Does the Qur’an refer to the Torah and the Gospel?
Some of my Muslim friends argue with me that when the Qur’an states that as Muslims we believe in whatever Moses and Jesus were given (Sura 3:84), it does not mean the present Torah and the Gospels that are part of the Bible. The following is my response.
1. The Qur’an’s own language
Sura 3:84 says: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Tribes, and what was given to Moses and Jesus, and what was given to the prophets from their Lord…”
Notice it doesn’t say “fragments” or “lost books”—it affirms a continuity of revelation.