Referenced as a cluster of verses central to the dispute over whether the Bible remains an authority for Jews and Christians.
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Quran 5:43-47
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43 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. 44 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 you Me; and sell not My signs for a little price. Whoso judges not according to what God has sent down - they are the unbelievers. 45 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. 46 And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus son of Mary, confirming the Torah before him and We gave to him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light, and confirming the Torah before it, as a guidance and an admonition unto the godfearing. 47 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.
Used to argue that the Torah and Gospel were still presented by the Qur'an as containing Allah's guidance and judgments, so Jews and Christians were being directed back to their own scriptures.
Used repeatedly to argue that Jews should judge by the Torah and Christians by the Gospel, so the Quran itself treats those texts as valid authorities.
These verses were cited to argue that the Quran affirms the Jewish and Christian scriptures existing in Muhammad's day and expects people to believe and judge by them.