What is the meaning behind some people's claim that Ibn Taymiyyah stated in "Al-Jawab Al-Sahih" that the origin of the Gospel is sound and that distortion occurred in only a small part of its wording, citing his statement: "As for the wordings of the Books, a group of Muslim scholars held that their wordings were not altered, as is claimed by some People of the Book. Many Muslim scholars and People of the Book, however, held that some of their wordings were altered. This is well-known among many Muslim scholars," and how could Ibn Taymiyyah definitively assert the authenticity of Gospel texts whose original transmission is unknown and which only came down through translation?

Belief in the divine books is obligatory. Allah sent down books and scriptures to His messengers. Some were written, like the Torah, while others were revealed through recitation and oral transmission, like the Quran. Belief in all revealed revelation is obligatory, as stated in the verse: (Say, "We believe in Allah and what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants, and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him.")

Of the divine books, only the Noble Quran remains trustworthy, because it is preserved from distortion. As for the other books, they have been subjected to distortion and concealment. Therefore, only what aligns with the Quran is to be believed, and only what contradicts it is to be disbelieved.

Regarding Ibn Taymiyyah's stance on the distortion of the Gospels and the Torah, he differentiated between the Gospel of Christ and the four Gospels written after it, which contain a part of the Gospel of Christ. What aligned with the Quran was considered revelation, and what contradicted it was not. As for the Torah, he believed that verbal distortion had affected it, but that it was not excessive, and that correct copies remained until the era of the Prophet, peace be upon him. However, modern scientific research has shown that the distortion was excessive and affected all copies centuries before the Prophetic mission, and ancient manuscripts and translations bear witness to this.