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This paper was presented at the conference 'The “Seven Long Ones” (al-Sabʿ al-Ṭiwāl): Approaches to Surahs 2–7 and 9', held at Pembroke College, Oxford (24-25 March 2025). The event was organized as part of the project 'Qur’anic Commentary: An Integrative Paradigm', which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 771047). Christians do not think that Jesus imparted a revealed text to his followers. However, both the Islamic tradition and modern academic scholarship assume that the Qur’an attributes a distinct scripture named al-injīl (“the Gospel”) to Jesus. Goudarzi probes this assumption by re-thinking some key Meccan and Medinan texts. The presentation also reflects on the question of when, why, and in what sense the Qur’an’s proclaimer ascribed al-injīl to Jesus.