttal takes a closer look at the assertion that the Torah is not the

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The Quran confirms – The Two Testaments of the Holy Bible Are the

Torah and Injil!

Exposing the false propaganda and misinformation of a Muslim Dawagandist Pt. 2

Sam Shamoun

We proceed with our rebuttal to Jalal‟s attacks on the Holy Bible. After quoting Q. 5:43-50

Jalal makes the following erroneous statements:

1. The Torah no longer exists in its original form on earth. While it did, and before Prophets

Jesus and Muhammad were sent, it was the valid law for the Children of Israel. The Ayat

above merely state that the people who received this book were ordered to rule by it. The

Ayah does not order the Children of Israel to abide by it now. First, the Original Torah no

longer exists in its original form. Second, read the next Ayat.

It seems that Jalal knows considerably more than his own prophet did since Muhammad and

scholars such as ar-Razi and al-Bukhari didn‟t think for a moment that the “Original Torah”no longer existed in its original form. In fact, the very context of Q. 5:43-48 demonstrates

that Muhammad believed that both Jesus and himself had access to the “Original Torah”which Allah revealed:

Yet how will they make thee their judge seeing THEY HAVE the Torah, wherein is God's

judgment, then thereafter turn their backs? They are not believers. Surely We sent down the

Torah, wherein is guidance and light; thereby the Prophets who had surrendered themselves

gave judgment for those of Jewry, as did the masters and the rabbis, following such portion of

God's Book as they were given to keep and were witnesses to. So fear not men, but fear youMe; and sell not My signs for a little price. Whoso judges not according to what God has sent

down - they are the unbelievers. And therein We prescribed for them: 'A life for a life, an

eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds

retaliation'; but whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, that shall be for him an expiation.

Whoso judges not according to what God has sent down -- they are the evildoers. S. 5:43-45

Here, command is given to the Jews of Muhammad‟s day to consult the Torah, the Book of God, since it contains God‟s judgment. It then goes on to quote a verse from that very Torah

which Muhammad had access to, a passage which can still be found today:

“But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, handfor hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.” Exodus 21:23-25

This shows that even at the time of Muhammad the Jews were still expected to rule by their

Torah, just as the following narratives confirm:

… It was reported that this part of the Ayah was revealed about some Jews who committed

murder and who said to each other, "Let us ask Muhammad to judge between us, and if he

decides that we pay the Diyah, accept his judgement. If he decides on capital punishment, do

not accept his judgement."' The correct opinion is that this Ayah was revealed about the two

Jews who committed adultery. The Jews changed the law they had in their Book from

Allah on the matter of punishment for adultery, from stoning to death, to a hundred

flogs and making the offenders ride a donkey facing the back of the donkey. When this










incident of adultery occurred after the Hijrah, they said to each other, "Let us go to

Muhammad and seek his judgement. If he gives a ruling of flogging, then implement his

decision and make it a proof for you with Allah. This way, one of Allah's Prophets will have

upheld this ruling amongst you. But if he decides that the punishment should be stoning to

death, then do not accept his decision.” There are several Hadiths mentioning this story.

Malik reported that Nafi` said that Àbdullah bin Ùmar said, "The Jews came to Allah'sMessenger and mentioned that a man and a woman from them committed adultery. Allah's

Messenger said to them…

<<What do find of the ruling about stoning in the Tawrah>> They said, `We only find that

they should be exposed and flogged.' Àbdullah bin Salam said, `You lie. The Tawrah

mentions stoning, so bring the Tawrah.' They brought the Tawrah and opened it but one

of them hid the verse about stoning with his hand and recited what is before and after

that verse. Àbdullah bin Salam said to him, `Remove your hand,' and he removed it, thus

uncovering the verse about stoning. So they said, „He (Àbdullah bin Salam) has said thetruth, „O Muhammad! It is the verse about stoning.‟ The Messenger of Allah decided that the

adulterers be stoned to death and his command was carried out. I saw that man shading thewoman from the stones with his body." Al-Bukhari and Muslim also collected this Hadith

and this is the wording collected by Al-Bukhari. In another narration by Al-Bukhari, the

