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In surah al-Ma'idah, Allah says

 In surah al-Ma'idah, Allah says:


*يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَعْفُو عَن كَثِيرٍ ۚ قَدْ جَاءَكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُّبِينٌ*


*O People of the Book, Our Messenger has come to you, making much of what you used to conceal of the scripture clear to you and passing over much. A light and a clear book has come to you from Allah. [15]*


In part of his commentary on this ayah, Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari wrote:


Ibn 'Abbaas said: Whoever disbelieves in the punishment of stoning has disbelieved in the Qur'an in a way he did not expect. Allah says:


*يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ*


*"O People of the Book, Our Messenger has come to you, making much of what you used to conceal of the scripture clear to you" [al-Ma'idah ayah 15]*


and stoning is part of what they concealed.


[Tafsir al-Tabari 10/142]

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