[courtesy: facebook note of Ben Abrahamson]
Muslims should be the first to insist that Jews be more devout and sincere in keeping the Torah. (For discussion).
Muslims should be the first to insist that Jews be more devout and sincere in keeping the Torah. (For discussion).
To each among you have we prescribed a law (shariah) and an open way (minhaj). If Allah had so willed, He would have made you a single Ummah (people), but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to Allah; it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute; (Al Maeda 48)
We gave Musa the guidance and bequeathed the Book to the tribe of Israel, as guidance and a reminder for people of intelligence. (Ghafir, 53-54)
Tribe of Israel! remember the blessing I conferred on you. Honour My covenant and I will honour your covenant. Have dread of Me alone. (Al-Baqara, 40)
Remember when We made the covenant with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads: ‘Take hold vigorously of what We have given you and pay heed to what is in it, so that hopefully you will have taqwa (righteousness).’ (Al-Baqara, 63)
When We uprooted the mountain, lifting it above them like a canopy, and they thought it was about to fall on them: ‘Seize hold vigorously of what We have given you and remember what is in it, so that hopefully you will have taqwa.’ (Al-Araf, 171)
Remember when We made a covenant with you and lifted up the Mount above your heads:‘Take hold vigorously of what We have given you and listen.’ ... (Al-Baqara, 93)
All [permitted] food was lawful for the tribe of Israel except what Israel [Jacob] made unlawful for himself before the Torah was sent down [gid hanasheh (גיד הנשה), the sciatic nerve]. Say, ‘Bring the Torah and read it out if you are telling the truth.’ (Al Imran, 93)
Among the people of the Book there are some who have belief in Allah and in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down to them, and who are humble before Allah.They do not sell Allah’s Signs for a paltry price. Such people will have their reward with their Lord. And Allah is swift at reckoning. (Al Imran, 199)
Say: ‘Bring a Book, then, from Allah which guides better than both of them and follow it if you are telling the truth.’ (Al-Qasas, 49)
We sent down the Torah containing guidance and light, and the Prophets who had submitted themselves gave judgement by it for the Jews – as did their scholars and their rabbis – by what they had been allowed to preserve of Allah’s Book to which they were witnesses. Do not be afraid of people, be afraid of Me. And do not sell My Signs for a paltry price. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people are kafirun. (Al-Maida, 44)
Say, ‘We have belief in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to Ibrahim, Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the Tribes, and what Musa and ‘Isa and all the Prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him.’ (Al Imran, 84)
We prescribed for them in it: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and retaliation for wounds. But if anyone forgoes that as a sadaqa, it will act as expiation for him. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people are wrongdoers. (Al-Maida, 45)
And We sent ‘Isa son of Maryam following in their footsteps, confirming the Torah that came before him. We gave him the Injil containing guidance and light, confirming the Torah that came before it, and as guidance and admonition for those who have taqwa. (Al-Maida, 46)
The metaphor of those who were charged with the Torah but then have not upheld it, is that of a donkey loaded with weighty tomes.How evil is the metaphor of those who deny Allah’s Signs!Allah does not guide wrongdoing people. (Al-Jumua, 5)
All [permitted] food was lawful for the tribe of Israel except what Israel [Jacob] made unlawful for himself before the Torah was sent down [gid hanasheh (גיד הנשה), the sciatic nerve]. Say, ‘Bring the Torah and read it out if you are telling the truth.’ So any who, after this, invent a lie against Allah are indeed wrongdoers. (Al Imran, 93-94)
We gave Musa the Book and made it guidance for the tribe of Israel: ‘Do not take anyone besides Me as a guardian.’ (Al-Isra, 2)
But those of them who are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the muminun, have belief in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you: those who establish salat and pay zakat, and have belief in Allah and the Last Day – We will pay such people an immense wage. (An-Nisa’, 162)
