(03-30-2025, 11:46 AM)Yahya Sharif Wrote: The Qur'an conveys the idea that the Jews were once the chosen people, having received G-d's grace. However, they are depicted as having broken the covenant, altered the Torah, and consequently faced divine condemnation. Therefore, from the perspective of a typical Muslim, following the revelation of Islam, the land of Israel is no longer considered the rightful possession of the Jews. [...]
"[...] depicted as having broken the covenant [...]":
This indeed follows the Jewish Scriptures, but in implying that the Covenant between God and the Jewish people ceased, this might be regarded as misleading. It is not possible to follow the Jewish Scriptures in one thing (cherry-picked) while ignoring the other, which is that in the Jewish Scriptures the Covenant is everlasting!
The Covenant between God and the Children of Israel (now the Jews) is everlasting, the sign for which is their Circumcision; transgression resulted in a partial and temporary exile. (Everlasting Covenant - Genesis 17.7.) The Covenant was not to cease (Leviticus 26:44-45). Where the noble Quran recognizes (“Al-Maaida” 5:21) that the land of Israel is given by Allah / G-d to the Children of Israel (Jews), the Quran is referring to the Jewish Scriptures (aka “Old” Testament) - IN WHICH the Covenant between Allah / G-d and the Children of Israel, IS Everlasting.
Prophesy G-d will return the Jewish exiles to their land - Deuteronomy 30:3-5.
"[...] altered the Torah [...]":
In the noble Quran the Islamic prophet is referring to those he believes, read the written Jewish Scripture but teach it inappropriately; he does NOT mean that the Scriptural text has been distorted / corrupted (Noble Quran, Surah 3 The House of Imran, v. 78).
Further, the Arabic word “tahrif” used in the noble Quran has in recent times been interpreted to mean “corrupt”, but means either: “alteration” or “misinterpretation”, and past Islamic scholars translated it to mean rather: “misinterpretation”:
http://www.judaism-islam.com/islam-teach...that-mean/
The Jewish Scriptures are not any "propaganda" document, but is candid about the later shortcomings of the children of Israel. A strange alleged "alteration" indeed then, that apparently allowed to remain, the candid depiction of the children of Israel.
There has been no such: “distortion” / “corruption” / “additions” / misinterpretation, of the Jewish Scriptures. Those in Islam that make such allegations provide zero detail or evidence.
The false-accusation of Jews having altered the Torah (aka "distorted" / “corrupted) devoid of any details or evidence, sources from more recent times, for supporting the false-claim that the Covenant ceased for transgression; this in order to politically support the unverifiable-claims made by the "Palestinian" Arabs over the land of Israel.