Prophet said to the Jews…

<<What would you do in this case?>> They said, “We would humiliate and expose them.”The Prophet recited…

<< Bring here the Tawrah and recite it, if you are truthful .>> So they brought a man who

was blind in one eye and who was respected among them and said to him, "Read (from the

Tawrah)." So he read until he reached a certain verse and then covered it with his hand. He

was told, "Remove your hand," and it was the verse about stoning. So that man said, "O

Muhammad! This is the verse about stoning, and we had hid its knowledge among us ."

So the Messenger ordered that the two adulterers be stoned, and they were stoned. Muslim

recorded that a Jewish man and a Jewish woman were brought before Allah's Messenger

because they committed adultery. The Messenger of Allah went to the Jews and asked

them…

<<What is the ruling that you find in the Tawrah for adultery?>> They said, "We expose

them, carry them (on donkeys) backwards and parade them in public." The Prophet recited…

<< Bring here the Tawrah and recite it, if you are truthful .>> So they brought the Tawrahand read from it until the reader reached the verse about stoning. Then he placed his hand

on that verse and read what was before and after it . Àbdullah bin Salam, who was with

the Messenger of Allah , said, "Order him to remove his hand," and he removed his hand and

under it was the verse about stoning. So the Messenger of Allah commanded that the

adulterers be stoned, and they were stoned. Àbdullah bin Ùmar said, "I was among those

who stoned them and I saw the man shading the woman from the stones with his body." Abu

Dawud recorded that Ibn Ùmar said, "Some Jews came to the Messenger of Allah and

invited him to go to the Quff area. So he went to the house of Al-Midras and they said, „OAbu Al-Qasim! A man from us committed adultery with a woman, so decide on their matter.‟They arranged a pillow for the Messenger of Allah and he sat on it and said…



<< Bring the Tawrah to me.>> He was brought the Tawrah and he removed the pillow

from under him and placed the Tawrah on it, saying…

<<I TRUST YOU and He Who revealed it to you.>> He then said…

<<Bring me your most knowledgeable person.>> So he was brought a young man… andthen he mentioned the rest of the story that Malik narrated from Nafi`. These Hadiths state

that the Messenger of Allah issued a decision that conforms with the ruling in the Tawrah,

not to honor the Jews in what they believe in, for the Jews were commanded to follow the

Law of Muhammad only. Rather, the Prophet did this because Allah commanded him to do

so. He asked them about the ruling of stoning in the Tawrah to make them admit to what

the Tawrah contains and what they collaborated to hide, deny and exclude from

implementing for all that time. They had to admit to what they did, although they did it

while having knowledge of the correct ruling… (Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Q. 5:41; bold, capital and

underline emphasis ours)

The preceding narratives concur that Muhammad didn‟t rule according to the Quran indeciding the fate of the Jews who were caught in sin but appealed to the Torah which the

Jews possessed and demanded that they judge by it as well. Ibn Kathir even mentions the

very same narration from Abu Dawud that Ibn-Qayyim referenced in his discussion

concerning the textual veracity of the Torah, namely, the one where Muhammad took the

Torah which the Jews gave him, placed it on a pillow, and affirmed his complete trust and

belief in it.

In light of the foregoing the question that Jalal must answer is why would Muhammad trust in

and appeal to a corrupted Torah? Why didn‟t Muhammad say that he only believed in someparts of the Torah since not all of it was sound? The answer is obvious.

