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*Originally posted by ahmadjee: *
The issue is controversial.
Some (like myself) believe that Non-Muslims can & will succeed in hereafter; and will go to heaven. According the verse
5.69:
*Those who believe (in the Qurán), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians and the Christians,- any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. *
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this ayaah "with the true context" apply on those people of the book who practised the religion as was prescribed in earlier true Divine Books until the prophethood of Hadrat Muhammad (SAW)!
an ayaah before this ayah is:
5.68: *Say: O followers of the Book! you follow no good till you keep up the Taurat and the Injeel and that which is revealed to you from your Lord; and surely that which has been revealed to you from your Lord shall make many of them increase in inordinacy and unbelief; grieve not therefore for the unbelieving people. *
and then later read ayah 71, 72. 73 and 74 from the same surah:
5.71: *And they thought that there would be no affliction, so they became blind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully, but many of them became blind and deaf; and Allah is well seeing what they do. *
5.72: *Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust. *
5.73: Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one Allah, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve.
5.74: ** The Messiah, son of Marium is but a messenger; messengers before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away. **
whoever rejects Muhammad (SAW) as the final prophet is not a muslim (!) and thus according to ALLAH in Quran, Jaanah is not guaranteed for such people!