[Section: Summoning the People of the Scripture to judge by the sound wording preserved in their books]

The soundest view is that the Torah now in the hands of the People of the Scripture still contains rulings that are truly God’s law, even though some of its wording has indeed been altered and replaced. The Most High says:

“O Messenger, let not those who race toward disbelief grieve you—those who say, ‘We believe’ with their mouths while their hearts do not believe; and among the Jews are those who avidly listen to falsehood, listening on behalf of other people who have never come to you. They distort words from their proper contexts …” ⦗al-Maʾida 41⦘