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changed their scripture and distorted it, and wrote the scripture with their own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,' to sell it for a little gain. Does not the knowledge which has come to you prevent you from asking them about anything? No, by Allah, we have never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been revealed to you!
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Ibn ʿAbbas said, "Why do you ask the people of the scripture about anything while your Book (Qur'an) which has been revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians)
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of his book: chronological and geographical inaccuracies and contradictions, theological impossibilities (anthropomorphic expressions, stories of fornication and whoredom, and the attributing of sins to prophets), as well as lack of reliable transmission
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To add to or delete a sentence or discourse in a manner that distorts the original meaning. For example, according to Muslim tradition, the Jews altered the incident of the migration of
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instead of the authentic Mosaic one, which is why Tabari made the distinction of referring to the Torah of his time as "The Torah that they possess today" Tabari says elsewhere in his
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To deliberately interpret something in a manner that is opposite to the author's intention. To distort the pronunciation of a word to such an extent that the word changes completely.
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interpretations of the previous revelations of God, known as “Tahrif al-Mana”. This concept holds that earlier revelations have been misinterpreted rather than textually altered.
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Nickel, Gordon (1 January 2007). "Early Muslim Accusations of Taḥrīf:Muqātil Ibn Sulaymān's Commentary On Key Qur'anic Verses". In Thomas, David (ed.).
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Ibn Hazm explains how the falsification of the Torah could have taken place while only one copy of the Torah existed, kept by the
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2:79) and ibn Abbas made some statements that imply he believed the scriptures of ‘the people of the book’ were distorted. In
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was the author of the Torah. He systematically organised the arguments against the authenticity of the Biblical text in the
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Brann, Ross (2009). "CHAPTER TWO. An Andalusi-Muslim Literary Typology of Jewish Heresy and Sedition".
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To translate a word that has two meanings in the meaning that is against the context. For example, the
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in his Tafsir, 2:79. Some academics doubt this as a true mention of tahrif. The 9th century
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and ignorant Jews. Tabari suspected that the Jews of his time were using this different
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To raise questions about something clear to create uncertainty or change it completely.
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claimed that the Jews and Christians had misinterpreted the interpretations of the
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Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm
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The corruption of the Biblical text was elaborated more extensively by
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so that no one could prove that Abraham had any relationship with the
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Islamic term for claimed alterations to holy books preceding the Quran
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to refer to believed alterations made to the previous revelations of
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was translated as "son" whereas it also meant "servant" and "slave".
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An Andalusi-Muslim Literary Typology of Jewish Heresy and Sedition
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Tahrif has also been advocated by Quranist Muslims such as
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The origins of Tahrif are debated. In the 8th century,
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in the 11th century, who popularized the concept of
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Index

Quran
History
Waḥy
First revelation
Asbab al-Nuzul
Historicity
Samarkand Kufic Quran
Sanaa manuscript
Topkapi manuscript
Birmingham manuscript
Surah
List
Meccan
Medinan
Āyah
Juz'
Muqatta'at
Prophets
Women
Animals
Legends
Miracles
Parables
Science
Eschatology
God
Reading
Qāriʾ
Hifz
Tajwid

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