even if it were possible to tamper with certain phrases of the Torah and the Gospel in the possession of many among the People of the Book.

Muslims have never alleged that every single word of every single manuscript was altered after the Prophet’s mission ﷺ, as those uninformed critics imagine. Rather, they have maintained only what sound reason permits—and the proof supporting their position is plainly evident. By contrast, these ignoramuses have claimed to know that every copy, in every language, of all the Scriptures is identical, word for word. They thus pretend to a knowledge that no one can attain and advance a contention whose falsehood is self-evident.