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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

orate the true passages in the Torah and the Gospel and to show peo-
ple the truth. It is therefore unlawful for a Muslim to deny the exis-
tence of true books before the Koran. (Some Muslims may claim the
opposite, but these are people with a radical mindset, lacking in
knowledge about the Koran and therefore about the essence of Islam.
The explanations given here are based on verses of the Koran, not on
the supposed logic of the radicals in question.) The revelation in the
Koran requires that Muslims recognize and genuinely love all the
prophets. In the same way that the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is our
prophet, so are the Prophets Moses (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh). As com-
manded in the Koran, it is impossible to discriminate between them:

Say, "We have faith in God and what has been sent down to us
and what was sent down to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and
Jacob and the Tribes, and what Moses and Jesus were given, and
what all the prophets were given by their Lord. We do not differ-
entiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted to Him."
(Koran, 2:136)

Therefore, a Muslim is at the same time also a true follower of
Moses and a true follower of Jesus. Again according to the Koran, a
Muslim must obey those parts of the Torah and the Gospel that are
compatible with the Koran.
Since the Koran confirms all previous scriptures and prophets,
true Judaism and true Christianity are existing in the Koran. True Ju-
daism and true Christianity are therefore only possible by recognizing
the Koran and becoming a follower of the Prophet Muhammad. For
that reason, not only Muslims but also all Jews and all Christians
have a responsibility toward the Koran.
God states in one verse how He has sent the Koran as light and a
clear sign for the People of the Book, that is Christians and Jews:

People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making
clear to you much of the Book that you have kept concealed, and

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