Quoted by a Muslim caller to define the Injil as revelation given to Jesus, confirming the Torah and serving as guidance and light; used to support the claim that Jesus had a true gospel later discussed as corrupted or lost.
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Quran 5:46
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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.
Cited to show the Quran describes the Gospel as guidance and light and as confirming the Torah, supporting the case that the Gospel was a true revelation from Allah.
Cited by a Christian caller as one of the Quran passages said to confirm the prior scriptures, in an argument with his Muslim girlfriend about the Bible's authority.
This verse was invoked to argue that Jesus was given the Injil, leading into debate over whether the written New Testament Gospels can count as the Injil referenced by the Quran.
John Fontaine cited these verses to define the Islamic Torah and Injil as revelations directly given by Allah to Moses and Jesus, not identical with the later Bible as Christians define it.