Quoted to argue that the Torah and the Injil were 'written with' Jews and Christians in Muhammad's time, so the Gospel cannot be dismissed as missing or unwritten.
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Quran 7:157
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157 those who follow the Messenger, 'the Prophet of the common folk, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, bidding them to honour, and forbidding them dishonour, making lawful for them the good things and making unlawful for them the corrupt things, and relieving them of their loads, and the fetters that were upon them. Those who believe in him and succour him and help him, and follow the light that has been sent down with him -- they are the prosperers.'
Used to argue that Muhammad's contemporaries still possessed a written Torah and Gospel, undermining the claim that the scriptures were already lost or unavailable.
Quoted to argue that the Torah and Gospel were written texts still present with Jews and Christians in Muhammad's time.
Used to argue that the Torah and Gospel were written and present with Jews and Christians in Muhammad's time, undermining the claim that no identifiable Injil existed.
Quoted to argue that Muhammad is described in the Torah and Gospel already possessed by Jews and Christians.