Many Christians use verses from our holy scripture and use it to "prove Islam is false" and today I am looking at the Islamic dilemma and why it is just a dilemma in the kafirs brain.
Islamic Dilemma
The Islamic Dilemma is self-contradicting idea that the Quran affirms previous scriptures like the injeel and torah while also saying it corrupted. This lack of logic is used by David Wood and his followers, and it preach to our vulnerable to convert to their pagan religion. This "dilemma" is really a dilemma in their brains as there is much evidence from Quran that the injeel and torah mentioned in the Quran was the scriptures revealed to our beloved prophets Musa and Isa (Peace be upon them) as the verse they used for this surah Maidah 47 which states
"So let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed in it. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the rebellious."
now looking at this verse, we can see that Allah had said "And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the rebellious." clearly this contradicts Islam, right?
well, no ofc, this verse is talking about the gospel revealed to Isa (AS) because the verse before says
"Then in the footsteps of the prophets, We sent Jesus, son of Mary, confirming the Torah revealed before him. And We gave him the Gospel containing guidance and light and confirming what was revealed in the Torah—a guide and a lesson to the God-fearing."
Meaning that verse 47 is clearly talking about the scripture revealed to Isa (AS) not the Injeel we have today. but Christians will say that "Allah is affirming the torah and you believe torah is corrupted therefore Islam is false" but that is just lack of understanding. Allah stated in the same chapter verse 45
"We ordained for them in the Torah, “A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth—and for wounds equal retaliation.” But whoever waives it charitably, it will be atonement for them. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺ the wrongdoers."
Now what does this verse have to do with verse 46. Well, that's because “A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth—and for wounds equal retaliation.” are all things said in the torah that we as Muslims have in our sharia meaning Allah is affirming this message in the Torah rather than the whole Torah.
Now why does Allah says that who don't judge from what he revealed in those books would be wrongdoers. That's because Allah revealed the Torah and Injeel to the prophets and later on they got corrupted as people changed the verses (this is mentioned in the Quran) and so the verse is also talking about the initial books revealed to the prophets.
It can be explained very shortly, the Injeel and Torah used in these verses are not referring to the ones we have today, but the one revealed to Isa and Musa (AS).