When we look at the Qur'an from the aspect of
salvation for non-Muslims, we see that it is impossible to find salvation in another
religion while consciously and knowingly rejecting Islam.
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There are three types of verses in the Holy Qur'an
in this regard:
First those passages of the Holy Qur'an, which prove that today solely the Islam is the one true
religion, which is accepted by
Allah as such:
وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَمِ دِينًۭا
فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَسِرِينَ
„And whoso seeks a religion other than Islam, it
shall not be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the
losers.” (Surah Al 'Imran 3:86)
إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْإِسْلَمُ
“Surely, the true religion with Allah is Islam.”
(Surah Al 'Imran 3:20)
ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ
وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَمَ دِينًۭا
This day have I perfected your religion for you
and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as religion. (Sura al-Ma'idah 5:4)
In these verses the term “al-Islam” is used with
Alif and Lam, so it cannot just mean submission, because the surrounding verses
criticize aspects of the faith of the Jews and the Christians and then these verses command them to accept “al-Islam”
replacing their actual religions. With this in mind, consider:
فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم
بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍۢ
“And if they believe as you have believed, then
are they surely guided; but if they turn back, then they are only creating a
schism.” (Sura al-Baqarah 2:138)
The verses of the second category are those that
equate the rejection of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) with the rejection of
Allah:
وَإِذْ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِيثَقَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ
لَمَآ ءَاتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَبٍۢ وَحِكْمَةٍۢ ثُمَّ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مُّصَدِّقٌۭ
لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِۦ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُۥ ۚ قَالَ ءَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ
عَلَىٰ ذَلِكُمْ إِصْرِى ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَقْرَرْنَا ۚ قَالَ فَٱشْهَدُوا۟ وَأَنَا۠ مَعَكُم
مِّنَ ٱلشَّهِدِينَ
“And remember the time when Allah took a
covenant from the people through the Prophets, saying: ‘Whatever I give you of
the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling that
which is with you, you shall believe in him and help him.’ And He said: ‘Do you
agree, and do you accept the responsibility which I lay upon you in this
matter?’ They said, ‘We agree;’ He said, ‘Then bear witness, and I am with you
among the witnesses.’” (Sura Al 'Imran 3:82)
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ
وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يُفَرِّقُوا۟ بَيْنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ
نُؤْمِنُ بِبَعْضٍۢ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍۢ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ
سَبِيلًا أُو۟لَٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَفِرُونَ حَقًّۭا
ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَفِرِينَ عَذَابًۭا مُّهِينًۭا
“Surely, those who disbelieve in Allah and His
Messengers and desire to make a distinction between Allah and His Messengers,
and say, ‘We believe in some and disbelieve in others,’ and desire to take a
way in between, these indeed
are veritable disbelievers, and We have prepared for the disbelievers an
humiliating punishment.” (Sura an-Nisa' 4:151-152)
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ
وَدِينِ ٱلْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُشْرِكُونَ
“He it is Who sent His Messenger with guidance
and the religion of truth, that He may make it prevail over every other
religion, even though the idolaters may dislike it.” (Sura at-Taubah 9:33)
رَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ ۚ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا
لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ ٱلْأُمِّىَّ ٱلَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُۥ
مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَتِ
وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَلَ ٱلَّتِى
كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ ۙ أُو۟لَٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
“My mercy encompasses all things; so I will
ordain it for those who act righteously, and pay the Zakat and those who
believe in Our Signs — ‘Those who
follow the Messenger, the Prophet, the Immaculate one, whom they find mentioned
in the Torah and the Gospel which are with them. He enjoins on them good and
forbids them evil, and makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them
the bad, and removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon
them. So those who shall believe in him, and honour and support him, and help
him, and follow the light that has been sent down with him — these shall
prosper.’” (Sura al-A'raf 7:157-158)
وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ
مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ نُوَلِّهِۦ
مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِۦ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا
“And as to him who opposes the Messenger after
guidance has become clear to him, and follows a way other than that of the
believers, We shall let him pursue the way he is pursuing and shall cast him
into Hell; and an evil destination it is.” (Sura an-Nisa' 4:116)
The third category includes those verses which
state that the rejection of the Holy Qur'an is tantamount to a denial of Allah:
وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍۢ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا
عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍۢ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن
دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَدِقِينَ فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ وَلَن تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى
وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَفِرِينَ
“And if you are in doubt as to what We have sent
down to Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers
beside Allah, if you are truthful. But if you do it not — and never shall you do it — then guard against the
Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, which is prepared for the disbelievers.”
