Raised in a question to challenge Islam on why people of the Gospel are told to judge by it if the text was supposedly unusable.
Scripture spotlight
Quran 5:47
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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.
Quoted to argue that 'the people of the Gospel' were commanded to judge by what Allah revealed in it, which was used against the claim that the Gospel was unusably corrupted.
Quoted again to argue that Allah commands Christians to judge by the Gospel, implying the Gospel remained authoritative rather than corrupted beyond use.
Used to argue that the Quran commands Christians to judge by the Gospel, making Jesus’ teachings directly relevant for testing Islamic claims.
Cited to argue that the Quran still directs Christians to judge by the Gospel, which the speaker presents as evidence against total textual corruption.