We are then told that Jesus himself was sent to confirm the Torah which he possessed:

And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Torah that

is between his hands (musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina al-tawrat) and We gave to him

the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and confirming the Torah that is between his

hands (musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi mina al-tawrat), as a guidance and an admonition

unto the godfearing. S. 5:46

Fortunately we are in a position to know what the Torah Jesus held in his hands looked like,

what its exact contents were. As a result of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947,along with Jesus' extensive use of the OT Scriptures as documented in the NT Books, we

know that the Scriptures that he was reading and confirming to be from God are the very

same Books that we have today. This solidifies the case that the Torah has not been corrupted

since Jesus basically confirmed the authority of the same Scriptures we now possess.

Thus, if the Quran is right then Jalal is wrong since the Torah remains in its uncorrupt form

as the manuscript tradition and the testimony of both Jesus and Muhammad prove. But if

Jalal is right then the Quran is wrong, and both Jesus and Muhammad were in error for

mistakenly thinking that the Torah which they possessed was the uncorrupt revelation that

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Jalal also distorts what the Quran says concerning the preservation and textual veracity of the

Gospel.

2. The Injeel no longer exists in its original form on earth. While it did, and before Prophet

Muhammad was sent, it, along with the Torah, was the valid law for the Children of Israel.

The Ayat above merely state that the people who received this book were ordered to rule byit. The Ayah does not order the Children of Israel to abide by it now. First, the Original

Injeel no longer exists in its original form. Second, read the next Ayat. Third, today‟sChristians are NOT from among the Children of Israel to whom the Torah and the Injeel were

revealed.

Jalal is once again mistaken and/or is deliberately perverting what his own scripture says,

since the verses in question are commanding the Christians of Muhammad‟s time to judge by

the very Gospel which they had in their possession seeing that it is a guidance and light for

them:

And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Torah that isbetween his hands and We gave to him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and

confirming the Torah that is between his hands, as a guidance and an admonition unto the

godfearing. So let the People of the Gospel judge according to what God has sent down

therein. Whosoever judges not according to what God has sent down -- they are the

ungodly. S. 5:46-47

Nor is this the only passage of the Quran which presupposes that the Christians of

Muhammad‟s day still possessed the Gospel of Jesus Christ:

those who follow the Messenger, 'the Prophet of the common folk, whom they find written

down with them in the Torah and the Gospel , bidding them to honour, and forbidding them

dishonour, making lawful for them the good things and making unlawful for them the corrupt

things, and relieving them of their loads, and the fetters that were upon them. Those who

believe in him and succour him and help him, and follow the light that has been sent down

with him -- they are the prosperers.' S. 7:157

In light of the above here are some of the questions that Jalal has to address: How could the

Christians judge by the Gospel given to Jesus if they no longer possessed it? Furthermore,

since Jalal believes the Gospel has been changed he must explain why would Allah command

Christians to judge by a corrupted Gospel and how could he say that such an unreliable

document is a guidance and light for them?

Moreover, why would Allah say to the Christians at Muhammad‟s time that they would beungodly if they did not judge by that so-called corrupted Gospel of theirs? Why would they

be ungodly for refusing to judge by a source that was unreliable? Shouldn‟t Allah havecommanded them NOT to judge by a corrupted document that wasn‟t the original Gospelwhich he gave to Jesus?

It is manifestly evident that these Quranic passages presuppose that the Gospel of Jesus was

available in an uncorrupt form during Muhammad‟s time, that being the inspired Books of the NT.



But since Jalal believes that this could only refer to the so-called original Injil/Gospel of

Jesus and not to the NT, specifically the canonical Gospels, he must therefore explain what is

the Gospel that the Quran commands Christians to consult. Jalal needs to tell us what the

Gospel would have meant to Muhammad‟s Christian contemporaries. Basically, Jalal has toanswer what Gospel were the Christians reading at that time if it was not that which we find

written and preserved within the NT documents?

