Dear Joseph Abraham Islam,
Please help me im a bit confused! Traditionalists say that Quran gives hints of extra-scriptural revelations to previous nations (ahl-e-kitab) and how it was necessary for ahl-e-kitab to believe in them also, and hence, by analogical deductions they say that extra-scriptural revelations (ahadees) apart from Quran are to be believed in by Muslims as well. They give reference of the following two verses:
"If they had upheld the Torah, the Injeel, and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would have been rewarded from above them and below their feet. From among them is a pious nation, but many of them commit evil." Quran 5:66
and
"Say, "O people of the book, you are not upon anything until you uphold the Torah and the Injeel and what was sent down to you from your Lord." For many of them, what was sent down to you from your Lord will only increase them in transgression and rejection. So do not feel sorry for the ingrates." Quran 5:68
They claim that apart from Injeel and Torah, other revelations (most probably wahi-e-khafi) were also to be believed in by the previous nations, therefore, Muslims also have to believe in wahi-e-khafi (ahadees) of their Prophet Muhammad pbuh.
What is your take on the matter? and what is the correct interpretation or translation of the verse keeping in mind the grammar and linguistics of arabic as well.
I am anxiously waiting for your reply, may Allah reward you immensly.
Thanks & Best of Regards,
Nabil Arshad Farooqi