Surah 21

Surah 21:7

"We have not sent (anyone) before you except men whom We inspired – just ask the People of the Reminder, if you do not know (it) –"
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– just ask the People of the Reminder, if you do not know (it)
This verse is one of a number of verses in the Quran that seem to come out of a positive assumption about Jews and Christians and their scriptures (16.43 has the same wording; see also 10.94). “People of the Reminder” is an expression similar to “People of the Book.”

- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam

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"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me."
— John 5:39

"O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, would distress you"
— Quran: Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 101

"knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation."
— 2 Peter 1:20

"So if you are in doubt about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you."
— Quran: Surah Yunus, Verse 94