It is obvious why Jalal never bothers with such questions or addresses these issues since he

knows that he would be forced to admit that the Quran essentially does confirm that the NT

documents, especially the four Gospels, are the very revelations which God gave to Christ to

pass on to his followers. After all, the only Gospel that the Christians of Muhammad‟s timepossessed is what is found in the inspired NT writings such as the Gospel of John. As one

early Muslim writer stated:

“Among the things which have reached me about what Jesus the Son of Mary stated in the

Gospel which he received from God for the followers of the Gospel , in applying a term to

describe the apostle of God, is the following. It is extracted FROM WHAT JOHN THEAPOSTLE SET DOWN FOR THEM WHEN HE WROTE THE GOSPEL FOR THEM

FROM THE TESTAMENT OF JESUS SON OF MARY: „He that hateth me hateth theLord. And if I had not done in their presence works which none other before me did, they had

not sin: but from now they are puffed up with pride and think that they will overcome me and

also the Lord. But the word that is in the law must be fulfilled, "They hated me without a

cause" (i.e. without reason). But when the Comforter has come whom God will send to you

from the Lord's presence, and the spirit of truth which will have gone forth from the Lord's

presence he (shall bear) witness of me and ye also, because ye have been with me from the

beginning. I have spoken unto you about this that ye should not be in doubt.‟

“The Munahhemana (God bless and preserve him!) in Syriac is Muhammad; in Greek he is

the paraclete. (The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah, with

introduction and notes by Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press, Karachi, Tenth

impression 1995], pp. 103-104; bold and capital emphasis ours)

The above Muslim biographer claims that John‟s Gospel is actually the very Gospel whichGod gave to Jesus! He never once states that this particular Gospel is corrupt or unreliable.

Another Muslim writer who comes much later also mentions the Gospel which the Christians

of his time possessed:

“Remarks about the GOSPEL of the Christians, the Names of Their Books, Their Scholars,

and Their Authors

“I asked Yunus the priest, who was an excellent man, about the books translated into the

Arabic language which they expound and according to which they act. He replied, "Among

them is the book Al-Surah (The Form) which is divided into two parts, the „Old Form‟ andthe „New Form.‟" He also said that the "Old [Form]" was the ancient basis for the Jewish sectand the "New [Form]" for the sect of the Christians. He also said that the "Old [Form]"

depends upon a number of books, the first of which is the Torah, WHICH IS FIVE

SACRED WRITINGS. [Then follows] a compilation comprising a number of books, among

which are:



“Joshua, the Son of Nun; The Tribes, which is the book of Judges; Samuel and the Judgment

of David; Traditions of the Children of Israel; Ecclesiastes [Qoheleth]; The Song of Songs;

The Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach [Ecclesiasticus]. The Prophets, composed of four

books; Isaiah the prophet, for whom be peace; Jeremiah the prophet, for whom be peace; The

Twelve Prophets, for whom be peace; Ezekiel. The New Form which is comprised of four

Gospels: The Gospel of Matthew; The Gospel of Mark; The Gospel of Luke; TheGospel of John, The Disciples, known as Fraksis [Acts]; PAUL THE APOSTLE, twenty

four epistles. (Abu'l-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Nadim, The Fihrist - A 10th Century AD

Survey of Islamic Culture, edited and translated by Bayard Dodge [Great Books of the

Islamic World, Inc., Columbia University Press, 1970], p. 45; bold and capital emphasis ours)

The above quotations conclusively prove that Muhammad‟s Christian contemporaries wouldhave clearly understood from the Quran‟s repeated appeal to the Gospel that Muhammad wasreferring to their NT writings, especially their canonical Gospels.

In fact from early on in its history the Church began referring to the four canonical Gospels

as the Gospel (singular) since these Gospels were viewed as four witnesses to the one Gospelof the Lord Jesus Christ. As the late NT scholar F. F. Bruce explained:

“At a very early date it appears that the four Gospels were united in one collection. Theymust have been brought together very soon after the writing of the Gospel according to John.

