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𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐈𝐭?

the true Islam and Christians debate

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐧 𝐈𝐭? 𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝟓:𝟔𝟖: “𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥”

Does the Qur’an Affirm the Validity of Christianity or Condemn It? A Decisive Response to the Christian Use of Qur’an 5:68: “You Are Standing on Nothing Until You Uphold the Torah and the Gospel”

This verse is sometimes cited in an attempt to prove the validity of a creed that the Qur’an itself rejects, even though the verse actually obliges the People of the Scripture to accept and uphold all of Allah’s revelation, including the revelation given to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Such an argument reverses the meaning of the verse rather than using it as evidence.

(𝟏) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡

Allah, the Most High, said:

> “Say, ‘O People of the Scripture, you are [standing] on nothing until you uphold [the law of] the Torah, the Gospel, and what has been revealed to you from your Lord.’ And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief. So do not grieve over the disbelieving people” (Qur’an 5:68). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/68))

In this Qur’anic context, “the Gospel” means the Gospel revealed by Allah to Jesus, peace be upon him; that is, the original Gospel revealed by Allah to Jesus, peace be upon him. It does not mean that the four canonical New Testament Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are being identified individually as the original revelation given directly to Jesus.

Notice that Allah did not say, “You are upon the truth because you possess the Gospel.” Rather, He explicitly said, “you are [standing] on nothing” until they uphold the revealed Scriptures and what was revealed to them from their Lord, meaning the Qur’an that was revealed to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.

Imam al-Tabari stated in his commentary on this verse that the People of the Scripture are commanded to believe in what Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, brought, to affirm its truth, to act upon everything that Allah revealed, and not to believe in some messengers while disbelieving in others. 

Ibn Kathir stated that upholding the Torah and the Gospel entails believing in Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and following his revealed law. This is also the meaning affirmed by al-Sa‘di.

Source: The Qur’anic commentaries of al-Tabari, Ibn Kathir, and al-Sa‘di on Qur’an 5:68.

(𝟐) 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥?

Upholding them does not merely mean possessing a book or citing some of its statements. Rather, it means believing in what Allah revealed and acting upon it.

The Qur’an itself states that the original Gospel revealed by Allah to Jesus, peace be upon him, contained guidance and light, and that its people were commanded to judge according to what Allah had revealed in it (Qur’an 5:46–47). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/43-109?utm_source=chatgpt.com))

However, the question that undermines this argument is as follows:

Does acceptance of the Qur’an require accepting everything that it commands the People of the Scripture to accept, or is it legitimate to accept some of it while rejecting some of it?

The verse did not stop with the Torah and the Gospel. Rather, it clearly added:

> “and what has been revealed to you from your Lord” (Qur’an 5:68). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/68))

Therefore, upholding the Scriptures does not mean rejecting later revelation; rather, it also requires believing in it.

(𝟑) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞

If this verse were evidence for the validity of belief in the divinity of Christ or the Trinity, the Qur’an would not have said:

> “They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary’” (Qur’an 5:72). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/72-109?utm_source=chatgpt.com))

It also says:

> “They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allah is the third of three’” (Qur’an 5:73). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/72-109?utm_source=chatgpt.com))

And it says:

> “And do not say, ‘Three’” (Qur’an 4:171). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/4/171))

How, then, can a verse that commands the People of the Scripture to uphold revelation be made into evidence for the validity of a creed that the Qur’an itself explicitly declares false?

The Qur’an cannot logically be used as evidence to establish a creed while its explicit judgement concerning that very creed is simultaneously rejected.

(𝟒) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧

This is the fundamental fallacy in this argument.

Allah commands the People of the Scripture to believe in all of His revelation, not to select from it only what accords with their existing beliefs.

Allah, the Most High, said:

> “But they who believe in Allah and His messengers and do not discriminate between any of them—to those He is going to give their rewards. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful” (Qur’an 4:152). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/4/150-152?utm_source=chatgpt.com))

He also said:

> “And whoever desires other than Islam as religion—never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers” (Qur’an 3:85). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/3/85))

Therefore, belief in Jesus, peace be upon him, is obligatory, and belief in Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is likewise obligatory. Whoever believes in Moses or Jesus but rejects Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, has not fulfilled belief in all of Allah’s messengers.

(𝟓) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧

Consider the continuation of the verse:

> “And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of them in transgression and disbelief” (Qur’an 5:68). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/68))

Then He said:

> “So do not grieve over the disbelieving people” (Qur’an 5:68). ([legacy.quran.com](https://legacy.quran.com/5/68))

Is this the conclusion of a verse that praises and validates present-day Christian doctrine, or is it a verse warning about those among the People of the Scripture who reject the revelation sent down to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him?

The answer is clear from the wording of the verse itself.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

The verse is evidence against this claim, not in support of it, because it makes the upholding of the Torah, the Gospel, and what Allah revealed a condition, while the interpretation of the early generations of Muslims makes clear that this includes believing in Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and following him. 

Therefore, it is not permissible to isolate the beginning of the verse in order to establish the validity of a creed that is rejected by the end of the same verse and throughout the rest of the Qur’an.

Anyone who sincerely claims to follow the Gospel must therefore also consider what Allah revealed to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and should not make belief in one part of revelation a pretext for rejecting the remainder of it.

Allah is Most High and knows best.

Mohamad Mostafa Nassar

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