The Qur’anic Command That Destroys Islam: Judge by the Injil?
Part 1
Introduction: The Fatal Flaw Buried in Plain Sight
Islam presents itself as the final, perfect revelation of God, with the Qur'an standing as its supreme scripture. Yet within its pages lies a devastating contradiction so severe that it shakes the foundation of Islam itself. That contradiction is this: the Qur'an commands Christians to judge by the Injil (Gospel), and yet, the very Gospel Christians possessed in the 7th century contains doctrines that utterly annihilate Islamic theology. This isn't a minor oversight. This is a fatal error, a logical catastrophe, a self-refuting directive that exposes the Qur'an not as divine, but as the product of a fallible human author.
The Qur’anic Command: Judge by What Was Revealed in the Gospel
The key verse that shatters the Islamic narrative is found in Surah al-Ma'idah:
"Let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed—then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient." (Qur’an 5:47)
This is not metaphor. This is not allegory. This is a clear, direct command: Christians must judge by the Gospel they possess. There is no caveat, no suggestion that the Gospel is corrupted or lost. The Qur'an affirms it as authoritative revelation.
The Qur'an goes even further:
"He sent down the Torah and the Gospel. Before this, as guidance to mankind. And He sent down the Criterion (Furqan)." (Qur'an 3:3)
"And if you (Muhammad) are in doubt about what We have sent down to you, ask those who read the Book before you." (Qur'an 10:94)
These verses affirm both the continuity and trustworthiness of previous scriptures. Nowhere does the Qur'an state that the Gospel was corrupted before Muhammad's time. To the contrary, Christians are instructed during Muhammad's lifetime to use the Gospel they already possessed.
What Is the Injil? The Historical Record Is Unambiguous
In the 7th century, the Christian Gospel was firmly established as the fourfold Gospel: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. There were no other contenders. Church Fathers from the 2nd to 6th centuries—Irenaeus, Tertullian, Athanasius, Jerome—consistently affirmed this canon. Irenaeus, writing in the late 2nd century, argued that there could only be four Gospels, just as there are four winds or four corners of the earth.
The Qur'an, addressing Christians of the 7th century, refers to the book in their hands. To say it means a "lost Injil" is historical fantasy. There was no known separate Injil given directly to Jesus that was later lost. That idea does not exist in any manuscript tradition or historical source—Christian, Jewish, or pagan.
What Happens If Christians Obey the Qur'an?
Here's where the Islamic house of cards begins to collapse. If Christians obey the Qur'an and judge by the Gospels, then they must:
Affirm the deity of Christ (John 1:1, 8:58, 10:30)
Affirm the Trinity (Matthew 28:19)
Affirm the crucifixion and resurrection (Luke 24:6-7, John 20:27-28)
Reject any further revelation beyond Christ (Hebrews 1:1-2)
In other words, by obeying the Qur'an's command, Christians are led directly into doctrines that Islam vehemently denies. Islam says Jesus is not divine, was not crucified, and is not the final revelation. But the Injil says He is, He was, and He must be obeyed above all.
So what happens if Christians follow the Qur'an? They remain faithful Christians, and they reject Islam.
And the New Testament reinforces this with crystal clarity:
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!" (Galatians 1:8)
Christians are explicitly warned not to accept any new message, even from supernatural beings, if it contradicts the Gospel already preached. This alone excludes the Qur'an, which rewrites Christian theology while falsely claiming continuity.
The Law of Identity and the Fallacy of Equivocation
This is where logic delivers the fatal blow. According to the Law of Identity, a thing is what it is. If the Qur'an uses the term "Injil" to refer to the Gospel Christians possessed, then it cannot mean something else. You cannot call a banana an apple just because you don't like how bananas taste.
If the Qur'an applies the name "Injil" to the Christian Gospel, and then Muslims turn around and say, "That's not the real Injil," they are committing the fallacy of equivocation. They are changing the meaning of a word in mid-argument to dodge the implications.
But the Qur'an doesn’t dodge. It explicitly affirms what the Christians have:
"And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which came before him in the Torah. And We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous." (Qur’an 5:46)
"Let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein." (Qur'an 5:47)
If the Gospel Christians had was false, then the Qur'an is affirming a false book and commanding Christians to follow it. That means Allah is either ignorant, deceptive, or incoherent. None of these options lead to the conclusion that Islam is true.
Muslim Apologetic Failures
Realizing the magnitude of this error, Muslims scramble to salvage their theology. Some claim the Injil has been corrupted. Others say the Qur'an refers to a now-lost Gospel given directly to Jesus. But these defenses fall flat:
If the Gospel is corrupted, why does the Qur'an never say so in clear terms?
If it was lost, why does the Qur'an command Christians in the 7th century to judge by it?
If the Gospel is unreliable, why is Allah endorsing it at all?
Even classical tafsir (commentary) is unhelpful to the Muslim apologetic. Many early scholars, including al-Tabari, al-Qurtubi, and Ibn Kathir, do not accuse the Gospel of textual corruption. Instead, they focus on misinterpretation. But if the book itself was intact, the problem lies in Muslim theology, not Christian scripture.
These are not minor interpretive issues. These are system-breaking contradictions.
The Final Verdict: Islam Implodes from Within
By commanding Christians to judge by the Injil, the Qur'an inadvertently validates Christian doctrine and invalidates Islam. You cannot have it both ways. If the Injil is true, Islam is false. If the Injil is false, then the Qur'an is also false for endorsing it.
This is the checkmate Islam cannot escape. The Qur'an, in attempting to co-opt the Gospel for its own legitimacy, ends up sawing off the very theological branch it sits on.
Islam collapses not under external attack, but under the weight of its own contradictory scripture.
Let the Qur'an speak for itself. It commands Christians to judge by the Injil. So we do. And by doing so, we find that the Gospel exalts Christ and condemns Muhammad's message as a counterfeit.
Game over.
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