Quoted to support the claim that earlier communities concealed parts of scripture, which the speaker presents as evidence of corruption.
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Quran 5:15
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15 People of the Book, now there has come to you Our Messenger, making clear to you many things you have been concealing of the Book, and effacing many things. There has come to you from God a light, and a Book Manifest
A Muslim caller introduced this verse to argue that the Quran only exposes what Jews and Christians concealed, not that it confirms their scriptures wholesale. The host responded that it rebukes people for hiding scripture, not the text itself for being corrupted.
Used to argue that prior communities hid parts of revelation and that the Qur'an came to disclose what was concealed.
Used by a Muslim caller to argue that Muhammad came making clear what Jews and Christians concealed from scripture; the hosts treated it as part of the corruption/clarification dispute.
This verse was cited with 5:14 to argue that People of the Book concealed parts of scripture; the host countered that concealment is not the same as textual corruption.