Quran a Guardian over the Torah and Injeel?
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I was reading this translation of the Quran by N.J Dawood and i came across a verse (54 which mentioned the Quran confirming the previous scriptures and acting as a guardian over them. That got me thinking. Can the Quran be used a kind of key, a correction guide if you will, to determine what is correct and what is incorrect in previous scriptures? I mean, can we go through the Torah and Gospel(I also read a translation which called the Injeel the Evangel, what's that about?) and take out what is clearly false and keep what doesn't contradict the Quran? Not to specifically follow of course, but to try and get a good idea of what Mosaic law was, or what the previous scriptures used to be? The Quran of course also corrects some themes and stories from the Torah.
I also read the Khalifa translation and the free-minds translation and they used the word 'superseding.' 551 on the free-minds translation i think. But even if the verse says superseding, do you think the Quran can be used to 'dissect' the other scriptures and arrive at what was actually revealed? And even if this is done, where do these scriptures stand in terms of authority? Are they merely a good read or can they be of some use to us?
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Peace,
From an authoruty point of view these books (if they could be located in their original form) would have zero say over the laws revealed in the final Scripture.
As for finding out the truth in them from the falsehood, you can probably do that by comparing the verses regarding the Jews or Nazarenes with what is written...I am not sure how easy or difficult such a reading may be (I recall reading the current Bible - inlcluding the 5 books of Moses, and was utterly disgusted by the blasphemey, pornography, and sheer evil/hate that are currently contained in these works).
