A Refutation of the Quran's Understanding of Judaism

A Matter of Truth, Justice, and DenigrationThe transmission of the Laws of the Torah and its teachingshas been faithfully practiced from Moses at Sinai until this day.Jews can never accept the claim by any leader of any people thathe was sent to replace Judaism. It is simply a false claim.Likewise, because of their status as God's elected people,Israel never gets away with their transgressions. When the DivineJustice strikes them, it is not because they are rejected by God,as the Quran claims (Surah 5:18), rather, it is on account of theirproximity to God. Maimonides Writes:Just as God is everlasting, so is His Torah. No one may addto it nor remove any law from it, as it says: "The entire wordthat I command you, that shall you observe to do, you shallnot add to it and you shall not subtract from it" (Deuteronomy13:1). Therefore, if a man, be he Jew or gentile, will declarethat God sent him to add a commandment to the Torah ofMoses or subtract from it, or to add an explanation which we