Christian Polemics Prove Tahrif Al Nass 7Th Century

John of Damascus

“But some of them say that it is by misinterpretation that we have represented the Prophets as saying such things, while others say that the Hebrews hated us and deceived us by writing in the name of the Prophets so that we might be lost.”

Timothy I and Caliph Al-Mahdi [Seeing Islam As Others Saw It, pg. 472 - 475]

Image 1 (pg. 474)

Patriarch John I and an Arab Commander [Seeing Islam As Others Saw It, pg. 459 - 462]

Image 1 (pg. 461)
Image 2 (pg. 461 - 462)
Image 3 (footnotes of pg. 462)

Now it is important to note: its more likely he generally accepted the Pentateuch as he regrets Matthew and Isaiah, plus this is said by the Patriarch himself so probably he heard of the Qur’an’s general confirmation

Secondly: this whole interaction is a forgery, it never happened, however it is presumed to be 8th to 9th century thus its still relevant to evaluate it, as for why the Muslim accepted the Pentateuch? first we have to make it very clear that the Muslim had no problem of rejecting Jewish literature and that of Matthew, thus it is evident that he felt free to do so, and his acceptance of the Pentateuch was a matter of personal evaluation of what is true or more in line with Islam in reality or not, not whether Islamic scripture absolutely confirms Jewish ones, since again, its very clear that he had no problem in rejecting Isaiah and Matthew