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==Origin==
The origins of Tahrif are debated. [[Muqatil ibn Sulayman]] (8th century) claimed in his tafsir on Quran 2:79 that the Jews had distorted the ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (or [[Torah]]), and removed the mention of [[Muhammad]] in the [[Quran]]<ref>[[Muqatil ibn Sulayman]] Tafsir 2:79</ref> although some academics have doubted this as a true mention of tahrif.<ref>Early Muslim Accusations of Tahrif: Muqātil ibn Sulaymān's commentary on key qur'anic verses by Gordon D Nickel
The origins of Tahrif are debated.
The [[Quran]] and [[Hadiths]] affirm the concept of Tahrif, with the [[Gospel]] and [[Torah]] being corrupted.
 
Quran 2:79 claims the Christians and Jews corrupted their text:
 
{{Blockquote|So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah ," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.}}<ref>https://legacy.quran.com/2/79#:~:text=So%20woe%20to%20those%20who,them%20for%20what%20they%20earn.</ref>
 
Quran 62:5 insults the Jews for mishandling the Torah:
{{Blockquote|The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allah . And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.}}<ref>https://legacy.quran.com/62/5</ref>
 
It is worthy to note that some companions such as [[Uthman ibn Affan]] <ref>Tafsir Ibn Kathir 2:79</ref> and most notably [[Ibn Abbas]] believed the scriptures of ‘the people of the book’ were distorted. In [[Sahih Al-Bukhari]] he is quoted saying as narrated by Ubaidullah:
 
{{Blockquote|Ibn `Abbas said, "Why do you ask the people of the scripture about anything while your Book (Qur'an) which has been revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians) changed their scripture and distorted it, and wrote the scripture with their own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,' to sell it for a little gain. Does not the knowledge which has come to you prevent you from asking them about anything? No, by Allah, we have never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been revealed to you!}}<ref>https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7363</ref>
 
[[Muqatil ibn Sulayman]] (8th century) claimed in his tafsir on Quran 2:79 that the Jews had distorted the ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (or [[Torah]]), and removed the mention of [[Muhammad]] in the [[Quran]]<ref>[[Muqatil ibn Sulayman]] Tafsir 2:79</ref> although some academics have doubted this as a true mention of tahrif.<ref>Early Muslim Accusations of Tahrif: Muqātil ibn Sulaymān's commentary on key qur'anic verses by Gordon D Nickel
</ref> Al-Kasim b. Ibrahim (9th century), made the claim that the [[Jews]] and [[Christians]] had misinterpreted the interpretations of The ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (or [[Torah]]), the ''[[Zabur]]'' (or [[Psalms]]) and the [[Gospel in Islam|''Injil'']] (or [[Gospel]]). This concept is referred to as "Tahrif al-mana".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lazarus-Yafeh|first=Haza|title=Tahrif|publisher=Brill|year=2000|isbn=9004112111|location=Leiden|pages=111}}</ref>
According to Camilla Adang. The early quranic exegete [[Al-Tabari]] believed that there was a genuine ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (or [[Torah]]), by [[Moses]] that had been lost and then restored by [[Ezra]] alongside a different Torah created by the [[Rabbis]] and ignorant Jews. Al-Tabari suspected that the Jews of his time were using this different ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' instead of the original Torah by [[Moses]] which is why Al-Tabari made the distinction of referring to the Torah of his time as "The Torah that they possess today" [[Al-Tabari]] says elsewhere in his [[Tafsir]] of Quran 2:42 that the [[Jews]] had introduced falsehood with their own hands in the ''[[Torah in Islam|Tawrat]]'' (or [[Torah]]),<ref>Camilla Adang. ''Muslim Writers on Judaism and the Hebrew Bible: From Ibn Rabban to Ibn Hazm''. BRILL, 1996. {{ISBN|978-9-004-10034-3}}. page 231.</ref><ref>[[Tafsir al-Tabari]] 2:42</ref>
 
It is worthy to note that some companions such as [[Uthman ibn Affan]] <ref>Tafsir Ibn Kathir 2:79</ref> and most notably [[Ibn Abbas]] made some statements that imply he believed the scriptures of ‘the people of the book’ were distorted. In [[Sahih Al-Bukhari]] he is quoted saying as narrated by Ubaidullah:
 
{{Blockquote|Ibn `Abbas said, "Why do you ask the people of the scripture about anything while your Book (Qur'an) which has been revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is newer and the latest? You read it pure, undistorted and unchanged, and Allah has told you that the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians) changed their scripture and distorted it, and wrote the scripture with their own hands and said, 'It is from Allah,' to sell it for a little gain. Does not the knowledge which has come to you prevent you from asking them about anything? No, by Allah, we have never seen any man from them asking you regarding what has been revealed to you!}}<ref>https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7363</ref>
 
The corruption of the Biblical text was elaborated more extensively by [[Ibn Hazm]] (11th century), who popularized the concept of "Tahrif al-nass," or corruption of the text. Ibn Hazm rejected claims of [[Mosaic authorship]] and posited that [[Ezra]] was the author of the Torah.<br>