The Qur’ān Testifies to the Truth of the Bible

The Qur’ān testifies in several different verses that it has come “confirming” and “verifying” the Scriptures. The following statements confess the divine origin of the Scriptures:

1. “Believe in what I have revealed, verifying what ye have got, and be not the first to disbelieve in it, and do not barter my signs for a little price, and me do ye fear” (Q 2.41). This verse addresses the Jews, asking them to accept the Qur’ān because it agrees with the Torah that is with them. The verse does not say that the Qur’ān is confirming the true Torah or the undistorted Torah, but it declares “what ye have got”—meaning, that is with the Jews at the time the Jews are being addressed, not confirming that which “was'' once with them as the exegetes would desire.

2. “And when they are told to believe in what God has revealed, they say, ‘We believe in what has been revealed to us;’ but they disbelieve in all beside, although it is the truth confirming what they have...” (Q 2.91). When Muhammad invited the Jews to believe in all the scriptures that were sent down, they replied that they believed only in their scripture and did not believe in any other scriptures (i.e., the Injīl and the Qur’ān). Muhammad answered them that the scripture they rejected, the Qur’ān, is the truth, and it validates the Jewish scripture. Once more the term “what they have'' is used to indicate that the Qur’ān confirms the truth of the Jewish scripture that was in the hands of the Jews at that time. The Qur’ān uses the present tense, “what they have'' and not the past tense, “what they had”.

3. “Say, ‘Who is an enemy to Gabriel? For he hath revealed to thy heart, with God’s permission, confirmation of what had been before, and a guidance and glad tidings to believers'' (Q 2.97).

The Qur’ān confirms that it is identical to the Holy Scriptures, which was present with the Jews and the Christians at that time.

4. “And when there comes to them an apostle confirming what they have, a part of those who have received the Book repudiate God’s book, casting it behind their backs…” (Q 2.101).

This verse states that even though Muhammad came to the Jews confirming their scriptures, they still rejected him. The verse further testifies to the divine origin of the Torah, which was in the form present with the Jews at that time and describes the Jewish scripture as “God’s book”.

5. “O ye who have been given the Book! believe in what we have revealed, confirming what ye had…” (Q 4.47).

This verse addresses the People of the Book in general, telling them that the Qur’ān verifies their books.

6. “This is the Book which we have revealed, a blessing and a confirmation to those which were before it [between his hands]: and that the mother of cities may be warned, with those who are round about her…” (Q 6.92).

This verse considers the Qur’ān as verification for other Holy Scriptures and includes the idea that the Qur’ān is an Arabic version of these books. Compare this idea with the explanation of the verse Q 46.12 below (number 8).

7. “What we have inspired thee with of the Book is true, verifying what [is between his hands] was before it…” (Q 35.31).

The Qur’ān is described in this verse as a book of truth verifying other books.

8. “But before it was the Book of Moses, a model and a mercy; and this is a book confirming it in Arabic language, to warn those who do wrong and as glad tidings to those who do well” (Q 46.12).

This verse states that the Torah is a guide and that the Qur’ān is considered a verifying Arabic copy of the Torah.

9. “Said they, ‘O our people! verily, we have heard a book sent down after Moses, verifying what came before it…’” (Q 46.30). Here, the jinn discuss among themselves the news of the Qur’ān describing it as a confirmation to the Torah.