This is an argument against interpreting the object of abrogation in 2:106 as the Torah or the Injeel.
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والآية لا تعني التوراة والانجيل، لأن الله تعالى يقول في وصف القرآن الكريم: "مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَِ" (سورة آل عمران الآية 3) ويقول عن التوراة:"وكيف يحكمونك وعندهم التوراة فيها حكم الله، ثم يتولون من بعد ذلك، وما أولئك بالمؤمنين، إنا أنزلنا التوراة فيها هدى ونور، يحكم بها النبيون الذين أسلموا للذين هادوا والربانيون والأحبار..." (المائدة 43-44) ويقول عن
الانجيل:"وليحكم أهل الانجيل بما أنزل الله فيه، ومن لم يحكم بما أنزل الله فأولئك هم الفاسقون". (المائدة 47) ويخاطب أهل الكتاب: "قل يا أهل الكتاب لستم على شئ حتى تقيموا التوراة والانجيل وما أنزل اليكم من ربكم...". (المائدة 68).[/right]
All of the above refer to the
original Torah and Gospel, which do not exist, since the Israelites have edited them. If the originals were not edited, there would've been no need for the Quran. The Quran was revealed in order to correct the manipulations the Israelites did to their holy books. This can be clearly seen in verses like,
and
Thus, the Quran, being a confirmation of what was reveled before it, as quoted in 3:3 above, does not mean that it confirms all of it and therefore cannot be said to abrogate it, as the writer seems to be arguing. The Quran abrogated the editions made by the Israelites and upholds the original teachings.
For the same reason, the commands referred to in 5:43, 5:47 and 5:68 above are rhetorical. They are challenges from God to the people of the Torah and Gospel to produce the original scriptures, free of manual edits. This is the significance of the ending "وما أنزل إليكم من ربكم" (and what has been sent down to you from your Lord), i.e., the divine content, not the man-made one!