Re: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity share same roots
Other verse quoted in the article= 5:60 Say: “Shall I tell you [People of the Book]* who will receive a worse reward from God? Those whom God has cursed and with whom He has been angry, transforming them into apes and swine, and those who serve the devil. Worse is the plight of these, and they have strayed farther from the right path.”* (Dawood)
Lets look at the context of this verse and see whom Allah is referring to.
**005.059:* *Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that hath come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and disobedient?"
**005.060:* Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah? those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, **those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped evil;-* these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!"
So note, this verse is talking to the people of The Book, which are the Jews/Christians. The Quran then REMINDS them of what Allah did to those Jews who broke the Sabbath. Hence in this verse the Quran is simply reminding them of the humiliating punishment he gave to those specific Jews in the time of Moses! No where in this verse is it calling ALL Christians and Jews swine’s and apes.
So note, this is just a reminder of what Allah did to those specific Jews.