البقرة
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالصَّابِئِينَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ 62 وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ 63 ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ 64 وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ 65 فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ 66 وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً ۖ قَالُوا أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ 67 قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا فَارِضٌ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَافْعَلُوا مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ 68 قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ النَّاظِرِينَ 69
Here a general law or principle for salvation is put forth by QURÄN, that what is valued in the justice and judgement of God, is the fact and realty, and not mere pretence and ostentation. Before the Throne of God, pure faith and good deed is of the greatest advantage and therefore the verse: ``Muslim believers, Jews, Christians and the Sabaeans whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day, and does good deeds, shall have their rewards from their Lord. Some of the excuse-makers use the above verse as a means and reason for their opinions in general peace among different religions and sects; saying that the followers of all the religions will have final salvation if they obey their own commandments. By that they conclude that, it is not necessary for either a jew or Christian or even a SABAEAN to convert and be Muslim in order to enter the PARADISE. Enough for them is to believe in God and do good. We know well that some verses of the Holy QURÄN interpret and explain other verses. In this relation we read elsewhere in the Holy BOOK: ``And whoever chooses for himself a religion other than Islam, then it will never be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he shall be among the losers.'' QURÄN - S 3: 85 Besides that, QURÄN is saturated with so many verses, calling the followers of other religions, such as the Jews, and Christians, and else to convert, and to join Islam and the Muslims. Therefore, we, here come to two conclusions: 1) If the followers of the religions, do sincerely obey their scriptures and commandments, they shall be leaded to Islam, which is a religion of perfect submission to the will of Allah. 2) Or the verse might be an answer to the question that was frequently on the carpet during the life time of the prophet - The new converts, whether a Jew or a Christian, asked; if Islam is the only way to salvation, what about our fathers and forefathers who died a Jew or Christian? Here the revelation says any one who did follow his religion in time, has nothing to fear, nor anything to grieve for. Therefore, the Jews who died a good Jew before the coming of Jesus are saved; and so were the Christian believers who lived before the prophet Mohammad (AS). THE GENERAL LAW FOR SALVATION (VERSE NO. 62)
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
THE ANSWER