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What if the Quran never actually claimed that the Bible was corrupted?

This 24-minute video examines the Quran’s references to Jewish and Christian scriptures, showing that it consistently affirms their divine origin and commands believers to judge by them (e.g., Surah 5:43–47). Early Islamic teachings recognized the Torah and Gospel as authoritative, with Muhammad expecting Jews and Christians to validate his prophethood.

When that validation did not occur, tensions escalated, and later Islamic tradition began to assert that these scriptures had been altered — despite no such claim appearing in the Quran. The video also addresses the myth of the Quran’s perfect preservation, referencing early Islamic sources that document textual variants, lost passages, and the burning of alternative versions under Caliph Uthman.