God said
All mankind were once one single community; [then they began to differ –] whereupon God raised up the prophets as heralds of glad tidings and as warners, and through them bestowed revelation from on high, setting forth the truth, so that it might decide between people with regard all on which they had come to hold divergent views. Yet none other than these selfsame people who had been granted this [revelation] began, out of mutual jealously, to disagree about its meaning after all evidence of truth had come unto them…. Q.2: 213
Abraham was neither a “Jew” nor a “Christian”, but one who turned away from all that is false, having surrendered himself to God; and he was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him. Q3: 67
Abraham was neither a “Jew” nor a “Christian”, but one who turned away from all that is false, having surrendered himself to God; and he was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him. Q3: 67
C.f 3: 19 – “Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is man’s self-surrender unto Him ; .…
And indeed with every community have We raised up an apostle [entrusted with this message]: “Worship God and shun the powers of evil!”…. Q16: 36
And indeed with every community have We raised up an apostle [entrusted with this message]: “Worship God and shun the powers of evil!”…. Q16: 36
It must be borne in mind that in Quranic terminology, “worship of God” invariably implies the concept of man’s sense of responsibility before Him: hence, the above commandment comprises in the most conscious formation imaginable, the sum-total of all ethical injunctions and prohibitions, and is the basis and source of all morality as well as the one unchanging message inherited in every true religion.
“Verily, [O you who believe in Me,] this community of yours is one single community, since I am the Sustainer of you all: worship, then, Me [alone]!”--Q 21:92
“Verily, [O you who believe in Me,] this community of yours is one single community, since I am the Sustainer of you all: worship, then, Me [alone]!”--Q 21:92
Most of the great commentators {e.g., Zamakhshari, Razi, Ibn Kasir} understood this as an unequivocal reference to the ecumenical unity of all religions based on belief in the One God, notwithstanding all the differences with regard to “ the [specific] statutes and practices enjoined for the benefit of the various communities in accordance with their [time-bound] conditions.
Prophet said
In a long Tradition, Bukhari and Muslim have quoted the Prophet on the authority of Abu Hurairah that all the prophets (of God) were brothers and their religion was one and the same.
C.f. Q 42 : 13 - In the matters of faith, He has ordained for you that which He had enjoined upon Noah – and into which We gave thee [O, Muhammad] insight through revelation – as well as that which We had enjoined upon Abraham, and Moses and Jesus: Steadfastly uphold the [true] faith, and do not break up your unity therein….