This f ourfold collection was known originally as ‘The Gospel’ singular, not ‘The

Gospels’ in the plural; there was only one Gospel, narrated in four records ,

distinguished as „according to Matthew‟, „according to Mark‟, and so on. About A.D. 115Ignatius, bishop, of Antioch, refers to „The Gospel‟ as an authoritative writing, and as heknew more than one of the four „Gospels‟ it may well be that by „The Gospel‟ sans phrase he

means the fourfold collection which went by that name .” (Bruce, The New Testament

Documents: Are They Reliable? [Intervarsity Press; Downers Grove Il., rpt. 1992],

CHAPTER III - THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, p. 23; bold emphasis ours)

Therefore, if Jalal is going to be honest to his own religious text and to history he must accept

the fact that the Gospel which Allah revealed to Jesus, the Gospel which Muhammad had

access to and confirmed as true, is none other than the inspired writings of the NT. There is

simply no way of denying this on historical grounds (unless, of course, one is willing to

ignore history and distort the facts, which Jalal is prone to do).

Next, Jalal comments on the meaning and application of Q. 5:48:

4. The Ayat afterwards state that the Quran came as Muhaimin above the original Torah and

the original Injeel. This word means that the Quran superceded and abrogated the Law of the

Torah and the Injeel.

Here is a literal translation of the passage in question:

And We have sent down to thee the Book with the truth, confirming the Book that is

between his hands and preserving/witnessing/testifying to it (musaddiqan lima bayna

yadayhi mina al-kitabi wa-muhaiminan alayhi)…

The Muslim expositors were confused concerning the precise meaning of muhaimin withinthis specific context. They weren‟t certain whether the term was simply reiterating the point

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conveyed by the word musaddiqan (“confirming”) which appears in the same sentence, e.g.the Quran testifies and bears witness to the veracity of the previous Scriptures,

“To you We revealed the Book with the Truth, confirming previous Scripture and witnessing

to their veracity…” (The Qur’an – A New Translation, by Tarif Khalidi [Viking Penguin, a

member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., First American Edition 2008], p. 89; bold emphasisours)

Or whether it meant that the Muslim scripture preserves and guards the teachings of the

former sacred writings within its own pages,

“…confirming the earlier revelations, and preserving them (from change and

corruption)…” ( Al-Quran - A Contemporary Translation, by Ahmad Ali [Princeton

University Press, New Jersey, fifth ed. 1994], p. 104; bold emphasis ours)

“fulfilling that which was revealed before it of the Book, and as a guardian over it…” (The

Quran Arabic Text With A New Translation by Muhammad Zafrullah Khan [Olive Branch,New York, 1997], p. 107; bold emphasis ours)

Others felt, much like Jalal, that the meaning here is that the Quran determines what specific

commands of the Holy Bible are still binding upon Muhammad and his followers and which

ones have been abrogated,

… It confirms the (original) Bible and has the authority to preserve or abrogate what the

Bible contains… Muhammad Sarwar (emphasis ours)

This third explanation seems to be the more plausible one in light of what the verse goes on

to say right afterwards,

… So (Muhammad) judge between them according to what Allah has sent down, and do

not follow their caprices, to forsake the truth that has come to you. To every one of you We

have appointed a right way/law and an open road (shiraatan wa-minhajan). If Allah had

willed, He would have made you one nation; but that He may try you in what has come to

you. So strive in a race in good deeds; unto Allah shall you return, all together; and He will

tell you of that whereon you were at variance. And (Muhammad) judge between them

according to what Allah has sent down, and do not follow their caprices, and beware of them

lest they tempt you away from any of what Allah has sent down to you. But if they turn their

backs, know that Allah desires only to smite them for some sin they have committed; surely,many men are ungodly. S. 5:48-49

Muhammad is told to judge the Jews and Christians according to what Allah has revealed to

him, i.e. the Quran, just as Jalal himself noted:

4. The Ayat require Prophet Muhammad to rule among mankind by the Quran and its

explanation, the Sunnah.

However, Jalal is mistaken when he then writes:

5. The Ayat require mankind, including Jews and Christians, to rule by what Allah hasrevealed to Muhammad which is the authority above the Torah and the Injeel.

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