(Sura al-Baqarah 2:24-25)
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There is also a logical argument there: the
claim that more than one religion is simultaneously valid is illogical because
each religion has tenets that would be deemed blasphemous by the other. Put
simply, they cannot all be right at once.
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The Qur'anic verses mentioned below indicate that being a
Christian or a Jew is not what guarantees salvation, what matters is one’s
adherence to Abrahamic monotheism:
وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِۦمَ
حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
“And they say, ‘Be ye Jews or Christians that you may be rightly
guided.’ Say: ‘Nay, follow ye the religion of Abraham who was ever inclined to
God; he was not of those who set up gods with God.’” (Sura al-Baqarah 2:136)
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن
يَدْخُلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَرَىٰ ۗ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ
ۗ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَدِقِينَ بَلَىٰ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ
مُحْسِنٌۭ فَلَهُۥٓ أَجْرُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
“And they say, ‘None shall ever enter Heaven
unless he be a Jew or a Christian.’ These are their vain desires. Say, ‘Produce
your proof, if you are truthful.’ Nay, whoever submits himself completely to
Allah, and is the doer of good, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear
shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve.” (Sura al-Baqarah 2:112-113)
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Now let us come to one of the key passage that
the pluralist camp often invokes:
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلنَّصَرَىٰ وَٱلصَّبِـِٔينَ
مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْءَاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَلِحًۭا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ
عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
“Surely, the Believers, and the Jews, and the
Christians and the Sabians — whichever party from among these truly believes in
Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds — shall have their reward with their
Lord, and no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve.” (Sura
al-Baqarah 2:63)
The Promised Messiah (as)
says about this verse:
واضح ہو کہ قرآن شریف میں ان آیات کے ذکر کرنے سے یہ مطلب نہیں ہے کہ
بغیر اس کے جو رسول پر ایمان لایا جائے نجات ہو سکتی ہے بلکہ مطلب یہ ہے کہ بغیر
اس کے کہ خدائے واحد لاشرؔ یک اور یوم آخرت پر ایمان لایا جاوے نجات نہیں ہو
سکتی۔* اور اللہ پر پور اایمان تبھی ہو سکتا ہے کہ اُسکے رسولوں پر ایمان لاوے۔
“These verses of the Holy Qur'an do not mean that
salvation can be achieved without believing in the Holy Prophet (saw). They lay
down that salvation cannot be achieved without believing in God—Who has no
associate—and in the Last Day; and that belief in God cannot be perfect without
belief in Prophets.” (Haqiqatu l-Wahy, Ruhani Khaza'in, vol. 22, p. 173)
Hadrat
Khalifatu l-Masih II. (ra) says in his Tafsir-e Kabir under this verse:
اس آیت کے معنے کرنے میں بعض لوگوں کو یہ دھوکا لگا ہے کہ چونکہ اس جگہ صرف
ایمان باللہ اور ایمان بیوم آخر کے ساتھ خوف و حزن سے نجات کو وابستہ کیا ہے۔ پس
معلوم ہوتا کے کہ قرآن کریم اس قوم کو جو اللہ اور یوم آخر پر ایمان لانے والی ہو۔
نجات یافتہ قرار دیتا ہے مگر یہ درست نہیں۔ ایمان باللہ و یوم آخر میں اسلام کے سب
اصول شامل ہیں۔ […] اللہ تعالی پر ایمان کے اندر ہی رسولوں پر ایمان
لانا بھی شامل ہے اور رسولوں پر ایمان لانے میں اگر وہ کوئی کتاب لایا ہو تو اس پر
ایمان لانا بھی داخل ہے۔
“Some people have fallen
victim to a misunderstanding in understanding this verse, that is that because
here the talk is merely of the belief in Allah and the belief in the Last Day,
and since the release of fear and sadness was associated therewith, that would
mean that those people who believe in God and the Last Day would be redeemed.
However, this is not right. In believing in Allah and the Last Day all the
basics of Islam are included. [...] In the belief in Allah, the belief in the
prophets is included in the faith of the prophets the belief in the books which
they have brought is also included.” (Tafsir-e Kabir, vol. 1, p. 489)
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I hope and pray that this
compilation may answer your
question. Allahumma Amin.
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