Herein we continue, from a series found here, gleaning from Dr. William Campbell’s book The Qur’an and the Bible in the light of history and science and will conclude that, ironically, if we trust the Qur’an aka Koran then we can be certain that 1) the Bible is accurate and 2) the Qur’an is discredited. To see how such an odd conclusion plays out, read on.
There are also “Verses showing that the Torah and the Gospel were true and unchanged at the time of Muhammad”: The City of Saba (Saba) 34:31,
“And the unbelievers say, ‘We will not believe in this Qur’an, nor in that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah and the Gospel).’”
The Originator of Creation (Fatir) 35:31,
“That which we have revealed to you of the Book is the truth, attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah and Gospel).”
Jonah (Yunus) 10:37,
“This Qur’an is not such as can be produced by other than God; but it is a verification of that (the Torah and Gospel) which IS between his (its) hands, and the explanation of the book, wherein there IS no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds.”
Joseph (Yusuf) 12:111,
“It (the Qur’an) is not a fabricated story, but a verification of that (the Torah and Gospel) which IS between his (its) hands, a detailed explanation, a guide and a mercy to the people who believe.”
The Cattle (Al-An’am) 6:154-157,
“Then We gave Moses the Book complete as to whatever is excellent, and explaining all things in detail, and a guide and a mercy, that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord. And this (the Qur’an) is a Book which We have revealed, blessed: so follow it and be righteous, that you may receive mercy: lest you should say, ‘The Book was sent down to two peoples before us, and for our part, we remained unacquainted with all that they learned by assiduous study;’ or lest you should say: ‘If the Book (Torah and Gospel) had only been sent down to us, we should have followed its guidance better than they.’”
The Believer (Al-Mu’min) 40:69-70,
“Do you (Muhammad) not see those who dispute concerning the signs of God? How are they turned away? Those who REJECT the Book, and that (book) with which We sent our apostles, they shall know when the collars shall be around their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along.”
Winding Sand Tracts (Al-Ahqaf) 46:12 & 46:29-30,
“And before this was the Book of Moses as a guide and a mercy: and this Book is a verification (of it) in the Arabic tongue to warn those who transgress and as glad tidings to the righteous….Behold, We turned towards you a company of Jinns listening to the Qur’an…When the (reading) was finished they returned to their people as warners. They said, ‘O our people! we have heard a Book revealed after Moses attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands (the Torah) – guiding to the truth and to a straight path.’”
The Heifer (Al-Baqara) 2:91,
“When it is said to them, ‘Believe in what God has sent down,’ they say, ‘We believe in what was sent down to us (the Torah)’: yet they reject all besides, even if it be truth attesting to (the truth of) what IS WITH THEM (the Torah).”
Family of ‘Imran (Ali ‘Imran) 3:3,
“It is He (God) who sent down to thee the Book in truth, attesting to (the truth of) what IS between its (his) hands (the Bible), and He sent down the Torah and the Gospel before this as a guide to mankind.”
The Women (Al-Nisa’) 4:162-163,
“But those of them (the Jews) that are grounded in knowledge, and the believers, BELIEVE in that which has been revealed to you (Muhammad) and in that which has been revealed before you…We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the prophets after him, and We sent inspiration to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David we gave the Psalms.”
Repentance (Al-Tauba) 9:111,
“God has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth, and for them is the garden (of Paradise) if they fight in the ways of God: and whether they kill or are killed, the promise of God IS true in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an, and who is more faithful to his promise than God?”
The Table (Al-Ma’ida) 5:51,
“To you (Muhammad) We revealed the book in truth, attesting to (the truth of) that which IS between his (its) hands from the scripture (the Torah and Gospel), and guarding it (wa muhaiminan ‘alaihi).”
Campbell notes:
The Qur’an is an Arabic “verification” of the Book of Moses which is necessary because the Meccans couldn’t understand what “the two peoples before” them had learned by “assiduous study”; or they would have followed it better”. Further, it is an explanation of the Torah and the Gospel “wherein there IS no doubt”, and a guard over it.
The Meccans say, “We will not believe in the Qur’an, nor in that which IS between its hands” of the Torah and the Gospel. Some of the Jews say that they believe only in what was sent to them even if the Qur’an attests to (the truth of) “what IS WITH THEM”. The warning is given that those who REJECT (now) the Qur’an and “that (the former books) which we sent our apostles” will be judged. “But those of the Jews who are grounded in knowledge BELIEVE” in what was revealed to Muhammad and in (the Torah) which was revealed before him; and the Jinns also believe in both the Qur’an and the Torah.
In the Sura of Repentance, one of the last revelations given, it says, “The promise of God IS true in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an”.
Finally it is necessary to mention the phrase “between his hands” (bain yadaihi) found in many of these verses. I have chosen to translate it word for word because that gives the sense of the present tense which it has. Sometimes it has the literal meaning “between or in his hands”, but usually it is an idiom for “in his presence”, or “in his power”, or “in his possession”, or “at his disposal”.
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